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خرید جهت توسعه: وام چند جانبه، ترکیب سهامداران و ترجیحات گیرنده وام
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Publisher : Elsevier - Science Direct (الزویر - ساینس دایرکت)
Journal : World Development, Volume 44, April 2013, Pages 142–155
This paper proposes two theoretical considerations regarding Multilateral development banks (MDBs). The first is that MDB activities are increasingly driven by the growing economic strength of many developing countries. The second is that categorizing MDBs according to the balance of power among shareholders helps explain why countries might prefer one or another MDB. We compare three different MDBs operating in Latin America—one dominated by nonborrowers (World Bank), another controlled by borrowing countries (Andean Development Corporation, CAF), and a third more evenly split between borrowers and nonborrowers (Inter-American Development Bank, IADB). Qualitative and statistical analysis suggests that demand factors play an important role in MDB lending.
In academic literature as well as general public perception, the World Bank and other Multilateral development banks (MDBs) have long been viewed as domineering organizations able to impose themselves upon developing countries. Since the mid-1990s, however, a number of emerging market governments have found themselves in strong financial positions, due to, among other factors, the huge rise in global private capital flows, high foreign exchange income from rising commodity prices and growing export industries, and much stronger fiscal accounts. Whether these trends represent short-term developments or a more fundamental shift in the world economy remains to be seen. But there is little doubt that the demand for multilateral lending from many major developing countries is undergoing a change. Economies such as China, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru—which together accounted for 44% of the World Bank’s loan portfolio in 2009—now have stable fiscal accounts, low public debt levels, high international reserves, and well-established access to international capital markets. Little attention has been paid in the academic literature to how this sea change in economic conditions for many developing countries might impact MDB lending. Is lending on the decline for some MDBs, and if so, which MDBs are facing the most serious drop in lending? What factors might lead a country to prefer borrowing from one MDB vs. another, when it has a choice? Academic research is largely silent on these issues, despite their far-reaching implications for the activities of MDBs and on international development more broadly. The literature instead has focused on how MDB lending decisions are influenced by geopolitical considerations of powerful shareholders, by bureaucratic pathologies within MDBs, or by changing ideologies on development. All of these approaches implicitly assume that lending fluctuates only due to decisions taken by the MDBs or their principal shareholders, while the preferences of borrowing countries are not relevant. This may have been justifiable in the 1980s, but is unlikely to be realistic in the current global context. In addition, existing research on MDBs focuses mainly on the World Bank, with only an incipient (though fast-growing) body of research on other MDBs such as the Inter-American Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank (see, e.g., Babb, 2009; Kilby and Bland, 2012; Gutner, 2002, Kilby, 2006, Kilby, 2011 and Neumayer, 2003, among others). More than 20 MDBs exist, and some are larger lenders to their particular market than the World Bank. Do different MDBs mediate the interests of their country shareholders in different ways? How might the various shareholding arrangements among different MDBs impact their operations? Do borrowing countries prefer working with some MDBs over others in different situations, and if so, why? This paper utilizes a new theoretical framework suggesting that differences in lending volumes by various MDBs may be partly explained by the balance of power between borrowing and nonborrowing shareholders. Qualitative research indicates that this balance of power directly shapes the terms of the loans—i.e., financial cost, bureaucratic procedures, and safeguard requirements. Depending on economic conditions, borrowing countries will put different weights on these factors. We thus hypothesize that lending varies systematically as a function of both: prevailing economic conditions among borrowers, and the type of shareholding arrangement in each MDB. The three types of MDB shareholder arrangements considered are: (1) domination by wealthy nonborrowing countries (at the World Bank); (2) stronger but still subordinate influence of borrowing countries (at the Inter-American Development Bank, IADB); and (3) control by borrowing countries (at the Andean Development Corporation, CAF). The operational characteristics of each MDB derived from these shareholder arrangements, we suggest, strongly condition the preferences of countries to borrow from them in different economic circumstances. The statistical part of the paper examines lending by each of the three MDBs for a common set of borrowing countries in Latin America during the period 1991–2010. We make use of a multivariate, large N analysis in a panel framework with observations across the different borrowers and over time. Based on Seemingly Unrelated Regression Estimation (SURE), we compare the coefficient estimates of the different MDB regressions to test our hypotheses on systematic differences between the three cases. The comparison of only three cases cannot prove a causal relationship between MDB governance structures, borrower preferences, and lending, nor can it fully disentangle supply from demand side factors. However, it allows us to test whether the lending patterns observed are consistent with what our theoretical discussion leads us to expect. The aim is to demonstrate that a demand-oriented interpretation of MDB lending is at least as plausible as the supply-side analysis prevalent in the current literature, an interpretation that is further substantiated by qualitative evidence. This points the way to further research to build a more comprehensive and realistic model of MDB activities for the current global economic context. The paper is organized as follows. Section 2 formulates the empirical puzzle to be addressed, and reviews relevant scholarship on MDBs. Section 3 presents qualitative research on MDB governance structures and loan characteristics, which Section 4 then builds on to derive testable hypotheses. Section 5 provides the econometric analysis of lending commitments by the World Bank, IADB, and CAF in five Latin American countries. Section 6 concludes.
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Starting from the observation that lending by different Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) has developed in strikingly different ways over the last two decades, this paper assesses the determinants of lending from a demand-side perspective, which has thus far been largely overlooked in the literature. Based on interviews with bank and country staff and officials, as well as on a multivariate statistical analysis, our results broadly confirm the theoretical argument that demand for loans depends, among other things, on the governance structures of the MDBs, notably on the balance of power between their borrowing and nonborrowing shareholders, and the implications of this governance structure for loan cost and bureaucratic procedures. Borrowers weigh these factors differently depending on economic circumstances, so that the relationship between economic conditions and lending can be used to (indirectly) assess the link between MDB governance structures and demand for lending. The results of this study do not (and were not expected to) reject the notion that supply-side dynamics play a prominent role in shaping MDB lending patterns, and in fact our findings in relation to global crises and policy variables substantiate supply-side impacts. But the evidence indicates that the overwhelming focus on supply-side considerations in the existing literature can and should be usefully supplemented with demand considerations, taking into account the preferences of borrower countries. This is particularly true in light of the changing economic panorama for many middle-income developing countries that have heretofore been among the largest MDB borrowers. Our analysis covers three MDBs with different governance structures: (i) domination by nonborrowers (World Bank), (ii) domination by borrowers (Andean Development Corporation, CAF), and (iii) more balanced control by both borrowers and nonborrowers (Inter-American Development Bank, IADB), and five Latin American countries that had access to lending from all three banks. While this initial analysis is thus limited to a specific region and a selection of banks, it might be interesting to extend it to other MDBs and a higher number of countries, especially as the relevance of this topic for individual banks can be expected to rise. Lending is the core business of MDBs, required for their own access to financial resources, ensuring their survival, and providing a certain degree of independence from their shareholders. Thus, changing demand for MDB loans must be expected to affect their behavior. The issues raised in this paper are, of course, not only of interest to academia, but to the broader development community, especially those shaping policy toward and within MDBs. If demand for sovereign lending continues to evolve in the ways described in this paper, it will have major implications for the multilateral aid framework, and raises a number of questions. Do MDBs compete with one another and private capital to make loans in a more demand-driven environment, and if so, how and with what developmental impact? Can the World Bank’s financial model—based on income derived mainly from loan proceeds—survive with a relatively low and maybe declining long-term lending trend, punctuated by sharp spikes in lending during crisis times? Are shareholders willing to modify the World Bank’s financial model to pay for public goods (knowledge, aid coordination, and crisis assistance) in spite of declining loan income, and if so, how? Should regional and sub-regional MDBs take a more pre-eminent role, as some observers (Grabel, 2012 and Griffith-Jones et al., 2008) have suggested? These are all issues that policy-makers are likely to face with growing urgency in coming years, and are relevant topics for future research. | <urn:uuid:d964203b-31e1-4fb5-ad30-6ba705e37381> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://isiarticles.com/article/23263 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719453.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00231-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926552 | 2,223 | 2.09375 | 2 |
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Bacterial Pectinase, Isolation, Screening, Characterization
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When talking about it informally, I define velocity as simply a measure of how fast a team is going. And for most purposes, this definition works quite well. However, it creates confusion on some of the finer points of what should count in calculating a team's velocity. This confusion comes about because there are really two more precise ways of defining velocity. Let's see what they are.
1) Velocity measures how much functionality a team delivers in a sprint.
2) Velocity measures a team's ability to turns ideas into new functionality in a sprint.
Those may sound the same. They are subtly different. To see how, suppose you hop in a river and begin swimming. After an hour, you measure how far you've traveled, and you are 2 kilometers from where you began. In agile terms, we might want to call this your velocity and say you swim 2 kilometers per hour or per sprint, if a swimming sprint is an hour long.
But, what if the river had been flowing at the rate of one kilometer per hour against you while you swam? In that case, you really swam 3 kilometers. Measured against the banks of the river, you've only moved two kilometers of physical distance. But while going forward two kilometers, you overcame being pushed backward one kilometer by the river.
So, is your velocity two or three? If we use our first definition—velocity is how much a team delivers in a sprint—then velocity is two. This swimmer delivered 2 kilometers of progress.
If we use our second definition—velocity is the ability to turn ideas into new functionality—then velocity is three. This swimmer has the ability to deliver 3 kilometers of progress per sprint, and we'd see that he was swimming in a lake with no current instead of a river.
To see how this applies to an agile project, consider the issue of whether a team should earn velocity credit for fixing bugs during a sprint. A team that uses velocity to measure how much functionality is delivered in a sprint will not claim credit for bug fixes. No new functionality has been delivered. So no points are earned.
A team using defining velocity as the ability to turn ideas into functionality, on the other hand, will claim credit for bug fixes. Their logic is that the time spent on bug fixing could have been spend adding new functionality except the product owner prioritized different work for them.
For many teams, the two definitions will yield the same value. Values will differ most for teams doing work for which they are not taking velocity credit--usually teams doing things like a lot of bug fixing or doing large amounts of refactoring.
Neither of these subtle differences in the definition of velocity is always better than the other. The one you use should largely depend on what you hope to learn by measuring it and by your expectations about the future.
If you expect the future to be just like today—that is, the team will spend the same amount of time doing bug fixing, refactoring and the like as they do now, then using velocity as a measure of how much forward progress is made will be the right answer for you.
However, if you expect the future to be different—perhaps the large refactoring and time spent fixing bugs will soon be over—then you may want to define velocity as the team's ability to turn ideas into functionality, and would then add to velocity the points given to those activities.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
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Readers might be interested in Alan Devlin's article Antitrust in an Era of Market Failure, soon to be appearing in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, available at http://ssrn.com/author=1271852
This is an unsettling time for those who support rigorous economic analysis in antitrust cases. Over the past four decades, numerous assumptions underlying the operation of free markets had developed to the point of being virtually unassailable. Rational profit-maximizing behavior on the part of many leads to optimal, self-sustaining equilibria. Markets self-correct, such that many (indeed most) distortions will be ephemeral. In cases of uncertainty, enforcers should err on the side of false negatives. Financial markets are efficient, which means that even large-scale entry in capital-intensive markets can safely be presumed where supracompetitive prices await. In short, the free market works. Certain of these assumptions now lie in ruins. For the antitrust proponent who has developed his thinking based on such principles, the global market meltdown poses an unprecedented predicament.
Yet, when all the dust has settled, it is not clear what the objective lessons of the crisis will be for competition policy. The global recession certainly teaches that assumptions of efficiency are misplaced where systemic uncertainty pervades the marketplace. It questions the wisdom of a financial system that becomes concentrated to a point where the failure of one key player portends the catastrophic collapse of others. It reveals that macroeconomic fluctuations cannot be controlled by monetary policy alone. It begs fundamental questions about the role of regulation, not just in terms of scope, but in efficacy and global reach too. But, for all this, it does not say much about antitrust analysis.
This point has been missed, and missed badly. Competition enforcers, politicians, and commentators are falling prey to an alluring, yet simplistic and myopic view. They posit that the economic dogma that ushered today’s extraordinary global recession is inextricably linked to the tenets of price theory that inform antitrust doctrine. They are mistaken.
This Article explores the normative repercussions of the global recession for competition policy, and explains that minimal readjustment is counseled under the rubric of economics. Nevertheless, past shifts in substantive policy have coincided with larger changes in political thinking. The crisis has undermined U.S. faith in the free market, which portends a dramatic deviation from the law’s cautious approach to conduct of indeterminate long-run competitive effect. Such a shift is difficult to justify, but is surely inevitable. | <urn:uuid:139088a8-6cc6-45fc-8893-e8cf10acfb1b> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/antitrustprof_blog/2009/07/antitrust-in-an-era-of-market-failure.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721355.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00014-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924871 | 541 | 1.773438 | 2 |
There’s an ethical theory I’ve had interest in for some time, called ‘Desirism’ (or ‘Desire Utilitarianism’). Unfortunately, you won’t find it in any Ethics textbook, nor in any journal, nor even amongst the pages of Wikipedia. Nevertheless the theory has a substantial online presence, and is supported and elaborated by thinkers of quality (e.g. originator Alonzo Fyfe, Luke Muehlhauser) who make a strong case against more mainstream alternatives.
The theory has convinced myself and many others that a robust Moral Realism actually has a shot at being true, whereas prior to encountering it, a factual interpretation of moral statements seemed so absurd to me I assumed Realism couldn’t be true. On the other hand, the theory has never really crystallized in my head – some parts of the account seem to cohere with others, but the logical relations are not made explicit; and in still other parts the generality of the description is unsettlingly vague.
I begin with the briefest of explanations, one that will only get us so far as defining the moral good. But be warned: my explanation will be idiosyncratic, and I doubt the aforementioned thinkers will completely agree with my way of presenting it.
Explanations of Desirism typically give an account of value in general, and then proceed to an analysis of moral value in particular. The rough idea is as follows: Values imply valuers, therefore values are existentially dependent upon these valuers. But it is also true that what is valued is often independent of the valuer – the intentional object valued is part of the external world. So, values are a kind of relation between valuers and what they value, an idea which sits well with our intuitions that values are real, but that they are themselves insubstantial.
What sort of relation could that be? A clue here is the observation that values help to direct our actions in the world, along with beliefs: how we act depends on what we value. But, what is strikingly similar, so too do our actions depend upon what we desire. So it seems a good bet that desire and value are related. The Desirist explanation is that values are relations between desires and the states of affairs desired1: desires confer value, so what is desired is said to have value2. When desires are fulfilled by realizing the state of affairs desired, so too is the value realized. Symmetrically, desires can be thwarted when the desired state of affairs is prevented from being realized – think, for instance, of a party girl wanting to attend a concert, but being grounded instead – and so the value will fail to be realized.
This leads to the obvious distinction between positive and negative value. When we say that what is desired is valued, this typically means that it is valued positively. By contrast, where a desire is thwarted, that positive value fails to be realized, and a corresponding negative value is realized instead: a thwarted desire is a kind of penalty. When a desire is neither thwarted or fulfilled, no value is yet realized by it either way.
This tidy analysis allows us to begin to analyse the language of value. For instance, we know that a generic ascription of ‘good’ is one which evaluates, and so we know that some desire or set of desires are being implicitly referred to in the use of the word. We also know that, because ‘good’ is an adjective, there is some state of affairs which is being related to those desires and described by the word. Further, we know that ‘good’ bestows positive value upon a state of affairs, so that the term has to do with the realization of what is desired. Contraversly, ‘bad’ bestows a negative value, which implies that the desires fail to be realized – it thwarts them.
The term ‘good’ is highly plastic. Though sometimes deployed in an unrestricted sense – evaluating a state of affairs to all desires – it is much more common that a user has a restricted set of desires in mind. Just what desires are to be attended to is something that can be left to the context of use, or signaled by qualifying the term in various ways. One way is describe a state of affairs as “good-for-X”, e.g. “good-for-you”, which restricts the set of desires to those possessed by X. Another way is to adverbially qualify ‘good’, such as when we describe a state of affairs as “good fiscally”, or to affix a category, as when we talk of what is “good healthwise” or “good in an aesthetic sense” – this way of qualifying indicates desires by type, the type being desires to do with, e.g. finance, health, or aesthetics.
A word here is required about just what is meant by ‘desires’, before we get too far. Just as one might say that “there are many beliefs”, and one could be referring to broad kinds of belief everyone shares, or instead individual instances of belief, so too is ‘desires’ ambiguous. At least in the case of the second form of qualification, we should interpret ‘desires’ as picking out (tokened3) types rather than tokens of desire. Whatever is ‘good’ in a particular categorical sense is good because it fulfills the kinds of desires to do with the category, not good insofar as it fulfills multiple instances of a kind of desire.
But we’re interested in the ‘morally good’. That it is a species of good indicates positive value, and thus a relation of desire fulfillment. The adverbial qualification is a clue that a type of desires is being appealed to. But what type of desires? According to the Desirist, all types of desires4. I do not know of any persuasive argument for this point5, except perhaps to point out that “moral good” and “good” are terms often used synonymously, and the unrestricted scope of ‘moral good’ can perhaps be inferred from this. If there is a difference between the good and the morally good, the difference may be in that the latter picks out types, whereas the former is ambiguous as to between types and tokens.
Given that what is morally good is to be evaluated against all (tokened) desire-types, and given that it fulfills these being ‘good’, is there anything else to add? Yes, there are at least two more elements required. The first element is the Desirist thesis that moral concepts like ‘morally good’ are primarily applicable to desire-types6. So, for example, the ‘desire to give charitably’ is a desire-type, and will count as morally good if instantiation of this type fulfills the other desire-types. This primary evaluation allows derivative evaluations, most notably, the evaluations of actions according to the desire-types that we take those actions to exhibit. So, what we have here is a kind of virtue theory, based on desire-types, rather than character traits.
The second element we need is, well, subtlety. A desire-type is going to fulfill some desire-types, and thwart others, but it is not therefore both morally good and bad. Our evaluation needs to account for the preponderance of desire-fulfilling over desire-thwarting such that, all else being equal, a desire-type which fulfils more desire-types than it thwarts is a morally good desire. Further, some desire-types are stronger than others, and therefore their fulfillment is of greater value than weaker peers – we need to weight the various types. And finally, though one desire-type may fulfill another desire-type, greater value accrues to a desire-type which more often fulfills that other type, which means that the propensity to fulfill or thwart other types must factor in the weighting of types, too. These adjustments greatly complicate the process required to assess moral value, but I think it can be seen that each one is necessary to an accurate analysis, given our understanding of value.
Thus we arrive at a mature account of moral good, though it becomes more naturally expressible in terms of an equation than a definition. A desire-type is morally good iff, as a function of .. (i) the numerical preponderance of desire-types it fulfills over those it thwarts, (ii) the comparative strength of desire-types it fulfills to those it thwarts, and (iii), the tendency of the desire-type to fulfill or thwart other desire-types, .. the desire-type has a net positive value. If as a function of those three conditions a desire-type has a net negative value, then that desire-type counts as morally bad, or evil.
1 It is natural to talk of objects as desired and valued, rather than states of affairs. However, any expression of this sort can be easily translated into the philosophical vernacular: “I want ice-cream” can be interpreted as a desire to realize the state of affairs in which the person ‘I’ refers to has icecream.
2 An analogy might help. Justification is a relation between (e.g.) a belief and adequate grounds for that belief. It is the grounds which confer justification, and it is in virtue of the grounds being so related to the belief (sometimes by way of other beliefs) that the grounds confer justification upon the belief. Having justification conferred on it, we now call the belief ‘justified’. Notice that ‘justified’ here masquerades as a non-relational property, when in fact justified beliefs are always justified in relation to their grounds. So too with ‘value’: that something has value depends upon its relation to some grounds, and the grounds are desires.
3 Why tokened types, rather than all types? Because if a value statement is to be true, the desire-types which form one of the two relatum had better exist.
4 I’m uncertain whether this analysis is defective – one naturally thinks that if ‘epistemically good’ picks out desires to do with knowledge, then ‘morally good’ should pick out desires to do with morality. The analysis so far is compatible with many other ethical theories, e.g., that ‘morally good’ picks out other-regarding desires which exhibit sympathy.
5 Some suggest that only the consideration of all desires could escape the charge of being arbitrary, since any restriction would need to be justified (and what could justify it?), yet at best this is a weak prima facie justification for wide scope. Another reason given is that morality is universal. I think this is true, but it is not a finding of the Desirist analysis of moral concepts, and so I do not think relativism should be ruled out.
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Brace yourself. If you think you've been hearing a great deal about the Internet lately, expect new waves of media stories in the wake of the Oklahoma City tragedy.
Almost two weeks after the blast, there is increased interest in aspects of Internet as they relate to far-right groups.
There is certainly lots of material. Usenet news groups with names like talk.politics.guns, alt.skinhead and misc.activism.militia, among others, have been buzzing recently with postings related to the bombing and the militia groups.
And there has been a notice, which was cross-posted anonymously to dozens of Usenet news groups, offering details of the Oklahoma City bomb. The sender, using an anonymous e-mail service based in Finland, offered a complete list of materials used in the Oklahoma City bomb, a critique of why the bomb allegedly didn't fully explode, and how to improve future bombs.
I sent a message to the anonymous e-mail address and have yet to receive anything back, except an e-mail note from the anonymous service that gave me my own, personal, anonymous mail address.
And, many of my well-intended media brethren have been posting messages on groups like alt.politics.nationalism.white, seeking comments from "militia members" and the like. One paper even offered its 800 number, just to make it easier and cheaper for a few people, who may or may not have any connection with a militia, to chime in.
In one sense, there is a story in all of this, the usual stuff about this new communications paradigm (the Internet) and the ways it is impacting the national debate.
But, the Internet response to this tragedy -- if a huge computer network and its users e-mail postings could be thought of as a response -- seems to highlight some of the flaws of the Internet-as-pulse-of-the-nation school of thought.
After reading Usenet news groups of various types for more than a year, I still have trouble getting a fix on just what all these posts really mean.
Many of the posts are done by people who use "handles" rather than real names, and indeed many of the most flagrantly offensive posters hide behind these handles on a regular basis.
Also, many of the posts in a group like alt.skinhead are from people who post from universities or colleges. Their e-mail addresses end with the letters "edu" and it is a good bet that their Internet access will end -- or at least be suspended -- when this semester ends.
There is also an increasing awareness that Federal agents and a lot of new "lurkers" may be spending time in news groups that were normally only read, before the Oklahoma City blast, by people who shared similar political beliefs.
One witty poster in misc.activism.militia began a post last week by saying that he didn't want agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the FBI scanning the news group to get bored, so he posted the results of a recent shooting contest held by his militia group.
Now, there are many open questions here: did the shoot take place? Is the poster sincere? Is he part of a militia group? Who can tell?
In ways, this focus on Internet misses a point. Far-right groups have been using bulletin board services for years, well before the explosion of on-line services and the Internet. The same has been true with the far-right and the militia groups use of shortwave radio broadcasts to disseminate their messages.
These far-right bulletin boards, many of them not connected directly to the Internet, have provided the outlet these groups need for disseminating information and recruiting new members.
These far-right boards are similar to many of the other boards; they use some of the same software to run the board, and have some of the same files any other bulletin boards would have.
"I think these boards are a very important tool," said Rick Eaton, a cyberspace researcher for the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. "The whole philosophy of the patriot quote-unquote militia movement is to sell legitimacy, to make it palpable to the average guy."
Several far-right groups already have their own World Wide Web pages, and dozens more are expected to go online in the next few weeks, Eaton said.
For the curious, one of the more established is the web page operated by a white nationalist group, Stormfront at http://www/access.com.net/Stormfront. Many of these pages will also have links to other pages belonging to groups with similar interests.
One of the best resources for information about far-right groups and their use of bulletin boards is Chip Berlet's board, Public Eye BBS, 617-221-5815. Berlet, a journalist, has been following the far right for years, and has appeared on several late-night talk shows that focused on the militia groups in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing.
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Across the world both human and animal rights movements remain popular, with millions around the world joining advocacy and campaigning groups. Activists may sometimes find themselves on the wrong side of public opinion, such as when animal rights activists target the life sciences industry, or when the legal battles of criminals and terrorists are protracted, alienating the general population.
But public support for the rights agenda nonetheless remains high. In our most recent global polling, 76% of those polled across 18 countries described human rights as a serious challenge, while 65% agreed that animal welfare is serious. Countries with recent histories of authoritarianism were most likely to view human rights as a serious challenge, with 90% of Indonesians and Poles saying as much Numbers in Spain (89%), Turkey (88%), Brazil, Peru, and Nigeria (85% each) are barely lower
Brazilians are the most concerned about animal welfare, with 87% describing it as a very serious issue. Poland (84%) and Spain (81%) are not far behind. Indeed in Brazil, Mexico and the UK, fewer people describe human rights as serious than say the same about animal rights. This view is especially pronounced in the UK, where rows over prisoners’ voting rights and the government’s attempts to deport radical cleric Abu Qatada have led to vocal media and political criticism of the country’s Human Rights Act and membership of the European Court of Human Rights.
Though the strongest levels of concern emanate from countries with recent histories of human rights violation, persistently high numbers of people in the West rate rights abuses as serious social challenges. This suggests that over half a century after the founding of Amnesty International and 33 years after the establishment of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), human rights and animal welfare remain, for the global public, as pressing as they were decades ago.
This post was written by former GlobeScan Research Director, Sam Mountford.
High public concern for human rights – but UK among countries where animal rights seen as more important
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Two factors are needed to make the modern cotton packaging, storage and transport system effective: a well-formed module that resists moisture collection and a cover that prevents both moisture penetration and wind loss. These principles apply for both conventional modules and modules formed by the on-board modeling harvesters. For on-board harvester modules, the shape of the module is controlled by the machine, but the producer/operator must still be concerned with the integrity of the protective cover.
From early days of forming seed cotton modules, protection of the module was recognized as necessary while waiting to be ginned. Canvas was used to cover the earliest modules, and the importance of that protection was demonstrated by the development of a standard for cotton modules that included the performance and design of canvas covers (ASAE, 1997). While modern covers are no longer made of canvas, the importance of preventing moisture from entering the seed cotton is still recognized.
Covers for conventional modules are manufactured from a variety of materials that resist water penetration. All modern covers are made of a plastic material (typically polyethylene), either as a film or woven from tapes of differing sizes. The woven fabrics may be coated on either one or both sides, and the coatings can be polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride.
All module covers should have UV-inhibiting chemicals incorporated into the cover material. While the type and quantity are often not disclosed to buyers, butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) stabilizers should be avoided because they tend to turn seed cotton yellow when they come in contact with the cotton. High levels of UV-light stabilizers are recommended for all regions of the Cotton Belt. The three primary types of module cover materials available today are:
The top surface can be formed in various ways, depending on the manufacturer. Most covers manufactured today do not have seams in the top surface, because of the potential for leaks. Any seams in the top surface of laminated, coated fabrics should be heat sealed to minimize leakage. Manufacturers often offer a range of colors for the top surface. Color does not make a difference in performance in most regions of the Cotton Belt. The exception would be south Texas, where the more intense solar radiation in the summer harvest period would encourage the use of lighter colored tops.
Plastic mesh netting is sometimes used instead of module covers to limit wind losses in the more arid cotton producing areas, as it is assumed that the modules will not be exposed to rain. The netting primarily serves to prevent loss of seed cotton during periods of high winds, but provides no protection from water. Most gin managers prefer the mesh netting not to be used, as the modules are exposed to possible moisture damage. The netting is also difficult to remove at the module feeder and presents a disposal problem for the gin.
Skirts (the vertical portion of the cover extending down the side of the module) are available in a variety of forms. Module skirts can be fitted or open-ended. The material on the ends of the cover is typically the same as the top surface. The skirts can be made of coated fabric (typically of a lighter weight than the top) or a mesh fabric. The mesh is preferred in regions where seed cotton moisture and cool morning air can cause condensation on the underside of the cover. With the mesh sides, air flow is enhanced across the module top to dry and remove the moisture. Manufacturers offer the side skirts in both straight and V shapes. The V shape skirt is considered by some users to be better than the straight sided skirt because they tend to stay on the modules better during high wind conditions.
Module covers include a method for firmly attaching the cover to the module. Ropes and belts are the common methods of holding module covers on the modules. They are enclosed in sleeves sewn around the bottom of the cover skirt that allows the rope or belt to slip as they are pulled tight. Adequate tension on the rope or belt is necessary to keep the cover on the module during windy conditions.
Some cover designs have two tensioning points: at the bottom of the skirt and midway up the skirt. Flat belts normally utilize buckles for maintaining tension (Figure 19). Ropes are provided with rings that can be used to tie off the tension. It is important that the knots for ropes and buckles for belts are easily untied and unbuckled and do not need to be cut for removal. Use only slip knots when tying ropes. When the module is exposed to wind, the cover will raise off the module, tightening the belt or rope, which will cause any knots to become extremely tight and compressed. In this situation, gin workers will typically cut the belt or rope in the interest of saving time. Properly tied knots and buckled belts will prevent rope and belt repairs that might hinder slippage through the sleeves and undesirable knots or ties not easily untied or unbuckled at the gin. The extra length of rope or belt remaining after tying or belting should be placed inside the module cover to prevent entangling in the module truck or module feeder.
The belt or rope alone may not be adequate to keep the cover on the module. In very high wind situations, additional ties over the top of the module can be used. Some cover designs include tie-down points (such as loops or grommets) in an effort to prevent high winds from tearing the fabric, or removing the cover from the module completely. These additional ties are either placed under the module before it is formed, or forced through the middle of the module when the cover is applied.
All module covers should have labels that indicate the manufacturer, address and phone number, model name or number, the date the cover was manufactured and other pertinent information. An intact label is critical for proper management of an inventory of module covers, as managers commonly use years in service to determine when a cover should be discarded. Never intentionally remove labels from covers.
Module covers have a limited life, and should not be used beyond that period. That life is limited by the damage that occurs to the cover, compromising its ability to resist water penetration. Damage can occur from multiple factors, and understanding the impact of the damage sources can aid in the management of an inventory of covers. As was shown earlier, even covers with moderate use can result in seed cotton moisture levels high enough to lose significant value.
The most severe and obvious damage is often caused by workers handling, installing or removing the covers. Proper practices can avoid this damage. Following are practices that can minimize man-made damage.
Prolonged exposure to UV rays causes a significant breakdown of the protective coating on module covers. This exposure increases with time (the number of days on a module in storage), and solar radiation intensity (more severe in the summer and early fall months). Significant UV exposure causes the coating to weaken and allows pinholes to form. Since this breakdown does not cause large defects, such as rips or large holes, covers are often kept in service well past the time when the coating is able to resist moisture penetration. Figure 21 shows coating particles that have broken from the cover and fallen onto the seed cotton. These coating flakes are a potential form of contamination of the cotton. Covers should be thrown away well before a situation like this occurs.
Wind can have a significant effect on module covers in two ways. At lower speeds, wind causes the cover fabric to flap. Flapping causes the cover to bend and flex, resulting in a breakdown of the protective coating similar to that caused by exposure to UV rays. In fact, it is often not possible to distinguish which of these sources is the cause of cover damage. Since weather exposure includes both solar radiation and wind, both contribute to the gradual breakdown of the coating. When the wind is very high, the damage can be dramatic and catastrophic, such as when the base fabric of the cover rips along a seam or other stress points (Figure 22).
Module exposure to wind varies greatly across the Cotton Belt. Wind concerns are not great in California and Arizona, but significant wind damage often occurs in the Texas High Plains and Oklahoma. Severe weather in the High Plains is often related to passing weather fronts that generate wind speeds greater than 50 mph. Such high winds cause intense strains on the module cover, which results in torn covers and broken tie-down straps. Complete removal of the tarp can result in seed cotton blowing off the module and wetting of the seed cotton in the module if rain also occurs.
The Texas Gulf Coast, Mid-South and the Southeast can be subject to long periods of high winds during hurricanes and tropical storms. These areas are also subject to long periods of rainfall that have resulted in significantly increased moisture in the module. It is best to build modules with the length of module parallel to the predominant wind direction.
Weathering tests have shown a wide range of performance by module covers. Extended UV exposure has demonstrated that vinyl and film covers retain high moisture resistance after four years of summer months’ exposure. The performance of coated, woven polyethylene covers has varied from high resistance (similar to the vinyl and film covers) to rapid degradation within a single season of exposure (Simpson and Searcy, 2008). Limited testing of cover samples in a wind tunnel has shown similar variability for the coated woven covers and high performance for the vinyl covers. The film cover does not perform well in high winds, as the stresses generated by the wind’s force cause the film to rip.
Covers vary in price from approximately $65 to $125 each. As with many products, higher performing covers generally have a higher price. However, the cost of even the highest price cover is less than the lint value that was lost due to poor covers in the 2004 High Plains storm event. Vinyl covers generally have the highest cost, but perform consistently well in a wide range of conditions. They have the disadvantage of being significantly heavier than the other cover types. Film covers are more moderately priced, lighter weight and most suitable for regions where high winds are not expected but significant rainfall occurs. Coated woven covers have the widest range of prices and performance. The better performing models are suitable for all regions of the Cotton Belt, but purchasers should ask for performance histories of the models when making purchasing decisions. No performance standard exists today that can be used to judge the relative performance of available covers. Information for making purchase decisions is available from the cover manufacturers.
Inspection of covers should occur both in-season and at the end of the ginning season. Typically, covers are used on three to five modules per season, and each time a cover is removed from a module at the feeder, an inspection should occur. Typical practice is to lay the cover out on the floor near the feeder, fold it over to 1/3 of the width and roll it up using a powered or manual roller. Train feeder employees to observe the cover and look for larger defects such as rips, failed seams, or holes in the top surface and an inoperable belt or rope. If such defects exist, that cover should be placed in a “Do not use” pile to prevent that cover from going out onto another module. Those covers can be inspected for possible repair at the end of the season. Inspecting for pinholes and coating degradation is not feasible during the season because of the time required for an adequate assessment.
Following the end of the ginning season, inspect the covers more thoroughly to determine if they are suitable for use in the next season. One simple means of determining which covers should be removed from the inventory is to use age as a determining factor. The manufacturing date shown on the label can be used to identify covers too old (a common age limit is three years) to be used again. Inspection and repair can be done by gin employees or by companies that specialize in cover inspection and repair. In addition to the larger defects that can be observed, the cover should be placed on a rack or light table that will allow light to pass through any pinholes in the coating. | <urn:uuid:e967626a-f7d6-459a-b940-4011046fb227> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.cottoninc.com/fiber/AgriculturalDisciplines/Engineering/Cotton-Harvest-Systems/Cotton-Storage/Module-Covers/index.cfm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721141.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00417-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942421 | 2,456 | 3.375 | 3 |
Definition - What does Biocide mean?
A biocide is a type of chemical or microorganism that can deter, render harmless or exert a controlling effect on harmful organisms by chemical or biological means. They are industrially important as disinfectants, oxidizing agents and preservatives.
Biocides are commonly used in:
- Anti-fouling agents & disinfectants
Biocides can be either synthetic or natural. They can be a deterrant for corrosion that's biologically induced.
Corrosionpedia explains Biocide
Biocides are used to suppress harmful organisms that can cause damage to natural or manufactured materials. These harmful organisms include pests and germs. Examples of biocidal products are insect repellents, disinfectants and industrial chemicals like anti-fouling paints for ships and material preservatives. Biocidal substances like chlorine are used as a short-life biocide in industrial water treatment and also as a disinfectant in swimming pools. The most important application area of biocides, in quantitative terms, is industrial and public water treatment.
A biocide can be:
- A pesticide, including:
- An antimicrobial, including:
Biocides can be added to materials (typically liquids) to protect them against biological infestation and growth. For example, certain types of quaternary ammonium compounds (quats) are added to pool water or industrial water systems to act as an algicide, protecting the water from infestation and growth of algae. Halogenated hydantoin compounds are also used as biocides.
The use of biocides can also have significant adverse effects on the environment. Anti-fouling paints, especially those utilizing organic tin compounds such as TBT, have been shown to have severe and long-lasting impacts on marine ecosystems, and such materials are now banned in many countries for commercial and recreational vessels. Disposal of used or unwanted biocides must be undertaken carefully to avoid serious and potentially long-lasting damage to the environment.
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Types of Videos we Create
Our production team prides themselves not only on producing the highest quality cinematic corporate videos, but also on fostering an atmosphere of collaboration and building mutually beneficial relationships. We understand our client’s needs for trust and reliability. We are a resource that you can depend on.
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There are times when filming may not be feasible during the age of COVID-19, that’s when explainer videos become the hero. Explainer videos come in two different styles: cartoon and whiteboard. Each provides a snapshot of product/service, and moves the viewer to a call-to-action. Think of an explainer video like your elevator pitch…short, sweet, to the point and a lot of fun.
Your explainer video is virtually boundless, creatively speaking. There aren’t many limits as to what you can do. From simple, low-cost graphical elements and animations to high-end characters with complex simulations. We create all tiers of illustrations and virtual scenes. Explanatory videos can interject a unique and fresh perspective to your message and allow the audience to connect with your brand – emotionally. After all, who doesn’t like cartoons and animations? I bet you had a favorite one when you were young.
There are seven basic steps to producing an explainer video:
• Voice-over Talent
• Character Choice
• Polish and Deliver
The standard delivery time for Explainer Video Items is:
• Scriptwriting-2 Business Days
• Voice-over Production-1-2 Business Days
• Storyboarding-8 Business Days
• Animation-10 Business Days
• Revisions-2-3 Business Days
Perfect for very short presentations, Explainer Videos are effective and inexpensive.
Corporate Films are a perfect way to weave stories surrounding products, which helps the viewer make emotional connections, reinforcing the Brand. We combine a scripted storyline, complete with Professional Actors and cinematic production techniques.
Corporate short films are the most powerful method of brand retention available today. This new production format is a process of using indirect selling techniques to convey your message. Think of Corporate films as a film-short, complete with actors, script, and your product’s end user as the hero of the story. Let me explain:
Most corporate films produced today show the features and benefits of a product or service. This doesn’t work and hasn’t in many years. Products must solve a problem. You must hit the “pain point” with your prospect-immediately. Pharmaceutical companies have pain point in each of their ads. The process involves showing some discomfort in the beginning and then showing how the product is the answer to elevating the pain.
Corporate films follow this formula, but not an ‘in your face’ like many failed ad . We create a storyline around the product, which the viewer can relate to in some way. Here’s an example of a recent storyline that we developed for a company selling paint removal products.
Little girl is holding hands with a little boy. She paints her initials, a heart and the young boy’s initials on the school painting rock. The camera cuts to a new scene where this girl sees her boy talking to another girl. On her way to class, she meets a new boy that she likes. The last scene is the little girl erasing the first boy’s initials from the painting rock and painting in the new boy’s initials.
Viewers instinctively envision themselves within the scene. It hits home to every person who has ever been in love, dumped, been in love again…and deep in the subconscious, to every person who has some paint somewhere that this product can erase. This is why this format works so well. Coke uses it, Apple uses it and Dawn dishwashing liquid. What does washing oil off little baby ducks have to do with washing your dishes? You can watch the video here: Dawn Dishwashing Commercial
Give us a call us for more information or to schedule your Corporate Film.
Employee Profiles are perfect for anyone who has direct contact with clients: sales people, customer service reps, repair technicians, and project managers.
An organization’s strength is its people, and an organization will be judged accordingly the client’s interaction with them. One way of creating value in the eyes of your clients, investors and partners is by showcasing your staff.
Profile videos are nothing more than a brief video introduction of key employees. Because body language is 96% of human communication, it’s impossible to get the same results from a staff photograph. By putting a face and voice with a name through a short video, you’re likely to build rapport and trust much faster than without it.
Videos display an individual’s story, their strengths, charm, wit and approachability. Viewers can become instantly drawn to your key personnel
after watching a profile video. It’s the perfect tool to allow your team to illustrate their unique qualities and how that fits into their day-to-day roles.
Consider this: you are someone’s customer. If you’re on a website, wouldn’t it be great to see a short clip of the person on the other end of the phone? Think about how that would make you feel. There’s a reason why its comforting to make a face-to-face connection with people, albeit through an online video profile.
Unconsciously, for those we have never met, we build an entire outline of a person. We mentally construct the color of their hair, how tall they are, what thier face looks like and so on. When, we humans, make judgements without all of the facts, we always get lots of things wrong. This can have a measurable impact on employee/customer relations.
Erase that doubt by including Employee Profile videos on your website. Invite your clients to reach out to key personnel through the site, so that the video introduction is seen before your phone number is dialed.
The end result is a staff which feels a sense of belonging (increased productivity), and an audience that will quickly develop a connection with them, built on trust (increased sales).
Promotional videos are for products what fertilizer is to plants. Kick-start your new product initiatives or corporate event and connect with potential users on a instinctual level, through promotional video presentations.
The four “P’s” of Marketing – Product, Price, Place, and Promotion. We can certainly help with the promotion part of this equation. A promotional piece should do just that – promote. Not to be confused with infomercials or commercials, promotional clips give a 10,000-foot view of the product, and help to generate talking points with your potential clients. It’s a perfect tool for those presale touch points. It also helps drive brand awareness and engagement.
Remember that ShamWow guy? He sold a lot of those things by showing the audience how it worked. He was quick, thorough and concise. That’s how a promotional video should engage the audience. A recent study by REELSEO found that 73% of those surveyed, were more likely to buy a product and/or sign up for a service after watching a branded clip explaining the product.
Here are more stats about video production use in the corporate world:
• Emails which include a link to a video leads to upwards of a 300% increase in click-through rates.
• 90% of website users state that viewing a video about a product is helpful in the decision-making process.
• 65% of corporate executives visit a vendor’s website before giving the green light for purchase.
• 50% of executives look for more information about a product or service, after watching a video.
• 64% of all online shoppers report a more likely inclination to purchase after watching an online video about the product.
• 73% of B2B organizations report positive results, when using video marketing.
• 59% of executives, according to Forbes, would rather watch video than read text. If you aren’t sure why, learn more about personality styles here: DISC (need link here).
• 20%, or more increase in conversion rates, if a video is posted on the homepage of your company website.
Television commercial productions are still a viable option for gaining lots of marketing exposure, however it’s a bit more complex than other options. There is a two-fold pricing structure forproducing television commercials: production cost and air-time.
• Call your local cable provider’s ad-placement department. Someone will work with you about your ad and will then dispatch a camera operator, which will come out for 45 minutes, shove a microphone in your face and record what you say – this will be your commercial.
• Hire a media placement company is a one stop solution, however media placement companies act as a liaison between you and the cable provider. Chances are, you’ll get much of the same as the cable providers, but with a slightly higher cost.
• Choose a video production, I mean Episode 11 Productions to produce your commercial. By using a professional video production company, you are certain to get higher quality production over using your local cable provider. Your TV spot will be created with the same level of thought and planning as some of the major commercial spot you currently see on air. You can then go to your local cable provider and negotiate the best rate for your airtime.
Here are some thoughts before you commit to producing a television commercial.
Know your audience.
A concrete understanding of your target market is more paramount than ever. More advertising is being diverted from traditional television outlets to streaming services, like Netflix, Hulu, YouTube Red, and many others. It pays to know what demographic is watching, when, and most importantly – where they are watching.
Television ad campaigns are expensive. The commercial must air many times before you will see a return on your investment. The cost associated with airing commercials spans the largest gamut of any other advertising outlet. Placing an ad on Hulu – 1,000 impressions – cost about $50. Airing a commercial during prime-time will run you around $125,000, and only increases from there. We can help you better distribute your commercial to maximize your marketing dollars.
t’s not enough to have the closest booth to the door any longer. There can be hundreds of other vendors who are competing for the same attendee’s attention, and some may have bigger, flashier booths, but we have a couple of tips.
Playing a looping trade show video has been proven to increase the success of trade show exhibits. It’s the quintessential tool for commanding the attention of the attendees, delivering your message and leaving the viewer with questions.
Two goals during Trade Shows
1: Get people to come to your booth. The magic doesn’t happen until someone steps in. That’s where we come in and I’ll discuss how we can help later.
2: Lead generation through badge swipes or business card exchanges.
You couldn’t have come to a better video production company for this request. One of our owners was once a Meeting Planner for a fortune 500 company, planning over 100 events and trade shows per year. We have some inside knowledge that most do not, so let’s get started.
Trade show visitors have little time to spend with each vendor, so you have to get them in, exchange information and get them out. A well-planned trade show video will do the trick. The key to trade show videos is short and sweet.
Are you ready for the secret? Place extra thick padding under your booth’s carpet. Attendees often have tired feet and will stay in a place that’s comfortable. Remember, it’s all about alleviating the pain of our prospects. We have created a video which brought them into your booth. Now the feet are resting and they are looking for an excuse to stay for a while. This is your chance to do your thing.
Trade shows cost big money, but they can be excellent money generators with the right advanced planning. A video for your booth is NOT the place to skimp out. You need all the help you can get to bring those future customers to your booth. Get a big screen and good sound system and there’s no way your booth will be over-looked, even from the back of the hall.
Millions of dollars are spent settling OSHA lawsuits for large corporations every year. It’s much less expensive and troubling to create a safety video series now, than pay out for an employee injured on the job, later. Eliminate workplace accidents and injuries by reinforcing key safety requirement through safety video training for employees, vendors and guests. The implementation of creating safety videos provides protection for, not only the employees, but also the company.
As an employer, you are responsible for maintaining a safe work environment. It’s important to create the initial safety program and continue to focus your efforts on keeping those programs up to date and fresh in the minds of your employees.
When an accident happens at work, it’s too late to think about implementing video safety training. Organizations in this scenario are often looking for an attorney, not a video production company. Don’t wait until it’s too late. Don’t wait until someone is seriously injured, or worse, killed.
We have lots of experience producing company specific safety videos, some for fortune 100 companies. Yes, we know all about PPE, confined spaces, lock out/tag out, and all the rest.
We work closely with your Safety Management team to ensure each area of concern is covered completely. We create the video around filmed examples of the right and wrong way to accomplish tasks, motion animated graphics, and 3D animations. We make it easy to fully understand the tasks, the risks involved, and the method in which the company expects the tasks to be carried out.
We know that safety procedures change and evolve, so we archive your footage so that you can update those changes easily, without having to reshoot the entire safety video. It saves you time and money and a lot of headaches.
Safety videos should include:
Alcohol and Drug Usage
Chemical and Gas Hazards
Personal Protection Equipment
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Space is far from silent on the International Space Station. The fans, pumps, and valves create such a din that NASA has a new worry permanent hearing loss.
"The equipment really vibrates the structure, creating a drumlike effect," says Jerry Goodman, head acoustical engineer on the space station. His team has helped design mufflers for the Canadian-built robot arm and damping systems for Russian airlock pumps. Now they are working to quiet the Japanese centrifuge and the Russian cargo module, which is so loud the crew has to wear earplugs. | <urn:uuid:37503e7f-440b-401f-bdd0-2bd2be0dd996> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://discovermagazine.com/2001/may/breaksleep | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280292.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00338-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962201 | 115 | 2.421875 | 2 |
PACBB 2016 : 10th International Conference on Practical Applications of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics
Call For Papers
The success of Bioinformatics in recent years has been prompted by research in Molecular Biology and Molecular Medicine in several initiatives. These initiatives gave rise to an exponential increase in the volume and diversification of data, including nucleotide and protein sequences and annotations, high-throughput experimental data, biomedical literature, among many others.
Systems Biology is a related research area that has been replacing the reductionist view that dominated Biology research in the last decades, requiring the coordinated efforts of biological researchers with those related to data analysis, mathematical modeling, computer simulation and optimization.
The accumulation and exploitation of large-scale data bases prompts for new computational technology and for research into these issues. In this context, many widely successful computational models and tools used by biologists in these initiatives, such as clustering and classification methods for gene expression data, are based on Computer Science/ Artificial Intelligence (CS/AI) techniques. In fact, these methods have been helping in tasks related to knowledge discovery, modeling and optimization tasks, aiming at the development of computational models so that the response of biological complex systems to any perturbation can be predicted.
The 10th International Conference on Practical Applications of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics (PACBB)
aims to promote the interaction among the scientific community to discuss applications of CS/AI with an interdisciplinary character, exploring the interactions between sub-areas of CS/AI, Bioinformatics, Chemoinformatics and Systems Biology.
Brand new ideas in these fields are sought, as well as substantial and relevant revisions and actualizations of previously presented work, project summaries and PhD thesis presented or not.
PACBB welcomes contributions reporting substantial, original and previously unpublished work in all areas of Bioinformatics, Chemoinformatics and Systems Biology. The papers can be presented from a formal, methodological, technical or applied point of view.
Biological areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
Next generation sequencing
Comparison and alignment methods
Motif, gene and signal recognition
DNA twisting and folding
High-throughput data analysis (transcriptomics, proteomics, etc)
Phylogenetics and phylogenomics
Determination or prediction of the structure of RNA and proteins
Gene expression data analysis
Identification of metabolic pathways
Molecular docking and drug design
Computational problems in genetics such as linkage and QTL analysis, linkage disequilibrium analysis in populations, haplotype determination, SNPs
Molecular and cellular interactions
Emergence of properties in complex biological systems
Visualization of biological systems and networks
Data and software integration
In silico optimization of biological systems
Metabolic engineering applications
Cell simulation and modeling
Metabolic, regulatory and signaling models/ networks: properties, dynamics, inference/ reconstruction
Metabolomics/ metabolic fingerprints
PACBB welcomes the submission of application papers with preference to the topics listed in the call for papers. All submitted papers will undergo a thorough review process; each paper will be refereed by at least three experts in the field based on relevance, originality, significance, quality and clarity.
The papers must consist of original, relevant and previously unpublished sound research results related to any of the topics of the conference
PACBB papers must be formatted according to the Springer LNCS Template, with a maximum length of 8 pages in length, including figures and references. All proposed papers must be submitted in electronic form (PDF format) using the Paper Submission Page.
Accepted papers will be included in PACBB Proceedings. At least one of the authors will be required to register and attend the symposium to present the paper in order to include the paper in the conference proceedings.
All accepted papers will be published by AISC series of Springer Verlag.
Submission dates: 25th January, 2016
Notification date: 22nd February, 2016
Paper ready deadline: 7th March, 2016
Conference dates: 1st-3rd June, 2016
Mohd Saberi Mohamad - Universiti Teknologi Malysia, Malysia
Miguel Rocha - University of Minho, Portugal
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Jo Helen Graham’s son Mark was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia when he was 15 years old. Despite his parents’ efforts to find him ongoing treatment, little has been available to address his mental illness and he has suffered. A barroom brawl years ago landed him in prison when he was 19 – a tragic turn for a young man who desperately needed mental health intervention.
“Mark was never able to receive the proper mental health treatment that would have helped him,” Graham said speaking at the ribbon-cutting celebration for the new Mental Health Urgent Care Center on the Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Campus in Willowbrook.
She noted that her son is now out of prison but still suffers from mental health issues. “Jailing and warehousing our mentally ill is a human tragedy. But I am optimistic about the road ahead because of centers like this one.”
The newly refurbished two-story, 8,000-square-foot facility, which opened September 4, is the latest milestone towards the completion of a wellness community on the MLK Medical Campus that brings preventive and emergency care services to the region.
“The opening of this center is part of a broader countywide drive to expand access to mental health services and substance abuse treatment for all those in need, particularly those at risk of incarceration,” said Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, who spearheaded the effort to bring the urgent care center to the MLK campus. “Facilities like this will be most effective in promoting rehabilitation and reducing recidivism.”
The center is a one-stop shop for families, individuals and law enforcement to bring a person suffering acute distress or an episode related to mental illness. Patients will receive a variety of services including psychiatric evaluation and assessment, crisis intervention, substance abuse counseling and medication support from an on-site team of experts from the county’s departments of mental health, social services, health services and public health. Adults will have a separate wing, divided by gender. Twelve to 17-year-olds will be admitted into a separate wing of the center. While there is an emphasis on serving the indigent and Medi-Cal patients, no one will be turned away.
Data has shown that nearly 50 percent of the patients in the former King/Drew Emergency Room had primary or secondary mental health issues. The Urgent Care Center provides a more cost effective and humane way to treat people with mental illness.
Although there are 15 medical professionals on staff 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, it is not a sterile, cold and clinical setting. In fact, with its wood laminate floors, soothing yellow walls, cozy sleeping chairs and clean bathrooms, in the recovery area,it is more like a nice family living room where patients can stay for up to 24 hours.
“Twenty-four hours a day, you can bring in your loved one in,” said Luana Murphy, President/CEO of Exodus Recovery and Exodus Foundation for Recovery, which will operate the center. “Services here will be integrated. After they are discharged, no one will be sent to the street. We will have a plan.”
The Urgent Care Center will play an important role in the county’s efforts to redirect mentally ill offenders away from jails, where people with untreated illnesses currently constitute a substantial portion of the population.
“It takes a village and mentally ill citizens are some of our most vulnerable,” said Terri McDonald, assistant sheriff of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. “We can be proud of this step forward in reducing our reliance on jails to deal with our mentally ill.”
The center will be run by Exodus Foundation for Recovery, which has been providing psychiatric services in Southern California since 1989. The urgent care center brings additional medical services to the Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Center Campus, which already include the MLK Outpatient Center and Center for Public Health. The hospital is scheduled to open next year.
“Today, we move one step closer to the MLK Medical Campus we’ve been waiting for,” said Dr. Mark Ghaly, Director of Community and Integrated Programs for the Department of Health Services, noting that the center is a model of recovery and urgent care for mental health centers throughout the region.“It is this image that makes me excited to be here today as we look forward to the services Exodus will provide with its many campus partners for years to come.” | <urn:uuid:dc968c43-e8af-40a5-8159-d46ef709e19b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ridley-thomas.lacounty.gov/index.php/mlk-mental-health/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00467.warc.gz | en | 0.959296 | 920 | 1.929688 | 2 |
While these words, spoken by Abraham Lincoln in Gettysburg, were related to the cause of democracy, they sprang to my mind as I considered the international COVID crisis.
Considering the fact that much of the funding for research towards finding a vaccine has been bankrolled ‘by the people,’ should it not be universally ‘for the people?’ Perhaps I am idealistic, but if we could find our way to waiving trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights, and if manufacturers around the world were able to ramp up production of the vaccine to ensure that
*everyone* young and old, rich and poor, weak and strong could be vaccinated, wouldn’t we all be safer?
Sure, Canada might lag behind other developed nations in immunizing our population, but let us not lose sight of the overall picture. The ‘me first’ approach to obtaining and stock-piling vaccines by the world’s wealthiest countries, is not the answer. To bring this pandemic to an end, the majority of the world needs to be immunized. | <urn:uuid:de9ad37f-476c-4096-a202-40a709f0b514> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://oshawaexpress.ca/by-the-people-for-the-people/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.957759 | 232 | 1.671875 | 2 |
An LLC or company may apply to alter its name by completing a document called “Articles of Amendment.” When your application is granted, your business will function under its new name.
Similarly, Can I just change the name of my business?
Yes. You’ll need to submit “Articles of Amendment” with your state to alter the name of your LLC or company. You may begin operating under the new name after it has been authorized.
Also, it is asked, Is it bad to change your business name?
While it’s not a good idea to change your company name simply because you’re in the mood for something different, there are instances when it’s in your best interests to do so.
Secondly, Can I change my business name without changing my EIN?
Although changing your company name does not necessitate obtaining a new EIN, you may want to visit the Business Name Alter page to see what steps you must take if you change your business name.
Also, How much does it cost to rename a company?
To alter their brand, most small firms should budget $100,000 to $180,000 and six to eight months. According to studies, the typical B2B company spends roughly 5% of its sales on marketing. With that in mind, a rebranding project will typically cost between 10% and 20% of your marketing budget.
People also ask, How long does it take to change a company name?
Companies House will generally approve a new business name within 48 hours of filing the required paperwork online, so you may start using it right away. If you submit the form by mail, it may take up to one week to process.
Related Questions and Answers
How do I change my sole trader business name?
Generally, you must contact taxation authorities and other organizations with whom you registered your firm if you want to alter the legal name of your company. If you additionally use a fake company name, you should apply with the relevant agency for a new fictitious name.
Why would someone change their business name?
If your business suffers from brand confusion or when people mistake your firm for another with a similar name, acronym, or emblem, many companies find it essential to alter their names in order to speed their growth. This implies that your staff will have to work even harder to distinguish your organization.
Why would a business change its name?
A name change is also an opportunity to refresh the brand and demonstrate to customers that the firm is evolving. A name change often just aligns the organization with terminology that clients are already familiar with. Starbucks, for example, is no longer known as Starbucks Coffee, a moniker that has long been shortened by its consumers.
Do I have to notify the IRS of a name change?
A name change should be reported to the Social Security Administration as soon as possible. When a taxpayer files their taxes, the IRS examines the Social Security Administration’s databases to confirm that the names and social security numbers on the forms are correct. Failure to record a change of name.
How do I change my LLC name with the IRS?
LLCs and corporations must obtain a Certificate of Amendment with the state where they were initially created in order to legally alter their names. To update your new name in the IRS records, send a copy of this document along with a name-change letter.
How much does an EIN cost?
Obtaining an EIN (employer identification number) is a no-cost service provided by the Internal Revenue Service to companies. There are many options for obtaining an EIN, but the simplest and most usual is to apply online.
How do I notify vendors of a business name change?
Notify your state’s department of state or secretary of state’s office of the change in business name with a letter. Inquire with the business division to see whether a “notice of business change” is available.
How much is a brand name?
What is a good reason to change your name?
Change your name to celebrate your background, ethnicity, or religion; and, change your name to honor a step-parent or other important person in your life; and, change your name to honor a step-parent or other unique person in your life. By hyphenating your surnames, you and your spouse may each get a new last name.
Can I change the name of a limited company?
It is possible to modify the name of a limited corporation that already exists. The registration number and date of incorporation will stay the same, but the registered name will change, and if your new name is available for registration, your name change will take around 5-7 working days to accomplish.
What type of resolution is required to change company’s name?
What is the difference between a sole trader and a business?
A corporation must have a separate corporate bank account. You will have complete control over your firm as a lone trader. This also implies that you are personally liable and accountable for all parts of the company’s operations.
Can I change my business name without changing my ABN?
Because the Australian Business Register (ABR) no longer allows you to amend your trade name, adding your ABN to your company name record with ASIC is a means to demonstrate the connection between your business and your ABN.
Can a sole trader have multiple business names?
Yes. A single ABN may be used to register many company names.
Can 2 companies have same name?
1st of October 2011 In two separate business fields, the same name might exist. There can’t be two (2) businesses with the same name.
Is there a form to change business name with IRS?
Changing the Responsible Party in the Business A change in a company’s chief officer should be informed by writing or using IRS Form 8822-B. The letter should include the new Principal Officer’s name, postal address, and Social Security Number (SSN) or Employer Identification Number (EIN).
Where do I mail my business name change to the IRS?
If a company hasn’t filed any tax returns with the IRS yet, it may submit a notification of business name change to the IRS-Stop 343G, Cincinnati, OH 45999. The method by which a business notifies the IRS of a name change is governed on the kind of business it operates.
Can I use the same EIN for two businesses?
Each one will need its own EIN number. Even if they are owned by the same individual, you cannot use the same EIN for several firms. You may apply for as many EINs as you need since they are not restricted. You’re breaking up your company into distinct businesses.
Can I use an old EIN for a new business?
Your EIN cannot be revoked by the IRS. When a business entity receives an EIN, it becomes the entity’s permanent Federal taxpayer identification number. The EIN is never reused or transferred to another business organization, regardless of whether it is ever used to submit Federal tax returns.
How do I correct the name on my EIN?
Write to the IRS at the location where you submit your tax return if you alter your business name after receiving your EIN. The letter must be signed by an authorized representative of your firm.
How do I change my EIN?
Check the IRS regulations before changing an existing EIN. If you qualify for a new EIN, fill out Form SS-4 and send it to the IRS.
Does an LLC need an EIN?
If an LLC has workers or is required to submit any of the excise tax forms mentioned below, it will need an EIN. The majority of new single-member LLCs that are classed as disregarded companies will need an EIN. Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number, is used to apply for an EIN by a limited liability company.
Do you need an EIN if you are self employed?
The taxpayer’s EIN is used by the IRS to identify them. Business entities, such as corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies, must utilize EINs. Most sole owners, on the other hand, do not need an EIN and may instead utilize their Social Security numbers. Nonetheless, you may wish to get an EIN nonetheless.
Do Sole proprietors need an EIN?
An EIN is not required for a single owner without workers who does not submit any excise or pension plan tax returns (but can get one). The lone owner uses his or her social security number (rather than an EIN) as the taxpayer identification number in this case.
How do you trademark a name?
To register and trademark your brand name, look for comparable names in the TESS database, fill out the trademark application, and send it to the USPTO for evaluation.
If you have a business name that is registered with the IRS, you can change your business name by filing Form 8822. The form can be submitted online or through the mail.
This Video Should Help:
Sole proprietor business names are not required to be registered with the state. However, you can change your business name by following these steps:
1) Determine if the name is available for use by filing a trademark search with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
2) If it’s not available, you’ll need to file a trademark application with them.
3) Once they approve your trademark application, you may begin using the name in commerce. Reference: how to change sole proprietor business name.
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In an era where movie creators simply copy books for lack of original ideas, Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In has been picked up for a movie deal.
According to the WSJ, Sony Pictures Entertainment has announced that it has acquired the film rights to Ms. Sandberg’s book, which was published last year.
Sandberg’s book, which she penned to help women reach their full potential in today’s workplace, outlines all the reasons why females infrequently ascend to the top of the business world, and gives anecdotes and analysis to solve these underlying problems.
Oddly, Lean In has almost no narrative structure whatsoever, and rather offers analysis and advice. How that will turn into a riveting movie is beyond me.
This isn’t Sony’s first go-around with Facebook-themed content. The studio was responsible for 2010’s “The Social Network” which was a box office hit. That, like Lean In: The Movie, was based on a book, “The Accidental Billionaires.”
It is unclear how closely Sandberg will be working with the filmmakers on the script, but her co-writer Nell Scovell is already hard at work on a first draft of the script.
Though I’m not expecting to laugh and cry at the premiere of Lean In, there is a bit of good news out there for movie lovers in the tech space. If Lean In can be turned into a movie, there’s a really great chance that Bilton’s book, Hatching Twitter — about the origins of the shortwinded social network — will also find its way to the big screen.
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From Madness to Hope was the title of the UN Truth Commission report which documented the violatons of human rights which occurred during El Salvador's civil war. Now a new dramatic work with the same name is being performed at the Los Angeles Theater Center. From the press release:
The new play by William Flores, "De La Locura A La Esperanza (From Madness to Hope)" commemorates the events of the difficult struggle as the people of El Salvador waged a fight for freedom against oppression. Flores, who also directs, has assembled a cast of over 30, including actors, dancers and singers, communicating a historical record of those turbulent times through dramatic scenes, songs and traditional folkloric dances.
The show is accompanied by visual exhibits from the Museo De La Palabra Y La Imagen including: From War to Peace (Images and documents about the Salvadoran Civil War); and The Legacy of Salarrue (Paintings, images, objects and manuscripts from the private collection of El Salvador's greatest painter and writer.
There will also be an installation by artist Claudia Bernardi: Shouts From The Invisible.
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IPB University Partakes in MIT-Indonesia Research Alliance (MIRA) Research Collaboration Program
Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education of Republic of Indonesia altogether with 10 (ten) other top-tier, autonomous Indonesian public universities (including IPB University) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which is based in Boston, U.S.A., launched a new 5-year-long research collaboration. Named “MIT-Indonesia Research Alliance (MIRA)”, myriad fields as research focus ranged from energy (technology policy), health and food technology (food safety, health treats and pharmaceutical), sustainable transport, ICT (supply chain technology), advanced material/nanotechnology, disaster mitigation (environmental sensing-and-response and climate change) until social sciences and humanities.
IPB University alongside with the 10 (ten) other autonomous Indonesian public universities are collaborating with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) within research collaboration platform namely MIT-Indonesia Research Alliance (MIRA). MIT is world-renowned institute of higher learning that is known for its rigorous curriculum, excellent research, and outstanding faculty, that is located in Boston, United States of America. This collaboration is initiated by former linkages between MIT, Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education of Republic of Indonesia and Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB). MIRA as consortium between MIT and Indonesian top tier institutions aimed to conduct state of the art research for breakthrough technology/innovation that are market/industry driven. Through MIRA, Indonesian researchers are partnering with MIT professors in developing strategic research in myriad array of fields, namely energy (technology policy), health and food technology (food safety, health treats and pharmaceutical), sustainable transport, ICT (supply chain technology), advanced material/nanotechnology, disaster mitigation (environmental sensing-and-response and climate change) and social sciences and humanities.
It is supported through the MIT-Indonesia Seed Fund that is going to be plotted per research group consisting of one MIT researcher pairing with researchers from one (or more) Indonesian universities. The planned annual budget sums up to not less than USD 15 million to be allocated to the matched research group of MIT and Indonesian researchers. Each university assigned their own Person in Contact (PIC), where IPB University will be led by Prof. Dr. Dodik Ridho Nurrochmat. With 4 field of concentrations (Advanced Material, Health and Food Technology, Disaster Mitigation and Energy), IPB University is represented by total 10 research groups with Principal Investigator (PI) as leader of each group.
In order to actualize the collaborative conducts even further and mark the research initiations, IPB University extended official visit to number of American universities on December 4th-11th, 2019. IPB delegations paid a visit to Prof. Rema Hanna of Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). She serves as HKS Chair of the International Development Area, Faculty Director of Evidence for Policy Design at Harvard University’s Center for International Development and co-Scientific Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South East Asia Office in Indonesia. She is a Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South-East Asia Studies, Research Associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and affiliate of Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD). Besides, IPB researchers also met some other esteemed researchers at Dartmouth College Hanover, one of prestigious members of Ivy League, such as Prof. Melody Brown-Burkins (Associate Director of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding), Prof. Richard B. Howarth (Professor and Chair of Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College and Editor-in-Chief of the reputable Ecological Economics journal). This as well acted as follow-up on “Workshop to Enhance Collaboration Between US & Indonesia in Biodiversity & Conservation Research” previously held on July 2019, co-organized by National Science Foundation (NSF) of U.S.A., IPB University and Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education of Republic of Indonesia.
Published Date : 30-Jan-2020
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Other Names: the White Tree of Tirion
The White Tree of Elven Tirion, the image of Telperion made by Yavanna for the Vanyar and the Noldor:
In Tirion upon Túna the Vanyar and the Noldor dwelt long in fellowship. And since of all things in Valinor they loved most the White Tree, Yavanna made for them a tree like to a lesser image of Telperion, save that it did not give light of its own being; Galathilion it was named in the Sindarin tongue. This tree was planted in the courts beneath the Mindon and there flourished, and its seedlings were many in Eldamar. Of these one was afterwards planted in Tol Eressëa, and it prospered there, and was named Celeborn; thence came in the fullness of time as is elsewhere told, Nimloth, the White Tree of Númenor.
The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch 5, Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië
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With the message that the 21st century belongs to the Hindus, the three-day 11th International Executive Committee Meeting of the World Hindu Federation (WHF) ended on May 4, 1996, on top of the world at Kathmandu, Nepal. After reading a message of goodwill from His Majesty, the King, Nepal's Prime Minister, Bher Bahadur Deuba, inaugurated the meeting of WHF and told the multi-national audience that religious tolerance and communal harmony remain the national character of Nepal. Christian and Muslim conversion concerns dominated the meeting. WHF president Krishna Gopal Tandon noted with satisfaction that reconversion efforts were taking place with greater success in Nepal.
Nepal's State Minister for Land Reforms, Buddhi Man Tamang, (a Buddhist) reported that in the Dhading district he managed to reconvert nearly 7,000 Christians to Buddhism. Dhading has experienced more conversion than other districts in Nepal, particularly in the remote parts. Tamang said he had to apply force to chase Christian missionaries away from the districts. To the same end, he has launched various social service activities to offset the social service-based promulgation campaign of the Christians. Tamang proposed the establishment of a Hindu Training Centre where young boys and girls would be given training to thwart conversion of poor and uneducated people. He reported that missionaries are attempting to create a rift between Hindus and Buddhists. He complained that Non-Governmental Organizations, who are supposed to be doing humanitarian work, are instead helping in the conversion efforts. The number of NGOs has increased from a few hundred before the political change in 1990 to 20,000 today. Billions of rupees are spent by Christian and Muslim missionaries for the conversion of the Nepalese people.
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Earlier Proceedings were publis hed . by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) 3 ACHI 2021 - The Fourteenth International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions. July 18, 2021 - July 22, 2021 To examine research that supports the involvement of diverse populations of children in participatory design. To build on the Pushing the Boundaries of Participatory Design SIG at CHI 2019 (Constantin, 2019b), and workshop series run at IDC 2019 (Constantin, 2019a), INTERACT 2019 (Korte, 2019) and IDC 2020 (Constantin, 2020).
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Themes AEJMC 2021 Conference Paper Call Participatory Journalism Interest Group The Participatory Journalism Interest Group, PJIG, invites research paper submissions for the 2021 AEJMC Conference, August 4-7 in New Orleans, LA. The deadline for paper submissions is April 1, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. (CDT). The Young CAADRIA Awards are funded by CAADRIA, and include sponsorship of conference registration fees and a certificate presented during the conference. Applications are open to full or part-time registered students (PhD-, PG-, or UG-students), applications have been be made after having received a notification of full paper acceptance. Eventbrite - DesignSingapore Council presents Participatory Design and its Emotive Impact on Singapore & SEA Communities - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - Find event and ticket information.
Universidad de Caldas Welcome to the 16th Biennial Participatory Design Conference (PDC) in Manizales, Colombia. Participatory Design 14 Apr 2021 Can we give educators and students a real voice in shaping Learning Analytics?
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Information architects, UX designers, content strategists, and other design practitioners gather at this conference each year. Participatory Design Conference PDC2020 - Participation(s) otherwise: Jun 15, 2020 - Jun 19, 2020: Manizales, Colombia: Dec 1, 2019: PDC 2018: Participatory Design Conference 2018 : Aug 20, 2018 - Aug 24, 2018: Hasselt and Genk, Belgium: Nov 10, 2017: PDC 2014: 13th Participatory Design Conference: Oct 6, 2014 - Oct 10, 2014: Windhoek, Namibia: Feb 28, 2014 Welcome to the 16th Biennial Participatory Design Conference (PDC) in Manizales, Colombia. This is the first time PDC will be held online and in South America, hosted by Universidad de Caldas in conjunction with their Festival Internacional de la Imagen 2020 PDC: Participatory Design. PDC '18: Proceedings of the 15th Participatory Design Conference: Full Papers - Volume 1.
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#PDC2918 #architecture #design Michigan - Nurturing the Cybercommons: 1981-2021- October 19-21, 2001. CPSR's Participatory Design Conference is an international forum where this Welcome. The Participatory Design Conference (PDC) is a conference with a long history in bringing together scholars who present research on the direct 16th Participatory Design Conference PDC2020 – Participation(s) otherwise. Manizales, Colombia June 15-19 2020. Universidad de Caldas.
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June 2020, pp 96–106 https://doi.org/10.1145/3385010.3385021. Participatory Design (PD) approaches seem particularly well suited to contribute to debates over power and decolonization in design, yet often lack considerations of cultural situatedness and underlying ontological entanglements.
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Due to Covid-19 the Nordes 2021 conference will be held online. As it was originally planed as a conference with physical presence on site we will still have physical exhibitions in different parts of Kolding city.
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Open Participatory Design and Digital Tools for Inclusive & Resilient Development. Online Digital Workshop . 15th June 2020; from 8:00 to 14:00 (COL) / from 15:00 to 21:00 (CEST) Deadline for expressions of interest: 5th of June 2020 (Extended) As part of the: 16th Biennial Participatory Design Conference (PDC) And in conjunction with the: The Community Biotechnology Initiative is invited to organize a workshop titled "Community Driven Design of Living Technologies" at the Participatory Design Conference 2018, held in Genk and Hasselt, Belgium.The theme of PDC 2018 is politics and democracy. In our half-day workshop, we aim to work with participants to rigorously explore the application of PD principles to the development of The RESHAPE Conference will take place virtually on July 26-28, 2021.
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Neglect contributed to the death of a teenage schoolgirl from tuberculosis despite her making nine visits to her GPs' surgery in the preceding months, a coroner has ruled.
Birmingham Coroner Aidan Cotter said 15-year-old Alina Sarag should have been sent for tests to diagnose active tuberculosis before her death at the city's Children's Hospital on January 6 last year.
Recording a verdict at Sutton Coldfield Town Hall that Alina died from natural causes and that neglect contributed to her death, Mr Cotter said: "A diagnosis should have been made and treatment should have been started.
"I am satisfied that the failure to take action did have a direct causal connection to Alina's death."
A five-day inquest held last month heard that Alina, from Sparkbrook, Birmingham, made nine visits to her GPs' surgery, three visits to a community health centre, and attended three different hospitals on four occasions in the months before her death.
In his summing-up of the inquest, Mr Cotter said: "In my view, it was a gross failure that the GP did not refer Alina either to the Birmingham Chest Clinic or to another hospital so that tests could be carried out in order to establish whether she had active tuberculosis.
"At the very latest that referral should have been made on the 8th of December 2010. He should have ensured tests were carried out."
Speaking on behalf of Alina's family after the coroner recorded his verdict, solicitor Thomas Riis-Bristow confirmed that her parents now intended to take legal action.
Mr Riis-Bristow said: "We would like to thank the coroner for his full investigation into this tragic death.
"Alina's family reached out to the medical profession - the family feel that Alina was sadly failed throughout this time.
"The family are devastated by their loss and deeply saddened to learn that the death could have been avoided and that medical care could have treated her TB."
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What role did the size and scope of the elective franchise play in the political and economic development of the young United States? In this paper, we explore whether the relaxation of economic franchise restrictions in the first decades of the United States resulted in changes in legislative behavior. We focus on two measures that capture political conflict in this period of American history: ideal point estimates that measure the revealed ideology of members of Congress, and appropriations for rivers and harbors development. We find that the removal of property-holding requirements is associated with a shift in roll call voting and an increase in targeted appropriations on local river and harbor improvements. The results suggest that franchise expansion contributed to the political-economic development of the early American Republic and provide new evidence of an electoral connection in the early American Congress. | <urn:uuid:859db9a5-dc8c-479b-8b64-8bcb2ecca7f5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nowpublishers.com/article/Details/PIP-0058 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00277.warc.gz | en | 0.94147 | 155 | 2.78125 | 3 |
National museums such as the National Archaeological Museum (henceforth NAM); the Byzantine and Christian Museum (henceforth BCM); the Museum of Greek Folk Culture (henceforth MGFA) and the National Historical Museum are entrenched in this scheme; support the master narrative and present the notion of an eternal Hellenic spirit that guides the nation through different historical periods. Thus; Greek national museums perpetuate national myths and make official collective memory visible. As large proportions of collective memory is supposedly embodied in emblematic objects of national significance; the public is expecting national museums to act as treasure-houses of national memory; and this is indeed one of the main reasons instructing museum visiting. Moreover; as significant national institutions museums are normally seen as places that tell ’the truth’; whereby ’truth’ represents nationally sanctioned views of the nation’s trajectory. Ruptures; silences; difficult heritage or other voices are hard to be accepted; although significant shifts have been under way for more than a decade now.
This report maps the dynamics of establishing national museums in Greece and provides an overview of the most important national museums in the country through a discussion of selected case studies. For the purpose of this research; which was part of EuNaMus’ Mapping and Framing Institutions 1750-2010 project; a ’national museum’ is defined as an institution owned and controlled by the state; which claims and is recognised as being national and which articulates and negotiates national identity and knowledge with public exhibitions. A national public position and a focus on the national narrative are at the core of the investigation. | <urn:uuid:77a5e71e-328e-4664-a36f-b0e4f0a6cbce> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.ep.liu.se/ecp/article.asp?issue=064&volume=&article=016 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721405.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00312-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947632 | 332 | 3.078125 | 3 |
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The test is negative
1:40 would be interpreted as a negative test result of hep-c test.
Let me know if you have any further questions.
Why did they put an A under the Flag category?
Its a computerized thing. Not sure how that A came in there.
So why didn't the result show 1:40 versus just 40. Or does this mean it's normal if you're in the range of 1-40?
I think that your test was done by the ELISA technique
which is why they gave a number rather than dilution i.e. 1:40
The normal range for the ELISA is different
have they given a different range for it?
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It shows Test Name Hep-2 Call, then a result column that says 40 Titer, then a column that says Flag is the letter A under it and then a reference line with Negative at 1:40 under it. I guess the part that is bringing this question to light is the A under the Flag column. Under all the tests I've had done nothing shows under the Flag column except B12 which is and H under the Flag line and the number is XXXXX above the reference numbers given.
The textbook normal range is something like this:"and any value less than or equal to 1:40 dilution (or < 1/0 IU) is negative." So you are negative as far as I am concerned.
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The Oregon State University Energy Efficiency Center (EEC) focuses on offering small and medium-sized manufacturers a comprehensive on-site assessment. Student teams led by engineering faculty visit Northwest manufacturers and seek ways to increase profits by increasing productivity and reducing energy use and waste. Within 60 days, the EEC sends a report to the client with analysis and specific recommendations to improve efficiency.
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An opinion piece by the Centre for Civic Governance (Municipalities concerned over new recycling plan, Sept. 6) points out the success of recycling initiatives in British Columbia, and the leadership role of municipal governments — on behalf of their citizens — in establishing infrastructure and programs to continually increase the volume of material that is recycled in our province.
As the manufacturers, distributors and retailers of products and packaging sold into the marketplace in B.C., industry has also stepped up to increase recycling alongside governments. Under regulations established by the province, more than 20 extended producer responsibility programs introduced over the past 20 years have seen industry assume responsibility for end-of-life management of items such as beverage containers, electronics, paint, used oil, tires and batteries. The idea behind EPR is sensible: Businesses should be responsible for recovering and recycling the products they supply to the B.C. marketplace.
In May 2014, a new program will be introduced as part of B.C.’s recycling regulation. The program will greatly expand EPR in British Columbia to include all printed paper and packaging (PPP) material sold to residents. Multi-Material BC is the not-for-profit organization formed by industry to manage a printed paper and packaging recycling system that will cost industry about $110 million per year.
This is a positive development for local governments. As industry takes on the management of end-of-life paper and packaging, municipalities are relieved of a significant cost and administrative burden. The success of other EPR programs has proven that this industry responsibility model is not only cost effective, but also helps increase overall recycling performance.
After more than two years of planning and consultation with local governments, MMBC submitted a PPP stewardship plan to the provincial government. The plan, approved in April 2013, will build on existing collection infrastructure in B.C. communities and seek to continuously improve service and accessibility for residents. The MMBC program will also enable B.C. residents to recycle new categories of packaging that are not commonly included in current curbside or depot recycling programs . These materials include:
Gabletop containers (e.g. milk cartons)
Aluminum foil containers
Aseptic containers (e.g. soy milk and soup containers)
Plastic clamshell containers (commonly supplied by bakeries and delis)
Paper packaging coated with wax or plastic (e.g. milk and ice cream cartons)
Hot and cold drink cups
MMBC, recognizing the role of local governments in the delivery of PPP collection services, is offering financial incentives to local governments (and others) to collect PPP on MMBC’s behalf. These incentives were calculated based on research into local government collection costs and are intended to reflect reasonable payment for services.
Local governments now have the opportunity to choose how they will engage with the PPP program based on what will work best for their individual communities. By accepting the incentives, local governments can continue to deliver service to their residents and can continue to be the first point of contact for residents’ questions about recycling services. Or, if they prefer, MMBC will be responsible for directly providing collection services.
In order to effectively manage the program, MMBC is asking that local governments enter into contracts with MMBC as the basis for payment for services. The response has been excellent to date, with many local governments already opting in from across the province. Where municipalities or regional districts have expressed concerns, MMBC has engaged in further dialogue and recently amended our standard contract to clarify specific sections based on feedback from local governments.
So all parties — collectors, post-collection service providers, producers and MMBC — are ready to launch the new PPP program in May so that producers and MMBC can meet the requirements of the B.C. Recycling Regulation, MMBC has established a response deadline of Sept. 16 for local governments (and other interested collectors) to either opt in or out of the program. This will enable MMBC and service providers to undertake the significant work involved in establishing the system in time for the regulated launch date.
Our program involves a shift in end-of-life management responsibility and costs to industry. We look forward to working with local governments to implement our program while meeting the ambitious target recovery rate.
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Bashundhara bitumen goes into production this month
Bangladesh’s first dedicated bitumen plant established by Bashundhara Group at a cost of around $143.7 million is all set to begin commercial production at the end of this month to meet the domestic demand for asphalt.
The plant has the capacity to produce a whopping 9 lakh tonnes of bitumen a year.
However, the factory established on a 65-acre plot at Pangaon in Keraniganj will produce around 2.75 lakh tonnes in the initial phase.
“We hope to bring the product to the market in December this year,” said Nafis Imtiaz Alam, head of the plant.
The unit was scheduled to start commercial operations in April but the coronavirus outbreak delayed the process, he said.
A 13-member team from the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) led by its Additional Chief Engineer Abdullah Al Mamun visited the plant to examine its quality control measures and equipment setup on Saturday.
Currently, 90 per cent of Bangladesh’s annual demand for 5 lakh tonnes of bitumen—a hydrocarbon-based substance used to build roads and highways—is met through imports, which have questionable quality, he said.
Although imported bitumen is quality tested before being used for construction, the items fail to provide the expected result with their performance, Mamun said.
The RHD is the main consumer of locally produced bitumen.
Now, there will be no question about standards as the leading local conglomerate Bashundhara Group will likely to produce high-quality product, he added.
The prospects for the plant, which is a subsidiary of Bashundhara Oil and Gas Company, are bright given Bangladesh’s development goals.
With the major construction and repair projects for about 22,000 kilometres of roads and highways under the RHD, local demand for bitumen is on the rise.
Of the 354,000 kilometres of undeveloped roads under the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), 105,000 kilometres have already been upgraded to paved streets.
Besides, the government is expanding all national highways from four to six lanes. This includes district level roads, for which the use of bitumen has increased by about 10 to 15 per cent annually.
With the standard requirements set by engineers given utmost priority, the premium quality Bashundhara bitumen product has penetration values of 60/70 and 80/100 and comes in various grades: cut back, emulsified, oxidised and polymer modified.
“We need modified and customised bitumen to ensure the longevity of road construction for flexible pavement,” Mamun said.
According to the additional chief engineer, the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation can provide only 70,000 tonnes of bitumen as a by-product from Eastern Refinery Ltd.
Khandaker Kingshuk Hossain, chief marketing officer of Bashundhara Group, claimed that they will produce high-quality products to ensure the construction of sustainable roads.
He said initially they will produce around 3 lakh tonnes of bitumen per annum but it will be later increased to 9 tonnes by the end of 2021 as they plan to export the additional produce.
Hossain said the plant will create 1,000 direct and around 20,000 indirect jobs across the country.
“Our visionary strategy is not only to make Bangladesh self-sufficient in bitumen, but also open our doors to our overseas clients. We expect to export around 4 lakh tonnes of bitumen, reaching the highest production capacity,” he said.
Jiangsu Liyang Yunlong Equipment Manufacturing Co. Ltd, which has experience with establishing this type of heavy industry, implemented the plant on a turnkey basis.
In 2019, around Tk 1,721 crore was spent to import bitumen and the value has increased by about 20 per cent annually, according to Hossain.
“As Bashundhara bitumen is capable of meeting the gap, this sum of money will be added to our economy,” Hossain added. | <urn:uuid:ecde889b-b3bf-449c-88fd-f261aa613198> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://creationplus-bd.net/bashundhara-bitumen-goes-into-production-this-month/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572192.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815145459-20220815175459-00071.warc.gz | en | 0.946211 | 847 | 1.664063 | 2 |
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Echocardiographic screening for structural or valvular heart disease in the general population did not improve outcomes, a randomized study showed.
Through up to 15 years of follow-up, the rate of all-cause death was not significantly different between the screened and unscreened groups (26.9% versus 27.6%; HR 0.97, 95% CI 0.89-1.06), according to Haakon Lindekleiv, MD, PhD, of the University of Tromso in Norway, and colleagues.
There also were no differences on various secondary outcomes, including sudden death, death from any heart disease, myocardial infarction (MI), and stroke, the researchers reported online in JAMA Internal Medicine.
"Although sclerosis of the aortic and mitral valves has been associated with a substantial increased risk of cardiovascular disease, we did not find that early diagnosis of valvular disease in the general population translated into reduced risk of death or cardiovascular events," they wrote. "This supports existing guidelines that echocardiography is not recommended for cardiovascular risk assessment in asymptomatic adults."
The study included 6,861 middle-age individuals from the Tromso Study, a population-based, prospective cohort study started in 1974. Although not initially designed as a randomized controlled trial, the study randomly assigned participants to echocardiographic screening or no screening at one of the survey points. The average age at that point was roughly 60.
In the screening group, the individuals with concerning echocardiographic findings were referred for a follow-up evaluation, which included a complete medical history, clinical examination, transthoracic echocardiography, resting and exercise electrocardiography, and transesophageal echocardiography or invasive studies, if indicated. Standard treatment was used for verified conditions.
Initial echocardiographic findings prompted follow-up evaluation in 8.9% of the screening group. Of those, 86% had verified cardiac or valvular pathologic conditions.
Although there was no mortality benefit from screening in the overall study population, the death rate was significantly lower in the screening group in the subgroup of individuals who had a first-degree relative who had had an MI before age 60 (23.5% versus 28.1%; HR 0.81, 95% CI 0.67-0.98). That worked out to a number needed to screen of 21.
But, the researchers noted, "the magnitude of [the] absolute mortality difference (4.7%) is implausible because only 11.3% of the screened participants in this subgroup had pathologic findings on echocardiography."
Also, "the result was not significant after adjustment for multiple comparisons," they wrote. "This suggests that the finding in this subgroup is the result of chance."
Considering the lack of a benefit from screening in the overall study population, "the importance of our findings is that they add empirical evidence to a recommendation based on an expert consensus opinion," Lindekleiv and colleagues wrote. "Although our results were negative, we believe that they are of clinical importance because they may contribute to reducing the overuse of echocardiography."
In an accompanying editorial, Erin Michos, MD, MHS, and Theodore Abraham, MD, of Johns Hopkins University, noted that echocardiography may be associated with some harm.
"Although echocardiography is nonradiating, a normal resting echocardiogram does not exclude coronary disease. Therefore, patients with a normal-appearing echocardiogram may be falsely reassured and not follow through with other recommended screening or preventive measures," they wrote. "Mild abnormalities or questionable test results may lead to additional testing associated with expense and potential for harm."
In addition, wrote Lindekleiv and colleagues, "further cardiac workup because of incidental findings on the echocardiogram may result in anxiety, psychological harm, and unwarranted complications, with little clinical benefit."
They acknowledged that their study was limited by the use of an as-treated versus an intent-to-screen approach to analyze the data, by the lack of information on possible prognostic factors like pro-brain natriuretic peptide and functional class, by the lack of information on the number of individuals who saw a cardiologist outside of the study, and by the use of other tests for cardiovascular risk, including ultrasound for carotid artery stenosis and abdominal aortic aneurysm, in some participants.
From the American Heart Association:
- Cardiovascular Risk in Asymptomatic Adults
- Key Concepts in the Evaluation of Screening Approaches for Heart Disease in Children and Adolescents
The various parts of the Tromso Study have been carried out by the Department of Community Medicine in collaboration with the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, the University Hospital of Northern Norway, and the Tromso City Council.
The study authors and the editorialists reported that they had no conflicts of interest.
- Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
JAMA Internal MedicineSource Reference: Lindekleiv H, et al "Echocardiographic screening of the general population and long-term survival: a randomized clinical study" JAMA Intern Med 2013; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.8412.
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KEF, the BBC and the LS3/5A
Raymond Cooke, the founder of KEF in 1961, had close links to the BBC dating back to his time in the BBC Engineering Designs Department in the early 1950s, where he worked with influential sound engineers such as Dudley Harwood and D.E.L.Shorter. This connection was re-established in the early 1960s when KEF signed an agreement to manufacture the BBC designed LS5/1A monitor under licence to the corporation - production continued into the mid 1970s. Also manufactured during this period were the LS5/2, LS3/4 and the 3-way LS5/5 – for which KEF also manufactured the 12” bass and 8” midrange drivers. KEF’s meticulous approach to production engineering was well suited to the manufacture of these tight tolerance monitors.
Much of the early communication between KEF and the BBC Research department at Kingwood Warren centred on new materials for loudspeaker diaphragms and surrounds. KEF had utilised a laminate of polystyrene and aluminium foil for the B1814 and B139 bass drivers, and chose Melinex for the diaphragm of the T15 tweeter. In the mid 1960s the BBC started experimenting with the use of plastics, and the result was the three-way, Bextrene coned LS5/5.
In 1966 KEF introduced the first commercially available Bextrene coned drive unit, the B110 (A6362), a 110mm bass/midrange unit. Along with the new T27 (A6340), a 19mm dome tweeter with a Melinex diaphragm, these two units found application in the new bookshelf Cresta system, and in the three-way Concerto in 1969. As was the custom in those days, these units were shown to the BBC and a small batch was subsequently sent in for evaluation.
In 1968 the BBC made a decision to study acoustical scale modelling to assist in the design of new music studios . For this work, they required a small sound source that would produce controlled acoustic radiation up to 100kHz. The first system produced was a 2-way.
The bass section, required to operate up to 15kHz, comprised two BBC built 110mm Bextrene coned units mounted at 60 degrees to each other to produce the wide dispersion required. To achieve the required 15kHz bandwidth (note that the KEF B110 is useable only up to around 5kHz) they had steeply flared cones, and to reduce the effect of acoustic modes in the neck of the cone, an extra PVC diaphragm was placed close to the normal dust-cap position. The frequency range above 15kHz was reproduced by an array of small electrostatic transducers in a hemi-spherical array.
This system was found to be somewhat lacking in performance and so it was developed into a 3-way version . Here, just one of the 110mm bass drivers was mounted facing forwards, crossing over to a KEF T27 tweeter at 3kHz, which operated up to the 15kHz crossover to the high frequency array.
This revised system performed significantly better, and its sound quality when reproducing normal program material suggested that is could form the basis of a small monitor loudspeaker for use where space is a premium, such as outside broadcast studios. So in 1970 it was subsequently developed into the 9 Ohm, 5 litre LS3/5, using the original KEF B110 (A6362), the KEF T27 (A6340) and crossover filter FL6/16 . In this system the driver layout was ‘inverted’ with the tweeter mounted below the bass driver. A small batch of these were made internally at the BBC and sent out for field trials, the success of which prompted a requirement for a significant extra number to be made.
In the planning for a new batch of LS3/5s it became apparent that the original units, B110 (A6362) and the T27 (A6340), were no longer available, and the latest units, B110 (SP1003) and T27 (SP1032) at that time being used in the KEF Coda, had slightly different acoustical characteristics resulting from production refinements. It was therefore necessary for the BBC to re-engineer the system around these latest units. The rework of the LS3/5 was done in the early summer of 1974, and the result the LS3/5A [4,5].
The LS3/5A has the drivers in the normal orientation, with the tweeter above the woofer, includes diffraction reducing felt on the edges of the baffle and has the addition of a perforated metal cover for the tweeter - which not only offers protection but also assists the acoustical response. Careful attention was paid to the way the new bass driver was coupled to the enclosure to ensure that the LS3/5’s low level of cabinet colouration was maintained. Due to the new 8 ohm drivers and the revised crossover, FL6/23, the nominal input impedance of the system increased from 9 to 15 ohms.
The system went into manufacture internally at the BBC and licenses were offered to commercial companies to produce the loudspeaker, the most notable of which was Rogers Developments (later Swisstone) who started production in 1975. The only update to the LS3/5A system was in 1987 when ongoing problems with the acoustical consistency of the B110 SP1003 were resolved by replacing this unit with the specially designed SP1228 version, and an updated crossover, FL6/38. These changes resulted in the revised version having a lower input impedance of 11 ohms. The driver and crossover re-work was carefully done by KEF’s Special Products Division to ensure that this version was acoustically identical (within normal tolerances) to the original, so that old and new versions would be interchangeable. It was at this time that KEF started to supply the crossovers (SP2128) as well as the drive units, in matched sets, to ensure maximum consistency. A bi-wire crossover (SP2195) was made available in 1991.
Rogers produced upwards of 80,000 systems from 1975 to 1993, with significant quantities also made by Spendor from 1982 and Harbeth who started in 1988. Other licensees included Chartwell, Goodmans, Audiomaster (K.J. Leisuresound), RAM, Decca, and more recently Richard Allan and Stirling Broadcast. KEF finally took out a license in 1993 and produced around 4000 systems. The total number of LS3/5As manufactured (singles – not pairs) exceeds 100,000 , the vast majority of these by Rogers, Spendor and Harbeth.
In 1981 KEF introduced the Constructor Series CS1A, a kit that included the B110 (SP1003) and T27 (SP1032) drivers and a crossover designed to match the subjective balance of the LS3/5A but in a simpler form than FL6/23.
Although KEF has produced a number of 2-way loudspeakers with the B110/T27 combination - Cresta (1967), KEFKIT4 (1969), Cresta II (1970), Coda (1971), CS1/CS1A (1981) - the closest KEF came to making a direct competitor to the LS3/5A was in 1979 with the introduction of the Reference 101. This system used the T27 (SP1032) with the B110B (SP1057) in a 6.7 Litre enclosure with a crossover of similar complexity to the LS3/5A and the inclusion of S-Stop protection circuitry. The Reference 101 benefited from the advanced measurement and analysis infrastructure that KEF had developed throughout the 1970s.
KM1 Studio Monitor
No discussion of KEF and the BBC would be complete without mention of the mighty KM1. This 3-way active studio monitor was designed to facilitate the BBC’s increasing need for system that could deliver accurate reproduction at high levels. The bass section comprised four 12” bextrene coned drivers (SP1196), two B110(SP1186) midrange units and a T52(SP1187) tweeter. From the outside the system looks impressive enough but on the inside was a plethora of engineering solutions to the problem of reproducing high output levels with low distortion, particularly thermal compression. The ferro-fluid cooled tweeter used a magnet of the size normally found on a 12” bass unit. The midrange units had polypropylene diaphragms instead of bextrene to withstand the high g-forces and 64mm metal bars thermally connecting the magnet structures to the heatsink on the back of the cabinet. Inside was a sophisticated amplifier system including driver protection circuitry. The first system went into operation at the BBC’s Maida Vale studios in 1982.
BBC Research Department Report No. 1970/13.
BBC Research Department Report No. 1972/34.
BBC Engineering Design Information note 10055(1), 1970.
BBC Engineering Design Information note 10055(2), 1970.
BBC Research Department Report No. 1976/29.
BBC Engineering Design Information note 10055(3), 1970.
This figure calculated by Raymond Cooke, KEF internal document 1993.
Magazine articles and further sources of information on the LS3/5A
(i) A little Legend: The BBC LS3/5A. Trevor Butler, Hifi News & Record Review (January 1989).
(ii) The Beebs Famous Boxes. Graham Whitehead and David Walker, HiFi News and Record Review (November 1991).
(iii) The BBC LS3/5A – Revisiting a Classic. HiFi Critic May/June 2007.
(iv) http://www.ls35a.com - The unofficial LS3/5a supporters club.
(v) http://www.stereophile.com - Stereophile magazine have an online review archive containing several articles on LS3/5As from various manufacturers. | <urn:uuid:fb2d73b5-f728-4a61-ac2a-b6b2a4fccb62> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://us.kef.com/explore-kef/about-kef/kef-bbc-and-ls35a | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282935.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00246-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950229 | 2,121 | 2.515625 | 3 |
It’s no secret now that for hundreds of years different flowers have been used to symbolise many different things, be it the roses from English history and the war of the roses or the symbols of places, towns and cities. Flowers are very deeply embedded into historic and modern day culture, giving roses on Valentine’s Day are hugely popular to symbolise love, flowers are given when someone is ill in hospital as a gesture of faith and the hope the person receiving them gets better soon.
Funerals are no different in the sense that flowers have a long history synonymous with grief but also displays of love and celebrating a life. The history of flowers at funerals is very interesting and a lot of it stems from a few key events.
The fragrance of flowers is particularly pleasant and carries with it even different connotations given the particular scent however, flower scents were used for different reasons during history. Whilst embalming, the art of preserving a recently deceased person and delaying the effects of the natural process of decomposition, was in its infant stages for a long period throughout history fragrant flowers were actually used to mask the stench given off by a decomposing corpse long enough so that a funeral could take place and the people attending the funerals would only smell the pleasant aroma of the flowers. Oftentimes back then, funerals could take place weeks after someone as passed away so as a result, the body has succumbed to natural elements more than it would say, after a couple of days and without embalming as we know it today there would be a larger amount of flowers needed the longer the person has been deceased.
One particular case is that of the death of former President, Andrew Jackson, there was a long period of time between his death and his funeral and as a result his body had decomposed much more than normal so the undertaker at the time had to use an absurd amount of flowers so the funeral goers wouldn’t be able to smell it. Whilst understandably a horrible situation for everyone involved this incident highlighted the greatness of flowers and that they are versatile in the fact they’re used not only for their marvellous colours and meaning, but also the aroma they give off.
Another case is that of what is believed to be an ancient funeral procession, in a Neanderthal cave in Iraq, ancient remains were found to have been surrounded by plants and flowers using a soil sample. This shows that even in ancient times flowers were used at early funerals, whilst it’s not known for what reason flowers were used, for their beauty or aroma, it’s clear that for thousands of year flowers have been synonymous with funerals and paying respects.
Flowers are truly very powerful, they can mean so much and hold a practical use as well, this history just shows that flowers at funerals can really shine and convey a message of peace, love and loss all at once. | <urn:uuid:b51a96cb-eaf3-4b54-8dbb-9b80bb1ae1ca> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.allnewsbuzz.com/the-history-and-traditions-behind-funeral-flowers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00273.warc.gz | en | 0.978843 | 594 | 2.796875 | 3 |
My top five (in order of importance):
- Know that the most important part of data journalism is… journalism. Reporting. In other words, you know how to report a story, you understand how to treat data as a source. You know how to pick up a phone, and not just assume that everything you get in data form (especially government data) is complete and accurate.
- You have at least basic data skills — meaning, you know your way around a spreadsheet. You can figure out for yourself how to import data, and do something with it. You also understand the basics of data analysis: rates, ratios, sums, averages, medians, and how to use them.
- You have command of more advanced data analysis skills, such as GIS, basic statistics, advanced SQL, etc. You also may know some basic programming techniques (using the language of your choice… Python, Perl, Ruby. ILENE.. shoot, even .NET) to scrape the web, get and clean data.
- You have some skills with a web framework (Django, Rails, Grails) in order to enhance your reporting online through data-driven applications that you create from scratch and host. | <urn:uuid:8440f545-33f4-4828-8b9f-7258cfd8ebe3> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://astillero.org/tag/nicar-l/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280364.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00027-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930959 | 247 | 2.6875 | 3 |
1. To rip or lacerate something: The nail tore through my stocking. The hook caught on my shirt and tore it through.
2. To move through something with heedless speed; rush headlong through something: The student tore through the park on a bicycle.
3. To move through something with destructive force: The fire tore through the house.
4. To proceed with or accomplish something rapidly or hurriedly: The study group tore through the book the night before the final.
See also: tear | <urn:uuid:4d8f9d7b-a827-4f24-acdb-5de0aeb7a254> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/tear+through | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720000.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00023-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.878989 | 106 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Sawmill argues for 'wood-first' policy
A $120 million "super-mill" is waiting on whether political opinion endorses a "wood-first" policy for government buildings.
Red Stag Timber, the country's largest independent sawmill, near Rotorua, wants to build and own what would be New Zealand's first super-mill, but says the policy would be crucial to its success.
A wood-first policy would encourage the use of wood as a primary material in new government buildings of up to four storeys.
In supporting documents, wood-first advocates estimate the policy could attract $500m of investment, create 2020 new jobs and boost annual exports by $275m.
Pro-wood policies have already been embraced in Canada, Japan, France and Finland and are being pushed by forest contractors in Australia.
Labour's forestry spokesman Shane Jones has previously flagged support for a wood-first policy, and the party is expected to release its forestry policy at the industry's Forestwood conference tomorrow.
But Associate Minister for Primary Industries Jo Goodhew says at present a preference for wood above other materials is not on the Government's agenda.
"I am open to hearing ideas, but at this stage I am not convinced that a policy directive from the Government to require a timber option for all tenders on buildings is the most appropriate way to encourage the use of timber," she said.
However, Red Stag Timber boss Martin Verry said the industry was hopeful of a U-turn as wood gained greater acceptance on environmental grounds.
"We are anticipating a change of view on this because it's starting to become more prevalent internationally."
Verry said a wood-first policy would inject investment into a range of new and existing processing plants that were now unviable because of New Zealand's small domestic market and boom-bust cycle.
They were likely to include lamination plants, sawmills, cross laminated timber, bioenergy, biodiesel, and heavily boost the downstream woodchip industry.
The super-mill alone would result in $100m increased revenue, $30m in extra export earnings and an additional 500,000 tonnes of logs being processed rather than exported, he said.
Sawmillers are under pressure as they compete on the price for logs with eager Chinese and Asian buyers.
Industry players believe that more wood should be processed before it leaves the country, but they need more investment.
Scientists estimate that at present New Zealand processors are recovering about 55 per cent of a log whereas Chinese processors are recovering 70 per cent.
Wood industry players believe investment would be easier to get if the industry had a headstart with the Government procurement programme.
Late last year Verry expressed fears that hundreds of Housing Corp houses could go to tenderers using pre-fabricated steel-framed houses from China.
A wood-first policy in Christchurch would makes sense, given the University of Canterbury is the seat of some of the country's best research into quake-proof materials and laminated timber products. | <urn:uuid:d1a42977-35db-4533-9511-3401607cfa47> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/9837736/Sawmill-argues-for-wood-first-policy | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284352.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00190-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960324 | 625 | 1.882813 | 2 |
Tiffin/Palaharam in Tamil Nadu was once usually served in the evening as snacks. That snack has been upgraded to breakfast fare, served with atleast one vegetable-lentil/coconut based side dish, thogayal/ chutney and curd. (If like my appa, you subsist on 95% vegetable diet, you will add a salad/soup). In the not so distant past, people ate what we eat for lunch as breakfast, a practice that is not uncommon even today. You know you are in Tamil Nadu if you see people waking up at 5am to eat a gigantic lunch at 9am.
No breakfast is repeated for atleast a month at Amma’s. Yes, she is that rare breed of modern day Tamilian not to have Idli/Dosa Maavu forever in the fridge, because she makes them just once in a month. And she doesn’t even go beyond the South Indian cuisine much as far as breakfast is concerned. This isn’t surprising considering the agriculture obsessed South Indian culture that not just worships the grains but prepares them using a wide range of techniques. At times the breakfast may just consist of steamed or roasted vegetables served with suitable sides. Variety needs inspiration, and it is a value to be incorporated from the earlier generation. Even on the standard Iyengar diet that excludes entire food groups including many vegetables, my Patti put together meals that were diverse with fresh experiences in flavour and texture. Cooking techniques, not just the spices, were used to render different flavours.
Thayir paniyaram is one such inspired recipe, created by altering the method of cooking for an existing dish (no prizes for guessing, but you may try).
tbsp=tablespoon, tsp=teaspoon, cup=standard metric cup measuring 250ml
- Par Boiled rice – 1 cup
- Urad dal – 1 tablespoon
- Grated coconut – 2 tbsp (heaped)
- Curry leaves – 1 twig
- Red chillies – 2
- Sour Curd (Yogurt) – 1 cup
- Salt – to taste
- Oil – 1 tbsp
- Wash and drain the par boiled rice and urad dal. Add to the sour curd(yogurt) and soak overnight for 6-8 hours.
- Grind to a smooth batter adding grated coconut, red chillies and salt. Add curry leaves towards the end of grinding the batter. The batter must be thick but of pouring consistency (similar to cake batter).
- Heat the paniyaram pan, add a drop of oil to each of the moulds and pour the batter.
- Cover and cook over a medium flame. When the paniyarams start to puff up and separate from the pan, turn them over and cook the other side. Transfer to serving dish. Repeat for the rest of the batter. | <urn:uuid:ebd47323-fb81-4a11-80fa-674fd3e947d1> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://theyumblog.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/thayir-paniyaram/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280292.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00346-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939897 | 609 | 2.171875 | 2 |
- Program Details
- Early Childhood Laboratory (ECL)
- Transfer and Reentry Center (TRC)
- Student Parent Mentor GSR Position
In addition to CCAMPIS, UC Davis offers other opportunities for assistance with childcare expenses; some students may qualify to receive multiple grants. Learn more on the Student Parents website.
What is CCAMPIS?
CCAMPIS (Child Care Access Means Parents in School), pronounced see-campus, is a federal grant from the US Department of Education designed to provide funding for child care and related services to promote the success of student parents. The Early Childhood Laboratory (ECL) and Transfer and Reentry Center (TRC) received a CCAMPIS grant to support student parents at UC Davis.
What services do CCAMPIS Student Parent Scholars at UC Davis receive?
- Full subsidy (no cost to attend), 50% subsidy, or 25% subsidy for on campus child care at the nationally accredited program offered by the Early Childhood Laboratory (ECL) - see the section on the ECL for the available child care options and school information
- Child development and whole family support from a specialist in child development at the ECL
- Individualized support from a Student Parent Mentor at the TRC
- Specialized workshops and connections to campus resources
- Opportunities to connect with other Student Parent Scholars
What are the eligibility requirements?
- Undergraduate, graduate, and professional student parents at UC Davis
- Qualify as low income - must receive a Pell grant or be eligible using Pell grant income guidelines (must not exceed the Federal Poverty Level)
- Enrolled in at least 6 units (incoming students who have not yet registered for classes are eligible to apply, but will need to be enrolled in at least 6 units for the quarter in which participating in the program)
- Minimum of a 2.0 cumulative GPA (previous school GPA can be used for incoming students)
- Priority is given to undergraduate students, single parents, and students with the most financial need
What is the application process?
To apply to participate as a CCAMPIS Student Parent Scholar, submit the online application form.
- February 1: Application opens
- June 15: Priority deadline
- Please note that only half-day slots at the Early Childhood Lab School are still available. Mentorship and support for student parents not looking for slots at the ECL are also available.
- June 30: Priority decisions
Students need to apply each year they would like to participate. Applications for student parents not requesting childcare at the ECL will continue to be accepted until all spots are full.
Contact the CCAMPIS Co-Directors (Kelly Twibell Sanchez, Director of the Early Childhood Laboratory, and Marissa Weiss, Transfer Retention Specialist at the TRC) at email@example.com
Student parents may receive full subsidy (no cost to attend), 50% subsidy, or 25% subsidy, depending on financial need and available spots.
M-TH: 7:45am-4:15pm, F 8:00am-Noon
- Infant (12-24 months)
- Toddler (24-36 months)
- Preschool (36-60 months)
M-TH: 8:30-11:30 AM
- AM Preschool (36-60 months)
M-TH 12:45-3:45 PM
- PM Preschool (48-60 months)
The Early Childhood Laboratory provides a model early childhood program, a site for research and observation, and an educational experience for Human Development students. Our program is proud to have earned NAEYC Accreditation--the highest mark of quality for early childhood education programs.
Each classroom is staffed by:
- A Lead Teacher (B.S. in Child Development or Early Childhood Education)
- A Child Development Demonstration Lecturer/Specialist (M.S. degree)
- Three-four practicum student "caregivers" enrolled in our intensive practicum in early childhood
Research about child development is an essential part of the ECL. Parents who enroll their children grant permission for their children to be part of the naturalistic observation research that takes place daily. Several times per year parents are asked to consider other research projects that would involve direct interaction with their child. Parents receive a description of each research project approved by our Research Director and sign an informed consent form. The ECL is located at 244 First Street. License numbers: 570306437 and 570311412
The Transfer and Reentry Center is the official transfer center for all of nearly eight-thousand transfer and reentry students at UC Davis. The TRC assists all transfer students (junior college or community college to UC Davis, UC to UC Davis, out of state to UC Davis) and reentry students (+25 and/or student parents). As part of it’s work with reentry students, the TRC supports and advocates for the needs of primarily undergraduate student parents. The TRC and the Women’s Resources and Research Center collaborate to lead the Student Parent Working Group, which serves all student parents and maintains the Student Parent Resources website. The TRC is located in 1210 Dutton Hall.
- Which students are eligible to apply?
- Undergraduate, graduate, and professional student parents at UC Davis who qualify as low income (must not exceed the Federal Poverty Level). Priority is given to undergraduate students, single parents, and students with the most financial need.
- How are applications prioritized?
- First priority is given to single undergraduate student parents, followed by single graduate student parents, married/partnered undergraduate student parents, and married/partnered graduate student parents. The level of discount is based on financial need and available spots.
- What is required of CCAMPIS Student Parent Scholars?
- Maintain course enrollment, minimum GPA, and income eligibility
- Attend a CCAMPIS Student Parent Scholar Orientation
- Meet with Student Parent Mentor quarterly
- Participate in quarterly Student Parent Scholar community activities, including:
- One community building activity
- One workshop focused on child development and whole family support
- One workshop focused on college student success
- Family conferences (if child is enrolled at the Early Childhood Laboratory)
- Complete pre and post surveys
- Can I participate if my child is older than preschool age or receives care from another provider?
- Yes! While child care will not be provided or subsidized, you are welcome to receive individualized support from the Student Parent Mentor and participate in workshops and community building activities.
- Can I still apply for and receive funds from the child care grants through WorkLife if I participate in CCAMPIS?
- Yes! CCAMPIS Student Parent Scholars are still eligible to apply for and receive grants through WorkLife to pay for other child care expenses (e.g., after hours care and summer break).
- Can I have more than one of my children attend the ECL?
- Yes! You are welcome to apply for multiple placements at the ECL.
- Will participation in CCAMPIS impact my financial aid?
- No. As funds are not awarded directly to you, there should not be an impact on your financial aid. If you feel your aid was adjusted incorrectly, reach out to Financial Aid at https://my.ucdavis.edu/ask_us/.
- If I decide to PELP for a quarter will my spot at the ECL be saved for me?
- No, unfortunately the program is not able to hold spots while a student is not enrolled. You can be put on the waitlist for reconsideration upon return.
- Is child care at the ECL free? How does the program decide which students have to pay a reduced rate?
- The amount of subsidy that a student receives is based on a combination of indicators including single parent status, number of units enrolled, level of financial need, and available slots. Student parents may receive full subsidy (no cost to attend), 50% subsidy, or 25% subsidy.
- If I have to drop down to part time for a quarter, will I still be able to participate?
- Yes, as long as you are enrolled in at least 6 units.
- If I am not in good academic standing for a quarter, will I still be able to participate?
- CCAMPIS Student Parent Scholars are required to maintain a 2.0 cumulative GPA. If a student falls below this minimum they may not be able to continue their participation. Extenuating circumstances may be considered on a case by case basis.
- What support is offered by the Family Coordinator?
- The Family Coordinator is available for individual consultation regarding child development, strategies for supporting child development at home, and requesting developmental evaluations from county agencies or local school districts.
- The Family Coordinator will also facilitate parents workshops and produce weekly play kits to be used at home.
- What support is offered by the Student Parent Mentor?
- Individualized support and mentoring: through regular meetings, the Student Parent Mentor and CCAMPIS Student Parent Scholar will develop and track progress toward academic and personal goals
- Connections to on and off campus resources: the Student Parent Mentor will connect CCAMPIS Student Parent Scholars to various resources to assist with reaching academic and personal goals. Resources may include tutoring, success coaching, research opportunities, major advising, and wellness programs.
- Community building: through events designed to build relationships between CCAMPIS Student Parent Scholars and other networking opportunities, Scholars will form valuable connections and lasting friendships with other student parents.
- How often do I need to apply?
- Students need to apply each year
- If I am not accepted into CCAMPIS, what resources are available to me?
- You can still apply to the ECL as a general/community member by submitting the application on the ECL website, though space may be limited and full ECL tuition will be charged.
- You can apply for the Child Care Grants through WorkLife to help defray the costs of child care at any provider of your choosing. For more information and to apply, go to the WorkLife website.
- WorkLife maintains a list of local childcare providers on their website. The Children's Home Society can also help with finding a provider in the area.
- The TRC maintains a Babysitter Directory - a list of current UC Davis students who are interested in working as babysitters. For more information and to request access to the Directory, go to the Student Parent Resources page.
The Transfer and Reentry Center is hiring a Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) - 50% position including tuition - to serve as the CCAMPIS Student Parent Mentor. This position works directly with undergraduate and graduate student parents, offering mentorship, community building, and support programs for CCAMPIS participants. For a complete position description, go to https://tinyurl.com/GSR-TRC. Please note that this position begins on August 22, 2022 (summer hours are paid) and continues for the 2022-2023 academic year.
To apply, complete the online application. The application includes questions regarding prior experience mentoring and advising students, and approach to supporting the needs of students from underrepresented minority groups and promoting equity. There is space to upload a current resume or CV.
The GSR application deadline is Friday, April 15, 2022.
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According to the Federal Communications Commission, there are 13,296 radio stations licensed as of September 20, 2002. Aside from the reports of "payola" through indies discussed in the previous section, how do those 13,296 radio stations decide what to play?
Radio stations have playlists of songs, which can change weekly. These lists are put together by radio programmers (and others) who use information from many sources to "add" songs. Disc jockeys have not truly been making decisions on what to play for many years. The job falls to the program directors (PDs) who develop lists that direct the DJ on what to play and when to play it. In some cases, the decisions regarding what is played comes from higher up the ladder, especially since so many radio stations are owned by mega corporations. More and more programming decisions are now made by owners and/or regional program directors.
Tools program directors use to know their market
- Software applications that rank core audience performance of stations in the same format, same market, or nationally
- Software applications that tracks radio listening and trends in specific markets
- Audience-analysis software
- Arbitrends service, which delivers ratings updates between standard quarterly surveys
Deciding what to "add"
Knowing the audience is the key to a PD being able to identify the best music to add to playlists. To stay on top what their audience likes, PDs watch the charts and other stations' playlists. They may stay tuned to college radio stations, which often play new music that hasn't made it to the mainstream. They may also keep up with Radio & Records magazine's "Most Added" report, which it generates from data it collects from radio stations in major markets according to genre. In the past few years, many have also found new music on TV. In the 1980s, MTV changed the music scene; today, we have music-related TV series, traditional programs that use new music, cable channels, and even commercials that introduce new songs and artists.
Radio stations (sometimes working with recording companies, distributors, promoters, artist managers or retailers) also conduct market research to see what listeners either want to hear and/or are already listening to. They test new releases using focus groups or sometimes "call out" groups in Auditorium Music Tests (AMTs). AMTs are held in auditoriums with music played to a group that can then ask questions and make comments on the music. A newer version of this type of research involves Web surveys by which listeners can vote and comment on music.
Online peer-to-peer (P2P) networks are also influencing radio playlists. BigChampagne, owned by Clear Channel, is tracking the songs most frequently downloaded in the P2P networks such as LimeWire, KaZaA, Morpheus, and others. The program parses this data by geographic region and reports it to radio stations, giving the stations a more accurate feel for what is "hot."
Clear Channel also has a Web site (ClearChannel New Music Network) dedicated to new music. New groups can register and post their music for PDs and consumers to listen to. If PDs like it, there is always the chance they'll add it to their playlist. | <urn:uuid:fbb1ea69-5ac4-4cc5-aa9e-218dc602da8f> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/top-404.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720000.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00023-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966157 | 665 | 2.390625 | 2 |
Dudik Memorial Park site is dedicated to 455 individuals who were executed by the authorities of the Independent State of Croatia during the World War II in Yugoslavia.
In 1945 mortal remains of 384 victims were exhumed and placed in the common ossuary dedicated to the victims of Dudik, fallen soldiers of the 5th Vojvodina Brigade of the 36th Vojvodina Division and the Red Army soldiers who fought within the Vukovar area. Most of the victims at the Dudik were Yugoslav Partisan and ethnic Serbs from modern day Croatia and from Inđija, Stara Pazova, Ruma, Šid, Sremska Mitrovica and Irig in Serbia who were target of persecution of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia.
In 1973 Park was classified as a monument of cultural importance. Monument at the Dudik Memorial, built from 1978 to 1980, is designed by Bogdan Bogdanović.
Dudik Memorial Park was devastated during the Croatian War of Independence, and in the post war years was a mined area. Prior to its reconstruction Vukovar town authorities used it as football field causing criticism among antifascist and Serb minority organizations. Monuments and park reconstruction began in 2015 and was completed in 2016.References:
The Seaplane Harbour is the newest and one of the most exciting museums in Tallinn. It tells stories about the Estonian maritime and military history. The museum’s display, that comprises of more than a couple of hundred large exhibits, revitalizes the colourful history of Estonia.
British built submarine Lembit weighing 600 tones is the centrepiece of the new museum. Built in 1936 for the Estonian navy, Lembit served in the World War II under the Soviet flag. It remained in service for 75 years being the oldest submarine in the World still in use until it was hauled ashore in 2011. Despite its long history, Lembit is still in an excellent condition offering a glimpse of the 1930s art of technology.
Another exciting attraction is a full-scale replica of Short Type 184, a British pre-World War II seaplane, which was also used by the Estonian armed forces. Short Type 184 has earned its place in military history by being the first aircraft ever to attack an enemy’s ship with an air-launched torpedo. Since none of the original seaplanes have survived, the replica in Seaplane Harbour is the only full-size representation of the aircraft in the whole World.
Simulators mimicking a flight above Tallinn, around-the-world journey in the yellow submarine, navigating on the Tallinn bay make this museum heaven for kids or adventurous adults.
Seaplane Harbour operates in architecturally unique hangars built almost a century ago, in 1916 and 1917, as a part of Peter the Great sea fortress. These hangars are the World’s first reinforced concrete shell structures of such a great size. Charles Lindbergh, the man who performed the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, landed here in 1930s.
On the outdoor area visitors can tour a collection of historic ships, including the Suur Tõll, Europe's largest steam-powered icebreaker. | <urn:uuid:3e84fe8d-efe6-464b-ab82-8a44f5642ec0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.spottinghistory.com/view/10013/dudik-memorial-park/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00467.warc.gz | en | 0.95422 | 660 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Seidman College named among best schools to earn an MBA
Grand Valley State University's Seidman College of Business has been named as one of the top business schools in the nation for 2019 by Princeton Review. Grand Valley was recognized as one of the best universities to earn a Master of Business Administration (MBA).
Selection was narrowed to the top 252 business schools, based on academics and student responses to questions about campus life and career plans. Princeton Review analyzed data from 23,000 survey responses from MBA students attending business schools across the country.
For more on the rankings, visit www.princetonreview.com/best-business-schools.
Graduate degrees offered in the Seidman College of Business include: Master of Business Administration, Master of Science in Accounting, Master of Science in Taxation, and Executive Master of Business Administration.
The Seidman College of Business is accredited through AACSB International. The college is located in the L. William Seidman Center on Grand Valley's Pew Grand Rapids Campus.
Seidman College develops business talent that contributes to the economic growth of West Michigan and the Great Lakes region. Through the exchange and application of knowledge with a global perspective, students learn to make informed decisions, act ethically and take initiative.
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Besorgung - Lieferbarkeit unbestimmt
BeschreibungA book about the defining assumptions and assumed definition of the welfare state. It is a work that pulls apart social categories like "disability" or "need" and shows how they function politically and where they come from historically.
Pressestimmen"[T]he author sets out to challenge the fundamental construction of social phenomena." --Social Service Review "One of the most exciting works on the development and character of the welfare state, as well as a profound treatment of the ways in which apparent technical decisions so often reflect changing political values." --Alan Altshulter, Dean, Graduate School of Public Administration, New York University "Deborah Stone demonstrates that disability is a movable social boundary whose limits depend on cultural consensus. Her elegant analysis has important political implications." --Aaron Wildavsky, President, American Political Science Association
Untertitel: 'Health, Society, & Policy'. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: TEMPLE UNIV PR
Erscheinungsdatum: Februar 1986
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(Note: This story comes courtesy of Benjamin Greene with ARC of the Mid-South. Names and images have been changed to protect privacy.)
Jimmy is a member of our community who been diagnosed with mild mental development challenges. However, this has not impacted his desire to be a productive member of society. He qualified to participate in a specially-structured job readiness training program at ARC of the Mid-South, one of our United Way network partner agencies. Jimmy graduated from the program and secured a position at a local restaurant as a full-time busboy.
“Because of his training and his desire to continue his relationship with our agency, Jimmy was also chosen to participate in a very special basketball camp,” an agency counselor explained.
That basketball camp was perhaps the most sought-after camp in our region, since it is hosted by Coach Josh Pastner of the University of Memphis men’s basketball team. Jimmy has also been an active member of our volunteer community, serving with his time at the ARC Benefit and Award Gala.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Why does dishing with a girlfriend do wonders for a woman's mood?
A University of Michigan study has identified a likely reason: feeling emotionally close to a friend increases levels of the hormone progesterone, helping to boost well-being and reduce anxiety and stress.
"This study establishes progesterone as a likely part of the neuroendocrine basis of social bonding in humans," said U-M researcher Stephanie Brown, lead author of an article reporting the study findings, published in the current (June 2009) issue of the peer-reviewed journal Hormones and Behavior.
A sex hormone that fluctuates with the menstrual cycle, progesterone is also present in low levels in post-menopausal women and in men. Earlier research has shown that higher levels of progesterone increase the desire to bond with others, but the current study is the first to show that bonding with others increases levels of progesterone. The study also links these increases to a greater willingness to help other people, even at our own expense.
"It's important to find the links between biological mechanisms and human social behavior," said Brown, is a faculty associate at the U-M Institute for Social Research (ISR) and an assistant professor of internal medicine at the U-M Medical School. She is also affiliated with the Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Hospital. "These links may help us understand why people in close relationships are happier, healthier, and live longer than those who are socially isolated."
Progesterone is much easier to measure than oxytocin, a hormone linked to trust, pair-bonding and maternal responsiveness in humans and other mammals. Oxytocin can only be measured through an invasive spinal tap or through expensive and complex brain imaging methods, such as positron emission tomography scans. Progesterone can be measured through simple saliva samples and may be related to oxytocin.
In the current study, Brown and colleagues examined the link between interpersonal closeness and salivary progesterone in 160 female college students.
At the start of the study, the researchers measured the levels of progesterone and of the stress hormone cortisol in the women's saliva, and obtained information about their menstrual cycles and whether they were using hormonal contraceptives or other hormonally active medications.
To control for daily variations in hormone levels, all the sessions were held between noon and 7 p.m.
The women were randomly assigned to partners and asked to perform either a task designed to elicit feelings of emotional closeness or a task that was emotionally neutral.
In the emotionally neutral task, the women proofread a botany manuscript together.
After completing the 20-minute tasks, the women played a computerized cooperative card game with their partners, and then had their progesterone and cortisol sampled again.
The progesterone levels of women who had engaged in the emotionally neutral tasks tended to decline, while the progesterone levels of women who engaged in the task designed to elicit closeness either remained the same or increased. The participants' cortisol levels did not change in a similar way.
Participants returned a week later, and played the computerized card game with their original partners again. Then researchers measured their progesterone and cortisol. Researchers also examined links between progesterone levels and how likely participants said they would be to risk their life for their partner.
"During the first phase of the study, we found no evidence of a relationship between progesterone and willingness to sacrifice," Brown said. "But a week later, increased progesterone predicted an increased willingness to say you would risk your life to help your partner."
According to Brown, the findings are consistent with a new evolutionary theory of altruism which argues that the hormonal basis of social bonds enables people to suppress self-interest when necessary in order to promote the well-being of another person, as when taking care of children or helping ailing family members or friends.
The results also help explain why social contact has well-documented health benefits---a relationship first identified nearly 20 years ago by U-M sociologist James House.
"Many of the hormones involved in bonding and helping behavior lead to reductions in stress and anxiety in both humans and other animals. Now we see that higher levels of progesterone may be part of the underlying physiological basis for these effects," Brown said.
Established in 1949, the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR) is among the world's oldest academic survey research organizations, and a world leader in the development and application of social science methodology. ISR conducts some of the most widely cited studies in the nation, including the Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers, the American National Election Studies, the Monitoring the Future Study, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, the Health and Retirement Study, the Columbia County Longitudinal Study, and the National Survey of Black Americans. ISR researchers also collaborate with social scientists in more than 60 nations on the World Values Surveys and other social science research projections. | <urn:uuid:4b1d6520-80f1-469c-a1f1-7d54a0315105> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-06/uom-wdd060209.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283301.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00512-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95032 | 1,026 | 2.546875 | 3 |
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Plumage and Behavioral Development of Nestling White Ibises
Toni L. De Santo, Susan G. McDowell and Keith L. Bildstein
The Wilson Bulletin
Vol. 102, No. 2 (Jun., 1990), pp. 226-238
Published by: Wilson Ornithological Society
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We describe the physical characteristics and behavioral development of 17 hand-reared and more than 400 parent-reared nestling White Ibises (Eudocimus albus) hatched in 1985 through 1988 at Pumpkinseed Island, a large colony site in coastal South Carolina. Hatchling ibises are covered with a Pale Neutral Gray to Jet Black natal plumage. About 30% of the hatchlings possess a tuft of white feathers on their crown, and this pattern persists throughout the nestling period. Juvenal plumage, which is complete by 60 days, is mainly Vandyke Brown and Blackish Neutral Gray dorsally and creamy white ventrally. The bill, which is straight at hatching, begins to curve downward at about 14 days. Nestling White Ibises exhibit considerable individual variation in bill markings from approximately 10 days of age through fledging. Increasingly persistent begging vocalizations begin within hours of hatching. Nestlings walk on partially extended legs at eight days of age, pirate food from other nestlings and form creches at 21 days of age, and fledge and join all juvenile and mixed-age feeding flocks at 45-55 days of age. We suggest that the phenotypic variability in plumage, bill coloration, and begging calls we describe enables parental ibises to identify more easily their offspring at the colony site.
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Children who followed such a diet before their third birthday had improved scores in reading and problem-solving tests compared to their peers, it was revealed.
In a study that provides some of the strongest links yet between nutrition and academic performance, academics said it also increased the likelihood of remaining in education for longer. It had a particular effect on girls.
Research has already shown that food rich in omega 3 such as fish improves reading, writing and spelling among children.
The latest study, based on research using a kind of porridge eaten in Guatemala but made with corn rather than oats, suggests a wider link between food and brain power.
John Maluccio, lead author and assistant professor of economics at Middlebury College, Vermont, said: "Before this study, only limited evidence spanning childhood to adulthood existed to support claims about the long-term effects of early childhood nutrition.
"This study confirms that the first three years of life represent a window of opportunity when nutrition programs can have lifelong benefits on a child's development, particularly in education."
The study was based on children in Guatemala eating "atole". It was made with corn, rather than the traditional British oats used in porridge, although they share high protein levels. It was mixed with dry skimmed milk and sugar.
Children received supplements between 1969 and 1977, the study, published in the Economic Journal, said.
In 2002 and 2004, researchers returned to Guatemala and collected information on school results.
Men and women who received atole as children achieved higher scores on reading comprehension tests and on non-verbal cognitive tests, it was revealed. Women taking part in the study were more likely to remain in education for another year.
The research was conducted in Guatemala by the Institute for Nutrition in Central America and Panama, Emory University, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the University of Pennsylvania and Middlebury College.
John Hoddinott, a co-author and IFPRI senior research fellow, said: "We have long known that nutrition interventions can provide significant benefits in terms of a child's health and development.
"This study in Guatemala is important because it shows that improving nutrition in early childhood can have significant educational payoffs into adulthood."
Jacqui Lowdon, a paediatric dietician from the British Dietetic Association, said the food used in the study would have a similar protien content to normal porridge, but added that poor diet among the children tested may be responsible for the dramatic results.
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Universidad Católica Boliviana: BA in Economics
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella: MPP
Williams College: MA in Policy Economics
Critical aspects of pro-poor policy design in Bolivia: micro and macro considerations
Appropriate design of pro-poor policies is a requisite in order for these policies to tackle the issues and address the problems for which they were conceived in an effective but also in an efficient way. In Bolivia, these aspects are especially relevant, provided that still a large portion of the population remains in poverty and vulnerability situation, and that some government policies might have not ensured a sustained reduction of poverty and inequality. The proposed research investigate different aspects of pro-poor policy design in Bolivia, to assess their effects on poverty and inequality outcomes. The perspectives involves: 1) the behavioral response to an exogenous policy change of social transfer that could have important implications for poverty reduction; 2) the evaluation of the causal effects of decentralization reform on poverty reduction; and 3) the assessment of alternatives for a better interaction between fiscal and social policies, in order to reduce poverty and inequality. The research strategy involves the use of quantitative methods (econometrics and incidence analysis) using secondary data comprising administrative records, household surveys and census information.
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Deb Babcock's gardening column appears Thursdays in Steamboat Today.
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What to plant
Consider planting the following sedum varieties in your garden this year:
■ Sedum Acre, also known as Mossy Stonecrop, is often used as a ground cover or between stepping stones as it will tolerate light traffic. This is a short growing green plant that produces yellow flowers. This plant grows easily from cuttings or pieces pulled off of the main plant. I like these plants growing between patio stones.
■ Sedum Dragon’s Blood is a low-growing, red-leaf plant that produces dark red flowers for most of summer.
■ Red Carpet sedum is a ground cover that bears red flowers and has reddish-colored foliage.
■ Sedum Autumn Joy may grow 2 feet high and blooms pink flowers that turn to rusty red in fall.
■ Sedum Sieboldii grows 6 to 9 inches and has bluish-green leaves that produce pink flowers.
■ Sedum middendorffianum, or Chinese Mountain Stonecrop, features evergreen foliage, red flower stems and fabulous multicolored yellow to orange-red flower clusters. This ground-hugging carpet is easily grown on harsh sites.
Steamboat Springs We all tend to have an area in the yard or garden where nothing seems to grow. It’s too steep, has poor soil, doesn’t get rainfall or is baked by the relentless sun or windblown dry.
For me, it is a south-facing slope that only seems to attract weeds and sparse grasses — until I planted sedums.
Now the many-hued, succulent groundcover plants cascade over the rocks, cover up an unattractive intake pipe to the house, and really look nice. The great weather we’ve had this summer has helped it become lush in its third year on this slope.
If you are looking for easy care perennial plants for your Steamboat garden, sedums are a great choice. Sedums are succulents; plants that hold water in their leaves and stems. This is how they adapt to our dry conditions in Routt County.
Sedums range from 2 inches to 2 feet in height and offer a variety of flower colors. Attractive to butterflies and bees, sedums are one of the easiest plants to propagate by root cutting or division of plants. They also are cost effective as a small piece of a sedum plant will usually grow if planted in sandy loam. In only a few years, you can have many sedums growing in your garden.
Sedums prefer alkaline, well drained soil and full sun, though some plants will tolerate part shade and even our hard-baked clay soil seems enough to sustain them once you get them started. Most sedums grow by off-shoots or runners. The better the soil conditions, the better the growth of the plant.
Prepare the area for planting by removing all weeds. Apply glyphosate (Roundup or Kleenup) a week before planting. These products do not leave any residue in the soil, and will kill most existing plants in the area where you want to plant. Add organic material to the soil and plant the sedum. Be sure to water the plants more frequently when they are freshly planted.
Sedums grow very well on hot, dry slopes, in rock gardens, between stepping stones and between rocks in a rock wall. There are many varieties adaptable to our area. You might want to check out the large variety of sedums that grow well here by stopping by the Yampa River Botanic Park. Several kinds of sedum are grown in its south-facing rock garden and its beautiful September charm garden.
These succulents will add texture and color to your flower beds. They will thrive with little attention in difficult-to-grow areas of the garden. Sedums are attractive, cost effective and easy growing plants — works for me.
Deb Babcock is a Master Gardener through the CSU Extension Routt County. She was assisted with research on this article from former resident and Master Gardener Camille Fisher. Products mentioned in this article are not endorsed by Master Gardener program but simply presented for informational purposes. Call 970-879-0825 with questions. | <urn:uuid:2d20635d-67c8-4831-b151-c5970f7260ad> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.steamboattoday.com/news/2011/jul/24/deb-babcock-try-sedums-hard-grow-areas/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280504.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00138-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954287 | 888 | 2.28125 | 2 |
Wake County property owners have until Monday, January 7, 2013, to pay their 2012 real property taxes without interest being charged. The County mails out real estate tax bills each July, with payments due September 1, but by state law, taxpayers have until January 5 to pay without interest. Because January 5, 2013, is a Saturday, taxpayers have two extra days to pay this year.
Wake County uses tax dollars to provide for public safety, public health, human services and education on which County residents depend.
Property owners have four options for paying their property taxes:
Internet – www.wakegov.com/tax
Payments may be remitted online at www.wakegov.com/tax
by using the access code located at the top left of the tax statement. This method of payment allows you to pay your taxes by electronic transfer of funds from your checking account. This service is provided at no cost to the taxpayer, and payments will be recorded as the date you submitted the payment request.
Mail – Payments must be postmarked by January 7, 2013.
Mail your payment with the statement coupon to:
Wake County Revenue Department
P.O. Box 96084
Charlotte, NC 28296-0084
Credit Card – Credit cards cannot be used when paying in person.
Pay with Visa or MasterCard by calling the automated telephone system at 919-856-5400. This service is available seven days a week. Please note that there is a convenience fee for the use of this system. The system will advise you of the total charge prior to your authorization.
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The researchers decided to build a specialized chip from the ground up, developing algorithms to process data, and hardware to carry out that data-processing, in tandem. "With this platform, we can do all kinds of optimizations, which allows tremendous power savings. "If you lift your hand up a little, it would sense that, and start to fly around and film you." He ultimately envisions disaster-response and search-and-rescue missions in which insect-sized drones flit in and out of tight spaces to examine a collapsed structure or look for trapped individuals.Tweaking a formulaSpecifically, the researchers made slight changes to an existing algorithm commonly used to determine a drone’s "ego-motion," or awareness of its position in space.The power savings came partly from modifications to the amount of memory stored in the chip.The new chip processes streaming images at 20 frames per second and automatically carries out commands to adjust a drone’s orientation in space."These experiments are also done in a motion-capture room, so you know exactly where the drone is, and we use all this information after the fact," Karaman says. As a result, the chip itself was able to store less data and consume less power.Standard computer chips for quadcoptors and other similarly sized drones process an enormous amount of streaming data from cameras and sensors, and interpret that data on the fly to autonomously direct a drone’s pitch, speed, and trajectory. Karaman also foresees novel uses in consumer electronics.Memory savingsFor each version of the algorithm that was implemented on the FPGA chip, the researchers observed the amount of power that the chip consumed as it processed the incoming data and estimated its resulting position in space.The key contribution of their work is a new approach for designing the chip hardware and the algorithms that run on the chip. Thus far, they have managed to miniaturize almost every part of a drone, except for the brains of the entire operation — the computer chip. Reducing the number gates with co-design allowed the team to chose an FPGA chip with fewer gates, leading to substantial power savings.Karaman, says the team’s design is the first step toward engineering "the smallest intelligent drone that can fly on its own. The streamlined chip performs all these computations while using just below 2 watts of power — making it an order of magnitude more efficient than current drone-embedded chips."As transistors have gotten smaller, there have been improvements in efficiency and speed, but that’s slowing down, and now we have to come up with specialized hardware to get improvements in efficiency," Sze says.A typical FPGA consists of China Jacquard Rugs manufacturer hundreds of thousands of disconnected gates, which researchers can connect in desired patterns to create specialized computing elements. To formalize this process, they developed a method called iterative splitting co-design that could strike the right balance of achieving accuracy while reducing the power consumption and the number of gates.
You should feel the muscles working along the hips on the side of both hips. Now, slowly put a foam roller or a cushion in between your knees.Single leg bridge Apply the same technique as bridge pose with foam roller.Side hover and leg abduction with mini loopLie on your right side and raise your body, balancing on your forearm and the edge of the foot.. Over the course of these exercises, one learns to activate deep core muscles, improve posture and align the spine, while reducing the risk China Memory foam Bath Mats wholesale of injury. Hold for as long as you can, and then bring the knees back together. Feel free to choose easier variations by placing the above foot on the floor behind or ahead of the right leg. Aim for 10 repetitions with a maximum hold.Clamps with mini loopLie on your back, getting ready to do the namaste with your feet.Hold for as long as you can and repeat with the other leg. Knees bent, feet together and a mini loop around the knees (slip it on like you would an underwear). What’s more interesting about these exercises is that they’re easy to do and can be done at home.— The writer is a holistic wellness expert, celebrity personal trainer and fitness instructor from Mumbai. You may choose to do this without the band, to make it easier.Follow this by the left coming in towards the right, but do as many steps to your right, and then change to the left. Abduct the leg as much as possible against the mini loop resistance. We start to the right by taking a controlled step as far out as you can, landing the foot on the floor and following with the left leg coming in towards the right. Crab Walk with Mini LoopKeeping your knees slightly bent, stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. Bridge pose with foam rollerLie on your back with your knees bent. Make sure the shoulder and elbow are in one line, your neck and spine are aligned, and your feet are straight.The purpose of these foundation exercises is to assist one with enhanced performance and improved muscular balance. Hold for as long as you can, and then return to the mat and start again.Hold as long as you can and then return to the floor. Try and touch your fingers to your heels, without straining your body.The fast-paced life of today requires one to not just remain fit but also agile, and RAPTfx is a great way of going about improving your foundation for more advanced exercise or routines. Once you’re in the top position, simply extend one leg for as long as you can, and hold that position with both hip bones aligned. Slowly raise your hips as high as you can, squeezing the buttocks in together.Now, slowly engage the buttock muscles as you take the knees away from each, and bring the feet into namaste position. These foundation exercises have been put together after 15 years of combined experience between a team that consists of an occupational therapist, a rehab consultant and several personal trainers. Place the above foot over the right foot. You may choose to lie on your side on the floor, and do your leg abduction as an easier option
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- Family: Colubridae
- Adult Size: 22 to 36 inches
- Range: Central California to Kansas, south through central Texas into northern Mexico and west to Baja California.
- Habitat: Long-nosed snakes are nocturnal inhabitants of dry prairies and deserts. They are burrowing snakes most often found crawling on roads at night after daytime temperatures drop.
- Captive Lifespan: 12 to 20 Years
- Care Level: Intermediate
Long-nosed snakes are generally considered difficult to keep and are notorious escape artists. Keep specimens singly for best results. The snake should be given a terrarium of about body length with a loose sand bottom about 2 inches deep and a piece of bark or slightly raised rockwork. Newspaper also works well as a substrate. Captives seldom burrow. Terrarium temperatures should stay near 80 degrees Fahrenheit, dropping slightly at night to no lower than 70 degrees. A small heat lamp can be used to raise the temperature to no higher than 90 degrees during the day. Higher temperatures are dangerous. Provide only a small bowl of clean water to prevent terrarium humidity from rising to high levels.
Long-nosed snakes feed mostly on lizards, accepting anoles, skinks, fence lizards and other easily available species. Place a freshly-killed or living lizard in the terrarium just before the lights are turned off at night. Many specimens of long-nosed snakes can be taught to take pinky to hopper mice. After a specimen is feeding on lizards and established in the terrarium, dead mice rubbed with a lizard to transfer the scent can be offered at night. Alternate lizards and mice for a few meals until you are sure the snake will accept mice on a regular basis, but keep a few lizards in the freezer for possible changes in diet demands by the snake. Vet your specimen to reduce the number of intestinal worms. If wild-caught lizards are fed on a regular basis, parasites will reestablish themselves, so yearly worming is recommended. | <urn:uuid:76b1ae7a-02d3-4827-b24d-dd07bc82a26c> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Snake-Species/Long-nosed-Snake/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282926.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00392-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929947 | 416 | 3.546875 | 4 |
There are seven billion people on the planet, and nearly five billion cell phones - meaning most of the Earth's population is connected for sound, for picture, and for heaven only knows what else.
The cell phone has brought us a world without end of talking, twittering, texting, even of sexting. If you don't know what that is, ask any high school kid.
It is all a result of Marty Cooper's big idea. And he looks at it all with pride, amusement and some dismay. And with good reason: he is the father of the cell phone. He built the first one 37 years ago. It ushered in a technological and social revolution which he believes is far from over. He made the first public cell phone call on the sidewalks of New York, in 1973.
Full Segment: Marty Cooper's Big Idea
Web Extra: The First Cell Phone Call
Web Extra: Cheaper Cell Phone Service
Web Extra: Evolution of the Cell Phone
Web Extra: No More Dropped Calls
"This is a time when there were no cordless phones. And certainly no cell phones. And here's this guy talking as he was walking along. And I stepped into the street and nearly got creamed by a New York taxicab. So talk about being prescient and seeing a picture of the future," Cooper told "60 Minutes" correspondent Morley Safer.
It's a future - of non-stop connection of apps galore, iPhones and Droids, Blackberrys and Blueteeth - or is it Bluetooths?
Marty Cooper checks out the latest at the wireless industry's annual convention in Las Vegas, a huge convergence where geeks meet gizmos.
And unlike some of us of a certain age, he understands all of it.
Asked if he twitters, Cooper said, "I signed up for Twitter about six months ago, did nothing and I had 17 followers. So now I'm actually twittering. My latest twitter is, 'The secret of successful aging is to have good genes and to show a lot of respect for the genes.'"
Asked if he thinks he's the oldest twitterer in America, Cooper said, "I don't want to be the oldest anything in America. Sorry about that."
But you'll have to look hard to find anyone older on the slopes at Vail, his favorite getaway. Cooper was born in Chicago on the eve of the Great Depression. He's 81, an age, for many, when the most strenuous exercise of the day is getting in and out of bed.
"His tennis and his skiing are better than they've ever been. I have a hard time keeping up with him. And I'm almost 20 years younger," his wife Arlene Harris told Safer.
With his wife, another veteran of the mobile phone business, Cooper is still in the game, awaiting the next big thing in wireless communication. He's convinced that the cell phone, at 37, is still in its infancy.
"Technology has to be invisible. Transparent. Just simple. A modern cell phone in general has an instruction book that's bigger and heavier than the cell phone. That's not right," Cooper said.
Call it the complexity or confusion factor.
Cooper argues that cell phones designed to do everything - take pictures, play music and videos, surf the Web - don't do any of them really well. He thinks the buyers should be dictating exactly what they want.
"The consumer is king. The consumer ought to make the decisions. And not, certainly not the engineer," Cooper said. "Engineers tend to get enchanted by the technology itself."
So it seems only natural that the latest gadget developed by Cooper and his wife is a retro cell phone called the "Jitterbug." It's a basic phone - there's no camera, no music. Any idiot can operate it.
It sounds simple enough: if you can hear a dial tone on the Jitterbug, you can make a call. "If there's no dial tone you can't," Cooper explained. | <urn:uuid:2b1cfc32-0aab-4528-9128-22d08be36872> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-cell-phone-marty-coopers-big-idea/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285315.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00566-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966128 | 840 | 1.992188 | 2 |
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Stephan Ouaknine, chairman and CEO of the Montreal-based clean energy investment firm Inerjys, has been invited to the Clinton Global Initiative to discuss finance for impact and scale. Ouaknine is challenging the CGI community to not just to devote more resources and attention to clean energy—but to rethink how finance can be used as part of the solution.
President Clinton opened the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative on Sunday under the theme of Designing for Impact. This year’s event will include participation by President Obama, Governor Mitt Romney, and Ban Ki-moon, among other heads of state, business magnates and philanthropic leaders.
Ouaknine and other thought leaders are assembled at CGI to discuss solutions to major global challenges such as sustainable energy and climate change.
Despite the enormous importance that has been placed on climate change and clean energy—as well as the billions of dollars in public and private capital that have been poured into efforts—investors and environmental advocates have been disappointed by the results.
“There is a tremendous opportunity as we switch to a clean energy future,” noted Ouaknine. “But right now, clean energy is too expensive. Clean technologies are not turning a profit for investors, so it’s no surprise they are not achieving scale fast enough.”
At CGI, Ouaknine is presenting Inerjys’ financing model which combines two asset classes that have previously been separate: growth equity investment in clean technology businesses, and clean energy infrastructure project development.
“Our team looked at the structural barriers in the clean energy sector, and we designed a financing solution that overcomes them,” said Ouaknine. “As investors we focus on the bottom line, and at the same time we can have a positive impact on energy and the environment.”
“A major strength of the CGI event is bringing together leaders from the public and private sectors,” remarked Ouaknine.“Government and private enterprise working together is the only way forward.”
“It’s also a great honour for me to showcase the financial and energy leadership coming out of Quebec and Canada on the world stage.”
The Clinton Global Initiative meeting continues until Tuesday, September 25. Live video feed of the session featuring Inerjys, along with other CGI session, is availableon the CGI website.
About the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI)
Established in 2005 by President Bill Clinton, the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) convenes global leaders to create and implement innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. CGI Annual Meetings have brought together more than 150 heads of state, 20 Nobel Prize laureates, and hundreds of leading CEOs, heads of foundations and NGOs, major philanthropists, and members of the media. To date CGI members have made more than 2,100 commitments, which are already improving the lives of nearly 400 million people in more than 180 countries. When fully funded and implemented, these commitments will be valued at $69.2 billion.
CGI’s Annual Meeting is held each September in New York City. CGI also convenes CGI America, a meeting focused on collaborative solutions to economic recovery in the United States, and CGI University (CGI U), which brings together undergraduate and graduate students to address pressing challenges in their community or around the world. For more information, visit clintonglobalinitiative.org and follow us on Twitter @ClintonGlobal and Facebook atfacebook.com/clintonglobalinitiative.
Inerjys is a $1billion initiative to reinvent the clean technology and renewable energy sector by investing vertically across the value chain. To overcome market barriers and accelerate the pace of innovation, Inerjys invests growth equity in leading technology firms while simultaneously building utility-scale clean technology projects worldwide.
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Geraci (from the Greek word "Ierax" meaning vulture) is a small town in the province of Palermo, set in the Madonie Regional Park. It was conquered by the Arabs from 840 to the first years of the XI century. Soon after it passed under the control of the Ventimiglia family: in 1419 Giovanni I Ventimiglia became marquis and in 1422 viveroy of Naples and Sicily.
The Church of Sant'Anna, the palatine chapel of the Ventimiglia family, is set not too far from the Castle of Byzanthine origins.
The Mother Church preserves important monuments as the baptismal font made in alabastrine marble from gagini's workshop (XV century), splendid marble statue of the same artist, a monumental wooden choir of 1650 and a rich treasure of chalices and reliquaries.
The Church of Santo stefano dates back to the first years of the XVII century and is characterised by Baroque style stuccoes and a painting by Giuseppe Salerno (1609).
We also suggest to visit the Church of San Bartolomeo, with a superb marble polyptych by Antonello Gagini, the Church of Santa Maria La Porta, with a marble tryptych by Gagini's workshop, the Church of San Giacomo, with a precious XIV century wooden crucufix and a Byzanthine fresco, and the Bevaio of the Santissima Trinità. | <urn:uuid:bec67e99-fe17-47a4-b65a-7ff98f28954f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.italytravellerguide.com/paesi/geraci-siculo-1757 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.929308 | 323 | 2.4375 | 2 |
One nation controls another nation by sending settlers to live and control a new area.
Countries are controlled by private companies or businesses
One country does not rule another, but they do have decision making power over its choices
Countries are able to control other nations through trading rights or investment privileges
Example: People move to a new area. In this new area they create their own government and way of living. However, they are still under control of the power of the country they came from.
Example: Country A has control over Country B. Oil was discovered in Country B, however Country A gets to decide what is done with it and how it is used.
Example: Country A loans money to another Country B. Now, Country A has complete control of how Country B spends the money.
Example: Country A has a really strong military. Country B does not. Country A send some of their military to help Country B. Country A now has control to make some decisions, but does not have complete control over the government.
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subsidence, lowering of a portion of the earth's crust. The subsidence of land areas over time has resulted in submergence by shallow seas (see oceans). Land subsidence can occur naturally or through human activity. Natural subsidence may occur when limestone, which is easily carved by underground water, collapses, leaving sink holes on the surface, such as in Florida. Earthquakes can also cause subsidence of the land because of the movement of faults. Permafrost, or the permanently frozen ground in tundra regions, can subside during local warming trends, a phenomena called thermokarst. Oceanic crust produced at spreading ridges (see seafloor spreading) subsides after cooling, as do calderas, the craterlike features at a volcano's peak. An atoll is a coral reef that forms a ring with no apparent central peak and may form when volcanic islands subside—an explanation first proposed by Charles Darwin. Human activity has contributed greatly to subsidence over the last few centuries. For example, withdrawal of oil from the field at Long Beach, California, beginning in 1936 resulted in subsidence at rates ranging from 0.5 to 2.0 ft (0.15–0.61 m) per yr in the center of the field. By 1962 the center of the oil field had subsided slightly over 27 ft (8.5 m), caused by the removal of fluid from the pore spaces in the underground rock, allowing the grains to compact. Similarly, withdrawal of groundwater through well pumping has resulted in subsidence in such cities as Mexico City, Houston, Tex., and Venice, Italy. Subsidence is also caused by the collapse of underground salt, ore, and coal mines.
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The role of a successful teacher extends far beyond the classroom. Teachers take on numerous roles to ensure that our children obtain the skills and resources they need to become responsible citizens. Morgan Elementary School was proud to join the celebration of teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week, May 6-10. We encourage everyone to continue this to the end of the school year. Please take a moment to recognize the talents and contributions that our outstanding teaching staff have made to our students, our school, our community and our world. | <urn:uuid:76771b8b-785b-4a21-8914-745bbbb5165e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://morgannews.com/2013/05/17/parents-encouraged-to-show-teacher-appreciation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285315.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00565-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970367 | 100 | 1.5 | 2 |
Foulcher is a poet, but also a teacher. His poem ‘Martin and the Hand Grenade’ was based upon a history lesson he taught. ‘The class pauses for history’ uses ‘history’ as a pun to show the setting was a history lesson and the class was waiting for their next instruction, and also because the class is pausing to experience war before they are born. Foulcher was inspired to write this poem not only by the lesson itself, but also by the naïve response that children have to war which contrasts with the response of adults. An adult’s understanding of the seriousness of war can be seen through the imagery used where Martin ‘edges out the firing pin’ of the grenade, ‘fingers the serrations’ with ‘his father’s bleak skill’.
Urban Schools Film Festival Written Critique: Lean on Me Lean on Me is a 1989 film based on the true story of a principal, Joe Clark, hired to run one of the worst schools in the state New Jersey, Eastside High. His mission is to turn this school around completely in one year’s time, as well as bring order and peace to this crime, drug, and graffiti infested institution. On top of all that, he must also bring up the learning level of the students so they can pass the state’s minimum basic skills test (www.imdb.com). To me, this film is seemingly based largely on urban school stereotypes and the general public’s perception of them. The stereotypes and clichés shown throughout this film of urban schools, teachers, students, and families represent a vague idea of the reality of these environments.
The movie, Dead Poets Society directed by Peter Weir is set in an American private school during a time of romanticism in the first half of the twentieth century. Dead Poet’s Society negotiates the transition of poetry and life as an unconventional English teacher encourages a group of private school boys to seize the day. The boys intimidate the teachers youth by reforming the dead poet’s society and getting in touch with romanticism and their true inner life. However a fathers controlling nature pushes Neil Perry to his limits as the stress of all work and no play takes its toll. It is this scene where Neil sacrifices himself that has greatest impact and adds overall effectiveness to the movie.
Dead Poets Society (1989) Dead Poets Society is a story of an English teacher named John Keating (Played by Robin Williams), who inspires his students to be themselves and change their lives and “ Seize the Day” through his teaching of poetry and literature. Neil Perry, Todd Anderson, Knox Overstreet, Charlie Dalton , Richard Cameron, Steven Meeks, and Gerard Pitts are senior students of the Welton Academy, which is the best elementary school in America and the values is defined by the headmaster Gale Nolan as tradition, honor, discipline and excellence. John Keating, a former student at the school, begins working in the school as an English teacher. He tells his students to call him “O Captain! My Captain!” In his class, he is making unusual works for his students in teaching them.
Breanne Gray Characterization Paper October 24th, 2013 Period 9 A True Gentleman “He had announced in the schoolyard that day before that Scout Finch’s daddy defended n-words,” Cecil Jacobs (Lee 74). In To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch plays the role of the protagonist who fights through Maycomb’s thick racism. Finch demonstrates a very strong sense of justice and teaches his children the same. No matter what the situation is he maintains his integrity. His character is so sterling in nature that he could have been boring or irritating if Harper Lee had not written him so beautifully and believably.
t Petty Mrs. Anderson English II 6hr. 7 September 2012 Problem Solver Before Clint’s father left for war, he talked to him about how he has to be the man of the house while his dad is away. He made the promise that he will be the man he wants him to be. But Clint gets into a lot of problems at school, and he cannot solve them like a man. In Reginald McKnight’s story, “the kind of like that shines on Texas,” he suggest that it takes a boy to make problems, but it takes a man to solve them.
Director Boaz Yakin's REMEMBER THE TITANS captures the heart of high school football while tackling the sins of its fathers, chronicling the true story of the undefeated 1971 T.C. Williams team of Alexandria, Virginia, which was the first integrated high school team in the state. The players represent a hotbed of racial tension, but as the team struggle towards unity and gridiron glory, Remember the Titans builds on several subplots and character dynamics to become an inspirational drama. It tackles the issues of race and bigotry, and does so in a typically blunt and head-on fashion. The year is 1971, and Alexandria, Virginia is under federal mandate to integrate its schools.
Challenges like tug of war, wrestling and a display on handling bow and arrows and spear for target shooting are organized. The best and strongest are instantly initiated into the secret society while the least ones are only given garments to show they have grown into adolescents. Another example of initiation/ rite of passage can be seen in the story “Battle Royal” by Ralph Ellison. Here he describes a rite of passage event at the start of the story whereby the protagonist grandfather on his deathbed called his father to his bedside and
He also admits to feeling responsible for his mother’s death. Since Baba likes soccer, Amir tries to like it as well, albeit unsuccessfully. In chapter 4 The story jumps back in time to 1933, the year Baba is born and Zahir Shah becomes king of Afghanistan. Around the same time, two young men who are driving while drunk and high hit and kill Ali’s parents. Amir’s grandfather takes the young Ali in, and Ali and Baba grow up togetherDuring one reading session under their favorite pomegranate tree, Amir begins to make up his own story while he is reading to Hassan.
Jim Keenan English 101 It Puts The Lotion In The Basket As most kids gradually start to read more and more as they mature, I was one of the few who didn't learn to enjoy reading until senior year of highschool. The teachings of Tom Alessandri were the sole cause of my newfound appreciation for literature. All it takes is the inspiration of one individual to turn someone onto reading and writing. Tom Alessandri was the last highschool English teacher I had, taking his Science Fiction & Horror Literature class. While many people would be discouraged by the title of the class alone, I was intrigued and immediately signed up. | <urn:uuid:eab82923-cbe4-4291-a314-82edb0bb920b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.antiessays.com/free-essays/Character-Analysis-254182.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571869.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813021048-20220813051048-00071.warc.gz | en | 0.973218 | 1,432 | 2.046875 | 2 |
"Mental health challenges can be difficult to define, diagnose, and address, partly because it isn’t always clear when an issue is serious enough to warrant intervention. All of us, at all ages, occasionally experience fear, worry, sadness, or distress. In most cases, these symptoms are short-lived and don’t affect our ability to function. But, at other times, symptoms can cause serious difficulties with daily functioning and affect our relationships with others, as in the case of conditions such as anxiety disorders, major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and eating disorders, among others." (Protecting Youth Mental Health: The U.S. Surgeon General's Advisory)
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Elijah Kelly never meets a stranger.
The S.C. Lee Junior High School eighth-grader made his way from group to group introducing himself and making new friends. Nearby, his younger brother Caleb, 12, grooved to the beat of the 1980s music blaring throughout the school stadium, seemingly in his own world.
The Kelly brothers were the inspiration for about 50 walkers making their way around the track Tuesday night to draw attention to autism. Both of the boys were diagnosed with autism.
Ron Reynolds, Copperas Cove Independent School District’s autism specialist, said the numbers of those diagnosed is climbing,
“The numbers have gone from 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 88. Doctors are getting smarter in the fields that cause autism and are finding some adults with autism who were never diagnosed as children,” Reynolds said.
Most recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report 1 in 68 people were diagnosed in 2013, which was a 30 percent increase since 2012. Boys, like the Kellys, are nearly four times more likely to be diagnosed than girls.
Their father, Sgt. 1st Class William Kelly, said the disability affects the entire family as well as his career in the Army.
“Because of the services they need, I am limited where I can be stationed. And because of all of the deployments I have done, that has also kept me here at Fort Hood,” said Kelly, who deployed four times from 2004 to 2013 and completed a one-year unaccompanied tour to Korea to further stabilize his assignment here for his family.
Elijah was born while the family was stationed in Germany in 2002 and was diagnosed in 2003 at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood.
Kelly said the services his family receives through the Army’s Exceptional Family Member Program ensures his children’s medical and emotional needs are met. On average, autism costs a family $60,000 annually.
“Eli doesn’t just have autism. He also has Crohn’s which affects his immune system. We have to go to Austin every month for treatment,” Kelly said. “With Caleb having autism too, we got a double dose.”
The cause of autism is not fully known. Research reveals the disability is somewhat genetic but rare gene mutations or combinations of genetic variables cause a disorder of neural development. Autism also has been associated with environmental things such as heavy metals and pesticides, which cause birth defects.
Eighty students in Cove ISD have been diagnosed as autistic with various levels of functionality.
In addition to funding a staff position dedicated to the needs of these students, Cove ISD hosts a monthly meeting at 6 p.m. the last Tuesday of every month at Clements-Parsons Elementary.
Services available to students also are available on the Cove ISD website under the link “Boomerang.”
Some people with autism display special abilities as a result of their condition. Reynolds said he witnesses special gifts in some Cove ISD students with autism.
“It’s amazing. I have one student that can quickly tell you every president of the United States in order.”
Eli continued making his way around the track Tuesday night, visiting with everyone and sharing his gift of never meeting a stranger.
“Autism helps our people to make more perfect,” he said.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, a partnership between General Electric ( GE) and Hitachi ( HIT), and Westinghouse Electric, a Toshiba unit are likely to benefit from the recently approved Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill in India.On Monday, the Indian Parliament approved the compensation bill for nuclear accidents subsequent to tougher provisions on supplier liability. This move would end the two-year nuclear ban on India, whose atomic energy market is estimated between $150 billion and $175 billion. It would enable U.S. companies to compete and invest almost $100 billion to $150 billion in India's nuclear power industry. Additionally, these companies would compete with European state- run rival companies as India boosts nuclear power generation to increase thirteen-fold by 2030 to spur economic growth. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Congress government had to rewrite the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill to accommodate all concerns and views of opposition parties as it seeks to ensure the passing of the bill before U.S president Barrack Obama visits India in November. The new law might lead to a significant increase in nuclear energy contribution to India's current power supply, which currently accounts for a meager 3%. In order to gain adequate votes for passing the bill, the Indian government inserted a clause capping payouts for compensation claims by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India at $322 million beyond which the government would be responsible. After paying compensation, Nuclear Power Corp. can seek money from suppliers for defective equipment or materials, according to the bill. However, analysts believe that such clauses would not be accepted by suppliers world-wide and would hamper the growth of the nuclear manufacturing industry in India. | <urn:uuid:807eaa5e-2771-4e8c-934e-91a0fb4b7c8c> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://www.thestreet.com/story/10848732/1/ge-hitachi-westinghouse-could-benefit-from-indias-shift-on-nuclear-energy.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988725470.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183845-00076-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95012 | 340 | 1.710938 | 2 |
At Manor Mead School, we recognise the importance and value of providing a curriculum that is:
Balanced; ensuring that the curriculum offer is tailored to best support the individual needs of the pupils, and focused on developing knowledge, skills and potential in the four areas of Communication, language and literacy; Cognition; Physical and sensory health and development and Personal, social, emotional and mental health
Broad; covering a wide range of National Curriculum subjects, topics, therapeutic areas such as speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and occupational therapy, activities, approaches and experiences including life skills
Developmental; building on previous learning and preparing all pupils for the next stages in their education
Accessible; individualised and personal; adapted to meet the needs of our unique students
Flexible; fun, engaging and individualised to foster a love of learning
Meaningful; relevant, stimulating and enriching; we particularly value educational off-site visits and special events to support our pupils to learn important life skills in their community
Our pupils have severe, complex and/or profound learning needs and/or autism and have a range of different starting points. For some pupils, their complex needs have a significant impact on their ability to access learning and express themselves and may impact on their cognitive development and ability to alter their long-term memory.
Therefore, at Manor Mead Shepperton, we recognise the importance and value of providing a challenging, tailored curriculum that emphasises Communication, language and literacy; Cognition; Physical and sensory health and development and Personal, social, emotional and mental health and identifies the most important individual next steps. Our broad and balanced curriculum is organised within these key areas:
These four areas are key to the long-term success of our pupils as they prepare for the next stages in their education and life. All pupils have Individual Learning Plans (ILPs) which are set and reviewed twice a year. Each ILP has specific targets in each of the four key areas, identifying the next steps and specific strategies required to ensure success. Opportunities to focus on ILP targets are provided across the weekly timetabled curriculum within ‘subject specific’ lessons.
At Manor Mead Shepperton, classes are organised by pupils’ primary need and broadly by their age so our classes, including our nursery, typically accommodate pupils from a range of National Curriculum Year groups. Teaching approaches and curriculum content are adapted to most effectively, and appropriately meet the needs of the pupils in each class.
In order to provide a broad and balanced curriculum that will meet the broad range of individual and complex needs across the school, there is flexibility in terms of curriculum content and delivery. Teaching is adapted to ensure that it is appropriate to the individual needs of the pupils. For example, a pupil with complex learning needs and a peer with severe learning difficulties will access a similar part of the curriculum but the way that the content is taught and the way that the children access the activities may be very different. Teaching styles and strategies to deliver the curriculum, engage and interest pupils and support the range of learning styles will differ from class to class.
- Blue and Green classes for EYFS pupils, the curriculum is based on EYFS framework.
- Purple Class (Year 1-4) and Pink Class (Year 2 -6) who have complex learning needs
- Red (Year R - 3), Yellow (Year 2-4), White (Year 4-6) and Orange (Year 5-6) classes primarily for pupils with SLD
- Rainbow 1 (Year 1- 4) and Rainbow 2 (Year 4-6) for pupils whose primary need is autism
A flexible and child centred approach
At Manor Mead School, we place the child’s individual needs at the centre of their individualised curriculum and as such:
- Several teachers may plan for their classes to work on aspects together e.g. joint curriculum related outings, inviting other people in to support the work
- Some subjects are taught through special days/ events rather than sessions each week so they are more accessible e.g. creating a ‘Seaside’ and ‘Jungle’ to provide contrasting environments as part of the Geography planning
- Non-subject/theme activities and sessions are included on some pupil’s timetables and provide the opportunity to use a certain approach employed to support broader learning on engagement, communication, independence, physical development etc.(e.g. Intensive Interaction, Rebound therapy)
- Structured play is timetabled throughout the school, not just in the EYFS as this is considered essential to pupils’ development and learning
Class teachers are responsible for designing the class timetable each term but have the flexibility to implement more individualised schedules for pupils as appropriate. Individual timetables take account of a wide range of specific therapy needs, speech, physio and occupational therapy. Some pupils may not be able to tolerate working in a larger group for extended periods and may have a timetable, which includes sessions where they work on their targets in different resource areas e.g. the Sensory Room, Soft Play
The timetables for different classes in the school reflect the needs of the pupils in that class group and there are significant differences in the content e.g. classes for children with complex needs have a significant part of each day timetabled for Physiotherapy/ Physical activity. All classes have timetabled topic sessions allowing flexibility to focus on individual personal, social and emotional needs, independence and learning skills such as attention, as well as community visits.
Sometimes pupils have needs met most effectively by spending time in more than one class during the week. This ‘internal integration’ provides an opportunity to meet a pupil’s specific needs, when these needs are not all catered for in their main class group. Where appropriate individual children may also have ‘external integration’, opportunities at a mainstream school e.g. St Nicholas Primary School, to focus on academic, social and emotional development.
In order to make the best provision for each child, a Learning and Communication Passport is written and in place for each pupil. This identifies the child’s likes, dislikes, interests/ motivators, preferred learning styles, their barriers to learning and how they may be overcome. At Manor Mead School we employ a range of strategies and approaches to support pupils’ to engage and learn, these include:
- 1:1 and small group work
- Sensory based approaches employing the full range of senses
- Rotation of carousel activities
- Creative use of resource and outdoor areas to support cross curricular learning
- Specialist approaches such as Intensive Interaction, Zones of Regulation etc.
Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
The curriculum for the youngest children in the school is based on the Early Years Foundation Stage statutory framework. The ‘prime’ and ‘specific’ areas broadly align with the four Key Areas delivered in the primary phase; pupils in EYFS will follow the same termly theme as the rest of the school. Long and Medium Term plans have been drawn up for the areas of learning:
There are three prime areas of learning:
- communication and language
- physical development
- personal, social and emotional development
and four ‘specific areas of learning’:
- understanding the world
- expressive arts and design
The Learning Outcomes link to the EYFS Profile and Development Matters: the Assessment Opportunities or to Key Skills.
Key stages 1 and 2
Long and Medium Term Plans have been drawn up for the following subjects based on the programmes of study in the National Curriculum.
Foundation subjects: Art and Designs; Design and Technology; Geography and History are grouped under the heading of 'Topic'.
Long and Medium Term Plans have also been drawn up for:
Personal, Social, Health and Economic education (PSHE)
- following Programmes of Study from PSHE Association (updated 2020)
- we believe that this curriculum area is extremely important for the pupils at Manor Mead
- included in this area is the time allocated to developing pupils’ independence, play and social skills which are so critical for their future lives
- much of this curriculum is incorporated into the routine of the school day e.g. learning to feed independently, dress, working towards achieving continence
- some aspects are taught during opportunities in the school day e.g. play and social development and other aspects are taught during timetabled PSHE sessions in class e.g. Emotional development, Stranger danger, people who help us
Relationship and Sex Education
- The Governors, in consultation with the Head of School and the staff have decided that there should not be a separate Sex Education curriculum at Manor Mead. This decision has been made, taking into account the age, maturity and complex needs ability of the pupils.
- Relationships Education is taught as part of the PSHE curriculum.
- following the Revised Surrey Agreed Syllabus
- the curriculum for RE is based on the ‘Revised Surrey Agreed Syllabus' (Foundation Stage and some aspects of Key Stage 1)
- the teaching of RE reflects religious traditions in Britain which are, in the main, Christian whilst taking account of the teaching and practices of other principal religions represented in Britain (particularly religions followed by pupils attending the school)
- parents may ask for their children to be withdrawn from RE and alternative activities will be provided for pupils appropriate to their needs.
- A daily act of collective worship is held in each class, this is planned to meet the needs of the pupils in the class group and is often used for a time of reflection.
- Parents may ask for their children to be withdrawn from Collective Worship and alternative activities will be provided for pupils appropriate to their needs
Modern Foreign Languages at Key Stage 2
Type of planning
1 or 3 years
Medium term (Curriculum)
Medium term for Class (planning grid)
1 term (or 2 half terms)
1 week (5 Daily Plans)
Long Term plans
These plans provide the distribution of the subject content over a one or three year cycle, depending on the subject. The subject content is shown as areas of work and is divided into two stages. Pupils progress from stages 1 to 2 as they move up the school.
Medium Term plans
Subject Leaders produce Medium Term plans for each of the areas in the Long Term planning and these plans are given to Class Teachers before the end of term so that teachers can have meetings to work on joint planning for the next term. The Medium Term plans include a broad range of activities which should meet the needs of all the children; the class teachers select the activities which are most appropriate for their group. Using the Medium Term plans, class teachers draw up a Planning Grid for the term, showing how they will cover the curriculum week by week. These plans are evaluated by all teachers at the end of each term to review whether the planning has been accessible to pupils, appropriate resources in place etc. Subject Leaders review Medium Term plans following this evaluation.
The Medium Term plans show the References to the National Curriculum Programmes of Study which are being addressed through this work. They also provide a range of Learning Intentions as pupils within a class group are working at different levels.
The Subject Leader identifies the Key Activities and it is their responsibility to ensure that resources are available in school for these activities or there is a sign post as to where they can be accessed. Teachers choose to work on the activities suitable for their class group.
Short Term plans
The Class Teacher, in order to implement the Medium Term plans/ Planning Grid on a daily basis, draws up Short Term plans, i.e. daily plans. Teachers identify the planned Learning Intentions on their daily planning sheets or on recording sheets: these may relate directly to the curriculum subject or may address an individual target.
A 3 year project cycle is used to support Long Term planning to ensure breadth of curriculum cover and to provide links between subjects. The whole school follows the same broad project heading, shown on the Long-term plan.
Planning in Stages (Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2)
Medium Term curriculum plans are arranged into two stages: the younger classes work on Stage 1 planning and the older classes on Stage 2 planning. Some terms the work will be planned to cover different aspects of the curriculum e.g. RE Stage 1 may cover work on Hinduism, Stage 2 on Judaism. For all subjects (except Mathematics and ICT) Stage 2 includes more challenging activities so that more able pupils can extend their knowledge and understanding. Mathematics and ICT are the same planning for both stages with teachers planning for individual abilities.
Sharing the curriculum with parents
We recognise the importance of sharing what we are teaching with parents but acknowledge that the curriculum offered to a child will vary depending on their needs and abilities rather than just their year group. Parents are given a detailed class Newsletter at the beginning of each term outlining what will be taught: this includes suggestions as to how parents can support their child’s learning. The Annual Report sent to parents at the end of the year provides an overview of their child’s achievements across the curriculum.
Management of the Curriculum
Each teacher (apart from ECTs) is responsible for planning one or more subjects of the curriculum. Subject Leaders may identify developments for their subject which need to go in the School Development and Improvement Plan (SDP) in agreement with the Head of School or Executive Head teacher.
As Subject Leaders teachers take responsibility for;
- drawing up a Policy and regularly reviewing that Policy with teachers: all curriculum policies are reviewed every 1 or 2 years
- drawing up Long and Medium Term plans for class teachers
- monitoring delivery of their subject
- ensuring appropriate recording systems are in place and used by teachers
- providing support for colleagues and arranging training as appropriate.
- identifying actions for the SDP as and when appropriate
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It’s all about the experience of fly fishing!
Most new fly fishermen enjoy the process of fly fishing as much or more than catching fish. That’s one of the great things about the sport; even if the fish aren’t biting, you can have fun practicing your fly casting technique. As a client once said, “with fly fishing, the fish are the gravy!”
This early phase only lasts while fly anglers become more proficient with their casting stroke. It usually ends when the angler is done catching numbers of fish and wants to go for quality fish. Typically, the “pounds of meat” theory comes into play with big predatory fish like brown trout, which prefer “bigger bait for bigger fish.”
Let’s back up to the early stages of learning to fly cast with small and light flies that are easier to cast. Dry flies, nymphs or streamers in small sizes travel easily through the air because of less air drag and less gravitational pull. This allows for more consistency with the distance and accuracy of the cast.
Bigger flies have a large profile, which appeals to the bigger appetite of bigger fish with bigger stomachs. Also, bigger flies are generally heavier. They have a much faster sink rate that exposes them to more trout that inhabit the floor of the trout stream or river. The trade-off with heavier, bulky flies is that they are cumbersome and require a different fly casting technique than smaller, streamlined flies.
There is a fly casting technique called a false cast. This is a helpful technique where the angler uses a classic casting stroke with a “10 o’clock to 2 o’clock” range of motion to create a straight path for the line and fly to travel accurately. This casting stroke is repeated mid-air without landing the cast until the caster feeds the appropriate length of line and aims at the desired target area.
False casting is effective with smaller, lighter flies but NOT with bigger, heavier flies. If you attempt your classic “10 to 2” range of motion in your casting stroke, heavier flies will likely hit your rod, or worse, hit your a fishing buddy.
Old habits die hard…
Because we are creatures of habit and our learned muscle memory is with lighter flies, it requires some retooling of the casting stroke to throw the heavy stuff. This new casting stroke is the “windshield wiper cast.” It has a broader range of motion like “9 o’clock to 3, or even 4 o’clock.” It requires the caster to break their wrist.
It sounds ridiculous, but try it if you plan to “chuck and duck” large nymphs and streamers for bigger fish. It’ll put your big streamer where it needs to be more efficiently, and it’ll also save you from chipping fiberglass off your rod or thumping your buddy in the back of the head.
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Steamboat Springs The peaks and valleys of snowfall last winter left water experts in Colorado concerned about water availability for 2009, but thanks to a few late snowfalls and a cool, wet summer, Colorado's water level is as good as any recent year.
Mike Gillespie, the snow supervisor for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, said there were a couple of times in the 2008-09 winter that snowfall wasn't living up to expectations. In the first months of the season, the snowfall was at or near the record minimum.
Gillespie reported about the state of Colorado snowpack throughout the past year at the Colorado Water Congress' summer conference, held at the Steamboat Sheraton Resort from Wednesday to noon today.
"People start getting a little antsy" when early season snow is below normal levels, he said. "Then, lo and behold, the following month (December) or so we saw huge increases in the snowpack. We accumulated about a quarter of our normal average in the 30 days after that time."
That shot the snowpack from near the minimum to above the 30-year average for several months.
Statewide, snowpack was 17 percent above the 30-year average last year. For the Yampa and White River Basin, April 13 was the peak date, at 14 percent above the 30-year average. That's one day later than the average high point in other years, indicating the snow was sticking slightly longer.
Another dry spell late in the winter caused water-watchers to worry again, but Gillespie said the final months of the season were the biggest concern, as snowpack began melting faster than usual, potentially leaving the state dry later in the year.
"Fortunately, it turned out to be somewhat cool and wet, and it did slow down the melt somewhat," he said.
Chris Landry, executive director of the Center of Snow and Avalanche Studies in Silverton, said the unusually high level of dust on the snow could have contributed to the fast melt-off. When the 12 dust storms that blew through Colorado last year deposited debris on the snowfields, it caused the snow to melt faster than it ordinarily would, he said.
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A lot of people we talk to ask ‘what’s the science behind the foam roller?’.
It’s now very popular to have a foam roller. In the world of athletics and physiotherapy, they’re often the go-to tool for myofascial release or massage.
What’s Myofascial Release?
What is myofascial release, you ask? Simply put, you apply pressure to a muscle area that’s tight or sore. This can help alleviate pain and restore motion.
There are many people who rave about the positive effects of foam rolling. Unfortunately, there aren’t many studies out there that prove the effectiveness of the technique.
There are mixed results, as far as athletic performance and recovery are concerned.
With this being said, the market for foam rolling tools and the use of foam rolling in professional capacities is widespread.
Let’s have a look at myofascial release, foam rolling, what they are, and how they work.
A few scientific studies
Many studies out there seem to be largely based on anecdotal evidence. Rigorously-tested scientific experiments are what we now need.
Yet, some of these studies have observed remarkable performance and recovery associated with foam rolling. Some of these observations include a decrease in muscle fatigue, a decrease in soreness, and a slight increase in vertical jump.
On the other hand, one study that analysed the results of several experiments involving myofascial release found results to be inconsistent, rather than conclusive.
Many of the case studies showed marked improvements while some showed the practice to be ineffective.
It seems as if the science behind it is still in a foundational phase. If we haven’t entirely got the science behind us, then how can we explain myofascial release?
Understanding the mechanism
As we’ve already said, the evidence behind foam rolling is largely anecdotal. This means a collection of individual experiences suggest the perceived benefits.
The foam roller helps by applying pressure to trigger points or certain ‘tight’ areas in muscles. Trigger points cause the muscle to behave differently, either tightening it too much or preventing it from working well.
If you can use the foam roller to release this fascia, it may help relieve your pain and improve your flexibility,
Anecdotally – it’s great!
We’re still waiting on the precise scientific evidence, however. The observational evidence is certainly there, and plenty of information is available if you’re a professional looking to implement foam rolling into your therapy or practice.
Even if you’re feeling tight but want to do some self-healing, myofascial release is something that you may consider trying on your own.
Unless you’re writhing in pain, you can purchase a foam roller or a similar device and, with proper technique, potentially derive some of the perceived benefits of foam rolling.
Remember to breathe deeply, keep your abdomen tight, and relax. Also, it’s never a bad idea to contact a trusted health professional if you’re unsure of what’s wrong.
Trying out different exercises is key to improving and maintaining the body’s flexibility, which in turn can help with recruiting muscles efficiently.
If you’ve got any questions on the above, then please let us know (click for contact details).
Remember – Listen to Your Body!
Please remember to listen to your body. Get any aches and pains checked out sooner rather than later.
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Presidential elections express voters' candidate preferences, of course, but they also capture the national mood -- a yearning for change, say, or for stability or peace. Midterm elections tend to be more fragmented, and the sentiments that animate them often are more diffuse. On Tuesday, the fates of two candidates who excited "tea party" activists illustrated that phenomenon: Rand Paul's libertarianism won over Kentucky voters, who voted him into office and kept that Senate seat in Republican hands; Christine O'Donnell's formidable negatives sank her in Delaware, and that seat stayed Democratic.
Still, there are certain generalizations that apply to most modern midterm elections. They have tended, in recent decades, to reflect voter second thoughts, to signal a retrenchment after the election of a popular president. Thus, in 1952, voters ended a generation of Democratic control in Washington by electing Dwight D. Eisenhower and a Republican Congress; two years later, Democrats regained control of Congress. In 1956, Eisenhower crushed Adlai Stevenson in their rematch; two years after that, Democrats picked up 48 seats in the House and 13 in the Senate. Those patterns have repeated more recently: Bill Clinton was elected in 1992, only to have Democrats lose 53 House and seven Senate seats in 1994; George W. Bush was reelected in 2004 and lost control of Congress two years later.
Given that history, Tuesday's results are hardly astonishing; indeed, they are more part of a trend than an aberration. Nevertheless, they do reveal powerful forces at work in our politics today. Specifically, they reflect the descent from 2008's hopeful zeitgeist to 2010's anger and bewilderment, emotions that found purchase in many of the bitter, partisan races decided Tuesday.
The change in mood is not only understandable but predictable: No nation where millions want work but can't find it will be a settled one. Unemployment today stands at 9.6%, with many additional workers in jobs that underemploy them; one result is that President Obama's approval rating has plummeted from 80% shortly after his inauguration to 44% today (though it is still healthy compared with the 21% of Americans who approve of Congress' work).
The anxieties spurred by the recession have given way to a broader unease, an inchoate sense that government is too big, too intrusive, too demanding. Federal deficits, enlarged first by the long and ill-advised war in Iraq and then by the efforts to stimulate the economy, symbolize to many a government detached from the consequences of its policies. The federal deficit for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 was $1.3 trillion. Voters are angry and are sending a sharp rebuke to Democratic incumbents and to the Obama administration, one that may not be cause for them to panic but that they would be foolish to ignore.
Yet it is not entirely true that this campaign has been overwhelmed by a new, angry and cohesive right wing. Some incumbent Democrats, including California Sen. Barbara Boxer, appear to have escaped the electorate's wrath, while Jerry Brown was on course to beat both money and national trends in his race for governor. The truth is that the Republican Party has become a messy place: Tea party candidates are generating excitement but also discomfort within the party; the energy unleashed in this fall's state and local contests may be destructive in 2012, when the presidential campaign will require Republicans to rally around a single candidate. There's at least as big a philosophical divide between Wall Street Republicans and Kentucky tea partyers as there is between, for example, Maine's moderate Republican Sen. Olympia J. Snowe and California's moderate Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Indeed, for every conservative who imagines Obama as a socialist, there is a liberal who complains that the president is a closet moderate.
Moreover, though Democrats paid the heavier price for the nation's anti-incumbent sentiment in this election, Republicans hardly enjoy unqualified support. In a September Gallup poll, Americans were equally unimpressed with the two parties, with only 44% approving of the parties' work.
Time and economic growth will heal some of the disillusion expressed in this campaign. But if the midterm does not signal cause for Democratic panic, it does reflect a significant shift in federal power, as well as a new set of responsibilities for the resurgent Republican Party. For two years, the party defined itself almost entirely in opposition to Obama; Republicans in Congress opposed immigration reform, opposed climate change legislation, opposed healthcare reform. Now that they've taken control of the House, however, they assume a responsibility to govern, not just resist. | <urn:uuid:c06ecff3-5e20-4829-af6e-f22bdf6037bc> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/03/opinion/la-ed-election-20101103 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282926.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00396-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965081 | 933 | 2.1875 | 2 |
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Signs and symptoms of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) usually occur at birth or within the first few hours that follow. They include:
Rapid, shallow breathing
Sharp pulling in of the chest below and between the ribs with each breath
Flaring of the nostrils
The infant also may have pauses in breathing that last for a few seconds. This condition is called apnea
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Pirates can share / written by Tom Easton ; illustrated by Mike Gordon.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Evergreen Indiana.
0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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- ISBN: 9781508191643
- ISBN: 1508191646
- ISBN: 9781508191599
- ISBN: 150819159X
- Physical Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Windmill Books, 2016.
|Summary, etc.:|| "It's all hands on deck in this exciting book about the pirate crew of the Golden Duck. Captain Cod tells each crew member to work on a sail, but each time they do it alone, they fail. They realize that it's best to work together as a team. Teamwork is an important concept in sports, school, and outside of school. Readers will relate to these familiar and funny characters, allowing them to learn from their mistakes, and ultimately, their realization that working together is always better than working alone."-- Publisher's description.
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Razim Lake is located within a group of lakes, south of the Danube Delta in Tulcea County and borders the Black Sea. Surrounded by impressive landscapes and lush nature, this is the largest lake in Romania and forms various lagoons and bays.
- ABOUT THE SPOT
- RELEVANT ACTIVITIES & OFFERS
Kiteboarding / Kitesurfing in Noosa River Mouth, Sunshine Coast, Queensland Australia
The location, giving in Sunshine Coast, can be crowded, especially during the weekends. In order to regulate the kite-surfers circulation on the spot, a Noosa River Code of Conduct was developed to improve safety in the Noosa River Mouth after concerns were raised relating to traffic congestion and communication issues by members of the community.
Practitioners are requested to consult the Noosa River Code of Conduct, before heading to the spot to practice kite-surfing. The Venturi type of wind is most commonly observed on the spot. With a medium wind force, (16-25 kn/30-46.3 kph), the kite-surfers will come across a south east main wind direction. However the best wind direction, observed in the spot, is from northeast, ideal for free style kite-surfers. Water’s temperature varies from 22 to 25 °C/71.6 to 77 °F in the summer while it is decreased to 17 °C/62.6 °F in the winter. Thin wetsuit is needed during practicing in winter while the only protection you may need during summers is a rash vest against the sun.
The best period to visit and practice kite-surf on the spot is from September to January. Training centers, kite-surfing schools and gear rentals are also identified in the vicinity of the location, accommodation and leisure options as well.
Noosa River Mouth Kitesurf Code of Conduct
RESPECT THE SAFETY OF BOAT DRIVERS
BOATS have legal right of way crossing the Noosa bar. Danger of capsize or going aground means boat drivers must always have a clear uncompromising passage. Kite-surfers must:
* Be on the alert for approaching craft at all times, Listen and look
* Sail away from any approaching craft or halt kite-surfing until any craft are well past
* Never continue in a way that may alarm other craft
TIDE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG !
Extra caution is advised for any water activity including swimming and kite-surfing in the tidal currents of Noosa Rivermouth.
N-NE WIND FROM 10-20 KNOTS AND OUTGOING TIDE
Are the suitable conditions for kite-surfing at the Noosa River mouth. In other conditions please consider other kite-surf locations.
NO KITE-SURFING ON MAIN BEACH
Only if its impossible to launch from spit beach can kite-surfers launch and land from main beach near the river-mouth rock groyne.
LAUNCHING – check the conditions carefully before launching
* Launch and land only when the kite pilot is standing in or next to the water
* Keep the drop zone and extra buffer area clear of any people and obstacles
* Seek assistance from other kite-surfers to launch, land and judge the weather
* Never use a kite to leap on land or when you are positioned away from the water
SAFE KITING – monitor wind, tide and surf as they may increase
* Maintain a 30m minimum distance-off from people, obstacles, rock walls at all times
* Look before you maneuver, be aware of and consider your surrounds and skill limits
* Avoid freestyle maneuvers and speeding in shallow water or within 50m of the shore
* Use a strong kite-leash and functional safety quick release, check both before and after every use
* Avoid shore birds by a distance greater than 90m (3x kite-line’s length)
* Keep your kite and board course steady when other kite-surfers are close or approaching
* Keep the car-park and grassed verge clear of kites and lines, never leave equipment unsupervised
* Represent our sport, clean up any litter, offer assistance without request, and SMILE.
Please ask local kiters or kite schools for advice.
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The War-Wagon was a specialized hover-ship piloted by Colonel Glenn Talbot, late of the United States Air Force. Armed with highly advanced weaponry including sonic pulse cannons, the War-Wagon was designed for a singular purpose - to track down and destroy the Hulk. The War-Wagon was equipped with a highly advanced "brain", which could extrapolate data and determine the most ideal strategy for tackling the Hulk in any situation. Talbot could also take manual control of the brain's higher intelligence functions by connecting to it with an encephalo-helmet. The wagon's A.I. discouraged its pilot from using the encephalo-helmet, however, as the human brain was incapable of interpreting the brain's complex programming structure.
The War-Wagon's arsenal included sonic pulse cannons, and cluster bombs that released a group of gas grenades upon impact with its target. The hull of the ship was coated with a golden polymer and rigged with electrically-charged defense shields ideal for repelling attackers.
Glenn Talbot violated Soviet airspace when he tracked the Hulk's radioactive emissions to Russia. He then followed him to the Japanese island of Mount Kuroishi - the site of an active volcano. He bombarded the Hulk with the ship's weaponry, but the Hulk, though angered, managed to survive each assault. Against the recommendation of the War-Wagon's brain, Talbot donned the encephalo-helmet and took full command of all the ship's higher functions. This tactic proved disastrous for Talbot who mentally experienced every attack against the War-Wagon as if it were he and not the ship that was being struck. During the battle, Mount Kuroishi erupted and the War-Wagon was caught in a lava geyser blast. The intense heat proved too much for Talbot's psyche and fried his brain. Without a conscious mind to command the vessel, the War-Wagon plummeted to the ground and was destroyed. Talbot was killed instantly.
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Pedestrian barriers are made of galvanized steel, giving them superior strength to other barrier products. 2.3 meters in length, these barriers are perfect for pedestrian and crowd control.
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Why We Suggest Adopting Two Kittens
At VOKRA we always suggests adopting two kittens if there is no other buddy cat in the home or the buddy cat is elderly. Our extensive cat care experience shows kittens do better in pairs and here are some of the reasons why:
Kittens are still in the learning stages and they learn from their mother, their environment and from each other. Kitten-to-kitten interaction and playtime are actually valuable educational opportunities to help them develop important social skills that will be needed later in life. They learn how to communicate and interpret each other’s signals, how hard to bite during playtime and how to share territory. In the case of a litter of kittens, the siblings have been together since birth and are already well into this process. They’re already bonded by the time you come along as a potential adoptive cat parent. What a great way to start!
Another benefit when you’re considering a kitten, is that in the case of adoption and/or rescue, the kittens may have been without their mother. As is often the case in rescue, the kittens are even too young to be away from their littermates. So much learning and socialization take place in the early part of a kitten’s life. If you adopt a pair, the socialization can continue and they can create security and comfort for each other.
Kittens learn from each other
If you’ve ever been around kittens you know they are on the move and into everything. Kittenhood is such an important time of learning about emerging skills. When jumping, the kitten is learning about how to gauge distances. When walking along narrow objects, the kitten is learning about balance. This time in a kitten’s life that looks to us to be mere play or curiosity is actually an important part of kitten education. There are so many lessons taking place as kittens stalk, play, leap, climb, tumble, use their claws, practice posturing, etc. Since they also learn by observation, a pair of kittens will help each other through this education. This applies to everything from using the litter box to what objects are safe to land on and what ones aren’t. A more inquisitive kitten may help a more reluctant kitten to blossom.
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Ash darkens the sky. The sun is completely blacked out. Everything has an eerie orange glow. Cinders rain down and cover every surface with soot. This isn’t some apocalyptic movie or dystopian future. This is real life on the Colorado Front Range.
2020 has been an active fire year. Four of Colorado’s top five wildfires burned this year. Air quality on the front range has been dire, especially considering the ongoing respiratory pandemic. Now that the two largest fires of the summer are now both sitting at 100% containment, Colorado must face its increasingly flammable future.
The Cameron Peak fire started Aug. 13 in the mountains near Chambers Lake. It smoldered for months until a mid-October wind storm propelled it into becoming the largest wildfire in Colorado history. By the time fire crews completely contained it, on Dec. 3, it had burned up over 200,000 acres.
The East Troublesome fire has an even more explosive story. The fire was reported near Parshall Oct. 14 and contained Nov. 30, but in that short span grew to be the state’s second-largest fire. The fire grew by over 87,000 acres between Oct. 21 and 22, destroyed parts of Grand Lake and threatened Granby and Estes Park.
These fires were a consequence of the long-term drought and pine beetle epidemic that Colorado is facing. According to the official incident report for the East Troublesome fire, between 60-80% of trees burned had already been killed by pine beetles. That, combined with dry and windy conditions, created a perfect storm for fire conditions.
The outlook isn’t good for fires in the future. Many of the areas that were not burned are littered with downed and dead trees. According to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the entire state of Colorado is experiencing some form of drought. Some of the hardest hit areas are the headwaters of the Colorado and Cache la Poudre rivers — right where the fires started.
These watersheds are vital to the survival of the Front Range. Water from the Colorado river is pumped into the Big Thompson and supplies farms and cities throughout Northern Colorado. The Poudre river provides water and recreation to Fort Collins and Greeley. Because of the fires at their headwaters, flash floods and ash contamination are now more likely.
Ash and smoke blotted out the sky and directly impacted air quality on the Front Range. People were advised to stay inside and avoid exercising. Temperatures under the ash plumes could be 10 degrees lower than under the sun. UNC students, already coping with a deadly respiratory virus, also had to contend with dangerous levels of smoke. Callista Gallegos, a UNC student, had a difficult time facing both at once.
“Half the time I couldn’t go outside because I would not be able to breathe, so I was literally stuck inside and it was awful,” she said.
This year’s fire season is now over, but it contains lessons for the future. Colorado has been grappling with the effects of climate change for a while. Four of Colorado’s top five wildfires burned this year, and all of Colorado’s top ten wildfires have burned since 2000. Whether or not worse things are to come depends entirely on what actions are taken now. | <urn:uuid:87b129fa-891a-44e6-bf92-d5ef1fb4a9b7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.uncmirror.com/featured/2020/12/06/colorados-wildfires-have-been-contained-now-what/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.966817 | 686 | 2.8125 | 3 |
My favorite ingredient in a veggie stirfry or a salad is vinegar. Vinegar has been used for ages but have you ever wondered what could be the benefits of vinegar. Lets have a look at them why you need to add them in your cooking
- Firstly vinegar helps to slow down the absorption of sugar from the blood. Hence is great for diabetics or others who want to maintain their blood sugars.
- I love the fact that adding vinegar helps to cut down the amount of salt I need to add and plus it tastes great and makes the veggies crispy and scrumptious.
- Adding vinegar helps to replace the amount of fats you need to add and can replace mayonnaise which is high in calories and cholesterol.
- You can marinate fish, chicken and other meats with vinegar for tenderizing and for faster cooking.
- Kids love the tangy flavour and you get them to eat their veggies.
- Greens and most of the veggies should be washed in vinegar to remove worms, eggs etc. hence you will have squeaky clean veggies.
This does not mean downing apple cider vinegar for weight loss. It is completely baseless and is really hard on the stomach. So next time when you need a healthy dressing reach for vinegar….. | <urn:uuid:c431629c-4000-41b9-b5de-9dd9c2a26232> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://nutrihealth.in/health/benefits-of-using-vinegar/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281574.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00025-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932411 | 257 | 2.15625 | 2 |
Ever wondered what those numbers
were on the side of your tires, something like P235/75R17 or more commonly, P205/75R15, or as large as P315/45R17, so many combinations.
The numbers on the side of your tire, apart from various
others, is a sequence or coding which defines what the
size, shape, and height of your tire is. Here they are
Tire Type (P):
Tire Type refers to the tire that the vehicle is intended for. P for a passenger car, some others include: LT for a light truck, and T for a temporary or spare tire.
Tire Width (235):
Tire Width refers to the size of the tire from sidewall
to sidewall in millimeters (mm). Since the width of the tire can be affected by the rim size, the measurement is taken while it's on it's intended rim.
Aspect Ratio (75):
Aspect Ratio is the height of the tire in relation to
the width of the tire as express in percentage. For
example: if a tire was 205mm wide, and the aspect ratio was
75%: The height of the tire would be 153.75mm from the
bottom of the tire to the outside of the rim. High performance tires usually have lower aspect ratios (around 35 to 40%). This is because lower aspect ratios have better lateral stability for better cornering
ability. Many people buy wider tires with a small aspect
ratio with the intention of receiving better straight-line
traction, and realize that it's not what they expected.
Tire Construction (R):
Tire Construction is denoted by one of three letters on
the tire. The current method is radial construction for
radial tires and is denoted by an R. Older
methods were diagonal bias (D) or bias belted (B).
Rim Size (17):
Rim Size is the size of the rim that the tire is designed
to fit on, it won't fit properly on anything else. This
number is expressed in inches.
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Florida's beaches are undeniably pretty, but if you've ever been to Daytona or Cocoa Beach, you know they're not always the crystal-clear, sparkling blue seas you had envisioned. The ocean's overall look can change day by day and season to season, with some months marked by murky, choppy waters and others coated in a blanket of brown sargassum.
But there are places where the water is always breathtakingly clear, if not a bit chilly: Florida's springs. Because the state sits atop an aquifer, fresh water bubbles to the surface to form more than 700 springs, where people can swim; most are located in the central and northern parts of the state, providing a nature-fueled alternative to the commotion of the theme parks that draw most people to this region.
Beloved for swimming, snorkeling, diving, wildlife-spotting, hiking, paddling, and tubing, these picturesque swimming holes throughout Florida are great spots to visit for anyone who wants to splash around in Planet Earth's largest collection of freshwater springs. Note that since they remain a "refreshing" 72 degrees year-round, Florida's top springs are best visited during the dog days of summer, when nothing sounds better than a cold plunge.
Rainbow Springs is a Florida summertime favorite. Located within Rainbow Springs State Park, it's one of the top springs in Florida for float trips, tubing, hiking, and simply splashing around. You can also rent a canoe or kayak if paddling is more your speed.
Devil's Den Prehistoric Spring
If you've ever scrolled Instagram searching for images of off-the-beaten-path, hidden-gem Florida, you've probably come across a stunning photo of Devil's Den. This prehistoric spring is home to fossils dating all the way back to the Pleistocene Age and is an underground marvel: it was formed when the ground over a subterranean river collapsed, exposing it to the world above. Now, visitors can snorkel or dive (equipment is available to rent) in this remote spring reminiscent of a Mexican cenote, with the sun streaming in from the top of the cave to illuminate the blue waters below, making them almost appear to glow.
Weeki Wachee Springs
Disney isn't the only place where magic happens in Florida—one stop at Weeki Wachee Springs and you'll never again doubt the existence of mermaids. At this fantastical spring, in addition to the usual swimming and paddling, you can enjoy an underwater performance by "live mermaids" or take a riverboat cruise to explore above the surface. An icon of old Florida, the natural wonder of Weeki Wachee Springs has long attracted tourists and is one of the deepest springs in the country—so deep, in fact, that the bottom has never been found (probably because the mermaids are guarding it).
Ginnie Springs is only a two-hour drive from Orlando, which makes it a great addition to (or replacement of) the classic Disney vacation. Your jaw will drop when you see just how clear this water is, which also explains the admission fee to access this privately owned park. Here, visitors can dive, float, and paddle.
Three Sisters Springs
Ever seen one of those viral videos of people swimming peacefully with sea cows? More than likely, it was shot in Crystal River, the only place in North America where you can legally swim with manatees. Located on the west coast about 90 minutes north of Tampa, Crystal River is especially popular during manatee season (November through March), and Three Sisters Springs is one of the best places to spot these gentle giants.
The spring, which is so beautiful it seems otherworldly, is only accessible via private boat or kayak. Get Up And Go Kayaking Crystal River offers guided tours in clear kayaks so you can see it all, whether above the surface or below.
Juniper Springs is located within the Ocala National Forest and competes with other springs within the forest—Alexander, Silver Glen, and Salt Springs—as one of Florida's most popular. Each seems more beautiful than the last, but there's something magical about kayaking Juniper Springs, which features a winding waterway set beneath a dense, jungle-like old-growth forest canopy. (If you're lucky, you might even spot a member of the resident albino gray squirrel population.) The swimming, picnic, campground, and trail complex was built in the 1930s and still represents old Florida at its finest.
If your family has planned a Disney vacation but still really wants to squeeze in one of the top springs in Florida, Wekiwa Springs State Park is your best bet. It's located just 20 minutes north of Orlando but feels a world away (and the admission price is much lower, too, at just $6 per vehicle). It has been a tourist attraction since it was discovered in the 1860s, and has had a hotel and bathhouse on property since the 1890s. Here, you can hike or bike the quiet trails, ride horses, kayak, fish, snorkel, and swim.
Madison Blue Spring
Much has been said about the Florida-Georgia line, but Madison Blue Spring, which is located nearby, still flies under the radar. It's one of just 33 first-magnitude springs in Florida, which essentially means it's one of the largest and has a significant volume of flow from the aquifer each day. This stunning spot promises a swim you'll want to keep forever in your mind's eye.
Another great spot to float is Ichetucknee Springs State Park, where there are eight major springs that together form the six-mile Ichetucknee River, perfect for a lazy summer day in the sun (you might even spot a cute otter along the way). Located in northern Florida, Ichetucknee Springs is a fun place to snorkel, swim, and hang, and it only costs $6 per vehicle to enter.
Gilchrist Blue Springs
Located in the tiny town of High Springs about 45 minutes northwest of Gainesville, home of the University of Florida, Gilchrist Blue Springs State Park is the newest in Florida—it only became a state park in 2017—and arguably one of its prettiest. It's hard to say which of these ultra-clear top springs in Florida is the most clear, but Gilchrist Blue Spring is definitely up there. Go on a summer day and you're bound to encounter crowds, but it sure beats waiting in line in the sun at a theme park. There are six natural springs at Gilchrist Blue Springs State Park, but Gilchrist Blue (its namesake) is the most popular.
Lots of people vacation in Florida's Panhandle, but fewer head to the gorgeous Wakulla Springs, the largest and deepest freshwater spring in the world. The beauty of this spot didn't escape Hollywood, though: one of the springs' claims to fame is that Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941) and The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) were filmed here.
Of course Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park is beautiful, with almost 30 springs making it one of the largest in Florida, but it's also unique in that you'll find both salt and freshwater creatures here since the main spring flows from three sources with varying degrees of salt. Visitors also love the West Indian manatees who frequent here during the winter, which you can see up close at the park's underwater observatory. (Fun fact: The oldest hippopotamus in captivity calls this park home!) | <urn:uuid:e04388e7-2481-4ef4-a795-8bda62420329> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sports.yahoo.com/under-radar-spots-clearest-water-224659316.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00478.warc.gz | en | 0.95413 | 1,601 | 1.921875 | 2 |
By Whitfield Reaves, OMD, LAc and Chad Bong, MS, LAc
Treating the tendino-muscle meridians (TMM) is one of the first things to consider in treating sports injuries and pain. Their treatment is often overlooked and under-utilized.
The activation of these important pathways can be crucial to effectively treating patients with acute trauma or repetitive-stress injuries.
Let's start with a description of the TMM (jin mai, jin jing). They are described as a channel network that circulates qi over the superficial aspect of the body.1 This includes the skin, the muscles, and the tendons. They travel in the "depressions and planes between muscles and tendons."2 Furthermore, the muscle meridians are comprised of wei qi ("protective" qi), which is not "contained" within a vessel. Thus, their pathways have a bit more freedom and flexibility. I suggest that the reader view the tendino-muscles meridians as a general pathway of qi in the muscles, fascia and tendons. They are responsible for many functional activities of the musculoskeletal system, and are therefore involved in many sprains, strains and other traumatic injuries.
The jing-well point is the only acupuncture point directly shared by both the primary meridian and the tendino-muscle meridian. After the jing-well point, the TMM follows the path of the primary meridian past the first, second and third joints of the extremity (i.e., the ankle or wrist, the knee or elbow, the hip or shoulder). Because the wei qi of the meridian is not contained within a vessel, its pathway is superficial, broad and diffuse.
Most texts describe the pathology of the TMM as syndromes of either excess (shi) or deficiency (xu). As you can guess, an excess syndrome of the TMM produces pain. It is usually described as diffuse and distending, and frequently found at multiple ah shi points in the affected muscle, fascia or tendinous areas. Most sources emphasize that pain is elicited by light palpation and pressure. Remember, the TMMs are superficial and the qi is not contained within a vessel. Thus the pain will not manifest as fixed, localized and deep. Other accompanying symptoms include stiffness, swelling, spasm and contraction. You may observe inflammatory signs of a yang nature, including heat and redness.
A typical clinical picture is the downhill skier who has been on the slopes all day long. They complain of pain, tightness and a feeling of fullness in the quadriceps muscle group; a typical ache after a good hard workout. Upon palpation, there are numerous ah shi points on the anterior thigh, elicited using relatively light pressure. These painful points are found in the superficial layers of the muscle, along the Stomach channel. This may be diagnosed as an acute excess condition of the tendino-muscle meridian of the Stomach. Simply bleeding St 45 (Li Dui), the jing-well point, should improve the condition significantly, possibly without any further treatment.
If, however, our ambitious skier had taken a hard fall, the quadriceps could have sustained a slight strain or tear in the muscle tissue. This case would present quite differently. Palpation would reveal fixed pain at the site of the tear, elicited with deep pressure. While the TMM may also be involved, the primary lesion is in deeper tissues of the muscle, and jing-well point treatment would not be sufficient to fully heal this case. You would undoubtedly need additional points and techniques in the treatment protocol for the patient.
Bleeding is the preferred way to treat a jing-well point. Using sterile lancets and surgical gloves, swiftly needle-prick the point while holding firm pressure on the finger or toe. Try to get 10 large drops of blood to drain from the point. If the quantity of blood is not sufficient, a simple trick is to lower the patient's foot or arm off the table. This will often get the necessary drops of blood.
Jing-well points are treated on the same side as the site of injury. The yang tendino-muscle meridians are usually more responsive and clinically effective than those of the yin meridians. Treatment may include more than one jing-well point when the site of injury extends to multiple meridian pathways. Care should be taken in bleeding yin meridian jing-well points, considering all of their contra-indications.
In sports medicine acupuncture, I generally organize treatment into a systematic approach using four steps. Activation of the TMM is one of the techniques of step one. With all the techniques of this initial step, the practitioner is looking for an immediate effect on the patient. Carefully observe if there is a decrease in pain or an increase in range of motion. My experience is that up to 80 percent of patients with pain due to injury or trauma will have some degree of improvement from bleeding the indicated jing-well point(s). Patients with qi stagnation and blood stasis in the deeper tissues - conditions like a sprained ankle, shoulder tendonitis, or joint pain - will often experience a 15 to 25 percent improvement.
I recently treated a runner from a local high-school track team. He had a slight tear of the quadriceps tendon at its attachment to the ilium at the anterior superior iliac spine. Manual muscle testing of both hip flexion and knee extension reproduced pain and weakness. As this injury is likely on the TMM of the Stomach, the jing-well point St 45 (Li Dui) was treated with a bleeding technique. Other local and distal points on the Stomach meridian were also used.
Afterward, I immediately retested hip flexion and knee extension. These tests revealed both a strong muscle and significantly reduced pain at the tendinous attachment. This was the first acupuncture treatment for this young athlete, and he was amazed to see such an immediate change. Within several treatments and a week or so of rest, he was back to full training and competition.
In conclusion, don't underestimate how much improvement can be achieved by the simple technique of bleeding one or more jing-well points. Because it is so important in treating sports injuries and pain, the jing-well point is often the first technique I use to start a treatment.
Treatment of the Tendino-Muscle Meridians. Notes from translations of Nguyen van Nghi, MD.
Whitfield Reaves, OMD, LAc has a Doctorate of Oriental Medicine degree from SAMRA University of Health Sciences and is a Licensed Acupuncturist. He is also a Professor/Instructor at Southwest Acupuncture College in Boulder, CO. Reaves is also the author of "The Acupuncture Handbook of Sports Injuries and Pain." Contact Reaves at
Chad Bong holds a master's degree in Exercise Science. He is a contributing writer to The Acupuncture Handbook of Sports Injuries and Pain. He combines acupuncture with Western sports medicine and fitness training.
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Minister Costello visits Mozambique to develop trade opportunities and see the impact of Irish Aid17/3/13
Minister for Trade and Development, Joe Costello T.D., will seek to strengthen economic links between Ireland and Mozambique when he visits the southern African country today (Sunday March 17th).
Minister Costello will hold discussions on trade and investment with members of the Irish business community in Mozambique, including companies working in the natural resources sector. He will also explore opportunities for Irish agri-business during discussions with the Ministers for Industry and Commerce and Agriculture.
As part of Ireland’s EU Presidency, Minister Costello will chair the EU-Southern African Development Community Political Dialogue on March 20, where he will lead discussions on the political situation in Zimbabwe and Democratic Republic of Congo among other issues.
During his visit, Minister Costello will also visit health clinics, training centres and small enterprises which have benefitted from Irish Aid support.
Speaking ahead of his visit, Minister Costello said:
“Mozambique has come a long way since the dark days of the civil war in the 1970s and 1980s which cost hundreds of thousands of lives and led to the collapse of social and economic infrastructure. Today, with the support of donors including Ireland, Mozambique is making real progress.
“During my visit I will meet leading business people to discuss opportunities for bilateral trade and investment which would benefit both countries. Ireland is already a strong investor in Mozambique. The country’s strong economic performance opens up opportunities to greatly expand our existing links.
“The economy is growing at approximately 7% per year and the country is on the cusp of a resource boom, which, if properly managed, could see Mozambique exit aid dependency within 15 years. However, they are starting from a very low base - more than 50% of Mozambicans survive on less than $0.50 per day.
“Ireland’s development programme in Mozambique is focused on improving access to primary education, tackling HIV and AIDS, improving public services and enhancing the capacity of the private sector to provide jobs and economic opportunities.
“Our aid is working: In Mozambique, more than 66,000 pregnant women have received treatment to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The number of children attending school has grown from 400,000 pupils in 1992 to almost 7 million within just 15 years. There is now a 100% enrolment of children in primary school, which will have a transformative effect on Mozambique in the years ahead. ”
Minister Costello said the Government was looking to the future when countries like Mozambique would become even more significant markets and trading partners for Ireland.
“As part of our Africa Strategy, the Government is committed to increasing sustainable trade and investment which will benefit both Ireland and Africa. It is only through growing two-way trade that African countries can reduce their dependence on aid. I would encourage all Irish companies to look to the potential of the African market.”
Minister Costello will also participate in St Patrick’s Day events in Maputo.
For further information, please contact Fionnuala Quinlan, Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on 087-9099975 or the Department’s Press Office on 01 4082550 / 01 4082275
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Within the topsy-turvy realm of negative rates of interest in Europe who has now become a real possibility, a standard for a range of loans dropped below zero the very first time this week. The Euribor that is three-month rate set by a panel of European banks, hit negative 0.001 % on Tuesday.
Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, Finland, Sweden and Austria have all granted bonds with negative yields, meaning investors keeping to maturity might not get all of their cash back. Also Italy and Spain debt that is sovereign traded in negative territory in present months. This thirty days, Switzerland became the first government to sell a 10-year relationship at negative yields.
Negative interest levels have actually resulted in the similarly strange occurrence of banking institutions having to pay borrowers to take loans.
If somebody is actually prepared to pay me personally to just take financing, I’d want to enter from the action.
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Students of dietetics will learn about the clinical implications of malnutrition, the physiological effects of a healthy diet on the individual and its overall impact on society. They will be able to translate up-to-date scientific research on food and public health into practice by planning specific nutritional regimens tailored to the needs of the patients. The program offers a well-balanced combination of practice and theory in the fields of food and nutritional science, clinical dietetics, epidemiology, biophysics, medical technology, catering management enabling graduates to choose from a wide range of career opportunities.
Duration of the program: 4 years/8 semesters
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High Speed Camera Market to Boost As Researchers Utilised It for Revealing Bubble Formation in Liquids
Posted On September 17, 2021
The bioreactor, pharmaceutical companies, and oil industries have one common enemy that makes their functioning harder and less efficient, i.e., bubbles. They can easily form in between the manufacturing of the product or their transportation. Their presence, formation, and subsequent rupture lead to major issues in the quality of different liquids, making them a nightmare for most manufacturers.
To tackle the ongoing problem, a research team undertook a study on the way bubbles form and burst by making use of high-speed cameras and analytical modeling. Their efforts thus revealed a new popping process that wasn’t known to the world before. The study is an innovative way of showcasing the different applications of High – Speed Cameras, boosting the High-Speed Camera Market. Since their use helped the team discover that whenever protein bubbles are popped with a needle, they open up like flowers.
Bubbles can burst in a number of ways, in accordance with their chemical and physical properties. The most important of which is known as viscoelasticity. Most materials present in the environment are neither perfectly liquid (like water and olive oil) nor perfectly elastic (like a pencil eraser). They lie in-between these parameters, and that state is referred to as visco elasticity. The findings in the new study proved that distinct from traditional soap bubbles, visco elastic bubbles consisting of both liquid and solid-like characteristics burst and deform that look just like a blooming flower.
It is impossible to gather the process of bubble forming and to deform through the naked eye. A human would normally only see the bubble vanish. This is why researchers took help from high-speed cameras operating at 20,000 frames/per sec, which is at least 300 times quicker than a human eye. They studied the whole process in this manner and found the bubbles consisting of proteins on the surface-displayed a completely different mechanism during rupture than what was traditionally expected.
Once they had thoroughly examined the flowering phenomenon, the team slowly developed analytical models of the bursting. Through current knowledge available on bubble dynamics and other mathematical models, a set of computational reproductions have been proposed of the bubble flowering with the help of the study.The researchers hope that their continuous research on bubble formation and bursting will eventually lead to developing ways in which their generation and popping can be reduced within real-world conditions. They are optimistic that benefits from their findings will even contribute towards medicine and vaccine production and oil transportation. | <urn:uuid:34d64718-aef4-4912-a47c-e58147625ab8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.valuemarketresearch.com/analysis/high-speed-camera-market-to-boost-as-researchers-utilised-it-for-revealing-bubble-formation-in-liquids | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00269.warc.gz | en | 0.963957 | 521 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Article abstract: Corneille wrote or collaborated on more than thirty plays during a career spanning forty-five years. His masterpiece, The Cid, is the first classical tragedy in French. His work dominated the French stage during the first half of the seventeenth century and helped to define the character of classical theater.
Although Pierre Corneille wrote the first French classical tragedy and established the classical theater in France, relatively few details of his personal life are known. Born in Rouen, France, to provincial bourgeois parents, Corneille enjoyed the pleasures afforded by a stable family life. His Jesuit education, with its emphasis on the Latin classics and on the importance of the role of free will in man’s search for a moral life, profoundly affected the dramatist’s later works. In 1622, following his father’s example, he chose to study law and was admitted to the bar in 1624. Timid by temperament, Corneille lacked the verbal eloquence and aggressiveness required for success in the legal profession. In 1641, he married Marie Lampérière; they had six children. Throughout his life, Corneille preferred the pleasures of an uncomplicated, provincial family life to the preciosity of Paris literary salons. As portraits of him in later life reveal, he was attractive and physically robust.
Corneille’s early literary career began with the production of Mélite: Ou, Les Fausses Lettres (1630; English translation, 1776) when he was in his early twenties. After this early success, Corneille produced four comedies in quick succession: La Veuve: Ou, Le Traître trahi (1631; the widow), La Suivante (1633; the waiting-maid), La Place royale: Ou, L’Amoreux extravagant (1634; the royal square), and L’Illusion comique (1636; the comic illusion). At about this time Cardinal de Richelieu, the great minister of Louis XIII, engaged Corneille and four other dramatists, known collectively as “the five authors,” to write plays for the royal court. Corneille found the restrictions of the collaboration oppressive and soon abandoned the group.
In 1636-1637, Corneille produced his masterpiece, Le Cid (The Cid, 1637). The play is based in part on a historical Spanish character, Rodrigo de Bivar (1040?-1099). As the play opens, Chimène, daughter of Don Gomez, learns of her father’s approval of her marriage to Rodrigue, the Cid. Simultaneously, Rodrigue’s father, Don Diègue, engages in an argument with Don Gomez and in the course of the argument Don Gomez strikes Don Diègue. Following the code of the times, Don Diègue demands that his son avenge his disgrace. Rodrigue is thus caught in a conflict between his love for Chimène and his duty to defend the honor of his family. By resolving to fulfill his family duty by killing Don Gomez, Rodrigue announces the fundamental tension which will resonate throughout all Corneille’s great tragedies: the eternal human struggle to balance personal sentiment with duty to family and society.
Chimène’s dilemma is equal to that of Rodrigue: How can she accept marriage to the man who has slain her father? Like Rodrigue, she chooses to uphold her family’s honor and implores the king Don Fernando for vengeance. Ultimately, she confesses her love, and the king decrees that Rodrigue shall lead his armies in battle for a year while Chimène mourns her father’s death; then the two shall be married. The dramatic power of the play resides in Corneille’s skillful manipulation of the conflict of honor and love.
Despite its popular success, the play angered many of the conservative critics of the day. The ensuing stormy Quarrel of the Ancients and Moderns lasted for nearly a year, and it was officially resolved at the request of Richelieu by the forty doctes (learned men) of the newly formed French Academy. The largely negative judgment of the Academy dealt Corneille a severe blow. Although the Academy quibbled with some of Corneille’s versification and with his laxity in strictly maintaining the classical Unities of time, place, and action, the central issue involved a rather academic determination of what was tragic, thus establishing those elements which could be properly included in a tragedy and those which could not.
The classicists, or ancients, of the Academy supported the Aristotelian distinction between le vrai (the real) and le vraisemblance (having the simple appearance of the real, or the verisimilar). History, the doctes maintained, is full of true events which conflict with common moral decency and thus are not the proper basis of art. Thus from the doctes’ perspective, Chimène’s marriage to her...
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Nepal tour is combination of visit to natural and cultural destinations. There are several Himalayan view points, Jungle safaris and historical places that one can drive or fly to. Hikes and rafting adds the flavor of adventure to Nepal tour. Below are some of the popular touring places of Nepal.
Kathmandu valley Tour
Culturally and naturally, Kathmandu valley resembles the whole of Nepal. For centuries, it has been tolerant to different culture, religion and ethnicity. In the backstreets of bustling town, the medieval Katmandu thrives bedecked in its marvelous wood carvings and terracotta. Kathmandu is dotted with historical Pagodas, pavilions, stone water spouts, stupas and monasteries. Seven groups of them make Kathmandu a UNESCO Heritage site. The Shivapuri national park and protected community forests in the valley rim offers splendid day hike and short trek with Himalayan view. Find touring places in and around Kathmandu.
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Pokhara tour and surrounding
Pokhara is renowned as the 'natural capital' of Nepal for its astounding setting of beautiful lakes and lush hills with close view of Himalayas in the northern skyline. With the backdrop of three 8,000 m snow peaks, Pokhara provides the ground for various adventure activities such as trekking, mountaineering, White water rafting and paragliding. Touring places of Pokhara >
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National parks and jungle safari
Large portion of Nepal is being protected as National Parks and Wild Life Reserves. These protected areas are glorified with diverse wildlife and exotic bird species. Chitwan and Bardia are last vestiges of Terai which once spread north of Indo-Gangetic planes till the foothills of the Himalayas. Acknowledging the importance of conservation of the region, Chitwan National Park is declared by UNESCO as World Heritage Site. A full board package based in safari lodges give you chance to explore the jungle on elephant back, four wheel drive, guided jungle walk, canoe ride and more.
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Lumbini Tour : The birth place of Buddha
Beside being the center of reverence for Buddhist, Lumbini also provides an insight on ancient civilization unveiled by modern archaeological excavation. Series of excavations have discovered various edifices from Buddha's time and even earlier. The Modern Lumbini is 3 sq miles of planned area with Sacred Garden, Monastic Zone and Lumbini Village. The tour of Kapilavastu, Kudan, and Ramgram worth an extra stay in Lumbini area.
Lumbini Tour package - 4 days Buddhist pilgrimage tour of Nepal - 10 days
Bandipur is a hill town overlooking at the Himalayas with the reminiscence of centuries old trans-Himalayan trade. The town is getting more attention of tourists for its easy access and unparallel beauty. One can still see most of the houses with carved windows and slate roofs and the ground floor that opens towards streets for business. With its exquisite panorama of Annapurna and Manaslu ranges, it is often considered as natural view tower.
Bandipur at 1,030 m is just 8 km from the Kathmandu – Pokhara highway. It is 143 km from Kathmandu and just 80 km from Pokhara. Stopping at Bandipur will give more insight in Nepal than the tourist centers of Chitwan and Pokhara.
Walk around the cobblestone streets of Bandipur to Khadga devi temple, Tundikhel and climb the hillock marked by Thani Mai temple for sunset view. If you stay another day in Bandipur, walk to the charming Magar village or Ramkot.
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Daman is one of the highest and less visited hill stations in central Nepal. At 2,360 m, Daman offers vista of the longest range of the Himalayas from Dhaulagiri in the west to Mt Everest in the east.
It lies 80 km southwest of Kathmandu along the Tribhuvan Highway also known as 'Byroad'.
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Situated at 1,350m above the sea level, Tansen (Palpa) is another hill station famous for its rich culture and Himalayan view. Tansen lies midway between Pokhara and Lumbini / Sunauli India Border. Tansen is a romantic, medieval hill town full of Newari shop-houses and temples. Being perched high up at Srinagar Hill, Tansen also offers the
scenic melody of planes, hills and the Himalayas. After the downfall of then kingdom in 18th Century, Tansen was reinvented as a Newari trading post on the trade route between India and Tibet. Metalworking and weaving dhaka, the fabric used for traditional Nepali custom are still important local industries.
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Jomsom & Muktinath:
The once remote town of lower Mustang (Jomsom - Muktinath) is a famous tour destination at present . With access by rugged road and several flights, Jomsom and lower mustang region has become a famous destination for those looking for short easy hiking and cultural tour. Just fly to Jomsom and experience the warm hospitality of 'Thakali' in the trans-Himalayas of Annapurna. Enjoy the view of Nilgiri soaring into the sky. Hike up to Dhumba lake, Kagbeni or horseback ride to Marpha and Tukuche. Muktinath is just 2 hrs drive away from Jomsom.
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Janakpur is one of the important Hindu pilgrimage sites. It is the capital of Mithila where legendary heroin Sita (Ram’s spouse) from the epic Ramayana was born.
The 16th century Janaki temple and the sacred ponds of Dhanush Sagar and Ganga Sagar are the center of attractions. The Vivah Mandap temple is believed to be a place where Lord Rama and Sita were married.
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Gorkha, the original home of the Shah kings remains a historical and commercial center. It is 24 km detour off the Kathmandu to Pokhara Highway. Even though Gorkha Bazaar is the base for treks in Manaslu region, village tour and day hike could be planned for culture vultures. A climb to the ridge (300 m) is worthwhile for the panaroma of Manaslu Range and historic Gorkha Palace.
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Planning underway now for the Spring and Summer season, to include a couple of immersions and work at the castra. In the Fall, Roman Times hopes to have an event in Virginia! Keep tuned more immersion events, training events and fabricas!!
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The hobby can be expensive, but only if you truly want it to be. Because we buy wholesale, because we have access to skilled craftsmen, who can help you make your own kit and, because we buy raw materials in large quantities—because of this we've been able to reduce the cost of producing our own gear. If you aren't rich, then maybe this is the way to go—most members use a combination of methods in building their kit—buying some items and making others. Everyone has a skill in some area.
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Costs of materials or as a kit:
Calceus or caligae (Roman hobnailed boots) $40 - $50
Tunica (tunic) $25
Cinglium (soldier's belt) with baltea and bulla—$40 on up. A plain soldier's belt can be made for much less than $50.
Lorica Segmentata, Corbridge variants (body armor) $200 on up
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You understand the basics of how geofencing works, in general. But, you aren’t quite sure how you can implement the strategy for your specific business. In this post, we provide a few geofencing examples to get you on the right track to success!
If you want to reach more local consumers and entice potential customers to visit your business, then geofencing may be a great way to grow your business.
Before we dive into the geofencing examples, let’s tackle some of the basics.
What is Geofencing?
With geofencing advertising, you can deliver personalized deals and experiences for customers in a specific location. This location is typically near your business, an event location, or your competitor’s business location.
We typically use geofencing advertising in Google search ads or in social media feeds.
What is Geofencing Used For?
Geofences are parameters created around the location of a smartphone or other trackable device. The process of geofencing has mainly been used by marketers who are able to send targeted messages to a selected audience within this target parameter.
Examples of Geofencing
Geofencing for Retail Stores
This strategy has been around for a few years and is typically used by retailers to increase the traffic into physical brick-and-mortar locations.
A retail store could create a geofence in an area surrounding its physical location. When users pass through the designated area, they would receive a location-based alert. For this geofencing example, the retail store would typically offer a deal that might make the consumer much more likely to stop in and shop at the store.
Apps are no longer considered a stand-alone feature.
Many companies integrate this technology into their in-store experience. This helps better merge their online and in-store worlds.
A good geofencing example is using an app to scan a barcode located inside of the store to find the price. The store apps switch to “in-store” mode once the customer enters the pre-set border. Menu items such as “product locator” appear on the app, once you’re inside.
Geofencing app advertising is great for a variety of business models.
Geofencing for Auto Dealers
Auto dealerships are constantly looking for new, innovative ways to market their brand.
Here are a few ways auto dealerships can use geofencing marketing:
- Set up a geofenced ad which targets individuals who are leaving a competing dealership. Auto dealers can send a direct message to car shopper with an offer for zero percent financing on a comparable car model. The customer is likely to drive to the advertised location since the deal addressed a particular need they had at the time.
- Geofence your own location or “sister locations” to keep it top of mind or to offer additional incentives to customers who are shopping currently.
- Target major local events with geofencing marketing. Only target events where you believe the a large portion of the audience will be in the market for a new car. For example, an auto enthusiast gathering or a car show would be a good place to geofence.
Geofencing for Events
The classic geofencing example in its simplest nature is geofencing event locations.
Concert and event producers can geofence venues for art or music events with offers for upcoming events that are relevant.
Artists and musicians can set up geofences around different tour stops, prior to the event itself. Then, the artists can promote upcoming shows for those who are likely to revisit the location. This same process would provide the ability to collect data about people within the geofenced area. This will better help the artists or their marketing team understand the mindset of the attendees. Also, this data helps artists predict and prepare future event turnouts.
A few ideal geofencing locations include:
- Convention Centers
- Trade Shows
Geofencing for Attorneys
An attorney, lawyer, or law firm can set up geofencing advertising campaigns to target specific areas of interest.
Geofencing examples here might include:
- Hospitals, clinics or emergency rooms for personal injury attorneys. Other options include chiropractors, physical therapists or even collision repair shops.
- Jails, courthouses, bars or clubs for criminal defense attorneys.
- Lawyers can also set up geo-targeting around competitor locations using lawyer PPC techniques.
Geofencing is fantastic for basic lawyer lead generation.
For more information on lawyer marketing, take a look at these Law firm Marketing Ideas.
Geofencing for Medical Practices and Hospitals
- A plastic surgery practice could use geotargeting to reach potential patientsutelizing a plastic surgeon’s PPC strategy.
- Chiropractor’s clinic may target a gym, advertising the benefits of healthy alignment.
- Orthopedic Practices can target parks or stadiums, or any other place where sports injuries are common.
How Can I Use Geofencing Effectively?
As we’ve laid out, many businesses effectively use geofencing to drive high-value leads. Here are a few pointers to use geofencing marketing the most effectively:
Keep Geofences Small
The whole point of investing in geofencing marketing is to narrow down the scope of your advertisements. You don’t want to create geofences that are too large. This will result in blowing through your marketing budget too quickly.
Geotargeting works more effectively if your target audience is within walking distance of your business.
The smaller your geofences, the more likely your leads are to convert.
Use Data to Your Advantage
When you create a geofence for your advertising marketing strategy, you don’t always have to set up your fence around your business, specifically. You can run profitable geofencing campaigns by setting up your geofence where your target audience is most likely to engage with your content.
One common practice is setting up a geofence around a competitor’s place of business.
This is known as competitor geofencing. It allows you to deliver ads and notifications that may get a similar audience to convert from your competitor’s business to yours.
Another common practice is geofencing at perpendicular locations.
What Does this mean?
For example, Uber often geofences around hotels or airports. While neither of these is a competitor for Uber, you can see where the two businesses would be likely to intersect. So, put simply Uber meets its consumers at the location where they may typically need their services.
Give Consumers a Reason to Take Action
While we’re sure that you will take the time necessary to craft a compelling message, you really need to ensure that your providing a genuinely good deal for consumers.
You can utilize sales, exclusive discounts, personalized offers, “act now” offers, etc. to get potential customers to visit your location.
The better or more enticing the deal is, the more likely you are to see conversions off of your geofencing ads.
Geofencing Marketing Agency
Even if a geofenced offer, advertisement, or notification doesn’t actually inspire an immediate visit or a sale, it still can allow business owners to know exactly what location a consumer passed through, and where they were when they received the message. This user-specific data should help with future refining targeting efforts. It depends on which types of messages and targeted users were the most successful.
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Adversity sucks, tough times are never pleasurable – if we had a choice we would rather avoid it. It is frustrating, stressful, and at times hurts so bad to be stuck in a rut. When you are in the moment everything feels horrible. It feels like you are in a dump, a shi* place with no hope but misery.
But much to the contrary we can’t grow without going through tough times. As tough and horrible as it might seem, there is nothing that can better shape you than emerging from a challenging experience. This is a place of rich wisdom, a must have if I must say.
When the unexpected happens its easier to wallow and find things or people to blame. It is very difficult to remain positive and have hope that all things will change. I am sure you have heard the phrase tough times never lasts but when you are at the rock bottom it seems this doesn’t make sense. Of-course it does, and I know very well that tough times do come but there is always an end. You get bruised, you are battered, stressed and left feeling like giving up but at the same time you are being nurtured into a resilient baddass woman. Allow yourself to be churned and shaped into a tough, focused and determined person. Here is how you can emerge as a winner after facing challenges;
Everything can and will change
Life takes you through lows and highs. You never get stationed in one place but keep going. Today you are in pain, you are hurt and feel stressed but that too shall pass. Your misery is replaced by happy moments in times to come.
Obviously when you are in anguish, when everything is painful you don’t see how things might change. You probably don’t even want to hear that because your pain is shutting any positive prospects that are yet to come. A dark cloud hovers over you so strong that you feel like life is not worth living.
But in those moments, however impossible you might think things are, you can never be stuck forever. There is that day, the moment which you can’t even imagine that is waiting to happen. Believe in possibilities, believe in change and keep moving forward. Change is coming. A new beginning is possible, be brave and make the best of your situation.
Life can change in an instant, literally a second, the universe can realign and set you off to even a level you never imagined you could achieve. Everything passes.
You have overcome challenges before
Never estimate your abilities when you are faced with challenges. When confronted with challenges, take a step back and realise that no matter how big, you have a lot more power and ingenuity in you that when unleashed can make you tower over your situation. You have done things before, your problem-solving skills are sharper, your focus is on point and you are more resilient. You have been tested, you were shaken before but now you can withstand anything that comes your way.
You overcame before so you can overcome now, remember to just keep your head high. You got this.
It’s a learning experience
Challenges provide a learning opportunity – innovation starts with the need to solve a problem. Just as well, problems and situations in your life present you with a learning experience. Your dire need to get yourself from a challenge makes you dissect and learn how and why the situation has arisen. You might not be aware of things you learn when in a challenging situation but with time you will shape up. Make it a point to use each failed attempt as a learning experience so that in future the same cannot happen.
Not getting what you want can be a blessing
At times when we are set on what we want we go all the way trying everything just to get that. It doesn’t matter how many times you get rejected, you get burned, you just remain fixed on it. Well sometimes, you might be chasing the wrong thing. Sometimes the rejections are only pushing you away from a situation that can throw you off the cliff.
You need to trust the process, don’t push any further. In hindsight, you will appreciate that not getting what you want is a blessing. Your life today might be harder and unbearable only to tell you that what you are seeking is not good for you.
Allow yourself to have some fun
Sometimes we are just not in control, situations deteriorate rapidly that you feel like you can’t manage. Sure as hell, if you keep fighting it and never have a moment away you will get stressed.
Why not take a moment away and shut your mind off your challenges. Find something to do, play games, be childlike, have a bit of an I don’t care attitude, go out for a drink and have a laugh.
A bit of fun can uplift your mood and have a positive effect on your mind. When things do go wrong, which at times they do, allow yourself to still have some fun. It is healthy to have a break however short or long from the stress of hard times.
Being kind to yourself is the best medicine
For all you know, your situation is tougher on you because you never give yourself a break. You might have made mistakes, we all damn do but it doesn’t mean you should beat yourself way much. Acknowledge your mistakes and learn from them. Being too tough on yourself can only make it tough for you to get through your challenges. You need to have trust in your abilities, be nice to yourself and never drown in negative thoughts.
Other peoples negativity isn’t worth worrying about
In times of trouble, you will get surrounded by a lot more negative people. It is as if something draws them to you. People will use all sorts of damning words to bring you down, they will paint a dark picture that you can never escape. People will always talk especially when you are in a fix.
Don’t let this bring you down. Shield yourself from negative people and their hurtful comments and remarks. Such a separation allows you to focus on you and the next steps.
Only worry about what is important to you, about how you can get to the other side. Fuc* the naysayers and the negative people.
And there is always, always something to be thankful for;
Sometimes we get consumed by situations that we only focus on the negatives. Its as if nothing is going for you. You constantly zoom into the bad and forget about other things you should be thankful for.
When you are down, being thankful can help you realise that tough times can never last. At any time there is something going for you, be it good health, a roof over your head, a career, family, or even relationship. Being grateful takes your focus away from the negative. Keep counting your blessings even when times are tough. Never stop noticing the good around you. When times get tough, know that you can push through and push past to reach new levels of greatness. Resilient people will always raise, no matter how tough times might be
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|Title:||Come as You Are: Examining Autistic Identity Development and the Neurodiversity Movement through an Intersectional Lens|
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|Abstract:||Singer intended for neurodiversity to be a new category of intersectionality. However, intersectionality has been neglected in autism research and practice. This paper aims to inform an intersectional approach to autism by exploring autistic identity development in relation to other marginalized identities. We reviewed literature about neurodiversity, intersectionality, discrimination, and the identity development of autistic people, racial/ethnic minorities, and gender and sexual minorities. We discuss minority stress and evidence that cultural traditions alleviate it. Autistic culture can reframe personal difficulties as a politicized struggle. While the stereotype of autism is one of withdrawal, the history of autistic people coming together for justice defies this notion. Intersectionality teaches us that we must understand differences within the autistic community if we wish to help all autistic people experience the dignity they deserve. Using an intersectional lens, we can become more flexible in our understanding of positive autistic identity development and strategies to promote it.|
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Thread: The Dust Bowl
#1 The Dust Bowl
11-20-2012, 12:38 AM
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Did anyone else watch Ken Burns' two day presentation, "The Dust Bowl"?
Man, that was - and is - some serious stuff. The ins and outs are too lengthy to get into, but for me it was a real eye opener.
It was caused by man; lasted for about 10 years; came back in minor form in the 1950's; and will come back in full force if the Ogala Reservoir is does not continuously provide a full supply of irrigation water for the crops. And the Ogala Reservoir is about half full.
People and livestock died in those dust storms, and many, many had their lives shortened by "dust pneumonia". If it comes around again, I sure recommend watching....
They recall the days turning black, the winds whipping through towns, taking with them the family's livelihoods, the soil on which they farmed. In those natural disasters, thousands died, but no one is sure just how many.
Survivors of the dust storms of the 1930s tell their stories in Ken Burns' oral history documentary "The Dust Bowl" Sunday and Monday, Nov. 18 and 19, on PBS (check local listings).
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A New Jersey guy excavating particles around his household stumbled upon a secret very last week when he accidentally unearthed $1,000 really worth of payments all dated to the yr 1934.
Loaded Gilson was working with a rented mini-excavator Friday to distinct up the particles immediately after he and his wife, Suzanne, updated their 1920s-period dwelling in Wildwood with a new basis and an addition, he told NJ Advance Media.
Gilson said that as he was functioning absent, he spotted two “little spherical things” possibly 2 inches across and around 3.5 inches extended.
“I thought they had been weeds,” Gilson advised NJ Progress Media. “I picked them up and just threw them aside, and they went into the pile I was using for fill.”
It rained the next working day, and when Gilson resumed his excavation work Sunday, he could see the two objects a lot more plainly and recognized they have been tightly wound wads of old $10 and $20 charges, totaling around $1,000.
“I acquired to glimpse at the edge, and it experienced a inexperienced tint to it, and I stated, ‘This is cash,’” Gilson said. “It appeared like minimal mini-cigars all bound up collectively. As I broke it apart, I commenced to see what it was.”
Gilson claimed the income had been buried underneath the porch in an location that would have been obtainable by a crawl place.
“It was fairly shallow, too,” Gilson claimed. “Somebody had to crawl beneath there and dig a gap in that crawl house.”
Just after he seemed around the payments, he observed that they have been all mysteriously dated to 1934.
“Every invoice is dated 1934, Series A, which I believed was odd,” he claimed. “If you go in your pocket correct now and seem at your payments … they are not all the identical year. It just doesn’t happen that way.”
Gilson also observed that 1934 would have been in the midst of the Fantastic Depression, with the money in 1934 totaling the equivalent of extra than $21,000 now.
The discovery led Gilson to issue irrespective of whether the income was acquired by means of legitimate suggests. It is not acknowledged exactly where the funds arrived from.
“My perception is that a little something fishy transpired,” he said. “Somehow, somebody got new expenditures, rolled them up like that, put them in a jar. Anyone was hiding it, not just underneath their bed or in a wall for safekeeping.”
Gilson said he hoped to uncover extra about exactly where the funds arrived from from his neighbors. He reported he was told that the house could have been property to a brothel at a single level.
He explained he plans to preserve the dollars fairly than spend it.
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Federal judges considering a challenge to a U.S. EPA rule that regulates emissions from new transportation projects appeared supportive today of the agency's legal position.
All three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit panel expressed skepticism about the arguments made by the Natural Resources Defense Council and other environmental groups about EPA's "hot spot" rule.
The rule allows the construction of new transportation projects as long as developers undertake efforts to offset additional emissions.
EPA was forced to reconsider the language of the original 2006 rule after the same court invalidated it in a 2007 ruling (Greenwire, Dec. 12, 2010).
But environmental groups did not like the new version either, saying that -- like the 2006 rule -- it unlawfully allowed projects to go ahead even if they violated state air quality implementation plans.
EPA's view is that the analysis of emissions generated by a new transportation project should be limited only to the additional emissions caused by, for example, new lanes added to a highway.
NRDC counters that, under the Clean Air Act, all the emissions -- including those that were already present -- should be taken into account when calculating whether the project will delay attainment of state air quality standards.
But at today's oral argument, the judges appeared baffled by that interpretation.
"I honestly don't understand what that means," said Judge Harry Edwards when the environmental groups' lawyer, Robert Yuhnke, was explaining his position.
Edwards pointed out that in many instances the existing transportation project might already be out of compliance with air quality standards.
EPA "can't be held responsible for what was already a mess," he added.
Judge Douglas Ginsburg shared that view, noting that the emissions created by a highway before new lanes are added "would occur whether they build the extra lanes or not."
The third member of the panel, Judge Stephen Williams, also seemed hung up on that point, noting that there would be a delay in reaching the air quality standards in such a situation "regardless of the project."
Williams did, however, give some hope to NRDC when he noted that there could be some "ambiguity or contradiction" in how EPA had interpreted the statute, although he conceded that it would only be a problem in an extreme case.
EPA's Justice Department lawyer, David Kaplan, said that if ever such an occasion arose, the correct process would be to petition the agency.
Yuhnke made some headway when he noted that if a new project consisted of a realigned highway through a different neighborhood, then all the emissions, including those of the original highway, would have to be taken into account.
"It doesn't make sense," he said, that a project in which lanes are added to an existing highway should be treated differently.
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One of the Foolish denizens of our discussion boards, chiefzealot, had a dilemma this summer. He had drawn up a plan to save a specific amount of money each month over the next five years, but he was torn over what to do with the cash.
"What questions should I be asking myself to figure out where to put this money?" he asked. He put that query to the Fools on the Budgeting discussion board, who came up with a lot of good questions and some equally good answers. Here's a summary:
When do you need to use the savings?
If you're stashing away money for a goal you want to achieve in the next five years, keeping the money in a safe place, like a CD or savings account, is your best bet. But if your time horizon is longer, say 10 or even 20 years, you might take a look at riskier investments like stocks and mutual funds.
What's the money
Ask yourself whether you need to be certain that every cent you've stashed away must be available when you need to draw on your reserves. That might be the case if you're hoping to buy a car or put a down payment on a house. That argues for putting the money someplace very safe, like a savings account or CD.
Say, instead, you're saving to send Junior Fool to college. In cases when you're willing to trade a little risk for a higher reward, look more closely at investing the money in individual stocks or mutual funds. This route will subject your hard-earned cash to the ups and downs of the market, but stocks are a great place to put your long-term savings.
Let's say you've simply decided to stop spending all your money at the mall and invest, instead, in a portfolio of consumer stocks, like Gap
What does the rest of your savings portfolio look like?
If you don't have an emergency fund before you embark on this savings goal, consider keeping a portion or all of your stash in a very liquid investment. Having a cash cushion available for those unforeseen dishwasher breakdowns or transmission repairs can prevent you from reaching for the credit card in times of distress.
If you already have an emergency fund at your fingertips, look more closely at savings options that may be harder to liquidate, like CDs or bonds.
What size is your monthly savings target?
If you're saving $1,000 every month, it may make sense to start looking at frequent investments in CDs or Treasuries. But if you're saving $50 or $100 each month, it could be a hassle to find someplace other than a savings account to put a small contribution. In that case, high-yield savings accounts can be an easy path to save a lot.
What's your money personality?
Are you the type to put your savings deposits on autopilot and forget about it, to be pleasantly surprised at the balance a few months later? Or do you scrutinize your bottom line and your investment returns every few weeks? Pick a place to put your cash that reflects your investing temperament. Don't force yourself into a high-maintenance plan if you know you don't have that much time to spend on money matters.
You can read the entire thread here, and learn that chiefzealot is hoping to buy a house with his carefully saved dollars. You can also learn a lot more about savings at the Savings Center. The center walks you through the importance of an emergency fund, and it also has detailed explanations of the many places to put your hard-earned dough.
Related fun with savings:
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By Pastor Glenn Pease
When I was a shoeshine boy back in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1945, I remember being down town when suddenly horns began to blow, bells ring, whistles shriek, and people everywhere in the streets, and stores began to sing, hug, laugh, and shout. Paper began flying from the windows all over town. The good news had come that the war was over. It was a message that brought forth an immediate and enthusiastic response of joy. If you took that same message today and read it from the history book to the people in Sioux Falls, or any other city where the same thing happened, they would not respond as they did then. The reason is obvious. It is no longer a message, but only a record of what was a message of good news in the past.
The message of Christmas, however, is so profoundly significant for all time that it can never become a mere record. It is forever a message of good news. It is a continuously contemporary message that is as relevant today as it was when the angels first proclaimed it to the shepherds. Christmas is still the good news that unto you is born a Savior. It is still a message of hope, joy, and peace that causes men to glorify and praise God. Martin Luther said, "To us it is not simply an old story of an event that happened 1500 years ago, it is more than an event that happened once; for it is a gift and a bestowing that endures forever." This past event is a present experience for every generation. We want to enter into the experience of Christmas again as we examine three aspects of Luke's account of this historic and eternal event. First-
I. THE ADVENT OF THE SAVIOR. vv.1-7
The first message that comes to us from the record is The Hope of History. The story of Christmas begins with Augustus Caesar. God used a pagan ruler to fulfill His promise to Israel and the world. There would have been no good reason for Joseph and Mary to go to Bethlehem, for she was near her time of delivery. It was no time for going on a trip. But in meetings of the Roman government decisions were being made for an enrollment of all the people for tax purposes. Little did these pagan leaders realize they were passing legislation that would fulfill prophecy, and eventually spell doom for their pagan worship. God was using men with no compulsion of their wills, to accomplish His will. This is more than a record of what God did in the past. It is a message to us that we need not fear the future, regardless of who rules in history, for God's ultimate purpose will be accomplished. The good news of Christmas is God is in control, and there is hope in history.
The second message we see in verse 7 is The Hostility of Man. This is symbolized by the statement there was no room in the inn. You would think that with all the providential guidance of God in this whole story, it would have been no problem for God to have seen to it that there was a room available. God could have, but He did not, and this is significant. He did not make everything convenient for His own. Jesus was born into a world where men were hostile to God. Sin had made men basically self-centered and indifferent to the needs of others. God did not arrange that all of this be bypassed for His Son. He came unto His own and His own received Him not.
It would be easy to denounce the inn keeper at this point and hold him guilty for being a hard-hearted, penny pinching scoundrel. There is not the slightest evidence that any of this is true. If the evidence tells us anything about the inn keeper, it tells us that he had compassion on Mary, and even though he had no rooms left, he at least saw that they were not turned away. He made room for them in the stable. It is not likely they were the only travelers that could not find a room. Others were no doubt turned away completely.
The text says there was no room. It does not say they were refused a room, nor does it imply that the inn keeper should have turned someone else out to make room. Joyce Kilmer, in her poem, even makes a saint of him, "There was a gentle hostler, and blessed be his name! He opened up the stable the night our Lady came. Our Lady and St. Joseph, He gave them food and bed, and Jesus Christ has given him a glory round his head." This is likely going to the opposite extreme, but she certainly has more evidence than those who denounce him.
If we are to see hostility in this statement, it is the hostility of indifference for the individual in the crowd. This is true in every age, and it is true today. There are people all about us with needs, but we are all so busy that other things take up all the room, and these needy people are left in the stable of neglect and indifference.
When I worked for a printing company, the employees decided to have a noon Christmas party. Everyone was so busy they forgot to tell George-a lonely unmarried man who worked in the envelope department in the basement. There he sat in that dingy basement looking at envelope cartons as he ate his lunch. Meanwhile, everyone else was having a joyful time in the lunch room. When they realized he had not been invited, many of them felt terrible. If anyone needed to be at that party, it was George. He had the greatest need yet he was left out, not because of evil design, but just neglect. So also, if anyone needed a comfortable room that night in Bethlehem, it was Mary, but the indifferent crowd took no notice.
The message that comes to us from this record is that we ought to wake up and recognize there are always needy people about us who need someone to take notice. The hostility of man in general is due to being to busy to take notice. There is, of course, plenty of the more active type of hostility as that of Herod. He made the birth of Christ an event of sorrow by his killing of the babies in Bethlehem. We have people yet today that celebrate Christmas by going on a drinking spree, and breaking the hearts of their loved ones, and killing people on the highways. The hostility of man towards others is one of the main reasons God sent His Son into the world. He had to endure it, but He also came to cure it, and to bring peace between men as well as reconcile God and man.
The third thing we see here is The Humility Of God. By being born in a barn, as it were, God made it clear that in His decent to man He went all the way. No one can get the impression that the Savior is exclusive. This might have been the case had He been born in a palace. But His humble birth in a manger demonstrates that He is not willing that any parish, not even the most lowly. Jesus identified Himself with the poorest of men in His birth. This principle was followed by the Moravian missionaries who even became slaves to reach the slaves with the Gospel. Western Christians have often failed to reach men for Christ because they were not willing to humble themselves to the lowly circumstances of the people they tried to reach. God did so humble Himself, and that is why Christmas is a universal celebration, for all men know God's gift was for them.
I know not how that Bethlehem's Babe
Could in the Godhead be;
I only know the Manger Child
Has brought God's life to me.
This is a present experience for millions because of the advent of the Savior. The second aspect of this account we want to look at is-
II. THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ANGELS. vv.8-14
The first thing the angel said is, " do not be afraid". Because man had sinned and had been cut off from fellowship with God, he lost his sense of comfort being in the presence of the spiritual world. Adam and Eve hid from God in the garden. Ever since, man has been afraid to be in the presence of the supernatural. One of the reasons God seldom sends angels to confront us is because He has no pleasure in scaring the wits out of us.
The angel very quickly got past the fear stage by announcing, "I bring you good news of great joy.." The message of Christmas is not a complex philosophy of how to use cosmic forces to change the world. It is a simple message of joy. It is possible for a Christian to get so caught up in complaining about the abuses of Christmas commercialism that they rob themselves of the joy of the season, and thus become part of the problem, and not part of the solution. We are not to be ever saying, look what the world is coming to, but rather, look what has come to the world. Joy to the world the Lord is come.
General Robert E. Lee did not cease to celebrate Christmas after he lost the Civil War. His wife, Mary Custis Lee, had given birth to two children while he was off fighting, and she seldom saw him on Christmas. The first Christmas after the war was their first together in 38 years without military demands. He had been defeated, he was badly crippled with arthritis, and they had little in the way of earthly goods. There was much to be sad about, but they rejoiced. He said, "I am legally still a prisoner of war but I refuse to feel like a prisoner." Instead, he and his family sang Christmas carols and went to church to praise God for the gift that brings joy regardless of negative circumstances.
God is not opposed to our enjoyment of the things of earth. It is a pleasure for Christians to enjoy the presents of this world. Part of the joy of Christmas is in things.
Come Westinghouse, Philco! Come Hotpoint, G.E.!
Come Sunbeam! Come Mixmaster! Come to the tree!
So much for the wardrobe-how shine Daddy's eyes.
As he reaps his Yule harvest of slippers and ties.
As long as we recognize that the joy of things is fleeting, and not to be depended upon, it can be legitimate. But the lasting source of our joy is the good news that unto us a Savior is born.
O Brother mine of birth Divine,
Upon this natal day of thine,
Bear with our stress of happiness
Nor count our reverence less,
Because with glee and jubilee,
Our hearts go singing up to thee.
-James Whitcomb Riley.
Joy does not mean a smile from one ear to the other, but a deep sense of being right with God and grateful for His grace. The third aspect we want to look at is-
III. THE ACTION OF THE SHEPHERDS. vv. 15-20
The shepherds were a lower class people who were often wanderers, and often they did not marry. It is of interest that they were the first to be informed of the birth of one who was to be the Great Shepherd, and who also would never marry, but wander from place to place seeking the lost sheep of the house of Israel. God purposely chose the shepherds to convey the truth that He sent His Son for all men. By so doing He also dignifies the common toils of life. God makes no distinction between the sacred and the secular. His good news is not just for the priestly class, but for all classes of men.
When the angels had left the shepherds they went with haste into Bethlehem. Here is the first Christmas rush. It is no problem to be in a hurry if you are going to fulfill the purpose of God. Man is so often in a hurry to get somewhere that does not matter. Johnstone G Patrick said it in poetry, "Along the pathway of stars-we toil toward the moon and Mars. Good God, it seems we've lost our mind in leaving Bethlehem behind." Men are in a hurry to get materials, and to get to the moon and Mars, but all too seldom are they in a hurry to get to the manger. That is, their priorities are not on the things of God.
The shepherds worshiped the Christ-child, and then they witnessed to others of what they had seen and heard. The best way to witness is to share your personal experience. If we can share the wonder and joy of what Christmas means to us, because we have received God's gift of a Savior, then we can make Christmas a message, and not merely a record of what God has done. Make this your prayer for this Christmas-
O Jesus! Thou bright Christmas glory,
With Christmas grace upon me shine;
Enlighten me to tell the story
Of all Thy love and work Divine:
So teach me in Thy light to go,
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In dealing with Prison Procedure, I feel that many things are put into perspective all the way from intake to the release of an inmate back into the community or until they have served their sentence and their time is up. Everything in a prison must be on close watch. The workers should be watched just as well as the inmates. All the prisons procedures should be followed under a very strict manner to ensure that the prisonfunctions properly and effectively.
Prison procedure should be very strict in every aspect pertaining to the institution. From the intake, the guards should evaluate every inmate entering the facility and then place them accordingly. There are many different things to look at when considering the placement of an inmate. The age and the nature of the offense are some key ones, also their race. All entering inmates must have full cavity searches prior to being placed in a cell; this is for guard and inmate safety purposes.
In running the prison the prison should be well advanced and should have only skilled and trained workers working under the institution. There should be no excuse for not knowing the proper prison procedures and rules. Punishment should be inflicted on those who don’t abide be them, for both the workers and the inmates.
In considering the proper procedure you should think about the inmate’s life, and how to control them. There are many things that can be done to maintain a controllable environment for an institution. Treating the inmates fair and just is one way to not get over emotional inmates that might cause a problem. Another way is providing work opportunities and other recreational activities to keep the inmates busy and to help pass the time.
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Hemp oil and hemp seed oil are often used interchangeably … but there’s a difference. Both products from the hemp plant have many benefits for dogs … but you need to know which is which.
So, if you’re confused about hemp seed oil and hemp oil for dogs, let’s clear that up first …
What’s the Difference between Hemp Oil and Hemp Seed Oil?
First of all, both hempseed oil and hemp oil (better known as CBD oil) are 2 products from the same species of plant, Cannabis sativa. But the hemp oil and hempseed oil come from different parts of the plant … and they each have totally different properties.
- Hemp oil (or CBD oil) is also known as full-spectrum hemp oil or broad-spectrum hemp oil. It’s obtained from the whole hemp plant including stalks, leaves and flowers. Hemp oil for dogs can help manage a number of health conditions, including cancer, pain and seizures.
- Hemp seed oil is only made from the seeds of the plant. Hemp seed oil’s benefits come from its nutritional content … so it’s even used in cooking.
We’ll get into detail about the benefits of hemp seed oil for your dog. But first, here’s a summary of hemp oil benefits for dogs.
Hemp Oil For Dogs
Hemp oil contains cannabidiol, one of more than 60 chemicals that make up the hemp plant. Cannabis, a cousin to hemp, is also rich in another compound called THC (tetrahydrocannabinol). This gives marijuana its psychoactive properties. The THC content of marijuana is usually between 10 and 15%. But hemp oil must have a THC content of 0.3% or less.
So hemp oil, or CBD oil, doesn’t have a psychoactive effect for people or dogs. So you’ll be helping your dog without the intoxicating effects.
Benefits of Hemp Oil For Dogs
Here’s why you’ll want to give your dog hemp oil.
- Reduces anxiety
- Helps fight cancer
- Helps manage seizures and epilepsy
- Offers pain relief
- Helps with inflammatory bowel disease
- Reduces chronic inflammation and autoimmune disease
- Protects the nervous system
- Increases appetite and helps with nausea
- Aids heart health
New research (1) shows skin-related benefits of CBD or hemp oil that include a high level of antioxidants. Hemp or CBD has been shown as a powerful anti-inflammatory (2). So researchers now say that CBD oil also helps with kin conditions like acne, eczema, psoriasis and rashes.
Is Hemp Oil Safe For Dogs?
With so many studies showing the health benefits of hemp oil, the most encouraging result is that hemp appears to be safe, even when taken in high doses and over extended periods of time. The most common side effect is that it might make your dog sleepy.
However, it’s important to know that hemp oil can decrease the activity of liver enzymes used to metabolize many prescription drugs. So if your dog is on medication, you might want to check with your holistic vet before using hemp oil.
If your dog is on any of the following medications, ask your vet before giving your dog hemp oil:
- Allergy meds
- Liver or kidney meds
- Heart meds
- Anxiety meds
If your dog is on any of these meds, it doesn’t mean you can’t give hemp oil … but it’s safest to check with your vet first.
Now let’s look at hemp seed oil and the many health-promoting properties nearly every dog could use!
Hemp Seed Oil For Dogs
Hemp Seed oil comes only from the seeds of the Cannabis sativa plant. Technically, it’s cannabis sativa seed oil. Hemp seed oil has been around for centuries.
Seeds are cold-pressed to obtain the clear green oil that’s used in cooking or as a nutritional supplement. Hemp seed oil is rich with vitamins and trace minerals. It’s also got anti-inflammatory (3) and moisturizing properties, and it’s known for not clogging pores when used on the skin. It can be added to a product or just used on its own as an oil.
When a trusted extraction method is used (4), hemp seed oil may only contain trace amounts of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) or none at all.
Is Hemp Seed Oil Good For Dogs?
Yes it is! Hemp seed oil has an ideal ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids at 3:1. It contains essential fatty acids that your dog can’t produce and needs to get through diet. Hemp seed oil is an excellent source.
Plus hemp seed oil is also rich in the omega-6 fatty acid gamma linolenic acid (GLA). That’s important because there are some really good reasons to boost the GLA in your dog’s diet.
Let’s see what GLA does.
How GLA In Hemp Seed Oil Works
Your dog has hormones in his body called prostaglandins. They circulate around the body to smooth muscle contractions, control inflammation, regulate the body temperature and perform other vital functions.
The GLA that’s in hemp seed is the foundation of prostaglandins. Researchers are looking at GLA supplementation as an important component of proper hormone health and development.
4 Benefits Of Hemp Seed Oil For Dogs
1. Reduces Joint Pain
Researchers in the Journal of Arthritis and Rheumatology (5) note that GLA found in hemp seeds reduced arthritis symptoms by 25% compared to placebo at 4%. This is a result of the perfect balance of fatty acids that helps to reduce inflammation naturally.
2. Promotes Skin And Coat Health
Hemp seed is used in cosmetic products and soaps because the oil can penetrate the inner layers of the skin and promote healthy cellular growth.
Hemp seed oil also moderates oil production. Dryness can cause skin to overproduce oil. Hemp seed oil can prevent dry skin and doesn’t clog pores.
3. Soothes Inflammation
GLA is a powerful anti-inflammatory that reduces inflammation and skin irritation and associated pain. The balance of fatty acids also plays an important role in reducing the inflammation associated with common skin issues including atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, eczema, pruritic skin disease and granulomas.
One randomized, single-blind crossover study (3) found that dietary hemp seed oil reduced the symptoms and appearance of clinical atopic dermatitis after 20 weeks.
4. May Prevent Cancer
Researchers at the American Cancer Society say those with cancer, diabetes and skin allergies don’t make enough GLA … and these issues are very common in dogs too. While GLA is considered a conditionally essential fatty acid (meaning most dogs can make enough of it, most of the time), there are many situations (hard exercise or stress) when dogs can’t make enough GLA. So supplementing can become important.
And again, because the GLA is perfectly balanced with omega-3 fats, hemp seed oil can help reduce inflammation in your dog and strengthen his immune system. There’s also research showing that GLA can help control malignant cancer cells (6)
Before you add hemp seed oil to your dog’s meals, here are a couple of things you should know.
Things You Should Know About Hemp Seed Oil
Hempseed oil is a polyunsaturated fat, which means it’s an unstable oil. If you cook your dog’s food, don’t add hempseed oil until you’ve finished cooking … otherwise it can become rancid and lead to health issues in your dog.
Avoid Feeding Hemp Seed Oil With Chicken
If you serve your dog mainly chicken-based food then you don’t want to add hemp seed oil. Chicken and hemp are both heavy in polyunsaturated fats and linoleic acid. So hemp seed oil could cause an imbalance in your dog’s daily fat intake.
So if you’re going to feed hemp seed oil, mix it with beef or other ruminants for the biggest benefits. According to Steve Brown, author of Unlocking the Canine Ancestral Diet, flaxseed oil is a better choice for meals with chicken.
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How To Use Hemp Seed Oil For Dogs
Here are several ways to use hemp seed oil for your dog:
- You can give your dog 1 tsp hemp seed oil per 1 1/4 lbs of food. That amount depends on your dog’s age, weight and breed. You’ll need to reduce the amount for smaller dogs. Add it to the food your dog already eats. If cooking your dog’s food, add the oil after the cooking process.
- Put hemp seed oil on a treat, especially if it can absorb the oil.
- Use hemp seed oil directly on dog skin irritations to soothe them quickly. Apply it topically to any problem areas that are dry, red, scaly or flaky, especially if your dog is scratching.
- You can also feed your dog hemp seeds. Feed from 1 tsp to a small dog to as much as 1 Tbsp for large dogs. Start with a little bit at a time, mixed into his meal.
Is Hemp Seed Oil Safe For Dogs?
Yes, hemp seed oil is very safe for both humans and dogs. Like any food, there’s a small possibility of an allergic reaction. Or your dog could get diarrhea if he gets too much.
You can test for allergies by testing some on a patch of his skin. Apply some to a small area and cover it for 24 hours, if you can. If there’s any redness, burning, itching, or other irritation don’t use it or feed it to your dog. Wash the irritated area with an organic soap or shampoo.
When adding hemp seed oil to your dog’s food, start with a small amount at a time. If your dog eats hemp seed oil and has an allergic reaction, you may see the following symptoms:
- Facial swelling
Hemp seed oil is readily available at health food stores and some supermarkets, as well as through online retailers. So you can pick up some today so your dog can start reaping the benefits of hemp seed oil.
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Léo RamosAstrophysicist João Evangelista Steiner thought he was happy when studying X-ray astronomy and black holes early in his career at the Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences of the University of São Paulo (IAG/USP). During his post-doctoral position at Harvard University, and when he was hired by the Smithsonian Institute as an American government employee, his vision of how science was carried out at a competitive level changed dramatically. Returning to Brazil in 1982, Steiner became an active science organizer and supervisor and an obsessive fighter for improved infrastructure for astronomical research.
The list of his work promoting Brazilian astronomy is long. The modernization of the Pico dos Dias Observatory, the establishment of the National Astrophysics Laboratory (LNA) and decisive Brazilian participation in the Gemini and Soar observatory consortia, both in Chile, are the best known. Steiner was also secretary general of the Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science (SBPC), Secretary for Research Unit Coordination of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), and he directed the Institute for Advanced Studies (IES/USP). Today he is a harsh critic of Brazil’s participation in the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
This work has not slowed his work as a researcher. The years devoted to management since 1982 coexisted with frequent astronomical observations, publication of scientific papers, supervision of precision instruments for observatories and a continuous interest in what happens in the universe, the “biggest and best laboratory there is,” he often says. Now, in 2013, Steiner is eager to begin a study on the center of the Milky Way using a new technology recently installed at Gemini. Married with three children, the astrophysicist born in São Martinho, in the state of Santa Catarina, agreed to this interview with FAPESP.
|University of São Paulo (undergraduate, master’s and PhD)|
|Harvard University (post-doctorate)|
|Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences (IAG/USP)|
You come from a very small town in Santa Catarina, settled by Germans. It is true that you only learned Portuguese at age 10?
My great-grandparents were German. They immigrated in 1860, during the War of Paraguay and it appears to have been because of the conflict. Dom Pedro II, who had strong connections with Austria—his mother was Austrian—wanted to populate the coast of Santa Catarina for geopolitical reasons. My great-grandparents came from the Rhine Valley, in Germany, and settled in the Capivari Valley in Santa Catarina. My father’s family came from Koblenz, where the Moselle river meets the Rhine. My mother’s family, the Boeings, came from Bocholt. She was descended from two brothers who left Germany to avoid military service. William went to Seattle and founded Boeing, a company that later began manufacturing airplanes. Werner went to Santa Catarina. The bad part of this story is that I was born on the poor side of the family. In São Martinho I spoke German because that was all that was spoken. Until the Second World War, classes were in German. I learned Portuguese at 10, on my own, because at school there comes a time when you must. But I have never had many scientific associations with Germany. I have visited there more frequently, recently, because I have a son who is an opera singer and lives in Hamburg.
How did your education continue?
Our schools were run by priests and nuns. Those who studied, which was rare, attended one or the other. I went to the school run by priests and my sister to a school run by nuns. Then I came to São Paulo to take the University of São Paulo (USP) entrance exam.
Did you already plan to study astronomy? Were you one of those kids who built things?
No. But I did build a telescope, out of curiosity. I also built a radio, and tried to make a computer that never worked. But I was curious about the universe. My parents were farmers and I remember, when I was about 7, I was clearing the pasture with my mother and I asked her where the world ended. And she said that the end of the world was very far away, farther than Germany. Twenty years later, a relative visited us from Germany. It was a tough trip, when Santa Catarina didn’t even have paved roads. It was dust, curves and mountains. He arrived, came into the kitchen, sat on the first chair he saw and said, “Now I know where the end of the world is!” I felt vindicated. I was already 27. This gives you an idea of how relative things are.
Weren’t you crazy about telescopes?
I was curious about everything. Physics attracted me, because it answered the most fundamental scientific questions. I wanted to study physics in the best physics department in Brazil, and everyone said it was at USP. I came here and enrolled in 1970. At the beginning of my third year, I decided that the best physics laboratory was the universe. Many of the questions of scientific interest could be answered through astrophysics, because anything that involved large scales, heavy masses, large gravitational fields, temperatures, magnetic fields—all the extremes are found in the cosmos. The problem is figuring out how to transform this into a laboratory. This is why we must extract a lot of information. The two fundamental questions in contemporary physics are dark matter and dark energy. Suddenly, we discovered that we knew little about the universe, since it has these two entities that dominate its dynamics. Not that I predicted these things. Not at all. But I was also not incorrect in believing that the universe is a good laboratory.
Did your interest in black holes begin during your master’s studies?
Exactly. X-ray astronomy was just beginning back then. Cygnus X-1 was the first X-ray source discovered in the Cygnus constellation. When they measured the mass of Cygnus X-1, they saw that it was much larger than a neutron star, or a white dwarf, and thus could only be a black hole. This was in 1973. My undergraduate research project was on identifying X-ray sources. In 1974 I began working on my master’s and created a theoretical model for Cygnus X-1. I worked with Prof. José Antonio de Freitas Pacheco, who lives in France now. My master’s thesis was interesting because it was related to discoveries made shortly before that time. Cygnus X-1 was the first candidate to have a black hole. My master’s consisted of building a theoretical model of an accretion disc (a structure made up of diffuse material orbiting around a star or black hole) and calculating the spectrum of X-rays that it would have to emit. I showed that the two matched.
And your doctorate?
For my doctorate, I took this disc model and applied it to white dwarf stars, neutron stars and supermassive and stellar-mass black holes, which are the four situations in which accretion produces the energy released. This energy does not come from a normal star, like the Sun, whose origin is the nuclear fusion that transformed hydrogen into helium and then into other, heavier elements. And the mass differential is transformed into energy. These objects are extremely compact and have a very deep gravitational well, in their form and in their capacity to accelerate material in their gravitational field. Any gas captured begins to spiral inward and the gravitational energy is transformed into kinetic energy, according to the law of conservation of energy. The kinetic energy in the innermost orbits is much greater than in the outer orbits, because the speed is much higher. Consecutive orbits have different speeds and this creates friction, which converts the kinetic energy into thermal energy. The temperature is so high—we’re talking about 100 million degrees—that it emits photons which escape in the form of radiant energy before the matter enters the black hole or neutron star or white dwarf.
Is this a way to know if there is a black hole in the region observed?
At first it was very difficult to determine whether it was a black hole or a neutron star, for example, or even a white dwarf, because they all emit X-rays. They are in a binary system of stars, and thus we can measure the mass of the two components. The white dwarf has an upper limit, the Chandrasekhar limit, which is 1.4 solar masses. For the neutron star, the limit is 3.5 solar masses, which is called the Volkoff-Oppenheimer limit. If the solar mass is greater than 3.5, it is a black hole.
But was this known at the time?
It was known, but the mass measurement was difficult to make. In that period, the X-ray source pulsed in many of the X-ray binary stars discovered. They are the X-ray pulsars. X-rays are produced by the gyrations of the magnetic poles, which emit X-ray beams like a lighthouse. A black hole does not have a magnetic field. So none of these pulsing sources could be a black hole. They had to be neutron stars, as was shown for the vast majority of them. It was a slap in the face, because we thought we had a series of black holes and it would be easy to study them when, in fact, the vast majority were neutron stars. So much so that we only see 20 black holes in the literature now, 40 years later.
Did you also study this in your doctorate? Was it hard to find an advisor?
I was the third doctoral student in astrophysics in Brazil. Prof. Abrahão de Moraes was very well known here at USP, and sent students to France for their doctorate studies. In 1972, shortly after his death, one of his former students—Pacheco—finished his doctorate and returned to Brazil. He was my advisor. Later, others returned from abroad and the community grew.
When did you go abroad?
Right after my doctorate, in 1979. I was very interested in X-ray astronomy. The first satellite capable of detecting X-rays was launched on December 20, 1970, from the coast of Kenya. It was called Uhuru, which is the Kenyan word for freedom. Many binary stars were discovered by this satellite, which was American. At Harvard, I worked with the first X-ray telescope, called the Einstein Observatory. The scientific base was at Harvard, even though the telescope belonged to NASA. At that time, there were no space telescopes. Uhuru was a small and very primitive device for detecting X-ray photons. Einstein was a telescope and had great photographic abilities. It was launched in 1979.
And why did you return to Brazil? You certainly could have found a position in the United States.
I did find a position. I was hired at Harvard by the Smithsonian Institute as a US government employee. It’s kind of a funny story. When Einstein was launched, the images obtained were all out of focus. Something similar happened with the Hubble telescope, years later. The researchers were desperate because they had spent a fortune to make the first large space telescope. NASA put all its staff to work on finding the problem—and it failed. Harvard also tried, unsuccessfully. I was there and did my first scientific work as a Harvard professor on quasars. Then a professor there suggested that I study the telescope’s problem. I said I had never seen a satellite in my life and he said that was exactly why: those who were familiar with them were not able to solve the problem. Who knows, maybe I could? They placed all the computers I wanted and two programmers at my disposal. I began to work on it, day and night, with the right to call the programmers in at any time to do calculations for me. It took me two or three weeks, but I found the solution. I showed it to them and guaranteed that they could take the photographs again and they would be in focus. They had the raw data in files and decided to do a test. They took a very poorly focused image and used the program with the system of 14 equations that I developed and tried it out. It came out perfectly. Actually, it was something simple. They had two optical telescopes on the satellite, which were fixed on two stars. But this telescope moves around the Earth, and the planet’s magnetic field varies. They had created a shield to prevent influence from the magnetic field. What I did was show that this shielding was 50 times worse that what had been specified and that the magnetic interference was causing the focusing errors.
Is this what led to your being hired?
This is an American cultural thing: when you show you are competent, your future is guaranteed. They are very objective and organized. Anywhere else in the world, I would still be just a Brazilian. But there I was the guy who solved the problem. This changes how you are treated. I was already a professor at IAG/USP when I asked for a leave to take a two-year post-doctoral position there, with a grant from FAPESP. The grant ended, I asked for a leave without pay, and they hired me. I stayed there for a year and had to decide whether to stay or come back. I came back for two reasons: the first was because my family wanted to. At that point I was married and had two children. Then, my third was born. The second was that I had never considered not coming back. I was educated here, with public money, in public institutions. I had FAPESP grants at every level. A person who receives a public education, like I did, who becomes a scientist thanks to this, owes the society that supported him. For me, this is a basic belief. I wanted to stay there a bit longer because I knew that when I returned to Brazil, in 1982, I would face a difficult situation.
What was Brazilian astrophysics like at that time?
At Harvard, we had tons of computers. We could calculate anything. When I returned to the Astronomy Department, we had five HP 25 hand calculators. If someone needed one, they had to get in line. We also had the Electronic Computer Center (CCE), which was University-wide, but located at the Polytecnical School. I did my master’s and doctorate there, using a Borroughs 6900 for calculations. I would need to carry boxes full of punch cards and submit them at the desk. They would tell me how long it would take, and after two days, for example, I would return to pick up the print out. We thought it was great. That was before I went to the United States. There I realized that we needed something better, and upon my return I began to galvanize the community to demand change. It was difficult, because many people were against it. They thought it was fine, because they did not realize how behind we were, in general. In 1985, I went to the INPE (National Institute for Space Research), and established an Astrophysics Division. We began to purchase equipment; we bought computers for image processing. My first student, Ivo Busko, did a thesis that included processing astronomical images. When he finished, he went to work at the Space Telescope Science Institute, in the US, and there was a bit of confusion, because he was there and he had designed the software to enhance the images. When the equipment was launched, they also discovered that the images were poor and he was the only person who knew how to process the images. Ivo went there with a post-doctoral grant. When the problem arose, the first thing NASA did was hire him.
With technological advances, everything has become smaller, with better resolution. Did this apply to the engineering of telescopes?
Yes, but there is another key issue—infrared technology—the most difficult range of the electromagnetic spectrum for science. We all emit infrared radiation. So do telescopes. Imagine building a telescope for the visible spectrum and filling it with light bulbs. When observing the stars, the background is very bright. The smartest way to solve this in the infrared spectrum is to build a telescope, launch it into space, and cool it so that thermal emissions are zero, or negligible. But achieving this is leading-edge technology, and very difficult. Iras was the first infrared telescope, launched 30 years ago. The images were blurry, still rudimentary. All infrared space equipment has to be refrigerated with liquid helium. Iras was a big success because it was able to operate for nine months. And this was great, since refrigerating liquid helium in space is extremely difficult. The James Webb, the next space telescope, which will replace the Hubble, will be placed outside Earth’s orbit so it will not be affected. It will have a screen to protect it from the Sun. Since it will be protected from both the Earth and the Sun, its temperature will naturally be very low.
When will it be launched?
Perhaps in 2015. It will be very interesting for us, because we work with data cubes, which we obtain through an IFU (integral field unit spectroscopy) device. Everything our group does here now is in the form of data cubes because they are information-rich. We have developed a series of methods and are becoming a point of reference in this area.
Is this treatment of data cubes something developed at IAG?
Yes, it is ours, my students and I developed it. And various other groups are already using it. We trained some Brazilian groups, as it is very difficult. The material is published, and the software is available, but training is still necessary. If you have a galaxy, traditionally you put a slit on top of it and obtain the spectrum. The scientific information comes from the spectrum. It is different with IFU spectroscopy. We create a matrix of lenses, and place an optical fiber under each. We take all the optical fibers, align them in a slit, and produce a spectrum for each fiber. The computer can reconstruct everything. Then we have X, Y and λ [lambda], the wavelength. Thus we have a three-dimensional array, a cube. The Gemini has two IFUs. One in the optical spectrum and another in the infrared. Both are very good instruments. The Webb will have five.
To work with this method, does the data have to be captured in three dimensions?
Yes. The Americans are worried, because they are still having large problems in dealing with data cubes. The Europeans have more experience and, better yet, they are saying that even the Brazilians have more experience in this area. This is something that can be learned, but after a certain age, a person can find learning new tools difficult. I started this because I was forced to. I helped build the Gemini and Soar telescopes. I was on the Gemini board for 5 years and the Soar board for 12 years. One of Gemini’s advances is that these instruments will be integral field. I planned to be able to do this type of science. When I was given the opportunity to undertake a project using the Gemini and its instruments, I did not hesitate. Now I am going to study galaxies and clusters of galaxies, which can be examined very well with this equipment. I received the first data cube and started working. I started to see lots of problems with the data and I asked for help: who knew how to deal with this? No one knew, anywhere. So my only alternative was to solve the problems. I came up with some methods, but there was still a heck of a lot of programming work to do. I had two students who were great at this, and we developed everything.
So you could say that decoding the data cube information was your contribution?
Conceptually and intellectually, yes. This is all relatively new and these things take some time to be assimilated. We began in 2009.
You were a part of large telescope projects. What was that like?
When I returned to Brazil, we had a recently-inaugurated telescope in Itajubá, at the Pico dos Dias Observatory (OPD). I realized that the telescope was being used in a precarious manner, with photographic plates used for spectroscopy. I began to call for modern instruments in 1982. So much so that I brought the first charge-coupled device (CCD)—a sensor used for digital images—to Brazil. I asked for funding to import a CCD chip, and my request was approved. I received the resources to import the chip, but the Pentagon vetoed it, considering it to be “sensitive technology.” And it was not even being imported from the United States, but from England. I then asked for funding to import an astronomical camera with an embedded CCD. I arranged with the seller to not specify that there was a CCD inside. I sent one of our researchers to help assemble and hide the CCD, and it worked. It was the first chip of this kind to arrive in Brazil, in 1986. It was installed in the OPD, and from that point on, Brazilian astronomers started doing modern science, with CCDs, computers and image processing. Before that, everything was done with pantographic plates, which were high-tech in 1890. In the 1980s, this technology was no longer used in the United States, having been replaced by modern, digital processes. There was another important subtlety. This telescope was managed by the National Observatory, but there were many disputes about control, many conflicts. In Brazil, the tradition was for each group to have its own instrument, each leader had his own “church.” And this doesn’t work in astronomy. So I proposed the establishment of the National Astrophysics Laboratory (LNA) to the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). The CNPq understood the proposal and agreed. It was the first national laboratory in Brazil, in 1985, fifteen years before the second, the National Synchrotron Light Laboratory. And it was a huge struggle, because it involved a new culture and new mindsets. And interests, of course. When interests come into play, people do not always act rationally.
Was the objective for there to be greater sharing of astronomical equipment?
The objective was to have shared infrastructure nationwide. Today, no one talks about national infrastructure— now it is international because no country can fund large projects alone. In order to establish the LNA, we built the equipment, the CCDs, the cameras, and all of this helped to modernize Brazilian astronomy. We published a series of papers based on this telescope and on the technologies we introduced. And everyone in Brazil had full access, because use was free. There was internal competition, but only based on scientific criteria. That was the principle. We created LNA not to be clever, but to survive. By making it shared, we had more resources to invest. We only needed a single investment—albeit large, it was only once. This is the language that the government began to understand. The level of research increased because we were all compelled to compete and manage projects according to best international practices. We learned to do this and this raised the level of Brazilian astronomy. When we became partners in Gemini, it was a kind of recognition of our success with the LNA, although the gap was unbelievably large. That’s when I had the idea of doing something at the intermediate level, Soar.
You began to advocate for the construction of Soar in 1993. Twenty years later, was it worth having it built?
Without a doubt. But things happen slowly in this area. Every telescope project takes at least 12 years to become ready. Starting from the initial idea, through design, planning, numerous commissions and committees … You also need to obtain resources. It takes several years before construction can begin. Then, until the telescope sees the first light, another 12 years. Then it needs to go through a year of commissioning, fine-tuning in order to work well. In other words, you cannot just plug it in and use it. Then, when the telescope is working, there are still problems. It has its instruments and each one is a separate stage. They are expensive, sophisticated, you always want the latest technology and even a little more to be competitive. These instruments take time to build and Brazil had no expertise in this area. For Soar, however, we built three spectrographs, the SIFS, the Steles and the BTFI – the latter by Cláudia Mendes de Oliveira, here at IAG. The BTFI (Brazilian tunable filter imager) is a high-tech piece of equipment that allows analysis of both the chemical composition and the internal relative motions of galaxies. It is ready, and now we can already start doing science. SIFS is a fiber optic integral field instrument. In other words, it took twenty years after Soar was envisioned for us to be able to use it, you have to understand that. And Gemini was no different—it was ready five years before Soar. In order to compare Gemini and Soar, you have to compare Gemini today with Soar five years from now. Soar is still far from reaching cruising altitude. Even Gemini is not there yet. It has already helped us and will continue to help us obtain many results, but some complain that it could produce more, have a greater impact. Still, Gemini produces articles published in Nature and Science at least every two months.
When will Soar reach that level? It still has a lot of critics.
They make sense. We all want to do better. We are evolving, but up to now, the rate has been slower than we would have liked. And this is related, fundamentally, to instrumentation, and not to the telescopes, which are great. One of the instruments that will be very useful for Brazilian science is the high-resolution optical spectrograph, Steles, made for Soar. The British made a similar one, in terms of functionality, for Gemini, but it did not work and they have started to design another. It is a deficiency in Gemini that will be remedied in Soar first. It was supposed to have been sent in November, but, as always seems to happen, there was a problem with one of the parts. Steles has 1,500 mechanical parts. Solving this in Soar before fixing it in Gemini will be a great leap for Brazilian astronomy. In 2013, the Soar’s high-resolution optical spectrograph will be ready. They have not even begun to build Gemini’s. The problems that occurred are real, but they happen with all telescopes. The most important thing, in the case of Soar, is that now we will start using tools built in Brazil, and thus impact and productivity will truly grow. In Gemini, we have a new type of equipment called conjugate adaptive optics, which allows us to correct the distortions in the images produced. It creates a tomographic scan of the entire atmosphere using four lasers. Time periods for astronomers to use this instrument were first distributed in November. Gemini is the first telescope to have this. I have a proposal to study the center of the Milky Way, which was approved. Augusto Daminelli, here at IAG, also had a proposal approved. We will be the first two users. The technology is leading-edge and we have great expectations.
Why do you use queues now?
This began with Gemini and Soar. This is how it works: a researcher who needs a short time for observation tells the astronomers working at the observatory what data he needs to obtain. They perform the observation and send the information to the researcher, who does not need to be there physically. Other observatories, like ESO, do not use this method. In these cases, when the researcher obtains a night, he goes to the observatory and makes his observation. In the case of Gemini, since we didn’t have much time, most projects did not get even one night. To optimize, we decided that the Brazilian projects would be done in a queue. It was an intelligent decision, because we were able to produce three times more papers per hour of observation than other partners, such as the Americans. We have a high level of scientific competitiveness. With Gemini, we decided on the queue method and did not distribute time in the classic manner. With Soar, we did both—the researcher can choose the queue method or the classic method. It depends on the project. For example, I want to take a spectrum of some celestial object using Soar. In order to do this, I need two hours of observation. It is silly to go to Chile for two hours of observation. The queue mode solves this. If I have two nights, I prefer to work from here and not in Chile, because here I can call in the entire team and watch in the observation room we have here at IAG. In Chile we have a technician who performs the necessary operations. He opens the dome, closes the dome, and points the telescope.
Do people still have that romantic image of astrophysicists looking through a telescope, as was done in the past?
When I tell first-year students that telescopes no longer have a viewfinder, students are very disappointed. It’s a shock. Nowadays, astrophysicists work behind a computer connected to highly sensitive cameras. It makes no difference if the telescope is upstairs or on the other side of the hemisphere,. Of course, some people are wild about telescopes. Leaving the dome, seeing that beautiful sky in the Andes, full of stars, is enchanting. But to produce good science and train good scientists, the logic is a little different and must be optimized.
What do you think of Brazil’s participation in ESO, the European consortium of telescopes located in Chile?
In my opinion, what is happening today was totally predictable. Brazil agreed to take part in the consortium at a cost of €255 million, which is almost R$700 million over 10 years; then, we will pay about €25 million per year for maintenance, for the rest of its useful life. I wrote an indignant, six-page letter about this three years ago and sent it to Sérgio Rezende, who was the head of the MCTI and made the decision without prior discussion or evaluation. He responded verbally saying I was wrong. I predicted that we would spend a lot of time and energy, and miss windows of opportunity and, ultimately, find that we do not have that money to spend.
And what happened?
Exactly what I thought would happen. When we looked like we were rich, not too long ago, we did not have this money. Right now our GDP is growing slowly and the derivative is negative. The government will not want to spend this money on the ESO. It is not even in the budget. To be approved, President Rousseff will have to send it to Congress, where it will have to be approved by five commissions and two plenary assemblies. And everyone knows how much our politicians love astronomy… Moreover, it is not just a question of money. With the Soar and Gemini observatories, we contributed X% of the money and use them X% of the time. At ESO, this proportionality does not exist. We pay €255 million for the right to compete with them on unequal terms—with rare exceptions. They are smart and I think they are right, from their point of view. It’s up to us to decide what our best development strategy will be. There are excellent alternatives that would cost at least 10 times less.
And why did the Brazilian government agree to these conditions?
It is hard to understand. The year 2010 was an election year. President Lula and his ministers were convinced that they had put Brazil on the map. And the best proof of this was that we were invited to join the world’s largest observatory, ESO. This is what they said. My analysis is neither political nor ideological. I’m saying that in that particular year, that was their reasoning. I think that’s the best explanation. The problem is that the minister signed a commitment for the rest of the observatory’s life two days before leaving government. And without discussing it with the minister who succeeded him, Aloizio Mercadante. This agreement will subsidize European science and technology with Brazilian taxpayers’ money.
Physicists, especially those who are not astrophysicists, were critical of the large sums of money spent on astrophysics while investment in the new synchrotron most certainly would have had a higher return.
The new synchrotron will be used by scientists in various scientific areas and by a community 20 times larger. With the money promised to the ESO, we could build a new synchrotron ring every five years.
In addition to the scientific aspects of astronomy, you directed the IEA. What made you decide to take that on?
I had some activities related to science and technology policy, I was president of the Brazilian Society of Astronomy and secretary general of the SBPC. I led Brazil’s entry in the Gemini project and I was responsible for much of the construction of Soar. During Fernando Henrique Cardoso’s second term, I was one of the secretaries in the Ministry of Science and Technology, under Minister Ronaldo Sardenberg. In 2003, I returned to USP and a few months later the position opened up at the IEA. I was invited to be on the short list and, imprudently, I accepted. The four years I spent there were not bad, but I do not think I’ve been successful in terms of building a new IEA. The IEA suffers from organizational problems and, in my opinion, the institution should have a strong strategic role within USP. But it will never play this role if USP does not want it to. A close partnership with the Dean’s Office is essential. Regardless, we did some interesting things. The journal Advanced Studies was almost a secret until we were able to put it on SciELO, despite the protests of my colleagues. Today it is the third most accessed journal in Brazil, with over 3 million hits a year. The first and second are in the area of public health. We also held several cycles of studies and debates, but I think it needs to have a more strategic position within the university. Before all that I was director of space sciences at INPE. Most of my involvement with science policy and administration happened due to the need to be able to fight more broadly than as a researcher or a group for better opportunities to do research. The Synchrotron is the best example to illustrate this idea. It is open, public infrastructure that needs large investments, but only in one piece of equipment that must be modernized. When it becomes obsolete, we will need another. That’s what we are going through now. But this type of investment was not part of Brazilian scientific culture. And in astronomy this is very visible. It was this need that led me to other battlefields, shall we say. So much so that, today, I feel I have already fulfilled my obligations. I am very happy writing papers and teaching. I have already accomplished my missions. Now I want to use the telescopes. | <urn:uuid:6ab6bffa-4e52-48ef-8c58-dcd4dcea9a9b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/en/jo%C3%A3o-evangelista-steiner-astronomical-leaps/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570868.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808152744-20220808182744-00068.warc.gz | en | 0.980526 | 7,437 | 1.859375 | 2 |
If God were made-to-order, like something you can buy on the Internet, what kind of God would we pick?
In our modern society, everything is available at our fingertips, so we would probably want a God that makes everything comfortable for us — a convenient God, one who gets us a better job, helps us find a parking place and, when we hurt ourselves, kisses it and makes it better.
A convenient God is a wish-fulfillment God.
That sounds nice, but is that the kind of God we encounter in our lives? Unfortunately, no. While we live in a convenient world, the God who shares our journey is an inconvenient God. We are thrown into rough situations, and our God makes demands on us, such as the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule. And the correct response is an inconvenient prayer: “Thy will,” not my will, “be done.”
Therefore, instead of creating a fantasy vision of what a perfect world would be, suppose we start with the real world and ask, in light of its rocky paths, what kind of God is present here? And what divine purpose is served by throwing us into such a world?
Real life is filled with drama.
It has ups and downs, loves and losses, triumphs and failures, days we rise to our best and times we fall to our worst. Our lives are like obstacle courses or quests where pits must be avoided and dragons slain.
What could possibly be the purpose of such lives? Any good parent knows. Any good coach knows. Readers of quest tales know. We do not grow from luxury. A convenient God would, like an overprotective parent, save us from learning life’s lessons.
The purpose of our lives is not just ease or pure pleasure or wish fulfillment. As I was told in prayer, “The purpose of life is not to sit in the lap of luxury.” Why not? Wouldn’t that be a great life, one a loving God would want to give us?
Well, ask yourself, would you want your child, at a young age, to win a billion-dollar lottery, to be able to buy whatever and whomever the darling desires, to live in a protective bubble that would keep disease and hurt out? Would that even be a life?
I was told, “Immersion in the world — with its causal networks, its guilty resistance — is necessary for growth. One needs a hard reality to work against. Otherwise, nothing would be serious.”
We grow from adversity, from challenges. Sometimes we learn more from failing than from succeeding. My colleague, the economist Kenneth Boulding, used to say, “Nothing succeeds like failure.” It is failure, he would say, that tells us where the edge of the cliff is.
As a drama, life has a meaning, shaped by how we cope with the ups and downs, how we deal with our own mistakes and the cruelties inflicted on us, and yet remain open to love and hope.
When my wife and I got married, we included the 23rd Psalm in the ceremony. While it is usually reserved for funerals, we knew that all of life is a Valley of the Shadow of Death. But throughout it all, God stands with us — whatever we face.
Why is there suffering? I was told in prayer, “Suffering is the law of growth.” We grow only through suffering. Even to love is to suffer.
We talk about a perfect God and expect him to be writing the perfect script, as if everything were programmed from the beginning. My sense is that God doesn’t lay out the story in advance, and have us walk through it like automatons.
We write our own script with God as co-author.
We create our own dramas, with God as partner — when we are paying attention. In prayer, I was told that the world is like an improvisational theater in which God is the director of players who aren’t listening.
A “perfect” world may not even be desirable. Imagine a world without suffering, where no matter what we did, everything turned up roses. It would be a world in which actions had no consequences. It would not be a real world at all, but a hologram world, and we would be hologram people.
Real life is lived in an inconvenient world in partnership with an inconvenient God. It is a tough life in which God is not overprotective, but is always on our side. When we are in harmony with the divine and enjoying life’s bounty, God rejoices. When we are errant or in pain, God suffers.
Maybe the real world — inhabited by the flawed people that we are — is not convenient for God either. God is part of our drama and we are part of God’s. We are in this together.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on this piece
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What to Do When Allergic Rhinitis Is in Bloom
Spring brings some of nature's most irritating allergies into the air, while other allergies occur year-round.
Many of us welcome warm weather as a chance to get outdoors after a winter's confinement. But for people with hay fever, spring is the beginning of allergy season, and outside can be the worst place to be. Technically known as seasonal allergic rhinitis, hay fever is an immune response provoked by airborne substances, mostly plant pollens and mold spores. The symptoms — sneezing, runny nose, itchy eyes, stuffy sinuses, and tickling throats — aren't life-threatening, but they can make you miserable. Hay fever can also cause drowsiness, lost work time, and difficulty concentrating. | <urn:uuid:ef7a34b0-46ed-41d1-a826-bb7728e06533> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/What_to_Do_When_Allergic_Rhinitis_Is_in_Bloom | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281162.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00539-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938638 | 162 | 3.28125 | 3 |
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