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How to Start a Small Bakery Business
Bakery Business Startup and Planning
Bakery Business is indeed a profitable small business idea. Small bakeries are a fairly large business, which requires hard work, dedication, and talent. Are you one of those at your home who bakes killer cakes for every birthday? Your stomach churns when you smell pie cooking at your neighborhood? Are you willing to make money with your talent? Then you are in the perfect site!
Plan it out! Business Plan
To open a bakery business you must have a plan. Select the kind of bakery you want to open. For this, you have to access your talent, budget, and goals. You would want to open an online bakery, counter service bakery, specialty bakery or a sit a down bakery. If you have little investment online bakery would be your best choice. Make a killer website, click your masterpieces, and post them on the site. This way you will be well-known and reliable.
For starting a bakery business you must buy loads of stuff. Take a pen and a pad, write down the necessities which may include: sugar, flour, milk, lots of eggs etcetera. Now let us deduce the more expensive appliances like ovens, refrigerator, to smaller items like utensils and pans make sure you create a full list of tools.
One of the most important things is where you locate. You may choose a retail place near your neighborhood where you know many of the people, or you can decide to open near your target market segment.
You can also buy large food trucks and roam around the city this will increase your chances of sales. Might get a little expensive for you at first but this will help you grow at a higher rate.
Or if your investment is too low, you can open a cart every holiday. I am saying holidays because the other days the law enforcement might bother you, you may have to go through a lot of complications. Hence, the holidays are good for you. People love having sweet on holidays.
Market your product.
You can design a website which contains basic information about your products, hours of operation and locale. If you get free time, you can also write a blog with weekly baking tips. Join business groups and forge relationships that are beneficial to your bakery.
Participate in charity events and hand out business cards as much as possible. Launch your business with a grand opening celebration. You might consider giving away free baked goods.
As work starts to pile up you will be needing extra hands in the kitchen. Do not hire immediately and put new hires on probation periods. You will need to make sure they are trustworthy and have the capability to learn.
One of the most important things that matter is the quality and taste. You would not want to see dissatisfied faces after eating. Do not use stale eggs or milk. Make sure the products you are using have expiry dates and are of the top quality. Food Business Ideas
You may want to hire someone to check these stuff. Or maybe a friend or your mom can help you out with this. This way you save money! Asking your customers to rate your products and the overall service level. This can help you improve and cultivate loyal customers who feel a part of your business. Also, focus on the hygiene.
Necessary permits and licenses.
You must get the necessary permits and licenses to operate the bakery. Call or mail your local municipal office for more details because regulatory requirements vary by jurisdictions.
Bakery business these days are growing at a higher rate around the world. The market has witnessed a rapid growth in developing countries such as China, Japan, and India.
Keep things simple. You are making a career of something that you love to do. So don’t get disappointed if you don’t get much success at the start. Know that slow and steady wins the race. You grow from small. Follow your instincts. Follow your passion. You have got it. | <urn:uuid:3db2f317-7580-48a8-afff-216d2721768b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://businessdaily24.com/start-small-bakery-business/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00676.warc.gz | en | 0.956199 | 827 | 1.554688 | 2 |
13th Regiment Infantry
New York Volunteers
The 13th Infantry Regiment was intended to be one of the twelve New York State
National Guard infantry regiments federalized for service in the Spanish-American
War. The regiment was initially constituted in 1847 and was reorganized several
times over the next fifteen years, most notably in 1859 and 1860. The 13th Regiment
served several short tours of duty during the Civil War and also helped deal with
a number of public disturbances. The unit was called up to deal with the 1863
draft riots, the Orange riots of 1871, the railroad riots of 1877, the switchman’s
strike of 1892, the quarantine riots on Fire Island 1892, and finally the motormen’s
strike of 1895. On May 3rd, the regiment received orders to recruit two additional
companies and bring the entire unit up to regulation strength. The recruiters
were unable to accomplish this task and on May 7th, 1898 the regiment was disbanded
excepting one battalion of four companies that contained men from all companies
who had volunteered for federal service. This battalion was transferred to the
22nd Regiment where it served for the entire conflict as companies D, F, M, and
L and was mustered out on November 23rd, 1898.
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Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of
New York for the Year of 1899. Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1900.
New York in the Spanish-American War 1898: Part of the
Report of the Adjutant General of the State for 1900. Vols. 1-3. Albany:
James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1900.
New York and the War with Spain: History of the Empire
State Regiments. Albany: Argus Company Printers, 1903.
Back to Spanish-American Infantry Regiments
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"Tracing your footsteps in 3D" Hajime Ishikawa
Ishikawa's average day: total length of commuting is 22.89 kilometres, distance on foot is 1.138 kilometre, 107 steps go uphill and 66 steps downhill.
What is your ideal means of getting around?
I like to have a general grasp of my surroundings when I move around - the people around me, the change in geography etc. I'd rather take a street car than the subway. Bus over taxi. Motorcycle over car. I prefer an (electric-assisted) town bicycle over a road-racer. But that doesn't mean I always like to travel slowly. In Tokyo, the Keio train line is a good example. The Special Rapid Express is too fast, but the Local is too slow, so the Rapid Line is the one for me. I feel like there's a speed that is 'just right' for all the different ways you can get around.
What are some things you have discovered while mapping your travels?
There are things you can do to reveal the "other side" of the landscape you travel through, which can make your travel more interesting. For example, you could try roller-blading in Tokyo, where there are lots of hills. Or "picturing" your route beforehand on a map can help you visualize the geographical details and road patterns, and help you discover new things about the journeys you take every day.
What are some ways that we can make "getting around" more fun?
If you keep a log of your travels, you often discover patterns you make on the landscape. You can use a GPS to trace your route, for example, and often you will find a correlation between the roads you naturally choose, and the landscape. Try plotting photos of your journey onto a map, and you might discover what kinds of places attract you. The process of keeping a log can actually change the way you get around - make you try a different route to get some good pictures, for example - which can make it more fun.
How should we approach mobility to protect the environment?
Pretty difficult question. What exactly is "thinking about the environment"? What is "the environment"? What should you do? And to which part of that environment? Of course, if your goal is to conserve energy, your best bet will be to not move at all.
If contributing to the environment means "maintaining an environment where all humans can live healthily at a low cost" it is important to have some kind of "standard" to measure ones behaviour against. It would be good to have information publicly available about various products and transportation methods - the technology, the system, the support facilities etc - which could display the sum "cost to the environment", and allow us to make choices. | <urn:uuid:59d8589d-5bdc-40c7-9e8f-583e5eb7b315> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.nissan-global.com/EN/TECHNOLOGY/MAGAZINE/5guestsmobility-6.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279189.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00057-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951178 | 573 | 1.953125 | 2 |
Top Iraqi Biological Weapons Scientist in U.S. Custody
U.S. forces in Iraq capture a senior biological weapons scientist, known as "Mrs. Anthrax" and the only woman on the U.S. military list of 55 most-wanted Iraqis. A U.S.-trained microbiologist, Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash is believed to have played a key role in rebuilding Iraq's biological weapons program after the 1991 Gulf War. Hear NPR's Tom Gjelten.
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So, you've seen some of the best MS Paint drawings, now it's time to check out a few masterpieces that were created by geeks using only Microsoft Excel. Starting off, we have a stunning Mega Man X drawing created by Sakumoti. Continue reading to see more - bonus video included.
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9. Final Fantasy
- Microsoft Excel is a commercial spreadsheet application written and distributed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications.
- It has been a very widely applied spreadsheet for these platforms, especially since version 5 in 1993, and it has almost completely replaced Lotus 1-2-3 as the industry standard for spreadsheets. Excel forms part of Microsoft Office. The current versions are 2010 for Microsoft Windows and 2011 for Mac OS X.
- Microsoft Excel up until 2007 version used a proprietary binary file format called Binary Interchange File Format (BIFF) as its primary format. Excel 2007 uses Office Open XML as its primary file format, an XML-based format that followed after a previous XML-based format called "XML Spreadsheet" ("XMLSS"), first introduced in Excel 2002.
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Scrabble word: ADNATION
In which Scrabble dictionary does ADNATION exist?
Definitions of ADNATION in dictionaries:
- adj - joined to another part or organ
There are 8 letters in ADNATION: A A D I N N O T
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All anagrams that could be made from letters of word ADNATION plus a wildcard: ADNATION?
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Leg Press Instruction
- Sit inside a leg press machine.
- Put both feet in the middle of the platform at shoulder-width with toes pointed slightly outward.
- Extend your leg to push the weight up and release the safety.
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- If this happen, your low back is compromised and you are setting yourself up for injury.
- At the bottom position, drive your heels through the pad and push the weight up.
- Don't lock your legs out at the top.
- Again, do not let your glutes come off the bench. This is unwarranted stress on your lower back.
- Don't lock out your legs.
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Statement of faith
the word of god
We believe that the original scriptures of the Old and the New Testament are given without errors by inspiration of God and are supreme as final authority for faith and life (2 Tim. 3:16-17).
We believe that what we read in the book of Acts is also for today and that we need to come back to the simple disciple life the first Christians had. We believe that The Last Reformation is a reformation about the true gospel and the simple disciple life, but also a reformation of the church. This is the reason why the movement is called The Last Reformation. The “first” reformation was the reformation with Martin Luther in the 16th century. A reformation of the Catholic church that led to the Protestant church.
If we look at the Protestant church today, it looks so much like the Catholic church and so little like what we read in the Bible and especially the book of Acts. Therefore we really need a new reformation that goes so much deeper than what Martin Luther and the other reformers came with. We are talking about a reformation that deals with the doctrines, the Spirit and the whole church system, why we do church the way we do it.
We believe in the only true God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and His Son our Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist (1 Cor. 8:6).
We believe that Jesus, the Word, became flesh and dwelt among the people and that He is the express image of the Father; if you have seen Jesus you have seen the Father (John 1:14, Hebr. 1:3, John 14:9).
We believe that Jesus lived as the perfect example without sin and that He got baptized in water and received the Holy Spirit, which is the Spirit of God (Hebr. 4:15, Mark 1:9-10).
We believe that Jesus preached repentance and the good news of the Kingdom of God and healed the sick, cast out demons, raised the dead and made disciples. Later he died on the cross to pay for our sins, got buried, rose up again, went to heaven and sent His Holy Spirit on earth (Matt. 1:21, 1 Thes. 4:14, John 3:13, 1 Pet.
We believe that those who receive the Holy Spirit and live by it, build together the body of Christ and continue the work that Jesus has started (1 Kor. 12:27, Eph. 4:12). We believe that God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit (which is the Spirit of God and the Spirit of Jesus) are immutable and therefore the same yesterday, today and forever (Jam. 1:17, Hebr. 13:8, 1 John 5:7).
the real faith
the new life
We believe that to have faith in God is to obey Him and is not only to know that He exists. The same if we believe in Jesus and love Him we obey what He commanded us to do because faith without works is dead (Jam. 2:26, John 14:21).
We believe that to enter in the promised Kingdom of God and receive eternal life we need to be born again: we need to repent toward God the Father from all our sins, get baptized in water in the Name of Jesus Christ, receive the Holy Spirit and continue living a life in faith till the end (Acts 2:38, Matt. 7:21). We believe that repentance is a changing of mind and a turning away of sins caused by the goodness of God and in faith it is the first step into the new life (Rom. 2:4).
We believe that water baptism in the Name of Jesus Christ is part of being born again because it is to be buried with Christ and have the sins washed away by His blood. The baptism into Christ is only valid after repentance and believing in Jesus (Rom. 6:3-10, Acts 2:38, Acts 22:16).
"And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord."
We believe that God promises to give us His Holy Spirit after we have repented, believed and have been baptized into Christ, by laying on hands or asking for it and that there is an outward evidence after receiving God’s Spirit (Acts 8:14-18, Acts
10:44-48, Acts 19:6).
We believe that salvation is more than only a decision in a moment. Likewise the clear picture in the Old Testament where Israel was saved out of Egypt (repentance) and was saved from Egypt after crossing the red sea (water baptism) everyone except two of the generation did not enter in the Promised Land (Kingdom of God) because of disobedience, therefore we believe that those who endure to the end will be saved (Hebr. 12:14, Matt. 24:13, 1 Cor. 10:1-22).
We believe that through the Holy Spirit, as the disciples of Jesus, we are empowered to preach the gospel, heal the sick, cast out demons, raise the dead and use all the gifts of the Holy Spirit for the glory and the Kingdom of God, like our Lord Jesus Christ did (Matt. 10:7-8, 1 Cor. 12:1-12).
We believe that only those who obey the gospel of Christ will be given an immortal and spiritual body at the resurrection and will enter in the eternal Kingdom of God. The others will be punished and destroyed by God on the final judgment (1 Cor.
15:51-53, Mal. 3:19-21).
the church of jesus christ
We believe that the church, “ekklēsia”, “the called-out (ones)”, which Jesus Christ Himself is building, is not a denomination or a building but all the true disciples of Jesus Christ in the whole world, who are led by the Holy Spirit and have fellowship together wherever they stay (Matt. 16:18, Acts 1:13-14).
We believe that we are all called to be disciples of Jesus Christ, who follow Him and become more and more like Him. Jesus never used the word christian but called His followers disciples. It is about to learn from our Lord Jesus like an apprentice and to do the same thing and even greater things than He did (John 15:8, John 14:12).
We believe that out of the disciples, Jesus Christ sets apostles, prophets, evangelists, shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ (Eph. 4:11-12).
We believe that Jesus Christ will come back and will take His bride, the church, and
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Azbil CMG compact, high-accuracy gas flow meters for monitoring Natural Gas (13A) and Air offer mass flow measurement with high speed 2 m response that is unaffected by changes in pressure and temperature. The flow meters employ Azbil Corporations µF (Micro Flow) thermal flow rate sensors as the sensing element. The sensor is located on the pipe wall. Symmetric structure measures reverse flow as well. High repeatability, accuracy ± 4% RD. Pipe size (B) 1/2″”, 1″”, 1 1/2″” and 2″”, flow rate range 4 m3 /h to 150 m3/h. Operating temperature 14 °F (-10 °C) to 140 °F (60 °C), no condensation allowed. Operating pressure 0 to 100 kPa. Sampling time 100 ms ± 10%. Ambient humidity 90 % RH at 40 °C, no condensation allowed. Alarm contact output. Output signal 1 – 5 V/ 4 – 20 mA, selectable by model number. The gas flow monitor digital indication of instantaneous / integrated flow is visible from a distance, and its measurement status can be indicated by Hi, Lo, OVER, ALARM LEDs. The self-diagnostic function is effective for troubleshooting. Protective structure IP54 (rating is based on JIS C 0920), device is dust proof and splash-proof. CE approved (24vdc model only). | <urn:uuid:54ce127d-1e58-40f1-859e-cc8dc9239bcf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://us.azbil.com/product-series/cmg-natural-gas-and-air-series-gas-flow-monitor-for-natural-gas-13a-and-air/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.889308 | 301 | 1.570313 | 2 |
Something awesome was happening in our warehouse this past Saturday–seven athletes with visual impairments stepped up to the line to shoot air rifle and archery!
The affectionately named ‘Shot In The Dark’ was the idea of Kim, a Bridge II Sports athlete with a visual impairment. She was intrigued by the opportunity to try something new and wanted to introduce other members of her Vision Insights support group to adapted sports.
Bridge II Sports program staff and expert coaches worked individually with each participant to ‘challenge-solve’ their own way to shoot.
Several adaptations were used including larger colorful targets, verbal directional cues from staff, and our ‘Super Scope’ (Coach Akeem’s name for it) that magnifies and projects the target on an iPad next to the athlete.
The most ingenious adaptation though was devised by coach John Book. He attached a ‘plumb bob’, a common tool used in carpentry and construction to create a vertical reference line, to the archery bow. When the bow was raised the shooter could feel when the line was straight and knew their arrow was pointing toward the target.
All participants found success…and the target! Plus many caught the bug of adapted sports and are eager to try other sports offered by Bridge II Sports including cycling, kayaking, hiking and goalball.
Big thanks goes out Kim for the idea and coaches, John, Mickey and Rex, for sharing their skills and Saturday morning with us.
You can help keep opportunities like this happening all year round!
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- Author: Nancy Zumkeller
- Editor: Emily Harris
Healthy food and fun physical activity was on the menu for Anthony preschool students and their families. Mrs. Ojeda's AM and PM classes joined together with the UC CalFresh Nutrition Education team for a morning of exercise through the MyPlate Obstacle Course on May 10th. Students gained reinforcement of the messages they have learned all year about the MyPlate model and shared that knowledge with their families. Everyone worked together through 6 stations, such as the Fruit Hoops Bean Bag Toss, the Dairy Dunes Hurdles, and the Vegetable Vertical Climbers, to name a few. Connecting physical activity to the classroom messages about the importance of MyPlate gave these preschoolers a memorable and fun experience that was shared with their parents and younger siblings. Mrs. Ojeda stated that everyone was so excited for this event that parents brought healthy snacks for a healthy party in the classroom after the obstacle course.
The UC CalFresh Fruits and Vegetables were the local celebrities on campus as many preschoolers wanted their individual photo taken with them!
UC CalFresh Nutrition Educator, Hannah Lee, takes a water break with her group at the Hydration Station, where she reads them a story about the importance of drinking water.
The Whole Grain Hops had students practicing their motor skills.
The Dairy Dunes Hurdles had students jumping for joy!
Parents and students build muscle with the Protein Parachute!
Anthony Preschool families gather for a group photo after a morning of physical activity before heading into the classroom to share some healthy snacks!
This event provided families with first-hand experience on how simple exercises done together can not only be fun, but instill positive exercise habits for their young students. Mrs. Ojeda's wish is to make this a yearly event for her preschoolers and possibly for all preschoolers throughout Fresno Unified School District. | <urn:uuid:6b666335-992b-4d28-ac81-24020bf9555e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=24302 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00666.warc.gz | en | 0.968855 | 396 | 1.929688 | 2 |
French curse words are an essential part of the French language. They allow speakers to express emotions from frustration to rage. In fact, if you go to southern France, you’ll hear French swear words like they’re going out of style.
Paris may be France’s capital, but the global epicenter of French swear words is probably in the south of the country.
I took high school French, and I remember very clearly the day that a student asked Madame Cowles to teach us a few French swear words. Mon Dieu !
But instead of scolding my snickering classmate, our teacher began writing a few words on the board. Now this was an education that I could get behind!
Of course, the French swears that we learned that day lacked context. They were just words. I had no idea then a) how often French people actually swear and b) what sort of impact each particular gros mot has on the listener.
Two years of living in France, however, changed all that. It seemed like everyone around me was cursing—a casual merde from the lips of my host sister Audrey, a disgusted salaud from my neighbor Catherine, an abrasive enculé from my French roommate Thomas.
I wish I had owned an audio recorder when I lived in Paris. I feel like I could have hit “record” at any time during the day and I would have picked up a hodgepodge of French swear words.
So what are they? Well, a perfect list of French curse words would be hard to create, because when it comes to profanity, everyone draws the line at a different spot.
For example, zut isn’t really a swear word in French, even though you can find it on lists of French swear words and you can say it in annoyance or disappointment. It’s the equivalent of “darn” and sits meekly at the tame end of the Spectrum of French Curse Words.
Below are words that French people actually use; I’ve also given the situations in which they use them.
Use the links below to jump right to your swear word of choice, find out how to pronounce each word or phrase, and then listen to a string of French swears.
A List of French Curse Words for the Discerning Swearer
- fils de pute
- [ça me] fait chier
- salaud / salope
- [ferme] ta gueule
- More French swears
If you go to France, then I’ll bet you 10 euros that you hear merde (“shit”) from someone in the first 24 hours.
It might be a French guy sitting in the row behind you on the métro. Or maybe the pedestrian pointing at all the merde that the dogs leave on the sidewalk (and that very few dog owners pick up). It could even be a shopkeeper talking to an employee under her breath before she knows you’re there.
The word merde is both a noun and an exclamation, and it’s used almost twice as much in French writing as putain, which is no. 2 by frequency in the corpus of French swear words. (The same is true for English, by the way: “shit” is about twice as common in writing as “fuck.”)
The word merde reigns supreme among French curse words. (Click to enlarge.)
The French exclaim merde in so many different situations. Here are a few:
- “I stubbed my toe.”
- “The other team just scored a goal.”
- “I’m really sorry to hear that your dad has cancer.” (With this last one, the speaker would say it quietly, with empathy, and really draw it out, sometimes turning it into a two-syllable word: MAIR-duh.)
In fact, in some situations, merde comes out so easily (and no one bats an eye) that it almost comes across as “damn.” And although merde means “shit,” its verb form, emmerder, doesn’t mean “to shit.”
One outdated but very colorful way to say in French that someone is old is to say that he has chié les trois quarts de sa merde (literally, he has “shit three quarters of his shit”). I guess “he’s in the autumn of his life” just wasn’t strong enough…
If you need a stronger word than merde, then you can always use putain (“fuck”). The word was originally an offensive term for “prostitute”—i.e., “whore.”
Today, though, we hear it mostly as an exclamation: Putain, c’est cher ! (“Fuck, that’s expensive!”)
One classic swearing formula that you’ll hear in French is putain + de + [noun], which translates as “fucking [noun].” Now let’s fill in the blank!
- Putain de merde ! (“Fucking shit!”)
- Ce putain d’embouteillage ! (“This fucking traffic jam!”)
- Putain de temps ! (“Fucking weather!”)
- Ce putain d’ordinateur ! (“This fucking computer!”)
In the south of France, putain is almost a filler word: Eh, tu viens, putain ? (Here, the speaker isn’t referring to the listener; instead, it’s just a sentence tag.)
fils de pute
Fils de pute is incredibly vulgar, if a bit dated, and sits at the other end of the spectrum (probably scowling, spitting, and grabbing its crotch). It means “son of a bitch,” but you hear it much less in French than “son of a bitch” in English. In fact, in terms of harshness, it’s closer to “motherfucker.”
For a start, pute means “whore,” so already it’s a nastier insult than its English cousin. In addition, the French don’t usually use fils de pute as an exclamation of disgust or annoyance, which is one way that English speakers often use “son of a bitch.”
Instead, they reserve it for people—that is, you might call someone a fils de pute, but you wouldn’t scream it if you dropped an anvil on your foot.
French Swear Words 101: In French, a fils de pute is, literally, a “son of a whore.”
Again, though, just because you can call someone a fils de pute doesn’t mean that you should. My French friends warned me against trotting this one out casually—it’s extremely insulting.
No one language has a monopoly on the image of a man being the son of a prostitute. For example, consider all of the following: hijo de puta (Spanish), figlio di puttana (Italian), filho da puta (Portuguese), and Hurensohn (German).
Foutre is interesting. It’s a verb that comes in a few different flavors. For example, an angry Frenchman might say Va te faire foutre ! (“Go fuck yourself!”). Later, in a calmer moment, he might use an expression with the same word, such as Je m’en fous, which is both tamer and more common.
I always heard French speakers use Je m’en fous in situations where I would say “I don’t care” in English. However, it’s definitely stronger than “I don’t care,” closer to “I don’t give a damn/shit.”
Je m’en fous is a good example of why word-for-word translation doesn’t work. It can mean “I don’t give a rat’s ass,” but nowhere in the phrase will you find any mention of a rat or his ass.
Of all the French curse words out there, I think baiser might be the trickiest for English speakers. Much to their chagrin (delight?), baiser can mean either “kiss” or “fuck,” depending on context.
The tame meaning of baiser.
For example, when Maupassant writes la baisant sur le museau, he’s talking about a dog being kissed on its muzzle. But a drunken, lecherous 20-something mumbling J’ai envie de baiser to a woman he’s trying to pick up in a bar may be on the receiving end of a well-deserved slap to the face.
If you’re worried about accidentally saying “fuck” when all you mean is “kiss,” then skip baiser entirely. Use bise or bisou instead to mean “a kiss.”
[ça me] fait chier
Literally “That makes me shit,” this expression always made me laugh. French speakers often shorten the entire phrase Ça me fait chier ! to simply Fait chier ! But I don’t begrudge them this economy of words. I mean, if you have to shit, you don’t have time to say extra words…
So what does it mean? It’s an expression of annoyance, akin to “What a pain in the ass!” or “This sucks!”
This swear is often paired with putain and merde to create the colorful Putain merde fait chier ! Note: I’ve never heard this used ironically or for a laugh. If you hear this, then you know the speaker is upset.
Mad at someone? Try Tu me fais chier ! (“You’re pissing me off!)—or, to tone it down, Tu me fais suer (“You’re bugging me,” literally “You’re making me sweat.”)
Is “bordello” a bad word? No, but it’s helpful to think of how “whorehouse” sounds to your English ears. (Nastier than “bordello,” huh?)
So why am I including bordel in a post about French curse words? Because the French use it when they’re angry or disgusted. In addition, bordel figures in a few key French swears.
- C’est le bordel ici ! (“What a goddamn mess!” / “What a shithole this is!”)
- Bordel de merde ! (“Goddammit!”) Interestingly, you can’t find Dieu (“God”) anywhere in this phrase, but most French swear words don’t have a perfect one-to-one correspondence that always holds true. Keep that in mind as you consider the following:
- Putain de bordel de merde ! Even though I wrote earlier that putain de translates as “fucking,” you can’t say “fucking goddammit” in English, and you can’t use the word-for-word “Fucking whorehouse of shit!” (Well, you can, but you’ll get a lot of funny looks.) Instead, think of this as something like “Holy fucking shit!” or “Jesus fucking Christ!” (Funny, I always thought Jesus’s middle name was H.)
The word bordel came to French via the Zarphatic (i.e., Judeo-French) word bodel, meaning “hut” or “house.”
salaud / salope
Is there a bastard, asshole, or son of a bitch in your life? Then you may have a salaud on your hands! Just like the English equivalents, the French word salaud is reserved for men. (In fact, have you ever heard a woman get called an asshole? I guess we men have a corner on the asshole market…)
Salope is one of those French curse words that is harsher than its for-men-only counterpart. I say this because there’s a sexual connotation to this one. Sure, you might mean “bitch” when you say salope, but “whore” and “slut” are also possible meanings. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
If you know anything about French word endings, then you know that feminine words often add an e to their masculine counterparts—for example, petit vs. petite. So what’s going on with salaud and salope? Even though you might think that the feminine form should be salaude, the word salaud (the d is silent) actually used to be salop (the p is silent).
Okay, this one ought to have a star next to it, because it’s vulgar—very vulgar. But then again, so is the phrase “to fuck [someone] in the ass,” which is what enculer means.
Did another driver just cut you off in traffic? Enculé ! Did you just find out that your boyfriend cheated on you? Quel enculé !
I find this usage interesting because I can’t imagine an English speaker ever yelling “You buttfucked person / buttfuckee” at the top of his lungs…
The best real-life example I can share involving enculé is the time that I was on le périphérique, the highway that encircles Paris, with my French friend Thomas (pronounced toh-MAH).
It was a parking lot—nobody was moving and Thomas was doing his level best to keep the road rage under wraps. But I could tell that he was getting more and more frustrated.
Finally, he couldn’t stand it any longer and yelled out, Allez ! On prends le train ou on s’encule !?!, which made me laugh out loud.
But you’d be hysterical, too, if your driver screamed, “C’mon! Are we going to take the train or stand around buttfucking each other?” (Thomas, you have no idea how much mileage I’ve gotten out of this story over the years…)
An enculé, literally, is “one who has been assfucked.” (Betcha didn’t learn that one in high school French!)
[ferme] ta gueule
Of all the French curse words that you can direct at another person, this one doesn’t seem that bad on its face. But when you consider that gueule is an animal’s mouth (or “muzzle” or “maw”), you can understand why it’s insulting.
It’s also short for Ferme ta gueule, an extremely rude way of telling someone to shut up. Again, we can’t translate it word for word, because “Shut your mouth-of-an-animal!” just sounds ridiculous. Instead, it’s somewhere in between “Shut up!” and “Shut your fuckin’ mouth!”
If ta gueule isn’t strong enough for you, then try this one on for size: Ferme ta grosse gueule ! (Be careful, though—saying that the other person has a fat fuckin’ mouth is no way to win friends and influence people. )
Literally, a gueule is the mouth of an animal, so saying Ferme ta gueule ! to someone is very rude. (You know, that whole debasing thing.)
Aren’t There More French Curse Words?
Mais oui ! If I had included too many more, though, this post would have ballooned to book-length.
But lest you leave disappointed, here are a few more French swear words for your repertoire:
con / conne
Of all French curse words, con might have the greatest range. At the tame end, it’s used to signal disappointment or regret: C’est con que tu peux pas venir ! (“It’s too bad that you can’t come!”)
At the opposite end of the spectrum, it’s a crude (if outmoded) term for “vagina.” Think “pussy,” “twat,” or even “cunt.” (That last one may shock Americans, but it’s not uncommon in British usage.)
But when you call someone a con, you’re commenting on their intelligence—for example, a French driver who’s annoyed at the bone-headed move of another motorist might yell, Quel con, celui-là ! It’s akin to “What a fuckin’ idiot!” or “What the hell is he doing?!?”
Con can be a playful term, though, too. Has your friend just told a dad joke? T’es vraiment con, quand même would fit nicely.
Annoyed at yourself? Then try Quel con (if you’re a man) or Quel conne (if you’re a woman), which is like saying, “I’m so frickin’ stupid !”
“Mais quel con !”
connard / connasse
Closer to the vulgar end of the spectrum than con and conne, connard and connasse are words that pack a punch. They’re dishes of resentment and negative judgment, perhaps served with a side of jealousy.
For example, high school students might badmouth their teacher (the one who everyone hates) by calling him a connard.
In addition, a recently dumped teenage girl might see her ex with a new girlfriend and, seething with jealous rage, call her a connasse (think “slut” or “whore”).
This is a harsher version of a “jerk,” closer to “asshole.”
The comic Coluche, who was one of the first to use French curse words for laughs in his routines (Quel enfoiré ! was a catchphrase of his), founded an organization in 1985 to help the needy. Each year a group of celebrities and comics holds a concert to raise money for Restaurants du Cœur. They go by the name Les Enfoirés.
Emmerder is a verb that comes from merde, but it doesn’t mean literally “to shit.” Instead, it means “to bore,” “to bug,” or “to piss off,” depending on context.
- Je m’emmerde ! (“I’m so fuckin’ bored.” / “I’m bored shitless.”)
- Tu m’emmerdes ! (“You’re really pissing me off!”)
- T’es vraiment emmerdant, toi ! (“You’re a real pain in the ass!”)
The term pétasse is sexual, an insult akin to “skank” (American) or “tart” (British). In addition, it’s interchangeable with connasse. (Isn’t is great to have options in life?)
trou du cul
We’ve already seen a few “asshole” equivalents among French curse words, but this is the real deal. That is, it literally means “asshole” but, like in English, it can apply to people: C’est vraiment un trou de cul, celui-là ! (“That guy’s a real asshole!”)
If you’re running short on time while you’re insulting someone, you can shorten this one to trou duc’.
A lexical spinoff of couille (“ball,” as in “testicle”), couillon is a funny one, but I don’t mean in the middle-school-boy “balls are funny” kind of way. I mean funny-interesting.
In the north of France, people may say couillon, but it’s vulgar, something like “asshole” in the U.S. or “wanker” in the UK.
However, in the south of France, where swearing is as natural as breathing, a man might say it casually—affectionately, even—to a friend or acquaintance.
You might hear it from guys playing a game of pétanque: Hé, couillon, c’est à toi !
Imagine calling up your buddy and saying, “Hey, douchebag, wanna grab a beer later?” That’s couillon.
36 Seconds of Swearing: A String of French Curse Words
If you’ve ever wanted to hear a string of French profanity, then you’re in luck! French native (and friend of RedLine) Gaëlle Thibault graciously offered to rattle off a few crude remarks, nasty insults, and vulgar expressions for us (transcript here). Merci, Gaëlle !
Thanks to Anna Mason for her help reviewing this post.
Dictionnaire de l’argot français et de ses origines. Colin, Jean-Paul, and Jean-Pierre Mével. Larousse. 1990.
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This one-of-a-kind Toyota Tundra has a very special party trick in its load bed – a self-contained kitchen capable of serving up piping hot pizzas.
The truck, named the Tundra PIE Pro, appeared on Toyota’s display at the SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) show in Las Vegas, USA.
How Toyota made the Tundra PIE Pro
The Tundra PIE Pro was built by Toyota’s Motorsports Technical Center (MTCI). The project included cooperation from Pizza Hut and engineering company Nachi Robotic Systems.
A road-going Tundra SR5 was torn down to a bare rolling chassis and then reassembled from the ground up. The conventional petrol-powered drivetrain was removed and replaced with a hydrogen fuel-cell electric power unit adapted from the Toyota Mirai.
The Tundra’s bed was converted into a virtual pizza factory on wheels or, as MTCI calls it, The Kitchen.
Totally self-contained, The Kitchen comprises a refrigerator, a pair of computer-guided articulating robotic arms and a portable, high-efficiency conveyor oven. All of the components can be powered by the hydrogen fuel cell electric powertrain.
How does the Tundra PIE Pro work?
From start to finish, the pizza-making process takes between six and seven minutes. When the process begins, the first robotic arm opens the refrigerator and removes the selected pizza. It places the pizza on the oven conveyor and returns to close the refrigerator door.
The pizza is then conveyed through a high-speed ventless oven. On the far side, a second robotic arm removes the finished pizza and places it on the cutting board. It then divides it into six identical slices, boxes it up, and delivers it to the customer awaiting on the side of the Tundra.
The Tundra PIE Pro’s environmental impact is virtually nil, the only by-products being water vapour emissions and delicious Pizza Hut pizza.
“As the flagship Toyota truck, the Tundra is a workhorse in the truest sense,” said Ed Laukes, Group Vice President, Toyota Division Marketing.
“Its great strengths are its extreme capability and eminent versatility, and what better way to illustrate that than by turning it into something completely unique – a hydrogen fuel cell electric-powered, pizza-making robotic vehicle!”
Who made the Toyota Tundra PIE Pro?
Build partner: Pizza Hut
Lead builder: Marty Schwerter
Mechanic/fabricators: Rich Garver, Brad Vetter
Engineering: Jamie Wells Engineering
CNC machining: Scarbo Performance
Powertrain: Toyota Fuel Cell System (TFCS), permanent magnet AC synchronous
electric motor, sealed nickel-metal hydride (NI-MH) w/ 34 cell modules
Suspension: TRD custom
Wheels: 2019 TRD Pro
Tyres: BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO3
Robots: Nachi Robotics Systems MZ07 CFD, MZ07L CFD six-axis articulating arms
Robot tools: Schunk MPG series 24V DC grippers
Oven: TurboChef HHC 1618 high-speed conveyor
Paint/bodywork: George Lowe/Danny Acosta, Envisage Design
Interior: Red and black Alcantara by Midnight Customs
The Tundra was just one of the stand-out modified cars shown by Toyota at SEMA. Click here to enjoy some of the other highlights.
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Flies' multifaceted eyes have long allowed them to elude frustrated swatters from all directions. Now, inspired by insects' vision, researchers have built a digital camera with an array of tiny lenses lining a bulging eyeball, allowing an undistorted, nearly 180-degree view.
The new camera, described in the journal Nature, could one day guide miniature spy planes, search-and-rescue vehicles and even endoscopic procedures.
All vertebrate animals (including humans) possess single-lens, rather flat eyes that are great at picking up light and offering high spatial resolution. But unlike vertebrates, most creatures see the world through compound eyes, which use an array of primitive eyes arranged in a highly domed structure that gives them a panoramic view, proving handy for detecting movement and escaping predators from many different directions.
"I’ve just been intrigued by the insect world for as long as I can remember, starting as a little kid," said study lead author John Rogers, a materials scientist a the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "And if you think about an insect as an engineered system, the level of sophistication and the capabilities are just off the charts, compared to anything you’d find in a man-made system."
To mimic the fly eye, the researchers took a stretchy layer embedded with 180 lenses, placed it over another layer filled with photodetectors, and essentially blew it up like a balloon. Rigid connections kept the individual lenses firmly attached to their photodetectors while the stretchy material around them allowed the fake eyeball to take the desired shape, giving it about a 160-degree view.
The researchers' mechanical bug eye isn’t yet a top-of-the-line model: It contains 180 lenses, about the same number in the eyes in fire ants and bark beetles, which don’t have great vision. The dragonfly eye, by contrast, contains about 28,000.
But with a few more improvements and a lot more lenses, this fly-eye camera could one day be put to the test in medical devices that need to see inside the body and even tiny flying rescue robots to navigate perilous environments, such as a collapsed, smoking building after an earthquake.
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Kicking Horse Mountain Resort can lend its name to Sir James Hector who in 1858 was led on an expedition by John Palliser in which they were exploring routes for Canada’s first trans-continental railway. While they were camped on the Great Divide, Sir Hector was attempting to tie his pack horse to a tree when he was viciously kicked by his horse which rendered him unconscious for so long that the native guides thought he was dead and dug a grave in a spiritual valley along the tribe’s namesake – the “Wapta” River. When Sir Hector awoke he went on the explore the valley of his planned burial and the river valley henceforth became known as the “Kicking Horse River” and the new route to the west.
With a vertical rise of 4,133 feet (1,260 metres), Kicking Horse Mountain Resort has one of the largest vertical ascents of any resort in North America. The 8-person Golden Eagle Express Gondola whisks visitors to the mountain peak exposing the scenic alpine bowls, dramatic ridgelines and stunning scenery that make Kicking Horse famous. While on the summit, the Eagle’s Eye Restaurant offers one of the most elevated dining experiences in Canada.
- Total Terrain: 2,800+ in-bounds skiable acres (with plans to expand to 4,000+ acres)
- Number of runs: 120+ (85+ in bound chutes)
- Base Elevation: 3,900 feet (1,190 metres)
- Eagle’s Eye Elevation: 7,700 feet (2,350 metres)
- Peak Lift Elevation: 8,033 feet (2,450 metres)
- Number of Lifts: 5
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The Front Desk at Glacier Mountaineer Lodge is open 24 hours a day during the ski season only. In case of emergency outside of regular Front Desk hours, please dial “7590.”
Glacier Mountaineer Lodge gladly welcomes children. As their safety is important to us, we kindly request that children under 16 be accompanied and supervised by a parent or guardian at all times. Kids under 16 with a parent/guardian – stay free!
For guests staying at Glacier Mountaineer Lodge, access to your Suite will be provided upon check-in at the front desk. Your room key will grant you access to all common areas of the lodge and to your suite. If you require any assistance please contact Guest Services by dialing “5001” or visit us at the front desk at Glacier Lodge and we would be happy to assist you.
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Glacier Mountaineer Lodge’s Stuffie
There are six stuffies in the Bellstar Stuffie Family. Glacier Mountaineer Lodge’s resort stuffie is James the Kicking Horse Grizzly. By bringing James home, you help support the Kicking Horse Grizzly Bear Refuge - home to the world’s largest enclosed and protected grizzly habitat, and resident orphan Boo.
For more information about James, visit bellstar.ca/resort-stuffies. If you would like to take James home with you please visit the front desk at Glacier Lodge, or contact Guest Services by dialing "5001”.
We here at Glacier Mountaineer Lodge know that your pet is a part of the family and that you want to bring the whole family on your vacations. To best accommodate you and your pet we have assigned a limited number of rooms as pet friendly. Please indicate upon your reservation that you require a pet friendly room. The pet guest fee is $20 per pet, per night (up to $100 per stay). A portion of the pet guest fee is donated to support the local SPCA. For more information please visit glaciermountaineer.com/pets-can-stay.html.
- Pet Size Allowed: Medium - Under 40 lbs
- Pet Guest Fee: $20 per pet, per night (up to $100 per stay)
- Pet Types Allowed: Dogs and cats
- Allowed Pets per Unit: One pet per suite
- Leashes Required
- No Seasonal Restrictions
- Pet Amenities: Food and water bowls are available upon request. Numerous walking areas located around property for pet exercise and relief.
- Additional Pet Policies: Pets must be kenneled if left unattended in room, housekeeping services will not be provided if pets are unsecured. Noise from pets must not interrupt the quiet enjoyment of other guests at the resort. The owner of the pet accepts full responsibility for any damage or harm caused by their pet while on resort premises. All pet waste must be picked up immediately by the pet owner and disposed of in a waste container (failure to pick up after a pet may result in the eviction of the pet or additional housekeeping fees being charged to the pet owner). Pets exhibiting aggressive behavior towards other pets or guests will be asked to vacate the resort. Only select units are pet friendly. You will be financially responsible for any damages that may incur. If you arrive with your pet and have not requested a pet friendly room we will not be able to accommodate you. Your deposit will also be forfeited. Additionally, if pets found in non pet friendly rooms the pet owner will have a substantial cleaning fee applied to their bill of up to $250.
Local Pet Services
Kicking Horse Boarding Kennels
Offering both day care services (dogs only) and overnight kennel care services for cats and dogs.
962 McBeath Road Golden, BC
- Columbia Veterinary Services
1-611 10th Ave N, Golden, BC
- Funky Dog Spa
912 9th St N RR 2, Golden, BC
- Rocky Mountain Bed & Biscuit
Horse Creek Road, Golden, BC
Offering both day care services and overnight kennel care services.
Complimentary private parking is available in designated areas on a first come first serve basis. During high occupancy times, we cannot guarantee a parking space for all guests. There is additional parking available at designated parking areas on the mountain. For more information about additional parking, please contact Guest Services by dialing “5001,” or visit the Front Desk.
Complimentary parking is available for one vehicle per reservation. For safety purposes, guests are required to display their parking passes at all times as well as provide our Guest Service Agents with their vehicle information at check-in. Vehicles and contents are left at the vehicle owner’s or renter’s risk. Please obey all signs if parking on the street. Any vehicle not registered at the front desk may be towed at the owner's expense.
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If you require security assistance during ski season please call Guest Services by dialing “5001.” Dial “7590” for emergencies outside of ski season. In the event of an emergency, dial “9+911,” or “9+250-495-7236” for the local police
While in your room, please keep doors locked at all times. All Glacier Mountaineer Lodge employees wear name badges. Protect your Entry Code and Access Cards at all times. Please return all Access Cards to Guest Services when upon check-out.
Please read and obey all warning signs on the premises, on the mountain, and in the surrounding areas. If you plan on going out of bounds (which we highly discourage), notify Lodge and Resort staff in advance and consider taking the Avalanche Safety Course offered by the Resort. Regardless of the outdoor activity you plan to undertake, never underestimate the power of the weather and the environment in the mountains. Conditions can change rapidly and you should be prepared for any circumstance.
Bear and Predator Safety
When exploring outdoors, guests should be prepared for a potential encounter with a bear, cougar, wolf, coyote, or other wildlife. We recommend that all guests report their planned destination / trail routes to Guest Services and the Resort before embarking. Additionally, we encourage guests to carry bear spray with them when adventuring outdoors. To reduce your risk of a surprise encounter with a bear and other wildlife, we encourage the following precautions:
- Make noise (clap, yell, sing, etc)
- Travel in groups, on established trails and during daylight hours
- Minimize odors through proper storage of food, garbage and toiletries
- Leave the area if you see a bear or evidence of fresh tracks, droppings, or diggings
- Leave the area if you see a large dead animal (a bear could be nearby)
- Keep pets on a leash and walk with them in open areas during daylight hours
For more information on Bear and Predator safety procedures and how to react in the event of an encounter, please contact Guest Services or the Resort.
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Photocopy, fax, mail and printing services are available through Guest Services. Additional fees may apply. Please contact Guest Services by dialing “5001” for details and pricing. All mail service for Kicking Horse Mountain Resort is located in the town of Golden. Please contact Guest Services for inbound or outbound postage assistance and details on pricing.
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Rules and Regulations for Glacier Mountaineer Lodge and for your suite are posted in each suite. All guests are expected to carefully read and abide by these rules and regulations to ensure that the experience of all guest’s is an enjoyable one. Failure to comply with these rules and regulations could lead to expulsion without compensation.
Please be aware that Glacier Mountaineer Lodge and its affiliates take no responsibility for items / valuables left in the units or in the storage lockers during the stay or left after departure. Any property found in the suites after departure will be recorded by the Housekeeping staff and stored for collection for a period of 90 days. Lost or forgotten items can be shipped after departure. A handling fee plus all applicable shipping charges may apply. Please report any suspected theft or lost property to Guest Services by dialing “5001” immediately. | <urn:uuid:dc506689-9508-43e7-8be4-fc71f9bc13da> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.bellstar.ca/glacier-our-resort | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718285.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00105-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937968 | 2,394 | 1.507813 | 2 |
This message is to alert American citizens to an unfolding natural disaster and State of Emergency in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), including the city of Khorog. Accelerated snow and glacier melting caused by high temperatures during the first two weeks of July triggered dangerous mudslides and flooding on July 16, resulting in the destruction of at least 50 houses and one school.
Although power and water have been restored to Khorog as of July 18, the situation remains dangerous. The mudslides of July 16 blocked the Gund River, a tributary of the Panj, leading to the formation of a large lake of water 16 kilometers from Khorog near the village of Kolkhozobod. There is concern that the dam of mud and rock that is holding back this lake may give way as pressure behind it builds, particularly if there is additional rain and/or snow-melt. This could create significant flash flooding downriver, including in Khorog and as far as some districts in Khatlon region.
The Government of Tajikistan has declared a State of Emergency in GBAO, and the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe is canceling some official travel to the region. We strongly urge non-official Americans to delay all non-essential travel to GBAO until the risk of flooding has abated. Americans currently residing, working, or traveling in GBAO should exercise an abundance of caution in the affected areas, and closely monitor the situation for further developments. Americans in need of emergency assistance should contact the U.S. Embassy at 992-37-229-2000.
U.S. citizens traveling abroad should regularly monitor the U.S. Department of State’s, Bureau of Consular Affairs website, where the current Worldwide Caution, Travel Warnings, Travel Alerts, and Country Specific Information can be found. The U.S. Embassy also encourages U.S. citizens to review “A Safe Trip Abroad,” which includes valuable security information for those living and traveling abroad.
Follow us on Twitter and the Bureau of Consular Affairs page on Facebook as well. You can also download our free Smart Traveler App available through iTunes and the Android market to have travel information at your fingertips. In addition to information on the internet, travelers may obtain the latest information on security conditions by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll-free in the United States and Canada, or outside the United States and Canada on a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444. These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays).
The U.S. Embassy in Tajikistan can be reached 24/7 at 992-37-229-2000. The Consular Section can be reached directly at 992-37-229-2300. Non-emergency services for U.S. citizens: Mon, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. and Tue – Fri, 2 – 4 p.m. In the event of emergency, you may reach the Duty Officer at 992-98-580-1032. You may also reach the Consular Officer via the Embassy main phone number: 992-37-229-2000.
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SOUTHAMPTON, England, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- British scientists say they have identified a repeating underground trigger for the largest explosive volcanic eruptions on Earth.
Researchers from the University of Southampton have been studying the Las Canadas volcanic caldera on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, which has generated at least eight major eruptions during the last 700,000 years.
These catastrophic events have created eruption columns more than 15 miles high and thrown gas and ash over 80 miles away from the volcano, they said.
In an analysis of igneous rocks discovered in pyroclastic deposits of major eruptions, the scientists found pre-eruptive mixing within the magma chamber of older cooler magma with younger hotter magma appears to be the repeating trigger in large-scale eruptions, a Southampton release said Friday.
The analysis showed signs of major mixing events in the magma chamber immediately before eruption, they said.
"Stirring young hot magma into older, cooler magma appears to be a common event before these explosive eruptions," researcher Rex Taylor said.
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a former Italian territory in E Africa, formed in 1936 by the merging of Eritrea and Italian Somaliland with newly conquered Ethiopia: taken by the British Imperial forces 1941.
a former Italian territory in E Africa, formed in 1936 from the possessions of Eritrea, Italian Somaliland, and Ethiopia: taken by British forces in 1941
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[ih-tal-yuh-nist] /ɪˈtæl yə nɪst/ noun 1. a person who specializes in the study of Italy, the people, or the language.
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Virtually all security professionals believe that human error could put the security of cloud data at risk, according to new research published today.
A survey commissioned by Tripwire and carried out last month by Dimensional Research found that 93% of security professionals were concerned that human error could result in the accidental exposure of their cloud data.
Despite their concern over human error, 22% of those surveyed said that they assess their cloud security posture manually.
The survey evaluated the opinions of 310 security professionals on the implementation of cloud security best practices.
According to the research, a number of organizations experience difficulties in monitoring and securing their cloud environments. A majority of security professionals (76%) state they have difficulty maintaining security configurations in the cloud, and 37% said their risk management capabilities in the cloud are worse compared with other parts of their environment.
Other findings were that security professionals tend not to keep tabs on their real-time cloud security situation. Only 21% of organizations were found to assess their overall cloud security posture in real time or near real time.
While 21% said they conduct weekly cloud security evaluations, 58% said they wait until a month or more has gone by.
Maintaining security was a challenge for most organizations, with only 22% saying that they are able to maintain continuous cloud security compliance over time.
“Security teams are dealing with much more complex environments, and it can be extremely difficult to stay on top of the growing cloud footprint without having the right strategy and resources in place,” said Tim Erlin, vice president of product management and strategy at Tripwire.
“Fortunately, there are well-established frameworks, such as CIS benchmarks, which provide prioritized recommendations for securing the cloud. However, the ongoing work of maintaining proper security controls often goes undone or puts too much strain on resources, leading to human error.”
The amount of automation employed varied across cloud security best practices. While 51% use automated alerts with context for suspicious behavior, only 45% automatically assess new cloud assets as they are added to the environment.
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A Masters degree is an academic degree awarded to individuals who successfully denote a higher level of expertise. There are two main types of Masters - taught and research.
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Deep respect for individual integrity; strong conviction about the healing dimension of the creative process; a commitment to helping people—these are the qualities of a successful art therapist. The Adler School’s Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology: Art Therapy program will help you develop them.
The program combines traditional counseling theories and techniques with an understanding of the psychological aspects of the creative process. The program prepares graduates to work in a variety of clinical, educational, and social service settings with diverse populations. These settings include medical and psychiatric hospitals, primary and secondary schools, wellness centers, children’s agencies, correctional facilities, geriatric settings, drug and alcohol treatment programs, community mental health centers, and violence shelters.... [-] | <urn:uuid:66faf4ba-50e1-49dd-b822-30275518120d> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.masterstudies.co.uk/Masters-Degree/Visual-Arts/USA/Illinois/Cook/Chicago/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285315.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00570-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950531 | 389 | 2.296875 | 2 |
Once you have a produced products to distribute, there are plenty of things you need to take into account when working with specific publishing strategies. One of the most simple ideas is stamping on large papers stock options including solid papers. Such type of cardstock gives a superior impression on your produced products. You need to select such type of paper.
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Say the word “Italy” and what comes to mind are Venice waterways, Rome’s Colosseum, stretches of Tuscany countryside, and of course amazing food. Eating out in Italy is almost a destination in itself, a highlight of any trip. Before you do, though, keep these five things in mind that can make your experience even more enjoyable.
- Know your pasta. There are more shapes of pasta in Italy than there are snowflakes in Minnesota. Whether the pasta is fusilli or tortiglioni, each is intentionally paired with a different sauce. Famous Italian-American chef and television celebrity Lydia Bastianich explains the pairings in this helpful article. By familiarizing yourself with what Italians take pride in and learning to talk intelligently about it, you’ll communicate respect and interest in the country and culture.
- Italians are extremely proud of their wines. Every region has its specialty, uniquely flavored by the local soil in which the grapes are grown. If an Italian shares wine with you, that person is sharing a part of who they are. Out of respect, when toasting always look people in the eye.
- Mealtime is a process not a fast-food event. Courses are brought out one at a time in a specific sequence—antipasto, primo (usually a meatless dish or pasta), secondo (main dish), followed by salads and desserts. If you’ve ordered an antipasto for a light snack and your companion a secondo and a salad, expect them to come out at different times. If you want them brought out at the same time, you can make that clear. On the other hand, you can take the approach that a meal is an experience to be savored.
- Timing is everything. Italians take a pausa pranzo, or midday break, that can stretch until as late as three in the afternoon. That’s less the case in big cities, but don’t be surprised to find restaurants in smaller towns closed. And if you go out too early in the evening for dinner, you may find nothing is open. It’s best to wait until 7 or preferably 8 pm.
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The only woman in a sea of men in suits, Dorothy Townsend can't help but stand out in the official photograph of the Los Angeles Times team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1966 for coverage of the Watts riots.
The picture also inadvertently documents Townsend's other historic role at the newspaper. After insisting on being reassigned from "the women's pages" in early 1964, she became the first female staff writer to cover local news in a city room long populated only by men.
Townsend, who wrote for The Times from 1954 to 1986, died March 5 of cancer at her Sherman Oaks home, said her cousin, Louise Hagan. She was 88.
"I don't think any of us at that time realized what she had accomplished merely by making it to the newsroom," Noel Greenwood, a former Times senior editor, said in an email.
"This was during an era when women were thought to be such delicate creatures that they were not fit for the challenges of hard news reporting, and were consigned to the features section," he wrote. "I always remembered Dorothy as a heroine."
To the female journalists who followed her into the city room beginning in the early 1970s, Townsend was "a pioneer, although she never considered herself such," said Myrna Oliver, a former Times reporter who joined the local news staff in 1972.
"She complained that her editors tried to keep her from going into the worst areas," Oliver said. "She said, 'I can run faster than any of those men in the city room.' She was a tough, petite little lady — and an excellent reporter."
When the Watts riots broke out in August 1965, Townsend demanded that she be allowed to cover them, said Bill Thomas, who oversaw The Times' coverage of the riots and later became the paper's editor.
"She was ever ambitious, at my desk all the time, saying, 'Send me, send me, send me,' " Thomas said. "Everyone was getting clobbered" covering the riots "but she insisted that she was one of the gang, so I said, 'All right.' "
The feature stories that Townsend derided as "white glove assignments" quickly gave way to hard news.
Months after chronicling the "Sad Saga of Bimbo, the Psychotic Whale" at Marineland, she helped document the aftermath of the riots. She interviewed religious leaders who expressed guilt over being "blinded" to economic conditions in Watts and analyzed the "desperate" youths who took part in the riots.
"Dorothy was what we would have called back then very ladylike," former Times columnist Steve Harvey said in an email. "She wore dresses. She didn't smoke or curse.... But she was tough."
As proof, he recalled how she was sent to skid row in 1978 to write about the fears of the homeless after a series of stabbings.
"She was funny and smart and she was one of the guys, and that was very hard to achieve back then," said Patt Morrison, a Times columnist who was a newsroom intern when she met Townsend in the late 1970s. "It was a very macho environment when she came into it, and it was pretty brave for her to do."
Born Feb. 25, 1924, in Claude, Texas, she was the only child of Randolph Townsend and his wife, Vernon. After her parents divorced when she was an infant, she grew up in Texas and Long Beach and often lived with her grandmother and an aunt.
As a young girl, Dorothy decided she wanted to be a great reporter, her cousin said.
She received an associate's degree from Fullerton Junior College in 1948, the same year she started working at the Costa Mesa Globe Herald. She later attended UCLA and earned a bachelor's degree in 1960 from Cal State L.A.
Upon joining The Times as a "Women's staff reporter," she regularly covered society events. But as feature sections evolved, so did her subjects. By 1960, she was interviewing future First Lady Lady Bird Johnson and profiling teenage mountaineers who climbed the Matterhorn for "what probably is the strangest summer job at Disneyland," Townsend wrote.
First Lady Betty Ford once offered her an exclusive interview if Townsend would fly with her on Air Force One from Chicago to L.A., so the newspaper "rushed a suitcase to her with some toothpaste and other necessities," her cousin said.
At The Times, Townsend also met her future husband, Richard Vanderveld, who worked in the Business section in the 1960s. They were married from 1968 until 2006, when he died at 80. The couple had no children.
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Often when the protagonist of a speculative narrative must struggle against an unfeeling world, that world is represented by a faceless conglomerate, a near-governmental corporation which seems to control facets of society wherever the character looks.
So in Stock and Trade, our latest genre fiction feature series, we’re looking at fictional corporations. Today, we’re featuring Sirius Cybernetics.
The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation is the company with the robot market cornered in the story universe of the Hitchhicker’s Guide to the Galaxy novels. The characters seem to interact with Sirius Cybernetics products everywhere they go, and, as it is a comedic series, the results are usually humorous.
Sirius Cybernetics was founded on one planet in the Sirius Tau system, though no one remembers which, as a simple robot manufacturer an unspecified number of years before the opening of the series, and by the time the story opens, it had grown to the largest supplier of robots in the galaxy.
It spent many years as just a manufacturer of robots, leaving the design of the robots, and the development of artificial intelligence to other companies. Eventually however, it became profitable enough that it could afford to compete with the rest of the market in these other portions of the operation.
They specialized in the creation of custom A.I. systems which would act and feel according to the client’s specifications. This included a special prescience package which could be grafted onto service robots, to give them the ability to know what a user will need before they request it. In the time of the novels, all that seems to be left of these A.I. are in elevators which arrive at your floor before you push the button.
This was widely successful, and the company started to push others out of the business, until almost every robot was a product of Sirius. It was after this success that they decided to branch out again, this time into custom planet construction. However another company in that industry was too competitive, and Sirius had to back down. The losses taken there caused the company to start cutting corners in the robot business.
Soon, they announced a new technology called Genuine People Personalities, which was intended to replace their custom AI division.
In this design, an A.I. would be given the capacity for human emotion and interaction, but otherwise left to itself to figure that out.
Early prototypes quickly become paranoid and moody creatures, with little motivation for activity, and a general apathy regarding their own existence.
Some of the robots equipped with GPP were disconcerting to people because their personalities contained multiple properties, which could not cohesively exist inside of one person. One such robot ended up on Earth, where he took the name Ronald Reagan, and was a popular figure for a time.
This was the beginning of the decline of the robotics and AI divisions of Sirius, and their complaints department had to be expanded to receive all of the many complaints from angry and frustrated customers across the galaxy.
Soon the complaints department employed an entire continent of the company’s home world, then the entire planet. By the time of the stories, the Sirius Cybernetics complaint department covers all three habitable planets in the Sirius Tau system, and is the only profitable division of the still massive corporation.
The most recent designs are so flawed that just getting them to work at all gives on such a sense of satisfaction that no one ever notices that they still aren’t really working properly. One side effect of these terrible robots, however, is that people across the galaxy have begun some healthier habits because of the incompetent AI’s.
For example, more people are drinking water over other beverages because it’s the only thing that the Nutrimatic Drinks Dispenser gets right, and others have begun taking the stairs more often simply to avoid talking to the annoying AI in their elevators.
The protagonists of the novels have to deal with annoying AI every day, from the hyperactive navigational computers in their ship, to doors which chipperly thank every person who uses them. One of the crew of the Heart of Gold, Marvin, is a Sirius Cybernetics product, but as one of the early GPP AI’s he rarely has much of worth to contribute.
Sirius Cybernetics, like much of the Hitchhiker universe, is an absurdist representation of real-life equivalents. It makes light of modern corporations which trade in useless, even broken, technology to a public who seem happy just to get what they get.
Directly, it seems to parody Microsoft, who have had a similar, if not quite as absurd, history of products which people are happy with if they just work, rather than demanding true quality, and which seem to be as temperamental as Marvin.
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Visit the Michigan State University Green Roof Research Program website here. The Project Manager and designer is Dr. Brad Rowe: firstname.lastname@example.org. Newslinks relevant to PSSB installation:Link to a video clip.MSU installs vegetative roof to save energy, environmentLSJ.com, by James McCurtis Jr.May 28, 2004Green roof planted on top of Plant Scienceswww.statenews.com, by Rebecca McNultyMay 24, 2004
Michigan State University can now boast benefits of green roof technology to the local and surrounding community by having its own green roof. Our green roof is the first on campus, and the first in the Michigan?s public university system to establish studies comparing roofing surfaces. The Green Roof Research Program will be implementing additional studies to further monitor green roof performance. The hard work of acquiring financial support paid off when the extensive green roof (3500 sf) was installed May 21, 2004 on the Plant and Soil Sciences Building (PSSB). This roof serves multiple functions. First, its location is excellent for using it as a demonstration roof. While visiting the surrounding gardens, or taking a lunch break, the general public can see the green roof from the 2nd floor viewing room accessible during building hours. The public can observe the annual progression of a green roof throughout the changing seasons. Second, this roof is a learning tool for graduate and undergraduate students. The MSU living roof serves as a hands-on tool for learning about installations, monitoring, and maintenance.Scientifically, instrumentation compares vegetated and existing gravel surfaces. Real-time data will show current weather conditions and rainfall amounts, as well as monitor heat flux (heat transfer in and out of the building), soil moisture, and temperatures at various depths throughout the extensive system, the gravel ballast, and the ambient air. Plant establishment, rate of coverage, and over-wintering successes will also be evaluated for novel green roof plant species. As with many cities, the MSU community is concerned with storm water runoff and energy conservation. Data collected from the MSU PSSB green roof project will be used in decision making for the MSU Campus Master Plan. Hopefully, vegetated roofs will be a feasible option for new and retrofit construction.
No retrofitting was needed because the weight of the entire green roof system supplied by XeroflorAmerica, LLC. was approximately ten pounds per square foot, about the half the weight of the pre-existing gravel ballast. The pre-vegetated mats were grown at an off-site production field. The mats were harvested as rolled 1 X 2 meter sections, stacked on pallets, and transported to the building. On top of the roof, the gravel ballast was removed before the green roof foundation layers were put down. The base layers consisted of a HDPE root barrier membrane, drainage layer, filter fabric, and water retention fleece. The vegetative mats were unrolled onto the layers. Volunteer labor, consisting of students and professors, was completed in about 5 hours.The employees at the Plant and Soil Sciences Building have already noticed changes to the roof and question why it is called “green” as they see varying colors of reds, whites, and yellows. The living roof has ten Sedum species that will adapt with the changing growing season, just as in nature. By late in the summer season, dried flower stalks are visible, with seedlings are emerging in bare spots. Supplemental irrigation is available by utilizing a faucet attached to the building, though periodic rainfall has been adequate to maintain plant health thus far. Green roof materials were donated by XeroflorAmerica, LLC, and additional funding was supported by Michigan State University Office of the Vice President of Finance and Operations. The MSU Green Roof Research Program is an ongoing collaboration between the Departments of Horticulture, Crop and Soils, Plant Biology, Climatology, Mechanical Engineering, and Agricultural Engineering. | <urn:uuid:1c59c49e-c500-4578-bce9-37bacdc72a09> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.greenroofs.com/projects/michigan-state-university-pssb/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00670.warc.gz | en | 0.955329 | 810 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Imagine walking into school one day after staying up late to watch the Red Sox win and hearing the familiar voice of Neil Diamond blasting over the loudspeaker singing “Sweet Caroline.” Imagine also knowing that this silly celebratory behavior was being put on by the principal, of all people, not a senior playing a prank. Then you would be at AMSA, where Executive Director Dr. Anders Lewis and Principal Ellen Linzey have a friendly spring and autumn rivalry — Yankees vs. Red Sox.
Students are completely aware of the fun rivalry, and can see how well they get along — the two can always be found with smiles across their faces and laughing. Proof of their competition can be seen through friendly bets throughout the season. For example, if the Yankees lose, Dr. Lewis has to buy Mrs. Linzey Starbucks for a week and wear a Red Sox cap to school, and vice versa.
“But this time with the World Series I felt so sorry for him,” Mrs. Linzey said jokingly. But Dr. Lewis added that she has been “rubbing in” the Red Sox’s recent victory, especially after defeating the Yankees in the first round of playoffs. Both of them agreed that when the Red Sox and Yankees are pitted against each other the bets and mockery become more intense.
Both Dr. Lewis and Mrs. Linzey recall growing up watching and loving baseball. While Dr. Lewis grew up in Briarcliff Manor, north of New York City, Mrs. Linzey was raised in Brockton, a town in southeast Massachusetts. When they began working together a few years ago, there was little doubt that they would develop a playful rivalry.
“It’s all in good humor and fun,” Dr. Lewis said. “We want our students to see the school as a place of serious learning and academic achievement, but also a place they can be themselves and relax and enjoy life at AMSA.”
The joking is always in good fun, and both Mrs. Linzey and Dr. Lewis hope that it makes them appear as more relatable people, just regular sports fans, rather than just important figures in administration. Along with their public and friendly rivalry, students can see the pair appearing together in fun informational videos or in the morning welcoming students to school. Dr. Lewis and Mrs. Linzey hope to be an example of people working together and making things fun with lighthearted personalities.
“I hope that that’s an example that the kids, that the student body, will see and say ‘Wow, they really care about each other they’re doing hard work together all the time,’” Mrs. Linzey said. She also noted that they hope public jokes like this make them more approachable and open to having a good time, while also working hard to get things done.
“Having fun, appreciating sports, having hobbies outside of school, music, there’s a balance in life and it’s harder to be good at one thing unless you have that balance,” Dr. Lewis said.
“I don’t think that Yankees and Red Sox fans are always friends,” Evan Scully, a freshman at AMSA, said with a laugh. It is important to know that Evan is a hard-core Yankees fan, often wearing a Yankees sweater to school. His statement, though, shows how Dr. Lewis and Mrs. Linzey have overcome the expectations based on traditional sports rivalries.
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The Bible doesn’t actually say what Jesus and the disciples did on Wednesday of Passion week. It is thought that after spending two days in Jerusalem they spent this day resting in Bethany before the Passover.
Jesus was close friends of Lazarus and his two sisters Mary and Martha so he possibly stayed at their house .
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Readers React: $77 billion for the bullet train is a fair price to pay in the fight against climate change
To the editor: Steve Lopez wonders why we need high-speed rail when we have freeways and airplanes. I have a answer: climate change.
Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the state, and high-altitude emissions from aircraft are particularly bad from a climate perspective. Therefore it’s imperative for us to build a sustainable, low-carbon transportation system to link our state together. If we’re not working to reduce emissions from transportation, then we’re not being serious.
Californians like to see themselves as forward thinking and environmentally conscious. In addition, we’ve been at the forefront of innovation and solving big challenges since the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
It’s time we resurrect our can-do spirit and work to solve the biggest challenge of our time.
Nick Hooper, Los Angeles
To the editor: Given the huge cost overruns of California’s high-speed rail project, one has to wonder if initial projections were the result of incompetence or fraud. In either case the public has been deceived big time, and I hope we run, not walk, to the exit of this boondoggle.
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, never have so few spent so much for so little.
Don Tonty, Los Angeles
To the editor: Lopez does his usual excellent job of fairly airing an issue, in this case the cost of California’s high-speed rail project.
But people wringing their hands over the price tag seem to forget that as taxpayers are currently funding the most expensive weapons program in world history, the F-35 joint strike fighter, to the tune of $1.5 trillion. That makes $77 billion for high-speed rail look like a bargain.
Building high-speed rail is an infrastructure project that employs lots of people for a long period of time, an arrangement President Trump says he endorses. And while no ordinary citizen will ever ride in an F-35, high-speed rail will produce an environmentally sound alternative to air travel that people can actually use.
Bruce Henderson, Grover Beach, Calif.
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Endodontic treatment, also known as a root canal treatment, is a treatment of the tooth aimed at clearing infection as well as protecting the tooth from subsequent infections.
When a tooth is cracked or has a deep cavity, bacteria can enter the pulp tissue and germs can cause an infection inside the tooth. If left untreated, an abscess may form. If the infected tissue is not removed, pain and swelling can result. This can not only injure your jawbones, but is detrimental to your overall health as well. Without the proper treatment, your tooth may have to be removed.
Root canal treatment involves one to three visits, during which your endodontist removes the affected tissue. After the tissue is removed, the interior of the tooth will be cleaned and sealed. Finally, the tooth is filled with a dental restoration. If your tooth had extensive decay, your doctor may suggest placing a crown to strengthen and protect the tooth from breaking. As long as you continue to care for your teeth and gums with regular brushing, flossing, and checkups, your restored tooth can last a lifetime.
Endodontic treatment is intended to help save your tooth from extraction. Missing teeth can make you self-conscious, affect your ability to bite and chew, cause other healthy teeth to shift, and have a negative impact on your overall health. By choosing to receive endodontic treatment, you are choosing to keep your smile healthy and beautiful for years to come. | <urn:uuid:e46c5caa-4753-48fa-b42b-7ecf3fd187bf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://enterprisesmiles.com/endodontic-treatment | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570868.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808152744-20220808182744-00074.warc.gz | en | 0.968395 | 300 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Sometimes I come across what I call unusual coding practices. Developers usually have pressure on them to deliver and this often results in simply delivering code that works – with very little attention to best practice , performance or security.
Sometimes this lack of attention to best practice (or even good practice), leaves substantial scope for the introduction of subtle bugs into code.
Take the case of two stored procedures where one stored procedure (sp1) produces a temporary table and loads it with data, the calls a second stored procedure (sp2) which selects data from this table.
Yes, I can guess what you are thinking “why not just do all these operations in a single stored procedure”
Well here some code to demonstrate*
USE [tempdb]; GO IF EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM [sys].[databases] [D] WHERE [D].[name] = 'SpTest') BEGIN DROP DATABASE [SpTest]; END GO CREATE DATABASE [spTest] GO USE [spTest]; GO CREATE PROCEDURE [sp2] AS BEGIN TRUNCATE TABLE #table1; INSERT INTO [#table1] SELECT [name], [database_id] FROM [sys].[databases] [D]; END; GO CREATE PROCEDURE [sp1] AS BEGIN IF OBJECT_ID('Tempdb.dbo.#table1') IS NOT NULL BEGIN DROP TABLE #table1; END SELECT [D].[name], [D].[database_id] INTO #table1 FROM [sys].[databases] [D]; EXEC [sp2]; SELECT * FROM [#table1]; END; GO EXEC [spTest].[dbo].[sp1] GO
If you run the above code you’ll get exactly the output you would expect – the listing of a temp table (#table1) that contains the name and database id of all databases in the sys.databases catalog.
All is well so far (leaving aside the somewhat convoluted design)
This works fine for some time until somebody decides to change the query in sp2 to pull out databases with an id greater that 4.
Now the definition of sp2 is changed to the following
ALTER PROCEDURE [sp2] AS BEGIN TRUNCATE TABLE #table1; SELECT [name] , [database_id] INTO [#table1] FROM [sys].[databases] [D]; END; GO
so executing sp1
EXEC [spTest].[dbo].[sp1] GO
now gives an empty result set – so what happened.
It took a while to initially figure out, but sp2 is now creating a brand new table in it’s own scope
with exactly the same name as the temp table created in sp1 – this is essentially hiding the intended temp table, which is going out scope when sp2 exits and the filter is appearing not to be doing anything.
Changing sp2 to simply do an insert into the temp table fixes the problem as no new table is being created.
ALTER PROCEDURE [sp2] AS BEGIN TRUNCATE TABLE #table1; INSERT INTO [#table1] SELECT [name] , [database_id] FROM [sys].[databases] [D] WHERE [database_id] > 4 END; GO
However, the more robust solution is to simply combine the logic into a single sp, although sometimes this is easier said than done.
The moral of the story – keep your temp tables in the scope.
Have a good day.
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Applying Themes in PowerPoint, Word, and Excel 2007
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, Word 2007,
and Excel 2007
OS: Microsoft Windows XP / Vista
May 20th 2008
July 16th 2010
Applying a Theme to an existing presentation is easy -- and you'll find that plenty of Themes are already contained inside Office 2007. In PowerPoint 2007, these Themes can be found in Design tab of Ribbon, as you can see in Figure 1.
Figure 1: Office Themes
Tip - If you want to learn more about the new Office 2007 interface with Ribbon and tabs, look at the PowerPoint 2007 interface article.
Follow the steps to apply a new Theme to a presentation:
- Open or create a presentation in PowerPoint 2007.
- Now access the Design tab of the Ribbon, and look within the Themes gallery that you can see in Figure 2. As you can see, there are thumbnail previews of several themes available.
Figure 2: Themes Gallery
- You can also click the downward pointing arrow next to the Themes gallery to view it as a dropdown gallery that shows even more thumbnail previews, as shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3: Themes Gallery in dropdown mode
- Now you have to just hover your mouse cursor over any of the thumbnails to see a live preview of the theme on the open presentation -- once you have selected any of the themes, click on it to apply. If you clicked by mistake, press Ctrl+Z to undo the last action.
Tip - You can also apply any PowerPoint presentation or template as a theme -- even if it doesn't show up within the Theme gallery. To do that , click the Browse for Themes option in the Theme gallery (see Figure 3 above) and navigate to wherever the given presentation, template, or Theme is located. Then click Apply.
Follow these steps to apply a Theme to selected slides in a presentation:
- Open a presentation in PowerPoint 2007 or a newer version.
- In Slide Sorter view, select the slides that you want to apply a new Theme to.
- With these slides selected, access the Design tab of the Ribbon. Choose
any Theme within the Themes gallery, and right-click on the thumbnail of
the Theme to bring up the context menu that you can see in Figure
Figure 4: Themes Gallery
- In this context menu, choose the Apply to Selected Slides option (refer to Figure 4 above).
- Figure 5 shows the Theme applied to 2 of the 4 slides in the presentation (see the Slides pane).
Figure 5: Theme applied to selected slides
The same themes that you apply in PowerPoint can also be applied in Word and Excel -- in both of these programs, the Themes are found in a location different than PowerPoint. Follow the steps to apply a new Theme to a Word document or an Excel spreadsheet:
- Open/create a Word document or Excel spreadsheet/worksheet.
- Now access the Page Layout tab of the Ribbon, and click the Themes button as shown in Figure 6 to bring up the Themes gallery.
Figure 6: Themes Gallery
- Just hover your mouse cursor over any of the thumbnails to see a live preview of the Theme on the open Word document or Excel spreadsheet -- click on the thumbnail to apply any theme. If you clicked by mistake, press Ctrl+Z to undo the last action.
When you apply a Theme in PowerPoint, you add a set of coordinated backdrops, layouts, fonts, effects, colors, etc. Let's just say you want to change just the colors and fonts, and retain everything else in your presentation -- can you do that? Sure you can -- learn to apply Theme Colors and Theme Fonts only without applying the entire Theme.
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Have your ever used keyboard shortcuts and sequences in PowerPoint? Or are you a complete keyboard aficionado? Do you want to learn about some new shortcuts? Or do you want to know if your favorite keyboard shortcuts are documented?
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Instructions for Running Interactive
Activate a program by clicking on its name in the list.
An "Instructions" window will appear, with information on what the program
does and how to use it. To remove the window, click the OK
button at the bottom of the window.
Each program displays several buttons. Clicking on one of them
(for instance, Limits
) will open a window displaying sample values for program parameters,
or expressions defining functions for the program to use. You can
change these values and expressions so they define the problem you
want to investigate.
After setting the values you want in a window, click the window's
button to tell the program to use the values you have
set. THIS STEP IS ESSENTIAL, otherwise the program will not take account
of your values.
After you have entered the data to set up the problem, clicking on
the button labelled Compute
will start the program running. In some of the graphing
programs, you also have to click a point in a picture to specify a
All the programs are set up with resonable sample inputs. The
first time you run a program you may want simply to call up the entry
window or windows and click "Enter" without making any changes, just
to see what the program does.
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the mouse over the graphics. Click on the Draw
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Each program involves one or more of the variables t, x, y, and z.
In the programs concerned with second-order differential equations,
the variable z is used also to stand for y', the derivative
The functions are defined by expressions made up from numerical constants
and the variables allowed in a particular program combined using the
operations and functions listed below.
|+, -, *, /
| exponentiation ( a^b is ab)
|absoluate value of x
|square root of x
|natural logarithm of x
|sine, cosine, tangent of x (x in radians)
|arcsine, arccosine, arctangent of x (x in radians)
| Heaviside function of x, defined by
H(x) = 0 for x< 0
H(x) = 1 for x>=0
Terms may be grouped using parentheses, and the usual order of operations
is followed, with multiplications and divisions done before additions
The * (asterisk) for multiplication may be omitted in products of a
number and a variable, and in products of expressions that are both
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Tourism in Jacksonville is a big source of revenue for the city according the results of an economic impact study.
Visit Jacksonville said sales generated by tourism brought in more than $2 billion dollars in 2013.
Tourism and hospitality leaders said the information found in the study of tourism in Jacksonville in 2013 should serve as a guide for the future, and that it shows tourism is one of the largest industries in Northeast Florida.
"The economic impact study really shows for our community and something I think people here probably already know, but it is a vital and growing component of the Jacksonville economy," said Visit Jacksonville Board Chairman, Bill Prescott.
Tourism and hospitality leaders got together to announce the news at the Jacksonville Zoo Tuesday. They said the tourism industry in Duval County supports more than 20,000 jobs and is growing faster than Duval County's overall employment.
"Direct and indirect spending impact for our community in 2013 totaled $2.2 billion in just Jacksonville and the beach community. To put that in perspective, if you take the fortune 500 companies in Florida, one of them had net income close to $2.2 billion," said Prescott.
Prescott said the First Coast's water access is huge in drawing people here.
Jacksonville has more river and ocean coastline then any city in the country. He also touts the 80,000 acres of park in Duval County; Also more than any other city in the U.S.
"When it comes to eco-tourism and the ability to explore and enjoy the outdoors, no one can touch Jacksonville," said Prescott.
Tourism leaders said the revenue is huge.
"I am concerned about our taxpayers and it's good to see that tourism in our area generated $180 million in state and local taxes last year with $93 million going to local taxing authorities," said Tourism Development Council President, Bill Gulliford.
A strategy that came out of the survey to keep things at this pace is a new campaign called "bring it home, Jax."
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The most important specific of Russian national disasters is that they can all be attributed to the inadequate
capability documented in culture to respond adequately to the challenges of history.
Alexander Akhiezer1A. Akhiezer. Russia: Criticism of Historical Experience (Sociocultural Dynamics of Russia) — Moscow: Novy Chronograph, 2008, page 924.
In order to understand what has happened in Russia and before we even attempt to contemplate what comes next, we need to find an answer to the key question: why and how did we end up with a political system and state structure which has effectively organised the largest armed conflict between countries in Europe after World War II, with countless victims2 According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, there have been 4,731 civilian fatalities since the start of the military actions in Ukraine on 24 February 2022. This is an updated figure as of 27 June 2022, which was published in a number of Russian mass media outlets (RBC, Kommersant, etc.). This figure included 330 children. As of 27 June 2022 1,812 men, 1,225 women, 134 girls and 155 boys have been killed, as well as 41 children and 1,364 adults, whose sex is yet unknown. According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, actual civilian casualties may be higher as it is hard to make accurate calculations for some locations where intense hostilities continue. Some information not included in the report still needs to be corroborated. See Ukraine: civilian casualty update 27 June 2022 // United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. 27 June 2022. Access (checked on 30.06.2022)., creating in the process a serious large-scale and direct threat to the future? Or to put it another way, why and how did a political system appear, which has resulted in the so-called “special military operation” against Ukraine on 24 February 2022?
If we fail to answer this question, we will be unable to extricate ourselves from the destructive path that Russia has already been taking for 30 years, while the developments today will also be repeated in future in the most savage forms.
We are witnessing and participating in monumental events. It goes without saying that they include moral, cultural and historical aspects. However, in this article I will focus on the underlying political causes of these developments.
REFORMS — CREATION OF THE SYSTEM
Hyperinflation and criminal privatisation
The foundations of Russia’s current economic and political system were laid in the 1990s. The mistakes and crimes committed during the economic reforms of the first half of the 1990s created the framework and drivers of Putin’s present regime. This is when the underlying premises were created for the processes leading Russia to go to war today.
The headstrong, poorly prepared and ill-conceived signing of the Belovezh Accords in December 1991 signalled the radical disintegration of the Soviet-inspired system, the blunt and instantaneous rupture of all business ties which had evolved over decades3 G. Yavlinsky. “History does not teach us anything, but only punishes us for failing to learn the lessons” // Official website of politician and economist Grigory Yavlinsky. 6 December 2021. Access (checked on 4 April 2022).. Russian President Boris Yeltsin rejected the Programme for the Transition to a Market Economy and Economic Treaty with Former Republics of the USSR on the Creation of a Common Market4 Market Transition. Concept and Program // Epicenter, Moscow, 1990. Access (checked on 12 May 2022). (Yeltsin also disregarded the pronounced desire of 76% of Soviet citizens expressed in the Soviet Union Referendum of 17 March 1991 for the preservation of the country as a “renewed federation of sovereign republics” — notes of the editor).. Instead, adhering to the “Washington Consensus”5 Washington Consensus — type of macroeconomic policy which was recommended at the end of the 20th century by the senior leadership of the IMF and World Bank to be applied in states undergoing a financial and economic crisis. In a narrow sense this name concerns a list of ten rules compiled by the economist John Williamson in 1989 as the recommendations that had been issued for Latin America; Williamson tried in this way to describe the position that the US Government, the IMF and the World Bank had adopted in respect of these countries. See Wikipedia. Access (checked on 28 April 2022). It should be noted here that the proponents of the Washington Consensus were primarily bureaucrats who worked for the administrations of US Presidents George Bush Senior (1989-1993) and Bill Clinton (1993-2001). At the same time, the attitude to this plan in the research and university community – both globally and in America – was extremely critical. By way of an example, see the book by Peter Reddaway and Dmitri Glinski: The Tragedy of Russia’s Reforms. Market Bolshevism Against Democracy // United States Institute of Peace Press, Washington, D. C., 2001; 749 pages). The eloquent title of this book is indicative of its contents. Today we can see just how right its authors were. , the following key objectives were declared: “financial stabilisation”, liberalisation and privatisation in exchange for IMF loans. On 2 January 1992, Boris Yeltsin, acting as both President of the Russian Federation and Prime Minister, and his Deputy Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar, sought to launch the financial stabilisation of the country through so-called “price liberalisation”. In other words, price controls were lifted in a country which had no private businesses and where competition was conspicuous by its absence. In actual fact Soviet state monopolies were liberalised, leading to hyperinflation of 2,600% (in annual terms), and resulting in the de facto confiscation of all the savings of Russian citizens6 G. Yavlinsky, What the Price Liberalisation of 1991 Actually Achieved // Official website of politician and economist Grigory Yavlinsky. 6 December 2021. Access (checked on 4 April 2022)..
The next step was criminal privatisation – the anonymous voucher scheme and so-called “loans for shares” auctions7 M. Zygar, Everyone is Free: The Story of How Elections in Russia Ended in 1996 // Alpina Publisher, 2021, 424 pages. See “Let’s take charge for a while.” Loans-for-shares auctions. The start. Extract from Mikhail Zygar’s book “Everyone is Free” // Novaya Gazeta. 30 October 2020. Access (checked on 16 May 2022).. This was a fraudulent scheme implemented to transfer the largest and most important state property to a small circle of random individuals who had close ties to the powers that be8 Author and architect of the implementation of the Russian programme of criminal privatisation Anatoly Chubais: “What is the main complaint of the Russian people about privatisation? It can be described in one word: unfair. This complaint is absolutely right and fair. Our privatisation was not entirely fair. …What is the political construct here? The political construct is that we handed over property to the people who were closest to it. Bandits, the secretaries of regional committees of the Communist Party, plant directors. They got it. <…> We acknowledged that privatisation distributed property to the most influential individuals, which also determined its injustice. At the same time, however, we handed it over legally, legitimacy comes from the state. In this sense we combined the state with interests … The owner understood that if he received it in the way described in the privatisation law, then he would be legitimate in part and have at least some chance to obtain state support.” See: “We were the only group in the country to spend more than 10 years on professional work on the design of the reforms” // Polit.ru. 1 November 2010. Access (checked on 19 May 2022).. As a result, we witnessed the merger of state power, property and business at all levels – from the Kremlin to rural administration9 G. Yavlinsky. Privatisation. 25 Years of Justified Distrust // Official website of politician and economist Grigory Yavlinsky. October 2017. Access (checked on 4 April 2022).. And this how the foundations of the corporate oligarchic-mafia state were laid10 Mafia-oligarchic state – state management model where the state is intertwined with property and business and as a result corruption permeates all the echelons of state power.. The most important institution of the inviolability of private property was not created in post-Soviet Russia, and the concept of private property was conditional from the outset – it was contingent, and is still dependent today, on the whims of the regime and may be redistributed at any moment11 G. Yavlinsky. Twenty Years of Reforms — Interim Results? Russian Society as a Process // Mir Rossii, No. 2, 3, 2011; G. Yavlinsky. Lies and Legitimacy. Twenty Years of Reforms // Medium, 2011, pages 27-117..
And this is how the system appeared – one where such democratic institutions as the separation of powers, an independent judiciary, a parliament elected by the people, the supremacy of law, freedom of speech and mass media not controlled by the authorities, posed an extremely serious threat, as they would have inevitably contested the legality of property seized to all intents and purposes through criminal actions. It goes without saying that a democratic structure and civil society were not developed in such an environment, but instead regressed12 G. Yavlinsky. Peripheral Capitalism // Official website of the Yabloko Party, 2003. Access (checked on 4 April 2022). See also: G. Yavlinsky. Reforms of the 1990s and the Economic System of Contemporary Russia: Genesis of “Peripheral Capitalism”. // HSE Economic Journal, volume 9, No. 1, 2005, pages 82-97; G. Yavlinsky. Lies and Legitimacy. Twenty Years of Reforms // Medium, 2011, page 9..
Today a number of events which are in actual fact of fundamental importance for Russia’s modern history, such as the shooting of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation in October 1993 or the presidential elections of 1996, are perceived as key events and are even referred to frequently as turning points in Russia’s history. In actual fact, however, these and other undoubtedly significant events of the past three decades were predetermined namely by the reforms implemented at the start of the 1990s. The model used to carry out the reforms in 1992 laid the groundwork for the crisis of October 1993 and its bloody resolution, as well as the creation and rushed adoption of the “super-presidential” Constitution in the same year. The entire progress of the 1996 presidential elections was predetermined by the distribution of property through the loans-for-shares auctions.
And this has nothing to do with fatalism or the inevitability of something that was predetermined. Reality is far more prosaic. After annihilating the savings of the population and cutting people off from participation in real privatisation (as it had been supplanted by the voucher swindle), the “reformers” knew all too well that personally they could no longer count on popular support. Moreover, the majority of Russian citizens began to represent a threat for the powers that be. In the eyes of most of the Russian population who had supported Yeltsin in 1990, democracy and the market would grant them access first and foremost to a qualitatively better life, instilled them with the hope that this would offer a way out from de facto gratuitous, and frequently inhuman exploitation and allowed them to believe that a state system based on respect for the individual was possible. In practice, however, the post-Soviet state offered Russians the old Bolshevik model: the democratic and market transformations turned out to be a goal which could only be achieved through tremendous sacrifice.
The position of the democratic intelligentsia in these years deserves a special mention here. At the end of 1991 – start of 1992 the intellectual leaders of the democratic movement, such as Yury Burtin, Yuri Afanasyev and Leonid Batkin, started engaging in profound criticism of Boris Yeltsin’s politics and reforms. However, their cogent and substantiated views on a number of important issues remained an act of individual self-expression. Most of the so-called “public opinion leaders” offered unconditional support for developments and rejected categorically the democratic opposition and any criticism whatsoever of Boris Yeltsin.
CERTAIN KEY EVENTS IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RUSSIAN AUTHORITARIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM
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* The decisions to start a full-scale war in Russia were adopted by a small group of people from President Boris Yeltsin’s entourage without the approval of the representative authorities. The plan for the invasion of Chechnya was only approved on 28 November 1994 by the Security Council. Admittedly, the meeting was attended by the chairmen of the chambers of the Federal Assembly — Vladimir Shumeiko and Ivan Rybkin. Both parliamentarians supported the invasion of Chechnya. However, neither the State Duma, nor the Federation Council had authorised Rybkin and Shumeiko to vote on their behalf. The Chechen war must be considered in conjunction with the events of autumn 1993 when the authorities talked about victory over the threat of the “red-brown revanche” and within a year launched the war in Soviet style with vast losses among both the military and civilians.
** G.A. Yavlinsky. A New Start. Second of July // Official website of politician and economist Grigory Yavlinsky. 31 August 2021. Access (checked on 4 April 2022).
*** The presidential elections were conducted in such a way that they undermined in Russia the nascent institute of elections, parliamentarianism and representative authority per se. The merger of state power and property was contingent on the immutability of the country’s leader. Even the possible questioning of the legality and legitimacy of the loans-for-shares auctions and any measures limiting the freedom of the ruling nomenklatura to dispose of the property that they obtained through criminal means were unacceptable for the new Russian elite. In the understanding of the leadership of the time and their retinue, the primary and overriding objective of the transitional period was to create through any means, inter alia, overtly fraudulent methods, a class of large private owners through the use of power to appropriate assets and property. The collective consciousness of these people, their ideas on what is admissible and inadmissible, possible and impossible, desirable and undesirable, etc. — all this objectively resulted in the appointment to the ultimate authority of an individual who would be able in their opinion to safeguard the interests of the beneficiaries of criminal privatisation and ensure the adoption of specific decisions which would create the criteria for the successful conversion of power into property. Everything aimed at guaranteeing honest market competition was sabotaged and vilified. This was a political choice, and as a result the country and its future lost outright. It is important to note here that as a rule the very same representatives of the post-Soviet intelligentsia lobbied in 1996 for Boris Yeltsin, in 2000 for Vladimir Putin and in 2021 for Smart Voting.
Refusal to assess Stalinism
The establishment of the current political system in Russia can also be attributed first and foremost to the failure of the post-Soviet authorities in the 1990s to issue a political and legal state assessment of the seizure of power in October 1917 as a state coup, Bolshevism as a political orientation, Stalinism as a terror-based system and the Soviet period as a whole13 G. Yavlinsky. The Day After // Official website of politician and economist Grigory Yavlinsky. 31 August 2021. Access (checked on 4 April 2022).. A national discussion of the country’s history in the 20th century should have been organised, which would have resulted in a legal assessment of these events. However, the entire issue was reduced to a ruling of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation in 1992, which legalised the Communist Party of the Russian Federation14 Case of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation — was this a missed opportunity? // Radio Liberty. 11 July 2014. Access (checked on 19 May 2022)., and opinionated conversations on lustration. Soon the topic of assessing the past was closed. As a result the prospect of the possible restoration of a Neo-Stalinist regime under the virtual unlimited power of one man was retained15 Bolshevism and Stalinism, and Soviet state education formed on their grounds, is an all-embracing system, whose distinctive traits are the totalitarian structure of the state headed by an authoritarian dictator, the absence of any separation of powers, mass repressions, censorship, propaganda and lies, as well as the formation of a state ruling party. Without a social-state legal assessment of this system as criminal and without the adoption of uncompromising laws on the inadmissibility of preserving or restoring key elements of such a system, against the backdrop of the collapse of the economic reforms of the 1990s and the widespread disenchantment of the population, the return of something similar in the form of Neo-Stalinism and Neo-Bolshevism became inevitable. After Putin came to power, Stalin’s state anthem was restored in Russia, the name Volgograd was replaced by Stalingrad on the monument at the Moscow Kremlin Wall and the whitewashing of Stalin started in various forms. Neo-Stalinism and the reincarnation of the Soviet system was implemented in modern Russia through the return of the institutes of imitation democracy, repressive legislation, a significant number of political prisoners, actual censorship, state propaganda and a resurgent personality cult. . The Chechen war started in 1994 was an imperial war. Everything that we see today in Ukraine – acts of violence and rape, lies, reliance on force and the disrespect of human life – both civilians and soldiers – already happened back then – 28 years ago in Chechnya.
On Joseph Stalin’s grave
beside the Kremlin wall, 2010s.
Ever since the start of the 2000s the regime has been artificially positioning post-Soviet Russia as the political heir simultaneously of both the Russian Empire and the USSR. As there had been no legal assessment of the Soviet period and there was no radical renewal of the bureaucracy, the Soviet-Bolshevik heritage was treated as a legitimate stage of Russian history which merited a successor. The realities of post-Communist Russia diverged abruptly from perceptions about them at the end of the 1980s – start of the 1990s when we dreamed about reforms and a new modern country.
The divergences turned out to be so material that the problem clearly no longer had to do with the disparity between idealistic expectations and actual practice. The vectors between anticipated changes and actual transformations diverged. In principle, the main hope of Russian society, which had appeared during perestroika – that we would witness a departure from the Bolshevik never-ending web of lies and acts of violence – turned out to be misplaced16 G. Yavlinsky. February Parallels // Official website of politician and economist Grigory Yavlinsky. 26 February 2007. Access (checked on 8 April 2022); G. Yavlinsky. Lies and Legitimacy. Twenty Years of Reforms // Medium, 2011..
Appearance of Vladimir Putin
The appearance of Vladimir Putin as Russia’s authoritarian supreme ruler in 2000 was no accident or mistake17 G. Yavlinsky. Maturity of Authoritarianism // Novaya Gazeta. 9 September 2019. Access (checked on 5 April 2022).. This was a choice objectively dictated by the nature and logic of the economic and political system which had been created by then in the country. Someone was needed who would be expected to defend the results of criminal privatisation and the actual system. They selected a personality capable of literally adopting at a key moment the decision required by the system. Incidentally, it is specifically on the topic of war, on the widely reproduced meme “wipe them out in the outhouse” that the distillation of the popularity of the Prime Minister – heir of the Presidential seat – was built. It was already back then, in 1999-2000, that militarism was encouraged at all levels, backed by the approving yells of people of a so-called “liberal mien”18 War in Chechnya: Yavlinsky against Chubais. Live on the NTV television channel dated 26 November 1999 // YouTube. Access (checked on 5 April 2022).. Anatoly Chubais, one of the key architects of Russia’s oligarchic system, announced in November 1999 the “revival of the Russian army in Chechnya”, and termed appeals for an end to the war as a “stab in the back of the Russian army”19 Chubais lambasts Yavlinsky’s plan to settle the conflict in Chechnya // Nezavisimaya Gazeta. 12 November 1999. Access (checked on 5 April 2022).. And none of the so-called “hardcore democrats” — associates of Chubais from the party Union of Right Forces — objected20 At the 1999 elections, the top three electoral candidates of the party Union of Right Forces were Boris Nemtsov, Irina Khakamada and Sergey Kiriyenko. The federal list also included Pavel Krasheninnikov, Boris Nadezhin, Gasan Mirzoev, Eduard Vorobyov and Konstantin Remchukov. The Moscow regional group was headed by Yegor Gaidar and Alexey Ulyukaev, the St Petersburg group by Yuli Rybakov and Grigory Tomchin. See the Federal List of Candidates from the Electoral Bloc of Union of Right Forces. Access (checked on 5 April 2022)..
Ideology of the system
Since the mid 2000s the system has been supplemented ideologically by the paradigm of Russia as a “separate civilisation” – in other words, a space representing something qualitatively different to anything existing in the rest of the world. Putin himself gradually became the key protagonist of this ideology, while simultaneously the product and builder of this system. Anyone whom he admits to his inner circle partly believes this to be true, and partly pretends to believe – they agree for the sake of self-preservation. It is not at all clear how Russia differs from the rest of the world as a separate civilisation21 This is how Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation and like-minded thinker close to Putin, put it: “Russia … has chosen the path of the comprehensive defence of its sovereignty, the steadfast assertion of national interests, an independent cultural and spiritual identity, traditional values and historical memory. Our spiritual and moral values enable us to remain true to ourselves, to be honest to our descendants, preserve our identity, society and the state. Europeans, for example, made a different choice. They adopted so-called liberal values, even though in actual fact this is neoliberalism. They prioritise private over public, individualism oppressing love for the homeland, the gradual extinction of the state.” See Patrushev: The West created an empire of lies presupposing the destruction of Russia // Rossiyskaya Gazeta, 26 April 2022. Access (checked on 12 May 2022).: only thing is clear here – such an idea in principle negates the need for Russia to select the European path and practically tries to make the way people live and organise their lives in the country regress one hundred years. Proceeding from this position, Putin believes that it is necessary once again, as was the case after World War II, to divide the world into spheres of influence, but this time – between Russia, China and the USA. In this system of coordinates, Ukraine is accorded in particular the role of a territory with limited sovereignty dependent on Russia.
It goes without saying that an imperial-nationalist vector has been more or less evident in foreign policy all these years. Today the Kremlin is once again trying to bring the post-Soviet space to heel. For the political system created in Russia, the emergence of independent Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia or Armenia as modern sovereign European states – with regular changes of leadership, real elections, an independent judiciary, the separation of powers, the inviolability of private property, and above all, the observance of human rights and freedoms – is in principle unacceptable.
All in all, the ideological platform without which it is highly likely that Putin’s “special operation” would have been impossible, was created in Russia almost three decades ago and stemmed from the specifics of the reforms of the 1990s.
The gravitation towards the ideas and practices of the far right has been a feature of post-Soviet Russia from the very beginning. The so-called “young reformers” seriously held in veneration Augusto Pinochet and studied intensely the experience of Chile’s dictator, without displaying the slightest discomfiture over the repressive nature of his regime22 Alexey Ulyukayev: “We understood that something could be achieved, but still did not really understand how exactly” // Banki.ru, 29 March 2010. Access (checked on 12 May 2022)..
Two key factors – the hyperinflation of 1992, which was the underlying cause of the utter destitution of the population, and Yeltsin’s refusal to communicate with the people, resulting in the armed conflict with the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation in October 1993 – allowed forces disseminating far-right messages to take charge in the first elections to Russia’s new parliament (the State Duma) in 1993. The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia accumulated protest voters to a large extent and the subsequent development of events rapidly demonstrated the direct interest of the powers that be in a right-wing nationalist party. The link between the Kremlin and the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, which has always served as a reliable tool of the authorities on all key issues for its radical rhetoric, was clear. Since then extreme right-wing ideas have no longer elicited any rejection by a number of politically sensitive citizens.
The criminal loans-for-shares auctions commenced in 1995, which represented the wholesale deception and plunder of the state as an institute and the people (the privatisation of Norilsk Nickel is one striking example), contributed to the formation of the consciousness of a “resentful and dispossessed people”. And when Putin ended up in the Kremlin in 2000, it is not surprising that in a bid to distract the population and offset the failure of the reforms, as well as the profound deception and ignominy of the people, the regime selected an ideology, whose roots date back to chauvinist and imperial traditions. This corresponded to a significant extent to the role of contemporary Russia as the intrinsic successor of both the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire peddled by Putin.
It is notable that Putin and his entourage have cited the political theorist Ivan Ilyin on a regular basis ever since the mid 2000s.23 I. Ilyin. On Fascism // Nashi Zadachi, 1948. Access (checked on 13 May 2022). He has arguably assumed a special place in the design of contemporary Russian ideology. It is well known that Ilyin, when living as an émigré, was a vociferous opponent of Bolshevism and supporter of Mussolini, was until the early 1940s an admirer of German national socialism and sympathised with Franco and Salazar after the war. Ilyin believed in particular that the people should “love without reservation their national leader, believe him and believe in him …”, but at the same time should not participate in any way in the running of the state, as “the potency of the judgment of the remains pitiful.”24 A. Barbashin, Ivan Ilyin: A Fascist Who Has Become Fashionable // Riddle. 20 April 2018. Access (checked on 19 May 2022). This philosophical “lining” was much needed by Putin’s authoritarian “hierarchy”.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn was also enthusiastic about Ilyin’s philosophy. Moreover, Putin’s rapprochement with Solzhenitsyn – with his ideas that “the entire South of today’s Ukrainian SSR (Novorossiya) and many parts of the Left Bank were never part of historical Ukraine” and the need “to protect the interests of those many millions who in actual fact don’t want to be separated from us”25 A. Solzhenitsyn. Letter in Support of Boris Yeltsin and Proposals on Rebuilding Russia dated 30 August 1991 // Yeltsin Centre. Access (checked on 4 May 2022). – after 24 February 2022 leave us in no doubt as to the sources of Russia’s contemporary political philosophy.
The year 2007, which ended with Putin’s Munich speech, started with the repeat publication in Rossiyskaya Gazeta of Aleksander Solzhenitsyn’s article “Reflections on the February Revolution.”26 A. Solzhenitsyn. Reflections on the February Revolution // Rossiyskaya Gazeta, 27 February 2007. Access (checked on 13 May 2022). The main conclusions from the article were drawn in pro-government and quasi-government mass media approximately as follows:
— “This was not so much a popular rebellion, as the pre-planned betrayal of the elite”;
— “Society’s victory in the one hundred year duel with the throne led to national disaster”;
— “The abdication of the Ruler is a betrayal of national interests”;
— “Every people is entitled to expect the use of force by its government – otherwise why would you need a government?”;
— The authorities must “be cold in their ruthlessness”;
— “Peacefulness is good for a Christian, but destructive for the ruler of a great power”;
— “The main danger for the state is not corruption, not crime and not bureaucratic arbitrariness, but rather a strong opposition.”
And this all turned out to be so modern and opportune! Here you have the concept of being surrounded by enemies and the “fifth column” and an immutable President, and a paranoid fear of the opposition27 G. Yavlinsky. February Parallels // Мoscow, Novaya Gazeta, 2007, pages 9-10.. Initially only the conclusion on the inadmissible weakness and indecisiveness of the absolute sovereign was important for state ideologues in the repeat publication of the long-held reflections of the Nobel prize winner, timed to coincide with the ninetieth anniversary of the February Revolution. Today this ideology has been invoked by the authoritarian regime in virtually all key areas to support the war.
I would like to point out in particular why the February Revolution which led to the fall of the Czarist reign was chosen specifically as the target of state propaganda. This choice was both momentous and significant: the Bolshevik coup in October 1917 and the disbanding of the All Russian Constituent Assembly have remained beyond criticism, whereas the Bolshevik-Stalinist totalitarian regime, which was not duly assessed after the collapse of the USSR, was already perceived in Putin’s system as the gold standard of a strong state and as a historical pillar of support in the regime’s revanchist aspirations. The works by Solzhenitsyn and Ilyin did not contain any positive assessments of Bolshevism. However, Putin had no need of their approval. Ideologues are not gurus for Putin, but instead the suppliers of material required to build constructs to substantiate his politics. Furthermore Putin himself picks from their utterances what he finds most apt. The very same Solzhenitsyn also wrote, for example: “The Ukrainian issue is one of the most dangerous issues for our future, it could deliver us a bloody blow <…> In any case, I know one thing for sure: should there be, heaven forbid, a Russian-Ukrainian war – I myself would play no role and forbid my sons from taking part”28 A. Solzhenitsyn. Between Two Millstones Found Favour. Sketches of Exile. Part One (1974-1978) // Novy Mir, No. 11, 1998. Access (checked on 7 June 2022)..
Some ten years would be required before calls to bombard other countries, dismember or seize them, discussions on the country’s “special” path and “unique” mentality, “spiritual values” and on ending up in heaven in case of a nuclear war – were all to become commonplace in modern Russia.
The essence of a modern right-wing conservative and simultaneously Neo-Stalinist model is to reduce, simplify and seek to establish an authoritarian (totalitarian) dictatorship as the only option for Russian statehood. And this is exactly what is happening now. People are being persuaded that the Russian state (and in actual fact any “strong and competent” state) cannot take any other form, and that the only alternative is chaos (“you want to live like Kazakhstan?”29 G. Yavlinsky. The Common Lot of Authoritarian States // Official website of politician and economist Grigory Yavlinsky. 6 January 2022. Access (checked on 13 May 2022).). Political entropy, the loss of the legal capacity of state institutions, the failings and “suspension” of democratic mechanisms are in actual fact key problems in the modern world. That is why Neo-Stalinism is not emerging out of the blue and does not look like a relic of the past in the current environment, out of place in a world of high technologies, social networks and a consumer society. The modern environment does not inhibit Neo-Stalinism at all: on the contrary it offers a convenient cover for its justification.
Putin’s speech in Sevastopol in November 2021 at the opening of a monument dedicated to the end of the Russian civil war is one such example30 Putin calls Crimea a symbol of historical justice // Interfax. 4 November 2021. Access (checked on 13 May 2022).. Instead of public consciousness, honest historical reflection, an attempt to understand a tragedy which had happened more than one hundred years ago, Putin simply declared that everything was over, that the White and Red Armies had reconciled: “It goes without saying that most of them were Russian patriots and sincerely loved their country just like all the others who stayed behind to build a new country, and as they thought, a better life. “The others who stayed behind” were 56,000 to 120,000 White Russians who had remained in Crimea after the evacuation of Vrangel’s army and had been shot by the Bolsheviks in 1920-1921.
And this sums up Putin’s politics – “a single people – one leader – a common enemy”. The Russian officers shot and tortured by the Bolsheviks should not be considered enemies … as long as their followers acknowledge the state-forming role of Bolshevism. This is also Putin’s view of the succession of modern Russia – Stalin’s state anthem, the tricolour flag and the imperial coat of arms.
The fundamental and conscious anti-European course adopted by the Kremlin has gradually led Russia to the current misfortune and national disaster. On this path, the chances of the real modernisation of the state and the economy have shrunk to zero, as this political line has deliberately set our country against the world of the 21st century, discarded the experiences and achievements of the tragic 20th century and led Russia to adopt the same world view which gave rise to World War I and World War II.
At the start of the 2000s the idiosyncratic concept of a “sovereign” or “managed” democracy appeared31 Sovereign democracy is a political concept articulated in 2005-2007 by Vladislav Surkov, Deputy Head of the Administration of the Russian President, as a description of the Russian state power system under President Putin. It was one of the key ideological paradigms at the parliamentary and presidential elections in Russia in 2007-2008. See Wikipedia. Access (checked on 16 May 2022). This concept was based on the thesis that most Russian citizens are not ready to fully participate in the management of the country through democratic procedures, consequently they need the patronage of an authoritarian, but preferably enlightened regime.32“Putin personally is unable to separate the state from the scoundrels”. Interview with Gleb Pavlovsky // Nezavisimaya Gazeta. 17 August 2004. Access (checked on 5 April 2022).
An authoritarian system is being established in Russia, whose main traits are:
— the concentration of power in one centre: the President’s retinue, the gradual elimination of the independent role and influence of the State Duma, the Federation Council;
— the disbanding of federal mass media which are independent of the authorities, the targeted liquidation of public politics;
— the emasculation of democratic institutions, substitution of elections by a managed farce where the results are known in advance33 The Kremlin learned back in the 1990s how to create and use political imitations of civil society, such as the party “Our Home – Russia” or the Ivan Rybkin Bloc, the promotion of General Lebed for the 1996 elections, etc.;
— growth in the nationalistic power component in official ideology;
— growth in influence and expansion of the powers of the law enforcement agencies, transformation of the judiciary into a political punitive body to be used to prosecute the regime’s opponents.
Russian politics have started to associate the special military operation with its own idiosyncratic methods – indoctrination and active measures34 Active measures — overt or covert special operations (measures) of the intelligence agencies or services with the goal of favourably influencing areas of political life that are of interest … misrepresenting an opponent, undermining and weakening his positions, frustrating his plans and attaining other goals. See Wikipedia. Access (checked on 27 May 2022).. The important Bolshevik principle – any means are justified by the end goal – has again become the prevalent view. “It is highly likely that official politics is a special operation, where people say one thing, think something else, do a third thing, but want a fourth thing. Incidentally, as a result you end up with a fifth one” – this is a quote from the article “Time in Reverse”, published in February 2001.35 G. Yavlinsky. Time in Reverse // Official website of the Yabloko Party (original publication in Obshaya Gazeta, 14 February 2001). Access (checked on 30 April 2022).
The merger of the oligarchic system and the resource-based economy rules out in principle the possibility of any modern technological development. This is precisely the reason why such projects as “Strategy 2020”, the proposals of experts from the Institute of Contemporary Development and other similar ambitious initiatives were not implemented36 See, for example: A. Rubtsov, S. Bogoslovsky. Mega Project for Russia: Ideology, Politics, Economics. — Мoscow: Branch of the Izvestiya Publishing House of Presidential Property Management Department of the Russian Federation, 2007; A. Rubtsov, S. Bogoslovsky. Mega Project. On the Format and Contours of the National Development Strategy. — Мoscow: Socium, 2008; A. Rubtsov, S. Bogoslovsky. Between Oil and High-Tech // Nezavisimaya Gazeta. 16 January 2008. Access (checked on 26 June 2022).. And however much our “raw materials appendage” declares that it is an “energetic superpower”, as long as the system is not changed radically, neither 21st century high technologies, nor modern industrial production facilities will appear in the country. Against the backdrop of the economic and political system created in Russian over the past 30 years, any declarations about a “knowledge economy”, “human capital”, “technological leap”, and the like, are no more than idle talk37 See, for example: A. Rubtsov. Will Russia be Part and Parcel of the Endless Flow of Rapid Change? The Era of Catch-Up Modernisation is Over // Nezavisimaya Gazeta. 16 May 2022. Access (checked on: 26 June 2022).. Incidentally, it is vital that real modernisation be launched in the country as soon as possible to keep up with the times and the current march of history. Otherwise it will be too late – this chance will be lost forever.
Nevertheless even in this conditions there were some opportunities to implement an alternative programme throughout the 2000s and even in the 2010s, all the more so as the global state of the economy was propitious for our country. In the 2000s Russia had a unique chance to make the most of the extremely favourable state of global markets and invest the proceeds from the sale of oil and gas at sky-high prices in the diversification and development of the economy. It would have been possible to start implementing the “Land-Homes-Roads” programme38 “Land-Homes-Roads” Strategy // Moscow, Saint Petersburg.: Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko, 2011. Access (checked on 6 April 2022)., provide radical support for small and medium businesses, create in the country state-of-the-art high tech sectors which would have generated income, regardless of oil and gas, and ultimately it would have been possible to build in the country a modern law-based state, with the separation of powers. However, none of this was done.
Naturally, the oligarchic system headed by Putin was structured intentionally to preserve what had already been achieved and exploit this fact for the purposes of blackmail and intimidation, and also for the consolidation of personal power.39 G. Yavlinsky, Peripheral Capitalism // Official website of the Yabloko Party, 2003. Access (checked on 4 April 2022). In these circumstances, the global state of the economy and persistently high hydrocarbon prices could not be used for the country’s benefit for the sake of its modernisation and became a disruptive factor. The Russian regime called to mind a drug addict, with the vein of one hand pumped with gas, and the vein of the other hand with oil, with the head addled with economic hallucinations40 “Based on the research of 20 countries, it is clear that abnormal earnings from the export of mineral resources, as well as the abundance of such a resource inside a country, result in the distortion of the economy in all instances, regardless of the political structure and economic policy that has been applied. Russia is by no means an exception to this rule. Correlation of the rate of growth of Russian GDP with the rate of oil price growth on global markets equals 99%. It is important to stress that we are not even talking here about correlation with the level of oil prices, but namely the rate of growth – in other words, the growth of the Russian economy for more than 15 years is contingent on oil price growth, regardless of its level, while a decrease even at comparatively high levels will imply a slowdown in the economy”. See A. Movchan. Resource Curse: Russia’s Economic Problems Based on the Experience of Other Oil-Dependent Countries” // Carnegie.ru. 19 April 2017. Access (checked on 3 June 2022); As a result, in Russia the treasury maintained in 2021 over 60 million people financed by the budget (42% of the country’s total population). In certain regions this figure rises to 85% and they “eat up” three-quarters of regional budgets. Moreover, two-thirds of Russian regions exist thanks to federal subsidies. The budget is spent on the regularly renewed outfits of the law-enforcement agencies, military parades and mega projects of dubious effectiveness, with people lining their pockets from the treasury of the “kings of the state order”. As a result of oil and gas price growth after the adoption of the Labour, Land and Tax Codes in 2001-2002, there have been no economic reforms in the country.. In the absence of a new model, it relied on the old one which had not been adapted to the realities of the 21st century. And this is how Russia entered a stage of economic growth without development. And such economic growth without development, in other words, in the absence of the political, social and economic modernisation of the country and society, unsurprisingly had extremely dangerous consequences. The exaggerated beliefs of the “ruling elite” regarding their own abilities were formed and took root, while their unsubstantiated ambitions snowballed beyond all measure.
At the same time, however, it became clear that the absence of a major strategy was a problem that neither Putin, nor his entourage understand in principle. And this is the reason why the idea of moving forward, the topic of Russia’s future, has been absent from the Russian political agenda for almost two decades.
The cover of the “Land-Houses-Roads”
However, there was a big strategy. This is the European way – objectively the only option for Russia. Everything else is the reproduction of Putin’s system and its course in some form or other along “the path that wasn’t there”41 G. Yavlinsky. The Path That Wasn’t There // Novaya Gazeta. 19 October 2015. Access (checked on 7 April 2022).. It should be acknowledged here that a number of people shared this understanding in the country. However, the problem is that the nominal advocates of the European path of development did not consider their fellow citizens to be sufficiently European and were reluctant to talk to the country honestly and openly, recognising mistakes and failures, were unable to provide an assessment of the economic transformations of the 1990s. And this was precisely what was needed to change course. They should have discussed seriously and articulated positions on the key problems and the direction of the country’s life, such as, for example, the legitimacy of private property, the need to break up the oligarchic system; the merger of the state authorities and business42 G. Yavlinsky. Need and Ways of Legitimising Big Private Property in Russia: Definition of the Problem // Voprosy Ekonomiki, September 2007, pages 4-27. Access (checked on 14 May 2022)., a comprehensive assessment of Bolshevism and Stalinism, implementation of real economic reforms in the interests of the majority, ensure social justice and the equality of opportunities not through populist promises to dole out money or the “natural resource rent”, but instead through such programmes as “Land-Homes-Roads”43 “Land-Homes-Roads” Strategy // Moscow, Saint Petersburg.: Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko, 2011. Access (checked on 6 April 2022). or “Gas – in Every Home”44 “Gas — in Every Home” Programme // Official website of the Yabloko Party. March 2018. Access (checked on 7 April 2022).. However, these opportunities were used for different ends.
Declaration of a new Cold War
In the absence of a strategy drawing on the realities of the 21st century, on the one hand, and Russian history and culture as an organic part of European history, on the other hand, a post-modernist trend was artificially created, which focused on the past: resentment, revenge, the restoration of “former glory”. In 2007, against the backdrop of sky-high oil prices, Putin announced a new cold war which had the goal of dividing the world into spheres of influence: let’s split up the world between Russia, China and the USA45 Munich speech of Vladimir Putin. 10 February 2007. // Wikipedia. Access (checked on 6 April 2022).. This was the “deliberate choice” of the Russian regime46 G. Yavlinsky, A Deliberate Choice? // Official website of politician and economist Grigory Yavlinsky. 6 February 2015. Access (checked on 6 April 2022).. The break-up of the post-Soviet space, the events of 2013-204 in Ukraine, the annexation of Crimea and the bloodletting in Donbass was the direct result of this choice47 G. Yavlinsky, Russia is creating a zone of instability around its borders // Vedomosti, 27 February 2014. Access (checked on 6 April 2022)..
Did Russia have an opportunity to follow an alternative path in foreign policy? Strangely enough, it did, back in 2015 when Russia could have participated in the international coalition in the fight against international terrorism in Syria. In this case, however, the Kremlin would have been compelled to reject the anti-European course and try to rectify what it had done in Ukraine. Then the regime would have been able to come to its senses and avoid fatal mistakes48 G. Yavlinsky, After Paris 11/13 // Vedomosti, 15 November 2015. Access (checked on 6 April 2022).. However, Putin preferred an alliance with the Syrian dictator Assad, Iran and the terrorist organisation Hezbollah to any union with the West.
War in Syria
In 2015 Russia became embroiled in the civil war in Syria. The Russian army practised air, land and sea strikes against Syrian cities and the civilian population. In rescuing Assad’s criminal regime, Russia’s leadership boasted that it had tested new types of weapons on people. Russian society, including individuals claiming to be liberal, virtually displayed no reactions whatsoever to the actions of the Russian army in Syria – this subject was not discussed by the opposition and was not a point in the political programmes of popular opposition leaders49 Yavlinsky reports that 100,000 Russians want the troops to return from Syria // Interfax. 21 September 2017. Access (checked on 16 May 2022).. Today it is already clear that society’s indifference to Russia’s participation in the war in Syria also predetermined to a large extent Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine.
The developments in Russia over approximately the past 25 years may be characterised not only as the refusal to build a modern society, a modern political system and a modern state, but also as conscious demodernisation50 G. Yavlinsky, Demodernisation // Official website of politician and economist Grigory Yavlinsky. 6 November 2022. Access (checked on 4 April 2022).. Instead of a modern democracy, a superstructure was created gradually, but deliberately and consistently, in the form of a police state with a monopoly on information. In this environment any serious dialogue with the authorities on the real development path of the country became impossible.
As a result, we have witnessed the degeneration of society, one that is out of sync with the time, leading to a national catastrophe, and in the final analysis, possibly to the destruction of old Russia. This was also the main result of demodernisation. If an energetic society capable of moving forward and demanding serious institutional changes, as Russian society was at the end of the 1980s and start of the 1990s, is repressed by a straitjacket51 See: G. Maupassant. Mother Savage // Collection of Works in 10 volumes. Volume 5. Small Business Aurika, 1994. of lies and a police state in order to prevent its development, the process of new birth will still happen, but the offspring will be ugly. This was the case in the rule of Nikolas II of Russia: a regime totally cut off from society that refused to change its ways led to a situation when the desire of the Russian elite of the day to engineer the transformation of the Czarist regime into a constitutional monarchy in line with the times and thereby create the conditions for the further development of the country gave rise to the birth of a Bolshevik monster. One hundred years later a far more opportunistic, petty, vindictive, less educated and less erudite ruling elite, perceiving the development of society as a danger to their survival, has irrationally and absurdly pretended that there is no such thing as the development of society. This elite has once again straitjacketed society by imposing perverse restrictions and illegal bans, thereby programming the birth of the next socio-political monstrosity – the preponderance in politics of blatant illiterates, clowns, populists and radicals. And that is how we ended up where we are today.
Putin’s special action commenced on 24 February 2022 casts Russia back to the distant past. Furthermore, the issue is not only, strictly speaking, the actions adopted in respect of Ukraine, but also the lack of understanding as to what a state should be in the 21st century, what is meant by modern politics, and finally what Russia is. The imperialist military campaign unleashed by Russia is nothing other than the continuation of primitive Bolshevik politics.
The Russian people have been deceived twice over the past one hundred years. The first time when they started believing after 1917 in socialism, only for everything to collapse after 70 years. The second time when people believed in 1991 that Russia might become a European country after the fall of communism. Here too, however, this was deception, triggering the most profound disillusionment.
The central feature of the system created in the 1990s was the need to safeguard from the people a regime that was seeking to stay in power eternally. The attitude of the country’s leadership to its citizens was expressed in cynicism – the majority was despised by a regime of the minority. The system required the depoliticisation of citizens: the resentful and dispossessed people had to be estranged from politics – not only from practical participation, but also from any political discourse as such. Initially, this was done allegedly to support patently unpopular reforms and was on this basis well received in alleged liberal circles. Subsequently, after the rout of the independent mass media and against the backdrop of the growth in oil prices, the depoliticisation of the population was required to create an authoritarian police system. In the final analysis, virtually all the mass media worked to achieve this objective and the required public agenda was formed: election rules were changed, political blocs were banned, the real elections of governors and de facto local government were cancelled, the practice of falsifying elections was expanded. The system’s monopoly of all the existing Russian television channels allowed propaganda to fill in virtually all the information space in the country. Furthermore, the key goal of the propaganda was to convince people that they did not actually influence anything and could not change anything. According to the implemented concept, the people would have zero influence on developments in their own country and the population would be entirely dependent on the authorities. This was coupled with the concept of hostile encirclement – both externally and internally in the form of “foreign agents” and the “fifth column”. People were instilled with the most distorted view of the outside world.
All this happened in an environment when the state resembled more and more a police state, when business was entirely dependent on the regime, and accordingly when the financing of institutes of civil society, political parties and trade unions, independent of the state, became impossible.
The crackdown coincided with an abrupt increase in oil prices when if not the majority, then a significant proportion of Russian citizens started enjoying comparative prosperity and certain benefits of civilisation. It looked as if the lack of democratic freedoms had no adverse impact on living standards, but vice-versa: freedoms disappeared – prosperity increased. Wealth appeared to be linked directly to the persona of the supreme ruler – the people by and large idolised and still idolise him, while “individuals with liberal views” blatantly despised the people for this fact. It should be acknowledged here that the feeling was mutual. A profound disillusion about the reforms, lack of political experience, the illusion of stability and ability to “live a private life, without interference, and go around honestly doing their business”, spurred them to be apolitical. The state supported this approach in every possible way and presented politically active citizens as raving madmen. The city’s “creative class” has never turned up for elections on a large scale, as it has not backed a single political party which advocates the interests of their social group. A small proportion of these people tried to protest publicly – admittedly, only in part, rarely and after the fact. Meanwhile, the significance of such an important action as elections has been reduced to zero, gradually, but persistently. And this is how the hope that each individual is important and may change something was destroyed definitively.
Naturally more than 20 years of intentional depoliticisation, targeted propaganda, aggravation of the atmosphere of fear, in the absence of alternative sources of information, led to a mass state of learned helplessness, in other words, a mindset and behaviour where the individual feels that he has no influence on anything other than some small part of his own daily life. Why did people suffer from learned helplessness? Because the regime deliberately made people end up in such a state. People lived in a similar situation in the USSR for decades, while the first years of perestroika and reforms instilled them with hope for change. However, a key domestic policy of Putin in the 2000s was to convince people of their utter political helplessness52 In Russia, for ten years now there has been a tacit agreement of the elite <…>, consisting of the deliberate depoliticisation of society. <…> As Gleb Pavlovsky admitted after Khodorkovsky’s arrest, after the ascendancy of Putin, the goal of political scientists serving him was to “actually freeze any form of politics, limited to the Kremlin”. Pavlovsky added modestly: “This was the goal and it was achieved.”. For this sake, anything and anyone suspected of independent political will was “brought into line”: The State Duma, governors, the oligarchs, the mass media and parties.” See A. Ageyev. Political Conclusion //Profile journal, 10 November 2003. Access (checked on 27 May 2022). .
Consequently, as a result of the reforms of the 1990s, against the backdrop of the utter indifference of the rest of the world, a system was formed in Russia where citizens could not influence in any way domestic and all the more so foreign policy. This even extended to the material conditions of their private lives. Today, when Russia finds itself in unprecedented isolation, such a position of the population is the trajectory of destruction53 In this context, the novel of Gabriel Garcia Marquez “One Hundred Days of Solitude” (1967) is informative. Its main idea can be summed up as follows: the people perish if they are unable to influence the structure of their lives as a society, are isolated, deprived of universal morals, which is the core of political thought and public life. See G. Marquez. One Hundred Years of Solitude // Moscow, publication Lokid, 1997.. “In the case of a people so committed and corrupted by the elite, one can only expect their final disintegration” – this is taken from a publication in 2011 “Lies and Legitimacy|.54 G. Yavlinsky. Lies and Legitimacy. Twenty Years of Reforms // Medium, 2011, page 9.
Of course, you can repeat as much as you want that, given Russia’s centuries-long history and the Soviet period, our people are not ready for democracy, and present examples and quotes to back this statement. There is no point contesting this fact – it is what it is. However, we must do what must be done in politics, honestly and correctly and let life put everything in perspective. However, if one is driven by greed, adheres to the rule that “the goal justifies the means”, commits base acts and patently implements the wrong steps, but which are personally beneficially to someone, then such a person should not subsequently blame the people for everything that has happened. This has nothing to do with the people: this is all about the individuals who consciously deceived the people, who were behind such actions – the ones who committed such actions and those who allowed them to be committed. Such figures were household names in our country and it would not be at all hard to name them.
The educated class, the post-Soviet intelligentsia, has played a special role in the creation and construction of the system. This concerns first and foremost individuals who believed themselves to be the elite, intellectuals, the intelligentsia in Russia – in general, anyone who is in actual fact reflected in the regime’s mirror.
Arguably, the most incontrovertible illustration of this role is provided by the active support of the post-Soviet intelligentsia for the erroneous reforms of the 1990s. These reforms could only be supported if one disregarded the needs of common people – through contempt for the majority of the population. To date a number of political scientists, economists and publicists justify and even extol the absurd reform plan of the 1990s55 K. Rogov. Think Ahead and Change the Present // Vedomosti. 30 September 2011. Access (checked on 22 May 2022); A. Nechayev. Gaidar’s Reforms: Myths and Reality// Yegor Gaidar’s Foundation. 10 November 2011. Access (checked on 22 May ); Evgeny Yasin: “I would tell the critics of the reforms to stuff it”// Moskovsky Komsomolets, 6 May 2019. Access (checked on 22 May 2022).. As a rule, explaining the reasons for the failures of the reforms, and the consequent emergence of the current authoritarian mafia regime, they cite the fact that democracy in Russia “hadn’t taken hold” as the people were not ready. In their opinion, the reforms had been conducted in the only possible way, but the “people turned out to be unsuitable”56 G. Yavlinsky. 30 Years after Communism. Outlines of a New Era// Official website of politician and economist Grigory Yavlinsky. 8 November 2019. Access (checked on 6 April 2022).. In actual fact, the post-Soviet intelligentsia, the so-called elite of the country at the time when the regime disconnected itself from the people, opted to serve the powers that be and subsequently concentrated all their energies on relations with the regime and not the people.
Simultaneously overtly self-confident and at the same time incompetent, this stratum of Russian society was first of all divested of its political party (Union of Right Forces), cast out of the power structures, and then probably, undermined by their own inferiority complex, proactively participated in the removal of people from politics. For this purpose, incidentally, the mass media were used deliberately by the authorities (for example, Gazprom’s radio station Echo Moskvy57 Echo Moskvy was a monopoly federal radio broadcaster on the “democratic wing” – notes of the editor.). In 2011 the people were told not to participate in the elections (“None of the Above”)58 I. Novikova. The movement “None of the Above” has started lobbying //Vedomosti. 12 September 2011. Access (checked on 15 May 2022). or to vote “for anyone, but United Russia”59 See: Support any party against United Russia // LiveJournal, 6 July 2011. Access (checked on 27 May 2022); Mironov calls for actions on the elections based on Navalny’s plan // Lenta.ru, 19 September 2021. Access (checked on 27.05.2022); M. Salie. Vote for any party, other than United Russia! // Radio Liberty. 1 November 2011. Access (checked on 22 May 2022)., while in 2021 they lobbied people, using “Smart Voting” to choose Putin’s loyal sycophants – the communists, supporters of the nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky, supporters of the For Truth Party of nationalist Zakhar Prilepin, some alleged “new people”60 G. Yavlinsky. Negative Selection // Official website of politician and economist Grigory Yavlinsky. 19 October 2021. Access (checked on 7 April 2022).. They tried ineffectually and through populism to supplant serious politics with activism61 G. Yavlinsky. Activism and Politics // Novaya Gazeta. 19 October 2019. Access (checked on 7 April 2022). and make the protest “non-political” – with white ribbons and Occupy Abay (“we don’t need politicians” – popular protest jamborees wearing white wigs along Moscow’s boulevards in 2012-2013; the refusal to support the democratic candidate for president in 2012 and 2018). And the main responsibility of the most proactive group of the post-Soviet intelligentsia – many years of the systematic smearing of the democratic opposition found guilty of criticising the absurd reforms of the 1990s and submitting coherent proposals on a professional economic alternative, refusing to support the actions and politics of Anatoly Chubais and other individuals from Yeltsin’s entourage and then Putin, and also rejecting the crackpot idea of a “liberal empire”62 See Liberal Imperialism. Wikipedia. Access (checked on 27 May 2022). and declaring unacceptable any alliance with Limonov’s National Bolsheviks63 “Garry Kasparov is known for his extreme political tolerance. His “United Civil Front” was ready to accept under its wing anyone disgruntled with Putin’s regime. “For the time being, we join forces on the wave of civil protests”, the former chess world champion explains. Such a breadth of views comes as a shock, for such ultranationalist groupings as RNE or Russian Order, for example, are disgruntled with the regime. Surely Garry Kasparov did not intend to cooperate with them? I would not want to believe that this is the case. On the other hand, the former chess world champion is not opposed to an alliance with Limonov’s National Bolshevik Party, whose ideology can without a shadow of a doubt be called fascist”. See S. Korolev. Mistakes of a Grandmaster // Polit.ru. 27 September 2005. Access (checked on 27 May 2022). , etc.
Garry Kasparov and Eduard Limonov are voting
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Instead of all the above, it was vital to explain to the people and communicate via all available channels that participation in politics and in particular in elections (furthermore not participation mediated by algorithms, but instead direct voting for the candidate who is closest to you) is what is implied when you fight for your future, for the future of your children. For almost 30 years, ever since 1993, at least 11 times (eight times in State Duma elections and three times in presidential elections) there was a chance to turn politics in the right direction. That didn’t happen.
In general, it could be stated that the post-Soviet intelligentsia are responsible to a large extent for the current catastrophe. In addition to their support for the erroneous and criminal reforms of the 1990s and their irresponsible disregard of the democratic alternative – as stated above – the so-called Russian liberal elite has to answer for the second Chechen war and for bringing Putin to power in 2000, and for the enthusiastic acceptance of the annexation of Crimea in society – in other words, for all the key stages on the path to war with Ukraine.
The anti-democratic campaign in support of Boris Yeltsin in the 1996 presidential elections was to a large extent a watershed moment for the establishment of the system which led Russia to go to war in February 2022. At the time the proactive group of the post-Soviet intelligentsia voluntarily participated in lobbying on behalf of the current president, first and foremost, owing to their material dependence on the powers that be and the oligarchs close to the regime. However, the world outlook of leading representatives of the Russian intelligentsia, who still exerted significant influence on society in the 1990s, was also important. For it is specifically at this time, at the height of the extremely unsuccessful reforms, while fully aware and critically evaluating developments, that they still made a conscious choice in favour of the immutability of the regime. This position was not attributable to any fear of the Communists (whose ascent to power they simply used to intimidate others who doubted whether Yeltsin should be supported), but instead to a distrust of the country, the people, their attitude to the authoritative nomenklatura as the invariable minority that should hold onto power obtained once through the use of any means. This led to their backing for authoritarianism and justification of such authoritarianism, and as a result the genesis back in 1996 of the system which brought Putin to power.
At the same time, however, a significant proportion of the post-Soviet intelligentsia perceived a real democratic opposition – one that sought to preserve and strengthen the ties of democrats and most of the country’s population, to ensure the actual participation of the majority of the country’s citizens in politics (and not as mere toys to be manipulated or consumers of a political product, but instead as subjects of politics, as active players) – as interference in the reforms and the achievement of the goal before them: the creation. as they put it at the time, of a “new Russia”, and in actual fact a mafia-oligarchic system64 A significant proportion of the Moscow post-Soviet intelligentsia and mass media expressing their views (on Echo Moskvy, for example) spoke out ardently against the democratic opposition. In autumn 1999 the leaders of SPS (Union of Right Forces Party) and their electorate supported the start of the Second Chechen War. During Putin’s electoral campaign they spoke out actively in his support, while the slogan “Putin for President, Kiriyenko for the State Duma. We need young people!” became the official motto. At the presidential elections of 2000 the SPS electorate, particularly in Moscow, proactively supported Putin instead of the democratic candidate. In April 2001, in connection with the start of the liquidation of NTV as a private independent TV channel, SPS members, headed by Boris Nemtsov and Irina Khakamada, spoke out in defence of the TV channel. Shortly afterwards, however, under the influence of Chubais and Gaidar, they stopped participating in the protest (see, for example: O. Korguniuk, Union of Right Forces Party // Great Russian Encyclopaedia. Access (checked on 22 May 2022)) and launched a campaign against the Yabloko Party which had been actively defending independent mass media..
In 1999 the fear of regime change reached a new qualitative level. Even people who had in 1994 collected signatures and spoken out against the first war in Chechnya now supported the second one without a twinge of conscience. These people became the allies of imperial revanchism. The very same Chubais, trying to come up with an ideology for the system that he had created with his comrades, talked about Russia as a “liberal empire”65 A. Chubais. Russia’s Mission in the 21st Century // Nezavisimaya Gazeta. 1 October 2003. Access (checked on 7 April 2022).. However, there can be only one kind of empire in Russia – nationalist. And vice-versa Russian nationalism may only be imperial. Any attempt to flirt with Russian nationalism is a movement towards imperial revanchism.
The course of the election campaign in the State Duma elections in 1999 (the imperial and militarist rhetoric of so-called liberals) and the regime’s policy in Chechnya (“wipe them out in the outhouses”) were already sufficient grounds for drawing a conclusion on the character of the new Russian administration which took up residence at the Kremlin at the start of 2000. Arguably, even those people who supported the KGB officer as presidential candidate, while continuing to claim to be democrats, had no illusions about Putin as a pupil of Anatoly Sobchak and the successor of the “founder of a free Russia” Yeltsin. Some of them made a paradoxical gamble on the preservation of democracy (as they understood it) through the use of anti-democratic methods. Others were knowingly ready to sacrifice democracy for the sake of preserving the property that they had obtained during the criminal privatisation.
This was followed by the dismantling of NTV as a private independent TV channel, carried out with the assistance of Gazprom and the participation of sophisticated “liberal” managers66 A round table was held in Moscow “The television that we lost” // Official website of the Yabloko Party. 15 April 2011. Access (checked on 15 May 2022).. And the post-Soviet intelligentsia also swallowed this.
The absence of a long-term vision that I have noted as a systemic attribute of Putin’s state turned out be an intrinsic element of the Russian liberal opposition which spent years ineffectually on political activism67 G. Yavlinsky, Activism and Politics // Novaya Gazeta. 19 October 2019. Access (checked on 7 May 2022).. The authoritarian regime should not have been countered simply by shouting phrases such as “down with Putin”, but instead with an image of the future. They should not have just joked about “identities”, but should instead have spoken seriously about values and goals.
To all intents and purposes, the protest “in-crowd” after the mass actions of 2011-2012, as a rule refused to focus on substantive issues68 Parfenov, Akunin, Nemtsov, Romanova, Lukyanova on the meeting on 24 December // RFI, 19 December 2011. Access (checked on 15 May 2022). and did not support an alternative to Putin either at the 2012 presidential elections, when he calmly returned to the presidential post, or in 2018 when the elections were transformed into a plebiscite on national support for Putin’s politics. Tellingly, many people from communities disgruntled with the regime treated frivolously even the revolutionary amendments to the 2020 Constitution – allegedly, the Constitution had not been working for a long time anyway.
Meanwhile, Putin’s system evolved, reinforcing the repressive component and nourishing imperial ambitions. However, instead of trying to counter this rapidly developing danger, the liberal “in-crowd” fed society with empty hopes that the system would collapse any day now, supporting the sensation that success was just around the corner.
Moreover, the failure to assess the importance of big ideas, clear value-based and ideological tenets, was accompanied by the promotion of ideological naked opportunism and all manner of “tactical” alliances with nationalists, National Bolsheviks and communists for the sake of the hypothetical expansion of the protest electorate. In the absence of a strategic vision, here too tactics supplanted strategy.
We have such a regime in Russia because it was allowed to take control by specific strata of Russian society purporting to be part of the opposition. Ever since 2007 and the conference of Eduard Limonov’s The Other Russia (Coalition), they have been preparing the country for a National Bolshevik revolution – and this was done, instead of trying to counter such a development69 “The Other Russia” will become a party // Kommersant, 6 July 2007. Access (checked on 15 May 2022).. For it was not the leader of the National Bolsheviks Limonov who provided the opposition with the agenda “grab and divide” (the counting of villas, yachts and flats as the main criticism of the regime). The nationalists did not strong arm the Moscow intelligentsia, demanding that they make xenophobia the banner of protest. This was done by the candidates for the role of leaders of the democratic opposition and their supporters who found nothing better to do than to piggyback on this left-wing nationalist trend and wait and see where the venture might end.
After their alliance with the National Bolsheviks, the same people placed their bets on the nationalist discourse on the individuals who had supported the war with Georgia proactively and aggressively (“strike Georgia’s joint staff with a missile”70 See LiveJournal. 8 August 2008. Access (checked on 7 April 2022); LiveJournal. 10 August 2008. Access (checked on 22 May 2022).) and advocated an anti-Georgian campaign in Russia and “Russian Marches”. At the same time, it should be understood here that nationalism is not simply a personality trait of Alexey Navalny, but rather an important component of his party line, a “point of principle” that he intended to use to become popular “with the people”. Betting on a populist politician advancing the cause of nationalism and the justification of such nationalism by the Russian intelligentsia, as well as the attempt to use the nationalist discourse against Putin, was an indefensible blunder. Russian nationalism is imperial in nature and cannot be anything else. The enemy in the nationalist and left-wing discourse inevitably becomes the West, and not the regime71 G. Yavlinsky, No to Putinism and Populism // Official website of politician and economist Grigory Yavlinsky. 6 February 2021. Access (checked on 7 April 2022)..
Voting for communists based on the “Smart Voting” sales pitch was the final step in this erroneous line72 G. Yavlinsky. Negative Selection // Official website of politician and economist Grigory Yavlinsky. 19 October 2021. Access (checked on 7 April 2022).. A public fight, not against the system, but only one of its elements – corruption – draws on the worst traits of human beings – envy, malice, xenophobia – and only fosters hatred. In Russia this is a major error.
Putin exploited the growth in nationalist and left-wing populist moods for his own purposes – for in actual fact nationalist, national imperialist and chauvinist ideas served as the basis of Putin’s politics towards Ukraine73 V. Putin. On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians // Official website of the President of the Russian Federation. 12 July 2021. Access (checked on 23 February 2022).. Everyone who was concerned that “Russians are Europe’s largest segregated people”74 A. Oleinik. Invention of Nationalists // Vedomosti, 25 July 2017. Access (checked on 15 May 2022)., who expressed their discontent over “others”, who sought enemies of the “Russian world” was offered one such enemy – Ukraine.
And if one cynically tries to convince the people, as the national populists and certain liberals did75 “The war is expensive for Russians. And it will cost even more”. What will happen to the rouble? And to the Russian economy in general? Sergey Guriev will answer these questions// Meduza, 27 February 2022. Access (checked on: 15 May 2022)., that a “war would cost too much” (for the state budget, the consumer’s pocket), frighten them with sanctions, explain that military confrontation was impossible as the army was unprepared, then war can never be averted. The true choice should not be between the fridge and the television, and not even between any conditional “victory” or “defeat”. This is an ideological choice – the issue of the value of a human life.
The liberal milieu and the intelligentsia failed to learn the lessons of the euphoria over Crimea and the war in Donbass, and a number of recognisable people from this environment participated in the campaign to support in the September 2021 elections Stalinists, nationalists, out-and-out supporters of war with Ukraine, seeking at any cost to reduce the percentage of voters for United Russia, assuming for no good reason that this would somehow weaken Putin. However, this campaign only ended up consolidating the system even more and facilitating the country’s transition down to the next level.
Ever since the end of the 1990s the Russian mass media commonly believed to be liberal or to represent the opposition (I am not even talking here about the overtly pro-regime media), increasingly became a tool in the fight against the democratic opposition. These publications defended the reforms of the 1990s and discredited alternative economic programmes, foisted on the audience the cult of the leader and populism and ignored democratic forces. At the same time, they inculcated a contemptuous attitude for the people who had not duly appreciated the achievements of the democratic reforms implemented by the tandem of Boris Yeltsin, Yegor Gaidar and Anatoly Chubais. This culminated in the lobbying for “Smart Voting”, in other words, for ardent proponents of the police state and war. The anti-war and anti-chauvinist democratic opposition not only miss out on any support: it was also trampled on. The idea of certain types of “new” communists and “good nationalists” was constantly hyped up and in the end, they hoovered up all the “protest” votes. The strong showing of the communists in the parliamentary elections in 2021 created the atmosphere and premises for closing Memorial and for the “special military operation” in Ukraine. “Smart Voting” on the instructions of the “leader”, which was declared a “protest” vote and became a mass phenomenon among people calling themselves liberals, in actual fact turned out to be a vote for the representatives of parties backing the regime which supported, support and will support the war. This was a clear illustration of an utter value-based failure and tactics devoid of any meaning, an eloquent example of the state of mind of the post-Soviet intelligentsia.
The West’s incompetence and the passion for advocacy journalism of European and American mass media claiming to understand political developments in Russia were the reasons for foreign support of the pro-Putin “Smart Voting”76 A, Troianovsk, I. Nechepurenko. Could Navalny’s ‘Smart Voting’ Strategy Shake Up Russia’s Election? // The New York Times. 23 September 2021. Access (checked on 22 May 2022); D. Litvinova. How Navalny election tool challenge the Kremlin // Associated Press. 14 September 2021. Access (checked on 22 May 2022); M. Bennets. Putin’s nemesis pins hopes on army of tactical voters // The Times. 17 September 2021. Access (checked on 22 May 2022). (even though the “Smart Voting” contributed to the war, Western politicians and the Western press to date have not conducted a review of this “political finding”). It has reached absurd lengths: Russian voters in London and Paris, after reading the Western press and the Russian internet, voted for a nationalist who had received a medal for the accession of Crimea and the war in Syria77 The candidate from the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia is elected to the State Duma in Tomsk thanks to votes from London and Paris // Interfax. 21 September 2021. Access (checked on 23 May 2022).. Now this “victor”, like so many others who received the backing of the liberal democratic and conservative, right-wing and left-wing press in the West, is on the sanctions list of the very same UK and France.
The deliberate Balkanisation and split of liberal democratic forces, degradation of political debate on the air waves of Echo Moskvy were beneficial, first and foremost, to the Russian regime, which had been using the radio station for almost three decades for the proactive weakening of the democratic opposition and, as a result, for support of the system and Putin’s regime.
Russian society will at some point understand that it is directly responsible for what happened on 24 February between Ukraine and Russia, for the political system that it created in Russia over the past 30 years. The Russian intelligentsia, drawing on the lessons of our country’s history, should be intransigent in its opposition to nationalism, populism, lies and the manipulation of people, should serve as a moral inhibitor, a safety lock. However, this public stratum has degenerated in post-Soviet Russia. It is not nationalism or left-wing populism per se, but rather the justification and even support of such ideas by those very people78 On calls to vote for the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. Decision of the political committee of the Yabloko Party dated 14 October 2021 // Official website of the Yabloko Party. Access (checked on 1 May 2022). who should have stood up against nationalism, Bolshevism and revanchism on an ethical basis, which paved the way to the war.
The mass media and journalists
One should also highlight here separately the Russian journalists who decided, against the backdrop of an authoritarian regime, that they should continue to be “objective” and stay “above the fray”.
The rare, but until recently comparatively popular opposition mass media in the culture of protest, did over the years actually tell the people the truth about the crimes committed by the regime. The journalists of these publications, frequently risking their lives, published hard-hitting investigations of exceptional complexity, penetrating and extremely bold human rights materials. Without exaggerating, I would call a number of these individuals true heroes. At the same time, it is highly regrettable that the same publications and the same journalists failed to understand that there was a vital need to show intelligently and explain lucidly the political alternative: who could remedy the situation in the country and how this would be done.
And that is why the Russian police state believe that this press – as a rule, quite rightly – did not pose any danger for the regime, while at the same time adeptly exploiting it and the new specifics that have evolved in this post-modern environment, These specific aspects help to push people to a post-modernist world where everything is relative, where everything is called into question and subverted, where imitation replaces rational thinking and substance. And this leads to an increase in the spirt of activism: look, the questioning youth is moving, trying things out, making mistakes, but this is better than the “stagnant habits of liberal modernisers”. And this is where the lack of any ideological content or principles is a perfect fit, where politics resembles a game or sport, where it is OK to toy with Stalinists, nationalists and war mongers. This creates the illusion that all that is needed to help break the impasse is for some young people to search around and take stock of values.
As a result, the opposition mass media merely incited politically meaningless protests. Unable either to understand or perceive an alternative, they were naturally unable to support it. In their failure to explain who could change the system and situation in the country and how, such media incentivised some people to engage in a senseless rebellion, and prodded others to give in to profound apathy.
On 24 February 2022 we bore witness to a clean break with reality. This also happened, inter alia, as a result of the degradation of the Russian intelligentsia and a significant proportion of society. This is a break with time and history, with a real past, present and future, morphing as a logical result into the tragedy of the absurd, populating and even replacing life at all levels. Thousands of people are dying. We have brought the world right to the edge beyond which a major war beckons.
The West – the USA and the European Union – has made a sizable contribution to the creation, design and consolidation of the Russian oligarchic system and also played a significant role in pushing us to the current catastrophe.
For many years the West proactively supported Putin at a personal level: Tony Blair came to Russia to offer his support in the 2000 elections. George Bush Junior confessed after meeting Putin in 2001: “I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy. I was able to get a sense of his soul.” Putin has been praised by Berlusconi, Prodi, Sarcozy, Fillon, Kurz, Tsipras, Macron…79 Not part of service, but friendship. Which leaders have established trust-based relations with Putin? // Lenta.ru. 3 August 2016. Access (checked on 22 May 2022). The topic of the West’s influence on what happened to Russia is material and merits a detailed examination. In these notes, I will limit myself to some of the aspects which played a key role over the past 30 years in the development of the situation today.
CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE WEST’S POLICIES WHICH SUPPORTED THE CREATION OF PUTIN’S SYSTEM DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
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* See Information of the KGB of the USSR “On the Statements of the representative of the entourage of Mikhail Gorbachev dated 20 June 1991. See V. Stepankov, E. Liskov. Kremlin Conspiracy: Version of the Investigation // Ogonek, OGIZ, Moscow. 1992, page 55; V. Stepankov. State Committee on the State of Emergency. 72 Hours Which Shook the World // Мoscow. Vremya, 2011, page 55.
Rejection of new formats
The deterioration in relations between Russia and the West over the past 15 years is not due to the much-hyped eastern expansion of NATO. The key problem was that ever since the start of the 1990s the West has not developed and has not proposed a new collective security system in line with the times, which would include Russia. This was essential and realistic. “The greatest failing of the West’s strategic choice after the end of the Cold War is, of course, the exclusion, isolation, and hostility of contemporary Russia”, noted William Hill in 2018, former counsellor of the US Embassy in Moscow in the 1980s80 William H. Hill. No Place for Russia: European Security Institutions Since 1989. Columbia University Press, 2018..
Were there any attempts to come to a mutual understanding? There were. However, they were not marked by conviction or persistence either on the part of Putin or that of Western partners. I refer here, for example, to the joint anti-missile defence system for Europe (Russia, the EU and US). In 2001 Putin discussed this issue at negotiations with NATO81 Vladimir Putin holds negotiations with the NATO Secretary General George Robertson // Official website of the Russian President. 20 February 2001. Access (checked on 23 February 2022)., but no further development ensued. A Joint Declaration on New Strategic Relations between Russia and the United States was signed in Moscow in 200282 Moscow Declaration on New Strategic Relations between the Russian Federation and the United States of America // Official website of the Russian President. 24 May 2002. Access (checked on 16 May 2022)., but not a single practical step was taken to implement it.
The lack of initiatives of Russian-European integration in security is attributable, first and foremost, to the lack of understanding of the significance of this process. When the European Union was created, its main strategy was to prevent a new war in Europe. However, as the years have passed, the European Union has been transformed into a bureaucratic structure which delineated its borders and started focusing on internal problems. The strategy of a Greater Europe and Russia’s European integration was not actually discussed seriously. As a result, instead of the strategically vital path of the rapprochement of Russia and Europe, an anti-European political agenda was formed in the Kremlin.
On top of all this, developments today represent the collapse of fifteen years of politics pronounced by Putin in Munich. This represents de facto recognition of the collapse of fifteen years of policy in the Cold War that Putin declared to the West in 2007 in Munich – to all intents and purposes, this represents confirmation of this defeat. He failed to make Russia the leader in the opposition to the “unipolar world”, to attract to his side European politicians and citizens. “A Deliberate Choice?”83 G. Yavlinsky. A Deliberate Choice? // Official website of politician and economist Grigory Yavlinsky. 6 February 2012. Access (checked on 6 April 2022). boxed the regime, Putin and the country into a corner, while a reluctance to acknowledge his own errors and accept defeat in the new Cold War in the 21st century led to the decision implemented on 24 February 2002. However, the past one and a half decades became a time of loss and degradation, and this concerns not only relations with our country. Loathe to delve into developments in Russia, Western politicians and mass media even now continue to back the national imperialist wing of Russia’s opposition84 O’Shaughnessy, J., Alexei Navalny. Putin’s No 1 enemy – by the people who know him // The Times. 9 April 2022. Access (checked on 27 May 2022); LeBlanck, P. “We don’t realize how strong we actually are”: How Alexey Navalny became Russia’s opposition leader // CNN. 22 April 2022. Access (checked on 27 May 2022)., which has albeit acute differences with Putin, but these are only differences regarding the internal system. This is yet another painful manifestation of global political entropy85 G. Yavlinsky. Political Entropy // Medium, Moscow. 2021. Access (checked on 8 April 2022)., attesting to political feeblemindedness. Donald Trump’s politics and the storm of the Washington Capitol on 6 January 2021 are due to the same range of symptoms.
Incidentally, for thirty years the West has also failed to notice in Ukraine the prospects for a Greater Europe. Even after the annexation of Crimea and the start of the war in the Donbass in 2014 nothing was created for Ukraine akin to the “Marshall Plan” – no timely and real steps were taken for Ukraine’s integration into the European Union. Putin’s “special operation” was required for the West to start to consider seriously the issue of Ukraine’s membership of the European Union.
As a whole, the West’s policy over the past three decades has been bereft of understanding and lacked a political strategy on the future that mankind could have sought to achieve. Indeed, Western elites have been handling current policies atrociously, there are more than enough examples: the flight from Afghanistan last summer, the dangerous and growing hostile confrontation in the United States between Republicans and Democrats, which holds out prospects of anything but normal pre-election clashes in American society, Britain’s Brexit and conflicts with the ruling parties in Poland and Hungary in the European Union86 G. Yavlinsky. Political Entropy // Medium, Moscow. 2021. Access (checked on 8 April 2022). . It goes without saying that the economic and political model of the European Union is for Russia (and Ukraine) the absolute strategic benchmark. However, given the low quality of contemporary practical politics in the West and as a result its own problems, in the current situation we will have to rely only on ourselves and above all seek on our own a way to extricate ourselves from the catastrophe.
Backbone of the regime
On 1 July 2020 the Russian oligarchic system created during the reforms of the 1990s moved on to a qualitatively new stage of development: the immutability of Putin’s personal power was not simply enshrined in the country’s revised Constitution – this marked the official repudiation of the regime’s formal commitment to democratic legitimacy, of federalism, of progression from the Soviet past to a modern civilisation of the 21st century87 G. Yavlinsky. The Day After // Official website of politician and economist Grigory Yavlinsky. 31 August 2021. Access (checked on 4 April 2022).. This signalled the definitive failure of post-Soviet modernisation. Democracy had been defeated, while the country’s modernisation never happened. And even though a number of people were not aware of what had happened at the time, and even now, the key result today is obvious – the lack of any prospects for virtually all the country’s citizens, the crushing of hopes and mounting resentment and disillusion. And it is always easier to channel all this multi-layered range of negative emotions against an external enemy.
And in this sense the war should not have come as a surprise. Indeed, Putin didn’t hide anything: he openly prepared the war, wrote and announced this fact vociferously. However, this did not elicit the adequate reaction – either within the country or beyond its borders. Putin’s anti-Ukrainian article published in summer 2021 was the most serious symptom and warning. However, the Americans were preoccupied with their rushed withdrawal from Afghanistan88 G. Yavlinsky, Fiasco // Official website of politician and economist Grigory Yavlinsky. 11 September 2021. Access (checked on 8 April 2022)., an election campaign started inside Russia, while the real danger of a war that had practically been declared did not become the main topic either for the mass media, politicians or public figures, however absurd that may seem right now89 “This will not be a war with Ukraine, but instead with the entire Western world.” Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky on the radio station Komsomolskaya Pravda. 15 July 2021. Access (checked on 8 April 2022);
“There will be an opportunity to vote against the war”. Interview with Grigory Yavlinsky on the Echo Moskvy radio station. 23 July 2021. Access (checked on 8 April 2022); “The regime wants to resolve all its problems through war. The war will justify everything.” Interview of Grigory Yavlinsky with the journalist Maxim Glinkin. 16 August 2021. Access (checked on 8 April 2022); “Today everything is very simple: either there will be a war or there won’t.” Interview of Grigory Yavlinsky with the publication Nastoyashee Vremya (Current Time). 23 August 2021. Access (checked on 8 April 2022)..
Today people in our country are exposed to the colossal influence of propaganda aimed explicitly at inciting hatred and support for the war. Add here the daily mounting fear of repressions. In such an environment individuals are ready to justify a great deal if only as a distraction from a perpetually negative mood. And there is more than enough negativity – war alone is hard to take, but there is also uncertainty and fear, which are caused in turn by the lack of reforms, social lifts, prospects and opportunities to influence developments, in other words, the lack of the institute of contemporary politics. All this has a stronger impact than other feelings, drowns out knowledge, experience, education and morals.
To put it another way, the main reason for the support of the war is the lack of freedom, the fact that people feel that they are prisoners, in a state of learned helplessness deliberately created by the regime. Russian citizens have ended up as the hostages of politicians who have an inverted, archaic consciousness, but the people are incapable of freeing themselves or changing anything at all. There are several reasons why this is the case: disillusion over the collapse of the reforms of the 1990s, the breakup of the USSR and loss of any future prospects, and at the same time a loss of understanding of the meaning of life. The formula of radical exclusion from politics – “You stay clear of politics, and in exchange we will feed and defend you” – yielded this result: instead of the construction of a European future, the national idea became confrontation with the West, a new world order, the messianic role of Russia and Putin. For it is a fact that people deprived of rights and freedoms, opportunities for fully-fledged participation in politics, self-realisation and self-respect, are ready to accept a totalitarian ideology. Furthermore, this ideology is becoming not only a tool used to manage the population, but is also at some point turning out to be an internal pivot for citizens. And as the absolute majority of people in Russia have to all intents and purposes already been shut out of real politics for a long time, the regime had no problem replacing the opportunities afforded to people in the modern free world by ideas out of step with time, corresponding to the century before last or the last century. All the more so as an authoritarian regime does not need creative and free people who want to replace it. The backbone of the regime has been provided by dependent, loyal and subordinate citizens.
Protest and activism
Nevertheless, there are millions of people in Russia who are against the war, millions who have not given into the propaganda. Then why has an anti-war protest failed to happen? Above all, this is due to the repressive laws. In addition, however, over the past few years, activist protest has been debased and defiled. Ten years were wasted on replacing politics with dilettante activism, emotional self-satisfaction90 G. Yavlinsky. Activism and Politics // Novaya Gazeta. 19 October 2019. Access (checked on 7 April 2022)..
After the introduction of the amendments to the Constitution, which signalled a dramatic turning point for the country, life continued just as if nothing had happened and there were no protests. However, in January-February 2021, people persuaded to take to the streets for protests were cast off to the furnace of the repressions91 Navalny Live. Broadcast on 4 February 2021 // YouTube. Access (checked on 16 May 2022); Leonid Volkov: There is no point in the cavalry taking on tanks // BBC Russian Service. 10 February 2021. Access (checked on 22 May 2022).. Furthermore, it was stated that the substantive reason for the protests was to draw attention to the court case into Alexey Navalny who had voluntarily returned to Russia from Germany against the backdrop of the film on “Putin’s palace”92 G. Yavlinsky. No to Putinism and Populism // Official website of politician and economist Grigory Yavlinsky. 6 February 2021. Access (checked on 7 April 2022).. At the same time, the increasingly dire and dangerous foreign policy agenda was disregarded in its entirety as something inconvenient aimed at intimidating nationalists and anybody nostalgic about the Soviet empire, people that the protest organisers were extremely keen to have among their supporters. These events ushered in the crackdown on the activist protest movement in Russia and the potential for protest was intentionally and consistently destroyed by the state throughout 2021. And when the invasion of Ukraine started, there was virtually nobody left to protest. Instead of thousands of protesters, tens of thousands of emigrants took their place on the streets. Now, when martial law has been effectively introduced in the country, people are confronted with the threat of repressions for expressing their thoughts in any form, let alone for taking to the streets. In these conditions, it is impossible to call for public protests, as it is impossible to guarantee the safety of people taking to the streets and protect them from arrests and further prosecution.
About the future
It goes without saying that the most important aspect of the unfolding catastrophe is the mass death of people, the destruction and humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine. This is what will remain with us now, and with our children and grandchildren forever.
However, we continue to exist in the same public space, with the same models of behaviour and reactions, in the same post-modern which existed on the eve of the war and which led us here. That is why the “special operation” should not be viewed as some standalone political act. It would be incorrect to perceive this as one move in a complex game which had been intended to deliver a quick win, but had not been implemented as originally conceived, and as a result created numerous problems for everyone, including its organisers. It only looks like this on paper. On 24 February 2020 the life of every individual changed radically and for the foreseeable future.
We need to try and assess the scale and outcome of what has happened. The war between Russia and Ukraine has already acquired its own extremely dangerous logic. The active military confrontation is dragging on and in the process is actually transforming the two sides into deadly enemies. Such developments always take a heavy toll, the mutual hatred will remain in collective memory for many generations to come.
Based on the system that has been built and aligned for thirty years in Russia, the Russian establishment will continue seeking to assimilate the whole of Ukraine. Putin is not alone in holding this vision of the future: this paradigm is close and understandable to a comparatively broad group of the nomenklatura that he has established.
At the same time, today’s Russia cannot be defeated in the classic sense because it has nuclear weapons, and cannot be crushed economically because it has vast natural resources and a “boundless” partnership with China (at the very least, for the time being) and is flirting with India – global economic powers. And as the West’s direct participation in military actions in Ukraine is unthinkable, then it will prove “virtually impossible” to even force Russia to leave the Ukrainian territories seized since 201493 See, for example, E. Luce. Biden, Putin and the danger of Versailles // The Financial Times, 31 March 2022. Access (checked on 3 May 2022).. This means that it will prove impossible to compel Russia to perform the terms set out by Ukraine and the West, as it is highly likely that Putin will never leave94 See A. Latham. The unpalatable truth in Ukraine // The Hill, 2 June 2022. Access (checked on 6 June 2022).. That is why any understanding between Putin’s Russia and Ukraine – inter alia, a vital ceasefire agreement – will only prove temporary. This is approximately how the First Chechen War was “ended” in 1997, only for the Second Chechen War to be launched two years later.
As a whole, if one looks at border wars in former empires (for example, the case of India’s Kashmir Region), then it can be assumed that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict could drag on for a very long time. The intensity of the military actions may die down, only to flare up now and then. However, the constant threat of a dramatic escalation, up to and including nuclear confrontation, will remain.
As to the West’s attempts to exert unprecedented pressure on Russia, historical experience clearly shows that it is extremely rare for sanctions to stop military ventures. During the 20th century only three out of 19 attempts to use sanctions as a political tool prevent war were successful95 War and sanctions have caused commodities chaos // The Economist, 11 March 2022. Access (checked on 3 May 2022).. In the world today, as soon as it becomes clear to everyone that the sanctions are permanent, this tool will lose any effectiveness when it comes to achieving peace. And one of the key reasons is that permanent authoritarian leaders of corporate states are totally indifferent to the situation of the absolute majority of the populations of their countries. They seek to implement their own version of the world order. And no demonstration of unity by Western countries will discourage Putin or Xi Jinping from implementing their hegemonic projects either in the case of Ukraine or in relations with Taiwan. The reason is simple: their power relies not on economic success, but instead on ideology and the promotion of totalitarian expansion. That is why in this case the threat of paying a high economic price for choosing war is not an effective argument for coercing them to choose peace.
We should not harbour any illusions. When talking about the reasons for what happened to Russia in February 2022, one should not hold only one person accountable: this would be a fundamental miscalculation. It is about far more than just Putin. The war is due to a number of key factors – the entire political system in Russia, the out-and-out failure of thirty years of attempts at modernisation, the loss of any values and defeat of the Russian post-Soviet intelligentsia. This goes far beyond one individual.
The regeneration of the Russian state in the 1990s and subsequent years should have been achieved by convening a Constituent Assembly, making a clean break with Bolshevism, restoring ties with historical Russia through dynamic evolution, transitioning from an autocratic empire to a democratic European country96 G. Yavlinsky. February Parallels // Official website of politician and economist Grigory Yavlinsky. 26 February 2007. Access (checked on 8 April 2022).
See also: G. Yavlinsky. Lies and Legitimacy. Twenty Years of Reforms. // Medium, 2011.. None of this was done, even a mere comprehension of the task ahead proved beyond the means of both the state and society.
Today the commonplace ideological cliché concerns Russia’s aspirations pronounced by the regime to gain “sovereignty” and bring about a “multipolar world order”. However, sovereignty per se does not mean rejection of an independent court, the separation of powers, independent mass media, the supremacy of law and the inviolability of private property separate from the state, while a multipolar world order does not mean missiles and the seizure of the territories of neighbouring countries which were once part of an empire that collapsed twice over the past one hundred years.
Real sovereignty and a truly multipolar world order in the current global environment are achieved by building up the all-round competitiveness of the nation in the most modern technologies and in the economy, thanks to high living standards and a quality of life that are attractive to people from other countries as well. This concerns healthcare and the environment, safety and the protection of rights and freedoms, the inviolability of private property, education and science, a sense of self-respect and the creation of opportunities for creativity.
The long-term consequence of today’s alleged fight for “sovereignty” and a “multipolar world order” is totally different – to separate Russia once and for all from the West, from the global future of a modern civilisation, based in some way or other on European values and ideals.
This is a movement in a radically different way to the alternative future. And this means travel along a non-existent path.
How to stop the war
Right now we need an unconditional ceasefire agreement, an exchange of prisoners and the bodies of the dead. Negotiations can be held once this has been done. This is vital. However, I am afraid that even today this will be insufficient to guarantee a protracted and secure peace.
Is there any way out of the current tragic situation? In principle, there is. The way out involves conducting policy in accordance with the objective requirements of the time and the present moment in world history. Russia is without a shadow of a doubt a European country. While having its own specifics, Russia is unequivocally a part of European civilisation in terms of culture, mentality and history. And the only positive outcome for our country is European, Attempts to send Russia in some other direction and create a separate civilisation out of the country is fraught with the catastrophe of the loss of any future. Right now we are on the verge of such a catastrophe.
That is why there is only reliable way out from this apparently endless war – Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and possibly some other states of the Caucasus region consciously move together towards a life corresponding to the 21st century, the life lived today by the European Union; arbitrary transparent borders between countries, identical rights for the citizens of all member countries, a single currency, general legislation on key issues, coordinating supranational management bodies97 There were disputed territories in Europe for hundreds of years. For example, Alsace and Lorraine on the borders of France and Germany. These contested territories have switched hands more than once, after becoming the symbol of a territorial conflict. However, after World War II some of the institutions of the European Union have set up shop in this region – The Council of Europe sits in Strasbourg, the residence of the European Court of Human Rights is located there, as are other key European organisations. The city has become a symbol of Europe eroding national borders. See, for example, T. Mukhumatulin. Annexation German Style // Gazeta.ru. 4 August 2014. Access (checked on 27 May 2022)..
And the key here is that the European choice is the choice which rejects war – not because war is economically disadvantageous or may be lost, but instead because war in principle contravenes the values of individuals entitled to make their own choices. As I said earlier, this is an ideological choice. It is only possible at a value-based level to prevent war in Europe, as demonstrated by the history of the 20th century. It is only possible in the context of the European idea to try to make Russia turn back, to stop the fall into the abyss, and attempt to return a future to our country. And I really would like people in Europe to understand this as well. The European history of the 20th century indicates that, however events develop today, Europe’s peaceful outlook is all the same only possible in a new European architecture – political, economic and military – which includes Russia. There is a reason why people have referred to Europe over and over as running from Lisbon to Vladivostok. This is indeed a serious concept.
There is no alternative to the European path for Russia. Yes, it would naturally be very strange, naïve and completely at odds with reality to expect the current leadership in Russia to understand that this is the only path for Russia in the 21st century. And in actual fact it is with deep regret that it would appear today there is nobody out there ready to discuss the idea of the rapprochement of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and perhaps certain countries of the Caucasus region towards the European Union as the way out of a war that threatens to last for years. Neither in Russia, nor in the West. However, this will not always be the case. History and time and a return to reality will force both Russia and Europe to come back to this idea.
The ongoing “special military operation”, which is provoking serious losses, a fall in living standards, acute economic problems and international isolation – it is highly likely that all these factors will result in an intensification of the repressive aspect of the Russian regime, in a pronounced and extremely dangerous drift towards far-left nationalism. Putin himself will try to head this trend. The losses during the “special military operation”, the fall in living standards and external isolation will be blamed on the scheming of enemies – external ones in the West and internal ones in the form of the “fifth column” and anyone disagreeing with the “special military operation” in Russia. And it is only after all this has ended with yet another inevitable collapse, it is only then, possibly, that people will start discussing the issue of the regeneration of the Russian state on fundamentally different grounds than the ones serving as the basis for the construction of Putin’s system, on conditions stemming from contemporary global realities and Russian history. And this will already be a matter of preserving the nation.
As a rule, it is possible to propose today the salient features of a project for the political and economic reform of today’s system and the laying of the solid foundations of a New Russia, with the preservation of historical traditions and in line with the 21st century. Much of what will need to be done is fairly obvious. However, until the reasons for what happened on 24 February 2022 have been evaluated and understood, it is pointless to even talk about future prospects, and all the more so to try and start building something.
P. S. It goes without saying that the author believes that he is also responsible for what happened on 24 February 2022. After participating in Russian politics for more than thirty years, proposing on 11 occasions at elections that the country reject the oligarchic system, rectify the results of the criminal privatisation, and turn to the path of real democracy and freedom, a competitive market economy, a real federal structure, I failed to convince people and prove all this… I lacked persistence, talent, ability and strength… There was a chance, but I came up short. As a Russian politician, economist, citizen and individual, I assume my share of responsibility for what is happening today together with my people. | <urn:uuid:d5bbf5af-33d2-4b20-bb56-ec20c32e9ce1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.yavlinsky.ru/en/article/russia-2022-underlying-causes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.953441 | 24,568 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Maxims of Pittsburg Phil
“Racing Maxims and Methods of Pittsburg Phil,” by Edward W. Cole (1908).
A good jockey, a good horse, a good bet. A poor jockey, a good horse, a moderate bet. A good horse, a moderate jockey, a moderate bet.
A man who plays the races successfully must have opinions of his own and the strength to stick to them no matter what he hears.
Successful handicappers know every detail in regard to the horses upon which they are intending to place their money.
A man cannot divide his attention at the track between horses and women.
All consistently successful players of horses are men of temperate habits in life.
The racing man should arise in the morning cool and clear headed and should then take up the problem of the day.
Some horses will run good races over certain tracks, while in the same company under similar conditions on other tracks they will run very disappointingly. Study the likes and dislikes of a horse in regard to tracks.
If there are two or three very fast horses in a race one or two of them will quit before the end of the journey. Hence look out for your intelligent jockey.
Many killings are attempted but few are accomplished.
In handicaps the top weights are at a disadvantage always unless they are very high class horses.
There are few trainers who can send a horse to the post the first time out in perfect condition.
One race for a horse is equal to two or three private trials.
Horses are the same as human beings where condition is the test of superiority.
Winners repeat frequently while the defeated are apt to be defeated almost continuously.
The majority of horses will go further over the turf than they will over the dirt course. Mud runners are usually good on the turf.
Time enters into the argument under certain conditions but if depended entirely for a deduction it will be found wanting.
The ability to tell whether a horse is at its best before a race is acquired only after years of the closest kind of study.
Special knowledge is not a talent. A man must acquire it by hard work.
A horse that frets is a very dangerous betting proposition.
The majority of the riders and horses are game and will fight for victory no matter where they are placed.
Some jockeys excel on heavy tracks.
A good mud rider will frequently bring a bad horse home.
You cannot be a successful horse player if you are going to get the worst of the price all the time.
The basis of all speculation is the amount of profit to be obtained on an investment.
It is not always the heaviest commission that is collected. The weight of the commission does not make a horse win. A poor man’s horse and his $10 speak as loudly as a $10,000 commission from a millionaire. It is the horse that must be considered.
The clocker is something like the scout in the army.
Honest horses, ridden by honest boys, are sometimes beaten by honest trainers. Instructions are given to the riders which mean sure defeat when intended to be the best.
The resistance of the wind is very great in a horse race and it is a correspondingly great when acting as a propeller. Wind and atmosphere have considerable effect on horses that are troubled in their respiratory organs.
Class in a horse is the ability possessed by it to carry its stipulated stake weight, take the track and go the distance that nature intended that it should go.
I figure that two-year-olds can give considerably more weight away to horses in their class, than can horses in the older division excepting in isolated areas.
There is enough natural inconsistency in horse racing without having it forced upon the public by unscrupulous men, yet there is not one-tenth of one per cent, as much crookedness on the turf as it is given credit for.
A horse that is not contented in his stable cannot take on flesh and be happy.
Every horse I ever owned improved after I had him long enough to study his disposition.
A horse expects to race if he is a thoroughbred, just the same as a game chicken is anxious to fight.
When you feel yourself getting out of form then take a rest and freshen up.
What is frequently right in form is wrong in condition. If a horse is not in good condition he might as well be in the stable.
Look for improvement of mares in the fall of the year. They train better and more consistent.
There are mud riders as well as mud runners in the racing world.
A jockey should not be overloaded with instructions.
It is not bad speculation to pick out two or three sure looking bets and parlay a small amount.
Cut your bets when in a losing streak and increase them when running in a spasm of good luck.
Double your wages when you have the bookmakers’ money in hand.
Condition has more to do with a horse winning or losing a race than the weight it carries.
A horse in poor condition cannot beat one of his own class.
A high class horse could not win a race with a feather on his back if he is not in condition.
Watch all the horses racing closely. You may see something that will be of benefit later on.
It is well to play horses that are in winning form. A horse in winning condition generally repeats or runs into the money.
Different tracks cause decided changes in form frequently. Study horses’ whims and fancies for certain tracks and you will see a good “lay” or a good “play.” But a high class horse will do his best on any track.
The less one thinks of crookedness and trickery in racing the more successful will be his handicapping.
Look for defect in your own calculating rather than cheating of others.
Learn to finance your money to advantage.
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1 Are you seeing an increase in skin-ageing and skin damage caused from HEV specifically.
HEV light is part of modern life and is also becoming part of modern pathology. We are surrounded by it and for the most part are totally unaware of it. But HEV can cause significant damage to the eyes and skin so it’s important that we all understand its impact. HEV light is emitted by the sun so it’s not a new exposure for us but nowadays we are all getting extra doses of HEV through our modern tech – it’s emitted from our televisions, light bulbs, computer screens and phones. HEV light can penetrate deeply into the skin and can cause similar damage to UVA rays. It causes anything from free radical production, inflammation and DNA damage. This shows up as accelerated ageing, wrinkling, poor texture, impaired barrier function and hyperpigmentation.
2- Which areas of the face are these most apparent and how can you tell that this is from HEV?
Most of the damage from HEV light (which is high energy light) is to the face, neck, décolleté and hands because these are the most sun exposed parts of our body. They are also the areas closest to our screens and most exposed to our tech. The eyes are particularly vulnerable to HEV damage because almost all blue light passes through the cornea and the lens of the eye to reach the retina. This can cause retinal damage, macular degeneration and visual loss.
It’s almost impossible to separate HEV from UV light in terms of skin damage as they have similar effects. Exposure to the sunshine is our largest source of UV and HEV light but the threat from blue light doesn’t stop when the sun goes down. It’s in our homes, on our laps and in our hands for prolonged periods of time each and every day through our tech.
3- In your professional opinion, how will HEV damage skin from the millennials and those who are exposed to HEV from the age of 15 onwards when they reach their 40’s.
The truth is that some exposure to blue (HEV) light, preferably from daylight, is good for us and helps regulate our sleep cycle, our mood and our levels of alertness. Low levels can also help to reduce skin conditions like acne by killing off the problematic bacteria Propionibacterium Acnes. But when the exposure is regular and excessive that is when we encounter problems. If you are exposed to anything damaging from a young age then the damage will have a cumulative effect. We see this with UV light and sun exposure and we will also see it with HEV no doubt. The Millenials are the first generation to have grown up with phones, screens and tablets from a young age so it will no doubt have an impact on their future skin health. We may see cases of accelerated ageing and skin damage in this group and will probably see more as the years pass.
4- Are you treating/ advising clients now for the effects of HEV exposure.
Yes absolutely. We are now incorporating HEV avoidance and prevention strategies into our daily skincare advice because the exposure is so ubiquitous. Daily application of a broad-spectrum sunscreen is the first thing advised alongside effective antioxidant serums. Together they act as a shield to protect against UV and HEV light and help defend and minimise the chain reaction of damage before it visibly impacts the skin. Try ZENii Antioxidant power serum, ZENii Antioxidant SPF 50 and ZENii ProLuminous supplement for the highest level of HEV protection. I also recommend large, wraparound sunglasses with good UV lenses that to protect the eyes in the daytime and yellow-tinted glasses to block the HEV light when using screens and tech.
- – Do you feel this is going to be a main concern in the same way we now are so regimented with SPF’s and sun cream.
I think all future skincare will focus on three main environmental exposures – UV light, HEV light and pollution. These are the main environmental threats that we all face day in and day out and with effective and targeted skincare we can take measures to protect against them. Try ZENii Antioxidant power serum and Stem Cell SPF 30 for ultimate daytime protection from all of these 3.
5- Do you feel this is the next generation in skin crises from the radiation emitted from todays technology.
Most of our HEV exposure comes from the sun so it’s not a new exposure for humans but we are being exposed to more HEV light than ever before. Fortunately there are some effective ways of protecting ourselves against these damaging rays. We can all opt to use skincare regimes with products that help prevent the primary exposure plus we can buy screen covers to minimise their output. We need to educate a whole generation of people about the risks of HEV light and teach people how to defend themselves against it. Currently there is a lot of awareness about the effects of UV light on the skin and eyes but little awareness of the effects of HEV light. This needs to change. | <urn:uuid:8ae29686-0ca4-42fa-85bd-997ea27e7cbe> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://zenii.co.uk/2020/12/24/the-perils-of-high-energy-visible-light/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572021.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814083156-20220814113156-00070.warc.gz | en | 0.945525 | 1,070 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Le Vieux Village
Le Vieux Village is a historic rural museum located in the city’s historic gateway corridor. The village offers visitors a glimpse of early rural life in St. Landry Parish. The village was officially created in 1988 by the Opelousas Tourism and Activities Committee, however, the history of its development dates back to the early 70s. In 1971, through the efforts of many local citizens, the Venus House donated by the Fontenot family, was moved from the Grand Prairie area of St. Landry Parish to the site next to a small Tourist Welcome Center.
The Jim Bowie Museum, sponsored by the Opelousas Kiwanis Club, was moved into the building. A farmers market was constructed nearby and the area soon became a perfect place to hold folk life festivals and other community cultural events.
One of the long-range projects of the Opelousas Tourism Committee since 1987 was the creation of a historic village at this site. In 1988 the Committee was able to acquire donations of buildings that were representative of the history of the area. One of the first acquisitions moved to the site was the Mary Jane Train Engine, built at the turn of the century.
Among the many historic buildings, the village includes one of the oldest Creole homes west of the Mississippi, a 19th century doctor’s office and country store, and a schoolhouse from 1911. Inside the Opelousas Tourist Center, you’ll also find the Jim Bowie Display, which contains old photos, knives, guns and memorabilia about the legendary adventurer who once lived in Opelousas. The latest addition to the village is the LA Orphan Train Museum. Tours are provided free of charge Tues through Friday at 10 am and 2 pm and by appointment by calling (337) 948-6263 or 1-800-424-5442. | <urn:uuid:4be5082e-aa50-4a1a-ae7a-6112903bf6d0> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.cityofopelousas.com/le-vieux-village | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280929.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00425-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971504 | 384 | 2.484375 | 2 |
Earlier today, Elisabeth gave a preview of rampant voter fraud happening in Texas. In short, voter fraud is a major problem, not only in Texas, but across the country. The Obama Justice Department, headed by Attorney General Eric Holder, struck down the Texas voter i.d. law today:
The Obama administration has once more gone too far in its "overreach," Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Monday, after the Justice Department objected to the state's new voter photo ID law, saying Texas failed to demonstrate that the law is not discriminatory by design against Hispanic voters.
"Texas has a responsibility to ensure elections are fair, beyond reproach and accurately reflect the will of voters. The DOJ has no valid reason for rejecting this important law, which requires nothing more extensive than the type of photo identification necessary to receive a library card or board an airplane. Their denial is yet another example of the Obama administration's continuing and pervasive federal overreach," Perry said.
On Monday, the Justice Dpartment's head of the civil rights division, Tom Perez, sent a a six-page letter to Texas' director of elections saying that Texas has not "sustained its burden" under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act to show that the new law will not have a discriminatory effect on minority voters. About 11 percent of Hispanic voters reportedly lack state-issued identification.
Texas planned for this moment and has already pushed back against Obama's DOJ:
Anticipating the Obama administration’s decision, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed a federal lawsuit in February to have the law implemented immediately. Washington has until April 9 to respond to the lawsuit.
AG Abbott contends that Eric Holder’s Department of Justice is acting on political grounds, not legal.
President of True the Vote Catherine Engelbrecht, a non-profit voter integrity group, has issued a statement in response:
Our state overwhelming approves of photo voter ID, it’s been proven time and again that using photo ID’s actually improves voter turnout, including the turnout of minority voters, because it increases voter confidence. So what is this really about? This is all to further the administration’s radical, racial political agenda – an agenda that relies on perpetuating a theme of victimization, and to allow for the continued subversion of our election process, disenfranchising all legitimate votes by diluting them with those fraudulently cast. | <urn:uuid:760d0766-d839-44f6-9d59-6d4421e6fa79> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2012/03/12/obama_doj_targets_texas_strikes_down_voter_id_law | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280718.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00407-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949246 | 491 | 1.632813 | 2 |
(NaturalNews) As California’s wealthier residents worry about keeping their swimming pools full and their lawns green, many of the state’s less fortunate are simply trying to figure out how to survive in communities that have no access to running water.
Thousands of Californians live in areas where local water supplies have either completely dried up or are contaminated by pesticides and other pollutants. In these ‘dry’ communities, many have been without direct access to clean water for the last two years and the number of people who have no running water in their homes is steadily growing.
In Tulare County alone, more than 5,000 people now have no access to drinkable water. Continue reading | <urn:uuid:db323df8-0ab5-4828-b2a8-544db3f91c71> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://glblgeopolitics.wordpress.com/tag/no-access/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00274.warc.gz | en | 0.970974 | 142 | 2.75 | 3 |
|Número de publicación||US5317239 A|
|Tipo de publicación||Concesión|
|Número de solicitud||US 08/005,147|
|Fecha de publicación||31 May 1994|
|Fecha de presentación||15 Ene 1993|
|Fecha de prioridad||17 Ene 1992|
|También publicado como||CN1034705C, CN1078840A|
|Número de publicación||005147, 08005147, US 5317239 A, US 5317239A, US-A-5317239, US5317239 A, US5317239A|
|Inventores||Hiroki Ohguro, Yoshio Yoshiwara, Minoru Furuya, Nobutaka Okuyama, Soichi Sakurai, Michitaka Ohsawa|
|Cesionario original||Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Mizusawa Electronics Co., Ltd.|
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|Citas de patentes (2), Citada por (7), Clasificaciones (9), Eventos legales (4)|
|Enlaces externos: USPTO, Cesión de USPTO, Espacenet|
The present invention relates to a deflection yoke to be used with a cathode ray tube of a display device and, particularly, to a deflection yoke having a canceler coil for cancelling undesired magnetic field radiation produced by the deflection yoke around the display device
It is a recent tendency to restrict undesired magnetic radiation around a display device to a level not higher than a predetermined value. Among others, in the extremely low frequency (ELF) band covering a frequency range from 5 Hz to 2 kHz and the very low frequency (VLF) band covering a frequency range from 2 kHz to 400 kHz, such undesired magnetic field comprises a portion of magnetic field generated by a deflection yoke mounted on a cathode ray tube, as a leak magnetic field. Particularly, a special procedure is necessary to reduce an amount of magnetic flux leakage in the VLF band since the frequency range covered thereby may provide adverse effect on human body.
Various methods have proposed for suppressing such leak field which use correction coils and are disclosed in, for example, IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, Vol. 31, No. Jun. 1, 1988, pp 119 to 122, U.S. Pat. No. 4,922,167 in which two pairs of coils are used, Japanese Kokai 2-123647 corresponding to Italian application No. 22475 A/88, and U.S. Pat. No. 5,049,847 in which two pairs of coils are used.
These prior arts disclose the use of cancelling coils on the deflection yoke for cancelling the magnetic flux leakage.
FIG. 7 shows schematically a typical example of a conventional cancelling coil system for cancelling undesired magnetic field radiation, which is disclosed in Japanese Kokai No. 2-46085 corresponding to European application No. 88305986.7
As shown by solid arrows in FIG. 7, a leakage magnetic field 7 from a deflection yoke 9 exists in front and rear regions 12 of a display device. A pair of loop coils 4 forming a cancelling coil are arranged above and below a front end portion of the deflection yoke 9, respectively, with certain angles with respect to an axis (Z) of a cathode ray tube 10. By supplying horizontal deflection currents to the loop coils 4, a magnetic field 6 opposite in direction to the undesired leakage field 7 from the deflection yoke 9 is generated by the loop coils 4 as shown by dotted lines.
With such conventional cancelling coil system for leak magnetic field in the front and rear regions of the display device, it is unavoidable that portions of a required deflection magnetic field in the vicinity of the deflection yoke are also cancelled out. In such case a, locus of an electron beam passing through the deflection field is varied thereby, causing performances of the deflection yoke to be degraded. One of the performances of the deflection yoke which are influenced by such undesired cancellation of required magnetic field is the so-called "mislanding" or "purity-offset". This is caused by deviation of the deflection center of the electron beam under influence of the cancelling magnetic field.
FIG. 8 shows a distribution of undesired leak magnetic field radiation around the display device, which is caused by the deflection yoke, in which FIG. 8(a) shows points which are set on a circle having the cathode ray tube 10 as a center in a horizontal plane (Y=0) containing the axis (Z) of the cathode ray tube 10 and radius of a half of the full length of the cathode ray tube plus 50 cm and at which magnetic field strength are measured, the points being angularly separated from each other by 22.5°, and FIG. 8(b) shows leak magnetic field strength measured at the respective points in polar-coordinates.
Due to the structure of the deflection yoke 9, the field strength of undesired magnetic radiation measured in a front region of the cathode ray tube 10 is larger than that measured at a rear region. Therefore, it is necessary to make an amount of cancelling magnetic field in the front region of the tube larger than that in the rear region of the tube. For this reason, the loop coils of conventional cancelling coil disclosed in such as Japanese Kokai No. 2-46085 are arranged in backwardly opened relation to each other to regulate correction ratio of the front region to the rear region.
FIGS. 9 and 10 show vector diagrams of the deflection magnetic field 7 generated by the horizontal deflection coils 2 and the cancelling magnetic field 6 generated by the cancelling coils 4 in a region in which electron beams are to be deflected, respectively, with only an upper half of the deflection yoke being illustrated in cross section taken in a plane including the axis (Z) of the cathode ray tube.
In FIG. 9, it is clear that, within and in a front and a rear regions of the deflection yoke, the deflection magnetic field 7 generated is upward generally. In FIG. 10, it is clear that the conventional, inclined loop coils 4 mounted above and below the front end portion of the deflection yoke generate a downward cancelling magnetic field in the front and the rear regions of the deflection yoke, which is opposite to the deflection field.
FIG. 11 shows distributions of the deflecting field and the cancelling field 6 shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 measured on the center axis of the deflection yoke (Z axis), with ordinates being plus for positive direction of the Y axis. In FIG. 11, the deflecting field 7 is normalized with its peak value and scaled on the right side ordinate The cancelling field 6 is indicated in absolute value on the left side ordinate. In FIG. 11, relative positions of a ferrite core of the deflection coil, the horizontal deflection coil and the cancelling coil are shown by lines 1, 2 and 4, respectively. As shown by the curve 6 in FIG. 11, the loop coils 4 generate a magnetic field in the same direction as that generated by the horizontal deflection coil 2 within the region defined by the latter. However, the direction of the cancelling field 6 is opposite thereto in the front and rear regions of the horizontal deflection coil 2. As will be clear from FIG. 11, the center of the deflection field 7 after corrected by the cancelling field 6 is deviated backwardly since the cancelling field strength in the front region is larger than that in the rear region. Such backward deviation of the deflection center causes an electron beam to misland on a screen of the cathode ray tube.
The principle of generation of the mislanding is illustrated schematically in FIG. 12. Electron beam path is changed from a path 14 to a path 13 under influence of the cancelling field and, when the deflection center 20 is shifted rearwardly by ΔZ, an incident angle of the electron beam onto a shadow mask 18 is reduced, so that the electron beam strikes fluorescent material on the screen 17 of the cathode ray tube at a position shifted inwardly of the screen 17 toward the center by ΔX. This is the phenonenon called mislanding. For a 14-inch cathode ray tube, when a cancelling coil having no core is used, the shift ΔX becomes about 10 μm or, when the cancelling coil has a magnetic core, the shift becomes about 20 μm.
Due to this mislanding, the shadow mask has to be modified again.
An object of the present invention is to provide a deflection yoke for use in a cathode ray tube, which is free from undesirable effect of a cancelling field for cancelling leak magnetic field from a deflection coil.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an arrangement of a cancelling field generating device which is effective to make a cancelling field distribution suitable for cancelling leak magnetic field without causing mislanding of electron beam.
A deflection yoke for use in a display device, according to the present invention, comprises a deflection yoke including horizontal deflection coils, vertical deflection coils and ferrite cores, for generating a deflection magnetic field for scanning an electron beam in a horizontal and a vertical directions, and a cancelling coil including an upper loop coil and a lower loop coil which are mounted above and below a front end portion of the deflection yoke for generating a cancelling magnetic field for cancelling undesired magnetic field radiation generated by the deflection yoke around the display device, wherein the upper and lower loop coils are supplied with a horizontal deflection current such that they generate the cancelling magnetic field whose amount in a front region and a rear region with respect to a center of electron beam of the horizontal deflection coil on an axis of the cathode ray tube of the display device are made substantially equal.
Each of the loop coils is arranged, in the axis (Z axis) direction of the tube, within a region from a front end portion of the horizontal deflection coil to a center of the ferrite core. Sizes of each loop coil in horizontal (X axis) and vertical (Y axis) directions are arbitrary. The upper and the lower loop coils are mounted outwardly of the horizontal deflection coils in parallel to the center axis (Z axis) of the deflection yoke equidistantly therefrom, respectively.
According to the present invention, the cancelling field generated by the cancelling coil in the front region and the rear region of the center of the deflection field is opposite in direction to the deflection field and substantially equal in field strength. Therefore, the leak field (a portion of the deflection field) around the display device is cancelled out by a substantially equal amount in the front and rear regions of the deflection center. Consequently, the deviation of deflection center can be reduced to a very small value with which the problem of mislanding becomes negligible.
The above-mentioned and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by reference to the following detailed description of the present invention taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a cross section of a main portion of a deflection yoke according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the deflection yoke shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a graph showing distributions of a deflection field and a cancelling field on a center axis of the deflection yoke shown in FIG. 1;
FIGS. 4(a) and 4(b) show a relation between the distribution of the cancelling field and a mounting angle of the cancelling coil on a cathode ray tube;
FIGS. 5(a) and 5(b) show a relation between the distribution of the cancelling field and a mounting position of the cancelling coil on a cathode ray tube;
FIGS. 6(a)-6(c) show graphs for explanation of leak magnetic field and cancelling magnetic field in the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 illustrates undesired magnetic field in a conventional display device;
FIGS. 8(a) and 8(b) show a distribution of undesired magnetic field in the conventional display device;
FIG. 9 is a vector diagram of deflection field of a deflection yoke;
FIG. 10 is a vector diagram of a cancelling field in the conventional device;
FIG. 11 is a graph showing a magnetic field distribution on an axis of a conventional deflection yoke;
FIG. 12 illustrates a mislanding due to deviation of deflection center;
FIG. 13 shows a relation between mounting angle of cancelling loop coils and amount of mislanding in accordance with the present invention.
An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6.
FIG. 1 is a longitudinal cross section of a deflection yoke according to an embodiment of the present invention taken along an axis of a cathode ray tube not shown and FIG. 2 is a plan view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1.
The deflection yoke itself shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 comprises saddle type horizontal deflection coils 2 and 2' and supported by a separator 5, vertical deflection coils (not shown) and a ferrite core 1 which are arranged in the order. The horizontal deflection coils 2 and 2' generate horizontal deflection magnetic field 7 in a region defined a therebetween. The horizontal deflection field 7 distributes in not only the region defined by the horizontal deflection coils 2 and 2' but also outside thereof as a leak field.
Cancelling loop coils 4 and 4, are mounted above and below a front end portion of the horizontal deflection coils 2 and 2', respectively, through the separators 5, as shown. The loop coils 4 and 4' are wound on bobbins 3 and 3' and cover a region extending from the front end of the deflection yoke to a position slightly before a center of the ferrite core 1 in the Z direction. Each bobbin is narrower in width than a maximum horizontal diameter of the deflection yoke in X direction. The mounting angle of the loop coils with respect to an axis (Z) of the cathode ray tube is zero. That is, the loop coils 4 and 4' are mounted on the separators 5 in parallel to the axis of the tube, respectively.
A horizontal deflection current is also supplied to the loop coils 4 and 4'. The loop coils 4 and 4' are wound such that they generate a cancelling magnetic field 6 whose direction is opposite to the horizontal deflection magnetic field 7 in the front and rear regions of the deflection yoke. The mounting positions of the loop coils 4 and 4' in Z direction are selected such that a deflection center provided by themselves coincides with the deflection center of the deflection field.
A relation between the loop coils 4 and 4' and the deflection center of the deflection coils will be described.
FIG. 3 is similar to FIG. 11, showing a deflection field 7 and a cancelling field 6 generated by an embodiment of the loop coils 4 and 4' according to the present invention. As shown, the cancelling field 6 includes two peaks which are opposite in direction to the deflection field 7 in the front and rear regions of the deflection yoke with ratio thereof to the deflection field being substantially the same, respectively. That is, in FIG. 3, the peak in the front region is about -0.0425 and the peak in the rear region is about -0.03 such that the ratio of the peaks of -0.03/-0.0425 is within a different of about 30%.
The mounting angle and the mounting position in Z direction of the loop coils 4 and 4' affect an amount of deviation of the deflection center of the horizontal deflection field when the cancelling field is applied. That is, an amount of mislanding depends upon the mounting angle and the mounting position of the loop coils. FIGS. 4 and 5 show distributions of cancelling field with the mounting angle and the mounting position being variables, respectively. The distributions shown in FIGS. 4(a) and (b) and 5(a) and (b) are plots of cancelling magnetic field strength measured on the tube axis within a region in which the electron beam is deflected horizontally and the cancelling field strength in the front and rear regions of the center of the deflection yoke is related to a position of the deflection center.
It is clear from FIGS. 4(a) and (b) that, when the cancelling coils 4 and 4' are inclined forwardly or opened backwardly by increasing the mounting angle θ, the cancelling amount in the front portion of the deflection yoke is increased and that in the rear portion is reduced. Therefore, the horizontal deflection field in the front portion of the deflection region is cancelled considerably, resulting in that the deflection center of the electron beam is shifted rearwardly to the side of electron guns.
It is clear from FIGS. 5(a) and (b) that, when the mounting position of the loop coils and 4 and 4' are shifted while maintaining the mounting angle θ being 0, the ratio of cancelling amount between the front and rear portions is also changed. Further, plus magnetic field (magnetic field in the same direction as that of the horizontal deflection field) around the center portion is larger in absolute value and its center is shifted forwardly, when the loop coils are shifted forwardly. This means that it is possible to reduce a rearward shift of the deflection center of the horizontal deflection field. However, when the forward shift of the loop coils is too much, a distance thereof to the ferrite core 1 becomes too large, resulting in reduction of cancelling field generation efficiency. Therefore, there is a certain limitation of the shift amount of the loop coils. In this example, with the front end position Z of the cancelling coil Z=-2 mm being a reference, a practical upper limit of the shift is +10 mm. This position is obtained when the front ends of the loop coils are registered with the front end of the deflection yoke.
From the foregoing, it is clear that there are optimum mounting position and angle for the loop coils with which requirements of both the leak field correction and the reduction of mislanding are satisfied.
In this embodiment, it is sufficient to prepare and mount the loop coils such that they cover the area from the front end of the deflection yoke up to the center of the ferrite core at maximum in Z direction with width of each loop coil in X direction being arbitrary. In more detail, the bobbins 3 for the loop coils for a deflection yoke of, for example, a 14" color display deflection yoke have rectangular inner configuration each of 80 mm×26 mm. It is sufficient to mount the loop coils such that the front ends thereof are registered with the front end of the deflection yoke and their angles with respect to the tube axis are zero.
In such case, the amount of correction of leak magnetic field in both the front and rear portions of the deflection yoke are substantially equal. Therefore, in order to reduce leak field of the deflection yoke in the front portion, the amount of cancelling should be determined such that leak field in the front portion is less corrected while that in the rear portion is corrected much. FIGS. 6(a)-6(c) show the relation between an amount B1 of leak field and an amount B2 of cancelling field.
Graphs in FIGS. 6(a) to 6(c) show the leak field, the cancelling field and the corrected magnetic field, respectively, with ordinate and abscissa being effective value of magnetic field and angular position at which magnetic field is measured, respectively. The measuring positions correspond to 9 points shown in FIG. 8 from the front to rear with different in angle by 22.5 degrees to each other.
In FIG. 6(a), leak field B1 from the deflection yoke itself is larger in the front portion and reduces toward the rear portion substantially monotoneously. As shown in FIG. 6(b), the loop coils generate a cancelling field B2 having substantially constant strength and cancel the leak field in the front and rear regions, resulting in a corrected field B1-B2 shown in FIG. 6(c). In order to minimize the residual leak field (B1-B2) after correction, the absolute value of the cancelling field is set by regulating the horizontal position of the loop coils such that correction is made less in the front region and much in the rear region.
As described hereinbefore, by providing the loop coils, it is possible to restrict the mislanding to a value less than 10 μm which raises practically no problem while reducing leak field below a desired limit.
FIG. 13 shows the relation between the mounting angle of the cancelling loop coils and the amount of mislanding, when the present invention is applied to a deflection yoke of a 14" color display device. The size of each loop coil is 80 m×26 mm and its position is set by registering the front end thereof with the front end of the deflection yoke. As shown, when the mounting angle is varied from 0 degree through 25 degree to 50 degree, the amount of mislanding tends to increase.
Since the loop coils do not incline substantially, it is possible to make the vertical size of the deflection yoke compact. Further, since the loop coils are closer to the ferrite core compared with the conventional cancelling coils, the cancelling field can be generated efficiently.
Although, in this embodiment, the loop coils are rectangular, they may be oval with the same effect so long as the cancelling field distribution is regulated by regulating the mounting angle and mounting position.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, this description is not meant to be construed in a limiting sense. Various modifications of the disclosed embodiments, as well as other embodiments of the present invention, will become apparent to persons skilled in the art upon reference to the description of the present invention. It is, therefore, contemplated that the appended claims will cover any modifications or embodiments as fall within the true scope of the present invention.
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Even the most abstract art is about something. It could be a mood; it could be a color study. It could be about nothing, which is still a statement the artist is conscientiously making. In the case of Martha McAleer, her abstractions are about happiness. “I like to make things that make people feel happy. I see so many people have so many problems and I like to give them something that brings them peace.”
In the simplest of terms, the works are interpretations of vacations. They’re about sun kissed places and footsteps on open terraces. “I was working in florals and I worked in that a really long time—and I sold a lot of them—and then I got really tired of it. I took a few years off and I started doing something like this, to work with an oil style, more old world…I started to work with some textures and it reminded me of tile in Spain or in Italy on the ground…the colors reminded me so much of traveling and summer…I started working with rulers and spatulas and stuff from the kitchen and I ended up coming up with a pattern…I need to have more white…I need to be reminded of light all the time.”
McAleer works in blue, yellow and red on white, not just because they are primary colors but for how they feel. She believes each has meaning: blue is about dreaming, yellow for communication and red for the heart. The result is her opening her arms for you to step into her world where you can escape to the clean whiteness of summer when there’s nothing to do.
Part of it has to do with the process. The repetitive mark making of a palette knife or a spatula is what lays down the stark white plaster of Paris. It’s not about perfection; it’s about imperfection. Shape shifting is the element of surprise the artist embraces as another form of liberation. “I don’t think anything is really perfect, I had these shapes shifted around…I don’t want them to be so planned out that you expect that it’s going to be here. I want to throw people off a little bit.”
In an abstract way, the panels also reflect the world around her. There’s a lot going on in the paintings that can’t be seen, derivative of the natural process of the plaster taking its shape as it’s being applied. Circles are McAleer’s figure of choice for the continuum they convey and for their ability to manipulate the orientation of the panel in the way the shapes ultimately resolve themselves. “Like wearing a ring, eternity, I like that idea. I was also thinking that these are broken circles on the end and it kind of reminds me a little bit of what’s going on in the world. You’ve got a few countries that are doing really well, and then we’ve got some that are not and they’re broken off.”
McAleer is painting intuitively but also thinking about how the final piece is going to live with someone in another place. She’s very interested in symmetry and clean lines, hence the refreshing crispness to the renderings. If the background is the foundation, the paint and the colors are the foreground. The sense that the panels are somehow architectural plays itself out in a similar way. The plaster might be the framing of the building and the shapes set upon it are the rooms and the colors are the décor.
“Where does this find its equilibrium? Where does it feel most balanced? Is it going to be this, that, there? I’ll take a picture from way up high and I’ll put it on my phone and start flipping it to see how I feel about the weight of everything. Is it balancing out…it’s somewhat like being an architect. You draw a design and then you see whether or not it’s going to be able to stand and you create and adjust as time goes along. I do a lot of creating and adjusting.” | <urn:uuid:825279da-03ba-47a2-9181-25cb789df1fd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://lipulse.com/2017/07/06/martha-mcaleer/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571869.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813021048-20220813051048-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.972345 | 861 | 1.828125 | 2 |
Using R to Analyse Tourism Data – Part 1: Visualising Tourist Profile
Tourism is an important sector in the global economy. In many countries, tourism is the main source of revenue, Thailand is one of them. However, tourism sector is a fast moving sector. It is very sensitive to various factors and also vulnerable. The tourism markets for each destination (country) are also very diverse. Tourism data are available and updated frequently. One of the most important report of national tourism statistics; number of tourist arrivals from each country of origin, their average length of stay and total receipt or expenditure. These tourism statistics are important but often reported separately due to the limitation of software used by analysts.
The following graph represents profile of international tourists in Thailand in 2005.
The picture above was produced in R with package ‘ggplot2’ using the code below.
# Step 1: Import data into R exp05 <- read.csv("http://dl.dropbox.com/u/46344142/thai_tour_2005.csv", head = T) # Step 2: Load 'ggplot2' package for plotting elegent data visualisation library(ggplot2) # Step 3: Specify x and y axis, label, size of the bubbles and colour of the region exp <- ggplot(exp05, aes(x=number, y=length, label=country, size=receipt, colour = region)) # Step 4: Create a plot and add texts to x and y axis exp + geom_point() + geom_text(hjust=0.7, vjust=2) + labs(x = "Number of Tourist Arrivals", y = "Length of Stay (days)") + scale_area("Receipt (M. USD)") + scale_colour_hue("Region") | <urn:uuid:967c2d7b-73f6-4fa3-b82d-f42f17426ae9> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://pairach.com/2012/05/31/using-r-to-analysis-tourism-data-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283301.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00507-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.879335 | 388 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Chronicles of Philanthropy reported recently on the 2017 Burk Donor Survey, an annual study of the state of giving in America. It showed nearly a third of Americans plan to increase their giving in 2017.
The more significant finding to me, though is that just over half of Millennials intend to up their giving this year. In fact, 69% of Millennials (defined by this survey as those under 35) increased their giving to charitable causes in 2016.
The study’s results suggest reasons for optimism in particular for efforts to engage a younger generation of donor in philanthropic efforts – and in general for the state of private philanthropy..
Reasons for Giving
The new study, which will be released in full next month, identifies two key reasons for the increased giving. First is more wealth and an improved household financial situation. The second is the generic reason of “Donald Trump became president,” a reason claimed by 51% of respondents.
The Trump-related giving generally favored left-of-center non-profits or those working in areas seen as under attack by the new administration. A similar charitable bump came after Barack Obama’s election in 2008, when conservative-leaning organizations witnessed increased giving to their work.
It remains to be seen whether these “rage donations,” as the Boston Globe dubbed them, will lead to sustained increases in charitable giving across the board.
Next Generation of Givers
Many in the non-profit world likely will take interest in the increased giving by Millennials.
One interesting note for this age group is a rise in recurring giving. About 35% of Millennials give through a recurring or monthly giving program, a 12-point increase over 2012. In other words, a third of Millennials treat charitable giving the same way they treat their Netflix, Spotify, and Hulu subscriptions.
These are not, however, necessarily large gifts. The study authors note that the younger set of givers might not be giving a great deal right now, but their true value is long term.
“If you could put aside their gift value and focus on their future potential as donors, that would be much more productive,” Penelope Burk, president of Cygnus Applied Research, the firm that conducted the study.
Her comment spoke particularly to the non-profits, but younger donors should heed the same advice. I put myself in the category of an under-40 giver. I certainly would love to give more to those organizations I currently support, and one day I expect be able to. For now, I’m learning how to stretch that giving muscle.
Our own Novus Society is designed to help jump start givers under 40 on their philanthropic journey. With Novus, members gain access to their own donor-advised fund, a valuable tool in building up a more strategic method of charitable giving.
Interestingly, just over half of the survey respondents who said they used a donor-advised fund indicated that having the fund led them to give more to charity each year. From my own experience, part of increase comes from better focusing one’s giving – when you know what you want to achieve, it is easier to find ways to give toward that goal.
This report points to many positive changes in the charitable world right now. No matter the motivation, more Americans are engaging in private philanthropy instead of waiting on government to solve all our problems. A younger generation of giver is steadily increasing its involvement. People also seem to be increasing their interest in giving strategically.
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What Are The Symptoms Of Peptic Ulcers
Each persons symptoms may vary. In some cases ulcers dont cause any symptoms.
The most common ulcer symptom is a dull or burning pain in your belly between your breastbone and your belly button . This pain often occurs around meal times and may wake you up at night. It can last from a few minutes to a few hours.
Less common ulcer symptoms may include:
- Feeling full after eating a small amount of food
- Bloody or black stool
- Vomiting blood
Peptic ulcer symptoms may look like other health problems. Always see your healthcare provider to be sure.
Soothe The Stomach With Bananas
Bananas can help heal a stomach ulcer by promoting cellular proliferation in the stomach. In addition to this, there are certain antibacterial compounds in bananas that inhibit the growth of ulcer-causing H. pylori. Bananas also help reduce inflammation and strengthen the stomach lining.
A 1986 study published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology suggests that banana powder treatment not only strengthens mucosal resistance against ulcerogens but also promotes healing by inducing cellular proliferation.
A 2001 study published in the Indian Journal of Experimental Biology suggests that the antioxidant activity of bananas may be involved in its ulcer-protective activity.
In a 2013 study published in Pharmacognosy Research, researchers suggest that the anti-ulcer effect of banana may be due to its antisecretory and cytoprotective activity. The healing of the ulcer base might be connected to the basic fibroblast growth factors responsible for epithelial regeneration in the case of acid-induced ulcers.
Both ripe and unripe bananas are very effective in treating a stomach ulcer.
- Simply eat at least 3 ripe bananas a day.
- Alternatively, peel 2 or 3 bananas and cut them into thin slices. Put the banana slices in the sun until they dry. Now, grind the dry pieces into a fine powder. Mix together 2 tablespoons of this powder and 1 tablespoon of honey. Take this mixture 3 times a day for 1 week.
Stomach Ulcer Symptoms You Cant Ignore And How To Naturally Treat Them
May 20, 2019
Chances are that if you havent experienced one yourself, you at least know someone whos had a stomach ulcer at one point or another. Estimates show that about 500,000 new cases of peptic ulcers are reported each year in the U.S. alone, and at any given time about 5 million people are affected. In addition, one in 10 adults can expect to deal with painful ulcers at one point or another.
For many years, doctors thought that high amounts of stress alone could cause a stomach ulcer to form by increasing production of stomach acid. But then research emerged in the 1980s showing that frequent use of anti-inflammatory drugs , a poor lifestyle, and especially a type of bacterial infection caused by the strain Helicobacter pylori are the real culprits of the majority of ulcers.
Fortunately, according to an article published in The Lancet, prevalence of H. pylori infection and peptic ulcer diseases have become substantially less prevalent than they were two decades ago.
Wondering how to treat a stomach ulcer if youve already developed one? Below well cover much more about stomach ulcer treatments including medications, stress management and dietary changes.
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History Of Ulcer Causes
Ulcers have a unique and interesting history when it comes to their suspected causes. For decades, stomach ulcers were considered to be psychosomatic, meaning a high-stress lifestyle was to blame. At the time doctors started identifying high rates of ulcers in hard-working businessmen who smoked a lot of cigarettes and were likely sleep-deprived, and then animal studies further confirmed stress-triggered ulcers. Rats producing high amounts of stomach acid experienced a decrease in stomach ulcer symptoms when researchers fed them antacids, so a connection was then drawn between ulcers, chronic stress and an increase in stomach acid, which changed ulcer treatment approaches forever.
A bacterium called Helicobacter pylori was then discovered that seemed to be present in nearly everyone suffering from ulcers. It was also found to run in families and was connected to other digestive disorders, including stomach cancer. In patients given medications/antibiotics to kill H. pylori, ulcers were often resolved at least for a period of time.
However, today its more common to treat ulcers using less risky acid-reducing drugs in combination with lifestyle and dietary changes, rather than prescribing antibiotics to kill H. pylori, which can come with complications and lead to antibiotic resistance. Antibiotics used to combat H. pylori can work short term to lower the bacteria, but dont seem to keep it from returning without other interventions.
Treating Helicobacter Pylori Infection
If your stomach ulcer’s caused by a Helicobacter pylori bacterial infection, you’ll be given:
- a course of antibiotics
- a medication called a proton pump inhibitor
This is also recommended if it’s thought your stomach ulcer’s caused by a combination of an H. pylori infection and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs .
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What Causes A Stomach Ulcer
Most peptic ulcers are caused by the bacteria Helicobacter Pylori or H Pylori.
Researchers believe that this bacteria enters the body through contaminated food, water, or contact with an infected person.
Once in the body, it lodges in the mucus layer of the stomach or duodenum.
The more it grows, the more it damages the mucus, leaving stomach acid to attack the walls of the stomach and duodenum.
Bacteria and gastric acidity together cause an ulcer.
Some ulcers are linked to excessive use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin and ibuprofen.
These drugs reduce the ability of the stomach and duodenum to protect themselves from acidic effects.
Foods That Help Prevent Stomach Ulcers
While fairly common, ulcers can be painful and cause lasting damage if not treated. Most ulcers are caused by an infection from Helicobacter pylori bacteria which damages the protective lining of your stomach allowing acid to essentially burn your stomach. Common symptoms include indigestion, abdominal pain, and heartburn. The health experts at Envolve, an integrated healthcare solutions company, are pleased to share five foods that may help fight against the ulcer-causing bacteria.
1. Binge Blueberries. Small, but powerful, blueberries contain flavonoids, which are polyphenols that help protect the stomach lining by increasing stomach mucus that halts the growth of H. pylori. Besides warding off ulcers, this berry also may help strengthen heart health, lower blood pressure, and increase bone strength.
2. Have Honey. You might not think of this natural sweetener providing health benefits but it does! Honey may prevent acid reflux, improve cholesterol and suppress coughs and aids in the prevention and healing of wounds including ulcers. If youre unsure of what kind to buy, try raw or Manuka honey as they have the most antibacterial effects.
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When Should I See A Doctor If I Think I Have A Peptic Ulcer
- If you have burning pain in your upper stomach that is relieved by eating or taking antacids, call a health-care professional for an appointment. Dont assume you have an ulcer. Certain other conditions can cause similar symptoms.
- If you vomit blood or have other signs of gastrointestinal bleeding, go to an emergency department right away. Peptic ulcers can cause massive bleeding, which requires blood transfusion or surgery.
- Severe abdominal pain suggests perforation or tearing of an ulcer. This is an emergency that may require surgery to fix a hole in your stomach.
- Vomiting and abdominal pain also can be a sign of an obstruction, another complication of peptic ulcers. This also may require emergency surgery.
How Are Peptic Ulcers Treated
Treatment will depend on the type of ulcer you have. Your healthcare provider will create a care plan for you based on what is causing your ulcer.
Treatment can include making lifestyle changes, taking medicines, or in some cases having surgery.
Lifestyle changes may include:
- Not eating certain foods. Avoid any foods that make your symptoms worse.
- Quitting smoking. Smoking can keep your ulcer from healing. It is also linked to ulcers coming back after treatment.
- Limiting alcohol and caffeine. They can make your symptoms worse.
- Not using NSAIDs . These include aspirin and ibuprofen.
Medicines to treat ulcers may include:
- Antibiotics. These bacteria-fighting medicines are used to kill the H. pylori bacteria. Often a mix of antibiotics and other medicines is used to cure the ulcer and get rid of the infection.
- H2-blockers . These reduce the amount of acid your stomach makes by blocking the hormone histamine. Histamine helps to make acid.
- Proton pump inhibitors or PPIs. These lower stomach acid levels and protect the lining of your stomach and duodenum.
- Mucosal protective agents. These medicines protect the stomach’s mucus lining from acid damage so that it can heal.
- Antacids. These quickly weaken or neutralize stomach acid to ease your symptoms.
In most cases, medicines can heal ulcers quickly. Once the H. pylori bacteria is removed, most ulcers do not come back.
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What Is A Common Symptom Or Complication Of Duodenal Ulcer
The pain related to duodenal ulcers improves after foods, whilst the pain related to gastric ulcers typically intensifies after meals. Other not unusual indicators and symptoms come with epigastric abdominal pain, bloating, nausea and vomiting, and weight acquire due to improved symptoms publish meals.
How To Get Rid Of Stomach Ulcers
Have you been frequently experiencing sharp pain in your abdominal region? Do you often feel bloated or full despite eating little? Then chances are that you may have a stomach ulcer.Stomach or gastric ulcers are open sores or lesions that develop in the lining of the stomach or small intestine, when the protective mucus lining of the stomach becomes ineffective or is worn away due to the corrosive action of stomach acids.
These ulcers can also occur in the upper part of the intestines and represent a commonly occurring health problem, courtesy of 21st century fast-food and hectic life schedules.It is easy to get rid of stomach ulcers at home, but if they stay undiagnosed and untreated, they can lead to severe problems like stomach or gastro-intestinal cancer.
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What Are The Symptoms Of Stomach And Duodenal Ulcers In A Child
Ulcers dont always cause symptoms.
The most common symptom is a gnawing or burning pain in the stomach. This is often felt between the breastbone and the belly button . Your child may feel the pain more between meals and in the early morning. It may last from a few minutes to a few hours.
Less common ulcer symptoms include:
Tiredness and weakness
The symptoms of ulcers may look like other health problems. Make sure your child sees his or her healthcare provider for a diagnosis.
Tips For Living With Ulcers
- If you have an ulcer, be careful when choosing over-the-counter pain relievers. Aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen can irritate an ulcer and prevent a bleeding ulcer from healing. Avoid powdered headache medication, too. It usually contains powdered aspirin. Your best choice may be acetaminophen, which doesnât cause or worsen stomach ulcers.
- Don’t overdose on iron supplements. You may need them if you have bleeding ulcers, but taking too much can irritate your stomach lining and the ulcer. Ask the doctor how much iron you need.
- Learn how to manage stress. Relaxation techniques like deep breathing, guided imagery, and moderate exercise can help ease stress and promote healing.
- Avoid foods that irritate your stomach. Use common sense: If it upsets your stomach when you eat it, avoid it. Everyone is different, but spicy foods, citrus fruits, and fatty foods are common irritants.
- Stop smoking. Heavy smokers are more likely to get duodenal ulcers than nonsmokers.
- Practice moderation. Drinking lots of alcohol has been shown to contribute to ulcers, so keep your intake to a minimum.
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Who Is More Likely To Get Ulcers
One in 10 people develops an ulcer. Risk factors that make ulcers more likely include:
- Frequent use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs , a group of common pain relievers that includes ibuprofen .
- A family history of ulcers.
- Illness such as liver, kidney or lung disease.
- Regularly drinking alcohol.
What Kind Of Doctor Treats Peptic Ulcers
- If you suspect you may have a peptic ulcer, you may first be diagnosed by your family practitioner or internist.
- Children or teenagers may see a pediatrician.
- For further treatment you will likely be referred to a gastroenterologist, a specialist in disorders of the digestive tract.
- If you have an emergency such as vomiting or severe abdominal pain you will be seen by an emergency medicine specialist in an emergency room.
- In the rare case where surgery is needed, you may see a general surgeon.
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Diagnosis Of A Stomach Ulcer
Diagnosing a stomach ulcer is done using a range of methods, including:
- Endoscopy a thin flexible tube is threaded down the oesophagus into the stomach under light anaesthesia. The endoscope is fitted with a small camera so the physician can see if there is an ulcer.
- Barium meal a chalky liquid is drunk and an x-ray is performed, showing the stomach lining. These tests are less common nowadays, but may be useful where endoscopy is unavailable.
- Biopsy a small tissue sample is taken during an endoscopy and tested in a laboratory. This biopsy should always be done if a gastric ulcer is found.
- C14 breath test this checks for the presence of H. pylori. The bacteria convert urea into carbon dioxide. The test involves swallowing an amount of radioactive carbon and testing the air exhaled from the lungs. A non-radioactive test can be used for children and pregnant women.
Home Remedies For Peptic Ulcer Licorice
According to several studies, licorice is very effective for preventing and treating peptic ulcers. Plus, it also helps speed up the healing process and ease the pain from ulcers. For instant results, you can use it as follows.
- Mix licorice root powder in a cup of water. Cover it and then leave it sit overnight. Add cooked broken white rice into this infusion and enjoy it. It is recommended to repeat per day for one week to obtain positive results.
- Another option is to consume licorice teaat least twice a day for 1 week.
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Nsaid Drugs And Stomach Ulcers
A group of painkillers known as NSAIDs carries a risk of stomach ulcers. The two best-known NSAIDs are aspirin and ibuprofen.
The risk of ulcers increases if the drugs are taken in high doses, or regularly for a long time.
Stronger NSAIDs, such as those that need a prescription, are riskier for stomach ulcers than those that can be bought over-the-counter .
People should always check labels and talk to a pharmacist or a doctor about any concerns with using painkillers. They may recommend an alternative such as acetaminophen.
How Long Does It Take For A Stomach Ulcer To Heal
Its not that easy to treat a stomach ulcer.
There is no specific time limit and recurrences after treatment are frequent.
Each individuals reaction to medication is also very different, which is why it is impossible to define a healing time.
Its a long way to go but changing your diet by selecting beneficial foods and adding some targeted supplements can help you overcome this condition.
Try to be proactive and take action both to treat the ulcer and to prevent its recurrence.
This will save you time and comfort.
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What Is Peptic Ulcer Disease
Peptic ulcer disease is a condition in which painful sores or ulcers develop in the lining of the stomach or the first part of the small intestine . Normally, a thick layer of mucus protects the stomach lining from the effect of its digestive juices. But many things can reduce this protective layer, allowing stomach acid to damage the tissue.
What To Expect At Home
You have peptic ulcer disease . You may have had tests to help diagnose your ulcer. One of these tests may have been to look for bacteria in your stomach called Helicobacter pylori . This type of infection is a common cause of ulcers.
Most peptic ulcers will heal within about 4 to 6 weeks after treatment begins. Do not stop taking the medicines you have been prescribed, even if symptoms go away quickly.
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Is There A Peptic Ulcer Diet Plan
No particular diet is helpful for people with peptic ulcers. At one time, a bland diet and avoidance of spicy or greasy foods was recommended. Milk and dairy food have been used in the past for ulcer symptoms, but have not been proven to be effective. We now know diet has little effect on ulcers. In some people, however, certain foods seem to aggravate stomach ulcer symptoms. Keep a food diary with your intake and the resulting symptoms and avoid eating any foods that aggravate symptoms.
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What Are The Symptoms Of A Duodenal Ulcer
- Pain in the upper tummy just below the breastbone is the common symptom. It usually comes and goes. It may occur most before meals, or when you are hungry. It may be eased if you eat food, or take antacid tablets. The pain may wake you from sleep.
- Other symptoms which may occur include bloating, retching and feeling sick. You may feel particularly full after a meal. Sometimes food makes the pain worse.
- Complications occur in some cases and can be serious. These include:
- Bleeding ulcer. This can range from a trickle to a life-threatening bleed.
- Perforation. The ulcer goes right through the wall of the first part of the small intestine . Food and acid in the duodenum then leak into the abdominal cavity. This usually causes severe pain and is a medical emergency.
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We are now in a position to define more clearly just how the American individual can assert his independence, and how in asserting his independence he can contribute to American national fulfillment. He cannot make any effective advance towards national fulfillment merely by educating himself and his fellow-countrymen as individuals to a higher intellectual and moral level, because an essential condition of really edifying individual education is the gradual process of collective education by means of collective action and formative collective discipline. On the other hand, this task of collective education is far from being complete in itself. It necessarily makes far greater demands upon the individual than does a system of comparative collective irresponsibility. It implies the selection of peculiarly competent, energetic, and responsible individuals to perform the peculiarly difficult and exacting parts in a socially constructive drama; and it implies, as a necessary condition of such leadership, a progressively higher standard of individual training and achievement, unofficial as well as official, throughout the whole community. The process of educating men of moral and intellectual stature sufficient for the performance of important constructive work cannot be disentangled from the process of national fulfillment by means of intelligent collective action. American nationality will never be fulfilled except under the leadership of such men; and the American nation will never obtain the necessary leadership unless it seeks seriously the redemption of its national responsibility. | <urn:uuid:adbd25fb-e968-4ad7-94a3-8187a9fa4e31> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.bookrags.com/ebooks/14422/335.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280763.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00514-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952743 | 276 | 2.859375 | 3 |
June 21, 2007— -- Our nation's senators might not be able to come together on immigration or energy, but when it comes to wearing thin, striped, wrinkled-looking suits, there is consensus.
Welcome to Seersucker Thursday, when members of what's often called the "world's most exclusive club" report to work in their finest seersucker outfits.
The annual tradition was born in 1996 when Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., decided that on a Thursday in mid June, senators would come to work wearing the famous seersucker suits, turning a long-time informal tradition into a regular rite of summer.
"It's the first day of summer, and the Senate needs to lighten up and loosen up," said Lott, sporting bright pink socks that accentuate a stripped suit this Seersucker Thursday.
In general, it appears that the seersucker phenomenon is a decidedly Republican one. Although billed as a bipartisan event, only a handful of Democrats came to the Capitol dressed in their seersucker best, among them Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
When asked the origin of the tradition, Feinstein said, "It comes from watching Lott preening on the floor."
The thin fabric that usually has blue-and-white stripes is a signature look in the American South, because of its lightweight feel, making it ideal for the oppressive Southern heat.
"Seersucker is the South's fashion gift to the nation to help cope with the heat and humidity of D.C. summers," said Lott spokesman Nick Simpson.
The history of seersucker dates back to the early 20th century. In the years before air conditioning, Southern senators found Washington summer heat unbearable.
Weighed down by heavy wool coats in the poorly ventilated Senate chamber, the legislators wanted to wear lighter clothes. So, according to Senate historians, in 1907 a New Orleans clothier made their lives more comfortable by designing the lightweight suits with the rumpled fabric.
Another version of the legend claims that seersucker was born when satirist W.O. Saunders walked down New York's Fifth Avenue wearing pajamas in a publicity stunt.
Either way, when modern air conditioning came to the Senate in the 1950s, these suits were no longer necessary, but in 1996, Lott decided it was time to revive the long-forgotten tradition and show that "the Senate isn't just a bunch of dour folks wearing dark suits and -- in the case of the men -- red or blue ties."
In 2004, Feinstein encouraged women to participate by giving seersucker outfits to a number of her female colleagues. "I would watch the men preening in the Senate, and I figured we should give them a little bit of a horse race," she said at the time.
The striped, wrinkled-looking suits may be an unusual look for the nation's Senate (to say nothing of pink socks), but at least senators stayed cool on another hot Washington summer day. Whether they looked cool or not perhaps deserves a motion for further debate.
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"The Act of Killing" is among the most profound, formally complex, and emotionally overpowering documentaries I've ever seen. It's also, by turns and sometimes at once, luridly seductive and darkly comic and physically revolting -- a movie that makes you want to laugh and cry and retch and run out of the theater, both to escape the awful things the film is showing you and to tell everyone you know that they need to see it, too.
In the early 2000s, Joshua Oppenheimer, a now 38-year-old documentarian from Texas, was living in Indonesia researching a film about labor unions when he began to hear whispered stories about a massacre that took place between 1965 and '66. In this under-documented atrocity, the country's newly installed right-wing dictatorship ordered the slaughter of something like half a million suspected "Communists" (including intellectuals, union organizers and ethnic Chinese), making use of local thugs and paramilitary organizations to carry out their death edicts. But Oppenheimer soon found that his subjects were afraid to tell their stories publicly -- an understandable fear, given that many of the men who had murdered their family members still hold powerful positions in their community. The killers, though -- that was another matter. Oppenheimer began to notice that, far from cloaking their deeds in shame, the perpetrators of the atrocities were eager to brag about their four-decade-old exploits in graphic detail. After his labor documentary, "The Globalization Tapes," was done, he decided to make another film -- one that would allow the killers not only to tell their own stories, but to re-enact them as grisly pageants complete with costumes, makeup and props.
The choice to incorporate elements of fiction, fantasy and Hollywood genre filmmaking into the documentation of a recent historical horror was a wildly risky gambit on the filmmakers' part (the film was co-directed by an Indonesian who, like all the Indonesians on the crew, is credited only as "Anonymous." Werner Herzog and Errol Morris -- both known for their ambitious experiments with the traditional documentary form -- served as executive producers.) But the result is far from disrespectful to the memory of the massacre's victims. On the contrary, by exploring the fantasy lives of the killers (in which they imagine their murderous past selves as cowboys, film noir gangsters or the heroes of kitschy musicals staged near waterfalls), the film cruelly exposes the process by which even the most damning truths can be transmuted, with time, into self-mythologizing fictions.
"The Act of Killing" was filmed in the town of Medan in North Sumatra, where its two chief subjects, Anwar Congo and Herman Koto, were among the most feared executioners during the purge. Nearly 50 years later, they still wield enough local power that when they set out to recruit extras for a house-burning re-enactment, few of the terrified townspeople dare to turn them down. In one early scene, the dapper, charismatic Congo demonstrates his garroting technique on a smiling underling, then dances an impromptu cha-cha on a roof he once used as a killing chamber. From there, things get ever stranger and sicker, as the production value of the assassins' filmed re-creations mounts in tandem with the scale of the violence they recount. Dressed as cowboys, the men ride to the rescue of a woman (an elaborately cross-dressed Herman Koto) who turns out to be a Communist traitor. Later, they coach a group of local children in the art of pretending to beg for their lives -- an exercise which, not surprisingly, quickly reduces the frightened kids to real tears. (The killers' offhanded psychological abuse of even beloved children -- as when Congo takes his grandsons onto his lap to watch video of gramps being fake-tortured -- is one of the hardest-to-watch elements in this never-easy film.)
There are moments -- especially in the highly stylized dance numbers that begin and end the movie, involving identically dressed showgirls who emerge from an enormous concrete fish -- when Oppenheimer could be accused of aestheticizing -- and hence distancing himself and us from -- the raw suffering his film otherwise fearlessly explores. And while I get that this documentary's purpose isn't didactic, I wish I'd left the theater knowing a little more about the cultural and historical context in which these horrors occurred. But the choice to identify the killers' merrily sadistic exploits with the history of Hollywood cinema isn't some arch postmodern affectation on Oppenheimer's part. The analogy comes straight from Congo and Koto themselves, who before they were conscripted as government hit men worked as "movie theater gangsters," scalping tickets outside the local cinema. Congo cites John Wayne and Al Pacino among his tough-guy influences, and recalls the feeling of walking out of Elvis Presley pictures in a cheerful mood, ready to take on the day's killing with a smile. As viewers, we're privy to the grinding gears of the multiple defense mechanisms (denial, repression, delusional grandiosity) through which Congo, Koto and their former colleagues manage to carry on with, and even enjoy, their lives. "War crimes are defined by the winners," a death-squad leader points out. "I'm a winner, so I can make my own definition."
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Definitions for gambeson
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word gambeson
A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted.
same as Gambison
A gambeson is a padded defensive jacket, worn as armour separately, or combined with mail or plate armour. Gambeson were produced with a sewing technique called quilting. Usually constructed of linen or wool, the stuffing varied, and could be for example scrap cloth or horse hair. During the 14th century, illustrations usually show buttons or laces up the front. An arming doublet worn under armour, particularly plate armour of fifteenth and sixteenth century Europe contains arming points for attaching plates and fifteenth century examples may include goussets sewn into the elbows and armpits to protect the wearer in locations not covered by plate. German gothic armour arming doublets were generally shorter than Italian white armour doublets, which could extend to the upper thigh. In late fifteenth century Italy this also became a civilian fashion. Men who were not knights wore arming doublets, probably because the garment suggested status and chivalry.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
gam′be-son, n. an ancient coat for defence, worn under the habergeon, of leather, or of cloth stuffed and quilted.—Also Gam′bison. [O. Fr.—Low L. gambesōn-em; prob. Teut., as in wambâ, the belly.]
The numerical value of gambeson in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
The numerical value of gambeson in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
The telephone was important because it would let people communicate without sending letters. This even impacts us today. If this machine would have never been invented our life would be very hard.
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Air Plane 1903
The impact of the Air Plane is that it completely changed the world. This allowed fast transportation of people and cargo.
Light Bulb 1879
The light bulb was a major invention. This is very important today because we use lights for everything. For example cars, home, stores, street lights, ext. The light bulb was huge.
The dishwasher is a machine that washed dishes for you. This was a great and good idea. This machine is now used by most households.
First Hand Held Camera 1888
The first hand held camera allowed you to take pictures anywhere. This is even used today with portable cameras and cell phones.
Gasoline-Powered Automobile 1893
This automobile was a vehicle that ran of gas. This is still used today and is very important.
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Steam Engine 1872
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Tiffin University’s Pfeiffer Library was recently awarded funding in the name of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), the only federal program with funding exclusively for libraries.
The first grant, in the amount of $4,987, will be used to purchase mobile makerspace carts. These carts will expand Pfeiffer Library’s portfolio of resources in support of hands-on learning initiatives and student projects both inside and outside of the classroom. The makerspace carts will be available for checkout by faculty for classroom use throughout campus or for student use in the library’s study rooms from the beginning of the fall 2022 semester.
The second grant, in the amount of $1839, was given as part of LSTA’s initiative, “Celebrating Ohio Book Awards and Authors” (COBAA). The Pfeiffer Library intends to utilize this resource by curating a special collection of literature to support and promote the Celebrating CulTUral Uniqueness at Tiffin University (CCU@TU) movement. The endowment was made possible through a Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services LSTA grant awarded by the State Library of Ohio.
The CCU@TU movement began in 2016 when the University amended its prior initiative to be conscious of the need for workplace diversity and inclusion to being strictly committed to implementing such practices within its circles. Tiffin University’s President, Dr. Lillian Schumacher, spearheaded the project with the platform being structured around the three guiding principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. This was all done with the primary goal(s) of encouraging participants to both think deeply about and unlearn their respective biases and to be advocates for traditionally underrepresented voices.
“This is a wonderful development,” says Dr. Peter J. Holbrook, Provost and Chief Academic Officer. “Not only does it give credit where credit is due to the library’s hard-working staff, but this funding will allow us to further our long-standing goal of providing equal and robust academic opportunities for all members of our community, regardless of cultural background or identity.”
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The problem with powering any form of transport with electricity is it requires heavy batteries. That’s a particular problem for boats, as they suffer drag in the water. To address this Candela uses hydrofoils, legs that extend down into the water and act like wings, propelling the boat up into the air as it picks up speed like an aircraft during takeoff. “In harbor the foils are fully retracted, so they’re protected,” Hasselskog says. “But then you lower the foils and hit the throttle and off it goes. The control system takes care of the entire takeoff sequence, it’s like an airplane.”
Hydrofoil boats aren’t new, but electric power and automated controls are. The carbon-fiber Candela P-12 will have twin propulsion systems by 180-kWh batteries, letting it run three hours before requiring powered charging. At 12 meters in length and 4.5 meters across, the 8.5 metric ton boat will carry 30 seated passengers.
A superfast flying boat sounds like a surefire way to lose your breakfast on the morning commute, but the Candela has sensors that feed into an automated control system to adjust the height and roll and pitch up to 100 times a second to ensure a smooth ride regardless of the weather. “Through the control system we can cut out any vertical movements of the boat,” Hasselskog says, which is what tends to cause seasickness. “So far nobody has gotten seasick on our boats.”
All of that means the Candela P-12, when built, should use less energy per passenger than a hybrid electric bus, go faster than a car, and bring down fuel and maintenance costs by 40 percent. And as it glides above the water it’s less disruptive to the local environment both above and beneath the water.
Candela couldn’t simply upsize its existing boat to build the P-12—regulations require a thicker hull, fire safety systems for the batteries, and, confusingly, separate toilets for passengers and the single member of crew, who will be driving all the time.
Toilets aside there’s another regulatory challenge: Speed limits on inland waterways tend to be as low as six knots (7 mph), but hydrofoil boats are most efficient at top speed. Such speed limits are for safety and to reduce wake, which boats like the P-12 don’t cause. “The solution is working with port authorities and ferry operators to get dispensation,” says Charles Haskell, decarbonization program manager at maritime consultancy Lloyd’s Register. Around Stockholm that limit is 12 knots, though Candela has a temporary exemption during the trial.
Not all cities can use waterways as highways like this, but it could be an appealing idea for coastal conurbations. Rival flying boat maker Artemis is testing its version in Belfast, while Hasselskog has held talks with authorities in Istanbul and across the Middle East. Reps from the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), which operates ferry services in the San Francisco Bay Area, have visited Stockholm to see how the Candela P-12 works.
For coastal cities like Stockholm, ferries could become the watery equivalent of trams without having to lay infrastructure like rail, though charging systems will be needed. “If it’s acting like a sea-based light rail facilitating hundreds of people who would have gone by car, then that’s what we need more of,” says Paul Chatterton, professor of urban futures at the University of Leeds. “The speed is a red herring… in a big urban river environment you need big large crafts that can take a lot of people short distances.”
Hasselskog argues that a large fleet of smaller boats offers more flexibility than larger ferries and could mean they’re used on demand, ditting the need for timetables or fixed stops. The idea is also being touted by hydrogen-powered hydrofoil water taxis made by SeaBubbles, which have been trialed in Lyon, France. Smaller boats have another use: ferrying maintenance staff and supplies out to offshore wind farms, says Haskell, solving a problem of getting staff to locations many miles offshore without them arriving seasick.
Even without top speeds, water taxis and boat buses offer promise to cities with waterways, Chatteron says, pointing to the popularity of Venice’s vaporettos. And beyond passenger transport, slow, electric canal barges could take freight off of roads. “You can move a lot of things with little or no energy,” Chatterton says, “and a lot of European cities have canals.” Whether its electric-powered flying ferries or low-energy barges, making better use of urban waterways makes sense for sustainability, Hasselskog says. “You don’t need any special infrastructure, the water is just there,” he says. “That’s probably why they were used back in the day—you just go.” | <urn:uuid:300c6937-015f-4fe3-bdc7-f205a1f64e4d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://archiq.net/is-it-a-bird-is-it-a-plane-no-its-a-flying-ferry/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.951131 | 1,070 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Finance managers advise, support and guide businesses on all financial matters, ensuring their money is well managed and allocated efficiently.
They are responsible for helping businesses to make smart and sensible financial decisions by providing careful financial analysis, budgeting and forecasting.
This guide includes a full finance manager job description and discusses everything you need to know about finance managers such as average salaries, job requirements, career progression and more.
- Finance manager job description
- How much do finance managers earn?
- What does a finance manager do?
- Requirements, skills and qualifications
- Who employs finance managers?
- Which junior jobs progress to finance manager roles?
Finance manager job description
Finance manager | New Fashions Ltd
About New Fashions Ltd
We are one of the UK’s fastest-growing women’s fashion brands, with 250 stores across the country. Our staff live and breathe fashion and we strive to put our customers at the heart of all that we do.
About the role
Reporting to the financial director, you will take a lead in managing the finance function of the organisation and will be responsible for the leadership and development of our finance team, delivering first-class financial information and analysis to support wider business decision making.
- Managing the finance team and overseeing the day to day running of the entire finance function
- Establishing and developing effective financial policies, strategies and procedures for the company
- Continuously tracking the company’s financial status and performance to identify areas where improvement is needed
- Leading working capital management and the production of cash flow forecasts
- Developing effective strategies and methods for minimising financial risk to the company
- Presenting accurate financial reports and findings to board members and senior management
Location & commitments
- Full-time, permanent role (9–5 core hours) based at our head office in Leeds
- Occasional out-of-hours support may be required during busy periods
- Regular travel required to meet key stakeholders and suppliers
- Professional finance or accounting qualifications – CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA or IFA preferred
- 3+ years experience in a busy finance department
- An understanding of the financial reporting and auditing requirements of retailers
- An analytical mindset with the ability to manage large amounts of data accurately and to tight timescales
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to effectively manage and motivate different personalities
- A 2:1 degree in accounting, finance, business or a related field
- Experience of finance within a retail environment
Contact us to apply
Apply at the earliest opportunity by sending your CV and a cover letter to our hiring manager John Jones at email@example.com.
How much do finance managers earn?
A career in finance is generally very well-paid, with the average finance manager salary in the UK currently sitting at £38,483.
Finance manager salaries in the UK
- Low: £25,000
- Average: £38,483
- High: £52,500
Finance manager salaries will vary hugely depending on:
- The sector – The private sector typically pays more than the public sector
- The industry – Pay varies between industries, with the banking and capital markets areas offering the most lucrative prospects
- The location – Roles in London tend to offer significantly higher salaries than those outside of the capital
- Level of experience – Experience is valued highly within the financial sector — financial managers with over ten years of experience can easily reach 6-figures
For example, a finance manager working in banking in London will typically earn significantly more than a finance manager with the same level of experience working for a not-for-profit organisation outside of the city. Additionally, a finance manager with just one year of experience may earn less than half the salary of a finance manager with ten years of experience.
It’s important to note that the figures above are taken from job advert samples and therefore do not include extra benefits such as bonuses, car allowances and non-financial benefits like private healthcare.
What does a finance manager do?
The typical finance manager job description includes the following duties and responsibilities:
- Reviewing financial information – Collecting, interpreting and reviewing financial information such as budgets, accounts and statements
- Developing finance strategies – Developing key financial strategies in order to enhance short and long-term business profitability and minimise risk
- Maintaining financial records – Maintaining an organised system of accounts and recording all transactions and assets
- Creating financial reports – Preparing accurate monthly financial and management reports such as balance sheets and income statements, for management and shareholders
- Monitoring cash flow – Closely monitoring business cash flow to ensure that money is available when needed
- Managing budgets – Setting, reviewing and monitoring budgets and ensuring that all departments work within the allocated budgets
- Reducing costs – Driving profitability within the business by making recommendations for lowering costs where possible
- Creating financial forecasts – Estimating and reporting on future financial outcomes and trends
- Finding investments – Researching, analysing and choosing suitable business investments that provide high financial returns in relation to their risks
- Monitoring markets – Closely monitoring the market, competitors and trends to pinpoint suitable opportunities for expansion and areas for improvement
- Supervising staff – Taking the lead in the finance and account team by delegating and supervising work and mentoring junior employees
- Advising management – Guiding and advising senior management on important financial matters, risks and decisions
- Ensuring legal compliance – Making sure the company complies with all financial law and legislation
What do finance managers need?
Finance manager roles are highly competitive, meaning candidates need a strong profile of skills, experience and qualifications in order to secure a role and progress within the industry.
While specific requirements vary between employers and sectors, as well as the level of seniority of the role, here’s a general overview of what’s required:
Finance manager jobs will usually require at least 3–5+ years of experience in the finance industry, with in-depth knowledge of accountancy and finance strategies and practices.
Additionally, most employers will expect industry-specific experience — for example, a retailer looking for a finance manager may ask for 5 years of financial experience within a retail setting specifically.
Finance managers often build their initial experience in finance assistant, auditing, financial analyst and accountancy roles.
Senior-level finance manager roles will normally require previous experience as a finance manager in a relevant industry. Depending on the employer, this might be anywhere upwards of 5 years of management experience at a minimum. However, salaries do reflect this and can increase significantly.
Finance manager skills
In order to succeed in the challenged and fast-paced world of finance, finance managers require the following key skills and knowledge:
- Commercial & business awareness: Understanding the business as a whole, its markets and the wider industry in which it operates
- Advanced maths & finance: Using advanced mathematical abilities and algebraic formulas and understanding a variety of complex financial documents
- Negotiation: Confidently negotiating contracts and reaching beneficial agreements with a range of stakeholders, clients and businesses
- Accounting: Knowledge of accounting processes, taxation and terminology
- Finance software: Advanced knowledge and proficiency in finance and accounting software, such as SAP and Oracle
- Analysis: Effectively analysing large data sets and information and developing comprehensive, understandable interpretations
- Communication: Confidently communicating with key stakeholders and explaining complicated financial strategies and formulas in a way that non-financial staff and departments can understand
- Problem solving: Pinpointing financial problems and risks and creating well-informed, effective solutions
- Leadership: Directing, influencing and motivating finance teams in order to enhance efficiency and productivity
Finance manager qualifications
Finance managers are expected to have advanced qualifications in finance, mathematics or accountancy.
The majority of finance managers hold a degree and postgraduate professional qualifications from a finance or accounting body. Entry without a degree is possible but more difficult, and in these cases, professional qualifications are essential.
Here are some of the most common qualifications and certifications held by financial managers:
It’s possible to enter the finance world with a degree in any subject by studying the correct professional qualifications after graduation.
However, it should come as no surprise that gaining a degree in a relevant subject can come with huge benefits. Some professional bodies grant graduates from relevant subjects areas with exemptions from some examinations, meaning the entire process is sped up.
Additionally, as the field is competitive, some employers will seek graduates from relevant topic areas specifically.
Therefore, the following degree subject areas can be particularly helpful for aspiring finance managers:
Masters degree courses in a relevant subject can be useful in gaining a competitive advantage during the recruitment process, but are by no means essential.
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
The ACCA is a globally recognised and respected international accountancy body.
The ACCA qualification provides all the required skills and knowledge required to become a competent finance professional. Those who have completed the qualification can use the designatory letters ACCA in their title, denoting quality and professionalism to future clients and employers.
To qualify, students must pass three stages of exams and gain three years of professional experience.
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants is the world’s largest professional body of management accountants and home to the most useful accounting qualification for a career in business specifically.
Their qualifications bring together practical accounting skills with business knowledge, making them suitable for a huge range of roles in finance. For aspiring or established finance managers alike, the CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting is likely to be the best option.
Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA)
The Institute of Financial Accountants is a well-recognised professional accountancy membership body whose qualifications focus on equipping students for finance work in micro and small to medium sized businesses.
Once qualified, graduates become an associate member of the IFA and can use the letters AFA (Associate Financial Accountant) after their name — another badge of quality and professionalism. For financial managers wishing to work in or with SMEs specifically, this is a good option.
The IFA offer a range of qualification options, including a direct route to membership via their IFA Direct learning platform.
What is expected of finance managers?
Finance managers will typically be expected to commit the following:
- Full-time hours – The role of a finance manager is crucial to business success, meaning full-time hours (35 – 40 hours per week) are the norm — part-time roles are rare
- 9–5 hours – Work is generally undertaken during standard Monday–Friday office hours, though some employers may offer flexitime
- Possibility of overtime – Longer hours may be required during busy periods to support the demands of the business. Banking and finance jobs in London, in particular, are known to demand long working hours
- Location – Normally based at the employer’s head office
- Occasional travel – Some roles, especially those that involve working with numerous clients or customers, may require some travel
Finance manager benefits
As well as offering high salaries, a career in finance management comes with many perks and benefits. Specific packages will vary between employers, but typically include:
- Bonuses – Normally based on business financial performance
- Pension scheme
- Generous holiday allowance
- Car allowance – Employers often offer a car allowance of several thousand pounds per year
- Private healthcare
- Corporate discounts
Who employs finance managers?
Finance managers work in a wide range of businesses across the public and private sectors.
Due to the ongoing need for companies of all shapes and sizes to stay financially secure and stable, finance managers are in high demand in all industries.
Large companies normally have numerous financial managers on their team managing different departments and therefore hire frequently. Small and medium companies, however, may only have a single financial manager to oversee financial activity for the company as a whole, and therefore hire less frequently.
Typical finance manager employers include:
- Building societies
- Insurance companies
- FMCG companies
- Public utility companies
- Local government
- Schools and universities
- Health authorities
Jobs are available all over the UK, but the most lucrative and readily-available roles are in London and the larger towns and cities.
The majority of finance managers are employed on a full-time, permanent basis, though many finance professionals are also self-employed and work on a consultancy basis.
Which junior jobs progress to finance manager roles?
Many reputable companies and accounting bodies offer finance graduate schemes and traineeships, which can be a great way to break into the industry and gain professional qualifications.
However, aside from trainee/graduate offers, there are a number of jobs which see employees naturally progress into finance manager roles. These include:
Finance/accounts assistants support finance managers and accountants in the day to day financial operations of a company. These roles tend to include lots of basic administrative tasks, such as data entry, invoice processing and updating financial records. They are entry-level roles but make for a great way to learn the ropes of finance whilst studying towards professional qualifications.
Accountants prepare, examine, monitor and audit a company or client’s financial records. While accountancy is a well-paid and rewarding career in its own right, many accountants eventually move into finance manager roles. This is often due to the increased involvement in wider business strategy, as well as the leadership/managerial opportunities, that a finance manager role can offer.
Which senior jobs do finance managers progress to?
Although finance managers are generally well-paid and highly respected in the workplace, the job offers plenty of opportunity for progression, including:
Senior finance manager
Senior finance managers take on more responsibility than a finance manager, often having a more authoritative stake in decision making across the business. These roles tend to pop up in larger companies that employ several finance managers, where the senior finance manager will lead the team as a whole.
With significant experience in the finance industry, it’s possible to move into the top-level finance roles of finance director or financial controller. These jobs demand a high level of responsibility and can be fairly stressful, taking overall responsibility for a business’s financial state. On the plus side, roles at this level can attract very high salaries.
Finance manager job description – conclusion
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The Twelfth Victim : The Innocence of Caril Fugate in the Starkweather Murder Rampage
Overview - In 1958, nineteen-year-old Charles Starkweather gained notoriety as one of the nation's first spree killers. He murdered eleven people in Nebraska and Wyoming. After a week on the run, he was arrested, later convicted, and sentenced to die in the electric chair. Read more...
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In 1958, nineteen-year-old Charles Starkweather gained notoriety as one of the nation's first spree killers. He murdered eleven people in Nebraska and Wyoming. After a week on the run, he was arrested, later convicted, and sentenced to die in the electric chair. Starkweather's girlfriend, Caril Fugate, fourteen, was with him throughout the murder spree. Was she his hostage or a willing participant in the murders that included her parents and three-year-old sister? This question still stirs debate more than fifty years later. Fugate claims she was too terrified to attempt escape-Starkweather had told her he would make a phone call and have her family killed if she disobeyed him. Unbeknownst to her, he had already murdered her family. A jury found her guilty of being an accessory to first degree murder. She was sentenced to life in prison; however, in 1976 she was paroled. Now, in The Twelfth Victim, attorneys Linda M. Battisti and John S. Berry, Sr. pull together years of research to tell how Fugate was a victim of both Charles Starkweather and the Nebraska justice system. Their book tells how the teenager was grilled by prosecuting attorneys for hours before ever being told she had a right to an attorney. The book details how Starkweather, who gave nine versions of how the murders occurred and had already been sentenced to death, became the chief witness against Caril at her trial. The authors also expose how Starkweather was coached for days by prosecutors on how to testify at Fugate's trial-including not telling the jury that he had planned to kill Caril on three separate occasions. It is a shocking story that has never been told. The True Story of How a Fourteen-Year-Old Nebraska Girl Was Denied Justice in a Murder Case that Stunned the Nation | <urn:uuid:4bfd9d0a-c14d-49ed-bf02-c0835d6fb107> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Twelfth-Victim-Innocence-Caril-Fugate/Linda-M-Battisti/9781938803659 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721558.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00044-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980886 | 487 | 1.617188 | 2 |
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In 2012 Berman and Sutton launched their massive Wyoming Grasslands Photographic Project, a partnership between The Nature Conservancy, Wyoming Chapter, and the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. Working in the tradition of late-nineteenth-century explorers and photographers of the American West, Berman and Sutton shot more than 50,000 digital photographs of Wyoming prairie, from the Red Desert of southwestern Wyoming to the Thunder Basin National Grassland of the state's northeastern corner. The best of their extraordinarily sensitive, revealing, and powerful images appear in these pages, documenting the sweep and the seasons of the Wyoming landscape.
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Frank H. Goodyear, Jr., is Guest Curator at the Draper Natural History Museum, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, in Cody, Wyoming. He is the author of numerous books, including Contemporary American Realism since 1960 and Neil Welliver.
Charles R. Preston is the Willis McDonald, IV, Senior Curator of Natural Science at the Draper Natural History Museum, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, in Cody, Wyoming. His publications include Golden Eagle: Sovereign of the Skies (with G. Leppart, photographer) and An Expedition Guide to the Nature of Yellowstone and the Draper Museum of Natural History.
Dan Flores is retired as A. B. Hammond Professor of History at the University of Montana, Missoula. He is the author of numerous books, including Visions of the Big Sky: Painting and Photographing the Northern Rocky Mountain West and The Natural West: Environmental History in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains. | <urn:uuid:a82a4e17-b7aa-40cd-aa8e-0dd1fe75d280> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.nhbs.com/title/206793?title=wyoming-grasslands | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279650.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00434-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92997 | 657 | 2.609375 | 3 |
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Course Number: LASP-40086
Credit: 1.50 unit(s)
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"And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar
the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for
the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice,
saying, How Long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and
avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
"And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it
was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little
season, until their fellow servants also and their brethren,
that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled." (Bible,
They were slain. But they didn't realize or understand what was
happening, so they were telling God, "When are you going to bring
Your Kingdom Of Heaven On Earth? We thought that was us." They
thought the Baha'i teaching was it. It was such a wonderful
universal teaching. It was saying that all religions basically were
the same and they were given all the system to bring It, "What
happened? Why is it not happening?"
God said, "Not yet. You have to wait for a little while. This is
not It. Your brethren have to be slain too." When the brethren are
slain, that is the time when the Kingdom Of Heaven comes. When is
that? Now! We can see another sign. The brethren were slain.
The Bahá'ís were wealthy people in Iran. In the last ten years
(1980-1990) they were persecuted in Iran. Their properties were
confiscated. Actually you can't find them in that country anymore.
Either they were slain, have gone under-ground, or left the country,
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THE OPENING of Afghan peace negotiations over the weekend came six months later than planned and was accompanied by continuing violence around the country and low expectations for early progress. Yet the meeting of a Taliban delegation and one headed by the Afghan government nevertheless is a welcome breakthrough after two decades of war. It offers hope that a political settlement is possible — provided the United States and other Afghan allies remain stalwart.
For years, the Taliban refused any contact with the Afghan administrations that followed the overthrow of their Islamist dictatorship by a U.S.-led coalition. Afghan governments, for their part, insisted that the rebels must first accept the constitution, with its enshrinement of democratic elections and rights for women, before joining peace talks.
The differences over how Afghanistan should be governed remain stark. But, since it long ago became evident that there was no military solution to the conflict, the beginning of negotiations at least opens a narrow path to peace — something for which the Trump administration and its special envoy, former ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, deserve credit. Mr. Khalilzad first negotiated an agreement between the United States and the Taliban, then persuaded the Afghan government to accept its terms — including the painful release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners.
There are two big reasons for doubt about whether negotiations can progress. One is the lopsided terms of the U.S.-Taliban deal, and thus of the balance of power between the two Afghan sides. The United States agreed to withdraw all of its troops from the country by next May, tied only to promises by the Taliban not to target U.S. and other international forces and to break ties with al-Qaeda. The insurgents have not fully delivered on either of those commitments, according to international monitors and U.S. military commanders, and they have continued attacks on government forces, killing and wounding more than 10,000 since the accord was signed in February.
That noncompliance dovetails with the other fundamental problem, which is the evident desire of President Trump to pull U.S. forces out of Afghanistan regardless of the circumstances. Having drawn down U.S. troop levels from 12,000 to 8,600 in accordance with the deal, Mr. Trump pushed for another withdrawal before the U.S. presidential election; as a result, the troop count will be down to 4,500 by November. A logical course for the Taliban is to stall on the talks while waiting to see if a reelected Mr. Trump — or former vice president Joe Biden — will complete the pullout unconditionally.
The chance for an Afghan peace will depend on the willingness of the U.S. president to maintain U.S. forces in place until the Taliban shows a genuine will to settle. Agreement on a comprehensive cease-fire, along with a definitive break with al-Qaeda, should be preconditions for a full withdrawal. The Taliban has incentives to settle, including a desire for international recognition and aid for future governments. If the United States stands firm, then the peace process it has initiated will have a chance to succeed. | <urn:uuid:b4b8c365-3138-449e-8c4b-037cdfa3d3c1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/afghanistan-has-a-chance-at-peace-it-rests-on-the-us-standing-firm/2020/09/14/e5fdeff8-f6aa-11ea-be57-d00bb9bc632d_story.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2009.15.20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00667.warc.gz | en | 0.956608 | 629 | 2.25 | 2 |
|Pupils Look To Turn Doodles Into Dollars|
Chiswick Community School Class' Novel Fundraising Idea for Swaziland
Chiswick Community School's Class 7 Paxton have come up with a novel fundraising idea. The have been writing to famous people asking them to create signed doodles of themselves. When they have enough, they plan to hold an auction.
"We are trying to raise money for an orphanage/school in Siphofaneni an area of Swaziland in South Africa. We plan to do this by asking lots of famous people to draw a signed doodle of themselves, which we can then auction at an event which will held at our school and all monies raised will be sent directly to the orphanage / school in Siphofaneni.
"Swaziland has the highest rate of HIV/AIDS infection in the world, and has large numbers of what are termed OVC’s - orphaned and vulnerable children. Some children live with their grannies, others make do on their own with whatever support the local community can give them.
"The Orphanage/school in Siphofaneni we are raising money for has about 80 pre-school children that live there permanently and many more children who use the facility after school as an alternative to schools and as a support network for young careers who are busy looking after their younger siblings in the daytime. Education, even at primary level, is not free in Swaziland. The Government is committed to paying the fees for OVC’s but often does not have the money to keep its promises.
"This has happened this year where the OVC children have been turned away from school because the Government have failed to pay their school fees. Your signed doodle would help these poor children and give them an opportunity to have the things that they have never had before and what we take for granted E.g. new clothes, an education, shoes, a real home, and clean water."
So far the class has recieved signed doodles from celebrities like Ricky Gervais and signed pictures from Harry Potter, Tony Blair and Amir Khan but they need more and are asking their local community to help by passing on this article to anyone well known whose doodle's may be worth a bob or two.
Contact details for the school are Mrs Saunders (tutor), Chiswick Community School, Burlington Lane, London W4 3UN email firstname.lastname@example.org
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The writer known as Katherine Mansfield died of tuberculosis in January 1923. She was only thirty-four, and her work had been interrupted by lack of money and a settled home, and increasingly by illness. Despite these impediments, she published several collections of short stories, and left other stories, poems, reviews, notebooks and letters, which were edited for publication over the next thirty years by her husband, the critic and writer John Middleton Murry. Often praised for her modernist approach, Mansfield’s aim as a writer was to record her observations of life as truthfully as possible, drawing freely on her New Zealand childhood, her travels in Europe and her emotional attachments to both men and women. Detail fascinated her, whether of landscape, interiors or the nuances of personal relationships, and she developed a technique of allowing a story to unfold through the private thoughts and actions of her characters, often cunningly shifting perspective by moving from one character’s consciousness to another’s. Particularly striking is her ability to expand some apparently minor scene or incident into universal significance, whether the deception of an innocent girl in ‘The Little Governess’ or the humiliation of an impoverished teacher in ‘Miss Brill’.
Like Sylvia Plath (whose husband also edited her work for posthumous publication), Mansfield’s output, although distinctive, was slender, and it is the details of her life, as much as her literary achievements, that have kept her in the public eye. Like Plath, she was a sexually active young | <urn:uuid:a4e84110-4c8b-4514-9fa5-e96c27e62622> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://literaryreview.co.uk/a-short-story | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00479.warc.gz | en | 0.982859 | 315 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Remember the “unitary executive”? You’re not unusual if you don’t. This phrase was part of a short-lived debate during the presidency of George W. Bush about the proper scope of presidential authority. Even though the debate was short-lived, the policies weren’t, and former Vice President Dick Cheney revealed in his recent book that expanding the power of the presidency was perhaps his most important mission while he was in office.
The unitary executive is a catchphrase that encompasses the idea that the executive branch should enjoy significantly more power than it currently does in our established system of checks and balances. President Barack Obama seems to share this philosophy, judging by his recent actions if not his words.
The recent killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen living in Yemen and recruiter for al-Qaeda, has prompted a small but growing debate that has similar contours to the debate about the unitary executive under Bush — if not accompanied by the same vehemence from the left.
In fact, there is a profound lack of vehemence, on the left or the right, about the actions that Obama has taken that, if taken by Bush, surely would have led to massive protests about the misuse of our power abroad. It is clear now, to anyone who cares to pay attention, that Obama is following Bush’s lead on most foreign policy issues — and in some cases taking an even more aggressive tack than his predecessor.
The killing of Awlaki, what may be accurately called an assassination, was not a surprise. An earlier attempt, also using unmanned drones armed with missiles, failed in May. This was the first strike in Yemen after a year because the Yemeni government had withdrawn permission for the strikes after a botched strike in May 2010 that missed its target but succeeded in killing a Yemeni official and a number of civilians. (Close observers will recall that the very first U.S. drone strike, at least the first one we know of from public accounts, was in Yemen in 2002.)
U.S. officials made the argument that Awlaki had “gone operational,” but presented no evidence to support their case. When pressed, “officials” admitted the evidence was “patchy,” according to Reuters. The editor of the Yemen Post denied that Awlaki had an operational role, stating: “(This strike) will not be a blow to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula from any perspective. We don’t feel they will suffer, because (Awlaki) did not have any real role in (the organization).”
So was Awlaki just a recruiter or was he operational? I don’t know, nor does anyone else outside the executive branch — and apparently they don’t really know either. The question is: Do we blindly believe our government on these types of issues, even as we get burned time and time again as the truth is later revealed? Does patriotism demand blind faith? No. Patriotism (and good journalism) demands that we be highly critical of unsubstantiated claims that form the basis for the unprecedented assassination of our own citizens. Let’s not forget that the United States did, for the first time in its history, consciously target a U.S. citizen with an unmanned drone, in a foreign country thousands of miles from our shores, with zero public due process.
This type of action, and the evidence it is allegedly based on, has to be scrutinized very closely.
There was an attempt at outside scrutiny by Awlaki’s own father, with the assistance of the American Civil Liberties Union. Awlaki brought a legal challenge against the federal government after he first learned that his son had been placed on a capture or kill list maintained by the White House. The ACLU argued on his behalf: “The United States is not at war in Yemen, and the government doesn’t have a blank check to kill terrorism suspects wherever they are in the world. Among the arguments we’ll be making is that, outside actual war zones, the authority to use lethal force is narrowly circumscribed, and preserving the rule of law depends on keeping this authority narrow.”
Unfortunately, when the lawsuit was filed, the court threw it out by sidestepping the issue as a “political question.” There is some precedent for this in U.S. jurisprudence and all first-year constitutional law students learn about it (including yours truly years ago). However, I’m personally ashamed that in our advanced democracy we have a legal system that won’t even address due process concerns for its own citizens on a kill list in a foreign country, based purely on assertions made by the White House. This does not seem like democracy to me.
The U.S. drone program more generally should be a source of real concern. Obama has expanded the program dramatically, and we now apparently have about 7,000 drones in operation around the world.
U.S. officials recently had the audacity to suggest that the drone program had gone a year with zero civilian casualties. When questioned about this striking claim, officials claimed that, well, there was no “credible evidence” of civilian casualties. When pressed further, it was revealed that it is generally not U.S. policy to inspect strike sites after the fact for civilian casualties. QED. The Orwellian nature of this argument should be lost on no one — but it is lost, unfortunately, on a regular basis.
The left in this country seems to still be in a daze when it comes to foreign policy under Obama because, well, he’s a good guy, right? Wrong. Every U.S. president has pursued an aggressive and highly damaging foreign policy, particularly when judged from the point of view of our victims. There is one major difference, however, that I have detected between Democratic and Republican presidencies on foreign policy, after 20 years of observing and reading. This is the degree to which Democrats are far less likely to start unilateral foreign wars. In fact, judging by the 14 unilateral regime changes examined in Stephen Kinzer’s excellent book, Overthrow, only one such regime change was initiated by a Democratic president: John F. Kennedy (Ngo Dinh Diem in Vietnam, much to his later regret). Democratic presidents are, however, happy to continue or escalate wars started by their Republican predecessors, or to join in unjust multilateral wars — like Libya (a topic for a different essay).
So why don’t Americans care about foreign policy? I have some ideas, but don’t know for sure. Judging from my friends, family and what I see and read, most people just don’t have the bandwidth in their lives to pay attention enough to care. A recent book about civilian deaths at U.S. hands around the world, The Deaths of Others by John Tirman, a scientist at MIT, makes a similar claim, among others.
I hope that most people would, in fact, care about the effects of our foreign policies on unwitting civilians (and now our own citizens in some circumstances) around the world if they knew what our actions lead to. I do have faith in human goodness. But education about what’s going on is the first step. And when our economy is mired in recession; the presidential race absorbs half the news for two years out of every four years; Facebook and video games, TV, magazines and dating sites, another major chunk of our time; oh, and hanging out with friends and creating families — there’s not much left over for most people to get up to speed on what’s really happening in our foreign policy.
It also seems that when U.S. citizens are the victims of our aggressive actions that more Americans should start to wake up. I applaud Ron Paul for his principled criticism of the Awlaki assassination and other U.S. foreign policy actions.
My hope is that the Arab Spring and movements such as the Occupy Wall Street protests in the United States, both heavily involved with social media in terms of information and organization, will continue the Sunshine Revolution here at home. The long-term trend toward more and more open democracy, and increased human rights and living standards around the world, does seem clear. That, in itself, is encouraging. And, eventually, we may actually hold our leaders to account for their actions abroad as well as at home.
— Tam Hunt is president of Community Renewable Solutions LLC, which is focused on community-scale renewables. He also is a lecturer on climate change law and policy at UCSB’s Bren School of Environmental Science & Management. Click here for his blog, Thought, Spirit, Politik. | <urn:uuid:fb9ee160-d6a7-4567-bc11-baa9a341df0d> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.noozhawk.com/article/101411_tam_hunt/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281226.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00377-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974474 | 1,817 | 2.09375 | 2 |
Friday, April 29, 2011
CYCLOPS WEARING FLIP FLOPS
Poetry Tag continues with a book review of a new book of poetry connected to yesterday's book review.
Today’s tagline: Getting the poetry out there
Guest Reviewer: Tina Shands
Featured Book: Simon, John Oliver. 2011. Cyclops Wearing Flip Flops; The Best of Poetry Inside Out. San Francisco: The Center for the Art of Translation.
Tina writes: Cyclops Wearing Flip Flops is the eighth book of poetry published by the Center for the Art of Translation’s program known as Poetry Inside Out. Poetry Inside Out (PIO) is a 16-session school program where students are taught poetry through the translation of foreign poems. It began in 2000, “bringing the poetries of Spain and Latin America to Spanish bilingual and immersion classrooms.” It has now expanded into 19 languages and is taught to elementary, middle and high school students.
The book contains the poetry of the PIO students in a session-by-session look at how the PIO program works. The information given about each session is fascinating and provides just enough guidance to make an educator want more. Specifically, the book leaves the reader wanting to see the Translator’s Glossaries, referred to throughout the book as being integral to the program. If the Translator’s Glossaries were readily available, a teacher could re-create the project without the need of the PIO professionals. Instead, it appears the only way to get the information necessary to teach the program would be bring the PIO residency program to your school or attend Professional Development and/or workshops presented by PIO.
This book is different from the other books I have reviewed. This is not a book I would recommend for reading among the general student population. I see this book as being on the “Professional” shelf in a school library for teachers to use as part of their own professional development. Even without the benefit of the Translator’s Glossaries, the book contains ideas that a teacher would find very useful. If it were to be read by the general student population, I believe it could be used as a good example of how student’s poetry writing can evolve over the course of time.
Before talking further about the great qualities of this book, I must comment on one area that I found disappointing; that is the book’s table of contents. The table of contents is broken up into five sections. While these five sections are designated in the book, it is the session-by-session concept that I noticed most. The table of contents lists these sessions, but does not identify them as such. For example, Session 6 is titled “A Nest Built of Lines”. It is in the second section of the book titled “Building a House of Words”. The entry in the table of contents is:
II. Building a House of Words
A nest built of Lines: Quatrains 46
El nido 48
Alfredo Espino (Spanish)
I believe it would be an improvement if the table of contents stated:
II. Building a House of Words
Session 6: A Nest Built of Lines: Quatrains 46
El nido 48
Alfredo Espino (Spanish)
I realize this is a minor change, but in my opinion the session information is so important to the book that the lack of the information in the table of contents is a major drawback. I believe such an addition would make the book more user friendly.
Except for the table of contents, I found this book to be of good quality. There is so much information about poetry and how to help children evolve in their writing of poetry. It also gives great definitions of different types of poetry as well as examples of ways to engage children in the poetry writing experience.
One example I particularly liked is found in Session 9: “Renga Round the World” which has students writing a “collaborative series of tanka” known as renga. In doing so, one student writes a traditional haiku 5-7-5 syllable poem then passes his or her paper to another student. That student then adds two seven-syllable lines to finish the tanka and then starts another new tanka (by writing a 5-7-5 haiku). This new tanka is then passed along to another student . This renga can go on and on this way. Prior to reading this, I had never heard of the poetic forms of tanka and renga. Even if I had known about this type of poetry, I would not have thought about using it in this round the world format. This type of information is a perfect example of why this book should be on school libraries' professional shelf.
The poetry itself is very appealing. Since the translated poems are all written by children, the language contained in them is very child friendly and speaks to things children know. The book also provides a good example to teachers as to how students can transform their work over the course of a semester. Teachers could certainly share this poetry with their students to provide them with examples of how capable students at their grade level can be if they work at their poetry week after week. For example, an original student poem in Session One of PIO is very much a translation of the original poem, Ciudad de cielo, a las cuatro by Maria Luisa Artecona de Thompson:
Fire and Water
Translated by the Author, Luana Cardenas, 4th grade
(who wrote the original in Spanish)
For a minute, I am fire
For an instant, I am water
For a second, I am no one’s
If they shut me down, if they turn me on
For a moment, I am air
For a moment, I am dirt
For a moment, I am no one’s
If they leave me, if they free me
For a second, I save in my memory
The forgotten dream, if it passes
Through the inferno while the sky
Waits for me impatient.
By Session 16, the students are translating the Sonnets of William Shakespeare and are writing wonderful sonnets of their own, such as this one:
Cold Breezy Nights
Stacy Hu, 4th grade
Cold breezy nights are abandoned
Trees are lazily blowing in the crisp breeze
Branches are breaking off of oaks
Tsunamis are swimming to shore
Nature is in the bearing cold world
Winds are forming up in the pretty sky
Suns are beaming bright rays on earth
Imagination is swirling everywhere in your mind
Ships are bringing goods to places you’ve never visited
People are in lost forests, like being in mazes
Plants are growing in the Autumn
Rivers are ending at endless waterfalls
Clouds are raining puddles
But last, nothing is doing nothing at all
Tomorrow’s tagline: Poems to tear out
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Originally part of the massive Irvine Ranch, Crystal Cove is a hidden beach along Pacific Coast Highway between the towns of Laguna Beach and Corona del Mar in Southern California. As kids growing up in Orange County in the 1960s, we could ride our horses and dirt bikes along the beaches and in the hills above. The Irvine Ranch cowboys in their Jeeps would look the other way as we raced our motorcycles up and around the steep hillsides with endless views of the ocean, with our promise to stay far away from the cattle grazing nearby.
Funding for the restoration of the remaining 17 cottages has been largely secured. Above are some photos taken last summer of a few of the cottages awaiting restoration. We’re looking forward to visiting once again to survey the progress.
We weren’t the first to enjoy the recreational aspects of the area. The human history of Crystal Cove goes back thousands of years beginning with the ancient native Americans who inhabited its productive hillsides and shores.
Fast-forward to the 1920s and 30s, Crystal Cove became a popular summer spot for families who built simple cabins and elaborate tents on land they leased from the Irvine Company. By 1939, the Irvine Company and county officials officially limited the number of new cottages in Crystal Cove.
Through committed community preservation interest and involvement over many years, the area’s unique history, as wells as the cottages, were saved from demolition and redevelopment into a luxury beach resort, preserving Crystal Cove’s heritage and remaining cottages for the public to enjoy.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio - Find Ohio presidential election results for each year since 1960, with interactive maps and county-by-county vote totals.
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Ohio is known as a bellwether state in presidential elections because the Ohio winner has won the national election in each of the last 13 races, beginning with 1964.
John Kennedy, in 1960, is the last candidate to win the presidency without winning Ohio. Vice President Richard Nixon won Ohio in 1960, but didn't become president until after winning the 1968 election.
Six of the 13 elections have been won by Democrats: Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton (twice) and Barack Obama (twice).
Seven of the elections have been won by Republicans: Richard Nixon (twice), Ronald Reagan (twice), George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush (twice).
Search the database above to find trends by years or counties, or scroll through the interactive maps at the bottom.
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By the time you read this, I expect that the Independent Elections and Boundaries Commission will have announced that Uhuru Kenyatta won the 2013 national election. While there are other possibilities, including a run-off, that one seems most likely. The election has been controversial, divisive, newsworthy, and often confusing. It’s time now not only to congratulate the Kenyan nation, but begin to review the role of information technology (IT) in its realization.
In principle, the election was fully computerized. While I don’t yet have access to all the technical details, the popular press described a plan for biometric authentication at all polling places, centralized aggregation, and transport in at least some segments by the mobile telephone network. The IEBC itself exposes a nicely-documented application programming interface.
Plans didn’t go smoothly. In the day or two of and after the election on Monday, 4 March 2013, something, and maybe, as so often is the case in real-world systems, several things, broke down. There was talk of hackers, miscalculations, networking problems, and more. Much of the social value of the IT systems was to control the vulnerability to manipulation which made the 2007 presidential election such a tragedy. The technical results were, at best, disappointing.
The IEBC, courts, electorate, and even the major contending parties seem to be succeeding, though, at creating a credible, and even remarkably transparent adjudication and transition.
Until more certain information about the computing systems emerges, most of what has been written remains speculation. It might well be, for instance, that claims “the computer” mistotaled voided ballots by a factor of eight are in fact arithmetic confusions about how the election rules apply in a race with eight candidates.
Electoral computing is a hard problem, though. Kenya set higher standards for itself than countries, such as the United States and Europe, with nominal per capita economic resources ten or thirty times as great. Kenya has a history of tumultuous elections, and its IT design for this one was ambitious. Even from the little that’s already public knowledge, plenty of positive lessons have emerged:
There will be opportunity later to review the low-level technical details of Kenya’s 2013 election. Now is the time for unity and recovery. My favorite summary appeared before the day of the election, when Elko Namlo wrote of “… growing concern that the demand for clichés is outstripping supply”, and foreign journalists would have too little photogenic violence to report. | <urn:uuid:0a6e1f07-139c-4532-8631-c3c307030c2d> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.correlsense.com/information-technology-in-the-2013-kenyan-national-election/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721141.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00415-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965369 | 530 | 2.078125 | 2 |
By Philippine News Agency, September 16, 2021; Philippine News Agency
Manila – Establishing effective water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector institutions and strengthening the regulatory environment are needed to address the future increase in water consumption and address gaps in sanitation services, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said.
In a speech during the virtual launch of the Philippine Water Supply and Sanitation Master Plan (PSWSSMP) Thursday, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua underscored that integrated interventions from the local and national government, and stakeholders are crucial to achieve the goal of providing universal access to safe and sustainable water and sanitation to Filipinos by 2030.
“Such cooperation is at the heart of the Philippine Water Supply and Sanitation Master Plan, which was approved by the NEDA Board Committee on Infrastructure last April 6. It aims to not only provide safe water supply and sanitation services for all Filipinos, but also ensure that these services can withstand disasters and protect the environment,” Chua said.
To achieve this goal, the master plan focuses on eight key reform agenda: establishing effective water supply and sanitation sector institutions, strengthening the regulatory environment, creating and ensuring effective water supply and sanitation services, balancing water supply and demand, building climate resilience, enabling access to financing, managing data and information to determine baseline and gaps of investments, and driving research and development in the sector.
Chua highlighted that only 44 percent of households have individual connections to a proper, fully-reticulated waterworks system. The remaining 56 percent, or 57 million Filipinos, have to fetch water for their families from communal pipes, springs, or wells up to 250 meters away.
He said such conditions put them at risk of contracting the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) virus in a time when proper hygiene is essential.
In response, the master plan creates a unifying framework for planning, implementing, and funding in the sector, he added.
“The plan calls for a total investment of around 1.1 trillion pesos in the sector until 2030. By having clear policies and a unified framework, we look forward to more investments and participation from the private sector, the international development community, as well as local and national agencies. We also support the creation of the Department of Water Resources, which will unify our fragmented water sector and spearhead the implementation of this master plan,” Chua said.
Meanwhile, Assistant Secretary Roderick Planta said NEDA is also championing the issuance of the executive order on integrating and coordinating management of water resources by transforming and strengthening the National Water Resources Board into the National Water Management Council, pending the legislation of the Department of Water Resources and the Water Regulatory Commission.
The PWSSMP is in line with Chapter 19: Accelerating Infrastructure Development of the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2017-2022.
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Benburb Priory is the perfect outing for school groups.
Benburb Priory would like to invite your class to visit!
Packed with learning and curriculum links; our guided tour takes your students around amazing locations topped off with fun on-site activities.
Visit Benburb Priory Library & Museum
State of the art visitor centre that includes a museum to teach students about our historic estate. Enjoy our Café, complete with Wi-Fi, toilets, breakout spaces and more.
Visit Benburb Castle
Stop off at the amazing Benburb Castle and learn about the O’Neill’s and the ‘Battle of Benburb’.
Visit Valley Park
Explore over 100 acres of valley woodland and walk along the banks of the Blackwater River. Learn about the wide natural heritage and ecology of the valley.
We also offer several school retreats, focused on topics including:
- Spiritual Disciplines (Prayer, meditation, simplicity, etc)
- Christian Identity in the 21st Century
- Christian Care for the Environment
- Rev. Martin Luther King Jr, Rhetoric, and Christian Social Teaching
- A Christian Introduction to Poetry
- The Spiritual Power of Music
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As the vacations are round the corner, parents are planning to go on ideal destination with their family. Enjoy this summer vacation at Surajgarh Farms described as a village in city, where one can spend the whole day with their family or friends enjoying different types of activities.
Children who visit the village in city are spellbound by the number of activities they can take part in. Just as in a real Indian village, at Surajgarh Farms, children can play marbles and fly a kite. These activities have always been popular in India yet thanks to TV, video games, and social media, fewer young children take part in them. At Surajgarh Farms children can rediscover activities that have thrilled children for centuries. At Surajgarh farms children can also participate in flying fox. To do flying fox, children climb to a secure platform and wear a comfortable body harness. The body harness is connected to a wheel that is secured on a taunt overhead wire. The overhead wire runs high over the ground to another lower platform. Children safely jump from the platform and fly over hundreds of feet. It’s an exciting adventure for children and gives them much to talk about with friends. Children can also participate in sack racing and ride a camel. A visit to Surajgarh Farms ensures children develop a love for traditional Indian culture and experience firsthand what life is like in Indian villages. Children can also enjoy rural fun activities like Mud Bath, Tube Well Bath, Kite Flying, Sack Race, Cricket, Monkey Crawl, Ball Balance, Kanche (Marbles), Pithoo, Tractor & Bullock Cart Ride.
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Let’s Wash Our Hands
A practical and fun first experiences novelty book for toddlers learning about personal hygiene, with parent and carer tips.
The Big Steps series is designed to help little ones cope with everyday experiences in their lives. In Let’s Wash Our Hands, meet two adorable toddlers who learn all about washing their hands and bath time!
Follow the ups and downs of their journey, brought to life with fun flaps and mechanisms. Each page has really helpful tips for parents and carers that are endorsed by The Good Toy Guide and leading Early Years Consultant, Dr Amanda Gummer. With delightful illustrations from Marie Kyprianou, Let’s Wash Our Hands is a brilliant way to introduce cleanliness in a fun and relatable way.
For more toddler tips read No More Nappies, No More Dummies and I’m Starting Nursery.
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GWADAR PORT AUTHORITY
From Gwadar Port cell under the DG (Ports & Shipping), the Gwadar Port Authority (GPA) was established as a separate organization, after promulgation of the GPA ordinance No. LXXVII of 2002 dated 17 October2002, for construction, operations, management, and maintenance of Gwadar Deep Water Port. Skeleton staff of the authority was sanctioned by the then Chief Executive of Pakistan by according approval to the summary of the Ministry of Ports & Shipping.
Gwadar Port Authority (GPA) as landlord
The Government of Pakistan has adopted the landlord concept for new port development. In practice, this means that GPA will drive the overall development of the port and will raise the funds for development of general port infrastructure (primarily dredging of access channels and construction of breakwaters), while private sector investors will be the primary source for the development of terminals and cargo handling capacity. Reputable private investor-operators will be sought on a BOT (Build-Own-Transfer) basis for the design, construction and operations of the various terminals that are foreseen. BOT-agreements will be strictly on a concession-basis only, with no allowance for cross-share-holdings between the landlord-regulator and the terminal operators. In the longer term, as much as possible, different cargo types will be handled by dedicated terminals. This will allow for terminals to be developed and operated by dedicated operators who are specialized in these particular operations. | <urn:uuid:7849e085-7477-4e8a-81a7-65aa3fd39c17> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.gwadarport.gov.pk/aboutgpa.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279410.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00162-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93579 | 308 | 1.601563 | 2 |
I encourage all higher level students to read books. Many students have an adverse feeling to reading as they believe it’s too hard and takes too much time. It may not be easy but reading is the best way for students to improve not only their vocabulary but also sentence structure.
Harry Potter is usually the one I suggest students start with as so many have seen the movie so they at least know the basic plot. But I always think it’s fair to offer them a choice. As I wasn’t much of a reader a few years back I know to never recommend a book that isn’t enjoyable. A few months back I gave two of my students a choice of “Animal Farm” or “Harry Potter,” both excellent books. My students went with “Animal Farm” I think in part because of the length. For those that haven’t read it “Animal Farm” is only about 100 pages and sounds easy, but it’s not. It is considered by many to be one of the finest books ever written and I completely agree.
They soon found out just how challenging it was. Last week I’m proud to say that they finished it. I know how hard they worked on it but they didn’t give up which is the key to achieving success. For some reason students often believe that they can do less than they are capable of. As experienced teachers we know what our students can and cannot do and it’s important that we challenge each of our students to be the best they can be.
It’s great that at Smith’s the classes are kept small and classes are divided by levels so we can cater to what our students need 🙂
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Walleye fishing continues to be strong at the Missouri River.
Mark Fincel, senior biologist with the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department, said nettings over the fall indicated the third-highest year abundance of walleye since 1985, and enthusiasts dropping lines in the river's Lake Oahe reservoir are finding plenty of keepers.
Anglers are picking through fish just over the 15-inch minimum to get 18- to 19-inch catches, and some are throwing their one allotted over-20-inch walleye for a chance at a 24-inch fish, Fincel said.
That's a good sign for the fishery, he said.
''They're not picking through the smallest of the small to get a keeper fish,'' Fincel said. ''They're looking at keeper fish and then saying, 'Well, we can go a little bit bigger.' That's something that we're pretty proud of.'' | <urn:uuid:3a698fc5-d86b-4419-9e7a-8a544c209f1c> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://articles.aberdeennews.com/2012-04-13/farmforum/31340139_1_walleye-keeper-fish-anglers | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282935.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00242-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94569 | 196 | 1.5625 | 2 |
i wonder how many people have 'ultimate goals'? a handful of psychopaths perhaps. for the rest of us, well, we might have the immediate goal of getting a sandwich?Adam Elkus:
> Broadly speaking, Alice ideally must first be sphinxlike in character to pull any of this off. She must foster [[ambiguity]] about what her ultimate goals are in order to have an advantage over those around her. This style of behavior is called “robust action” in sociology. For Alice to be an ideal manipulator, her actions must be interpretable from multiple perspectives at once, potentially function as moves in multiple [[concepts/games|games]] at once, and conceal her public and private motivations. This maintains her flexibility and discretion and thwarts attempts by rivals to narrow her space of choices. Forced clarification of her [[commitment|commitments]] and lock-in to hard goals only gives Bob an ability to constrain her.
I understand that tonally calling a joke manipulation is jarringi think that these models for understanding human behaviour are not very good really. you can, i suppose, say that someone making a joke for example is trying to 'manipulate' his audience into laughing, or that by making them laugh is trying to 'manipulate' them into liking him, but it doesnt seem very satisfactory. reductive and misanthropic, to coin a phrase.
I was thinking about your "spotlight of the mind" metaphor for consciousness a lot on a recent mushroom trip. Apparently Jaynes talked about the "flashlight" of consciousness in a dark room, searching around for what it's not sure's thereThe conscious/unconscious process is something which bothers me at times. I've talked before about going through periods of being incredibly aware of basic things I wouldn't normally be, things like having skin or walking or breathing and it throwing me off. It's like suddenly forgetting how to ride a bike whilst in the saddle. | <urn:uuid:58a7358d-db12-48a4-8ea1-8b3090d99389> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dissensus.com/index.php?threads/16667/page-5 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00678.warc.gz | en | 0.974131 | 405 | 1.539063 | 2 |
19 January 2016
Giant Clams Offer Clues to Improve Solar Cells, Color Displays
Nature’s surprising method for creating white coloration could yield bio-inspired innovations
Washington – Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered that some species of giant clams produce their white coloration much like the displays used in televisions and smartphones do – by combining red, green and blue light.
The new findings, published in The Optical Society’s high impact journal Optica
, could help improve solar cell efficiency and offer a bio-inspired route to a new type of color displays.
Using nature to improve solar cells
Giant clams are native to coral reefs of the Pacific and Indian Oceans and can live up to 100 years in the wild. Despite living in nutrient-poor water, they can grow up to 47 inches long thanks to symbiotic photosynthetic algae living inside the clam’s shell. In this mutually beneficial relationship, the clams take in carbohydrates produced by photosynthesis while the clam’s nitrogen-rich waste provides nutrients to the algae.
The focus of the new study lies at the interface between the clams and their algal partners, in a collection of iridescent cells clams produce just inside the edge of their shells. These cells create a dazzling array of colors including blues, greens, golds and, more rarely, white.
“We are studying the clams to see how their iridescent cells interact with the algae to enhance photosynthesis,” said Amitabh Ghoshal, a postdoctoral fellow, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA, and the study’s first author. “Like solar cells, photosynthesis involves converting light into energy. As we expand our understanding of the clam’s system for light collection, we can take the lessons from it to create solar cells that more efficiently convert light to energy.”
The research team is systematically studying each color produced by the clams to gain a detailed understanding of the biological significance and mechanisms involved in producing the color. To study the somewhat rare white coloration, the researchers purchased live Tridacna maxima
and Tridacna derasa
clams that were either farm-raised or responsibly harvested.
The researchers were surprised to find that the two species of giant clams used different methods for mixing colors to produce white. White in the Tridacna maxima
clam comes from tight clusters of differently colored iridescent cells while Tridacna derasa
has multicolored individual cells that appear white on a macroscopic scale.
“As far as we know, there is no reason or advantage to having differently colored separate cells compared to individual cells with multiple colors in them,” said Ghoshal. “It is possible that one species has the genetic tools for one configuration, and the other species has the tools to make the other configuration but we don’t know that yet.”
Potential for reflective color displays
Although accomplished in different ways, both clam species create white by mixing clusters of colors much like the electronic displays found in televisions, smartphones and electronic billboards mix red, blue, and green pixels to make white. However, most of today’s displays must generate light using LEDs or another light source while the clams require only sunlight. The clam’s iridescent cells contain tiny multi-layer structures of proteins that act like mirrors to reflect various wavelengths of light to produce the colors.
“If we could create and control structures similar to those that generate color in the clams, it might be possible to build color-reflective displays that work with ambient light sources such as sunlight or normal indoor lighting,” said Ghoshal. “Producing color the way giant clams do could lead to smartphone, tablet and TV screens that use less power and are easier on the eyes.”
Highly localized analysis
The researchers studied the clams using a combination of microscopy and spectroscopy techniques to precisely measure the color and amount of reflected light coming from individual cells. With this information, they could figure out whether a region of a clam that appeared bright white, for example, resulted from a few highly reflective cells or a great number of less reflective cells. To accomplish spectroscopic analysis at cellular and subcellular scales, the researchers used a high-resolution microspectrophotometer, which they constructed for their previous study of reflective structures in squid skin cells.
“It is difficult to acquire individual spectra from a small cell that shows multiple reflective colors,” said Ghoshal. “It took a lot of patience and trying different things.”
The researchers are now trying to build solar cells with structures similar to those found in the clams to see whether it might be possible to increase the efficiency of synthetic solar cells. “If we could use what we learned from the clams to build a very efficient distributed light-gathering system, then we could use that to make more efficient, 3-dimensional solar cells that require less area than our present roof-top and land-based solar farms,” said Ghoshal.
A. Ghoshal, E. Eck, D.E. Morse, "Biological Analogs of RGB Pixelation Yield White Coloration in Giant Clams," Optica
, Vol. 03, Issue 01, pp. 108-111 (2016). doi: 10.1364/OPTICA.3.000108
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Future-proofing condos: Waterfront communities ahead of the tech curb
With "fibre to the suite" tech, the sky is the limit for bandwidth.
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Forward-looking planners, architects and designers know that broadband and information technology have a transformative effect economically and socially on our urban communities.
Recent major condo communities like Daniels’ Waterfront City of The Arts, and Menkes Waterfront Innovation Centre puts Toronto at the forefront of the world’s smartest cities.
These knowledge-based, live-work communities are geared specifically to the creative and technology industries, relying on a robust Internet infrastructure to enable all manner of commercial, educational and community services. Every condominium unit and commercial building on the waterfront will be connected to a gigabit Internet network from Day 1.
In a world dominated by bandwidth-hungry games and apps, and the popularity of 4K television, with up to four times the resolution of a Blu-ray disc, the future of condos requires an infrastructure that’s able to keep up.
In Toronto, companies like Beanfield Metroconnect and Bell Canada are actively installing “fibre to the suite,” a new trend in which every condo unit gets a single strand of glass fibre that brings all your services into the home.
With this type of technology, the sky is the limit for bandwidth, future-proofing condo buildings for whatever the latest killer apps may be down the road. And developers are now offering condo wiring packages as an option, including built-in cabling for in-wall speakers, video and computer networking, and outlets in every room.
So what could possibly eat up this much bandwidth? A typical family of four may be watching TV simultaneously, recording shows in the background, downloading Internet tunes and surfing the web, all from the same household.
The future of television is moving toward streaming Internet delivery of content, a trend made popular by Netflix, with their on-demand, downloadable movie service. The industry is moving away from cable TV, satellite dishes and DVDs. With services like YouTube, Hulu, Crackle and Zazeen, soon you’ll be getting all your TV from the Internet.
For those who want to deck out their suites with the latest audio-visual technology, there are many options tailored for small-space environments. The most popular components for condos this year include Ultra High Definition 4K televisions, and wireless streaming sound systems that solve the problem of limited cabling options in condos.
Smart-home technology is becoming standard for condos, with software systems that remotely monitor and control all the devices in your home.
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America has a huge problem. It faces four major challenges, on which its future depends, and it is failing to meet them. In What's Wrong with America?, Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum analyze those challenges - globalization, the revolution in information technology, the nation's chronic deficits, and its pattern of energy consumption - and spell out what needs to be done now to rediscover America's power and prowess.
They explain how the end of the cold war blinded the nation to the need to address these issues seriously. They show how America's history, when properly understood, provides the key to coping successfully and explain how the paralysis of the US political system and the erosion of key American values have made it impossible to carry out the policies the country needs. What's Wrong with America? is both a searching exploration of the American condition today and a rousing manifesto for American renewal.
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U.S. Senate informational panels deemed it legitimate. Detractors dismiss it as unstable and a vehicle for criminal trade. China has banned new deposits on its largest exchange.
Bitcoin, the international digital payment system and currency and one of the hottest technology and finance topics this past year, could become a widespread vehicle for trade, believe the leaders of a Miami group. To further that view, Miami International Bitcoin will be partcipating in the North American Bitcoin Conference slated for Miami Beach in January.
“The thing that’s really exciting about Bitcoin is that, here in South Florida, we have a half billion people to the south of us who do not have access to a banking system that works well, capital markets, credit — things that we take for granted,” said Charles Evans, business professor at Florida Atlantic University and one of the founders of Miami International Bitcoin.
“I fully expect that Miami could become the ‘Silicon Valley’ of small-scale international finance,” Evans, who will speak at the conference, said. “I defy anybody to do business in South Florida without doing international business.”
Bitcoin began in 2009 as an electronic payment system and currency allowing for peer-to-peer payments and financial exchanges without financial regulation or a third party, such as a bank. Users establish an online wallet using their local currency and exchange with other Bitcoin owners. As a payment system, it functions much like PayPal, but there are no charge fees and no credit cards are required. As a currency, Bitcoin allows for a nearly universal system as units can be converted to local currencies, usually without fees.
The 2014 conference will take place Jan. 24-26, and is expected to draw over 500 members of the Bitcoin community. It hopes to build on the success of past conferences like Bitcoin 2013, held in May in San Jose, Calif., by bringing together technology professionals, business people and policy makers to discuss the future of Bitcoin.
The Clevelander hotel will even allow conference goers to pay for their rooms, food and drinks with Bitcoin through conference sponsor BitPay. The hotel joins other businesses in South Florida that are accepting Bitcoin as payment like Vanity Cosmetic Center in Miami and Planet Linux Caffe in Coral Gables. And internationally, Bitcoin is gaining acceptance for various kinds of purchases like gift cards and even for Black Friday shopping last month.
Daniel Mery, owner of Planet Linux in Coral Gables, said customers can easily walk up and use their phones to purchase coffee, pastries and sandwiches in the cafe with Bitcoin.
“We want to promote Bitcoin like we promote new technologies,” Mery said. “Bitcoin is a universal currency, it’s a currency that no government controls.” He wants to encourage other local store owners — not just those appealing to techies — to follow his lead.
Bitcoin proponents like Evans see Bitcoin as a potential payment solution that facilitates international trade without requiring currency exchange, especially in regions regions like the Caribbean and the Americas where cell phone and technology usage is increasing. In Venezuela, for example, there are 30.5 million cell users, a number that tops the country’s actual population, according to National Telecommunications Commission data.
Since Bitcoin can be transferred via smart phones, Carlos Parra, an economics professor at Florida International University, believes there’s a chance to impact impoverished and under-served residents in countries like Venezuela.
“If it turns out that bitcoins end up having less volatility than the national currency, then people at the bottom of the pyramid in Venezuela, for them it would be easier to use bitcoins,” Parra said. “Bitcoins would be very useful for international transfers. Most of the remittances to the Caribbean come from Miami and they are making a lot of inroads with mobile money.”
But understanding the currency and overcoming skepticism remain potential challenges for international expansion and acceptance. “There’s the connotation that it’s used for black markets and illegal purposes. From the public affairs side of things, a company wouldn’t want to be exposed to that, even if it’s an indirect relationship,” said Parra.
Recently, Bitcoin took a hit in value when BTC China, the largest Bitcoin exchange in China, said it would stop accepting deposits for Bitcoin in the local currencies, renminbi and yuan. Bitcoin’s exchange rate dropped from a peak of more than $1,000 to as low as about $300 before settling in the $500 and $600 range. Monday it traded at $641 for 1 bitcoin.
“The run-up we saw over the last month or so was unsustainable,” Evans said. “It was based on high expectations that people in China would be able to use Bitcoin in a way that is not the case.”
And as other international marketplaces are revealed as hoaxes or simply disappear, there’s still skepticism about Bitcoin becoming a rival to the dollar or euro — or even holding its value as an investment.
For individuals who have already invested, Bitcoin advocates want to also let people know the currency is still highly vulnerable to hacking.
Sean Emmanuel co-founded Bot Revolt, a sort-of Bitcoin “antivirus,” to help educate people about Bitcoin if they invest. Subscribers pay monthly or annually to have Bot Revolt monitor their Bitcoin exchanges to prevent illicit activity and hacking.
“Pushing out the word and getting people to understand that there are better ways to protect your Bitcoin is one of the tougher things in the world,” Emmanuel said.
Emmanuel and his team, which is based in Pompano Beach, also plan to launch the beta version of the website Bitcoin Intel in January, to track price movements. As the value continues to rise, Evans warns that new converts to Bitcoin should remain cognizant of trends, like the recent and ongoing crackdowns in China.
“We’re talking about something that’s new, and very few people understand it, and they hear about it from their friends and get involved in it,” Evans said. “I wouldn’t count on [its exchange rate] doubling every day forever, so you’re going to have to watch the price movements and wait for things to calm down a little bit before you get too giddy.”
As with any investment, people have to know how to balance spending and saving, because the currency is vulnerable.
“I’ve personally invested money into Bitcoin, so it’s definitely a cause for concern,” Emmanuel said. “You can have Bitcoin that you store, and I have a set of Bitcoin that I use to exchange goods and services between my colleagues.”
Evans thinks that beyond investing in Bitcoin, individuals should think of creating personal business opportunities like Emmanuel did. Or like Kenneth Metral created with his online marketplace Coingig.
Metral is CEO of the Coingig site and works in South Miami with international partners. He said that he wants his site to become the “Amazon” of Bitcoin and avoid the fates of marketplaces that sold illegal goods or duped users out of their bitcoins.
“We do a small verification process with each seller to make sure they’re real,” Metral said. “When a buyer purchases a product they pay us first, we wait until the buyer receives the product and then we release the payment to the seller.”
Coingig’s homepage is refreshed in real time to reflect the current price of Bitcoin and translates a customer’s local currency into the Bitcoin equivalent. Metral says the site is getting customers every day, because people are attracted to the idea of shopping without giving up their personal information: “It’s kind of changing the way we think about money and currency.”
And even if Bitcoin plummets in value again (even before you finish reading this), Evans thinks it has already made an impact.
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|URBANA, Ill. — An easy way to give young gardeners a successful and enjoyable experience with gardening that will lead to a lifetime hobby is gardening in a bag, said a University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator.
“Even as winter approaches, this is something that can be done indoors,” said Ron Wolford. “You should use plastic bags, specifically, heavy-duty, Ziploc freezer bags. Do not use sandwich bags as they will split and rip open easily.
“With a sunny window and a few seeds, a garden will grow.”
Wolford offered some step-by-step instructions for getting started.
“Purchase a box of heavy-duty Ziploc freezer bags, pint or quart size, and a bag of potting soil,” he said. “Choose some easy-to-grow seeds like basil, chives, garlic chives, or lettuce. The chives will grow like grass and can be cut back to be used in soups, cottage cheese, or on a baked potato. Combine some ‘Black-seeded Simpson’ and “Red Sails’ lettuce to grow a colorful, nutritious display.”
The bag should be filled with potting soil. Be sure to punch the soil into the corners of the bag. This will allow the bag to sit upright on the windowsill. Fill the bag to within a couple of inches of the top. You should be able to zip the bag shut.
“Sprinkle a few seeds on top of the soil and lightly cover with soil. Water so the top few inches of soil are moist and zip the bag shut and place in a sunny window,” Wolford said.
“Now you have your own mini-greenhouse. Check the bag every few days for green growth. When you see green shoots emerge, open the bag, allowing the plants to grow. Water the bag when the soil is dry but be careful not to overwater. On very cold winter nights, you might want to move the garden bags away from the window.”
Wolford said gardening in a bag provides an easy way to introduce children to gardening. It is a great yearly activity that builds memories for years to come.
For more tips about gardening with kids, visit U of I Extension’s website, My First Garden, at: www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/firstgarden
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Love & Sex
When our daughter was six months old and we were struggling with the pressures of being new parents, my partner Stephen asked me if he could join a mountaineering expedition to Pakistan.
Not only would he be climbing a 7,000 metre mountain in a very remote part of the Karakoram, he would be away for four weeks and out of reach by phone or email for the duration of the trip.
While most of my new mum friends saw this as a clear case of abandonment and advised against it, I disagreed with them and said he should go. I knew climbing this mountain was a challenge he had always wanted to try. As well as making him happy, I was certain I would also enjoy the space and challenge of fending for myself for a while. I also believed one of the reasons we had stayed together was because we always gave each other the time and space to do the things we loved.
Having enough space or privacy in a relationship is more important for a couple's happiness than having a good sex life, according to Dr Terri Orbuch a psychologist, research professor at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research and author of Finding Love Again: 6 Simple Steps to a New and Happy Relationship.
Orbuch is an authority on marriage and divorce. Since 1990 she has been involved in a long-term US study of marriage called The Early Years of Marriage Project, which has been following the same 373 married couples for over 25 years. 46 per cent of the couples have since divorced.
During her research, Orbuch found that 29 per cent of spouses said they did not have enough "privacy or time for self" in their relationship, with more wives than husbands reporting not having enough space (31 per cent versus 26 per cent). Of those who reported being unhappy, 11.5 per cent said the reason was lack of privacy or time for self. This was a greater percentage than the six per cent who said they were unhappy with their sex lives.
So why is space so important in a relationship? "When partners have their own set of interests, friends, and time for self, that makes them happier and less bored," says Orbuch. "Time alone also gives partners time to process their thoughts, pursue hobbies and relax without responsibilities to others."
John Aiken, a relationship psychologist and author agrees: "Couples need space in a relationship so they don't suffocate each other. Having time apart is extremely healthy and keeps a freshness in their relationship. It encourages each person to maintain their own sense of identity while still being a couple, and it fosters independence and strength rather than neediness and clinginess."
One of the key factors that can influence your need for space in a relationship is your attachment style, he explains. "This relates to how you bonded with your parents during your upbringing. If they were consistently warm and nurturing towards you, then you have a 'secure attachment' and you can generally cope with being together and being apart from your partner. If on the other hand, you were raised with parents that were either anxious or rejecting, then this will mean you can have problems with being too clingy or needing space from your partner. In the end, how well you attach to your parents as an infant will influence how much space you need with your romantic partners as you move through life."
Orbuch believes that while both sexes need space and time for themselves in a relationship, women are less likely to get it. "This is because women often have less time to themselves than men. Even if women have jobs outside the home, they are typically more likely to be caring for children, parents, friends, and others in the family. Women are more relationship oriented and they are more likely to have more friends than men, and often are the ones planning or organising the social activities for the couple".
She says that some couples pursue separate hobbies or engage in different sports or athletic events while others recommend space to go out with friends, family members, join clubs, participate in classes or go to lectures or workshops."
If you are feeling the strain of not having enough 'me time' but don't know how to fit it into a busy schedule, Orbuch says you can still find space and time for yourself in the same house. "It is merely time alone to think, process thoughts, and relax," she says.
Here are Orbuch's tips for getting the space you need:
Recognise that when you have space and time for self you can learn a new hobby or interest. That makes you more exciting and interesting, and you can bring the information or activity back into your relationship or to your partner.
Enjoy the time you have and don't feel guilty. Your need for time for self has little to do with your relationship or how much you love your partner.
Be specific when you ask your partner for time for self. Also, I would suggest not using the phrase - "I need space" - instead tell your partner why more space will make you happy. "I would love to take a cooking class on Tuesday nights. It would really make me happy and I could then bring the recipes home to make them for you!"
Don't keep secrets from your partner. Include them in what you did and where you went as much as possible.
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Master of Architecture
George P. Dodds
Gregor A. Kalas, Ernest F. Freeberg
In July of 1919, the University of Tennessee demolished its 91-year-old main building (called Old College) to make way for a new one in the same location (later named Ayres Hall). Through review of primary and secondary sources, this thesis investigates the motivations for Old College’s demolition and notes the institutional, cultural, and socioeconomic parameters informing Ayres Hall’s architectural genesis. Given the academic and aesthetic future the University’s administration anticipated, Old College as a main building was considered obsolete and architecturally incompatible, and it sat on a piece of land too prominent to tolerate either. Ayres Hall and Morgan Hall (designed in tandem) were fashioned in such a manner that their exteriors would project the institution’s good stewardship and academic relevancy; be somewhat congruent with the Hill’s extant buildings; and together come in under a budget of $800,000.
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One hundred seventy-six million individuals are in an exclusive, addictive relationship — with their smartphone.
That’s the number of people whom mobile analytics firm Flurry recently classified as “mobile addicts,” which Flurry defines as those who launch smartphone apps more than 60 times a day — six times more than the average smartphone user.
The number of mobile addicts has grown by 123 percent from 2013 to 2014, according to Flurry, which looks at data from 500,000 apps across 1.3 billion mobile devices. And, of course, the most addicted are teens and college students.
In 2013, Pew Research Center found that one in four teens are “cell-mostly” internet users, meaning they primarily access the Web through their phones. If kids and young adults are so plugged into their virtual worlds, how do they interact with the physical world?
That’s one question that Don Rodrigues of Vanderbilt University’s English Department tries to answer in a course he teaches on the relationship between medical ethics and literature for Vanderbilt’s Weekend Academy, a program that my daughter Adison recently attended. His metaphor for how young people interact with their physical world: as zombies.
He shares this story:
“The other day, I saw this young woman walking out of the post office on campus, making these absurd pseudo-emotive faces. Of course, she was Snapchatting, or at the very least, taking selfies with her phone. Completely unaware of the physical environment around her, she tripped up the stairs, dropped her books and her mail, and nearly gave herself a concussion in the process.
“Her experience may be extreme, but in fact, her inhabitation of the world is more or less typical of those around her, including people like me. I would not say this issue is confined to adolescents.
With our headphones plugged in to shut out interaction with the world around us and our smartphones increasingly acting as communication hubs, we have become zombies of a sort — psychologically, emotionally, one might even say cognitively detached from our surroundings and from other physical beings.”
- In a March 2013 study published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, researchers explored how the pervasiveness of mobile phones influences face-to-face conversations. They found that the presence of mobile phones can interfere with human relationships. Mobile phones “can have negative effects on closeness, connection and conversation quality … an effect that is most clear when individuals are discussing personally meaningful topics.”
- Researchers also have posed questions about social media. A September 2013 study published in Social Psychological & Personality Science found that participants who were asked to post more Facebook updates than usual reported a decrease in loneliness.
This second study confirms the belief that technology can make you feel connected without actually being connected, which is both the beauty and the curse of technology.
Most of us have experienced a time during which our preoccupation with technology — from nonstop texting to playing mindlessly repetitive games — has crossed over into addict, zombie territory. The good thing is that as long are you’re aware of your behavior, you can always cross back.
This post also appeared in The Tennessean.
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Former Iraqi dog “Nubs” on Today Show
Nubs, the one-time Iraqi street mutt — so named by American soldiers for the stubs where his ears used to be — appeared on this morning’s Today Show, along with the Marine major who rescued him.
Nubs befriended Marine Major Brian Dennis and his fellow soldiers while Dennis was on patrol in the Anbar province.
When Dennis was required to report to another location, 70 miles away, he bid his friend farewell and left with little hope that Nub would survive on the war torn streets. Already, the dog had his ears cut off, and had been stabbed in the side with a screwdriver — both, Dennis believes, by Iraqi soldiers.
Two days after Dennis arrived at his new location, Nubs showed up.
Dennis said he was inside headquarters when a fellow Marine came in and said, “You’re not going to believe who’s outside.”
“Who’s outside?” Dennis asked.
“Nubs is outside,” the soldier said.
After a joyful reunion, Dennis was informed that, since the military prohibits keeping dogs in war zones, he had four days to get rid of him. Given the bond they’d established and the dangers Nubs faced, Dennis was hesitant to do that.
Strays in Iraq, Dennis said today, serve as a needed escape for soliders — “an escape from the drudgery and the mundane life and the bad things you see at times.”
Dennis and his friends launched an Internet campaign and raised $5,000 to send Nubs to a friend in the U.S..
In March 2008, about a month after Nubs arrived, Dennis returned from Iraq and was reunited with the dog.
Now the whole story has become a book, “Nubs, the True Story of a Mutt, a Marine and a Miracle.”
Posted by John Woestendiek November 2nd, 2009 under Muttsblog.
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Our brains are made up of networks of neurons where each individual nerve cell can make connections with thousands of others. AMPA receptors are a set of membrane proteins that mediate fast signal transmission across these connection points called synapses, with certain receptor complexes predominating in different parts of the brain. Ingo Greger’s group, in the LMB’s Neurobiology Division, has visualized an AMPA receptor with two different auxiliary subunits, a specific combination that is enriched in the hippocampus and involved in learning and memory.
AMPA receptors are found on the post-synaptic membrane of excitatory synapses, where the signal is received and must be propagated. In particular, AMPA receptors are responsible for most of the fast excitatory synaptic transmission in the brain. A key feature of AMPA receptors is that they are complexes that can be assembled from a number of combinations of different subunits and can be modulated by different auxiliary subunits, allowing differential regulation across cell-types and regions of the brain. How different auxiliary subunits co-operate to increase ion flux through the receptor channel has so far been elusive.
What happens at excitatory synapses?
At excitatory synapses, the arrival of electrical signals at the pre-synaptic membrane increases the probability of a chemical signal being sent down a post-synaptic nerve cell. This process involves release of neurotransmitters from the first cell that are bound by receptors on the second. The primary neurotransmitter at excitatory synapses in the brain is the amino acid glutamate. Glutamate can be bound by AMPA, NMDA, and kainate receptors that all act as ion channels, with the flow of cations into the post-synaptic nerve cell driving the continuing signal in response to detection of glutamate.
The most common AMPA receptor complex found in the forebrain and hippocampus consists of two copies of the GluA1 subunit and two copies of the GluA2 subunit associated with two copies of the auxiliary subunits TARP-γ 8 and CNIH2. Two years ago, Ingo’s group revealed a structure of this AMPA receptor with TARP-γ 8 in a closed state, providing some insight into this auxiliary subunit’s function. His group have now revealed structures of the same AMPA receptor, with both of these auxiliary subunits, in an active, open state and in a resting, closed state, providing a more complete understanding of how this particular AMPA receptor complex functions.
Danyang Zhang, a postdoctoral researcher in Ingo’s group, determined these structures using cryo-EM. By comparing the open and closed states, the team then produced a model to explain how these auxiliary subunits promote the open-channel state to increase ion flux. The structures also provide unprecedented insight into how the receptor transitions between open and closed states.
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First Timothy 3:2 and Titus 1:6 teach that an elder or pastor must be known as the husband of one wife, a qualification also mentioned regarding deacons in 1 Timothy 3:12. Because of this requirement, some have asked if a man married to a divorced woman can serve in church leadership. Does the Bible provide an answer to this question?
If a man is married to a divorced woman, can he serve in church leadership?
The overall qualification appears to deal with whether the man who is called to serve as an elder or deacon is known as what the Greek literally calls a "one woman" man. In other words, the phrase only specifies that a man is known for his faithful relationship to one woman. It is not specific beyond this statement.
Some have also mentioned Matthew 5:32: "But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery." If a man marries a divorced woman, he could be considered in an adulterous relationship and unqualified to serve as a church leader. However, it is important to take the context of this passage into consideration before applying it to all situations.
The passage in Matthew dealt with a specific Jewish cultural custom common in the time of Jesus. Because premarital and extramarital sexual relationships were condemned, men would divorce a wife and remarry another one right away in order to begin a new relationship, a practice some have called serial monogamy. Jesus condemned this practice, calling it a form of adultery.
In 1 Corinthians 7, Paul mentioned other occasions in which divorce could occur. Paul did not specifically refer to remarriage in these cases as a form of adultery as Jesus did in the Gospels. In one instance he counseled against remarriage and in the others does not mention it overtly.
While it is important to investigate an elder or deacon's character and background in the process of selecting these leaders, a wife with a previous divorce is not necessarily grounds for disqualification. The church must take all of the information into account and determine if the overall character and integrity of the man fits the qualifications presented in Scripture. If so, then the man could serve in church leadership despite concerns in the past.
No person is perfect, nor is any marriage. Selecting a church leader requires much care, yet God can use those who have had troubled marriages in the past, including the spouse of an elder or deacon, and use these families to serve and minister to others for the glory of God.
What qualifications does the Bible give for elders and deacons?
What is the 'husband of one wife' qualification for pastors / elders / deacons (1 Timothy 3:2, 12; Titus 1:6)?
Can a church elder or deacon be single / unmarried?
Is the office of pastor taught in the Bible?
What should I do if I have been burned and hurt by the church? How can I overcome my aversion to the church?
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Some people call it the ‘black dog’, but after thinking long and hard how to describe what it feels like to suffer from depression, my personal analogy is that of an oil slick on the Caribbean sea; imagine a thick, dark, poisonous mass spreading over the clear blue waters, and you are below the surface, struggling to push through, trying to find a breath of air and a glimpse of sunshine.
Sometimes there is an unpolluted patch in the slick, like a small, clear oasis through which you emerge and float on the surface, breathing deep and enjoying the warm sun and cerulean sky. Sometimes the respite is brief – a day or a week of feeling and living a “normal” life – and other times the oil slick dissipates for months or years, as if treated with some miracle clean-up detergent, as yet uninvented.
But depression is tenacious – in many cases, as with me, it comes back like an unwelcome guest, sneaking up and engulfing every aspect of life. The symptoms are insidious, invisible to the outside and often even unnoticed by the sufferer until there comes a point when the penny drops and you realize in retrospect that the signs have been there all along, and the oil slick has gradually found you again.
Depression is not about looking sad and crying all day, spoiling people’s fun and harshing their mellow – far from it. Once someone puts a name on your feelings of emptiness, sadness, worthlessness and disconnection from day to day life, it’s a relief to know that there’s a name for it, and that others understand what is going on, even if they can’t tell you why this particular illness happens. Talking to someone who actually knows what depression entails, and hearing that you’re not alone can be the catalyst for recovery, but it takes more than just knowing about the causes and symptoms to fix them.
The stigma associated with depression is a burden to anyone who knows or suffers from its dark, invasive tentacles, and nobody wants to be tarred with that brush, socially or professionally. You may never know that your best friend, family member or employee is depressed because the stigma is such that they will do pretty much anything to make sure they keep it under wraps. After all, who wants to schlep around with some miserable party-pooper, or worse again, pussy-foot around a sensitive colleague who might burst into tears at the drop of a hat.
Which is why depression in teenagers is so difficult to diagnose, especially in the Caribbean where mental health is a vastly misunderstood and under-resourced area of health care. Every mother of a teen can regale the kaffee-klatsch crowd with funny anecdotes about their miserable offspring, but at what point does hormonal adolescent melancholia become depression, and what can a parent do to help and support their kid through it?
The UK-based charity Depression Alliance has the following advice in a leaflet for teenagers, but parents may find it useful in figuring out whether and why their kids are depressed:
“Depression is commonly caused by a mixture of things rather than any one thing alone. Some people have experiences that lead to depression. These include family breakdown, abuse, neglect and bullying. Serious illness and the death or loss of a loved one can also cause depression. People are more ‘at risk’ of becoming depressed if they have no one to share their worries with, a lot of demands on them,
and not enough support. Depression often ‘runs in families’ and someone with a close relative who is affected by depression has a higher risk of becoming depressed themselves.
“Depression is a very treatable illness. If you think that you or someone you know may be depressed, it’s well worth asking for help. This means letting a caring adult know about the problem and getting professional help. Family members can often provide valuable help and support. Teachers, school counsellors and school nurses can also be very helpful. Your family doctor will also know about local services, and will be able to help you get the help that is needed.”
Good advice indeed, but where the UK really differs from the Caribbean is when it comes to treatment options and solutions available to teenagers afflicted with depression – particularly in Saint Lucia with its dearth of mental health professionals, lack of interest from the relevant ministries and the inability of many families to afford private care for themselves or their kids.
“Young people who are depressed often find it helpful to talk about their worries to a trained counsellor. Alternatively, depending on the problems and their causes, it may be helpful to seek advice and help from a member of the local child and family mental health team. Usually, these teams consist of specialists such as psychotherapists, psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers, all of whom are highly skilled in helping young people and their families.”
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World of Warships gaming room revealed on real-life warship
Today Imperial War Museums and Wargaming, developer and publisher of the widely popular, historically accurate naval combat game World of Warships, have revealed their gaming room on board HMS Belfast that will be available to the public when the venue re-opens on 8th July. Visitors to the newly refurbished naval warship will be able to fully immerse themselves in the world of naval combat as they go hands-on with World of Warships and World of Warships: Legends on powerful gaming PCs and video game consoles.
World of Warships and World of Warships: Legends recorded over 50 million player accounts from across the world and give players the opportunity to helm hundreds of historical vessels, including HMS Belfast itself, in an exciting balance of strategy and real-time combat. Offering the largest digital collection of historically accurate ships available to play, World of Warships is proud to support the global community of museums and heritage sites with in-game content based on historical documents and actual blueprints from the first half of the 20th century.
Following an extended closure that started in March 2020, HMS Belfast is reopening in time for summer with new exhibition spaces and an enhanced visitor offer onboard. From 8th July, visitors to the most significant surviving Second World War Royal Navy warship can explore these new displays, discover stories from crew members and enjoy interactive experiences such as the World of Warships Command Centre.
John Brown, IWM Executive Director Commercial Services and Operations, said: “After an extended closure period of sixteen months, we are thrilled to be reopening HMS Belfast this summer and welcome visitors back onboard this magnificent warship. The World of Warships Command Centre is a really fantastic addition to the refreshed visitor offer and will enable audiences to interact with HMS Belfast and its history in a completely new way.”
Victor Kislyi, CEO of Wargaming said: “Over the past year we have been privileged to work with naval museums across the world and support them during an immensely difficult time. We are delighted to be able to add a new dimension to the already incredible offering onboard HMS Belfast, and can’t wait to see this historic warship ship delight and educate visitors once more!” | <urn:uuid:ae6527dd-4e83-46d5-ac28-4ceb875da560> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.gamesunit.de/artikel/world-of-warships-gaming-room-revealed-on-real-life-warship-154224.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00069.warc.gz | en | 0.943957 | 465 | 1.5 | 2 |
Guess Who’s Bankrupt? Guess? Clothier Must Sell Mansion
Georges Marciano is the co-founder of Guess? clothing company and he is a man who never did anything in moderation.
In other words, he was wealthy and he didn’t have a problem flaunting it.
Marciano and his three brothers grew up poor in Italy. They came to the United States to work in the garment industry and in 1981 Marciano launched the acid jean craze and made millions.
In 1988 he moved into his Beverly Hills mansion.
In 1993, Georges Marciano cashed out his nearly quarter-billion dollar stake in the company and invested his money in commercial real estate. In 2005, he sold the Bank of America tower in downtown Beverly Hills, for $135 million.
And he spent every dime and then some; he purchased an 84-carat diamond, and a fleet, that is a whopping 10 Ferraris.
Mrs. Marciano and Georges suffered a nasty divorce and in 2004 Marciano sued his former employees for the alleged theft of artwork and other valuables. That was a terrible move, inspection of Marciano’s valuables proved that there was no financial swindling, and the group of employees sued for libel and won a staggering $425 million judgment against Marciano.
Simultaneously, Marciano ran for California governor, lost, and owing creditors nearly $500 million, he ran away.
Several years later, Marciano resurfaced with a new venture, the LHotel in Montreal, and allegedly decorated with that expensive artwork he accused others of stealing.
Today, Georges Marciano is bankrupt and is having a fire sale.
Initially Marciano asked for $32 million, but with no takers, the cost has been pared down to $24.5 million.
Proceeds will be applied to Marciano’s outstanding $500 million balance as part of an involuntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
SELLER: Georges Marciano
LOCATION: Beverly Hills, Calif.
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The fall of the year signals the return of salmon to their stream of birth and when they are targeted by anglers. In many of our area streams, we have Pacific salmon of the genus Oncorhynchus, which we will look at for your fish biology lesson this month.
Salmon is the common name for several species of fish in the family Salmonidae, which includes chars, graylings, salmon, trout, and whitefishes. There are 11 genera (a group have similar characteristics) and 218 species in this large family.
There are seven species of Pacific salmon in the genus Oncorhynchus, which is from the Greek onkos (hook) and rynchos (nose) and refers to the hooked snout (also called a kype) the male's develope during spawning. The native range includes the northern Pacific Ocean, Bering Strait, and southwest Beaufort Sea. They have been transplanted to many areas of the world, most notably the Great Lakes. Six of these species are native to the western shore of North America. The seventh, the masu or cherry salmon is found in East Asian waters of the Pacific from Kamchatka (Russia) south to Korea and Japan.
The six species are Chinook or King, Coho or Silver, Chum or Dog, Sockeye or Red, Pink or Humpback, and Rainbow Trout or Steelhead. We will discuss the five salmon separately, as they all have different life strategies. They all have the same basic life history, spawning in the fall, eggs incubating over winter, and hatching in the spring. Then each species spends a different length of time in fresh water before migrating and salt water before returning to spawn. All Pacific salmon die after spawning, which is Mother Nature's way of returning nutrients to streams. They are all anadromous, which means they migrate from salt water to fresh water to spawn. In our Great Lakes they are called potamodromous, meaning migrations within fresh water. The third type of spawning behavior is catadromous, which means migration from fresh water to salt for spawning. The American eel is this type of fish.
The Chinook or King salmon is the largest of the genus or group, averaging 10-15 pounds. The world sport fishing record is 97.25 pounds from the Kenai River, Alaska. The largest caught commercially was 126 pounds from Rivers Inlet, British Columbia. Chinook spend only months in their birth stream before migrating to salt water and then spend 1-8 years (average 3-4 years) there before returning. The Yukon River Kings migrate 1,900 miles from the Bering Sea to upstream of Whitehorse, Yukon.
The Coho or Silver salmon average 6-12 pounds. The world record hook and line is 34 pounds from the Salmon River, a Lake Ontario tributary in upstate New York. Young Coho spend 1-2 years in their natal stream before migrating to the ocean. They spend from 1-4 years in the ocean or Great Lakes before returning to spawn. Some males return after 1 year and are called jacks, which is true for all Pacific salmon, except Pinks.
The Sockeye or Red salmon average 5-8 pounds. The name Red comes from the brilliant crimson they turn during the spawning run. The world record is 15.3 pounds and was caught in the Kenai River, Alaska. Sockeye have an unusual life history, spawning in rivers, and then moving into a lake in the river system, where they spend 1-3 years before returning to the ocean. They are favored as food, with most canned salmon being sockeye.
Chum or Dog salmon average 10-15 pounds, being the second largest of the group. The name Dog salmon comes from two facts, one being the male grows very large teeth during the spawning run and they are dried and fed to sled dogs, as they are not the best table fare. However, the Chum salmon roe is the most favored as caviar of all the salmon. The world record is 42 pounds caught at Edie Pass, British Columbia. Once the eggs hatch in the spring, the young salmon out migrate to the ocean immediately, where they spend 1-7 years before returning to their native river.
The Pink or Humpback salmon are the smallest of the genus, averaging 3-5 pounds. The name pink comes from their diet of shrimp and krill which produces a pinkish flesh. The name humpback comes from the large hump the males develop during spawning. The world record pink weighed 14.49 pounds and was caught in the Skykomish River, Washington. Pinks are the only salmon which do not run every other year. Once they hatch in the river, they out migrate immediately and spend two years in the ocean, thus the alternate year runs.
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Hundreds of people are injured in Russia as the result of a meteorite, and an asteroid passed by Earth early Friday afternoon.
Are these events connected?
The meteorite in Russia and the asteroid Friday afternoon are "completely unrelated," according to NASA. The trajectory of the meteorite differs substantially from asteroid 2012 DA14.
"Information is still being collected about the Russian meteorite, and analysis is preliminary at this point," according to the NASA website. "In videos of the meteor, it is seen to pass from left to right in front of the rising sun, which means it was traveling from north to south. Asteroid DA14's trajectory is in the opposite direction, from south to north."
What's the difference between an asteroid and a meteorite and other space rocks?
According to NASA, here's how you tell what kind of object is falling from the sky:
Asteroids are relatively small, inactive rocky bodies that orbit the sun.
Comets are also relatively small, and have ice on them that can vaporize in sunlight. This process forms an atmosphere and dust and gas; you might also see a "tail' of dust or gas.
Meteoroids are small particles from comets or asteroids, orbiting the sun.
Meteors are meteoroids that enter the Earth's atmosphere and vaporize, also known as shooting stars.
Meteorites are meteoroids that actually land on the Earth's surface.
Generally meteorites are smaller than grains of sand and vaporize on passage through the atmosphere. But there are also larger meteorites, as wide as a few miles.
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University of Minnesota is part of new $317 million national initiative to develop ‘smart’ fabrics
Public-private consortium will involve dozens of businesses, universities, agencies
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (04/01/2016) – The University of Minnesota is part of a $317 million public-private partnership to develop the next generation of “smart” fabrics and fibers that incorporate technology in new ways to improve (and even save) lives. The partnership was announced today by U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter.
The partnership, named Advanced Functional Fibers of America (AFFOA), will be led by MIT and includes dozens of academic and industry partners. The goal is to accelerate innovation in high-tech, U.S.-based manufacturing of fibers and textiles with the aim of developing fibers that have the functionality of semiconductor devices or fabrics that can see, hear, sense, communicate, store and convert energy, regulate temperature, or monitor health.
A wide range of industries are expected to benefit from these revolutionary fibers and textiles, including apparel, consumer products, automotive, medical devices, and consumer electronics.
“The AFFOA initiative provides an exciting opportunity to enhance the functionality of the fabrics that all of us interact with every day,” said University of Minnesota mechanical engineering assistant professor Julianna Abel. “An example of ‘smart’ fabrics includes multi-material fabrics for medical and rehabilitative purposes that can monitor health and provide sensory feedback to the wearer.”
Some uses in the military could also save lives. “Military uniforms made with high tech materials could make them invisible to night vision so they could be used in rescue missions without detection,” said David Pui, a University of Minnesota mechanical engineering professor.
“Another example is ‘smart’ fabrics that would use the motion of the person wearing the fabric to charge electronics,” Pui said.
Pui and Abel are the lead researchers for this initiative at the University of Minnesota. They will coordinate other researchers across the University of Minnesota and in private industry.
The University of Minnesota was chosen as a partner in the AFFOA initiative in part because of its successful Center for Filtration Research led by Pui. The center has 18 industry partners that also have potential to be contributing partners in the AFFOA initiative.
Abel has expertise in the design of smart materials and structures with an emphasis on textile-based architectures for the creation of novel actuators, sensors, and energy harvesters. Her research establishes frameworks to design and synthesize smart material technologies to enable new aerospace structures, medical devices, and consumer products. Abel was hired in fall 2014 as part of the state-funded MnDRIVE—Minnesota’s Discovery, Research, and Innovation Economy—initiative. One of the focus areas of MnDRIVE is robotics, sensors and advanced manufacturing.
“We are pleased that the University of Minnesota is part of this partnership to create a whole new industry, based on breakthroughs in fiber materials and manufacturing,” Pui said.
The new initiative will receive $75 million in federal funding out of a total of $317 million through cost sharing among the Department of Defense, industrial partners, venture capitalists, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The funding will cover a five-year period and will be administered through a new, independent, nonprofit organization. Projects at the University of Minnesota will receive matching funds from the College of Science and Engineering, Office for the Vice President of Research, Center for Filtration Research, and the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
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WASHINGTON — President Reagan has abruptly fired his ambassador to Honduras, John Ferch, after less than a year in the job, officials said Monday.
Administration officials said Secretary of State George Shultz and other Reagan aides decided that Ferch, a career Foreign Service officer, was not the right ''field commander'' to take charge of the U.S. role in the widening rebel war against Nicaragua, which will be administered largely from the U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa.
''The Hondurans didn't like him, and the contras didn't like him,'' a State Department official said.
A State Department spokesman, Sondra McCarty, confirmed that Ferch was being ''reassigned'' but said she did not know whether a new job had been found for him.
''The change does not reflect political differences, for there are none, nor any disruption of our close bilateral relationship with Honduras, which continues to be excellent,'' she said.
She said Ferch would leave Tegucigalpa some time this summer. No successor has been named.
The House approved $100 million in U.S. aid to the rebels, known as contras, last week. The money is to pay for weapons, supplies and training for the rebels, most of whom are based in Honduras near Nicaragua's northern border.
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