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What Is a Good Heart?
A close friend asked one of us yesterday, “What is a good heart?” We never had been asked this before. Our response is below. What is your response?
A good heart first has suffered. In the suffering, the person knows that all on this planet are subjected to suffering and so his heart is compassionate, patient, supportive, and loving as best he can in this fallen world. The good heart is forgiving, ever forgiving, vigilant in forgiving. The good heart tries to be in service to others. The good heart is no longer afraid of suffering and has joy because of the suffering, not in spite of it. Having suffered and having passed through suffering, the good heart dances. Others do not understand the good, joyous heart. Yet, the one with the good heart does not compromise the goodness and the joy. It is like a valuable gift received and she knows it. | <urn:uuid:b0d56978-94ca-43cc-b1f2-2ab0f4ab0ae2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://internationalforgiveness.com/2019/11/28/what-is-a-good-heart-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570871.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808183040-20220808213040-00276.warc.gz | en | 0.97515 | 190 | 1.9375 | 2 |
Toddler STEM Activities
Kids are never too young to start doing STEM and STEAM activities. This doesn’t mean you need to start doing massive research projects, science experiments with toddlers are meant to be fun and easy.
Toddlers are natural explorers. They want to experience their world and understand what is happening around them. Your job is to help find ways for them to do that.
And it can be very easy to do this.
Here is what STEM with toddlers should look like, ideas to get you started, and some of the best activities you can do with your toddler today.
What's In This Post?
- Toddler STEM Activities
- Goals for Toddler STEM
- Easy Toddler STEM Activities
- Toddler STEM Activities
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- DIY Soda Bottle Terrarium For Kids!
- Growing Crystals for Kids: Create Your Own Jewels!
- Simple and Fun Dice Games to Boost Number Sense (and Why That Matters)
- Number Treasure Hunt: Sensory Number Sense Activity
- Bean Counting Game: Easy DIY Number Sense Game
- Science by the Pool: Easy Summer STEM Activities
- Funicular Trains: Pulleys for Kids
- DIY Confetti Poppers for Kids!
- STEM Activities for Toddlers
Toddler STEM Activities
Doing STEM activities and science experiments with young children can be intimidating. Not only is it easy to feel like you don’t know enough about science to be able to teach your child, there is a very high potential for big messes. This isn’t something most parents want to deal with often.
No worries, it doesn’t have to be like that. STEM with toddlers can be fast, easy, and fun.
What Ages Do We Mean?
I keep talking about toddlers, but what ages am I actually talking about here?
The targeted age range when I say toddler is 2 years old to 3 years old.
It is important to note that this does not mean you cannot do these activities with other ages! 2-3 is just a jumping-off point. You will find that these activities can be made more challenging for older kids and simplified for younger children. (In fact, I recommend a lot of them for ages 2-5 actually!)
If you have a younger toddler, you can still do these! Have older children? These are still good. This is extremely helpful because it means you can do these when you have more than one kiddo. (If I am doing a science experiment I do it with all 3 of my kids, so they need to work for multiple ages. So these activities can be adjusted to take you from toddler stem activity to preschool stem activities to elementary school stem if needed.)
These particular activities work well for toddler learning and interest, so that is what we are aiming for.
What is STEM/STEAM?
What does STEM stand for and what is the difference between STEM and STEAM?
STEAM is just STEM with art added. And yes, art matters. I am a huge science fan and want to make sure every child gets access to the scientific fields, but that doesn’t mean they don’t need art too. Both are helpful.
Here is a breakdown of STEM.
This is what you usually think of in terms of science. Biology, chemistry, physics, that kind of thing.
For toddlers, this sort of science involves things like sink or float, color mixing, rolling down ramps, Learning about animals, how plants grow, and about the solar system.
You are building the foundation for future science learning, so keep it simple. Everything is brand new to toddlers, so simple and basic is best.
Don’t worry, technology for toddlers does not mean you need to park them in front of a screen for hours. There are lots of ways to explore tech without them.
Early coding skills involve being able to recognize patterns and understand cause and effect, things you can work on with fun games.
Building fine motor skills to manipulate tech is important too, so hands-on learning through play is perfect.
Just like technology, you don’t have to think too high level for engineering with toddlers.
Engineering is about solving problems. So your goal with your child is to build problem-solving skills. This means stepping back and letting them try things without jumping in to save them.
It also means giving creative freedom. We as adults might know a solution to a problem won’t work like a rock is probably not going to float on a leaf. But we need to let them try these STEM projects and build those skills.
I know math makes a lot of people freeze up, but toddler math activities are about building number sense. That is just the understanding that numbers have value and those values can interact.
One part of this is introducing numbers. Count out the blocks as you play, talk about how many forks you are putting out when you set the table.
Math for little ones is also talking about bigger and smaller, more and less. Compare sizes, talk about how tall a tree is, show one cup of water has less in it. This is the sort of real-world math toddlers are working on.
You will love these fun toddler activities!
Goals for Toddler STEM
So we know what STEM stands for and what that looks like for toddlers, but what are the real goals for these activities?
No, I’m not being cheesy or sarcastic. The number one goal for toddler STEM learning should be fun. Children learn best through play, and if we want to encourage them to embrace science they need to find the fun.
Hands On Experiences
As much as possible, let your toddler get in there and have hands-on experiences. (Yes, safety is goal number one. But after that hands-on.)
Let them get in there touch, see, hear, and even smell and taste when safe.
A lot of STEM with littles is helping them work on observations. Obviously, we don’t expect them to understand all the scientific phenomena going on sometimes, but we can expect them to observe what they can.
Guide your children through these observations and help them build the vocabulary that goes along with them. (This is also why sensory play is so important. Learn more here: Sensory Play Learning.)
Yep, like with all things and toddlers, be prepared to do activities more than once. The more you do them the more your child learns.
And honestly? The more you do them as an adult the easier they are to do. You’ll experience less stress about doing them and build your own scientific confidence.
Easy Toddler STEM Activities
Alright, now that we know what the goals of STEM learning for toddlers are, let’s get into the simple STEM activities!
STEM Activities for Toddlers
So which one are you going to try first?
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So why is it then that during the day there is maybe only one flight arriving, but during the night there are up to 11 incoming flights?
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These family reunification flights, transporting during the first phase about 500,000 migrants, are organized by the International Organization For Migration (IOM).
Good luck Germany!
A new conspiracy theory has emerged online that migrants are being flown into a German airport late at night from Turkey, and has been shared on social media by the vice-mayor of Vienna.
The latest conspiracy theory to circulate social media is that migrants are being flown in to the Cologne-Bonn airport from Turkey in the early hours of the morning, the migrants then bussed to asylum homes in secret. According to reports from blogs and social media sources, multiple flights are arriving between the hours of 1am and 5am, all from Turkish cities.
The vice-mayor of Vienna, Johann Gudenus, gave credence to the theory by posting it on his Facebook account, reports Austrian broadcaster OE24.
According to the theory, the flights into Cologne-Bonn airport from Turkey are carrying hundreds of migrants a night into Cologne where they are then bussed off to asylum reception centres. The rumours claim that the flights come in the dead of night so as not to arouse further outcry from the German public who are becoming increasingly sceptical about the supposed benefits of mass migration on German society.
Breitbart London reached out to the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) on the issue and they said that while they did process asylum applications at key airports in Germany, Cologne-Bonn was not one of them. The local BAMF office in Cologne also had no information on any potential asylum seekers on the flights, saying that their centre was primarily for integration courses.
The main element of the conspiracy is the flight information, which is readily available on the Cologne-Bonn international airport website, shows arrivals and departures by date and time. The current arrivals schedule does indeed show multiple flights from various regions of Turkey. However, when looking at the data from 2014 and 2015, the same dates and times also showed a number of flights coming into the airport from Turkey.
Vice-Mayor of Vienna and member of the anti-mass migration Freedom Party (FPÖ) Johann Gudenus shared the theory on his Facebook account. The article he shared comes from a right-wing website called Kopp Online which claims to have insider sources at the airport who confirmed the rumours to them.
The resulting publicity has even caused the German Interior ministry to take to Twitter to end the speculation over the matter saying: “There are no regular flights at night carrying asylum seekers to Cologne-Bonn airport.”
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For those given the honor of carrying the Olympic torch as it makes its way around the United Kingdom ahead of the upcoming London Olympics, there are two main objectives.
- Transfer the torch to the next person in the relay.
- Don't let the flame go out.
As long as relay runners adhere to these two rules then everything should go swimmingly. Unless, of course, the route actually requires them to take the torch swimming.
During a recent relay leg in Hertfordshire, England, the Olympic torch was accidentally extinguished by waves at the canoe slalom venue for the 2012 London Games. Torchbearer Zak Franklin, a British canoeist, held the flame as he rafted through stretches of turbulent rapids. Unfortunately, the iconic beacon never made it out of the course alive because water is indeed, still wet.
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Luckily for everyone in attendance, a second lantern was on hand to relight the torch. Franklin and his fellow canoeists took one more ride to complete a successful run, this time keeping the flame nice and toasty.
"It is not uncommon for a flame to go out and this can happen for a number of reasons," a LOCOG spokesman told the Daily Mail. "It was relit from the mother flame, which is kept in a specially designed miners’ lantern."
This isn't the first time that the flame went out during the relay. Organizers even eluded a close call recently when two young boys interrupted the relay procession to grab the torch away from a torchbearer.
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We always unconsciously touch our eyes, nose, mouth and other body parts. In the current epidemic situation, there is inevitably a risk of infection.
Therefore, professionals will suggest that you wash your hands and use alcohol free hand sanitizer or alcohol spray. Others say that wearing masks is not only for filtering the air, but also reducing the frequency of touching the face, so as to protect yourself from viruses.
But don't forget that your mobile phone is also the object you are most exposed to every day. How serious is this dependence?If according to the statistics of research company dscoutThe average user clicks 2617 times a day, while 10% of the heavy users even click 5427 times.
It seems that it is not an exaggeration that we regard mobile phone as an extension of human body.
But more people are concerned about whether the virus can also be transmitted through mobile phonesThe paper in the Journal of hospital infection points out that coronavirus can survive for up to nine days on surfaces of inanimate objects such as metal glass or plastic
If you want to do a good job of cleaning and disinfecting your mobile phone, you may want to know what needs attention before you start.
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Whether to use alcohol to wipe the mobile phone or not is probably the first concern of many people. Previous manufacturers, including apple, have said that they do not recommend users to directly use detergent with irritant solvent for mobile phone cleaning.
The reason is that some cleaners or disinfectant wipes may contain a high concentration of alcohol, which will cause the drainage layer or hydrophobic layer on the screen of the mobile phone to fall off, causing irreversible damage to the screen.
But recently,Apple updated its device cleaning guide on its website, indicating that the user can use "70% isopropanol wipes" or "Clorox disinfectant wipes" to gently wipe the hard and non porous surface of the product, such as the display screen, keyboard or other external surfaces.
The term "70% isopropanol" here refers to a daily care disinfectant on the market in the United States. It's similar to ethanol. It's also a kind of medical alcohol, but in addition to 70% concentration, 60% or as high as 91% concentration.
In other words, in China, we see more disinfectant alcohol with a concentration of 75% in supermarkets. We should pay attention to it when using it on mobile phones.
I also read the "mobile cleaning" guidelines of several other mobile phone manufacturers.Huawei said on the official pageThe user can spray a proper amount of alcohol on the lint free soft cloth, and then gently wipe the screen, back shell and side of the mobile phone, excluding the cell phone hole, gap and flash area.
After wiping, leave the mobile phone for 5 minutes and wait for the alcohol on the surface of the mobile phone to evaporate.
Next is Google'sCleaning pixel phones"On the page, Google also recommends using a lint free soft cloth to wipe the phone, and not using wet water most of the time. If there are stains on the screen, you can consider using a special screen wipes or lens cleaners, while the mobile phone side and back can also use wipes stained with soapy water.
Specifically, when it comes to disinfection, Google says users can use ordinary household disinfectant wipes, or 70% isopropanol wipes, but do not allow cleaning wipes that contain bleach.
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Finally, Samsung, I asked the official customer service. The customer service's reply was "use soft cotton cloth or eye cloth to wipe". If the stains on the screen are not easy to wipe, you can use slightly wet cotton cloth, but it is not recommended to use alcohol to wipe the screen.
But Samsung customer service also added an exception, which is the mobile phone film. If you have the habit of applying film frequently, you can use alcohol containing wipes to wipe the screen part boldly. Anyway, if the film is damaged, replace it.
But people with protective covers may not be so headstrong. Unless you can change the covers as often as you can change the film, they will become a carrier full of bacteria sooner or later.
Another effective way of disinfection is to use ultraviolet light.
Recently, Samsung has launched the "three star" program in 19 regions around the worldSamsung mobile phone disinfection Service" It is reported that offline stores in these areas will use UV-C short wave ultraviolet disinfection lamp to disinfect users' mobile phones, rather than detergent with irritant solvent, so that mobile phones can be cleaned in a dry state.
At the same time, a section calledPhoneSoapBecause of the epidemic situation, the sales of UV disinfection boxes of "have increased rapidly overseas. The company claims the device can kill 99.9% of the common bacteria, such as E.coli and Salmonella, that attach to the surface of mobile phones, but has not yet tested for the coronavirus.
Some researchers believe that due to the influence of irradiation intensity and irradiation time, small boxes such as phonesoap can not completely eliminate the coronavirus in a short period of time. Unless users allow their mobile phones to receive more than two hours of irradiation, the dose is not enough.
In contrast, experts believe that using a minimum concentration of 60% alcohol to wipe the mobile phone may be a more practical disinfection practice.
According to the statements of several manufacturers, the simplest and safest way to clean and disinfect the screen is still to directly use a soft lint free cloth or microfiber cloth with clean water. Of course, you can also directly use Zeiss or iklear's special cleaner.
As for the further disinfection work, the use of disinfectant wipes with a concentration of less than 70% alcohol can be considered for wiping, but it is still recommended not to over wipe, because this will also cause screen damage.
Here are some suggestions and skills related to cleaning mobile phones. For example, mobile phone manufacturers do not recommend users to spray liquid directly on mobile phones when cleaning, but should spray liquid on a soft cloth first, and then wipe the mobile phone.
It is not recommended to directly throw the mobile phone into the water or wash it under the faucet. Even if some mobile phones support IP68 waterproof, it is still necessary to avoid moisture on the speaker, data interface and other positions when wiping, or let the liquid penetrate into the mobile phone through the opening.
It is reasonable to use a dry flannelette to wipe the mobile phone after you have wiped it with a clean wet towel, and avoid water stains on the glass.
Some people may think of using rough cloth, towel, paper towel, etc. to replace soft flannelette, but these items are also not recommended by apple, mainly because the surface of ordinary paper towel is rough, if you wipe the screen for a long time, there will be the risk of scratching.
For the dirt in the earpiece, loudspeaker and interface gap, the thin cotton swab is the most easy to find tool. You can also use the adhesive "blue butyl rubber" to solve it. I personally don't recommend the use of toothpicks, paper clips and other sharp objects for processing, because carelessness may damage the earpiece or interface contacts, of course, you can also trust your own processing technology.
In addition, spray, bleach abrasive and even detergent detergent can not be used directly on mobile phone, which is also considered the existence of screen oil layer. If the sparse oil layer is exposed to alcohol and other chemicals frequently, the coating will fall off faster.
Cleaning your phone doesn't mean you're completely virus free. By contrast, frequent hand washing, wearing masks and staying away from crowds may be more helpful in reducing the risk of disease.
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Researchers in Barcelona have developed a shuttle to transport drugs into the brain, running through the blood-brain barrier.
If there is an irreplaceable organ, for the moment, that’s the brain. The gray matter is not only protected by the skull, but also by a barrier of cells that tightly regulates the transport of substances into this organ in order to prevent infection. The essential protective function of this barrier is also a red light for 98% of drug candidates for the treatment of the central nervous system. However, scientists at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) have presented a shuttle able to cross the blood-brain barrier and transport various substances into the brain.
The blood-brain barrier is not totally hermetic as the brain constantly requires oxygen, iron, insulin, etc. So there are transport mechanisms through “doors” which open and close continuously. Taking advantage of the receptors through which the brain receives iron, the shuttle-ambulance crosses the barrier without disrupting nutrient flow or altering the protective function of the barrier. Open sesame.
The therapeutic value of the shuttle lays precisely in these two properties, which make it unique, namely its small size, comprising only 12 amino acids, and its permanence in blood from between 12 and 24 hours thanks to its protease-resistant profile. In preliminary experiments with mice, the study also demonstrated the absence of an immune response and low toxicity.
Meritxell Teixidó, researcher associate at IRB Barcelona and leader of this line of investigation, explains “It is estimated that 20% of humans at some time will need a treatment that targets the brain. For many diseases, there are some good candidate drugs but none of them have the capacity to reach their target and thus there is a subsequent loss of potential. Our shuttle offers a solution to an urgent clinical need”.
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Are you wondering: Should I charge my electric car every night? This article will give you some insight into this common question and explain why charging an EV daily isn’t necessary. Generally, EV owners don’t need to plug their electric vehicles in every night, but it’s still important to charge them periodically. Frequent charging isn’t necessary if you drive forty to fifty miles each day. EV owners should only charge their cars when necessary.
Should I Charge My Electric Car Every Night
Many drivers wonder if they should charge their electric car every night. The answer is that it depends. While it is recommended that you charge your car to at least 80% every night, charging it at 100% every day can shorten its life. To avoid battery degradation, charging your electric car to 100% regularly can be bad for your car. Instead, charge your car as needed. Here are some things to keep in mind when charging your electric car.
You may be asking yourself, “Why should I charge my electric car every night?” In short, charging your electric car every night can minimize your need for electricity. The best time to recharge your battery is at night, when your car will be unoccupied. It’s also best to charge it in the morning, when there will be less demand on the electrical grid. If you can’t wait until nighttime, you can always plug it in during the day.
Is it okay to charge my EV every night?
The answer to the question, “Is it okay to charge my electric car every evening?” depends on the battery use of your car. You should keep the battery pack at least 20% charged. It is also not necessary to charge your electric car every night, but doing so regularly can reduce the battery’s lifespan. You should always follow the manual when charging your electric car. If it recommends charging your car overnight, that’s the recommended schedule.
Charging your EV at night is the best time to recharge your battery. Many utility companies have lowered rates on charging during off-peak hours. Depending on your utility company and location, you can save up to 50% on charging during nighttime hours. By doing so, you will be helping the environment by reducing your electricity usage. But if you’re wondering whether it’s safe to charge your electric car every night, here are some tips:
How often do electric cars need to be charged?
You may be wondering: how often do electric cars need to be charged? Well, the answer depends on a few factors. The size of the battery and the power rating of the electric charger play a role. Battery life varies according to climate, but a car that travels in cold climates requires more charging time than a vehicle that runs on gas. However, the average American driver only drives about 35 miles a day, which makes charging an electric car once a week an effective solution.
Electric cars are becoming more popular, so more people are making the switch to a zero-emission vehicle. Depending on the model and range of the car, you can travel for hundreds or thousands of miles without ever using up any gasoline. However, electric cars are difficult to charge. The batteries are finicky and have a limited lifespan. The good news is that new electric cars have much longer ranges than their gasoline-powered counterparts.
Does frequent charging damage EV battery?
If you’ve been wondering about the life of an EV battery, there are a few things you should know. EV batteries degrade over time, and battery degradation affects a vehicle’s residual value and usable range. Although battery life is difficult to estimate, the battery in a new EV usually has a warranty of eight years or 100,000 miles. While frequent charging isn’t likely to cause a serious problem, it should be avoided if you don’t need to use your EV frequently.
In addition to causing battery degradation, frequent charging can cause a battery to last longer. Charging an EV to 100% or fully discharge it can damage the battery. As a result, EVs have a lower maximum charging capacity. As such, it’s best to charge your EV to eighty to ninety percent when you’re not using it. That way, you don’t risk damaging the battery.
How often should I charge my EV to 100?
The answer to the question: how often should I charge my electric vehicle to 100%? isn’t as important as you may think. While it can increase your driving range, charging your car to 100 percent can put undue pressure on the battery. Most EV manufacturers recommend charging your vehicle between 20 percent and 80% of its maximum capacity to ensure its long life. While overcharging your battery is possible, it’s rare. Modern EVs have built-in battery management systems to ensure the most efficient use of the power provided by the vehicle’s battery. Besides, it’s safer to leave your vehicle plugged in than it is to leave it running for several hours.
Charging your electric vehicle to 100% is only a good idea if you plan to drive long distances. It’s not sustainable to drive a hundred miles on one charge. The battery will quickly degrade after a couple hundred miles, and this will shorten its lifespan. Ford, Nissan, and Volkswagen recommend that you charge your EV to around 80 percent when you’re driving every day.
Do electric cars stop charging when full?
You may be wondering: Do electric cars stop charging when full? You’re not the only one. Many of us use our vehicles to top off our tanks with gasoline. But do you know that your battery doesn’t need to be completely charged to operate? The answer is yes, but not at the same rate. Electric car batteries operate best when the charge level is between 20% and 80%. However, many car manufacturers discourage topping off the batteries during hot weather, because too much heat can damage the internal resistance system and thermal management systems in the battery pack.
If you use your electric car for overnight trips, it will still charge overnight. Most EV owners will plug it in at night and leave it overnight to avoid losing any charge during the day. It will also allow you to take advantage of domestic tariffs during off-peak hours, lowering your energy bills. However, the downside of charging your car overnight is that it’s harder to use the battery in the morning. Nevertheless, it’s better to keep your car charged at night than to run it in the morning on a completely empty battery.
How can I make my electric car battery last longer
The best thing you can do to extend the life of your electric car battery is to properly care for it. Your car should never be parked in extreme temperatures, and the battery should always be between 25% and 75% charged. Avoid using a fast charger and avoiding driving like a racecar. Also, avoid overcharging your battery by avoiding excessive use, as it can reduce its effective charge capacity and even kill the battery.
If you drive your EV in hot weather, you can increase the battery’s life by driving in the shade. Typically, we park further away from a store to avoid the heat from the sun. If you’re able to, park your EV in a shady spot when you’re inside. This will keep the inside of your car cool, and won’t stress your battery’s thermal management system, which is crucial for preventing overheating and draining charge. If possible, avoid parking in muggy or hot conditions because lithium batteries dislike the heat and tend to drain faster.
A lithium-ion battery lasts between five to seven years. If you have a high-performance EV, you’ll be able to get by for a decade or more. A lithium-ion battery should last about 8 years with proper care. EV batteries should be charged at least 30% of their capacity. However, you should never leave your electric car parked in the garage. This can cause the battery to degrade.
Is it cheaper to charge car at night?
It’s better to charge an electric car during the day, but charging it at night has a couple of disadvantages. Not only is it more expensive, but it also increases air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. This study looked at the PJM grid, which serves cities including Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati. In the end, charging an electric car at night is still cheaper than charging it during the day, but it’s not as convenient as it was when the grid was more expensive.
Charging an EV overnight can reduce your electric bill by up to 26%. Most electric vehicle chargers allow you to set a schedule and save money by charging overnight. It is recommended to charge your vehicle between the hours of 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. This can help you save money on power costs and the environment. If you don’t have a driveway to set up an EV charging station, you can leave it at the curb for charging during your road trip. A 3kw charging station is enough to charge one electric car every night, which is the same as the need for a typical car. It’s also easy to install in a public space and is very affordable.
Do Electric Cars Lose Charge When Parked?
The first question to ask is: Do electric cars lose charge when they are parked? The simple answer is yes. If you leave your electric car parked overnight, it will lose its charge faster than if you were driving it. It will take more time to cool down the components and it will be harder for them to maintain their charge. To avoid the problem, you should try to park your car in a garage or in a shady spot.
Another concern is temperature. In ideal conditions, your car’s battery will maintain a full charge while parked, but extreme temperatures can reduce the amount of time the battery holds a charge. Generally speaking, it’s best to leave your car in a garage, where temperatures are mild. Otherwise, your electric car may lose charge. However, if you leave your electric car outdoors for long periods of time, it may lose a charge.
Typically, an electric car loses about two to three percent of its charge each time it is parked. However, a 300-mile-range car will lose between six and nine percent. As technology improves, this charge loss should reduce. However, there are some considerations to keep in mind. A Tesla Model 3 owner should keep in mind the rate of charge loss when leaving their car parked overnight.
How Long Does an Electric Car Battery Last?
If you’re buying an electric car, one of the first questions you’ll probably have is: how long does an EV battery last? The short answer is: a long time. It depends on the battery type and the manufacturer. The manufacturer may offer an extended warranty, which will help protect you from the cost of unknown repairs. Typically, EV batteries last eight years or 100,000 miles, but some manufacturers offer extended warranties up to 10 years.
The battery of an electric vehicle is responsible for the range of the car. As an electric car uses electricity, its battery will last as long as the car’s owner uses it. However, extreme temperatures can shorten the life of an EV’s battery. The batteries of an EV degrade quickly if the temperatures go below zero degrees Celsius or exceed 27 degrees. A Tesla car, on the other hand, has a thermal-management system that protects its battery pack from high temperatures. This enables the car to last longer than many other EVs. The company also promises that a battery pack will provide an acceptable range after seven to eight years.
The battery life of an EV is directly related to the driver’s driving habits. While the life of an EV battery depends on the owner’s habits, most manufacturers offer a warranty on battery packs for eight years or ten thousand miles. Some manufacturers provide unlimited warranties, though they don’t cover the batteries’ cost if they fail prematurely. The average EV battery will last for a total of seven years, which is great for most drivers.
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Our parties need to learn the opposite lessons
It would save pixels, ink and talking time if we all agreed on the obvious: Democrats are more divided than Republicans and will remain so for the foreseeable future. What matters is everything else you say once this reality is acknowledged.
First, the facts: Democrats are more diverse than Republicans in almost every imaginable way: racially, ethnically, religiously and ideologically.
And the Democrats' diversity is increasing because of the flood of new supporters fleeing Donald Trump's GOP. Many of these newcomers are not registered as Democrats, meaning that they won't vote in most of the 2020 primaries and caucuses. But their ballots helped Democrats win control of the House.
As for the Republicans, they are, overwhelmingly, a party of whites and Christians. They tilt male, especially in their leadership: Among women in the House, 89 are Democrats; only 13 are Republicans.
The GOP is the party of older people, the Democrats are the party of the young, partly because of the racial and ethnic heterogeneity of the rising generations. In the 2018 House races, according to the exit polling, Republicans won 50 percent among those 45 and older, but only 36 percent of those under 45 — and just 32 percent from the under-30s.
These data points explain a very large share of the standard political commentary.
The question raised again and again about Republican politicians is: Why oh why don't they have the courage to speak up against a president who, many times a day, violates the most basic norms of decency, values many of these same politicians lauded before Nov. 8, 2016?
The question regularly asked about Democrats is: Why do they fight each other about so much stuff, including single-payer health care, the Green New Deal, immigration, foreign policy and, rather embarrassingly last week, the shape of this year's federal budget?
The Republican question is easier to dispose of. The GOP has been working hard for half a century to become monocultural and mono-ideological. Trump has only accelerated the process. Most are happy to be bought off with judges and tax cuts. And please, no elitist alibis that this is all about those Trumpist blue-collar folks. As The Atlantic's Ron Brownstein pointed out, using Quinnipiac polling from last year, 76 percent of white Republicans without a college degree supported Trump's wall — but so did 71 percent of white Republicans who did graduate from college. And remember that over 80 percent of Republicans are white.
There's a better chance of a Massachusetts politician coming out as a Yankees fan than of a Republican elected official turning on Trump.
Democrats love to say that diversity is a strength. Well, sure. If their coalition is clicking, it can amass a lot of votes — 9.7 million more than the Republicans in last year's House races. And while they may disagree on tactics — impeachment now, later or never? — they're united in wanting to contain and ultimately defeat Trump. They agree on other objectives, too, such as getting everyone health insurance, acting decisively on climate change and reducing glaring economic inequalities. But on these questions, too, there is a wide divergence about the "how."
Those differences won't be wished away. As Gallup reported in January, 51 percent of Democrats see themselves as liberal, 34 percent call themselves moderate and 13 percent say they're conservative. The liberal number is way up (from 25 percent in 1994), but Democrats are a lot less uniform in their orientation than are Republicans, 73 percent of whom identify as conservative (compared with 58 percent a quarter-century ago).
Oh, yes, and if the House Democratic caucus is contentious, consider that 31 of its 235 members represent districts that Trump carried, and an overlapping group of 41 hold seats that went Republican in 2016.
There's no way this crowd can prevail unless it studies one of the most boring words in politics, forbearance — patient self-control, restraint, and tolerance.
Some forbearance mantras and exercises: Goals are the litmus tests, not the means; the left is right to be frustrated over the excessive caution of earlier Democratic administrations, but moderates aren't sellouts for asking what the traffic of public opinion will bear; and keep looking across the aisle and think about what those guys — they are mostly guys — will do if they hang on to power.
As for Republicans, they need to learn the opposite of forbearance when it comes to Trump. They should look at those demographic numbers. How many decades do they think it will take to dig out of the wreckage this president will leave in his wake?
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Aretha Franklin’s signature song sums up the idea behind good sportsmanship. Win or lose, when teammates, opponents, coaches and officials treat each other with respect, they’re practicing good sportsmanship.
It can be as simple as shaking hands before a game or accepting a bad call with grace. Children who practice good sportsmanship are likely to carry that trait with them into other areas of their lives.
To learn good sportsmanship, our kids need heroes, champions and positive role models they can admire and look up to. Sadly, children have become accustomed to their favorite athletes behaving badly: taking performance-enhancing supplements, abusing drugs or alcohol, fighting with opponents and officials and more.
The Olympic Games give parents the opportunity to expose their children to positive behavior in sports. Regardless of what country he or she comes from, each unpaid athlete begins the games as an equal.
The Olympic Flag: The International Olympic Committee selected five prominent colors that represent all of the nations to give each — no matter how big or how small — equal representation.
The Olympic Creed and motto are intended to encourage athletes to embrace the Olympic spirit and perform their best. Participating, not winning, is what reflects the hope that we can make the world a better place.
Watching the games provides far more than a geography lesson for your family. It provides an opportunity to explain to your children how the Olympic Games are intended to make the world a better place by spreading peace and prosperity while bringing together all the continents of the world.
Watching the Olympics provides so many opportunities to observe (and practice) sportsmanship.
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Statins revolutionized the prevention and treatment of heart disease and saved hundreds of thousands of lives that may have been otherwise lost through heart attacks and stroke and millions of dollars that would have been paid by patients for surgery and other invasive treatments. The best selling molecule in this class(atorvastatin, Lipitor) is the best selling drug of all time and makes more than 12 billion dollars for its parent company, Pfizer. In this engaging and informative book Jie Jack Li, a scientist at Bristol-Myers Squibb company, tells us their story and drives home the importance of the pharmacautical industry at a time when much of the public has become cynical about its motives.
What makes the book valuable is that Li traces not just the history of the drugs themselves but the history of cardiovascular and obsesity research as well as the major players involved in this research. Li also spices up his accounts with amusing ancedotal information about scientists and companies. He narrates the famous Framingham study which definitively established the connection between high cholesterol and heart disease, a connection that has been tentatively explored for more than a hundred years. Also included are interesting historical accounts of several major pharmaceutical companies including Merck, Parke-Davies and Pfizer.
Cholesterol is a remarkable molecule that is the classic embodiment of a double edged sword. Michael Brown, a Nobel prize winning cholesterol researcher calls it a "Janus-faced" molecule, one which is critical in biological function while being harmful when employed incorrectly. No less than thirteen Nobel Prizes have been awarded to researchers who worked on this molecule. Lie traces the pioneering research of several chemists like R B Woodward and Konrad Bloch (Harvard), Lewis Sarrett and Max Tishler(Merck), Dorothy Hodgkin (Cambridge), John Cornforth (MRC, 91 and still going strong) and Wieland and Windhaus (Germany) who were key in elucidating both the pathway of cholesterol synthesis and metabolism, as well as the structures and syntheses of cholesterol and its analogs.
Most of the cholesterol in the body (~70%) is biosynthesized while the rest of it comes from the diet. It forms a crucial component of membranes and is a key signaling molecule. 23% of body cholesterol ends up in the brain where its critical functions are still being investigated. The connection between high cholesterol and heart disease was suspected early on but had to await much pioneering research in order to be deciphered in detail. The Framingham study in Massachusetts studied thousands of local subjects spread over almost 50 years and two generations and established the best correlation between heart disease and cholesterol to date. The study is a landmark because it also analyzed several of the now widely known risk factors for heart disease, including the effects of diet, smoking and exercise. It also established a critical standard; a 1% lowering of cholesterol can lead to a roughly 1% reduced risk of heart disease.
After the correlation was established, both academic and industrial scientists started looking for drugs that would reduce cholesterol. Key during this time was Michael Brown and Joseph Goldstein's discovery of the LDL receptor as a major player in cholesterol metabolism and the importance of LDL and HDL in causing heart disease. Today efforts are underway to both reduce LDL and increase HDL as strategies in combating heart disease. Lie talks about the three dominant pre-statin drugs that were widely used; niacin (vitamin B3), bile acid sequestrants and fibrates. All these drugs had unpleasant side effects although niacin is still seriously considered by companies like Merck as a possible cholestrol-lowering drug. It was in the 70s that research pioneered by Akiro Endo, P. Roy Vagelos and others suggested the initial steps in cholesterol synthesis as prime targets for possible drugs. The logic was rather simple; targeting later steps would lead to a buildup of high molecular weight lipophilic molecules that would cause problems. It was best to target early steps which would lead only small, relatively water soluble and easily excreted molecules to accumulate. Several studies finally settled on 3-hydroxy, 3-methyl glutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMG-CoA reductase) as the rate limiting enzyme in cholesterol biosynthesis, and one which could possibly be fruitfully inhibited.
It was Japanese biochemist Akiro Endo who painstakingly discovered the first statin in a broth of a Penicillum fungal strain (it's interesting that this humble mold has yielded two of the most important drugs in history, statins and peniciilin). However it was Merck who ran with the idea and brought the first statin to market (lovastatin, Mevacor). The 1980s were the golden age of Merck. During this decade Merck was led by one of the best CEOs in the industry, P. Roy Vagelos who was an accomplished researcher himself and a true visionary. Under his direction Merck was voted as the best company (and not just pharmaceutical company) in the country for three successive years. The reason why Merck thrived and indeed the reason why everyone today should emphatically remember Merck's success was because it followed a time-honored tradition of recruiting only the best scientists (frequently from academia) and more importantly, focusing intensely on basic academic-style research. In the 1950s Merck hired two brilliant academic scientists, Lewis Sarret (Princeton) and Max Tishler (Harvard) whose work catapulted the company into the front lines of drug discovery. This trend continued in the 70s and 80s. Vagelos himself had been the head of the biochemistry department at Washington University School of Medicine when he was hired and had done important work in elucidating the role of HMG-CoA reductase in cholesterol biosynthesis. During the 80s Merck regularly published papers in the best academic journals. In an age where an emphasis on profits and a relative lack of interest in basic research has slowed down drug discovery, it should be time for pharmaceutical companies to again look at the 1980s Merck model of basic research.
It was this model that brought the first statin (Mevacor) to market after intense development. Li engagingly tells us the story of both Merck and Mevacor. However the bulk of the book thereafter is the story of the best selling drug of all time, Lipitor (atorvastatin). Atorvastatin was discovered by Parke-Davis (which was subsequently bought by Pfizer). By the time the Parke-Davis group plunged into statin discovery they already had a tough act to follow since four statins were already on the market. However, as Li describes, statin research at Parke-Davis benefited from a combination of thorough assay development and highly talented scientists. Foremost among them were Bruce Roth, a synthetic chemist who first synthesized Lipitor, and Roger Newton, a biologist who developed the assays. The researchers started with some known statin structures and experimented with installing novel cores and side chains by overlapping the molecules on top of each other. One of the strategies to improve bioavailibility turned out to be to use the ring opened compound instead of the lactone which had been a mainstay of some other statins. The synthesized molecules were shuttled into animal testing which was no cakewalk. The choice of animal turned out to be important since rats are not good models for testing cholesterol lowering medicines; among other factors this is because rats have a dramatically different LDL/HDL ratio compared to humans. Other animals including dogs and monkeys yielded valuable results.
Clinical trials finally demonstrated that atorvastatin had much better pharmacokinetic and bioavailability characteristics compared to earlier statins. Atorvastatin also has a much more favorable profile with respect to the one serious side effect seen with statins- rhabdomylosis or muscle weakness and wasting. Indeed, statins have emerged as some of the most well-tolerated drugs of all time. Total sales are now more than 20 billion dollars. Any new drug developed for lowering cholesterol will have to meet the extremely high bar that statins have set. These drugs are the best examples of the kind of genuinely life-altering research that can come from the pharmacutical industry.
These days the pharmaceutical industry is often maligned as a notorious example of the money-milking, profit-making entities that apparently exemplify the worst in capitalism. But the story of statins reminds us of some valuable facts. Firstly, it is always worth looking at the other side of the coin, at how many lives and dollars would have been expended had such drugs not been discovered; the immense benefits accruing from the avoidance of heart attacks and stroke handsomely pay off in social and economic terms. Secondly, contrary to some public perception, scientists in the pharmaceutical company are as dedicated not just to improving the lives of people but to gaining basic scientific knowledge as are academic researchers; as a corollary to this fact, a lot of industrial research is as exciting as academic research. Thirdly, the story of statins also shows the close interplay between academic and industrial scientists and discoveries that drive innovative drug discovery. As in many other case, the choice is not binary, and it is only healthy public support of both industrial and academic research that can lead to a thriving scientific establishment. Finally and importantly, the story is ominous but also hopeful in a sense since it demonstrates that true scientific and commercial productivity can only come from focusing on basic and long-term scientific research and not just on short-term profits. This is a message that today's pharmaceutical companies should heed well. | <urn:uuid:550159bc-3736-4305-a845-b65184926183> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://wavefunction.fieldofscience.com/2009/08/industrial-tour-de-force-laid-bare_24.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281226.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00372-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97082 | 1,980 | 2.296875 | 2 |
Regardless of how lengthy you have been investing your cash within the inventory market, the previous 5 months have been robust. Because the starting of the 12 months, the very adopted Dow Jones Industrial Common plunged as a lot as 15% from its all-time closing excessive. The reference S&P500 held up barely much less nicely, with an intraday decline from peak to trough that briefly touched 20%.
However it’s equity-driven progress Nasdaq Compound (^IXIC 0.00%) who was delivered to the stake. Within the six months since its document shut, the Nasdaq has fallen 31%, putting the index firmly in a bear market.
Though bear markets might be scary because of their fast downward actions, elevated volatility and poor investor sentiment, they’re additionally infamous for be the perfect time to grow your money. In spite of everything, each main decline in main indices, together with the Nasdaq, has finally been erased by a bullish rally.
With the autumn of the Nasdaq, quite a lot of absolute bargains have emerged. All buyers have to get wealthy is to purchase these bargains and maintain them for the subsequent 10 years.
The primary discount to seize through the Nasdaq bear market decline is none aside from FAANG Stock Alphabet (GOOGL 1.29%)(GOOG 1.10%)the guardian firm of the Web search platform Google and the favored YouTube streaming platform.
Though the broader market staged one hell of a reduction rally final week, Alphabet shares had been down 33% from the 52-week excessive to the Might 24 low. Alphabet is an advertising-driven firm, and promoting income tends to be one of many first issues to be hit when financial progress slows or the US financial system goes into recession. With the Federal Reserve intent on controlling inflation – and prepared to boost rates of interest shortly to take action – some financial cooling is to be anticipated.
Nevertheless, an anticipated short-term lull within the US financial system is not any trigger for worry when an organization like Alphabet affords three clear aggressive benefits.
For starters, the Web search platform Google is a veritable monopoly. Information from GlobalStats exhibits that Google has accounted for between 91% and 93% of the global search share over the previous two years. Taking part in such a dominant position in international search provides Alphabet wonderful advert placement pricing energy.
Second, YouTube has turn into the second most visited social media web site on the planet, with round 2.2 billion month-to-month energetic customers. Unsurprisingly, Alphabet was capable of pivot that curiosity into regular progress in premium, high-margin YouTube adverts and subscriptions.
And third, Google Cloud is #3 worldwide in cloud infrastructure spending. Regardless that advert gross sales declined within the first quarter, Google Cloud noticed gross sales progress of 44% over the prior 12 months interval. Cloud infrastructure is arguably nonetheless in its early phases of progress. Larger working margins, cloud-based expected to be significantly higher than ad-based operating margins additional time. Which means Google Cloud may probably double Alphabet’s working money move per share as early as 2025.
Alphabet has traded at a mean a number of of 19 instances money move over the previous 5 years. Opportunistic buyers should purchase shares now for nearly 8 instances the anticipated money move in 2025.
One other absolute discount to purchase hand on fist and maintain 10 years because the Nasdaq plunges right into a bear market is furnishings inventory. The Lovesac Firm (TO LIKE 1.19%).
I do not find out about you, however simply saying the phrase “furnishings inventory” is often sufficient to place me to sleep. Most furnishings chains depend on foot visitors in bodily shops and supply their wares from a small group of wholesalers. It is a relatively boring business that is ripe for disruption, which is the place Lovesac is available in.
Lovesac is a designer and retailer of modular furnishings. Though he was initially recognized for his beanbag (“bag”) fashion chairs, nearly 88% of Lovesac’s revenue now comes from the sale of sactionals (the company’s term for its sectionals). These modular sofas might be rearranged dozens of the way to suit nearly any dwelling house.
What makes sactionals so interesting is the customization and options involved, in addition to their ecological development. Sactionals have over 200 totally different cowl choices, which suggests they may work with any coloration or theme inside a house. In addition they have loads of improve choices, together with wi-fi charging stations and built-in top-tier encompass sound techniques. However the most effective half about sactionals may be that the yarn used of their manufacturing is made solely from recycled plastic water bottles.
Though traditionally excessive inflation critically worries buyers retail inventory, Lovesac must be much less obnoxious than most retailers. It’s because his furnishings tends to be costly. Because the firm’s major buyer is normally center to excessive earnings earners, inflation should not have a huge impact on their shopping for habits.
The opposite issue that units Lovesac aside is its omnichannel sales platform. When the pandemic hit, Lovesac was capable of shift about half of its gross sales on-line. Though it has 146 shops in 39 states, the corporate operates a usually lower-overhead construction that includes on-line gross sales, pop-up showrooms, and in-store and on-line model partnerships. The tip outcomes are increased margins than conventional furnishings stock and, to this point, significantly quicker progress.
For the time being, shares of Lovesac might be purchased for simply 8 instances Wall Avenue’s forecast earnings for fiscal 2023, though the corporate is sustaining annual gross sales progress of greater than 20%.
The third absolute discount that buyers should purchase with confidence now and maintain for the subsequent 10 years is social media stock pinterest (PINS -3.91%).
For the time being, Pinterest is coping with a double whammy. First, its month-to-month energetic consumer (MAU) depend has been declining over the previous 12 months. Wall Avenue usually views MAU declines as dangerous information for engagement-focused social media firms. The opposite challenge is the aforementioned rising chance of an financial slowdown or recession. Like Alphabet, Pinterest is primarily an promoting platform.
Though these two headwinds are tangible, neither threatens Pinterest’s long-term growth prospects..
For instance, Pinterest’s MAU decline from 478 million in March 2021 to 433 million in March 2022 could also be defined by a slight improve in COVID-19 vaccination charges. With life returning to some semblance of normality, folks aren’t spending as a lot time on-line anymore. However for those who overlook the preliminary MAU pop and subsequent decline through the pandemic and broaden the lens of consumer progress to embody the previous 5 years, you will see a gradual upward development in month-to-month energetic customers.
What is much extra necessary from an funding perspective than the variety of energetic customers on the platform is Pinterest’s ability to monetize its existing users. On this regard, there have been no issues. Regardless of a 9% year-over-year decline in MAUs, international common income per consumer (ARPU) jumped 28% year-over-year within the first quarter. This ARPU determine demonstrates that advertisers are prepared to pay to achieve Pinterest’s rising base of customers.
One other factor to think about about Pinterest is its distinctive working mannequin. Whereas AppleiOS privateness modifications that affect information monitoring have Wall Avenue nervous for advertising-focused social media firms, Pinterest appears nearly resistant to this privateness change. That is as a result of it would not have to depend on likes to assist advertisers goal customers. The entire premise of Pinterest’s platform is that its customers voluntarily share the issues, locations, and companies they love. This allows merchants to precisely target users with their services.
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Do not be afraid. Go on speaking, and do not be silent. (Acts 18:9)For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” But how can they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach? And how can people preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring (the) good news!” (Romans 10:13-15))
When we think of the call to evangelization, we might conjure up images of street preachers and television evangelists shouting about the “wages of sin.” Or maybe we think of saints or missionaries or gifted Catholic priests. But true evangelization-whatever form it takes-is born from a love for people and a desire that everyone on earth come to know the love of Christ and the blessings of living in his kingdom. As St. Paul once told the Corinthians: “The love of Christ impels us” to proclaim Christ (2 Corinthians 5:14).
Just before he ascended into heaven, Jesus told the apostles: “Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15). Beginning on Pentecost, the apostles did just that, and the work of evangelization continues to this day. It is a calling that has not changed over the years, as Pope Paul VI affirmed in his letter On Evangelization in the Modern World: “We wish to confirm once more that the task of evangelizing all people constitutes the essential mission of the Church” (14). Evangelization is not an optional add-on. It is at the very heart of what it means to be followers of the Lord.
We might respond by quoting the words attributed to St. Francis of Assisi: “Preach the gospel at all times; use words if necessary.” But this doesn’t mean that we can choose between proclaiming and living the gospel, as if they both accomplish the same thing. Paul VI explained the interplay between word and witness this way: “The Good News proclaimed by the witness of life sooner or later has to be proclaimed by the word of life. There is no true evangelization if the name, the teaching, the life, the promises, the kingdom and the mystery of Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God are not proclaimed” (22).
Each of us as Catholic men has been called to be part of this “essential mission” of the Church; each of us has been called to be part of the glorious band of witnesses for Jesus Christ. Through us, Jesus can bring his kingdom to hurting and lost people all over the world. The power of sin can be pushed back as more and more people experience his salvation. In homes, workplaces, and neighborhoods everywhere, Jesus can open hearts-through us!
If you find yourself hesitant when it comes to talking about Jesus, the solution is simple: Pray for boldness, and take a step in faith. God will honor your efforts. He will breathe his life into your words, so that his gospel can continue to spread. So don’t be afraid to share God’s love. Jesus Christ, the ascended Lord, has given you the very same power that governed his life. And he gave it to you so that you could give it to everyone else.
“Lord Jesus, increase my love and compassion for my brothers and sisters so that I will not be afraid to share your good news. Lord, give me the confidence to tell people about you. I want to see you exalted today as I proclaim your gospel with my lips and with my actions. Jesus, it is an honor to be your witness.”
Maurice Blumberg is Director of the National Fellowship of Catholic Men Center.
[Many thanks to The Word Among Us (http://www.wau.org/) for allowing us to adapt material from daily meditations in their monthly devotional magazine. Used with permission.]
Questions for Reflection/Discussion by Catholic Men
- 1. Do you have a positive or negative reaction to “street preachers and television evangelists”? Why?
- 2. What is your understanding/reaction to the quotes of Pope Paul VI from: “On Evangelization in the Modern World”?
- 3. The article states that “Each of us as Catholic men has been called to be part of this ‘essential mission’ of the Church; each of us has been called to be part of the glorious band of witnesses for Jesus Christ”? How would you rate yourself on your response to this call?
- 4. Evangelization does not come naturally for most Catholic men? What are some of the obstacles that make it difficult for you to evangelize others? What steps can you take to overcome some of them?
- 5. Think of two men to pray for who need to hear the message of God’s saving love through Jesus Christ. If you are in a men’s group, at the end of your meeting (and future meetings) pray for these men that God would prepare their hearts to receive the Gospel. Pray also for one another for boldness and wisdom on how to evangelize these men. | <urn:uuid:0084d4d6-5614-45c8-a029-82a04f1d567d> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://catholicexchange.com/evangelization-the-essential-mission-of-the-church | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721141.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00416-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96123 | 1,119 | 1.976563 | 2 |
Canada Day (Where, When, & Why)
If you say, “O Canada”, chances are that people will know what you are talking about. Many know the Great White North for its variety of wildlife, interesting food combinations, gorgeous landscape, and even its references in popular media like the TV shows “South Park” and “How I Met Your Mother”.
But Canada is much more than a nation of kind-hearted people with a penchant for hockey, ice skating, and fries smothered in gravy and cheese curds– which is exactly why Canada Day is celebrated. Find out more information on Canada, its history, and why observing Canada Day is an important public holiday that residents look forward to all year.
When Is Canada Day?
If you are wondering when to wish people a happy Canada Day, don’t worry. Canada Day falls on the same day every year, unlike some other holidays that depend on changes in the calendrical cycle.
Canada Day is celebrated on July 1st, with a variety of holiday activities and many people can enjoy a typical national day off when it falls on a weekday. The importance of July 1 traces back to the original Dominion of Canada under the British North America Act in the 1800s, and later when it became Dominion Day, as we will discover.
The rare exception to the July 1st recurrence is when Canada Day falls on a Sunday, at which time the statutory holiday would be observed on Monday, July 2, instead.
What Is Canada Day?
Canada Day is an important period of observance for Canadians both at home and abroad. It has its roots back when the land of Canada was a colony in British North America and was campaigning for a more settled and independent status. It’s a time to celebrate Canadian heritage and come together as a country.
When Did Canada Day Originate?
The first institution of a day where Canada was recognized by the British fell on July 1, 1867.
This occurred thanks to the British North America Act (also referred to as the Constitution Act, 1867 in certain modern sources), when the British Parliament instated Upper and Lower Canada, as well as New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, as the Dominion of Canada. Ontario and Quebec were later added to the Act when Lower Canada split into provinces.
While the British North America Act of 1867 would change over subsequent years, including as both provincial and federal governments were established and fought for more autonomy from England, Canada was officially born on that date.
And as further provinces and territories formed from the original 1867 landmass into what we now recognize as the ten provinces and three territories of modern Canada, this is exactly what Canadians have commemorated annually for the past 155 years!
Why Canada Day Is Celebrated
People tend to be proud of their heritage, and Canadians are no different. Their home and native land are important, with Canada Day being a great opportunity to come together and celebrate with a range of fun activities for families, friends, and individuals alike.
And while national pride is a positive thing to embrace, it’s also important to remember those who have lived across Canadian lands long before the Confederation or even the Dominion of Canada– the Indigenous people. Because many point out that Canada Day celebrations sometimes blatantly ignore the difficult path that Native Americans have been forced to endure and the hardships that are still present for many.
Canada Day and Indigenous People
Though Canada Day started essentially as the birthday of the country, it has shifted in terms of importance over the years. Canada Day celebrations have taken on certain political implications, particularly regarding the historic treatment of Indigenous people.
While federal and provincial celebrations do recognize the history of Canada as a country, the First Nations peoples across the nation have not enjoyed the same level of respect or government responsibility for the various atrocities that have befallen them.
This includes the horrific events of Residential Schools that worked to rip apart Indigenous families and communities, effectively stripping them of their identities. Shockingly enough, the last residential school was only closed in 1996, and it took until 2008 for the government to issue a statement from Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, when Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized for this treatment.
As such, Canada Day has become entwined with the Truth and Reconciliation attempts that Canada has so long neglected to put into place regarding the crimes against First Nations people, with many protests pointing out the controversies therein.
This was particularly true when people called for Canada Day events to be canceled in the wake of finding over 750 unmarked graves on former Marieval Residential School property in Saskatchewan in June 2021.
How To Celebrate Canada Day
This year, Canada Day falls on Friday, July 1, 2022. Across the country, Canada Day events in major cities will include live entertainment, parades, and road closures that will make room for family fun like a pancake breakfast or a fireworks display.
If you are interested in taking part in the festivities, why not sing the national anthem or snack on some red-and-white goodies? And for anyone who wants to experience Canada Day in person, the federal government has released a list of Canada Day festivities by region for visitors to explore. | <urn:uuid:54fe6580-cea2-4d42-9397-94deb93f3f90> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.infoplease.com/calendar-holidays/major-holidays/canada-day | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00667.warc.gz | en | 0.968666 | 1,063 | 3.578125 | 4 |
The Macquarie dictionary defines the concept of uniform as; dress of the same style, materials and colour worn by a group. One particular type of group that uniforms are necessary for are students. Uniforms are a good idea for schools because they make life easier for school children.
Uniforms are essential for school students because they allow students to all look the same and not have to keep up with the fashion while at school. If uniforms were non-existant, students may be victimised by others because of the clothes they choose to wear. Focus may be placed on the clothes people wear instead of on schoolwork, which is what school is all about. This is damaging to students' studies because school's purpose is to educate, not to be a fashion parade. The students get used to wearing the school uniform and just don't really think about it and just get stuck into their schoolwork. Having a uniform makes everything easier because nobody can really complain as they all have to wear it.
Everyone wearing the same uniform allows students to be easily identified. If everyone was wearing different clothes, nobody would know where a student was from. For example, when on an excursion, if someone gets lost, they can be easily recognised and can find their group by their distinctive uniform. This helps the teachers and the school to control and look after the students. Also, all students wearing a neat and well-presented uniform reflects well on the school and presents a good image.
Wearing a school uniform can save money and time. Each morning, students do not need to decide what to wear, they simply get dressed in their uniform. This makes getting ready for school hassle-free for students. Time wasted on deciding what to wear could be better spent on doing schoolwork. Parents may be annoyed that uniforms are expensive, especially in private schools where prices can be quite high. They may think... | <urn:uuid:4d225b83-0b29-4918-a115-54dc50de354e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://brainly.in/question/249701 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279224.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00483-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981072 | 383 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Your chronological age, that is, the number of years since the day of your birth, does not always align with what psychologists term your "mental age." Determining the difference between the two is useful in designing lesson plans for the especially intelligent and mentally disabled, though the methods by which psychologists calculate mental age are limited. Standardized tests like the Stanford-Binet intelligence quotient have proven reliable, while doctor assessments in cases of severe disability are little more than educated guesses. Still, doctor assessments demonstrated reliability equal to that of testing in a 1986 study published in the "Journal of Pediatric Psychology."
Take an IQ test administered by a qualified, professional proctor. Online tests can be fun, but they lack expert analysis and come with warnings that they are for entertainment purposes only.
Write down your score in the following formula: IQ=MA/CA * 100, where "MA" is your mental age and "CA" is your chronological age. For example, if your chronological age is 10 and your IQ score is 120, the formula would read, 120=x/10 * 100, where "x" is your mental age.
Divide both sides of the equation by 100. This leaves you with 1.2=x/10 because dividing the right side of the equation cancels out the multiplier of 100, and dividing the left side of the equation, or 120/100, equals 1.2.
Multiply both sides of the equation by 10 to solve for "x," or your mental age. Since "x" is currently the numerator in the fraction x/10, multiplying by 10, or 10/1 to be specific, yields 10x/10, or simply, "x." Multiplying the left side of the equation equals 12, or 1.2 * 10. Therefore, x=12. So in this example, your mental age is 12. | <urn:uuid:15a94f40-f65c-4f1c-9bea-150d88282800> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.livestrong.com/article/228281-how-to-calculate-your-mental-age/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285001.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00310-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922207 | 386 | 3.609375 | 4 |
It’s what the sets criminal justice system besides other types of legislation. This focus of constitutional liability then shifts to determining what behavior should indeed be penalized and whether those alleged crimes should have been prosecuted. Continue posting for professional perspectives into how it requires thriving in this fascinating legal specialization, beyond what the criminal justice system comprises to just what you’ll learn in the degree program to such capabilities you really ought to practice inside the adult situation.
Commercial attorneys perform an important role as well as the judicial process in a criminal defence law firm in toronto if they are investigating some who commit crimes, representing someone who has been charged with crimes, and doing other necessary activities.
The capacity to understand complicated data, or even the knowledge to interact with upsetting events, including addressing or examining evidence connected to just criminal activity, are both required. Finally but again not distant, the professional lawyer’s employment is characterized by the weighty duty of situations with people’s lives consequences, as they battle for fairness upon behalf of owners.
Enter the profession
Defense attorneys have a wide range of career opportunities when they first enter the profession. Some specialize in criminal defence and act as legal professionals or criminal lawyers. Others work as prosecutions in various capacities, including municipal, state, and federally. These attorneys may go on to become justices or stand for election subsequently in our lives, affecting influence just at top levels.
When the public defender gets the pleasure of meeting only with the customer in contact with a criminal defence law firm in Toronto, they should strive to gain as much knowledge well about the situation.
Administering the investigation
This necessitates a detailed and rigorous interrogation of such prisoners. Usually, the offender may seek a public defense counsel personally or indeed the government may outsource the matter to one. Several lawyers and judges work for the government defender’s department and are compensated by them. Local, regional, and judicial branches commission them to cases.
Business owners recruit other prosecution defense lawyers. Several public defenders have the law firm that their manage. Government lawyers are paid less than private attorneys and will have a heavier course load.
Even before the information is presented to such a court, the prosecution defense counsel seems to have the opportunity to assess the judge’s decision. This permits them to look for flaws inside the lawyer’s argument as well as track down information that might disprove it, including employing a lab analysis and specialist to evaluate key evidence. | <urn:uuid:c33123f8-03c2-45c8-9d2b-d0bef4b6f1c0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.chezsimeo.com/2022/how-does-the-legal-specialization-of-the-criminal-defence-law-firm-in-toronto.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00667.warc.gz | en | 0.962676 | 505 | 2.234375 | 2 |
[This list is Robinson's own, found in both the first and second editions, and includes many prominent bluestockings, novelists, and poets, as well as writers who had also written essays on women's issues such as Mary Wollstonecraft, Hannah More, Mary Hays, and Catherine Macaulay. The coral-colored entries are handwritten additions made by Elizabeth Rose in her personal edition of the text.]
Anspach, Margravine of --- Tour to the Crimea, and Dramatic Pieces.
Barbauld, Mrs. --- Poems and Moral Writings.
Brooke, Mrs. --- Novels and Dramatic Pieces.
Bennet, Mrs. --- Novelist
Carter, Mrs. --- Greek and Hebrew Classic, Poetess, &c. &c.
Cowley, Mrs. --- Poems, Comedies, Tragedies, &c. &c. &c. &c.
Crespigny, Mrs. --- Novelist.
Cosway, Mrs. --- Paintress.
[Chapone Mrs. Letters on the Mind &ca]
Dobson, Mrs. --- Life of Petrarch, from the Italian.
D'Arblæy, Mrs. --- Novels, Edwy and Elgiva, a Tragedy, &c. &c. &c.
Damer, Hon. Mrs. --- Sculptor, and Greek Classic.
[Edgeworth (Miss) Education--Novels--Tales]
Francis, Mrs. --- Greek and Latin Classic.
Gunning, Mrs. --- Novelist.
Gunning, Miss --- Novelist, and Translator from the French.
Hayes[sic], Miss --- Novels, Philosophical and Metaphysical Disquisitions. [& Female Biography]
Hanway, Mrs. --- Novelist.
[Hunter Mrs. Novels]
Inchbald, Mrs. --- Novels, Comedies, and Translations from the French and German.
Linwood, Miss --- Artist.
Lee, Misses --- Romances, Comedies, Canterbury Tales, a Tragedy, &c. &c. [The Recess]
Lennox, Mrs. --- Novelist.
Macauley[sic] Graham, Mrs. --- History of England, and other works.
Montagu, Mrs. --- Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare; being a Defence of him from the Slander of Voltaire.
More, Miss Hannah. --- Poems, Sacred Dramas, a Tragedy, and other moral pieces.
Piozzi, Mrs. --- Biography, Poetry, British Synonymy, Travels, &c. &c. &c.
Plumptree, Miss --- Translations from the German, a Novel, &c.
Parsons, Mrs. --- Novelist.
[Porter (Miss) Novels--]
Ratcliffe[sic], Mrs. --- Romances, Travels, &c. &c.
Robinson, Mrs. --- Poems, Romances, Novels, a Tragedy, Satires, &c. &c.
Reeve, Miss --- Romances and Novels.
Robinson, Miss --- Novelist.
[Randall--Letter to Women]
[Anna Maria Roche--Novels]
Seward, Miss --- Poems, a Poetical Novel, and various other works.
Smith, Mrs. Charlotte --- Novels, Sonnets, Moral Pieces, for the Instruction of Youth; and other works. [History of England]
Sheridan, late Mrs. --- Sidney Biddulph, a Novel.
[Smith--Miss F: Translations of Klopstock--Letters]
Thomas, Mrs. late Miss Parkhurst --- Greek and Hebrew Classic
Thickness, Mrs. --- Biography, Letters, &c.
[Talbot Mrs. Essays, Reflections, Poems]
Wolstonecraft[sic], Mrs. --- A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Novels, Philosophical Disquisitions, Travels, &c.
Williams, Miss Helen Maria --- Poems, Travels, a Novel, and other miscellaneous pieces.
West, Mrs. --- Novels, Poetry, &c. &c [Letters to a Young Man, Letters to Young Lady]
Yearsley, Mrs. --- Poems, a Novel, a Tragedy, &c. &c.
There are various degrees of merit in the compositions of the female writers mentioned in the preceding list. Of their several claims to the wreath of Fame, the Public and the critics are left to decide. Most of them have been highly distinguished at the tribunal of literature.
[Omitted Mrs. Opie--Poetry & Novels
Mrs. Truman Scripture History
Lady Manners Poems--]
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USAID created the Center for International Disaster Information (CIDI) in 1988, one month after Hurricane Gilbert made landfall as a Category 5 storm affecting 10 countries. An outpouring of unsolicited donations to those countries took up space needed to stage and deliver life-saving relief supplies, and USAID and other responders spent valuable time managing unneeded clothing, expired medicine, and other non-critical items.
USAID established CIDI to inform the public about the advantages of giving monetary donations to relief organizations and warn about the risks of donating unsolicited material goods. CIDI’s goal is to support donors and relief agencies as they work together to provide quick, effective, and efficient relief to people affected by disasters.
CIDI also provides guidance to volunteers interested in responding to disasters so that they understand the resources, training, cultural sensitivity, and effort required to be a useful and valuable participant in relief efforts.
Our goal is to ensure that America’s generosity results in the most effective disaster relief by empowering the public to make informed decisions on how best to help. | <urn:uuid:3a15d069-fbb7-47b6-9b7d-73b664ca4312> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cidi.org/about-usaid-cidi/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00270.warc.gz | en | 0.930098 | 220 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Christian Counseling and Labor Ethics
With the recent outcry of union rights versus the state, one may come to many questions regarding Christian ideals and how to counsel confused individuals upon what is right and wrong. One prominent document that championed the right of the worker but also guided many away from the idealology of socialism was Rerum Novarum. Pope Leo the XIII wrote this encyclical in a time of public outrage as workers tried to organize against oppressive industrial barrens who exploited the poor. Yet during this dark era of labor history, the Pope also warned Christians of the dangers of Socialism that attempted to manipulate the worker for its own designs and purposes. Below is this encyclical.
That the spirit of revolutionary change, which has long been disturbing the nations of the world, should have passed beyond the sphere of politics and made its influence felt in the cognate sphere of practical economics is not surprising. The elements of the conflict now raging are unmistakable, in the vast expansion of industrial pursuits and the marvelous discoveries of science; in the changed relations between masters and workmen; in the enormous fortunes of some few individuals, and the utter poverty of the masses; the increased self reliance and closer mutual combination of the working classes; as also, finally, in the prevailing moral degeneracy. The momentous gravity of the state of things now obtaining fills every mind with painful apprehension; wise men are discussing it; practical men are proposing schemes; popular meetings, legislatures, and rulers of nations are all busied with it – actually there is no question which has taken deeper hold on the public mind. Therefore, venerable brethren, as on former occasions when it seemed opportune to refute false teaching, We have addressed you in the interests of the Church and of the common weal, and have issued letters bearing on political power, human liberty, the Christian constitution of the State, and like matters, so have We thought it expedient now to speak on the condition of the working classes.(1) It is a subject on which We have already touched more than once, incidentally. But in the present letter, the responsibility of the apostolic office urges Us to treat the question of set purpose and in detail, in order that no misapprehension may exist as to the principles which truth and justice dictate for its settlement. The discussion is not easy, nor is it void of danger. It is no easy matter to define the relative rights and mutual duties of the rich and of the poor, of capital and of labor. And the danger lies in this, that crafty agitators are intent on making use of these differences of opinion to pervert men’s judgments and to stir up the people to revolt.
To read the full encyclical, please press the link below.
I feel this encyclical l captures the essence of extreme ideals found both in capitalism and socialism and how ultimately, it is the church, ministries, counselors, and other charitable organizations that must curb the desires of evil philosophies from injuring the rights of the working man.
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What does PAST mean in IEEE?
This page is about the meanings of the acronym/abbreviation/shorthand PAST in the Academic & Science field in general and in the IEEE terminology in particular.
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What does PAST mean?
- past, past times, yesteryear(noun)
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Here’s a list of terms that we use a lot here at KiSSFLOW
App (n) /æp/ – data that is modified or approved by a set of human or system behaviors.
Layman’s term: a WORKFLOW + a FORM
Approve (v) /əˈpruːv/ – a positive response to an approval TASK
Layman’s term: “Looks good to me.”
Chaos (n) /ˈkeɪ.ɑːs/ or /kay-haas/ – The usual state of business where no one takes responsibility and no one knows what is going on.
Layman’s term: KiSSFLOW’s archenemy
Clarifications (n) /ˌklær.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ – responses to queries submitted by previous users
Layman’s term: “What I meant was…”
dLookup (n) /diː lʊk ʌp/ – to directly find values from a MASTER or another APP
Layman’s term: The Gluon Gun of KiSSFLOW tools
Field (n) /fiːld/ – a portion of a FORM used for capturing a data.
Layman’s term: A part of the form.
Form (n) /fɔːrm/ – the mechanism used to capture the data using FIELDS.
Layman’s term: The things that holds all of your data.
Get Clarity (v) /ɡet ˈkler.ə.t̬i/ – to request additional information on an ITEM before approving
Layman’s term: “Huh?”
Item (n) /ˈaɪ.t̬əm/ – a single instance of an APP
Layman’s term: That thing you sent me last Wednesday
Master (n) /ˈmæs.tɚ/ – a set of data that exists independent of a FORM that can be referenced by multiple APPS
Layman’s term: Laymen are not allowed to speak of Masters
Report (n) /rɪˈpɔːrt/ – a set of data run through different parameters to show patterns
Layman’s term: Mark in Accounting’s favorite feature
Task (n) /tæsk/ – an individual portion of the workflow. Can be either an APPROVAL, an INPUT, or a CLARIFICATION.
Layman’s term: What you are supposed to be doing right now.
Workflow (n) /ˈwɜːkfləʊ/ – a set of human and system TASKS. Can be sequential, conditional, or asynchronous.
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|Abstract:||Well-designed graphics and printing are essential for friends publications.
In our service to both the library and the community, we stress the need
for enlisting the most able and imaginative friends for our endeavors. We
look for friends with knowledge and discrimination in expressing the library's
various programs, services, and purposes. Any publication issued by the
friends should reflect a warmth and grace that will motivate public interest
and response for both the library and the friends. Aldous Huxley has said
that "good printing can create a valuable spiritual state in the reader," the
very state which we hope will promote increased receptiveness to the various
projects sponsored by the friends.
It is not uncommon for members of a friends organization to spend
weeks or even months in analyzing, planning, and preparing lengthy annual
reports, newsletters, and other publications. The investment is considerable;
resulting publications should not be issued in a banal or unattractive manner.
The cost of issuing a fine publication is little more than that of a mediocre
one. It is merely a matter of type and graphic design, the selection of
appropriate paper, and the careful use of illustrations. Today, it is practical
for friends groups to produce publications at reasonable costs. Almost all
libraries public, college, school, or university have at their disposal an
offset duplicator, either located in the city, county, school, or college offices,
or available through a local printer. Once the copy has been properly typeset,
an overall design executed, and camera-ready copy prepared, any piece can
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International Chair - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
Reuters News reported that:
The court's request is set to delay by months or even years the outcome of a legal battle where Lambert's parents are resisting his wife Rachel's attempts to withdraw life support.
The Strasbourg-based court said in a statement the case would be treated "according to the fastest procedure possible". A spokesman there acknowledged that even emergency procedures can take months or up to one or two years.
|Pierre & Viviane Lambert|
"He is not sick, he is not at the end of his life, he is not suffering,"
"From our perspective, there is no reason to stop feeding or hydrating him."To intentionally withdraw fluids from a person who is not otherwise dying is a form of euthanasia by omission. The person will directly and intentionally die from dehydration and not from a medical condition.
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- Not a substitute for professional veterinary help.
Just like us, dogs can get sore muscles and achy joints. But while we can easily communicate when we feel pain and look for solutions to curb it, our dogs suffer stiff necks and tight hamstrings in silence.
One of the best ways to address a dog’s pain and soreness is to simply prevent it from happening in the first place. According to Shelah Barr, a Small Animal Massage Practitioner, Certified Canine Fitness Trainer and the owner of Happy Hounds Massage & Fitness in San Francisco, CA, that’s one of the major benefits of dog massage.
“The general goal of massage is to relax muscles and free up joints so there’s less (or no) pain, better range of motion, and increased fluidity of movement,” she explains. Regular massage also helps us to tune in better to changes in the bodies of our pets, making it easier to identify when something is a little off. “Since you’re not waiting until your dog is actually limping or is reluctant to do some things, those potential issues get nipped in the bud,” she says.
When and Where to Massage Your Dog
When you introduce massage, says Barr, make it just another part of your regular routine. “Resist the urge to do something unique like changing a feeding or walk time, or asking your dog to lay somewhere they wouldn’t usually.” Instead, work your massages in to times that you and your pup typically relax together.
Canine massage doesn’t require any special equipment but you do want to make sure you are working with your dog on a surface that is comfortable and supportive for you both. Other ways to set your dog up for a positive massage experience include:
- Massaging your dog in a quiet area of the home with minimal distractions
- Choosing a time when your dog is sleepy, like before bedtime
- Waiting at least 30 minutes after your pup’s last meal
- Giving your dog a potty break before you begin
Canine Massage Techniques
While massage is intended to be relaxing, some dogs might be resistant to it in the beginning simply because it’s unfamiliar. Barr recommends using a light touch and moving slowly at first, sticking to the “soft parts” which are more likely to be muscle tissue. “If you move their arm or leg, do it slowly so they’re not surprised,” she advises. Don’t press straight down on sensitive joints or bones, never bend a joint in an unnatural direction, and skip the areas where your dog prefers not to be handled.
In massage, the most basic strokes are effleurage and petrissage. In effleurage, your hands apply gentle pressure as you move from one end of the muscle to the other between joints. The technique provides a “great way to give your dog a competent massage without having to know detailed anatomy,” explains Barr.
Always massage towards the heart, says Barr, which promotes circulation in the blood and lymphatic system. If you are massaging the lower leg from the ankle to just above the knee, for instance, Barr recommends placing your hands on your dog’s lower leg then applying steady, gentle pressure on the back of the leg as you move up to the back of the knee.
Unlike effleurage, which rubs the length of the muscle, petrissage targets its core using light, steady pressure. “Use light pressure to gently knead the belly of the muscle, the thicker part [which is] usually in the middle of the limb” says Barr. Keep your fingers moving as you go, spending only about 15 seconds on any one muscle.
If your dog seems uncertain or confused by your first attempts at massage, allow them the space they need to feel comfortable. It’s okay if they get up and walk around during the session, says Barr. If they are eager to leave completely, that’s okay, too. Part of a positive massage experience is providing your dog with the opportunity to communicate when they are uncomfortable or weirded out. If they want to leave completely, pause your massage and try again at another time but don’t give up completely, Barr advises. “Once they realize it feels good, they’ll probably be asking for massage time!”
How To Give Your Dog a Massage
For a basic full body massage at home, combine both effleurage and petrissage strokes. Start with just a few minutes of massage at a time and work your way up to longer sessions of 10 minutes or more.
To avoid accidentally injuring your dog never apply too much pressure or attempt to get at the deep tissue yourself. Deep tissue massage should be left to professionals with a deep knowledge of dog anatomy.
- Begin by calming your dog with some gentle petting. Use long, slow strokes on their back, belly and other body parts where they enjoy being touched.
- Start at the back of your dog’s neck, applying gentle pressure in a circular motion with your fingertips..
- Work your fingers down and apply gentle pressure in a circular motion between your dog’s shoulder blades.
- Move to the front legs. Start with your hands at the ankle then slowly move them up to the back of the knee. Some dogs don’t like their legs to be touched so be sure to watch for signs of discomfort.
- Stroke your dog’s back, gently pressing with your fingers as you draw them from the head to the base of the tail on one side of the spine, then from the tail to the head on the other side of the spine. Do not put pressure to the bone, itself.
- Move to the back legs. Apply gentle pressure with your hands at the ankle then slowly move them to the back of the knee, then up to the thigh. If your dog is stiff, you can also try gently stretching their back legs.
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Zizka, John (zĭsˈkə) [key], Czech Jan Žižka yän zhēshˈkä, d. 1424, Bohemian military leader and head of the Hussite forces during the anti-Hussite crusades of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund. Before the Hussite Wars, which gave his military genius the opportunity to develop fully, Zizka served under various lords; he fought (1410) on the Polish side in the battle of Tannenberg, in which the Teutonic Knights were defeated. When the Hussite Wars broke out in 1420, Zizka was about 60 years old and blind in one eye. Having joined the Taborites (the radical Hussite wing), Zizka made Tábor in Bohemia into an almost impregnable fortress and led (July, 1420) the Taborite troops in their victory over Sigismund at Visehrad (now a part of Prague). In the following years he successfully withstood the anti-Hussite crusades and took one Catholic stronghold after another, continuing to command in person although he had become totally blind in 1421. He did not agree with the extreme religious views of the Taborites, and in 1423 formed his own Hussite wing, which, however, remained in close alliance with the Taborites. In the same year the tension between the Taborites and the moderate Utraquists, whose stronghold was at Prague, flared into open conflict, and late in 1424, Zizka led his army against Prague in order to compel that city to adhere to his uncompromising anti-Catholic policy. An armistice averted the outbreak of civil war between the two Hussite parties, which then decided on a joint expedition into Moravia under Zizka's command. Zizka died suddenly during the campaign. Although Zizka's fame is overshadowed by that of other commanders, he ranks with the great military innovators of all time. The bulk of his army consisted of peasants and townspeople, untrained in arms. Zizka did not attempt to make them adopt the conventional armament and tactics of the time, but let them make use of such weapons as iron-tipped flails and armored farm wagons, surmounted by small cannons of the howitzer type. His armored wagons, when used for offense, easily broke through the enemy lines, firing as they went, and thus enabled him to cut superior forces into pieces. When used for defense, the wagons were arranged into an impregnable barrier surrounding the foot soldiers; they also served to transport his men. Zizka thus fully anticipated the principles of tank warfare.
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TEL AVIV – Israel is set to raise the height of its fence along the Egyptian border in an effort to keep out migrants, defense officials said Tuesday.
The fence will be raised an additional meter, making it six meters (19.7 feet) high. This follows an increase in African migrants entering the country over the past year.
The army said that a series of additional prevention methods will be put in place to reduce the number of illegal border crossings.
The current fence, which was built between 2010-2014, has been largely successful in preventing migrant incursions, the IDF said. In 2014, only 14 people made it across the border, compared with 12,000 in 2010. However, in 2015, some 200 migrants made it over the fence, often with the use of ladders.
In one case, Israeli soldiers wounded three Africans after opening fire on them at the border. The Military Police opened an investigation and ruled that the shooting was unwarranted.
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Category: Children's Books|
The author of the book: Rick Walton
Format files: PDF, EPUB, TXT, DOCX
The size of the: 6.45 MB
Edition: Lerner Publishing Group
Date of issue: 1 March 1990
Description of the book "Can You Match This?":A collection of jokes describing humorous combinations, including "What do you get when you cross an owl with a duck? A Wisequack"
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OPM has expanded the administrative leave entitlement—paid time off work without charge to any other form of leave—for federal employees accompanying family members to Coronavirus vaccinations, saying the authority now covers accompanying children aged between 6 months and five years, a category recently approved for vaccination.
“OPM encourages agencies to make sure employees are aware of this policy through outreach to their workforce,” a memo says.
Under the policy, agencies must grant leave-eligible employees up to four hours of administrative leave per dose for each family member the employee accompanies to a vaccination. Employees are to receive supervisory approval in advance and may not be credited with administrative leave or overtime work for time spent outside their tour of duty helping a family member get vaccinated.
An eligible child is defined as a biological, adopted, step or foster child of the employee; a legal ward of the employee; a person for whom the employee stands in loco parentis; or a child of the employee’s spouse or domestic partner under any of those definitions.
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A check that is written in favor of a business checking account is called a business check. Rather than a personal check or a check from an individual check, business checks are from a business entity and will have a major role in business-based banking transactions. For receiving business checks, you have to order online with the company’s information, or another option is to approach the specific bank branch. However, it is better to get checks from OnlineCheckWriter, the best check printing software. Business professionals usually look for a more exclusive sort of check with good designs, including the business logo and business name.
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If I was a betting man, I’d put money on “virtue-signaling” to be Oxford’s word of the year for 2017. You’ve probably noticed it, even if you haven’t heard the term. When a celebrity is outraged about an issue and co-ops an awards ceremony to express disgust or hate, but otherwise does nothing about it, the point is apparently to signal what a virtuous person he or she is.
James Bartholomew, writing in “The Spectator” (2015) defined the term virtue signaling. He said, “No one actually has to do anything. Virtue comes from mere words or even from silently held beliefs. There was a time in the distant past when people thought you could only be virtuous by doing things: by helping the blind man across the road; looking after your elderly parents; staying in a not-wholly-perfect marriage for the sake of the children. These things involve effort and self-sacrifice.”
Here’s how it works with certain celebs, pundits, and partisans. Hurl accusations of misogyny, xenophobia, or other phobias to signal deep concern for certain groups of people. Vent rage at an opposing-party politician by hating his family. Take a hydrocarbon-fueled private jet to a European conference to hate on climate-deniers. Support a violent protest of a travel security policy while contributing nothing to resettle refugees. Jesus called out those who “love the place of honor at banquets” but they “say things and do not do them” (Mat. 23:2-6).
Is it OK to hate something immoral? God does. He calls these seven things an abomination: “Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that run rapidly to evil, a false witness who utters lies, one who spreads strife among brothers” (Prov. 6:16-19). May God purify your heart and hands of these. It is humbling to realize that if you have any virtue at all, it is the righteousness of Christ and the exchanged life you live by faith (Gal. 2:20).
Virtue should be on display, but the question is motive. Jesus said, “Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven” (Mat. 6:1). He also said, “Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven” (Mat. 5:16). See the difference? When your virtue is on display, it either flatters you or glorifies God.
Our secular culture increasingly disagrees with Christian values, yet you are called to remain steadfast. “Keep your behavior excellent among the (non-believers) so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation” (1 Pet. 2:12). And may that day come soon! | <urn:uuid:00effc9f-861f-46b8-ab2f-273c88892d09> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mountainchristian.net/ngn/virtue-signaling/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00479.warc.gz | en | 0.949981 | 670 | 2 | 2 |
"DRIER OPERATOR, DRUM"
Job Description and Jobs
- 1) Tends machines that dry and grind liquid food products, such as chocolate, malt, milk, or yeast: Turns valve to control flow of steam to heat drier to operating temperature and observes thermometer and pressure gauge to ensure that specified temperature and pressure are maintained.
- 2) Installs cutting blades and screens in mill.
- 3) Starts drier and turns valve to regulate material flow between heated revolving drums.
- 4) Observes thickness and color of dried material sheet emerging from drums to determine moisture content of material.
- 5) Turns screws to adjust drum speed and thickness of sheet to ensure that required dryness of material is attained.
- 6) Turns screws to adjust knife that scrapes material off drum.
- 7) Starts conveyor that carries dried material into mill.
- 8) Places container at outlet of mill to catch dry, ground product.
- 9) May be designated according to material dried and ground as Yeast-Drier Operator, Drum.
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November is Native American Heritage Month. This month long celebration started in 1990 when George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution designating November 1990 “National American Indian Heritage Month.”
Currently, the WCC Library bulletin board exhibit area, and part of the newspaper exhibit area, showcases Native Americans and their contributions to our culture and history. The bulletin board area offers biographies of prominent Native Americans, as well as a few general information books. The newspaper area provides fiction books for adults and children by Native American authors. All are availble for you to check out and read.
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Gorman Learning Charter Network is a K-12, tuition-free California public charter school that educates students seeking flexible learning environments and individualized student learning plans. Our charter school looks at each student as an individual learner with their own expectations, goals, activities, and resources. Our personalized learning plans aim to take the best of all worlds—the homeschool tradition, the classroom setting, and everything in between—and use what works best for each student.
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From May, Macau’s blockchain-powered medical data system has recognized the ID codes of the Guangdong health system of the mainland, allowing mainland Chinese tourists to verify their health status using the DLT-powered system when entering the autonomous region.
To date, more than 17 million tourists have cleared customs between Macau and China’s mainland using Macau’s blockchain health code. The announcement boasts that it takes just 100 seconds for mainland Chinese to generate a Guangdong health code for the first time, and roughly three seconds for future health verification when traveling through customs:
“The establishment of Macau blockchain health code and the mutual recognition mechanism with Guangdong health code greatly improves the efficiency and accuracy of information verification across borders. It proves to be an effective solution to bring travel between Chinese mainland and Macau back to normal.”
The system encrypts medical data to the FISCO BCOS consortium blockchain, which is immutably signed by issuing authorities. WeChat’s ‘WeIdentity’ solution is used to transfer data between Macau and Guangdong in adherence to Macau’s data protection regulations.
Macau’s health code system was introduced in response to the coronavirus pandemic, which saw the territory suspend travel from mainland China in January.
The blockchain-powered “digital health passport” was developed by the Singaporean government-owned investment firm SGInnovate and local startup Accredify. The firms began working on the system in May to increase the efficiency of workflows among medical workers fighting the pandemic.
At the end of September, it was announced that the system had been used to verify coronavirus discharge records more than 1.5 million times.
Last week, local media revealed that the Chinese island province of Hainan is also seeking to trial a blockchain-powered rewards program to boost tourism as China’s economy reopens. Hainan was selected last year to host a regulatory sandbox for blockchain innovation.
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Your network contains an Active Directory domain named contoso.com.
You are deploying Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) to the domain. You install the ATA Gateway on a server named Server1. To assist in detecting Pass-the-Hash attacks, you plan to configure ATA Gateway to collect events. You need to configure the query filter for event subscriptions on Server1.
How should you configure the query filter? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer are.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/advanced-threat-analytics/configure-event-collectionTo enhance detection capabilities, ATA needs the following Windows events: 4776, 4732, 4733, 4728, 4729,4756, 4757.These can either be read automatically by the ATA Lightweight Gateway or in case the ATA LightweightGateway is not deployed, it can be forwarded to the ATA Gateway in one of two ways, by configuring the ATA Gateway to listen for SIEMevents or by configuring Windows Event Forwarding.
Event ID: 4776 NTLM authentication is being used against domain controllerEvent ID: 4732 A User is Added to Security-Enabled DOMAIN LOCAL Group,Event ID: 4733 A User is removed from Security-Enabled DOMAIN LOCAL GroupEvent ID: 4728 A User is Added or Removed from Security-Enabled Global GroupEvent ID: 4729 A User is Removed from Security-Enabled GLOBAL GroupEvent ID: 4756 A User is Added or Removed From Security-Enabled Universal GroupEvent ID: 4757 A User is Removed From Security-Enabled Universal Group | <urn:uuid:c3eb72ea-dd49-4c3e-9340-6b736f633911> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.exam4training.com/how-should-you-configure-the-query-filter-3/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00274.warc.gz | en | 0.830228 | 355 | 2.234375 | 2 |
Load-up! Tote! Dump-out! Repeat!
Toddlers love to carry things around, it is actually helping them gain body awareness.
Pull toy are great toys for early development. These toys help kids develop physical strength, balance, gross motor skills, hand-eye coordination and many more.
Putting various objects inside the wagon and taking them all out again increases concentration and extends your toddler’s attention span.
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Rabbi Yitschak Naki and his wife, Zippora, started with a private initiative to give charity to poor families, widows, orphaned children, and immigrants. It grew into a large organization who helped 100 families. It was named Noam Eliezer.
Over time, the Noam Eliezer Charity added another sector into their activities, which is Torah education or “Yeshiva”. It focuses on teaching and preparing adult men to become rabbis and spread the word of G-d to the people of Israel.
In 1997, Noam Eliezer Institute was officially founded by Rabbi Yitschak Naki in Jerusalem, Israel. It provides education and training with scholarships for 5 years for adult men to become rabbis. At the end of the education, graduates will receive their ordination or “smicha” from the Chief Rabbi of Israel. Currently in 2019, there are 27 adult men studying in this Yeshiva. Since 1997, Noam Eliezer Institute has educated and prepared a total of 97 men to become rabbis of different communities throughout Israel. We place a strong emphasis in teaching the importance of acts of kindness (chessed) as well as giving positive impact to the society so as to changing them into better.
The Yeshiva does not charge their students for the education that the students are receiving. Moreover, it even provides scholarships to help married students with children support the basic needs of their family, while undergoing training and education. We believe that this will give them a peace of mind and the ability to fully focus on their studies without worries. Noam Eliezer Institute, the Yeshiva, relies on the generosity of the Jewish people and the friends and supporters of Israel. Most of our expenses are funded by small donors, with only a few large donations from individuals or organizations.
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After reading and reviewing the materials from this module, answer the following questions. You do not need to “write a book” but your answers should be complete and thorough, and as always, use complete sentences and proper grammar.1. Discuss your thoughts on appropriate and inappropriate disclosure.2. How do basic counseling skills help you know the difference between what is inappropriate and appropriate?3. When do you believe it would be appropriate, and when inappropriate, to disclose your religious perspectives to a client in a session? Include when it might be appropriate in a “secular” counseling organization that may allow direct faith-based counseling.
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'Beacon of hope'
Ukraine and Russia agree deal to ease exports
An international food crisis has been averted after a deal was signed to allow Ukraine to resume exports of grain.
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It also offers hope for Ukrainian farmers, who have been able to maintain about 80% of production but have seen their exports cut to a fifth of normal output.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was instrumental in bringing the nations together and Turkey will inspect ships leaving the Black Sea ports to ensure they are not carrying weapons.
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In my previous post I discussed how price controls likely have created a wedge between inflation measured by CPI and by the GDP deflator in Malaysia. That made me think – can we find other examples of this in the world? And sure thing the story of Argentina’s inflation over the last decade seem to be more or less the same thing.
The graph below shows Argentine inflation measured by CPI and the GDP deflator since 2002. The difference is very easy to spot.
It is very clear that until 2005 the two measures of inflation tracks each other quite closely, but from 2005 a difference opens up. So what happened in 2005? Well, the story is exactly as in Malaysia – monetary policy is inflationary and the government tries to curb inflation not by printing less money, but by introducing price controls.
Here is a story from Bloomberg November 24 2005:
Argentine President Nestor Kirchner accused supermarkets of price fixing and said he would increase controls to slow a surge in inflation.
Kirchner, in a televised speech at the presidential palace, said agreements between supermarkets such as Coto CISA SA and Hipermercados Jumbo SA, a unit of Chilean retailer Cencosud SA, to increase prices would lead to 12 percent inflation next year. In the 12 months through October Argentina’s consumer prices rose 10.7 percent, the fastest rate of increase in 29 months.
“We will fight to defend consumers’ pockets,” Kirchner said, without specifying how he would slow price increases.
The accusation underscores the government’s concern over quickening inflation, which may increase poverty in a country where almost 50 percent of the population cannot afford to cover their food and other basic needs, said economist Rafael Ber of Argentine Research brokers in Buenos Aires.
Rising prices may also hurt the ability of Argentine producers to compete with foreign goods, Ber said.
Kirchner has already attacked private companies for increasing prices. In April, he called on consumers to boycott The Royal Dutch Shell Group after the energy company increased prices.
So there you go – price controls in response to inflation. That is never good news and the result has been the same in Argentina as in Malaysia (actually it is much worse) – shortages (See also my previous discussion of food shortages in Venezuela and Argentina here).
Price controls always have the same impact – shortages – and if you think Malaysia and Argentina are the only countries in the world to make this kind of policy mistakes think again. Here is from the US, where a Republican governor these days is experimenting with price controls and the result is the same as in Argentina and Malaysia – shortages!
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Proper handling of poultry products is essential to keeping you and those that you care about from becoming sick. Raw chicken, cooked chicken and even recipes made with chicken only keep in optimal conditions for a recommended amount of time before spoilage sets in, rendering the food items no longer safe to eat. Leaving chicken out in temperatures that are less than optimal decreases the time it takes for the meat to spoil.
Temperature plays a role in determining how well chicken keeps. Refrigerating chicken in temperatures of 40 degrees Fahrenheit and below is best if you plan to eat the chicken within a few days. Temperatures above 40 degrees F create an environment that makes it easy for bacteria on the chicken to grow and multiply. Chicken left out too long on the counter or out on a picnic table is vulnerable to these bacteria and prone to spoilage.
Raw or cooked, chicken must be discarded after two hours without refrigeration. Even if you are thawing chicken on the counter or storing it in a covered dish at a barbecue, the two-hour rule holds true. On extra balmy days, it is wise to pay attention to how long chicken stays out. If the air temperature is above 90 degrees F, chicken spoils within an hour, requiring disposal.
Effects of Consuming Spoiled Chicken
Bacteria can grow to dangerous levels on chicken left out at room temperature or above. These bacteria are responsible for foodborne illnesses that cause nausea, upset stomach, vomiting and in severe cases, death. Women who are pregnant, elderly individuals, young children and those with immune systems compromised by illness or medications are especially vulnerable to foodborne illness. If you are unsure whether chicken is unrefrigerated for longer than recommended, it is best not to eat it.
Refrigerate or Freeze
Raw chicken keeps for one to two days in the refrigerator, cooked chicken for three to four days. After this time, throw it away. If you cannot cook or eat chicken within this period, freeze it. A whole, raw chicken remains safe to eat for up to 1 year in the freezer; raw chicken parts remain safe for 9 months. Leftover prepared chicken can keep for two to six months in the freezer.
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標題：The White Lotus War: Rebellion and Suppression in Late Imperial China
出版單位：Seattle: University of Washington Press
The White Lotus War (1796-1804) in central China marked the end of the Qing dynasty's golden age and the fatal weakening of the imperial system itself. What started as a local rebellion grew into a serious political crisis, as the central government was no longer able to operate its military machine.
Yingcong Dai's comprehensive investigation reveals that the White Lotus rebels would have remained a relatively minor threat, if not for the Qing's ill-managed response. Dai shows that the officials in charge of the suppression campaign were half-hearted about the fight and took advantage of the campaign to pursue personal gains. She challenges assumptions that the Qing relied upon local militias to exterminate the rebels, showing instead that the hiring of civilians became a pretext for misappropriation of war funds, resulting in the devastatingly high cost of the war. The mishandled demilitarization of the militiamen prolonged the hostilities when many of the dismissed troops turned into rebels themselves. The war's long-term impact presaged the beginning of the disintegration of the Qing in the mid-nineteenth century and eruptions of the Taiping Rebellion and other uprisings.
Yingcong Dai is professor of history at William Paterson University.Yingcong Dai received her doctorate in history from the University of Washington. She has authored two books, The Sichuan Frontier and Tibet: Imperial Strategy in the Early Qing, and The White Lotus War in Late Imperial China. She has also published articles on empire-building and the military institutions of the Qing dynasty. Currently she works on a monograph on the military elites in late imperial China. She is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Chinese Military History and Brill’s book series, “Rulers & Elites: Comparative Studies in Governance.” | <urn:uuid:82faa459-1aec-4cb5-9e92-e9a71bf61140> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://mgzx.org.cn/index.php?c=article&id=422 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573029.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817153027-20220817183027-00276.warc.gz | en | 0.915487 | 554 | 3.203125 | 3 |
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This chapter talks about various topics relevant to adapting the behavior of Emacs in minor ways. See The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual for how to make more far-reaching changes.
All kinds of customization affect only the particular Emacs session that you do them in. They are completely lost when you kill the Emacs session, and have no effect on other Emacs sessions you may run at the same time or later. The only way an Emacs session can affect anything outside of it is by writing a file; in particular, the only way to make a customization `permanent' is to put something in your `.emacs' file or other appropriate file to do the customization in each session. See section The Init File, `~/.emacs'.
Minor modes are optional features which you can turn on or off. For example, Auto Fill mode is a minor mode in which SPC breaks lines between words as you type. All the minor modes are independent of each other and of the selected major mode. Most minor modes say in the mode line when they are on; for example, `Fill' in the mode line means that Auto Fill mode is on.
-mode to the name of a minor mode to get the name of a
command function that turns the mode on or off. Thus, the command to
enable or disable Auto Fill mode is called M-x auto-fill-mode. These
commands are usually invoked with M-x, but you can bind keys to them
if you wish. With no argument, the function turns the mode on if it was
off and off if it was on. This is known as toggling. A positive
argument always turns the mode on, and an explicit zero argument or a
negative argument always turns it off.
Enabling or disabling some minor modes applies only to the current buffer; each buffer is independent of the other buffers. Therefore, you can enable the mode in particular buffers and disable it in others. The per-buffer minor modes include Auto Fill mode, Outline minor mode, Auto Save mode, Font-Lock mode, and ISO Accents mode.
Auto Fill mode allows you to enter filled text without breaking lines explicitly. Emacs inserts newlines as necessary to prevent lines from becoming too long. See section Filling Text.
Outline minor mode provides the same facilities as the major mode called Outline mode; but since it is a minor mode instead, you can combine it with any major mode. See section Outline Mode.
Overwrite mode causes ordinary printing characters to replace existing text instead of shoving it to the right. For example, if point is in front of the `B' in `FOOBAR', then in Overwrite mode typing a G changes it to `FOOGAR', instead of producing it `FOOGBAR' as usual.
Auto Save mode causes the contents of a buffer to be saved periodically to reduce the amount of work you can lose in case of a system crash. See section Auto-Saving: Protection Against Disasters.
Font-Lock mode automatically highlights certain textual units found in programs, such as comments, strings, and function names being defined. This requires a window system that can display multiple fonts. See section Using Multiple Typefaces.
ISO Accents mode makes the characters ``', `'', `"', `^', `/' and `~' combine with the following letter, to produce an accented letter in the ISO Latin-1 character set. See section European Character Set Display.
The following minor modes normally apply to all buffers at once. Since each is enabled or disabled by the value of a variable, you can set them differently for particular buffers, by explicitly making the corresponding variables local in those buffers. See section Local Variables.
Abbrev mode allows you to define abbreviations that automatically expand as you type them. For example, `amd' might expand to `abbrev mode'. See section Abbrevs, for full information.
Line Number mode enables continuous display in the mode line of the line number of point. See section The Mode Line.
Resize-Minibuffer mode makes the minibuffer expand as necessary to hold the text that you put in it. See section Editing in the Minibuffer.
Scroll Bar mode gives each window a scroll bar (see section Scroll Bars). Menu Bar mode gives each frame a menu bar (see section Menu Bars). Both of these modes are enabled by default when you use the X Window System.
In Transient Mark mode, every change in the buffer contents "deactivates" the mark, so that commands that operate on the region will get an error. This means you must either set the mark, or explicitly "reactivate" it, before each command that uses the region. The advantage of Transient Mark mode is that Emacs can display the region highlighted (currently only when using X). See section Setting the Mark.
A variable is a Lisp symbol which has a value. The symbol's name is also called the name of the variable. A variable name can contain any characters that can appear in a file, but conventionally variable names consist of words separated by hyphens. A variable can have a documentation string which describes what kind of value it should have and how the value will be used.
Lisp allows any variable to have any kind of value, but most variables
that Emacs uses require a value of a certain type. Often the value should
always be a string, or should always be a number. Sometimes we say that a
certain feature is turned on if a variable is "non-
that if the variable's value is
nil, the feature is off, but the
feature is on for any other value. The conventional value to use to
turn on the feature--since you have to pick one particular value when you
set the variable--is
Emacs uses many Lisp variables for internal record keeping, as any Lisp program must, but the most interesting variables for you are the ones that exist for the sake of customization. Emacs does not (usually) change the values of these variables; instead, you set the values, and thereby alter and control the behavior of certain Emacs commands. These variables are called options. Most options are documented in this manual, and appear in the Variable Index (see section Variable Index).
One example of a variable which is an option is
specifies the position of the right margin (as a number of characters from
the left margin) to be used by the fill commands (see section Filling Text).
To examine the value of a single variable, use C-h v
describe-variable), which reads a variable name using the
minibuffer, with completion. It displays both the value and the
documentation of the variable. For example,
C-h v fill-column RET
displays something like this:
fill-column's value is 75 Documentation: *Column beyond which automatic line-wrapping should happen. Automatically becomes buffer-local when set in any fashion.
The star at the beginning of the documentation indicates that this variable is an option. C-h v is not restricted to options; it allows any variable name.
The most convenient way to set a specific option is with M-x set-variable. This reads the variable name with the minibuffer (with completion), and then reads a Lisp expression for the new value using the minibuffer a second time. For example,
M-x set-variable RET fill-column RET 75 RET
fill-column to 75.
You can set any variable with a Lisp expression using the function
setq. Here's how to use it to set
(setq fill-column 75)
Setting variables, like all means of customizing Emacs except where otherwise stated, affects only the current Emacs session.
These two functions make it easy to display all the Emacs option variables, and to change some of them if you wish.
M-x list-options displays a list of all Emacs option variables, in an Emacs buffer named `*List Options*'. Each option is shown with its documentation and its current value. Here is what a portion of it might look like:
;; exec-path: ("." "/usr/local/bin" "/usr/ucb" "/bin" "/usr/bin" "/u2/emacs/etc") *List of directories to search programs to run in subprocesses. Each element is a string (directory name) or nil (try the default directory). ;; ;; fill-column: 75 *Column beyond which automatic line-wrapping should happen. Automatically becomes buffer-local when set in any fashion. ;;
M-x edit-options goes one step further and immediately selects the `*List Options*' buffer; this buffer uses the major mode Options mode, which provides commands that allow you to point at an option and change its value:
nil, it becomes
t; otherwise it becomes
Any changes take effect immediately, and last until you exit from Emacs.
A hook is a variable where you can store a function or functions to be called on a particular occasion by an existing program. Emacs provides a number of hooks for the sake of customization.
Most of the hooks in Emacs are normal hooks. These variables contain lists of functions to be called with no arguments. The reason most hooks are normal hooks is so that you can use them in a uniform way. Every variable in Emacs whose name ends in `-hook' is a normal hook.
Most major modes run hooks as the last step of initialization. This
makes it easy for a user to customize the behavior of the mode, by
overriding the local variable assignments already made by the mode. But
hooks may also be used in other contexts. For example, the hook
suspend-hook runs just before Emacs suspends itself
(see section Exiting Emacs).
The recommended way to add a hook function to a normal hook is by
add-hook. You can use any valid Lisp function as the
hook function. For example, here's how to set up a hook to turn on Auto
Fill mode when entering Text mode and other modes based on Text mode:
(add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)
The next example shows how to use a hook to customize the indentation of C code. (People often have strong personal preferences for one format compared to another.) Here the hook function is an anonymous lambda expression.
(add-hook 'c-mode-hook (function (lambda () (setq c-indent-level 4 c-argdecl-indent 0 c-label-offset -4 c-continued-statement-indent 0 c-brace-offset 0 comment-column 40)))) (setq c++-mode-hook c-mode-hook)
It is best to design your hook functions so that the order in which they are executed does not matter. Any dependence on the order is "asking for trouble." However, the order is predictable: the most recently added hook functions are executed first.
Any variable can be made local to a specific Emacs buffer. This means that its value in that buffer is independent of its value in other buffers. A few variables are always local in every buffer. Every other Emacs variable has a global value which is in effect in all buffers that have not made the variable local.
M-x make-local-variable reads the name of a variable and makes it local to the current buffer. Further changes in this buffer will not affect others, and further changes in the global value will not affect this buffer.
M-x make-variable-buffer-local reads the name of a variable and
changes the future behavior of the variable so that it will become local
automatically when it is set. More precisely, once a variable has been
marked in this way, the usual ways of setting the variable automatically
make-local-variable first. We call such variables
Major modes (see section Major Modes) always make variables local to the
buffer before setting the variables. This is why changing major modes
in one buffer has no effect on other buffers. Minor modes also work by
setting variables--normally, each minor mode has one controlling
variable which is non-
nil when the mode is enabled (see section Minor Modes). For most minor modes, the controlling variable is per buffer.
Emacs contains a number of variables that are always per-buffer.
truncate-lines. Some other variables are
always local in every buffer, but they are used for internal
M-x kill-local-variable reads the name of a variable and makes it cease to be local to the current buffer. The global value of the variable henceforth is in effect in this buffer. Setting the major mode kills all the local variables of the buffer except for a few variables specially marked as permanent locals.
To set the global value of a variable, regardless of whether the
variable has a local value in the current buffer, you can use the Lisp
setq-default. This construct is used just like
setq, but it sets variables' global values instead of their local
values (if any). When the current buffer does have a local value, the
new global value may not be visible until you switch to another buffer.
Here is an example:
(setq-default fill-column 75)
setq-default is the only way to set the global value of a variable
that has been marked with
Lisp programs can use
default-value to look at a variable's
default value. This function takes a symbol as argument and returns its
default value. The argument is evaluated; usually you must quote it
explicitly. For example, here's how to obtain the default value of
A file can specify local variable values for use when you edit the file with Emacs. Visiting the file checks for local variables specifications; it automatically makes these variables local to the buffer, and sets them to the values specified in the file.
There are two ways to specify local variable values: in the first line, or with a local variables list. Here's how to specify them in the first line:
-*- mode: modename; var: value; ... -*-
You can specify any number of variables/value pairs in this way, each
pair with a colon and semicolon as shown above.
modename; specifies the major mode; this should come first in the
line. The values are not evaluated; they are used literally.
Here is an example that specifies Lisp mode and sets two variables with
;; -*-Mode: Lisp; fill-column: 75; comment-column: 50; -*-
A local variables list goes near the end of the file, in the last page. (It is often best to put it on a page by itself.) The local variables list starts with a line containing the string `Local Variables:', and ends with a line containing the string `End:'. In between come the variable names and values, one set per line, as `variable: value'. The values are not evaluated; they are used literally.
Here is an example of a local variables list:
;;; Local Variables: *** ;;; mode:lisp *** ;;; comment-column:0 *** ;;; comment-start: ";;; " *** ;;; comment-end:"***" *** ;;; End: ***
As you see, each line starts with the prefix `;;; ' and each line ends with the suffix ` ***'. Emacs recognizes these as the prefix and suffix based on the first line of the list, by finding them surrounding the magic string `Local Variables:'; then it automatically discards them from the other lines of the list.
The usual reason for using a prefix and/or suffix is to embed the
local variables list in a comment, so it won't confuse other programs
that the file is intended as input for. The example above is for a
language where comment lines start with `;;; ' and end with
`***'; the local values for
comment-end customize the rest of Emacs for this unusual syntax.
Don't use a prefix (or a suffix) if you don't need one.
Two "variable names" have special meanings in a local variables
list: a value for the variable
mode really sets the major mode,
and a value for the variable
eval is simply evaluated as an
expression and the value is ignored.
not real variables; setting variables named
in any other context has no special meaning. If
mode is used in
a local variables list, it should be the first entry in the list.
The start of the local variables list must be no more than 3000 characters from the end of the file, and must be in the last page if the file is divided into pages. Otherwise, Emacs will not notice it is there. The purpose of this rule is so that a stray `Local Variables:' not in the last page does not confuse Emacs, and so that visiting a long file that is all one page and has no local variables list need not take the time to search the whole file.
You may be tempted to try to turn on Auto Fill mode with a local variable list. That is a mistake. The choice of Auto Fill mode or not is a matter of individual taste, not a matter of the contents of particular files. If you want to use Auto Fill, set up major mode hooks with your `.emacs' file to turn it on (when appropriate) for you alone (see section The Init File, `~/.emacs'). Don't try to use a local variable list that would impose your taste on everyone.
enable-local-variables controls whether to process
local variables lists, and thus gives you a chance to override them.
Its default value is
t, which means do process local variables
lists. If you set the value to
nil, Emacs simply ignores local
variables lists. Any other value says to query you about each local
variables list, showing you the local variables list to consider.
eval "variable", and certain actual variables, create a
special risk; when you visit someone else's file, local variable
specifications for these could affect your Emacs in arbitrary ways.
Therefore, the option
enable-local-eval controls whether Emacs
eval variables, as well variables with names that end
in `-hook', `-hooks', `-function' or `-functions',
and certain other variables. The three possibilities for the option's
nil, and anything else, just as for
enable-local-variables. The default is
maybe, which is
nil, so normally Emacs does ask for
confirmation about file settings for these variables.
Use the command
normal-mode to reset the local variables and
major mode of a buffer according to the file name and contents,
including the local variables list if any. See section How Major Modes are Chosen.
A keyboard macro is a command defined by the user to stand for another sequence of keys. For example, if you discover that you are about to type C-n C-d forty times, you can speed your work by defining a keyboard macro to do C-n C-d and calling it with a repeat count of forty.
Keyboard macros differ from ordinary Emacs commands in that they are written in the Emacs command language rather than in Lisp. This makes it easier for the novice to write them, and makes them more convenient as temporary hacks. However, the Emacs command language is not powerful enough as a programming language to be useful for writing anything intelligent or general. For such things, Lisp must be used.
You define a keyboard macro while executing the commands which are the definition. Put differently, as you define a keyboard macro, the definition is being executed for the first time. This way, you can see what the effects of your commands are, so that you don't have to figure them out in your head. When you are finished, the keyboard macro is defined and also has been, in effect, executed once. You can then do the whole thing over again by invoking the macro.
To start defining a keyboard macro, type the C-x ( command
start-kbd-macro). From then on, your keys continue to be
executed, but also become part of the definition of the macro. `Def'
appears in the mode line to remind you of what is going on. When you are
finished, the C-x ) command (
end-kbd-macro) terminates the
definition (without becoming part of it!). For example,
C-x ( M-f foo C-x )
defines a macro to move forward a word and then insert `foo'.
The macro thus defined can be invoked again with the C-x e
call-last-kbd-macro), which may be given a repeat count
as a numeric argument to execute the macro many times. C-x ) can
also be given a repeat count as an argument, in which case it repeats
the macro that many times right after defining it, but defining the
macro counts as the first repetition (since it is executed as you define
it). Therefore, giving C-x ) an argument of 4 executes the macro
immediately 3 additional times. An argument of zero to C-x e or
C-x ) means repeat the macro indefinitely (until it gets an error
or you type C-g).
If you wish to repeat an operation at regularly spaced places in the text, define a macro and include as part of the macro the commands to move to the next place you want to use it. For example, if you want to change each line, you should position point at the start of a line, and define a macro to change that line and leave point at the start of the next line. Then repeating the macro will operate on successive lines.
After you have terminated the definition of a keyboard macro, you can add to the end of its definition by typing C-u C-x (. This is equivalent to plain C-x ( followed by retyping the whole definition so far. As a consequence it re-executes the macro as previously defined.
You can use function keys in a keyboard macro, just like keyboard keys. You can even use mouse events, but be careful about that: when the macro replays the mouse event, it uses the original mouse position of that event, the position that the mouse had while you were defining the macro. The effect of this may be hard to predict. (Using the current mouse position would be even less predictable.)
One thing that doesn't always work well in a keyboard macro is the
command C-M-c (
exit-recursive-edit). When this command
exits a recursive edit that started within the macro, it works as you'd
expect. But if it exits a recursive edit that started before you
invoked the keyboard macro, it also necessarily exits the keyboard macro
as part of the process.
You can edit a keyboard macro already defined by typing C-x C-k
edit-kbd-macro). Follow that with the keyboard input that you
would use to invoke the macro---C-x e or M-x name or
some other key sequence. This formats the macro definition in a buffer
and enters a specialized major mode for editing it. Type C-h m
once in that buffer to display details of how to edit the macro. When
you are finished editing, type C-c C-c.
If you wish to save a keyboard macro for longer than until you define the
next one, you must give it a name using M-x name-last-kbd-macro.
This reads a name as an argument using the minibuffer and defines that name
to execute the macro. The macro name is a Lisp symbol, and defining it in
this way makes it a valid command name for calling with M-x or for
binding a key to with
global-set-key (see section Keymaps). If you
specify a name that has a prior definition other than another keyboard
macro, an error message is printed and nothing is changed.
Once a macro has a command name, you can save its definition in a file. Then it can be used in another editing session. First, visit the file you want to save the definition in. Then use this command:
M-x insert-kbd-macro RET macroname RET
This inserts some Lisp code that, when executed later, will define the
same macro with the same definition it has now. (You need not
understand Lisp code to do this, because
the Lisp code for you.) Then save the file. You can load the file
load-file (see section Libraries of Lisp Code for Emacs). If the file you
save in is your init file `~/.emacs' (see section The Init File, `~/.emacs') then the
macro will be defined each time you run Emacs.
If you give
insert-kbd-macro a numeric argument, it makes
additional Lisp code to record the keys (if any) that you have bound to the
keyboard macro, so that the macro will be reassigned the same keys when you
load the file.
Using C-x q (
kbd-macro-query), you can get an effect
similar to that of
query-replace, where the macro asks you each
time around whether to make a change. While defining the macro,
type C-x q at the point where you want the query to occur. During
macro definition, the C-x q does nothing, but when you run the
macro later, C-x q asks you interactively whether to continue.
The valid responses when C-x q asks are SPC (or y),
DEL (or n), ESC (or q), C-l and C-r.
The answers are the same as in
query-replace, though not all of
query-replace options are meaningful.
These responses include SPC to continue, and DEL to skip the remainder of this repetition of the macro and start right away with the next repetition. ESC means to skip the remainder of this repetition and cancel further repetitions. C-l redraws the screen and asks you again for a character to say what to do.
C-r enters a recursive editing level, in which you can perform editing which is not part of the macro. When you exit the recursive edit using C-M-c, you are asked again how to continue with the keyboard macro. If you type a SPC at this time, the rest of the macro definition is executed. It is up to you to leave point and the text in a state such that the rest of the macro will do what you want.
C-u C-x q, which is C-x q with a numeric argument, performs a completely different function. It enters a recursive edit reading input from the keyboard, both when you type it during the definition of the macro, and when it is executed from the macro. During definition, the editing you do inside the recursive edit does not become part of the macro. During macro execution, the recursive edit gives you a chance to do some particularized editing on each repetition. See section Recursive Editing Levels.
This section describes key bindings which map keys to commands, and the keymaps which record key bindings. It also explains how to customize key bindings.
Recall that a command is a Lisp function whose definition provides for interactive use. Like every Lisp function, a command has a function name which usually consists of lower case letters and hyphens.
The bindings between key sequences and command functions are recorded in data structures called keymaps. Emacs has many of these, each used on particular occasions.
Recall that a key sequence (key, for short) is a sequence of input events that have a meaning as a unit. Input events include characters, function keys and mouse buttons--all the inputs that you can send to the computer with your terminal. A key sequence gets its meaning from its binding, which says what command it runs. The function of keymaps is to record these bindings.
The global keymap is the most important keymap because it is always in effect. The global keymap defines keys for Fundamental mode; most of these definitions are common to most or all major modes. Each major or minor mode can have its own keymap which overrides the global definitions of some keys.
For example, a self-inserting character such as g is
self-inserting because the global keymap binds it to the command
self-insert-command. The standard Emacs editing characters such
as C-a also get their standard meanings from the global keymap.
Commands to rebind keys, such as M-x global-set-key, actually work
by storing the new binding in the proper place in the global map.
See section Changing Key Bindings Interactively.
Meta characters work differently; Emacs translates each Meta character into a pair of characters starting with ESC. When you type the character M-a in a key sequence, Emacs replaces it with ESC a. A meta key comes in as a single input event, but becomes two events for purposes of key bindings. The reason for this is historical, and we might change it someday.
Most modern keyboards have function keys as well as character keys. Function keys send input events just as character keys do, and keymaps can have bindings for them.
On many terminals, typing a function key actually sends the computer a sequence of characters; the precise details of the sequence depends on which function key and on the model of terminal you are using. (Often the sequence starts with ESC [.) If Emacs understands your terminal type properly, it recognizes the character sequences forming function keys wherever they occur in a key sequence (not just at the beginning). Thus, for most purposes, you can pretend the function keys reach Emacs directly and ignore their encoding as character sequences.
Mouse buttons also produce input events. These events come with other data--the window and position where you pressed or released the button, and a time stamp. But only the choice of button matters for key bindings; the other data matters only if a command looks at it. (Commands designed for mouse invocation usually do look at the other data.)
A keymap records definitions for single events. Interpreting a key sequence of multiple events involves a chain of keymaps. The first keymap gives a definition for the first event; this definition is another keymap, which is used to look up the second event in the sequence, and so on.
Key sequences can mix function keys and characters. For example, C-x SELECT makes sense. If you make SELECT a prefix key, then SELECT C-n makes sense. You can even mix mouse events with keyboard events, but we recommend against it, because such sequences are inconvenient to type in.
A prefix key such as C-x or ESC has its own keymap, which holds the definition for the event that immediately follows that prefix.
The definition of a prefix key is usually the keymap to use for
looking up the following event. The definition can also be a Lisp
symbol whose function definition is the following keymap; the effect is
the same, but it provides a command name for the prefix key that can be
used as a description of what the prefix key is for. Thus, the binding
of C-x is the symbol
Ctl-X-Prefix, whose function
definition is the keymap for C-x commands. The definitions of
C-c, C-x, C-h and ESC as prefix keys appear in
the global map, so these prefix keys are always available.
Some prefix keymaps are stored in variables with names:
ctl-x-mapis the variable name for the map used for characters that follow C-x.
help-mapis for characters that follow C-h.
esc-mapis for characters that follow ESC. Thus, all Meta characters are actually defined by this map.
ctl-x-4-mapis for characters that follow C-x 4.
mode-specific-mapis for characters that follow C-c.
So far we have explained the ins and outs of the global map. Major modes customize Emacs by providing their own key bindings in local keymaps. For example, C mode overrides TAB to make it indent the current line for C code. Portions of text in the buffer can specify their own keymaps to substitute for the keymap of the buffer's major mode.
Minor modes can also have local keymaps. Whenever a minor mode is in effect, the definitions in its keymap override both the major mode's local keymap and the global keymap.
The local keymaps for Lisp mode, C mode, and several other major modes
always exist even when not in use. These are kept in variables named
c-mode-map, and so on. For major modes
less often used, the local keymap is normally constructed only when the
mode is used for the first time in a session. This is to save space.
All minor mode keymaps are created in advance. There is no way to defer their creation until the first time the minor mode is enabled.
A local keymap can locally redefine a key as a prefix key by defining it as a prefix keymap. If the key is also defined globally as a prefix, then its local and global definitions (both keymaps) effectively combine: both of them are used to look up the event that follows the prefix key. Thus, if the mode's local keymap defines C-c as another keymap, and that keymap defines C-z as a command, this provides a local meaning for C-c C-z. This does not affect other sequences that start with C-c; if those sequences don't have their own local bindings, their global bindings remain in effect.
Another way to think of this is that Emacs handles a multi-event key sequence by looking in several keymaps, one by one, for a binding of the whole key sequence. First it checks the minor mode keymaps for minor modes that are enabled, then it checks the major mode's keymap, and then it checks the global keymap. This is not precisely how key lookup works, but it's good enough for understanding ordinary circumstances.
The minibuffer has its own set of local keymaps; they contain various completion and exit commands.
minibuffer-local-mapis used for ordinary input (no completion).
minibuffer-local-ns-mapis similar, except that SPC exits just like RET. This is used mainly for Mocklisp compatibility.
minibuffer-local-completion-mapis for permissive completion.
minibuffer-local-must-match-mapis for strict completion and for cautious completion.
The way to redefine an Emacs key is to change its entry in a keymap. You can change the global keymap, in which case the change is effective in all major modes (except those that have their own overriding local definitions for the same key). Or you can change the current buffer's local map, which affects all buffers using the same major mode.
For example, suppose you like to execute commands in a subshell within
an Emacs buffer, instead of suspending Emacs and executing commands in
your login shell. Normally, C-z is bound to the function
suspend-emacs (when not using the X Window System), but you can
change C-z to invoke an interactive subshell within Emacs, by
binding it to
shell as follows:
M-x global-set-key RET C-z shell RET
global-set-key reads the command name after the key. After you
press the key, a message like this appears so that you can confirm that
you are binding the key you want:
Set key C-z to command:
You can redefine function keys and mouse events in the same way; just type the function key or click the mouse when it's time to specify the key to rebind.
You can rebind a key that contains more than one event in the same way. Emacs keeps reading the key to rebind until it is a complete key (that is, not a prefix key). Thus, if you type C-f for key, that's the end; the minibuffer is entered immediately to read cmd. But if you type C-x, another character is read; if that is 4, another character is read, and so on. For example,
M-x global-set-key RET C-x 4 $ spell-other-window RET
redefines C-x 4 $ to run the (fictitious) command
The two-character keys consisting of C-c followed by a letter are reserved for user customizations. Lisp programs are not supposed to define these keys, so the bindings you make for them will be available in all major modes and will never get in the way of anything.
You can remove the global definition of a key with
global-unset-key. This makes the key undefined; if you
type it, Emacs will just beep. Similarly,
a key undefined in the current major mode keymap, which makes the global
definition (or lack of one) come back into effect in that major mode.
If you have redefined (or undefined) a key and you subsequently wish to retract the change, undefining the key will not do the job--you need to redefine the key with its standard definition. To find the name of the standard definition of a key, go to a Fundamental mode buffer and use C-h c. The documentation of keys in this manual also lists their command names.
If you want to prevent yourself from invoking a command by mistake, it is better to disable the command than to undefine the key. A disabled command is less work to invoke when you really want to. See section Disabling Commands.
If you have a set of key bindings that you like to use all the time,
you can specify them in your `.emacs' file by using their Lisp
syntax. Thus, the first
global-set-key command in this section
could be put in an `.emacs' file in either of the two following
(global-set-key "\C-z" 'shell)
(global-set-key [?\C-z] 'shell)
When the key sequence consists of ASCII characters and Meta-modified
ASCII characters, like this one, you can write it as a string or as a
vector. The first format specifies the key sequence as a string,
"\C-z". The second format uses a vector to specify the key
sequence. The square brackets (`[...]') delimit the contents
of the vector. The vector in this example contains just one element,
which is the integer code corresponding to C-z. The question mark
is the Lisp syntax for a character constant; the character must follow
with no intervening spaces.
The single-quote before
shell marks it as a constant symbol
rather than a variable. If you omit the quote, Emacs tries to evaluate
shell immediately as a variable. This probably causes an error;
it certainly isn't what you want.
Here is another example that binds a key sequence two characters long:
(global-set-key "\C-xl" 'make-symbolic-link)
(global-set-key [?\C-x ?l] 'make-symbolic-link)
When the key sequence includes function keys or mouse button events,
or non-ASCII characters such as
H-a, you must use a
(global-set-key [?\C-=] 'make-symbolic-link) (global-set-key [?\H-a] 'make-symbolic-link) (global-set-key [C-H-mouse-1] 'make-symbolic-link)
Key sequences can contain function keys as well as ordinary characters. Just as Lisp characters (actually integers) represent keyboard characters, Lisp symbols represent function keys. If the function key has a word as its label, then that word is also the name of the corresponding Lisp symbol. Here are the conventional Lisp names for common function keys:
These names are conventional, but some systems (especially when using X windows) may use different names. To make certain what symbol is used for a given function key on your terminal, type C-h c followed by that key.
A key sequence which contains non-characters must be a vector rather than a string. To write a vector, write square brackets containing the vector elements. Write spaces to separate the elements. If an element is a symbol, simply write the symbol's name--no delimiters or punctuation are needed. If an element is a character, write a Lisp character constant, which is `?' followed by the character as it would appear in a string.
Thus, to bind function key `f1' to the command
(global-set-key [f1] 'rmail)
To bind the right-arrow key to the command
forward-char, you can
use this expression:
(global-set-key [right] 'forward-char)
This uses the Lisp syntax for a vector containing the symbol
right. (This binding is present in Emacs by default.)
You can mix function keys and characters in a key sequence. This
example binds C-x RIGHT to the command
(global-set-key [?\C-x right] 'forward-page)
?\C-x is the Lisp character constant for the character
C-x. The vector element
right is a symbol and therefore
does not take a question mark.
You can use the modifier keys CTRL, META, HYPER, SUPER, ALT and SHIFT with function keys. To represent these modifiers, add the strings `C-', `M-', `H-', `s-', `A-' and `S-' at the front of the symbol name. Thus, here is how to make Hyper-Meta-RIGHT move forward a word:
(global-set-key [H-M-right] 'forward-word)
TAB, RET, BS, LFD, ESC and DEL started out as names for certain ASCII control characters, used so often that they have special keys of their own. Later, users found it convenient to distinguish in Emacs between these keys and the "same" control characters typed with the CTRL key.
Emacs 19 distinguishes these two kinds of input, when used with the X
Window System. It treats the "special" keys as function keys named
delete. These function keys translate
automatically into the corresponding ASCII characters if they
have no bindings of their own. As a result, neither users nor Lisp
programs need to pay attention to the distinction unless they care to.
If you do not want to distinguish between (for example) TAB and
C-i, make just one binding, for the ASCII character TAB
(octal code 011). If you do want to distinguish, make one binding for
this ASCII character, and another for the "function key"
With an ordinary ASCII terminal, there is no way to distinguish between TAB and C-i (and likewise for other such pairs), because the terminal sends the same character in both cases.
Emacs uses Lisp symbols to designate mouse buttons, too. The ordinary mouse events in Emacs are click events; these happen when you press a button and release it without moving the mouse. You can also get drag events, when you move the mouse while holding the button down. Drag events happen when you finally let go of the button.
The symbols for basic click events are
mouse-1 for the leftmost
mouse-2 for the next, and so on. Here is how you can
redefine the second mouse button to split the current window:
(global-set-key [mouse-2] 'split-window-vertically)
The symbols for drag events are similar, but have the prefix
`drag-' before the word `mouse'. For example, dragging the
first button generates a
You can also define bindings for events that occur when a mouse button is pressed down. These events start with `down-' instead of `drag-'. Such events are generated only if they have key bindings. When you get a button-down event, a corresponding click or drag event will always follow.
If you wish, you can distinguish single, double, and triple clicks. A
double click means clicking a mouse button twice in approximately the
same place. The first click generates an ordinary click event. The
second click, if it comes soon enough, generates a double-click event
instead. The event type for a double click event starts with
`double-': for example,
This means that you can give a special meaning to the second click at the same place, but it must act on the assumption that the ordinary single click definition has run when the first click was received.
This constrains what you can do with double clicks, but user interface designers say that this constraint ought to be followed in any case. A double click should do something similar to the single click, only "more so". The command for the double-click event should perform the extra work for the double click.
If a double-click event has no binding, it changes to the corresponding single-click event. Thus, if you don't define a particular double click specially, it executes the single-click command twice.
Emacs also supports triple-click events whose names start with `triple-'. Emacs does not distinguish quadruple clicks as event types; clicks beyond the third generate additional triple-click events. However, the full number of clicks is recorded in the event list, so you can distinguish if you really want to. We don't recommend distinct meanings for more than three clicks, but sometimes it is useful for subsequent clicks to cycle through the same set of three meanings, so that four clicks are equivalent to one click, five are equivalent to two, and six are equivalent to three.
Emacs also records multiple presses in drag and button-down events. For example, when you press a button twice, then move the mouse while holding the button, Emacs gets a `double-drag-' event. And at the moment when you press it down for the second time, Emacs gets a `double-down-' event (which is ignored, like all button-down events, if it has no binding).
double-click-time specifies how long may elapse
between clicks that are recognized as a pair. Its value is measured
in milliseconds. If the value is
nil, double clicks are not
detected at all. If the value is
t, then there is no time
The symbols for mouse events also indicate the status of the modifier keys, with the usual prefixes `C-', `M-', `H-', `s-', `A-' and `S-'. These always precede `double-' or `triple-', which always precede `drag-' or `down-'.
A frame includes areas that don't show text from the buffer, such as
the mode line and the scroll bar. You can tell whether a mouse button
comes from a special area of the screen by means of dummy "prefix
keys." For example, if you click the mouse in the mode line, you get
the prefix key
mode-line before the ordinary mouse-button symbol.
Thus, here is how to define the command for clicking the first button in
a mode line to run
(global-set-key [mode-line mouse-1] 'scroll-up)
Here is the complete list of these dummy prefix keys and their meanings:
You can put more than one mouse button in a key sequence, but it isn't usual to do so.
Disabling a command marks the command as requiring confirmation before it can be executed. The purpose of disabling a command is to prevent beginning users from executing it by accident and being confused.
An attempt to invoke a disabled command interactively in Emacs displays a window containing the command's name, its documentation, and some instructions on what to do immediately; then Emacs asks for input saying whether to execute the command as requested, enable it and execute it, or cancel. If you decide to enable the command, you are asked whether to do this permanently or just for the current session. Enabling permanently works by automatically editing your `.emacs' file.
The direct mechanism for disabling a command is to put a
disabled property on the Lisp symbol for the
command. Here is the Lisp program to do this:
(put 'delete-region 'disabled t)
If the value of the
disabled property is a string, that string
is included in the message printed when the command is used:
(put 'delete-region 'disabled "It's better to use `kill-region' instead.\n")
You can make a command disabled either by editing the `.emacs' file directly or with the command M-x disable-command, which edits the `.emacs' file for you. Likewise, M-x enable-command edits `.emacs' to enable a command permanently. See section The Init File, `~/.emacs'.
Whether a command is disabled is independent of what key is used to invoke it; disabling also applies if the command is invoked using M-x. Disabling a command has no effect on calling it as a function from Lisp programs.
Some keyboards do not make it convenient to send all the special characters that Emacs uses. The most common problem case is the DEL character. Some keyboards provide no convenient way to type this very important character--usually because they were designed to expect the character C-h to be used for deletion. On these keyboard, if you press the key normally used for deletion, Emacs handles the C-h as a prefix character and offers you a list of help options, which is not what you want.
You can work around this problem within Emacs by setting up keyboard translations to turn C-h into DEL and DEL into C-h, as follows:
;; Translate C-h to DEL. (keyboard-translate ?\C-h ?\C-?) ;; Translate DEL to C-h. (keyboard-translate ?\C-? ?\C-h)
Keyboard translations are not the same as key bindings in keymaps (see section Keymaps). Emacs contains numerous keymaps that apply in different situations, but there is only one set of keyboard translations, and it applies to every character that Emacs reads from the terminal. Keyboard translations take place at the lowest level of input processing; the keys that are looked up in keymaps contain the characters that result from keyboard translation.
Under X, the keyboard key named DEL acts like a function key and
is distinct from the ASCII character named DEL. See section Named ASCII Control Characters. Keyboard translations affect only ASCII character input, not
function keys; thus, the above example used under X will not do what you
probably want. However, you can remap the keyboard keys using
xmodmap when using X.
For full information about how to use keyboard translations, see section `Translating Input' in The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
All the Emacs commands which parse words or balance parentheses are controlled by the syntax table. The syntax table says which characters are opening delimiters, which are parts of words, which are string quotes, and so on. Each major mode has its own syntax table (though sometimes related major modes use the same one) which it installs in each buffer that uses that major mode. The syntax table installed in the current buffer is the one that all commands use, so we call it "the" syntax table. A syntax table is a Lisp object, a vector of length 256 whose elements are numbers.
To display a description of the contents of the current syntax table,
type C-h s (
describe-syntax). The description of each
character includes both the string you would have to give to
modify-syntax-entry to set up that character's current syntax,
and some English to explain that string if necessary.
For full information on the syntax table, see section `Syntax Tables' in The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
When Emacs is started, it normally loads a Lisp program from the file `.emacs' in your home directory. We call this file your init file because it specifies how to initialize Emacs for you. You can use the command line switches `-q' and `-u' to tell Emacs whether to load an init file, and which one (see section Entering and Exiting Emacs).
There can also be a default init file, which is the library
named `default.el', found via the standard search path for
libraries. The Emacs distribution contains no such library; your site
may create one for local customizations. If this library exists, it is
loaded whenever you start Emacs (except when you specify `-q').
But your init file, if any, is loaded first; if it sets
nil, then `default' is not
Your site may also have a site startup file; this is named `site-start.el', if it exists. Emacs loads this library before it loads your init file. To inhibit loading of this library, use the option `-no-site-file'.
If you have a large amount of code in your `.emacs' file, you
should move it into another file such as `~/something.el',
byte-compile it, and make your `.emacs' file load it with
(load "~/something"). See section `Byte Compilation' in the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, for more
information about compiling Emacs Lisp programs.
The `.emacs' file contains one or more Lisp function call
expressions. Each of these consists of a function name followed by
arguments, all surrounded by parentheses. For example,
fill-column 60) calls the function
setq to set the variable
fill-column (see section Filling Text) to 60.
The second argument to
setq is an expression for the new value of
the variable. This can be a constant, a variable, or a function call
expression. In `.emacs', constants are used most of the time. They can be:
In a string, you can include newlines and special characters literally. But often it is cleaner to use backslash sequences for them: `\n' for newline, `\b' for backspace, `\r' for carriage return, `\t' for tab, `\f' for formfeed (control-L), `\e' for escape, `\\' for a backslash, `\"' for a double-quote, or `\ooo' for the character whose octal code is ooo. Backslash and double-quote are the only characters for which backslash sequences are mandatory.
`\C-' can be used as a prefix for a control character, as in `\C-s' for ASCII control-S, and `\M-' can be used as a prefix for a Meta character, as in `\M-a' for Meta-A or `\M-\C-a' for Control-Meta-A.
?\). Note that strings and characters are not interchangeable in Lisp; some contexts require one and some contexts require the other.
tstands for `true'.
nilstands for `false'.
Here are some examples of doing certain commonly desired things with Lisp expressions:
(setq c-tab-always-indent nil)
Here we have a variable whose value is normally
t for `true'
and the alternative is
nil for `false'.
(setq-default case-fold-search nil)
This sets the default value, which is effective in all buffers that do
not have local values for the variable. Setting
setq affects only the current buffer's local value, which
is not what you probably want to do in an init file.
(setq user-mail-address "firstname.lastname@example.org")
Various Emacs packages that need to use your own email address
use the value of
(setq default-major-mode 'text-mode)
text-mode is used because it is the command for
entering Text mode. The single-quote before it makes the symbol a
text-mode would be treated as a variable
(add-hook 'text-mode-hook '(lambda () (auto-fill-mode 1)))
This shows how to add a hook function to a normal hook variable
(see section Hooks). The function we supply is a list starting with
lambda, with a single-quote in front of it to make it a list
constant rather than an expression.
It's beyond the scope of this manual to explain Lisp functions, but for
this example it is enough to know that the effect is to execute
(auto-fill-mode 1) when Text mode is entered. You can replace
that with any other expression that you like, or with several
expressions in a row.
Emacs comes with a function named
(lambda () (auto-fill-mode 1)). Thus, a simpler
way to write the above example is as follows:
(add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)
When the argument to
load is a relative file name, not starting
with `/' or `~',
load searches the directories in
load-path (see section Libraries of Lisp Code for Emacs).
Here an absolute file name is used, so no searching is done.
(global-set-key "\C-xl" 'make-symbolic-link)
(define-key global-map "\C-xl" 'make-symbolic-link)
Note once again the single-quote used to refer to the symbol
make-symbolic-link instead of its value as a variable.
(define-key c-mode-map "\C-xl" 'make-symbolic-link)
next-linein Fundamental mode so that they run
(substitute-key-definition 'next-line 'forward-line global-map)
One reason to undefine a key is so that you can make it a prefix. Simply defining C-x C-v anything will make C-x C-v a prefix, but C-x C-v must first be freed of its usual non-prefix definition.
(modify-syntax-entry ?\$ "." text-mode-syntax-table)
(put 'eval-expression 'disabled nil)
Each terminal type can have a Lisp library to be loaded into Emacs when
it is run on that type of terminal. For a terminal type named
termtype, the library is called `term/termtype' and it is
found by searching the directories
load-path as usual and trying the
suffixes `.elc' and `.el'. Normally it appears in the
subdirectory `term' of the directory where most Emacs libraries are
The usual purpose of the terminal-specific library is to map the
escape sequences used by the terminal's function keys onto more
meaningful names, using
function-key-map. See the file
`term/lk201.el' for an example of how this is done. Many function
keys are mapped automatically according to the information in the
Termcap data base; the terminal-specific library needs to map only the
function keys that Termcap does not specify.
When the terminal type contains a hyphen, only the part of the name
before the first hyphen is significant in choosing the library name.
Thus, terminal types `aaa-48' and `aaa-30-rv' both use
the library `term/aaa'. The code in the library can use
(getenv "TERM") to find the full terminal type name.
The library's name is constructed by concatenating the value of the
term-file-prefix and the terminal type. Your `.emacs'
file can prevent the loading of the terminal-specific library by setting
Emacs runs the hook
term-setup-hook at the end of
initialization, after both your `.emacs' file and any
terminal-specific library have been read in. Add hook functions to this
hook if you wish to override part of any of the terminal-specific
libraries and to define initializations for terminals that do not have a
library. See section Hooks.
Normally Emacs uses the environment variable
HOME to find
`.emacs'; that's what `~' means in a file name. But if you
su, Emacs tries to find your own `.emacs', not
that of the user you are currently pretending to be. The idea is
that you should get your own editor customizations even if you are
running as the super user.
More precisely, Emacs first determines which user's init file to use.
It gets the user name from the environment variables
USER; if neither of those exists, it uses effective user-ID.
If that user name matches the real user-ID, then Emacs uses
otherwise, it looks up the home directory corresponding to that user
name in the system's data base of users.
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Target: Paul Kooistra, President of Erskine College
Goal: Lift ban on gay and bisexual people at Erskine College.
Gay and bisexual people are no longer welcome at South Carolina’s Erskine College because they are “living in sin,” according to a recent announcement from the college. Such a policy is shamelessly homophobic and discriminatory. Demand that the school rescind this ban.
After two students at the private Christian liberal arts college publicly came out as gay, the school administration opted to release a “Statement on Human Sexuality” to set their institution’s record straight. Citing “God’s intended design for humanity,” the statement delineated that any desire for or actual sex between members of the same sex is a sin and will not be tolerated on campus.
The college is not going to stop with this announcement, either—it also went on record saying that it will begin integrating this policy into its official documents, procedures, and “campus culture.” So, not only will the college no longer accept openly gay or bisexual students, it will create a blatantly hostile environment for any who may already be there.
This willful discrimination cannot be tolerated. Religion does not give any person or institution the right to treat others as less than human. Sign the petition below to demand that the college rescind its hateful ban.
Dear President Kooistra,
I am writing you today regarding your school’s recent announcement that it would no longer tolerate gay or bisexual students in its student body. No matter what line of reasoning you use to justify it, this is a shamelessly discriminatory and hopelessly outdated policy.
Someone’s religious beliefs do not give them free reign to treat any specific community of people as second-class citizens. It is very unfortunate that your college seems to think otherwise. You have refused to acknowledge the overwhelming body of psychological research that says that being gay or bisexual is completely natural, opting instead to favor what a text written thousands of years ago arbitrarily says.
This begs the question, does your college also approve of slavery? Does it approve of stoning wives to death for being unfaithful to their husbands? Does it approve of parents murdering rebellious children? If you are going to use the Bible as the basis of your policy-making, it seems only fitting to at least be consistent.
Your announcement makes no sense, discriminates against people for being who they are, and actively facilitates a destructive, harmful environment on your campus wherein students who are gay need to hide and be untrue to themselves just to live day-to-day. I demand that your school rescind this ban.
[Your Name Here]
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The fact that Cloud Services are dominating the IT landscape will not be an understatement. It is essential to understand "how" one is engaging the Cloud. The traditional use cases, though still valid, are not the only paths of your cloud journey. Let's explore how Cloud improves an organization's productivity and not just the bottom line.
The Orielly report on cloud consumption is categorizing cloud usage as "overwhelming." Almost 88% of the respondents said they had engaged cloud services in one shape or form. More surprising is nearly a quarter of them report that they plan to move "all" of their applications to the Cloud. Most of us are aware of the traditional benefits of moving to the Cloud. High availability, disaster recovery, and scalability are implicit advantages of moving your workloads to the Cloud. What may not be apparent immediately is the impact on your employee's productivity.
Companies that use the Cloud are more likely to see productivity benefits. When organizations use cloud computing, through a SaaS solution or any other cloud-based business productivity suite, employees tend to be more productive and flexible. A collaboration study from Cisco reports that productivity gains were over 400% when companies invested in remote collaboration solutions, primarily cloud-based services. So if one steps away from the traditional use cases of infrastructure as a service (IaaS), Cloud brings a plethora of advantages that directly impacts employees' productivity.
Let's look at a few of these solutions.
• Desktop as a Service - Move your employee's workstations to the Cloud with DaaS. High reliability and software updates to keep up with security and compliance come inbuilt.
• Remote Collaboration - Migrate to cloud-based office productivity suites and allow for seamless collaboration. Like Microsoft Teams, Slack & Zoom brings revolutionary changes moving away from exchanging emails to group collaboration and sharing.
• BYOD - Bring your Device or BYOD is a reality in today's workplace. Employees are inseparable from their mobile devices, and the lines of business and the personal workspace is shrinking. It doesn't mean you give up on security and compliance. BYOD is not a new concept but moving BYOD to the Cloud helps enhance your employees' supportability, so they continue to be productive on the go.
• SaaS - Software as a Service can be consumed through multiple applications such as Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Workday. When you move your core operations onto Cloud-based CRM, Cloud-based service desk, and Cloud-based HR solutions, you do not just gain efficiency but also tend to benefit the power of AI and ML. These products and other such SaaS-based options make it easy for your employees to consume AI-based chatbots other Cloud-based RPAs (Run book Process Automation)
• Born in the Cloud - Move your application development over to the Cloud. Cloud platforms prove to be reliable when it comes to developing web applications or mobile games. The platforms provide prerecorded library and tools to aid your developers so they can churn code faster. Amazon Lumberyard is a free cross-platform game engine developed by Amazon, accelerating the game development process.
Moving to the Cloud on the above aspects is much more relevant for small and medium businesses. With this move, they can level the playing field and be more competitive. With better security, move to the Cloud continues to gain momentum. The cloud trend has democratized application development and infrastructure build by successfully easing the barriers of entry. The adoption rates aptly display this; Forbes report, "Close to 60% of North American enterprises use public cloud platforms, a percentage that has grown fivefold in the last five years."
The benefits of cloud-based collaboration suites and SaaS application's' adoption continue to foster increased productivity levels in the organization's workforce in the future.
Nadicent Technologies' goal is to help technology services decision-makers cut through all the noise of technology suppliers to deliver best-fit solutions that save you time, money and improve customer experience. If you would like to know more or want to schedule a conversation.
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Conn. (WTNH) — This weekend’s temperatures are expected to hit record-highs, and amid the scorching heat, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection wants residents to remember important water safety protocols.
Although the air temperatures will reach 100 degrees in parts of the state, the water temperatures in Long Island Sound and inland water bodies remains very low and colder than during the summer months, DEEP said. While summertime temperatures range from the high 60’s to low 70’s, the current water temperatures in Long Island Sound are only in the low-50’s range.
These cold temperatures will be too cold for most visitors, DEEP said, noting that some swimmers, like children, will be at risk of hypothermia if they’re in the water for an extended period of time.
In addition to the cold water temperatures, no lifeguards will be on duty at state parks, as it is too early in the season.
Those who still plan on hitting the water this weekend are asked to proceed with caution. DEEP offered the following water safety tips:
- Watch children in the water
Parents are urged to watch their children in the water, as they can suddenly and silently drown.
- Be aware of underwater hazards
It’s important to stay alert for sudden drop-offs, inshore holes, and large rocks or tree roots that may be unrecognizable from the surface. Diving and jumping is not advise.
- Take a swimming lesson
Water safety knowledge and swimming skills can save your life. DEEP encourages people of all ages to sign up for a swimming class in their community.
- Drink responsibly
Alcohol and prescription drugs can impair judgement and reaction ability in the water.
While swimmers are at risk amid the cold water temperatures, boaters may also find themselves in dangerous situations. DEEP urged boaters to remember important protocols like using proper equipment, practice safety techniques and wear a life jacket.
Paddlers are warned to always be prepared for sudden cold-water immersion, as seven paddlers have died during the spring cold water boating season over the last six years, DEEP said.
DEEP offered the following boating safety tips ahead of National Safe Boating Week:
- Always wear your life jacket
Not only is it a law in Connecticut to wear a life jacket in canoes, kayaks, rowboats, or paddleboards between October 1 and May 31, but it’s also a preventative measure to save a life. If a boater falls into the water, the jacket will improve chances of survival.
- Don’t paddle alone
While it’s important to paddle with a partner, it’s also imperative to know how to get back into the boat incase you fall overboard.
- Dress appropriately
Although the air temperature is hot, paddlers should dress for the water temperature, as cold water immersion may occur at any time.
- File a float plan
Always let someone know where you are going and when you expect to return. Then, let them know when you’re back safely so if you don’t return in time, they can get help.
- Maintain a proper lookout
During this time, damaged docks, pilings, and trees may be floating down rivers into the Long Island Sound. Boaters are warned to watch out for falling debris.
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Hay fever is another name for pollen allergies and it's a type of allergic rhinitis. Hay fever is caused by an immune system overreaction. Whenever you breathe in pollen that you're allergic to and it gets into your system, your body releases an antibody called immunoglobulin E to fight it off. The antibody then sends out chemicals to neutralize the invading allergen; one of these chemicals, histamine, is responsible for the majority of your allergic symptoms.
When it comes to reducing the sneezing, congestion, runny nose, itchy or watery eyes, you can pay a visit to the drugstore and stock up on over-the-counter antihistamines, decongestants and nasal sprays. But many people prefer to battle their symptoms without the help of drugs. Instead, they turn to home remedies to combat their hay fever; home remedies utilize foods that contain various nutrients as well as herbs and spices. One of the most popular herbs for fighting hay fever is butterbur. It's available in tablet form and is said to act as a powerful antihistamine. Nettles and goldenseal are other herbs with a good reputation for fighting the symptoms of hay fever.
Certain foods contain quercetin, and it's also available as a nutrient supplement. Along with vitamin C, it can reduce congestion and inflammation. Red wine is a good source of quercetin, and apples, bananas and onions are all considered helpful in the hay fever fight. Grape seed extract is another supplement that people swear by. To thin out the mucous in your nasal passages and relieve congestion, spicy foods are regarded as helpful. These spices include ginger, fenugreek, cayenne pepper, onions and garlic. Another way to make breathing easier is to create your own saltwater nose spray. To minimize the symptoms you get in the first place, you can try wearing a dust mask when you're outside on high-pollen-count days or putting a little petroleum jelly around your nostrils to catch the pollen before you breathe it in. | <urn:uuid:ccfac346-6ce1-4cfa-8fe8-92723fa4c2a9> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions/allergies/outdoor-allergies/home-remedies-hay-fever.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718423.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00271-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939284 | 424 | 2.625 | 3 |
Bok- The amount of time required is related to, amongst other things, the size and style of kiln. I know several potters in the US and elsewhere that fire for a lot longer than 3 days (9 days is not unusual). Even similar kilns may fire fairly differently, as they seem to have personalities.
My kiln is relatively small- I fire for a total of 40 hours. I developed a system of firing over 3 days, slowing down the process, which leads to better results in my kiln and allows me to do the whole firing myself. The majority of wood kilns are fired around the clock. I have fired it flat out for 24- 30 hours with people working in shifts, but results were not as good for this particular kiln.
The first day I fire for 10-12 hours, up to 100C to dry everything out(a bit higher at the end). The second day I get the kiln to about 450 C for 10-12 hours just to distribute ash and soak some heat into the bricks. The last day I fire 20 hours, getting the kiln to about 1250- 1300 C for several hours of that. In total, I burn 2 cords of wood- which is almost half what it would require to heat my drafty log home in a New England winter!
It is a lot of work- even for my little 45-50 cu ft kiln, it takes a couple of long days just to load the work. I have loaded it without gloves in 1 C temperatures and slush, in -10C and snow, and I have fired in 35 C (The kiln doesn't make it any cooler). I fired last week and have still not fully recovered, even though I had help from a young energetic potter that wants to learn (I get mostly stiff hands and feet, but am exhausted and achy for days). I'm not saying this to complain, just to put it in perspective- the experience that you heard of from those potters is universal.
John Baymore has a larger, multiple chamber kiln. You may see us joke a bit here about the joys of wood firing. Most customers picture peaceful throwing at the wheel, and a nice little fire in the kiln like a camp fire with friends and drinks. With all that work- I still get butterflies in my stomach getting the kiln loaded and ready. Of course, I always say that I'd lose a finger for a good story.
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First Nation against Kinder Morgan pipeline rejects Standing Rock-style protests
'Standing Rock — I believe Canadians and the government wouldn't want that. People are being shot. A lady's arm was blown off."
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OTTAWA — Representatives of a B.C. First Nation that is deeply opposed to a proposed pipeline expansion emerged from a meeting Monday with Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr to say they believe the fix is in.
But Chief Maureen Thomas of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation says that if the federal Liberals do approve Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain oil pipeline, her people have no interest in the kind of violent confrontations taking place in Standing Rock over the Dakota Access pipeline.
"I think first and foremost we will continue our best to try and talk to the government in one form or another," Thomas told a news conference when asked about the tactics being used by Standing Rock protesters.
"We've tried to do everything in the right way. We've always tried to take the high road. We're not here to disrupt the rest of Canada. We're not here to cause problems for individuals."
Thomas's nephew Rueben George, who manages communications for the band, said the Tsleil-Waututh Nation is confident and comfortable with the extent to which Canada's Constitution protects indigenous rights.
"We'll do what it takes legally to stop it, but Tsleil-Waututh Nation said all along we'll do what it takes — period — to stop it," said George. That doesn't include violence, he said.
"Standing Rock — I believe Canadians and the government wouldn't want that. People are being shot. A lady's arm was blown off," said George.
"That's something that we would want to avoid. People are getting really, really hurt down there every single day."
Thomas and a local delegation met Carr on Parliament Hill in what she said was their last talk before the Liberal cabinet announces its decision on the oil pipeline, which would carry diluted bitumen from Alberta to the port in Burnaby, B.C. The Liberals have said they'll pronounce on Kinder Morgan's pipeline no later than Dec. 19.
George called it the "worst kept secret" that Ottawa plans to approve the pipeline expansion.
Carr told reporters that he's met Tsleil-Waututh representatives five times and understands their concerns about the air, water and land.
"And it is a value and a lesson and a teaching that I think should be important for all Canadians, not just indigenous Canadians," he said.
Carr refused to tip his hand on when cabinet will announce decisions on two Enbridge pipeline bids — the stalled Northern Gateway project across northern B.C. to Kitimat and the replacement and expansion of the Line 3 line from Alberta through southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba into U.S. markets.
Those two pipeline decisions were supposed to be made by last Friday. The delay has spurred speculation the Liberals could announce a resolution to all three outstanding pipeline bids, including Kinder Morgan's, this week.
The election of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has also revived the potential for the Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta south to Gulf Coast refineries, which the Liberals support.
"As I've said before, it's an objective of the government of Canada to expand its export markets, so Keystone XL is an important proposal for Canadians and we are reviewing others," said Carr.
Late Monday, the Calgary Chamber of Commerce announced Carr would be in the oilpatch city on Wednesday to provide "an update on market access for Canada's energy products in a carbon-constrained world."
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Help keep workplaces safe.
A job as a Fire Protection Engineer is exciting and challenging. When you’re a Fire Protection Engineer, not only do you design products and structural components that save lives, but you also study and understand the science behind blazing hot fires.
That understanding is pivotal to your job because, as a Fire Protection Engineer, you spend your days designing ways to keep buildings, animals, and people safe when a fire ignites. For example, you analyze and test flame-resistant materials for pajamas, furniture, and other household items.
In addition, you work to equip buildings with warning and safety features. To do this, you communicate with Architects and Engineers during the design phase of the project. Your input ensures that libraries, zoos, homes, ships, hotels, and hospitals incorporate sprinkler systems and smoke detectors.
You also analyze the designs of structural components that help combat a fire or explosion. You take into consideration natural disasters such as tornados, earthquakes, and hurricanes, and evaluate the impact such events may have on gas lines. Exits, door and window openings, and heating systems also garner your attention.
When you’re not consulting with other Engineers and Builders, you spend your time in the lab where you set up and perform tests on materials. Through trial and error, you identify safety features that can then be implemented on a larger scale. How cool is that?
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Most of us are old enough to remember coming down to find our father at the breakfast table reading the newspaper. It was simply part of the routine, as it had been for generations, of the informed citizen. You read the news. Maybe you also remember them listening to talk radio in the car, or tuning into the nightly news on TV.
While this was certainly admirable, the reality is that the news environment has changed. 24/7 news networks, the decline of objective coverage, the internet news machine, podcasts, and social media have flooded us with information. Most of it is inaccurate, all of it is sensational. Which is why it is essential that, as a father today, you adapt your habits and teach your own children a bit differently. Because now being informed is not about having information, it’s about having perspective. It’s about being able to see the big picture, to understand history and context.
Hugh Jackman recently spoke about his news habits in a way that ought to inspire other dads:
Right now, I’m trying not to get caught up in the breaking news mentality, so I listen to NPR News five-minute segments. And I like the New York Times‘ Daily podcast, although I’m even trying to back off from that for a bit. I’m trying to get a wider view of life and what’s happening, because once you get down, all these things seem really, really important. The other way I’m getting my news—and I highly recommend this—is me and my son are going through the whole Ken Burns catalog. We finished the whole Civil War thing, and now we’re just about to finish the Vietnam thing. Now that’s the way you should understand events and humanity—with that sort of 30,000-foot view that he has, and that sort of detail.
This is fantastic. We should be tackling similar projects with our kids. If they’re young, get through the Great Illustrated Classics series with them or, as we’ve talked about, all of Aesop’s fables. If they like theater, take them through Shakespeare’s plays. If they like movies and documentaries, Ken Burns is perfect. Commit to visiting every National Park in your state together—or every major battlefield. Listen to the Hardcore History or the History of Ancient Rome podcast on trips in the car.
Your job as a dad is to get them to understand events and humanity from that 30,000-foot view. It’s not to memorize trivia or fill your house with anxiety and fear from every breaking news report. Teach them to see the big picture. Help them gain perspective…and wisdom. Do it as a family. | <urn:uuid:5b4ccec8-9aa4-4b39-bcf6-0457512a1760> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dailydad.com/teach-them-to-see-the-big-picture/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.960097 | 571 | 2.171875 | 2 |
Mass Saudi Executions Reflect Regional Violence and Turmoil
by Stephen Lendman
Most Arab League states are run by pro-Western despotic regimes - Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait and Egypt the worst of a bad lot.
Palestinians get rhetorical support only, nothing meaningful done on their behalf. In March 2011, League members backed UN Resolution 1973 - prelude to US-led NATO war on Libya, a devastating conflict creating endless violence and chaos continuing unabated.
Human rights abuses are commonplace throughout the region, democracy strictly verboten in most states. So are virtually all rights people in free societies take for granted.
Most regional regimes harass, attack, brutalize, arrest, imprison and/or murder critics - protesting against political, economic and social injustice.
They’re allied with Washington’s imperial agenda, supporting and using ISIS and other terrorist groups in Syria, Iraq and Libya, a formula for endless violence and chaos - US-led Western interests and their own served at the expense of millions of exploited and abused people.
In response to mass Saudi Saturday executions, including noted cleric Nimr al-Nimr, Washington barely noticed, State Department spokesman Admiral John Kirby issuing a meaningless, pro forma statement belying America’s appalling human rights record at home and abroad, saying:
“We reaffirm our calls on the Government of Saudi Arabia to respect and protect human rights, and to ensure fair and transparent judicial proceedings in all cases.”
The kingdom is America’s top arms buyer, using heavy weapons it obtains to ally with Washington’s regional wars, brutalize its own people, as well as support ISIS and other terrorist groups.
They can’t survive without outside political, economic and military support, mainly from America, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, other Gulf states and Israel.
ISIS by far is the most successful and hugely dangerous of all terrorist groups in modern memory, operating as a state within the territory of countries it occupies, regularly attracting more recruits, flourishing because of powerful backers.
Plentiful money is their mother’s milk. Without it and outside support, they’d wither to a minor annoyance, perhaps fade away altogether.
Regimes like Saudi Arabia get away with horrendous human rights abuses because the world community, mainly US-led Western nations, take no actions against them - Riyadh committing state terror freely, repercussions minor at most and short-lived.
Human rights groups blasted Sheikh Nimr’s execution. Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said “the blood of this innocent martyr which has been shed unjustly will leave its impacts, and the Saudi politicians will be punished by God’s revenge.”
Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Yemen’s Ansarullah movement, Pakistan’s Shiite Assembly, as well as numerous prominent Sunni and Shia figures and groups worldwide condemned Sheikh Nimr’s execution.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) accused Riyadh of “pouring oil to the flames of sectarian sedition.”
A Hezbollah statement “h(eld) the US and its allies…responsible for covering up the kingdom’s crimes against its people and those of the region.”
Iranian protesters attacked Riyadh’s Tehran embassy, breaking in, setting areas ablaze, trashing offices. Police dispersed crowds. Firefighters extinguished the blaze. No casualties were reported.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari urged respect for diplomatic immunity. Its Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian called Riyadh “the top culprit behind the growth of terrorism and radicalism in the region.”
Iran’s Judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani said Saturday mass executions “prove the viciousness of the (regime) to the world and will trigger the end of (its) unjust rule.”
Reports indicate Saudi diplomats and staff are being evacuated from Iran, perhaps en route home or already arrived as this is written.
The embassy now remains cordoned off, Iranian police protecting it from further attacks. Fars News reported Tehran lawmakers asking the Foreign Ministry to downgrade diplomatic ties to the kingdom - reducing the number its diplomats, support staff and consulates.
Iran and Saudi Arabia have polar opposite regional objectives - the Islamic Republic a force for peace and stability, the kingdom the Middle East’s epicenter of state-sponsored terrorism.
Its agenda is pure evil allied with US-led Western imperial interests. Endless wars and turmoil show no signs of abating.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at email@example.com.
His new book as editor and contributor is titled "Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III."
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Looking for the best heartworm prevention for dogs, then we have a solution for you. Heartworms in your dog can be scary because pet heartworm disease can turn out to be serious. The important thing is to catch it early. To know that there are things that can be done to prevent it from happening and also to help your pet through it.
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This heartworm treatment from Heartgard Plus kills and helps to treat and control hookworms for dogs from 51 to 100lbs in weight. It comes in chewable tablets, which can be dispensed monthly as a treat, beef-flavored, and tasty. This will help to put your mind at rest, that your precious pet is protected.
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From over 1000 reviews, both positive and negative, 99% of reviewers would recommend this product.
Heartgard Plus Chewable Tablets for Dogs is made just for your dog. These chewable tablets are made just for your dogs and you shouldn’t give them to any other animal. If you treat your dog correctly with Heartgard Plus, you can help protect it from future heart problems.
These chewable tablets for dogs are a natural and safe way to treat your dog and reduce the chance of your dog contracting heartworm, which is one of the most common diseases among canines. These products will help your dog stay healthy and prevent future heart problems while helping you save money by not having to pay vet bills for your dogs’ treatment.
This is a broad-spectrum parasiticide that is dispensed monthly to help prevent heartworm disease and prescribed by your vet. It comes in a chewy tasty tablet, which helps to make dosing easy for you. The treatment controls and treats adult hookworm, roundworm, tapeworm, and whipworm. For use in pups and dogs over six weeks and over two pounds bodyweight.
Actual Review from Buyer: – ” I buy this because it’s what my dog’s vet recommends and I purchase it from Chewy because they have the best price. It’s effective in controlling parasites, has never caused side effects and it must taste good because my dog thinks it’s a treat.”
From both positive and negative, 95% of reviewers would recommend this product.
Interceptor Plus Chewable Tablets for Dogs is a very effective treatment against heartworm disease. Heartworm is the most common type of parasite that can affect dogs and it can be particularly dangerous to your pet’s health if left untreated.
Heartworms are parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected animal, but they can also be transmitted by inhalation, ingestion, or dermal contact. To prevent heartworm in dogs it is important to use medicines to kill the parasites, and if treatment is not complete, heartworm disease may result.
The active ingredient in Interceptor Plus Chewable Tablets for dogs is milbemycin, which is a medicine that can be used to treat several different kinds of infections. The milbemycin contained in Interceptor Plus tablets for dogs will not harm any other animals in the house.
You will want to get your dog checked yearly with a heartworm test so that you know what to do should your dog develop heartworm disease. If your dog shows signs of having heartworm disease, then you will need to take them to see a veterinarian as soon as possible. When you consider the benefits of Interceptor Plus tablets for dogs, you will realize that this is a very wise investment.
This is a heartworm preventative treatment from Heartgard Plus that helps to control and treat hookworms, whilst killing heartworms. It comes in a chewable tablet which can be given as a tasty treat. Eliminates the tissue stage of the larvae of the heartworm.
Actual Review from Buyer: – ” I have not used this most recent order of Heartgard as I always order in advance before I run out of the product, but from our years of using this item it has proven to be quite effective. He is always healthy when tested yearly at his veterinary check-up. No issue with taking this medication and he actually eats it first before the rest of his food. That’s a win!”
From both positive and negative, 99% of reviewers would recommend this product.
This easy-to-feed chewable tablet, from Tri-Heart Plus, is prescribed to help keep your pet free of heartworm plus other dangerous parasites. When dispensed monthly, this palatable tablet will help to kill any larvae before reaching your dog’s heart.
It’s easy to give to your pet because the tablets are tasty and your dog will think it’s a treat. What a lovely way to protect your pet’s heart. This tasty chew will also help to treat and control adult roundworms and hookworms.
Actual Review from Buyer: – ” My almost 12 year old Golden girl has been taking Tri-Heart Plus for years at the recommendation of our veterinarian. She is unbelievably healthy for her age. She also takes Flaxseed Oil capsules daily as well as Glucosamine DS Plus and has been taking those for years as well. We all know, as our pups age, that it’s one day at a time.”
From both positive and negative, 96% of reviewers would recommend this product.
Tri-Heart Plus Chewable Tablets for Dogs is designed to help protect the heart and help prevent heart disease. It was originally formulated as a preventive heartworm medicine for dogs, with the intention of reducing the number of heartworm infections that occur in their bodies.
Tri-Heart Plus has proven especially effective in reducing heartworm disease in dogs. The ingredient list for this product reveals that it contains the following ingredients: Malathion, L-Argenine, Sodium Alginate, and Zinc Chromatidyl Transferolve. These ingredients are all-natural and have been proven effective in helping dogs to fight heartworm disease.
Dogs are more vulnerable to heartworms than people are, so it is important that you keep your pet and home free from heartworms. You should also see your vet for regular checkups and heartworm treatments.
This monthly treatment from Interceptor Plus is a broad-spectrum parasiticide to treat and prevent heartworm disease. Easy to give to your pet, because it comes in a tasty chewable tablet. Treats adult tapeworm, hookworm, whipworm, and roundworm. Suitable for dogs and puppies over six weeks of age.
Actual Review from Buyer: – ” I love that this prevents both fleas and worms in one simple tablet. My dogs ate them like they were a treat and I can rest comfortably knowing they are protected. I also appreciate how easy it was to order from Chewy and not have to go to my vet to pick these up.”
From both positive and negative, 97% of reviewers would recommend this product.
What Are Heartworms:
Heartworms live in the blood, lungs, and heart of an infected dog. They can grow up to a foot long and live for around 5-7 years. They look like long white threads.
Dogs appear to be natural hosts for these heartworms and it’s where they mature and reproduce. It’s important to get the problem under control because they can infect cats and on rare occasions can even humans. But I stress that it is rare.
Please, please remember that heartworms can only be passed on by mosquito bites to other dogs. Your dog cannot give it to another dog. We cannot tell which mosquito is actually infected, but it takes only one bite from an infected mosquito to cause heartworm disease in your pet.
Importance of Prevention Of Heartworms In Dogs:
The cost of preventing heartworms in your pet is relatively inexpensive. Less than a coffee each week from your favorite coffee shop. There are various products such as monthly topicals or pills, such as the products listed in this content.
What Are The Symptoms of Heartworm in Dogs:
In the beginning, there are no symptoms. When the disease becomes severe, your dog could actually pass out, due to loss of blood to its brain. If not treated, death will result in most cases.
There are various signs that could indicate your dog could have heartworms. Please don’t ignore them.
a). A Lack of Enthusiasm and Energy:
Has your dog stopped being active or lost interest in going for a walk. This could be an indicator of heartworm.
b). Rapid Weight Loss:
The lack of energy becomes more evident as the disease begins to spread. Even eating their food becomes harder, which results in rapid weight loss.
c). Difficulty in Breathing:
Breathing problems that are similar to asthma attacks can also occur. This is due to a buildup of blood vessels in the lungs.
d). A Persistent Cough:
The type of heartworm-related cough is a dry and persistent cough. The discomfort is because the heartworm parasites are making their way into the lungs.
It’s important to remember that your dog can exhibit symptoms that are hard to miss, once the heartworms are fully grown. At this stage, there are long-term health implications for your pet. This is why it’s so important to catch it as early as possible.
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In December 1983, we, a group of 36 postgraduate students from the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, JNU, accompanied by our two teachers, descended on a sleepy, desolate village of Mewat in Nuh district of Haryana. The government primary school building comprising two semi-pucca rooms at Dunghran Shahzadpur village was our residence for the next three weeks to carry out a socio-economic survey. The school had no boundary wall and the rooms had a mud floor that we covered with straws of bajra crop and a mat before opening our sleeping bags.
The facilities of education, healthcare and potable water supply existed only in name. The public water tank was in the vicinity of our school residence. The womenfolk used to queue up to fetch drinking water. One morning, there was hustle and bustle near the tank and a newly-married woman in traditional Mewati attire and ornaments was seen doing the water-bearing chore with enthusiasm. This attracted the attention of the students. Our professor, MH Qureshi, explained to us insightfully what the nayi bahu was trying to convey. He said, ‘She is in an alien place. Through her actions in a public space, she is conveying a loud message that she is resolute enough to carve her own social space here.’
It was apparent within a couple of days that we were in a socio-economically backward area, even worse than the drylands of western Haryana. Dominated by small and marginal farmers, the populace could not subsist only on the barani (rainfed) land and animal-rearing.
Legal or illegal, people were largely dependent for a livelihood on small-time mining in the Aravalli ridges in their vicinity. A teenaged boy, Akbar, who became my friend, used to accompany his family members every morning and returned in the evening with a camel cartload of construction material. It was touching that he sacrificed his one-day earning to bid me farewell the day we departed.
During recent years, cow vigilante politics in the region has forced politico-economic isolation and devastation of animal husbandry. A sizeable section in Mewat still depends on mining, though its nature, modus operandi and scale have changed. In view of the increasing demand for construction material in the NCR and the mining restrictions in the Aravallis, the mining mafia has been banking on the know-how of local people to perpetrate their illegal activities. The recent gruesome murder of a DSP at Tauru is a disturbing indicator of how some local residents are being used as henchmen by the mafia.
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Forget the green technology - the hot money is in guns
Naomi Klein, The Guardian
Far from saving us from catastrophe, the market is developing fortresses to shield the haves
Anyone tired of lousy news from the markets should talk to Douglas Lloyd, a director of Venture Business Research, which tracks trends in venture capitalism. "I expect investment activity in this sector to remain buoyant," he said recently. Lloyd's bouncy mood was inspired by the money that is gushing into private security and defence companies. He added: "I also see this as a more attractive sector, as many do, than clean energy."
Got that? If you are looking for a sure bet in a new growth market, then sell solar and buy surveillance: forget wind, buy weapons.
This observation - coming from an executive who is trusted by such clients as Goldman Sachs and Marsh & McLennan - deserves particular attention in the run-up to the United Nations climate change conference, which takes place in Bali next week. There, world environment ministers are supposed to come up with the global pact that will replace the Kyoto agreement.
The Bush administration, still roadblocking firm caps on emissions, wants to let the market solve the crisis. "We're on the threshold of dramatic technological breakthroughs," the American president assured the world last January, adding: "We'll leave it to the market to decide the mix of fuels that most effectively and efficiently meet this goal."
The idea that capitalism can save us from climate catastrophe has powerful appeal. It gives politicians an excuse to subsidise corporations rather than to regulate them; and it neatly avoids a discussion about how the core market logic of endless growth landed us here in the first place.
The market, however, appears to have other ideas about how to meet the challenges of an increasingly disaster-prone world. According to Lloyd, the really big money - despite all the government incentives - is turning away from clean-energy technologies, and is banking instead on gadgets that promise to seal wealthy countries and individuals into hi-tech fortresses.
(30 November 2007)
Also posted at The Nation.
Eat, drink and be miserable: the true cost of our addiction to shopping
Madeleine Bunting, The Guardian
Today it seems politically unpalatable, but soon the state will have to turn to rationing to halt hyper-frantic consumerism
There's a pamphlet scudding around my kitchen; it has accumulated coffee rings and fingerprints, but I keep rescuing it from the recycling bin with the good intention of signing up to a green tariff on electricity again. (I can't quite understand why the deal I signed up to years ago ever ended.) A good intention that has a 50-50 chance of fulfilment.
According to all the research, there are a lot of people like me: full of good intentions, deeply concerned about climate change and yet ineffective at translating that into their behaviour. Why? A mixture of information overload, time poverty (a much overlooked aspect of environmental sustainability is how much time it requires) and utter confusion about what "doing one's bit" entails. Plus the killer equation: what sacrifices is one prepared to tolerate when they are pathetically insignificant compared with Chinese power stations going up at the rate of two a week?
Is it enough to have halved family meat consumption, have foregone flights for several sun-starved years and arranged a life in which habits of cycling to work and walking to school are routine? No, it's just scratching at the surface. If the developed world is to implement the 80% cuts in carbon emissions the UN demands as part of the talks beginning in Bali today, the lives of our children will have to be dramatically different from everything we are currently bringing them up to expect.
... there is a madness at the heart of [the consumerist] economic model with its terrible environmental costs. It's best illustrated by a graph used by the US psychologist Tim Kasser at a Whitehall seminar last week. One line, representing personal income, has soared over the past 40 years; the other line marks those who describe themselves as "very happy", and has remained the same. The gap between the two yawns ever wider. All this consumption is not necessary to our happiness.
Kasser's graph has both hopeful and disturbing implications. On the hopeful side, this is good news: a low-consumption economy wouldn't mean misery. But what's disturbing is how we continue to shop when it doesn't make us happier. He argues that our hyperconsumerism is a response to insecurity, a maladaptive type of coping mechanism. Over the past few decades, the sources of insecurity have multiplied:
(3 December 2007)
Clogged by plastic bags, Africa begins banning them
Sarah Simpson, The Christian Science Monitor
Several African countries have taken bold new measures to tackle the region's severe waste-management problems.
...in a move more drastic than seen in most Western countries, several African nations are tackling the scourge by banning or restricting use of plastic bags.
The United Nations estimates that only 10 percent of rubbish in Africa makes it to dumps, with the rest left to rot in communities or burned in acrid bonfires.
As Africans increasingly live in cities, waste management has become a real development problem.
Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda have passed laws banning or restricting the use of a main culprit: the ordinary plastic grocery bag.
By the end of the year, Kenya is expected to follow suit.
More than 48 million plastic bags are produced in Kenya each year, according to the UN.
"We need to ban these flimsy plastic bags, which we only use once and dispose of, because all of them make their way into the environment," says environmentalist Joseph Gondi of Kenya's prominent Green Belt Movement, founded by 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai. "You may collect them and say you are taking them to the dump site, but we do not have well managed landfill sites here in Kenya."
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“You must learn to tolerate the humiliation of taking your child out in public. Try to ignore the stares and insensitive comments of the people around you.”
I don’t remember where I read these words—I vaguely recall a dingy red pamphlet, given to me by a well-meaning social worker—but I know exactly when. It was February 11, 1988, three months before my son, Adam, was born, one day after an amniocentesis revealed he had Down syndrome. I’d refused what would have been a very late-term therapeutic abortion but not because the diagnosis didn’t bother me. I felt trapped in a bizarre nightmare. In 24 hours, I’d gone from daydreaming about my perfect baby to bracing myself for “stares and insensitive comments.”
My first reaction to that pamphlet was to throw up. Things went downhill from there. I already loved my unborn son, but I had no idea how to “tolerate the humiliation” of being his mother. Avoiding humiliation was practically my religion. I was a slavish overachiever, desperate to succeed, to please, to fit in. Now, it seemed, I would be obviously and publicly shamed in the all-important role of mother.
I didn’t realize that I’d just been handed the key to freedom from the humiliation—and the fear of humiliation—that had always governed me. I was about to learn that my level of shame was always under my own control, that I would endure exactly as much humiliation as I consented to feel, and that instead of tolerating this awful feeling, I could simply dispense with it. All of this is equally true for you.
Phobias, Paralysis, and Poison
In her book Fear and Other Uninvited Guests, psychologist Harriet Lerner points out that of all the forces that shape human behavior, fear of humiliation is among the most powerful. The most common fear is not of illness or accident, but public speaking; soldiers will march into certain doom rather than be branded cowards. Many clients tell me they prefer lives of quiet desperation to the possible embarrassment of trying and failing to realize their heart’s desire.
Humiliation’s power can keep people from violating basic social boundaries. But like tear gas, it has only one effect: incapacitation. Try this little experiment. Say out loud the words “I’m so ashamed of myself,” and notice how your mind and body react. You’ll probably feel enervated, paralyzed, as though you’ve donned a lead straitjacket. These sensations don’t just stop you from doing anything wrong; they stop you from doing anything, period.
To see the effect of this, consider an area of your life in which you feel frustrated and stuck: relationships, work, personal goals, maybe all of the above. Are you doing absolutely everything possible to get what you want in these areas? If not, why not? Why not demand that promotion, resist your critical mother, write your novel? If fear of humiliation is your problem, your answer will probably be something like: “If I do that, people may gossip about me/hate me/laugh at me/judge me.” Or “That’s unheard-of in my family/neighborhood/religion/company.” Or maybe, simply,?”That would make me look greedy/stupid/fat/selfish/wimpy/ wrong.”
These phrases, and any other variation on the “what people might think” theme, are shame mantras. Obeying them prevents all kinds of experiences—but not, it turns out, humiliation. In fact, the more we obey our fear of shame, the more our frame of mind guarantees we’ll feel humiliated.
To paraphrase Eleanor Roosevelt, no one can cause us to feel humiliation or shame without our consent. Conversely, withdrawing our consent can end shame-based pain and paralysis immediately. That’s because the real cause of humiliation isn’t being judged or attacked by others, it’s living in any way that conflicts with your real values.
For example, there are cultures in which women are terrifically ashamed if they don’t have wooden plates in their lips or metal rings elongating their necks. You probably aren’t wearing either accessory, but this doesn’t make you feel humiliated—and probably wouldn’t even if you were to visit one of these societies—because you don’t adhere to those standards of beauty.
On the other hand, many American women feel deeply humiliated if they have more fat than a ballpoint pen, even though some cultures idealize a hefty figure. Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don’t match our own beliefs about how we should look. Change the belief “I should be ashamed” to, say, “I should be kind” and humiliation disappears, leaving us empowered rather than paralyzed.
Align Your Actions With Your Convictions
If your behavior violates your own moral standards, humiliation is a natural consequence. There are two strategies for avoiding this. Strategy number one is obvious: Don’t do anything you think is wrong or fail to do anything you consider morally necessary. I’m guessing you’re a well-meaning person who’s trying to follow the rules, but if you’re having persistent trouble “being good” or if your shame is triggered because of what you are rather than what you do, adopt strategy number two: Stop trying to change your behavior; instead, rethink your beliefs.
I first understood the power of this shift after my son’s diagnosis. Although I desperately feared the humiliation of having an “imperfect” child, something in me resisted giving him up. So, unable to bring my actions into line with my beliefs, I gradually brought my beliefs into line with my actions. I began questioning the assumption that people with Down Syndrome are imperfect. Like anyone else, they are perfectly themselves, as nature made them. Maybe the real defect lay in the belief that such loving and lovable people were defective.
This way of thinking felt strange to me but very right. As soon as I tried it on, I felt my humiliation begin to evaporate. I’ve since heard many clients describe this feeling after flipping a belief on its head. Many have spent years paralyzed by the thought, I feel so humiliated. There must be something wrong with me. Things begin to move the moment they try thinking, I feel so humiliated. Maybe there’s something wrong with my beliefs. (Note: Humiliation won’t disappear unless your new attitude is genuinely okay for you. Merely excusing behavior you feel in your heart to be wrong only increases shame.)
Rejecting humiliation in this way can transform you from a psychological paralytic to a powerful force for positive change. Like Huck Finn wrestling with social training that said he should be ashamed at hiding a runaway slave, then rejecting his belief in slavery, you may discover that your new truth feels “righter” than society’s preconceptions.
Once your beliefs are congruent with your actions, the next step toward banishing humiliation is openness. Starting with a person who feels safe and nonjudgmental, raise the very conversational topics you’ve always avoided out of embarrassment. Talk, write, shout, laugh, or cry out loud about whatever humiliates you most.
If this sounds crazy, think about how Princess Diana was embraced by the public for opening up about her eating disorder, her depression, her affairs. On the other hand, public figures who lied to avoid humiliation (Pete Rose, former president Clinton) ended up being more shamed than if they’d been honest from the get-go.
Once you’ve confided in your safe person, begin broadening your circle. Discuss your taboo issue with friends, colleagues, even the world at large. Take this at your own pace, and treat yourself kindly if you get a response that formerly might have mired you in shame. Remember that you are acting as morally as you know how, and that you therefore have no reason to feel humiliated. Then talk to someone else about how awful it felt to be judged. The more open you are, the more others will support you.
Know this: If you are following your own moral rules, the very things you’re ashamed of are likely the things about which you can feel most proud. Say you’ve battled obesity, mental illness, addiction, or abuse: Take pride in the extraordinary courage you’ve shown by surviving and working toward health. If others make you feel ashamed for what you are—your heritage, your sense of what is true for you—you’ll find that expressing pride in those same qualities is the road to inner peace.
This works in silly situations as well as lofty ones. Remember when Rev. Jerry Falwell accused Teletubby Tinky Winky of same-sex orientation? Falwell pointed out that Tinky was purple (gay), had a triangle-shaped antenna on his head (gay), and carried a purse (gay, gay, gay). Instead of counterattacking, a number of people nominated Tinky Winky for grand marshal of the San Francisco gay pride parade, turning a potential shame fest into a jolly celebration. (Tinky Winky didn’t win the vote, but you get the point.)
I got a similar gift from the potential humiliation of having a son with an extra chromosome. Sure, strangers have recoiled, doctors and associates have bluntly told me that keeping him was stupid. Long ago I stopped feeling humiliated by such nonsense. I am proud of everything about Adam, who at 22 is one of the finest people I know. I’ve written about him, traveled the world with him, stood with him before crowds gathered to celebrate his difference. What’s sometimes hard to contain is not the humiliation but the pride and joy of taking my child out in public.
The same process can work for you. Are you ashamed about your body, your history, your loves, your longings? If you know in your heart that these things are right for you, stop trying to fix, change, expel, or squash them. Share them. Take them out in public every darn chance you get. Now say it out loud: “I’m so proud of myself.” The rush of strength and expansiveness that comes from declaring this honestly is the antidote to paralysis and the beginning of many wonderful adventures. And each time you choose that instead of shame, you really should be proud. | <urn:uuid:db099e94-2afd-431e-94ff-41d2f1a5fb11> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://marthabeck.com/tag/proud/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721555.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00178-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958257 | 2,256 | 1.59375 | 2 |
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When we talk about health, we often focus on clean eating and regular exercise. While it’s incredibly beneficial to eat well and move more, it’s also critical to understand the importance of looking after your teeth and gums. A healthy smile will make you feel confident, but good oral health is also linked to a reduced risk of serious health issues, including heart disease. If you’re keen to ensure your family steers clear of dental issues, especially since heading to the dentist right now for a cleaning ins’t possible, here’s a comprehensive guide to help you protect your pearly whites.
A good daily oral hygiene regime is the best defense against dental disease. Brushing is designed to eliminate harmful bacteria and remove food debris, and it plays a vital role in preventing the formation of plaque. Plaque is a colorless substance, which sticks to the teeth and the gum line. Plaque forms when bacteria, saliva and food particles combine, and it is the most significant risk factor for decay and gum disease. The bacteria in plaque release acids, which attack the enamel and irritate the gums. Dental experts recommend brushing twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening. When you clean your teeth, cover every surface of each individual tooth and try to be gentle. If you brush too aggressively, this can damage the enamel coating. Electric toothbrushes are proven to remove plaque more effectively than manual brushes, but you can achieve a deep clean with a normal brush. Brush for at least 2 minutes each time and clean your tongue.
If you have young children, try and get them into the habit of cleaning their teeth in the morning and evening from an early age. Supervise them, help them perfect the technique, and try and make the process fun. Many parents have trouble persuading kids to brush their teeth, and tantrums are common. To reduce the risk of tears at bedtime, you can buy child-friendly dental products, make up games related to brushing the teeth and brush along to a song. It’s also hugely beneficial to talk to your kids about why it’s important to clean the teeth and to set a good example. If your children see you brushing your teeth, they will be more likely to follow suit.
Being mouth aware
Many of us don’t hesitate to take a trip to the doctor if we feel unwell or we notice abnormal symptoms, but when it comes to seeing a dentist, we are less proactive. Oral diseases usually get worse with time, so it’s best to seek advice as soon as you develop symptoms, or you notice visible changes in your mouth. If you have severe dental pain, you think you might have cracked or chipped a tooth, your gums are bleeding when you brush your teeth, or you have ulcers that are taking a long time to heal, see your dentist.
There are several reasons why you may be experiencing tooth pain, including infections and abscesses, dental injuries and problems linked to your wisdom teeth. The wisdom teeth are the last teeth to erupt, and often, this means that there is a lack of space in the jaw. If there isn’t enough space for the teeth to grow normally, they start to push against the neighbouring teeth, and this can cause them to become impacted. We don’t need our wisdom teeth, and if they are causing problems, dentists usually recommend extracting them. You can find details of affordable wisdom teeth removal online, and your dentist will be able to explain exactly what the procedure involves and what you can expect after treatment. If dental pain is linked to damaged or broken teeth, your dentist may suggest restorative treatments, for example, crowns and fillings. Bleeding gums are a sign of gum disease. Other symptoms include swelling, redness and increased tenderness in the gums. Gum disease progresses, and it can cause permanent damage to the bone tissue that supports the teeth. This is why it’s so crucial to see your dentist if you do spot early warning signs.
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Keeping an eye on your eating habits
Your diet has a significant impact on your oral health, but it’s also beneficial to think about when you eat. As well as making an effort to eat healthy foods and to avoid sugary and acidic foods and drinks, dentists also advise patients to try and avoid snacking. When you eat, the bacteria in your mouth feed, and this causes them to release acids, which weaken the tooth enamel. It takes time for the enamel to remineralize, and if you’re eating throughout the day, the teeth never have a chance to recover fully. Once the enamel is worn, it’s not possible to replace or restore it, and the teeth will be vulnerable to decay. Instead of grazing, aim to eat three meals a day. If you do get hungry between meals, or your kids need a snack, stick to foods that are low in sugar and avoid acidic foods and drinks. Healthy options include raw vegetables, whole-grain crackers and cheese. Fizzy drinks and shop-bought smoothies and juices pose a risk to oral health because they are acidic and they often contain a lot of added sugar. One can of cola contains 9 teaspoons of sugar and even diet versions are harmful due to their low pH value.
Seeing your dentist
Prevention is always better than cure and going for regular check-ups is one of the best ways to keep your smile in check. Ideally, children should go to the dentist every 6 months from the age of 12 months old, and adults should visit every 6-12 months. Frequent checks reduce the risk of gum disease and tooth decay, and they also play a crucial role in the detection of early symptoms of oral cancer in adults.
A bright, healthy smile won’t just make you look and feel great. Looking after your teeth and gums will also improve your general health and reduce the risk of oral disease. Take these tips on board for sparkling smiles all round.
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
July 31, 2006
Fact Sheet: A Day in Miami: President Bush Highlights Economic Growth and Hurricane Preparedness Efforts
President Bush Discusses the Economy in Florida
In Focus: Jobs and Economy
"Miami's a strong and vibrant city. And because your economy is strong and vibrant ... you've helped this State's economy grow, and you've helped the country grow."
– President George W. Bush, 7/31/06
Today, In Miami, President Bush Highlighted America's Economic Growth And Hurricane Preparedness Efforts With Remarks At The Port Of Miami And A Tour Of The National Hurricane Center. The President's visit also included dinner at Joe's Stone Crab Restaurant in Miami Beach and breakfast with business leaders at the Versailles restaurant in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood. In addition, the President participated in an interview with Radio Mambi and will participate in interviews with WPLG-TV Miami, Telemundo, and FOX News.
America's Economy – And Florida's Economy – Are Strong And Growing Stronger
This Morning, The President Highlighted America's Strong Economy During A Visit To The U.S. Coast Guard Integrated Support Command At The Port Of Miami. The President will also take a tour of the Port of Miami, the largest container port in Florida and the largest cruise port in the world.
Keeping Our Economy Growing Demands Seizing The Opportunities Of The Global Economy
As Long As America Welcomes Trade And Competes With Confidence, We Will Remain The Economic Leader Of The World. More trade leads to more jobs for workers, more income for businesses, more choices for consumers, and more tax revenue for State and local governments.
The Administration Continues To Pursue A Successful Conclusion To The Doha Talks. President Bush has pledged that the United States will eliminate all subsidies, tariffs, and other barriers to free trade, as long as other countries treat us fairly and do the same. Doha is a once-in-a-generation chance to jumpstart global trade and create new opportunities for the entire world, and the benefits are too great to give in to protectionism.
As We Work To Open Markets To American Goods, We Must Ensure That America Remains An Open Society To New Immigrants Who Add To Our Economy And Prosperity. We need comprehensive immigration reform that will secure our borders, enhance worksite enforcement, create a temporary worker program, resolve the status of illegal immigrants already here, and promote assimilation into the American culture, including learning English.
The Federal Government Is Prepared For Hurricane Season
This Morning, The President Visited The National Hurricane Center. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) maintains a continuous watch on tropical cyclones over the Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and the Eastern Pacific from May 15 through November 30. The Center prepares and distributes hurricane watches and warnings for the general public, and also prepares and distributes marine and military advisories for other users.
Federal Disaster Response Capability Has Greatly Advanced Since Last Year's Hurricane Season. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is dramatically increasing the nation’s stockpiles of relief supplies, retooling FEMA for the 21st century, updating disaster plans, supporting State and local partners, and emphasizing individual and community preparedness.
DHS Has Dramatically Increased The Nation's Stockpiles Of Relief Supplies
DHS Has Four Times The Emergency Meals And Ice, And 2.5 Times The Water Available This Year Than Were Available Prior To Hurricane Katrina. These supplies have the capacity to sustain 1 million people for a period of one week.
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|Ice||430 truckloads||2,000+ truckloads||+400%||1 truckload serves 5,000 people/day|
|Disaster Assistance Employees||Approximately 4,000 employees||Approximately 8,000 employees||+100%||N/A|
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Worthy A. Prentice (1847- )
Worthy A. Prentice joined the Osceola Home Guards on May 23, 1863. This was a Wisconsin State Militia company organized to protect Osceola and surrounding areas from possible Indian attack while many of the area’s men were gone serving in the Civil War. On March 13, 1865, he volunteered for the 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry and served in Company D. Company D of the 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry contained soldiers primarily from La Crosse and surrounding villages, and from Hudson, with a few from Osceola. Most of them had enlisted in October-November-December of 1861; Prentice was one of the many replacements for soldiers who had died or were discharged.
The following information about Prentice was submitted by Helen Stoltz-Wood.
“Mr. Prentice enrolled at La Crosse, Wisconsin on the 16th day of March 1865 as a Private in Company D, Second Wisconsin Cavalry Volunteers in the service of the United States, in the war of the rebellion and served at least ninety days and was honorably discharged at Austin City, Texas on the 15th day of November 1865. ”1
“Mr. Prentice was born 4 April 1847 in (Susquehanna County) Pennsylvania and when he was seven years old he and his family came to Wisconsin and settled near Osceola, Wisconsin (then known as LeRoy, Wisconsin). He enlisted from Osceola at La Crosse, Wisconsin, with Company B., Second Wisconsin Cavalry Volunteers and with this outfit served during the Civil War.”2
Worthy A. Prentice pioneered in Clayton, Wisconsin, and contributed to founding the town of Clayton in Polk County, Wisconsin. Uncle Worthy Prentice was an early land surveyor in Polk County, Wisconsin.
Worthy Prentice is always referred to as “Uncle Worthy Prentice” by family members as he was an uncle to Alice Hale Wood, and therefore her children used the term ‘uncle’ and then so did her children’s children and so on down the line of family members.
His Polk County and St. Croix County, Wisconsin relatives include:
Aaron Patrick Wood
Patrick Stoltz Wood
Lyle Vernon Wood
Alice Hale Wood
Eunice Prentice Hale – Worthy A. Prentice (brother and sister)
Isaac Ward Hale I (father-in-law to Eunice Prentice Hale)
Isaac Ward Hale and Emma Hale Smith—first wife of Prophet Joseph Smith II, founder of the Latter Day Saints church—are brother and sister.
1. Source: Art of February 6th 1907, Declaration for Invalid Pension/U.S. Pension Office.
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Perl (not PERL), is a language, DOS (capitals for this one) is an operating system. You don't use them for the same purpose. If you have had 22 years of experience I am sure you will have read the odd installation file
. Have you managed to find the file you downloaded? From looking at your previous post, you don't get DOS on Solaris (well perhaps an emulator), so you want to open a terminal window on whatever graphical desktop you are running and follow the instructions from installation file
. I recently built Perl on Solaris 10, so if you can provide sensible information (what stage you are at? Have you unpacked the tar file? Got a compiler installed...) let me know where you are at with this, and what you cant do.
Also check out the README.solaris
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German tourist groups that canceled their reservations soon after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late February are returning to Estonia. Domestic tourism, including to the Western Estonian islands, meanwhile, is becoming more expensive, said Ain Käpp, the head of several hotels in Estonia.
When the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, travelers from countries further away canceled their hotel reservations, and there was a lot of uncertainty in the air. However, people are now willing to travel to Estonia again, said Käpp, chairman of the board of the Radisson Collection, the Palace Hotel Tallinn as well as the Estonian Hotel and Restaurant Association (EHRL).
"We have talked a lot about Estonia's safety at the state level, but tourism is allergic to such subjects, and war definitely affects it," he explained. "Sadly, many are now willing to travel since they are accustomed to the situation. German groups that first canceled their trips, are now slowly beginning to return."
Nonetheless, the Estonian hotel and restaurant sector has a long way to go before it can return to its pre-crisis levels.
"Because of a 30-35 percent drop in sales, our costs have gone up," Käpp said. "We are delighted that tourists and visitors are returning to Estonia. Locals also regained interest in domestic travel during the crisis, as evidenced by statistics showing that they are now vacationing in Estonia."
According to the executive, high room rates locals worry about are actually limited to just a few days.
"If you want to spend a pleasant weekend in a resort town, it's reasonable to expect to pay a higher price," he said. "However, even with timely reservations, there is a significant difference in price between a vacation in Scandinavia and Europe and one in Estonia, which would benefit local businesses. The dining sector is also being forced to raise prices in response to market changes."
A 50 percent increase in ferry ticket prices has negatively impacted tourism.
"Fuel prices have also climbed," Käpp continued. "Appealing domestic locations, such as the islands, are encountering difficulties. The state could join us here in a collective effort to restore tourism."
In contrast to Kuressaare, hotel prices in Tartu have gone up.
"These are serious warning signs," Käpp said. "The hotels are running, but we also have to repay the debts incurred during the crisis. Companies are in a difficult situation."
Nonetheless, he added that "the general outlook for this summer is good."
A potential increase in the national minimum wage would also affect the hotel and service industries.
"We pay more than the minimum wage in general, but because we are the first employer for many young people, we pay them the minimum wage," Käpp explained. "This is where I see a risk to the industry's ability to attract younger people to the labor market in the future."
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Questions About College Baseball
Assistant Baseball Coach
the time this interview was done Coach Towe was the recruiting coordinator
and assistant coach at Davidson College.
Towe is now in his fifth year as Head Baseball Coach at Blue
Ridge Community College. Towe has led Blue Ridge CC to 134 wins
and a second place finish in the 2005 Carolina's Junior College
Towe was the top Assistant Baseball Coach and Assistant Director
of Game Management and Operations from 2000-2003 at Davidson College.
In his first season, he assisted the Wildcats to their most wins
and highest seed in eight years in the Southern Conference. During
his time at Davidson College, he coached two players that signed
to play professional baseball.
began his coaching career at Western Carolina University in 1997.
During his two-year span as Assistant Baseball Coach, WCU won 81
games and was ranked in the NCAA Division I Top 25 both seasons.
During Towe's time at WCU, he coached ten players that were selected
in the Major League Baseball Draft and a total of 15 players that
played professional baseball.
important is it for a player to attend a college team's
summer camp? (Assuming that he is interested in a particular
Very important. It gives us a chance to cross check or see
kids for the second time. I evaluate a player two times before
I sign them.
should a player write a letter of introduction to a college
coach? (9th grade, 10th grade, etc.)
Answer: As soon as he s a legal NCAA prospect (beginning
of classes in his ninth grade year) Although we can not write
to him until September 1st of his junior year.
Question: Is it
better to have the high school coach write / send the first
Answer: Either way, as long as all of the players academic
and personal info is available. (Phone #, address, SAT/ACT, grade
point average, primary position, speed, strengths, weaknesses,
Question: Do sending
copies of high school / summer team statistics help? Are
they of value to you, when included with an introductory
Answer: Yes .... BA, SB, HR, B, OB%, BB, .... K, BB, IP,
a player or coach send copies of clippings from local newspapers
that include highlights about the player?
the "online" internet recruiting services taken seriously
by college coaches? Would you recommend them to a high school
player and his family?
Answer: Yes and No .... Some are not quality and schools
range in many ways and needs. Both athletically and academically
a player send a video tape of himself in baseball situations
and games? How important is the editing of the tape? Should
it be professionally done?
Answer: Yes, a player should send a video. Editing is only
important to see his swing, throw run and field. 5 - 6 minutes
worth. Some game film is good to evaluate instincts, speed and
Question: If a
tape is beneficial to you what suggestions would you make?
What should be included?
Answer: Pitching angles, sides & behind plate. Pitchers
in game situations. Batting practice, running times, some game
situations. A good mix of both, but get all tools in the video.
items would you suggest to "leave out" of a tape?
Answer: Music .... Father or Mother speaking
that a player has received and completed / returned a "baseball
questionnaire" from a college, is it a good idea to contact
the coach by telephone?
in your opinion, would be the right time period for a player
to contact a coach? Two part question .... What grade? What
time of year?
Answer: Junior year 11th grade (Spring and Fall)Senior
year 12th grade (Fall). We
prefer seniors and juniors to let us know when and where he
is playing and how interested he is.
the continuous increase in the number of "Showcases", in
recent years ... How important is it for a player to attend
this type of event?
Answer: I believe this is the best way to see kids play,
plus at our camps. Limited time and budgets restrict us from seeing
just a few kids at a time. Showcases let us evaluate 100 - 300
players on one weekend.
the fact that a player has attended an "invitation only"
type Showcase, such as Team One, Area Code or Top Gun help
a player when he expresses an interest in a particular college?
Answer: Yes ... Because the best players are usually selected!
But many of the players at these events do not fit our needs
athletically because the pool is drained by the many showcases.
If he can play he will be seen by a good recruiter.
important is a player's physical appearance? I do not mean
is he 6'-1" tall and weigh 200 pounds. What I am referring
to is tattoos, body piercing, dress, odd hair styles, etc.
Are any or all of these items a "negative" to a college
Answer: They are very negative to me personally, but I
believe in a controlled & disciplined environment. It can be effective.
But this also means a lack of discipline to start with, conversations
and meetings with players are the best way.
Question: If a
player has a bad game, when a college coach is in the stands
watching him for the first time, does that mean it is "over"
as far as that school is concerned
Answer: Answer: A good coach can see and recognize tools
so a bad day is not a huge concern. That is why we look for tools.
important is a player's "attitude appearance" when in a
game or at a practice?
Answer: If he can handle himself, coaches with composure,
it is great. Instincts tell a lot about a player for myself and
Question: I know
that the academic requirements at Davidson and similar small
private colleges is much different than a larger state funded
school. How do you and your staff compensate for that and
still recruit quality student-athletes?
Answer: We send out a lot of letters, hitting the road
and seeing players, calling coaches and responding to every letter
written to us. The biggest thing is being on the road every weekend
June - November and seeing players.
does the cost of a quality education (that Davidson offers)
impact your ability to recruit? Do you have to expand the
geographic area in which you look for players?
Answer: We really expand to the entire country. We are
fortunate to have one of the best, if not the best educations
in the country.
Question: Do you
feel that a southern school like Davidson has an advantage
when trying to recruit a player from the northeastern United
States? Over a school in the north that has similar academic
and tuition requirements?
Answer: Yes. Because of the reputation of Davidson, plus
the year round baseball weather.
Head Baseball Coach / Athletic Director
Blue Ridge Community College
Flat Rock, NC 28731
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On Thursday, the San Jose Mercury News reported that Uber applied for a permit to test its self-driving cars on California roads. In December, the company said that it would not apply for the permit, but its Thursday announcement reverses this position.The news comes after a very public spat between the ride-hailing startup and the California Department of Motor Vehicles. That spat ended with the California DMV revoking registrations for Uber’s test vehicles after Uber refused to apply for permitting. Uber had claimed that its cars were merely equipped with Advanced Driver Assist Systems (ADAS) and didn’t require permitting.
Uber took its cars to Arizona, where the state assured the company that it wouldn’t have to apply for a special permit to test self-driving software.
Now Uber is apparently pulling an about-face. According to the San Jose Mercury News, an Uber spokesperson told the paper “We are taking steps to complete our application to apply for a DMV testing permit. As we said in December, Uber remains 100 percent committed to California.” Ars contacted Uber to confirm the statement, but we have not yet received a response.
The California DMV, however, confirmed Uber’s statement to the Mercury News. DMV spokeswoman Jessica Gonzalez said that the department had spoken to Uber about the application process, although as of Thursday, the startup hadn’t “formally submitted their autonomous vehicle tester program application.” Ars has followed up with the DMV, and as of Friday morning, Uber has still not yet submitted its vehicle tester program application.
The DMV also told the Mercury News that the department has issued temporary permits for two of Uber’s self-driving vehicles that had their registrations revoked in December, but the cars aren’t permitted to drive in self-driving mode until Uber’s testing permit is officially issued. For now, the cars make the rounds on California roads for mapping purposes only.
After a company receives a permit to test autonomous vehicle functions on California roads, all accidents that involve the self-driving car must be reported to the DMV, as must all incidents that require the driver to disengage autonomous mode.
Late last week, the New York Times reported that in the short time that Uber was running its self-driving car pilot program in San Francisco in December, its cars ran through six red lights.
Uber has faced other challenges in recent weeks: one from Google’s Waymo, which has sued Uber for stealing trade secrets and patent infringement, and another from a former female engineer who detailed instances of sexual harassment and institutional sexism during her year working at Uber. This week, Bloomberg published a video of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick arguing with an Uber driver. Kalanick issued an apology and said that the incident served as a “stark reminder that I must fundamentally change as a leader and grow up.” | <urn:uuid:23864c4b-ddc7-43eb-9f17-6fac42d5206d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/03/uber-rethinks-defiance-will-apply-for-self-driving-car-permit-in-california/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.973499 | 591 | 1.679688 | 2 |
Video Of The Week: String Theory
This past week, my son Josh asked me to explain String Theory to him. That was a tough task because I don't know much about String Theory myself. But with the help of Google and Wikipedia, we worked through most of the basic concepts in about an hour and he had the guts of a five minute talk he planned to give at school the next day. Phew.
The next day I asked Zander, our resident physicist at USV, about String Theory. He pointed me to a TED Talk by Brian Greene. Which I just watched. And Zander is right, if you have 20 minutes and want to get the essence of string theory down, watch this video. It is great. | <urn:uuid:3c577bd0-6804-4d8b-8b52-6b88e42e4470> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://avc.com/2013/09/video-of-the-week-string-theory/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.979486 | 150 | 1.6875 | 2 |
” Myths and facts : Regarding death of an infant at Teliamura SDH today”
It has come to the knowledge of the department that in some parts of Khowai district there is a myths or rumours that an infant died after feeding breast milk of her mother who had recieved Covid 19 vaccination on 27.07.21.
As a matter of a fact the infant was having fever for 7 – 8 days and without medical treatment.
Moreover without consultation the infant was given Syrup Paracetamol which was arranged locally.
Today the condition of the child had detoriated and on the way to Teliamura SDH the infant died.
The unfortunate death has no relation with Covid 19 vaccination of her mother.
So it is for your all kind information that COVID-19 vaccination is safe for Lactating mother and don’t believe the rumors or myths.
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Alyson Shontell | Nov. 7, 2012, 2:17 PM | 10,998 |Business Insider
Photographers will soon be the most valuable people in the newsroom, and it won’t be long before they put writers out of jobs.
Because, when you’re on the go, the easiest stories to consume, create or share aren’t text based. They’re photo based. As TechCrunch’s MG Siegler just wrote, “If pen beats the sword, camera beats pen.”
Take, for example, Hurricane Sandy coverage.
PandoDaily’s Sarah Lacy asked if Sandy could be Instagram’s big citizen journalism moment. But it wasn’t just a big moment for Instagram. It was a big opportunity for news outlets. The most read stories were pictures of destruction caused by the storm without much text. People wanted to see the news, not read it.
As smart phones and tablets become more mainstream, the web is becoming more visual. Mobile devices are the new glossy magazines; text-ridden sites are boring, black and white newspapers.
Increasingly, attractive, photo-heavy articles are stealing the most online readership. Take these two articles for example:
- 21 Images That Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity – BuzzFeed’s most trafficked article to date, received 10.3 million reads. The only text in the story was the photo captions.
- Incredible Pictures Of Storm Damage In New York City – Business Insider’s most trafficked Hurricane Sandy article, almost entirely pictures. Was viewed 3.34 million times.
One big photo hit can account for the same traffic as 10 well-written articles; they’re easier to digest and often take less time to make.
Still, photos aren’t anything without proper packaging. BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti says he looks for people who can frame photos stories, not just find images. Instead of linking to cute cat photos, his team creates headlines like, “You Won’t Make It All The Way Through These 10 Pictures Of Kittens Without Squealing.”
With that in mind, the question becomes who’s better to for news sites to hire: A writer they can train to take better photos, or photographers who have honed their skills but need help with context? Good photos are difficult to find for cheap. News sites might as well pay people on staff for images rather than iStock or AP.
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A faint comet will appear low in the western sky tonight after sunset but it will be tough to see. Forecasters predict that Comet Pan-STARRS will be harder to find than originally anticipated.
Comet Pan-STARRS was discovered almost two years ago by an automated camera, thus its odd name. From the moment it was classified as a comet, many hoped it would put on a nice show. This past week did not make for good viewing however clearer skies are coming.
Comet Pan-STARRS looks like a fuzzy star in the western sky, according to those who have seen it. The comet will be due west tonight. For the nights ahead, the comet will shift more and more northerly, but still be close to the horizon. By the end of this month, the comet will appear slightly higher in the northwest sky.
Unlike many comets that come and go, this one has a different story. Comet Pan-STARRS is not a periodic comet. After it is gone, it will be gone for good. It is a space wanderer. This comet is a piece of stellar material that was accidentally pulled by the powerful gravity of the sun and is now getting a gravitational catapult back out to outer space to continue on its timeless journey.
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It has been said that the internet is “hell-bent” on keeping its users safe. Some of the most common dangers that internet users could be a victim of are virus infections, identity theft, malware and spam. With these things in mind, it is no wonder there are several disposable income options for those who just do not have the budget for a expensive antivirus program.
Hide IP address software is one of the more popular options these days. It is inexpensive, and can be downloaded and installed on any computer. With this software, there is no need to worry anymore because you can surf through the internet without giving away your IP address. This is often considered a more safe option than the expensive options such as paid proxies and IP changing software.
A good hide IP address software purchase should include things such as; web proxy software, firewall software, encrypted proxy software, and antivirus software. This would ensure that you are able to hide your IP any time you are online.
Web proxy software is honey to those who do not have the best choice of filtering software installed. It is a free site, and can be used by anyone with a computer. You simply download the program, install it, and voila! Surfing through the internet has become a lot safer. The software is reviewed by different sites, and based on recommendations, you select what you think is best. However, web proxy software is not like a free blog, you may not always know when there is something wrong with the program.
A firewall software is the other software you need to protect your identity online. Since it is free, there are always reviews to suggest what is best. While most free firewall programs are not bad, they are not the best either. However, if you are constantly online, and have your computer under attack all the time, you may want to install a paid firewall.
Antivirus software is an absolute necessity when you come to the public highway for any reason. While there are many programs to choose from, it is always a good idea to stick with the ones that are versatile and offer you the ability to choose what you want, when you want. With that in mind, it is best to check out any antivirus software that you want to download before you actually spend money on it. The reviews are usually done by friends and experienced users, so by checking out these sites, you know that you are dealing with reliable information.
When you are looking to purchase antivirus programs online, you will find many different types of software to choose from. However, before you start shopping for the newest model, it is best that you familiarize yourself with your program and the services it provides. The easiest way to do this is to read the customer reviews that have been done by others. If you are still finding problems, then it is best to call or contact the manufacturer of the software you are interested in.
Cookies are essential to the success of the internet. They allow websites to store information about you in a secure way so that they can use it to target you with their marketing efforts.
Remember, cookies are not a virus and your computer is not infected by them unless you have ignored them and carried on to another site. Once you are on a site with cookies, you should read the information about cookies and how they can make your surfing experience faster. You should also know that cookies can make your password more secure because they will remember that you have visited the site and decided to use the secure connection. | <urn:uuid:53e4739c-d11a-4af4-b107-60dbf2203d9b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://stay-safe-online.com/blog/purchasing-hide-ip-address-software-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.967618 | 978 | 1.84375 | 2 |
Achieving Gender Balance in Tech
Naomi is a tech sector veteran, business and platform strategic advisor, market influencer, blogger and speaker about enterprise HR technology and outsourcing. As my insights into enterprise technology can be written on the back of a SIM card and would have made for a very short conversation, we agreed to discuss a subject about which we are both passionate.
The issue of gender balance in tech. Or rather the lack thereof.
The good news
The first piece of good news came from Coupofy who announced that in certain companies women were actually being hired in greater numbers and men in so-called tech roles. I even emailed to check that this was in tech roles, not pink and service functions. I was told this was the case. Naomi agreed this was a great start, but felt there was still a long way to go.
The not so good news
Although hiring women into tech is important, Naomi’s focus is on retention and advancement. The exodus of women in tech according to many sources of research, can be attributable to a number of reasons. These include a not intentional, but nonetheless hostile male culture, the gender pay gap, a feeling of isolation from being out numbered, the lack of effective sponsors, and the lack of sufficient role models.
Naomi agreed with this. She said she didn’t think the environmental hostility was deliberate, but companies could do much more to create an inclusive environment and to be more aware that it exists. She describes the culture as “subtly male.” Even basics such as making the office décor more gender balanced would make a difference. She maintains she can identify the corporate culture the minute she walks in the door of any company. If the interview panel for a software engineer is all men, the women are in HR or marketing, the pictures on the wall are all men and the break out room is “a gamers paradise” and lacks any feminine touches, all of these send very subliminal messages of non-inclusion.
Pursuing the theme of the conference for putting the humanity back into HR, which was shared across the board by all senior figures from Sir Richard Branson to Josh Bersin, it remains a mystery why certain basics seem to be a challenge, across the sector.
Naomi emphasized the thoughts of these key players and re-iterated the need for flexible working hours, equal compensation and a respectful working culture and environment. These will go a long way towards the engagement and retention of women in tech and benefit the men too. She really expects leaders to set the tone and for changes in the culture to come from the top, to find real balance to create a workplace “where both men and women thrive.” The top 3 areas of focus she felt should be:
- Management training
- Role models
“It’s really important to promote women to senior levels so that they can lead from the top from CTO roles. There is a lot of good talent in the pipeline, but as a we sector are losing it”
This impression was supported by research carried out by Coupofy
With gamification to increase employee engagement being one of the hot conference topics, we discussed whether this would stem the declining numbers and if the women in tech would buy into these concepts. We shared some doubts. The prevalence of masculine coded words in the gamification lexicon such as “heroes” and “winners” are not likely to be highly attractive to women. I spoke to one entrepreneur in this field who suggested that more inclusive themes would be something they could work on and would be on the way.
Perhaps sooner rather than later would be better.
As it is, the sector is losing female talent at a harmful rate, and this does have significant bottom line impact. Naomi’s parting thoughts were that combining the best of the technology mind set with the HR mind set, these issues are very “correctable.”
Raising “sensibilities” and creating awareness, should now be a top HR priority in the tech sector.
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With the development of science and technology ,it is common that middle school students carry MP3 or MP4 to school. Of course,there are some advantages, first these electronic products can make the students relaxed if they are tired .Second students also can use them to listen to English .Finally these electronic products can make our life lively. However, there are also some disadvantages . The students who spend too much time on them will fall behind others on their study. What's worse , listening to them too long time will surely affect students' hearing ability.So students should make proper use of them .
Computer is an useful thing for our human.And it has many interesting task,such as surfing the Internet.Now,computer is more and more important in our life,you can buy something you like with the computer,and you also can play games with it.How useful it is!
求英语作文：手机在你生活中的作用，有什么优点和缺点！！ 一定是初一的水平! 拜托了
Mobile phone affects(影响） our daily life（日常生活） a lot now. we can use it to contact(联系） family members, friends, and other people as soon as possible( 尽可能快的）。But it also brings some problems to our life, because it is not good for our health.
Some people,especially teenagers,are easily fall for Smartphone for these reasons.First of all,nowadays,people are under great pressure,while cell phone provides a platform for people to relax themselves.By playing mini-games,vocal chatting with friends,watching movies and listening to music,people can easily forget their problems temporary.Second,there are always something new on the phone.It is can be interesting,mysterious and various.So people are eager to turn on their phones,want to know what is happening around them.
In modern life, with the popularization of the computer, everyone in the "play", but "play" computer is not the same: some people using Internet access to information, some people in their works published online shopping online, some people in... And for the student, the most conspicuous is one of the fascinating game.
Many types of games, these games to extrapolate, let us make us happy, but also let us head is full of illusion and can't concentrate on learning.
Some students studying in class, but bad grades are playing well, it shows that they are behind the study, the first game. Break, these students always want the chatting, can chat is full of games, "you ask is a class?" "Recently discovered what a fun," etc. You see, the students to think is the most precious to the game using the recess, game is still not terrible?
Once seen news: 16 lei, just in high school, in the past, he never fall. Since playing world of warcraft immediately after the game, though, as the day in network, he slowly began to truant, examination always disqualified, his father knows, he broke nets, let him study hard, but the small lei has no network intolerable, October 5, 2004, from his farewell to the top, the world.
You look online games like the sea for more, eat winder will addictive, and indulge in it, unable to extricate themselves. So, I remind everybody: little game, to learn more knowledge, after be brought up the motherland!
cyber culture计算机文化 online love affairs网恋
net bar网吧 shopping online网上购物
cyber chat网上聊天 virtual net 虚拟网络
net partner网友 surf the Internet网上冲浪
net citizen网民 cyberspace网络空间
cyber college网络大学 convenient and effective方便有效
e-bank电子银行 kill time打发时间
information security信息安全 the popularity of computer电脑的普及
be addicted to对……上瘾 campus network校园网络
release one’s pressure减轻压力 e-mail电子邮箱
① No invention has received more praise and abuse than the Internet.
② It is commonly thought that our society had dramatically changed by modern science and technology, and human had made extraordinary progress in knowledge and technology over the recent decades.
③ As a product of modern computer and the Internet, online games have become extremely popular among college students.
④ But as we see, some students lacking self-discipline are too much indulged in these games so that their health and academic performances are affected.
⑤ More significantly, it does bring college students much pleasure and release their pressure greatly.
lung cancer 肺癌 smoking-related diseases抽烟引起的疾病 lose weight减肥 go on die节食
under the weather生病、不舒服 flight-headed头昏眼花
drowsy昏昏欲睡 flu 流感
contract infections得传染病 pick up the habit 养成这种习惯
physical and mental condition身体与精神状态 overweight/fat(肥胖的)
mentally unhealthy精神不健全的 be good for/do good to对……有益处
good living habits良好的生活习惯 take regular exercise进行有规律的运动
unhealthy eating habit不健康的饮食习惯 junk food垃圾食品
build up one’s body/ improve one’s health强身健体
③ According to a recent survey, four million people die each year from diseases linked to smoking.
④ Children are undergoing fast physical development; lack of physical exercise may produce disastrous influence on their later life.
⑤ In fact, we have to admit the fact that the quality of life is as important as life itself.
1．不要沉湎于（be given to）上网以免影响生活和学习。
In my opinion，the Internet is helpful rather than harmful as someone else thinks. As is known to all，the Internet is playing a more and more important part in our daily life. On the Internet，we can read news at home and from abroad and get as much information as we can. We can send e - mails or make phone calls to our family as well as to our friends. We can also attend the net school，read many books and even teach ourselves English. We can also enjoy music，watch matches and play computer games on the Internet. We can even do shopping on line. Besides，we can improve our ability to operate the computer.
But we should not be given to the Internet，or we'll get our life and study destroyed. Besides，we should keep off the harmful websites. Anyhow，this doesn't prevent the Internet becoming our friend. We can't throw away the apple because of the core，can we？
Internet is playing an important role in our daily life nowadays. Just as a coin has two sides, internet also has both advantages and shortcomings.
Let’s look at the advantages first. Many of us send emails on the net to keep in touch with others. We can read newspapers and magazines or even enjoy movies on line without leaving our home. We may use the internet to play games for recreation. To conclude, internet has become a part of our life.
There are three points in the disadvantages of internet. Firstly, internet is very addictive and many school children are hooked on it.Secondly, people's privacy is easily violated on the Internet.Thirdly, junk emails are pouring into our email boxes daily.
However, I think the fault is not internet itself, but its users. I believe that with the awareness of using the internet rationally, it will help make our life more rich and colorful in the future.
Many people, especially young college students, like pop songs. They hum small tunes all the way to their schools and seem to be never tired of this. Some of them are even mad about pop songs, rock'n'roll in particular. They shout and shout until their voices become hoarse.
Others will submerge themselves in the romance of the love songs, with tears streaming down their cheeks. Despite such popularity of the pop songs, however, some people dismiss such kind of songs as crude and worthless. They hold that these songs are easy to sing and they are usually characterized with simple tunes which lack variety and depth. Based upon this, they say that pop songs should not have gained such popularity. Whereas many others stick to pop songs. Their lives seem to ha dull without songs.
In my point of view, pop songs should not be banned. True, their tunes are simple and sometimes repetitious, but this is not to say that they are of no artistic value. Folk songs are also quite simple in tune but no one could dismiss them as trash songs. There is no denying that some pop songs are equally excellent. Why? Because they are widely sung and widely remembered. For example, "Yesterday" is of high artistic value. No one can deny its beautifulness in tune. Of cours, there are bad songs that will not last long, but pop song fans will give these songs their due by choosing to sing them or not | <urn:uuid:d390354a-cb90-44cf-b23c-f11c8becd689> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.1000cctv.com/post/77.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00477.warc.gz | en | 0.784593 | 6,354 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Creek, where the failure of an old country bridge and the absence of practicable fords delayed the crossing of that stream.
The outlook at that point on the line of march was evidently disturbing to General Lee
, for on arrival of the engineer troops late in the afternoon, for which he had waited, he impressed upon the colonel in command of them the necessity for strenuous efforts to effect as rapid a crossing of Flat Creek
as possible, emphasizing his instruction by saying that a captured order from General Grant
to General Ord
, who was at Jetersville
, indicated an attack early next morning.
Timber was felled; a new bridge was built; the last vehicle had passed over it, and the engineer troops were already in motion toward Amelia Springs
, when a Federal battery unlimbered on a near-by hill and fired a few shells to expedite the movement of as tired and hungry a body of Confederate troops as could have been found that morning in General Lee
's army, where fatigue and hunger were familiar conditions.
When the engineer troops, which had been rejoined by the companies detached for service north of the James River
and had made a respectable showing in strength, reached Sailor's Creek
, where the rear guard of the army was in line of battle, expecting an immediate attack, the general in command looked pleased and said they were just what he was looking for to reenforce a weak spot in his line.
To decline such an honor was not within the range of military possibilities, but an order from General Lee
, which a courier had been seeking to deliver, made it imperative to move on to the assistance of the wagon trains.
A heavy ordnance train, which was stalled in an effort to surmount a steep hill over a bad road and to cross a creek through swampy ground, was causing serious delay, and a number of wagon trains were parked in the fields, waiting for their turn to move on.
While this congestion was being partially relieved, the battle of Sailor's Creek
was fought, which resulted in defeat to the Confederates
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Dylan Matthews is a writer for the progressive site VOX which aims to explain the news to people who are too dumb to understand it on their own.
Matthews recently came under fire for suggesting on Twitter that Obama should just take everyone’s guns away.
Now he’s claiming the American Revolution, which granted him the freedoms he now enjoys, was a mistake.
This is how progressives celebrate the 4th of July:
3 reasons the American Revolution was a mistake
This July 4, let’s not mince words: American independence in 1776 was a monumental mistake. We should be mourning the fact that we left the United Kingdom, not cheering it.
Of course, evaluating the wisdom of the American Revolution means dealing with counterfactuals. As any historian would tell you, this is a messy business. We obviously can’t be entirely sure how America would have fared if it had stayed in the British Empire longer, perhaps gaining independence a century or so later, along with Canada.
But I’m reasonably confident a world in which the revolution never happened would be better than the one we live in now, for three main reasons: Slavery would’ve been abolished earlier, American Indians would’ve faced rampant persecution but not the outright ethnic cleansing Andrew Jackson and other American leaders perpetrated, and America would have a parliamentary system of government that makes policymaking easier and lessens the risk of democratic collapse.
Does anyone actually take these people seriously?
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By Melissa Wuske
Childcare Costs for Student Parents
Nearly 5 million college students in the United States are also parents, including a quarter of all undergraduate students. But balancing school and parenting presents a financial challenge, particularly in regard to paying for childcare. Child Care Aware of America estimates that it can cost up to $17,000 a year to pay for childcare for an infant.
As a result, Barbara Gault, vice president and executive director of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, said, “What it comes down to is that college becomes a bit of an impossibility for a low-income parent who needs childcare to go to school.”
Federal aid for childcare is available for low-income parents through the Child Care and Development Block Grant, but state requirements for the funds differ and can present their own hurdles to students. A dozen states require students to work, even up to 20 hours a week, in order to receive childcare funds. A third of all states also have a required number of credits per semester. Additionally 10 states limit the funds to students pursuing less than a bachelor’s degree.
“We need bigger solutions to these problems,” said Gault. “These rules and restrictions in a way just exemplify how little we’re thinking about the educational needs of parents.”
Food Security Via Satellite
A team is launching Africa’s first private satellite—and the team is made of 14 high school girls from Cape Town, South Africa. The satellite will give a better view of what’s happening with agriculture and food security across the continent.
With the information, “We can try to determine and predict the problems Africa will be facing in the future,” said Brittany Bull, a 17-year-old student at Pelican Park High School. The satellite will provide daily monitoring of “where our food is growing, where we can plant more trees and vegetation, and also how we can monitor remote areas,” Bull explained. The program is part of a partnership between South Africa’s Meta Economic Development Organization and Morehead State University in Kentucky.
Teen Sexual Activity & Risky Behaviors
A recent Centers for Disease Control study examined how teens’ sexual behaviors were related to other health behaviors. The results shows that high school students who are virgins are less likely to be engaging in other unhealthy behaviors. For example, they’re 3,300 percent less likely to smoke daily than teens who are sexually active with someone of the opposite sex. There were similar results related to binge drinking, smoking marijuana, riding with a drunk driver, and getting into physical altercations.
In response to the study, Glenn Stanton, director of global family formation studies at Focus on the Family, said, “Our children should know there’s very compelling scientific evidence on so many levels showing how saving the precious gift of their sexuality for the safe harbor of marriage is nothing about old-time moralism or unhealthy sexual repression. Just the opposite is true.”
Background Checks & School Shootings
Injury Prevention journal published the results of a study of 150 school shootings in the United States between 2013 and 2015. The results suggest that states with mandatory background checks for those purchasing guns may have fewer shootings. In the 17 states that require background checks to buy guns, there were 45 percent fewer school shootings during that time. States that also require background checks for purchasing ammunition—Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, and New Jersey—had a lower risk of school shootings by 89 percent.
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The European Union (EU) has recently passed a bill protecting the intellectual property rights of indigenous communities by ensuring that companies respect indigenous stewardship over natural resources and traditional knowledge about their uses.
The Bill was prompted by a European Parliament report urging the EU to pass measures to protect indigenous traditional knowledge and ratify the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing. The Nagoya Protocol—a supplementary agreement to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) that was first adopted by Japan in October 2013—needs to be ratified by 50 member states of the UN General Assembly before it can be entered into force. So far, 30 member states have ratified the Protocol.
The UNCBD grants states sovereign rights over their biological resources and requires industries to receive informed consent—granted on mutually agreed terms—from indigenous populations before they can utilize biological resources and/or traditional knowledge about those resources from the region.
While there are international agreements to discourage patents claiming exclusive rights to the genetic resources and traditional knowledge of indigenous communities—like the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (1983), which states that “plant genetic resources are a common heritage of mankind and consequently should be available without restriction”—there are no real mechanisms to enforce them.
The Nagoya Protocol introduces a new legal framework for granting patents that requires applicants to disclose the origins of the ingredients in their products and to help developing countries establish the institutions necessary to protect their stewardship over, and to benefit from the use of, their genetic resources and traditional knowledge. Based on the Nagoya Protocol, the EU bill requires industries to share equitably the benefits reaped from the use of the resources and traditional knowledge with the communities providing the resources and knowledge. The bill authorizes sanctions to be leveled against companies that fail to comply.
“Ninety percent of genetic resources are in the South, and ninety percent of the patents are in the North,” said Green Member of the European Parliament Sandrine Bélier.
When companies patent the research and development processes derived from traditional knowledge, indigenous communities risk losing access to native resources.
Moreover, biopiracy threatens both local and global food security by decimating the biodiversity of lands and, consequently, food production levels. According to the UNCBD, "Seventy percent of the world’s poor live in rural areas and depend directly on biodiversity for their survival and well-being."
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Tomorrow is the beginning of the itunes Festival 2011, live from London. I will post as many videos as possible. But before the big day, here is a teaser of Paul Simon’s new groove, THE AFTERLIFE…
I dislike the title of my post, but I assume it will attract a few more readers. I dislike the title because the hell Rob Bell describes sounds similar the one David Bentley Hart described in an interview in The Christian Century several years ago. I actually like this understanding of hell, but to title a post this way could suggest Rob Bell came up with a new description of hell. He has not invented a new version of hell. However, many evangelicals are concerned with his explication of hell as not eternal. Is this really un-orthodox? Well, it depends on what you think of orthodoxy? Unfortunately, many have come to understand orthodoxy as ‘right thinking,’ or ‘correct doctrine,’ or as a way to describe who is a Christian and who is not.
First, check out the article by Robin Parry in the Baptist Times. Also known as The Evangelical Universalist, Parry suggest most people misunderstand the variations of universalism. I want to suggest the only sort of universalist Rob Bell could be, is a “hopeful universalist.”
Second, David Bentley Hart was asked by The Christian Century, “is universal salvation a corollary of his view of the absurdity of evil?”
He responds: “Probably not; but Gregory of Nyssa would say otherwise. The preferred Eastern Orthodox understanding of hell, one with profound patristic pedigrees, defines hell as something self-imposed, a condition of the soul that freely refuses to open itself in love to God and neighbor, and that thereby seals itself against the deifying love of God, thereby experiencing divine glory as an external chastisement. That hell I believe in, insamuch as all of us from time to time have tasted it in this world. The refusal of love makes love a torment to us.” Reprinted in, “In the Aftermath: Provocations and Laments” David Bentley Heart (Eerdmans, 2009), pp. 122-123.
Perhaps the best wisdom on hell is summed up by this old axiom: “Only an ass would deny the existence of hell, and only an ox would pretend to know who is in it.” (author unknown)
But this and Rob Bell suggests Hell can be understood in a number of ways. Here and now, then and there.
I wish people would listen to what Rob Bell is really saying. I wish they would consider the nuances he speaks and communicates with. I have listened and studied the communication methods and style of Rob Bell for nearly 10 years – he is a master storyteller with a hopeful imagination. He helped instill within me a deep love for the universal church. That is, all those who image God to the world. While some might argue his methods are too hopeful – they need to consider his audience. He is speaking to a massive audience and connecting with each and every one of them, even if they disagree. It is interesting that when he realizes something hasn’t landed with his listeners – he changes it, instantly, in mid-sentance. He merges the story into another story in order to get his point across and then jumps back into the former narrative. This does not suggest he is leaving the biblical narrative behind, rather he is merging your story with the biblical story. GET IT! GOOD! In some ways he is doing classic historical reconstruction but connecting it with everyday readers of Scripture. N. T. Wright does the same thing. He uniquely constructs a storyline behind the texts of Scripture, brining it to life. This is was first turned me on to Bell’s teaching and Wright’s biblical studies.
While I have a theological and academic critique of Wright’s biblical scholarship (which would mean I would critique Rob’s methodology too), as communicators with the aim of ‘forming Christians and non-Christians’ to become a particular kind of people, these two gents get it. They know what they are doing. They are leaving a Christian apologetic legacy, much like C. S. Lewis, Billy Graham, George Whitfield and the Wesley brothers. They are preaching to large audiences and redefining the gospel for the culture at hand
YES I SAID REDEFINE. AND LET ME BE CLEAR – George Whitefield REDEFINED the gospel to be understood as “new birth,” by which he meant a conversion experience. He never pleaded with people to convert, but only announced, and dramatized, his message. Bell and Wright announce a new creation here and now. Not far off from some Pauline language. We must remember – we have four Gospels and Paul, an interpreter of Israel’s Scripture and his current culture. Not least the other New Testament writers.
I find it interesting that those steeped (or maybe stooped is a better word), in conservative evangelical systematic theology are unable to exit their own storyline to engage (that is listen) the likes of Rob Bell. They want us to conform to their thinking. They suggest that we are to conform to what the Bible says, but who says what it says? Conservative Evangelicals. I don’t think so. Dr. Wittmer has offered an Evangelical Response to Rob Bell’s Love Wins. I suggest his subtitle isn’t descriptive enough because it lumps all evangelicals into his Baptist heritage and Lutheran reading of Justification.
But even David Heim is influenced by Baptist piety and Lutheran theology. And take a look at what he says in the Christian Century.Yet, in the very subtitle of Wittmer’s response the Love Wins suggest he suggests his understanding has the corner on evangelicalism. I understand he is working with two primary categories. 1) The Protestant understanding of Justification by Faith as declaration and imputation. 2) Scripture alone — but what he doesn’t seem to take into account is that Scripture can and IS interpreted in all sorts of ways. For some of us – orthodoxy – is a wide stream. For others, it is narrow and equates to conservative evangelicalism as defined by Wittmer’s response to Love Wins. But he doesn’t even speak for all evangelicals and Rob Bell has proved this point.
Bell is not suggesting that there is no hell, nor that there isn’t anyone there. Rather, he is suggesting that we all have hope. This is because our identity as humanity is to be “image bearers” of our Creator. Male and Female image God, not a select group of people. Which is NOT to suggest that there isn’t a community of people called by God to ‘image Christ in a particular manner.’ Christians believe the Church is simply a community of people who are to be witnesses to God’s kingdom. That is to say, the Church images God in a unique way by living out the gospel in all sorts of ways.
One brief comment on an odd argument in Wittmer’s new book. In response to Rob suggesting that the paralyzed man might be saved by his friends bringing him to Jesus. Wittmer retorts, if the man didn’t believe or want to be healed he simply wouldn’t be there (paraphrased, but this is really close, I’m to embarrassed to carry the book around with me).
REALLY?? How would a paralyzed man fight back!! He may be able to speak and yell. But, I have worked with people who are paralyzed or have very little control of their bodies. Trust me – they would do anything to be healed. They wouldn’t fight their friends (they couldn’t). Even if they could – they wouldn’t. If his or her friends believed that they might walk again – they would go. They would believe. At one level Wittmer is correct – his own belief would be the reality. But lets not suggest that a paralyzed fellow would somehow fight off his true friends if they suggested to him that he could be healed. This is downright inconsiderate to our fellow handicapped friends.
While historical evangelicalism could be summed up as believing in the sole authority of Scripture and justification by faith, the more recent trend in evangelicalism is to be understood in more broad-brush terms. Broad-tent evangelicalism could also be called pop-chritianity – often transcending denominations – though remaining thoroughly Protestant. My own hope is that evangelicals and Catholics continue to grow closer together. Jamie Smith recently parsed the term “universalism,” suggesting there is an older and newer sense in which to understand it. Though, I think the OLD universalism he suggests is closer to what I might call pluralism. Either way, both clarify the growing difference in ‘senses’ of the term.
There are several books that should be read to broadly understand the place “universalism” and “pluralism” play in the world of evangelicalism. While most Christian groups have ‘staked their claim’ for or against universalism, they must reconsider in the context of the various ways the terms are now being used. I hope these books help…
In Part One I quoted from David Bentley Hart’s The Doors of the Sea: Where was God in the Tsunami? (Paperback, Eerdmans, 2011).
I want to reflect here on the title of the previous post which is mostly quotes from Hart’s book. I’ll then offer some brief reflections. The previous title was, “The Heresy and Mischief of Limited Atonement.”
First, heresy. I’m not one to call out heretics. Actually, I’m not sure Christians have the right to call one another heretics. Not least by local so-called ‘evangelical pastor-theologians.’ The point at which one has the gaul and angst to call another Christian a heretic, suggests to me, that hell has won the day. Interpretive charity has thus been lost. As a student of theology learning to navigate between church and academy, I am often disheartened by the ways in which Christians treat one another. Let me begin by laying some groundwork.
The narrow understanding of orthodoxy that is being thrown around these days is similar to an issue raised in hermeneutics, the discipline I like to call ‘the art of understanding and interpretive charity.’ Interpretive charity places the other above ones own opinions and interpretations. I will try to draw out the parallels in what follows.
Let us begin with two phrases: “limited atonement,” and “historic orthodox Christian faith.” The later, historic orthodox Christian faith is being thrown in the face of Rob Bell and the Mars Hill community. At best, Bell and Mars Hill want to define Christianity in the broadest possible sense, as a wide stream inclusive of many and varying theological choices. Much of this is because Mars Hill reaches out to a population that has either been burned and rejected by the church or have been outsiders looking in. Those looking in realized early on that Christians often say one thing and live another. As one who grew up in the church, I can affirm that those looking in are often correct. We Christians don’t get along with one another very well. We are even arrogant enough to suggest that ‘we are in the right’ and ‘somebody else is in the wrong,’ even though we are both in Christ. This is odd to me because Christians are supposed to be so self-reflective that their awareness of the sin in their own lives should not overpower their desire to point out the sin of another. Shaming another Christian has unfortunately been a long-standing trait within American Christianity. All this is a sad commentary on the current ‘conservative evangelical’ reaction to Rob Bell’s Love Wins.
So, when one Christian points out another Christian’s “un-orthodox” positions in public, what are they saying? It sounds to me they are suggesting that there is a limited number of people who have a corner on the ‘historic Orthodox Christian faith.” Really, have we sunk to an all-time low where Christians have taken the doctrine of limited atonement to a mischievous level? David Bentley Hart seems to think so.
He suggests that, “at its most unfortunate, this exaggerated adoration of God’s sheer omnipotence can yield conclusions as foolish as Calvin’s assertion, in Book III of the Institutes, that God predestined the fall of man so as to show forth his greatness in both the salvation and the damnation of those he has eternally preordained to their several fates.” (page 89-92). While I may not take this caricature as far as Hart, he help to shed some light of the current controversy of Rob Bell’s Love Wins.
Second, let us compare this so-called mischief to a sect within a sect or “the historic orthodox Christian faith,” within the broader stream of Christianity. As I already suggested, Mars Hill has in one sense redefined the narrow understanding of Christian orthodoxy by extending it to the larger Christian heritage, including those who might be evangelical universalists, for example. Though Bell and Mars Hill should not be labelled evangelical universalists, there is a stream of thought known as such. One British writer, Robin Perry a.k.a Gregory MacDonald writes and lectures on the topic of ‘evangelical universalism.’ He is an avid academic and commentator on Scripture. Let me be clear, Perry’s position is not the one Bell lays out in his book Love Wins. Bell is merely suggesting that such persons, among others, have a place at the table. Not just for a theological conversation, but they are welcome at the Holy Table, the Eucharist — the place where heaven and earth meet.
In my own Anglican mindset, excluding someone from the Eucharist – the table at which we remember the life, death and resurrection of our Lord, Jesus of Nazareth – based upon so-called “un-orthodox’ positions is bind boggling. I remember Bell suggesting one time “that the ground is level at the foot of the cross.” I’m sure he isn’t the first person to suggest this, it seems the Episcopal Church has been suggesting it for years, but it is clear to me that the ground is also level at the Holy Table, the place where we become like the sustainer of all things. The place where we continue out participation in the life of the triune God. The Eucharist is the place we come to be fed by the living God. Christians believe this living God is uniquely revealed through the person of Jesus of Nazareth and leads the church in mission by the Holy Spirit.
I must admit that I am unwilling to exclude those I disagree with theologically from the Eucharist, because I believe Jesus offers bread for all. He offers his life for all. The rich, the orthodox, the un-orthodox, the sick, the broken, everyone…everyone.
So, at one level I want to affirm Hart’s suggestion that some doctrines can become mischivious and actually support our own sin-filled judgment toward others. At another level, Hart’s aversion to limited atonement borders on suggesting it is heretical, which is something I am unwilling to do.
As we anticipate this Easter and Resurrection season, may we all come to the table together, as one.
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By Andrea Cohen, Tests.com Contributing Writer
Aspiring professional geologists must be licensed by the state in which they wish to practice, and to become licensed, a standardized exam from the National Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG) is required. ASBOG Geology Exams are only administered to individuals who have been determined to meet prerequisites of the state in which they are seeking licensure. Many states consider education and experience, in addition to exam results, when determining licensing eligibility, but it’s important to note that states have different eligibility requirements. Candidates should check with their home state’s geology board about test requirements before applying for the exam.
About the ASBOG Geology Exam
There are two geology exams offered by ASBOG: the Fundamentals of Geology (FG) exam and the Practice of Geology (PG) exam.
FG includes 130 multiple-choice questions related to the knowledge and skills that are usually acquired during academic study in geology.
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The ASBOG geology exam is administered twice a year during the spring and fall (usually in March and October). Exact dates vary each year. The state board will be able to provide information about test dates and testing locations. The FG exam usually is given from 8 am to 12 pm, and the PG exam is given that afternoon from 1 pm to 5 pm.
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Recorded in many forms including Rainy, Rainey, Rany, Raynie, Reany, Reaney, Rennie, Renny, Rennison, and Renison, this is a surname of complicated and confusing origins. It can be English, Anglo-Irish, Irish, Anglo-Scottish or Scottish, and with overlapping spelling. In most cases it is, or rather was, a form of the original personal name "Reynold". This was of Germanic origin from the elements "ragin" meaning "counsel", and "wald", rule. Introduced into the British Isles by the Norse-Vikings of the 8th century, and later reinforced at the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066 by the French equivalent "Reinald", it rapidly gained popularity in the medieval period.In Ireland and sometimes Scotland, the derivation is from the Gaelic O'Raigne, but this itself is a development of the French Reinald, probably introduced into Ireland after the invasion of that county in 1170. Early examples of the surname recordings include: Thomas Renie in the Hundred Rolls of Bedfordshire, England, in 1279, whilst in 1362, Symon Renny was recorded as being the bailie of Inverkeithing, Scotland. This is believed to be the first known recording in that country. Surname holders as Rany or Rainey held large estates in Angus in the 15th century, whilst the patronymic as Renison or Rennison is recorded in the Glasgow area from the 17th century. In England and specifically Yorkshire, the surname is well recorded with examples such as Margaret Ranie of Arksey, on August 8th 1565, and Andrew Reaney, who married Sarah Gill at Sheffield Cathedral on August 25th 1784. The first known recording of the family name is believed to be that of Henry Raney, which was dated 1275, in the "Hundred Rolls" of Derbyshire. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
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Tricks With Coins
Coin tricks are always interesting because everyone likes money. For these tricks you should use half-dollar size coins, unless you are specifically told to use another size. If you wish, you can buy "palming coins" in a magic store. Most magicians use these for tricks done on the stage, when the audience can't see them closely. You might also use a "lucky piece" which lots of people carry. You could tell your audience that the coin, besides being lucky, has other magic properties.
THE FRENCH DROP
This is not really a trick in itself, but is the basis for many coin tricks. You can also use this principle for small objects other than coins, such as balls or keys. The French Drop is really an easy way to make a coin vanish. You seem to pass a coin from one hand to your other one, while really keeping it in the first hand.
Hold the coin by its edges in your left hand between the tips of your fingers and thumb. The flat side of the coin should be parallel to your palm. Point the fingers of your left hand slightly upward so that the flat side of the coin is toward the audience. Hold your left hand still and move your right hand, palm down, toward your left hand as if you were going to take the coin out of your left hand. Your right thumb should go under the coin and your fingers above it, which hides the coin momentarily. When the coin is hidden, release it and allow it to fall back into your left hand where it should rest on the second joints of your left fingers. Hold it for a moment with your left thumb to keep it from falling.
Now bring your right thumb up along your left fingertips. Close your right hand as if it held the coin. Move your right hand up and away from your left. As you do this, drop your left hand (with the coin) casually to your side. Be sure to keep your eyes on your right hand. Never look at your left hand. This is what magicians call "misdirection." Now get the coin into the finger-palm position. See Palming, page 9.
The movement of seeming to take the coin from your left hand should be one continuous motion. Don't hesitate, except just long enough to seem to take the coin into the right hand. This will require some practice, but it is not hard to do, and will be worth the trouble to learn. Now, with your right hand held at eye-level, rub your thumb and fingers together. It will look as if the coin dissolved. In some other tricks, you will learn how to get rid of the coin in your left hand, so that you may show both hands are empty.
COIN THROUGH THE HAT
Place an empty glass on a table and on top of it place a hat with the open side up. You will toss a coin into the hat. The coin will appear to penetrate the hat and can be heard falling into the glass.
You will need two duplicate coins (the audience must see only one), a glass tumbler, and a hat. (A derby is best, but any man's hat can be used. Borrow one from someone in the audience.) Palm a coin in the finger-palm position in the right hand. See Palming, page 9. Show the glass and pick up the, hat in your left hand and place it crown down in the right hand right on top of the coin. Now allow the coin to slip down to the tips of your right fingers under cover of the hat. Using both hands, place the hat on top of the glass, so that the coin is held on the edge of the glass by the weight of the hat.
Pick up the other coin, the duplicate coin, in the left hand, perform the French Drop (see page 28) and retain the coin in the left hand. Make a throwing motion toward the hat with the right hand, gently touching the rim of the hat, and the coin will fall into the glass. Pick up the hat in the right hand and at the same time slip the coin from your left hand into your pocket. Now place the hat aside and pick up the glass. Let the coin in the glass fall into the hands of a spectator. It will look as though you caused the coin to travel through the hat.
COIN THROUGH THE NAPKIN
You cause a borrowed coin to penetrate a borrowed napkin or handkerchief.
Borrow a coin and have the owner mark it if he wishes.
Hold the coin vertically by its flat side between thumb and forefinger of your left hand. Place the napkin over it so that the coin is under its center. Under cover of the napkin get a small fold of the napkin between your thumb and the coin. Now with your right hand lift the part of the napkin closest to the audience and drape it back on top of the other half, over your left arm, and show that the coin is still there. With a snap of the left wrist, cause both halves of the napkin to fall forward while still holding the coin and the napkin, in the center, in the left hand.
Twist the napkin to give the illusion that the coin is wrapped securely in the center of the napkin. Exert a little pressure on the edge of the coin and it will rise through the napkin. It looks as if it is slowly penetrating the napkin. Hand the coin back to the spectator and show that the napkin is unharmed.
You count a number of coins into the hand of a spectator and apparently "catch" three coins from the air, and place them in the spectator's hand. When he opens his hand, he has three more coins than when he started.
You will need thirteen coins and a magazine the size of the Reader's Digest.
Before you start the trick, secretly place three coins under the cover of the magazine, so that they are hidden. Hand the ten coins to a spectator and ask him to count them out loud, one at a time, and place them on the magazine. Hold the magazine so that the coins will not fall off. Stress the fact that you are using the magazine so that you do not touch the coins. After he has counted the coins onto the magazine, have him cup his hands together to catch the coins. Slightly curl the magazine to make a little trough, and pour the coins into his hands. (Of course the three duplicate coins that you hid under the magazine cover will fall into his hands, too.) Tell him to close his hands tightly so that nothing can get in or out.
Reach up into the air and pretend to grab an invisible coin. Hold it up as if you really see it, and ask the spectator if he can see the coin. Make a throwing motion toward his hand as if you were throwing the coin into his hand. Ask him if he felt the coin go into his hands. Ask him, too, if the coins are getting heavier. Repeat the throwing business two more times. Now ask him how many coins he had to start with. He will say ten. Have him open his hands and count the coins onto the magazine again. He will now have thirteen.
If you wish, you may use borrowed coins. Have a spectator count the coins from his pocket onto the magazine. If he has over seven coins, go on with the trick. If he has less than seven add three from your pocket. The reason for this is that if he has just a few coins to start with, he will be able to tell that you have added coins from the magazine. If you decide to use borrowed coins, have a penny, a nickel, and a dime concealed in the magazine at the beginning of the trick.
THE WARM COIN
You borrow several coins. One is scratched to mark it from the rest. The coins are placed in a hat and mixed. Without looking, you are able to reach in and produce the marked coin.
First, stick a small pellet of beeswax on the tip of your thumbnail. Collect the coins and have someone select one, and make a mark or scratch on it for identification. As you take the coin back, press the wax to the edge of the coin and drop it into the hat. Drop the other coins in and have someone mix them by shaking the hat. Then have him hold the hat up above your eye-level so you cannot see into it. Reach in and feel for the wax. Take out the coin and scrape the wax off with your thumbnail before handing it to the spectators for identification.
NOVEL COIN VANISH
A coin, placed in a fold of your trousers, vanishes mysteriously.
Take a coin, either real or fake, and attach a footlong piece of strong thin elastic to it by boring a small hole in the coin. Loop the other end of the elastic through a safety pin. Pin this to the inside of your right coat sleeve so that when the coin hangs down, it will be 2 or 3 inches above the cuff. Place a coin of the same size in your right trouser pocket.
Get the coin from your sleeve and hold it with your right thumb and forefinger, so that the elastic is hidden. Show the coin and place it on your right trouser leg right over the coin in your pocket.
Now with your left hand grasp the cloth of your trousers including the coin in your pocket. Fold the cloth over the coin on the elastic so that it is hidden. Release the pressure on your right hand and the coin will fly up your sleeve.
Have the spectator feel the coin through the cloth of your trousers or tap it with a pencil or key. It will appear as if the coin were still there, but actually it is the coin hidden in your pocket which he feels. Brush your right hand over the spot where the coin is and release the cloth with your left hand. Immediately show both hands empty. With a little practice in front of your mirror, this will be smooth and mysterious.
THE DISSOLVING COIN
A spectator drops a coin in a glass of water while it is covered with a handkerchief. When the handkerchief is removed, the coin has vanished.
Hold a glass about half full of water on your left palm. Have someone place a coin in the center of a handkerchief and then pick up the coin through the handkerchief. Tell him to drape the handkerchief over the glass and drop the coin into the water on your signal. As he does this, tip the glass toward you so that the coin strikes the edge of the glass and falls into your fingers. The noise sounds as if the coin fell into the glass. Now have the spectator let go of the handkerchief and as you remove it from the glass, allow the coin to slide directly under the center of the glass. Remove the handkerchief and allow him to look directly into the glass and see that the coin is still there.
Cover the glass with the handkerchief again and pick up the glass with your right hand, through the handkerchief. Turn your left hand over so that the coin does not show and finger-palm it (see Palming, page 9). Then, still holding the coin in your left hand, lift the handkerchief from the glass and show that the coin has disappeared.
A QUICKIE COIN VANISH
You vanish a coin by rubbing it into the back of your left hand.
Show the coin to the audience, then place it on the back of your left hand, and rub it from side to side with your right hand. Pretend to drop the coin accidentally on the floor, apologize, and bend over to pick it up. As you start to bring the coin up drop it into your right trouser cuff. Keep bringing your hand up as if it held the coin. Pretend to place the coin on the back of your left hand again and continue rubbing. Now show that the coin has vanished. When picking up the coin, do not pause as you drop it in the cuff. It must look like one smooth operation.
ELBOW COIN VANISH
A coin is rubbed into your elbow where it vanishes. This is best done while you are seated at a table. Drop a coin onto the table and say that it is a magic coin. Bend your left arm and rest your elbow on the table, holding your hand up by the side of your head. Pick up the coin in your right hand and start rubbing it into your left elbow. Rub a bit and then drop the coin onto the table. Pick up the coin with your left hand and pretend to place it into your right. Bend your left arm again and as you start to rub with your right hand casually place the coin in your collar with your left hand.
Remove your left hand from your collar so that the audience will not become suspicious, then slowly open your right hand and show that the coin has vanished.
THE COIN IN THE PAPER
A coin, folded in a piece of paper, vanishes when the paper is torn open.
Use a piece of stiff paper, about 3 by 5 inches. Lay the coin in its center, and fold the paper in half over the coin so that the narrow edges meet. Now make sure the coin is against the fold. Crease the paper down and fold it over once again so that the coin is lifted when you fold the paper, and the ends meet again. You should now have a space between the coin and the fold. In other words you roll the coin in the paper, but not too tightly, as the coin must be able to slide through the "tube" of paper.
Now turn the packet over so that the ends are on top of the bundle. Let someone feel the paper to see that the coin is actually there. Hold the packet vertically in your left hand, and fold the top part down over top of the coin. Release the pressure on the coin and let it slip down into your hand. Now fold the bottom part of the bundle up and over the spot where the coin should be. Take the packet into your right hand, and drop your left hand to your side where you slip the coin into your pocket. Now, with bath hands, tear the paper in half, showing the coin is gone. You may reproduce it in a handkerchief, using the method shown in the next trick.
COIN IN THE KNOT
A handkerchief is tied in a knot, and when it is untied by a spectator, a coin is found to be inside. You may use this method to reproduce a coin which you have made vanish by any of the above methods. Palm a coin in the finger-palm position, and borrow a handkerchief. Allow the coin to slide to the tips of the fingers and hold it with the thumb and finger tips. Fold the handkerchief by the two opposite corners, and place the coin at one of the corners, beneath the folds, and hold it in place with your thumb. Pull the handkerchief taut, and twirl it so that it becomes like a hollow rope or tube. Bring the corners together and hold them with one hand. Release the pressure on the coin and it will roll into the folds of the handkerchief and stay at the center.
Shake the handkerchief once or twice to be sure the coin is at the loop. Tie a knot, and hand the handkerchief to a spectator to hold. Make a magical pass towards the handkerchief and ask the spectator to untie the knot. He will find the coin inside.
COIN IN THE HANDKERCHIEF
You hold a handkerchief draped over your hand and ask someone to place a coin on it. When you shake out the handkerchief, the coin has vanished.
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The Canary Islands, Spanish territory, form an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean 150 kilometers west of the African coast. The answer of What's the best Canary Island to go to and which canary island to visit?
- The most asked question by holiday lovers is that 7 islands are to be discovered, the two best known of which are Lanzarote and Tenerife.
Why go visit and the best time to visit the Canary Islands? Here is a destination not far and not expensive for an extraordinary trip!
- The Canary Islands present volcanic landscapes, non tacky resorts, islands, las Palmas garajonay national park jameos del agua mixing lava fields and fine sandy beaches.
This article on the 10 best things to do in the Canary Islands will be your guide to some of the best places to see in the Canary Islands, as we break it down by island:
1-Visit Mount Teide National Park
Rising 3,718 meters above sea level, the Mount Teide volcano is the centerpiece of Mount Teide National Park, Canary Islands' largest park and highest peak.
Teide National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, comprises the entire mountain, and a trip inside the huge crater is the highlight of a trip to the Canary Islands.
El Portillo Visitor Center is a good place to start, where an excellent little museum has interactive exhibits showing how volcanoes form and explore the crater environment.
Because it is right in the center of Tenerife and is the highest point in Spain, the scenery here is breathtaking. If you're feeling adventurous, you can join the Quad Safari Tenerife Teide Tour and trek to the foot of Mount Teide. But if you prefer to stay clean and cool, you can take the Tenerife cable car which will take you up to 3,555 meters for more spectacular views.
Stopping points at various sites have signs in English describing the flora and fauna and explaining the landscape, and hiking trails lead to the highlights. Definitely high on your things to do list in Tenerife.
2-Explore Loro Park
Another popular destination when tourists are looking for things to do in the Canary Islands is Loro Park. One of the most popular tourist attractions for families in the Canary Islands is this wildlife park located just outside Puerto de la Cruz.
Combining high standards of conservation with great entertainment, the park has one of the largest collections of parrots in the world, a large dolphinarium and a huge aquarium with an underwater tunnel where you can walk while sharks and other sea creatures swim above.
This popular spot lets you see all kinds of creatures and animals, with over 350 species of parrots and 200 penguins. If that doesn't fascinate you enough, you'll also see unusual zoo animals like anteaters, meerkats, killer whales and even sloths. One of the main attractions in the park is the shark tunnel which allows you to see the sharks swimming around you.
3-Explore Timanfaya National Park
One of the most popular things to do in the Canary Islands is seeing one Lanzarote volcano after another in this popular park. When you visit Timanfaya National Park, you will see spectacular shades and colors of rock formations that you won't see anywhere else.
The most spectacular volcanic landscapes, including a still active volcano, are now protected as the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Timanfaya National Park.
It literally has to be seen to be believed: huge areas of otherworldly terrain covered in swirls of solidified lava, cracked into crevices by more molten lava still moving below.
To see the whole park, go to Islote de Hilario atop a volcanic rock, where park rangers demonstrate the enormous heat right under your feet.
If you want a completely different experience in Lanzarote, you can ride a Timanfaya camel that will take you to a volcano in Lanzarote.
Camels in Lanzarote are a must when visiting the island.
4-The beaches of Tenerife
Like those of Gran Canaria, Tenerife's legendary beaches are found along its sunny south coast. Among the most developed, with many vacation homes, hotels, restaurants and sports facilities, are the family-friendly golden sand beaches.
Playa de Las Vistas and the upmarket enclaves around Playa del Duque, on the Costa Adeje to the West.
In the latter, you will find shopping, luxury spas, golf, windsurfing, jet skiing and other activities.
The chain of beaches ends in Puerto de Santiago and Los Gigantes, in a spectacular location under high cliffs. Smaller natural beaches with darker sand dot the entire shoreline east of Los Cristianos to El Medano. Too windy for comfortable sunbathing or swimming, El Medano is a world-class surf beach.
Further west is the beautiful little Playa Santiago and Playa de la Arena, protected by rocky headlands and set beneath lush parkland.
Adeje is an upscale resort town, with shopping, luxury spas, golf, windsurfing, jet skiing, and other activities. Perhaps the best beach for families is Playa de las Teresitas, just outside the capital city of Santa Cruz.
Its gently sloping golden sands imported from North Africa are protected by artificial reefs that make it perfect for children and swimmers, without the intense waves of some other beaches.
5- The beaches of Fuerteventura
The miles of beaches on the island of Fuerteventura are almost empty, and even most of those with well-developed tourist infrastructure are uncrowded. The beaches in the northeast are often quite windy and the surf on its northern beaches is quite heavy - much to the delight of surfers, who find some of the best waves in Europe here.
Corralejo, a fishing port on the north coast, is a surf hub, with rentals, surf schools, and a strong surf and watersports culture.
Playa el Pozo, which has moderate waves and safe swimming waters, a number of kiosks renting water sports equipment, beach chairs and umbrellas, and there are several other choices along nearly 10 miles of Corralejo sandy beach.
It's Playa Sotavento Leeward Beach that has earned Fuerteventura its reputation as a beach lover's paradise. It runs along the entire southern coast of the Jandia peninsula, at the southern tip of the island. You can choose your paradise from nearly 30 kilometers of golden sand lapped by turquoise waters.
While there are towns and tourist enclaves with all amenities, it's the abundance of uncrowded beach space that draws tourists to these legendary sands.
6- Watching Dolphin and Whale in Tenerife
The Atlantic Sea off Tenerife is known for its whales and dolphins, and a whale watching cruise is one of the favorite family activities on the island.
You can spot whales and watch pods of frolicking dolphins – up to five different species – on boat trips from various ports. Many cruises include a stop at a secluded bay to swim or snorkel.
A variety of watercraft are available, from sleek sailboats and catamarans to luxury yachts. On the Tenerife Whale and Dolphin Cruise from Los Cristianos, you'll be accompanied by trained crew members who will help you spot and identify the marine life you see.
You will also have different views of Mount Tiede and the coastline.
For those who like their wildlife experiences to be closer to the water - or in it - there are also excursions for kayakers and divers.
7- Santa Cruz de Tenerife
The capital of Tenerife is a lively and attractive city, marked by some exceptional architectural attractions.
The most important of these is the magnificent Auditorio de Tenerife, an opera house and concert hall overlooking the sea, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. The concert hall hosts world-class artists, conductors and orchestras.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife has other cultural highlights, including the excellent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, where you'll find works by Spanish, Flemish and Canarian painters.
At the fascinating Museum of Nature and Man, you can learn more about the natives of Tenerife, before the arrival of European settlers, and the volcanic history of the islands of Tenerife.
If you ask “What are the Canary Islands famous for?”, the answer Santa Cruz is where you'll find Tenerife's best shopping, as well as the Canaries' most famous event, the annual Carnival, marked by lavish parades, shows and extravagant costumes.
8- San Cristobal de la Laguna, Tenerife
This charming colonial city is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its exceptional cultural heritage. San Cristobal de la Laguna, locally known simply as La Laguna, is the former capital of all the Canary Islands.
The charming historic town has many architectural gems, such as its elaborate cathedral, Renaissance and neoclassical churches and impressive mansions built by wealthy families in the 17th and 18th centuries.
The town's parish church, the Iglesia de Nuestra La Concepción, was built in 1496 and modified in the 16th and 18th centuries. The sanctuary is simply decorated and has Mudejar coffers.
For a historical overview of the area, head to the Museum of History and Anthropology, housed in the charming Casa de Lecaro, which dates back to 1593.
9- La Orotava, Tenerife
In a beautiful valley of banana plantations, this colonial town has been designated a National Historic-Artistic Site. The historic district is filled with gracious old houses, most with ornately carved wooden balconies.
The most notable of these architectural gems is the Casas de los Balcones, built in the 1630s to house a wealthy colonial family. Today it is a museum and gallery of traditional Canarian crafts and sewing. To admire the interior balconies, enter the green patio.
The Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, a 16th-century Baroque church, has two notable bell towers. The beautifully landscaped Hijuela del Botánico teems with over 3,000 colorful tropical flowers and rare plants, surrounded by lawns adorned with decorative pools.
An even larger botanical garden can be found near Puerto de la Cruz, once part of La Orotava, a port known for its fishing it's boats still bring the daily catch to its restaurants.
10- Cueva de los Verdes
One of the most popular things to do in Lanzarote is to explore the seven kilometer long volcanic tube that stretches from the La Coruña mountain to the sea. These tubes formed when the surface of a lava flow cooled and hardened during melting, while a river of lava was still flowing below. When underground lava emptied into the ocean, it left the hollow tube deep underground.
The two-kilometer section you can visit inside the cave is in its original state - the only things that have been added are lights and walkways for security. You enter the caves through a jameo - a hole created by the collapse of a thin spot in the roof of the lava tube.
Some of the largest rooms are between 9 and 12 meters. The stone of the walls is red, orange and black, formed by compounds such as iron oxide and calcium carbonate in the stone.
Restaurant Recommendation in the Canary Islands
If you like good food, you should know that Canarian gastronomy is booming: in Tenerife alone, you will find six Michelin stars. And, let's not forget its wide variety of award-winning wines from over 200 wineries.
This restaurant is original to say the least. As its name suggests, the Tagoror “cueva” is a cellar, even a cave, inside which you will live an authentic Canarian experience.
This establishment also offers typical Canarian dishes, such as gofio 'escaldado‘ and papas arrugadas con mojo.
Gofio is surely the most typical food of the archipelago.
It is a kind of flour made from roasted cereals and other ingredients like barley and wheat.
The composition of the gofio escaldado also includes a fish broth.
On the other side, the "papas arrugadas con mojo" are potatoes that are bathed in mojo sauce (red or green), made up of oil, garlic, and peppers, among other things... A real treat!
The unique setting and delicious dishes make this restaurant one of our favorites in Gran Canaria!
- Average price: 80 dollars
Beach Recommendation in the Canary Islands
In this ranking one could not miss one of the best urban beaches in Europe:
Playa de las Canteras, the lung and the heart of the city and capital of Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Crystal clear waters in an area almost 3 kilometers long and with life and joy along its truly enviable avenue, from La Puntilla to La Cicer.
Enjoy the most family-friendly and famous beach in the capital of Gran Canaria. Walk along its relaxing and calm shore, crossing one of the best known and emblematic places of the Canary archipelago.
It is a favorite of Canarian families who call this beautiful townhome and one of the best beaches on the island.
This fascinating destination offers so many attractions that we decided to put together a list of what to do in Geneva and places to visit in one day.
If you are looking for, '' Many things to do in Myanmar'', you can see the ancient temples, Bein Bridge, Schwedagon Pagoda, and many more.
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Avanti BCA1800W User Manual
MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES
No. de Modelos
RM1700W / RM1701B / RM1702PS
BCA1800W / BCA1801B
BEFORE USE, PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW ALL SAFETY RULES AND OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS.
La sección en español empieza en la página 17.
Avanti has a policy of continuous improvement on its products and reserves the right to change materials and specifications without notice.
Avanti Products, A Division of the Mackle Co., Inc.
P.O. Box 520604 - Miami, Florida 33152
Your safety and the safety of others are very important.
We have provided many important safety messages in this manual for your appliance. Always read and obey all safety messages.
This is the Safety Alert Symbol. This symbol alerts you to potential hazards that can kill or injure you and others. All safety messages will follow the Safety Alert Symbol and either the wo rds ” DANGER”, “WARNING” or “CAUTION”.
Danger means that failure to heed this safety statement may result in severe personal injury or death.
Warning means that failure to heed this safety statement may result in extensive product damage, serious personal injury, or death.
Caution means that failure to heed this safety statement may result in minor or moderate personal injury, property or equipment damage.
All safety messages will alert to know what potential hazard is, tell you how to reduce the chance of injury, and let you know what can happen if the instructions are not followed.
Before the refrigerator is used, it must be properly positioned and installed as describe d in this manual,so read the manual carefully. To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock or injury when using the refrigerator, follow basic precaution, including the following:
?Plug into a grounded 3
?It is recommended that a separate circuit, serving only your refrigerator be provided. Use receptacles that cannot be turned off by a switch or pull chain.
?Never clean refrigerator parts with flammable fluids. These fumes can create a fire hazard o r explosion. And do not store or use gasoline or other flammable vapors and liquids in the vicinity of this or any other appliance. The fumes can create a fire hazard or explosion.
?Before proceeding with cleaning and maintenance operations, make sure the power line of the unit is disconnected.
?Do not connect or disconnect the electric plug when your hands are wet.
?Unplug the refrigerator or disconnect power before cleaning or servicing. Failure to do so can result in electrical shock or death.
?Do not attempt to repair or replace any part of your refrigerator unless it is specifically recommended in this manual. All other servicing should be referred to a qualified technician.
FOLLOW WARNING CALL OUTS BELOW ONLY WHEN APPLICABLE TO YOUR MODEL
?Use two or more people to move and install refrigerator. Failure to do so can result in back or other injury.
?To ensure proper ventilation for your refrigerator, the front of the unit must be completely unobstructed. Choose a well
?The refrigerator should not be located next to ovens, grills or other sources of high heat.
?The refrigerator must be installed with all electrical, water and drain connections in accordance with state and local codes. A standard electrical supply (115 V AC only, 60 Hz), properly grounded in accordance with the National Electrical Code and local codes and ordinances is required.
?Do not kink or pinch the power supply cord of refrigerator.
?The fuse (or circuit breaker) size should be 15 amperes.
?It is important for the refrigerator to be leveled in order to work properly. You may need to make several adjustments to level it.
?All installation must be in accordance with local plumbing code requirements.
?Make certain that the pipes are not pinched or kinked or damaged during installations .
?Check for leaks after connection.
?Never allow children to operate, play with or crawl inside the refrigerator.
?If you use the drainage container , you must set the drain select switch to OFF or the water can overflow from the drainage container
?Although the unit has been tested at the factory, due to
?Do not use
?Do not use this apparatus for other than its intended purpose.
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HELP US HELP YOU...
Read this guide carefully.
It is intended to help you operate and maintain your new unit properly.
Keep it handy to answer your questions.
If you don't understand something or you need more assistance, please call:
Avanti Customer Service
Keep proof of original purchase date (such as your sales slip) with this guide to establish the warranty period.
THIS UNIT IS NOT DESIGNED FOR THE STORAGE OF MEDICINE OR OTHER MEDIC AL PRODUCTS.
Write down the model and serial numbers.
You'll find them on a plate located on the rear outside wall of the unit.
Please write these numbers here:
Date of Purchase
Use these numbers in any correspondence or service calls concerning your unit.
If you received a damaged unit, immediately contact the dealer (or builder) that sold you the unit.
Save time and money. Before you call for service, check the Troubleshooting Guide. It lists causes of minor operating problems that you can correct yourself.
IF YOU NEED SERVICE
We're proud of our service and want you to be pleased. If for some reason you are not happy with the service you receive, here are some steps to follow for further assistance.
FIRST, contact the people who serviced your unit. Explain why you are not pleased. In most cases, this will solve the problem.
NEXT, if you are still not pleased, write all the details, including your telephone number, and send it to:
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PARTS & FEATURES
1.Temperature Control Knob
2.Ice Cube Tray (Only on models RM1700W / 1701B / 1702PS)
3.Drip Tray (Only on models RM1700W / 1701B / 1702PS)
6.Chiller Compartment (Only on models RM1700W / 1701B / 1702PS)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
REFRIGERATOR SAFETY _________________________________________________________2 IMPORTANT SAFEGUIDES_________________________ ________________________________3 REGISTRATION INFORMATION_____________________________________________________4 HELP US HELP YOU … ___________________________________________________________ 6 PARTS AND FEATURES __________________________________________________________ 7 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS_______________________________________________ 9 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS____________________________________________________ 9 BEFORE USING YOUR UNIT___________________________________ ____________________9 INSTALLING YOUR UNIT _______________________ _________ _________________________ 9 ELECTRICAL CONNECTION ______________________________________________________10 EXTENSION CORD _____________________________________________________________10 REVERSING THE DOOR SWING OF YOUR UNIT _____________________________________ 10 OPERATING YOUR UNIT ________________________________________________________ 10 SETTING THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL __________________________________________ 1 0
USING YOUR ICE CUBE TRAY
(Only on models RM1700W / 1701B / 1702PS)
THE CHILLER COMPARTMENT
(Only on models RM1700W / 1701B / 1702PS)
CARE AND MAINTENANCE ______________________________________________________ 11
DEFROSTING YOUR UNIT (Only on models RM1700W / 1701B / 1702PS) _____________________11 CLEANING YOUR UNIT ______________________________________ _________________12 POWER FAILURE _______________________________________________________________12 VACATION TIME ________________________________________________________________12 MOVING YOUR UNIT ____________________________________________________________ 12 ENERGY SAVING TIPS ___________________________________________________________12 TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE ______________________________________________________13 SERVICE FOR YOUR REFRIGERATOR _____________________________________________ 14 YOUR AVANTI PRODUCTS WARRANTY ____________________________________________ 15 WIRING DIAGRAM ______________________________________________________________ 16 INSTRUCCIONES EN ESPAÑOL ________________________________________________17~18
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
?WARNING? To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock, or injury when using your appliance, follow these basic precautions:
?Read all instructions before using the refrigerator.
?DANGER or WARNING: Risk of child entrapment.
Child entrapment and suffocation are not problems of the past. Junked or abandoned refrigerator s are still dangerous. . . even if they will “just sit in the garage a few days.”
?Before you throw away your old refrigerator: Take off the doors. Leave the shelves in place so that children may not easily climb inside.
?Never allow children to operate, play with, or crawl inside the refrigerator.
?Never clean refrigerator parts with flammable fluids. The fumes can create a fire hazard or explosion.
?Do not store or use gasoline or any other flammable vapors and liquids in the vicinity of this or any other refrigerator. The fumes can create a fire hazard or explosion.
?Before Using Your Unit
?Remove the exterior and interior packing.
?Check to be sure you have all of the following parts:
?1 Water Drip Tray (Only on models RM1700W / 1701B / 1702PS)
?1 Ice Cube Tray (Only on models RM 1700W / 1701B / 1702PS)
?1 Wired Shelf
?1 Instruction Manual
?Before connecting the unit to the power source, let it stand upright for approximately 2 hours. This will reduce the possibility of a malfunction in the cooling system from handling during transportation.
?Clean the interior surface with lukewarm water using a soft cloth.
?Installing Your Unit
?This appliance is designed to be free standing only, and should not be recessed or
?Place your unit on a floor that is strong enough to support the unit when it is fully loaded. To
level your unit, adjust the leveling legs at the bottom of the unit.
?Allow 5 inches of space between the back and sides of the unit, which allows the proper air circulation to cool the compressor and condenser.
?Locate the unit away from direct sunlight and sources of heat (stove, heater, radiator, etc.). Direct sunlight may affect the acrylic coating and heat sources may increase electrical consumption. Extreme cold ambient temperatures may also cause the unit not to perform properly.
?Avoid locating the unit in moist areas.
?Plug the unit into an exclusive, properly
?After plugging the appliance into a wall outlet, allow the unit to cool down for
? Electrical Connection
Improper use of the grounded plug can result in the risk of electrical shock. If the power cord is damaged, have it replaced by an authorized Avanti Products service center.
This unit should be properly grounded for your safety. The power cord of this unit is equipped with a
Do not under any circumstances cut or remove the third ground prong from the power cord supplied. For personal safety, this appliance must be properly grounded.
This unit requires a standard 115/120 Volt AC ~/60Hz electrical outlet with
The cord should be secured behind the unit and not left exposed or dangling to prevent accidental injury.
The unit should always be plugged into its own individual electrical outlet which has a voltage rating that matches the rating label on the appliance. This provides the best performance and also prevent overloading house wiring circuits that could cause a fire hazard from overheated. Never unplug the unit by pulling the power cord. Always grip the plug firmly and pull straight out from the receptacle. Repair or replace immediately all power cords that have become frayed or otherwise damaged. Do not use a cord that shows cracks or abrasion damage along its length or at either end. When moving the unit, be careful not to damage the power cord.
? Extension Cord
Because of potential safety hazards under certain conditions, it is strongly recommended that you do not use an extension cord with this unit. However, if you must use an extension cord it is absolutely necessary that it be a
? Reversing the Door Swing of Your Appliance
This appliance has the capability of the door opening from either the left or right side. The unit is delivered to you with the door opening from the left side. Should you desire to reverse the opening direction, please call customer service for reversal instructions.
OPERATING YOUR UNIT
?Setting the Temperature Control
?Your unit has only one control for regulating th e temperature in the compartment. The temperature control is located on the upper right hand side of the compartment.
?The first time you turn the unit on, set the temperature control to “6 ”.
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Renegotiating Health Care: Resolving Conflict to Build Collaboration, 2nd Edition
July 2011, Jossey-Bass
Renegotiating Health Care
Since the first edition of Renegotiating Health Care was published in 1995, new treatments, technologies, business models, reimbursement methods, and regulations have tangibly transformed the substance of health care negotiation.
This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Renegotiating Health Care offers a practical guide to negotiation and conflict resolution in the health care field. It explores why unresolved conflict can hamper any organization's ability to make timely, cost-effective decisions and implement new strategies. The book focuses on the complex interactions between those who deliver, receive, administer, and oversee health care. It defines negotiation techniques and conflict resolution approaches that can improve efficiency, quality of care, and patient safety. Renegotiating Health Care outlines strategies and methods to resolve the myriad thorny issues encompassing the health care enterprise. It should be required reading for students and professionals in health services management, clinicians, leaders, policy makers, and conflict resolution experts working in the health care field.
Praise for Renegotiating Health Care
"An outstanding book! I learned their principles of meta-leadership while at the CDC and continue to use them at ABC News. This book is a must for anyone in leadership: practical, intuitive, and priceless."
Richard E. Besser, MD, chief health and medical editor, ABC News
"This book is a must-read to assist today's health professional navigate the ever-changing health care delivery system. Leadership will be the key to success."
Pat Ford-Roegner, RN, MSW, FAAN, senior health consultant and former CEO, American Academy of Nursing
Part One Conflict.
1 Why Conflict?
2 Moving Beyond Conflict.
3 Setting the Stage for Negotiation.
Part Two Negotiation.
4 Interest-Based Negotiation.
5 Framing to Generate Options.
6 Reframing to Spur Momentum.
7 The Walk in the Woods.
Part Three Contest, Resolution, and Connectivity.
8 Positional Bargaining.
9 Mediation, Arbitration, and Dispute Resolution.
Part Four Evolving Health Care Practice.
11 Designing a More Cohesive, Better-Linked Health System.
12 Evolving with Technology.
13 The Negotiating Patient.
14 Changing Work and a Changing Workforce.
Part Five Shaping Purpose.
15 Crafting the Essentials.
16 Constructing a Resilient Balance.
Appendix: List of Characters.
Leonard J. Marcus is founding director of the Program for Health Care Negotiation and Conflict Resolution and founding co-director of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Barry C. Dorn is associate director of the Program for Health Care Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at the Harvard School of Public Health.
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Contributor Ilona French describes the usage and misconceptions of gaskets, seals, and sealants used in the racing industry. This includes an interview by Steve Henry from MTI.
Contributor John F. Katz goes over the various sealing technologies used in racing engines, including a gasket material perspective from MTI’s very own Steve Henry.
Steve Henry does another interview for Ilona French. Her article describes racing industry sealing trends, racing gasket installation errors, and more.
Kelsie S. Richmond and Russell Richmond from SGS Commercial Aging Services LLC, David Belton from General Motors Co, and Steve Henry from
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I hadn’t ever thought about visiting Kensington Palace but when I told my Mum I wanted to visit London for the day and asked her what she fancied doing she said she had always wanted to visit! Even better, you can get Kensington Palace entry tickets by exchanging your Tesco Clubcard vouchers, bargain!
Kensington Palace is situated in Kensington Gardens and has been the residence of the British Royal Family since the 17th Century. It is currently the official residence of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Kent, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, and Princess Eugenie.
Kensington Palace was built as a royal home for William III and Mary II at the end of the 17th Century. It has had many roles over the years, including a museum and a barracks for soldiers guarding the Great Exhibition. It used to be a small mansion known as Nottingham house. In 1689 the new monarchs, King William III and Queen Mary II, purchased Nottingham House for £20,000 and only weeks later, Sir Christopher Wren began work on transforming it into a royal palace. The new palace had a chapel, courtier accommodation, kitchens, stables, barracks and many grand rooms and state apartments. Queen Mary died in 1694 of smallpox in her bed chamber in the palace but had spent many years before designing and furnishing the palace.
William didn’t make many alterations to the Palace, and his successor, Queen Anne, only reigned for a short time and so only added the orangery during her time. Anne left no heir and so the palace passed to her distant relative, George Ludwig.
The new King George liked Kensington Palace but found it to be in very poor condition and so plans were made to rebuild it on a much larger scale. A new set of State Apartments were built to replace the old Jacobean house in 1718 to 1722.
During the reign of King George II between 1727 and 1760, the Palace was used to its full potential as George and Queen Caroline enjoyed entertaining their guests in lavish ceremonies. Unfortunately, after Queen Caroline’s death in 1737, the King closed off half of the palace. King George died in his private apartments at Kensington Palace in October 1760.
George III showed little interest in Kensington Palace throughout his reign (1760-1820), but this did mean that the furnishings and paintings were left untouched in dark rooms for this time. The Palace eventually became home to George III’s two sons, Prince Augustus, Duke of Sussex and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. Prince Augustus was a book collector, and amassed over 50,000 volumes in his apartment! Prince Edward was the father of Queen Victoria, who was born in the palace in 1819. In June 1837 she was told of her accession to the throne, and held her first council in the Red Saloon.
Queen Victoria’s daughters, Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, later lived in the palace. Louise was a really gifted artist and left the legacy of the statue of the young Queen Victoria which sits at the east side of the palace.
A major restoration of the palace took place in 1898 under the orders of Queen Victoria and in 1912 the rooms were filled with display cases when the palace became home to the London Museum. A lot of damage was caused to the Palace by incendiary bombs during the Second World War.
In the 1960’s, Princess Margaret came to live at the Palace, and further members of the Royal Family began to arrive in the 1970’s and 1980’s, one of the most famous of these being Diana, Princess of Wales, who lived at Kensington Palace up to her death in 1997.
There are several tours you can take within Kensington Palace which are:
The Kings State Apartments
The Kings Staircase leads to the King’s State Apartments, and all visitors for the King would have climbed this staircase, (provided that their clothes and jewels were acceptable to the guards!) The staircase paintings were completed around 1726 by an artist called William Kent, who included a portrait of himself on the ceiling in a brown artists cap and holding a palette. Kent’s work was inspired by the work he had seen in Rome, where he trained to be an artist.
The Presence Chamber was where the King would sit on his throne, under a crimson silk damask throne canopy, and important guests would be ushered in to bow to him.
The Privy Chamber was one of Queen Caroline’s favourite entertaining spaces. It has another amazing ceiling created by William Kent in 1723 and shows Mars, the Roman god of War, and Minerva the goddess of Wisdom, and surrounding them are the emblems representing the arts and sciences.
The Cupola Room was probably my favourite room of the Palace. This room was the first room decorated by William Kent. In this room he re-created in paint a baroque Roman palace but with the Star of the Order of the Garter as the ceiling’s centrepiece. George II and Queen Caroline hosted really lavish parties in this room.
The strange object in the centre of this room is a clock and a music box as well as a piece of artwork, and was completed in 1743.
The Kings Drawing Room would have been packed full of courtiers back in the day, who would have all attended the King’s parties seeking power and patronage.
On the ceiling William Kent has shown the powerful god Jupiter, who accidentally killed his lover Semele, and portraits of Venetian doges line the walls. Next door to this room was the King’s bedchamber, and halfway through the evening he would emerge to make his grand appearance.
The Council Chamber is located in one of Christopher Wren’s pavilions, built on the corners of the original Nottingham House and it has served William III, George I and George II as a meeting place for the Privy Council. The sort of court dress that would once have been worn in these state rooms is on display here.
Queen Caroline’s Closet is a small room which originally belonged to William III as his bedchamber. George I used this room to store books but these were removed after Queen Caroline made one of the most important art discoveries of the era. In 1727, she found hidden in a cabinet a portfolio containing many drawings made by Hans Holbein, the younger of Henry VIII and his courtiers. Caroline later made this room a gallery filled with 300 paintings, miniatures and embroideries.
The Kings Gallery was built for William III as an addition to Wren’s design in the new South front and was finished in around 1700. It was in here that William III played soldiers with his little nephew and intended heir, the Duke of Gloucester. After a riding accident at Hampton Court, it was here that the King caught the chill that led to his death on 8th March 1702.
The gallery was transformed in 1725 by William Kent for George I. Red damask replaced the green velvet walls and the fine oak joinery was painted white and gilded. Kent and his assistants painted the seven large ceiling canvasses that show scenes from the life of Ulysses.
Queen’s State Apartments
The Queen’s State Apartments are deliberately plainer and lower-key than the Kings, both inside and out. Here you can learn more about the lives of Mary II, Queen Anne and the House of Stuart.
The Queen’s Staircase is a sharp contrast to the grand marble King’s staircase. These apartments were built for Queen Mary between 1689 and 1694.
The Queen’s Gallery was painted white and hung with full length portraits of Kings and Queens of England. Later, Mary developed a passion for collecting treasures from India, China and Japan. She filled the gallery with artefacts such as Turkish carpets, embroidered hangings and lacquer furniture, alongside her collection of 150 pieces of oriental porcelain.
The Queen’s Closet was where a terrible argument took place between Queen Anne and her childhood friend Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough.
The Queen’s Eating Room has beautiful panelling which has survived from the 17th Century. In here, William and Mary would share simple private dinners of fish and beer. Mary would also use this room to make tea with the ladies of her household.
The Queen’s Drawing Room used to be filled with Mary II’s porcelain. This room is the room which is claimed to have lost most of its original character, as it badly damaged by an incendiary bomb on 14th October 1940. Most of the panelling was destroyed which is why the walls are now wallpapered.
The Queen’s Bedroom was used by Mary as her State bedroom when she and William first moved into the palace. Just as soon as Christopher Wren had finished work on the Queen’s Apartments, Mary had her rooms extended to provide her with more accommodation. This resulted in the Queen’s Gallery and a new private bedchamber being built.
We were very disappointed because this exhibition was closed when we visited, and it was one of the main exhibitions we wanted to see! We will definitely have to revisit to see this. In this exhibition you can visit the rooms Queen Victoria grew up in and learn more about her life right through from her childhood to her final years. In this section of the palace we would have been able to see:
The Stone Staircase where Princess Victoria first met her cousin and future husband, Prince Albert, for the first time in 1836.
The Red Saloon where Victoria held her first Privy Council on the morning she became Queen in June 1837.
On this tour you will also learn more about how Victoria and Albert fell in love and Victoria’s lonely family life growing up at Kensington Palace.
There is also a separate exhibition about Price Albert known as the Great Exhibition, which was in 1851 and would later be known as his greatest piece of work. It showcased technological and cultural achievements from over the world and attracted over six million visitors.
This is a changing display – when we were here it was a beautiful Diana exhibition showcasing some of her most famous outfits. Well worth a visit and it slightly made up for the fact that the Victoria exhibition was closed.
The first dress below was designed by Bruce Oldfield, who designed many dresses for the Princess. She wore it at the Courtauld institute of Art, Somerset House in 1990 and again at the Buckingham Palace state banquet in 1991.The Princess chose the second dress in the below picture for an official visit to Japan. The colour was chosen to complement the flowering cherry blossoms.
Diana chose to wear the Spencer Tiara, a sparkling family heirloom, on a state visit to India in 1992. This second dress was designed to complement it. The embroidery on the bodice of this dress was based on traditional Indian patterns.
The Princess wore this first dress when she danced with actor John Travolta at the White House. This second dress was embellished with falcons, the national bird of Saudi Arabia, when the Princess visited there. The high neckline and long sleeves also respected local customs.
The second dress below was worn by the Princess when she visited Brazil, shortly after their national football team lost to Argentina in the World Cup. Conscious of her hosts feelings, she instructed the designer, Catherine Walker, to avoid the blue and white colours of the Argentinian team when she designed the gown.
The second dress below was worn to the New York gala event before the Christie’s Auction.
You can also visit the beautiful Palace Gardens, which were transformed in 2012. During the winter months, Queen Anne’s orange trees were protected from the cold inside her magnificent orangery, which was built for her between 1704 and 1705. In the summer months, they were transferred to the terrace outside. Anne also added fountains and an alcove with a garden seat to the south gardens. This still exists but was moved to nearby Lancaster Gate in the 1860’s. In 1705, 100 acres were added to the east side of the palace to form a paddock for royal deer and antelope.
The majority of the works done to the gardens were down to Queen Caroline. She extended the plantings, laid the Broad Walk and had the Round Pond dug in 1728. The Serpentine was formed as a boating lake by flooding several smaller ponds.
The Sunken Garden was laid out during the reign of Edward VII and opened in 1909, and is the most popular of the Palace gardens.
The east and the south sides of the palace were laid out in 2012 with a new scheme designed by Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, inspired by the old layouts of lawns, trees, borders and topiary of George II’s time.
Queen Victoria is present at the front of the Palace in the form of a statue, which was designed by her daughter Louise.
Kensington Palace was a lovely day out in spite of the cold, wet weather! A place I will definitely have to visit again so I can see the gardens properly in the sunshine and hopefully finally get to see the Victoria exhibition when it re-opens, which should be any day now…. | <urn:uuid:2c4d51be-a537-4f4d-995c-09c5192f2a1a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cocochlo.blog/2018/05/12/a-trip-to-kensington-palace/?shared=email&msg=fail | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00476.warc.gz | en | 0.982819 | 2,793 | 2.375 | 2 |
Life and death on a medevac helicopter
Taking pictures of people who are suffering and in pain is never an easy experience. From the jump seat in the back of a Blackhawk medevac helicopter, a constant stream of injured, dead and dying men and women passed in front of me during a recent week-long embed. The wounds were as varied as the patients; an Afghan soldier with kidney stones to a Marine whose legs had been nearly severed by an IED blast.
The medevac helicopter crews were part of the 101st Airborne Division based at Camp Dwyer, a dusty Marine base in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. During my one week embed with Charlie Company, I would generally work from 6am until it got dark around 7:30pm. The busiest times of day seemed to be in the morning and then again in the afternoon, but calls were received 24 hours a day. About 50% of our patients were Afghan nationals, both military and civilians; with injuries ranging from amputated limbs blown off by IED’s to stab wounds from domestic disputes. The military medical facilities offer the same level of care to locals and soldiers alike, in no small part to gain a bit of good will in this hostile and volatile province.
One morning I was in my tent when the call went out over the radios, “Medevac Medevac Medevac” I joined the crew as we sprinted to the helicopter and within minutes we were airborne. The noise inside was deafening, and earplugs brought the level down to a dull roar. After about 15 minutes, the pilot increased our speed to around 175 mph (280 km/h) and we dropped to tree-top level for our final approach. The helicopter rotors kicked up a cloud of dust as we touched down and the flight medic jumped out to help board the wounded.
A group of Marines were already running towards the door carrying a litter with an injured comrade. The soldier was conscious as they placed him onto the floor and one Marine reached out to shake his hand before leaving. A moment later, a second litter arrived with a more serious casualty. The Marine had no vital signs and the flight medic immediately began CPR while the crew chief pumped air into his lungs. They worked on the wounded man for the entire flight back to the hospital, about 20 minutes, and as soon as they arrived, a nurse jumped onto the gurney and continued to pump his chest.
We returned to headquarters and I asked the flight medic about the second Marine. He shook his head and said he had probably died before we even got there. I found out later that the Marine who died was 19-years-old, and had been deployed only one month earlier. The crew began to clean the blood and bandages from the rear of the helicopter in preparation for the next mission. I walked back to my tent to download my pictures, wondering how any image could tell such a story. | <urn:uuid:85ac0b98-cd81-400f-8f4a-b53133977890> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2010/08/30/life-and-death-on-a-medevac-helicopter/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281226.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00373-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.987141 | 604 | 2.046875 | 2 |
Last Updated on Mar 30, 2020 by James W
Are you looking for some tips and tricks that can make half of your day off? Would you like to be able to be extremely prolific, yet fulfill everything that you might be having into your mind? If so, you should know by far that you are not the only one. Nowadays, all of us are trying to mix a lot of things in order to gain enough time for ourselves. And there is no wonder why – we have one life, and we aim high enough for it. These being said, in case you are looking forward to knowing more concerning the subject, make sure to stick with us and keep an eye onto the following lines to get a better image over some of the best and quickest management hacks that are ought to be making your day!
- Set Up a Calendar App
When working online, it is imperative to use technology – under all of its forms. For instance, when you need to write something (such as an article), you will be mostly prone to use a computer – laptop, or anything that goes amazing with your fingers and inspiration. In this case, you can easily set up a calendar app, one that will always keep you updated with anything that the day after tomorrow brings to you – stuff that you need to do.
- Get Your Body Enough Sleep
Remember, there is only one requirement that is ought to be respected anytime – taking care of your mind and body. If there is no ballance between the two, the result will not be exactly the one meant for you. In this case, make sure you get enough sleep (from 7 to 9 hours per night) and you will be more than ready to kick off the day from the very beginning.
- Do a Weekly Review
No one remains extremely productive if they do not see improvements – or possitive results. As for you, when it comes to management hacks, your brain needs to see those things getting better and better to keep yourself motivated. Thus, we urgently recommend you to keep a weekly review of exactly everything that you did the past days. By this way, you gain sattisfaction and a perfect state of mind. It depends on you when to start these management hacks, yet the sooner, the better for anyone! | <urn:uuid:23a6c95e-7df9-4304-ae2f-8adc7a4f2bd2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://makemoneyinlife.com/quick-management-hacks-to-make-your-day | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00667.warc.gz | en | 0.967923 | 463 | 1.507813 | 2 |
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