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DIY Rag Garland
SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- Strand of light or jute rope
- 1/3 yard of 8 different fabrics – Country Solids & Symphony Broadcloth recommended
- plastic Easter eggs
- clear stringing wire (optional)
- Cut 1/2" snips along the short edge of the fabric. The snip allows you to rip 1/2" wide fabric widths, giving it a frayed edge. Cut the 45" strips into fourths (roughly 11" or so). Do that with all the fabric and then separate the colors into different colored piles. It makes it easier for the next step if they are semi-organized.
- Tie the fabric in a knot around the light strand or jute rope. Make it as full as desired. The more pieces of fabric, the fuller it will be.
- Alternate colors until the garland is the desired length.
- Hang the garland in place. Optional: As an added bonus for Easter, use some clear stringing wire and thread the wire through the top of the Easter eggs. Tie those onto the garland. Add candy, notes, bible verses, money, or any other little trinkets inside. When Easter is over, simply cut the clear wire and save the eggs for next year. | <urn:uuid:5784bd30-5a5d-4bc3-bf53-3dc549901e69> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.joann.com/diy-rag-garland/0578778P18.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280872.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00314-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.849039 | 272 | 1.609375 | 2 |
As a folks, we appear to have an odd fascination with our automobiles. Credit score is a sort of legal contract or agreement, the place one get together receives assets or loans from another get together with a commitment or obligation to a pay the sum at a future stipulated date, along with the interest rate. Identity Theft or Credit score Theft: Stealing some key personal information like social safety quantity, bank card particulars, and many others., of a person, and using it for acquiring credit or making purchases.
Financial Establishment: An establishment that renders financial providers like deposit taking and providing loans, or funding funds and insurance. Fair Credit and Cost Card Disclosure Act: An amendment to the ‘Truth in Lending Act’, which mainly requires the fee involved in bank card plans to be disclosed.
It ensures that the bank card maintains a restrict, in order to allow a future supposed transaction. We also attempt to provide good automobiles for good individuals in a hassle-free setting. Companies embrace paint and body restorations, automobile repair, tuneups, oil changes, elements alternative, and extra extensive repairs.
Stability Transfer: It’s the act of transferring an element or all the present steadiness from one credit card to another. Industrial playing cards: This can be a generic title used for credit or charge playing cards issued for enterprise bills, like journey, procurement, and leisure.
Lien: It refers to the legal declare on the property (actual property or private) of one other individual as a safety for a debt, in order that if the borrower fails to satisfy his compensation obligation, the creditor can claim the actual property to satisfy the debt. | <urn:uuid:b68752f1-9a87-4998-a759-33ab9aaf3ff2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cersanayna.com/small-world-auto-heart.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00479.warc.gz | en | 0.919142 | 337 | 1.960938 | 2 |
We know what it takes to prevent HIV infections and improve the lives of people living with HIV.
For World AIDS Day this year, the theme is The Time to Act is Now. The Indian Health Service is acting by reaching the right people, in the right places, with the right practices, as recommended by the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. You can read more about IHS successes and activities in our IHS HIV/AIDS Program materials.
The Right People:
Programs that reach younger people are especially important in American Indian and Alaska Native communities, since more than half of the estimated new HIV diagnoses among American Indian and Alaska Native persons are among people under the age of 35.
The perspectives of men who have sex with men are also increasingly important in our prevention work. Most new HIV diagnoses among American Indian and Alaska Native men are attributed to male-to-male sexual contact.
Access IHS materials to promote HIV testing in your facility or community. Everyone should know their status.
The Right Places:
There is great variation throughout American Indian and Alaska Native communities, including different reasons for new HIV diagnoses, perceived or actual access to care for people living with HIV, and outcomes of persons living with HIV. Use this atlas from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to start understanding the burden of HIV/AIDS where you live.
The Right Practices:
The best prevention and engagement approaches come from our own communities. Work with your community to find the best ways to:
- Offer widespread HIV testing.
- Effectively link people who need it to care.
- Obtain access to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for those who want it.
- Support people living with HIV.
For more information and ideas, visit AIDS.gov. There is no better time than World AIDS Day to recommit ourselves to achieving an AIDS-free generation.
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From Exalted - Unofficial Wiki
Lastleaf, City of
Taken from the journal of Jalirus Condekkar, Scavenger King and Finder of Truths
At first glance, one could easily think the name "Lastleaf" is a misnomer given that the city lies in a secluded valley deep in the east, fortified on all sides by countless varieties of enlarged flora found only in the east. A wall of greenery stretching as far as the eye can see and then further still makes mockery of the sparse vegetation implied by the city's appellation.
The true scholar, however, knows that as with all things, there are various layers to any given truth, and so is the case with this fabled city, for Lastleaf is the only known source of Amaryllis Blossoms in the modern age, and this is the true source of the name.
Small, as cities go, it is nevertheless well worth visiting, and to this day I have fond memories of walking arm in arm with the Matriarch through its many gardens and walkways. The city is home to many rare flowers and blossoms not found elsewhere in creation, and though they pale beside the Amaryllis, they are still a spectacle I would see again before I die. I have heard it said that the Topiary of the Invested is unassailable for pure visual wonder, but I personally find myself preferring the simple pleasures of Lastleaf.
As always, though, it is not simple pleasure that guides me. It is my hope to spark the Matriarch's interest in trading some of the rarer blossoms in return for a recently acquired partial copy of The Salina Treatise. I do pray, however, that she does not have reason to question its veracity. | <urn:uuid:23a1730c-e641-4fad-8038-03e7be951c99> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://exalted.xi.co.nz/wiki/Lexicon/Lastleaf | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280872.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00310-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96768 | 367 | 1.765625 | 2 |
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(Heb. shemesh), first mentioned along with the moon as the two great luminaries of heaven (Genesis 1:14-18). By their motions and influence they were intended to mark and divide times and seasons. The worship of the sun was one of the oldest forms of false religion (Job 31:26, 27), and was common among the Egyptians and Chaldeans and other pagan nations. The Jews were warned against this form of idolatry (Deuteronomy 4:19; 17:3; comp. 2 Kings 23:11; Jeremiah 19:13).
Rising and setting of
Kings of Judah dedicate horses to
2 Kings 23:11
Exodus 10:21-23; Isaiah 5:30; Isaiah 24:23; Ezekiel 32:7; Joel 2:10; Joel 2:31; Joel 3:15; Amos 8:9; Micah 3:6; Matthew 24:29; Matthew 27:45; Mark 13:24; Mark 15:33; Luke 21:25; Luke 23:44-45; Acts 2:20; Revelation 6:12; Revelation 8:12; Revelation 9:2; Revelation 16:8
Does not shine in heaven
In the history of "greater light," of the creation the sun is described as "greater light," in contradistinction to the moon, the "lesser light," in conjunction with which it was to serve "for signs and for seasons, and for days, and for years," while its special office was "to rule the day." (Genesis 1:14-16) The "signs" referred to were probably such extraordinary phenomena as eclipses, which were regarded as conveying premonitions of coming events. (Jeremiah 10:2; Matthew 24:29) with Luke 21:25 The joint influence assigned to the sun and moon in deciding the "seasons," both for agricultural operations and for religious festivals, and also in regulating the length and subdivisions of the years "correctly describes the combination of the lunar and solar year which prevailed at all events subsequent to the Mosaic period. Sunrise and sunset are the only defined points of time in the absence of artificial contrivances for telling the hour of the day. Between these two points the Jews recognized three periods, viz., when the sun became hot, about 9 A.M. (1 Samuel 11:9; Nehemiah 7:3) the double light, or noon. (Genesis 43:16; 2 Samuel 4:5) and "the cool of the day," shortly before sunset. (Genesis 3:8) The sun also served to fix the quarters of the hemisphere, east, west north and south, which were represented respectively by the rising sun, the setting sun, (Isaiah 45:6; Psalms 50:1) the dark quarter, (Genesis 13:14; Joel 2:20) and the brilliant quarter, (33:23; Job 37:17; Ezekiel 40:24) or otherwise by their position relative to a person facing the rising sun
before, behind, on the left hand and on the right hand. (Job 23:8,9) The worship of the sun, as the most prominent and powerful agent in the kingdom of nature, was widely diffused throughout the countries adjacent to Palestine. The Arabians appear to have paid direct worship to it without the intervention of any statue or symbol, (Job 31:26,27) and this simple style of worship was probably familiar to the ancestors of the Jews in Chald'a and Mesopotamia. The Hebrews must have been well acquainted with the idolatrous worship of the sun during the captivity in Egypt, both from the contiguity of On, the chief seat of the worship of the sun, as implied in the name itself (On being the equivalent of the Hebrew Bethshemesh, "house of the sun") (Jeremiah 43:13) and also from the connection between Joseph and Potipherah("he who belongs to Ela") the priest of On, (Genesis 41:45) After their removal to Canaan, the Hebrews came in contact with various forms of idolatry which originated in the worship of the sun; such as the Baal of the Phoenicians, the Molech or Milcom of the Ammonites, and the Hadad of the Syrians. The importance attached to the worship of the sun by the Jewish kings may be inferred from the fact that the horses sacred to the sun were stalled within the precincts of the temple. (2 Kings 23:11) In the metaphorical language of Scripture the sun is emblematic of the law of God, (Psalms 19:7) of the cheering presence of God, (Psalms 84:11) of the person of the Saviour, (John 1:9; Malachi 4:2) and of the glory and purity of heavenly beings. (Revelation 1:16; 10:1)
1. The splendid orb or luminary which, being in or near the center of our system of worlds, gives light and heat to all the planets. The light of the sun constitutes the day, and the darkness which proceeds form its absence, or the shade of the earth, constitutes the night. Psalms 136:8.
2. In popular usage, a sunny place; a place where the beams of the sun fall; as, to stand in the sun that is, to stand where the direct rays of the sun fall.
3. Any thing eminently splendid or luminous; that which is the chief source of light or honor. The natives of America complain that the sun of their glory is set.
I will never consent to put out the sun of sovereignty to posterity.
4. In Scripture, Christ is called the sun of righteousness, as the source of light, animation and comfort to his disciples.
5. The luminary or orb which constitutes the center of any system of worlds. The fixed stars are supposed to be suns in their respective systems.
Under the sun in the world; on earth; a proverbial expression.
There is no new thing under the sun Ecclesiastes 1:3.
SUN, verb transitive To expose to the sun's rays; to warm or dry in the light of the sun; to insolate; as, to sun cloth; to sun grain.
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May 4, 2010 | WebMemo on Housing
It has been widely known in investment circles for several years that the hedge fund Paulson and Company earned huge profits by turning bearish on the U.S. housing finance market in 2006, when much of the investment and finance community believed that housing sales and home prices would continue to boom. Paulson was correct in its research, which found that certain U.S. housing markets were awfully wobbly and headed for a bust, and in early 2007 it bet against their mortgages as other investors gobbled them up. Paulson is estimated to have earned $1 billion in profits with these investments.
What gets lost in the discussion, however, is the role that “smart growth” and restrictive land use regulations played in the creation and eventual bust of the housing bubble. Moreover, the Administration’s current policies not only encourage the same kind of behavior but may lead to additional bubbles in the future.
Profiting from Destructive Land Use Regulations
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asserted that Goldman Sachs created financial instruments to accommodate Paulson’s negative bets and that these instruments were improperly marketed to investors who held a more optimistic view of the housing market. While it is beyond the scope of this paper to explore the legality of the transactions that characterized this process, it is important to note for purposes of improving U.S. housing policy that Paulson insisted that the mortgages backing the collateralized debt obligations it was betting against be backed by mortgages secured by houses that happened to be in smart growth states, i.e. states that had the most restrictive land use regulations in the nation for purposes of discouraging suburban growth.
Specifically, and as noted in The Wall Street Journal, “According to the SEC complaint, [Paulson and Company head John] Paulson especially wanted to find risky subprime adjustable rate mortgages that had been given to borrowers in California, Arizona, Florida, and Nevada—states with big spikes in home prices that he reckoned would crash.”
Not surprisingly, one key reason for escalating home prices in these four states was their tight regulation of land use, which created artificial shortages of developable land at a time when sales were soaring and credit plentiful. In fact, all of the Paulson target states have been rated as having some of the most restrictive land use regulations in the nation by independent analysts as diverse as Princeton economist Paul Krugman, Wendell Cox of Demographia, and analysts at the Brookings Institution.
As a consequence, house prices in those states soared. In all of these places home prices increased much faster than household incomes, and by the mid-2000s these states had some of the least affordable housing in comparison to their residents’ incomes.
Measures of Affordability
Traditionally, housing is said to be affordable if the median house price in a community is no more than three times the median income of a household in that community. This measure of affordability is referred to as the median multiple, and a median multiple of three or less is affordable. As the median multiple increases above three, it becomes increasingly unaffordable.
By 2007, just as the housing market was beginning to turn down, many California areas—notably Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego—suffered under median multiples as high as 10 or more. In 2006, the median multiple hit 5.1 in Phoenix and 6.1 in Las Vegas. It reached 7.1 in Miami in 2007.
By way of contrast, in areas with much less onerous land use regulation, housing remained affordable, reaching only 2.3 in Indianapolis and 2.8 in Atlanta in 2007. Housing also remained affordable in Texas, whose land regulation system Brookings labels as the “Wild, Wild West”: The median multiple in Dallas was 2.5 and 2.9 in Houston. In each of these affordable areas, the median sales price of a house never exceeded $200,000, in contrast to the $804,000 recorded in San Francisco in 2007.
Consequences of the Smart Growth Collapse
Two years after the housing collapse, the consequences of the crisis were at their most extreme in the states with the toughest land use rules. According to RealtyTrac, by 2008 nine of the 10 areas with the highest foreclosure rates were in California, Nevada, Arizona, and Florida, while 18 of the top 20 were in urban areas that Brookings includes in its most restrictive category, including California, Nevada, Arizona, and Florida.
By early 2010, foreclosure and delinquency rates compiled and reported by Lender Processing Services revealed that mortgages in Florida, Nevada, and Arizona were the worst three performers in the country and that California was the fifth worst. Nearly a quarter of the residential mortgages in Florida and Nevada were “non-current” as of early 2010.
Current Federal Policies Will Deepen the Problem
One of the more common complaints about President Barack Obama’s many mortgage relief programs is that they tend to reward bad behavior as well as stupid decisions on the part of borrowers who voluntarily took on debt burdens they knew they could never carry—and in some cases committed fraud.
In February 2010 the President further expanded the focus on failure by announcing a $1.5 billion program available to only five states, four of which had imposed abusive land use regulations that caused much of the problem in the first place: California, Nevada, Arizona, and Florida. Of course, no mention was made of the role these regulations played in the problem, and no reform was required as a condition of receiving the federal subsidy.
Other pending legislation and policies—notably the draft of the transportation reauthorization bill and the many statements by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on the need for greater housing and population densities—will make things worse by pursuing counterproductive policies endorsed by the President’s environmental supporters. As recent Heritage Foundation reports have revealed, both the legislation and the proposed policies have as one of their chief purposes the encouragement of the type of land use regulations that led to the house price inflation in the four states whose mortgages Paulson targeted for opportunity based on potential failure.
Americans Deserve Better
These policies may open up even more profit opportunities for discerning investors in high tax brackets, but the American people will not be better off as a result. They deserve a government committed to the restoration of affordable housing, stable homeownership, and a functioning mortgage finance market.
Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D., is Herbert and Joyce Morgan Senior Research Fellow in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
Carrick Mollenkamp, Mark Whitehouse, and Anton Troianovsky, “The Busted Homes Behind a Big Bet,” The Wall Street Journal, April 22, 2010, at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704133804575198120387721724.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsSecond (May 4, 2010).
Abusive land use practices in Arizona and Nevada are exacerbated by land shortages caused by extensive government ownership of land and limited sales of such land from government portfolios.
Rolf Pendell, Robert Puentes, and Jonathan Martin, “From Traditional to Reformed: A Review of the Land Use Regulations in the Nation’s 50 Largest Metropolitan Areas,” Brookings Institution, August 2006, at http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2006/08metropolitanpolicy_pendall/20060802_Pendall.pdf (May 3, 2010); Paul Krugman, “Georgia on My Mind,” The New York Times, April 11, 2010, at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/12/opinion/12krugman.html?emc=eta1 (May 3, 2010); Wendell Cox, “How Smart Growth Exacerbated the International Financial Crisis,” Heritage Foundation WebMemo No. 1906, April 29, 2008, at http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2008/04/How-Smart-Growth-Exacerbated-the-International-Financial-Crisis.
All numbers are calculated from Demographia International Housing Affordability reports for 2006 and 2007. See Demographia, “4th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey: 2008,” at http://www.demographia.com/dhi2008.pdf (May 4, 2010). Demographia is an international public policy firm based in St. Louis, Missouri, that specializes in demographics, urban policy, and transportation.
Press release, “Foreclosure Activity Increases 81 Percent in 2008,” RealtyTrac, January 15, 2009, at http://www.realtytrac.com/ContentManagement/pressrelease.aspx?ChannelID=9&ItemID=5681&accnt=64847 (May 3, 2010).
Lender Processing Services, “LPS Mortgage Monitor: March 2010 Mortgage Performance Observations,” February 2010, at http://www.lpsvcs.com/NewsRoom/IndustryData/Documents/03-2010%20Mortgage%20Monitor/Pres_MM_Feb10Data.pdf (May 3, 2010).
Michael D. Shear and Renae Merle, “Obama’s $1.5 Billion Financing Plan Would Help Struggling Homeowners in 5 States,” The Washington Post, February 20, 2010, A14.
Ronald D. Utt, “No Tax Increase for Federal Transportation Programs,” Heritage Foundation WebMemo No. 2870, April 19, 2010, at http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2010/04/No-Tax-Increase-for-Federal-Transportation-Programs. | <urn:uuid:72d4cdb6-99d1-4645-8ac8-1ee31b9a190f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/05/how-goldman-sachs-helped-paulson-and-company-short-housing-in-smart-growth-states | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281746.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00286-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95283 | 2,064 | 2.203125 | 2 |
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Experiment to show acids (dilute HCl) and bases (dilute NaOH) :
Chemical species which donates H+ ions when dissolved in water.
The pH of acid is less than 7.
Acids turn blue litmus solution into red color.
Hydrochloric acid reacts with zinc metal to produce zinc chloride and hydrogen gas.
Zn(s) + 2HCl(aq) ZnCl2(aq) + H2(g)
Chemical species which donate OH– ions when dissolved in water.
Sodium hydroxide is a strong base with a pH value greater than 7.
It turns the red litmus solution into blue.
Sodium chloride reacts with zinc metal to produce sodium zincate and hydrogen gas. The reaction is given below:
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I’ve always been puzzled by the reference to the “Three Rs,” also known as Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic, considering two of the three don’t even begin with “R!” But, as a kid and now as a parent, I regard those as some of the most important subjects a young child can attempt to master. My kids have the math and reading parts down. Now we’re diving into writing!
With computers, tablets, and touchscreens so prevalent today, I’m guessing our youngsters won’t have as much opportunity to practice the skill of penmanship. As I don’t want them to end up with doctor-like chicken scratch, I’ve compiled a round up of the best handwriting skills tips and activities to go along with a new giveaway we’re sharing with Grown Ups readers.
Begin with pre-writing & fine motor skills
Sneak some handwriting readiness into your child’s day. These activities can help your child develop their writing skills as well as a love of learning.
Activities to Improve Handwriting – Kara from The Joys of Boys describes four simple, yet essential, activities to improve fine motor skills. Practicing these skills builds a foundation for good penmanship.
Items that Help Improve Fine Motor Skills – Jacquie from EDventures with Kids shares tools and toys that helped her kids strengthen their fine motor skills.
Fun Pre-Writing Activities – Early Literacy & Fine Motor Skills Development – These tips from Our Little House in the Country use items found in your craft closet or pantry!
Discover the fun in learning
Introducing letters, colors, or other fun skills can stimulate discovery and help foster a love of the written word. Your child will be eager to learn via these creative activities.
Montessori Inspired Letter B Introduction – This easy-to-create basket of learning activities are brought to you by Mama’s Happy Hive.
Letter I is for Independence & Q-Tip Painting for Preschoolers – Foster creativity and writing skills at the same time with these ideas from My Bright Firefly.
Handwriting Before the Pencil – Elissa from Mrs. Jones’ Creation Station shares fun and learning via a magnetic drawing board you probably already have on hand!
Kangaroo DIY Pencil Holder & The Correct Pencil Grip – Learn pencil grip basics and create a place to store handwriting and art tools in this post by My Bright Firefly.
Fine tune with writing practice
These activities sneak in learning by disguising it in fun! Continued writing practice leads to improved mastery of the art of fine penmanship.
Name Writing Practice – Handwriting Freebie – We love these activities from Mrs. Jones’ Creation Station. Elissa also shares a free, editable handwriting printable!
Handwriting Activities for Mechanics and Endurance – This post from A Mom with a Lesson Plan shares more about the research behind handwriting instruction and gives several creative activity ideas.
Taking it to a new level
Once your child has mastered the basics, move on to mastery of penmanship or the newly “controversial” art of cursive writing.
From Printing to Cursive: Why Learning Fine Motor Skills Matters – Help your child learn cursive writing style with this advice from Alicia at Vibrant Homeschooling.
Fine Penmanship – If your child excels at handwriting, he or she can compete in a national competition!
KBN $500 cash giveaway
The Kid Blogger Network Fall giveaway is open worldwide to readers 18 years of age or older and ends September 25th! One winner will receive $500. The cash prize will be sent directly from the organizers (not Grown Ups Magazine) to the winner’s PayPal account. Please refer to the entry form below for entry instructions and legal conditions.
This sweepstakes has ended. The winner was Carol. Congrats, Carol!
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By Simon Lauder
Posted June 14, 2012 18:53:35
There are concerns a new trade agreement between the US, Australia and several other Pacific nations could weaken Australia’s defences against challenges to its planned tobacco packaging laws. Australia looks set to be hit with a third complaint at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) about its planned tobacco packaging laws.
British American Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco and Philip Morris have launched High Court challenges against the Australian legislation, which would force them to use drab packaging with disturbing images of the health impacts of smoking.Ukraine and Honduras have already launched trade disputes over the issue, and there are reports the Dominican Republic is about to join the complaint. None of those three countries has a significant share of the Australian tobacco market, but they contend the planned laws unfairly restrict trade.
The head of the Federal Health Department, Jane Halton, says the tobacco companies are providing legal advice to WTO members to encourage them to take action against Australia.
She spoke about it in a video message for the World Health Organisation.
“All of these actions are designed to try to intimidate the Australian Government and Australian officials to actually ask us to relent in our efforts to protect the public health of our citizens,” she said.
Associate Professor Andrew Mitchell, from the University of Melbourne Law School, says big tobacco is concerned that if Australia is allowed to introduce new restrictions on tobacco advertising, other countries that have more lucrative markets will follow.
“And also, by using other countries as a proxy, it creates the appearance that plain packaging is opposed by entities other than just big tobacco,” he said.
Professor Mitchell’s colleague, Associate Professor Tanya Voon, says the WTO challenge is likely to slow down any knock-on effect the Australian initiative may have.
“They can have a chilling effect because of the time taken and the resources spent in defending the challenge,” she said.
“And that’s true regardless really of whether the challenges have a legal basis and whether they succeed or not.”
Dr Matthew Rimmer, associate professor in intellectual property at the Australian National University, says this challenge is unlikely to succeed.
“The Ukraine would have more chance of winning the UEFA Cup football competition then they would of winning this WTA action,” he said.
But he says Australia needs to ensure its plain packaging regime is not vulnerable to challenge under the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership have been going on behind closed doors for more than two years.
Today, a key chapter was leaked, showing Australia has refused to agree to a system of tribunals which would be used by private companies to sue governments for breaches of trade conditions.
Australia’s objection to investor-state dispute settlement provisions is already on the public record.
In the WTO case, Australia also has a public health defence, but Dr Rimmer is worried the Trans-Pacific Partnership will not leave any room for one.
“There’s a concern that a very expansive intellectual property chapter in the Trans-Pacific Partnership might help tobacco companies,” he said.
“There is a concern about the regime limiting the array of tobacco control measures that could be taken by a member of the partnership.
“I guess the problem is further complicated by the fact that the negotiations are being held in secret.”
The Federal Government has vowed to defeat the current challenge at the WTO.
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This is my writing task about why GI (Glen Innes) is the best community in NZ.
I had to list multiple reasons to prove this statement right and each reason is listed below.
I then made the reasons that I would actually use in italic before adding 3 bullet points underneath that reason to break the paragraph apart. We didn’t do any actual writing today, just planning.
– the general environment. (it’s bright and positive.)
• as mentioned above, it’s bright and positive and just generally gives off a good vibe.
• full of friendly people.
• nice plants.
– the many schools.
• many schools that teach students of different years etc.
• the free lunch that gets delivered to the schools.
• tons and tons of people for you to meet and possibly become friends with.
– tons of stores.
• there are many dairies and bakery’s, like, almost everywhere you go.
• many stores that vary in items and things that they sell, making it easy for you to find what you may be looking for.
• the staff/employees are friendly and most are easy to approach.
– interesting and cool artwork (spray) painted on walls.
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The biometric system has wide applications in the field of identification of a single person. The unique physical features are useful to find out identification from the biometric database. The irises are also useful as the biometric application. Iris reorganization is an attractive scheme for identity management. It provides accurate identification authentication without using passwords and cards. Iris is a muscle in a human eye that varied the pupil size .
In this thesis, an iris recognition system is developed by using a circular hour transform, Gabor and wavelet filter and optimization algorithm. The MMU dataset with the digitized grayscale image is used to evaluate the performance of the iris recognition. The iris recognition system consists of an automatic segmentation system that is based on the circular Hough transform and can localize the circular iris and pupil region, occluding eyelids and eyelashes, and reflections.
The extracted iris region was then normalized into a rectangular block with constant dimensions to account for imaging inconsistencies. Finally, the phase data from 1D Log-Gabor filters cascaded with wavelet features were extracted and encoded the unique pattern of the iris into a bit-wise biometric template. We converted this encoding process to an optimization problem and introduced the two additional objective functions to choose only the reliable bits. This encoding process is optimized with the GA algorithm. The Hamming distance was employed for classification of iris templates, and two templates were found to match if a test of statistical independence was failed.
Advantages of Iris recognition
- Avoided physical contact during scanning
- Accurate Matching performance
- Operated from a long distance
- Hard to spoof
- It does not change with person age
Drawbacks of Iris recognition
- Visual light should be minimized for accurate recognition
- It cannot be used as a regular camera
- It requires proximity camera
- The minimum value of criminal investigations
Steps of Iris recognition
The entire iris recognition system is divided into the four major steps;
- Iris detection by circular hough transform
- Iris normalization
- Features encoding (Gabor & wavelet features encoding)
- Iris recognition
Figure 1 Block diagram of iris recognition
The complete work is developed in the MATLAB 2017a software. The MMU iris dataset is used to test the proposed work. The dataset contains the 46 objects iris images with left and right orientations. The five different orientations of iris images are stored with the left and right combination. A total of 460 iris images are used for the training and testing purpose. We used a combination of Gabor and wavelet transform features that are used for every image and these features are encoded. Conventionally features are encoded considering
where bi is the set of binary encoded features and fi are featured.
This encoding also encodes those features that are not robust like features along with the edges and fragile bits in the iris code which leads to performance degradation. So we proposed two optimization equations to remove these limitations of iris coding and these are optimized with the Genetic optimization algorithm. Circular hough transform is explained in the previous chapter and used to detect the iris. Fortunately, in MATLAB 2017a, we have a function based on circular hough transform, which is used to detect the iris. Though this method is sensitive to the inner and outer radius of iris and pupil and our database has eyes at some orientation too.
Equation 1 can be converted into an optimization problem as
We introduced two more additional terms along with this objective function and based on those terms, and three cases are tested and optimized by the Genetic optimization algorithm.
First-term of the objective function
In this thesis, due to the binary nature of iris codes, we assume that such a vertical dependency will lead to a vertical bit-adjacency in an iris code. Accordingly, our first objective term exploits the vertical bit-adjacency in an iris code. It is defined as follows:
Where N denotes the two vertical neighbors of bit bi. The terms 4 is added into equation 3 and can be combined as 5
Now Genetic optimization optimizes this equation as the first objective and encodes the data. Here α is a tradeoff between feature value and vertical adjacency bits.
The second term of the objective function
Some bits in iris codes are less reliable. A bit is less reliable if the corresponding feature value is close to the origin in the feature space since such bits are less stable in iris codes. These bits can be removed by using equation 6.
and it is combined with equation 3 as
This is the second objective function, which is tuned by Genetic optimization.
Overall objective function
To mitigate the bits at the edges and to add advance effect, equation 5 and 7 are combined as
Objective function tuned by Genetic Algorithm
GA is based on chromosomes’ positions, which later on updated as their children. These chromosome positions are equal to several features to be encoded. In our work, several features so chromosomes will also be presented by this number of coordinates in their searching space. These coordinates values are in the Matrox of 0, and 1. 0 is considered as that feature is encoded as 0, and 1 depicts that the corresponding feature is 1 encoded. Table 1 shows a part of encoded features.
Flow chart of entire work
Figure 2 Flow chart of the proposed method of iris recognition
Results and Discussion
We detected iris and pupil in the MMU database. We chose to work with the Multimedia University (MMU) iris database, contributing a total of 450 images, 5 images per iris, 2 irises per subject. All images were taken using the LG Iris Access 2200 at a range of 7-25 centimeters. Figure 3 shows the sample of detected iris for a few images in that database.
Figure 3 (a) Object 41-right eye     (b) object 46-right eye
We have saved database features for all four cases and used in matching for respective case. Figure 4 shows the query image and its normalized version of iris.
Figure 4: (a) Detected iris (b) normalized iris
We have encoded the features by four different objective functions. These encoded features are shown in figure 5. The first figure is for the conventional objective function. Second and others are for 1st objective function, second objective function and combined functions. The red dots represent that these elements in the encoded features had value 1 in basic method but now these are changed and vice versa for blue dots.
Figure 5: Encoded Features by four cases (a) Conventional encoding (b) 1st objective encoding optimized by GA (c) 2nd objective by GA (d) combined objective function encoding by GA
To calculate the accuracy, the whole database is processed and the combination of Gabor and wavelet features are extracted for each object’s Iris image. Though circular hough transform is not fit for every eye image, so we rejected those images manually, whose detection was not overlapped on Iris. This pre-processing improved the accuracy in iris detection.
Figure 6: Accuracy comparison for all four scenario
In this work, an iris recognition system is presented with MMU databases of grayscale eye images. The features of the iris were encoded by convolving the normalized iris region with 1D Log-Gabor filters and 1D Haar wavelet features. The encoding of features is done using a proposed combination of objective functions using GA optimization. 1st objective function is used to introduce adjancey of vertical neighbor bits and the second objective function removes the noise from iris edges. The Hamming distance was chosen as a matching metric, which gave a measure of how many bits disagreed between two templates.
- Hu, K. Sirlantzis and G. Howells, “Optimal Generation of Iris Codes for Iris Recognition,” in IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 157-171, Jan. 2017.
- B. Pereira and A. C. Paschoarelli Veiga, “Application of Genetic Algorithms to Improve the Reliability of an Iris Recognition System,” 2005 IEEE Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing, Mystic, CT, 2005, pp. 159-164
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The Ras p21 family of guanine nucleotide proteins has been widely studied in view of its apparent role in signal transduction pathways and high frequency of mutations in human malignancies. It is now clear, however, that the Ras proteins (H-, K- and N-Ras p21) are members of a much larger superfamily of related proteins. Six members of this family, Rap 1A, Rap 1B, Rap 2, R-Ras, Ral A and Ral B, exhibit approximately 50% amino acid homology to Ras. The six mammalian Rho proteins (Rho A, B, C, G, 7 and 8) are approximately 30% homologous to Ras and are expressed in a wide range of cell types. Both Ras p21 and Rho p21, as well as other members of the Ras superfamily, contain a carboxy-terminal CAAX sequence (C, cysteine; A, aliphatic amino acid; X, any amino acid) which in the case of Ras has been shown to be essential for correct localization and function.
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McDonald’s (MCD) Misses on U.S., Global Sales
Shares of the McDonaldâ s Corp. (MCD) declined -1.08 or -1.12 percent to close at $95.72 per share on Monday, after the company reported another month of sluggish sales at their established U.S. restaurants. The November results have investors worried the hamburger franchise is losing market share to competitors in the United States.
Comparable sales for U.S. restaurants dropped -0.8 percent in November, compared to a +2.5 percent rate of growth for the same period one year ago, analysts were expecting an increase of +0.3 percent. Global comparable sales were up +0.5 percent, versus an expected rise of +0.6%.
Oak Brook, Illinois based McDonaldâ s Corp. is the worldâ s largest chain of fast food hamburger restaurants. With about 70 million customers eating at their restaurants worldwide, the company racked up profits of $5.5 billion on $27.5 billion in annual revenue in 2012. The company licenses franchises and affiliate ownership collecting rent, fees and royalties paid by the franchisees. To own a franchise, in addition to a large capital outlay, franchisees must attend intensive courses at â
Published on Dec 10, 2013
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The front-page article ``Businesses Line Up Against Clinton Plan; Public Is Still Divided,'' Feb. 4, is misleading. Americans may be divided in their views of President Clinton's health-care reform plan or conservative alternatives to it, but other polls have shown that a majority of Americans in general and US physicians in particular support a single-payer plan.
Single-payer bills have been introduced in the House (HR 1200 by Reps. Jim McDermott [D] of Washington and John Conyers [D] of Michigan) and in the Senate (S 491 by Sen. Paul Wellstone [D] of Minnesota). It is inconceivable that a report on health-care proposals would ignore these bills, especially since they had some of the highest number of congressional sponsors of any of the health-care proposals.
Instead, the article focused on the Clinton plan (a.k.a. ``the Insurance Industry Preservation Act of 1993'') and conservative alternatives to it.
For democracy to work, citizens must be informed about all of the alternative proposals. When the media attempt to limit discussion to a narrow range of proposals, they are failing in their duty to the American public. Ronald Forthofer and Mary Forthofer, Longmont, Colo.
Stand up to extremes of war
I am overdue in thanking Jeff Danziger for his wonderful, thoughtful, and timely cartoons. The Jan. 27 cartoon prompts this letter: With the heading ``A Target in Sarajevo,'' it depicts what happened to the children who lost their lives as they were playing in the snow.
When children are not allowed to express the only joy left to them it is high time the world stood up to the bullies and said ``Enough.'' There has already been too much innocence lost. Shirley B. Berg, Detroit
Harding and sports money
I am very disturbed by Jeff Danziger's Jan. 18 cartoon of [Olympic athletes and their agents].
As of that day, Tonya Harding had not been proven guilty of anything. She may want big money, but does it occur to anyone that she might want or have to pay back some of the money invested in her?
It is one thing to point out wrong morals, but don't the big football and baseball stars sign up for big money? Nan C. Moorhead, N. Ft. Meyers, Fla
Stocking up on guns
The article ``Seems a Lot of People Got Guns for Christmas,'' Jan. 7, contains an assertion by a Handgun Control Inc. spokeswoman to the effect that she doubts Americans are purchasing guns at a greater rate than normal because of the Brady Bill and other pending legislation.
If she truly doubts this, she should visit a number of sporting goods stores and ask the salespeople why their shelves are less well stocked than normal.
If she still doubts that Americans are rapidly arming themselves in anticipation of tighter gun controls, she should contact a few of the state agencies that receive handgun sales reports.
Gun-control advocates tend to support measures that will have a far greater impact on the availability of weapons for the honest citizen than they will on the ability of the criminal to obtain weapons. William G. Dennis, Kelso, Wash.
Socialist approach to agriculture
I have read the article ``Russia's Agrarian Party Runs Against Land Reform,'' Dec. 1, with much interest and some incomprehension.
I have been a socialist all my voting life; once the socialist-left in the Labor Party here was a force to be reckoned with. No one thought there was any hope of a communist takeover in Australia - the most that could be hoped for was that production should be primarily for the needs of the people and not for profit. Is this not what the Agrarian Party has in mind? Is it not apparent that collective farming is the only legitimate goal?
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(Image and quote below via NY Times 2-10-12 article)
“Most disturbingly, a recent study of toddlers in the United States conducted by researchers at Duke University found flame retardants in the blood of every child they tested”. Please read the rest of this article here.
Here is a great little video shot by my friend Lynne over at the Make
your Own Mattress Forum, which you can read here http://openyoureyesbedding.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/eye-opening-ny-times-article/
Lynne also uses buckwheat to steer consumers from foams.
Thank you Lynne for sharing this information!
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The Medes Islands
Medes Islands © Toniher
Situated scarcely a mile from the beach of the popular resort town of L'Estartit, on the Costa Brava, the protected Medes Islands have been dubbed 'heaven for divers'. It may not look like much above water, but the craggy little archipelago of seven islets and a few reefs form one of the most important and rich marine reserves in the Mediterranean. Meda Gran, the largest of the islands, is the only one of considerable size, and there is a 10th-century lighthouse on it. In the 15th century a fortress was built on Meda Gran, but it was destroyed in 1811. Most of the islands are just rocky outcrops jutting out of the sea, with little vegetation. However, the magic happens underwater: millions of fish and thousands of animal and plant species inhabit the shallows, crevices and submarine caves at the base of the island cliffs, and are a delight to behold for divers of all levels of experience, whether splashing with a snorkel or descending to the depths in scuba gear. Visitors can take glass-bottomed boat trips around the islands, departing hourly in season from L'Estartit, or arrange a fully equipped diving trip through one of the numerous tourist diving centres in the resort town. | <urn:uuid:ae6217d9-1c4f-4ff1-b59b-a4a419c033ae> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.wordtravels.com/Attractions/1582 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280242.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00080-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940366 | 279 | 2.390625 | 2 |
Integrating the Arts into the Curriculum
Arts integration is ensuring and allowing students an equitable education through all aspects of learning. Arts integration is combining any art form with any academic instruction. Not only are you just combining it but you are introducing to your students a different way of learning and studying a subject. There are three ways arts can be introduced into the curriculum; learning with the arts, learning through the arts, and learning about the arts.
Learning with the arts is taking any art form and showing it to the class as an aid to help teach them about a particular subject. …
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Learn how to draw a rocket with Austin and me! This lesson we focus on primary colors, shapes, cutting and gluing. It’s also a fun exercise to work on drawing stars!
Just because we say this is for “young artists” it doesn’t mean it’s only for them. I have just as much fun doing these activities as I do with the more complicated ones. Come on parents and teachers, if your little artists are doing this activity…remember to do the activity with them! They’ll have even more fun!
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MedRhythms announces the advancement of its pipeline of neurologic rehabilitation products in multiple sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson’s disease (PD).
As part of this effort, MedRhythms has established MS and PD Scientific Advisory Boards that will provide guidance related to the company’s clinical and research activities in these disease states.
Additionally, MR-004, the Company’s pipeline product for walking rehabilitation in MS, will be studied at Cleveland Clinic in a pilot-scale randomized controlled trial to evaluate its safety and efficacy. This trial is made possible by a grant from the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC), it notes in a media release.
MedRhythms Dr Francois Bethoux and Dr John DeLuca to the MS Scientific Advisory Board. Bethoux is the Director of Rehabilitation Services at the Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis at Cleveland Clinic as well as the Chair of the Research Interest Group on Symptom Management of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers. DeLuca is the Senior Vice President for Research and Training at the Kessler Foundation and a professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department and the Neurology Department.
Bastiaan Bloem, MD, PhD, Ray Dorsey, MD, MBA, and Alexander Pantelyat, MD, joins the PD Scientific Advisory Board as first advisors. Bloem is the Co-Director for Parkinson’s Net, Scientific Advisor of the Michael J. Fox Foundation, and an author of 550 publications. Dorsey is the Director of the Center for Health Technology at the University of Rochester and the Editor-in-Chief of Digital Biomarkers Journal. Pantelyat is the Director of the Atypical Parkinson’s program at Johns Hopkins and the Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Music and Medicine.
“We are excited to advance the pipeline of products by adding these world-renowned researchers and clinicians to our MS and PD Scientific Advisory Boards,” Brian Harris, Co-Founder and CEO of MedRhythms, says in the release.
The study that’s researching the outcomes of MR-004 on subjects with MS will be initiated in early 2020 at Cleveland Clinic. Bethoux will serve as the principal investigator.
“I’ve conducted many trials on interventions to improve walking in those living with MS, including the compelling impacts of rhythmic cueing in this population,” Bethoux states.
“I look forward to undertaking the role of principal investigator in this study and to learn more about this investigational therapy and its potential impact on mobility and quality of life in patients with MS.”
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You just found out someone you care about was diagnosed with cancer. It is totally natural to want to support them in any way you can. Finding out someone you love is suffering, ill, and facing treatment is a hard pill to swallow.
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One way to show them you love and care about them is to get them a gift, but choosing the right gift can be tricky. You don’t want to offend or make them feel worse. You certainly don’t want to buy them something with all of the best intentions only to find out that it ultimately made things worse.
We’ve put together a list of the worst gifts you can give someone with cancer and why they’re problematic. We’ve also shared some thoughtful alternatives that have been a slam dunk with the survivors in our lives.
What Makes a Bad Gift for a Cancer Patient?
When your friend confides in you that they are fighting cancer, there are several things to consider before giving a gift.
- Physical side effects. Skin and stomach sensitivities are just a few physical side effects of cancer and cancer treatments. Anything that could trigger nausea or vomiting is a bad gift idea.
- Emotional side effects. Cancer takes a huge emotional toll. Consider how someone might be feeling emotionally before choosing a gift. Anything that might make someone feel worse about themselves or cause even more burden should be avoided.
- Health concerns. Some gifts, like massages, while very well-intentioned, can actually be harmful to someone whose immune system is compromised due to cancer and treatments.
Worst Gifts for Cancer Patients and Their Alternatives
Here is a list of some of the worst gifts you can give someone fighting cancer, and appropriate gifts you can give instead.
1. Articles and advice
One of the worst gifts that you can give a cancer patient is books, articles, and advice about fighting cancer. What foods to eat and not eat, what alternative treatments to seek out, or an article about how their partner can move on once they’re gone.
These types of gifts, though often well-intentioned, are worthy of a giant facepalm. Leave the care and advice up to the person’s doctor!
Alternative: Instead, give them a book they’ll love. If they love architecture or fashion, give them a book filled with beautiful images. If they’re a sucker for inspirational stories, a book full of positive messages is the perfect option.
If you know they could use a good laugh, get them a book written by their favorite comedian. They will likely have lots of time to enjoy a good book between treatments and resting.
2. A pet or a plant
Don’t get your friend something that they have to care for or keep alive. There’s no telling how many days in the hospital they have ahead of them or what their life is about to look like.
Flowers and plants can also cause infection in some cancer patients who are immunocompromised.
Alternative: Instead, get them some beautiful art or decor in their style to brighten their space and let them know you love them. You can find dozens of already-framed prints online and ship them to their house with a thoughtful note.
3. Perfume or scented toiletries
While a lavender-scented, relaxing bath set is a very thoughtful gift, it’s not a good idea for someone undergoing treatments that can cause nausea. Scented items can also cause skin and immune-system issues for someone who’s system is hypersensitive due to chemo or radiation.
Alternative: Unscented self-care items are the perfect alternative! You can even get bath sets made specifically for cancer patients, or go the DIY route and buy them a natural unscented body wash and a pack of unscented colorful tea lights.
Similarly to scented gifts, food items or baskets should also be avoided for cancer patients who may be experiencing unpleasant side effects from treatment.
Alternative: If you want to help nourish them, a wonderful alternative is a gift certificate to their favorite restaurant, grocery store, or online delivery services, like DoorDash or Uber Eats. This way, they can choose something that they love that will sit right with their stomach.
This is also a great gift because it could potentially feed their caregiver, who is likely in need of some good nourishment as well.
5. Alternative treatments
As aforementioned, leave the treatments to your friend’s doctor. They are likely already overwhelmed with options. While you might know someone who was miraculously cured by essential oil or holy water, your friend is likely already exploring all of the different treatment options they feel comfortable with.
It can be frustrating for someone battling cancer to also have to fight with a well-intentioned friend over treatments they don’t feel comfortable trying.
Alternative: Quality time and a listening ear are a much better way to support your loved one. Be there for them to listen, laugh, cry, or for whatever else they may need.
6. Hair coverings
Hair coverings are not the ideal gift for someone who has recently been diagnosed with cancer for a few reasons.
- They may not undergo treatment in which they lose their hair.
- There’s no telling if or when they lose their hair what type of hair covering they’ll choose. Some people go for scarves or hats, while others prefer wigs.
- Because a hair covering is something they’ll wear every day, it’s best to let them choose something that aligns with their personal style and taste.
Alternative: Instead, send a thoughtful care package. You can put some comfort items into a basket, or buy a premade care package from a company that specializes in cancer gifts such as chemo care packages.
7. Sexy clothing
If you have a friend undergoing treatment for breast cancer, you may think that getting them something to bring their sexy back is a good idea. While well-intentioned, this can feel like a slight or a difficult reminder that a sensitive part of their body is under attack.
Alternative: Instead, gift your friend comfy clothing, slippers, or a pillow and throw to help them feel cozy and taken care of while undergoing treatment.
8. Get well cards
A pre-filled, stock ‘get well’ card can feel too impersonal. It might even make someone feel pitied rather than cared for.
The only exception to this is if you are having everyone in the office fill out a card for a coworker. It’s still a good idea to encourage everyone to write a short personalized note in the card!
9. An annual pass
Even though an annual pass to a museum, zoo, gym, or amusement park is generally a very thoughtful and generous gift, we suggest choosing something else when it comes to cancer patients.
They may not feel up to so much action and adventure and could feel pressured to make use of the pass before it runs out.
Alternative: If you like the idea of a longer use gift, consider a streaming video subscription, like to Amazon Prime video, Hulu, or Netflix. Your friend will likely have lots of time to watch shows and movies during treatment and recovery. This is a great way to help them keep busy and hopefully laughing!
10. A vacation
Unless your friend has decided not to undergo treatments and is feeling well, an extravagant vacation is probably not in the cards.
Alternative: However, a staycation can be a wonderful choice. Give your friend and their partner or caregiver a date night or fun experience. Make sure it’s low-key and something they enjoy doing. It can be something as lavish as a night in a local hotel or as simple as a movie or game night at their place or yours.
11. Bucket list experience
First of all, just because someone has cancer, it doesn’t mean they’re dying. Even if they are, this is not something that you want your gift to remind them of. Unless they have specifically asked for help funding or supporting their bucket list, don’t buy them a skydiving excursion!
Alternative: Instead, buy them something to keep them entertained when they are undergoing or recovering from treatment. A puzzle book, tablet, or gaming device is a gift that will keep on giving. It helps to have something to distract yourself and stay entertained when your chair- or bed-ridden.
12. Tickets to a sporting event, concert, or movie
This kind of gift is likely too much for someone who is fighting cancer. This might work for someone who is in remission or not currently undergoing treatment. If someone is in the thick of things, skip gifting them a big event.
Alternative: Instead, consider a special and personalized gift such as a signed baseball or photo of their favorite athlete or musician. You can even get personalized videos from celebrities who can send your loved one well wishes. Are they a reality TV show fan? Some of the Real Housewives will make a video for you for $25! Now that’s a fun and thoughtful gift your friend will surely cherish for a lifetime.
Give From Your Heart and Consider the Caregiver
The most important thing you can do when choosing a gift for a friend who is fighting cancer is to give from a place of love and generosity of spirit. Be thoughtful, follow this guide, and remember that it’s okay to say sorry if you goof up.
Jamie, a friend who is fighting cancer, shared, “I wish people would have considered my wife, Andrée when buying gifts. She was my caregiver and needed some major TLC too.”
Jamie also let us know that she got a “chemo kitten.” So while we generally recommend against pets, this demonstrates that the perfect gift entirely depends on the person you are gifting. If you don’t know the person extremely well, follow this guide to the T. If you know your person intimately, be thoughtful and loving, and you won’t go wrong.
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Definition and Other Names
Contraception is the utilization of various devices to purposely prevent pregnancy. Some of the devices used are chemicals, drugs, surgical or non-surgical procedures, some techniques and sexual practices. There are also several types of contraceptives that have been officially known as “contraception” simply because they exhibited reliability in preventing conception from happening.
Contraception is also known under several names like: family planning, contraceptives, pregnancy prevention, fertility control and birth control.
Contraception has been outlawed and restricted in the U.S. until June 7, 1965 when the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Griswold v. Connecticut. It was then ruled out that married couples have the right to make their own decisions about whether to or not to use contraception.
By 1972 via Eisenstadt v. Baird case, the Supreme Court ruled that even unmarried couples have the same right as the married ones to use or not use contraceptive methods.
Various Types of Contraception
- Oral: pertains to minipill or combination pills that are taken by mouth daily.
- Worn: pertains to condoms that men wear on their penises to avoid the sperm from entering the vagina; and patch(es) by women.
- Inserted: pertains to the type of contraception that can be put into the vagina to block the sperm from reaching the egg or release hormones.
- Female condom
- Injected or Implanted: pertains to contraceptives such as Depo Provera and Nexplanon.
- Behavioral: pertains to the actions such as monitoring changes in a woman’s body to know the schedule of her ovulation.
- Surgical: pertains to common methods for permanent contraception such as vasectomy (for male) and tubal ligation (for female).
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To illustrate the role of character, we sponsored a series of radio spots called "A Moment of Character." These spots, which are featured in the playlist above, aired on WTOP in the Washington, DC area and offer exceptional examples of honesty, integrity, commitment, and respect.
A Culture of Character
For over 50 years, CACI's culture has been the driving force behind our success. It defines who we are, how we act, and what we believe is the right way to do business. It is built on a foundation of honesty, integrity, and ethics - our shared and unwavering commitment to good character.
Character has never been more important than in today's government, military, and corporate environments.
At CACI, we embody good character in the way we conduct business and in all we do for our customers, shareholders, partners, and each other. We always do the right thing, stand up for the truth, and put the good of our neighbors and our nation ahead of ourselves. As we work toward CACI's future, our good character will continue to guide our actions, strengthen our reputation, and increase our resolve to meet our customers' and our country's most vital needs.
In CACI Chairman Dr. Jack London's book, Character: The Ultimate Success Factor, he draws upon examples from history as well as his personal experiences to illustrate the importance of character in both our personal and corporate success.
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The gap theory, or gap creationism, is a theory of creation that asserts that there was a gap of indeterminate length between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. This gap allows time for geological processes to occur, for fossils and coal to be deposited, and for the starlight problem to be addressed. According to the theory, the surface of the Earth was destroyed by a battle between God and Lucifer, causing it to be "without form" by the time of verse 2. Gap theory was popularized by the Scofield Reference Bible of 1917.
The dinosaurs were also destroyed at this time and their fossil remains are those that are found to this day.
Differences of opinion
As a theory which attempts to harmonize the age of the earth with that promoted by naturalistic scientists, it is preferred by some Christians, although it has largely fallen out of favor in recent times.
Problems with the theory
A crucial point for the gap theory is the translation of Genesis 1:1 and 1:2:
1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Genesis 1:1-2 (ESV)
Gap theorists claim that the verse can be translate to say that the Earth became formless and empty. However, the Hebrew letter waw used as a conjunction does not allow this translation in this context. It is clear that the original language doesn't allow any gap.
In trying to harmonize the Bible with uniformitarian geology, the gap theory introduces a new global catastrophe (the so-called "Lucifer's Flood") which uniformitarian geology doesn't recognize and the Bible doesn't mention.
- Ham, Ken, Creation at the academy, Creation 22(2):24–27, March 2000.
- Sarfati, Jonathan, The Gap Theory, Why it fails on all counts, 2006.
- Sarfati, 2006
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Every day we see, hear, taste, smell, and feel (barring major disabilities of course), but did you know that you have 12 more senses?
1. Sense of time.
The sense of time is the knowledge of how much time something will take. It's also our brain's ability to make time seem slower during times of distress.
Like birds, we can sense magnetic fields. It's subtle, but possible.
This is a sense that allows you to identify and feel your body without looking directly at it. If I asked you where your feet were and you can find them without looking, that's proprioception.
The ability to feel pain in your bones and organs as well as the skin. This is not the nicest sense.
5. Sense of unhealthy foods.
It's a sense that works along side with our sense of smell. It gives us the ability to smell which foods will be unhealthy for us.
This is our sense of balance. It allows us to maintain our position at all times.
Very few people actually have this sense. It's reserved for those with a great sense of vision. Most humans have three cones in their eyes, cones being the cells that allow them to see colors. Tetrachromats have four and are able to see colors that most can't.
8. Sense of danger.
This is a sense that women exclusively have. During ovulation, women have a heightened sense of danger.
9. Blind sight.
Blind people have senses, often called Blind Sight, that allows them to adapt and perceive their surroundings in other ways.
10. Perception of fake.
This one is stronger in some than it is in others. It's the ability to know when a smile is fake or a lie is being told.
Knowing whether something will be hot or cold before we palce our hands on it.
12. Ovulation sense.
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Phishing (pronounced “fishing’) is an email scam designed to acquire sensitive information from the target (you). The most successful phishing emails are designed to look like the email comes from a reputable source.
Many such emails that look as if they come from a UC Santa Barbara source. Some of these are legitimate, some may not be.
How can I tell if an email is fraudulent?
UC Santa Barbara will never ask for any of the following information:
- Verify your account information or ask for your password
- Confirm your address
- Confirm personal information (except UCSB affiliation) such as age, social security number, or home address.
The signature of the email will always include a legitimate UC Santa Barbara department name. However, this alone should not be used to determine if an email from UCSB.
How can I tell if a website link within an email is fraudulent?
Commonly, phishers put a link in their email that looks valid but actually goes to a fake or copycat site. By hovering your mouse over the link in the email (but not actually clicking on the link).
How did phishers get my email?
As with spam, your email address may have been obtained from a compromised computer, an online directory, a publication, etc.
What do I do if I get a suspicious email?
Don't follow links to a webpage. Instead, check the company's website by typing the URL in your browser or call the company directly.
Don't fill out any emailed forms that ask for personal or financial information.
Delete the message.
- Anti-Phishing Working Group
- Identity Theft Victims Guide, by the Privacy Rights Clearing House and CALPIRG
- MillerSmilesCo.UK, archive of spoof email and phishing scams
How can I report a fraudulent email?
UCSB continuously monitors for phishing emails and takes action whenever the message source can be reliably determined. Unfortunately, it is not possible to completely eliminate phishing scams, as the attacks are coming from so many different sources.
If you believe you have a phishing email, you can report it. Please include full email headers when forwarding phishing emails. For instructions on how to forward full headers, please visit the Report Harassing or Unwanted Email page.
Warning: IRS Phishing
Some UCSB faculty and staff are currently receiving emails claiming to be from the IRS stating that there was an error on your return and you need to fill out an online form to collect your refund. The IRS does not do business this way and will never send unsolicited emails asking for personal or financial information. If you receive one of these emails:
- Do not reply
- Do not open any attachments
- Do not click on any links
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If you check the Internet with any regularity at all, it’s likely you’ve come across the “S*** Girls Say” phenomenon. It began with a humor video from New York City-based comedians Kyle Humphrey and Graydon Sheppard, whose “S*** Girls Say” video was composed of two minutes worth of seemingly benign catchphrases you might hear your female friends utter. Then came “S*** Black Girls Say,” an almost exact copy of the first video but twisted a bit to appeal to African-American audiences.
Though both the original video and its Black counterpart spread around the Internet like wildfire racking up millions of views, both were also decried for their perceived sexism. Not all women complain to their boyfriends about not knowing how to use a computer, for instance. Still, the videos persisted, with copycat videos popping up — “S*** Southern Gay Guys Say,” for instance — practically every day since they premiered.
One copycat video, however, manages to stand out from the rest. Yesterday came the premier of “S*** White Girls Say to Black Girls.” Rather than just going the rout of copying the original video’s formula exactly, this new video, from actress Franchesca Ramsey, was slyly didactic, subtly pointing out racist things white people frequently say and do to African-Americans. In one scene Ramsey pretends to touch a Black woman’s hair, saying, “It feels like Cheetos!” In another she says, “Jews were slaves too, you don't hear us complaining about it all the time.”
The point of Ramsey’s video wasn’t to mock women, but rather to bring what are called “microaggressions,” “brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights and insults toward people of other races,” according to psychologist Chester Pierce, who coined the term.
Ramsey’s video has been taking some blowback from whites who are calling it racist in its own right. Indeed, the title is a bit far-reaching and may be a bit racist, but the video itself is anything but. In fact, it’s one of the best pieces of commentary about racism to come out of pop culture in months. In fact, it may be even better — and funnier — than the original video that spawned it.
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The Poetry Book Society, founded more than 60 years ago by T.S. Eliot, at that time the world's most famous living poet-publisher-critic, has been issuing quarterly bulletins for decades, that promote certain poets and presses; and for a number of years now, they also host a major national prize, for ostensibly the best poetry book of the year - from the ten-strong shortlist is plucked a worthy winner.
To question this society is a bit like questioning the Monarchy - positions are hardened pretty much in line with how one feels about, and relates to, the "establishment" - in this case, the Poetry Establishment of the UK.
Of course, no dark-paneled X-Files room exists where such people meet - they meet in public, and we see them at gatherings, clustered in tiny groups of four or six - the top editors from Faber, Picador, laughing and nodding, as they speak to their world famous poets, from Ireland, the US and the UK. In Seamus Heaney's infamous phrase, this is the "inner circle".
If you don't think Carol Ann Duffy, Don Paterson, Sean O'Brien, Hugo Williams, David Harsent, Fiona Sampson, Ruth Padel, and a few dozen other poets published in the UK wield more critical and poetical clout than you, then either a) you are delusional or b) you are on that list already.
Now, this not to attack these poets, these editors, critics and publishers. But it is to note that they tend to have influence - as judges, selectors, and so on.
And, there is a fair argument to be made that who is better placed to wield such influence than those poets who are the best?
Ah, but there lies the circular rub: the way these poets have solidifed their canonical status is open to examination and debate - or could be, in a more transparent system.
For, time and again, as has been shown by recent essays and analyses, key establishment poets have tended to select the work of a small group of peers, without widening the inner circle to admit others of arguably equal merit.
In short, year after year, certain poets, and presses, manage to place their collections in the top shortlists, creating, in the minds of many readers, and the media, an appearance of natural superiority. This is an ideology - a false image, accepted because it satisfies the basic need for a hierarchy.
However, there is no good reason why, over almost the full history of the TS Eliot Prize, no small press ever won (and was rarely shortlisted); no avant-garde poet, either. It is clear to any critic or student of contemporary British poetry that much that is of most worth or interest published in the last 15 years, has been published by smaller presses - places like Nine Arches, KFS, Shoestring Press, Cinnamon, Eyewear, Salt, Penned in the Margins, Arc, Anvil, and various Irish presses. This without even mentioning the experimental presses run by linguistically innovative poets.
The usual arguments about market, and accessibility, are really besides the point. Few poets see their work reach a wider conversation with society - and difficulty in the work is no reason for not shortlisting it. We are meant to be poets, not panderers.
Over 3 years I have published 24 poetry collections, and sent them all dutifully in to the PBS - a few have been reviewed or mentioned as coming out - thank you - but that's table scraps - books that are Selected or Chosen or whatever, get thousands of orders. Such orders are the difference between closure and survival for many presses. I have watched other presses like Salt equally publish books of genius, which sank like stones in terms of this PBS prize.
Now, the thing is - at least some of the books I sent in - such as by Simon Jarvis - are world class books, touched by genius. But I might as well have been submitting a comic book scrawled in crayon.
I am not saying the TS Eliot Prize shortlist process is fixed. No, that way leads to lawsuits and grumpy nonsense. But it is almost as bad - it looks to be a closed shop. And, if it isn't a closed shop, how open is it?
Look at the winners, look at the judges, look at the shortlists, and tell me this is a balanced and open shop.
The PBS oversees a false world view - one where there are maybe six or seven real poetry presses in the UK. But the UK now has over 50 active presses - many small, local, struggling, but valid also. The poets published by these indie presses don't seem to be treated as if they were really part of the adult table - as if there was a glass wall of rain between them and the inner circle.
I expect lots of huffing and puffing - but the poetry establishment exists as a relaxed ad hoc group of about 20 or 30 people in the UK who benefit most from a closed shop. This group does and says very little to support and encourage small presses. Indeed, many of them actively speak about their being "too much poetry being published" already.
The famous argument is that poetry's pie is so small, poets cannot easily welcome in others to grab a slice. Such territoriality is a natural human instinct, and is of course at work everywhere - but it is dangerously rampant on this small island, it seems, especially.
I may have to close my small press in a year or two. It is hard to get sales, and hard to get reviews. You'd think the powers that be would go out of their ways to fit books from worthy smaller presses onto shortlists, from time to time, to help them sell books - after all, these lists are about marketing as much as anything - but the competition is fierce. Faber, Bloodaxe, Carcanet - these are not disinterested parties - they apply for grants. There is a question of resources. A shortlist slot for a small press, a review space for a small press - these things are noticed, and hierarchies shudder and complain.
The point is, why should those of us - call us the Poetry 99% - stand by and accept this state of affairs, cap in hand, for ever? What do we expect? That miraculously some day our small presses, our indie books, our indie poems, will break through. For what? Recognition? From who? The very establishment that barely acknowledges we share the same shelves, the same pages.
I am thinking of no longer submitting Eyewear books to the PBS in future. Why bother? It is a costly nuisance. If poets want to be feted by that society, they should go get published by a Big 5 Press. Indie publishing isn't going to win playing the games designed by the big presses for the big presses.
We need our own prizes, and our own willingness to accept our quality is not based on validation from these trumped up prizes.
We need to read and critique poetry with a far wider sense of what is at stake. Poetry is not about being "a choice" or "selected" by some "big name". Poetry in the UK needs to break free of its reverence for the nonsense that the Poetry Society and PBS foist on us, in the name of what they claim is Poetry. It is Their Poetry. Not mine.
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THE JAPANESE HAVE LONG ENJOYED ONE OF THE LOWEST RATES OF HEART DISEASE IN THE WORLD AND THIS COMES AS NO SURPRISE. ASIDE FROM SEAFOOD, THEIR HEART FRIENDLY DIET ALSO CONSISTS OF NATTO, A TRADITIONAL DELICACY MADE OF FERMENTED SOYBEAN. THIS STICKY, GOOEY, RATHER PUNGENT BEAN DISH CONTAINS A POTENT ENZYME CALLED NATTOKINASE. STUDIES SHOW IT CAN HELP REDUCE BLOOD CLOT FORMATION THAT LEAD TO THROMBOSIS; HENCE STROKE, HEART ATTACK AND EMBOLISM. VITAL C HARNESSES THE POWER OF NATTO WITH NATTOSHIELD. WITH REGULAR USE, THIS NATURAL ANTICOAGULANT NORMALIZES BLOOD FLOW AND IMPROVES CIRCULATION. MAKE THIS A VITAL STEP TOWARDS A HEALTHY HEART. NATTOSHIELD 300MG POUCH COMES IN 30 SOFTGEL." />
NATURAL AND ORGANIC VITAMIN B COMPLEX COMPOSED OF 8 SUBTYPES OF B VITAMINS AND VITAMINS A, D & E IN A SINGLE PREPARATION. , B COMPLEX VITAMINS AID THE BODY IN CONVERTING CARBOHYDRATES INTO GLUCOSE WHICH IS “BURNED” TO PRODUCE ENERGY AND HELPS THE BODY TO UTILIZE PROTEIN AND FATS. B VITAMINS ARE NECESSARY FOR HEALTHY SKIN, HAIR, EYES, LIVER AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
VITAMIN A IS NEEDED FOR THE PROPER DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTIONING OF OUR EYES, SKIN, IMMUNE SYSTEM, AND MANY OTHER PARTS OF OUR BODIES.
VITAMIN D IS REQUIRED FOR THE REGULATION OF THE MINERALS, CALCIUM AND PHOSPHORUS FOUND IN THE BODY. IT ALSO PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN MAINTAINING THE PROPER BONE STRUCTURE.
VITAMIN E IS AN IMPORTANT VITAMIN REQUIRED FOR THE PROPER FUNCTION OF MANY ORGANS IN THE BODY. IT IS ALSO AN ANTIOXIDANT THAT PROTECTS BODY FROM DAMAGES CAUSED BY FREE RADICALS; MAY PROVIDE PROTECTION AGAINST HEART DISEASES AND CANCER.
IT CONTAINS BIOFLAVONOIDS THAT PROLONG THE ACTIVITY OF VITAMIN C AND ENHANCE ITS ABSORPTION IN THE BODY, THUS IMPROVING BLOOD CIRCULATION AND RESISTANCE TO INFECTION, AND PREVENTING ABNORMAL CELL GROWTH AKIN TO CANCER. &NBSP;REGULAR INTAKE CAN HELP LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE AND DECREASE THE RISK OF HEART DISEASE.
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SKIN BECOMES MORE RADIANT WITH EVERY WASH, THANKS TO ITS SUPER WHITENING COMPLEX FEATURING GLUTATHIONE FOR SAFE SUPERIOR LIGHTENING, PAPAYA EXTRACT TO STIMULATE SKIN RENEWAL, AND KOJIC ACID TO BRIGHTEN STUBBORN DARK SPOTS. IT ALSO CONTAINS VITAMIN C TO BOOST WHITENING PLUS VITAMIN E AND BAMBOO EXTRACT TO KEEP SKIN FIRM AND YOUTHFUL. COCONUT ESSENCE MOISTURIZES.
FIGHT WRINKLES AND REAWAKEN DULL, SAGGING SKIN WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK. VITAL R5 COLLAGEN SOAP BOOSTS SKIN ELASTICITY AND ENHANCES SKIN HYDRATION. IT ALSO HAS VITAMIN C TO FIGHT WRINKLE-CAUSING FREE RADICALS AND ENCOURAGE COLLAGEN PRODUCTION. VITAMIN E NOURISHES AND IMPROVES OVERALL SKIN TONE.
SAY GOODBYE TO PIMPLES AND SKIN BLEMISHES. IT HAS TEA TREE OIL THAT EFFECTIVELY KILLS PIMPLE-CAUSING BACTERIA WITHOUT HARMFUL IRRITATION. IT ALSO CONTAINS AKAPULKO EXTRACT, KNOWN FOR ITS ANTI-FUNGAL AND ANTI-ECZEMA PROPERTIES AND GUAVA EXTRACT WHICH DISINFECTS AND REFRESHES SKIN. ALOE VERA SOFTENS SKIN AND SPEEDS UP HEALING. DAILY USE CAN EVEN HELP CONTROL BODY ODOR.
SAFELY LIGHTEN DARK SPOTS AND OVERALL COMPLEXION WITH VITAL CLEAR’S DUAL DEPIGMENTING FORMULA OF KOJIC ACID WHICH CLEARS AWAY STUBBORN BLEMISHES AND PAPAYA EXTRACT WHICH BRIGHTENS AND SMOOTHENS WHILE STIMULATING SKIN RENEWAL. VITAMIN E NOURISHES AND CONDITIONS. BEST FOR PIMPLE MARKS, AGE SPOTS, SUN DAMAGED SKIN AND OTHER DARK BLEMISHES.
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I have been diagnosed with several ailments. I have Ischemia, hypertension, and a very high level of cholesterol. I had too much fluid in my body that it went into my lungs and it developed into phlegm which is the cause of my pulmonary problem. I could not breathe normally and I am not able to take a walk with such distance. I started taking Vital C which was introduced to me by my sister. I take 2 capsules 3 times a day. In a week?s time, I felt the difference! It was really great. I believe if you have faith in God and in the product, you will recover from your ailments. I am taking Vital C religiously. Now, I can walk with far distance and it?s amazing that I could even take a walk up hill without panting. I had never done it in 2 years when I was under treatment. I am very happy, at the age of 76, with Vital C I feel so much younger. In fact, I feel like 15 years being ?revitalized!? Thank you so much Vital C! | <urn:uuid:f86ce8dd-73de-4066-8a01-1dd7f816e7df> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://vital-c.com/main/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280718.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00411-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.668987 | 1,803 | 2.296875 | 2 |
Tue 8th Jul 2014
In July 2014 the Australian Bicycle Council published Implementation Report 2013 which outlines the progress made on the National Cycling Strategy in 2013.
In this third year of the National Cycling Strategy 2011-16:
- Australian states and territories invested $112.8 million in cycling related infrastructure, education and promotion.
- Bicycles outsold cars for the 14th year running with almost 1.4 million bicycles sold.
- National cycling participation rates decreased slightly from 2011.
- Cycling is being integrated in broader transport planning and land use planning.
- "20-Minute Neighbourhoods" are being developed to increase short trips and improve livability.
- Bicycle facilities are increasingly being designed with separation from motor vehicles.
- Street design and speed limits are being used to facilitate street purpose.
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We’ve all had moments in which we recognized that it was too humid outside, but have you ever thought about the humidity levels in your own home? The humidity of your home greatly impacts your overall health and comfort.
Jacksonville’s humidity level averages at around 76% per day, and that high humidity level can affect your home, but having too little humidity will also negatively impact your living space. Having both too much or too little humidity can turn your cozy house into an unpleasant space.
So what’s the optimum level of humidity for your home?
According to the Mayo Clinic, the best level of humidity for your home is between 30% and 50%. Staying between 30% and 50% will maximize your home’s comfort level and keep you from experiencing the negative effects of having too much or too little humidity. It’s crucial that you pay attention to different signs that may indicate that you have poor humidity in your home.
#1. Difficulty Breathing
Having too much or too little humidity in your home can result in many issues that will result in breathing difficulties. High humidity levels can lead to asthma symptoms like shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing.
On top of that, high humidity means that your home has high moisture levels, and moisture promotes the growth of mold, fungus, and dust mites. All three of these unwanted invaders can cause difficulty breathing and additional health issues.
Having too little humidity will also lead to difficulty breathing. When your home’s humidity level is too low, the air will be extremely dry. Dry air will result in difficulty breathing, coughing, and wheezing.
If you experience difficulty breathing in your home, consider checking your humidity levels.
#2. Excess Sweating
Sweating is also a common problem for those experiencing poor humidity in their homes. If your house has too much humidity, your body won’t be able to properly regulate its internal temperature. When you’re in a room with high humidity, your sweat doesn’t evaporate as quickly. The moisture in the air evaporates which slows down your sweat evaporation. When your sweat doesn’t evaporate as fast, you feel hotter. High humidity results in your body having an incredibly uncomfortable internal temperature.
#3. Skin Problems
If your home has too little humidity, then you’ll likely experience cumbersome skin issues. As we mentioned earlier, too little humidity will result in the air becoming incredibly dry. Dry air often causes skin to feel cold and itchy. Dry air also dries out the mucous membranes in your body, which will result in skin issues, sore throats, and chapped lips.
#4. Wood Rot, Warping, and Cracking
Poor humidity levels can also become costly because they can rot, warp, and crack the wood in your home. High humidity levels can result in wood flooring and wooden furniture becoming rotten and infested with insects. Your wood can also expand and warp because of the excess moisture in the air.
If your air’s humidity is too low, the wood in your home will begin to shrink and crack because the air is too dry.
The poor humidity levels in your home could lead to expensive maintenance costs for your flooring and windows, and it can also damage your favorite furniture beyond repair.
#5. Trouble Falling Asleep
Both having too much or too little humidity will negatively impact your ability to fall asleep. If your bedroom has too much humidity, your body will have difficulty regulating its temperature. Your body’s ability to regulate its internal temperature directly impacts your ability to get comfortable and fall asleep. Do you ever find yourself sweating profusely under your bed covers? This could be because your bedroom has too much humidity.
Having too little humidity will also impact your ability to fall asleep. If your bedroom doesn’t have enough humidity, the air will become dry and uncomfortable. The dry air will also lead to throat irritation and coughing, both of which will keep you from having a good night’s sleep.
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If you have questions or need assistance in reaching a comfortable humidity level in your home, contact Snyder Heating & Air Conditioning! We’re here to help make your home comfortable through our expert installation and maintenance of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. Contact us today to receive a quote on a new HVAC system. | <urn:uuid:7b54ede1-a647-4f12-958e-84c545f1c23e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://snyderac.com/2021/09/10/signs-your-home-has-poor-humidity/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00276.warc.gz | en | 0.953109 | 928 | 2.015625 | 2 |
The mosquito-control crew, sprinkling oil over stagnant pools,
destroying rain-soaked barrels, tin cans and other containers, and setting
fire to brush heaps, presents a familiar picture in Florida communities.
The work seems so easy that a casual observer in Florida communities.
In its leisurely task, however, the crew is protecting each community
against "yellow jack," (yellow fever), a disease which, before 1900,
killed thousands of people and cost the State millions of dollars. In
Jacksonville alone an epidemic of yellow jack once resulted in more than
400 deaths and cost the populace at least $350,000. It put hundreds of
panic-stricken citizens to flight, paralyzed industry and trade, and the
city became known as a plague spot to be shunned by the rest of the
world. Although the scourge lasted only a few months, its disastrous
effects remained for years. (1)
Yellow fever is a disease that thrives in warm regions of the
world. The virus of the disease is transmitted by a species of mosquito
named Aedes aegypti. Frost lessens and often checks the disease. Hot
south winds will increase it, but cold north winds always destroy it.
Seldom does the ailment appear in areas removed from seacoasts or
navigable rivers, and it does not exist in high altitudes. Transported from
primitive regions, it spreads into urban areas, especially slum districts, but
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Tabanella presents a case study of a tooth fracture associated with excessive and multiple sessions of scaling and root planing
during maintenance therapy following treatment for periodontitis.
After a period of 15 days, full mouth root planing
was done, and oral hygiene instructions were given.
Supragingival and subgingival scaling and root planing
were performed using the hand and ultrasonic instrumentation.
Comment: In this study, vitamin E supplementation, when used as an adjunct to scaling and root planing
, improved chronic periodontitis.
Moreover, research suggests that in patients with periodontitis during the second trimester, deep instrumental cleaning, known among dentists as scaling and root planing
, may substantially lower the risk of preterm delivery.
IF you suffer from periodontitis you now have a proven home-care breakthrough to help you avoid gum surgery, root planing
Furthermore, after treatment with scaling and root planing
(SRP) in generalized cases, the disease is often reduced to a few local areas in the patient's mouth.
A study evaluated the clinical and microbiological effects on chronic periodontitis patients with complete oral prophylaxis (Scaling and Root Planing
) followed by dietary supplement of CoQ10 (Oxyfresh, USA) for 4 months of time period.
Thirty patients with chronic periodontitis and moderately deep pockets were treated with scaling and root planing
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He says investors need to be wary of synthetic exchange traded funds, believed to account for almost half the market, as not all of them perform as intended for long-term investors in particular.
Chatfeild-Roberts’ team bought its own gold ETF last year but chose the product backed by the physical asset rather than a synthetic product, taking counterparty risk out of the equation.
He says: “If we had we bought a synthetic instrument we would have been exposed to AIG, one of the world’s biggest insurers and major counterparty for synthetic ETFs, which famously became the victim of credit default swaps after Lehman Brothers collapsed.”
He says: “US regulators became so concerned about the marketing of leveraged and inverse ETFs over the summer that they issued a warning to investors, making it clear that these products reset on a daily basis. so, if investors hold them for longer than a day, they are unlikely to see the return that they expected.”
Meanwhile, Chatfeild-Roberts and his team have dipped into the technology sector with the introduction of the Henderson global technology fund into its Jupiter Merlin world-wide portfolio.
Ishares head of business development for the IFA sector Julian Hince says: “Not all ETFs are equal and investors need to understand the different structures they can come in through doing the due diligence.” | <urn:uuid:086c9d04-4267-41cc-8b78-54abfa170caf> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/jupiter-in-warning-over-synthetic-etf-exposure/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280292.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00338-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970302 | 286 | 1.546875 | 2 |
This week the NFL owners approved a rule change that will move kickoffs forward five yards, from the 30 to the 35 yard line. And while that might not seem like a lot, it will have a huge impact on the return game, drastically cutting back on the number of kickoffs that can be brought all the way back for a game-changing play.
Last year, kickers (with at least 15 attempts, not counting onside kicks) averaged 65 yards per kickoff — so the ball landed at the 5 yard line. Because most of these kicks ended up short of or barely crossing into the end zone, returners brought out the vast majority. Only about 16 percent of kickoffs were downed in the end zone for touchbacks in 2010.
When the kickers move forward five yards and average the same distance per kick, the ball is going to land in the end zone a lot more. Some NFL reporters, such as Sal Paolantonio, have suggested that the status quo is likely to return to what it was in 1993. That was the last year that kickoffs occurred at the 35 yard line. In 1993, touchbacks accounted for 32 percent of all kickoffs.
However, we won’t see touchbacks simply double. Kickers have improved significantly since the early nineties. They kick farther and with more hang time than ever before. So you can’t assume the league will go back to just 32 percent touchbacks.
Based on the correlation between average kickoff distance and touchback percentage, I extrapolated from the 2010 data to determine how many touchbacks we’d have if each kicker essentially gained an extra five yard head start. According to my calculations, the actual number of touchbacks will be more like 40 percent of all kickoffs in 2011.
And that’s actually a conservative estimate. Billy Cundiff of the Ravens was the only kicker in 2010 to average over 70 yards per kickoff (71.1). Most of his kicks landed in the endzone, causing over half of them to go unreturned. With the five yard bump to the 35, the average kickoff will likely be over 70 yards now, thus allowing many more kickers to also force 50 percent or more touchbacks.
Plus, when the receiving team does get a returnable kick, the opposing tacklers will now have less ground to cover in order to get down the field and cut off the angles for a long return. Teams aren’t going to be paying more money for kickoff or return specialists anymore, either.
Overall, these changes have a clear effect. By reducing the number of returnable kicks and cutting down the likelihood of a breakout play, the NFL owners may have relegated kickoffs to an afterthought in the game. Enjoy the touchdown returns, because they’ll be few and far between.
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Black cohosh (cimicifuga racemosa) is an herbal remedy for a variety of ailments. According to Holistic Online, black cohosh has properties that can benefit menopausal women. In addition, Native Americans used black cohosh to treat various ailments, and in past centuries American doctors also prescribed black cohosh for its healing properties.
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Native Americans used black cohosh to treat ailments from snake bites to gynaecological problems. Nineteenth-century physicians recommended black cohosh to women to ease menstrual cramps and also thought it had value in treating arthritis, fever and insomnia. Today, herbalists and traditional physicians recommend black cohosh to ease menopausal and menstrual disturbances, as well as cardiovascular illnesses.
The book Prescription for Nutritional Healing details black cohosh's phytochemical and nutrient properties. Phytochemicals include the antioxidant beta-carotene, phytosterols, salicylic acid and tannin, while calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorous and B vitamins are among nutrients in black cohosh. According to Holistic Online, another ingredient, formononetin, "binds to oestrogen receptor sites, inducing an oestrogen-like activity in the body."
Black cohosh's benefits include lowering blood pressure and LDL cholesterol levels and promoting a healthy cardiovascular system, as well as relieving symptoms of menopause, including hot flashes, and offering relief for menstrual cramps and attendant back pain. Since black cohosh can induce labour, pregnant women must consult their gynecologist before consuming it.
Black cohosh can have severe side effects for individuals with certain conditions or who are taking other medications. Because of its oestrogen-like effect, pregnant women or those who are lactating should not use the herb. According to Holistic Online, large doses of black cohosh can cause "abdominal pain, nausea, headaches and dizziness." Women on oestrogen therapy should talk with their doctor before using black cohosh. Additionally, large doses of the herb may cause "symptoms of poisoning, particularly nausea and dizziness, and can also provoke miscarriage." Never take black cohosh if you have full-blown measles or if you have respiratory problems.
Instructions for Use
Black cohosh is consumed in different forms, including capsules. Dosage depends upon strength. Take 300 to 2,000 milligrams per day in crude, dried root or rhizome forms and 250 milligrams up to three times per day of powdered form. In tincture form, take two to four millilitres per day. Holistic Online advises that black cohosh can be taken for up to six months before discontinuing.
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The European Parliament recently approved carbon footprint labeling for goods and services and international business leaders are following the current operational developments with hawks’ eyes. Already there are reports that millions worth of imports from the EU have been affected as a result of carbon neutrality claims. Export potential is believed to further rise as a result of this decision because consumers around the globe have a keen interest in labeled products.
“There’s no delaying this major political and consumer trend”, commented an official of the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development. He predicted that the next step will be shareholders and auditor demands for information about companies’ carbon footprint labeling policies.
The rules, which will also cover imported goods and services, are intended to better inform EU consumers of the carbon footprint of the products they buy from production to disposal. The regulations are part of the Climate Change Interim Report which was adopted with an overwhelming majority of 566 to 61 votes last May. The report has yet to become official law and will be making its way through the legislative bodies next year.
EU policy makers said last month they are now confident that they are on track to meet their Kyoto Protocol target of reducing greenhouse gas by 20% from 1990 levels by 2020.
In shops across Europe there’s little evidence so far that European businesses themselves are hurrying to get the labels printed. Contrastingly, consumers are eager to see the labels. One national UK supermarket, Tesco, has begun labeling 20 products in four categories, detergents, orange juice, potatoes and light bulbs. Research has shown that 70% of all shoppers notice the labels. That should be a wakeup call for businesses to really live up to their green credentials.
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Are REITs included in S&P 500?
REITs on the stock market
30 REITs are members of the S&P 500 benchmark index, and REITs account for just under 3% of the S&P 500 index by market cap.
Are REITs included in index funds?
Real estate investment trusts are included in most broad stock index funds, like Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI), where they represent 4% of the portfolio. … For those interested in overweighting REITs, the easiest and most cost-effective way to do so is through a market-cap-weighted index fund.
Is REIT better than S&P 500?
Real estate stocks offer a natural hedge against inflation due to their ability to raise rents. Data from the National Association of REITs shows that this asset class outperforms the S&P 500 Index 80% of the time during periods of high and rising inflation.
Are REITs in total stock market?
For example, the REIT ETF will have 100% REITs but REITs are a small part of the U.S. stock market and are reflect as such in the total stock market fund. REITs make up about ~3.5% of the investments in the total stock market fund.
Are REITs safer than stocks?
Risks of Publicly Traded REITs
Publicly traded REITs offer investors a way to add real estate to an investment portfolio and earn an attractive dividend. Publicly traded REITs are a safer play than their non-exchange counterparts, but there are still risks.
Why are REITs a bad investment?
The biggest pitfall with REITs is they don’t offer much capital appreciation. That’s because REITs must pay 90% of their taxable income back to investors which significantly reduces their ability to invest back into properties to raise their value or to purchase new holdings.
Do REITs pay dividends?
REIT shares trade on the open market, so they are easy to buy and sell. The common denominator among all REITs is that they pay dividends consisting of rental income and capital gains. To qualify as securities, REITs must payout at least 90% of their net earnings to shareholders as dividends.
Can you have REIT in an ETF?
REIT ETFs offer the same benefits as other types of ETF: a simple, transparent, affordable way to invest in a tradeable basket of securities. REIT ETFs track REIT equity indexes so you can profit from the return of entire property markets rather than bet the farm on a few real estate companies.
Can a REIT be an ETF?
Here are seven REIT ETFs to consider. The Vanguard Real Estate ETF offers investors a wide range of exposure to real estate investments, with an affordable expense ratio of 0.12%, which means $12 in annual fees for each $10,000 invested.
What is the average ROI on REITs?
On an annualized basis, this translates to an annualized average total return of about 9.6%.
Why do REITs pay high dividends?
REITs dividends are substantial because they are required to distribute at least 90 percent of their taxable income to their shareholders annually. Their dividends are fueled by the stable stream of contractual rents paid by the tenants of their properties.
Why are REITs so volatile?
Unexpected infla- tion results in higher REIT return volatility, with larger impacts in down markets and for property sector utilizing short-term lease strategies. A positive correla- tion exists between trading volume and REIT return volatility, suggesting that increased trading induces REIT return volatility.
Are REITs better than dividend stocks?
REITs are required to pay 90% of taxable income to shareholders in the form of dividends. Therefore, many REITs have above-average dividend yields.
REITs vs. Stocks: Everything You Need to Know.
|TIME PERIOD||S&P 500 (TOTAL ANNUAL RETURN)||FTSE NAREIT ALL EQUITY REITS (TOTAL ANNUAL RETURN)|
Is REIT the same as stocks?
Real estate investment trusts, which are known as REITs, and stocks are both types of investment vehicles. REIT investors hold shares in a trust that owns and manages a collection of real estate properties or mortgages, while stock investors purchase shares in the ownership of a public company.
What is the best performing REIT?
Best-performing REIT stocks: December 2021
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|RHP||Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.||137.2%|
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Piano performance takes on the unlikely role of a team sport in the upcoming 10-Piano Concert. This unique performance, held biannually in Sacramento and Matsumoto, Japan, presents the music of ten grand pianos played in unison by Japanese and American students.
Linda Nakagawa, Director of the Sacramento 10-Piano Concert, said the performers are students of Suzuki Piano Basics, an international organization including teachers from Holland, Singapore, Japan and beyond. Students in these various countries work with the Suzuki piano teachers, learning to build the technique and listening skills taught through the program.
Nakagawa said the Suzuki Method relies heavily on a student’s ability to listen, fostering a technique known as playing by ear.
Instead of instructing students to read musical notation from the get-go, Suzuki teachers focus first on a student’s ability to learn through listening and musical imitation.
“They start with the right hand only, learning folk song melodies,” said Nakagawa.
This initial learning is done solely by ear. As they advance, students are gradually introduced to notated music and taught to use their left hand as well, to supplement their melodic playing.
Although the method is taught globally, the 10-Piano Concert itself is a performance opportunity offered exclusively to Japanese and American Suzuki students. They interact not only on a musical level, but culturally as well.
The concert’s exchange program allows students from both Japan and America to travel to Sacramento and live with host families during the weeks of concert preparation. This year, 11 Japanese students join American students for the Sacramento performance.
One of these students is 29-year-old Suzuki student Ryota Miyoshi from Tokyo, who is preparing for his seventh 10-Piano Concert.
“It is great because we can create something with a different culture of people. Piano, we can all do, because we don’t need the language," said Miyoshi.
There is an unspoken musical connection between performers, but Linda Nakagawa says it's still difficult to coordinate the ten student musicians.
“The piano is a solo instrument,” Linda Nakagawa said. “When you have ten together, we still want to have the musicality, but we cannot base it on individual interpretation.”
During their group rehearsals, spanning two weeks in August, the teachers focus on developing the students’ group cooperation, as the young musicians learn to play together.
“Sometimes it’s a mess,” Nakagawa said.
Louis Lanik, a 14-year-old Suzuki student from Rochester, NY, offers his experience on the difficulty of group rehearsals.
“Probably the hardest thing is to start at the same time, and when there’s a break in the middle of the song to start again at the same time,” he said.
Despite a little bit of unavoidable stumbling during rehearsals, Suzuki Piano Basics President and teacher Karen Hagberg offered her statement of optimism.
“It’s amazing what they can do. They get this sort of telepathy with each other,” Hagberg said. “They are having the experience of playing in an ensemble with others, something that most piano students never experience until they become advanced players.”
It’s that ensemble experience Miyoshi said he values.
“Piano, it’s a really lonely instrument, but only in the 10-Piano Concert can you play together,” said Miyoshi. “That’s really a special point. We can share the music, not only with the audience, but also with each other.”
Not only is the performance a new experience for the students, it provides an opportunity to experience the music of Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven in a new light. By attending the performance, Hagberg said audience members get to hear ten times the sound and sense the “hearts and souls of ten players as they express the music together.”
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This volume was produced to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the Israel Yearbook on Human Rights. Forty years have yielded an impressive forty annual volumes. When it was started in 1971, the Yearbook was the first of its kind anywhere in the world. It has always understood its mandate as transcending the narrow borders of the discipline of either national or international human rights. From the outset, international humanitarian law and international criminal law were understood as coming within the proper framework of the Yearbook, as were on occasion articles on diverse freedoms that moremay seem out of bounds to a strict interpreter of the phrase “human rights”.
The present volume brings to the fore only one dimension of the Yearbook, namely essays. Twenty-five of them are collected here: twelve originally appeared in the first twenty issues of the Yearbook, and thirteen in the last twenty volumes, offering a fair cross-section of the literally hundreds of articles in the Yearbook over time, produced by authors from all over the world. Those chosen for inclusion in this Anniversary volume were felt to most impressively tap the rich lode of legal research; present insightful theses for intellectual discourse and argument; and enhance the readers’ knowledge and understanding. | <urn:uuid:9eabce09-1bd2-4e38-bf59-08e4bb683edc> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.wildy.com/isbn/9789004219113/the-progression-of-international-law-four-decades-of-the-israel-yearbook-on-human-rights-8211-an-anniversary-volume-hardback-martinus-nijhoff-publishers | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280310.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00186-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953686 | 294 | 1.921875 | 2 |
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- Income potential: While it seems limitless in professional tennis, this is a myth. Only the top 100 players in the world make any significant income, and the truly big money, millions per year, goes only to the top 50 in the world. The seemingly limitless corporate money goes only to the top 10, and even to them, only to those whose names transcend the sport, such as Andy Roddick or Roger Federer or in Spain, Rafael Nadal. In contrast, there are ~8000 practicing urologist in the USA, and most do very well, in the >$200,000 income range. Like in professional tennis, the "top" urologists do far better and can earn >$1 million per year in addition to corporate money via "consultant fees" and speaking fees. Over the course of ones career, the average urologist will earn many times what the average professional tennis player will.
- Threats: Both urologists and professional tennis players have significant threats to the viability of their careers. For urologists, the ever present threats are devastating lawsuits, rising costs, declining reimbursements, and outside regulatory changes. These are all very significant threats that affect all practicing urologists, yet most of us soldier on and do well despite these challenges. Professional tennis players face threats as well, and I think theirs are even worse than ours. In addition to challenges from their competitors, professional tennis face the high probability of having a career ending injury.
- Overhead: Urologists have high overhead. Ours comes from rent, payroll, insurance, professional dues and CME, equipment, etc. A solo urologist's overhead can easily exceed $150K per year, and a group of 3 can exceed $1 million per year. Now lets look at a tennis player. While it may seem that they travel light, I believe it only seems that way. A tennis player's overhead is high and includes the costs of training facilities, coaches and trainers, equipment, travel, hotels, health insurance (if they are Americans), and others. Coaches take 10% of earnings, or more, before expenses, and this can be more than a practice manager earns in a big group. Yes, professional tennis players have high overhead.
- Lifestyle: It may appear to be an exciting lifestyle--and I believe it is for the top players, or while a person is still in their young 20's--the extreme travel schedule gets old fast. Family building must be put off until after ones career, for women, and for men the travel is difficult on relationships as well. Either you bring your family with you and live out of suitcases, or you leave them at home and suffer without them. No doubt, urologists have a better lifestyle than the majority of professional tennis players.
So I think my parents were right after all. . .stay in school, play as amateur, and enjoy the Open, no doubt my favorite time of the summer.
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Born in Canada, Ven. U Jagara was introduced to Buddhist practice in the early 1970’s by Robert Hoover, and ordained as a monk under the Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw in Burma in 1979. He spent 15 years in Sri Lanka combining meditation with the study of Buddhist texts and periodically traveled to India where he practiced in intense retreats with S. N. Goenka. For several years he conducted retreats in India, America, Europe and Asia in the S.N. Goenka tradition. Since 1995 U Jagara has trained under the guidance of Pa Auk Sayadaw, the Burmese master renowned for his faithful adherence to the Visuddhimagga as both a practical guide to jhana and a detailed exposition of direct analytical approaches to vipassana. U Jagara assists Pa Auk Sayadaw in the teaching.
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End of the US Empirre: Russian Warships Just Arrived in the Philipines
By Darius Shahtahmasebi
January 06, 2017 "Information Clearing House" - "ANTIMEDIA" -Notable American foreign policy critic and linguist, Professor Noam Chomsky, has stated numerous times that the United States’ power has steadily been declining since the end of World War II. As Chomsky notes, in 1945, the United States had “literally half the world’s wealth, incredible security, controlled the entire Western Hemisphere, both oceans, [and[ the opposite sides of both oceans.”
In that context – and in the context of the United States waging war in multiple countries across the globe with the most advanced military technology in the world – it is hard to understand how this has happened. But Chomsky is not wrong.
‘Dock here anytime’: Duterte visits Russian destroyer, wants Moscow to be ally & protector
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The video game of football may be one of one of the most entertaining athletics around. Sadly, as it is less popular as other athletics, there exists less significantly understanding of this sports activity going around. You need to improve your video game, however you are not sure how to do it. Thankfully, the below post will provide you with the knowledge found it necessary to correctly take part in the video game.
If you're searching for cleats, you have to get kinds that fit appropriately. They will be snug and have ample arch help. The cleats should also allow cost-free movement of your legs. Exercise caution, as the completely wrong cleats might problems you.
Generally anticipate to obtain the golf ball. You ought to be targeted on your ball all the time and check out forecasting whom the player will complete it to. Forecasting what a participant does will become simpler as you grow accustomed to enjoying with the same crew. Request the soccer ball in case you are from the best situation.
You are able to normally create a defender hold for a couple mere seconds by faking an attempt. If you see a defender closing in to you, position yourself like you had been going to kick the ball and make a very long pass. The defender should end and predict the move you happen to be faking.
When playing a game title of football, ensure that you stay focused. Keep in mind that the game isn't done till the referee states it really is. Don't go missing in the moment as your group is ahead or since there isn't enough time kept inside the online game. Scoring an ambition within the final min of the online game can make or split video games or championships.
Your entire group ought to be focused on transferring the soccer ball over the industry as much as you possibly can. This will assist place to look at up and may give your group an improved chance of scoring a goal. If your staff is fighting to do this, watch video of professional soccer teams. It ought to provide you with a concept of what you must be doing.
Discover how to dribble effectively. To keep the ball in charge constantly, maintain the tennis ball near to you and lightly tap the soccer ball while using in and out of of your respective ft .. Maintain your eye on your ball for optimum effects and shield the tennis ball by utilizing your body to hold competitors away.
It is recommended so that you can train in order to get from the finest contour around engage in football, but be sure that you tend not to put your system via greater than it may handle. Rather than creating things much better, this may wear your system straight down and in a negative way impact how you will perform.
Discover how to react swiftly. Soccer can be tough for everyone who is not correctly conditioned. By learning to take action quickly, you can make the chance before the goalie has time to take into account getting into placement to block the picture. This can lead to many extra ratings in a game.
When you are testing out for a football crew, it is very important which you engage in the best and try to amaze the trainers. Nevertheless there is nothing wrong with possessing a unique move, you should just use it if you know that it will be carried out perfectly, normally it could make you seem poor.
Make sure you take advantage of every next you may spend on the field to boost your soccer taking part in strategy. Don't spend time in the course of education. You are there to operate in your approach, train, and then make practice. Optimize your time by fighting off the tendency to work with training time socializing and playing about.
Acquire more associated with every single workout and activity. Maneuver around more. Anticipate a lot more from oneself. Consider more difficult to turn off the opposition as well as get forwards and help your teammates. Retain the connection together with your staff proceeding throughout the online game. Do everything you can to be much more included and lively every time you're on the field.
One of the more important matters with regards to soccer is speed. There are several approaches to learn how to work faster, one of the simplest ways to increase your velocity is to include 5 pound weights to each and every ankle whilst jogging your drills. By operating with weight loads, it will be possible to perform considerably faster after the weights are taken away.
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The slip tackle or slide problem can be something you need to do if you're particular you're planning to succeed the struggle for the soccer ball. Or else, your concentration ought to be to stay on your feet. Nonetheless, at times this push tackle is a good solution, especially if you're defending towards an opponent about to attempt to rating.
The force move or side feet successfully pass is a great strategy for your short goes by. By using the greatest region of your foot, better precision is provided, and potential is a smaller amount of a problem in this article at the same time. It is a simple move and must be secondly mother nature into a excellent soccer player.
Once your group is exercising, be sure they get smashes usually. This helps prevent your staff from inadvertently injuring themselves while in training. By letting your athletes to take irregular breaks and converting participants out typically, numerous repetitive traumas can be avoided. This split also permits gamers to hook their 2nd breeze and are avalable out even more powerful than just before.
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A new study from the Bank of Montreal found 74 per cent of Millennials plan to purchase a home in the next five years, while 31 per cent said they’d be homeowners within the next 12 months.
“As Millennials today are saddled with more debt than when their parents were starting careers and families, the decreased interest rate provides an opportunity to pay down debt faster,” said Sal Guatieri, senior economist, BMO Capital Markets.
This younger generation is also the most confident about the market. The BMO report determined half of the Millennials polled say the lower interest rates will have a positive impact on their overall financial situation, while 21 per cent said they feel they can afford a home sooner than they previously thought.
However, agents on the ground say that confidence has already been at work.
“First-timer buyers are already expecting low rates,” says Justin Kua, an agent in Toronto. "It’s just giving people a little more confidence in being able to take on a mortgage.”
Have your say: Do you expect more first-time buyers entering the market with lower rates?
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This math vase of degree 3 is a classic from school teachingT
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Indeed, it is just the graph of the function y=(x+9)*(x-68)*(x-68)*0.0003+10, rotated about the x-axis. Such math models are common examples for computing the area or the volume of a surface of revolution given by rotating a graph about an axis.
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When you hack something, it means that you are trying to add something to a system or change it. While most people think of hacking a computer, you can hack digital photo frames as well. Here's your digital photo frame hack guide.
If you want your digital photo frame to do more than simply show pictures, then you can open it up and try manipulating it. But, if you choose to do this, you should know that there’s a chance that you’ll break your photo frame. If you are, however, going to take this chance, you need to know what you are looking at on the inside. So, here’s your digital photo frame hack guide.
If you have never tried to hack a digital photo frame before, you should definitely start out with a cheap digital photo frame. This way, if you do mess it up, you won’t be out a lot of money. Next, you’ll need some repair tools. You should get some type of pry tool and a screwdriver. You’ll have to look at the back of your frame to determine whether or not you need a Phillips or a flathead screwdriver.
The pry tool allows you to gently open up your digital photo frame. If you use a knife of a flathead screwdriver, you could crack your frame. Pry tools are little gentler on hardware.
Digital Photo Frame Components
Now, you’ll be able to see the innards of your digital photo frame. While each photo frame is going to be different, there are some parts in common. These include the following:
1. USB (universal serial bus) interface – This is where you plug in your USB cord.
2. Switches – These are either for voltage or LCD backlights.
3. LCD interfacing components.
4. SD card interface.
5. Chips – Depending on your unit, these can be your flash or SDRAM chips.
These components are part of your PCB (printed circuit board), which control the functioning on your digital photo frame.
Hacking Your Photo Frame
When you have your frame open, you’ll notice that the components are very simple in nature. Your digital photo frame was designed to only do a handful of functions. It’s actually more like an embedded computer (designed to do one or a few tasks) than a standard computer system.
But, you can add components to your system. To do this, you will need to know something about PCBs, how to solder and the location where items need to go.
Digital Photo Frame Software Hack
You can, however, update the software via either your USB or memory card. This will allow you to add games, videos and similar media. You will have to create a special file name on your computer, and then load it onto the device. The device should read this as a firmware update and accept the additional software programs.
In fact, if you search for firmware updates that correspond to your digital photo frame, you can name your file the same name as that firmware update. This will fool your photo frame into believing that it’s a legitimate update.
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Unique local transformations of the practice of established religions in Asia and the Pacific are juxtaposed with the emergence of new religious movements whose incidence is growing across the region. In Flows of Faith, the contributing authors take as their starting point questions of how religions manifest outside their cultural boundaries and provide the basis for new social identities, political movements and social transformations. With fresh insights into the globalization of beliefs, their local inflections, and their institutionalization, the authors explore how old and new religions work in different settings, and how their reception and membership challenge orthodox understandings of religion and culture. The chapters set in Asia, the Pacific, Australia, and the US illustrate the contrasts and commonalities of these belief systems, and their allegiances and networks in the region and beyond. They include new religious movements Falun Gong, Brahma Kumaris, the Hare Krishna movement, based in East and South Asia with outreach posts in Australia and the U.S. and established old religions Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam that are revitalized and recreated in different settings and places. Flows of Faith describes the transnational reaches of faith. Religious practices and their local manifestations track the movement of peoples, through mission outreach, flight, migration, and pilgrimage. In each new setting, religions are shaped by and in turn shape political and cultural forces, proving that they are resilient and generative, originary and distinctive. The volume is a major contribution, providing readers with a fresh and creative approach into the living experience of religious communities in a contemporary globalised world. | <urn:uuid:87e3ff15-aedc-43c4-8147-3fca4e731453> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://readrate.com/deu/books/flows-of-faith | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284405.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00035-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94048 | 311 | 2.25 | 2 |
So what? Anyone who works a remote station would never know the
difference. They still have to fight the pileups, they still have to
navigate propagation, and they give/receive the exact same signal
report. A remote station would be transparent to 99.9% of the
participants in any given activity, and I wouldn't be surprised if
you've already worked a stateside remote station without ever knowing it.
On the flip side, if the operator on the DX end (yourself in this case)
prefers to physically travel to the distant location ... in order to
"have more fun" ... they can always choose to do so, although I fail to
understand how it is more difficult to set up a temporary station (rig,
antennas, power source) in a hotel than it is to set up a remote station
(rig, antennas, power source) ... temporary or otherwise ... anywhere
else. Possibly you can explain that for me.
And I really, really fail to see how WRTC makes any difference one way
or the other in this debate. You think it would be cheaper and easier
to organize and manage an event like that with participants spread out
all over the globe? Seriously??
On 4/13/2012 9:31 AM, Albert Crespo wrote:
> So, remote control is the same as just being there.
> Well, I propose to hire the guy that set up all the bank servers on Nauru
> (C21) to put up a ham station and hook it up to the Internet. Instead of the
> monumental task of trying to get to Nauru , and once there, finding a
> decent place to stay (there are only two hotels in the entire country ), I
> will ease into my easy chair at home and the world will line up to work the
> only C21.
> This is the new Radio Sport, according to the rules now in place.
> All that money and time spent for participants to go to WRTC to compete, all
> that nonsense can be avoided . The teams can stay at home, with a referee to
> supervise each team, and all the transmitters and receivers can be in a
> good radio location like Puerto Rico. What fun!
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Electronic Counter-CounterMeasures (ECCM)
Electronic Counter-CounterMeasures (ECCM) is the method by which you endeavour to combat the ECM systems of the enemy by either making your equipment ECM-resistant or by using techniques to nullify his jamming and/or decoy systems. It is an extremely sensitive area in that any disclosure of ECCM measures designed into a system are likely to inform the enemy of its vulnerability to ECM.
Against jamming systems, the most commonly used method is frequency agility, whereby the transmissions are made to „hop” over a large frequency band in a random fashion. This means that either the jammer has to spread its power over the entire band with the inevitable loss of strength on any particular frequency, or it must attempt to follow the signal as it hops randomly.
The latest technique is the use of “stealth” techniques to combat the radar system. This is beginning to be employed in aircrafts and consists of a number of methods to reduce the radar cross section of the aim. The main techniques employed are
- to design the airframe itself to avoid sharp corners and flat surfaces which act as radar reflectors, and
- the use of radar absorbent material which minimises the amount of energy reflected back to the radar.
At the aircraft the most important parts of the fuselage can be covered in radar absorbent material to make it extremely difficult to detect.
A number of anti-radiation missiles have been developed. The missile is passive in operation so that it cannot be picked up by ESM systems, and normally locks on to the sidelobes of the radar transmission. The main countermeasures against this type of missile are low sidelobes, frequency agility, and the use of decoy transmitters which must be positioned close enough to the surveillance radar to “seduce” the missile but not so close as to endanger the main system. | <urn:uuid:bad317b4-0a47-4d0e-bd36-0fa6810252f4> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.radartutorial.eu/16.eccm/ja08.en.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281649.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00438-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946053 | 399 | 2.65625 | 3 |
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Law consists of Public Law 104-191. The Administrative Simplification provisions of HIPAA (Title II) require the Department of Health and Human Services to address and establish clear standards for the privacy and security of identifiable health information. The Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services enforces the regulations and imposes penalties on institutions that do not make a good-faith effort on privacy and security.
The HIPAA privacy rule ensures a national floor of privacy protections for patients by limiting the ways that health plans, pharmacies, clinics, hospitals and other covered entities (CEs) can use and disclose patients' personal medical information. The regulations protect individually identifiable health information, whether it is on paper, in electronic formats, or communicated orally.
The Security Rule defines the standards which require covered entities to implement basic safeguards to protect electronic protected health information (EPHI), which is individually identifiable health information in the electronic form. Privacy depends upon security measures: no security, no privacy.
HIPAA also mandates that CEs must maintain reasonable and appropriate administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to protect patients’ electronic protected health information. This information may be in any electronic format that is stored or transmitted from devices such as desktop or laptop computers, networked systems, disks, CD-ROMs, hand-held device (PDAs), and other clinical-related devices.
In summary, HIPAA provides patients with more control over their health information, sets boundaries on the use and disclosure of protected health information, establishes safeguards, holds violators accountable, and supports public responsibility of disclosures.
At East Carolina University we are committed to protecting our patients’ privacy and maintaining our organization’s security of information. At ECU, we continue to comply with the HIPAA rule and maintain the confidentiality, security, and integrity of our patients’ health information.
If you have a question about HIPAA or wish to report a privacy concern, please call:
1-252-744-5200 or email us at HEALTHCAREPRIVACY@ecu.edu.
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The History of the Keller Memorial, Town Government Center
Compiled by Delbert E. Van Etten, Town and Village of Liberty Historian – August 1977
(6/11/1927 – 10/31/2004)
The Keller Memorial, Town of Liberty Government Center, formerly the home of Otto E. and Polly Young Keller located at 120 North Main Street, Liberty, N. Y. with its tree laden lawns remains to all outward appearances, with the exception of the few necessary alterations, much the same as when the Keller family occupied the dwelling as their home.
The house and grounds have changed little since the early part of the century when the home was rebuilt and the grounds were developed much as they exist today by James Chandler Young.
The prime forces in retaining the property in the later years were two sisters, Mrs. Polly Y. Keller and Miss Louise Kimball Young, daughters of James Chandler Young and Emma Crary Young who were responsible for making most of the alterations and additions to the structure as we see it today.
The front and central section of the house was originally built by Dr. John D. Watkins in the year 1836 or close thereto. Dr. Watkins who was born June 7, 1806 near Campbell Hall in Orange County was a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Fairfield, Herkimer County. He began his practice of medicine at eversink, later moving to Bloomingburgh and finally settling at Liberty, where in 1833 he married Harriet Young, a daughter of Joseph Young. He went into the mercantile pursuits with his father-in-law and later bought out the stock of goods of the late Caleb Buckley and commenced business in the settlement on his own account as a merchant, with John Davidge as a partner .
When Dr. Watkins built the “Watkins House” as it was known in those days, it was vastly different from the structure as it exists today. The front of the house was quite plain, having a small porch centered at the middle extension that houses the front door. At the top of the existing front steps is a large thick flag stone which served as the floor for the small porch as built by Dr. Watkins.
The front of the house had one window centered in the space on either side of the front door with an “eyebrow” of gingerbread over the top of each, and there were no windows in the front of the house on the second floor. The large curved bay windows were not on the southerly side of the house and there was at that time but one central chimney protruding through the center of the roof .
The existing middle section or rear ell at that time did not have the large screened sleeping porch on the second floor which Mr. Otto Keller put on and the wood-house which now stands directly in the rear of the main building stood on the lawn to the south and faced Main Street.
The entire frontage on Main Street at this time was adorned by an ornamental iron fence. In the summer of 1914, J.C. Young had the existing stone work done and the old iron fence was sold to Frank and Phoebe Edmonds to adorn their property at the corner of Chestnut and Clements Streets. The Edmonds place was later purchased by Dr. Luther Grant and eventually made into his home and office complex.
Dr. John D. Watkins was a very prominent person in the community. In 1843 he was appointed the first County Supervisor of Schools and in 1847 he erected two buildings on Academy Street (in the vicinity of the old Lenape Hotel) and established the Liberty Normal Institute for the purpose of training teachers, which was the only one in the State at this time. Between 1857 and 1861, two fire companies were formed in the area, Watkins Engine #1 and B. W .Winner Hook and Ladder #2. Dr. Watkins gave the pumper to #1’s to get them started. He also served as Town Supervisor in 1853 and 1854 and later served as a State Senator on the Democratic ticket. Dr. Watkins also donated most generously to the Liberty Methodist Church when it was established at its present site on North Main Street. The Doctor’s picture hung on the wall of the Keller parlor, now the Town Clerk’s Office, until a couple of years ago when it was given to a Dr. Brown, a great grandson of Dr. Watkins. Although his picture is gone and his home underwent great changes from the time that he dwelt there, the evidence of him is left by the fact that all the doors in the older section of the house have their door knobs closer to the floor than the average -this because although the good doctor was “large” in many respects, he was himself, a small man in stature.
Dr. Watkins died on June 5, 1878 and is buried in the old section of the Liberty Cemetery. Later on October 12, 1880, Harriet Watkins, his widow, conveyed the property to her nephew, James Chandler Young. The land conveyed at that time consisted of the house lot and a barn lot on the easterly side of Main Street where the barn stood, some distance down from the sidewalk and near the brook. The barn was painted in the same shades of brown as the house and was a fairly good sized structure . It was destroyed by requested burning by the fire companies after being purchased by the Sullivan County National Bank.
When J.C. Young acquired the house in 1880, he was not yet married and he hired a young drover by the name of Arthur Grant to stay at the house and look after the place for him. Mr. Grant remained with the Young and Keller families for over half a century, until his death in April of 1931.
On September 7, 1881 Mr. Young married Emma Crary at Sands Creek, about two miles above Hancock in Delaware County. Emma was the daughter of Horace H. Crary and Polly Burr, who were both natives of Liberty. Mr. Crary had a large tannery at Sands Creek at this time.
Following their marriage, Mr. & Mrs. Young returned to Liberty to set up house- keeping at the house which was to remain their home until their death.
Dr. Watkins and John Davidge had a general store where the former Frank Mauer Market was, now the building occupied by the Montgomery Ward Store. J.C. Young, together with Uriah and Charles Messiter purchased the business from his widow and went on to finally build the large three story building at the corner of North Main and School Streets, now occupied by the Sullivan County National Bank.
The store at that time was known as “Young, Messiter and Dodge” and in later years before it went out of business was known as Keller’s Department Store.
Mr. Young was a great businessman and his talents were quite diversified. Besides being a merchant, he was a banker (one of the founders of the Sullivan County National Bank) and a most successful dairy farmer.
It was during Mr. Young’s ownership of the house that most of the improvements and remodeling was done.
Mr. S.O. Lacey, an architect from Binghamton, designed the bay windows with their bowed or curved glass, and Eagan and Ahrens, local carpenters, built the porch across the front about 1889 or 1890.
The front bedroom windows above the porch were added at a later date .
The fountain, a boy and girl under the umbrella, has been on the front lawn since probably about 1883 and water dripped from the umbrella until the last few years when the old “Winner spring line” that led from a spring in the Sprague Avenue area gave out.
J.C. Young and his father gave Memorial Hall to the Liberty Methodist Church in memory of his mother Louisa Kimball Young. It, too, was designed by Mr. Lacey, the same architect who worked on his home .
Mr. Young died at his home on December 12, 1914 and the spacious house was much too small to accommodate the hundreds that came to pay their last respects. The floral tribute at that time was the largest ever seen in the village. A very fine portrait of J.C. Young hung in the main entrance hall and is now in the possession of James Chandler Keller, his great grandson. Although he is long gone, the house remains today much as he left it.
Following the death of J.C. Young, his wife Emma and daughters. Polly and Louise, remained at the house until Polly married Otto E. Keller on June 17, 1915 and left to start a home and family of her own in a house on Law Street across the road from the homestead.
Mrs. Young died Apri1 26, 1916 and again the home was too small for the many friends and mourners. She was described “as a unique personality of unusual grace and queenly loveliness. Her supreme joy of life was the church of Christ – her Christianity both real and ideal.”
Following the death of Mrs. Young, Louise was left alone for a short time until Mr. & Mrs. Keller returned to the homestead with their family, where they remained until after Louise’s death and finally due to the failing health of Mr. Keller, they left the big old house to be near their children in Connecticut.
Mr. Keller, who died December 4, 1970, was born in New York City and was orphaned at an early age. Due to illness he was sent to the country for the summer and wound up working in the Liberty area. He eventually acquired the Young, Messiter and Dodge firm after the death of J.C. Young and changed the name to Keller’s Department Store which he ran for many years. A few of his other local business interests included building the large building on North Main Street now occupied by the Barbuti Furniture Store, being president of the Sullivan County Finance Corporation, and a director for many years of the Sullivan County National Bank. He is remembered as being a man of ample stature, distinguished looking, a gracious personality and being a leader in the business, social and civic life of the Community.
Russell and Grace Garrabrant, who worked for the family a couple of years before the Kellers left for Connecticut, stayed as caretakers, keeping the house and grounds in immaculate condition and to all outward appearances, the Kellers were still at home.
Shortly after the first of January 1976, there were rumors that the house was to be given to the Town of Liberty for office purposes and this was later confirmed in the local papers.
About mid summer, the family began the staggering task of removing the furnishings and the general accumulation of the years and years of occupancy by one family.
On August 25, 1976, the deed conveying the lands to the Town of Liberty was signed by Polly Y. Keller and the house and grounds officially became Town property.
After the Labor Day weekend all was gone and the house and grounds awaited the coming of a new cycle of events in its existence.
Architect Martin Schwartz of Rock Hill was hired by the Town Board and plans were drawn and put out for bids for the necessary renovations to be made on the structure so that it might be converted into public office space, yet retain as far as possible the dignity and graciousness of the fine old home.
On March 10, 1977 bids were awarded for the general contract, electrical contract, and the contract for the sprinkler installation. Ralph Manzi, doing business as DeRoosa Builders, Inc. of White Plains, New York, received the general contract. Ross Electric of Liberty did the electrical work and the Sullivan Sprinkler Service Corporation of South Fallsburgh put in the sprinkler system. Marty Hoffman and William Nicoll did an excellent job on the interior painting of the building .
While the house was in the remodeling stage, the sad news came from Connecticut, that Mrs. Keller who had been ill for a short period of time had died on Apri1 24, 1977. A Service of Remembrance was held at her beloved Methodist Church and was attended by her many friends. She was buried beside her husband in the family plot in the Liberty Cemetery.
Although Mrs. Keller didn’t live to be present at the dedication, we shall remember her for the loving, generous, kind and thoughtful person that she was in her everyday affairs.
Due to her generosity, and that of her family, the historic house and grounds will be preserved and the Town has its needed offices, and we, the people of Liberty, have something to be proud of. | <urn:uuid:e0046cf8-ac9b-4362-a533-6fdd1b75c905> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.townofliberty.org/about/keller-building/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572581.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816211628-20220817001628-00073.warc.gz | en | 0.987088 | 2,616 | 2.234375 | 2 |
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Graphic Design Job Options
In response to: http://www.graphicdefine.org/issue4/thinklikeadesigner
For the newly graduated art school major or the non-schooled artist, here’s an overview of some careers you can explore. And not having a college degree when you’re an artist can work for you or against you. It just depends on the employer. Bigger corporate-types generally want a degreed graphic designer but smaller companies and artists hiring artists won’t hold it against you. Just make sure you have a great portfolio that shows off all your different creative sides.
This is a growing field, obviously. If companies or individuals don’t have a Web site nowadays, they aren’t going anywhere fast. Most of the jobs here deal with corporations that have large Web sites that have hundreds of pages and needed constant updates or redesigns.
You could also work for a design agency, building templates for Web pages or by building one client’s basic Web site and then never seeing that client again. Some graphic designers create the icons and other elements, like shopping carts, that go on the Web site.
You could work for a design agency, an advertising agency or a PR agency. (The last two are sometimes one in the same.) Working for an agency can give you a lot of work variety. You could build a Web site for one client one week and work on a direct mail postcard for another client the next week. If you have great computer skills, you might also work on videos that incorporate animations or graphic design.
You could work on movies, TV shows or commercial sets – basically anything that has a graphic element in it in Hollywood. You could even work for a movie studio just designing movie posters. You can make the most money in graphic design by going to Hollywood – but can you afford to live there? That’s the question! You could also work for local TV stations in your area, designing graphics for the local news or local TV shows. The salaries, of course, won’t be nearly as high in your area as they are in Hollywood.
Businesses now hire designers to create logos and marketing materials in-house instead of outsourcing to an agency or a freelancer. You could design advertisements, charts and other graphics for business-related reports and company newsletters. A corporate designer might also be in charge of the Web site and any other graphic design needs. You can get a lot of variety here as well since you’ll probably be looked upon as a Jack-of-all-trades.
Books and Magazines
Books and magazines are forms of entertainment, but they’re also corporations, so I’ve put them in their own category. You can design book covers, layout books and draw illustrations for them. You can help layout magazines and even design or redesign a magazine.
You can take on whatever clients you want and set your own rates. However, business can be feast or famine at any time. You’ll need to get some experience under your belt before you can go freelance full time. There’s nothing wrong with freelancing for other companies on your own time while working full time somewhere else. Working freelance means you get to work in whatever medium you like best, whether that is advertising or Web site design. | <urn:uuid:afdc1403-eb6e-49f2-a3e7-95a2878c66e1> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.printplace.com/blog/graphic-design-job-options/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280410.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00457-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952677 | 703 | 1.65625 | 2 |
I’m sure that many of my Excel users know how valuable it can be at times to see formulas in your worksheet instead of their calculated values.
I mean, sometimes you just need to verify that everything is calculated the way you need it and often the easiest way to accomplish the task is to double-check the formula.
So… it stands to reason that Excel would include a way to display the formulas on a worksheet for you to inspect. And, of course they do.
For those of you using older versions of MS Excel you can find the instructions for getting Excel to display formulas instead of values in our archives at this address:
Now, for my Excel 2007 readers… did you find it yet?
The option is still there, you just have to know where to find it.
You need to get to Excel’s options through the Office button.
Once in the Excel Options dialog window go to the Advanced options.
Scroll down to the Display options for this worksheet section.
Verify that the sheet you want to affect is selected in the gray title bar.
Now select the option for Show formulas in cells instead of their calculated results.
When returned to your worksheet you should see numbers only where an actual numeric data piece is located, text and formulas.
Time to get busy editing… yeah, I know, more work to do but hopefully this will make it easier. | <urn:uuid:b2438e02-7a79-4d26-bd3a-174f8c7faa09> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.worldstart.com/formulas-instead-of-values-in-excel-2007/print/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281353.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00070-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922529 | 291 | 2.265625 | 2 |
June 18 1965 horoscope and zodiac sign meanings.
Horoscope and zodiac sign meanings
The sun sign associated with this birthday has several essential characteristics we should be starting with:
- People born on June 18, 1965 are governed by Gemini. The period designated to this sign is between May 21 - June 20.
- The symbol for Gemini is Twins.
- As numerology suggests the life path number for individuals born on 18 Jun 1965 is 9.
- The polarity of this sign is positive and its main characteristics are forthcoming and exuberant, while it is categorised as a masculine sign.
- The element for Gemini is the Air. The main three characteristics of a native born under this element are:
- being enthusiastic in dealing with people
- being original and oriented towards conceptualization
- being aware of nonverbal communication importance
- The modality for Gemini is Mutable. Three best descriptive characteristics of someone born under this modality are:
- likes almost every change
- deals with unknown situations very well
- very flexible
- Gemini individuals are most compatible with:
- It is very well known that Gemini is least compatible in love with:
Birthday characteristics interpretation
Horoscope personality descriptors chart
Horoscope lucky features chart
June 18 1965 health astrology
People born on this date have a general sensibility in the area of the shoulders and upper arms. This means they are predisposed to suffer from a series of illnesses and ailments related to this body parts. Needless to day that our body and health condition are unpredictable which means they can suffer from any other illnesses. There are a few examples of diseases or health issues a Gemini may suffer from:
June 18 1965 zodiac animal and other Chinese connotations
The Chinese zodiac presents a new perspective, in many cases meant to explain in a surprising way the influences of birthday on personality and evolution of an individual's life. Within this section we will try understanding its message.
- The linked zodiac animal for June 18 1965 is the 蛇 Snake.
- The element for the Snake symbol is the Yin Wood.
- It is belived that 2, 8 and 9 are lucky numbers for this zodiac animal, while 1, 6 and 7 are considered unfortunate.
- The lucky colors for this Chinese sign are light yellow, red and black, while golden, white and brown are the ones to be avoided.
- From a list that is definitely larger, these are a few general characteristics that may be representative for this symbol:
- efficient person
- leader person
- intelligent person
- extremely analytical person
- A few particularities that may characterize the love behavior of this sign are:
- less individualistic
- difficult to conquer
- dislikes betrail
- dislikes being rejected
- Among the traits related to social and interpersonal relationship skills of this sign can be included:
- slight retention due to concerns
- has few friendships
- easily manage to attract new friend when the case
- seek leadership position in a friendship or social group
- Some career behavioral implications on someone's path arising from this symbolism are:
- has proven abilities to work under pressure
- should work on keeping own motivation over the time
- often perceived as hard worker
- has proven abilities to solve complex problems and tasks
- It is considered that the Snake is compatible with there three zodiac animals:
- Snake can have a normal relationship with:
- There are no chances for a strong relationship between the Snake and these ones:
- marketing specialist
- should try to do more sport
- most of health problems are related to weak immune system
- should try to keep a proper sleeping schedule
- should avoid any vicies
- Piper Perabo
- Fannie Farmer
- Jacqueline Onassis
- Sarah Jessica Parker
This date's ephemeris
The 6/18/1965 ephemeris are:
Other astrology & horoscope facts
June 18 1965 was a Friday.
The soul number that rules the Jun 18 1965 birthday is 9.
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DNA Methyltransferases (DNMT)
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DNA methylation is a major epigenetic modification in the genome of higher eukaryotes. This DNA covalent modification is catalyzed by DNA methyltransferase enzymes (DNMTs or DNA MTases) and consist in the addition of a methyl group from S-adenosyl-L-methionine (AdoMet) to the fifth carbon position of cytosine (cytosine-5 or C5), mostly within CpG dinucleotides. This methylation, together with histone modifications, plays an important role in modulating chromatin structure, thus controlling gene expression and many other chromatin-dependent processes.
DNA methylation is accomplished by three enzymes: DNMT1, DNMT3a and DNMT3b. These enzymes can be further classified as de novo methyltransferases, enzymes that are able to methylate previously unmethylated CpG sequences, or maintenance methyltransferases, which copy pre-existing methylation marks onto new DNA strands during replication1,2. DNMT1 is the most abundant DNA methyltransferase in mammalian cells and predominatly methylates hemimethylated CpG dinucleotides as a maintenance methyltransferase, but DNMT1 has also been shown to function as a de novo DNA methyltransferase3,4,5. DNMT3a methylated CpG dinucleotides at a slower rate than DNMT1, but a greater rate than DNMT3b.
In addition to DNMT1, DNMT3a and DNMT3b there are two non-canonical family members, DNMT2 and DNMT3L. DNMT2 is not a DNA methyltransferase, it methylates cytosine 38 in the anticodon loop of tRNA16 but does not methylate DNA. DNMT3L is closely related to DNMT3a and DNMT3b structurally, but is catalytically inactive as a DNA methyltransferase. DNMT3L is known to associate with both DNMT3a and DNMT3b and may be responsible for the recruitment of histone deacetylases to direct repression onto newly established imprints6.
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−−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−¦¦−−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−− Upajāti (Bālā)
muktaś-ca durbhikṣa-bhayāmayebhyo hṛṣṭo janaḥ svarga ivābhireme
patnīṁ patir-vā mahiṣī patiṁ vā parasparaṁ na vyabhiceratuś-ca || 2.13
Exempt from famine, terror, and sickness,
People dwelt there as gladly as if they were in heaven;
And neither husband against wife
nor wife against husband
Did man and woman do each other wrong.
In today's verse as I read it Aśvaghoṣa is pointing to the correlation between non-occurrence of infidelity and the prospering of a strong society.
The point is paralleled in the 3rd canto of Saundara-nanda:
Even the man of money and youth with senses excited by objects of his affection -- / Even he never approached others' wives, for he deemed them to be more dangerous than a burning fire. // SN3.32 // … That the fruit of conduct, inevitably, will be realized in the future, is being realized now, and has been realized in the past; / And that thus is determined how one fares in the world: this is an insight that, again, each experienced unerringly. // 3.36 // By this most skillful and powerful tenfold means, by the means of their conduct, / Although virtue was lax in a declining age, the people there, with the Sage's help, fared well. // 3.37 //.... Neither from within the self, nor from without, did any terror arise; nor from fate. / By dint of their true happiness and material plenty and practical merits, the citizens there rejoiced as in the golden age of Manu. // 3.41 // Thus exulting in freedom from disease and calamity, that city was the equal of Kuru, Raghu and Pūru, / With the great dispassionate Seer serving there, for the good of all, as a guide to peace. // 3.42 //
A friend of mine described his first-hand experience of men and women doing each other wrong as "carnage." The metaphor I would use for my own experience of the same thing is a bad dream.
In general, the kind of bad experience that can be compared to wholesale slaughter, or a nightmare, is invariably a manifestation of cause and effect. And in accordance with the gospel of Jimmy Buffet (“Some people say there's a woman to blame, but I know, it's my own damn fault”), every wrong-doing and wrong-done bloke is required to take responsibility for initiating the causes that led to a disagreeable effect. The inherent logic in the above lines from Saundara-nanda Canto 3 follows this line of thought, whereby individuals abstained from wrong-doing and Kapilavastu subsequently prospered.
The inherent logic in today's verse is opposite: the order of elements suggests that the prosperity of Kapilavastu was causal, and individuals not doing wrong was an effect.
Overall, then, Aśvaghoṣa's description is of cause and effect working in a virtuous circle, whereby Kapilavastu caused the Buddha to be, and the Buddha enlightened Kapilavastu.
It may be that the continued turning of this virtuous circle caused Bodhidharma to go from India to China and also caused Dogen in due course to return from China to Japan.
It may be that continued turning of this virtuous circle causes wounds to heal (albeit leaving scars) and causes a bloke to wake up from a bad dream.
Because Kapilavastu caused the Buddha to be, a Chinese Zen Master observed, inductively, that “Foreigners beards are red.” And because the Buddha enlightened Kapilavastu, a Chinese Zen Master dared to assert further, deductively, that “Redbeards are foreigners.”
The first word of today's verse describes the people of Kapilavastu as muktaḥ, which literally means released or liberated [from famine, terror, and sickness], but I have translated muktaḥ here as “exempt” in order to convey a sense of something more temporary and less conclusive than the release or liberation that people might have experienced under the Buddha's influence.
Even before the Buddha, foreigners beards in Kapilavastu, as Aśvaghoṣa is portraying it, were already red; the Buddha was the bloke who worked out further that redbeards are foreigners.
muktaḥ (nom. sg. m.): mfn. released, delivered
durbhikṣa-bhayāmayebhyaḥ (abl. pl.): from dearth and danger, famine and terror
durbhikṣa: n. scarcity of provisions , dearth , famine , want
bhaya: n. sg. and pl. terror , dismay , danger , peril , distress
āmaya: m. sickness , disease
hṛṣṭaḥ (nom. sg. m.): mfn. thrilling with rapture , rejoiced , pleased , glad , merry
janaḥ (nom. sg.): m. the people
svarge (loc. sg.): m. heaven
abhireme = 3rd pers. sg. perf. abhi- √ ram: to dwell, repose ; to delight in , be delighted
patnīm (acc. sg.): f. wife
patiḥ (nom. sg.): m. husband
mahiṣī (nom. sg.): f. a female buffalo; any woman of high rank , (esp.) the first or consecrated wife of a king (also pl.) or any queen
patim (acc. sg.): m. husband
parasparam: (ind.) one another , each other , mutually
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Falls Park on the Reedy provides an oasis in the heart of downtown Greenville in the historic West End. The park features a one-of-a-kind curved suspension footbridge and scenic overlooks, outdoor amphitheaters, world-class works of public art, nature trails, picnic areas, excavated mill ruins, several distinct garden areas, and of course the beautiful Reedy River with its impressive series of falls. The park has a self-guided walking tour with historic markers.
This panorama was shot from the roof of the Falls Place building.
I am grateful to Coldwell Banker Commercial Caine Property Management for allowing me access to their property.
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When contributions become bribes
If you are under forty years of age, you probably don’t know about the concept of “equal time” for radio and television. It was a rule codified by the Communications Act of 1934, and it required broadcasters to allow candidates to purchase airtime at the same rate as their “most favored advertiser,” meaning at the lowest possible rate. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rightfully was concerned that broadcast stations could easily manipulate the outcome of elections by presenting just one candidate’s point of view while excluding those of all other candidates.
I’m a former broadcaster and I remember times of having a candidate talking and joking on the air with the morning crew for twenty minutes. Afterward, I had to send a letter to all the other candidates offering them the same time. Of course, games were sometimes played. If the “snake handler Nazi” candidate demanded equal time, the station gave him twenty minutes on Sunday at 4AM.
The equal time rule should not be confused with the now-defunct FCC fairness doctrine, which was introduced in 1949. It required the holders of broadcast licenses to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was honest, equitable, and balanced. The FCC eliminated the policy in 1987.
This brings us to Citizens United v. FEC (Federal Election Commission), a 2010 Supreme Court case whose ruling asserted that corporations are people and removed reasonable campaign contribution limits. This allowed corporations and unions to use dark money in attempts to influence election results by advertising for or against one or more candidates. Wow, how did we get here?
Neither you nor I have the time to get into the details of this outrageous decision, but the highest court in the land said in no uncertain terms, that they 1. Don’t believe that disclosing who gives a candidate money helps democracy and 2. Corporations have the same first amendment rights as individual people. Okay, I get it, money talks and nobody walks, but why can’t we know exactly who is talking?
Corruption is as old as language because once a person could communicate with another they could give in order to get. The essence of quid pro quo was around long before the Latin words, quid, pro and quo were invented. The phrase means something for something, and after a person has been given something, especially something of great value, that individual typically will deliver something in return. Politicians are like kids set loose in a candy store and told their parents won’t be back for an hour. They know that eating too much candy is wrong, but hey, no one is there to stop them.
Our campaign financing system is broken and the only way to fix it will be getting these less than honest grifters out of the candy shop. Even the more moderate and semi-honest politicians in both parties complain about how much time they waste making phone calls to donors and Super PACs. They already get paid handsome salaries for doing their jobs, so why should they be allowed to fund raise on our dime? The annual compensation for most Senators, Representatives and Delegates is $174,000, and they get more when in leadership roles. They also have great healthcare insurance and average pensions of $74,028. Why do they beg for money? Because they need as much as possible to buy more advertising than their challengers. Simply put, that corporation, you know, that “person,” will pay whatever is necessary to put their candidate’s message on the air UNEDITED and UNCENSORED. They can say whatever they want.
A television or radio station doesn’t have to take political advertising but should they sell one political ad they must take commercials from other politicians until they are sold out. Candidates rush to buy their advertising schedules early to insure they get on the air. A few years ago, I was researching political advertising for a major firm and one candidate bought so late there were only a few spots available. They lost.
The term “dark money” is unique to the United States. Our unreasonable laws allow “nonprofit organizations” to raise funds for the purpose of influencing elections without requiring disclosure of their donors. These monies are dark, sinister and secret by their very nature. In fact, they are NOT dark; they are invisible.
Those political con men and women who talk about how they want politics and government to be transparent are full of shit. Two congresspeople, Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene and Florida Representative Matt Gaetz, have raised between $1.4 and $1.5 million in donations by teaming up to hold rallies in states they don’t even represent. By the way, it’s a two-way street. Representative Liz Cheney has reported to the FEC a $2.4 million bankroll, which is major moola for Wyoming. You see, the wind blows both ways and the dollars fly to anyone with a presence and controversial tail wind.
Call it what you will, but that money, regardless of its origin, is a damn bribe. If I give you money, you must profess my beliefs. For example, a candidate or congressperson can raise oodles of cash by stating belief in the BIG LIE. It doesn’t matter if deep-down inside they don’t believe what they are shoveling, the more shit they sling the more money they get.
SOLUTION? End Citizens United and pass a law requiring the disclosure of all political contributors or donators. Any “non-profit” that buys a political ad, must have a website detailing all monetary donations and sources. Also, anyone running for, elected to, or filing to be on the ballot for any federal office must disclose the last three years of their tax returns. None of this is unreasonable but should it all happen you’d quickly see many corrupt sons of bitches running out the door.
Transparency is better than darkness. As the Washington Post says, “Democracy dies in darkness.” True, that.
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This section is from the book "Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, And Superstitions Of Ireland", by Jane Francesca Wilde. Also available from Amazon: Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, And Superstitions Of Ireland.
" I kill a hound. I kill a small hound. I kill a deceitful hound. I kill a worm, wherein there is terror ; I kill all his wicked brood. Seven angels from Paradise will help me, that I may do valiantly, and give no more time to the worm to live than while I recite this prayer. Amen." | <urn:uuid:9abd19dd-ebc4-414f-bda5-4f85d67ae6fc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bookdome.com/new-age/Irish-Legends-Charms-Superstitions/A-Charm-For-The-Great-Worm.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00466.warc.gz | en | 0.883618 | 125 | 1.5 | 2 |
New measures on medical errors are only a first step
The public should welcome the first steps taken by the Hospital Authority for hospitals to improve safety and quality of care through reporting, analysing and learning from adverse outcomes and near misses ('Medics given 24 hours to report errors', August 18).
Hong Kong languishes behind the rest of the developed world where hospital incident and near-miss reporting is concerned. This is partly due to an unhealthy persistence of obsolete 'name, shame and blame' attitudes to medical error, but also to government complacency. In Britain, for example, a National Confidential Inquiry into Patient Outcome and Deaths has existed for nearly 20 years. In 2001, the National Patient Safety Agency was established to facilitate the rapid reporting, investigation and correction of error pathways in clinical care.
These agencies exist to identify and respond to systemic deficiencies in complex health care systems, and are complemented by a National Clinical Assessment Service which promotes patient safety by acting in situations where the performance of doctors gives cause for concern. Analogous bodies exist in America, Australia and New Zealand.
The Hong Kong government should establish a health commission and patient-safety agency, which would ideally be independent of the executive and the Hospital Authority, with wide-ranging powers over public and private hospitals.
In the meantime, private hospitals should be required to establish incident reporting systems as a necessary component of their yearly licensing by the Department of Health.
Currently, private hospitals' reporting of deaths, major accidents, important near misses and so-called 'sentinel' events [unexpected occurrences involving death or serious physical or psychological injury] to the department is done voluntarily; the inherent conflict of interest between protecting the public health and limiting institutional liability is obvious.
Nor can the coroner be relied upon to act rapidly. Coroner's inquests often follow more than two years after the event, by which time memories have faded and, with them, opportunities for safety improvement recommendations. It is time to put safety at the top of the health care agenda.
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Location, location, location
In 1907 fire destroyed all the buildings at Parliament, except for the library. Deciding what to do next was a difficult task, made harder by the fact that the House had to go about its business in the cramped old Government House, located across Sydney Street.
John Campbell of the Public Works Department prepared proposals for the rebuilding of Parliament for either side of Sydney Street. A joint select committee of the House and Legislative Council in 1908 considered the proposals and recommended that the surviving library building be remodelled and greatly extended to provide for departmental offices that would replace the wooden departmental building on Lambton Quay. The committee suggested the demolition of the departmental building – regarded as a fire risk and too small to house Wellington's burgeoning army of civil servants – to make its valuable site available for commercial use; an arcade of shops and offices had been proposed for the site. Fortunately, the wooden building survived, and since the 1990s it has been used as the Law Faculty of Victoria University of Wellington.
The committee recommended that a very substantial new building be constructed for Parliament on the Government House site. Not everyone was thrilled: Leader of the Opposition William Massey believed this the 'maddest, wildest, and most extravagant scheme that we [in Parliament] have had any experience of'.
By 1911 the government had secured title to the portion of Sydney Street between the library and old Government House, to link the two sites and expand the options for a new building. In February that year Prime Minister Joseph Ward announced a competition for designs among New Zealand architects. Thirty-three entries were received, with the winning design (from government architect John Campbell) selected by Colonel Vernon, former government architect for New South Wales. Another of Campbell's entries won fourth place, and the two were blended for the final building design.
The idea was to have a new Parliament House in brick faced with stone in the Edwardian neoclassical style, which was then popular for grand public buildings. It was to be built in two stages on a big plateau created between the library and old Government House. The first stage, including both chambers, would be built without interfering with old Government House. The second stage, including a huge new library, would extend the building south to replace it.
The foundation stone was laid in March 1912, but cost got in the way from the start. When William Massey became prime minister later that year, he reluctantly let the first stage go ahead, but said no to the roof domes and ornamentation.
Tenders for the first stage of the building – the central axis and the northern wing, without central dome and cupola – were not called until the second half of 1913, and construction commenced early in 1914. Staged construction of the building was intended to allow the continued use of old Government House until the new House of Representatives and Legislative Council Chamber were completed.
With the intervention of the First World War and a consequent shortage of building materials, and difficulties in quarrying marble to the standards required, what should have been a two-year contract was not finally completed until mid-1922, although the new chamber of the House of Representatives was in use from late 1918. In the face of a serious recession and fiscal crisis in the early 1920s, the second stage of the building – intended to house Bellamy's (Parliament's restaurant and bar for politicians), the library, ministerial offices and the Crown Law Office – was deferred indefinitely. Old Government House, Clayton's 1871 building, continued to serve as the 'Bellamy's Block' until it was finally demolished to make way for newer government buildings in the late 1960s. | <urn:uuid:8de37943-176b-4066-8bb2-2079415e9ae6> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/parliament-buildings/the-halfway-house | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279915.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00278-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980874 | 743 | 2.90625 | 3 |
I love tarts and pies but I hate making crusts. I find typical pie crusts difficult to get right, and even if a crust made with all natural fats and organic ingredients won’t really harm you, it’s not exactly health enhancing either.
One type of crust that I really enjoy making and eating, though, is a pie crust made from nuts. This is a trick I learned from the raw foodies out there. Crushing nuts in a blender gives you a flavorful and nutritious flour alternative that works great for healthy raw fruit desserts like this fresh fig and blackberry tart. It’s also a great pie crust alternative for those who eat gluten-free.
This is a raw vegan dessert, but it is delicious enough to serve to people of all dietary persuasions! It is also healthy enough to eat for breakfast…
I haven’t tried the raw fruit tart with other fruits, but you can feel free to experiment, if you like. Try other varieties of seasonal berries or stone fruits: whatever you enjoy. I think it would also be good with sliced apples (in fact here’s a recipe for raw food chef Annie Phyo’s raw apple pie, which I’m sure I’ll try this fall).
If it doesn’t matter to you that the tart is completely raw/vegan, you can substitute another sweetener for the agave; try honey, maple syrup, or organic (white or brown) sugar. You may want to add more (or less) sweetener depending on how ripe your fruits are.
You can use any type of nut to make the crust: I’ve had success with walnuts and pecans in the past.
The crust can be crumbly, so it can be a little challenging to keep the integrity of each slice when serving; chilling the crust in the freezer for 30-60 minutes before filling/serving can be helpful.
Fresh Fig and Blackberry Tart
Yield: Serves 6-8
*2 cups fresh figs, ends trimmed and sliced into quarters
*2 cups fresh blackberries
*1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped away or a dash of vanilla extract
*1/4 cup agave syrup
*2 cups raw almonds, processed in a blender until they resemble a fine meal, or use 2 cups of almond "flour"
*4 tablespoons agave syrup
*1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
*2 pinches sea salt
1. In a large bowl, gently mix together the figs and the blackberries.
2. In a smaller bowl, mix together the vanilla seeds and the agave syrup. Pour over the fruits and allow to macerate for about 30 minutes.
1. In a large bowl, mix together the crust ingredients. Everything should be quite crumbly and sticky and you should be able to form it into a ball; if not, add a bit more agave.
2. Press the crust ingredients into the bottom of a 9 inch pie pan or tart pan. Place in the freezer to chill for 30-60 minutes, or until just before you are ready to fill and serve the tart.
3. Remove the crust from the refrigerator and spoon your fruit filling into it; drizzle any remaining macerating liquid over the fruit.
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Various storage types may be used for storing virtualized guests. However, for a guest to be able to use migration features the guest must be created on networked storage.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 requires at least 1GB of storage space. However, Red Hat recommends at least 5GB of storage space for a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 installation and for the procedures in this guide.
Open virt-manager and start the wizard
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|Publication date||25 Aug 1987|
|Filing date||22 Jul 1985|
|Priority date||22 Jul 1985|
|Also published as||CA1292469C, EP0212289A1, EP0212289B1|
|Publication number||06757569, 757569, US 4689118 A, US 4689118A, US-A-4689118, US4689118 A, US4689118A|
|Inventors||Kambiz B. Makoui, Pronoy K. Chatterjee|
|Original Assignee||Personal Products Company|
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|Patent Citations (19), Referenced by (34), Classifications (20), Legal Events (6)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
This invention relates to absorbent, retentive cellulose pulp which is capable of retaining good absorbency even after having been highly compressed. This pulp is provided for use in absorbent products such as sanitary napkins, catamenial tampons, diapers, dressings or the like which are used for absorbing body fluids.
For many years, cellulose pulp has been utilized for absorbing body fluids. Wood pulp has been found most suitable for such products primarily because it is an inexpensive, readily available absorbent material. Such wood pulp is generally derived from soft wood trees such as southern pine and the like and is commercially treated in chemical pulping processes such as the kraft or sulfite processes during which the trunks and branches of trees are reduced to wood pulp fibers and non-fibrous substances such as gums, resins and lignin are chemically removed. The resulting wood pulp is sometimes bleached and then formed into board for subsequent disassocation into pulp fluff to be used in the aforementioned products.
Although pulp fluff derived from the conventional process steps has, in the past, been successfully employed in body fluid absorption products, the art has increasingly sought to improve the absorption capacity and fluid retention properties of wood pulp. Many suggestions have already been advanced, generally directed towards chemical modifications of the cellulose polymer of which the wood pulp fibers are composed. While these efforts have met with some success, the resulting products are substantially more expensive than native wood pulp and suffer from some peculiar drawbacks such as brittleness or slow wicking rates.
It has long been known that the absorbency of cellulosic fibers may be improved by wet cross-linking the fibers. Thus U.S. Pat. No. 3,241,553 discloses such cross-linking in order to provide absorbent fibrous products which have improved absorbency as well as the ability to retain greater amounts of absorbed fluids when subjected to pressures which tend to squeeze out the fluids absorbed. There is, however, no disclosure in said U.S. Pat. No. 3,241,553 concerning the cross-linking of microfibrillated fibers.
The need for a relatively inexpensive, simple process for treating native cellulose fibers to increase their absorption capacity and fluid retention properties has been met to a limited degree by the process disclosed by Chatterjee, et al. in U.S. Pat. No. 4,474,949. Chatterjee, et al. disclosed a process of mechanically beating a dispersion of cellulose fibers to a degree such that at least the outermost of the secondary walls of the cellulose fibers were essentially completely disintegrated to microfibrillar form followed by the freeze drying of the beaten dispersion. The resultant material possesses excellent absorption properties at low densities, but poor absorption properties at higher densities. In addition, the mechanical strength of this material is too low since it collapses in contact with water under a confining pressure. Furthermore, the sublimation step of freeze-drying requires a considerable amount of time. In fact, the lab production time of the process of U.S. Pat. No. 4,474,949 is approximately 90 hours.
Accordingly, there is a need for a much faster relatively inexpensive simple process for treating native cellulose fibers to increase their absorption capacity and fluid retention properties, not only at low densities but also at higher densities. The lab production time for such a process should not exceed about 8 to 10 hours.
In accordance with the objects and principles of the present invention a highly absorbent retentive cellulose fiber is provided, which fiber retains good absorbency and retention even after having been highly compressed. The process of the present invention can be carried out in the lab in about 8 hours.
The absorbent retentive pulp of the invention is produced by forming a dilute aqueous slurry of cellulose fibers and extensively beating the slurry to a degree such that at least the outermost of the secondary walls of the cellulose fibers are essentially completely disintegrated to microfibrillar form. The beaten dispersion is then frozen by the application of refrigeration means. Thereafter, the resultant frozen cake is subjected to solvent exchange with a non-aqueous solvent. A cross-linking agent is then added to the pulp. This is followed by evaporating the non-aqueous solvent and curing the pulp. Preferably, the pulp is then pressed in order to produce a densified thin sheet. The structure of the cellulose pulp derived from the teachings of this invention is similar to that disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,474,949, which is incorporated herein by reference. If the pulp is examined under the microscope prior to compression, the fibrils released from the starting cellulose fibers by the beating step appear to be in the form of discrete platelets or sheets comprising said freed fibrils in compressed form. The sheets tend to appear as discontinuous walls surrounding and defining cellular voids. Although the microscopic structure of the product of the present invention is similar to that of the product of U.S. Pat. No. 4,474,949, nevertheless the cross-linking step of the present process provides a pulp which has a surprisingly increased absorption capacity and fluid retention even after having been highly compressed, the cross-linking having formed intermolecular cross-links between macromolecular chains. Said compressed product is also highly resilient (demonstrating a Z direction swelling) in the wet state. The express "Z direction" as used herein is intended to signify the direction of initial compression of the compressed product.
In accordance with the invention an aqueous dispersion of fibrous cellulose is beaten to an extensive degree to free microfibrils from the fibrous structure.
While the preferred form of the starting cellulose fibers is chemical wood pulp derived from such pulping processes as kraft or sulfite pulping, it will be understood that almost any source of cellulose fibers is suitably employed. Accordingly, in addition to wood pulp, such diverse sources of cellulose fibers may include hemp, baggase, cotton and the like.
Irrespective of the plant source, cellulose fibers comprise cellulose chains, consisting of cellobiose units, laid down in a parallel arrangement with the long chained molecules strongly associated through secondary forces e.g. hydrogen bonds. This association of the cellulose chains results in a very uniform crystalline structure known as micelles or microcrystallites. The micelles are associated in the plant into long thread-like structures known as microfibrils. The association of the micelles into microfibrils is such that spaces or dislocations exist between micelles; such spaces, being of the order of about 15-20 angstrom units (A°), allowing liquid to migrate into the microfibril and accounting for at least part of the absorbency and retention properties of the cellulose fiber. High magnification photographs show that microfibrils of wood cellulose are filaments about 35 A° in breadth with a periodic variation in electron density along their lengths. Based on this observation, it has been proposed that the wood pulp microfibril is in the shape of a flat ribbon wound in the form of a tight helix.
The cellulose fiber itself is composed of layers of associated microfibrils. The outer layer is termed the primary wall and the inner layers are termed secondary walls which are further classified as S1, S2 layers, etc.
As described above, it is known, in the art of making paper, to beat or mechanically work a fiber slurry to free some microfibrils on the very outer layer of the cellulose fiber. The purpose of this beating treatment in the paper art is to enhance bonding. Great care, heretofore, has been taken to avoid damaging the inner layers.
In accordance with the teachings of U.S. Pat. No. 4,474,949, such a beating step is carried further to the point where at least the outermost of the secondary walls is essentially completely disintegrated to microfibrillar form. Preferably, the starting cellulose fibers are first dispersed in a dilute aqueous slurry. Such a slurry should have a solid content ranging from about 0.5 to about 10.0% and still more preferably, from about 1.5 to about 6.0%.
The slurry is next passed to a beating station where it is mechanically worked to free microfibrils to a suitable degree. The method and apparatus for beating the slurry are not critical provided that a sufficient degree of microfibrillation is accomplished. Accordingly, commercially available equipment such as the Hollander, Jordan, or disk refiner type of beaters may be employed. The Hollander beater is an apparatus wherein the slurry is introduced into a tub and forced to pass under the nip formed between a corregated roller and a plate. As the roller is turned, a shearing force is exerted on the fibers in the nip. The Jordan type of beater employs two nesting cones with an annular space in between. The inner cone reciprocates so that the slurry, introduced into the annular space, is sheared. In the disk refiner, two round plates are in a face to face relationship and at least one of the plates is provided with ribs and at least one of the plates rotates. The slurry is introduced between the faces of the plates and is sheared by the rotating action. There exists still other suggestions for producing microfibrillar pulp and these are equally useful in carrying out this invention. One such suggestion is found in U.S. Pat. No. 4,374,702 issued on Feb. 22, 1983 to Turbak, et al.
It has been found that sufficient beating has occurred when the resulting fibers have been reduced to a Canadian Standard Freeness value of less than 100 and preferably less than 50. The period of time during which a slurry of a particular dilution, with a particular type of fiber is beaten in a particular beating apparatus is easily correlated to the Canadian Standard Freeness value of the finished product by a series of simple experiments. It will be understood that because the parameters which effect beating time may vary greatly and still produce a beaten slurry usable in accordance with the teachings of this invention, no generalization can be made with respect to such beating time.
In said U.S. Pat. No. 4,474,949, when using a Valley Beater, Model No. 73-13-1-1/2 Niagra, obtained from the Voith Company of Appleten, Wis. and beating a slurry of loblolly pine bleached kraft pulp having a solid content of 2%, suitable beating times ranged from 120 to about 160 minutes.
The microfibrillated pulp, utilized in accordance with the present invention may also be prepared by soaking a southern pine bleached kraft pulp board with water and beating it on a Valley Beater at a consistency of 2%.
Thereafter, the beaten slurry is subjected to freezing by means of refrigeration, dry ice or liquid nitrogen. The frozen cake is then placed in a bath containing a non-aqueous solvent such as acetone, until the ice is melted. This solvent exchange may be conducted with a broad range of solvents. Among suitable solvents for this purpose are ethyl alcohol, butyl alcohol, pyridine, butyl acetate and benzene. Thereafter the thawed structure is washed a number of times with the solvent. A cross-linking agent is then added to the resultant solvent suspension and cross-linking is permitted to commence. Thereafter the non-aqueous solvent is evaporated followed by curing in an oven, whereby a highly absorbent, retentive cross-linked cellulose pulp results. In accordance with the cross-linking procedure, such as that taught by U.S. Pat. No. 3,241,553, cellulosic fibers are subjected to a chemical treatment whereby they are chemically modified to form bonds between the hydroxyl groups in the cellulose molecules. The reactive groups of the cross-linking agent which combines with the hydroxyl groups may exist prior to the reaction with cellulose, as in the case of glyoxal or they may be generated during the reaction of the cellulose, as in the case of the sodium thiosulfate derivative of divinylsulfone. In order to cross-link cellulose, the cross-linking agent must be at least difunctional with respect to cellulose, e.g., it must react with at least 2 hydroxyl groups. Formaldehyde, for example, is monofunctional with regard to many substances; it is, however, difunctional with respect to cellulose and is therefore a suitable cross-linking agent. Cellulose may be dry cross-linked or wet cross-linked. However, the procedure utilized in accordance with the present invention is wet cross-linking. A common technique known in the art is to apply the cross-linking agent and a catalyst to the cellulose in an aqueous bath, driving off the water in a drying step, and reacting the cross-linking agent with the cellulose in a subsequent curing step. However, in accordance with the present invention the cross-linking agent is added to the cellulose suspended in a non-aqueous solvent, which is then evaporated and the pulp is heat cured. The expression "heat curing" as used herein is intended to signify cross-linking by application of heat.
Wet cross-linked cellulose is obtained when the cross-linking agent is reacted with the cellulose while the cellulose fibers are not collapsed but are in a swollen state. Ordinarly the cellulose fibers are maintained in a swollen state by water which is present during the reaction. However, techniques have been developed whereby the cellulose fibers can be maintained in a swollen state in the absence of water by using in lieu thereof an inert, non-volatile substance. Cellulose fibers so treated have the properties of wet cross-linked cellulose even though the reaction takes place in the absence of significant amounts of water.
Suitable agents for the cross-linking of cellulose are formaldehyde, difunctional aldehydes such as glutaraldehyde; dichloro acetic acid, dichloro propanol-2, diepoxides, such as butadiene diepoxides and polyepoxides such as the compound marketed by Shell Chemical Company under the name Eponite 100, N-methylol acrylamide, and divinylsulfone. Most of the above materials require alkaline catalysts, such as sodium hydroxide, to produce wet cross-linked cellulose. However, for the purposes of the present invention, the preferred cross-linking agent is glutaraldehyde, the preferred catalyst utilized in conjunction therewith being zinc chloride. Glutaraldehyde is used in many medical devices (as for instance the device disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,274,410). Zinc chloride was chosen because it not only permits the cross-linking or/polymerization to occur, but it also causes swelling of cellulose which imparts higher resilient characteristics to the final product.
Additional wet cross-linking agents include: condensation products of formaldehyde with organic compounds, such as urea or other chemical compounds which contain at least two active hydrogen groups, particularly dimethylolurea, dimethylol ethyleneurea and imidazolidine derivatives; dicarboxylic acids; dialdehydes such as glyoxal; diisocyanates; divinyl compounds; dihalogen-containing compounds such as dichloracetone and 1,3-dichloropropanol-2; and halohydrins such as epichlorohydrin etc.
The fibers are in a swollen state at the time of cross-linking in order to obtain wet cross-linked cellulose. Although the swelling is generally achieved in accordance with the prior art by cross-linking in the presence of water, other swelling agents may be used, such as the preferred zinc chloride referred to above.
Cellulose molecules consist of a large number of glucose units linked to each other through glucoside linkages (oxygen bridges). The preferred catalyst, zinc chloride, reacts with glucoside linkages to form an oxonium salt. This reactive product is more polar and enables the non-reactive cellulose to swell to a greater degree.
One of the preferred cross-linking agents of the present invention, namely glutaraldehyde, undergoes a condensation reaction with cellulose with the loss of water to form an intermolecular cross-link between macromolecular chains. The reaction of cellulose with glutaraldehyde takes place through the formation of hemiacetal and acetal linkages. The addition of glutaraldehyde in the presence of zinc chloride, to the beaten pulp slurry causes the formation of polyglutaraldehyde and the commencement of the cross-linking of cellulosic fibers. Good results have also been obtained, in accordance with the present invention when 37% W/V of formalin was used in place of glutaraldehyde as the cross-linking agent.
The initial freezing of the slurry, prior to the solvent exchange, may be effected by passing the slurry into an externally refrigerated compartment and retaining the slurry therein until frozen. Alternatively the slurry may be circulated around the source of refrigeration such as cooling tubes or a bath containing coolant, e.g., liquid nitrogen, dry ice, alcohol solution or the like and the frozen slurry collected.
After the solvent exchange and cross-linking steps, the resultant product is a sponge-like dried pulp which, either in the sponge-like state or when ground into pulp fluff, exhibits a substantial increase in liquid absorption and retention properties as contrasted with pulp provided by conventional means. In addition, after the final dried product is pressed under high pressure in order to form a thin flat sheet, the resultant pressed product is capable of retaining good absorbency and retention and thus differs substantially from the product of U.S. Pat. No. 4,474,949 which does not include the solvent exchange step or the cross-linking step.
If an electromicrograph of the cross-linked, pore containing microfibrillated cellulose, prepared in accordance with the present invention is examined, it could be seen that the pulp comprises sheets or platelets of microfibrils. These sheets are of a random shape and appear to form somewhat discontinuous walls surrounding relatively large voids. The platelets are almost leaf-like in structure and are similar to those as illustrated in U.S. Pat. No. 4,474,949.
The platelets vary in their largest dimension from about 2 microns to about 130 microns with 70 microns being typical. The platelets are no more than about 5 microns thick and typically about 2 microns thick. The platelets surround void areas having a largest dimension value of less than about 500 microns.
It is believed that the morphology of the pulp of this invention results from the fact that when the fibrillated invention results from the fact that the fibrillated pulp is subjected to freezing the ice crystals compress the fibrils between crystal facets into flat sheets. The solvent exchange step does not disturb this configuration.
The invention will be further described by reference to the following example wherein there is disclosed a preferred embodiment of the present invention. However, it is to be appreciated that such example is illustrative but not limitative of the broader aspects of the inventive concept.
The percentages of ingredients in the slurry are given herein as weight of the ingredient in grams for each 100 ml of slurry.
The raw material was prepared by soaking a southern pine bleached kraft pulp board with water and beating it on a Valley Beater at a consistency of 2%. The Valley Beater, Model No. 73-13-1-1/2 Niagra, obtained from the Voith Company of Appleton, Wis., consists of an oval, open cast-iron tub, beater bars and bed plate. The stock is moved counterclockwise by rotation of the beater bars (500 ±10 rpm). The beating action takes place between bars and the bed plate. In order to prepare the raw material, initially, about 430 grams of air-dried pulp board (6.5% moisture) were soaked in 10 liters of water for a minimum of 4 hours. The pulp boards were than cut into small pieces and processed in the Valley Beater with an additional 10 liters of water for 10 minutes (no beating) to prepare a slurry of 2% consistency. The beating process, started by applying a load to the beater bars, was continued for a period of 4 hours. The beaten slurry was then placed in a reaction vessel and heated to 80° C. The reaction vessel is a unit manufactured by Dover Corporation. The unit (Model No. TA-40-SP-1972) is constructed of stainless steel and it is steamed jacketed for heating at maximum water pressure of 25 psi at 300° F. The maximum capacity of this unit is 100 liters. Mixing was carried out by a wall scraper. The beaten slurry was then poured into a container and frozen to -25° C. for 24 to 72 hours as required. The freezing time was dependent on sample thickness. The freezer used was an upright frost-free freezer (model number 16-OF16K) manufactured by Amana. The maximum low temperature capability of the unit is -25° C. The frozen cake was then placed in an acetone bath until the ice was melted. Then the thawed structure was washed three more times with acetone. Based on each gram of the oven-dried weight of fiber, 0.4 g of zinc chloride and 0.25 mils of glutaraldehyde (50% in water) were mixed in enough acetone to cover the structure. After evaporation of acetone, the structure was cured in a 100° C. oven for 1 hr. The low density cross-linked structure was washed in tap water for 15 minutes, excess water removed and dried in a 105° C. oven for 30 minutes. The final dried material was pressed to 5,000 psi. The press which was utilized is manufactured by Wabash Metal Products Company. It has a controlled heating system and possesses a 6-inch compression stroke and maximum compression force of 30 tons. The upper and lower plenums have the capability of heating to 300° C.
For the purposes of the following discussion, the product of Example 1 is designated at MFCS-III meaning microfibrillated cellulose sheet-III. The product of U.S. Pat. No. 4,474,949 prepared by microfibrillation and freeze drying, but without cross-linking, is designated as MFCS-I.
The product of Example 1 was then tested for absorption properties at different densities by the porous plate method. (Table 1).
The Porous Plate Testing apparatus, is described in detail in Textile Res. J. 37 pp. 356-366, 1967, and a modified testing procedure has been further described as "Gravimetric Absorbency Testing System" in a monograph on "Absorbency" in Textile Science and Technology, volume 7, page 67, edited by Pronoy K. Chatterjee, published in 1985 by Elsevier Science Publishers BV, P.O. Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Briefly, this test involves placing the sample in what is essentially a Buchner Funnel having a porous bottom plate and holding the sample in place by applying thereon a standard weight to maintain a standardized confining pressure. The porous plate is placed in contact with a reservoir of fluid and the sample is allowed to absorb the fluid through the porous plate until saturated. By maintaining the samples at essentially the level of the reservoir, the fluid absorbed is subjected to essentially zero hydraulic head with respect to the reservoir. The weight of fluid absorbed, divided by the weight of the sample, is termed the Maximum Capacity. As the sample absorbs fluid, a measurement of weight absorbed as a function of time is made. The slope of this curve at the time absorption begins is termed the Initial Rate of Absorption. To determine fluid retention, the saturated sample is elevated with respect to the reservoir, thereby imposing a hydraulic head upon the fluid absorbed, the head being arbitrarily chosen as 35.5 cm. of fluid. The apparatus is provided with means for measuring the weight of fluid retained under the hydraulic head. Retention values are reported as the weight retained per unit weight of sample. The results of testing the samples are recorded below in Table 1. The testing fluid in each case is a 1% NaCl aqueous solution, and the confining pressure is 4.8 grams/cm2.
TABLE 1______________________________________EVALUATION OF MICROFIBRILLAR CELLULOSEMethod: Porous Plate Test With1% Aqueous NaClSample Density: 0.4 g/cm3 Absorbency Z Direc- Max Cap. Ret'n tion Expan-Sample Process (g/g) (g/g) sion %______________________________________Filter Control 3 2 0Paper No freeze drying No X-link, No beatingFluff Control 5 3 0Pulp No freeze drying No X-link No beatingMFCS-I Freeze-dried 6 5 0 (Control, no X-link)Fluff Freeze-dried 10 3 200Pulp (X-link) No beatingMFCS-III Solvent Exch. 16 8 400 (X-link)______________________________________
As can be seen from Table 1, the product of the present invention as set forth in Example 1 (designated MFCS-III) is compared with filter paper and fluff pulp controls which have neither been freeze dried nor cross-linked; freeze dried non-beaten fluff pulp as well as the product of U.S. Pat. No. 4,474,949 (designated MFCS-I) which consists of non cross-linked freeze-dried microfibrillated wood pulp cellulose.
The conditions under which the pulp control were produced, were similar to the corresponding conditions for preparing the product of Example 1, except as noted in Table 1.
The results in Table 1 indicate that after the materials were densified by pressing to 0.4 g/cc, MFCS-III (product of present Example 1) achieved high absorbency (16 g/g). It is evident from the data in Table 1 that the densified cross-linked microfibrillated cellulose pulp of the present invention is significantly superior in absorption and retention than its non cross-linked counterpart MFCS-I disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,474,949. Cross-linking a non-fibrillated fluff pulp also improves the absorption capacity, but not to the extent that could be achieved by the microfibrillated batch. In this connection it will be noted that the maximum capacity of MFCS-III at 0.40 g/cm3 density is 16 g/g while the maximum capacity at 0.4 g/cm3 density of MFCS-I is only 6 g/g, i.e., almost three times as great. It is thus very surprising that the process of the present invention provides such an extraordinary improvement over the process of U.S. Pat. No. 4,494,949.
While Table 1 indicates that a significant improvement was obtained with a density level of 0.4 g/cm3. improvements have also been found to be quite evident at a density level of 0.1 g/cm3 or higher. Normally a 0.5M solution of cupriethylenediamine is a good solvent for cellulose, but if cross-linking is present, the latter solvent will not dissolve the cross-linked product. Following the Tappi method T-230 for viscosity measurements, it was observed that the MFCS-I and virgin wood pulp easily dissolved in cupriethylenediamine but the product of the present Example 1 namely MFCS-III does not dissolve therein. This phenonmenon indicates the occurrence of cross-linking in the latter case.
The product of present Example 1 (namely MFCS-III) may be utilized to increase the total absorption capacity of napkins and also to increase the wicking properties of napkins and tampons. MFCS-III also demonstrates a uniaxial Z direction swelling in the wet state of 400% as can be seen from Table 1.
The fast wicking rate of the product of present Example 1 allows the fluid to be transported to all regions of napkins. The fast wicking is mainly due to densification of the MFCS-III. The densification reduces both the void volume and pore size. However, as soon as the fluid hits a certain spot the capillary size at that spot will increase. Hence the fluid front is moved rapidly through the large capillaries to the adjacent smaller capillaries.
The compressability of the MFCS-III in the dry state and its Z direction swelling in the wet state causes this material to be especially suitable for tampon applications.
From the above Table 1 it will be noted that densified microfibrillated cross-linked cellulose (MFCS-III) showed significantly higher fluid absorption and retention capacities than unbeaten or fibrillated non-cross-linked freeze-dried wood pulp. The increase in surface area of the fibers obtained by beating coupled with freezing and solvent exchange increased the retention capacity. The fast wicking rate with Z direction swelling is attributed to chemical cross-linking of these fibers at low densities followed by their densification in the final dry state. Densification of the MFCS-III produces a flat, flexible board. Upon wetting, this board expands to a foam-like structure which has an enormous void volume available for liquid absorption.
While the invention has been described in terms of producing a highly absorbent cellulose pulp, nothing herein should be construed to suggest that the cellulose fibers cannot be otherwise additionally treated by other means to further enhance absorbency combined with other components to produce a composite material for absorbent purposes. Such modification, as well as others which will occur to one skilled in the art, are all within the scope of teachings of this invention.
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A portable air conditioner can seem like the perfect solution on a hot summer day. They are relatively small, easy to move from room to room and cost significantly less than a fitted air conditioning unit.
However, is a portable air conditioner really a good investment? When you start comparing them to the industrial air conditioning option available you’ll realize that it’s not quite as good as it appears to be.
In This Post:
How The Portable Air Conditioner Works
The basic operation is the same as any fixed air conditioning unit. The air is sucked into the unit and cooled as it passes over the liquid-filled coils. This creates cool air. Of course, cool air holds less moisture, the warm and moist air needs to be expelled.
With fixed units, the air is expelled outside because the unit is outside. However, portable units rely on a hose that is hung out your window.
An industrial air conditioner is designed to cool a specific sized space. The space is generally sealed, allowing the air conditioner to work efficiently and surprisingly quickly.
This is not the case with a portable air conditioner. It may not be powerful enough to handle the space it’s been put in. In addition to this, the room is never sealed. The exhaust pipe on the air conditioner must go out the window, this allows some warm air to come in from outside. This can make it difficult for the portable unit to cool the room effectively.
Even if it does cool the room it will use more energy doing so. It is simply not as efficient and, over time, will end up costing you more than a fixed unit.
Ease of Movement
Although portable units are intended to move between rooms effortlessly, there are two complications you need to be aware of.
Access to Outside
No matter where you put it the portable unit needs to vet outside of the house. The hose is generally short, meaning that your unit needs to be near a window and a power socket.
As mentioned, this reduces the efficiency of the machine. To avoid this you can have special plates fitted to windows, blocking outside air and giving a vent attachment point. But, using these makes it even harder to move the unit around.
Portable air conditioners are not light. They are usually on heels which makes moving them fairly easy on one level. However, if your home is on two levels you’ll find they are very heavy to carry up and down the stairs.
You also need to consider the noise level of a portable unit. It is surprisingly loud, making it difficult to undertake many other tasks. This is in stark contrast to the fixed units, the main unit is on the wall outside your home, keeping the noise outside.
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JOHN PIPER, 1982
FEBRUARY 10, 2015
Since my original appraisal
of John Piper as a supporter of grace giving, I am forced to conclude that he indeed teaches tithing. In fact he teaches both
directions; he speaks two different directions. In my opinion that is worst than not taking any stand. In You Tube he
teaches children to give their first ten percent, their firstfruits, to the church. God's Word never equates tithes with
firstfruits and Piper should know better.
I Seek Not What Is Yours but You
Original Comment by Russell
Earl Kelly, PH. D.: Piper, like myself, teaches that most Christians can and should disregard any mention of a fixed percentage
of giving and give much more than those who gave a tithe in the Old Testament. Piper correctly points out
that OT tithes were only from food. He does not discuss the fact that those who earned their livelihood from crafts and trades
were never required to tithe and that the poor were never required to tithe.
Does Piper teach that Christians should tithe? Yes and No. Does Piper
teach that many Christians should give much more than a tithe because of missionary needs? Yes. Does Piper teach that even
the poor and sick should begin their giving level at ten per cent? I personally do not read this interpretation into Piper’s
intentions. [Definitely yes.]
on Tithing, John Piper
January 24, 1982
2 Corinthians 12:15; And so as I pondered the possibility of preaching
on tithing, the text that lay closest to hand was in the verse just before the words, "I will most gladly spend and be
spent for your souls." In verse 14 Paul says, to the church at Corinth, "Here for the third time I am ready
to come to you. And I will not be a burden for I seek not what is yours but you." I seek not what is yours but you! What
a great sentence. That is the flag waving over this sermon. It is the preface, heart and conclusion. I seek not what is yours,
but you. I seek to build up a church of whom it can never be said, "They honor me with their tithes [[MISQUOTED:
lips]] , but their heart is far from me" (cf. Matt. 15:8). Of whom it will never be said, "Woe to you, Bethlehem, for you tithe every honorarium, birthday gifts
and before-taxes-income, but have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith" (Matt. 23:23). I seek not what is yours but
How many marriages deteriorate into empty motions because husbands do not hear the silent yearnings of the
wife: "I don't want your money, I want you." How many parents have lost their children because they failed to
interpret the signs: "I don't want your presents, Daddy, I want you." And how many tithing churchgoers will
be lost to the kingdom because the word of God never reached their hearts: "I will seek not what is yours but you."
So let there be no mistaking it, in this sermon on tithing I seek not what is yours but you. My desire is to spend and be
spent out for your souls not your silver. Things are utterly subordinate. Life essential is the life of the heart.
What I would like to do then is get before us an overview of the Old Testament and New Testament teaching about tithing
and then draw some implications for how people today who have first given themselves wholly to God should then give of their
possessions to the work of God. You may want to look up the passages with me or jot them down for later perusal.
The oldest reference to tithing in the Bible is found in Genesis 14 where Abraham pursues a king named Chedorlaomer to rescue
his kinsman Lot who had been captured. With
300 armed men Abraham defeats Chedorlaomer and not only saves Lot, but regains all the goods stolen from Sodom. On the way back a mysterious figure named Melchizedek, called priest of the Most High God in verse
18, met Abraham and blessed him. Verse 20 simply says, "And Abraham gave him a tenth of everything." There is
no command in the later Mosaic Law or anywhere in Scripture that men are to give one tenth of their captured booty to the
priest. But Abram did it, evidently as a token of gratitude to God who had just given him such a great victory. So our
first encounter with tithing is one where the giver is not paying God to stir him into action, but one where the giver
is responding to God who has just fought for him and given him victory and great blessing. That is a pattern we must not
The next time we hear of tithing is in Genesis 28:22. Abraham's grandson, Jacob, had a dream at Bethel in which God promised to be
with him and give him a great land and many descendants (Genesis 28:13-15). Jacob responds with a vow in verses 20-22 which
climaxes with this promise: "And of all thou givest me I will give the tenth to thee." Notice well that Jacob recognizes
everything that he has disposal of as a gift from God. Therefore, his tithe is not really something he has produced that he
then transfers over to God's possession. Instead the tithe seems to be a symbolic statement that all we have is from God
and that we do not count it our own. It is all at God's disposal and we signify that by letting a tenth of it go completely
out of our control for some uniquely religious purpose. Surely Jacob did not mean that since God gave him everything therefore
he would glorify God with a tenth, but not with nine-tenths. Surely if God gives us anything it is for us to handle in trust
for his glory. Giving a tenth to him in a burnt offering, or the service of the temple or the like is a token, a pledge
that all we are and have are at his disposal all the time.
At the time of Moses, tithing was made part of the
law which governed the people of Israel. There are two key texts. The first is Leviticus 27:30-33. "All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed
of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord's. It is holy to the Lord. If a man wishes to redeem any of his
tithe, he shall add a fifth to it. And all the tithe of herds and flocks, every tenth animal that passes under the herdsman's
staff shall be holy to the Lord." Here the law made explicit what is to be tithed: namely, the produce of the field—grain,
and the produce of the trees—fruit, and the herds and flocks.
In Deuteronomy 14:22-29 some instruction is
given as to how to give the tithe and what it is for.
You shall tithe all the yield of your seed which comes forth
from the field year by year. And before the Lord your God, in the place which he will choose, to make his name dwell there
(Jerusalem), you shall
eat the tithe of your grain, of your wine and of your oil, and the firstlings of your herd and flock; that you may learn to
fear the Lord your God always. And if the way is too long for you so that you are not able to bring the tithe, when the Lord
your God blesses you, because the place is too far from you, which the Lord your God chooses to set his name there, then you
shall turn it into money, and bind up the money in your hand, and go to the place which the Lord your God chooses, and spend
the money for whatever you desire, oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your appetite craves; and you shall eat
there before the Lord your God and rejoice, you and your household. And you shall not forsake the Levite who is within your
towns, for he has no portion or inheritance with you.
At the end of every three years you shall bring forth all
the tithe of your produce in the same year and lay it up within your towns; and the Levite because he has no portion or inheritance
with you, and the sojourner and the fatherless and the widow, who are within your towns, shall come and eat and be filled;
that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.
Let me make six brief observations
from this passage about the practice and purpose of tithing.
First, according to verse 23, there was to be a yearly
trip to the holy place, the place God puts his name (later Jerusalem). The people were to take their tithe to that place and then eat it there, or at
least eat part of it in a feast of joy. Tithing was not to be reduced merely to the pragmatic function of paying the priests
and sustaining the temple. It was an expression of joy and gratitude. God did not need the tithe. In commanding it, he
was seeking not what was theirs but them.
So the second observation at the end of verse 23 is that the purpose
of the tithing feast was "that you may learn to fear the Lord your God." Take a tenth of your year's produce,
go to the holy place, offer it to the Lord, eat it (or part of it) to his glory in gratitude "that you may learn to fear
him." Tithing was a means of remembering how dependent they were on God and how much one should fear to displease such
a God by joyless ingratitude.
Third provision was made for those whose grain was too heavy and flocks too many
to take them all the way to the holy place. They could sell them and then use the money to purchase substitutes when they
arrived in the holy place. Fourth, the tithe is not to be totally consumed by the family bringing it. The Levites who were
scattered through the tribes of Israel with no land of their own were to be supported by the tithers of the other 11 tribes (v. 27). The Levites were
set apart for special religious purposes and had no crops or herds [[WRONG]]. The tithe was given to God not only in the
sense that it was eaten in a feast celebration of his faithfulness (cf. 'blessing" in v. 24), but also in the sense
that part of it supported God's institution of the Levitical order.
Fifth, verses 28 and 29 describe a triennial
tithe which was designed not only to support the Levites, but also the three most helpless groups of people in that society:
the refugees, the orphans, and the widows. It seems that a sort of benevolent fund was replenished every three years for the
needs of these people, by the calling in of a special tithe.
Finally, the section closes with a promise of blessing
on the people if they are faithful in this act of mercy to men and gratitude to God. And this is a good place to remind ourselves
of two things. One is that the way most tithes were "given to God" was by giving them to people [GOOD]. God
cannot be enriched by us. He has no needs that our possessions can satisfy. But he can be honored by the way we treat others
in his name by special acts which celebrate his bounty and by our willingness to trust him to supply all our needs when we
***And the other thing
we must remember is that God always honors people who tithe from a good heart of faith. The promise is not to make us
rich, but it is this: those who love and trust God enough to honor him with at least a tithe will never lack the resources
they need. I believe that is still true today.
Two other important passages on tithing in the Old Testament
are Numbers 18:21-24 and 2 Chronicles 31:4-18
which I won't read for lack of time. But the point of both is that the tithes are especially for the Levites. Numbers
18:24 says, "The tithe of the people of Israel
which they present as an offering to the Lord, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance." And 2 Chron. 31:4 says
that Hezekiah, "commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves
to the law of the Lord." Thus, tithing was God's prescribed way of supporting certain ministries which he had
In summary, then from the Old Testament tithing goes back to the very beginning of Israel's
history before the law was given and seems to have been an expression of gratitude to the Lord who fights for his people
and gives them all they have. Then as a part of the Mosaic law, tithing was made a part of Israel's formal worship and its various forms and purposes were prescribed. It was used to support
religious orders; it was used for religious feasting in celebration of God's goodness; and it taught the people to fear
the Lord, that is, to fear not trusting him to meet all their needs.
As we come over to the New Testament the picture changes significantly. Jesus mentions tithing twice, both
times in reference to its legalistic abuse. He says in Matt. 23:23, "Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you tithe mint and dill
and cummin and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy and faith; these you ought to have done without
neglecting the others." In Luke 18:9-14, "He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they
were righteous and despised others: Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank thee that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust,
adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, I give tithes of all that I get.'"
Jesus did not regard tithing as a spiritual cure all. He does not reject it. He affirmed it for Israel.
But he is much more intent on the weightier matters of the law like faith. You can tithe everything and not trust God. Jesus
was not seeking what was theirs, he was seeking them: the love of their soul, not the load of their silver.
apostle Paul never once even refers to tithing. Whether he taught his churches to tithe when he founded them we don't
know. But his rules in his letters seem to be as follows. First: "On the first day of the week each of you is to
put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper" (1 Cor. 16:2). And second in 2 Cor. 8:3, "they gave according
to their means and beyond their means of their own accord." And third in 2 Cor. 9:7, "Each one must do as he has
made up his mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver." And finally 2 Cor. 9:8, "God
is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that you may always have enough of everything and may provide
in abundance for every good work."
The only other place in the New Testament where tithing is mentioned is
Hebrews 7:4-12 where the reference is back to Genesis 14 and the point is simply to show that Christ is like Melchizedek.
Therefore, with regard to positive, explicit teaching on tithing, the New Testament is almost totally silent.
I have a growing conviction why this is the case. I think God took the focus OFF giving a tithe in the early church because
he wants his people to ask themselves a new question. The question that Jesus drives us to ask again and again is not,
"How much should I give?" but rather, "How much dare I keep?" One of the differences between the Old Testament
and New Testament is the Great Commission. By and large the Old Testament people of God were not a missionary people. But
the New Testament Church is fundamentally a missionary people.
The spiritual hope and the physical and emotional sustenance that Jesus brought to earth is to be extended by his church to
the whole world. The task he gave us is so immense and requires such a stupendous investment of commitment and money that
the thought of settling the issue of what we give by a fixed percentage (like a tenth) is simply out of the question.
My own conviction is that most middle and upper class Americans who merely tithe are robbing God. In a world where
10,000 people a day starve to death and many more than that are perishing in unbelief the question is not, what percentage
must I give?, but how much dare I spend on myself?
It is a Biblical truth beyond all dispute: that all your
money is God's (Ps. 24:1) and has been loaned to you as a steward to use in ways that maximize the glorification of God's
mercy in the world (Matt. 25:14-30). And it is irrational to think that giving ten percent of that money to the church
settles the issue of good stewardship. In a world of such immense need, and in a country of such immense luxury, and under
the commission of such a powerful Lord the issue of stewardship is not: Shall I tithe?, but rather, How much of God's
trust fund dare I use to surround myself with comforts?
I had every intention, as I began to write this
message, to argue that even though the New Testament is almost silent on tithing; yet, surely we who know Jesus should
do no less than the Old Testament saints who did not know him.
***I was going to urge
everyone to tithe and give reasons why you can always afford it. I still believe that is true.
But that is not the lightning
bolt of God's word in the New Testament. The word of God is always more radical than percentage.
commend tithing as the ideal simply does not capture the New Testament view of discipleship. "He who has two coats let
him share with him who has none. And he who has food let him do likewise" (Luke 3:11). That's 50% not 10%. Zacchaeus stood and said, "Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I
give to the poor" (Luke 19:8). Again 50%. Jesus said to the rich young man, "If you would be perfect, go sell what
you possess and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; and come follow me" (Matt. 19:21). That's 100%. "So therefore, whoever of you does not renounce
all that he has cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14:33). Again 100%. "A man said to him, 'I will follow you wherever you go.' And Jesus said
to him, 'Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head'" (Luke
9:57f). "All who believed were together and had all things in common; and they sold their possessions and goods and distributed
them to all, as any had need" (Acts 2:44f). "There was not a needy person among them for as many as were possessors
of lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold and laid it at the apostles' feet" (Acts 4:34f).
"In a severe test of affliction their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of liberality
on their part. For they gave according to their means... and beyond their means" (2 Cor. 8:2,3).
way that I know how to capture the spirit of the New Testament generosity is simply to say: the issue is not, How much must
I give?, but How much dare I keep? Not: Shall I tithe? But: How much of the money that I hold in trust for Christ can I take
for my private use? The financial issue in the church today is not tithing, but exorbitance of life-style. The question
is not can I afford to tithe, but can I justify the life-style that consumes 90% of my income? And behind that is the
question: Do I love to use God's money to spread justice and mercy and spiritual hope in the world, or do I prefer to
embezzle his money to purchase more and more personal comfort? The question whether the work of Christ here at Bethlehem in 1982 will be adequately supported is really
the question of where your treasure is. And where your treasure is there is your heart. Therefore, I do not seek what is yours
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SAP HANA, short for "H
ppliance" is an in-memory, column-oriented, relational database management system developed by SAP.
- Data now resides in main-memory (RAM) and no longer on a hard disk.
- It is a combination of hardware and software made to process massive real time data using In-Memory computing.
- It combines row-based, column-based database technology.
- It's best suited for performing real-time analytics on massive data, and developing & deploying real-time applications.
An in-memory database means all the data is stored in the memory (RAM). No time wasted in loading the data from hard-disk to RAM or storing the data in hard-disk. Everything is stored inside memory for all the time, which gives quick access ability to the CPUs while processing data.
The speed advantages offered by this RAM storage system are further accelerated by the use of multi-core CPUs, and multiple CPUs per board, and multiple boards per server appliance.
SAP HANA is equipped with Multiengine Query Processing Environment which supports relational as well as graphical and text data within the same system. It provides features that support significant processing speed, handle huge data sizes and text mining capabilities.
Can we just increase the memory of the traditional database (like Oracle) to 1 TB and get similar performance?
NO. You might have performance gains due to more memory available for your current Oracle/Microsoft/Teradata database, but HANA is not just a database with bigger RAM. It is a combination of a lot of hardware and software technologies. The way data is stored and processed by the In-Memory data base is the true differentiator. Having that data available in RAM is just the icing on the cake.
Operating System Supported By SAP HANA:
Earlier SUSE Linux Enterprise Server x86-64 (SLES) 11 SP1 was the only Operating System supported by SAP HANA.
From SPS08, Red Hat Enterprise Linux is also supported.
SAP HANA is developed in C++
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India: Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai have active groups of urban farmers
To combat increasing levels of pesticides in foods, terrace gardens across India are blooming
By Gargi Gupta
Dec 29, 2013
Aparna George, a Bangalore-based freelance writer, grows strawberries in pots in a corner of her terrace, along with other vegetables like zucchini, lavender, carrots, beans, brinjals, cauliflower, cabbage, and palak, methi, coriander, rosemary, thyme and parsley.
George’s tryst with growing vegetables started, she reveals, around four years ago with the realisation that there are very high levels of pesticide residue in food. She began with a few pots of brinjals and tomatoes, using the organic manure she got by composting kitchen waste at home.
It’s expanded steadily to around 60-70 pots since. Last year, George invested in a 10X10 metre plot at Green Thumbs Mini Farms, a “micro-eco farm” set up by former software engineer Anand Maddur early last year. The farm, comprising of small plots (a minimum of 10X10), at Sarjapur Road on the outskirts of Bangalore caters to those living in the city who want to grow their own food. | <urn:uuid:608404a4-47a8-429f-b7c2-f6f80976a8c1> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.cityfarmer.info/2014/01/04/india-hyderabad-chennai-delhi-and-mumbai-have-active-groups-of-urban-farmers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282926.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00392-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9372 | 276 | 1.890625 | 2 |
Project SOAR and the MFD
Recently the Madison Fire Department’s Management Team had an opportunity to sit down with Dr. Floyd Rose of the 100 Black Men of Madison.
I first met Dr. Rose several years ago after I had questions regarding educational trends occurring in our community. A trusted friend of mine said, “You should reach out to Dr. Floyd Rose and get his take on the situation.”
I did reach out, and I discovered our philosophies on community and education were very similar. Although he and I are a generation apart and grew up in very different physical locations, we share common ground on the need to help the youth in our community.
Dr. Rose presented an opportunity that would allow the department, as an organization, to enhance the services we provide within the City of Madison.
Project SOAR (Student Opportunities, Access and Readiness) is a program sponsored by the 100 Black Men of Madison that targets all students who struggle to find positive influences and mentors in their lives, particularly students who are economically or socially disadvantaged. It also works to resolve chronic absenteeism, juvenile delinquency, and declining graduation rates in Madison’s African American youth.
The Madison Fire Department has been invited to get involved early in these young lives through Project SOAR – to work as mentors and stress the importance of education, to demonstrate to our youth that they have options and opportunities to excel in life.
This program allows us at the MFD to give back to the community as one-to-one mentors, Career Academy Instructors, or Success Academy Instructors. The option to participate on a level we can all manage based on time commitment is very much appreciated.
A special thank you to Dr. Rose and the 100 Black Men of Madison for taking the lead to make a difference in our community. And for allowing the Madison Fire Department to be part of a great program.
Steven A. Davis,
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Increased technology gave rise to the practice of distracted driving, which has been linked to far too many deadly consequences. Now, distracted medicine has led to dangerous practices and deadly outcomes, with smart phones and gadgets posing a dangerous diversion for healthcare professionals.
High-tech devices, including smart phones and computers, have proven to be very helpful to modern medicine with on-the-spot access to a world of information that goes beyond patient data. The New York Times points out that the devices provide medical professionals with current drug information, case study data, and other cutting edge information that saves time and enhances productivity and responses.
The devices, however, have proven to be dangerous, as well. For instance, The Times points to a number of dangerous situation in which doctors, nurses, medical assistants, and others working in health care, have been more concerned with their devices than with their patients.
In particular, one malpractice attorney told The Times that he represented a patient who was left paralyzed following surgery because, as it was later learned based on business associate interviews and phone logs, the neurosurgeon had placed numerous calls—at least ten 10 family and associates—during the procedure. The surgeon was using a wireless headset while operating, enabling him to perform delicate surgery and to converse, an example of so-called “distracted doctoring” that had horrendous results. According to The Times, the case was settled before a lawsuit was filed, so no court records exist with detailed information on the patient, doctor, or hospital.
A recent peer-reviewed survey of 439 medical technicians published in the journal, Perfusion, revealed that 55% of technicians responsible to monitor bypass machines acknowledged that they had talked on cell phones during heart surgery; 50% said they had texted during surgery, according to The Times.
Dr. Peter J. Papadakos, an anesthesiologist and director of critical care at the University of Rochester Medical Center, described medical professionals essentially “glued” to their devices, reported The Times. “You justify carrying devices around the hospital to do medical records,” he said. “But you can surf the Internet or do Facebook, and sometimes, for whatever reason, Facebook is more tempting…. My gut feeling is lives are in danger,” Dr. Papadakos told The Times. Dr. Papadakos just published an article on “electronic distraction” in the journal, Anesthesiology News. “We’re not educating people about the problem, and it’s getting worse,” he added.
“I’ve seen texting among people I’m supervising in the O.R.,” said Dr. Stephen Luczycki, an anesthesiologist and medical director at a surgical intensive care unit at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Dr. Luczycki also discussed anesthesiologists using the operating room computer during surgery. “It is not, unfortunately, uncommon to see them doing any number of things with that computer beyond patient care,” Dr. Luczycki also told The Times that when he uses intensive care unit computers he can easily see what others were viewing before him. “Amazon, GMail, I’ve seen all sorts of shopping, I’ve seen eBay,” he said. | <urn:uuid:75905745-1294-4242-9330-eb8775cd027e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.newsinferno.com/devices-a-dangerous-distraction-for-healthcare-professionals/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281419.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00491-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96674 | 684 | 2.5625 | 3 |
منابع درس ادبیات از دیدگاه زبانشناسی کارشناسی ارشد دانشگاه پیام نور
Structuralist Poetics Structuralism,
linguistics and the study of literature
Structuralist Poetics began as a doctoral dissertation at Oxford in 1968–9, when the structuralist revolution in France was underway. Structuralism promised an interdisciplinary reconceptualization of the humanities and the social sciences, centered on the notions of sign and structure. It not only raised general questions about what form future work on meaning and culture would take but also, for anyone interested in literature, posed questions about the future of literary studies. How would this broad reconfiguration of intellectual endeavor affect the study of literature? Structuralist Poetics, published in 1975, undertook to interpret and draw lessons from the variety of structuralist writings and to lay the foundations for a systematic study of literature. The goal was a poetics, an understanding of the devices, conventions and strategies of literature, of the means by which literary works create their effects. In opposition to poetics I set hermeneutics, the practice of interpretation, whose goal is to discover or determine the meaning of a text.
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It was founded in 1890 to compete with the Yorkshire Evening News (which it absorbed in 1963) and the Leeds Evening Express. It’s published by Yorkshire Post Newspapers, which is ultimately part of nationwide regional newspaper publishers Johnston Press‘s West Yorkshire division. But unlike its daily stablemate the Yorkshire Post, it’s on the centre-left politically.
It used to appear in four editions: a First and a Main edition for Leeds, plus two local editions for Dewsbury, Batley and the Spen Valley, and for Wakefield and the Five Towns (Castleford, Featherstone, Knottingley, Normanton and Pontefract). However, the Leeds early and Dewsbury editions were lost in May 2008.
A mobile site was launched in December 2011.
During the first half of 2012 the editorial operations of the YEP and Yorkshire Post were merged. First the two newspapers’ editorships were combined under a single editor-in-chief, former YP editor Peter Charlton; then in June 2012 it was announced that both titles would share a common newsroom.
In August 2012 Johnston Press announced that the YEP and Yorkshire Post would be moving from their Wellington Road headquarters to new premises in the prestigious Number 1 Leeds building in Whitehall Road. The Wellington Road premises had been opened by the Prince of Wales in 1970 but, following the closing of the print works in the building, were too large for the papers’ operational needs. The move took place in November 2012. | <urn:uuid:0f37f2cf-83d3-4cc7-8cbe-afee51dcf0cb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.britishpapers.co.uk/england-yorks/yorkshire-evening-post/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00676.warc.gz | en | 0.979448 | 311 | 1.71875 | 2 |
Last year Sekisui Voltek, Lawrence, Mass., began producing limited quantities of what is believed to be the highest-density crosslinked polyolefin foam in the world. The company is producing fine-celled XL LDPE and EVA foams of 20 pcf, only one-third that of solid polymer. Three years ago, it reached as high as 18 pcf in producing foams for gaskets, tapes, and other specialty products requiring high strength and compressibility. XLLDPE is typically foamed to densities of 2 to 6 pcf. Volara HD (high-density) foams are 0.01 to 0.08 in. thick and aimed at industrial mountings, gaskets, and medical applications like wound care. Rolls are 55 to 65 in. wide and over 6000 ft long. | <urn:uuid:63e7edb8-af65-4732-adf8-0a17a7604544> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.ptonline.com/products/highest-density-yet-for-extruded-xlldpe-foams | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280899.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00577-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944737 | 172 | 1.570313 | 2 |
Made in God's Image PCRT 2022 Plenary Sessions (mp3 Disc)
It was John Calvin who said that the true knowledge of God and of man lead to the same place. The reason is that man is made to reflect the character and beauty of our Creator. Genesis 1:27 says: “God created man in his own image; in his own image he created him.” The implications of this truth are immense for human identity, character, and calling. If Christians are to “glorify God and enjoy him forever” (WSC 1), then we must understand what it means to be image-bearers of God, for in this we discover the source of true dignity, unity, and purpose for every man, woman, or child.
Made in God's Image includes 6 plenary messages:
- "Created in God's Image" by H.B. Charles, Jr.
- "To Glorify God and Enjoy Him Forever" by Terry Johnson
- "He Created Them Male and Female" by Richard Phillips
- "God's Image Fallen in Adam" by Terry Johnson
- "God's Image Restored in Christ" by H.B. Charles, Jr.
- "God's Image Glorified in the Age to Come" by Daniel Doriani
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At a time when most new moms are bonding with their babies, Cheri Stout-Robinson was hospitalized for treatment of flesh-eating bacteria.
Her C-section wound had become infected with Group A strep, a bacterium often found in the throat and on the skin that usually causes strep throat or impetigo, at worst. In rare cases, it can invade the blood, muscle or lungs and cause severe disease such as necrotizing fasciitis, the so-called flesh-eating bacteria.
Although the hospital disagrees, she is certain that someone involved in her care gave her the bug. Upon discharge, she says, her incision was painful and oozing; she was readmitted almost immediately with a 104-degree fever.
While Stout-Robinson was sicker than many, about one out of every 20 hospitalized patients will acquire an infection there, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly 100,000 die each year from these infections; that number has leveled off after 15 or 20 years of rising. A 2009 CDC report estimated that hospital costs for treating infections spread in health-care settings was up to $45 billion a year.
Bacteria that cause infections are ubiquitous in hospitals. They might not sicken healthy people, but patients are at higher risk. Their immune systems might be weakened, or, like Stout-Robinson, they might have an incision or a catheter that breaches the skin, the body's first line of defense against infection.
More than 60 percent of doctors' and nurses' uniforms tested at a hospital harbored potentially dangerous bacteria, reports an Israeli study published Aug. 31. And Cleveland researchers found that health-care workers' gloved hands were just as apt to become contaminated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, after touching infected patients' call buttons as after touching their abdomens.
Yet something as simple as strict hand hygiene can prevent infections. In the September issue of the journal Health Affairs, for example, University of North Carolina researchers describe changes in the North Carolina Children's Hospital pediatric intensive care unit. Simply attaching hand sanitizer dispensers to the walls outside patients' rooms and implementing a few low-cost preventive measures shortened hospital stays more than two days on average, reduced hospitalization costs by more than $12,000 per case and cut death rates by 2.3 percent.
A sure way to reduce infections, patient advocacy groups insist, is to publish hospitals' infection rates. But some health professionals argue that compiling data takes too much time away from patients' bedsides.
"There has been little sense of urgency by the medical profession about this problem," says Lisa McGiffert, campaign manager for Consumers Union's Safe Patient Project, which has worked since 2003 to make individual hospitals' infection rates public. So far, McGiffert says, 29 states and the District of Columbia have such laws, although some of those states have yet to report any information.
What used to be referred to as "hospital-acquired infections" is now called "healthcare-associated infections" to reflect the growing amount of care provided outside hospitals, says Russell Olmsted, president of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology and director of infection control and prevention for the St. Joseph Mercy Health System in Ann Arbor, Mich.
One documented major success, Olmsted says, has been a significant five-year drop nationwide in bloodstream infections from central lines - catheters, or tubes, inserted to infuse medications or nutrition - thanks to a five-step checklist.
Effective this past January, hospitals that receive Medicare payments for acute inpatient care must report central line-associated bloodstream infections that occur in the ICU. In 2012 and 2013, Medicare will add more infections to the list.
Eventually, Medicare will post the information on Hospital Compare, its consumer website.
Meanwhile, Stout-Robinson, who lives in Oklahoma City, is quick to warn everyone she knows about contracting the lethal Strep A infection after her younger son's birth. She spent 13 days in the hospital for treatment. She says she was cut open hip to hip so her surgeon could remove affected tissue and stop the infection. "I missed my birthday. I missed Christmas. My baby was at home with my husband. He was scared I was going to die." | <urn:uuid:e4fd62a0-c08a-48e3-852c-69bbea506fc7> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-war-hospital-infections.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280292.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00348-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96279 | 893 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Ppmdist User Manual(0) Ppmdist User Manual(0)
ppmdist - simplistic grayscale assignment for machine generated, color
This program is part of Netpbm(1).
ppmdist reads a PPM image as input and performs a simplistic grayscale
assignment intended for use with grayscale or bitmap printers.
Often conversion from ppm to pgm will yield an image with contrast too
low for good printer output. The program maximizes contrast between
the gray levels output.
A ppm input of n colors is read, and a pgm of n gray levels is written.
The gray levels take on the values 0..n-1, while maxval takes on n-1.
The mapping from color to stepped grayscale can be performed in order
of input pixel intensity, or input pixel frequency (number of repeti-
This program is helpful only for images with a very small number of
Sort input colors by the number of times a color appears in the
input, before mapping to evenly distributed graylevels of out-
Sort input colors by their grayscale intensity, before mapping
to evenly distributed graylevels of output. This is the
ppmtopgm(1), ppmhist(1), ppm(1)
Copyright (C) 1993 by Dan Stromberg.
netpbm documentation 22 July 1992 Ppmdist User Manual(0)
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Statement of purpose
Increase in international trade and businesses have resulted in increased derivatives use in international finance markets. In that respect, businesses and investors increasingly adapt strategies o benefits from exchange rate fluctuation as well as for managing his related risks. Those strategies include speculation, arbitrage and hedging with varying application by firms and investors. In that view, his analysis seeks to study the three techniques application by firms.
Study objective and question
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Supersonic blow-down wind
tunnel operating at Mach 2.96
NEXT GENERATION 1" SUPERSONIC
BLOW-DOWN WIND TUNNEL
supersonic blow-down wind tunnel is available for testing
aerodynamic shapes. The new 1" inside-diameter supersonic blow-down wind tunnel, having a test section blockage factor
less than 3%, now joins the successful 1/2"
supersonic wind tunnel. Tests conducted using the
next generation wind tunnel indicate drag coefficient (Cd) for the
HFV-3X is 0.1016 at Mach 2.64.
generation 1" diameter supersonic blow-down wind tunnel with air
HTV-3X mounted in the
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The Good Store is an experiment for Good by Victoria Herrera (Team Leader), Fred Carriedo (see also Transform), Jessica Giboin and Ihan Huang. He created different branding that cover a large variety of topics but always with a perfect execution, but also few déjà vue.
Create an entirely new retail store and extensive product line. Consider what your company provides: location, architecture, etc.SOLUTION
As designers, it has become our job to think about what we consume, use and design, so I reached for my favorite magazine, GOOD, for the answer.GOOD Worldwide, LLC. is a media platform that promotes, connects, and reports on individuals, businesses, and non-profits “pushing the world forward.” GOOD produces a website (GOOD.is), a quarterly magazine, online videos, and events highlighting examples of what is sustainable, prosperous, productive, creative, and equitable.The content covers a variety of topics, including the environment, education, urban planning, design, food, politics, culture, lifestyle, technology, sex and health. It seems that the next step for GOOD is to open a branch of stores that only sell products with the same concept and goal: to push the world forward. | <urn:uuid:668c15cb-9175-4780-bb81-1e1e6fe77228> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://newgrids.fr/2013/05/16/the-good-store/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279650.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00428-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943008 | 256 | 1.554688 | 2 |
How small can apartment living get in San Francisco. Well, AOL did some research around the topic of small apartment units in SF and this is what they found….
“We thought a 325-square-foot apartment was tiny, but San Francisco has shrunk the size of a studio even further — to a ridiculously minuscule 160 square feet. Patrick Kennedy of the development firm Panoramic Interests designed a life-size model of the smallest-size studio apartment that’s legally allowed in California — and yes, it really is only 160 square feet. But according to Kennedy, that’s really all you need: Decked out in custom, modular, multipurpose furniture, the “micro-apartment” offers the functionalities of a regular one-bedroom. It even has space for a home office and dinner parties! (The only thing we don’t like? The “euro-bath”: An shower that’s undivided from the rest of the bathroom and drains into its floor. Nobody likes to shower right next to the toilet.)
According to Kennedy, living arrangements like the micro-apartment are necessary in San Francisco, where 42 percent of the population lives alone. “That percentage is much higher than in any other American city, yet there’s very little addressing the needs of just a single person,” said Kennedy. “Especially [spaces] that would be affordable to a single person.”
Kennedy’s thoughts are echoed by Sarah Watson, senior policy analyst at the Citizens Housing Planning Council. Watson says that the housing options available in New York City and other big cities, such as San Francisco and Los Angeles, no longer reflect residents’ needs.
“Currently, laws in New York City are still based on the demographics and living arrangements of the 1960s,” Watson told AOL Real Estate in January. “We need to move forward.” Could “moving forward” be living in 160-square-foot and 325-square-foot apartments? You decide. (See the tour of San Francisco’s 160-square-foot micro apartment above.)”
By AOL Real Estate Editors | Posted Mar 7th 2013 3:20PM
Free, Fun, or Cheap things to do in: Oakland, CA
What: “Lunchtime Rooftop Garden Concert”
Date: Friday August 16th, 12:00-1:00 pm
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SPECIAL OLYMPICS MESSAGE RELAY
|Client||SPECIAL OLYMPICS JAPAN|
|Entrant||SHIGAYA-GUMI Tokyo, JAPAN|
|Type of Entry||Direct: Product/Service |
|Category||Public Service, Charity & Fund Raising|
|Title||SPECIAL OLYMPICS MESSAGE RELAY|
|Product/Service||SPECIAL OLYMPICS |
|Entrant Company:||SHIGAYA-GUMI Tokyo, JAPAN|
|DM/Advertising Agency:||SHIGAYA-GUMI Tokyo, JAPAN|
||Documentation Production manager
Describe the brief from the client:
1. Client’s orientation points:Raise awareness of the Special Olympics in Japan without using a lot of money
3. Strategy validity
We were able to achieve sending a deep and impactful message through people without using money as other campaigns do. It provides a heart warming moment to many people almost as if it were a present from a stranger!
Describe the creative solution to the brief/objective.
Produce a “message baton” using the idea of a baton for sports competition and engraving this with a message.
Spread the message through a baton relay of handing it from one person to another.
This revolutionary idea makes this an ongoing campaign without using money.
Describe the results in as much detail as possible.
The clients raved that it was a most innovative idea they have ever seen.
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He offers “advice on challenges in different areas of your life and can connect with loved ones that have passed on”. You phone in, tell him your birth date and he lets you know what direction to take.
On Thursday night he was saying that it is crucial that you give your child the right name that can release the inner energy your child has. Wrongly naming your child can have disastrous effects. Imagine that! A parent could spend their entire life worrying that they gave their child the wrong name.
We are, everyday, surrounded with false teachings, wrong opinions and erroneous information.
We live in the information age. We simply have to switch on the radio, TV or our iPhone to get information. Never before in the history of humanity has so much information been to readily available and much of it is biased, prejudiced, incorrect and even hateful.
Most of us have therefore grown to be highly suspicious of any information.
Yet, in the midst of all this information, messages and words, we have the Bible. Christians claim that the Bible is information from God, the message from God and indeed the very words of God.
Christians claim therefore that the Bible is the True Information by which all other information can be judged. Interestingly, the first sin recorded in the Bible came as Satan cast doubt on the truthfulness of God’s Information.
Why can you trust the Bible? This is a massive topic, but here are five simple reasons:
1. Because it is logical to trust the Bible
2 Timothy 3:14-17 says,
14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it 15 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
The Apostle Paul was writing to his young apprentice minister Timothy. Timothy had learnt the Old Testament Scriptures (v15, “sacred writing”) and how they are fulfilled in Jesus. In contrast to the false teachers and false information, Timothy was to continue in what he had learnt. If some group claims to have a new insight, a new vision, a new revelation or a new word from God, be very suspicious – we are to continue in what we have learned. But for Timothy is was not just intellectual assent or agreeing with the historical facts, he “firmly believed” i.e. he put his confidence in what he had learnt. That’s what faith is, that’s what makes you a Christian.
What is the chief purpose of Old Testament? V15 tells us that the sacred writings are “able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus”.
The Old Testament is a Christian book as it points us to Jesus and thus makes us wise for salvation.
V16 says, “All Scripture is breathed out by God”. “All Scripture” refers to the Old Testament. The New Testament was in the process of being written. The Apostle Paul here invents a brand new word, theoneustos, which translates as God-breathed. The term stresses the divine origin and thus the authority of Scripture.
Paul does not point to the human authors of Scripture as inspired people but says that the writings themselves are the words spoken (“breathed out”) by God.
What was written is what God wanted written. It comes to us as the very word of God. The Bible does not merely contain the Word of God or become the Word of God under certain conditions; it is the word of God.
We all have Bible on our shelves, bed tables or cell phones, but sadly, for most, the Word of God is absent. Owning a Bible means nothing, unless you read it, listen to it and obey it.
As the word of God, what is the Bible able to do?
V16-17 tells us that Scripture is profitable for teaching (what is right), for reproof (what is not right), for correction (how to get right), and for training in righteousness (how to stay right), so that (here is the overall purpose) the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
Man of God
The term “man of God” is a technical phrase from the Old Testament (cf. 1 Kings 17) and shows that Paul was thinking of Timothy specifically as his delegate and a leader over the church.
While this verse applies generally to all believers, Paul’s specific focus here is the preparation of Timothy to continue in his task when he is no longer present.
How is Timothy going to refute false teachers, grow the church, bring outsiders to faith and disciple believers to maturity? By the faithful teaching of the word of God.
By implication we should ask: How does one pick a church? Do you look for trendiness, coolness, a onsite spa or the latest hairstyles?
Good questions to ask would rather be: Are they devoted to the Bible as God’s word? Do they teach the Bible? Do they sing the Bible? Do they study the Bible? Do they run the church according to the Bible? Many churches don’t do these things.
The Bible is God’s Word and makes us wise to salvation through faith in Jesus and profitable for teaching, reproof, correction and training in righteousness so that the man (and woman) of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
2 Peter 3:15-16 says,
15 And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, 16 as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.
The context that the Apostle Peter is writing into is again false teaching. False information abounded back then as today. Peter said that Jesus is delaying his return to give more people the opportunity to come to him by faith. Peter says in v15 that the Apostle Paul wrote about the same thing.
Hard to understand!
I find v16 very encouraging. Peter refers to Paul’s writings: “there are some things in them that are hard to understand.”
Some passages in the Bible are harder to understand than others!
But notice the rest of the sentence: “which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures”.
Peter referred to Paul’s writing as “Scripture” on par with the Old Testament Scriptures.
Even by this early stage in the first century the church already acknowledged the authority of the apostles writing as Scripture, as God-breathed.
Word of God
The Bible (Old Testament and New Testament) is God’s word and if it is God’s word it makes total sense to view it as trustworthy, reliable and true.
2. Because the Bible is historically reliable
Discoveries in archaeology have substantiated the Bible’s historical accuracy.
Archaeologists have consistently discovered the names of government officials, kings, cities and festivals mentioned in the Bible – sometimes when historians didn’t think such people or places existed.
For example, the Gospel of John tells of Jesus healing a cripple next to the Pool of Bethesda, the text even describes the five porticoes (walkways) leading to the pool.
Some scholars didn’t think the pool existed, until archaeologists found it 12 metres below ground, complete with the five porticoes.
The Biblical manuscripts are by far the most historically reliable of any ancient writing.
There is more historical evidence for the existence of Jesus Christ than for Julius Caesar.
The Dead Sea Scrolls
In 1947 a shepherd boy was searching for a lost goat. He tossed a stone into a hole in a cliff on the west side of the Dead Sea and to his surprise he heard the shattering pottery. When he investigated he found several large jars containing leather scrolls. The jars were well sealed and the scrolls had been excellently preserved for 1900 years.
The scrolls, among other things, contained a complete copy of the Old Testament book of the Isaiah – a scroll 7m long. In the whole of Isaiah (66 chapters) there were only minor spelling variations to what we have in our Bibles.
The Dead Sea Scrolls and other discoveries confirm what we have in our Bible today is reliable, accurate and has not been changed.
Many people think the Bible is changing and that’s why we have so many translations like the NIV (New International Version), ESV (English Standard Version and NASB (New American Standard Bible) etc.
However, since the Bible was written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek we need translations.
Translations simply seek to translate the original words and meaning better and better.
We are not losing the words and meaning of the Bible, but rather clarifying more and more its exact words and meaning.
A Jewish historian
Josephus was born in AD37 just after Jesus died . He was an educated Pharisee and a Freedom Fighter, but later was captured by the Romans. Listen to what Josephus, who became a historian, wrote:
“At this time there was a wise man called Jesus. And his conduct was good and (he) was known to be virtuous. And many people from among the Jews and the other nations became his disciples. Pilate condemned him to be crucified and to die. And those who had become his disciples did not abandon his discipleship. They reported that he appeared to them three days after his crucifixion and that he was alive; accordingly he was perhaps the Christ concerning whom the prophets have recounted wonders.”
You can trust the Bible because it’s historically accurate; it’s not some spiritual guru’s opinions, dreams or imagination.
It’s based in history; ultimately in the real, historical God-man Jesus Christ of Nazareth who walked this earth.
3. Because the Bible is supernatural
The Bible is made up of 66 books, written by over 40 human authors, over 2000 years, in 3 languages; and yet has one, unifying message culminating in the person and work of Jesus of Nazareth.
The Bible also is full of fulfilled prophecies:
- The prophet Micah (700BC) said the great saviour of God’s people would be born in Bethlehem – Jesus was.
- The prophet Isaiah (700BC) said the deliverer of God’s people who would be called “God with us” and be born of a virgin – Jesus was.
- Psalm 34 (1000BC) said that none of Jesus’ bones would be broken (they surprisingly weren’t).
- Psalm 16 (1000BC) said that Jesus would be raised from the dead.
- Psalm 110 (1000BC) said that Jesus would ascend into heaven.
Someone did not sit down one day, smoke the peace pipe, and decide to write the Bible.
The Bible is the end result of God working through human authors over a period of 2000 years in three languages culminating in the person of Jesus.
4. Because the Bible is realistic
There is no other book in the world, besides the Bible, that is able to explain the existence of the universe, why the world is like it is and what the future of everything will be.
The Bible starts with the words, “In the beginning God”.
The Big Bang theory is unscientific. The Bible tells us God is pre-existent; he created a good world out of nothing and human being in his image. Humans rebelled against God’s good rule and sin and death entered our world. Since Adam, we are all born with a bias towards evil.
The Bible tells us that God the Father, out of pure love, sends God the Son to rescue us from sin and death and eternal hell.
God the Son died as the just penalty for our sin. God the Son does not stay dead but rises, ascends to heaven and now rules. God the Spirit now calls sinful rebels to faith in Christ.
We are commanded to turn from our sin, submit to Christ as Lord, ask God for forgiveness and live under his rule by obeying his word.
As Christians, we wait for a renewed universe where one day we will be with Christ and all God’s people.
The alternative is an eternal hell of torment. Either your sin is punished in Jesus or in hell.
No other book on the face of this planet will tell you all this and how things really are.
5. Because the Bible is powerful
Hebrews 4:12 says,
“The word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”
The Bible pierces deep and transforms people.
Forget the psychic medium; read, study, obey and delight in the Bible for it is God’s powerful, reliable, supernatural, realistic Word.
Psalm 119:18 is a great prayer to pray,
“Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.”
UPDATE 6/15/2020: Riaan Swiggelaar has co-founded South Africa’s first Satanic Church and they are meeting in Century City, Cape Town. While I certainly don’t agree with their beliefs, I am thankful that in South Africa we have Freedom of Religion. Freedom of Religion is something to be valued and treasured. | <urn:uuid:597ba4ff-264a-47f8-b4dc-51745232c0e8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.pastorfish.co.za/2014/09/01/why-you-can-trust-the-bible-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572021.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814083156-20220814113156-00077.warc.gz | en | 0.967643 | 2,949 | 1.515625 | 2 |
Mirror of the Souls
The Maronite theologian and philosopher Buṭrus al-Tūlānī (1655–1745) was active as a teacher, preacher, and writer. This manuscript, dated 1822 and with the author’s full name given on folio 2r, contains a Garshuni (Arabic language in Syriac script) copy of his Mirror of the Souls (Mir’āt al-Nufūs), a work on contemplative prayer. Other copies of this work are (or were) known to exist elsewhere in Lebanon and Syria. Unlike the rest of the volume, the colophon of this manuscript is in Arabic, not Syriac, letters; the title is also given there as The Mirror of the Soul (singular).
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F1 Teams face dilemma over DRS
Formula 1 teams are facing an increasingly tough call on whether or not to pursue passive double DRS in 2013, despite rules tweaks that should theoretically boost its advantage.
The FIA has changed the DRS regulations for this year, with drivers now only allowed to activate the device in practice and qualifying at the areas of the track where it will be used in the race.
Trick 'double DRS' like those used by Mercedes and Red Bull - which fed air through ducts in the rear wing to help stall the aerodynamics for a straight line speed-boost - have also been outlawed.
However, passive DRS concepts as tested by Mercedes and Lotus last year, which can stall the wing for a speed boost on all straights, remain legal, and should produce a bigger advantage because of the rules tweak that restrict normal DRS usage.
The implementation of the passive double DRS remains far from a no-brainer however, especially after both Mercedes and Lotus encountered difficulties in gaining confidence with the systems last year.
The biggest problem was in getting the device to switch on and switch off at the correct speed.
The device has to trigger at a speed that is higher than the fastest corner, so drivers do not encounter a sudden loss of downforce in the high-speed turns where they need it the most.
This means that the benefit from the passive systems is limited only to those sections of straights that are faster than the quickest corners, so it is not as much value at venues with a lot of quick turns.
The ideal stomping ground for passive DRS is tracks that feature long straights and only low speed corners.
There is also a further complication in that Lotus and Mercedes both found that due to air pressure characteristics surrounding an F1 car, the speed at which the passive DRS switched off to reengage the rear wing was not always the same as that where it switched on.
This meant that the trigger point had to be adjusted even higher to ensure that there was no risk of drivers not having rear downforce for corners immediately after long straights.
Speaking about the concept at the end of last year, Brawn said that if the passive DRS got the go-ahead then it would be unlikely to feature on the car at every race.
"Where it engages and where it re-engages are often not necessarily the same speed - as it can have some lag," he said, when asked by AUTOSPORT about the difficulties Mercedes had encountered.
"For some tracks it will not be worth it, you won't be able to get any substantial advantage out of it.
"You need tracks with a good series of low speed corners, as soon as you get high speed corners you can't afford for it to be operating and the threshold becomes very high and the advantage is very small."
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On Being the Right Size: A Framework for the Analytical Study of Scale, Economy, and Ecosystem
Malghan, Deepak Vaman
Daly, Herman E
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If the economy is conceived as an open subsystem of the larger ecosystem, the physical size of the economy relative to the ecosystem that contains and sustains it becomes a salient feature of economic analysis. This key question of scale is therefore one of the central organizing principles of ecological economics. However, scale has mostly been used as a pedagogical device or a heuristic rather than as an empirical tool for environmental policy. The primary bottleneck has been the lack of well-dened theoretical frameworks to empirically measure scale, and to interpret measured values of scale. Our overarching research question is: how can scale be measured at dierent levels of economic-geographic aggregations? The seemingly simple question of `how large is the economy relative to the ecosystem' is fraught with several theoretical diculties. We develop a novel theoretical framework for empirical measurement of scale based on a simple analytical representation of the economy-ecosystem interaction in terms of stock, ows, funds, and uxes. We also develop theoretical frameworks to determine benchmark scale measures" that address the questions: how large can the economy be relative to the ecosystem, and how large should the economy be relative to the ecosystem? For scale measures to be useful as tools for environmental policy, a critical requirement, besides being able to empirically measure scale, is a consistent and objective ordinal ranking of two or more measured values of scale. Given two empirical measurements we need to be able to consistently rank the states of the world represented by the scale metric. We develop an axiomatic framework for consistent ordinal raking of scale measures. The framework developed here helps identify theoretical problems with extant empirical assessments of the biophysical size of economic activity. The biophysical assessments that we review in detail include the Material Flow Analysis methodology, Human Appropriation of the Products of Photosynthesis, and the Ecological Footprint. | <urn:uuid:223f78ba-ae1e-4b04-b123-86f5db386a20> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://drum.lib.umd.edu/handle/1903/3399 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721405.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00312-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915081 | 415 | 2.234375 | 2 |
Playing The Game To Get The Job
Job interviews can be awkward affairs. High hopes, jangled nerves, sweaty palms and inflated resumes: How can a candidate convey abilities and personality, and how does an employer learn if a candidate is right for the job, just from one or two conversations?
Guy Halfteck says they can't. Halfteck, founder and CEO of Knack.it, has developed video games that he says provide an accurate representation of a person's skills and potential.
The games solve a "crisis in matching people to the right jobs," he tells Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin. "A game is an experience in which lots of information gets revealed."
One Knack game, "Wasabi Waiter," simulates a restaurant in which the player is a server trying to tend a needy customer.
"The player has to engage in multiple micro-decisions, think about prioritizing, about [the] sequence of taking actions, about persisting when the game becomes more challenging," he says. "The game collects all the data points about the entirety of the behavior during the game, and then we analyze that data to extract insight into the intellectual and the personal makeup of that person."
The game gives a more accurate and subjective analysis of potential employees, he says.
"As people, we make many decisions that are biased, whether it's consciously or subconsciously, and we have no good tools to assess and evaluate, let alone predict, what one's potential is," he says.
The games can work across a variety of industries. Halfteck says Wasabi Waiter and other games have been used by the NYU Langone Medical Center, Shell and other companies.
"We've seen that both Wasabi Waiter and the other games we have can very accurately and insightfully gain understanding of what makes someone capable of achieving a high level of success at that particular job," Halfteck says.
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Overcoming design challenges to make your business circular
Learnings from an aspirational paddle board business
How industries transform waste into resources
By Rémy Le Moigne on August 16, 2021
Businesses have been making huge losses by failing to capture the value of industrial waste, but applying circular economy strategies, enabled by new technologies, could create cost-saving opportunities as well as profitable new revenue streams.
The waste generated by residential buildings may seem enormous, but the waste produced by factories is an awful lot more. In Europe, factories produce 46 million tonnes more waste than households every year. Yet, surprisingly, unlike households, they are not as incentivised to reduce and retrieve waste. European Union waste legislation, for instance, contains targets that focus mostly on household waste whilst industrial waste landfilling is still often cheaper than incineration or recycling. In France, for example, the average cost of recycling, excluding taxes, is EUR 144 per tonne compared to EUR 105 for incineration and EUR 68 for landfilling.
Many companies believe their industrial waste management is under control because they have contracted with a waste management company or, perhaps, they have carried out lean manufacturing processes to improve efficiency. But in most cases, businesses fail to retrieve waste in great volume. Even if they efficiently manage standard waste flows, like plastics or cardboard, they overlook others, such as wastewater, spent chemicals, or used equipment. The materials these companies see as waste often contain value that can be recaptured. For instance, most breweries sell spent grains as low-value animal feed while these grains contain high-value components, such as proteins, polysaccharides, and fibres that could be reused as nutritional and pharmacological ingredients. In addition, factories claiming to achieve zero waste to landfill often incinerate most of their waste.
Overlooking industrial waste comes at a cost. In the UK, the actual cost of waste for companies is typically 4% to 5% of turnover and can be as high as 10%. The true cost of waste is not simply the cost of discarded materials, it encompasses inefficient use of raw materials, unnecessary use of energy and water, faulty products, disposal of by-products, waste treatment and wasted labour. Cost of waste is not only high — it is increasing, especially in Europe. In Austria, the landfill tax for industrial waste increased from EUR 3 to 87 per tonne between 1996 and 2014. In France, the General Tax on Polluting Activities is expected to increase from EUR 32 to 65 per tonne for landfill by 2025. In the United Kingdom, the landfill tax has already reached EUR 101 per tonne. For environmental and economic reasons, businesses cannot overlook industrial waste anymore. They need to implement circular economy strategies in order to design out waste and keep materials in use.
Factories should first design out waste, either by adopting new production processes or improving existing ones. For example, by replacing die cutting with cutting technologies that use lasers, Nike intends to minimise the gap between cut parts and, at the end, reduce factory waste by more than 1,000 tonnes annually. Michelin, in 12 years, has succeeded in reducing the quantity of waste generated during the manufacture of tyres by around 27%. Gap, in partnership with Spanish denim mill Tejidos Royo, is implementing a denim dyeing technique that can reduce water and chemical consumption by up to 99% and 89% respectively when compared to the traditional process.
Factories can also switch from buying materials to buying services. For example, automotive, aerospace, and microelectronic industries often purchase chemical management services. These services can encompass all aspects of the chemical management lifecycle, from procurement to end of life management — reducing costs, risks and environmental impacts. The providers of such services, including PPG, Henkel or Quaker Chemicals, are compensated based on the quality and quantity of services provided — not on the volume of chemical sold. This model reduces not only waste, but also chemical use and emissions. In addition, it provides a substantial cost saving — a total average cost reduction of 30% is usually achieved in the first five years.
When waste cannot be avoided, it can often be seen as valuable resources that can be reused in other industrial processes. For example, Denso, an automotive equipment supplier, produces 15 tonnes per year of potassium aluminium fluoride, a hazardous waste. By supplying this waste as a raw material to Mil-Ver Metals, which uses it to produce aluminium alloy ingots, Denso avoids paying GBP 30,000 per year to dispose of it.
Agroindustry, especially, has a major and often under-valued opportunity to convert industrial organic waste into high value speciality products. In Germany, Danone transforms whey, a by-product of cheese production, into lactose for pharmaceutical use. In Manchester, Kellogg’s cereal factory has partnered with UK brewery Seven Bro7hers that uses the corn flakes that do not pass quality control to make beer.
Until recently, matching waste supply with resource demand was often challenging and costly. But new digital platforms, leveraging open data, big data and machine learning technologies, make matching much easier.
Finally, if it cannot be reused, industrial waste can often be recycled, either on-site, if volumes are sufficient, or off-site. In Ijmuiden, the Netherlands, a Tata Steel plant uses two large on-site hydrochloric acid recovery plants that turn waste hydrochloric acid pickle liquor into ready-to-reuse hydrochloric acid and ferric-oxide. To supply LafargeHolcim cement plants around the world, Geocycle collects waste to recycle mineral content. These materials are used in substitution to virgin materials such as limestone, clay or iron, for clinker production.
By using new technologies and processes, a growing amount of industrial waste is being recycled. For example, today, significant quantities of bearing waste are generated by the aerospace, automotive, circuit board and metal finishing sectors, without recovery of valuable materials from the waste streams. But by combining technologies, electro-coagulation, material digestion and electrowinning, a European project has developed a recycling system that can recover metal from primarily waste sludge, which could help to boost the recycling rate of these sectors. In Italy, Italtecno has designed a technology to recover spent caustic soda used in dies pickling processes for the aluminium extrusion industry.
Water is a scarce resource and 19% of withdrawals globally come from industry. Yet still most industries barely recycle or reuse it. However, efficient filtration technologies, such as nanofiltration or reverse osmosis, can convert wastewater into clean water, chemicals and energy. Water recycling not only reduces water demand and wastewater discharge, but it also enables the recovery of valuable materials. A project funded by the European Union, AFTERLIFE, is developing innovative technologies that will filter and extract valuable elements from wastewater and convert them into bioplastics and food additives, as well as purifying the water. A L’Oréal plant in Settimo, Italy, has been treating its wastewater by evapo-concentration. This process involves heating the effluents so as to recover both the water, which can then be treated and recycled, and the concentrates. It uses the heat source already available from the compressors and, as a result, doesn’t require any additional energy.
In order for businesses to move to a system where they capture the value in their industrial waste, they should first assess the total cost and potential value of their waste. In a recent survey, 90% of responding French companies didn’t know the total cost of their waste management.
As a second step, companies should set up a dedicated team in charge of identifying strategies to better capture the value of their industrial waste. The team could gather people from various functions: purchasing and waste management, but also R&D and sales. In Brazil, SC Johnson set up a dedicated “Green Team” that examined the production chain, streamlined packaging and identified materials that could be reused or recycled in environmentally responsible ways.
In a third step, businesses should roll out initiatives across sites and waste flows. P&G has formed the Global Asset Recovery Purchases (GARP) team, which is in charge of helping industrial sites to find new uses for their waste. For example, the program allowed diaper production waste to be reused into dog hygienic mats. Hair care, detergent and toothpaste waste was used in the production of car cleaning products. Since the program started in 2008, the GARP helped save P&G more than USD 2 billion and helped divert 4.5 million tonnes of waste from landfill.
Industrial companies have been very good at continuously improving their productivity, but they are still underperforming at managing waste. Individuals are getting better at reducing, reusing and recycling their waste — so should factories.
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The circular economy is increasingly adopted as framework to address pressing global challenges
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Earlier this year, the War on Waste TV program shocked many of us showing that more than 1 billion disposable coffee cups are used by Australians each year. Almost all of them go to landfill (as they aren’t recyclable!) That is over 50 000 cups every 30 minutes.
After the show aired, KeepCup, Australia’s largest producer of reusable coffee cups had an unprecedented surge – with sales rising by 400%.
But let’s face it, there are times when you don’t have a KeepCup or your own mug with you and going without coffee isn’t an option! So what are you meant to do? There is a solution on the horizon that will mean you no longer have to feel guilty about that takeaway coffee cup!
Traditionally, coffee cups are coated with polyethylene to seal the cup and hold in the liquid. However, this plastic lining is difficult to separate from the paper cup, and is therefore unable to be processed through current paper recycling streams. So the cups go to landfill.
The RecycleMeTM cups have been made with a calcium carbonate lining that is easy to separate during the recycling process and therefore allows the cup to be processed like any other cardboard or paper.
A week long trial of the RecycleMeTM cups was recently undertaken in selected locations in SA, TAS, VIC and NSW, with over 13 000 cups walking out the door with consumers. KESAB partnered with Detpak for the BlueBinMe trial and campaign to provide independent auditing assistance and education to consumers.
The BlueBinMe campaign is the first step in getting recyclable coffee cups into café’s around the country and also included specialised bins to ensure capture of the recyclable paper cup, and separation of the lid (which is plastic and therefore not suitable for paper/cardboard recycling, but can be processed through the existing kerbside co-mingled recycling.).
But why is recycling coffee cups important?
The number of cups currently going to landfill is staggering and there is a real need to decrease the amount of material going to landfill in Australia. Secondly, paper is a valuable resource and the strong paper fibres in these cups can be repurposed into consumer goods up to 7 times.
The final product of the recycled cups is mixed bleached paper waste, which is a resource that is purchased by companies in Australia (and internationally) to be made into writing paper, liners, cardboard boxes and even paperback covers.
There are already compostable cups, so why is a recyclable coffee cup such a big deal?
True – there are compostable cups in many café’s around the country. However, these cups need to be processed in a commercial composting facility and can’t go in household or retail compost bins. Also the waste sorting bodies are unable to identify them as compostable against other disposable cups, so they still require a separate collection system. Currently, it is estimated that less than 1% are being composted.
Will the recyclable coffee cups need their own collection system?
The RecycleMeTM cups are recyclable as paper/cardboard, so thismeans they can go into your workplace cardboard and recycling bins (typically blue bins – hence the BlueBinMe campaign!) The bins are already in many workplaces around the country! All you have to do is remember to take the lid off and not leave any coffee in the cup!
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Many parents are aware of the need for more gentle, conscious, peaceful parenting.
But there can be confusion about about what peaceful parenting actually looks like in day to day practice.
We want to raise our children without spanking, punishing, shaming and other mistreatment. But we also want to know what to do instead of those things.
I’m hoping this can help out, because there are actually a lot of peaceful alternatives.
Whenever you’re frustrated and out of ideas, or if you’re looking for a new technique to try, you can refer to this list of peaceful parenting techniques that actually work:
30 Peaceful Parenting Techniques that work:
- Gently Guiding
- Being Sensitive
- Observing without Judgment
- Showing Interest
- Self Care
- Acknowledging Feelings
- Staying Calm
- Having Compassion
- Unconditionally Loving
- Treating Like An Equal As A Fellow Human Being
All of the above techniques work. Many times we use more than one at the same time. And if the techniques seem like they aren’t working, then the question to ask is, what do we mean by “working” in the first place?
A Shift In Attitude
Ultimately, the peaceful parenting approach is more about an attitude shift in the way we are communicating with our children.
Instead of talking down to children, threatening a punishment if they don’t comply with our demands, shaming, spanking, scolding or worse, the peaceful parenting attitude is about working with children, connecting more often, listening to their concerns and interests, empathizing, validating, and treating them with respect (before demanding they be the ones to respect us first).
- If you are a beginner, or new to Peaceful Parenting, you might like my post Ten Things For Beginners To Know About Peaceful Parenting
- For a deeper dive discussion about peaceful parenting, see my post The Deeper Goals of Peaceful Parenting
Feel free to add more techniques and tips in the comments.
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Chastening or Punishment—found 116 times in 102 Old Testament verses and twenty-one times in twenty New Testament verses
Variations: chasten, chastened, chastenest, chasteneth, chastening, chastise, chastised, chastisement, chastiseth, punish, punished, punishment, punishments, unpunished
Last usage in the Old Testament: Zechariah 14:19 (punishment)
First usage in the New Testament: Matthew 25:46 (punishment)
Interesting fact: The book of Jeremiah contains various forms of chasten and punish twenty-six times in twenty-one verses. This frequency is more than any other book of the Bible and more than the entire New Testament combined. This should not be surprising for those familiar with the circumstances and message of Jeremiah’s ministry.
Bible study tip: When studying Old Testament history, especially the times of the kings and prophets, a good Bible student identifies the kings associated with the ministries of various prophets and vice versa. This study provides additional context into the times and circumstances of any given period of time.
Sunday, Day 211—Church Day (no devotional)
Monday, Day 212—The Motive of Chastening
Tuesday, Day 213—The Product of Chastening
Wednesday, Day 214—Church Night (no devotional)
Thursday, Day 215—The Proper Reaction to Chastening
Friday, Day 216—Proper Discipline in the Home
Saturday, Day 217—Proper Discipline in the Church
Day 211: Church Day
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Why is it gaining interest in the fight against Coronavirus?
3rd May 2020
This little device is starting to gain attention recently in the fight against novel coronavirus or COVID 19. You might have heard from doctors or health authorities that pulse oximeters may be utilised to monitor for COVID 19 symptoms. Let’s see what this device is all about and how it is linked to the fight against COVID 19.
What is a Pulse Oximeter?
Pulse Oximeters are small medical devices about the size of a matchbox that you can use at home simply by clipping onto one of your fingertips. After a few seconds, it will indicate your blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) and heart rate. It works by shining light through your skin as you put your finger on the probe. It is recommended not to have any nail polish or gel art when using it.
The pulse oximeter works by using light sensing technology to compare the number of bright red cells (loaded with oxygen) to dark red cells (without oxygen) to calculate your oxygen saturation as a percentage. Therefore, a SpO2 reading of 99% would mean that only 1% of the blood cells in your bloodstream have been depleted of oxygen.
What does it have to do with COVID 19?
Novel Coronavirus attacks the lungs and causes the patients to suffer from a condition known as Pneumonia. In severe cases, the blood oxygen may drop to as low as 50%. In healthy individuals, the blood oxygen saturation should range between 95%-100%.
Recently, the pulse oximeter is getting a lot of attention for its potential use to “catch” silent pneumonia. It is possible that someone infected with the novel coronavirus might still be symptom free in the early stages, but their blood oxygen may already be dropping without them experiencing any breathing difficulty. It is hence possible for someone to detect early stages of pneumonia, or silent pneumonia with regular checks using a simple home Pulse oximeter.
If your blood oxygen saturation or SpO2 reading is below 95%, please call your doctor. It is also important to note that having a SpO2 reading less than 95% does not mean necessarily you have contracted COVID 19. It could be related to other respiratory conditions. Hence, do not panic and call your doctor for further advice.
Can I use them at home or must I visit a doctor?
Pulse oximeters are available for public purchase without the need for a doctor’s prescription. They are simple to use at home. Prior to COVID 19 outbreak, it is used as a monitoring tool for people with respiratory or cardiac problems, or those with sleep disorders, such as apnoea or hypopnoea. Some athletes may also use them to measure their oxygen levels while exercising.
Where can I get one and how much is one?
You can visit online stores or pharmacies to get one over the counter. In Singapore, Home use Pulse oximeters are generally quite inexpensive, ranging from S$70 to S$200 from reliable healthcare stores.
For home use, it is good enough to settle for one which can measure an accuracy of SpO2: 70%-100% with +/- 2%. Some may be more expensive if the range of SpO2 measured is wider. For the tech lovers, there are also those which come with Bluetooth function to pair with an App to monitor your progress over time. It is recommended to choose from a reputable healthcare store and call up for more information if you are unsure of the function.
While the use of Pulse Oximeter is gaining interest in our fight against COVID 19, please take note that you should also watch out for other symptoms, not just your blood oxygen saturation. Remember to take your temperature and monitor your overall well-being. Visit a doctor if you are unwell. Take care everyone!
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gospel group, Memphis
Tennessee Folklife Heritage Award (2001)
One of the oldest continually active African American gospel groups in the country, the Spirit of Memphis Quartet was founded in 1930. During their first few years, they were among the only black musical groups prominent on local radio. As a capella quartet singing surged in national popularity, the Spirit of Memphis took the name of their hometown across the country, regularly singing, as they did at home, in church and auditorium programs. After World War II they also enjoyed a successful recording career for many years, experiencing personnel changes which brought into the group some of the most renowned singers in the quartet genre. In recent decades the group has remained active under the able leadership of Melvin Mosley, performing often in local programs and heritage music events. | <urn:uuid:b6aba0fc-b713-4bd2-8a17-0633b48b547c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://tnfolklife.org/folkartist/spirit-of-memphis-quartet/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809003642-20220809033642-00678.warc.gz | en | 0.975729 | 164 | 1.765625 | 2 |
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About This Collection
Collection overview: Lantern Slides for Garden & Historic House Lectures
Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) was one of the first American women to achieve prominence as a photographer. Trained at the Académie Julian in Paris, she studied photography upon her return to Washington, D.C., in the mid-1880s and opened a professional studio circa 1890. Her family's social position gave Johnston access to the First Family and leading Washington political figures and launched her career as a photojournalist and portrait photographer. Johnston turned to garden and estate photography in 1910s. [To learn more about Johnston, see the Biographical Overview and Chronology.]
Through copyright deposits, gifts of the photographer and the purchase of material from her estate, the Prints and Photographs Division has formed an extensive collection of Johnston's documentary assignments and architectural studies. The portion of the collection that is presented online in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection category are individual photographs for which copy negatives or digital files exist. This represents a small cross-section of the entire Johnston collection, which consists of an estimated 20,000 photographic prints and 3,700 glass and film negatives. (Most of the photographic prints have been grouped by subject matter into groups (LOTs). Catalog records describing those groups are available through the Groups of Images in High Demand category. [ retrieve Frances Benjamin Johnston LOT records]).
Images in the collection span the period, 1850-1949, but the majority date between 1897 and 1927. Among the photographs from Johnston's early career are her coverage of American world's fairs; coal mining; the White House; openings of Congress; Admiral Dewey; and Progressive era educational efforts, including a survey of Washington, D.C., schools and such minority educational institutions as the Hampton Institute and the Tuskegee Institute. The collection also includes photographs collected by Johnston, including images of family and friends and works by other women photographers.
Johnston was one of the first contributors to the Library's Pictorial Archives of Early American Architecture. With the support of the Carnegie Corporation, she also executed a systematic survey of southern architecture known as the Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South. These two collections are considered to be separate from the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection, although the contents of the collections overlap to some degree. The Library's Manuscript Division holds Johnston's personal papers, spanning the years 1885 to 1953 and consisting primarily of correspondence. Also included are memoranda, articles, notes, the manuscript of her book Early Architecture of North Carolina (1941), and miscellaneous material relating to her photography of southern architecture. | <urn:uuid:277dcb7e-1ae7-44d0-bf26-ba67a79ef8d3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://loc.gov/pictures/collection/fbj/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571284.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811103305-20220811133305-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.941931 | 564 | 2.609375 | 3 |
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The Southern Tier is a geographic subregion of the broader Upstate New York region of New York State, consisting of counties west of the Catskill Mountains in Delaware County and geographically situated along or very near the northern border of Pennsylvania. Definitions of the region vary widely, but generally encompass localities in counties surrounding the Binghamton and Elmira-Corning metropolitan areas. This region is bordered to the south by the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania and both these regions together are known as the Twin Tiers.
Southern Tier of New York
|Region||Upstate New York|
|Counties||Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Tioga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Delaware, Steuben|
|Cities||Binghamton, Corning, Elmira, Hornell, Olean, Salamanca, Dunkirk, Jamestown, Vestal|
|Time zone||UTC-5 (EST)|
|• Summer (DST)||UTC-4 (Eastern Daylight Time)|
|Area code||607, 585 & 716|
The eight counties almost always included in the Southern Tier are:
|County||Major cities and villages||Pop. 2010|
|Allegany County||Wellsville, Belmont, Alfred||48,946|
|Broome County||Binghamton, Endicott, Endwell, Johnson City, Vestal||200,600|
|Cattaraugus County||Olean, Salamanca, Ellicottville, Randolph, Little Valley||80,317|
|Chautauqua County||Dunkirk, Fredonia, Jamestown||134,905|
|Chemung County||Elmira, Horseheads||88,830|
|Delaware County||Delhi, Sidney, Hancock, Walton||47,980|
|Steuben County||Corning, Bath, Hornell||98,990|
|Tioga County||Owego, Waverly||51,125|
Less frequently included in the "Southern Tier" designation are Schuyler County, Yates County (the regional sentiment is stronger throughout the southern portions of Yates, such as the village of Dundee), Cortland County and Tompkins County; even more rarely, Chenango County; and far more rarely, Schoharie County and Otsego County. (The last three of these plus Broome County are commonly considered part of the tourist designation "Central Leatherstocking Region", while Schoharie County is also listed as part of the Capital District.) At least one definition used by the state Department of Transportation includes Sullivan County, which usually isn't included in other definitions. The National Weather Service office in Buffalo occasionally includes Wyoming County and Southern Erie County in its definition; the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation also includes those two regions as well as Livingston, Ontario and Seneca Counties in the "Southern Tier" region for the purpose of fire monitoring (the last three counties are almost never included in other definitions).
The Encyclopedia of New York State lists only Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany, and Steuben Counties as part of the Southern Tier, with anything east of that being considered Central New York. Other definitions define it as comprising the combined Corning-Elmira-Binghamton Metropolitan Statistical Areas, which includes Steuben, Chemung, Tioga and Broome Counties but not Chautauqua, Cattaraugus or Allegany, which are considered Western New York.
The New York State Division of Local Government Services presently classifies the following fourteen counties as members of the Southern Tier: Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego, Schoharie, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, and Tompkins. This definition corresponds to the same 14 counties in New York State that are members of the Appalachian Regional Commission formed in 1963.
Much of the Southern Tier is in area code 607, with the exception of Allegany and Cattaraugus Counties, which are in area code 716 or area code 585. As of 2013, the westernmost portion of the Southern Tier is located in New York's 23rd congressional district; the easternmost portion is composed mostly of the lower half of New York's 22nd congressional district along with a very small lower portion of New York's 24th congressional district The ZIP code prefixes 147 (Jamestown region), 148 – 149 (Elmira region), and 137 – 139 (Binghamton region) are set aside for the Southern Tier.
The Southern Tier is generally hilly without being mountainous (with the exception of the Catskill mountains). This can range from low rolling hills to more steep and rugged cliffs and valleys. Both the Delaware and Susquehanna rivers flow through the Southern Tier in their upper reaches, as does the Allegheny River in the western Southern Tier.
The Southern Tier makes up the northernmost portion of Appalachia and lies on the Allegheny Plateau. It is defined on its western boundary by the Chautauqua Ridge in Chautauqua County, and including this ridge and extending eastward across the northern bounds of the region, the continental divide between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watersheds exists. The Eastern Continental Divide runs directly through the region, in Steuben County.
The Southern Tier has long been home to the people of the Iroquois Confederacy. There were major settlements along the Allegheny River in Cattaraugus County (which the Senecas acquired by defeating the Wenrohronon during the Beaver Wars in 1638) and at Painted Post in Steuben County, at what is today the northeast side of Corning, New York. The Seneca Nation has a reservation today along the Allegheny River and a headquarters at Salamanca. There are also Indian lands (with no current Indian residents) on Cuba Lake in Allegany County.
The colonies that eventually became the states of New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania all laid claim to the Southern Tier at various points in the 17th and 18th Centuries, while not making any significant attempt to settle the territory.
The region was quickly settled by whites after the Revolutionary War, when settlers were again allowed west of the Appalachian divide. The Southern Tier shared in the economic growth of the early 19th century, but its hilly terrain made it less suitable to canal-building, and later, railroading, than the more-level corridor to the north between Albany and Buffalo. There was an attempt at a Genesee Valley Canal in the western half, and in the eastern half, the Chemung and Chenango Canals did connect the Erie Canal to Elmira and Binghamton respectively. Beset by financial and technical difficulties, the latter two canals nonetheless were important catalysts for economic growth, and indeed for the construction of the railroads that would supplant them. Plans to connect these canals to the Pennsylvania Canal system, thus making them much more than feeders to the Erie Canal, never came to fruition.
Railroads did arrive and the Erie Railroad, which followed the water-level of the Allegheny, Susquehanna and Delaware watersheds, accelerated industrial progress in the region about the time of the American Civil War. The railroad and available fuel from the region's dense forests attracted Corning Glass Works to Steuben County in 1868.
The region became home to prosperous farms and small factory towns (with the exception of larger Binghamton) during the first half of the 20th century. But declines in U.S. manufacturing hit the region hard and it suffered even more than other parts of upstate New York and northern Pennsylvania.
The region's addition to the Appalachian Regional Commission, often credited to the influence of U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, provided economic stimulus over the last 40 years. Government funds built the Southern Tier Expressway, highway links to the New York State Thruway, encouraged the growth of state colleges at Wellsville, Alfred and Binghamton and sought with mixed success to attract business interests relocating from the New York Metropolitan Area and urban Western New York.
For two decades, the region has tried to remake itself as a tourist destination and relocation area for retirees from big Northeastern cities. Meanwhile, agriculture and manufacturing struggle to compete regionally and globally.
Binghamton University (the State University of New York-Binghamton) is one of the SUNY system's four University Centers. Other 4-year and graduate institutions within the core counties include St. Bonaventure University, Alfred University, Elmira College, and Houghton College. Technical and community colleges include Alfred State College, Broome Community College, Corning Community College, and the State University of New York at Delhi. The region is also home to E.B.I. Career College, a vocational school.
Institutions of higher learning outside the core counties include Cornell University, Hartwick College, Ithaca College, SUNY Colleges in Cortland and Oneonta, Jamestown Community College, Fredonia, and Tompkins Cortland Community College.
The Southern Tier Expressway – Interstate 86 and New York State Route 17 – serves the Southern Tier. The highway is the region's major corridor and connects to U.S. Route 219 in Salamanca, Interstate 390 in Bath, Interstate 99 in Corning, U.S. Route 220 in Waverly, and Interstates 81 and 88 in Binghamton.
The region is served by three regional airports. Elmira-Corning Regional Airport has routes to Atlanta, Washington D.C., Detroit, and several destinations in Florida. The Greater Binghamton Airport offers Delta Airlines flights to Detroit. Chautauqua County-Jamestown Airport connects to Pittsburgh via Essential Air Service.
Bus service is provided along the entire I-86/NY 17 corridor by Coach USA's Shortline/Erie services from Jamestown to New York City and Buffalo, and Trailways connects the Southern Tier with Buffalo, Dubois (at the western end in Salamanca), Sunbury/Lock Haven (at Elmira), and Syracuse, Albany and Harrisburg (at Binghamton). A somewhat-unorganized network of municipally-operated public transportation services operate local and limited intercity bus services between Salamanca and Elmira.
Until the demise of long-distance passenger rail service in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s, the Erie Railroad operated passenger trains in the region, with Chicago, Illinois as the western terminus and Jersey City, New Jersey as the eastern terminus, with ferry connections to New York City. The last Erie Lackawanna passenger train, the "Lake Cities", ran on January 6, 1970.
Amtrak currently does not serve the area. Proposals for high-speed rail in New York have included a route from Binghamton to New York City through Scranton, Pennsylvania: a route that could at least partially be upgraded for high-speed rail. As of 2011, the highest priority for high-speed rail projects in New York is in the Empire Corridor, of which no part crosses the Southern Tier. The hilly terrain of the Southern Tier's I-86 corridor is not ideal for high-speed rail service, especially compared to the relatively-flat and straight land in the Empire Corridor.
Government services are the largest employer in the area. Of second and declining importance is manufacturing. The region's manufacturing economy has suffered for decades, but factories are found in the region's larger communities. Fortune 500 materials maker Corning Inc. is headquartered in Steuben County. Broome County has a large high-tech industry, and is the birthplace of IBM and flight simulation. In addition, other factories in the region make military aircraft, televisions, furniture, metal forgings and machine tools.
The area includes the northern extent of the Marcellus Formation and natural gas. Crude oil and oil sands continue to be extracted from Southern Tier wells as they have for over a century. There is significant debate about allowing hydraulic fracturing of the Marcellus Shale in the Southern Tier, which is currently banned in New York.
Cummins engine company has a large production facility located in Jamestown, NY. The Jamestown Engine Plant, established in 1974, is one of the top five heavy-duty diesel engine producers worldwide with production in recent years typically exceeding 100,000 engines annually. The JEP also remains one of the company's largest manufacturing facilities, as it accounts for 12 percent of Cummins' total engine production in 2012.
Agriculture is also a major part of the economy. Leading products are dairy, vegetables, orchard fruit and wine grapes (the last of which typically grows only on the fringes of the Southern Tier, as the inland areas tend to not have a long enough growing season to support it). In addition, two prominent microbreweries, the Southern Tier Brewing Company in Lakewood, New York and the Ellicottville Brewing Company in Ellicottville, operate in the western Southern Tier.
The western and northern edges of the Southern Tier are known as ski country, and the hilly terrain (that forms a continental divide known as the Chautauqua Ridge) is notorious for frequent and heavy lake effect snow. As a result, Ellicottville has become a "ski town" with both the Holimont and Holiday Valley resorts in the vicinity; the two resorts draw numerous tourists, particularly from Canada, for which U.S. Route 219 provides easy access. At its peak in the 1960s, over a dozen ski resorts resided in the Southern Tier, many in Cattaraugus County, before most of them closed due to various assorted causes by the 1980s.
The Southern Tier is home to two professional symphony orchestras: the Binghamton Philharmonic in Binghamton and the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes in Corning. Binghamton also has the Binghamton Youth Symphony and the Binghamton Community Orchestra.
The Tri-Cities Opera Company present full-scale operas in Binghamton.
Media and entertainmentEdit
Most of the Southern Tier is either served by the Elmira-Corning television market or the Binghamton television market. Cattaraugus and Allegany Counties are out of these stations' ranges, however, and are instead served by the Buffalo and Erie television markets. Two stations (more-or-less independent WVTT-CD and Retro Television Network owned-and-operated translator WBUO-LD) are licensed to Olean but serve Buffalo in practice.
The Olean, Elmira-Corning, and Binghamton radio markets directly serve the Southern Tier, and the Ithaca market indirectly serves some of the area. Seven Mountains Media is the dominant broadcaster in Olean and Elmira-Corning. iHeartMedia and Cumulus Media own station clusters only in Binghamton.
Notable newspapers include The Leader of Corning, the Elmira Star-Gazette, the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin, Hornell Evening Tribune, the Wellsville Daily Reporter, the Olean Times Herald, the Salamanca Press, The Post-Journal of Jamestown, and The Observer of Dunkirk. The Tribune, Reporter and Leader are all owned by GateHouse Media; Gannett Company owns the Star-Gazette and Press & Sun-Bulletin.
The Southern Tier has an eclectic history of sports. From 1979 to 2009 the LPGA Corning Classic was held at the Corning Country Club. Endicott's En-Joie Golf Course hosted a PGA Tour event, the B.C. Open, from 1971 until 2006. It then became the Dick's Sporting Goods Open which is a PGA Tour Champions event still played each summer. Binghamton has a AA baseball team, the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, and an Federal Prospects Hockey League franchise, the Binghamton Black Bears. Depending on the boundary definition, Watkins Glen International Speedway, a NASCAR and Indy Racing League sanctioned road racing track, is located in the Southern Tier region.
From 2000 to 2017, Elmira had a professional ice hockey team in the Elmira Jackals. They played in the United Hockey League from 2000 to 2007 and the ECHL for the franchise's remaining years. The Jackals were replaced by a new Federal Hockey League franchise called the Elmira Enforcers from 2018 to 2021. The last minor league baseball team in the Southern Tier west of Binghamton, the Jamestown Jammers, relocated out of the area in 2016, ending an era in which the New York–Penn League featured pro teams in Jamestown, Olean, Wellsville, Hornell, Corning, Elmira and Oneonta over the course of its history; collegiate summer baseball still thrives in the region in the form of the New York Collegiate Baseball League and Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League, both with multiple teams in the region, and Town Team Baseball also operated in the form of the Southwestern New York Men's Baseball League from 2014 to 2016. Only one major league franchise has ever resided in the Southern Tier: the professional basketball team Elmira Colonels, which played from 1952 to 1953.
- Eisenstadt, Peter, ed. (2005). ISBN 0-8156-0808-X. . The Encyclopedia of New York State. Syracuse University Press. p. 1437.
"Appalachian Regional Commission Overview". State of New York. Division of Local Government Services. Retrieved May 16, 2009.
The Appalachian portion of New York State ("Appalachian New York"), contains the following fourteen counties: Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego, Schoharie, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga and Tompkins. This region is most commonly known as New York's "Southern Tier."
- Ross, Kathryn. There’s still oil in them thar hills. Wellsville Daily Reporter. February 12, 2008.
- Fanelli, Patrick. Untapped Resource: Boom Expected Around Region. Jamestown Post-Journal. June 26, 2008.
- Cummins.com. "News Article". phx.corporate-ir.net.
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- "Home". elmiraenforcers.com.
- Southern Tier travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Southern Tier Business Information: Information on Southern Tier companies, industries and industry clusters.
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