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WASHINGTON, March 31 (UPI) -- Kenya, Ethiopia, the United States and Somalia have cooperated in a "shameful" detention of people fleeing Somalia, New York-based Human Rights Watch says.
In a letter to the Kenyan Foreign Affairs Ministry, the group outlined how dozens of people fleeing the fighting between the Union of Islamic Courts and the joint forces of the Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopia allegedly were detained, expelled or forced to disappear between December and January, the organization said Friday in a news release.
"Each of these governments has played a shameful role in mistreating people fleeing a war zone," said Georgette Gagnon, deputy Africa director of Human Rights Watch. "Kenya has secretly expelled people, the Ethiopians have caused dozens to 'disappear,' and U.S. security agents have routinely interrogated people held incommunicado."
The organization said Kenya may have had valid security concerns about refugees seeking haven there, but these concerns should have been addressed in accordance with international law.
In Nairobi, intelligence services from the United States and other nations questioned foreign nationals who were denied access to legal counsel and consular representatives, Human Rights Watch said, with at least 85 people secretly deported from Kenya to Somalia. | <urn:uuid:a2afd4a7-327d-4b4d-8a4a-c07ef5d9db07> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2007/03/31/Group-says-people-fleeing-Somalia-detained/UPI-32101175379488/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280483.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00300-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972058 | 255 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Double Hydrant Valves
Hydrant valves (also called Landing valves) provide the means to draw water for firefighting from the Fire water piping network. They are normally mounted onto stand posts, fitted on the fire water network.
Brief Description : Hydrant Valve (Double headed), as per IS: 5290, made of Stainless Steel
(SS304), having 100 mm flanged inlet, and 2 Nos. 63 mm Female Instantenous outlets, C.I. handwheels for hydrant operation,
and PVC blank caps with chain. Body duly painted with 2 coats of superior quality paint. H.P. tested to 21 kgf/cm2 (body) and 14 kgf/cm2 (seat). Flow 1800 lpm (min) at 7 kgf/cm2.
Size 63 mm Inlet Flanged 100mm NB IS: 1538 / ANSI B 16.5 150 # Outlet Female Inst. 2 Nos. 63mm Female Inst. Adaptor Reference Standard IS: 5290 TYPE B
MATERIAL OF CONSTRUCTION
Body, Bonnets, Female outlet and parts IS: 3444 Gr. I (SS304) Spindle IS: 3444 Gr. I (SS304)
Spring Stainless Steel Wire IS: 6258 Hand Wheel C.I. IS: 210 FG 200 Washer Rubber IS: 937 Type A
TESTING AND QUALITY CONTROL
Dimensional check Dimensions as per IS: 5290 Type B Water Tightness Seat Test 14 kgf/cm Hydrostatic Pressure Test 21 kgf/cm for 2.5 minutes. for 2.5 minutes.
Performance requirements Flow test : 1800 lpm (min) at 7 kg/cm2 pressure Documentation Internal inspection report, supplier’s certificates, approved laboratory test certificates
OPERATIONAL/ TECHNICAL DATA
Working pressure range upto 10 Kg/cm2 Weight (approx.) 17.0 Kgs.
Body Painted - Fire Red Color as per IS: 5 Shade No. 536 Wheel Painted - Black Paint Parts Polished
APPROVALS & MARKING
Marking on Hydrant valve
| Valve Body
|| GunMetal-IS: 318L TB-2, Optional: Steel IS:3444Gr.I or IS 3444 Gr . IV
| Hand Wheel
|| Cast Iron
| Test Pressure
| Inlet Waterway
|| 75NB (3"). ANSI B 16.5 150#
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valve, device for controlling the flow of fluids (liquids and gases). Valves vary in construction and size depending upon their function. Some are classified according to their method of operation or design, e.g., butterfly, gate, globe, lift, needle, piston, and slide valves. Valves are also named for the functions they perform, e.g., check valve (which permits flow in one direction only) and cutoff, bypass, exhaust, intake, safety (see safety valve), and throttle valves. Valves are operated automatically, by hand, or by special mechanism. Valves are employed in the carburetor, diesel engine, internal-combustion engine, pump, and steam engine. In Great Britain an electron tube may be referred to as a valve. In anatomy and physiology the term valve includes the flaps of tissue that help to control the direction of the flow of blood in the heart.
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President Joe Biden pissed off more than a few feathers earlier this month when he announced ostensibly drastic measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. One of those measures included a rule requiring companies to require their employees to take the vaccine or undergo weekly COVID tests.
This particular rule has been the main source of controversy. Many argue that this is flagrant excess on the part of the federal government. But other aspects of the measure have raised questions about religious exemptions. There seems to be confusion about this.
The problem with religious exemptions
The Los Angeles Times reported that more and more workers are looking to use religious exemptions to avoid having to take vax. Indeed, Nicholas De Blouw, a lawyer specializing in labor law, told the newspaper he received calls “every day” from people trying to bypass vaccination warrants.
The Supreme Court ruled that vaccination warrants are constitutional. However, the ruling did not allow employers to undermine the religious beliefs of their employees. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requires companies to make “reasonable accommodation” for workers with “genuine” religious beliefs that do not permit vaccination.
This will put businesses in a difficult position. How exactly do you determine if your religious objections to the vaccine are “sincere?” “
The fact that a person’s religious belief does not necessarily have to be recognized by an organized religion to be admissible blurs the issue even further. In addition, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission rules state that the belief may be unusual or “seem illogical or unreasonable to others”.
The Associated press reported:
“Many major religious denominations have no objection to COVID-19 vaccines. But the deployment has sparked heated debate because of the long-standing role cell lines derived from fetal tissue have played. [and a connection to abortions], directly or indirectly, in the research and development of various vaccines and drugs.
It should also be noted that while most major religions do not explicitly prohibit the use of vaccines, individuals might interpret their particular religious tradition in a way that requires them to avoid taking them.
What happens next?
Many companies were already requiring vaccines. These include Amtrak, Cisco, Citigroup, CVS Health, Delta Air Lines, and many more. Some companies that did not require injections were already considering imposing such a measure in the future.
Either way, at this point it’s safe to assume that requests for religious exemptions will increase. As the government enforces President Biden’s executive order, there is no doubt that the 80 million unvaccinated Americans will see it as a way to avoid receiving the jab. This means that we can expect some rather creative interpretations of various religious traditions in the near future.
It’s also worth pointing out that Biden’s order doesn’t seem likely to make much of a difference when it comes to persuading unvaccinated Americans to take the jab. Many of these people are ready to lose their jobs because of this issue. Even more people would bite the bullet when it comes to taking weekly COVID tests. But at this point, it seems clear that the debate over vaccinations is far from over. | <urn:uuid:3e6e5e28-0a7d-42cf-be00-eeccf434eeb6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ateistet.org/the-utterly-confusing-mess-of-religious-exemptions-to-bidens-vaccine-mandates/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00471.warc.gz | en | 0.96448 | 656 | 1.984375 | 2 |
July 18 2012 Exotic Pets Newsletter
Chinchilla - Food - Treats - Grooming
The chinchilla has special dietary needs; they cannot be fed pellets meant for other rodents or rabbit pellets. Learn about chinchilla food, treats and grooming. They are very different from other animals, some things can kill them, not having certain things can kill them. Learn what these are!
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10 Ways To Destory The Earth
by, 27-Sep-2009 at 05:28 (850 Views)
10. Planitary Colition
-Hit by Mars: Destory life but planet servivse
-Hit by Venus: Destory both planets and creates desert planet double the size of the origonal.
9. The Big Freeze
-At Mars: Average temps from -30 to 15*F
-At Neptune: Average temp. -350 crops die only 1/3 of Earth's populattion lives underground.
8. The Big Burn
-At Venus: All life dies
-At Mercury: Only the Core remains
7. Stop the Spin
If the Earth was to suddenly stop spinning 1,000 mile winds rush across Earth's serface and the planet is redused to only having Summer and Winter. Day for 6 months with burning hot temps and Night for 6 months with freezing cold temps.
6. Torn Between Two Black Holes
Earth's crust breaks up and tides rise and life is destoryed by X-Ray energy. The Black Holes will continue to pull at the Earth at both ends with Earth getting thiner and thiner; just like if you were to roll silly puddy into a ball and then roll that ball until it was no longer a sphere but a sillender getting thiner and thiner. Eventually it breaks and both ends are sucked into the Black Holes.
5. Devowerd Within
A Black Hole is placed at Earth's core. Gravity would double. Earthquakes would occur. Volcanos would erupt then the Earth colapese in on itself.
4. Turn Off The Gravity
-Planes never land
-Trees uproot themselfs
-Planet's crust comes apart
-Humans float up and suficate in the atmosphere.
3. Anti-Mater Aniolation
-1 pound anti-mater + 1 pound of mater =
40 Mega tons of force
-100 million tons to destory Earth.
-This could work using the energy from sun spots but would take 100s of 1,000s of years.
2. Transformed By Strange Matter
Everything turns into soup.
1. Parallel Worlds Colide
Imagine our universe as a piece of paper and another universe as another peice of pater. If they touch Big Bang and a new universe is created.
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It’s no secret that India has been perceived differently through different eras of global civilisation. From being one of the oldest civilisations in the world, to being a colony under the power of British imperialism, to being a land of snake charmers and mystics, and finally being the world’s back office for IT services.
PM Narendra Modi has taken great pains in projecting a positive and progressive image of India, especially showcasing to the world that India has strengths that no other country in the world has. In his famous Madison Square Garden speech, he had said, “Earlier we used to play with snakes, now we play with the mouse (referring to India’s burgeoning IT industry).” PM’s oratory skills also come in handy when he makes speeches on national as well as international stage, some of which include statements like: “If citizens of India decide to, then we can clean up the image of India that the world has - we can meet this challenge (Sydney speech), “The world has changed. We can't think about our development journey isolated from the world (Independence Day Speech), India offers three essential Ds, Democracy, Demography and Demand,(Japan Nikkei Exchange speech).
He has also made it clear time and again that to build Brand India, his focus would be on 5 Ts – Talent, Tradition, Tourism, Trade and Technology. The Union Budget also made provisions to enable the PM’s dream. For talent development, Skill India was put in motion, which is a national multi-skill programme. Other initiatives include, Start-Up Village Entrepreneurship Programme, Teacher Training Programme, five more IITs and IIMs and four more AIIMs. With respect to preserving and promoting tradition, a massive amount was allocated to Namami Gange Project which includes conservation of the river and beautification of ghats and riverfronts. National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana has also been put in place. For Tourism, e-Visa facilities have been launched and five tourist circuits around specific themes have been announced. Modi’s pet projects Digital India and Make In India have been launched to make the country keep pace with technology and manufacturing.
One thing that uniformly defines India abroad is its filth and dirt. Clean India Mission has been introduced to create a clean country in line with Mahatma Gandhi’s vision. PM has also launched the Beti Bachao campaign to stop the evil of female foeticide in India.
Interestingly, the attempt is not just to change India’ existing perception around the world, but to give it a unique brand identity that it has not had before, for instance, India has not been a technologically advanced country. Digital India is one such initiative that envisages a connected India. Ease of doing business in India has been identified as one of the major hurdles that discourage foreign investment. That has been made relatively easier with the introduction of e-biz portals and certain tax reforms.
In essence, it can be said that PM Modi has taken off from where the last time BJP was in power and had introduced the India Shining campaign. But Modi’s initiatives have been more inclusive, not just aimed at making India a business powerhouse but also trying to improve social and gender disparity in the country. Towards the end of Congress regime, growth rate had taken a big hit and India was not perceived as an ideal country to do business in if compared to other BRIC economies.
Ever since Modi govt has come into power, a shift in the perception of World’s leading economies can be clearly seen. Recent business and defence deals with America, France, Japan and China among other countries are seen as a positive sign. World leaders like US President Barack Obama visiting India on Republic Day, Chinese and Japanese heads of nations cosying upto Modi has caught international media’s attention who have credited due coverage to the new ray of hope Modi Govt has promised. Moody’s, World Bank, IMF have predicted positive growth rates for India in the next couple of years.
Another perspective that is often seen on TV debates and social media and from opposition is that a lot of this optimism is a false mirage portrayed in media to make the Modi govt look good to the voters and public in general. It has been said that a lot of stories are just good PR, spun around by a highly adept team of Modi govt. Congress says the new govt has just taken some of the existing plans conceived and put in place by UPA govt, and just given it a different name and spin.
An image makeover of a country as vast and populated as India is a colossal initiative that can take many years to be actualised. Hypothetically speaking even if every member of the central and the state government wholeheartedly tries to create a new and clean image of India, the citizens of the country also have to be equally aware and responsible of their civic duties, which in turn have to be enforced by efficient local governments. It is a two-way street. In so far as policies are concerned, even if the govt completely eliminated corruption and instituted good governance, for a country as populated as India to grow at par with developed economies is going to be a monumental task, one that can take a an indefinite amount of time. | <urn:uuid:adbd3898-c6d1-4e31-8bb3-4e73afbc1219> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.exchange4media.com/marketing/1-year-of-modi-govtmodi-initiates-the-great-image-makeover-of-brand-india_60132.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721558.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00044-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969167 | 1,097 | 2.328125 | 2 |
4G LTE FAQs
What is 4G?
What is Long Term Evolution (LTE)?
Why did Verizon choose LTE?
Can I switch seamlessly between 4G LTE and 3G networks with my 4G device?
What are the benefits of Verizon 4G LTE technology?
What are the anticipated speeds of Verizon 4G LTE?
How secure is Verizon 4G LTE?
Where will I be able to use Verizon 4G LTE?
4G refers to the fourth generation of wireless standards. The first generation was analog, the second was digital and the third and current generation, or 3G, is multimedia broadband.
The 4G technology standards allow you to take advantage of more bandwidth and better throughput (higher rate of successful delivery across the network), and enable traditionally wired applications on wireless devices, such as:
- Data-intensive business applications
- Real-time video
- Streaming media from mobile devices
- Video messaging
- Video telephony
- Real-time video conferencing and collaboration
Currently, there are several systems for delivering 4G capabilities, including Long Term Evolution (LTE), WiMAX and HSPA+. LTE is our technology choice for our 4G wireless network. Technically speaking, it uses an all-IP, flat, fiber-based backhaul that enhances reliability and on-demand scalability.
That simply means LTE will help Verizon Wireless continue to meet demand for a higher-bandwidth, low-latency service that’s exponentially more powerful than 3G—a service that delivers true mobility. And eventually, LTE will deliver superior global mobility, since the majority of carriers around the world have chosen it as their long-term direction as well.
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We chose LTE because of the global roaming potential made possible by the adoption of LTE by other carriers around the globe, as well as its unparalleled performance capabilities. WiMAX, for example, is an evolution of fixed technology modified for the mobile broadband environment, whereas LTE evolved directly from mobile broadband.
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Yes. Your 4G LTE devices are backward-compatible, so you’ll be able to switch between 4G LTE and 3G networks with no problem. 3G devices are not compatible with 4G networks, but will still receive reliable 3G coverage in 4G LTE areas.
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Verizon 4G LTE brings with it numerous benefits that will provide a powerful mobile broadband experience that’s way beyond current 3G performance. Plus, because it’s a global standard, 4G LTE enables users to use just one device for domestic and global communications. And enhanced security means data is protected better than ever.
Other benefits include:
- Faster download and upload rates
- Significantly lower latency (time delay) for fast, real-time connections
- A consistent wireless environment where we build our 4G LTE network
- A network designed to handle demanding data loads
- Service compatibility across disparate networks, including global wireline, wireless, fiber and private networks
- A reliable, consistent data connection between our 4G and 3G networks, so you can access the data-intensive applications, services and information your organization needs for enhanced business performance
- The world’s first single, removable subscriber identity that lets you share credentials between both CDMA and GSM devices
Another benefit of LTE technology is that it creates possibilities for all kinds of innovative devices and applications. We expect LTE to usher in a whole new era of connected devices and applications that, by the very nature of them being connected, will open up new opportunities to improve your business. Recently we’ve fostered programs and initiatives designed to take advantage of LTE’s capabilities and bring new, innovative products to market, including:
- New connectivity options for greater productivity
- New devices and applications specifically designed for 4G LTE
- A platform to build and deploy the products and services of today and tomorrow
Data speeds will increase significantly compared to 3G—up to 10 times faster than our existing 3G network.
- Average network-to-device speeds, or downloads, will range from 5 to 12 Mbps.
- Average device-to-network speeds, or uploads, will range from 2 to 5 Mbps.
- An average network-to-device (one-way) latency below 50 ms is expected, delivering mobile broadband responsiveness equivalent to wireline connections.
This increased network performance enables access to data-intensive applications, such as high-resolution multimedia and video collaboration, made available in a wireless mobile environment.
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4G LTE is more secure than 3G or public Wi-Fi networks. It enhances security on multiple levels with:
- Secure storage—The LTE SIM card stores the user’s credentials and secure data needed to access network services, including data and applications.
- Mutual authentication—In an LTE network, the network authenticates the user identity and the user equipment authenticates the network credentials. Mutual authentication is necessary to protect against attacks, including those from rogue base stations.
- Root key length—Longer bit keys, such as 128 bits used by LTE, double the key’s strength and require a greater effort to break through the security algorithm.
- Integrity protection—Integrity protection verifies that the signaling has not been modified over the radio-access interface and that the origin of signaling data is accurate.
- Airlink encryption—In the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network, three built-in encryption options are used between the network and the user equipment before communications take place. Other networks don’t even have built-in network protection.
Currently, Verizon 4G LTE is available to over 90% of the U.S. population. Our aggressive growth plan forecasts a move into more rural areas to achieve nationwide coverage sometime in 2013.
Check out our 4G LTE coverage map.
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Articles & Reviews
It’s funny how certain acts can make you feel good.
For me, one of those is going to the tackle store to get some fresh line for my reels. It’s kind of like when you wash your car: it seems to perform better afterwards. Fishing line is such an essential part of any set up, but is often the most abused and neglected.
Having said that, I do realize that deciding just when your line should be replaced is a tough one, as it largely depends on how much fishing you do, how many fish you’ve caught, and how you look after your gear. Basically, check for things such as: low line levels on the spool (down 3-4mm or more from the spool lip suggests re-spooling is needed); nicks, frays and abrasions (cut at this point and then check afterwards for possible low line level issues); and loss of line colour/sheen, suggesting high sun exposure and hard use.
However, before changing your line, decide what you’re going to replace it with. The answer will usually be determined by asking a few basic questions. Firstly, what is the outfit’s recommended line rating? Most rods these days are multi rated; for example, they might say suited to 6-8kg line. But this is not always the case with high-tech jigging and popper rods, which often have a PE rating instead (basically, each PE rating equates to 10lb/4.5kg, so PE 2 equals 20lb/9kg), as breaking strains and fishing techniques vary when using this kind of tackle. In all cases though, it’s useful to consider using “the lightest possible with the heaviest practical”. In other words, use the lightest line you can safely get away with, but in situations where the fishing can be brutal, make sure it is strong enough to avoid leaving lots of fish swimming around with expensive lures in their mouths.
Having established the breaking strain required, next look at how long the line needs to be. Most reels have recommendations on the spool as to how much line they will hold. Now, while monofilament is fairly cheap, braided line is relatively expensive (even though it lasts longer), so ‘top-shotting’ reels with braid is a common practice. This involves mostly filling the spool with mono, and then joining 150-300 metres of braid so the spool is nicely filled. This is a good way to save money, but you do need to join the two lines with a knot, and, as we all know, any join can be a weak spot. The other downside to using a top shot is that to do it well, you need to wind the line on in reverse order to get fill the spool nicely. Then it’s a case of taking all the nylon off onto a different reel or spool, before winding the braid off onto another. Then you can wind the nylon on, join it to the braid, and wind that on, too. (Whew, what a mission!)
The choice of line material is a personal one, but for most fishing situations braid is fantastic. However, monofilament seems to come into its own for close-quarter bait fishing and some surf and rock fishing scenarios. Like I said though, it’s really a personal thing.
Many lines have different properties, such as fine diameter, extra abrasion resistance or low stretch. Again, all have their place in specific conditions and circumstances, so it’s really up to the individual to decide which best suits their needs.
One caveat though: if intending to fish for records or in game fishing competitions, make sure you use a line that is IGFA (International Game Fishing Association) rated, as these lines have been tested to ensure they’re likely to meet the various line-class categories.
Another point to note if you are a record hunter and you top-shot or use backing tied to the main line: the backing line is considered part of your mainline, so if heavier in breaking strain than your mainline, you’re likely to be denied a potential record.
Line colour is another source of much debate. Personally, I like high-vis line when I need to see what the line is doing, such as when chasing large fish around from the boat, or so I can detect subtle twitches when fishing soft-plastics. The rest of the time I prefer to have the lowest possible visibility, even though I don’t think a bright line puts the fish off in most cases, as you usually have a mono or fluorocarbon trace on the end. However, in really clear conditions I have noted that high-vis line looks like a laser beam!
Having selected your line, you need to place it on your reel. There are many tips and tricks to help you do this, as it’s important that the line performs well afterwards.
The first trick is to always use backing. I do this in two ways: sometimes I’ll put a couple of wraps of electrical tape around the spool’s arbor or I’ll use some light cord – typically dacron (but not braid!). The reason for this is twofold. If using mono, the accumulated pressure created by the layers of this stretchy line can create enough force to damage your spool or the line itself. (To see what I mean, try wrapping a piece of mono around your finger 20 times!) In this case the backing gives the mono something to crush down into, helping to absorb the excess pressure. The other reason is for when you’re using braid, where a few turns of backing (you can use mono for this) makes sure that the slippery braid does not slide around the arbor. This happens a lot, especially when anglers first start using braid.
Once you have tied your line to your backing, it’s important to wind it on under pressure. I find the best way to do this is to have one person winding while the other holds the line-spool with a screwdriver through the spool’s middle, using a cloth or a pair of gloves to apply pressure to the side of the spool. As the spooling progresses, you’ll find less pressure needs to be exerted. In all cases though, regularly push down on the line load while re-spooling to check it feels solid rather than spongy, or you’ll be faced by a number of potentially ugly problems afterwards – which we’ll discuss shortly.
If using an eggbeater or level-wind reel, you needn’t worry about spreading the line evenly on the spool, as this is done for you automatically. However, if it’s a standard boat reel or game reel, be sure to spiral your line across the spool rather than laying it on side by side. This is because when playing a fish, with the pressure really on, it’s possible for the line to slip down in between the coils and get jammed, causing a bust off. This is particularly true of braid, as it’s surprisingly slippery.
For a similar reason, if the braid is not wound on tightly enough, there’s a good chance the first few layers of loose line will fly off in a big clump when cast afterwards, leaving you with a big tangle to sort out. Also, same as with any line, once it is wound back onto the spool under the correct tension, you’ll find the line level is much lower than before. This will mean decreased casting capabilities and a premature need to re-spool once more!
It can be tempting to overfill spools too, but this often leads to problems as well, especially on free-spool type reels. A little inattention or overexcitement can see a hump of line created that jams on the reel’s housing, causing line damage and/or a bust off.
So if all this seems a bit too daunting, get the specialist tackle outlet you bought the line from to put it on for you!
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Baucus Aims to Increase Affordability in Senate Health Care Plan
The changes, announced Tuesday as the full committee began hearings on the bill, would increase the subsidies available to people making up to four times the poverty level, or about $88,000 per year for a family of four.
The subsidies would ensure that the cost of health insurance premiums would not exceed a sliding-scale percentage of income for people at those income levels. At the low end, individuals and families at the poverty level would not have to spend more than 2 percent of their income on premiums, while families at the top end — making three to four times the poverty level — would have to pay up to 12 percent of their income.
In the original bill the sliding scale ranged from 3 to 13 percent.
Changes to the bill would also reduce the penalty fee on people who fail to get health insurance, from $3,800 to $1,900 for families making more than three times the poverty level.
The new version would also lower the threshold at which employer-provided insurance is considered “affordable,” and would allow people whose employer-provided insurance premiums cost them more than 10 percent of their income to shop for cheaper coverage in the new health insurance exchange that would be available mainly to small businesses and the self-employed. The previous threshold was 13 percent.
The bill will also exempt workers in high-risk fields from a new tax on so-called “Cadillac” health-insurance plans.
Critics of the original bill say that the changes are an improvement.
“We think the changes definitely move in the right direction,” said Edwin Park, a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal-leaning think tank that released a statement last week saying that the original Baucus plan had “insufficient subsidies” to help lower- and middle-income workers.
But the changes don’t go as far as others would like, including some liberal senators. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York has pushed for premium caps at 10 percent of income levels for families earning three to four times the poverty level, and Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan has proposed a 6.5 percent cap.
Other analysts point out that when considering affordability, more than insurance premiums must go into the equation. The new amendments to the Baucus bill will also lower the caps placed on these expenses.
But Linda Blumberg, a health economist at the Urban Institute think tank, says that the amendments don’t go far enough, because the combination of premiums and out-of-pocket costs is still too high.
Under the original Baucus plan, out-of-pocket costs for a family earning three times the poverty level, or $66,000, would have been capped at $11,900. Under the new amendments, that cap would be set at $7,973.
So a family that earned $66,000 could be responsible for up to $15,893 in health care costs, if they hit their maximum out-of-pocket expenses — although healthy people with few out-of-pocket expenses would pay much less.
Blumberg believes those numbers don’t hit the affordability bar.
“These are improvements that [Baucus has] made, but in my opinion we can do more. There doesn’t seem to be a strong political will for spending more money, and that’s what you need to do.” | <urn:uuid:2765e78f-805b-4bdd-877a-80ed4f2d103f> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/health-july-dec09-affordability_09-22/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719468.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00529-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969618 | 723 | 1.734375 | 2 |
F# for Visualization augments F# with graphing and visualization capabilities that can be used directly from F# interactive sessions running in Visual Studio itself, as well as WPF Controls that can be used in your own standalone programs. Plot 2D functions and 3D functions, 3D objects and embed the visualization capabilities in your own programs with our reusable Windows Presentation Foundation controls. Read the full documentation here.
F# for Numerics provides a wide variety of invaluable numerical methods with elegant F# interfaces that allow you to solve numerical problems quickly and easily from the comfort of F#, both interactively and in your own standalone programs. Read the full documentation here. | <urn:uuid:e6c71e82-e5c2-463f-9482-515d17167e0c> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://fsharpnews.blogspot.com/2009/04/massive-savings-on-f-for-visualization.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281450.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00182-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.877539 | 136 | 1.960938 | 2 |
The dos and don'ts of college packing
Have you seen them yet? All those color coordinated items screaming at you from the shelves in Target and Walmart just begging you to buy them. If you're an incoming college freshman or the parent of a new college student, it can be so tempting to buy every little gadget and item you see. From matching bed accessories to coordinating appliances, it’s an endless sea of college must-haves, or is it? In all honesty, most of the items that are advertised as ‘college essentials’ really aren’t all that essential. In fact, a lot of it may wind up shoved under a bed or in a closet, taking up precious space. So, how do you know what you should and shouldn't pack this summer? Follow this list of college packing dos and don'ts to get the skinny on what really matters.
Don't run out and buy a mini-fridge, toaster oven, microwave, and blender. We know you probably have this image of creating a cool hangout space where friends can stop by for a smoothie and something to eat, but you may not have room for everything. Do contact your college to verify what appliances are allowed and how many can be placed in each room. Then, contact your roommate to see what he or she is bringing. This not only saves space, but also money.
Don't pack all your stuffed animals and every throw pillow on your bed. Candles are also a definite no-no, as they are on most colleges' ‘not allowed’ lists. You may also want to leave behind collectibles or anything else of value. Accidents happen, and you’ll feel horrible when that music box from your great-grandmother smashes to a million pieces. If you treasure it, leave it behind.
Do bring along a few reminders of home, such as your favorite sweatshirt and one or two plush items. Instead of picture frames, bring along photos to put on a corkboard or use some (removable) adhesive frames to display them near your desk or bed.
Don’t bring paperback or hardcover books with you to school. You will have plenty of textbooks taking up space in your room.
Do purchase an iPad or Kindle and download your favorite books. You may not have much time for pleasure reading, but at least they won't take up as much space in a digital format.
Don't pack your entire closet. You won't need your prom dress or every college shirt you purchased over the last year. It may also be a good idea to leave behind most of your shoes and accessories, too.
Do pack enough clothes for a two-week trip. Once they get dirty, you simply wash them. Your closet space may be minimal, so bring only those items you know you will wear often. As for shoes, bring a pair of flip flops (shower), sneakers (classes), and one dressy pair for special occasions.
Don’t bring along dinnerware for six or enough groceries for the next four months. You won't need that many plates and cups, and your food will probably go bad before you eat it.
Do pack two of everything: plates, bowls, cups, forks, spoons and knives. Fewer dishes will mean there is less mess to clean. Wait until you get to campus and start using your meal plan to determine what edible items you may need in your room.
Another thing you may want to leave at home when packing for college is your high school backpack. College students typically use a laptop bag to carry everything or nothing at all. You'll also want to leave the lanyard behind, unless you want a neon sign pointing out that you are a new freshman. If your mom tries to buy you an iron, save her the money. Most students roll out of bed minutes before class; some even come to class in their pajamas. You probably won't be ironing anything for quite some time.
One more thing, ditch the suitcases and use storage bins, as these will double for storage space after you move in. A good rule of thumb when packing for college is less is more. Once you see the size of your dorm room, you’ll completely understand and be grateful that you followed these rules.
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Mubarak’s AIDS Legacy: Torture, Deportation and Arrest for HIV-Positive People. 3/2/11
Government frequently uses charges designed to criminalize homosexuality to also criminalize HIV-seropositivity.
In Egypt, the victims of Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year autocratic rule haven’t just been government dissenters — they’ve also been people living with HIV.
While receiving a hefty amount of U.S. foreign aid, Egypt has conducted mass deportations of HIV-positive foreigners and arrested, tortured and convicted HIV-positive people based on their status.
“Police have blanket authority to intimidate certain populations,” said Joe Amon, director of the HIV/AIDS program at Human Rights Watch. “There’s a lot of homophobia, and police have targeted the communities, arrested gay men, gone through their address books [and] conducted forceful anal exams.”
Between 1986 and 2006, Egypt deported more than 700 foreigners with HIV, nearly all of whom were of African descent. All foreigners who apply for a work or residency visa must test for HIV, and those who test positive are immediately expelled.
The government frequently uses charges designed to criminalize homosexuality to also criminalize HIV-seropositivity.
In 2007 and 2008, the government launched a crackdown on people living with HIV, arresting at least twelve men suspected of being HIV-positive, calling them a public health threat. Police beat several of them, later subjecting the arrested individuals to anal examinations to “prove” they had engaged in homosexual conduct. Authorities charged them with “habitual debauchery,” a term Human Rights Watch says Egypt uses to punish homosexuality, which is not specifically penalized in the country’s legal code.
Some were chained to their beds for days in a Cairo hospital. Authorities gave all of the men HIV tests without consent — those who tested positive were convicted to a maximum of three years in jail. “People like you should be burnt alive,” a prosecutor reportedly told one of the men, when informing him that he was HIV-positive. “You do not deserve to live.”
Omitting the facts
While Egypt is considered a low-HIV prevalence country, its own National AIDS Program warned in a 2009 report that “unless concerted efforts are made, this status might not prevail.” Indeed, Mubarak’s Egypt presents a number of troublesome risk factors that could foment a wider epidemic, including rising poverty, low condom use and an increasing number of people engaging in premarital sex. AIDS education is sparse: Less than five percent of females ages 15 to 24 have comprehensive knowledge of HIV, according to the government survey.
Not surprisingly, however, the 21-page piece says nothing about how government-sanctioned brutality against homosexuals and HIV-positive people contributes to the spread of the virus. The government also left of out large pieces of information, such as the percentage of people who have had sex with more than one partner in the last year. That information, the report says, “is not relevant to country epidemic status.”
It’s unclear what a new government in Egypt would look like: It could be more repressive, which might mean continued attacks on HIV-positive people. If it’s one bent on expanding human rights, however, a measure of relief could be in sight.
“The issue of police brutality in Egypt is larger than just the experience of men who have sex with men and of people with HIV,” said Amon. “Hopefully this pressure on the government and these protests bring real reform to the kinds of abuses that were taking place to a wide range of individuals that the government saw as dangerous or deviant or a threat to Egyptian society.” | <urn:uuid:a12c6d93-ae31-4a35-8c6e-038d508956c0> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.cabsa.org.za/content/mubarak%E2%80%99s-aids-legacy-torture-deportation-and-arrest-hiv-positive-people-3211 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718278.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00240-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960023 | 793 | 2.3125 | 2 |
Growth will be driven by a number of factors including volatile gas and oil prices, increased government focus on renewable energy production, legislation encouraging the production and utilization of biogas and an increasingly stable supply of biogenic raw materials, according to Biogas Plants – A Global Strategic Business Report.
Also, a sharper emphasis among farmers, professional energy suppliers and manufacturing companies to turn organic residues and wastes into value will help spur the growth, the report says. The agriculture and food industries could see a significant growth in the number of small-sized biogas plants located at the site where waste is produced, the report says.
Europe currently dominates the world market, but the ongoing European debt crisis and resulting austerity measures are posing some systemic concerns for the biogas industry. India is poised to emerge into the fastest growing regional market, the report says.
In other biogas news, waste-to-energy company Covanta Energy Corporation this week completed commercial demonstration testing on what it says is a first-of-its-kind gasification technology. The CleerGas technology has the ability to gasify unprocessed post-recycled municipal solid waste in a commercial setting, while reducing emissions and increasing energy efficiency, Covanta says. In testing CleerGas, which stands for Covanta Low Emissions Energy Recovery Gasification, processed 350 tons of post-recycled municipal solid waste per day, the company said.
In February, energy efficiency and renewable energy company Ameresco and the Philadelphia Water Department announced plans to design, build and maintain a 5.6 MW wastewater biogas-to-energy facility.
The Northeast Water Pollution Control Plant Biogas Project will cost $47.5 million to build and should reduce carbon emissions by about 22,000 tons per year, the companies said. Electricity and thermal energy will be generated mainly by biogas from the NEWPCP digesters. Prior to the project only half of the gas generated at the plant was being used for heating purposes, while the other half was flared. | <urn:uuid:f778cf8f-c4f9-4274-8f40-e0737f35e092> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/biogas-market-to-reach-8-9bn-by-2017/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281353.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00065-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930407 | 417 | 2.71875 | 3 |
|Name of Health Department/Agency:
||Chicago Department of Public Health
||Vaccine Planning and Administration
||Chicago Dept. of Public Health conference calls with healthcare system partners helps coordination efforts.
|Description of Issue(s):
||In an effort to ensure that CDPH’s healthcare system partners receive the most up-to-date information and have an avenue for expressing concerns and questions to CDPH regarding the H1N1 response, CDPH is conducting weekly conference calls with its healthcare system partners.
|Actions taken to address the issue(s):
||These calls are coordinated and lead by CDPH’s Hospital Preparedness Coordinator. The weekly calls are utilized to provide healthcare system partners with vaccine updates, information regarding surveillance requirements and activities, personal protective equipment, pharmacy issues, FAQs and the publication of the weekly CDPH Flu Update. The target audience for conference calls is hospital infection control practitioners (ICPs), pharmacists and emergency preparedness contacts.
|Outcomes that resulted from actions taken:
||Once the H1N1 response expands to the level where hospitals are experiencing large surges of patients, calls will migrate from a weekly to a daily occurrence. | <urn:uuid:118b358a-06a3-4f0c-9dc9-05b9c805486a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://archived.naccho.org/topics/H1N1/h1n1story.cfm?story_id=239 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279915.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00284-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.903791 | 252 | 1.671875 | 2 |
Measuring Blood Flow in the Brain
|First Received Date ICMJE||April 26, 2007|
|Last Updated Date||December 30, 2011|
|Start Date ICMJE||April 2007|
|Primary Completion Date||Not Provided|
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE||Not Provided|
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE||Not Provided|
|Change History||Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00466934 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site|
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE||Not Provided|
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE||Not Provided|
|Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE||Not Provided|
|Original Other Outcome Measures ICMJE||Not Provided|
|Brief Title ICMJE||Measuring Blood Flow in the Brain|
|Official Title ICMJE||Cross-Validating NIRS With fMRI|
This study will test a method of measuring brain blood flow called near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). It will determine whether NIRS gives the same results as the more commonly used technique, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
Healthy normal volunteers between 18 and 60 years of age may be eligible for this study. Participants come to the NIH up to six times for experiments using NIRS and fMRI. They do the following tasks while they are undergoing NIRS or fMRI:
For NIRS, a frame is placed on the head and held it in place with a metal band. The frame holds sensors that contact the scalp.
For fMRI, the subject lies on a table that can slide in and out of an MRI scanner, a metal cylinder surrounded by a strong magnetic field. fMRI uses a strong magnetic field and radio waves to obtain images of the brain while the subject performs tasks. During the procedure, The subject wears earplugs to muffle the sound of loud knocking noises that occur during scanning.
OBJECTIVE: a) to explore the usefulness of Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) as a means of mapping brain activity, to see whether the results are similar to those of fMRI and b) to see whether spontaneous brain blood flow changes coincide with changes in behavior.
STUDY POPULATION: 50 healthy volunteers.
DESIGN: The study will look for correlations between NIRS and fMRI signal changes in the same subjects. It will also detect relationships between spontaneous blood flow shifts and shifts and changes in cognitive performance. Finally, NIRS will be combined with a frontal lobe activation task to see if blood flow changes can be detected over the hairless skin of the forehead in a simple, standardized manner that might yield a diagnostic test for frontal injury.
OUTCOME MEASURES: Graded changes in blood flow and oxygen, measured with NIRS and fMRI and variations in response time on a word task.
|Study Type ICMJE||Observational|
|Study Design ICMJE||Time Perspective: Prospective|
|Target Follow-Up Duration||Not Provided|
|Sampling Method||Not Provided|
|Study Population||Not Provided|
|Intervention ICMJE||Not Provided|
|Study Groups/Cohorts||Not Provided|
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
|Recruitment Status ICMJE||Completed|
|Estimated Completion Date||December 2011|
|Primary Completion Date||Not Provided|
|Eligibility Criteria ICMJE||
Age 18 to 60, inclusive.
|Ages||18 Years to 60 Years (Adult)|
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers||Yes|
|Contacts ICMJE||Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects|
|Listed Location Countries ICMJE||United States|
|Removed Location Countries|
|NCT Number ICMJE||NCT00466934|
|Other Study ID Numbers ICMJE||070139, 07-N-0139|
|Has Data Monitoring Committee||Not Provided|
|U.S. FDA-regulated Product||Not Provided|
|Plan to Share Data||Not Provided|
|IPD Description||Not Provided|
|Responsible Party||Not Provided|
|Study Sponsor ICMJE||National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)|
|Investigators ICMJE||Not Provided|
|Information Provided By||National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)|
|Verification Date||December 2011|
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Exposure to laboratory animals (LA) can cause allergic sensitisation and symptoms as rhinitis, conjunctivitis, asthma, anaphylaxis and dermatitis. In 2000, a program was instituted at Trieste Universities to decrease LA allergy among scientists and technicians working with animals. The aim of the present study was to investigate LA allergy in workers exposed to LA from 2001 to 2016, and to verify the effects of a preventive program. Four hundred sixty-seven people underwent pre-employment screening for a job with laboratory animals at Universities of Trieste consisting in a medical examination, a full respiratory and allergy anamnesis, using a standardised questionnaire, skin prick test with common and occupational allergens, and spirometry. Every year, each worker repeated the medical examination and underwent again tests and questionnaire. Each worker can ask for a medical examination and skin prick test, in case of unset of symptoms. Logistic multivariate analysis and generalised equation estimation were use, to verify factors associated to LA allergy. Sensitisation to LA decreased in years, going from 25.6% in 2001-2004 to 8.2% in 2013-2016 (p?0.001). Multivariate logistic regression analysis confirmed the role of atopy by prick test (OR?=?6; IC95% 2.2-16.6), of common allergic symptoms (OR?=?2.9; IC95% 1.4-6.39) and of calendar periods. No association was found between LA allergy, years, and hours of exposure. The authors concluded that the findings from the study demonstrated a significant reduction of LA allergy after the application of a preventive program.
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This article illustrates how to create a workflow in excel. Workflow can be defined as the sequence of operations for any particular process. It is usually presented in a flowchart. A workflow for a particular process can help track the sequence of operations related to that process. It also makes information exchange easier throughout the organization. Follow the article to learn how to create a workflow in excel for the particular job you are associated with.
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You can download the workflow templates from the download button below.
3 Ways to Create a Workflow in Excel
You can create a workflow in excel in 3 different ways. The methods are highlighted below.
1. Create a Workflow in Excel Using Shapes
Follow the steps below to create a workflow using custom shapes in excel.
- First, select Insert >> Illustrations >> Shapes. Then, you will see a long list of shapes as shown below. Now, hover over the shapes to see their names. You can scroll down to find the proper shape to insert for your workflow. Next, click on the shape to insert it.
- After that, you will see a + sign appear when you keep the cursor on the cells. Now, click and drag your mouse to make a properly sized shape as required. Don’t worry, you can also resize it later.
- Next, the shape will be inserted as follows. Click on the outline of the shape to select it. Then you can rotate and resize it as required.
- If you need to insert the same shape again, you can just copy and paste the shape. You don’t need to insert a new shape again. Select the shape and press CTRL+C to copy it. Then press CTRL+V to paste it there.
- Now you can select and drag the shapes to align them properly. Use CTRL+Select to select multiple shapes. Then select Shape Format >> Arrange >> Align. Now you can align them to the center and distribute them vertically to keep even spaces between them. Clicking elsewhere will unselect them.
- Now, select a cell and start typing the names of the sequential operations as shown in the picture below.
- Then, insert arrows to link the shapes representing the operations or processes. You can also insert text boxes to add labels to the arrows.
- After that, select the shapes and format them properly from the home tab. Finally, you will see the following result.
2. Use SmartArt Graphic
Alternatively, you can create a workflow in excel by inserting SmartArt Graphic. Follow the steps below to be able to do that.
- First, select Insert >> Illustrations >> SmartArt as shown in the following picture.
- Next, choose and select a SmartArt Graphic, and then click OK.
- After that, the SmartArt Graphic will be inserted as follows. You can activate the SmartArt Design tab by clicking on the SmartArt Graphic.
- Now type the names of the processes for your workflow in the text panes at the left. Then, press Enter to add more shapes.
- Finally, format the SmartArt Graphic as in the earlier method to get the following result.
3. Create a Workflow from Excel Templates
You can also create a workflow from the flowchart templates in excel. Follow the steps below to be able to do that.
- First, click on the File menu. Then select More Templates.
- Now type Flowchart in the search bar and click on the search icon. Next, choose a template from the list and then click on it.
- After that, click on the Create button to create a workflow from the template.
Things to Remember
- You can right-click on a shape to format it as required.
- You should lick on the outline of a shape to select it.
Now you know how to create a workflow in excel in 3 different ways. Hopefully, this article has helped you to do that. Please use the comment section below for further queries or suggestions. You can also visit our ExcelDemy blog to explore more about excel. Stay with us and keep learning. | <urn:uuid:382c55d9-c140-41e8-a998-7a59f15e945f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.exceldemy.com/create-a-workflow-in-excel/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.891464 | 866 | 3.3125 | 3 |
How to prepare for safaris in Africa
When sending to African safari, newcomers inevitably arise a lot of questions. What clothes to take? What to put in the first-aid kit? Do I need to make vaccinations? We will respond to these and other questions in this material.
Word «safari» came to Europe from Sugili. Literal translation means «we go» – This is how African hunters say, going down to extract the beast. However, in the tourist sphere, safari has long ceased to be the designation exclusively hunting. Most travelers go to African savanna to just watch wild animals in a natural environment. Therefore, we will not describe the choice of weapons, and focus on the general issues that will inevitably come up as «Militarists», so I «Pacifists».
Choose clothes: do not be like zebra
Perhaps this advice can be considered key to departure on safari. It must be remembered that it is not about visiting the trendy salons of Paris. In the savanna, tourists will focus not on the appearance of the group participants, but on animals. Yes, and dangerous animals are better not to irritate the closure of screaming shades. Experienced Tour Operator Guides Altezza, organizing Safari from Zanzibar, advise to choose natural flowers: brown, sandy, olive green or khaki.
Here, that you will need first, both a man and a woman:
- shirt with long sleeves;
- Light pants (best of cotton);
- Windbreaker or fleece jacket;
- several t-shirts;
- hat or cap;
- Tracking sneakers or boots.
If you have departure to Africa in the rainy season, it will be cool at night. Therefore, the list of clothes should include a hooded raincoat, a scarf, sweater and warm socks.
Man’s first-aid kit
Africa has long ceased to be a wild place, most countries work is a good medical system. However, it should be borne in mind that safari passes away from large cities. Therefore, in case of force majeure in the first-aid kit there should be necessary tools. These include: Tablets from diarrhea, antibiotics, analgesics, antiallergenic and antiviral drugs. Be sure to be stocking antiseptics (including creams and napkins), plaster, tweezers and lip balsam. But the repellents are better to buy in place – those that act on the Mosquito of the Central Strip of Russia are not always effective against their African fellow.
Lick from yellow fever
For entry into some countries, Africa (for example, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda) will need a certificate of vaccination against yellow fever. Do such a vaccination better no later than 10 days before departure because it can cause some malaise. Like other vaccines – from typhoid, tetanus, hepatitis and t.D., This is fully your choice. Contrary to the stereotype, grab these (and others) infections in the same Tanzania – Much more complicated than in Egypt with his busy tourist traffic. | <urn:uuid:794fb8a1-5b22-40e7-a707-13d111d225d4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://tribtowns.com/how-to-prepare-for-safaris-in-africa/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00676.warc.gz | en | 0.913434 | 646 | 1.851563 | 2 |
The first wave of payments apps on Apple’s newly platformized apps are: Venmo, the P2P payments platform from PayPal; Square Cash, from mobile payments service Square; and Circle, a bitcoin wallet and all-around money transfer service.
The services themselves are “apps” on the two platforms, and permission must be given for them to move into Siri and iMessage. Once there, they work well — it’s no accident that these three services are among the most user-friendly of all the fintech apps out there. Neobank Moven, another app that generally runs near the head of the pack, is in development for both platforms as well.
A test of Square Cash shows that the recipient needs to be on iOS 10 as well, though it’s not clear why since iMessage takes the recipient straight to his Square Cash app.
As for why payments only work through apps and are not native to iMessage using Apple Pay, as they are native to Facebook Messenger, Brian Roemmele, payments guru and CEO of Payfinders, told Bank Innovation to stay tuned because more is on the way:
Slow process. This is the way of Apple. They opened the API and we have Venmo + Square Cash + others. So the process is starting where before there were zero payments.
We will see other commercial payments by 3rd quarter 2017.
It will be very big.
Voice commerce, via Siri and Alexa and others, is Roemmele’s current hobby, and the next battleground for chat and payments.
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The 11am Anzac Day service in Nubeena was presided over by well-known local veterans, Les Rowe and Don Sutherland, as well as being very well attended by residents and visitors alike.
Don Sutherland spoke about the Anzac legend that was born in Anzac Cove, Gallipoli in 1915, only 14 years into the life on our fledgling nation. That it was the personal sacrifice, for an ideal and a way of life, of those World War 1 diggers (none of whom remain) World War 2, The Korean Conflict, The Vietnam War and various peacekeeping missions that is the tragic cost of those wars. He went on to remind us that 2000 Australians are still serving overseas.
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Whether you found yourself in a ballet class at a young age or simply grabbed your teddy bear to move with Beauty and the Beast, most women have found themselves enthralled by dance at some point in their lives. Dance is a universal language that every culture shares. Exercise, therapy, art – dance encompasses all of these things. So even if you do not find yourself pulling on tights and ballet slippers, dancing can be a marvelous hobby to take up.
Maybe you saw an ad for an adult beginner ballet class in the local newspaper and want to give it a try. Or maybe you have been eyeing that dance fitness class at the gym. Do not let uncertainty impede from having a fun time or discovering a new passion. Dance is for anybody. You do not need to be a prima ballerina to enjoy moving to music.
- Physical activity with varying degrees of intensity
- Release stress
- Tons of styles to try
- Various types of classes to try
- Boosts creativity
Dance has a plethora of genres influenced from every corner of the globe. Classical and Modern Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary, and Hip-Hop are the mainstays, but we can’t forget Tap, Bellydance, Pole dancing, Burlesque, Swing and Ballroom dancing either.
Most dance studios offer adult versions of these classes with several levels based on how much you know. To know whether or not you are getting the best instruction, look to the education of the instructors. Accredited programs like Dance Masters of America or college degrees are excellent signs of someone who can teach ethically.
There are the ‘dance fitness’ classes popping up in gyms everywhere. Zumba or CiZE, for example, are wonderful outlets that simultaneously sculpt your body while incinerating calories.
In a therapeutic sense, dance can help you overcome stress or other disorders – both mental and physical. There is a facilitation of the mind-body connection with dance often seen present in a yoga class. Because dance is often defined as the expression of an abstract idea, you can vocalize your issues without ever actually speaking about them.
Dance therapy classes are used to provide people with outlets from eating disorders, depression, autism, anxiety, PTSD, and physical disabilities. But if you can’t find a dance therapy class, heading to Zumba or Adult Jazz can have the same effect.
I can attest to the healing powers of dance. Having suffered from an eating disorder and depression, as well as an autoimmune disorder, in my late teens and early twenties, I turned to dancing as an outlet for the intense pain I felt.
Whenever I danced the way I felt, a burden was lifted from my shoulders. I saw and felt things more clearly and could sort through the issues I was dealing with. The low intensity movement healed my famished body. I could also tap into the femininity that I thought I’d lost.
In case you need some more convincing, here is a list of dancers who were saved by their art:
- Eugene Louis Faccuito, also known as Luigi, the Ambassador of Jazz
- Evgeny Smirnov and Jean Sok are both one-legged breakdancers
- Mikayla Holmgren, the ballerina with Down Syndrome
- Sudha Chandran
- Anna Halprin, who literally “danced her cancer”
- Steve Paxton
- Nancy Stark Smith
- Deborah Roach, the one-armed pole dancer
Through dance, these people and many others out there have overcome serious hurdles in their lives.
Now, before you go purchasing some split-sole sneakers and sign up for street dancing, take a moment to consider the down sides.
- Can be dangerous for those not physically fit
- Can cause self-esteem issues, especially in younger dancers who may not look like the rest of the class or have troubling picking up choreography
- Money – a month of dance classes can run anywhere from $150 to $400, depending on what you are doing.
Wait a second. Didn’t I just say that dance is for everybody? Yes, I did. But there is something I can’t preface enough. Just like you can’t expect to go into the gym and start Olympic power-lifting without some proper guidance, you should not waltz into just any dance class.
You need to consider your fitness level or any previous injuries that may alter the way you move. Though this is more of a precaution for dance studio classes focusing on technique rather than a workout, put the caveat in the back of your mind for fitness classes as well.
Is the instructor warming up your body appropriately? Are you being forced into positions that cause you pain? When you leave that class, are you feeling refreshed or ill? If you find yourself giving the negative response to these questions, then it is not the class for you.
There is a difference between sore muscles and true pain. Anything that stresses the ligaments, tendons and joints can cause havoc to your physiology. Keep that in mind for children as well.
Not only do you burn calories dancing, you can overcome mental and physical hardships. Through rhythmic motion, we can connect not only to ourselves but to others. It does not matter who you are, because dance is an energy that dwells within every soul.
Even if you have two left feet, this artistic expression of self boasts some serious health benefits. One step forward and one step back does not mean you made a mistake, you are just dancing the cha-cha. | <urn:uuid:554c569f-2612-4c07-bab0-3e29465c136b> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://en.amerikanki.com/pros-cons-dance-classes/ | 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 | 0.94698 | 1,156 | 2.125 | 2 |
Rapid Separation and Laser-Induced Fluorescence Detection of Mutated DNA by Capillary Electrophoresis in a Self-Coating, Low Viscosity Polymer Matrix
The detection of point and other simple mutations in DNA is important for cancer research and diagnosis and other biological studies. Capillary electrophoresis has been successfully used for separating DNA fragments. However, a low-viscosity polymer sieving buffer for DNA separation with on-line coating has never been reported. In this paper, a new method using capillary electrophoresis with on-line coating and laser-induced fluorescence detection (CE-LIF) for screening for point or simple DNA mutations has been demonstrated. The method uses an on-line dynamic coating technique that increases capillary lifetime and analysis reproducibility, and employs a low-viscosity polymer solution, which allows the user to rinse the capillary rapidly and refill with polymer solution easily. Experiments proved that the additives in the separation buffer for on-line capillary coating do not affect the separation efficiency of the running buffer, and do not interfere with the formation of hydrogen-bonded network between boric acid, mannitol and hydroxypropylmethylcellulose polymers. The stability of the dynamically coated capillary was quantitatively studied; the capillary lifetime was increased 6- to 7-fold compared with that of permanently coated CE columns. Standard DNA fragments containing mutations, with sizes of 209, 219, and 338 bps, were successfully separated and detected with this system, after the mutated DNA fragments were cleaved by CEL-I endonuclease. The technique is very sensitive for the size-separation of low-range, middle-range, and high-range DNA fragments. Results were compared with the HPLC methods developed by Transgenomic, Inc. And were in good agreement. The method should be applicable to mutation detection for all relevant biological and clinical studies. The factors influencing separations and the stability of dynamic capillary coatings are also discussed in the paper.
M. Du et al., "Rapid Separation and Laser-Induced Fluorescence Detection of Mutated DNA by Capillary Electrophoresis in a Self-Coating, Low Viscosity Polymer Matrix," Electrophoresis, vol. 24, no. 18, pp. 3147-3153, Electrophoresis 2003, WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, Sep 2003.
The definitive version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elps.200305572
2005 IEEE Instrumentationand Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings
Missouri State University
Keywords and Phrases
Capillary Electrophoresis; DNA Mutation; Dynamic Coating
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
Article - Journal
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Dr. Thipendra P Singh
- B.Sc. (PCM), Agra University, Agra
- MCA, KNIT Sultanpur
- M.Tech, UPTU, Lucknow.
- Ph.D. (Computer Science), Jamia Millia Islamia Central University, New Delhi
Area of Specialization
- Soft Computing, Machine Intelligence, Pattern Recognition
Research & Publications:-
- T P Singh, Dr. Suraiya Jabin. “Enlargement of Noise Immunity in Bidirectional Associative Memory (BAM) using Genetic Algorithm”, International Journal of Applied Pattern Recognition, Inderscience. (under review)
- Amit Singh, Somesh Kumar, and T P Singh. "Analysis of Hopfield Associative Memory with Combination of MC Adaptation Rule and an Evolutionary Algorithm". International Journal of Computer Applications 78(11):37-42, September 2013. Published by Foundation of Computer Science, New York, USA
- T P Singh, Dr. Suraiya Jabin, “Evolving Connection Weights for Pattern Storage and Recall in Hopfield Model of Feedback Neural Networks using Genetic Algorithm”, International Journal on Soft Computing, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp 55-63, May 2012
- T P Singh, Dr. M P Singh, Somesh Kumar, “Performance Analysis of Hopfield Model of Neural Network with Evolutionary Approach for Pattern Recalling”, International Journal of Engineering Science & Technology(IJEST), Vol. 2(4), 504-511, 2010.
- TP Singh, Dr. Suraiya Jabin, and Manisha Singh, “Evolving Weight Matrices to increase the Capacity of Hopfield Neural Network Associative Memory using Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithm” Proceedings of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Computing Research (ICCIC) held at Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India, ICCIC 2010, art. no. 5705809, pp. 434-438, doi 10.1109/ICCIC.2010.5705809 | <urn:uuid:38f5ef9e-9151-47cf-bf3a-e3c42a99f8a0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.upes.ac.in/schools-faculty/computer-science/dr-thipendra-p-singh | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00071.warc.gz | en | 0.710249 | 455 | 1.53125 | 2 |
Love Data Week 14-18 February 2022 - Recordings
Maynooth University Library hosted Love Data Week during the week of 14-18 February, 2022. The hashtag is #lovedata22. Similar to Open Access Week, the purpose of Love Data Week is to raise awareness and build a community to engage on topics related to research data management, open data, citizen science and many others and to encourage sharing, preservation, and re-use of data. Love Data Week highlights the importance of data and the many uses and applications arising from it. This year the theme is Data For Everyone.
Maynooth University Library is marked this event with a series of talks and workshops by students and by data specialists from on and off campus all showcasing different aspects of the use and engagement with data across Maynooth University and elsewhere, especially open data. This year the event was fully online and talks have been recorded with presenter permission. The programme of events can be found HERE. There are also two SWAY exhibitions on Data for Everyone – Data Books and Clericus: From analogue to digital, which is also available through the programe or below.
Love Data Week is a social media event coordinated by research data specialists, mostly but not exclusively working in academic and research libraries or data archives or centres. We believe research data are the foundation of the scholarly record and crucial for advancing our knowledge of the world around us.
Clericus: From analogue to digital – Sway Exhibition
Data for Everyone: Data Books - Sway Exhibition
Library Data Infographic - Link
Journey of a Dataset- Dermot Lynott, Maynooth University - Recording Here
Series of webinars from SFI Centre for Research Training in Foundations of Data Science including:
Pattern Based prediction: a new machine learning method for detecting population outbreaks - Gabriel Rodrigues Palma
Urbanization and Environmental Drivers of Circadian Rhythms - Jack Kilgallen, Victor Nagahama and Oluwayomi Akinfenwa
Voulez-vous voter avec moi ce soir: Exploring 2017 French Presidential Election Results - Kevin Horan, Gabriel Rodrigues Palma, Conor Hackett, Niloufar Pourshir Sefidi
Terrain-AI: Data and technology to support improved carbon measurement and monitoring - Dr Stephanie Keogh & Daire Walsh Terrain-Ai, National Centre for Geocomputation, MUSSI
- Coming Soon
Ireland's Open Data Initiative - Rhoda Kerins, Head of the Open Data Unit in the Department of Expenditure & Reform - Recording Here
Marine Open Data Science and Product Development - Trevor Alcorn, Marine and Coastal Unit GIS Specialist
- Link coming soon
Work values of 17/18 year olds in growing up in Ireland - Bharvi Dhall, SFI CRT in Foundations of Data Science, Maynooth University - Recording Here
How far is too far? Distance-based diagnositcs applied to count data - Darshana Jayakumari, Hamilton Institute, Maynooth University - Recording Here
The Benefits of Altmetric’s Explorer for Maynooth University Researchers - Ciarán Quinn, Research Support Librarian, MU Library
An Introduction to the Altmetric Explorer - How it can help you track the attention your work creates - Michelle Herbert, Engagement Manager, Altmetric - Recording for Both Here
Publishing in Insights, the UKSG peer-reviewed journal - Lorraine Estelle, Editor of "Insights" - Recording Here
Rich data sources for music and sound analysis - Dr. Joe Timoney, Computer Science, Maynooth University - Recording Here
Love Data Week 2023 will take place 13 - 17 February.
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Good luck to all our pupils sitting them this year, Pob Lwc!
Regulations – Make sure you understand the rules
1. Be on time for all your exams. If you are late, your work might not be accepted
2. Do not become involved in any unfair or dishonest practice during the exam.
3. If you try to cheat, or break the rules in any way, you could be disqualified from all your subjects.
4. You must not take into the exam room
5. Do not use correcting pens, fluid or tape, erasable pens, highlighters or gel pens in your answers.
6. Do not talk to or try to communicate with, or disturb other candidates once the exam has started.
7. You must not write inappropriate, obscene or offensive material.
8. You are not permitted to leave the exam room before the published finish time of the exam.
9. Do not borrow anything from another candidate during the exam.
Potential technological/web enabled sources of information such as an iPod, an iWatch, a mobile phone, an MP3/4 player or a wrist watch which has a data storage device
Any pencil cases taken into the exam room must be see-through.
Remember: possession of unauthorised material is breaking the rules, even if you do not intend to use it, and you will be subject to penalty and possible disqualification.
Information – Make sure you attend your exams and bring what you need
1. All morning exams begin at 9:00 a.m. Afternoon exams begin at 1:00 p.m. Do not go to registration or assembly if you have an exam, you should go straight to the exam room making sure that you arrive at least 10 minutes before the start of the exam.
2. If an afternoon exam is longer than 2½ hours you will have to make your own arrangements for transport home if you normally travel on a school bus.
3. If you arrive late for an exam, report to reception. If you arrive more than one hour after the published starting time for the exam, you may not be allowed to take it.
4. Only take into the exam room the pens, pencils, erasers and any other equipment which you need for the exam.
5. You must write in black ink. Coloured pencils or inks may only be used for diagrams, maps, charts, etc. unless the instructions printed on the front of the question paper state otherwise.
1. If you use a calculator:
make sure it works properly; check that the batteries are working properly;
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remove any parts such as cases, lids or covers which have printed instructions or formulas;
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It is a sad fact that the very hormones we need to stay young can cause adverse effects as we age. Consumption of cruciferous vegetables, however, can favorably alter one's hormone profile.
Scientists have identified specific extracts from cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc.) that modulate hormones in a way to help maintain healthy cell division. For instance, animal studies have shown that the cruciferous vegetable extract indole-3-carbinol (I3C) modulates estrogen hormones by favorably changing the ratio of protective 2-hydroxyestrone versus the damaging 16-hydroxyestrone. Indole-3-carbinol also induces phase I and II detoxifying enzymes that can help neutralize estrogen metabolites and xenobiotic estrogen-like environmental chemicals. Human studies support the beneficial role of I3C in positively altering estrogen metabolism. Di-indolyl-methane (DIM), a phytonutrient found in cruciferous vegetables, has been shown in animal studies to help maintain normal levels of a potentially damaging estrogen called 4-hydroxyestrone.
The glucosinolates are major constituents of cruciferous vegetables that have been shown to promote normal apoptosis and induce the expression of the beneficial p53 gene via an estrogen-independent action.
Watercress contains isothiocyanates, but in a broader spectrum than does broccoli. The primary isothiocyanate precursor (PEiTC) in watercress functions via four specific mechanisms to maintain healthy cell division. Extracts from rosemary enhance liver metabolism of estradiol and estrone, inhibits the formation of DNA adducts, and have been shown to impede estrogen-induced growth promotion in certain tissues.
Based on a growing body of evidence that cruciferous vegetable extracts (in addition to I3C) provide bountiful health benefits, Life Extension has reformulated its I3C supplements to more closely resemble what one would obtain from a vegetable-rich diet.
For those weighing less than 160 pounds, just one capsule a day of Dual-Action Cruciferous Vegetable Extract provides optimal potencies. Those weighing over 160 pounds should consider taking one capsule twice a day.
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Wouldn’t it be lovely to wake up each day to find money magically appearing in my bank account? Generating a passive income is a common financial goal. Yet despite numerous methods available for achieving this, many consider it an elusive dream rather than a reality. But what if I said that making money while sleeping is not only easy, but also requires next to no effort and could cost as little as sacrificing a morning coffee?
Here in the UK, a coffee costs around £3. For those dedicated to their morning cup, that’s a monthly expense of around £90 or up to £1,095 per year. Simply cutting out this expenditure could already save a significant amount of money. But how can I use these savings to generate a passive income? That’s where the stock market comes into play, specifically dividends.
Making money while I sleep
For those completely new to this concept, dividends are a form of payment shareholders receive for simply being shareholders. That’s because when an investor buys shares, they’ve just purchased a small piece of business. And as an owner, that entitles them to a cut of the profits even though they aren’t helping run the company.
Not all stocks pay dividends. Typically, high growth or young enterprises prefer to retain their profits to reinvest in new projects. If these projects prove successful, the underlying business becomes more valuable and the share price increases, rewarding shareholders through capital gains instead.
With that in mind, it shouldn’t be too surprising that dividends are usually paid by mature companies. This also means they’re often established leaders in their industries, reducing some of the risk associated with an investment.
Take Imperial Brands or Persimmon as examples. Both of these industry leaders currently pay an impressive 9% dividend yield. That means my £1,095 coffee-sourced savings could be generating 9% interest each year or £98.55.
That may not seem like much. But compared to the measly 0.6% interest generated by an average savings account, it’s quite an improvement, even more so when considering the wealth-killing effects of inflation. What’s more, if this passive income is reinvested, and both stocks continue to deliver the same level of dividends, then after five years, that £98.55 turns into £589.79.
To put this into perspective, that’s roughly the same as 196 coffees. And after 10 years, it grows to just under 500 cups of coffee a year. Needless to say, that’s a lot of caffeine!
Generating passive income has its risks
As exciting as the concept of passively generated income may be, investing in the stock market, even in mature businesses, has risks. After all, dividends are only as good as their underlying companies. If profits start to fall, payments are likely to get cut or could potentially disappear altogether. And even if dividends are maintained, the same may not be true for the share price. Suppose the stock were to tumble? In that case, the gains from passive income could be cancelled out by the losses on my invested capital.
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United Lodge of Theosophists
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Articles published by H. P. Blavatsky and William Q. Judge first appeared in the nineteenth-century Theosophical magazines, the Theosophist, Lucifer, the Path, and some others. They are available in book and pamphlet form.Articles by H. P. Blavatsky
Books by H.P. Blavatsky
Isis UnveiledThis book, totaling more than 1300 pages in two volumes, was the first to issue from the pen of H.P.B., published in 1877. Isis Unveiled unites a historical review of religious and scientific ideas with the spirit of the quest for truth. Of special interest to the West is the investigation of the origins of Christianity, including exhaustive study of the teachings of the gnostic sects of the first centuries, and an explanation of the mystery of Jesus. The first truly scientific account of the vast subject of "Magic" is offered in this work, which has for its sub-title: "A Master-Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science and Theology."
Photographic facsimile of the Original Edition, the two volumes bound in one.
ISBN 0-938998-01-3 — 20.00
The Secret DoctrineIn 1888, eleven years after the appearance of Isis Unveiled, H.P.B. completed and published The Secret Doctrine — “The Synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy.” The systematic character of this work is revealed by the subjects treated at length in its pages: Cosmogenesis, Cosmic Evolution, Anthropogenesis, the Evolution of Symbolism, the Archaic Symbolism of the World-Religions, Science and the Secret Doctrine Contrasted. The Secret Doctrine differs from Isis in that it deliberately unfolds a specific teaching about the nature of things. In the Introductory pages of Volume I, H.P. Blavatsky wrote: The Secret Doctrine is not a treatise, or a series of vague theories, but contains all that can be given out to the world in this century." The Secret Doctrine is, therefore, the basic source of the Theosophical teachings in this cycle.
Facsimile edition, two volumes in one.
ISBN 0-938998-00-5 — 25.00
ISBN 0-938998-02-1 — 6.00
The Secret Doctrine and Index— 29.00
The Key To TheosophyDesigned by H.P.B. to afford a general perspective on the Theosophical teaching - and on the Theosophical Movement. In respect to the latter, the Key is an invaluable reference text (310 pages). The Key was published in 1889, to trace, as its author said, the broad outlines of the Wisdom Religion. This book is in the form of questions and answers — a dialogue between an Inquirer and a Theosophist — explaining fundamental principles, and meeting, at the same time, the various objections raised by the average Western inquirer. Unfamiliar concepts are presented in clear language, and as simply as possible.
ISBN 0-938998-03-X — 7.00
The Theosophical GlossaryTheosophical books contain many unfamiliar conceptions, terms and allusions without adequate definition or explanation in available dictionaries and encyclopedias. The Theosophical Glossary, published in 1892, meets this need. The Glossary provides 389 pages of definitions and brief philosophical essays by H.P. Blavatsky on terms and subjects of the Theosophical teaching.
Facsimile of Original Edition.
ISBN 0-938998-04-8 — 17.00
The Voice Of The SilenceThis rendition into English of selected passages from “The Book of Golden Precepts” appeared in 1889, with the inscription by H.P.B., “for the daily use of disciples”. Of surpassing beauty in expression, it is a manual of devotion which thrills with the majestic purpose of the Saviors of mankind.
ISBN 0-938998-06-4 — 8.00
Transactions Of The Blavatsky LodgeIn 1889, when H.P.B. was in London, the weekly meetings of the Blavatsky Lodge was devoted to the discussion of the archaic “Stanzas” on which The Secret Doctrine is based. Transactions provides 150 pages of H.P.B.'s answers to metaphysical and scientific questions, as stenographically reported, and afterwards revised by her for publication. It also includes an extensive treatise on Dreams.
ISBN 0-938998-05-6 — 7.00
A Modern PanarionThis book was first published in 1895 by the Theosophical Society as a memorial of H.P.B.'s life and work. It offers articles she wrote before the Society was formed, which appeared in the press of that day, in spiritualistic journals, as well as many which were published in the early days of the Movement in various magazines, including the Theosophist. Students wishing to become better acquainted with the spirit of the opening years of the Theosophical Movement in the nineteenth century will appreciate this volume (504 pages).
Facsimile of Original Edition.
ISBN 0-938998-22-6 — 16.00
Books by William Q. Judge
The Ocean Of TheosophyThe need for a simple, concise statement of Theosophical teachings was met by Mr. Judge with publication of this book in 1893. It first appeared as a series of newspaper articles, in which the writer set forth all the major doctrines of the philosophy, dealing with questions that might naturally occur to the average reader. Years of experience in the use of the Ocean as a text in Theosophical study classes have proved it a provocative approach to the Theosophical philosophy as a whole. It has 153 pages.
ISBN 0-938998-07-2 — 7.50
The Scope Of ReincarnationFrom the Ocean of Theosophy
(paperbound) — 5.00
ISBN 0-938998-28-5 — 5.00
The Bhagavad–GitaThere are many translations of this Hindu scripture, but few, if any, can compare in either philosophical clarity or literary excellence with this rendition by Mr. Judge.
ISBN 0-938998-09-9 — 8.50
Notes On The Bhagavad–GitaThese "Notes" are a companion to the Gita. Mr. Judge wrote seven of the articles. These, however, constitute more than half of the volume, the remaining chapters being written by Robert Crosbie, an associate and student of Mr. Judge.
ISBN 0-938998-10-2 — 5.00
Letters That Have Helped MeIn the early days of the Theosophical Movement in the United States, Mr. Judge was in intimate contact with American students, with whom he maintained a large correspondence. Letters That Have Helped Me is a compilation of his counsels. Mr. Judge's wise and gentle words are a revelation of his understanding of the subtleties of human nature, and of the great depth and strength of heart he possessed as a teacher and a friend.
ISBN 0-938998-08-0 7.00
Patanjali's Yoga AphorismsThis ancient treatise on self-control - sometimes called "Yoga" - is useful only to students with a thorough grounding in the Theosophical philosophy, for such knowledge on the part of the reader is assumed throughout. To this rendition of the Aphorisms of Patanjali, Mr. Judge has added brief explanatory paragraphs following many of the verses.
ISBN 0-938998-11-0 — 5.00
“Forum” AnswersThe Theosophical Forum, a pamphlet-like periodical, was launched in April, 1889, and issued monthly thereafter to members of the Theosophical Society in America. It presented answers to Theosophical questions, written by various persons, and was sent without charge to branches and members. Only the replies by Mr. Judge (those which can be clearly identified) are included in this book, arranged in the sequence in which they originally appeared in the Forum, from May, 1889, through February, 1896.
ISBN 0-938998-27-7 — 8.00
In addition to The Bhagavad–Gita, together with Mr. Judge's invaluable commentaries (Notes on The Bhagavad-Gita), the Theosophy Company makes available other ancient texts of clear Theosophical import:
The DhammapadaThis is said to be the purest recorded form of Buddha's teaching, in a special Theosophical edition published in 1955.
ISBN 0-938998-16-1 — 5.00
Selections From The Upanishads And Tao Te King
Here, published in one volume, are represented two of the great scriptures of ancient Theosophy. These, together withThe Bhagavad-Gita and The Dhammapada, afford the student suggestive evidence that profound philosophy has always spoken a common language.
ISBN 9-938998-15-3 --5.00
The Light Of AsiaThough this book is not strictly speaking an “ancient scripture,” no student of Gautama Buddha can fail to feel that Sir Edwin Arnold's epic poem, The Light of Asia, is a beautifully compelling and philosophically accurate rendering of Buddha's life and teaching.
ISBN 0-938998-17-X 6.00
The Friendly PhilosopherThe writings of Robert Crosbie are included among the books belonging to the Theosophical literature for the reason that students have found them of great help in clarifying the teaching and as a practical guide in the Theosophical life. The Friendly Philosopher was compiled from his letters, talks and articles, published fifteen years after his death by appreciative students.
ISBN 0-938998-13-7 —13.00
Universal TheosophyA smaller paperbound book of Mr. Crosbie's work — 6.00
La Teosofia UniversalRobert Crosbie's Universal Theosophy in Spanish
ISBN 0-938998-36-6 —6.50
Answers To Questions On The Ocean Of TheosophyFor years Mr. Crosbie conducted classes in The Ocean of Theosophy. His comments and discussion on the Ocean were taken down by students and are available in this volume.
ISBN 0-938998-12-9 6.00
Respuestas A Preguntas Sobre El Oceano De La TeosofiaRobert Crosbies's Answers to Questions in Spanish.
ISBN 0-938998-37-4 — 7.50
There are two small books which were written down by Mabel Collins, a student of the last century. Light on the Path is a guide to the world of psychic experiences and Through the Gates of Gold is a short and simple treatise. Both bear internal evidence of occult teaching, and are to be studied simply for the practical guidance offered to students.
Light On The Path
(paperbound) — 1.00
Through The Gates Of Gold
(paperbound) — 1.00
The Theosophical MovementA documentary history of the course of the Movement through its first seventy-five years - from 1875 to 1950. It is both a history and a critical evaluation of methods, attitudes and actions.
ISBN 0-938998-14-5 — 6.00
Five Years Of TheosophyThis is a collection of articles from the early years of the Theosophist, in facsimile of the original edition (London, 1885). A number of articles by H.P.B. are included in this volume; others of interest are by T. Subba Row, Mohini M. Chatterji, and Damodar K. Mavalankar. Of particular interest is the section entitled “Some Inquiries Suggested by Mr. Sinnett's Esoteric Buddhism”, which contains material published nowhere else. (569 pages.)
ISBN 0-938998-21-8 15.00
Theosophical Articles And NotesThe articles in this volume come from a variety of sources. They are presented here for their intrinsic worth to students of Theosophy. Also included is material from A.P. Sinnett's The Occult World, notes from Robert Bowen, a pupil of H.P.B., and notes of Countess Wachtmeister, apparently taken down from dictation by H.P.B.
ISBN 0-938998-29-3 — 16.00
Reincarnation: The Phoenix Fire MysteryAs the tide of interest in metaphysical and Eastern teachings grows, a spontaneous turning to reincarnation has seemed to result, providing a continuing harvest of human expression on this great subject.
(paperbound) — 19.00
Reincarnation: A New Horizon In Science, Religion And SocietyAn extended discussion of the doctrine of rebirth drawing on our entire historical period, with plentiful quotations from modern sources and philosophies and religions of both East and West.
The Tell–Tale Picture GalleryOccult Stories by H.P. Blavatsky and William Q. Judge
(paperbound) — 2.00
H.P.B.: The Extraordinary Life And Influence Of Helena Blavatsky, Founder Of The Modern Theosophical MovementThis is a thorough, scholarly and respectful biography. (648 pages)
Books for Children
The Eternal VeritiesWherever there is a growing center of Theosophical work, the need is soon felt for materials appropriate for teaching the young. The Eternal Verities is a book for children, prepared after many years of experience. It is a book for the children themselves, containing lessons, illustrations, and many stories which embody the age-old ethics of the Wisdom Religion.
(paperbound) — 8.50
Teacher's Manual And Guider To The Eternal VeritiesThis manual was designed for the use of parents and teachers, in connection with The Eternal Verities. It will be found an extremely practical aid in all phases of Theosophical education.
Extracts From “GORGO”By charles Kelsey Gaines (available in english and Spanish)
pamphlet — 1.50
Theosophy MagazineGeneral articles contributed by present-day students bring the light of Theosophy to bear on contemporary problems and suggest applications of the philosophy in terms of daily life. A department of survey and review, “On the Lookout”, discusses the relation between Theosophy and current thought in many fields of inquiry. The magazine maintains a correspondence department to aid students and inquirers on matters of Theosophical history and philosophy. Sample copy on request. Issued monthly.
Yearly subscription ISSN 0040-5906 — 15.00
The Theosophical MovementA monthly Theosophical magazine for students, similar to Theosophy, published by the Theosophy Company (India) Private Ltd. For the convenience of American readers, subscriptions may be sent to The Theosophy Company in Los Angeles. The rate is 12.00 per year. (Subscriptions to The Theosophical Movement begin with the November issue.)
VidyaA bi-monthly magazine offering current articles on the Theosophical philosophy and the Theosophic life, and renditions and commentaries on ancient texts. Yearly subscription is 12.00. Order from: Vidya, 1407 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101.
Through the years Theosophy has made available to students the original periodical literature of the Movement, by publishing the articles written by H.P.B. and Mr. Judge. All these articles are available in book form, under the title, Theosophical Articles. The articles of Mr. Judge are available in two volumes, with a subject index; the articles of Madame Blavatsky are in three volumes, also with index. These books are invaluable reference works, prepared for the benefit of serious students.
Theosophical ArticlesBy H. P. Blavatsky (set of three volumes), cloth.
ISBN 0-938998-26-9 — 48.00
Theosophical ArticlesBy Wm. Q. Judge (set of two volumes), cloth.
ISBN 0-938998-20-X — 32.00
Individual pamphlets consisting of these articles are available at 2.00 each. (Order a list of Periodical Literature of the The Theosophical Movement.) Two Replies by Wm. Q. Judge in connection with “Issues in the T.S.” (27) is also available at 4.50.
The Theosophist (Volume I)Photographic reprint of the original
Five Messages To American TheosophistsBy H. P. Blavatsky, this pamphlet consists of her letters to several Theosophical Conventions in the United States. These “Messages” are valuable as statements of the general purposes of the Movement and as guides in carrying on the work.
There is a booklet and two pamphlets by William Q. Judge. Echoes From the Orient, like the Ocean, was first printed as a series of newspaper articles (64 pages). The Epitome of Theosophy states the philosophy in outline. Reincarnation and Karma is perhaps the best brief introduction to Theosophy that is available. It includes the “Aphorisms on Karma.”
Pamphlets of general interest, varying in length, include Theosophy Simply Stated; Conversations on Theosophy, which presents the “Fundamental Propositions” of The Secret Doctrine; Practical Theosophy, a helpful essay on Theosophy; and What is Death? a brief consideration of the meaning of death in the context of reincarnation, with a significant passage from H.P. Blavatsky directed to “those who mourn.”
What Is Theosophy? — Its Nonsectarian SpiritThis is a collation from the writings of H.P. Blavatsky, focusing on the purpose which its statements were originally designed to serve — the establishment of “Theo-Sophia,” Divine Wisdom — 1.00
Fundamentals Of TheosophyThis collation, also from Madame Blavatsky, is extended from the orientation provided by the Three Fundamental Propositions of Theosophy as formulated by H.P.B. in her Secret Doctrine and draws upon her major works and articles. This pamphlet attempts to provide the student with a philosophical bridge between the specific doctrines of Theosophy and the inspiration of one's own investigative spirit. — 1.00
States After DeathThis pamphlet is a comparison of Theosophical teachings with Spiritualist ideas. This pamphlet presents the foundation for an intelligent faith in the spiritual existence of the human ego. — 1.00
Hypnotism — A Psychic Malpractice — 1.50
The United Lodge Of Theosophists — Its Mission And Its FutureThis pamphlet briefly sets forth the history of the United Lodge of Theosophists as an expression of the Theosophical Movement. It acquaints inquirers with its platform and policies. — 1.00
Karma And ReincarnationCollated from the writings of H.P. Blavatsky — 2.00
The Mind And Its PowersCollated from the writings of H.P. Blavatsky and Wm. Q. Judge — 1.00
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Numerical estimates of the pathogenicity of Staphyloccus aureus strains were made for phage-typed strains from a relative incidence of significant to nonsignificant isolates from hospital patients. For a specific phage-patterned strain, the number of isolates from significant (wounds, abscesses, blood, etc.) sites was divided by the number of isolates from nonsignificant (respiratory tract, body surfaces, etc.) sites. This value, multiplied by 100, was the index of infection potential (IIP), IIP values for the S. aureus strains studied ranged from a low of 8 to a high of 50. The average IIP for all phage-patterned strains that occurred 50 or more times was 20. There was an inverse relationship between length of the phage pattern (number of the 26 typing phages that lysed the strain) and pathogenicity. Those strains with shorter phage patterns had higher IIP values and were more pathogenic. Strains lysed by one phage had an average IIP of 27, whereas those lysed by 18 phages had an average IIP of 14.
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Where History Happens.
In 1909, the Louisa Hotel opened its doors, welcoming Asian immigrants arriving to work in the booming Alaskan canneries. By the ‘20s and ‘30s the Chinatown/International District was abuzz with people, setting the stage for the neighborhood you know and love today.
Louisa Hotel began its journey in 1909, known briefly as the Hudson Hotel.
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Sailors from the US Navy also stayed at The Louisa Hotel, and like their immigrant neighbors, left their mark on the building through murals and notes on the walls of their rooms.
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Have a child with ADHD? These alternative treatments for ADHD are backed by science.
If you are the parent of a child with ADHD, or even an adult struggling with attention problems, it is difficult to make a choice in how to treat the issue.
Some individuals believe that ADHD is not so much a “disorder” that requires medication as a learning difference that simply requires modification in social and academic approaches. Other parents are afraid that going the medical route will damage their child physiologically and make the child feel like something is “wrong” with them. Some parents believe that if a medication can fix the issue, then that is the right way to go.
However, recent studies have found that traditional ADHD medication comes with a host of unwanted side effects- including medication dependency, lethargy, mood swings, anxiety, weight gain, and even growth retardation. This has caused many parents (as well as adults with ADHD) to search for alternative treatment options for ADHD.
The treatment of ADHD is no longer considered as a one-size solution for all children or adults in most medical practices. The best way to address the issue is on an individual basis. Some individuals with ADHD may be able to see improvement taking natural methods alone. Some may see positive results from medication alone with minimal side effects.
However, in many cases, a variety of treatment methods will produce the most consistent results. If you are someone facing the issue of how to treat ADHD in yourself or a child in your care, discuss the following science-based alternative treatment options for ADHD with your caregiver so you can work together to develop the most comprehensive treatment plan with minimal psychological impact.
Homeopathy is the process of administering a diluted form of treatment based on the idea that “like heals like.” Although homeopathy as a whole has been shown to be generally ineffective in scientific studies, a few studies have pointed to homeopathy as effective in the treatment of ADHD if it is done on an individualized basis. The most well-known study was conducted by Swiss researchers in 2001.
In this study, 115 children with ADHD were prescribed homeopathic remedies based on their individual needs. Another group in the study was placed on Ritalin for three months. After the study period, 75 percent of the children in the homeopathic group responded to treatment. Only 65 percent of participants taking Ritalin responded to treatment. Children taking the homeopathic remedies saw a 55 percent improvement in symptoms while children in the Ritalin group only improved by 48 percent. Since this study was conducted on children who had specific remedies crafted specifically for them, the results may be difficult to recreate. If you choose the homeopathic remedy, make sure the ingredients are tailored specifically to the person who will be using them.
In a crossover study from 2005 published in the European Journal of Pediatrics, children were divided into two groups- one who used homeopathy and one who used placebo. After six weeks, the groups were switched. The study authors found that children taking the homeopathic remedy had improved CGI scores over children taking the placebo.
Since homeopathy can be dangerous at too-high doses, do not attempt to self-medicate using this method.
Behavior coaching and treatments can be quite effective at reducing the side effects of ADHD, according to data from the National Institute of Health. According to the largest study conducted on ADHD treatments by the National Institute of Mental Health (revised in 2009), behavior treatment combined with medication was the most effective treatment for ADHD.
Other studies show that children with ADHD suffer throughout life in relationships, school, and work because their brain functions differently from most other people. Addressing these problems from a therapy standpoint goes beyond simply providing the brain with missing nutrients or completing chemical connections. Even children who show completely reversed symptoms using medication or natural treatments will continue to benefit from ADHD behavioral therapy.
According to the National Institute of Health, how well a child with ADHD functions as an adult is dependant on how they were parented, how they get along with other children, and how well they did in school. In general, ADHD therapy addresses these three areas. Most therapists offer four types of behavioral therapy for children with ADHD:
This therapy is designed to help children develop self control and control impulse behavior. Recent research, however, has not shown this therapy method to be particularly effective.
This therapy is more for caregivers than the child. This helps the caregivers to provide the right environment for a child with ADHD. One common CBT method offers rewards to children for positive behaviors.
Contingency management is a highly specialized behavior treatment that is usually conducted in a special facility. CM therapy is similar to CBT therapy but more intensive.
Intensive behavioral treatments combine the two above treatments for maximum effectiveness. In some cases, children are sent to a camp-like training environment to learn impulse control and other techniques that help them apply behavior management on their own.
In a 2011 study conducted by researchers from the Psychiatric Hospital of Rodewisch in Germany, it was found that there is a significant link between children with ADHD and children with celiac disease (an incompatibility with gluten). Of 67 children with ADHD, 10 also had celiac disease. Celiac disease not only causes pain and discomfort, but it can also prevent the effective absorption of nutrients from other foods.
Combined with ADHD, this means that children are lacking in vital nutrients that help the brain function properly. If a child has both ADHD and a gluten sensitivity or celiac disease, eliminating gluten may also be able to reduce ADHD symptoms after the body is able to replenish its missing nutrients. Probiotics New research is just uncovering just how important it is to have the right bacteria present in the stomach.
Some studies have linked the right bacterial balance with improvement in mental health. Other studies have found that most of the serotonin in the body is produced and absorbed through the stomach. Low levels of serotonin are linked with a variety of mental health disorders, including depression and ADHD.
In 2003, a small study published in Alternative Medicine Review found that children treated with a combination of vitamins, minerals, and probiotics showed as much symptom improvement as children on Ritalin.
A variety of vitamins and supplements have been scientifically shown to improve symptoms in individuals with ADHD in a variety of studies. Web MD reports that the following supplements and vitamins may be most effective in alleviating some of the symptoms of ADHD:
Some studies have suggested that children with ADHD have naturally lower levels of zinc in their bodies, according to data from Web MD. Other studies have found that when children deficient in zinc were given zinc supplements, their ADHD symptoms were reduced. Zinc may help most with hyperactivity, inattention, and impulsivity.
Omega-3 fats (particularly from fish oil) have been scientifically proven to alleviate some symptoms of ADHD. This helps children by improving inattentiveness, improved clear thinking, benefited behavior, and reduced hyperactivity.
B vitamins benefit the brain in multiple ways and may relieve some symptoms of ADHD. Vitamin B6 was shown to be particularly effective in reducing the symptoms of ADHD. Vitamins B12 and B9 are also beneficial for the brain.
According to multiple studies, children who supplement with ADHD show improvement in ADHD symptoms, including hyperactivity and distractibility. Other studies have shown that children with ADHD are often deficient in magnesium levels.
According to a 2012 study conducted on children with ADHD, most children in the study had abnormally low levels of GABA. The study authors suggested that since GABA helps regulate the short interval cortical inhibition (SICI) (which controls impulse control and movement), supplementing with GABA could be beneficial to children and adults with ADHD.
A variety of other issues have been linked with an increase in ADHD symptoms, such as food dyes, preservatives, and other food additives. However, there are less solid scientific studies that back the idea that all children with ADHD have the same sensitivities.
In fact, a study from 2010 published in the American Journal of Psychiatry found that although food dyes are linked to an increase in ADHD symptoms in some children- it is not true across the board. This study theorized that it was “genes influencing the action of histamine” that influenced whether a child was sensitive to dye or not. For these fringe triggers, it is a good idea to keep a food journal to determine if a particular ingredient leads to worsening ADHD symptoms.
Researchers have noted that regulated, stable schedules are helpful for individuals with ADHD. A routine can help someone with ADHD control their impulses and regulate their emotions throughout the day. Stress can have a negative effect on ADHD symptoms, so providing a stable, relaxed environment can go a long way toward reducing ADHD-related outbursts.
New therapies for ADHD have recently been explored by researchers and medical professionals to help provide alternative treatments to traditional medications for ADHD. Two new techniques are biofeedback and brainwave biofeedback. With biofeedback, patients are trained to control stress and hyperactivity through the manipulation of brain wave patterns and body responses. Since the therapies are so new, however, their effectiveness is not yet proven.
If you are the parent of a child with ADHD, or perhaps have the condition yourself, there are viable, researched alternatives to traditional medication. Whatever your reason for not wanting to medicate the condition, it is possible to control and benefit the condition through alternative means. Some individuals with ADHD may find that control through non-medicated treatments is enough to relieve symptoms, while others may find that a combination of medication and alternative treatments is best. If you are considering the treatment of ADHD without medication, discuss these alternative methods with your health care provider for the best, customized treatment plan for you.
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As with many things in our country, this has become a topic that encompasses a very large body of law. My goal in this article is to give you a base understanding of the laws and what to watch out for. As with so many of these issues it is very important that you seek legal advice when necessary. I belong to a landlord association in California where as part of my membership I receive a designated amount of free legal advice per year. I have found this alone to be worth the cost of membership, it saves me from having an attorney on retainer.
What laws govern Fair Housing? There are three primary federal sources (your individual state will most likely also have laws):
1) The Civil Rights Act of 1968
2) Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988
3) Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
These laws combined make it illegal for landlords, management company’s and agents to “discriminate” against any person in connection with housing based on the following: an individual’s race, color, religion, gender, national origin, familial status, marital status, sexual orientation, age, ancestry, source of income, medical condition, disability, and even genetic information (this area might expand as science continues to progress). Simple right – not so fast.
These are the activities considered illegal under the above criteria:
1) Denying rent or selling housing based on the status of an individual as a member of one of the above protected groups.
2) Treating applicants for housing differently based on the above protected group.
3) Advertising a discriminatory preference of limitation.
4) “Blockbusting” – The practice of persuading owners to sell property cheaply because of the fear of people of another race or class moving into the neighborhood and thus profiting by reselling at a higher price – (Google)
5) “Steering” – The practice of a landlord or other housing professional limiting choices by guiding or encouraging prospects toward or away from certain options based on the above protected group.
A violation of these acts and/or laws can bring lawsuits and fines against the property owner and management. An owner should be acutely aware that this includes resident managers, on-site employees and even maintenance staff. If there are discriminatory words or behaviors by staff the responsibility will fall on the owner.
These laws and acts are enforced by various governmental agencies and private attorneys. At the governmental level they are enforced primarily by HUD and the FHEO (Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity). The DOJ (Department of Justice) also has a hand in enforcement. When you get to the state and municipality (county and city) level there are many organizations that can take allegations of discrimination.
HUD can award civil penalties of around $16,000 per occurrence for the first offense, $37,500 for the second and $65,000 for each additional violation. The DOJ has the ability to assess fines as well as punitive damages and monetary awards.
Almost all residential housing is covered under the Fair Housing Act, this would include but not be limited to apartments, SFR (single family residences), time-shares, mobile home parks you get the idea. There are a few exceptions such as a “lodger” or even a “boarder” in a home. Also not covered (which I find odd) is senior housing facilities which require residents to be 55 years of age or older.
Most typical landlord insurance does not cover allegations of Fair Housing Violations. There is insurance that will cover what employees do on your behalf but it is costly and considered “employment practices liability” insurance.
The best thing one can do as a landlord is to have clear policies and make sure all agents (or employees) are trained so that you can document compliance.
This is a complicated area; I hope this article has made it a little clearer. OTA Real Estate courses can teach you the ins and outs of the real estate market.
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Many prospective Business School Students are searching for requirements for MBA admission in Canada. Although the criteria for accepting new students into the programs may vary, I will attempt to give an overview of documents, references, test scores, etc needed to be admitted into MBA programs in North America.
General Requirements for MBA Admission in Canada
Each school has their own admissions requirements, but the general requirements are:
If you are a foreign national, you will require a valid student visa issued by the Canadian government to study in Canada. More information regarding the applications process and requirements can be found on the Canadian governments’ website.
You will also need to have a firm grasp of the English language and a minimum of 12 years of formal education with the necessary transcripts to prove this. It is important to note that 12th-grade mathematics is a required subject for admission to this program. Most schools will want you to pass the almighty GRE or GMAT too.
If you are enrolling as a post-graduate student, it is necessary to have a relevant bachelors degree. The degree you have must be equivalent to a relevant Canadian degree in order for you to be admitted to the MBA program.
Although the requirements for each institution varies the above forms a basic guideline of the prerequisites that you can expect in order to be admitted to your chosen MBA program. Please see my detailed resource on MBA Admission Requirements. | <urn:uuid:d6a046b5-acd8-4d31-94b9-87efe1b90f7e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://workstudyvisa.com/requirements-for-mba-admission-in-canada/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571692.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812105810-20220812135810-00076.warc.gz | en | 0.939811 | 283 | 1.828125 | 2 |
For Kalpana Chawla, one of the seven astronauts who died aboard the space shuttle Columbia, the journey from small-town India to outer space was little short of remarkable.
On Sunday, residents of her hometown gathered in grief and disbelief to mourn the woman who put their town on the world map--and in the process proved that no dream is impossible, even for girls in Karnal, a drab industrial burg where rickshaws still outnumber cars, and cows amble through the streets.
`Role model for everybody'
"At the time when she became an astronaut, people still couldn't believe that a girl can do that kind of thing," said Sangareet Ghaur, 16, an 11th grader at Tagore Baal Niketan, Chawla's former high school. Ghaur had been sponsored by Chawla last year to attend NASA's summer camp for international students.
"But now in India she has shown that girls can do anything," Ghaur added. "She is a role model for everybody."
All seven astronauts who died aboard Columbia battled fierce competition from the world's brightest for cherished places in the NASA space program. But Chawla, 41, also fought her country's poverty and prejudices.
A grim starting place
Sixty percent of women are illiterate in Haryana state, where, about 80 miles north of Delhi, Karnal is located. Forty-five percent are married off by their families before they reach age 19. Female children are less prized: The region has India's highest rate of female infanticide so that fewer than eight girls are born for every 10 boys, underlining the strong societal biases against women that still persist.
Yet times are changing in India and Chawla had become far more than just a local celebrity. As India strives to assert its status as a world power, she had become a national hero, a symbol of pride in a country that has set its sights on science and technology as a way to break out of poverty. A month ago, her picture was splashed across the cover of India's leading news magazine with the headline: "Making Us Proud."
During the weekend, the entire nation mourned her death, but nowhere more so than in her hometown. Hundreds had gathered at the school to watch Columbia's landing on local television, and some already had begun setting off the firecrackers and tucking into the party snacks when word spread that contact had been lost with the shuttle's crew.
`Glory went to gloom'
"All the glory went to gloom within a matter of seconds," said Amrit Paul Singh Cheema, a family friend. "Some people started crying and then when other people heard what had happened, they started coming to the school too."
Impromptu shrines to her memory sprang up around town -- at the high school, at the house where she was born, at the stadium, at the local government offices. Residents stumbled among them, draping garlands of marigold and scattering rose petals around her candle-lit picture.
They recalled a bright, determined and ambitious young woman who always, literally, had her head in the sky. Even as a child, when teachers asked pupils to draw a picture, Chawla would draw stars and spaceships where other children drew flowers or trees, recalled Darshan Singh, a former neighbor.
An eye on the stars
"She always said, reach for the stars, and that is exactly what she did," he said.
The daughter of a wealthy local businessman, Chawla became the first woman to be accepted to the aeronautical engineering course at Punjab University. She overcame fierce opposition from her parents when she asked to be allowed to leave India in 1982 to get a master's degree at the University of Texas, friends said.
"Most parents around here won't allow their girls to travel and her parents didn't want her to travel," said Namita Alung, 17, who also attended the NASA Space Camp last summer, where she met several times with Chawla. "But now parents allow it -- my parents allowed it -- and it's all because of her and what she achieved."
Even though Chawla left India 20 years ago, and became an American citizen in the 1980s, she didn't forget her roots.
She returned regularly, and on her first mission into space, she wore a T-shirt imprinted with a message from her high school. Two days before the tragedy, she sent a message to students at her former university: "The path from dreams to success does exist," it said. "Wishing you a great journey."
Her 1997 space flight, the first by an Indian-born woman, had made her a powerful symbol of achievement.
But it was her sponsorship of local students to attend the NASA camp that may prove her most enduring legacy. Karnal may have sent the first Asian woman into space, but Chawla will not be the last, said Ghaur, who plans to become an astronaut. "Maybe I will be next," she said.
`It will continue'
Of the 10 Karnal students who have attended so far, eight are girls.
"This thing that she started . . . it will continue," said Daljit Madan, who taught Chawla English and is vice principal at her former high school. "That's the homage we will pay to her here in Karnal." | <urn:uuid:df6dde42-9ac8-4375-a907-ec441831a950> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0302030193feb03-story.html | 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 | 0.979835 | 1,119 | 2.84375 | 3 |
I posted one question already this morning and I have just one more I need help with:
"A current is flowin at 1 m/s in the direction 30 degrees east of due north. what are the velocity components in the (a) east direction and (b) north direction?"
the answers given are: a= 1* cos60 = .5 and b= 1* sin60 = .86
what I can't understand is why the answers use 60 instead of the 30 degrees stated in the question???
the illustration accompanying this problem looked like a right angle with the current closer to the y axis so 90-30 is 60 but I still don't know why 60 is used and not 30/
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March 18, 2014 – People occasionally pat their pockets to ensure they haven’t lost items of value, such as phones or wallets. Police call it a “security adjustment.” Recently, a state appeals court ruled police could not use a security adjustment, without more, as a basis to search someone.
On a summer night in 2012, Patrick Gordon was walking down the street with two friends in a high crime area. As a police squad rolled up, Gordon made a security adjustment – he patted the front pocket of his pants when he saw police.
One of the police officers later testified that individuals carrying weapons typically perform a security adjustment, consciously or unconsciously, when confronted by police. This was the primary reason police decided to search Gordon, he testified.
In Gordon’s pockets, Police found crack-cocaine, marijuana, and a .22 caliber pistol. Gordon did not have a license to carry a concealed weapon. He was arrested.
In court, Gordon filed a motion to suppress the evidence based on an illegal search, but it was denied. Ultimately, Gordon pleaded guilty to the drug and illegal gun charges.
However, in State v. Gordon, 2013AP1878-CR (March 18, 2014), a three-judge panel for the District I Court of Appeals reversed Gordon’s convictions, concluding police “did not have an objectively reasonable belief that he was armed” when they stopped him.
The panel noted that both the U.S. and Wisconsin constitutions protect persons from unlawful searches and seizures. Constitutional protections do not prohibit police from approaching people to investigate potentially criminal behavior, the panel noted.
But under Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968), the panel explained, a stop requires police to have “a reasonable suspicion supported by articulable facts that criminal activity ‘may be afoot,’ even if the officer lacks probable cause.” Reasonable suspicion depends on whether the circumstances, viewed objectively, could support the officer’s belief.
The appeals court panel reviewed the circuit court’s findings to determine that police could not form an objective belief that Gordon was carrying a concealed weapon, even though he was in a high crime area and did a “security adjustment” when he saw police.
“Without more … these findings, either taken separately or added together, do not equal the requisite objective ‘reasonable suspicion’ that ‘criminal activity’ by Gordon was ‘afoot,’” wrote Judge Ralph Adam Fine for the three-judge panel.
The case differs from State v. Matthews, 2011 WI 92, 334 Wis. 2d 455, 799 N.W.2d 911, the panel noted, in which the man police stopped was in a high crime area, was wearing a hoodie and ski mask, and appeared to approach a woman walking by herself.
The appeals court noted that stopping someone based on their location in a high crime area “has the tendency to condemn a whole population to police intrusion that, with the same additional facts, would not happen in other parts of our community.”
With respect to Gordon’s perceived “security adjustment,” the panel explained that many innocent people may occasionally pat their clothing to double-check for valuables, as the officer attested, and this may occur with more frequency in high crime areas.
“Permitting Terry stops of persons momentarily patting the outside of their clothing when the only additional facts are that those persons are in a high crime area and have seen a cruising police car would expand the individualized ‘reasonable suspicion’ requirement so far as to negate it,” Judge Fine wrote. “Accordingly, we reverse.” | <urn:uuid:4d6dd2bf-66b8-4bc9-ae38-4d287c88f813> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=11446 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570868.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808152744-20220808182744-00066.warc.gz | en | 0.967797 | 779 | 1.828125 | 2 |
Before indexing the phrases in the phrases buffer, they should be
checked carefully for consistency. A first step is to sort the phrases
alphabetically; this is done with the command C-c C-s
reftex-index-sort-phrases). It will sort all phrases in the
buffer alphabetically by search phrase. If you want to group certain
phrases and only sort within the groups, insert empty lines between the
groups. Sorting will only change the sequence of phrases within each
group (see the variable
A useful command is C-c C-i (
which lists information about the phrase at point, including an example
of how the index entry will look like and the number of expected matches
in the document.
Another important check is to find out if there are double or
overlapping entries in the buffer. For example if you are first
searching and indexing ‘Mars’ and then ‘Planet Mars’, the
second phrase will not match because of the index macro inserted before
‘Mars’ earlier. The command C-c C-t
reftex-index-find-next-conflict-phrase) finds the next phrase in
the buffer which is either duplicate or a subphrase of another phrase.
In order to check the whole buffer like this, start at the beginning and
execute this command repeatedly. | <urn:uuid:b03c4087-5d46-4faa-ae1d-0b90072aa873> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/reftex/Consistency-Checks.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283301.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00501-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.842071 | 293 | 1.78125 | 2 |
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Awakening Earth and Art
How can we shape our artistic practice to reflect the beauty of nature while thinking more sustainably?
There is a long tradition of artists expressing their love for nature in their work. In this workshop, students will capture the energy of the changing season and gain meaningfully new perspective on their artistic practice. Join artist, forager, and sustainability advocate Grace Emmet in nature where students will cover some basic ecology and view the Cape Cod landscape in a new way. On day two, students will have the opportunity to dive into some basic sustainable artistic techniques such asView more
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From: Gale McMillan <" gale"@mcmfamily.com>
Subject: Re: Please Tell Me About Rifle Barrels
Date: 7 Mar 1997 16:33:49 -0500
Tony Vanchieri wrote:
# I am having a hard time understanding the difference between
# different barrel making techniques. I have checked the rec.gun
# archives and could not find an answer, so I hope to appeal to
# the expertise here for help!
# What is a broach and a button-cut? What are the differences,
# and which is considered "best?"
# Any help is greatly appreciated!
There are three basic types of barrels. The oldest in use today is the
cut rifle barrel. It is made by pulling a cutter through the barrel
scraping metal away from the bore in a spiral. The uniformity of
dimension depends on the even homogenization of the alloys and the
uniformity of the hardness of the steel. This method does not make as
dimensionally uniform barrels as the other methods. Buttoned barrels
are made by pulling a carbide button which is several thousands of an
inch larger than the diameter of the bore. This button is shaped like a
football with groves cut into it on a helix of the twist desired. The
button expands the bore out to grove diameter but leaves the area under
the groves at bore diameter. This forms the rifling. This type of
rifle barrel has held most of the national and world records over the
past 40 years. Although most high power shooters will argue, you can't
change the records. I saw button tooling in the barrel shop at Parker
Hale that dated back to the mid 30s, but it didn't get popular here until
after the second war. The third method is hammer forging that came
along when the large manufacturers decided to sacrifice quality for
speed and cost. This method pounds a piece of steel that has a hole in
it over a mandrel that has the rifling cut into it. It swages the
barrel down to the desired measurement in a very short time. There is 2
types of hammer machines, one starts with the barrel blank at finished
length and hammers straight down as the blank is pulled under the
hammer. The other type starts with a billet 8 or 10 inches in length
and kneads the steel over the mandrel in the final shape. This method
sometimes forges the chamber at the same time. When you hammer a barrel
over a mandrel it has a certain amount of spring back. Otherwise you
wouldn't be able to get the mandrel out. This also causes it to be
dimensionally inaccurate.Of all the methods used today Hammer forging
makes barrels faster and cheaper but of poorer quality. There are
barrels being made by electro discharge (EDM) and a few pistol barrels
are made this way but for the present time it isn't used enough to
consider it a method.
I hope this helps you understand the different methods.
From: Rock McMillan <email@example.com>
Subject: Re: Making your own rifle barrel
Date: 7 Dec 1995 10:33:47 -0500
Organization: McBros RIfles
# Does anybody have a source of info on making your own barrel? I've been
# shopping around for a new custom benchrest rifle - and prices are really
# high. I have a friend who is an excellent machinist, and he got interested
# after looking at my .300 Arnold.
If your goal is to save money you are wasting your time, there is
absolutely no way you can make your own barrel as cheap as you can buy
It's not impossible to make your own barrels, my uncle made the first
"McMillan" barrels on his small engine lathe and a homemade buttoning
machine in his storeroom. But you have to understand that he was an
exceptional person, a real one in a million. A little sideline here,
most people don't know that Millard McMillan made the first "McMillan"
barrels and latter turned the technology over to my uncle Pat who made
the "McMillan" barrel famous. The world record .009 inch 5 shot 100
yard group was shot by Millard with one of his own barrels.
It takes a gun drill that can turn about 3600 rpm and pump approximately
500-700 psi cutting oil pressure. It also takes a gun drill cutting
tool costing around $200. After you drill you need to ream with another
$200 tool on a different machine. Next you need to figure out what
rifling you want, cut or buttoned. If you choose cut rifling you need a
rifling machine, probably will have to build one. You also need a
rifling cutting head and cutting tool. If you choose buttoned you need
to build a buttoning machine and have carbide buttons ground. After
rifling you need to conture on a tracing lathe or CNC lathe and then you
need your own stress relief oven. To really get the tools the way you
want them you ought to make your own on a $10,000 to $15,000 tool and
cutter grinder and spend months or years prefecting them.
With all this in place you will need a truck load of ordinance grade
steel (2000 to 10,000 lbs), can only be ordered in mill lots and takes
20-30 weeks to get.
I grew up in a family of barrel makers and I saw how many barrels they
hauled to the dump before they got the hang of it. My father and uncles
all ended up with not much hair on top, probably from all they pulled
out trying to figure out how to make barrels.
If after reading this you still want to try it just for the fun of it
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Medina Examines Stem Cell Policy
July 2, 2008
Johanne Medina, ’08, wrote an important article as a third-year student that has been published in the latest edition of the McGeorge Global Business & Development Law Journal.
Her comment, “Is Stem Cell Research a One-Way Ticket to the Island of Dr Moreau? Singapore and the United States’ Differing Paths,” 21 Pac. McGeorge Global Bus. & Dev. L.J. 125 (2008), critiques current American scientific research policy.
Medina argues that “ U.S. legislation should follow Singapore’s lead with both its laws on stem cell research and its policies that foster the growth of the biotechnology industry in its country.” She concludes that the “ U.S. government must expand stem cell research funding or face being technologically and economically disadvantaged.”
Medina, a graduate of San Francisco’s Lowell High School who received her J.D. from McGeorge in May, holds a B.S. in Cell and Molecular Biology from San Francisco State University. | <urn:uuid:99ac1edb-3b96-4134-9637-ca391f725419> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.mcgeorge.edu/News/Medina_Examines_Stem_Cell_Policy.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00464-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931628 | 233 | 1.507813 | 2 |
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ученица 10 "Г" класса
средней школы № 1276
учитель: Макарова Т.Г.
Childhood and Youth 5
Suffolk portraits 7
Bath and fashion 10
The later landscapes 16
Thomas Gainsborough is by general consent one of the most delightful, spontaneous and naturally gifted of all English painters and draughtsmen. He was an interesting person, inconsistent, impulsive, and easily touched. The painter preferred the companionship of fellow artists, musicians and actors. There was a combination of excitability and bohemianism on the one hand and practical good sense on the other hand in him.
He was born in 1727 in the small market town of Sudbury in Suffolk. In 1740, when he was only 13, Gainsborough set out for London, and lodged in the house of a silversmith. Thomas soon made acquaintance of Gravelot, an accomplished French engraver and draughtsman, who was his first teacher.
It was in Suffolk that Gainsborough met his future wife, a beautiful girl named Margaret Burr. The wedding took place in London in 1746. The couple had 2 daughters.
In 1752 Gainsborough moved from Sudbury to the seaport of Ipswich. At Ipswich the painter met his first biographer and best friend, Philip Thicknesse. Gainsborough attracted Thicknesse by the originality of his works, which lay in the fact that he unconsciously flouted the fashions of the day and found his inspiration in the work of the Dutch realistic painters. His 1st landscapes were the "View of the Charterhouse", the "Cornard Wood", "Landguard Fort" etc (about 1752).
Gainsborough had to paint portraits to make a living. His portraits show a keen understanding of human nature as well as of wild nature. He did not use landscape as a background to set off the figures, but as an integral part of the theme. Suffolk portraits are "Mr and Mrs Andrews", "The artist, his wife and child", "Scheming Jack, "MrKirby", "Mrs Kirby", "Samuel Kilderbee"(about 1751 — 1752)etc.
Philip Thicknesse offered Gainsborough to try his fortune in Bath, a popular resort (1759). It was in Bath that Gainsborough painted the best known of his portraits, the famous "Blue Boy"(1770).
Gainsborough who was ambitious, went to London, the center of the art life. The most famous pictures of his London period are "Mrs Graham", "Mrs Robinson", "Mrs Siddons"(1785), "The Morning Walk" (1786).
However, Gainsborough's first love was for landscape. The best-known of his landscapes are "The Grand Landscape", "Harvest Wagon", "Landscape with cattle" etc.
The painter died on August 2, 1788. As Sir Joshua Reynolds, the President of the Royal Academy, said in his obituary, the name of Gainsborough will be transmitted to posterity, in the history of the Art among the most famous English painters.
Thomas Gainsborough is by general consent one of the most delightful, spontaneous and naturally gifted of all English painters and draughtsmen.
Gainsborough's lifetime spanned an age of profound change in British painting and in the public's attitude towards British artists. He was born in 1727, when Hogarth was painting his first genre scenes and conversation pieces, and died in 1788, when Boydell's commissions for the Shakespeare Gallery in Pall Mall were giving a new impetus to British History painting. Gainsborough had an eye as sharp as Rembrandt's, but he had more than a just perceptive eye; he possessed an extraordinary capacity to translate what he observed into the medium of oil paint which puts him firmly, along with Rembrandt, and with artists such as Velazquez, Manet, Renoir and Picasso, into the top flight of "born painters".
Childhood and Youth
Thomas Gainsborough was born in 1727 and baptized on 14th May of that year at the Independent Meeting House in Friar's Lane in the small market town of Sudbury in Suffolk. Edward III had selected Sudbury as one of the places in which to settle Flemish weavers, and like so many East Anglian towns its prosperity was built on the proceeds of the cloth trade with which the Gainsborough family was connected for several generations.
The painters' father, John Gainsborough, was one of the last of the family to engage in the manufacture of woollen goods; but he is said to have discovered the secret of woollen shroud making in Coventry, and to have introduced it into Sudbury, where, for a time, he enjoyed a monopoly of the trade. However, he does not seem to have been very successful in the conduct of his affairs, and his property at the time of his death in 1748 was renounced by his wife and children in favour of a creditor. He was generous to a fault and possessed a great sense of humour, both of which were richly inherited by his son.
Gainsborough's mother was the sister of the Reverend Humphrey Burroughs, the headmaster of the ancient Grammar School at Sudbury, which Thomas and his brothers attended. Thomas had 4 brothers and 4 sisters.
The eldest, John, nicknamed "Scheming Jack", was an ingenious, if somewhat purposeless inventor, and on one occasion he attempted to fly from the roof of a summerhouse with a pair of wings of his own manufacture, but landed in the ditch, profoundly humiliated, but fortunately unhurt. Humphrey, another brother, was a Nonconformist clergyman to whom Thomas was always much attached; like John, he took a great interest in mechanics and engineering, but had more capacity in applying his ideas. He was awarded a premium by the society of Arts for a mill plough and a hive mill.
When John Constable visited Sudbury many years after Gainsborough was working there, he said, "It is a delightful country for a painter, I fancy, I see Gainsborough in every hedge and hollow tree," and Gainsborough often said in later life that Suffolk had made him a painter.
In 1740, when he was only 13, Gainsborough set out for London, and lodged in the house of a silversmith. Through the good offices of the silversmith, Gainsborough made acquaintance of the Frenchman, Gravelot. Gravelot was in England for a number of years, and is chiefly remembered for his very charming vignettes and designs for book illustrations. He was both an accomplished engraver and a sensitive and delicate draughtsman and, working with him, Gainsborough did not only acquire skill in the use of the engrave and etching needle, but also something of that sense of style and easy refinement associated with the French school. Gravelot had considerable standing among the artists of the day and was very friendly with Hogarth. He was, like Hogarth, a caricaturist and mocked somewhat defiantly the artistic shibboleths of the time. In the small artistic circle in London, Gainsborough no doubt met Hogarth, whose independent attitude would be likely to appeal to him, and whose fresh approach to the problems of painting had much influence on Gainsborough's work.
Whilst he lived in London, Gainsborough kept himself by painting small portraits and landscapes and by making drawings for the engravers. He also supplemented his resources by making models. He made his 1st essays in art by modelling figures of cows, horses and dogs, in which he attained great excellence. There is a cast in the plaster shops of an old horse that he modelled which has peculiar merits. In later life Gainsborough often amused himself by modelling, and on one occasion after a concert at Bath, he was so charmed by Miss Linley's voice that he sent his servant for a bit of clay with which he made and coloured her head. Sometimes he used to wax candles on the table to make impromptu models.
Gainsborough's love of landscape painting would naturally attract him to Suffolk, and he probably paid many visits to Sudbury while he was studying in London. It is possible that it was in Suffolk that Gainsborough met his future wife, a beautiful girl named Margaret Burr. The wedding took place in London in 1746 at Dr Keith's Mayfair Chapel which was used for the celebration of clandestine marriages. Evidently, the young couple had not been able to secure the approval of their elders, and resorted to a runaway affair.
It is not known exactly when Gainsborough returned to Suffolk to live, but he probably spent a good deal of time at Sudbury even before he finally gave up his rooms in London. Gainsborough's 2 daughters, Mary and Margaret, were both born in Sudbury, one in 1748 and the other 1752, and judging from the number of portraits of them as children, their father often prevailed upon them to pose for him. Gainsborough had an inkling that the girls were ill fitted for a normal society life, and might not easily find suitable husbands. His foreboding proved all true.
It was probably about 1752 that Gainsborough moved from Sudbury to the seaport of Ipswich where he lived until he went to Bath in 1759. At Ipswich the painter met his first biographer, Philip Thicknesse. According to his own story, Thicknesse was walking with in his pretty town garden and perceived a melancholy faced country man with his arms together leaning over a garden wall. Thicknesse stepped forward with intention to speak to the person and did not perceive until he was close up that it was a wooden man painted on a shaped board. He then learnt the address of the painter. | <urn:uuid:8c2feb05-8057-4da2-933d-b84dba80dfd3> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://referatcentral.org.ua/foreign_language_load.php?id=1202 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281649.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00446-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984001 | 2,105 | 2.46875 | 2 |
In June 2016 GAPP Architects completed a Youth & Community Centre on the Corner of Julius Tsolo Street & Mzala Street, Cape Town, Khayelitsha.
Recently, the country’s education system came under scrutiny once again with the release of the 2013 Matriculant results. If architecture is meant to serve and be an extension of our lives, then are we providing the right spaces for learners to be inspired, motivated and flourish?
Imagine waiting for your bus and while you have the usual free newspapers to read, you also have access to a small library to choose books which you can take with you on your commute?
What If is a week long series showcasing some of the imaginative work produced by the UCT Architecture Masters graduates of 2012.
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Cape Town’s newest library not only contains books and magazines, but also a gaming room, computers with internet access and an early development centre to stimulate learning and benefit the whole community.
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“To teach in a manner that respects and cares for the souls of our students is essential if we are to provide the necessary conditions where learning can most deeply and intimately begin.” – bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom
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Amyloidosis of the internal organs has been thoroughly studied by internists and pathologists for many years, but only in recent times has this degenerative change been recognized in the skin.
In 1905, Pospelow1 discussed the condition in his textbook. In 1909 Schilder2 examined the skin of fourteen patients who at postmortem examination showed general amyloidosis. In seven of the specimens he was able to demonstrate amyloid, even though the skin was normal clinically.
Amyloid is a morphologic, homogeneous, structureless substance, which has peculiar characteristic staining qualities. Methyl violet stains amyloid a metachromatic bright red. Iodine produces a dark brown, and the addition of sulphuric acid changes the brown to a dirty green. The van Gieson method gives a clear yellow.
In examining for amyloid one should test with several stains before making a definite diagnosis, because every example of amyloid possesses a different staining intensity, probably owing to
WINER LH. LOCAL AMYLOIDOSIS OF THE SKIN. Arch Derm Syphilol. 1931;23(5):866–871. doi:10.1001/archderm.1931.03880230040004
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We examine the hypothesis that mergers and close encounters between galaxies can fuel active galactic nuclei (AGNs) by increasing the rate at which gas accretes toward the central black hole. We compare the clustering of galaxies around radio-loud AGNs with the clustering around a population of radio-quiet galaxies with similar masses, colors, and luminosities. Our catalog contains 2178 elliptical radio galaxies with flux densities greater than 2.8 mJy at 1.4 GHz from the Six Degree Field Galaxy Survey. We find tentative evidence that radio AGNs with more than 200 times the median radio power have, on average, more close (r < 160 kpc) companions than their radio-quiet counterparts, suggesting that mergers play a role in forming the most powerful radio galaxies. For ellipticals of fixed stellar mass, the radio power is neither a function of large-scale environment nor halo mass, consistent with the radio powers of ellipticals varying by orders of magnitude over billions of years. | <urn:uuid:a3450fa8-3d8e-496e-a3ab-1eb3819e46c8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/the-clustering-of-galaxies-around-radio-loud-active-galactic-nucl | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00073.warc.gz | en | 0.897224 | 208 | 2.171875 | 2 |
Russia said on Wednesday it would veto any U.N. resolution on Syria that it finds unacceptable, after demanding any measure rule out military intervention to halt the bloodshed touched off by protests against President Bashar al-Assad's rule.
The political violence in Syria has killed at least 5,000 people in the past 10 months and activists say Assad's forces have stepped up operations this week on opposition strongholds, from Damascus suburbs to the cities of Hama, Homs and the border provinces of Deraa and Idlib.
Arab and Western states urged the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to act swiftly on a resolution backing an Arab League plan calling for Assad to hand powers to his deputy and defuse the 11-month-old uprising against his family's dynastic rule.
If the text will be unacceptable for us we will vote against it, of course, Russian U.N. envoy Vitaly Churkin told reporters in Moscow via a videolink from New York.
If it is a text that we consider erroneous, that will lead to a worsening of the crisis, we will not allow it to be passed. That is unequivocal, he said.
His remarks came hours after Russia's envoy to the European Union, Vladimir Chizhov, said there was no chance the Western-Arab draft text could be accepted unless it expressly rejected armed intervention.
Russia and China, both veto-wielding Security Council members, have resisted a Western push for a resolution condemning the Syrian government's crackdown on unrest.
U.N. Security Council ambassadors met in New York on Wednesday to discuss ways to overcome their disagreements on the wording of the European-Arab draft resolution that Morocco submitted to council members on Friday.
The closed-door negotiations ended without a final agreement and will resume on Thursday, Germany's U.N. mission said. The draft will be updated to reflect Wednesday's discussions, which the mission said were rather constructive.
A council diplomat at the meeting told Reuters, however, that Churkin reiterated to council members that the expression of full support for the Arab League plan in the current draft was unacceptable. He also made clear Moscow could not accept the expression of concern in the draft about arms sales to Syria unless there was a waver for weapons transfers to the Syrian government, the diplomat said.
It's way too soon in my judgment to know whether ultimately there will be agreement, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice told reporters, adding, It's long past time for this council to take meaningful action.
Despite the Russian comments, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said a window of hope had opened. We will work furiously in the next few days to try and get a resolution that will allow the Arab League to forge ahead in finding a solution, he told parliament in Paris.
Russia says the West exploited fuzzy wording in a March 2011 U.N. Security Council resolution on Libya to turn a mandate to protect civilians in the North African country's uprising into a push to remove the government, backed by NATO air strikes, that led to the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi.
Russia has also expressed concern that the draft's threat of further measures against Syria could lead to sanctions, which it opposes.
Western envoys in New York said the main sticking point was likely to be not military intervention, on which they said a diplomatic fix was possible, but the resolution's support for the Arab League plan demanding that Assad give up power. That is seen by Moscow as tantamount to regime change.
The envoys said their biggest challenge would be to reword the draft so that it still endorses the plan but in a way that is weaker than the current version.
In Washington, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters: Every member of the council has to make a decision: Whose side are you on? Are you on the side of the Syrian people? ... Or are you on the side of a brutal, dictatorial regime?
An activist group said Syrian troops killed eight people in the central city of Homs and that 15 government soldiers were killed in a clash with a defector unit. Syria's state news agency, SANA, said a general, Rajeh Mahmoud, was killed along with three soldiers on the outskirts of Damascus on Wednesday.
Syrian insurgents said Assad's forces extended a military sweep overnight to counter a rebel threat that had reached the gates of the capital, sending armour into eastern and northern suburbs that Assad's forces took over this week. An activist group said at least 25 people had been killed in that sweep.
In Wadi Barada on the edge of the capital, four people were killed in a tank bombardment on Wednesday to flush out rebel Free Syrian Army units operating near the capital, activists said. A rebel spokesman put the death toll at 15.
SANA said troops killed 11 members of an armed terrorist group outside the southern city of Deraa, and that government forces discovered bomb factories and field hospitals in a raid on armed cells in Irbin and Sabqa, Damascus suburbs where insurgents had appeared recently.
It was not possible to verify the reports as Syria restricts access for independent media.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the policy of isolation and trying to remove the government risked igniting a much bigger drama in the Middle East.
The people who are obsessed with removing regimes in the region, they should be really thinking about the broader picture, he told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
And I'm afraid that if this vigour to change regimes persists, we are going to witness a very bad situation much, much, much broader than just Syria, Libya, Egypt or any other single country.
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Book DescriptionHigh-Resolution Solid-State NMR of Silicates and Zeolites Gunter Engelhardt and Dieter Michel "I strongly recommend this book as an important reference for scientists concerned with the structural properties of siliceous materials." --Applied Spectroscopy This well-organized and up-to-date text gives a thorough account of the wide range of applications of multinuclear high-resolution solid-state NMR spectroscopy in silicate and zeolite science, with emphasis on the kinds of chemical information retrievable from NMR experiments. 1988 (0 471-91597-1) 485 pp. The Chemistry of Silica Solubility, Polymerization, Colloid and Surface Properties, and Biochemistry Ralph K. Iler A major component of the earth's solid surface and the constituent of sand, silica--an ageless natural staple--is also integral to industries as diverse as chemistry, biology, medicine, agriculture, metallurgy, and mining. This landmark reference details the chemistry surrounding the research and development of silica as well as information on its production and production control. 1979 (0 471-02404-X) 866 pp. The Chemistry of Organic Silicon Compounds Parts 1 and 2 Edited by Saul Patai and Zvi Rappoport "This volume will probably become the first reference consulted for C-Si chemistry." --Choice This authoritative account of organic compounds containing carbon-silicon bonds brings specialists up-to-date to the field's latest innovative turns. The emphasis in this compilation of studies--from 17 prominent researchers--is on small molecules, single bonds, analysis, structure, synthesis, spectroscopy, and reaction mechanisms. Part 1:1989 (0 471-91441-X) 892 pp. Part 2:1989 (0 471-91992-6) 1,668 pp.
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About the editor Albert Lee Smith is Scientist Emeritus at Dow Corning Corporation. In the past he has served in a variety of capacities for Dow Corning, including manager of its analytical department, analytical scientist, and global analytical coordinator. Dr. Smith is a recipient of the Williams-Wright Award (1987) and the American Chemical Society Local Section Award for outstanding achievement and promotion of the chemical sciences (1988). He has been president of the Coblentz Society and chairman of the Joint Committee on Atomic and Molecular Physical Data. Dr. Smith received his PhD in physical chemistry from Ohio State University. He is the author of Applied Infrared Spectroscopy (Wiley, 1979).
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The writer’s notion of peeling away layers, looking for truth below the surface– that’s Prague. Its history is literally buried within itself, plastered over and adorned in progressing aesthetics, chronologically made over. Building facades in the Old Town may be scraped away to reveal the tastes of the wealthy and innovations of architects from hundreds of years ago. Down a flight of stairs, walls and doorways of different eras mingle in the hallway of a school, a library, a knight’s quarters.
Simultaneously, traumatic cultural memories are preserved. The Pinkas Synagogue is a memorial that depicts the names of all of the Czech Jewish holocaust victims, written on the walls, organized by town and family name. Upstairs is an exhibit of work done by children in the camps; the adults tried to form at least a shell of an educational system to keep the chaos from fully subsuming the youth, and art became a way for many children to process their experiences. Some of the drawings and paintings are very dark, and show more truth than a photograph ever could.
A sculpture installation on the way up the hill towards the Prague Castle, the Communism Victims Memorial, depicts duplicates of a tall, skinny man cast in bronze; as the statues recede they deteriorate, becoming stripped away of identifying features, of their humanity.
There are far fewer of these totems in the U.S. That’s a function, I think, of the country’s relatively short existence, and of its half-hearted acknowledgement of the damage it did through slavery and the displacement of the Native Americans, to really lean in and call it what it is, to give it a proper title. Maybe in time; maybe there will be memorials to the poor, too. Those are my thoughts about that; Prague provokes a lot of thought.
Pilsner originated in Pilsen, and it is only beer from Pilsen that’s called Pilsner in the Czech Republic. That’s what it means: from Pilsen. Other pale lagers are Světlý Ležák, and the dark lager is Tmave, or Tmavy. There is not, as far as I’ve had, anything in the U.S. called a Czech pilsner that looks or tastes remotely like any of the local beers I tried in Prague. The exception would be Krusovice, which was okay but nothing to write home about. It was thin and lacking in flavor compared to the others.
It is an advantage to serve one’s beers mere feet away from the brew deck, and that’s not uncommon at breweries here. Some brew houses were literally just inside the front door, in full operation. Visual “wow” factor aside, the beer is served as fresh as can be for a lager, which has presumably sat for weeks or months before serving. Funny thing is, very few of the draught beers were crystal clear. Many had haze that ranged from slight to glowing; some were quite clear but not as brilliant as, say, a Kölsch. None were the bright pale gold that identifies a U.S.-brewed Czech pils. All had the same wonderful zing of Saaz hops.
The wildest thing about these lagers was the texture, the way the maltiness, bitterness, and unfiltered bits played across my tongue. There was a suede grip that I attribute to decoction (boiling a portion of the mash) that mediated the sweetness-bitterness balance, negotiated a congenial division of lingual custody, all the while refreshing the palate, leaving only footprints.
The characteristic buttery/butterscotch/slick tonsil sensations of diacetyl were alarmingly absent from these beers, and I’m not sure if it was my own rapturous glee at drinking the beer from the place, or if the fermentation byproduct was so well masked by the bitterness and malt flavor, or if my low sensory threshold was also on vacation, or if the beer being alive and unfiltered had allowed for the reabsorption and dismantling of the molecule by yeast, which can happen. Either way, the normally offensive compound, (CH3CO)2, was a blurry bassist on the album cover of Czech lager.
Pub and bar culture in Prague is, to put it lightly, strong. And we didn’t even get into the mixology. Lokál Dlouhááá is one of a small chain of bar/restaurants located a hip section of Dlouhá Street. Getting to anywhere from anywhere in Prague is a data-suck for tourist phones, and Lokal proved no different. Our first attempt took over a half hour, twice as long as it should have from our Airbnb off Wenceslas Square. The place was jam packed, with at least an hour wait. We were hangry, gave up, and crammed down very salty burritos from next door. (Why burritos in Prague, you ask? Because they’re fucking comfort food and the easiest thing to order anywhere, except when the kid making them is a prick. See? Hangry memories.)
We returned the next night and followed some other guys in, past the front bar that had some craft beers on tap but was too packed to read, into another large room full of tables and maybe another bar, and finally into a third room (about 1/4 mile from the door) with a long copper bar atop glass cases containing large stainless steel tanks of Pilsner Urquell. We got the attention of a server, who, despite the din and ruckus of the place, kindly acknowledged our presence and said we would probably get a seat in 20 minutes. So we stood near the bar for a while trying to suss out the situation, then elbowed up and ordered beers from the busy bartender. The Urquell here was served three different ways: regular pour, “slice” (half foam), and some other word, which was pretty much a glass full of foam. Why foam, you ask? Well, it’s sort of a gimmick and sort of a beer geek thing. When a beer is poured like that (I ordered a “slice” first), it breaks out all this CO2 that evacuates the glass, and the beer, as the foam settles. What’s left, after you’ve coated your upper lip and the tip of your nose trying to get some beer, has the equivalent of cask conditioning and is very smooth. The whole balance of the beer is different with lower carbonation. But I do prefer a full mug of beer.
We walked about 10 miles a day, each day wandering in a different direction, finding museums and cool buildings and pubs. In a riverfront park with a playground close to our hotel, a handful of wooden booths were being built. One of them served beer, sodas, and snacks. Beer. Served at a playground. These people know what’s important. Incidentally, the playgrounds we saw in Europe were amazing; they still design play structures that kids can injure themselves on, not these static plastic things with rubber floors you see around the States. I would go back just for the playgrounds with beer. | <urn:uuid:585b739e-8a00-4a1f-b100-161e0a456b2f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://beerstone.com/2018/05/28/prague-is-like-immortal/?like_comment=68&_wpnonce=6f6a4c8b60 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00477.warc.gz | en | 0.970229 | 1,536 | 1.992188 | 2 |
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We promote the design, construction and operation of energy-efficient commercial buildings via applied research and development, deployment strategies and integrated, whole-building approaches.
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Testing and validation of energy performance, Indoor Environmental Quality and connectivity in order to enable deeper energy savings, lower risks and lower transaction costs.
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Methods and tools for analyzing measured building performance in order to support data-driven decision making.
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There Were Giants on the Earth in Those Daysby George F. Sowers, (F.ASCE), Regents Professor of Civ. Engrg.; Georgia Inst. of Tech., Atlanta, Ga. 30332; also Sr. Vice Pres., Law Engrg. Testing Co., 2749 Delk Road, S.E., Marietta, Ga. 30067,
Serial Information: Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, 1981, Vol. 107, Issue 4, Pg. 383-419
Document Type: Journal Paper
Discussion: Schnitter N. J. (See full record)
Abstract: There are numerous examples of noteworthy pre-Columbian geotechnology in the Americas. These include earth mounds, stone temple pyramids, pile foundations, roads, retaining walls, terraces, irrigation structures, and small dams. They exhibit well-conceived designs and organized construction. Some investigators speculate that these sophisticated works reflect unrecorded technology from the Old World or possibly extra-terrestial intervention. However, the responsibility can be found in both indigeneous, ingeneous responses to local social and economic problems as well as well-organized community efforts. The lack of a formal system of logic, mathematical computation, and written communication inhibited the development and interaction of the embryonic technologies. Their decay was completed by the European conquest.
Subject Headings: Pile foundations | Dam foundations | Rocks | Religious buildings | Highways and roads | Retaining structures | Irrigation | Earthfill dams |
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Film Courage: Why writers should educate themselves throughout their careers? What are they using for those tools [to continually educate themselves]?
Jen Grisanti: I love that you asked that question! So the interesting thing is I have taught all over the world. I have found in countries like Israel, Australia and cities like Toronto and London that the type of writers that attend story events and ongoing education are working writers versus in the U.S. The story events that are like the bigger story events that are massive, are for usually I would say, the higher percentage of attendees are writers across the U.S. who had an idea and want to make it happen versus working writers. And I definitely believe that this holds writers back from creating longevity in their career. I believe a writer should always be educating themselves. I always say about myself that I am a teacher for a moment and a student for life and I am constantly reading every book that comes out on story and promotion and business and anything that can make me move to a higher level, spiritually, work-wise, on a personal level. Like I am all about the idea that we have to constantly…everyday I wake up and think about how can I be better than I was yesterday? And for the writer, it really is how can I expand my knowledge of story through continuous learning, as well as my observance and absorption of life and being able to communicate that story. How can I continuously do that in a way that will fuel my career?
“Everyday I wake up and think about how can I be better than I was yesterday? And for the writer, it really is how can I expand my knowledge of story through continuous learning, as well as my observance and absorption of life and being able to communicate that story. How can I continuously do that in a way that will fuel my career?”
Film Courage: Do you think it’s Western culture and the emphasis on over-confidence [that plays into this] a little bit? Whereas in other cultures it’s okay to be…
Jen Grisanti: I do. I do. I sit there and I think…I look at these story events that have all the top story people in the business, many of whom you’ve interviewed, and I think “Why would you not take the opportunity to continuously learn?” I’ve been in the business 25 years. I have seen every side to the business. And I always think why would you not take a sounding board…many of these writers…I mean when you look at Michael Hauge, you look at Chris Vogler who’ve had incredible careers…you look at John Truby and Eric Edson…there is so much that they have to say that brings value to the story process and that’s important. So ongoing education in my view, is the key to creating a writing career that will last.
Film Courage: So just to re-iterate, in the States, you’ve seen many what you call ‘Baby Writers’ (and I think you used that term and it doesn’t refer to their age. It’s in terms of experience) but then outside the States, Europe and beyond, these are working writers and they are willing to…
Jen Grisanti: I’ll ask the question at the beginning of an event “How many of you have sold a pilot?” or “How many of you are currently on staff?” And everywhere else it is mind blowing to see two-thirds of the room raise their hands versus here you’d maybe see 10 people raise their hands. And it’s a very different thing. I don’t know why that is?
Now I can say with my personal events because I’ve worked with so many working writers, I get writers of all levels show up at those events. But when I do these big story events where there are 20 or 30 speakers, (in my world) I’m like “Are you kidding me? That’s incredible!” I want to soak it up.
Another one of my favorite story people is Dara Marks, I look at it and I want to soak up everything they have learned and how they see story and how it aligns with how I see story because that makes me a better teacher. And I always love seeing how we coin things in different ways and it comes from our world view and how we teach story. And I think what we’re all trying to master is teaching story in a way that leads the writer to sell the story.
Film Courage: In terms of questions, do you see a difference in the type of question and even the tone that you get in the U.S. based groups versus…you know how there are always certain people in a class that want to debate the teacher, whereas those who have a healthy curiosity and they want to know the answer [laughs].
Jen Grisanti: Well one thing I found that’s interesting between the audiences…I definitely think the U.S. audiences absolutely have a curiosity and I think that people want to learn. I definitely think that in the U.S. we’re connected with the idea of the ‘Quick Fix.’ I have an idea. I want to sell it and make it work. And that’s definitely part of it. Where the writer in Australia does not make the type of money that the writer in the U.S. makes. Like many Australian writers end up coming here because they don’t make the kind of money but they get the foundation there and then they come here.
I think that there is a tone in the questions definitely from different countries based on the world view of how the writer is seen in that country. I mean we are very fortunate that the writer is seen in a very strong light in the TV world and the Film world, even though in the TV world the writer has more power. So I think it causes writers from around the world to want to get a foundation in their own culture and succeed there and then come here.
I definitely have noticed at a number of events I’ve done internationally that the writers who are…I mean I remember in Australia I met one writer who had like 4 shows but was still wanting to come to the U.S. and wanting to expand because they viewed the U.S. as the end all, be all because of the pay and because of the way people see writers.
Film Courage: Right…Do you think film and television writing is open to all class and education levels, whereas with the literary world (especially in the let’s say the East Coast) it’s more of a closed network?
Jen Grisanti: Yeah, definitely. I mean the literary world, it’s interesting. I have worked with several novelists, not near the about that I have with TV and feature [film] writers because that’s my background. I mean I definitely know that story is story and you’re going to benefit and learn from anyone. Certainly there are more closed off communities then how they see. But all I also see a massive trend right now for a screenwriter writing a book and then writing a screenplay. So I think that is opening up the idea and I personally love the process because I love the idea of really deeply going into an internal story in the book and then showing that in visual and action in the adaption into the screenplay.
Film Courage: So then it creates this whole new viewer which is the one who reads the book first and then they want to see it and weigh it against the novel.
Jen Grisanti: Yes. And then the writer has more power, too, when they write the book and then sell the film.
Film Courage: I’m thinking of writer Janet Fitch who wrote White Oleander. Which was a book someone recommended to me but I never read it. And then I absolutely loved the movie! And now I’m almost afraid to read the book but for me I had been recommended the book.
Jen Grisanti: And that also happens, are you an internal person? The reason I am not a screenwriter is because I am an internal writer and I know that about myself, you know?
Film Courage: …Going back to self-awareness.
Jen Grisanti: Yep…
Question for the Viewers: What have you learned the most about screenwriting?
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ABOUT JEN GRISANTI:
As a Current Programs Executive, I was exposed to the entire creative process, which means I know what the studio wants, what the network looks for and what kind of material you need in order to get hired. I have read over 8,000 scripts and given notes on most of them, so I know how to make a script the best that it can be.
In addition to Aaron Spelling, other great mentors I’ve worked with include, Glenn Gordon Caron, Barry Schindel, E. Duke Vincent, Ira Behr, Ken Sanzel, Mara Brock Akil, John Eisendrath, Jorge Zamacona, Brad Kern, Chuck Pratt and Brenda Hampton.
Over the years, I have developed numerous industry relationships with successful writers, directors and executives who have supported me along the way. You can see some of their testimonials here.
In August of 2008, I was hired by NBC to be the Writing Instructor for their program, Writers on the Verge. This is a 10-week program focused on polishing writers’ material and readying the participants for the staff writer position on a television series. Classes concentrate on creating an exceptional spec script and understanding the dynamics of pitching oneself in the television industry.
Since I launched my company in January of 2008, I have worked with over 500 writers, made up of half TV writers and half feature writers as well as 10 novelists. Twenty of my writers have sold pilots and two have gone to series. I have helped several writers to sign with top agencies including UTA and CAA, I’ve helped over 40 writers get staffed. I also worked with a feature writer on a script that is currently being produced with huge names attached. Additionally, many of writers I am working with have made it into writing programs as well as placed at high levels in writing competitions.
In June of 2009, I was invited to be a blogger on The Huffington Post.
Most of all, I absolutely love what I do. I enjoy working with writers and approach the process with care, experience and passion. It is imperative to me that both the writer and the story are honored as a script develops. In an industry that is generally too busy to give anyone personal attention, I will give it to you. With me, you get your own Personal Executive guiding you every step of the way.
COLD LOVE – Cold Love highlights three expeditions spanning many years of Lonnie Dupre’s career — the first non-motorized circumnavigation of Greenland, the first summer expedition to the North Pole, and the first attempt of a solo January ascent of Denali. The film’s powerful footage reveals up-close the beauty and life-giving forces of these icy realms. And in seeing, we can’t help but be inspired to love and protect our earth’s frozen places. Not only are they beautiful and fragile, but they are the global engine that regulates the climate and provides a stable environment for all life on the planet.
IT’S NOT MY FAULT AND I DON’T CARE ANYWAY – A rich and famous self-help guru’s controversial philosophy of extreme selfishness is put to the ultimate test when his only daughter is kidnapped and held for ransom (featuring the late Alan Thicke)
VALLEY OF THE DITCHES – A young woman bound in the front seat of a parked car watches helpless as her captor methodically digs a grave in the desert ground. The bloody lifeless body of her boyfriend lies framed in the rear-view mirror, a fate she will fight at all costs to avoid for herself. But this is only the beginning of a brutal struggle where survival could be worse than death.
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LEFT ON PURPOSE – Midway through the filming of a documentary about his life as an anti war activist, Mayer Vishner declares that his time has passed and that his last political act will be to commit suicide— and he wants it all on camera. Now the director must decide whether to turn off his camera or use it to keep his friend alive. Left on Purpose is an award winning feature length documentary that confronts the growing issues of aging, isolation and end of life choices through an intense character driven story of the relationship between filmmaker and subject. With humor and heart it provides a rare cinematic look at what it means to be a friend to someone in pain. | <urn:uuid:9b9e64bf-735c-4b23-9afa-ca15be9d3901> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://filmcourage.com/2017/03/21/key-long-lasting-writing-career-jen-grisanti/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00271.warc.gz | en | 0.975055 | 2,813 | 1.71875 | 2 |
WP1: GenRes management, definition and selection of proper plant material, field trials and phenotyping
Lead: Hansabred GmbH & Co. KG [HANSABRED]
The general objective of WP1 is to identify, select, assess and evaluate in field trials berry genetic resources from collections and breeding programs. Field trials will be used for genotyping, phenotyping and consumer science studies for the development and identification of the new advanced breeding materials and tools for strawberry, raspberry and blueberry breeding programs aimed to release new resilient cultivars with high fruit quality and sustainability. For these activities, GenRes collections and even breeding lines and progenies originated from intra- and inter-specific crosses will be used and identified and valorised for breeding programs.
WP2: Genomic tools for enhancing utilization of genetic resources in pre-breeding
Lead: Norsk Institutt For Biookonomi [NIBIO]
The objective of WP2 is to improve berry breeding efficiency by making genomic tools and markers available to the EU breeder and pre-breeder community, and thereby facilitating the detection of valuable characteristics among berry germplasm.
WP3: Exploring diverse germplasm collections for plant resilience, fruit quality and postharvest traits
Lead: Universidad de Málaga [UMA]
WP3 aims at exploring the phenotypic diversity (genotype x environmental (GxE)), according to plant performance, fruit quality and postharvest traits of strawberry, raspberry and blackberry to better material characterization that can achieve significant improvements in breeding.
WP4: Fruit quality attributes for European berry GenRes emphasized by consumer responses
Lead: Luonnonvarakeskus [LUKE]
The WP will make an up-to-date scenario of desires and aspirations of consumers and supply chain, as related to quality of berries. The standard methodology of quality evaluation of berry germplasm will be improved to provide effective tools for defining sensory properties. The WP will specify critical sensory factors and produce tools and sensory profiles to characterize fresh berry quality, even acknowledging differences across different European regions.
WP5: Data Analysis and Visualization
Lead: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmBH [FZJ]
WP5 will be dedicated to the establishment of a computational foundation for providing data integration and harmonization, infrastructures, analytical approaches and integration.
WP6: Innovation management and dissemination activities
Lead: Eurice European Research and Project Office GmbH [EURICE]
In close interaction with the scientific WPs1-5, WP6 will ensure consistent dissemination and communication, safeguarding optimal visibility and a wide outreach to all relevant stakeholders, as well as strategic planning and operational support of project exploitation through dedicated innovation management. Innovation management is supported by proper project management (WP7) to ensure that high-quality results are created, captured, assessed and used.
WP7: Project management and scientific coordination
Lead: Università Politecnica delle Marche [UPM]
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Greece gets temporary lifeline as deadline on deal closes in
The European Union president warned the situation was 'getting critical' as Greece approaches a deadline on June 30, when it has to make a debt repayment it cannot afford without more loans from creditors.
ATHENS — With the clock running down on Greece's chances of avoiding a painful exit from the euro, the country got a temporary lifeline Friday to help it cope with a bank deposit drain and turned its hopes to a European leaders' summit next week.
The European Union president warned the situation was "getting critical" as Greece approaches a deadline on June 30, when it has to make a debt repayment it cannot afford without more loans from creditors.
Uncertainty over whether Greece might default on that payment – something that could lead to the country eventually falling out of the euro – increased after a meeting Thursday ended in discord over what reforms the country should make to get more loans.
Several European countries are now openly saying they are getting ready for the possibility that Greece might leave the euro.
"The game of chicken needs to end and so does the blame game," EU President Donald Tusk said in a video message.
"We are close to the point where the Greek government will have to choose between accepting what I believe is a good offer of continued support or to head towards default."
In the streets of Athens, there were no visible signs of distress or larger than usual lines at banks or supermarkets. Officials, however, signaled an increase in withdrawals and transfers, which can also be made electronically.
An EU official said Greeks had taken about 2 billion euros ($2.3 billion) out of their accounts in the last three days.
"Money is going out of the Greek banks faster than at any time before," said the official, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the situation.
As a result, the European Central Bank's governing council decided to provide more emergency credit for Greece's banks to help them cope with the situation.
A Greek banking official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement was not made public, confirmed the decision. The official declined to give a sum.
The ECB has been steadily increasing the support it allows Greek banks to draw on. It's not thought it would turn off that tap until it thinks Greece is definitely going bust, and certainly not before an emergency summit of the eurozone's 19 leaders on Monday.
However, if no deal emerges with creditors soon that will allow the country to pay upcoming debt payments, starting with one at the end of the month, the ECB would be under intense pressure to stop pumping money into a banking system that might collapse.
The creditors want Greece to agree to new reforms and a tighter budget before they give it more loans. Greece's radical left-led government, on the other hand, came to power in January on the promise to end such measures, which may have helped tame the budget deficit but have also increased poverty and unemployment.
Greece has to pay 1.6 billion euros to the International Monetary Fund on June 30. It cannot afford that without a deal that would unlock 7.2 billion euros in bailout loans.
Around Greece on Friday, newspaper headlines warned time was running out. The daily Ethnos called Monday's summit the "Last Chance for a Deal" while the pro-government Efimerida ton Syntakton said creditors had put a "Knife to our Throat."
Athenian Giorgos Tsakoyiannis, 55, said he believed a deal would emerge eventually.
"When two parties want to resolve something, there's no way it won't happen," he said. "It looks extreme, but politics is never extreme. It's a dirty game."
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who visited Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin, sought to portray Monday's summit as "a positive development on the road to agreement." He claimed that those "who invest in crisis and horror scenarios will be proven wrong."
"We sought final negotiations to be at the highest political level in Europe and now we are working for the success of this summit," he said. The central bank of Greece said "the gap between Greece and its creditors is not a large one."
As finance ministers from across the 28-country EU wrapped up talks in Luxembourg on Friday, there were indications that technical talks would resume over the weekend before eurozone finance ministers meet again on Monday ahead of the leaders' summit later in the day.
"We are a little skeptical that we will be able to prepare a great deal more than today," German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said. "But maybe the readiness in Greece to do what is necessary will increase over the weekend. The ball is in Greece's court."
"I'm not so sure that I will be able to announce sensational news to you on Monday," he said.
It's not just eurozone countries that would be affected by a Greek exit from the euro. Some investors think a so-called Grexit could be another "Lehman Brothers" moment for the world economy – sparking a potentially destabilizing chain reaction, the way the collapse of the investment bank did in 2008. Others say it would be manageable, though the uncertainties are great.
"In the United Kingdom we've taken the measures to increase our economic security so we can deal with risks like this from abroad and clearly now we must go on and complete that plan," said George Osborne, Britain's finance minister.
Slovakia's prime minister, Robert Fico, said his country was "technically prepared" for a Greek euro exit. "We wish for Greece to remain in the eurozone but not at all costs."
Investors appeared to take developments in stride, with the Stoxx 50 index of leading European shares up 0.3 percent. The main stock market in Athens closed up 0.6 percent.
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Folkestone [ fəʊkstən ] is a city and the administrative headquarters of the district of Shepway in Kent in the UK and is located on the English Channel.
The city has about 43,000 inhabitants. Some suburbs and neighborhoods are Capel- Le -Ferne, Cheriton, Hythe and Hawkinge.
Folkestone is located in the southeast of England on the north coast of the English Channel, which connects the Atlantic Ocean as a strait in the West with one of its marginal seas, the North Sea to the east. It is located about eleven kilometers southwest of Dover.
In the Middle Ages the fishing village of Folkestone was one of those owned a Norman knight barony of Folkestone. This resulted in the 13th century, the assignment to the Association of Cities of the Cinque Ports, which led to a prosperous trading port for the development of the place. At the beginning of the Tudor period Folkestone received city rights.
Due to the wars with France 's defenses and the port were expanded. As in many other settlements of the south coast developed in the 18th century in Folkestone smuggling. After commissioning of the port to 1800, the connection to the railway network in 1843 had a great influence on the development of the city. Thus, tourism came to blossom.
North-west of Folkestone is the UK portal of the Euro tunnel. Large commercial systems allow the exit of the cars and trucks of the shuttle trains and their shunting.
In Folkestone, the M20 motorway begins to London.
Through the Southeastern Folkestone is connected to the railway. Originally, there were four stations: Folkestone West, Folkestone Central, Folkestone Junction and Folkestone Harbour. Folkestone Junction was closed in 1965, Folkestone Harbour in scheduled traffic in 2001/2002, but it will continue to be used for tourism purposes.
Hovercraft and ferry services presented earlier the connection with the French port cities, Boulogne -sur -Mer and Calais on the mainland. Today at Folkestone is the British end of the Euro tunnel.
In the city there are many language schools that are particularly in demand in the summer months because of the coastal location.
Sons and daughters of the town
- William Harvey (1578-1657), English physician and anatomist, discoverer of blood circulation
- William Hall -Jones (1851-1936), New Zealand politician
- Noel Redding (1945-2003), British guitarist and bassist
- Richard Ashworth ( born 1947 ), British politician ( Conservative Party ) and Member of Parliament for South East England
- Pete Kircher ( born 1948 ), British drummer
- John Inge ( born 1955 ), Anglican theologian
- John-Dylan Haynes (born 1971 ), German neuroscientist
Folkestone is connected by twinning with
- Boulogne -sur -Mer in France
- Middelburg in the Netherlands
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A few days after the 1906 earthquake and fire that devastated San Francisco Larry Harris, a local writer, turned out a poem that was widely printed. Entitled "The Damndest Finest Ruins", it contained the phrase "...where the buildings that are standing sort of blink and blindly stare/ at the damndest finest ruins ever gazed on anywhere."
So we now gaze at the ruins of the OLPC project as originally set forth by Nick Negroponte. As my writings since 2005 make clear, I never had any doubts that the program would fail in its stated aims.
My concern was always with what would happen in the aftermath of the collapse. My worst-case scenario had the whole idea of computers in the hands of people at the grassroots level in the developing world discredited ("we tried that and it didn't work"), and funding denied to or withdrawn from a number of projects which had nothing to do with the OLPC approach.
Fortunately, things have developed in such a way that this outcome is highly unlikely. This is because, through the improvised G1G1 program, tens of thousands of XO machines have gotten into the hands of computer-skilled enthusiasts in the developed world. Also, despite Dr. Nick's fulminations ("screw you!") against pilot projects, several locally-based pilots have gotten under way in, among other places, South America and Nepal.
While these are hopeful indications, they are not enough to justify unbridled optimism. Without a significant influx of coordinated effort the results will, in my opinion, have little effect outside the pilot areas. Considered as a project meant to bring about significant improvement in education worldwide, OLPC is in ruins (if it ever was more than a laptop development project).
A history of technology "ruins"
Ruins, but perhaps the "damndest finest ruins" yet seen in the personal computer area. For the development of the whole industry is a story of success built upon ruins - ruins of companies, ruins of product plans, and ruins of technologies. Sir Harold Evans, in his book "They Made America", points out that Gary Kildall made the personal computer important by pioneering the CP/M operating system that allowed interoperability of software.
Thus, the value of work expended in software development would survive the demise of the company within which the work was done. The flexibility this provided made all the difference in the triumph of the decentralized microcomputer industry over the hugely well-funded structures of the big companies.
When designing the Osborne portable computer I was directed to use 5 inch video displays. It turned out that these display components were developed for the IBM 5100 (a BASIC and APL desktop machine taken out of production the year before) and were thus available from three manufacturers with compatible mechanical and electrical specifications.
They were junk - leftover products without a home - but their development had been paid for by IBM's customers. Three years later the Osborne computers were junk - the company bankrupt - but a lot of software developed for it shifted over to the IBM-PC.
I probably need to point out here that this is much different from the way things happened in the computer industry prior to the personal computer. IBM made computers with components manufactured by IBM, installed them with technicians trained and paid by IBM, and wrote the software in house with IBM "systems analysts". Computers were leased, not sold. This was the industry model hewed to by all participants.
There was a business in "plug-compatible hardware", mostly storage systems like disc drives, but it had to grow under attack from the mainframe manufacturers' lawyers. Systems were mutually incompatible. Altogether, this system had the effect of preventing any company from benefitting from the work done at any other company.
The developers of personal computers took an entirely different path, mostly because they had no money and had to find a way to stand on each others' shoulders rather than toes. Amusingly, even though the founder of the company producing the first PC (MITS' Altair) made blustery statements about how he would not tolerate other companies making plug-ins to his computer, it became glaringly obvious that he needed the other companies' plug-in products to make his product viable.
Product lifetimes were often longer than their companies' lifetimes. There was enough room for improvement that compatible improvements were easy to create. The Altair itself was superseded by the Imsai, a competitor's machine that was fully compatible and built to industrial standards. The plug-in cards facilitated competitors' compatible products. The winners were the application software developers and with them, the users.
The foundation of OLPC's ruins
What is the relevance of this history to OLPC? Well, the project began as centralized as an IBM product development. Brilliant minds in Cambridge would turn out a laptop that could only be described as magical, as through mere possession it would cause an entire generation to rise above its circumstances, "learn learning", and achieve something presumably like satori. Actually, that previous sentence should probably have ended with a three-dot ellipsis halfway through, as the conclusions were implied more than stated.
My point is that the project was functionally indistinguishable from a commercial product development effort targeted at governments. Any attempt to begin a critical dialogue examining the premises of the project and the reasoning by which the conclusions were reached ran into a dead end. OLPC was definitely not a "hands-on" project.
Yes, third parties could develop software that ran on the XO, but such software would benefit no one other than the project and, supposedly, the children with the XOs. But without the opportunity for pilot projects it would have been impossible to develop software having the intended effect - once again, superior minds would have to turn out brilliant products from ivory towers.
It just doesn't work that way - not after the decentralized, interactive, networked personal computer industry overwhelmed the dinosaurs of the mainframe computer industry. There's no going back. Resistance from the education ministries, not held in thrall by the abstract concept of technology, proved the downfall of the OLPC grand plan.
The reaction, in the form of the "give one, get one" (G1G1) program moved the product to some degree, but also put thousands of XOs in the hands of prospective software (and hardware) developers, whetting the appetite for participation in the development of actually workable software and systems.
The limited nature of the G1G1 programs made its failure inevitable. Appetites, once whetted, must be satisfied or the result will be negative. Any reader of OLPC News will be familiar with tales of the impossibility of obtaining a quantity of XOs suitable for a pilot test. So the project, unable to get the size of orders necessary to justify the pricing and denying itself the opportunity to make use of the creative efforts of its fans, crumbled into a hardware laptop project having less and less distinction from the "netbooks" that it had caused to come into existence. As a final blow we are told that it was never about education but about volume production.
Building on OLPC's ruins
OLPC lies in ruins, as we said above, but oh, what ruins! The hardware development effort was excellent (for the laptop - not so much for the chargers and networking services). Mary Lou's display was a real advance in display technology, promising greatly reduced cost along with greatly improved performance - not a tradeoff, but a trade-up. Marvell's mesh networking chip shows great promise if matched with drivers and software that make use of its capabilities.
And any hardware designer can tell you a multitude of tricks that can be used to reduce power consumption - provided that you do not have to be a slavish imitator of XP notebooks.
These are ruins you can build upon. What will be necessary is to abandon the concept that it must all be done from one place, under one guiding vision. Every one of us has a piece of the vision, in fact of a multitude of visions, and we can put these pieces together if we leave behind the idea that there is one right way. Port Sugar to netbooks, to start with. Get together with education geeks to dream up pilot projects that can be done with such netbooks, then use every available channel to put the pilot into effect. Communicate across disciplinary boundaries and draw into the discussion people who have good ideas but lack the means to implement them.
Create tiny markets out of nothing, selling to each other, and grow them whichever way works. These markets will gain respectability as they develop, and their existence will put an end to talk about how it can't be done (there will be an intermediate stage wherein it is admitted that while it can be done, the numbers show it is insignificant).
Wherever there seems to be a bottleneck it will be necessary to figure out ways to bypass it. Someone will have to explore channels known only to those who deal with Asian manufacturers to find out how much of the existing XO-1 design could be produced, under what circumstances, and within which time frames. Such information is not published and the companies prefer to deal with people with whom they are familiar. Still, a good deal of money went into setting up the manufacture of XOs and the manufacturers might want to see some return from it
Even if such arrangement cannot be made right now, do not underestimate the power of a well-written specification that proclaims "if someone built this machine, we could put the pilot software on it and deliver the results we have demonstrated, and someone could make a good deal of money". The XO-1 can serve as a prototype for whatever is to come when someone follows the recipe entry to "add money and stir".
OLPC has succeeded in doing what most of us in the personal computer industry did - generate a rich set of tools and subsystems available for use by anyone. Some may pass it by saying "there's no viable business there - just a junkyard". Others will look at it and say "we could make a viable business out of the opportunities presented by what's in this junkyard."
They will be looking at "...the damndest finest ruins ever gazed on anywhere", and not just dumbly staring. San Francisco rose reborn from its own ashes in a remarkably short time, enshrining a can-do spirit that attracted the innovators of Silicon Valley among many others. These are the sort of people who will see the possibility in these ruins. | <urn:uuid:8e4569b6-81e6-4a23-81e2-3e00fe3b7c7e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.olpcnews.com/use_cases/technology/damndest_finest_technology.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282140.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00124-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972909 | 2,156 | 2.15625 | 2 |
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The Wright brothers owned a bike shop in Dayton, Ohio, before making strides in aviation. They began testing both manned and unmanned gliders, and on Dec. 17, 1903, they had their first successful flights. The first flight lasted only 12 seconds, and the plane only travelled 120 feet. However, the next test flight lasted 59 seconds, and Wilbur was able to pilot the biplane 892 feet. Numerous improvements over the next five years sparked the military to sign a contract with the Wright brothers to begin the building of the first military aircraft.
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Youth get a taste of allocation process at United Way
Published 4:00 pm, Thursday, April 14, 2011
Midland teens learned first-hand on Thursday how difficult it can be to divide funds among the dozens of worthy nonprofit programs throughout the community.
As part of the United Way of Midland's Youth Campaign Allocation Day, a handful of students from Midland and Lee high schools toured different nonprofits and learned about which health, education and self-sufficiency programs are offered.
"They're all really deserving," said Elaine Garza, an 18-year-old MHS student, speaking as the group worked to divide $14,870 among the three impact areas.
Alice Freidline, community investment director, coaxed the students to think back on what they had heard and to share their views on what areas, if any, deserved a larger share of the funds. The process, she said, gives the kids a look at what volunteers with the United Way do every year as the organization works to split funds that have been donated.
"We never fund more than 25 percent of anyone's total budget," she said. "Mostly, I'm just trying to give you more of an idea about the United Way."
Several students said they felt the programs helping individuals become self-sufficient should take priority because they provide a starting point from which families can succeed.
"Self-sufficiency is the base of health and education," said Jodi Raughton, an 18-year-old MHS student.
LHS student Kortni Edwards, 17, agreed and said if people can become self-sufficient, they're helping to create a long-term impact instead of just providing immediate help.
Others, though, said they felt health provided that base for people. Plus, they added, the cost for health care programs often is higher. So, while all of the programs are important, they said more funds should go to health providers, such as the Palmer Drug Abuse Program and the Midland Children's Rehabilitation Center, which the students toured Thursday.
"If you're not healthy, you can't live the life that you need to live," said Megan Matthews, a 16-year-old LHS student.
Still others said education programs, including Big Brothers Big Sisters and Unlock Ministries, need to be funded at levels close to the other two areas because they give kids opportunities they might not otherwise have.
Kyle Atchison, a 17-year-old MHS student, said hearing about the hope Unlock Ministries brings kids through its camp and about the way others serve children was impacting.
"It touched my heart," he said.
After debating whether to split the money evenly between the program providers, the group agreed to assign percentages of the fund to each impact area. Health programs were given 40 percent of the $14,870, programs that help families work toward self-sufficiency 33 percent and education providers were given 27 percent, said Whitney Roland, resource development associate.
Freidline will allocate the funds to the various nonprofits.
Several of the students said they'd never heard of the programs before Thursday and were surprised to hear how much is available.
Anthony Portillo, a 17-year-old LHS student, said he was most impressed with the hippotherapy program at the Midland Children's Rehabilitation Center, while others said the Kids First supervised visitation program at Centers for Children and Families was the most interesting thing they had learned.
Mitchell Moore, executive director at the Palmer Drug Abuse Program, said he hoped the day gave the students some insight into what's available and how they can get involved or refer others who may need assistance.
"Hopefully you've learned that today there are many places available if you need help," Moore said.
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Khan has written a second letter to Prime Minister Modi after his re-election, saying that Pakistan wants talks with India to resolve all differences, including on the Kashmir issue.
The Pakistani premier said talks between the two nations were the only solution to help both countries' people overcome poverty and that it was important to work together for regional development.
However, India has rejected Pakistan's offer of talks, maintaining that terror and talks cannot go together and said that no bilateral meeting has been planned between the two premiers on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Summit (SCO) in Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek on June 13-14.
“What the United States is really looking for in Pakistan are arrests and prosecutions and not allowing these groups to operate and move around freely, acquire weapons, cross into India, carry out attacks,” a senior White House official told PTI this week.
The United States is looking for sustained and irreversible steps that shut down their operations, asserted the official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
“Until these groups are put out of business, it's going to be very difficult for India and Pakistan to achieve a sustained peace. So the onus is on Pakistan to ensure that they crack down on these groups,” said the White House official responding to a question on the US assessment of the Indo-Pak tension.
A senior State Department official said that in the wake of the Pulwama terrorist attack, the US has seen Pakistan taking some initial actions against designated terrorist organisations and more steps to enhance counter terrorism financing measures.
“We welcome those steps,” the official said.
“We have always agreed that the underlying causes of the tensions between India and Pakistan needed to be addressed … and the underlying tension has been the role of terrorist forces that have sanctuary on Pakistani soil. So we certainly encourage the creation of an environment that will lead to a dialogue,” the official said.
Pakistan needs to take practical steps to demonstrate that it is countering terrorist financing and extremists that are located on their territory, a senior State Department Official told reporters last week.
Paris-based international terror financing watchdog FATF in June last year placed Pakistan onto its watch list in a bid to push the country to halt support for militant groups.
In February, the FATF decided to continue the 'Grey' listing of Pakistan for its failure to stop funding of terrorist groups such as the JeM, the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD).
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|the market research group In-Stat/MDR (www.instat.com) has produced a report on the online gaming industry that indicates significant “backbone traffic,” or business done on the Internet, between now and 2007. “Online Gaming Affects More Than You Think” (#IN030683IA) is said to “peal back the myths behind online gaming and breaks it down into real world numbers that every company needs. From the money to be made, to the number of subscribers, this groundbreaking study covers online gaming from all angles.”|
The report reports that first hundreds of millions, and eventually billions, of dollars in business will be seen in online gaming, and it is still in its embryonic state. Though online gaming “won’t take over the world,” the report declares that as little as 10% of the game consoles playing for as little as five hours a week “could consume more than 5% of all of the American [alone] Backbone Traffic by the end of 2003.”
“Online gaming is a real industry, which will make real money, and has some fairly significant consequences for the companies involved,” says Eric Mantion, a Senior Analyst with In-Stat/MDR. He points out that the biggest risk any company “that is even marginally affected by online gaming is to dismiss it out of hand or put plans on the backburner until they think it matures. There are a lot of companies that are working very hard to grow this industry quickly so, odds are, they will help to move things along, faster than some expect.”
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Whenever we have a discussion on 'testosterone', the first picture that comes to our mind is 'aggression', since it's mainly a man-related thing. But, testosterone is not just about it. Do you know what happens when you take testosterone? Keep reading to find out all about it...
Besides helping the physique, this hormone found mainly in men also has other great advantages - including financial!
What is testosterone?
It is a hormone which is produced mainly by the Leydig cells in the testicles and helps in the development of a male's muscles and bones, voice changes, sex drive and overall growth.
The production of testosterone rises during adolescence and the early years of adulthood. Low level of testosterone in men is called hypogonadism and many consume testosterone supplements to make up for the deficiency.
Women, too, have testosterone but in lower amounts. In their case, the ovaries and adrenal glands produce this hormone.
Benefits of testosterone:
1. Heart & blood: Adequate testosterone levels help the heart pump blood to the rest of the body, boosting the muscles and organs. Hypogonadism can be linked to cardiovascular problems. Testosterone also helps increase red blood cell count.
2. Loss of fat: Testosterone treatment helps in decreasing fat and improves muscle sizes.
3. Stronger bones: Testosterone level helps to have strong bones. It is because of the drop in the level at an older age that men tend to have weaker bones.
4. Sex drive: Testosterone has a give-and-take relation with sex drive. While its level increases in response to sexual arise, more testosterone in turn helps in having higher sexual urge. It also affects a woman's sex drive.
5. Better self-esteem: High level of testosterone enhances one's self-image, and it makes one optimistic and even take more financial gamble.
Now, the bad part of the story:
There are people who prefer a testosterone supplement, if they have low level and eye to have better muscles and sex drive. For them, here is a caution.
Heart & Prostate Risks
Testosterone supplements can actually multiply the problem instead of solving it. Studies have proved that there is a connection between testosterone supplements and heart ailments, both for the young and the old.
Another study also concluded that these supplements increase the risk of having prostate tumours. So, beware.
Other Side Effects
Besides the heart and prostate risks, testosterone therapy can have several side effects like sleep apnoea, testicular shrinkage, acne flares, breast enlargement, increased urination and fluid retention. These supplements/treatments can also reduce sperm count and increase aggression in behaviour.
Can Reduce Sperm Count
Testosterone treatment is available in gels, intramuscular injections and skin patches, but each one of them comes with a side effect. Men who have breast or prostate cancer should not go for testosterone treatment.
A fall in sexual desire or ambition for a Rambo-like look is the main reason why men become desperate to for a testosterone treatment/supplement. But, it is not a wise thing to do. If you feel to do something about enhancing your sex drive, talk to a doctor and, most importantly, your partner.
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Recently, there has actually been actually substantial development in the health care industry of Pakistan. Our experts can easily certainly not state that every little thing is actually going precisely according to the planning, yet typically the fad is actually in the direction of the best interests.
On these outstanding reasons, worldwide health care business has actually additionally switched over in the direction of digitalization. Taking a fallen leave out of the industrialized industry of the globe, a comparable technique is actually being actually adhered to in Pakistan. A solution called “Medical care Pakistan – One Cease Health Care Market Place” has actually been actually introduced along with the function to support individuals of Pakistan.
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While you first meet a Rhodesian Ridgeback, two issues are instantly apparent: the placing ridge of hair alongside the again and the imposing stature. This can be a robust, dignified, muscular breed and member of the Hound Group. Rhodesian Ridgebacks are usually not prone to be the primary canine that strangers attain over to pet and cuddle. These within the know, nonetheless, admire all the qualities that make the Ridgeback beloved by followers.
1. The Rhodesian Ridgeback is a novel South African canine, a product of a number of breeds.
The breed is the results of crosses among the many native ridged Khoikhoi canine and canines dropped at Africa by European settlers, together with Mastiffs, Bloodhounds, Nice Danes, and Greyhounds.
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2. Initially bred to pursue lions, Rhodesian Ridgebacks are excellent hunters.
The Rhodesian Ridgeback not solely tracks their prey however can maintain additionally quarry at bay. The breed is often known as the African Lion Hound on account of their historical past in serving to to hunt lions within the savannah.
3. An athletic breed, Ridgebacks likes to run.
Together with the Ridgeback’s looking expertise, they’re speedy sufficient to maintain tempo with a number of the quickest canine breeds. They have a tendency to carry out properly at lure coursing.
4. Rhodesian Ridgebacks solely are available one colour, wheaten.
Though you’ll see coats in what look like assorted colours, they’re actually simply all of the totally different shades, from pale flax to deep auburn. The breed commonplace particulars acceptable colours as “light wheaten to red wheaten.”
5. They make glorious household guardians.
Not solely did the unique breed hunt within the wild, however in addition they protected Boer farms and households in an untamed, typically hostile surroundings. The Ridgeback’s formidable presence will make any intruder assume twice.
6. Among the many first folks to breed Rhodesian Ridgebacks in the US was the film star Errol Flynn.
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He bought his first Ridgeback from an English breeder within the 1930’s and raised the canines on his ranch in Hollywood. Sadly, that bloodline is now extinct.
7. The Rhodesian Ridgeback is extremely clever with a strong-willed, unbiased streak.
The breed wants affected person and constant coaching and lots of constructive motivation from puppyhood to keep away from changing into a domineering nuisance.
8. As a rule, the breed is just not often called barkers.
In case your Ridgeback is barking at somebody or one thing, you’d higher examine, as one thing could also be up.
9. Rhodesian Ridgebacks are worthy rivals in numerous canine sports activities, together with conformation.
Most just lately, A Contact of Class (known as “Penny”), bred by Shadowbridge Rhodesian Ridgebacks in Sacramento, California, took first within the Hound Group on the 2019 AKC Nationwide Championship introduced by Royal Canin.
10. The Rhodesian Ridgeback is a dearly devoted companion.
As imposing as they appear, these canines are whole-heartedly hooked up to their households, together with kids. These are ‘people’ canines that need to be wherever you’re. They love you deeply, with loyal dedication and loyalty.
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Presentation made to the Stalin Society by Carlos Rule
The bourgeois press understandably brushes the question of health under the carpet, but it is a subject which has the greatest of importance, especially for people who are fighting for improved conditions of life, as good health is central, fundamental to a decent life. In our comparisons of socialist and capitalist societies we should give the example of health, for it is a fact that every single socialist society has a good record on public health, has prioritised health, has made comprehensive health care of the highest quality available to all people, whereas no capitalist country has done this. You only have to look at the situation in the world today to see capitalism’s regard for health. According to official statistics, 40 million people die every year due to starvation-related diseases. Yet the amount of money that would be needed in order to provide every single person on the planet with decent basic health care is equivalent to around 3% of the world-wide annual military budget. You can see how decadent monopoly capitalism has become!
Technology and medical science has progressed so much that, in this day and age, there is no reason why everyone cannot be afforded excellent quality health care. There is no reason why all people cannot enjoy good health. Indeed, this should be considered to be a fundamental human right. Instead we face waiting lists and shortages of doctors and beds.
The questions I have been asked to address are the following: What was the policy of the Soviet state regarding health? What was the USSR’s record on health? How was health care organised in the Soviet Union? What developments were made? In the pages that follow I will attempt to tackle these questions.
MEDICINE IN PRE-REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA
The builders of socialism in the USSR inherited a medical system in an appalling state. There was no central medical body in Russia to co-ordinate health matters, the vast majority of the population lived in extreme poverty, there was a shortage of doctors (in some districts there were as few as 1 doctor per 40,000 of the population), and huge section of the population had never even received medical care from a doctor. Yet despite all this, there did exist a medical movement in Russia which would provide a basis for the first steps towards a socialist health care system.
The first catalyst for an organised medical system in Russia was Peter I, who set up the first Russian hospitals (in Moscow in 1706 and in St. Petersburg in 1715), using doctors from abroad, and the Academy of Science (in 1724) to train Russian doctors. Catherine II followed the lead of Peter, founding a number of hospitals and the first Russian mental asylum (in 1776). However, Russian medicine was still extremely backward. The tsarist bureaucracy was stifling, and professional health care was rarely available to propertied peasants, and virtually never to the serfs and the industrial workers.
In 1884, the zemstvo – local government system – was introduced in Russia. The zemstvo was a district assembly designed to deal with local matters, including health. It was controlled by the individual landowners, the bourgeoisie and the propertied peasants, each group carrying one-third of the votes. Zemstvo medicine was the first to bring medical care to the peasants, and was the first to set up networks of medical care in the rural areas. Henry Sigerist, author of ‘Socialised Medicine in the Soviet Union’, describes the zemstvos as “paving the way” for Soviet medicine by creating a network of medical stations all over the country that could be improved and increased in number.
The zemstvo medical system was associated more with good intentions than with good practice. It was badly funded and by far unable to fulfil the task it set itself. The exploiting classes, who held the majority vote ,were not willing to contribute in a meaningful way to the public health organisations. The zemstvo doctors were enthusiastic and driven by a passion and concern for the health of the population -they devoted their lives to the service of the people. Had their interest been in money they would have been far more successful as private doctor to the rich in the cities. [As a matter of interest, the great Russian playwright Anton Chekhov was at one time a zemstvo doctor]. One of the foremost zemstvo doctors was the famous N.A. Semashko, who would become the first People’s Commissar of Health of the USSR, and who was one of the leading organisers of what would become the best heath care system in the world.
THE ATTITUDE OF THE BOLSHEVIKS TO HEALTH
The following was included in the program of the CPSU(B):
“As the basis for its activity in the sphere of protecting people’s health, the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) considers primarily the implementation of extensive health-building and sanitary measures with the object of preventing the incidence of disease. Accordingly, the RCP(B) makes its immediate task:
1. To carry through resolutely extensive sanitary measures in the interests of the working people, such as:
a) improvement of health conditions in populated places (protection of soil, water and air from pollution),
b) organisation of public catering on a scientific and hygienic basis,
c) launching of measures to prevent the outbreak and spread of infectious diseases,
d) creating a code of health legislation.
2. To combat social diseases – tuberculosis, venereal diseases, alcoholism etc.
3. To make competent medical and pharmaceutical services available to all free of charge.”
The underlying principles of the medical system put forward by the Bolsheviks were: comprehensive preventive medicine, healthy working and living conditions, social insurance and health education. The trend of Soviet medicine was from the start towards prevention rather than cure. In the words of N.A. Vinogradov, writing in the Soviet book ‘Public Health in the Soviet Union’, “The Soviet state has set itself the aim not merely to cure disease but to prevent it; the state is out to create such living and working conditions as would make the occurrence of illnesses impossible”. Such an approach to healthcare is, of course, logical – any child can tell you that prevention is better than cure. However, when the interest of those controlling society is to extract as much profit as possible out of the workers and to provide them with as little as possible in the way of social facilities, living standards which are conducive to good health are simply not an option. And the question is not just economic but also organisational. Under socialism, the whole of society, the people, the government agencies etc. are all fighting towards the same aim – the improvement of the standard of people’s lives – thus making planning and organisation possible. This is not the case in capitalist society.
PUTTING THEORY INTO PRACTICE
Soon after the revolution of 1917, Russia was plunged into civil war. Epidemics were spreading and the death rate was high. In June 1918 the People’s Commissariat of Health was established and “for the first time in the history of medicine a central body was directing the entire health work of a nation” (Sigerist). The first task was to tackle the epidemics which were rapidly spreading across the country and which were gravely affecting the troops fighting for the young socialist state. At the 7th Congress of Soviets, held in December 1919, Lenin said “…and still a third scourge is moving upon us – the louse, typhus, which is mowing down our troops…Comrades, every attention must be given to this problem” Either the lice will defeat socialism or socialism will defeat the lice!”
In the face of extreme adversity, in the face of a shortage of soap, a shortage of clothing, poor water supply etc., the Commissariat of Public Health embarked upon its most honourable mission on the basis of systematic, planned action. The focus was on improving the network of medical stations, keeping houses in sanitary conditions, providing the population with bathhouses, combating typhus and improving the water supply. In April 1919 vaccination was made compulsory. The effect of this measure was profound: for example in Petrograd the number of smallpox cases fell from 800 a month to 7 a month. It was in this period that the old Russian doctors saw that the Soviet government were the defenders of the people and their health, and the majority joined in the struggle for the survival of the socialist state, rather than deserting.
Health education played a very important role in the battle against pestilence. In 1920, 3.8m Red Army soldiers attended lectures and talks on hygiene, and in 1919 and 1920, 5.5m hygiene posters, booklets and leaflets were published for distribution in the army alone. Such health education campaigns were also carried out amongst the population as a whole.
In 1922 the imperialist armies were finally defeated, in large part due to the work of the new nation in improving its health. With the end of the war came a new health slogan: “On from the struggle against epidemics to the fight for healthier working and living conditions.”
Although conditions after the Civil War were far from easy, health improved steadily during the years of the New economic Policy. By 1928, the number of physicians had increased from the pre-war level of 19,785 to 63,219, the allocation for health protection from 128.5m to 660.8m roubles per year, and the number of hospital beds from 175,000 to 225,000 and the number of nursery places from 11,000 to 256,000. But much more rapid progress was achieved under the first Five Year Plan. People tend to think of the Five Year Plans as they are portrayed in bourgeois history books – concerned only with industrial production and in no way linked to the welfare of the people. Nothing could be further from he truth. The Five Year Plans dealt with all aspects of Soviet life: economic, social and cultural. The plans were not imposed from above but based on extensive discussion and data collection by the workers themselves. In health terms, the First Five Year Plan was largely concerned with increasing availability of, and access to, the medical service: more medical stations, more hospital beds, more nurses and more physicians were needed. The plan was based on a full report by the regional health bodies, the hospitals, the farms and the factories on what was required and what was achievable. In the four years it took to complete the first Five Year Plan, the number of doctors increased from 63,000 to 76,000, the number of hospital beds increased by more than half and the number of nursery place increased from 256,000 to5,750,000. 14 new medical colleges were established, along with 133 newsecondary medical schools.
By now medical facilities were available to all Soviet citizens, and so the Second Five Year Plan concerned itself more with improving the quality of the health care administered. One of the principal tasks was to improve medical education and hence to improve the standard of physicians. New medical and scientific research institutes were established, among the enormous Institute of Experimental Medicine, on the initiative of Stalin, Molotov, Voroshilov and A.M.Gorky. Health education among the workers and peasants continued to form a central part of the fight to improve health. S.M. Manton, a British scientist who visited the USSR in 1951, gives a useful account of the widespread health education in the USSR in her book ‘The Soviet Union Today’. She notes that: all doctors were obliged to spend at least 8 hours of every month teaching preventive medicine and answering the questions of the public in places such as parks, lecture rooms and health centres; education in preventive medicine and hygiene was carried out thoroughly in schools; posters and pamphlets are to be found all over the Soviet Union, in different types of institutions, giving instruction on basic health care.
By the end of the Second Five Year Plan, the foundations for a socialist health system characterised by excellence had been cemented. The health system of the USSR was far and away the best in the world.
HOW WAS HEALTH CARE ORGANISED IN THE USSR?
In the Soviet Union, the health program was administered in the most democratic way, and, like everything in the soviet Union, its administration had the form of a “triangle with a very broad base”. The base of this triangle was formed by the thousands upon thousands of committees which existed in every factory, every farm, every place of work. These committees co-operated with the local doctors in order to give feedback and improve services; they made sure that the workers’ social insurance funds were spent in the most appropriate way; they controlled the hygienic conditions of their place of work and the nurseries; and they organised health education in the workplace. Elected representatives from the workplace would be involved in the next highest form of organisation – the Soviets. The Soviets were responsible for the supervision of all hospitals and sanitary establishments, sanitary inspections, wider organisation of education in personal hygiene and so on. The next highest form of organisation was the rayon/district, of which there were around 3,000 in the USSR. In each district there was a Health department, headed by a Rayon Inspector of Public Health, who was held responsible for the entire health work of the district, The Health Departments controlled, inspected and advised all medical institutions in the district. At the apex of the pyramid stood the Commissariat of Health, which was advised by the various scientific research institutions.
By organising the health system in such a way, the entire population was involved directly, and hence felt very strongly about improving the health of the nation. Habits and attitudes of the people changed dramatically from the pre-revolutionary days. Sigerist describes some of his experiences in 1936:
“The habits of the Russian people have been changed radically in a very short time. The cities are spotlessly clean, and the foreigner soon leans that cigarette butts are not supposed to be thrown on the street but into special cans placed at every corner. I remember a long railroad ride from Moscow to Kazan during which the conductor came to clean my compartment every two hours, which was more often than I liked. When I asked he to let me sleep in peace, she said ‘Well, citizen, I have to clean the compartment because the inspector may come in at any station, and the car must be kept as clean as it was when we left Moscow – but I will do it without disturbing you.’ No visitor is allowed to go into food factories, medical institutions, or nurseries without sterilised gown and cap. Such regulations may sometimes seem exaggerated, but they are part of a great educational programme, and far-reaching results cannot be expected unless there are strict rules which must be followed literally.”
Ever-increasing spending on health resulted in continually-improving services. By 1937 there were 132,000 doctors in the USSR, as compared to 2,000 in tsarist Russia. The difference was most marked in the non-Russian republics. In Azerbaijan there were, by 1941, 2,500 doctors, whereas before the revolution there had been 291. In Tajikistan there had been only 13 physicians. By 1941 there were 372. In tsarist Russia there were 9 child and maternity welfare centres. In 1938 there were 4,384. Kindergartens, nurseries, rest homes for mother and child – all of these were built. By the time the 2nd 5-year plan had been completed, hospitals, hygiene institutes and health centres were to be found all over the USSR. All types of treatment – hospital treatment, physiotherapy, radiotherapy, sanatorium cures, dental treatment, maternity services and so on – were available to Soviet people free of charge. Sanitary Commissions were organised in apartment homes. The members of these commissions had been elected by the local population and were trained in special Hygiene Education Centres. The public health budget of the USSR in 1937 was approximately 75 times that of Russia in 1913. The per capita expenditure for medical purposes in 1913 was just 90 kopecks. By 1937 it had increased to 60 roubles.
As a result of the social insurance system whereby all workers and peasants contributed a certain percentage of their earnings to the social insurance fund, ALL aspects of health care were free – not like in England, where you have to pay for prescriptions, for dental care, for physiotherapy, for osteopathy, and where the national health service is so badly funded that you cannot expect decent health care from it.
Private medicine in the USSR was never banned, but withered away, since people had a free service of equally good, if not better, quality.
The material basis for bad health was got rid of. In the capitalist world, the main source of disease is poverty. It is well documented that the poor suffer considerably worse health than the rich. Pappas et al (1993) report that, in 1986, Americans with yearly income less than $9,000 had a death rate 3-7 times higher than those earning $25,000 or more.
The British General Household Survey of 1989, in a study of thousands of people, showed the existence of long-term illness to be twice as high for unskilled manual workers as for professionals such a doctors and lawyers, and surely a comparison taking into account the vast army of unemployed would produce even more frightening results. These statistics are no coincidence, nor are they indicative of some kind of genetic weakness of poor people. They merely highlight the fact that the working class is forced into living conditions which are not conducive to good health. If you are short of money, you are forced to live in poor accommodation. The council does not clean your streets, and you’re lucky if your rubbish is taken away even on a weekly basis. Heating is expensive, so you must compromise your health in order to keep the bills low; healthy food is expensive; warm clothing is expensive; hot water is expensive; cleaning products are expensive; exercise is expensive; treatment is expensive; the air is polluted; the streets are dirty; the buses and trains are rarely cleaned and are hence a breeding ground for disease. It is little wonder that the nation’s health is so bad.
“In the USSR… unemployment, destitution and poverty have been permanently done away with on the basis of the abolition of the exploitation of man by man. In a remarkably short period of time the socialist state has succeeded in raising the material and cultural level of the entire population enormously, thereby laying a firm foundation for successful work in the field of public health” (Professor N. Propper-Grashchenkov, Assistant People’s Commissar of Public Health, in an article entitled ‘Public Health Protection’). The Soviet Union wiped out slums and provided both town and country with water mains, sewer systems and electricity. In addition to this, the quality and quantity of the foods available were increased beyond all recognition. The output of the food industry in the USSR in 1938 was approximately 6 times the output of the food industry of Tsarist Russia in 1913. Nutritious food was made available to the entire population, and its production and consumption increased constantly. Over the period of the second Five Year Plan, consumption by workers of fruits and berries increased three-fold, consumption of ham, bacon and other cured meats increased five-fold, and consumption of eggs increased two-fold. In 1938 the per capita consumption of protein was over 100g per day, compared with 35g in Germany. The national payroll in 1938 was three times what it was even in 1932.
Not only this. Research over the last few decades has proved that, in addition to material factors, psychological factors are a major cause of illness. There has been found to be a direct link between stress, especially stress over which a person has no control, and immune function. Of course the workers, with the conditions they face, suffer the greatest stress, and this affects their health. It has also been demonstrated that there is a definite link between levels of control and health. Researcher such as Kobasa et al (1979) show that those who feel themselves to have little control over their lies, even when adjusting for other influencing factors, suffer from worse health. Under capitalism, he small minority, the bourgeoisie, is in control, and the life of the average worker is in the hands of the ruling class. The USSR, by putting control in the hands of the proletariat, by allowing the necessities of life to be supplied plentifully, and by providing decent leisure facilities, was able to improve peopls’ psychological as well as material conditions, and hence further improve health.
RESULTS OF THE HEALTH CARE IN THE USSR
I would like to concluded by quoting some of the direct results of the USSR’s attention to health care:
- By 1938, the 21 years of Soviet rule had brought about a 50% reduction in child mortality rate.
- The height of the average Soviet child in 1938 was one and a quarter inches greater than that of the average child in tsarist Russia.
- The weight of the average Soviet child was eleven and a half pounds greater in 1937 than in 1925.
- The chest expansion of the average Soviet child in 1938 was roughly 1 inch greater than that of the average child in tsarist Russia.
- Incidence of tuberculosis decreased 83% under Soviet rule up till 1938 and continued to decrease.
- Cases of syphilis decreased 90% by1938 and continued to decrease.
- The death rate in 1937 in the USSR was 40% below the death rate in Russia in 1913 (implying a much higher life expectancy)
- The birth rate increased constantly. Even just from 1936 to 1937 the birth rate increased by 18%. In Leningrad the natural increases in population increased from 5.3 per 1000 in 1913 to 18.6 per 1000 in 1937.
- Reported cases of sickness and accidents decreased consistently.
Such figures provide absolute proof of the benefits of socialism to peoples’ health, even though they really only reflect 10 years of socialism construction. I have not had the time or material to cover much of the period after the second world war (this shall be done at a later date), but the period from 1945 to 1953 certainly saw massive improvements in the peoples’ health in the USSR.
Even by the mid-thirties, health care in the USSR far outstripped the health care in the western world. The report of the Administrator of the United States Federal Security Agency, published in 1948, showed that a sixth of the US population suffered from chronic ailments, 200,000 children were afflicted with epilepsy, 175,000 had tuberculosis and 500,000 were in need of surgical or orthopaedic treatment. However, decent medical care remained out of reach for the majority of the population. This situation has still now seen very little improvement, while health care in socialist countries has continues to improve by leaps and bounds. Today’s world leaders in health are Cuba and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It is in these countries that the people enjoy the world’s best health care and where the greatest innovations in medical science are being made.
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The diplomatic storm centred on the detention of China telecom giant Huawei’s executive Ms Meng Wanzhou has prompted many to watch closely where the Sino-Canadian and Sino-U.S. relations will go. Locally, people are wondering why news reports say she was traveling with three Hong Kong passports.
U.S. documents have revealed that Ms Meng entered Canada, where she was detained, with a HKSAR passport. They also revealed that she has used three HKSAR passports and four issued by China to enter the U.S. over the last 11 years.
Eyebrows have been raised at how Ms Meng can hold that many passports over the period when they are typically valid for 10 years, and whether more than one is valid at a time.
Legally, a mainland Chinese citizen cannot hold both a Chinese and Hong Kong passport at the same time under the “one country, two systems” framework.
Before becoming a Hong Kong permanent resident and getting a HKSAR passport, a mainland Chinese has to renounce their Chinese ID, passport and hukou. Dual citizenship is not recognized by China under Article 3 of the Nationality Law.
The news that Hong Kong has issued multiple passports to Ms Meng in such a short time has raised questions about the Immigration Department’s enforcement of its own rules. Many argue it could tarnish the credibility of the HKSAR travel document if no clarification is provided.
Government to clear doubts
In a rare move, Chief Executive Ms Carrie Lam responded to the case on Tuesday morning, stressing that Ms Meng “only has one valid HKSAR passport at any time.”
“In so far as the issuance of passports to Ms Meng, all the procedures and arrangements are in law, in order, so she has been issued a few passports over a period since she has obtained the Hong Kong permanent resident status,” Ms Lam told reporters before the weekly Executive Council meeting on Tuesday.
She stressed that the government made the response to clear doubts. If the credibility of HKSAR passport is tainted in the global community, millions of residents will be affected when travelling abroad.
“I’m afraid those with an ill intention will use this case to cause damage to Hong Kong,” Ms Lam said.
“This political hype could prompt other countries to review their visa-free policy for [HKSAR passport holders]. This would be a big deal,” she added.
Ms Lam is the latest official to respond to Ms Meng’s possession of three HKSAR passports.
On Monday, Secretary for Security Mr John Lee also explained the possible reasons for one to hold multiple HKSAR passports at a press conference.
“The occasion when one may be using both old and new passports will be when the old passport contains a visa which remains valid, despite the cancellation of the old passport,” Mr Lee said.
“How the officers of that country will record the documents is really up to them, because he will have to follow the procedures as laid down by his own authorities,” he added.
Mr Ronny Tong Ka-wah, member of the Executive Council and former legislator, said the government’s explanation is sufficient enough, and the credibility of the HKSAR passports should not be affected.
“There are cases where the travellers carry both passports if the old one contains a visa that is still valid,” he said.
Mr Tong also said it is possible that the issue reflects the public’s distrust for the current government, when the chief executive and her administration had to speak to the public on this individual case.
“But the public needs to know that this is a common practice,” he noted.
Canada’s detention of Ms Meng has become a high-profile case and received extensive global coverage when Sino-U.S. relations have gone to the lowest point.
Ms Meng is the daughter of Mr Ren Zhengfei, the billionaire founder of Huawei. She is also the CFO of the telecom giant.
On December 1, Ms Meng was taken into custody in Vancouver while she was changing planes. Accused of breaking sanctions to ink deals with Iran, she is now facing extradition from Canada to the U.S. on fraud charges.
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6 Simple Tips to Boost Your Interior Design Photography Skills
The first rule of photography is that there are no rules! It is an expressive art after all. However, there are guidelines you can follow. Preferences differ from person to person, so someone might love clear and bright shots, while someone else would be drawn to a moody and dark atmosphere. What you plan to use your photos for also matters. Especially when it comes to interior design photography. Are you trying to sell your home? Showcase your talent? Or is a work of art your desire.
Whatever your end goal, here are several simple tips that can boost your interior design photography game!
6 Tips to Boost Your Interior Design Photography
Take All the Advantage You Can of Natural Light
Too much artificial lighting can ruin an interior shot since light bulbs cast shadows and can change the appearance of colors. Our naked eye can interpret a yellow color cast of an incandescent bulb or greyish-green of the fluorescent one, but this is something the camera won’t catch. Even on a rainy day, natural light coming through the windows will do more justice to the interior than any artificial light. Also, make sure you turn off the flash as it can alter the natural direction of natural light.
As much as it’s highly recommended to shoot outdoors on a bright, sunny day, it’s actually the opposite for indoor sessions. The bright natural light shining through the windows will create a very sharp contrast and the interior will appear much darker. So, the best way to go is to do it on an overcast day as the clouds will muffle natural light creating soft shadows inside a house.
Always Stage the Scene
The best interior photos are the ones that have been carefully staged and styled. Firstly, you need to clear out the clutter removing anything that is not decorative and flattering. You can also reposition accessories and rearrange the furniture if it will help create a better balance. Besides the lighting, possibly the most difficult part of interior photography is the lack of space. When you move or remove furniture, you have the opportunity to create a perfect shot.
According to a current master’s degree in photography, professionals in this field have to be proactive and effective, learn how to interpret and manipulate the world around them, and be able to redefine and reposition both themselves and the subject of their art. So, if that means altering your surroundings to benefit your photos then that’s what needs to be done.
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Stay In Line and Keep Them Straight
If you need to do a series of photos in one interior, try to stay in line and shoot your pics from the same height. This will add more balance to the space, and it’ll make it easier for anyone looking at pictures later to follow. Otherwise, the beholder might feel like they are jumping up and down through the interior. This can be tiring and annoying, so they might quickly lose interest to keep looking.
Furthermore, keep your lines straight – your verticals should stay vertical, and horizontals horizontal. In reality, our brains will compute that even if we’re seeing something from an angled view the object such as a door is still vertical, but the camera can’t do that.
Use a Tripod
Using a tripod can help you when trying to keep your lines straight, particularly with the addition of a tripod head with bubble levels. With tricky light conditions indoors, it gets quite challenging to shoot handheld pictures. This is where the tripod is a lifesaver! It will help you create sharp images and eliminate any issues you might have with shutter speed. A sturdy tripod with high-quality bubble levels is one of the best investments you can make in photography.
When shooting interior photos, you do need to shoot the overviews, but you mustn’t forget about close-ups and vignettes. These will help you capture the vibe and atmosphere of the space. Play with the depth of the picture – by blurring the background, any object close up will look magnificent.
Go Easy With a Wide-Angle Lens
A wide-angle lens is mandatory in interior photography, but many photographers tend to overdo it and use it too broadly. Keeping it somewhere in the range from 13-14mm on a crop camera to about 22-24 mm won’t allow you to capture an entire room, but it will display it in the most natural way without any distortions. And, if you need to make a change, simply shoot it from another angle!
Following the tips listed here, taking stylish and flashy interior photographs isn’t out of reach! Use these concepts as your starting point and as you practice, keep adding layers of precision and depth. In time, your interior design photography skills will be spot on.
About the Author
Jennifer Hahn Masterson is a lifestyle blogger and senior content strategist at Spread the Word Solutions, having a keen interest in a wide array of topics related to design, fashion, and travel. In her leisure time, she likes to immerse herself in a good book and try to satisfy her perpetual wanderlust. You can check her out on Twitter. | <urn:uuid:2b9d9833-af3f-402a-b696-256b93c2e355> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lovehappensmag.com/blog/2021/04/12/6-simple-tips-to-boost-your-interior-design-photography-skills/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00467.warc.gz | en | 0.93316 | 1,073 | 1.734375 | 2 |
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and international humanitarian law: A comment on the Tablada Case
30-09-1998 Article, International Review of the Red Cross, No. 324, by Liesbeth Zegveld
Liesbeth Zegveld holds a degree from the Law Faculty of Utrecht University, the Netherlands. She is currently employed at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, where she is working on a PhD thesis. She did research as a Fulbright Scholar at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Washington, D.C).
The author would like to thank Frits Kalshoven, Menno Kamminga, Sam Zia-Zarifi and André Nollkaemper for their helpful comments on matters discussed in this article.
On 30 October 1997, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights [1 ] (hereafter the Commission) adopted its report in the so-called Tablada case [2 ] . The case concerned an attack launched by 42 armed persons on military barracks of the national armed forces in 1989 at La Tablada, Argentina. The attack precipitated a battle lasting approximately 30 hours and resulting in the deaths of 29 of the attackers and several State agents. The surviving attackers filed a complaint with the Commission alleging violations by State agents of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereafter the American Convention) and of rules of international humanitarian law [3 ] . In its report the Commission examined in detail whether it was competent to apply international humanitarian law directly. It answered this question in the affirmative. [4 ]
This decision is of considerable importance. It means th at the Commission, a regional inter-governmental human rights treaty body, is competent to invoke international humanitarian law and that it can apply the rules thereof to States party to the American Convention. This decision may pave the way for future petitions accusing, for instance, Colombia, Mexico or Guatemala of violations of international humanitarian law. It may encourage other human rights treaty bodies, such as the United Nations Human Rights Committee, set up pursuant to the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights, and the European Commission and Court of Human Rights, to extend their supervisory functions to international humanitarian law.
Should the Tablada decision set a precedent? The answer depends in part on the strength of the arguments for applying international humanitarian law in a given case. The arguments presented by the Commission to this effect are examined below, but first let us say a few words on why the Commission deemed it important that it should apply rules of international humanitarian law at all.
The Commission explained that it should apply humanitarian law because this enhanced its ability to respond to situations of armed conflict. It found that the American Convention, although formally applicable in times of armed conflict, was not designed to regulate situations of war. In particular, the Commission noted that the American Convention did not contain rules governing the means and methods of warfare. It gave the following example:
“[B ] oth common Article 3 [of the 1949 Geneva Conventions ] and Article 4 of the American Convention protect the right to life and, thus, prohibit, inter alia , summary executions in all circumstances. Claims alleging arbitrary deprivations of the right to life attributable to State agents ar e clearly within the Commission’s jurisdiction. But the Commission’s ability to resolve claimed violations of this non-derogable right arising out of an armed conflict may not be possible in many cases by reference to Article 4 of the American Convention alone. This is because the American Convention contains no rules that either define or distinguish civilians from combatants and other military targets, much less, specify when a civilian can be lawfully attacked or when civilian casualties are a lawful consequence of military operations.” [5 ]
The Commission is right. Distinguishing between those who have the right to resort to acts of hostility and those who do not, for instance, is an essential feature of international humanitarian law, while human rights law has no rules to this effect [6 ] . Two comments are, however, in order. In the first place, we should not overestimate the role of common Article 3 vis-à-vis human rights law. Common Article 3 does not define who is a civilian. Nor does it specify when civilian casualties are a lawful consequence of military operations. Secondly, human rights law may also have an impact on the conduct of military operations [7 ] . The European Court on Human Rights, in the case Akdivar and others v. Turkey [8 ] , restricted the State in its choice of means to combat the PKK. It appeared that even derogable human rights may apply in these situations [9 ] . Thus, it is questionable whether, as contended by the Commission, “it would have to decline to exercise its jurisdiction” if it had not applied international humanitarian law. [10 ]
Since it concluded that it should apply international humanitarian law, the Commission had to construe its legal competence. Clearly, it could not find an express legal basis. According to its Statute, the material competence attributed to the Commission is limited to the American Convention and the American Declaration of the Rights an d Duties of Man [11 ] . These instruments do not explicitly provide a legal basis for applying international humanitarian law. How, then, could a legal basis be found? One option would have been to refer to rules of humanitarian law as ‘sources of authoritative guidance’ [12 ] . However, the Commission wanted to go further. It evaluated the conduct of States party to the American Convention directly on the basis of international humanitarian law. To support its view the Commission presented five arguments.
1. Competence to apply international humanitarian law could be derived from the overlap between the substantive norms of the American Convention and the 1949 Geneva Conventions. The Commission stated:
“Indeed, the provisions of common Article 3 are essentially pure human rights law. Thus, as a practical matter, application of common Article 3 by a State party to the American Convention involved in internal hostilities imposes no additional burdens on [a State ] , or disadvantages its armed forces vis-à-vis dissident groups. This is because Article 3 basically requires the State to do, in large measure, what it is already legally obliged to do under the American Convention.” [13 ]
It is doubtful whether this argument, while in itself true, provides a legal basis for the Commission to apply humanitarian law. In the first place, the fact that the substantive norms of the American Convention cover a part of common Article 3 does not mean that these instruments are interchangeable. If that were indeed the case, why do we have two separate legal systems? Indeed, as the Commission noted, human rights law and humanitarian law specify their own fields of application [14 ] . Secondly, one should distinguish between the substance of norms and the supervisory means attached to them. The fact that the substantive norms of human rights law and international humanitarian law are complementary in character does not mean that supervisory bodies set up under human rights law are ipso facto competent to apply humanitarian law. If States had wished to set up an international mechanism similar to that of the Inter-American Commission to supervise compliance with international humanitarian law, they would have established it directly in the Geneva Conventions. [15 ]
2. Article 29b of the American Convention could provide a legal basis to apply international humanitarian law. This Article states that no rule of the American Convention shall be interpreted as “[r ] estricting the enforcement or exercise of any right or freedom recognized by virtue of ... another convention to which one of the said States is a party”. The Commission argued that:
“[W ] here there are differences between legal standards governing the same or comparable rights in the American Convention and a humanitarian law instrument, the Commission is duty bound to give legal effort [sic ] to the provisions of that treaty with the higher standards applicable to the rights or freedoms in question. If that higher standard is a rule of humanitarian law, the Commission should apply it.” [16 ]
This is a remarkable argument. Article 29b of the American Convention can be invoked against a State which claims that the Convention allows it to limit the protection prescribed by international humanitarian law. To resolve such a claim, the Commission may be required to consider whether the State concerned has indeed limited the application guaranteed by humanitarian law. However, it needs to do so for the sole purpose and only to the extent necessary to decide whether there has been a violation of Article 29b of the American Convention. This article does not require or authorize the Commission to examine the State’s compliance with humanitarian law as such
3. The Commission argued that competence can be derived from Article 25 of the American Convention, which entitles everyone to an effective remedy before a national court “for protection against acts that violate his fundamental rights recognized by the constitution or laws of the State concerned”. The Commission found that this article obliges States to provide judicial protection against violations of norms set forth in the 1949 Geneva Conventions in so far as they have incorporated these norms in domestic law. However, supposing the Commission’s findings to be correct and even if States had incorporated the norms of humanitarian law in their domestic legislation, the Commission’s competence would be limited to allegations of violations of the right to an effective remedy. This article does not empower the Commission to assess compliance with humanitarian law, or to examine whether States have correctly transformed humanitarian law obligations into law.
4. The Commission invoked Article 27, para. 1 of the American Convention, which stipulates that derogation measures taken by States in time of emergency may “not be inconsistent with a State’s other international legal obligations”.
This is a valid argument. The notion “other international legal obligations” is generally interpreted as including international humanitarian law [17 ] . Article 27, para. 1 empowers the Commission to evaluate the coherence of a State’s derogation measures in time of armed conflict with the norms of humanitarian law by which the State is bound. However, it should be borne in mind that the scope of application of Article 27, para. 1 is limited. First, this provision applies only if the State concerned has formally declared a state of emergency under the American Convention. In practice, States may decide not to derogate from the norm s of the American Convention even when an armed conflict has occured [18 ] . Second, the Commission can apply international humanitarian law only in so far as it coincides with the substantive norms of the American Convention. Thus, provisions that are not covered by the American Convention cannot be implemented through this instrument. [19 ]
5. The Commission referred to an advisory opinion of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights as a fifth argument to apply humanitarian law. In its opinion the Court observed: “The Commission has properly invoked in some of its reports and resolutions ‘other treaties concerning the protection of human rights in the American States’, regardless of … whether they have been adopted within the framework or under the auspices of the Inter-American system.” [20 ]
This argument seems to provide persuasive evidence that the Court appears to sanction application of international humanitarian law by the Commission. However, it should be noted that the Court’s decision did not specifically concern humanitarian law. But at some point in the future, the Court may be in a position to give an opinion on the Commission’s decision to apply international humanitarian law directly.
Should the considerations of the Tablada decision be taken as a precedent? There is no doubt that the objective of applying international humanitarian law, that is to improve protection, is praiseworthy. However, except possibly for the fifth argument, none of the arguments presented by the Commission seems to provide compelling authority for an unqualified application of international humanitarian law. Furthermore, it is not obvious that the aim of protection can only be achieved by applying international humanitarian law. Would it not have sufficed for the Commission to apply provisions of the American Convention interpreted in the light of international humanitarian law?
Be that as it may, the Tablada case is unique [21 ] . No other human rights treaty body has decided that it is competent to apply international humanitarian law directly. Nevertheless, international humanitarian law has surfaced in the practice of bodies such as the United Nations Human Rights Committee and the European Commission and Court of Human Rights [22 ] . The future will demonstrate whether other human rights treaty bodies decide to follow the Inter-American Commission’s example.
1. The Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) is established under Article 33 of the American Convention on Human Rights, 9 I.L.M . 673 (1970).
2. IACHR Report No. 55/97 , Case No. 11.137, Argentina, OEA/Ser/L/V/II.97, Doc. 38, October 30, 1997 (hereafter IACHR Report) .
3. IACHR Report , p. 6, para. 16.
4. IACHR Report , p. 43, para. 157. The Commission concluded that Argentina did not violate the applicable provisions of international humanitarian law, IACHR Report , pp. 92 and 93, para. 327 and 328.
5. IACHR Report , p. 44, para. 161.
6. Along the same lines, the International Court of Justice stated: “[W ] hether a particular loss of life, through the use of a certain weapon in warfare, is to be considered an arbitrary deprivation of life contrary to Article 6 of the Covenant [of Civil and Political Rights ] , can only be decided by reference to the law applicable in armed conflict and not deduced from the terms of the Covenant itself.” -Advisory Opinion on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons , I.C.J. Reports 1996, p. 240.
7. F. Hampson, “Rules on the Conduct of Military Operations in Non-International Armed Conflicts”, Humanitäres Völkerrecht , Nr. 1, 1998, pp. 70 and 71.
8. Eur. Court HR, Akdivar and others v. Turkey, Judgment of 16 September 1996, Reports of Judgments and Decisions, 1996-IV.
9. The Court condemned Turkey for the deliberate burning of the applicants’ homes and their contents which constituted an illegal interference with the right to respect for family lives and homes laid down in Article 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, loc. cit. , para. 88. Article 8 is derogable under Article 15 of the European Convention in time of public emergency.
10. IACHR Report , pp. 44 and 45, para. 161.
11. Article 1, Statute of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Basic Documents Pertaining to Human Rights in the Inter-American System , OEA/Ser.L/V/II.92, doc. 31 rev. 3, 3 May 1996, p. 121; The American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, 2 May 1948, ibid ., p. 17.
12. IACHR Report, p. 44, para. 161.
13. IACHR Report , p. 43, para. 158, note 19.
14. M. Bothe, K. Partsch & W. Solf, New Rules for Victims of Armed Conflicts: Commentary on the Two 1977 Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 , 1982, p. 619, cited in the Commission’s Report, p. 44, para. 160.
15. See G.J.H. Van Hoof & K. de Vey Mestdagh, “Mechanisms of International Supervision”, in P. van Dijk (Ed.), Supervisory Mechanisms in International Economic Organizations , Kluwer, Deventer, 1984, p. 10, which emphasizes the importance of State consent with regard to the creation of rules of supervision.
16. IACHR Report , p. 46, para. 165.
17. J. M. Fitzpatrick, Human Rights in Crisis, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1994, pp. 59 and 60; J. Oraá, Human Rights in States of Emergency in International Law, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1992, p. 195.
18. An example is provided by El Salvador, which lifted the state of emergency temporarily in 1987 despite the ongoing civil war, Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 1987-1988 , OEA/Ser.L/V/II.74, Doc. 10 rev. 1, 16 September 1988, p. 294.
19. Oraá, loc. cit. (note 18), pp. 190 and 191.
20. “Other Treaties” Subject to the Consultative Jurisdiction of the Court (Art. 64 of the American Convention on Human Rights) , Advisory Opinion OC-1/82 of 24 September 1982, Inter-Am.Ct.H.R. (Ser. A) No. 1, at para. 42.
21. The competence assumed in the Tablada case and the likelihood that the Commission will use this competence in the future raise intriguing questions. One question is whether the Commission will extend its new mandate to the other party to the armed conflict, the armed opposition group. In the Tablada case, while observing that Argentine military personnel and the armed opposition had the same duties under international humanitarian law, the Commission limited its application to the conduct of the Argentine State. Application to only one party to the conflict, the State, may be considered as contradicting a basic principle of humanitarian law, according to which both parties to the conflict have equal rights and duties. Future cases may show whether the Commission is willing and able to incorporate this basic principle of international humanitarian law.
22. For instance, in an inter-state complaint against Turkey, Cyprus invoked international humanitarian law before the European Commission on Human Rights (4 EHRR 482 at 552, 553 (1976) Commission Report). However, the European Commission did not examine this point. See on this subject Ch. M. Cerna, “Human Rights in Armed Conflict: Implementation of International Humanitarian Law Norms by Regional Intergovernmental Human Rights Bodies”, in: F. Kalshoven, Y. Sandoz (Eds.), Implementation of International Humanitarian Law, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht, 1989, pp. 31-67; application of humanitarian law by the United Nations, see H.-P. Gasser, “Ensuring Respect for the Geneva Conventions and Protocols: the Role of Third States and the United Nations”, in H. Fox, M.A. Meyer (Eds.), Effecting Compliance, The British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London, 1993, pp. 15-49. | <urn:uuid:d090ec8b-537c-4011-a266-65bc7b820ff3> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/article/other/57jpgb.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282140.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00131-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916465 | 3,916 | 1.84375 | 2 |
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The O’Reilly Hardware Podcast: Collecting, sharing, and accessing data from sensors.
In this new episode of the Hardware Podcast, David Cranor and I talk with data scientist Rachel Kalmar, formerly with Misfit Wearables and the founder and organizer of the Sensored Meetup in San Francisco. She shares insights from her work at the intersection of data, hardware, and health care.
- The need for a “data ecosystem” approach: it’s important to understand the entire stack from acquisition through storage and analysis, and where security and privacy become concerns.
- Analysis and insight as the real value in data: consumers get very little from raw data.
- Authentication for smart devices—and an experiment (let us know if your lights went out during this podcast by e-mailing firstname.lastname@example.org).
The O’Reilly Hardware Podcast: The business of building, marketing, and deploying sensors in tough environments.
In this episode of the Hardware Podcast, David Cranor and I talk with Sanjit Biswas, founder and CEO of the industrial sensor company Samsara.
- The challenges of making modern systems work with ancient industrial control systems already in the field
- The process of designing temperature sensors for heavy-duty deployments, including environmental constraints, firmware, testing, and necessary certifications
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Turkey has never fully enjoyed the benefits of the rule of law under any government in its history. For citizens of this country, it meant to feel both blessed and cursed at the same time. With its rich history, unique and strategic location and natural beauties, Turkey makes one feel blessed, while unending political crises and the high degree of human suffering in any era is enough to make one feel cursed. In this respect, many would argue that we have almost a schizophrenic mindset, thanks to our political history.
One exception in my lifetime when we had hopes of breaking this vicious cycle was the first term of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party). The late President Turgut Özal introduced economic liberalization in 1980s, but failed to pair it with political liberalization. Since the AK Party unexpectedly implemented unprecedented reforms against all odds in the early 2000s and because it was the underdog, I was among the young people who gave it my support despite my reservations about political Islamism, because after all, the AK Party, by its own admission, had changed. And since actions speak louder than words, we had to take them at their word. What I and others failed to do was to continue to hold at least a grain of skepticism about anything political. If we had done so, our disappointment with the AK Party, which turned into nightmare for anyone who refuses to pledge full allegiance to the party, would not have been this big.
As always, actions continue to speak louder than words. There is no trace of the Turkey that was the closest in its history to joining the EU a decade ago. Pressure on independent journalists and free speech turned from being an exception to the rule under this government. Following the infamous, massive 2013 corruption investigations that implicated the top office in Turkey, the deterioration gained momentum. The AK Party had the opportunity to choose to be held accountable or to cover up the dirt. As we all witnessed bitterly, it chose the latter at the expense of an independent judiciary, free media and believers in democracy. In other words, had the government not had the test of the Dec. 17 and 25, 2013 corruption investigations, its spell could have continued, despite its failure to properly handle the Gezi protests in the summer of 2013.
Actually, the trend of declaring anyone who is critical a terrorist, a spy or a domestic collaborator of vague foreign forces started with the Gezi protests. It was an old habit of the Turkish state that had been in hibernation. When the AK Party realized how useful such a tool had become, it began to employ it in every instance. After two years of an intense smear campaign against the Gülen (a.k.a. Hizmet) movement, which was chosen by the government as the scapegoat for anything that could go wrong in the country, it is crystal clear that we suffer from delirium as a country. Turkey is experiencing an inflation in the number of “traitors,” “terrorists” and “spies” despite a lack of any evidence in almost all cases. What matters is that such rhetoric, constantly covered by the pro-government media and beyond finds an audience. Thanks to the old maladies of the Turkish state, people tend to buy the argument that Turkey is surrounded by foreign and domestic enemies, mistakenly equating the state with the governing party. I would not be surprised if some smart minds within the government were also caught off guard by how easily their terrorism card has been accepted by the public. Of course, all those in government and some among the people pretend to buy a “parallel structure” argument because they are scared of losing the goodies they gained under this government. Accusing others of being a terrorist, traitor or “parallel,” whatever that means, is a convenient tool for anyone who has dirty business. The fact that a theology professor who allegedly downloaded child porn argued that it was “parallel plot” against him must be telling enough.
Amid all this paranoia and irrationality, new sets of critics are detained and silenced. A prominent international relations scholar, Professor Sedat Laçiner, is the latest example of the witch hunt apparently conducted with pleasure by the government.
If Turkey manages to retain some level of normalcy against all odds, these days will be a source of shame not only for those who are orchestrating this witch hunt, but also those who remain silent in the face of such overt oppression.
Published on Sunday's Zaman, 27 December 2015, Sunday
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SK 229301 Hoon Hay, Cropmarks. Two ring ditches and a rectangular cropmark with a series of parallel lines identified on an aerial photograph. A two foot high bank was also recorded. H Usher has field walked the site. He interprets it as a Roman villa, but notes the absence of tegulae and tesserae. C Drage suggests it might either be a Romano-British native settlement or possibly connected with the alleged deserted settlement [SMR 20905] 500m to the west. Three rims and two body sherds of medieval pottery were collected, and numerous river pebbles were noted. (1, 2)
Cropmarks plotted on map overlay at a scale of 1:10,000. (3)
A walkover survey has been made of the route of a proposed pipeline, which will be in the vicinity of the cropmarks. An aerial photograph in the Cambridge University Collection (BTK 80-81, taken June 30 1975) revealed evidence of linear features, a square enclosure and a possible ring-ditch. (4)
Three cropmark features identified as part of the New National Forest Project and mapped using good quality aerial photographs: A) A rectangular enclosure of possible prehistoric date, 65m by 30m, defined by a ditch. Internal and/or attached features are present, with fragments of external ditches possibly indicating the presence of an annexe. Centred at SK 2284 2997 (Morph No. FR. 98.10.1) B) A square enclosure of unknown date, 10m by 10m, defined by a ditch. Centred at:- SK 2291 2996 (Morph No. FR. 98.9.1). C) Possible cropmark boundaries of unknown date seen as discontinuous linear features in a disordered pattern each defined by a ditch, with a maximum length of 25m. Centred at SK 2290 2993 (Morph No. FR. 98.11.1). (5)
Aerial Photograph: Pickering J. NMR 1781/30 32.
Archive: Whiteley, S. 1989. Aerial Photographic Transcripton Project.
Unpublished document: Usher, H. Letter (pre 1983) in Trent and Peak Archaeology parish file (?).
Unpublished document: Woodhouse, G & Guilbert, G. 1993. An Archaeological Assessment of Severn Trent Water's Foston, Hatton, Hilton and Rolleston Closures Scheme.. p 8.
Index: RCHME Boutwood, Y.. 1993. National Forest Project.
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By JOHN L. ALLEN JR.
tTwo instances of something may not constitute a trend, but they can at least suggest a strategy. This morning an apparent Vatican strategy on turning popes into saints came into view: When you’re going to move a pope along the path whose cause is sure to cause friction in Catholic/Jewish relations, bundle it with a popular pope also seen as a friend to the Jews.
tCall it a “two-for-one” strategy with regard to pope-saints.
tThis morning, the Vatican announced that Pope Benedict XVI has approved decrees of heroic virtue for several figures, including two of his 20th century predecessors: Pope John Paul II, and Pope Pius XII.
tA decree of heroic virtue is an official finding that someone lived a saintly life. It allows the candidate to be referred to as “venerable,” and means that the only hurdle left for beatification is a documented miracle, with one more miracle necessary for canonization, the formal act of declaring someone a saint.
tThe obvious parallel is to September 2000, when Popes Pius IX and John XXIII were beatified in the same ceremony. Among other things, Pius IX was known for corralling the Jews of Rome back into their ghetto and for the famous case of a Jewish child forcibly removed from his family and raised in the Vatican. John XXIII, on the other hand, was the popular “Good Pope John” of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65). Among other gestures of outreach to the Jewish community, John XXIII had removed a reference to the “perfidious Jews” from the church’s Good Friday liturgy.
The similarity with today's announcement is striking.
tPius XII, of course, was the pontiff during the Second World War, whose alleged “silence” on the Holocaust has long been the subject of fierce historical debate. Whether one regards Pius as a hero or a villain, the progress of his cause will produce new tensions in Jewish/Catholic relations – even if the result has seemed a foregone conclusion for some time, since Benedict XVI has repeatedly insisted that Pius XII did everything possible under the dramatic circumstances of the war to save Jews and other victims of the Nazi regime.
Those tensions were not long in surfacing. Abraham Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League told the Associated Press, "We are saddened and disappointed that the pontiff would feel compelled to fast-track Pope Pius at a point where the issue of the record — the history and the coming to a judgment — is still wide open."
tHence the logic of moving Pius XII along at the same time as John Paul II, since John Paul is credited with revolutionizing ties between Catholic and Jews. John Paul II is the pope who visited the Great Synagogue in Rome in 1986, the first time any modern pontiff had entered a Jewish place of worship; he’s the pope who visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem in 2000, leaving behind a note apologizing for centuries of Christian anti-Semitism; and in a thousand other ways large and small, he signaled a new sensitivity to the Jewish world.
Among other things, the timing suggests that bundling John Paul II and Pius XII wasn't entirely an accident. The Congregation for the Causes of Saints approved a decree of heroic virtue for Pius XII in May 2007, more than two years ago. News reports at the time indicated that Benedict XVI had decided to slow things down, not out of doubt about Pius XII's worthiness, but concern for the wider implications of declaring him a saint.
tTo be sure, John Paul II's outreach to the Jews is hardly the only aspect of his resume that merits consideration, and the same thing was true with John XXIII. Arguably, even if neither pope had ever done anything with regard to Judaism, they both still would have been compelling candidates for sainthood.
tYet putting each man into the same sainthood “class,” so to speak, with a fellow pontiff whose public image on Judaism is more mixed is, at least in part, a way of trying to soften the sting. Substantively, it sends a signal that the Catholic church is not honoring those pontiffs in order to promote hostility to Jews; in terms of PR, it tries to ensure that whatever negative publicity may surround the controversial popes will be balanced (and, perhaps, outweighed) by positive reaction to the popular ones.
tIt remains to be seen whether John Paul II and Pius XII, having been declared venerable together, will also be beatified together. Sources say the beatification of John Paul II could come as early as October 2010, while it’s not clear that Pius’ cause will move quite that swiftly.
tYet the two pontiffs are, for the moment, linked, as was the case for Pius IX and John XXIII almost a decade ago. How well that strategy may play out is anyone's guess, especially since Pius IX’s history with Judaism was a sore point only in Italy and among experts, while the debates over Pius XII have a more global resonance.
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Children in conflict
In protecting children, who have known violence throughout their lives, peacekeepers can break the cycle of violence and lay the foundations for durable peace.
UN Photo/Stuart Price
A patrolling member of the Rwandan battalion of UNAMID encounters children on donkeyback fetching water.
Conflicts disproportionately affect children. Many are subject to abductions, rape, military recruitment, killing, maiming, and numerous forms of exploitation.
In the words of Graça Machel, former First lady of Mozambique and South Africa: "War violates every right of a child – the right to life, the right to be with family and community, the right to health, the right to the development of the personality and the right to be nurtured and protected."
The Security Council has addressed this issue since 1999 and protection of children in conflict has been included in the mandates of peacekeeping operations since 2001. In these past ten years peacekeeping operations have helped release thousands of child soldiers and advocate for legislative reform.
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We believe that everyone in a peacekeeping operation should play a role in protecting children from the effects of war.
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- UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)
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Security Council resolutions
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- Resolution 1612 [S/RES/1612(2005)]
- Resolution 1539 [S/RES/1539(2004)]
- Resolution 1460 [S/RES/1460(2003)]
- Resolution 1379 [S/RES/1379(2001)]
- Resolution 1314 [S/RES/1314(2000)]
- Resolution 1261 [S/RES/1261(1999)]
- DPKO/DFS Policy on mainstreaming the protection, rights and well-being of children affected by armed conflict within UN Peacekeeping Operations (2009)
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The impacts are being felt most keenly in developing countries, according to the research, where damage to agricultural production from extreme weather linked to climate change is contributing to deaths from malnutrition, poverty and their associated diseases.
Air pollution caused by the use of fossil fuels is also separately contributing to the deaths of at least 4.5-million people a year, the report found.
The 331-page study, entitled Climate Vulnerability Monitor: A Guide to the Cold Calculus of A Hot Planet and published on Wednesday, was carried out by the DARA group, a non-governmental organisation based in Europe, and the Climate Vulnerable Forum.
It was written by more than 50 scientists, economists and policy experts, and commissioned by 20 governments.
By 2030, the researchers estimate, the cost of climate change and air pollution combined will rise to 3.2% of global GDP, with the world's least developed countries forecast to bear the brunt, suffering losses of up to 11% of their GDP.
Sheikh Hasina, prime minister of Bangladesh, said: "A 1°C rise in temperature [temperatures have already risen by 0.7°C globally since the end of the 19th century] is associated with 10% productivity loss in farming. For us, it means losing about 4-million tonnes of food grain, amounting to about $2.5-billion. That is about 2% of our GDP. Adding up the damages to property and other losses, we are faced with a total loss of about 3% to 4% of GDP. Without these losses, we could have easily secured much higher growth."
But major economies will also take a hit, as extremes of weather and the associated damage – droughts, floods and more severe storms – could wipe 2% of the GDP of the US by 2030, while similar effects could cost China $1.2-trillion by the same date.
Growing body of opinion
While many governments have taken the view that climate change is a long-term problem, there is a growing body of opinion that the effects are already being felt.
Scientists have been alarmed by the increasingly rapid melting of Arctic sea ice, which reached a new record minimum this year and, if melting continues at similar rates, could be ice free in summer by the end of the decade.
Some research suggests that this melting could be linked to cold, dull and rainy summers in parts of Europe – such as has been the predominant summer weather in the UK for the last six years.
In the US, this year's severe drought has raised food prices and in India the disruption to the monsoon has caused widespread damage to farmers.
Connie Hedegaard, the European Union's climate chief, warned that extreme weather was becoming more common, as the effects of climate change take hold.
"Climate change and weather extremes are not about a distant future," she wrote in a comment for the Guardian last week.
"Formerly one-off extreme weather episodes seem to be becoming the new normal."
Michael Zammit Cutajar, former executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, said: "Climate change is not just a distant threat but a present danger – its economic impact is already with us." - © Guardian News and Media 2012
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Michelle Obama: why she's rated the world's most powerful woman
Forbes magazine ranked Michelle Obama ahead of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and GOP figure Sarah Palin.
Michelle Obama is the most powerful woman in the world. That’s what Forbes magazine says, anyway, in its just-released list of the globe’s 100 most influential females. The US first lady beats Oprah Winfrey (No. 3), German Chancellor Angela Merkel (4), Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (5), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (11), and Sarah Palin (16).
Why is the first lady No. 1? Forbes cites Mrs. Obama’s forceful advocacy of better child nutrition and improvement in the lives of military families. The magazine also gives her kudos for fashion sense, calling her “Jackie Kennedy with a law degree.”
In the end, Forbes judges the first African-American first lady to be a “true change-maker." It adds, "[S]he’s changed the face of the office (literally) ....”
We think at the end there, Forbes is referring to the redecoration of the Oval Office, in Mrs. Obama may have had a hand. But we’re not sure.
The magazine also notes that she’s stayed away from hard policy, at least so far. That’s unlike Ms. Clinton, who pushed hard for health-care reform during her husband’s time in office.
Ms. Clinton failed, of course, but that effort would still put her high on the list of most powerful first ladies ever.
But is Mrs. Obama on the shortlist of the most powerful first lady ever? We’ll get back to that in a minute.
First, list-mania. Who doesn’t love a chance to argue and compare the merits of how others rank people, schools, or, say, rock music? Is Abraham Lincoln really the most influential figure ever in American history, as the Atlantic Monthly judged in its 2006 list of top 100 US figures? Is Harvard the top university, per U.S. News & World Report? Is Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” the greatest song ever, as Rolling Stone magazine recently judged?
(Personally, we prefer Mr. Dylan’s “Tangled Up in Blue,” but what other pick is a publication named Rolling Stone going to make?)
For the new power-woman list, Forbes says that this year it attempted to shake things up a bit and deemphasize traditional measures of clout in favor of a broader measure that includes “creative influence and leadership.”
This may explain the downgrading of Chancellor Merkel, who has topped these rankings in recent years but this year dropped a bit, despite being arguably the highest-ranking world woman in terms of political job description. Speaker Pelosi might have ranked higher if she were not a sort of House speaker-for-now, in great danger of losing her job if Democrats lose their majority in November.
But, c’mon, is Lady Gaga really more powerful than Pelosi? We bet Lady Gaga can’t raise your taxes. And is Angelina Jolie more powerful than Elena Kagan? Ms. Kagan is a Supreme Court justice: Not only does she rule on the most important questions facing America, but she can also perform weddings.
As for the most powerful first ladies ever, we’ll put down our ad hoc list here, and then you can discuss it amongst yourselves. No angry calls or messages please: This is just a conversation starter:
5. Michelle Obama. Everything Forbes says is true. But she needs to take on things of larger scope to move up the list.
4. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Per her health-care effort, we put her here. Also, we’ll note that the Forbes list of the world’s most powerful people puts Ms. Clinton at No. 17. She’s the second-highest woman, after Chancellor Merkel.
2. Dolley Madison. Saved White House furnishings – or at least as many of them as she could – before the British burned the White House in 1812. Beloved in her day. She served as White House hostess not just for husband, James Madison, but also for Thomas Jefferson after the latter’s own wife died.
1. Edith Wilson. Surprised? Edith Wilson wasn’t even Woodrow Wilson’s first first lady. His first wife, Ellen Axson, died in 1914. He married Edith Galt a year later. But in 1919, President Wilson had a stroke, and Edith Wilson basically took over the running of the nation. She made key decisions and controlled both the people and paper that got to see her husband. No other first lady has wielded that kind of power. | <urn:uuid:de996e16-273f-47f9-8067-0c2aa9c8a244> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2010/1007/Michelle-Obama-why-she-s-rated-the-world-s-most-powerful-woman | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719136.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00467-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948036 | 1,023 | 1.6875 | 2 |
Above: A northern saw-whet owl at the Boisvert’s GreenWoods – Doris May Photo
The Edmonton and Area Land Trust (EALT) is pleased to welcome you to visit Boisvert’s GreenWoods, a local conservation site, approximately 13 kilometres north of Morinville. This beautiful 80-acre natural area is home to a wide variety of wildlife, including deer, moose, pileated woodpeckers and northern saw-whet owls. A short and easy to walk 1.5-km loop trail will take you past the dugout area and through the old poplar forest.
Thanks to the help of volunteers, visiting this natural area just got a little easier, with a newly expanded parking area and a pedestrian V gate to make it easy to enter on foot. For our full visiting guidelines, visit http://www.ealt.ca/.
For more information about Boisvert’s GreenWoods, including a trail map, directions to get there, and information about the geocaches to be found, visit http://www.ealt.ca/boisverts-greenwoods.
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Key Difference – Culture vs Subculture
Although the two share many similarities, there is a clear difference between culture and subculture. In every society, there exists a culture. Culture can be defined as the ways of life of the people in a particular society. It is through the culture that people learn of the accepted and expected codes of behavior. For instance, when a child is born, he is not only dependent but unaware of how to behave. It is this culture that teaches the child to behave in an accepted manner. On the other hand, subculture refers to the ways of life that exists within the main culture. These are unique to specific groups of people. This is the key difference between culture and subculture as the main culture is shared by all members but the subculture is not. Subculture is only shared by segments in the society. Through this article let us examine the difference between the two terms.
What is Culture?
First, let us begin with the culture. As explained in the introduction culture refers to the ways of life of the people in a particular society. This includes the values, norms, mores, taboos, ideas, attitudes, etc. Through the components of culture, one can state that culture defined the accepted patterns of behavior in a particular society. It raises awareness among the people as to how to behave in particular situations and places. Culture is not something that exists only for a limited period of time, on the contrary, it is passed on from one generation to another.
Small children are taught their culture by parents and various other social agents such as schools, religious leaders, etc. This process is referred to as socialization. This provides the child with knowledge on how to behave in the society. In every society, culture plays a huge role as it lays a clear impact on the lives of the people. Now, let us move on to the next word, subculture.
What is Subculture?
Subculture refers to the ways of life that exists within the main culture. In a single society, there can be many different cultures based on ethnic groups, religious groups, etc. This highlights that although the people share a common culture of which everyone is a part of, within this culture there are sub-sections as well of which the individuals are a part of. In some cases, there can be a clash between the main culture and subculture. This creates a difficult condition not only for the individuals but also for the very society as well.
Let us comprehend this through an example. In most universities, there are subcultures. These include particular ways of accepted behavior and codes of ethics. Ragging is one such practice that is a part of the University subculture. Although this is followed only by the university students who belong to the subculture, this can create a clash with the culture of the society. In such instances, the main culture can have a huge impact on changing the subculture. As you can observe although culture and subculture are connected to one another, there is a clear difference between the two.
What is the Difference Between Culture and Subculture?
Definition of Culture and Subculture:
Culture: Culture can be defined as the ways of life of the people in a particular society.
Subculture: Subculture refers to the ways of life that exists within the main culture.
Characteristics of Culture and Subculture:
Culture: In every society, there is a culture.
Subculture: There can be a number of subcultures within a single society.
Culture: The culture can influence the subcultures in the society.
Subculture: Subcultures can influence the culture of the society.
Culture: All members are part of the culture.
Subculture: Not all members in the society are part of the subculture.
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Purchasing a used motorcyclePay attention when purchasing a used motorcycle. Consider your safety while driving it.
- You must be aware from the very beginning that you will have to change some spare parts in the first few months.
- Verify the wheels, the tires and the wheel balancing. Inflate the tire to the proper pressure and check if there are any cracks or holes.
- Check if there are any fluid leaks at the engine.
- Check if the motorcycle is in a good shape by pulling back on the throttle and letting it go. When it snaps back, it means that it’s in good shape.
- Check the brakes by pressing the front brake and, while the front wheel off the ground, let the brake go and spin the wheel. Make sure there is no stickiness.
- Check the front fork as this is very important for the suspension, balance and steering control. make sure there are no bends on cracks.
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STORAGE TANK MANAGEMENT
Underground storage tanks (UST's) are one of the largest sources of soil and groundwater contamination in the U.S. In order to prevent and rectify this situation, the U.S. EPA and various state and local governments have developed stringent guidelines regulating the design, installation, repair and removal of UST systems. All UST owners and operators face deadlines to comply with these new regulations.
SCE Environmental Group, Inc. can assist UST owners and operators in complying with regulations in a cost-effective and environmentally safe manner.
Our trained staff of specialists can address the concerns of tank owners from repairs to up-grades or removal of UST systems. Through a structured approach we can address the compliance requirements of any tank owner, regardless of system size or complexity.
In the event that a leak is detected and remediation is necessary, SCE has the experience and expertise to perform a full service of environmental services.
If contamination of soil or groundwater exists or if the removal of a UST system becomes necessary, SCE can assist in determining the most cost-effective and environmentally safe options. Unless the UST owner is familiar with and completely confident in the capability and competence of a UST removal contractor, it is critical the UST system owner is represented by an experienced consultant. Decisions regarding excavation, disposition of contaminated soil or groundwater, sampling and analysis, or alternate remediation options can save or cost a UST owner thousands of dollars. SCE can represent a UST owner with a commitment to cost savings and environmentally safe solutions. From design, implementation and final written reports, SCE can deliver quality, dependable service.
Federal- and state-mandated regulations require many underground storage tank (UST) owners to register, test, and periodically monitor their tanks. SCE's Underground Storage Tank Management Program helps UST owners reduce their potential environmental risks by developing a comprehensive tank management program which may include the following:
- Assessment of current tank conditions
- Tank removal and replacement, if necessary
- New system design and installation
SCE Environmental Group works closely with its clients to provide necessary technical information and to outline regulatory processes. This allows clients to develop informed and intelligent decisions relative to the economic and legal aspects of owning and operating an underground storage tank facility and allows for time- and cost-effective management of tank facilities.
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The Academic Medical Center is the 1000 bed hospital associated with the University of Amsterdam, which also houses the School of Medicine of the University. Within the School, the Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics assists clinicians in designing patient-centered clinical studies, and translating the results of these studies into evidence to guide clinical recommendations and practice guidelines. Members of the Department have participated in the development of national and international evidence-based practice guidelines and quality indicators.
The BiTE program receives most of its research funding from the Dutch Science Foundation ZonMW. The Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics also houses the Dutch Cochrane Center, and the Continental Europe Support unit for the development of systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy studies. In collaboration with the UK support unit in Birmingham, this support unit develops guidance and training for conducting systematic reviews of diagnostic tests and translating the results from such reviews into recommendations for clinical practice.
Prof. Patrick Bossuyt
Professor of the Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics and chair from 1997 to 2007. Leads the Biomarker and Test Evaluation Program. Based on the scientific work of members of the team, identifying sources of bias, he spearheaded the STARD initiative. This Standards For Diagnostic Accuracy Studies initiative developed guidelines to improve the reporting of studies to estimate of the accuracy of tests in identifying patients with the target disease. Authored over 450 publications in peer-reviewed journals. Member of the Dutch Health Council and consultant for several national and international agencies. | <urn:uuid:30f0d6a7-955e-445d-ab71-7ec5abd1f9fd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.decide-collaboration.eu/university-amsterdam | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00271.warc.gz | en | 0.912814 | 327 | 1.570313 | 2 |
FBB::ServerSocket - Server socket accepting Internet connection requests
Linking option: -lbobcat
An FBB::ServerSocket may be constructed to listen for connection requests from the Internet or from the local host. Connection requests may be accepted in either blocking or non-blocking modes. When a connection is accepted a socket is returned which may be used to read information from or write information to the client that requested the connection. The socket that is made available is a file descriptor which may be used to initialize a std::istream and/or std::ostream. The std::istream is used to read information from the client process; the std::ostream is used to send information to the client process. Since a socket may be considered a file descriptor the available FBB::IFdStream, FBB::IFdStreamBuf, FBB::OFdStream, and FBB::OFdStreamBuf classes may be used profitably here. Note that having available a socket does not mean that this defines the communication protocol. It is (still) the responsibility of the programmer to comply with an existing protocol or to implement a tailor-made protocol. The latter situation implies that the sequence of input- and output operations is defined by the programmer.
A Unix Domain server socket can be defined using FBB::LocalServerSocket.
All constructors, members, operators and manipulators, mentioned in this man-page, are defined in the namespace FBB.
- ServerSocket(size_t port):
This constructor initializes an FBB::ServerSocket object, which will listen for connections at the specified port. The construction of the socket does not mean that the FBB::ServerSocket object is actually listening for connections. To start listening, the member listen() should be used.
Copy and move constructors (and assignment operators) are not available.
All members of FBB::SocketBase (and thus of FBB::InetAddress) are available, as FBB::ServerSocket inherits from FBB::SocketBase.
- void listen(size_t backlog = 5, bool blocking = true):
The listen() member defines the way the FBB::ServerSocket will listen for clients requesting a connection. It can be used only once with a FBB::ServerSocket. An FBB::Exception object is thrown if listening fails, if the constructor could not create a socket, or if the SocketBase base class could not properly be constructed.
- The listen() member’s backlog parameter defines the size of the FBB::ServerSocket’s internal queue in which connection requests may be stored waiting for their turn to be serviced. When backlog requests are waiting and another request arrives, then that request is lost.
- The member’s second parameter, blocking, is used to control the blocking mode. By default, blocking is used, and listen() will wait until a connection is established. This is ok in situations where clients connect infrquently and for relatively short time intervals. Otherwise, in more complex programs, an FBB::Selector object can be used to sense input on the server socket and/or on various client sockets.
- SocketBase accept():
The accept() member returns an FBB::SocketBase object containing information about the client whose connection request was accepted. The FBB::SocketBase object’s socket value may be used to initialize streams that can be used to communicate with the client. In more complex programs the FBB::SocketBase could be passed to a class derived from FBB::Fork, handling the communication with the child as a separate (child) process.
See also the clientsocket(3bobcat) example.
using namespace std;
using namespace FBB;
int main(int argc, char **argv)
if (argc == 1)
cerr << "Provide server port number\n";
size_t portnr = A2x(argv);
cerr << "server listens on port " << argv << endl;
cerr << "serversocket returns:\n" <<
"address = " << server.dottedDecimalAddress() << "\n"
"port = " << server.port() << endl;
int fd = server.socket(); // open the socket’s descriptor
cout << "File descriptor of the socket is " << fd << "\n"
"The server terminates when it receives a "
"single `q’ on a line\n"
"A connection is terminated when no input "
"is received anymore.\n"
"Then another connection is possible" << endl;
server.listen(); // listen in blocking mode
SocketBase fdb = server.accept();
int fd = fdb.socket();
cerr << "Client FD = " << fd << ", " << endl <<
"address = " << fdb.dottedDecimalAddress() << ", " <<
"communication through port " << fdb.port() << endl;
IFdStream in(fd); // stream to read from client
OFdStream out(fd); // stream to write to client
while (getline(in, cmd))
cout << "Got: " << cmd << endl;
out << "Got: " << cmd << "\r" << endl;
if (cmd == ’q’)
cout << "Ready for another connection\n";
catch (Exception const &err)
err.what() << endl <<
"Server socket on port " << argv <<
" can’t be opened" << endl;
bobcat/serversocket - defines the class interface
bobcat(7), clientsocket(3bobcat), fork(3bobcat), ifdstream(3bobcat), ifdbuf(3bobcat), inetaddress(3bobcat), localserversocket(3bobcat), ofdstream(3bobcat), ofdstream(3bobcat), select(2), selector(3bobcat), socketbase(3bobcat)
BOBCAT PROJECT FILES¶
- https://fbb-git.gitlab.io/bobcat/: gitlab project page;
- bobcat_5.07.00-x.dsc: detached signature;
- bobcat_5.07.00-x.tar.gz: source archive;
- bobcat_5.07.00-x_i386.changes: change log;
- libbobcat1_5.07.00-x_*.deb: debian package containing the libraries;
- libbobcat1-dev_5.07.00-x_*.deb: debian package containing the libraries, headers and manual pages;
Bobcat is an acronym of `Brokken’s Own Base Classes And Templates’.
This is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
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Saudi Arabia is getting its own nonprofit press shop in Washington, D.C., with the creation of the Saudi American Public Relation Affairs Committee (Saprac), which opened its doors Thursday. The group “aims to further strengthen the historic relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States, both politically and economically,” according to its website’s About page.
The group appears to be loosely following the model of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), a powerful Washington nonprofit that has promoted Israeli interests in the United States through a combination of lobbying and public communications. The group was founded by Salman Al-Ansari.
Saudi Arabia and the United States enjoy close economic links by virtue of American dependence on Saudi oil, and former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush had warm relations with Saudi princes. But ties have frayed lately, partially due to increased domestic oil production in the United States. Saudi Arabia also disapproves of Washington’s attempts to normalize relations with Iran, while President Barack Obama has expressed frustration with the House of Saud’s human rights record and foreign policy.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has a similarly complicated relationship with Saudi Arabia. As secretary of state under Obama, she noted in a private embassy cable: “Donors in Saudi Arabia constitute the most significant source of funding to Sunni terrorist groups worldwide.”
But her State Department also signed off on weapons deals with Saudi Arabia, and the Clinton Foundation has received tens of millions of dollars in donations from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other allied states in the region. In October, the Saudi government signed a contract to be represented by the Podesta Group, a lobbying firm run by Clinton campaign fundraiser Tony Podesta.
Qatar, Saudi Arabia’s tiny ally and neighbor along the Persian Gulf, recently announced it would be shutting down its own American public relations experiment. The cable news channel Al Jazeera America, Qatar’s attempt to make a splash in the U.S. news media, will close its doors this spring after barely three years on the air.
This article originally appeared on International Business Times.
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What we can do to change the world?
10 ways you can change the world today
- Spend your consumer dollar wisely.
- Know who’s looking after your money (and what they’re doing with it)
- Give a percentage of your income to charity every year.
- Give blood (and your organs, when you’re done with them)
- Avoid that #NewLandfillFeeling.
- Use the interwebz for good.
How can we make the Earth a better place to live essay?
7 Ways to Make the World a Better Place
- Volunteer your time at local schools. Whether you have a school-age child or not, children are the future of this world.
- Recognize the humanity of other people, and respect their dignity.
- Use less paper.
- Drive less.
- Conserve water.
- Donate to clean water charities.
- Be generous.
What does the Milky Way look like?
The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy. The spiral arms contain stars, cold molecular gas, glowing star- forming regions and dark dust. The galactic bulge contains mainly older stars, and appears redder than the spiral arms. Since the central bulge is elongated, the Milky Way is classified as a barred spiral galaxy.
Where is our earth?
Earth is the third planet from the Sun at a distance of about 93 million miles (150 million km).
Can we see the center of the Milky Way?
We can actually see the dense plane of the Milky Way stretch across the sky in dark places that do not have a lot of surrounding light pollution. The Galactic Center is unfortunately hidden by dark dust in visible light! The very center of the Milky Way is known as the Galactic Center.
What is the Milky Way that we see?
They come in a variety of shapes and sizes. The Milky Way is a large barred spiral galaxy. All the stars we see in the night sky are in our own Milky Way Galaxy. Our galaxy is called the Milky Way because it appears as a milky band of light in the sky when you see it in a really dark area.
What is the smallest planet?
How many galaxies are there?
XDF (2012) view: Each light speck is a galaxy, some of which are as old as 13.2 billion years – the observable universe is estimated to contain 200 billion to two trillion galaxies.
How far away is Planet 9 from the sun?
Instead, this dwarf planet takes a bizarre and unexpected path, swinging from just 76 Earth-Sun distances (roughly 11 billion k/7 billion miles) from the centre of our solar system to more than 900 (roughly 135 billion km/84 billion miles).
What would be the one thing that you would change about the world?
There should be more openness towards ideas that conflict our own. We should end global warming, crime, war, racism, terrorism, cancer, pollution, poverty, climate change and more. Those are all things that many people would change about the world but I want everyone to think bigger.
How does a planet die?
In about one billion years, the solar luminosity will be 10% higher than at present. The most probable fate of the planet is absorption by the Sun in about 7.5 billion years, after the star has entered the red giant phase and expanded beyond the planet’s current orbit.
What is the name of the new planet?
Researchers have discovered a new Earth-sized planet orbiting a star outside our solar system. The planet, called Kepler-1649c, is only around 1.06 times larger than Earth, making it very similar to our own planet in terms of physical dimensions.
How do you hope to do good in the world?
How To Change The World?
- #1 — Smile. As minuscule as it might seem, smiling can have a big impact.
- #2 — Be Kind. It doesn’t take much to be kind to others.
- #3 — Be Present. We usually don’t live in the moment.
- #4 — Contribute.
- #5 — Recycle.
- #6 — Be Grateful.
- #7 — Don’t Pollute.
- #8 — Think Positive.
What is the weather like in Earth?
On Earth, the common weather phenomena include wind, cloud, rain, snow, fog and dust storms. Less common events include natural disasters such as tornadoes, hurricanes, typhoons and ice storms. Almost all familiar weather phenomena occur in the troposphere (the lower part of the atmosphere).
Does planet9 exist?
Unless Planet Nine is observed, its existence is purely conjectural. Several alternative hypotheses have been proposed to explain the observed clustering of TNOs….Planet Nine.
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While I am a strong proponent of concealed carry, let’s face it, you are still carrying a deadly weapon. You are taking on a huge responsibility to yourself and the public. Carrying a weapon opens up the opportunity for mistakes, some are just embarrassing, but some can be deadly. Whether you just started carrying or you’ve been doing so for years, this article might help you think about how to be a better citizen.Read Full Article
“ISIS seizes uranium from a lab; experts downplay ‘dirty bomb’ threat” (Chiaramonte, 2014).
Absorb that bit of information over your morning cup. Low-grade, “un-enriched” uranium was seized from a Mosul University science lab inside of Iraq. This particular heist in and of itself is not dangerous as of yet, but the intentions of the group is what should worry everyone. It is the mindset, of the terror group that is troubling, and it shows where their strategies lay. It is real and it is only a matter of time.
It is obvious that terror groups are looking for nuclear material, and when the occasion presents itself, they will steal it. The current situation in the world today is such that more and more opportunities will present themselves, so it is time to sit up and take notice.
Experts are quick to point out that the material is not deadly enough to be an effective dirty bomb, but it is still uranium after all. If not used or deadly enough for a dirty bomb, the material can certainly be used to contaminate food and water sources.
It is a matter of semantics when experts stress it cannot do much damage. What constitutes “much” only 5,000 die from radioactive poisoning versus 10,000 if a dirty bomb is detonated in a heavily populated area?
One of the problems is that everyone except a handful of high-level individuals close to the matter knows how deadly the uranium really is. Essentially the world is taking the word of just a few people that may have an interest in keeping things low keyed. No one wants to be a chicken little running around screaming the sky is falling, but would we be informed even if the sky were falling.
This is not the time to panic however, and start spending hard-earned money on protective gear that you really have no idea whether it works or not. Double-check your preps, because if an area is contaminated you will not be able to stay in that area, so relocation would be necessary for survival. If you have a protective bunker then you may be in it for an extended period.
Threat analysis shows that the threat of a nuclear detonation inside the country is low right now. However, smugglers carrying radioactive material could conceivably enter this country. This could affect you, because when they are caught with the material, your town or neighborhood would be quarantined. You would be forced to leave, and for how long is anybody’s guess. You may also be quarantined inside your own home as well.
The person (s) carrying the material may not know how to handle it, and this may contaminate an area before anyone is aware of it. They could simply leave the material lying on the street in some scenarios, as well, because they were too scared to handle it any longer.
The materials could be smuggled on a train moving through your community or by vehicle, no one knows, and most of us would not likely find out until the damage is done. You have to maintain a state of readiness. Previous articles have not necessarily advocated the need for bugging-out, and if your town was quarantined because radioactive material was discovered, it would not be a typical bugging-out scenario.
Your level of contamination is determined by distance from the material, time exposed to the material and the type of material. You would have to evacuate, and you will need the means to do so. Shelters may become available at some point, if the crisis is an extended one, but shelters could take several days or even weeks before they would be offered. This is something you would need to be prepared for.
Chiaramonte, P. (2014, July 10). Retrieved 2014, from http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/07/10/isis-seized-uranium-compounds-from-lab-experts-downplay-threat/?intcmp=latestnewsRead Full Article
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are approximately 3,500 species of mosquitoes in the world but not all of them bite humans. The Aedes vexans species, which is found in every U.S. state, does feed on humans however, and there are plenty of them. Only the female mosquito bites, and draws blood, which is needed in egg production.
Mosquitoes are able to zero in on humans, because of carbon dioxide. Some people give off more carbon dioxide than others, and thus the reason some people tend to be bitten more. Size does matter, because the larger you are the more you give off, and the greater mass for mosquitoes to target. Movement, heat, and lactic acid in your sweat also attract mosquitoes and other biting flying insects.
Males tend to be bitten more than females and children are bitten less than most adults. The color of clothing does not appear to have any effect one-way or the other as an attractant or deterrent to mosquitoes. Color of clothing can have an effect on bees however.
Steroids and cholesterol secreted through the sweat glands is also an attractant. The body naturally eliminates cholesterol and depending on how efficient the body is, one person may have more on their skin than another.
Naked and afraid with bugs swarming around you like a cloud. Imagine if you were a participant on the reality television show “Naked and Afraid”. Your first line of defense against bugs, which is your clothing, is gone. You cannot concentrate on survival tasks because of the swarms. How do you even begin to protect yourself?
Covering your skin is important and mud works as good as clothing if it is available. Native Americans and others used mud and animal fats/oils on their skins to repel mosquitoes and biting black flies.
Oil and grease can help as well if you happen to be stranded with a motor vehicle nearby. Survival of course, is all about using what you find in your environment, so it is important that you do a zone assessment to identify what may be available.
Smudge fires work well because smoke will help repel insects. Sagebrush and wormwood is especially effective because they are considered an aromatic. Cedar is also effective so toss on a few cedar boughs as well.
Smoky fires while not good for cooking or heat will produce a cloud of smoke that insects simply cannot tolerate. Green pine boughs can be used as well as any non-poisonous green foliage. Green foliage will of course create the most smoke.
Plants in the Wild
Peppermint can often times be found growing wild, because of its invasive nature the plants previously cultivated will continue to populate an area for many years. Most mint varieties once started will essentially take over an area if not contained in pots.
The active ingredient mentha piperita or menthol can help repel insects. Bruise the leaves and rub on your skin. The active ingredient menthol is cooling to the skin. Menthol is used in vapor rubs to open up sinus cavities and to help with other breathing problems. Mint is also a known remedy for stomach ailments.
Peppermint is a hybrid mint. It is a cross between watermint and spearmint. Mint can easily be identified from its smell.
Catnip (Nepeta cataria) has been shown to be a very effective insect repellent. You can rub the bruised leaves directly on the skin or infuse in oil and then rub on. It is not likely you would have a bottle of olive oil sitting around however, so simply grab a handful of leaves, crush and rub on exposed skin and then bunch the stems and leaves to hang in and around your shelter.
In tropical regions, citronella grass (Cymbopogon nardus) is cultivated expressly for repelling insects, in particular mosquitoes. Citronella oil is extracted from the plant and is used in insect repelling candles and other products sold commercially. While not native to many areas of the world citronella grass can be cultivated in certain parts of the country and world as an ornamental grass so it can be found in various places. Bruise the stems of grass, rub on, and then hang the bruised grasses in and around your shelter, and especially near your sleeping area.
Other wild plants known to repel insects include lemon balm, wild bergamot, snowbrush, cedar and sweet fern. There are of course other plants, but the listed ones are the most common and can be found in various places in the country and around the world.
It is important that you have the experience and knowledge to identify plants that can be useful in a wilderness environment. Pictures and descriptions are simply not enough. Pick up a reliable and up to date botany guide and get out into the woods. Nothing is better than field experience, and if you ever get the chance to go out into the field with a plant expert then do so, it may very save your life one day.
Come dressed for the part and be prepared with a few items that can be carried with you. Insect repellent is obviously your first choice. DEET at 30 to 50 percent concentration is recommended because once applied it can provide protection up to 12 hours.
Mosquito netting is also an item that is easily packed or even carried in a pocket if necessary and in tropical regions insect netting is literally a lifesaver. There is the standard netting and then there are hammocks and even small tents with the netting incorporated into them that again can easily be packed.
When using netting ensure you set it up so your body is not in contact with the netting when resting or sleeping. Insects may be able to bite through the net if your body is pressed against it.
You can find netting hats that can be worn throughout the day and night to provide protection. The netting may cause a few blind spots when worn so pay more attention if you are in an area where animal or humans may be a threat.
Clothing, shoes and gear can be treated with Permethrin, which is an insecticide and repellent. Treat the outside of any sleeping gear, backpacks, shoes and outer clothing to repel and kill insects that may come in contact with the items. Make sure you have long sleeved shirts and long pants. Bandannas can be worn to help protect the head and neck as well.
Some people claim that rubbing cider vinegar on the skin will help repel insects. Some also claim that consuming cider vinegar by mixing with water or juices will do the same thing. Whole garlic is also eaten as a deterrent. The theory is that the acid in vinegar will make its way to your sweat glands and the acid will repel insects. The same theory applies to garlic. Baby oil and imitation vanilla is said to reel insects according to some people.Read Full Article
Insects borne diseases can be deadly and now diseases once thought isolated to certain parts of the world are showing up in the United States. Persons infected with diseases once thought to be confined to a certain region of the world can now carry the diseases to the four corners of the world. Mosquitoes transmit diseases by biting an infected person, and then transmit the disease by biting another person (CDC, 2014).
Deadly insect transmitted diseases are no longer confined to remote areas of the world. Infected people can travel anywhere in the world today and spread the disease by being bitten by a mosquito. The mosquito bites a person with the disease and then passes the disease on by biting another person, so the cycle essentially never ends.
Infectious disease experts say conditions are ripe for mosquito borne illness to explode in large swaths of the USA where two mosquito species known to spread certain diseases are in abundance, in particular mosquitoes that can carry chikungunya, which was once thought to be only in the Caribbean. Deaths from the disease are rare, but the pain can be severe and debilitating.
The disease has been reported in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, New York, Nevada, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia (USA Today, 2014).
(N, N-diethyl-M-toluamide [DEET] Insect Repellent
The concentration of DEET determines how long it works to protect against biting insects in particular mosquitoes. Low concentrations of the active ingredient such as those used for children may only work for a few hours whereas at 30 percent, for example, you can expect protection for a number of hours.
DEET is considered one of the most effective insect repellents on the market today. DEET was developed by the United States Army during the 1940’s following the problems soldiers encountered in jungle warfare during World War II. It was introduced for civilian use in 1957.
According to experts, there is no real protection enhancement from 50 percent concentration up to 100 percent. At between 50 and 100 percent you can expect up to 12 hours of protection. At 20-34 percent concentration, expect 3-6 hours of protection.
The CDC recommends between 30 and 50 percent concentration as the most effective concentration to help control the spread of infectious diseases by insects (CDC, 2014).
DEET should be a staple in all emergency bags, survival kits and home emergency kits because insects borne disease are prevalent in virtually all parts of the country today and the world.
Use netting to help control insects as well. Because DEET can be washed off or wear off additional protection may be needed at night and this is especially important for children because parents sometimes fear using DEET on their children but they must be protected nonetheless. Netting along with topical repellents can dramatically reduce the risk of contracting insect borne diseases such as malaria.
Permethrin as an Insect Repellent/Insecticide For Clothing and Gear
The repellent is in the pyrethroid chemical family. Permethrin can be purchased specifically for application to clothing, gear and certain other equipment to repel and kill insects. Permethrin is an insecticide and repellent. Apply the repellent to all outer clothing, shoes, and field gear and sleeping gear as well.
Hang the clothes in a well-ventilated area and then apply, do not apply to clothing you are currently wearing. Follow label directions carefully.
Permethrin is toxic to cats and fish.
Permethrin is poorly absorbed by the skin and is often times used, in different concentrations, as a topical medication to treat scabies, but is considered pharmaceutical grade when used medically, which is regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Permethrin is used in public health mosquito abatement programs and on a variety of food and feed crops and on livestock to control insects.
If you purchase the repellent as a general use pesticide/insect repellent for clothing treatment read the directions carefully and never apply to the skin directly. Permethrin will remain on clothing even after repeated washings. It should not be applied directly to the skin or inner clothing, underwear and tee shirts for example.
The dunks are a brand name for a mosquito control product that contains BTI (Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis). Bti is a group of bacteria used as a biological control agent for larvae stages of certain insects.
Bti produces a toxin, which is effective at killing the larvae of mosquitoes, fungus gnats, and black flies. Bti is routinely used to control fungus gnats that can cause edible crop damage. The gnat larva is present in the soil and a liquid solution is used to drench the soil for eradication.
The dunks typically come in a donut shape that is placed whole in standing water, or even moving water that cannot otherwise be removed such as watering tanks for livestock, drainage ditches, birdbaths, ponds and so forth.
The dunks do nothing to control adult mosquito, however. The bacteria can only prevent the larvae from hatching by destroying it. BTI is considered an organic bacterium.
Mosquitoes of course breed in water, and any standing water in a camp setting or around the home will be a hazard to humans due to the rabid breeding of mosquitoes.
It is important during the summer months and all year around in some parts of the country and world that you are pro-active in preventing insect bites to help prevent contracting an infectious disease.
CDC. (2014). Retrieved 2014, from http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/list_mosquitoborne.htm
USA Today. (2014, June 13). Retrieved 2014, from http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/12/mosquitoes-chikungunya-disease-insects/10374773/Read Full Article
Preppers: It Is Going To Take More than Guns and Ammo to Survive
The possibility that a highly contagious and deadly disease, once thought eradicated, is already in this country or will enter this country is high. The assessment also shows the threat of a dirty bomb being detonated somewhere in the country is medium at this point.
Assessment is based on recent activities at the Southern border and continual thefts of transport trucks containing deadly radioactive material in Mexico. The assessment also shows the reaction and handling of the situation by the authorities on both sides of the border has increased the risks.
On average, half dozen thefts of radioactive materials have been reported in Mexico each year. Reports from officials claim the thieves are targeting the transport trucks for the value of the trucks themselves and are not targeting the cargo or even aware of the cargo.
This alarming trend will likely have a direct impact on the people in the United States, so everyone needs to stay informed. What is not being disclosed by authorities on both sides of the border is something to think about as well.
Radioactive waste collected from obsolete radiation therapy equipment that is being replaced throughout Mexico’s public health system is routinely transported to waste facilities. Thieves are targeting the transport trucks because of the loading and unloading equipment in addition to the trucks themselves.
According to officials, the thieves are only after the vehicles. This may be true until the thieves are after the Cobalt-60. “Direct exposure to cobalt-60 could result in death within a few minutes” (FoxNews.com, 2013).
Cobalt-60 is deadly to anyone with 500 yards, and this is before it is loaded into a suitcase full of explosives and blown thousands of yards into the surrounding environment. This means that if someone has possession of Cobalt-60 and opens the container you can be exposed to deadly radiation if you are within 500 yards, 500 yards in any direction.
Next time a shipment is hijacked the thieves may be aware that while the truck itself is valuable the cargo itself is the real payload, and much more valuable. It does not take much imagination to realize that Cobalt-60 may soon be on the auction block and sold to the highest bidder. A bidder bent on the destruction of the United States.
All it takes is someone with some knowledge, and the proper protective equipment to pack the radioactive waste into suitcases with some explosives. Once detonated the so-called dirty bombs would rain death down in a city near you.
Your survival may hinge on your ability to react quickly to the situation. While a dirty bomb will not create an EMP, or spew radioactive fallout for 200 miles, it will cause almost certain death to thousands. There may be more than one dirty bomb detonated as well, in the same area or in cities across the country.
Combine this with the thousands of people streaming across the border while not bringing radioactive waste with them they may be bringing diseases with them once thought eradicated. You cannot fight this with guns and ammo. You survive it by planning, and being ready to react to protect yourself.
It is obvious that the Southern borders are relatively wide open, so how much effort would it take to smuggle a container of radioactive material into the United States. Of course, there may already be a container of stolen radioactive material in the United States. It is time to pay attention and step it up.
Maybe It is Time to Step up Your Preps
You cannot fight deadly bacteria, viruses and contaminated medical waste with firearms. You fight it by isolation. You need physical barriers, knowledge, materials and other vital supplies along with the ability to think calmly.
Unfortunately, like an iceberg we only see a portion of what is really going on. We see the tip and often times this is only what the government wants us to see. What is lurking underneath that we cannot see, if we cannot see the danger can we be prepared to react to it.
The government obviously keeps things from its citizens. They do this for various reasons, and one reason is to prevent panic that would lead to demonstrations and riots that would lead to mass chaos. None of us really knows the full extent of the dangers lurking out there.
Not many people can run out and afford to buy protective suits and masks. You would have to be in your protective posture before detonation or direct exposure to radiation however, so they may not do you much good in some cases. This would mean you would have to know when and where a dirty bomb would explode and of course, you will not have this information.
If you are too close to a dirty bomb when it goes off, you die, and if you are far enough away, you can react and put distance between you and the threat. You may need suits and other protective gear in some cases, but to survive you will have to create distance and/or barriers.
Some will not survive but those that do will have to react quickly once word of a pandemic or release or radioactive material is known.
Underground is probably the best protection, unless you have access to facilities specifically designed for protection against the specific threats. Not many will have access to secure facilities so underground is the only choice.
Bunkers with air scrubbers would be ideal but even your basement that is below ground level will help protect you against radiation, any barrier affords a certain level of protection.
Ten feet of earth will certainly protect you, even five feet if that is all you can manage, is better than not having any barrier at all. Airborne contaminates like viruses and bacteria must be dealt with as well, and once again underground is ideal.
You will of course need respirators that will stop or help to stop certain viruses and bacteria from entering your body. Protection is all about barriers between you and the threat.
Certain preppers imagine themselves roaming the area searching and foraging when the SHTF However, with the most likely threats at this moment being ones you cannot see then roaming the streets and lanes is not what you should be preparing to do.
You can expect to be isolated for long periods, so you must prepare accordingly. You may not be able to hunt or fish if deadly bacteria, viruses and radioactive material are present in your area. You will have to isolate yourself to the point where there may not be contact with others for an extended period.
You should assume that you could not collect, filter or purify a water source so you will need enough stockpiled. This means you up your preps on everything. Some preppers assume they can gather certain items such as food and water during a crisis. In some cases, during some threats, you may not be able to, so you have to prepare for this.
FoxNews.com. (2013). Retrieved 2014, from http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/12/04/stolen-radioactive-material-found-in-mexico/Read Full Article
Criminals don’t expect you to be prepared. Sure, a home alarm system may scare off the average burglar, but what happens if the police are no longer around to respond? Understanding the dynamics of property protection is the first step to keeping family and valuables safe in SHTF.
You will be the responder, but first you must give yourself the upper hand; enough time to respond. Learn how to tip the scales of home defense in your favor with this excellent article from our good friends over at the Tin Hat Ranch.
Read more at… The 4 Rules of Property ProtectionRead Full Article
Preppers: The Power Grid Is Down but the Chores Continue
The devil is always in the details, and the simplest of things can become monumental tasks if you have not prepared for them.
Take washing dishes for example. You will need a plan in place for washing dishes and you may not be able to wash them inside your home for any number of reasons. You will of course need a cleaning solution, dishcloths, steel wool, sponges that have an abrasive side and dishpans.Read Full Article
Described as silver particles suspended in liquid, Colloidal Silver (CS) is considered by some people to be an alternative to prescription antibiotics that require a doctor’s prescription. The claim is that CS can destroy certain strains of bacteria that have developed immunity to conventional antibiotics.
This article is merely providing information that is relatively common knowledge in some respects, along with some conjecture as far as the benefits of Colloidal Silver. This article is not an endorsement of Colloidal Silver nor is it attempting to deny claims of its effectiveness. The information is presented so you can begin your own research so you can decide on your own.
The information provided is not to be considered medical advice, always seek the counsel of a certified and respected medical professional before consuming any product that claims to cure certain diseases.
Experts have determined that CS can in fact destroy certain bacterium in vitro, which is Latin for in glass, in other words, in a laboratory out of the typical environment in which CS would be administered. The results from testing CS in a “test tube” of course are different than testing it on humans.Read Full Article
All you wanted was a few relaxing days away on a nice vacation. Unfortunately, when you got home, your house was ransacked, your guns are gone, and your SHTF silver left no trace. You’ve been burglarized. It can happen to anyone, but if you’d have taken a few simple steps, you might have deterred the thief to move on to another target. The steps outlined in this article don’t guarantee you will never be robbed, but they increase the chances. Check out:Read Full Article
Mylar is a trade name for a material called BoPet. It is a polyester film first developed in the 1950’s by DuPont and first used by NASA.
Mylar is “Biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate” or BoPet, which is a polyester film made from stretched polyethylene terephthalate.
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Arms and the Man
December 18, 2006
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An abscess may be located in various spaces surrounding the rectum and may be superficial or deep. A perianal abscess is superficial and points to the skin. An ischiorectal abscess is deeper, extending across the sphincter into the ischiorectal space below the levator ani; it may penetrate to the contralateral side, forming a “horseshoe” abscess. An abscess above the levator ani (ie, supralevator abscess) is quite deep and may extend to the peritoneum or abdominal organs; this abscess often results from diverticulitis Colonic Diverticulitis Diverticulitis is inflammation with or without infection of a diverticulum, which can result in phlegmon of the bowel wall, peritonitis, perforation, fistula, or abscess. The primary symptom... read more or pelvic inflammatory disease Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a polymicrobial infection of the upper female genital tract: the cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries; abscess may occur. PID may be sexually transmitted... read more . Crohn disease Crohn Disease Crohn disease is a chronic transmural inflammatory bowel disease that usually affects the distal ileum and colon but may occur in any part of the gastrointestinal tract. Symptoms include diarrhea... read more (especially of the colon) sometimes causes anorectal abscess. A mixed infection usually occurs, with Escherichia coli, Proteus vulgaris, Bacteroides, streptococci, and staphylococci predominating.
Symptoms and Signs of Anorectal Abscess
Superficial abscesses can be very painful; perianal swelling, redness, and tenderness are characteristic. Fever is rare.
Deeper abscesses may be less painful but cause toxic symptoms (eg, fever, chills, malaise). There may be no perianal findings, but digital rectal examination may reveal a tender, fluctuant swelling of the rectal wall. High pelvirectal abscesses may cause lower abdominal pain and fever without rectal symptoms. Sometimes fever is the only symptom.
Diagnosis of Anorectal Abscess
Sometimes examination under anesthesia or rarely CT
Patients who have a pointing cutaneous abscess, a normal digital rectal examination, and no signs of systemic illness do not require imaging. CT scan is useful when a deep abscess or Crohn disease are suspected. Higher (supralevator) abscesses require CT to determine the intra-abdominal source of the infection. Patients with any findings suggestive of a deeper abscess or complex perianal Crohn disease Diagnosis Crohn disease is a chronic transmural inflammatory bowel disease that usually affects the distal ileum and colon but may occur in any part of the gastrointestinal tract. Symptoms include diarrhea... read more should have an examination under anesthesia at the time of drainage.
Treatment of Anorectal Abscess
Incision and drainage
Antibiotics for high-risk patients
(See also the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons' clinical practice guideline for the management of anorectal abscess, fistula-in-ano, and rectovaginal fistula.)
Prompt incision and adequate drainage are required and should not wait until the abscess points. Many abscesses can be drained as an in-office procedure; deeper abscesses may require drainage in the operating room. Febrile, immunocompromised, or diabetic patients or those with marked cellulitis should also receive antibiotics (eg, ciprofloxacin 500 mg IV every 12 hours and metronidazole 500 mg IV every 8 hours, ampicillin/sulbactam 1.5 g IV every 8 hours). Patients with absolute neutropenia (< 1000/mcL [1 × 109/L]) should be treated with antibiotics alone. Antibiotics are not indicated for healthy patients with superficial abscesses. Anorectal fistulas Anorectal Fistula An anorectal fistula is a tubelike tract with one opening in the anal canal and the other usually in the perianal skin. Symptoms are discharge and sometimes pain. Diagnosis is by examination... read more may develop after drainage.
Anorectal abscesses may be superficial or deep.
Superficial abscesses may be diagnosed clinically and drained in the office or emergency department.
Deep abscesses often require imaging with CT scan and typically must be drained in the operating room.
Immunocompromised and diabetic patients and those with extensive cellulitis should receive antibiotics.
The following is an English-language resource that may be useful. Please note that THE MANUAL is not responsible for the content of this resource.
American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons: Clinical practice guideline for the management of anorectal abscess, fistula-in-ano, and rectovaginal fistula
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Students should have at least a CTS® certification.
Included in the program is Networking Technology Online. For those not comfortable with IT networks, this online course should be completed before attending Networked AV Systems. You can also take the 40-question NAVS Pretest to see if you're ready for Networked AV Systems.
This three-day course is eight hours per day. Additional evening work may be required. Students are strongly encouraged to bring a laptop computer. During this course, you will:
- Discover client needs for networked systems, beginning with a robust introduction to IT networks and terminology
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First option would be to consider SNOMED CT as truly DL-based, and that it lives in EL++.
One might ask, what portions of EL++ are actually used by the current release of SCT? EL++ provides the following constructors:
- someValuesFrom restrictions
- concept disjointness
- hasValue restrictions
- oneOf enumerations involving a single element,
- complex inclusion axioms for object properties,
- transitive properties, and
- General Concept Inclusion axioms (GCIs).
The current published SCT (July 2008) corpus aeems to contain formal assertions of the following types:
- GCI's, expressed as the SCT is-a property (SCTID),
- complex inclusion axioms for object properties, expressed as property hierarchies using is-a.
(English language statements in the documentation that make such assertions in the manner of human-readable usage rules rather than computable statements, are not considered formal assertions. And note that here we are talking about the published corpus of assertions comprising the distribution of SCT, which constitutes an inferred hierarchy, i.e. inferred by the Apelon classifier. We are NOT referring to the asserted model, which is not publicly accessible. The asserted model may or may not make use of constructors, properties and classes that are hidden in the public, inferred assertion corpus; of course, this is unknown. What we do know is that there exists an is-a relation, which is intended to be--albeit not stated in a formal computable way to be--transitive; and a number of other Linkage Concepts. But there appears to be no linkage concept that expresses a someValuesFrom restriction; nor one that expresses logical AND; nor one that expresses the same thing as owl:disjointWith; nor one that expresses the same thing as owl:oneOf; nor one that states is attached to any property to state that it is transitive.)
Sidebar: There is a problem interpreting the meaning of SCT properties, viz. what SCT calls Linkage Concepts. This is because SCT allows subclassing of Linkage Concepts using the very same is-a relation as are used for non-linkage (unary) concepts. This is different from the common usage in languages based on RDFS, since there properties are considered instances, and property hierarchies are constituted using a different relation from
So this raises the second option, which is.
Given the above, it really seems more accurate to say that the expressivity level of SCT approximates that of RDFS, which has the following constructors:
- domains and ranges of properties,
- object property inclusion axioms, and
- subclass and equivalence relationships between named classes.
In fact, SCT does not include any computable domain and range assertions, so has expressivity below that of RDFS.
(Note that here we are talking about the published corpus of assertions comprising SCT, which constitutes an inferred hierarchy, i.e. inferred by the Apelon classifier. We are NOT referring to the asserted model, which is not publicly accessible. The asserted model may make use of constructors, properties and classes that are hidden in the public, inferred assertion corpus, but this is unknown.)
So, in summary, for this option we treat SCT corpus as a corpus of RDFS assertions, using the following mappings.
rdfs:subClassOf|| ||is-a (Linkage Concepts)||
rdfs:subpropertyOf|| ||non-leaf concepts||
rdfs:Class|| ||leaf concepts||?????
[rdf:type [owl:complementOf rdfs:Class]]||
Which brings us to the next option: avoid entirely the issue of any formal semantics for SCT, and incorporate it using relations from the SKOS vocabulary, which do not assume any formal, model-theoretic semantics, and which do not treat it as DL-based, but rather accept it as a semi-formal controlled vocabulary.
Consider the following candidate mappings.
||SCT||SCTID||SKOS (2008)||Comment|| ||is-a||tba||
skos:broaderTransitive, see SKOS Primer 2008|| ||is-a (Linkage Concepts)||tba||
skos:broader||ditto|| ||non-linkage concept||all||
skos:Concept|| || ||linkage concept||all||(1)
skos:Conceptor (2) subproperty of
skos:related, let's call it
snomed:link, which corresponds to the concept LinkageConcept at the top of the attributes (= properties) hierarchy in SCT.||I think the second choice is better.
skos:relatedis symmetric, so the child property would have to make a non-symmetric. This is quite possible (in fact the default in OWL.)|| ||FSN||all||
skos:prefLabelFSN||needs to be per (human) language unique. FSN's from the Concepts table are repeated in Descriptions table, need to filter the repeat string|| ||Description||all (except repeats of FSN)||
skos:altlabelDescription|| || ||Various versioning properties of concepts|| ||create various subproperties of
dc:properties in the
snomed:namespace|| || ||SNOMED Root|| ||
skos:[[TopConcept]]|| || ||SNOMED CT as a whole|| ||
This final option (which I think may be the best) comes after discussions in the group in which Xiaoshu particularly was insistent that the legacy terminology should not be "overinterpreted" by attributing any model other than the native one, not even the RDF model itself. This is particularly relevant for SNOMED because as originally conceived (and still, in fact) SNOMED does not have a model theoretic (Tarskian-style) semantics. In fact, SNOMED purposely avoids discourse about the domain of its logic (i.e., in SNOMED lingo it is purely about the terminology model and not about the information model, or as others have put it, SNOMED is purely about the T-Box and has nothing to say about the A-Box). Since this is the case, in SNOMED truth has two aspects: intensional correctness is determined by a defined editorial process and officially fixed by description and by the SNOMED synonymy (i.e. the Description table); and formal (logical) truth is established by what is in essence a proof-theoretic criterion (Does it classify without errors in Ontylog?). This in contrast to a language with an extensional type of semantics--like all RDF-family languages--in which truth is determined by whether (a collection of) assertions in the language is (necessarily) in faithful correspondence with individuals and their relations in the domain. In recognition of SNOMED, this really means that it is a lot more ambitious than RDF family languages in that it is highly intensional, but for the Semantic Web we'd like to tone it down into something a bit more tractable to our toolset.
So the point here is that "RDF(S)-ness" should not be attributed to SNOMED concepts. And indeed it is clear that SNOMED is not RDF(S)-like, in a great many ways. As alluded to above, one that always comes to mind first is that relations in SNOMED are concepts and have is-a relations with each other, whereas in RDF-family languages properties are not rdfs:Class -es and do not have rdfs:subClassOf relations with each other (but rather are instances of rdf:Property and have rdfs:subPropertyOf relations with each other). So really, to be faithful to SNOMED, we can't really allow the use of RDFS constructions, and (as Xiaoshu points out), we should assume nothing more than the existence of nodes and relations.
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How to convert .mpg to .swf with MPEG to SWF Converter
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Well, to convert videos to flash .swf is quite common now, many flash banner, ads are SWF files. So, if you need to make some flash banner or ads on your site, you’d better upload SWF files to your site. This article will show you how to make flash SWF out from MPEG (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4) videos.
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Add MPEG video to the program
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Next, after you add the MPEG videos to the converter, you are able to set the output format. To select SWF, you just need to open the format list by clicking the format icon, and then go to the “Common video” column to select the SWF profile. If you need to crop your videos, just go to Edit window, you can set the Crop option there.
Convert MPEG videos to SWF
Finally, after you complete all necessary settings, you can hit on the big Convert button to start converting MPEG to SWF. The progress bar will show you the status of conversion after you start the conversion. After the conversion is done, a message will direct you to open the folder where the converted SWF files are saved, and then, you can find them.
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