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The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) conducted an independent Quality of Service (QoS) Survey in 16 cities, 8 towns, and 18 roads in Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) to assess cellular mobile operators’ performance and service quality (CMOs).
Using the automated QoS Monitoring & Benchmarking Tool “SmartBenchmarker,” the licenced KPIs of voice, network coverage, SMS, and mobile broadband/data were verified during the survey. The survey routes were chosen by the Drive test teams to encompass important roads, service roads, and the bulk of sectors/colonies.
CMOs have been ranked 1st to 5th in each category, i.e. Mobile Network Coverage, Voice service, and SMS service, in surveyed cities, towns, and highways, based on their compliance level with each KPI vis-à-vis the threshold defined in their respective licences and QoS regulations, as well as the fastest data download speed.
In the final report, the overall position of each CMO in each category of service is also provided for cities, towns, Pakistani motorways/highways, and AJK.
Broadband services have the highest level of compliance, while SMS and voice KPIs have some difficulties, for which the operators have been told to take corrective action to bring the service quality up to licence criteria.
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Secret of the soul
By Eli Zaretsky
AT THE end of his sweeping survey of psychoanalysis - a journey that weaves in and out of some of the most exciting ideas of the past 150 years - Eli Zaretsky examines the body of Freud's offspring and pronounces it ailing but alive. There is no corpse, but after so much battering, abuse and wayward behaviour, the entity is damaged, and has damaged many of those it sought to aid.
Time and rough justice have caught up with psychoanalysis, eroding the superior status it once enjoyed, in favour of a kind of "normality". But, as Zaretsky, professor of history at New School University, New York, points out, it is a normality marked by trauma. Psychoanalysis, as it limps into the 21st century, drags a past punctuated by shortcomings that include "personal violations, misshapen lives, wasted years, destroyed documents, secret archives, forgotten lapses and inexplicable ruptures".
These are serious charges, and all true, or at least true of sections of the psychoanalytic community. Like all big ideas, Freud's notion that we are driven by forces we do not understand has led to abuse and humbug. But, as Zaretsky shows, that was always going to happen, and does not mean the ideas are inherently flawed.
Rather than dismiss psychoanalysis as a degraded dogma, this book does something much more interesting. It wrestles with the arguments involved, and what Wittgenstein called their "enormous charm". It tells Freud's now familiar story, but connects it to cultural tides that put psychoanalysis into a cultural setting.
Zaretsky, who rode the left-wing intellectual currents of the postwar period, finds a political and cultural context for psychoanalysis as the first great theory and practice of personal life. Because it focused on the individual, it served, he believes, as the "Calvinism" of the second industrial revolution - that is, it provided an explanation for the embryonic consumerism of Henry Ford and the new capitalists.
It did this, he thinks, by sanctioning the idea of "psychological man", the allegedly autonomous individual who is not grounded in a particular society.
By exposing the psychological sources of sexuality, it also, he argues, recast what he calls the second great enlightenment promise - the emancipation of women.
Finally, psychoanalysis, Zaretsky says, complicated democracy by exposing the group think that underpins power. These are, as he acknowledges, all ambivalent sorts of trajectories for a practice that was forged to strip away illusions and shed light on human behaviour.
But that is, in a way, Freud's legacy, though not the only one. Psychoanalysis, as Freud anticipated, can be made to mean almost anything. The question is, what is it really? Is it, as it has become in the US, a promise of happiness, or is it, as Freud wrote, something less optimistic, but somehow more reassuring?
The dividing line, as Zaretsky grasps, is the unconscious, that is, the part of us that records our heart's desire and can't be fobbed off. US analysts have preferred to sidestep this hard-to-quantify agency and the limits that Freud saw as inevitable in facing up to reality. Ego, for them, is no longer a dirty word; the unconscious, though, is filthy.
Freud knew this, which is why he called his discovery the science of unconscious processes. He, like Ovid, Montaigne and just about every other poet worth the name, recognised we are not masters in our own house. But this unsettling claim, which turned the Enlightenment on its head by challenging Descartes' "I think, therefore I am", is highly unsettling.
This is why, as French Freudian Jacques Lacan best explains, psychoanalysis is ultimately a challenge to consumerism, not a comfort. Shakespeare, of course, had the same idea.
Unlike many who claim to be scientists (though not by Einstein), he saw desire as an enigma that could not be satisfied with gizmos. Like Freud, his view of humanity was deeper and more complex than the rational account pretends.
Freud laid down his cards in 1900 in The Interpretation of Dreams, where he conceived of the unconscious as the repository of what matters most. It is his core insight into modern personal life, and one he did not get easily, or without cost. Starting out as a neurologist wedded to the idea of a biological solution, he had, as he said, to "demolish all my castles in the air".
Abandoning positivism cost Freud dearly, and Zaretksy follows this story, showing how hard it is to relinquish dreams, most especially psychoanalytic dreams of grandeur.
Freud never thought psychoanalysis was a magical cure. It was more an ethical position, something he himself demonstrated by refusing to accept $100,000 from Samuel Goldwyn in the 1920s, when the Hollywood tycoon was making a film about psychoanalysis. It got made without Freud and was called Secrets of the Soul. | <urn:uuid:21333967-be7e-406b-8129-245bb9081c24> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.theage.com.au/news/reviews/secret-of-the-soul/2005/09/23/1126982190167.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281746.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00291-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961616 | 1,072 | 2.0625 | 2 |
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Heraldry – Among the tribes of the great plains, and perhaps of other sections, there existed a well-defined system of military and family designation comparable with the heraldic system of Europe. It found its chief expression in the painting and other decoration of the shield and tipi, with the body paint and adornment of the warrior himself, and was guarded by means of religious tabu and other ceremonial regulations. The heraldic tipis, which might number one-tenth of the whole body, usually belonged to prominent families by hereditary descent. The shield belonged to the individual warrior, but several warriors might carry shields of the same origin and pattern at the same time, while so far as known the heraldic tipi had no contemporary duplicate. Both tipi and shield were claimed as the inspiration of a vision, and the design and decoration were held to be in accordance with the instructions imparted to the first maker by the protecting spirit of his dream. The tipi is commonly named from the most notable feature of the painting, as the buffalo tipi, star tipi, etc. The shield was more often known by the name of the originator and maker of the series, but certain more noted series were known as the buffalo shield, bird shield, sun shield, etc., the medicine or protecting power being believed to come from the buffalo, bird, or sun spirits respectively. Shields of the same origin were usually but not necessarily retained in the possession of members of the family of the original maker, and handed down in time to younger members of the family, unless buried with the owner. A certain price must be paid and certain tabus constantly observed by the owner of either shield or tipi. Thus the heir to a certain heraldic tipi in the Kiowa tribe must pay for it a captive taken in war, while those who carried the bird shield were forbidden to approach a dead bird, and were under obligation on killing their first enemy in battle to eat a portion of his heart. Those of the same shield generally used a similar body paint and headdress, pony decorations, and war cry, all having direct reference to the spirit of the original vision, but no such regulation appears to have existed in connection with any tipi. The flag carried on the upper Columbia by the followers of the prophet Smohalla is an instance of the adaptation of Indian symbolism to the white man’s usage (Mooney in 14th Rep. B. A. E., 1896).
Among the Haida and some other tribes of the N. W. coast, according to Swanton and other authorities, is found the germ of a similar system. Here, in many cases, the clan totem, or perhaps the personal manito of the individual, has evolved into a crest which persons of the highest rank, i. e. of greatest wealth, are privileged to figure by carving or painting upon their totem poles, houses, or other belongings, tattooing upon their bodies, or painting upon their bodies in the dance, on payment of a sufficient number of potlatch gifts to secure recognition as chiefs or leading members of the tribe. The privilege is not hereditary, the successor of the owner, usually his sister’s son, being obliged to make the same ceremonial payment to secure the continuance of the privilege. (J. M.) | <urn:uuid:0b38c6c1-46a7-4cb7-8ab7-bed0acf05aae> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/native-american-heraldry.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282935.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00247-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974038 | 691 | 3.25 | 3 |
Introduction: uArm is an Arduino-powered desktop 4-axis parallel-mechanism robot arm, modeled after the ABB industrial PalletPack robot. The new uArm is made of metal, powered by smaller-sized but more powerful servos, and controlled by an Arduino-compatible board. In parallel-mechanism robot arm, most of the masses concentrate on the base, making the robot much more stable and allows the upper Arm to react really fast.    What can you do with uArm? Well, in two words: COOL Things!!! Once you got your uArm, you can immediately customize it with your own components. For example: You can add a LED to make a computer-controlled desk lamp! Or play chess with you! Or pick up an apple for you! How do I use it? Right now we have already developed a Windows application that allows the uArm to be controlled with keyboard or mouse. We have just sketched out a new function for the uArm which allows you to simply dragging it around as the uArm records the critical coordinates for later playback! With this function, you can now TEACH the uArm to accomplish simple tasks without writing a single line of code, or even connecting to your computer? Features:   Made of metal parts  Smaller-sized but more powerful servos  Based on Arduino  Complete assembled kit. No need to assemble by yourself.  Supper easy to use.  The torque of servo is 9kg/cm Specification: The Metallic uArm comes with complete mechanical parts in metal, 3 metal servos, 1 micro servo, 1 Arduino compatible board, 1 uArm shield, 1 USB cable and 1 Wall Adapter Power Supply. If you have any questions, feel free to send us an email to [email protected].
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Deutsches Museum in Munich Traffic Center - Under the theme "Mobility and Technology", explains the issue of the enjoyment of movement and of the many technical aids, which the people have created in order to move quicker and easier.
In each hall there is a thematic exhibition. The Exhibition offers a large collection of transportation, where you can see, for example, trams, taxis and other konds of transportation, which are designed primarily for the city.
Next to the trffic centre there is the Lokwelt Freilassing. It is a railway museum, housed in a beautiful old roundhouse.
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As discussed in my previous articles, cloud computing is a system in which software programs and storage space can be accessed via the Internet. It can be used for hosting, thus eliminating the need for personal hosting services which can bog down. If you put your web design on a cloud server, you have instant access to computing power. As your needs grow, you can ramp up; as it ebbs, you release the servers back to the cloud.
There are several advantages to cloud computing:
• Scalability – easy to grow or shrink with demand
• Instantly available
• Save money – pay only for what you use
• No hardware to deal with
How it works:
Cloud computing involves surrendering control, which some people find liberating while it makes others very nervous. For instance, users of a site like Salesforce.com don’t know or care how the site is executed, how it deals with failures, where it is located, or any of the other little details one has to deal with when running business operations. So what DO they want? They want their service to work when they need it.
The potential uses of cloud computing are infinite. If you utilize the correct middleware, you can hand off all of your programming needs to a cloud computing system. Literally, everything from basic word processing software to customized computer programs designed for a specific company can work on a cloud computing system.
Cloud computing is a metered service similar to a public utility like cable, cell phone networks, electricity, water, and natural gas. It allows a computing system to attain and release computing resources on demand. Cloud computing also allows the deployment of software applications into an environment running the necessary technology stack for development, staging, or production of a software application. It manages this while minimizing the necessary interaction with the underlying layers of the technology stack.
There are three distinct sub-areas of cloud computing. They are IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, which are discussed here.
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS):
With IaaS clouds, it becomes simple and affordable to distribute resources such as servers, connections, storage, and any other tools necessary to build an application environment from scratch. In other words, rather than purchasing servers, software, data center space or network equipment, clients instead buy those resources as a fully outsourced service. IaaS clouds are the core infrastructure of PaaS and SaaS clouds.
Platform as a Service (PaaS):
PaaS clouds are designed to deliver a cost-effective cloud-based workspace environment (hardware architecture or software framework). They allow a company to deploy applications without the costs and complexities of buying and managing the essential hardware and software.
Software as a Service (SaaS):
Software as a Service has been around for a while and even precedes the term “Cloud Computing”. It is basically a cost effective way for businesses to acquire rights to use software as needed without having to buy licenses for all users and applications. With SaaS, a provider licenses an application to customers for use as a service on demand.
Recently Cisco Systems, EMC, and VMware announced that they are teaming up to sell hardware and software for cloud computing. The three companies are creating something they call the Virtual Computing Environment Coalition “to accelerate customers’ ability to increase business agility through greater IT infrastructure flexibility, and lower IT, energy and real-estate costs through pervasive data center virtualization and a transition to private cloud infrastructures.” With advocates like these, it looks like cloud computing is here to stay. | <urn:uuid:8d424ee3-c1e3-4ce6-a7ad-ac8cd77d48c5> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.junowebdesign.com/cloud-computing-part-iii | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280929.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00422-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939575 | 743 | 2.953125 | 3 |
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CBD is short for cannabidiol oil. It is utilized to help remedy several indications although its use is instead controversial. Addititionally there is many confusion as to precisely how the oil affects our own bodies. Your oil often have health and fitness benefits and such products which have the mixture will be authorized in many sites today. CBD is really a cannabinoid, a substance within cannabis plant. The particular oil consists of CBD concentrations of mit and also the works by using vary greatly. Inside cannabis, the actual substance that is popular is actually delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol and also THC. It becomes an component located in marijuana. Bud offers CBD in addition to THCA along with both have various effects.
THC shifts the mind if one is smoking cigarettes or maybe preparing by using it. That is as it’s split up by way of heat. Compared with THC, CBD seriously isn’t psychoactive. Consequently the way of thinking isn’t going to switch along with use. Having said that, important alterations can be noted in the skin implying that professional medical benefits.
Hemp is an element of the cannabis grow and often, it isn’t processed. This is how the majority of the CBD will be extracted. Pot and also hemp result from cannabis sativa, however are very different. Now, cannabis growers tend to be reproduction plant life to be able to have higher THC levels. Almond farmers don’t have to modify plants as well as are utilized to make the CBD oil.
Cannabinoids get a new human body by simply linking by themselves in order to receptors. A number of cannabinoids are produced with the physique for you are the CB1 as well as CB2 receptors. CB1 receptors are situated through the entire entire body having a great number of these individuals finding myself this brain. The particular receptors are responsible for feeling, sensations, agony, mobility, control, stories, desire for foods, considering, and many additional functions. THC influences most of these receptors.
Alternatives CB2 receptors, these people are pretty much around people’s defense mechanisms and also have an affect on ache in addition to inflammation. Although CBD won’t affix straight below, the item sells your body to use cannabinoids more.
On the other hand, almond manufacturing came to any screeching reduce as soon as the Cannabis Duty Act of 1937 had been passed. Core conduct in direction of cannabis did start to sway drastically to your negative. Almond became the “wicked marijuana” as it shares the same variety as marijuana even though it would not incorporate marijuana’s ample THC.
In the past, several have speculated which the true rationale for the anti-cannabis campaign in essence to the fear which hemp might be a low-cost replacement for newspaper pulp. U.s . industrialist William Randolph Hearst as well as DuPont loved ones acquired key purchases from the wood plus magazine industries. They initiated a new apply campaign to destroy the actual rewarding hemp niche for worry that the increase connected with hemp would probably undercut his or her profits. Nonetheless, a long time afterwards, it became known that hemp does not include a high more than enough power of cellulose to become an effective report substitute.
70 long many years later, hemp finally regained its legitimate standing from the U.S. once the passage with the 2018 Farm Bill. Almond, thought as cannabis using a lot less than 0.3% THC, is slowly removed coming from Agenda My partner and i governed substances. Hemp-derived items are legitimate as long as they originated from trained almond growers. An increasing number of educational institutions plus nursing homes have begun to examine it. Us citizens is now able to employ CBD Olje Norge 2021 – 100% THC-FRI – Økologisk og Lovlig. It could be ordered internet and shipped to everyone 50 states.
CBD is helpful to help man wellbeing in different ways. It’s a healthy pain reducer and contains anti-inflammatory properties. Prescription drugs can be used for pain relief along with the majority of people want a natural option plus and here , CBD oil comes in.
Additionally there is facts of which advise that using CBD can be be extremely very helpful for anybody who is attempting to stop smoking cigarettes along with dealing with substance withdrawals. With a report, it had been noticed in which tobacco users who obtained inhalers which in fact had CBD maintained to smoke cigarettes fewer than the concepts conventional these plus without having any further looking for cigarettes. CBD might be a terrific treatment for individuals with obsession conditions especially in order to opioids.
There are several other health-related problems that are usually assisted by way of CBD plus they include epilepsy, LGA, Dravet affliction, seizures and therefore on. Much more analysis is being conducted within the outcomes of CBD inside the human body as well as the results are pretty promising. The potential of overcoming many forms of cancer and different panic disorders may also be appeared at. | <urn:uuid:32235f92-25be-4a31-b418-2470f58da181> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.jonigarcia.com/may-cbd-oil-deliver-the-results-research-would-suggest-and-so/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573623.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819035957-20220819065957-00674.warc.gz | en | 0.969323 | 1,096 | 1.617188 | 2 |
Teachers get more at certain schools
By Phyllis Moore
Published in News on October 9, 2005 2:05 AM
The Board of Education has voted to continue a differential salary incentive in six city schools as a way to retain and recruit highly qualified teachers and improve student performance on tests.
The board made a few revisions to the proposal that had been first introduced in 2002-03.
Dr. Willette Wooten, director of federal programs for the school system, said the local salary differential pay plan is part of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Its purpose is to improve teacher and principal quality and hold local educational agencies and schools accountable for improvement in student academic achievement.
Schools affected by the proposal include Carver Heights, School Street and North Drive elementary schools, Dillard and Goldsboro middle schools and Goldsboro High School.
Through a federal Title II grant for $250,000, those in the high school could receive as much as $3,000 additional pay, with those at the elementary and middle school levels eligible for up to $2,250 of the incentive pay.
Educators who choose to work in the inner city schools and teach a core-tested area, such as math and science, are automatically eligible for $1,000 that would be paid out over the 10-month school year. Principals in the central attendance area schools will also receive a salary differential in the amount of $1,200, paid $100 per month.
It is a three-tiered program, Dr. Wooten explained. The initial $1,000 is considered tier one or the base pay per teacher. Educators are also eligible for tier two and/or three, based upon the performance of their school.
At the high school level, teachers having at least 50 percent of their students meeting standard on end-of-course tests for tier two receive an extra $1,000. If at least 60 percent accomplish that under tier three, an additional $1,000 is awarded.
Incentives for middle and elementary school teachers are $625 each at tiers two and three.
Since the pay plan was first approved three years ago, the bonus amount has increased and students are also achieving at higher levels in the central attendance area, Dr. Wooten said.
"It's meeting its objective as you have designed it," she told the board Monday night.
Board Chairman Lehman Smith said, "It's doing what we wanted it to do. I think the standards have been set about as good as they could do."
He said what has been especially helpful is that the goals have been reachable.
"We're making it worthwhile and it's within their distance" to accomplish this, he said.
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THE £1 billion spent by the Scottish Government on social housing in recent years is good for “our economy and good for our society”, the First Minister will claim.
Alex Salmond will highlight the investment his Government has made in the sector as the Scottish cabinet travels to Selkirk to take part in the latest question-and-answer session with the public.
The SNP leader will confirm today that spending since 2011 has now reached £1 billion, with this expected to have risen to £1.7 billion by the end of this Holyrood term in 2016.
But he will claim Westminster gets the benefit of savings resulting from lower housing benefits costs in Scotland as he calls for greater economic powers to be handed to Scotland.
The First Minister will say: “Scotland is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, more prosperous per head than France, Japan and the UK itself - but we need the economic powers that come with independence to make the most of our huge resources.
“That means being in control of our own finances rather than having them in the grip of Westminster.
“For example, since 2011, this Government has spent £1 billion on social housing. By the end of the parliament, in 2016, we’ll have spent £1.7 billion.
“Rental costs are lower in Scotland because there’s a better supply of housing. It’s an investment which is good for our economy and good for our society.
“If housing rents are lower, the Government has to pay out less housing benefit.
“At the moment, the Scottish Government pays for our 30,000 affordable homes during this parliament. But the benefit - lower housing benefit costs - flows to the UK Government.
“So, at the moment, we invest in policies, but the savings go to Westminster.”
Mr Salmond is expected to add: “There is a similar issue with childcare. One of our most important ambitions is a transformation in childcare in Scotland.
“We believe, that if we put childcare provision on the same level as primary school provision, it will encourage many more women into the economy - helping their families, helping the economy and making use of their talents and abilities.
“But again - the increased tax revenues are retained by George Osborne, meaning that the limited powers of the Scottish Parliament are holding Scotland back from investing in even more childcare provision.
“Retaining those taxes in Scotland makes childcare affordable and sustainable.
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Mark Hewitt’s pots might have left the Nasher Museum, but they’ve made a permanent mark on the space — at least for anyone using Google Earth. In the (flattened) image above from July 2010, you can see the placement of the pots in that semicircle adjacent to the patio.
In Google Earth’s latest update, you can also use their timeline feature which allows you to see a site over its history. You can see the Nasher during its construction and even when it was a bare plot of earth as early as 1993.
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University of Buffalo researchers have found that mindfulness, a practise long thought to promote emotional balance by reducing stress and anxiety, may be having the unintended effect of increasing selfishness in at least some of the people who take part.
A new paper to be published in the “Psychological Science” journal claims that for those who already consider themselves “independent”, as opposed to “interdependent” beings, engaging in mindfulness practises can make them less likely to demonstrate “prosocial behaviours”.
“Mindfulness can make you selfish,” says Dr. Michael Poulin, an associate professor of psychology at the university and the paper’s lead author.
“It’s a qualified fact, but it’s also accurate.
“Mindfulness increased prosocial actions for people who tend to view themselves as more interdependent. However, for people who tend to view themselves as more independent, mindfulness actually decreased prosocial behavior.
“Research suggests that mindfulness works, but this study shows that it’s a tool, not a prescription, which requires more than a plug-and-play approach if practitioners are to avoid its potential pitfalls.”
The research team point to cultural differences between west and east as being key to understanding the social psychology generally at play among those who participate in mindfulness.
“People in Western nations most often think of themselves as independent, whereas people in East Asian countries more often think of themselves as interdependent. Mindfulness practices originated in East Asian countries, and Poulin speculates that mindfulness may be more clearly prosocial in those contexts. Practicing mindfulness in Western countries removes that context,” the team explain.
The authors claim that people from the western world who practise mindfulness may not experience the prosocial benefits that people from the east might, given their more interdependent attitude to existence.
“Despite these individual and cultural differences, there is also variability within each person, and any individual at different points in time can think of themselves either way, in singular (‘I do this’) or plural terms (‘We do this’),” says Poulin.
As part of their research, the team surveyed 366 people to gauge their levels of independence and interdependence, then offered all of them the opportunity to stuff envelopes for a charity.
The response indicated less prosocial behaviour from the more independent participants as they were not as likely to volunteer, whilst further studies appeared to corroborate the findings.
“We have to think about how to get the most out of mindfulness,” Poulin claims, suggesting any classes, which one in five US companies now promote, include reflection on how people are part of groups.
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Alcohol is the most dangerous substance. CC by gfpeck/Flickr
Alcohol, not heroin or crack cocaine, is the biggest risk of all well-liked substances, a recent study has found. Other popular drugs ranked as a lot more lethal, however alcohol’s effects on society as a whole put it at the top of the list. The study, which evaluated 20 popular drugs for their detrimental effects on users and the individuals around them, ranked “hard” substances for instance ecstasy at the bottom of the list. You should take alcohol in moderation especially if you feel like asking yourself, is mental illness hereditary?
A lot more harmful than all drugs is alcohol
The cost of alcohol to society makes it probably the most dangerous drug being abused in the U.K., based on a study published in the British medical journal Lancet. Based on CNN, there were many drugs looked at by experts. The social, psychological and physical difficulties caused by the substances were all studied. A scoring system created to evaluate the degree of danger gave alcohol 72 out of a possible 100 points. The second and 3rd place substances were heroin and crack cocaine. They only got 55 and 54 points. Only five points went to mushrooms, seven to Lysergic acid diethylamide, ecstasy with nine, and marijuana scored 20.
Why is alcohol more dangerous than crack cocaine and narcotics?
Booze is the most damaging drug to society, before narcotics and crack because it’s the most abused drug and is legal and available in society. There were probably the most harmful substances depicted by the study also. Methamphetamine, crack cocaine and heroin were all listed. Dependence, injury and mortality were just some of the nine factors used to determine how damaging the drug was. Things like crime, economic cost and environmental harm were considered too. These were some of six factors about harm caused to others. BBC News spoke to co-author David Nutt who said that many will go to “extraordinary lengths” to abuse alcoholic beverages and thousands in Britain are addicted to it.
Just what alcohol does
17.6 million adults are alcoholics, the National Institutes of Health tells us. Many drinkers do not know it is a problem considering it is legal and socially acceptable, Dr. Jeffery Parsons, an addiction expert, told the New York Daily News. Unless you get arrested for drunk driving, it is entirely legal to drink which is why it is easy for many to abuse the drug and still feel like they’re following all the rules. | <urn:uuid:4910d252-0420-4dff-ae8d-9c0110474286> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://woodburnbrewery.com/alcohol-the-most-over-used-substance-is-also-most-damaging/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.973298 | 517 | 2.359375 | 2 |
Alba is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. It is also, in English language historiography, used to refer to the polity of Picts and Scots united in the ninth century as the Kingdom of Alba, until it developed into the Kingdom of Scotland of the late middle ages following the absorption of Strathclyde and English-speaking Lothian in the 12th century. It is cognate with the Irish term Alba and the Manx term Nalbin, the two other Goidelic Insular Celtic languages, as well as contemporary words used in Cornish and Welsh, both of which are Brythonic Insular Celtic languages. The third surviving Brythonic language, Breton, instead uses Bro-Skos, meaning 'country of the Scots'. In the past these terms were names for Great Britain as a whole, related to the Brythonic name Albion. | <urn:uuid:cbc41b03-fce0-4e93-a87e-f3b78ac7e507> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://wiki.onionsearchengine.com/page.php?title=Alba | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00478.warc.gz | en | 0.953329 | 186 | 3.5625 | 4 |
Biofilms: The Stronghold of Legionella pneumophila
AbstractLegionellosis is mostly caused by Legionella pneumophila and is defined as a severe respiratory illness with a case fatality rate ranging from 5% to 80%. L. pneumophila is ubiquitous in natural and anthropogenic water systems. L. pneumophila is transmitted by inhalation of contaminated aerosols produced by a variety of devices. While L. pneumophila replicates within environmental protozoa, colonization and persistence in its natural environment are also mediated by biofilm formation and colonization within multispecies microbial communities. There is now evidence that some legionellosis outbreaks are correlated with the presence of biofilms. Thus, preventing biofilm formation appears as one of the strategies to reduce water system contamination. However, we lack information about the chemical and biophysical conditions, as well as the molecular mechanisms that allow the production of biofilms by L. pneumophila. Here, we discuss the molecular basis of biofilm formation by L. pneumophila and the roles of other microbial species in L. pneumophila biofilm colonization. In addition, we discuss the protective roles of biofilms against current L. pneumophila sanitation strategies along with the initial data available on the regulation of L. pneumophila biofilm formation. View Full-Text
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Abdel-Nour, M.; Duncan, C.; Low, D.E.; Guyard, C. Biofilms: The Stronghold of Legionella pneumophila. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2013, 14, 21660-21675.
Abdel-Nour M, Duncan C, Low DE, Guyard C. Biofilms: The Stronghold of Legionella pneumophila. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2013; 14(11):21660-21675.Chicago/Turabian Style
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School days, school days, dear old Golden Rule days. In the past, teachers have taught the Golden Rule to mean do unto others as you'd have done to you, but this year they may be extending that beyond the classroom. When selecting school supplies, there are plenty of green, stylish kid-friendly pens, pencils and markers to fill a desk. Check out a few of our favorites:
- The non-toxic, non-solvent, acid free Coccoina Almond Scented Glue Stick smells like marzipan and is strong enough to keep art projects sticking together.
- Teachers always insist on No. 2 Graphite Pencils and these use unfinished casing to show off the writing utensil's recycled cedar wood.
- These e-color-gy, non-toxic Washable markers are made from 25 percent recycled plastic and can be rejuvenated by simply wetting their tips when they dry out.
- Brighter than traditional wax crayons, soy crayons are made from all-natural soybean oil.
- Petroleum-free beeswax crayons are made from a combination of plants and vegetable waxes and pure beeswax.
- Get the lead out of gathered papers with the Cat and Dog Staple Free Staplers.
Fiskars Deskworks Scissors get the job done.
- Made from real banana paper, water based inks, glues and metal binding, Banana Paper Notebooks do their part to help save the rain forest.
- Without the use of ink, the Eco Highlighter Pencil uses a wood pencil to bring words to life on a page. | <urn:uuid:c0a6e252-f403-4bc5-b371-628962d4dc8f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.popsugar.com/moms/Eco-Friendly-School-Supplies-2009-08-05-080056-3749911 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281353.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00072-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911372 | 343 | 2.265625 | 2 |
A Long March 3B Rocket lifted off from China’s Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 16:22 UTC on Friday, carrying the Tiantong-1 01 mobile communications satellite into orbit.
Although launch success was confirmed within one hour of liftoff by Chinese State Media, no information other than the satellite’s name came forward which would suggest a military nature of the mission.
The satellite had been identified as an S-Band mobile communications satellite developed by the Chinese Academy of Space Technology for operation by ChinaSatcom, a division of CASC. It had been suspected that Tiantong-1 finds its roots in the China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) project using S-Band and UHF frequencies at 2635-2660 and 470-860 MHz to deliver mobile data and multimedia distribution services.
After Friday’s launch, media articles described the satellite as ‘China’s first mobile telecommunications satellite.’ The satellite will take up a position in Geostationary Orbit to deliver services to a broad region centered around China, spanning from East Africa to the Pacific region. According to reports, the satellite will carry voice, video and data for 24/7, all-weather connectivity.
Long March 3B/E weighs approximately 456,000 Kilograms and stands 56.33 meters tall with a core diameter of 3.35 meters. The four boosters, first and second stage use storable propellants, Unsymmetrical Dimethylhydrazine and Nitrogen Tetroxide while the third stage uses cryogenic propellants, Liquid Hydrogen and Liquid Oxygen.
Liftoff was preceded by an eight-hour countdown operation during which the Long March 3B rocket was powered up and underwent final testing before heading into propellant loading on the cryogenic third stage around seven hours prior to T-0, filling the stage with 18,200 Kilograms of Liquid Oxygen and Liquid Hydrogen that were kept topped up until late in the countdown.
The boosters and two lower stages of the rocket received their propellant load before the countdown along with the attitude control system of the third stage since all these systems use storable propellants. Overall, the launcher was filled with 400 metric tons of Unsymmetrical Dimethylhydrazine and Nitrogen Tetroxide to be used by the boosters, the core stage and second stage in the first minutes of flight.
At 00:22:00 a.m. local time Saturday, Long March 3B/E ignited its boosters and core stage that soared to a collective liftoff thrust of 604 metric-ton-force. Thundering off four seconds later, the rocket rose from its pad, lighting up the night skies over the Xichang launch base in the Sichuan province in south-western China. After a vertical ascent of a few seconds, the rocket began to pitch and roll onto its planned ascent path, taking it south-east across China before passing over the Pacific Ocean.
With all engines firing at full throttle, Long March 3B/E burned 2,350 Kilograms of propellant per second as it started racing uphill and making its way downrange, passing Mach 1 and encountering Maximum Aerodynamic Pressure. Each of the four boosters delivered 75,500 Kilogram-force of additional thrust to the vehicle using a single DaFY-5-1 engine. The boosters consumed their propellant load of 41,200kg, each, over the course of a burn of 140 seconds after which they dropped away from the three-stage rocket.
With the boosters gone, the Core Stage continued powering the vehicle using a DaFY-6-1 cluster of four engines delivering 302 metric tons of thrust. Overall, the 24.8-meter tall first stage launched with a propellant load of 186,200 Kilograms that was expended in two minutes and 38 seconds. Immediately after engine cutoff of the first stage, the second stage commanded its four-chamber vernier engine of the second stage to ignite as part of the hot-staging sequence employed by the Long March 3B.
A series of 14 pyrotechnic bolts were fired to disconnect the first and second stage, allowing the second stage’s vernier engine to move the stack away from the empty core stage. Moments after staging, the second stage ignited its DaFY-20-1 main engine, soaring up to a full thrust of 75,660 Kilogram-force to continue powered ascent. The second stage was controlled by using the four-chamber vernier engine that added another five metric tons of thrust. Overall, the second stage launched with a propellant load of 49,400 Kilograms measuring 12.92 meters in length and 3.35 meters in diameter.
While the second stage was firing, Long March 3B departed the dense atmosphere, making it safe to jettison the protective payload fairing and expose the satellite for the rest of its ride uphill.
The second stage performed a nominal burn of 178 seconds with the vernier engine burning about six seconds longer than the main engine. Second stage cutoff occurred after the mission passed T+5.5 minutes. Immediately after shutdown, the pyrotechnic stage separation system was initiated and solid-fueled retrorockets moved the second stage away.
One second after staging, the third stage ignited its two cryogenic YF-75 engines. The 12.38-meter long third stage delivered a total thrust of 16,000 Kilogram-force as part of its initial burn to accelerate the stack to orbital velocity in order to enter a Low Earth Parking Orbit.
The Low Earth Parking orbit, around 190 Kilometers in altitude, was reached after a third stage burn of around four minutes and 45 seconds, marking the start of a coast phase. The coast phase, nearly 11 minutes in duration, was set up to allow the stack to fly to a position where the second burn could be performed around the equator passage so that the high-point of the orbit would be placed over the equator.
This second burn lasted for approximately three minutes and 15 seconds and was followed by a variable velocity adjustment that involved the vernier engines of the third stage which continued to fire until the navigation platform sensed that the targeted injection velocity was achieved, thus optimizing the accuracy of the orbital insertion.
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The FBI has been known to use malware to spy on suspects via their computers but mobile phones make even better sources of information.
Just think about it: the great majority of people carries their mobile phones everywhere with them, and surreptitiously turning on the device’s microphone can result in crucial information being gathered.
Former US officials have revealed that the FBI has been using mobile malware to compromise suspects’ Android-based phones to record conversations happening in the presence of the device and to exfiltrate data from it that might offer more insight into the suspects’ potential criminal activities.
According to the WSJ, a permission to do that is more easily secured from a court that that for listening into the suspects’ communications made via the device.
It’s interesting to note that this approach is used in organized crime, child pornography or counterterrorism cases, and rarely – or possibly never – to target hackers.
The thing is that in order to install such spyware on the device, there has to be some user interaction. The target must follow a web link or a link delivered to him via email in order to land on a website that will exploit a vulnerability in his software to make the malware download on the device – and hackers are more likely to detect the attempt, look into it and publicize it.
A former official in FBI’s cyber division claims that the Bureau creates some of the hacking tools internally, and buys additional ones as well as exploits for zero-day vulnerabilities from private companies such as HackingTeam SRL and Gamma International, both of whom were recently dubbed “corporate enemies of the Internet” by Reporters Without Borders for selling products that are liable to be (and have been) used by governments to violate human rights and freedom of information. | <urn:uuid:44801937-4248-4f57-85d2-6254b519060d> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2013/08/02/fbi-uses-malware-to-spy-on-suspects-via-their-phones/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280825.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00203-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960347 | 367 | 2.046875 | 2 |
During their working career people are usually on the search for a better paying, more prestigious job. When they find one, they often enthusiastically quite their old job and move on. One of three things will happen to their 401k.
Leaving a 401k behind at the old employer is not the worst thing the employee could do. The money will still be invested, and it will still be available to them when they realize it is there. But as long as it is managed by the old employer, the plan could change, the advisor overseeing the plan could change, and the fund choices might change. If the employee has left, they have no control over their old plan. Everything is in the hands of the old employer. It is far better to just take it with you.
Roll It Over
If the new plan allows it, the old 401k should be rolled into the new one. This will keep everything tidy and in one place. Since not all plans allow incoming transfers, the next best thing is to roll it into a traditional IRA. In an IRA the individual will have complete access to the money, change investments whenever he or she chooses, and be able to pick which financial advisor (if any) they want to work with. In either scenario, the employee has more control than if they just leave it.
Cash it out
Approximately 49% of people cash out their retirement plan when they switch jobs. Even after quite a few years of accumulating resources for retirement, nearly half will pay the taxes, the 10% penalty, and decimate their retirement so they can take the cash. If they are laid off and have nowhere else to turn for living expenses that is one thing. But much of the time people will cash in their retirement, and buy a new truck, or take the family on vacation. Not only are they wasting money on penalties, they are also setting themselves back years in their retirement savings. For example: An employee who has $50,000 in his 401k cashes it out. He pays $5,000 in early withdrawal penalties, and $12,500 in taxes. He is then left with $32,500 which is spent on a brand new truck, a dream vacation, or something else. Starting from nothing he can then build up his 401k over the next 25 years to just under $400,000 (assuming $5,000 annual additions at 8% interest). If he had left the $50,000 in there, he would have$768,000 after 25 years. Essentially his truck cost him over $350,000.
Saving for retirement does not always mean sacrificing comforts now. But sacrificing retirement in order to splurge now is never a good idea. When leaving a job, make sure to roll your old 401k into the new one. It is easy to do, safe, and better for your peace of mind. This way all the investments will be together, you will get less paperwork, and everything will be easier to manage. Whatever you do, do not take a 401k withdrawal. You end up losing much more than the 10% penalty.
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Surry Countryside Champions - Spencer Nicholls, Rural Affairs Manager for Surrey Fire and Rescue Service
The Surrey Fire and Rescue Service work tirelessly to keep Surrey residents and the local area safe. For those working in the wildfire team, the devastating impact of climate change is worryingly clear. The exceptional heat we are seeing this summer in the UK is making an already difficult job even harder as they try to prevent wildfires occurring and minimise the damage to local habitats, wildlife, and people when they do occur.
We spoke to Spencer Nicholls, Rural Affairs Manager for Surrey Fire and Rescue Service to find out more about the work they do and what the people of Surrey can do to support them.
Thank you for taking the time to talk to us. Can you summarise who you are and what you do?
My name is Spencer Nicholls, Rural Affairs Manager for Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. The main focus of my work is to ensure peoples’ safety whilst outdoors, both in the countryside and around open water. I also address wildfire prevention, mitigating and managing the adverse effects on our environment, including wildlife.
So, you protect the Surrey countryside. What makes our green spaces so special?
Surrey is the most wooded county in England with some of the finest examples of rare heathland habitat. Lowland heath is internationally rare, unique, and incredibly important for biodiversity, rare wildlife species and people.
What can we as Surrey residents do to help?
Fire on our heathland sites can decimate areas of valuable habitat and could be responsible for the local extinction of certain endangered wildlife. These habitats have taken many years to mature and develop to what we see today. A single careless act can destroy this valued habitat in a matter of minutes. We often see campfires and disposable barbeques as being the main sources of ignition and I would ask residents and visitors to Surrey to be mindful of their actions, the potential consequences, and always follow The Countryside Code.
With the effects of climate change is the risk of wildfires increasing?
As we see the effects of climate change continue, the threat from wildfire remains ever present with the likelihood that we shall unfortunately see wildfire events increasing. As a Service, historically, we wouldn’t start to see wildfire incidents until mid to late April, however each year we see large wildfire events creeping steadily into early March. This could be a sign that that we are already feeling the effects of climate change in the Surrey countryside.
What have been the three largest wildfires in Surrey?
The largest fires are not necessarily always the most damaging and can be quickly suppressed. Some smaller, deep-seated fires may require a significant deployment of personnel and resources for an extended period of time to fully extinguish. An example of which would be the major incident we saw at Chobham Common in 2020. This fire consumed around 500 acres of heathland and surrounding vegetation. The incident was officially closed following 10 days of firefighting operations.
How long does the landscape and wildlife take to recover after a wildfire?
After a significant wildfire event, the landscape can be quick to start its recovery with new shoots breaking through the burnt earth within days. However, these new shoots may choke out other plants which are slower to recover thus altering the habitat. For the surface vegetation alone, it can often take as much as 10-15 years to fully recover. But the problem doesn’t stop there. We often see wildfires burning deep into peat stores. These peat layers act as carbon stores and when burnt, release their stored carbon in the form of greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere further advancing the climate change cycle. Sadly, due to the time of the year that we see wildfire ignitions, the wildlife isn’t always able to escape and out run the advancing wildfire. In some cases, we see the potential of local extinction of some of our rarest species.
Your team does amazing work. On a day off where is your favourite Surrey greenspace to explore?
Tricky question! Surrey is blessed with some amazing greenspaces from dark ancient woodland stooped in history to lowland heath supporting a diverse eco system to sandy beaches with water lapping at its edge and I would encourage a visit to all of them. My favourite greenspace has an amazing view over lowland heath with mixed woodland in the distance and although only a short distance from shops and busy roads, on the right day it feel like you are miles from anywhere….but I shall be keeping that particular spot a secret! | <urn:uuid:5791e2ac-6f32-430f-a004-930460aacd24> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cpresurrey.org.uk/news/surrey-countryside-champions-spencer-nicholls-rural-affairs-manager/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809003642-20220809033642-00674.warc.gz | en | 0.950345 | 923 | 2.5625 | 3 |
This post could affectionately be called “what happens when you get too cocky in the kitchen” or “one of my biggest kitchen blunders.”
When I was making my goat cheese and pear pizza the other day, I actually had the foresight to make dough ahead of time, which never happens. And I felt like a champ. No store-bought dough for me. Leisurely, I went about making my pizza dough, confident that I had allowed plenty of time for the dough to rise.
Apparently, somewhere between stroking my epicurean ego and applying for jobs, I just threw the yeast right into the mix without proofing them. A few hours later, I came back and saw the ball of dough in the same shape it was in when I left it.
When there really is no chance of hope, you have to get creative. I really didn’t think this would work.
I pulled out my clothing steamer (a.k.a. one-click impulse buy) and gave my pizza dough a steam bath. Cover the bowl with a cloth and feed in some steam. This would probably work well with a tea kettle too.
(How cute is the elephant logo?)
I used about a liter of water and let it steam for about 5 minutes. Half-way through, I took the dough out and gave it a few kneads to mix the yeast around.
You can hear the yeast begin to gurgle. I used that as a gauge for how long to leave the steam on. If you’re trying to rescue a bread loaf, it probably could use more steam, but I was impatient. Then I gave it some final kneading and let it sit.
I only let it rest for 40 minutes. What can I say? I was hungry. But it did get bigger in size. Hopefully, you will catch your mistake faster than I did and give it a few hours to rest.
The pizza crust turned out fine and the crisis was avoided.
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China's state owned automakers are working tirelessly to attempt to catch up with the rest of world, and they're not above doing it the easy and unethical way.
A GM engineer named Shanshan Du and her husband Yu Qin were just found guilty of attempting to sell GM's hybrid technology to Chinese companies. Of course, hybridization is one of the most important ways for an automaker to gain market share and be competitive at the moment. Leaking of the company's technology would be a big blow to GM in the growing Chinese market, and potentially the rest of the world as Chinese automakers expand into other continents.
Shanshan Du will serve one year and one day in prison, a reduced sentence as a result of the seven year delay between the FBI raid and the trail and Du's declining health. Yu Qin has set up a company and began telling people that he planned to provide GM Hybrid tech to Chinese competitors. He has been sentenced to three years in prison.
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The Fourth of July means BBQs, beaches, and...bumper-to-bumper traffic. That's right: Independence Day weekend travel is set to be a record-breaker this year, according to just-released data from AAA. The travel organization estimates 46.9 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles to celebrate the United States' birthday—a five percent increase from last year, and the highest number since AAA began this study 18 years ago. Expect a lot of cars, too: About 39.7 million of those traveling will drive to their destinations (an increase from 2017's 37.5 million drivers). Travel times in already-congested cities like Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington, D.C. could even double, according to transportation analytics company INRIX.
“This Independence Day will be one for the record books, as more Americans take to the nation’s roads, skies, rails and waterways than ever before,” said Bill Sutherland, AAA senior vice president of Travel and Publishing, said in a statement.
Here's the rest of the AAA intel. Godspeed, all.
AAA defines the holiday travel period as Tuesday, July 3 to Sunday, July 8. The company predicts that Tuesday to be the most congested, so if you can leave for your trip one day earlier, you just might beat the crowds.
AAA projects needing to assist upwards of 362,000 drivers. Check your battery and change your oil pre-road trip; then repeat after us: Hold onto your keys. Top reasons for calls include dead batteries, flat tires, and lockouts, AAA says.
The skies will be busy, too—about 3.8 million Americans will fly over the weekend—but the top 40 domestic flight routes will cost about nine percent less than last year. The average round-trip ticket is a respectable $171, the lowest Independence Day airfare in five years, the AAA data show.
Hotels, however, will cost you slightly more than before. AAA Three Diamond Rated hotels clock in at about $187 a night—a two-percent increase from last year.
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COVID-19 Vaccine-Acquired vs. Disease-Acquired Immunity: Which is Better? — Deplatform Disease
The gist: Many seem to hold to the incorrect idea that immunity acquired through infection is superior to immunity acquired by vaccination but multiple examples show this isn’t true: recovery from tetanus generally does not confer any protection while vaccination induces protection in virtually everyone, vaccination is far more protective against HPV than infection, and some infectious diseases can recur or develop into chronic diseases like varicella (chickenpox) and hepatitis B. COVID-19 is among the most dangerous respiratory infections that any of us will ever face in our lives. It has killed at least 4 million people in the course of this pandemic (and this is almost certainly an undercount), many of whom were previously healthy, and it has also left uncountably many more struggling with prolonged disability that remains poorly understood and with very limited options as far as treatment. By comparison, any serious adverse events following vaccination are extremely rare- on the order of 1 to 10 per 1,000,000 doses of vaccine, and effectiveness across all variants to date has been largely preserved. Furthermore, mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 show much higher levels of neutralizing antibodies with better ability to cross-protect against variants than recovery from COVID-19, and comparable T cell responses. The durability of these vaccines furthermore looks to be robust. Data are more limited for other vaccine types (though recent data on the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine confirms excellent durability), but the fundamental point is that the proposition that we get to herd immunity through infection is utterly immoral and furthermore ignorant of history. If this were possible to do, measles would have accomplished it because it spreads very rapidly through the population and generates robust protective immunity in virtually everyone who survives it, but we saw regularly huge outbreaks every 2–5 years. That’s because of population turnover: eventually enough people who were immune died and enough people who weren’t were born, allowing for steady, regular outbreaks. Continuously allowing SARS-CoV-2 to infect people will also create new opportunities for the virus to evolve, potentially escaping pre-existing immunity altogether as the endemic common cold coronaviruses do; recent data shows that the delta variant appears to have a heightened risk of both reinfections and also infection post-vaccination. Though most people do seem to generate robust immune memory after recovery from COVID-19, there is no simple way to assess whether or not individual recovered patients have achieved this, and while reinfection is rare and usually milder when it does occur, this is not always the case with some reinfections being more severe and even fatal. Available evidence indicates that the quality of immunity against SARS-CoV-2 is drastically enhanced by vaccination with even a single dose of vaccine after recovery, and while side effects are more intense in recovered patients who are vaccinated, vaccination of recovered patients appears safe. Therefore, after recovery (or after a period of 90 days if convalescent plasma or monoclonal antibodies were received), even recovered patients should be vaccinated against COVID-19.
As the pandemic has progressed, so has our understanding of the immunity we develop against SARS-CoV-2. It does appear that most (but not all) cases of COVID-19 do result in a robust immune response and the generation of immunological memory (though this has many important caveats and has regrettably been weaponized as an instrument of politics rather than public health). I think some have engaged in revisionist history though in claiming that there was no other possible outcome; this is certainly great news, but this was in no way a guarantee. For one thing, in general the viruses that result in long-lived immunological memory are those that disseminate either through the blood or lymphatic system, but viremia is a rare phenomenon in COVID-19 and predicts severe disease (which is, as a proportion of infections, also rare). Note however that even though mild disease is so named, this does not necessarily mean a mild or self-limiting illness; mild disease can be extremely taxing but is mostly distinguished on the basis of not involving the lower respiratory tract or causing significant decline in oxygen saturation or requiring hospitalization. Additionally, common cold coronaviruses (CCCs) regularly reinfect people through antigenic drift (mutations in the proteins of the virus to escape antibodies) in as few as 6 months. This builds on prior work demonstrating that in human challenge studies, reinfection with the same CCC one year after initial encounter, reinfection can still occur though at reduced severity. We also see that for other respiratory viruses, durable immunological protection is not a certainty, e.g. RSV seems to be able to cause reinfection with antigenically similar isolates a significant proportion of the time for example (each challenge resulted in reinfection at least one-fourth of volunteers, with initially about half of these being symptomatic and progressively decreasing with subsequent challenges), and even though influenza A is classically regarded as producing long-lived immunity against similar strains, in a human challenge study, symptomatic reinfection occurred with most of the volunteers. Immunity to respiratory viruses generally is reviewed here. Concerns were further amplified when a study showed that in patients who died of COVID-19, germinal centers in the lymph nodes (a structure known to be important for the development of long-lasting humoral immunity) were atrophied (though of course this analysis does not tell us whether the outcome was a cause or effect of death from COVID-19 or whether it generalized to other milder cases; interesting a preprint has demonstrated that, in mice, despite absence of the TFH cells critical for the formation of germinal centers, high levels of potent, neutralizing antibodies do develop, though class switching is inhibited). In a broad sense, durable immunity against mucosal pathogens (like those that infect the respiratory tract) is a challenge as demonstrated by vaccination, because the default response at barrier tissues like the respiratory tract on exposure to antigen is tolerance, generally mediated by regulatory T cells.
It is also worthwhile to remind people that in terms of the quality of immunity generated by vaccination, as compared with infection, it is not a given that vaccination will elicit inferior protection (setting aside the dangers of the infection).
The Immune Response against SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2 is a positive-sense, unsegmented RNA virus in the Betacoronavirus genus which principally initiates infection of susceptible hosts through inhalation of infectious particles contained within respiratory droplets and aerosols (though primarily through close-range, prolonged contact with infected hosts), wherein it enters permissive and susceptible cells, principally through the ACE2 receptor. The early mucosal immune response to SARS-CoV-2 is reviewed here, though details on its specific interactions are not very well understood; recent data suggest epithelial cells in the nasopharynx have blunted antiviral responses and enhanced type II interferon production in severe disease. SARS-CoV-2 encodes within it a suite of proteins that are very effective for evading innate immune mechanisms of protection such as type 1 and type III interferons. The timing of the interferon response appears to be critical, as it appears that late production of interferon contributes to immunopathology, whereas early, rapid response is able to control viral replication. Indeed, COVID-19 is associated with a massive type 1 interferon response. One concern that has been raised with COVID-19 is that infection of the upper respiratory tract may facilitate neuroinvasion of the virus, which has been demonstrated on autopsies and in mouse models (though neuroinvasion in mouse models is a common feature of many coronavirus infections and thus the significance of this is not immediately clear, and autopsy findings are hard to extrapolate to the more common milder cases); however recent imaging studies show loss of greymatter in regions corresponding to neurological symptoms in COVID-19. The duration of neurological deficits in COVID-19 is not currently known, but this appears to be a more common phenomenon than for many viral infections and a substantial contributor to disease severity. COVID-19 also seemingly provokes a hypercoagulable state which can result in inappropriate clot formation, seemingly through immunothrombotic mechanisms discussed here and here. Another concern that has been raised with COVID-19 is the potential for the development of diabetes mellitus; autopsy samples of COVID-19 decedents are able to identify virus within the beta cells of the pancreas wherein it appears to cause transdifferentiation. In human pancreas cell culture models, SARS-CoV-2 is able to productively infect both the endocrine and exocrine pancreas. Glycometabolic control among some recovered patients appears to be impaired a significant proportion of the time for a period of at least 2 months. Furthermore, SARS-CoV-2 antibody responses seem to involve Tbet+ B cells as a source of neutralizing antibodies, which are generally associated with systemic lupus erythematosus where they are thought to be pathogenic; the extent of these B cell responses correlates with disease severity. In exoproteome profiling of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection, diverse functional autoantibodies against tissue antigens and cytokines are elicited and in mice are able to worsen disease; it is possible that these autoantibodies may play a role in the post-acute consequences of COVID-19, which are manifold (see Box 1). The duration of these symptoms is variable but in one recent prospective study approximately one-fifth of patients were struggling with persistent symptoms after 12-months, with females being higher risk than males, though the overall cohort was small. Viral infection is a well-characterized trigger of autoimmune disease, and thus there is concern that SARS-CoV-2 may also do the same. SARS-CoV-2 is known to cause multisystem inflammatory syndrome (in children and more rarely in adults), a hyperinflammatory disease that remains poorly understood and is associated with substantial morbidity and occasionally mortality; recent data implicate a retained viral reservoir in the intestine which results in a loss of mucosal barrier integrity, endotoxemia, and viral antigenemia on top of a superantigen response. A CDC analysis of COVID-19 from January to May 2020 covering 1.5 million patients found that 14% were hospitalized and 5% died. Analysis of infection fatality rate shows a strong age gradient with values ranging from 0.002% for those aged 10 to 15% for those aged 85 or older. However, these data do not take into account novel variants, which some data suggest are associated with a higher risk of fatality. Overall it can be said that while most cases of COVID-19 are mild, in that they do not require hospitalization, the potential for deleterious outcomes is vast, ranging from post-acute consequences of infection in previously healthy people which can be literally disabling, to even death. While it is tempting and psychologically mollifying to presume that SARS-CoV-2’s virulence will attenuate over time, it is important to bear in mind that the primary selection pressure is in favor of enhanced transmissibility rather than lethality, and viruses can and have evolved heightened lethality if it was associated with a fitness advantage in the past.
The immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection, as compared with vaccination, is broader in scope. SARS-CoV-2’s genome encodes approximately 30 proteins within it (see table 1), while most vaccines available contain just the spike protein (the exception being inactivated vaccines like the CoronaVac and BBIBP-CorV vaccines which use whole, inactivated virus), which results in exposure to many more epitopes from infection. The exact significance of this as far as protection is not entirely clear presently because a correlate of protection for SARS-CoV-2 is not yet defined, though presumably having more T cell epitopes which can be targeted makes evolving immune escape more improbable compared with having fewer epitopes; in studies of patient outcomes, robust T cell immunity is critical for recovery and sex disparities in patient outcomes may be related to differences in the T cell response between sexes throughout the lifespan (this may be related to sex differences in kynurenic acid metabolism). Nonetheless, for most vaccine-preventable diseases, antibodies are the principal correlate of protection, and it has been shown that in macaques, passive transfer of antibodies against the spike protein is sufficient to prevent the development of COVID-19, even at relatively low titers, and the earlier neutralizing antibodies appear in those with acute COVID-19, the better patients fare. Furthermore, multiple studies have demonstrated that antibodies directed against non-structural and accessory proteins of SARS-CoV-2 (which are excluded from most vaccines) correlates with worse outcomes. It is thought that prior coronavirus infections can bias towards the development of non-neutralizing antibodies in infection that associates with more severe disease, and this is more likely to occur in elderly patients who may be more experienced with prior coronavirus infection; this same study demonstrates that, in animals, antibodies against ORF8 and nucleocapsid protein are not protective against the development of COVID-19. Furthermore outpatients showed a higher ratio of anti-N to anti-S antibodies compared with hospitalized patients. Additionally, afucosylated antibodies in severe COVID-19 are thought to contribute to the hyperinflammatory state, these antibodies tending to target proteins on the viral surface such as spike protein, which may be related to the age of patients as these post-translational modifications decrease with age. Severe COVID-19 also tends to produce much higher antibody titers. There is notably a decrease in neutralizing antibody titer (though largely preserved Fc effector functions) among the those who recovered from mild COVID-19 over time, as well as a general trend towards decreasing antibody titers among most patients who recover; however this should not be used to infer a loss of protection, and indeed some data indicate an increase in the neutralization capacity of antisera against variants over time in spite of reduced absolute titer. At the respiratory mucosa, there also appears to be robust induction of secretory IgA, which has extremely potent neutralizing activity, and this persists well past the decline of antibodies in the sera. Antibodies continue to evolve over time in a manner that suggests persistence of viral antigens within the body.
A recent study has demonstrated that among patients who generally had mild cases of COVID-19, long-lived IgG-secreting plasma cells against spike protein were present in the bone marrows of 15 of 19 of them, suggesting durable humoral immunity, as well as circulating memory B cells; however what is commonly excluded from this very popular soundbite is that that also means that these markers of humoral immunity were absent among 4 of the 19 patients- about one-sixth of them. Interestingly, in the SIREN study of reinfections, over the seven-month observation period, there was an 84% reduced risk of confirmed reinfection which agrees very well with these results. A large analysis of PCR results in Denmark following 4 million people from March to December 2020 demonstrated that the risk of reinfection was reduced by about 80% in most individuals, but in those over 65 it was just 47.1%; however these are PCR data only and thus do not tell us about the clinical severity of COVID-19 in these patients (though presumably most of these PCRs do reflect patients who sought testing after developing symptoms). Still, the results deserve attention given how serious COVID-19 can be for the elderly and underscore the need for additional protection measures like vaccination even following recovery. Another study builds on the evidence that recovery from SARS-CoV-2 does generally seem to confer durable immunity by profiling patients’ antibody and T cell responses noting that responses are preserved for at least 8 months, which is encouraging (though notably the study assessed primarily those who had mild disease). Similar findings have been noted by other groups. Still though, it is important to keep in mind that in the latter study approximately 10% of patients did not have immunological memory across the 3 assessed compartments, and on a large population scale that could potentially result in significant disease and public health burden upon challenge with SARS-CoV-2. Real-world data on the immunological protection conferred by COVID-19 are subject to the key limitations of being of relatively short-duration (on the timescale of immunity) and with most studies having occurred before the emergence of novel variants of concern. While we do have data that suggests that T cell responses across variants are essentially invariant, it is hard to define the extent to which this is protective clinically, though it is likely that most recovered patients are protected from severe disease. The most recent data from Public Health England do show that the delta variant is associated with a heightened risk of reinfection among those whose primary infections occurred greater than 180 days prior.
Can we get to herd immunity against COVID-19 by infection? Insight from measles
It is tempting to wonder whether it might be feasible to attain herd immunity from infection alone, and indeed some have vociferously argued that we in fact should attempt this. Firstly, it’s important to define herd immunity here, as that term has gotten to be quite confusing. Herd immunity refers to a state where, within some population, a critical proportion of individuals have immunity against an infectious disease such that it cannot effectively spread throughout the population. When there are no endemic cases of a given infectious disease in some region, it is said to be eliminated from the region. When the only specimens of the pathogen in question exist in labs, and it does not circulate anywhere in the world, it is said to be eradicated (only two infectious diseases have been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest- both via aggressive vaccination campaigns). If no specimens of the pathogen exist anywhere, the disease is considered extinct (no examples currently). Because of the wide range in hosts, SARS-CoV-2 is unlikely to ever be eradicated (though if a universal coronavirus vaccine ever emerges, that might change), but elimination is likely possible.
Measles is another respiratory virus of great public health importance that can help offer some insights into the situation we would be in if we attempted to reach herd immunity entirely through infection- a situation that is categorically unacceptable and would not work. Measles is transmitted in an airborne manner with a secondary attack rate greater than 90%, and aerosols can retain infectivity for hours; R0 for measles is commonly stated as being 12–18 but there are outbreaks where it has been measured to be over 700. However, in spite of its extraordinary contagiousness, measles generates extremely durable (generally lifelong) immunity in virtually all who survive it and though there are 24 genotypes recognized, the virus has a single serotype and is extremely unlikely to evolve to escape antibodies (note however that with SARS-CoV-2, novel variants demonstrate varying degrees of antibody evasion and each infection is an opportunity for variants to emerge which are more resistant to prior immunity and more transmissible, potentially becoming more virulent as a byproduct of those changes). These qualities would suggest that it is ideally suited for attaining herd immunity by infection: the virus could rapidly infect entire populations and induce lifelong immunity in virtually all survivors (though for the record the public health toll from measles is astonishingly great; measles also has the ability to erase previously-held immunological memory, thereby increasing all-cause mortality for years after infection). But we know it didn’t. Figure 16–4 shows epidemic cycles of measles in England and Wales from 1950 to 1979. There are massive outbreaks every 2–5 years, until the vaccine is introduced in 1968, after which cases begin to decline substantially and the inter-epidemic period gets longer. Why? Eventually the proportion of your population that is immune to measles dies, and eventually people with no immunity to measles are born. This results in a new niche for the virus to infect, causing outbreaks. Vaccination has successfully eliminated measles from much of the world and measles is thought to be a good candidate for eradication as humans are required for its sustained transmission.
Most immunologic data regarding vaccine acquired immunity focuses on mRNA vaccines. For the mRNA vaccines, neutralizing antibody titers appear to be higher than those of most convalescent patients, and they correlate with the extent of protection against COVID-19 per Khoury et al; the neutralization capacity of antibodies in sera of vaccinees also appears to be better in FRNT assays. It is furthermore observed that mRNA vaccines elicited antibodies are more resistant to changes in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, and can seemingly cause recall responses from prior coronavirus infections to target conserved regions of the spike protein. This may be related to the pre-fusion stabilization of the spike protein encoded by the mRNA vaccines (which would not occur with SARS-CoV-2 because this impairs the ability of the spike protein to enable fusion and cell entry and therefore be selected against), but the reasons are not understood. Furthermore, aspirates of the proximal lymph nodes of vaccinees demonstrate persistent germinal center responses suggestive of long-lived plasma cell production and durable memory B cells, indicating robust humoral immunity. At the nasopharynx, lavages have demonstrated that vaccinees have higher levels of antibodies than recovered patients, though data are limited on this point and mucosal immunity of vaccinees in the broad sense is not currently well characterized. The mechanism by which IgG may arise within the upper respiratory tract is incompletely understood; one thought is that it is actively transported in via FcRN in the lungs and then enters the upper airway through the mucociliary escalator. Recent data also further demonstrates continued affinity maturation of the B cells in recipients of mRNA vaccines. Profiling of the T cell responses in patients who received a quarter dose of the Moderna vaccine revealed responses similar in quality and magnitude to those who had recovered from COVID-19, and the responses across variants are similarly well conserved as the spike protein contains many T cell epitopes. Data also show mRNA vaccine T cell responses are similar across all variants. Furthermore, at the public health level, it has been demonstrated explicitly that higher levels of vaccination are associated with reduced SARS-CoV-2 genomic diversity across a population, and in comparing infections post-vaccination cases to primary infections, patients tend to have a reduced viral load and are infectious for shorter periods of time. Taken together, the available data suggest that mRNA vaccines produce an immune response that results in superior humoral immunity than infection and comparable T cell responses; more data are needed to assess how mucosal immunity compares with that from infection.
Questions remain about the extent to which protection from the vaccines is durable and how well it compares clinically over sufficiently long periods of time to reliably render conclusions, though there are several clinical studies of vaccine effectiveness in the real world (again focusing on mRNA vaccines). The half-life for Moderna vaccinees’ antibodies 6 months after vaccination was estimated to be 202 days for live virus neutralization, however, which is encouraging. An evaluation of high-risk patients measured an effectiveness of 96.2% for the Pfizer and 98.2% for the Moderna vaccines, though this preceded the emergence of some variants of concern. A single dose of mRNA vaccine offered substantial protection (80 and 85% respectively) against hospitalization and death from COVID-19 among older adults. Among adults over the age of 65, mRNA vaccines were found to be 94% effective against the risk of hospitalization following 2 doses. Another study found 90% effectiveness against infection of any severity with the mRNA vaccine series. One study of patients in Qatar found a slightly reduced risk of a positive PCR among recent vaccinees compared with those who had recovered from COVID-19, though the difference was not statistically significant. Data also show that the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine retains effectiveness against the alpha and beta variants, the Moderna vaccine retains effectiveness against the beta variant, and the effectiveness of completed vaccine series against the Delta variant is largely preserved as well (provided both doses are given). Data regarding whether or not SARS-CoV-2 vaccines can prevent infection are discussed in this post. There is significant evidence demonstrating that COVID-19 vaccines reduce transmission of COVID-19. Real-world comparisons of vaccines vs. prior infection are limited as far as their protective efficacy, largely focusing on relatively short durations of time.
A salient point for vaccination is not only the attainment of herd immunity as described above, but fundamentally vaccination represents a far safer path to protection than does infection. While true that it is not without risk, serious adverse events following vaccination are exceptionally rare, although the mRNA vaccines in particular have significant reactogenicity. Anaphylaxis is measured to occur on the order of 1 to 10 per 1,000,000 doses of vaccine. The Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine has been very rarely associated with thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome which most recent numbers estimate a risk of approximately 3 per 1 million doses. Similarly, Guillain-Barre syndrome has been observed very rarely at a frequency of approximately 7.8 cases per million doses following both the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine and the Oxford/Astra-Zeneca vaccine (approximately 4.4 cases per million doses), though this has also been noted with COVID-19 (but the frequency is not yet well-defined). Among younger individuals and predominantly males, the mRNA vaccines have been associated with myocarditis with rates reported as high as 1 per 3000 cases in Israel among males 16 to 24, though numbers elsewhere are much lower; still, SARS-CoV-2 has been associated with myocarditis as frequently as 2.3% of cases in college athletes. It is untenable to argue that vaccination represents a greater danger to one’s health than does COVID-19. Furthermore, vaccines may be rapidly updated to account for the emergence of novel variants escaping immunity or waning protection (though there is presently no indication that this is needed for most people), whereas willfully contracting COVID-19 again to protect against it largely obviates the point of that protection.
Vaccination post-COVID-19 is recommended upon resolution of disease/conclusion of isolation, or following 90 days after the use of either monoclonal antibodies or convalescent plasma in the US. Some countries recommend a single dose of vaccine for recovered patients based on available immunologic data (detailed shortly) which do not indicate a benefit for a second dose; others however are more conservative and recommend both doses for vaccines with a 2-dose series as this is known to have superior protection than single doses as per clinical trials and questions linger about the durability of protection from a single dose of vaccine for COVID-19. Upon vaccination of recovered patients, there is a massive increase in the neutralizing antibody responses in significant excess of that of patients who have not had SARS-CoV-2 infections; these antibodies are furthermore more effective at cross-neutralization of variants of concern, and even significantly enhancing the ability to neutralize SARS-CoV-1’s spike protein. There is additionally a substantial boost to the T cell response. While certainly the vaccines are more reactogenic in those who have recovered from COVID-19 than those who have never had it, available evidence does not indicate a safety problem. Though reinfection is rare, it can happen, and it can even be fatal, and vaccination represents a reliable means by which to protect against those consequences. Hansen et al did note that just 47.1% of those over the age of 65 were protected from reinfection over a 3–6 month period of follow up, suggesting that vaccination following recovery may not only be beneficial but in fact critical in some patients. At the bedside, the key point is that there is no simple way to assess for any individual patient whether or not they have protection against COVID-19 following recovery, though it is probable that most will (for example, a study recently showed that cases post-vaccination with variants had similar antibody titers to patients who proved protected against COVID-19 on a fishing boat vessel). Therefore, vaccination of even recovered patients makes sense for their safety and at the public health level.
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A carbine is a firearm just like a rifle, but there is a key difference between the two. A rifle has a longer barrel than a carbine, which makes it more accurate at longer distances. A carbine is easier to handle and shoot than a rifle, making it great for close-range combat. Although they both have their benefits, choosing the right weapon for the job is essential in order to be successful in any situation.
What is Carbine?
A carbine is a type of rifle that uses a magazine to store rounds of ammunition. It is typically used by military and law enforcement personnel, as well as by hunters and sports shooters. Carbines are available in a variety of calibers, including both standard and intermediate cartridges. While they are often considered to be shorter and lighter than full-size rifles, carbines can vary significantly in size and weight depending on the specific model. Carbines offer several advantages over traditional rifles, including increased maneuverability and easier handling. Carbines are also typically faster to reload than rifles, making them a good choice for close-quarters situations.
What is a Rifle?
A rifle is a long-barrelled firearm designed for accurate shooting, with a spirally grooved barrel making the bullet spin as it travels down to the target. Rifles are capable of very high accuracy and are used both for hunting and for sport. Rifle cartridges are larger and more powerful than those used in pistols, and rifles can also be fitted with telescopic sights for even more accurate targeting. There are many different types of rifles, such as bolt-action, lever-action, pump-action, and semi-automatic, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. Rifle shooting is a popular sport all over the world, with competitions taking place at both local and national levels. Rifle ranges typically have targets at distances of between 25 and 300 yards, and shooters aim to hit the bullseye as often as possible. For hunting, rifles are usually chambered for cartridges that expand on impact, causing maximum damage to the animal. Rifle hunting is a popular pastime in many countries, providing food for the table as well as a sport.
Difference between Carbine and Rifle
Carbines and rifles are both weapons that fire bullets, but there are some key differences between them. Carbines are shorter and lighter than rifles, making them easier to carry and maneuver. They also have a shorter barrel, which results in less accuracy than a rifle but makes the weapon faster to reload. Carbines were originally designed for use by cavalry troops, who needed a weapon that was easy to carry while on horseback. Today, carbines are often used by police and military personnel who need a compact weapon that can be used in close quarters. Rifles, on the other hand, are longer and heavier than carbines and have a longer barrel that provides greater accuracy. They are also more powerful, making them better suited for long-range shooting. Rifles are the standard weapon for soldiers and hunters who need to hit targets at a distance.
In conclusion, the carbine is a shorter and lighter weapon that is easier to handle than the rifle. It’s also more accurate at short distances. However, the rifle has a longer range and can be fired with more power. So, which one should you choose for your next hunting trip? The answer depends on what you plan to use it for. If you need a weapon that is easy to maneuver in tight spaces and can accurately take down your prey at close range, go with the carbine. But if you want something that will give you greater reach and firepower, go with the rifle. | <urn:uuid:53736d9a-9168-4e31-8dc5-1e42c4d5442c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://differencebetweenz.com/difference-between-carbine-and-rifle/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.976144 | 744 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Filed under: Heroes Return | Tags: Bill Frankland, Black Friday, Cenotaph, Death Railway, Far East, funding, Heroes Return, Iwo Jima, Japanese, Okinawa, Pearl Harbour, Peter Ainsworth, Rangoon, Remembrance Day, Singapore, Sir Alexander Fleming, Thai-Burma
World War II veterans will be able to apply for funding for a second commemorative trip under the Heroes Return 2 programme, the Big Lottery Fund announced today.
Over £25 million has been awarded since 2004 to more than 52,000 Second World War veterans, widows, spouses and carers across the country for journeys in the UK, France, Germany, the Middle East, Far East and beyond. From today, veterans will be able to apply for funding to go a second time.
Peter Ainsworth, Big Lottery Fund UK Chair, said: “It is for me a very real honour and pleasure to announce that our Second World War veterans who have already been on a Heroes Return commemorative visit can now be supported to make another journey to a place where they fought or served. They let us know how important these visits are to them – whether it be a trip to London’s Cenotaph on Remembrance Day, a visit to the beaches of Normandy, or journeys to war cemeteries in the Far East. The experiences they revisit remind us that we must never take for granted the peace this generation secured for all of us and the debt we owe for the freedoms we enjoy and value today.”
London Second World War veteran Bill Frankland, a renowned allergist and registrar to Sir Alexander Fleming in the development of penicillin was studying medicine at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School when war broke out. Bill accepted a commission in the Royal Army Medical Corps and in late 1941 with the rank of Captain he joined a team of 30 doctors as they embarked on a two-month long voyage to Singapore.
Bill, who is approaching his 101st birthday in March recalls: “We were on our way to form a new general hospital in Johor Bahru. But when we arrived it was decided that there would be no new hospital and we would be split into two groups.
“I spun a coin and went to Tanglin Military Hospital and my friend went to Alexandra Military Hospital. It was three days before Pearl Harbour.”
Two months later on Friday 13th February 1942, known as Black Friday, allied forces were in full retreat as the Japanese seized most of the reservoirs leaving the city with only seven days water supply.
Caught under constant heavy mortar fire Bill transferred his patients from Tanglin to a makeshift hospital in the Fullerton Theatre in the centre of Singapore.
When the Japanese invaded Singapore Bill’s friend and colleague was murdered along with nursing staff and patients, one in the middle of surgery, as the marauding soldiers, armed with bayonets, and ignoring a white flag of truce stormed the Alexandra Hospital on a killing spree.
Bill recalls: “The Japanese had no plans on how they would deal with prisoners. We were sent to Changi. It was an 18 mile march, but I went by lorry with my patients. There was a lot of dysentery and after six months we were all starving. I was looking after one of the dysentery wards and saw little of the Japanese. Our guards were mostly Koreans and later Indians.”
But soon the PoWs were being sent to work on the notorious Thai-Burma death railway. Bill was transferred to a working camp, formerly a British Artillery barracks on Blakang Mati Island, known then as Hell Island, now Sentosa.
He remembers: “I never saw the sea, even on the island. In the camp there were 75 per cent Australians and men from the British 18th Division. In my working group I knew every man personally. We lived off meagre rations of rice and everyone suffered from gross starvation. All we could think of was food. When we could we ate rats, mice and dogs.”
Apart from chronic dysentery other tropical diseases such as malaria, dengue fever and starvation beriberi were rife amongst the prisoners. However, even this didn’t save them from the relentless forced labour instigated by their captors.
Bill recalls: “The Japanese kept us all busy. If my sick parade got too large a Japanese private, non medical would take my sick parade and put them to work if they were strong enough to stand.
“If the men’s behaviour was bad the Japanese would bash the officers. They would line us up and just punch us in the face.
“The best bashing I ever had was when I was knocked unconscious. I didn’t feel much but when I got up I realised I had lost a tooth.
“Once a soldier came up to me and said he was going to kill me and he tried but I survived it. I think at the time it may have been in revenge for some allied victory abroad.”
Those who attempted to get away ran a hazardous course with the Japanese paying local people 100 dollars to give up escapees.
He said: “I looked after a marvellous man who had tried to escape. He had ulcerated legs, dysentery, malaria and starvation beriberi. After two months he was getting better and I was about to return him to his unit when a police officer from the much feared KEMPI Military Police came round with an armoured guard of Sikhs.
“They ordered him to dig his own grave but he was much too weak to do it so the Sikhs had to dig the grave. They were then ordered to shoot him but only one hit him so the police officer finished him off with a pistol.”
In May 1945, Australian troops landed in Borneo and British, American and Chinese forces defeated the Japanese in Burma, while American forces also moved towards Japan, capturing the islands of Iwo Jima and finally Okinawa.
Bill recalls: “Each corner of the prison parade ground was covered by machine gun posts. There was a Japanese order that if the Americans set foot in Japan all PoWs were to be killed. This would include 120,000 in all.”
“When the atom bomb was dropped we thought the war was finished but the local Japanese command said it wasn’t and fired on the VJ planes coming over Singapore. Five or six days after VJ day we asked to see a Japanese officer. It was a very risky thing to ask anything from a Japanese officer but we wanted to be released.”
The next day they were allowed to leave Blakang Mati and went back to Singapore Island. It would be Bill’s first taste of freedom for three and a half years. Bill remembers: “I was flown from Singapore to Rangoon 12 days after VJ day. There was this marvellous Red Cross woman at the airport who gave me sandwiches. It was the first time I’d had bread in over three years.
“Shortly after I was examined by a doctor who pressed my stomach and said I had an enlarged spleen. But I said ‘no ‘it’s bread!’ But he still had me admitted to hospital.”
Arriving back in England in November he recalls: “The first thing I was asked was whether I wanted to see a psychiatrist. I said ‘no, I want to see my wife’.”
Less than two months later Bill was back at work at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington. A renowned allergist, whose achievements include the popularisation of the pollen count as a vital piece of weather-related information and the prediction of increased levels of allergy to penicillin, Bill is also a key expert witness in matters of allergy.
Recently making a Heroes Return 2 trip to Singapore with his daughter, he said: “I don’t think I would have gone without the grant. I went up to the Kranji Memorial to pay my respects to those who lost their lives. It was very quiet in November and I was all on my own. It was quite emotional.” | <urn:uuid:02ad9f1b-99a7-4670-81fd-e05b2fe6e51a> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://heroesreturn.org/tag/black-friday/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721555.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00178-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.985271 | 1,720 | 1.601563 | 2 |
WHAT IS A VARICOCELE?
The scrotum is a skin-covered sac that holds your testicles. It also contains the arteries and veins that deliver blood to the reproductive glands. A vein abnormality in the scrotum may result in a varicocele. A varicocele is an enlargement of the veins within the scrotum. These veins are called the pampiniform plexus.
A varicocele only occurs in the scrotum and is very similar to varicose veins that can occur in the leg. A varicocele can result in decreased sperm production and quality, which in some cases can lead to infertility. It can also shrink the testicles.
Varicoceles generally form during puberty and are more commonly found on the left side of your scrotum. The anatomy of the right and left side of your scrotum isn’t the same. Varicoceles can exist on both sides, but it’s extremely rare.
WHAT CAUSES A VARICOCELE TO DEVELOP?
A spermatic cord holds up each testicle. The cords also contain the veins, arteries, and nerves that support these glands. In healthy veins inside the scrotum, one-way valves move the blood from the testicles to the scrotum, and then they send it back to the heart.
Sometimes the blood doesn’t move through the veins like it should and begins to pool in the vein, causing it to enlarge. A varicocele develops slowly over time.
There are no established risk factors for developing a varicocele, and the exact cause is unclear.
RECOGNIZING THE SYMPTOMS OF A VARICOCELE
You may have no symptoms associated with a varicocele. However, you might experience:
- a lump in one of your testicles
- swelling in your scrotum
- visibly enlarged or twisted veins in your scrotum, which are often described as looking like a bag of worms
- a dull, recurring pain in your scrotum
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This condition can have an effect on fertility. Varicocele is present in 35 to 44 percent of men with primary infertility and in 45 to 81 percent of men with secondary infertility.
Primary infertility is generally used to refer to a couple that hasn’t conceived a child after at least one year of trying. Secondary infertility describes couples that have conceived at least once but aren’t able to again.
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Unconditional love - there's more to it than I thought
A Christian Science perspective on daily life
I used to think that unconditional love meant a sort of blissful unawareness of the faults of the one you're loving. Meaning, we just don't see the problems.
Now, I would define unconditional love as: continuing to love a person even when you don't see anything to like about him or her.
The only way I can do that at all is by knowing what Love is. Love is defined in the Bible as God Himself. "God is love," says I John, "and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him."
But the writer doesn't just leave us there. He includes a test that reveals whether we understand this lesson: "If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also" (I John 4:16, 20, 21).
We're actually required to love each other, then, if we're claiming to love God or if we want to feel God's love for us. There's no getting around it.
The question becomes, How do we love when people are being decidedly unlovable?
For me, it helps to remember that Love is divine Spirit, wholly perfect and omnipresent, and that Love is indeed the Creator of the universe, including each one of us.
When I'm thinking along these lines, it becomes clearer that those whom I would love are, in fact, emanations of that Love. This means that whatever unlovable traits the person is showing externally aren't the final word on who they truly are as an expression of Love.
Sometimes I'll come face to face with a moment when I realize I should be loving unconditionally right then. It's like time stands still, and I have a choice to make. And no matter what's happening, I can choose to love with understanding rather than react with anger or impatience.
A few weeks ago, my middle-school son did this for me. I was upset and being pretty verbal about it. He kept quiet as I complained. He told me later, though, that he'd realized there was nothing else he could do but love me. He said that no matter what I said, he was thinking, "I love you, Mom." We're learning together, he and I.
I love the poetry of this passage from "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy: "Human affection is not poured forth vainly, even though it meet no return. Love enriches the nature, enlarging, purifying, and elevating it. The wintry blasts of earth may uproot the flowers of affection, and scatter them to the winds; but this severance of fleshly ties serves to unite thought more closely to God, for Love supports the struggling heart until it ceases to sigh over the world and begins to unfold its wings for heaven" (p. 57).
It seems as if I've been learning about Love my whole life, but there's always more to learn and explore and demonstrate. My mission now? To put unconditional love into practice every day.
The Lord hath appeared
of old unto me, saying,
Yea, I have loved thee
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New project; starting spring of this year. Our group will be the only ones in the private sector.
The Giant Red Flying Squirrel Is a product of a captive breeding program in Asia. There are a grand total of two in Zoo's worldwide according to ISIS. These are one of those once in a life time opportunities. I will be receiving my breeders this spring and all I can say at this time is there is very little known about these animals. These animals have a body length of up to 12" and a tail length equal to the body length. With a weight of up to five and a half pounds. As you can see from the picture they are a beautiful red color. There are a total of six different subspecies of the Giant Flying Squirrels with colors ranging from red to black and all shades in between. These animals are strictly herbivores and eat a variety of foods ranging from pine needles to leaves of different trees. We will be trying out several different diets for these squirrel to find a approved diet. Our breeding partner in Asia feeds a diet of strictly leaves. Litter size of these animals are usually one and occasionally two. These animals have been recorded to glide over 1400 foot. So the caging will be extensive. In most cases the animals move in a normal squirrel fashion running along the limbs of trees. The Giant red seems to use the same nest year round and is usually found in pairs at all times of the year. We will up date this page as material becomes available once we receive our breeders. | <urn:uuid:982461e8-76a6-4032-b535-ef6d06d23fb7> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/Critter/GiantFlyRedSq.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285001.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00302-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955239 | 310 | 2.125 | 2 |
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It is a very good and clear presentation covering the chapter from HL of Biology - photosynthesis and respiration. However maybe not all the material is present in this presentation. Only this 2 processes are explained with diagrams, colorful images and animations. For some the language used could be found too scientific but with the aids of animations everything will be clearly understood.
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20 August 2002, Volume
KREMLIN MUM ON REPORTED IRAQ DEAL...
Moscow offered a muted reaction to reports in "The Washington Post" on 17 August and by Reuters on 18 August that Russia is set to sign a $40 billion economic-cooperation package with Iraq, Russian news agencies reported on 19 August. According to the reports, the deal foresees cooperation over the next five years in such areas as oil, irrigation, agriculture, transportation, and electrical energy. Although no senior politicians commented on the reports, deputy chief of the presidential staff Aleksei Volin did say that "all agreements with Iraq are in strict compliance with international sanctions" against Baghdad and are based on "the logic of economic interests," ntvru.com reported. Oleg Buklemishev, economic adviser to Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, confirmed to Reuters that Russia is preparing an umbrella economic package with Iraq that comprises 67 agreements....AS SKEPTICS DOUBT SUCH PLANS...
Sergei Karaganov, head of the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, told Ekho Moskvy radio on 18 August that a far-reaching Russian-Iraqi economic accord is hardly possible for the simple reason that Baghdad "has no money for a deal." In a commentary, "Izvestiya" expressed doubt that Moscow will jeopardize good relations with Washington for the illusory economic benefits of trade with Baghdad. For some time, Baghdad has been trying to protect itself from the United States with a "Russian shield" by promising Moscow repayment of $8 billion in Soviet-era debts, "Izvestiya" wrote. This trick worked in the 1990s, but over the last couple of years, Russian oil producers have come to realize that Iraq is their competitor rather than a partner on world oil markets. Baghdad's reluctance to allow United Nations inspections has begun to irritate Moscow to such a degree that Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov in the spring refused to meet with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz, who made a stopover in Moscow after a visit to Beijing, "Izvestiya" added....AS SIBNEFT LOOKS TOWARD KUWAIT.
Energy Minister Igor Yusufov announced that the state-controlled oil giant Sibneft intends to expand into Kuwait and will take part in a tender for the exploration of some of the country's northern oil fields, Russian news agencies reported on 19 August. Speaking after a meeting of the Russian-Kuwaiti intergovernmental commission on trade and technical cooperation, Yusufov said that Russia is interested in cooperation with Kuwait because the country is a key OPEC member. He added that Russia also would like to attract Kuwaiti investment not only into its energy sector, but also into the automaking, health-care, and tourism sectors.PUTIN TAKES A SOBER LOOK AT UNION WITH BELARUS...
President Vladimir Putin said on 14 August at a Kremlin meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alyaksandr Lukashenka that "building a united state is a tense process that will not move along without disputes and difficulties," Russian news agencies reported. Hinting at Lukashenka's adherence to a state-controlled economy, Putin also said that the two countries should establish equal market conditions and ensure the rights both of citizens and of enterprises. Furthermore, Putin mentioned that Russia and Belarus have already introduced unified tariffs on railroad transportation and electricity, but that Belarus has failed to take this step concerning Russian transit cargos. Finally, in line with his earlier criticisms of Lukashenka's proposal to build the united state on the basis of the experience of the Soviet Union (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 14 June 2002), Putin remarked that the two countries will build a "unique state that has no analogue in history."...AND INVITES BELARUS TO FORM FEDERAL STATE...
Speaking at a Moscow press conference following talks with Belarusian Lukashenka, Putin said that Russia and Belarus could create a unified federal state, beginning with a May 2003 referendum in both countries, strana.ru, RIA-Novosti, and other Russian news agencies reported on 15 August. Following the referendum, Putin said, both countries could elect a joint parliament in December 2003, introduce the Russian ruble as the union's single currency as of 1 January 2004, and in March 2004 elect a president of the new state. Putin also stressed that the functioning of the new state's institutions should be in accord with the Russian -- rather than the Belarusian -- Constitution. "This is because Belarus is a unitary state while Russia is a federation, and the new country will also be a federation," Putin noted. "The time is ripe, and the elites and the people of both states are ready for such a march of events."...AS ANALYST EXPLAINS PUTIN'S TACTICS...
Putin added, however, that if the Belarusian leadership is not ready to move so rapidly, unification could be "modeled on the European Union." In that case, the integration process should be taken up by the union's parliament. However, the countries of the EU have similar economies, while Russia and Belarus have very different ones and these differences will create problems, gazeta.ru reported Putin as saying. Andrei Ryabov, an analyst with the Carnegie Moscow Center, told "Izvestiya" on 14 August that Putin is using Belarus's isolated international and political situation to force Lukashenka to agree to a rigid unification model on Russia's terms. In doing so, Putin instantly transformed himself into the driving force of integration and Lukashenka into the "main dis-integrator," Ryabov continued. He added that if events proceed according to Putin's timeline, it will boost Putin's image during the 2004 Russian presidential campaign by portraying him as a "gatherer of the Slavic lands."...AND BOTH CENTRISTS AND RIGHTISTS SUPPORT PUTIN'S PROPOSAL ON BELARUS.
State Duma Deputy Gennadii Raikov, leader of the centrist People's Deputy faction, said on 15 August that he welcomes President Putin's proposal to accelerate the unification of Russia and Belarus on the basis of the Russian Constitution, polit.ru reported. "This is not an ultimatum, but a business-like offer to which Belarus should give a clear answer," Raikov was quoted as saying. Meanwhile, Deputy Duma Speaker and co-Chairwoman of the Union of Rightist Forces Irina Khakamada said that Putin's proposal does not reflect "imperial ambitions, but a path for the democratic development of the Russia-Belarus Union." "Moscow is giving Belarus a chance to get away from the path of Lukashenka, and if Belarus ignores the offer, Russia should refuse to play along with pretending to move closer," Khakamada said. However, a senior member of the Communist Party, Duma Deputy Anatolii Lukyanov, said that the United States and Germany pushed Putin to make such a proposal to Lukashenka. "The West does not like the fact that Russia has privatized 82 percent of its state property, but Belarus [has privatized] only 7 percent and that Lukashenka maintains collective farms and soviets," Lukyanov said.RUSSIAN, UKRAINIAN PREMIERS HOLD TALKS.
Prime Minister Kasyanov met in Moscow on 16 August with Ukrainian Prime Minister Anatoliy Kinakh to discuss a number of bilateral issues, Russian and Western news agencies reported. Kasyanov reportedly asked Kinakh to prepare Ukraine's conditions for joining the Eurasian Economic Commonwealth. He also presented Kinakh with Russia's vision for a joint natural-gas consortium that eventually will include Germany as well (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 11 June 2002), AP reported. The two prime ministers expressed hope that the concept can be finalized in time for a Ukrainian-Russian summit scheduled for 7 October in Moldova on the sidelines of the CIS summit. Kasyanov also urged Kinakh to adopt an agreement on Soviet-era property abroad (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 13 August 2002). According to AP, Kasyanov said that Ukrainian ratification of the so-called "zero option" agreement is "fundamental" for Russia.ENVOY BARGAINS WITH LITHUANIA OVER KALININGRAD.
President Putin's special envoy on Kaliningrad, Dmitrii Rogozin, told journalists after his visit to the region and his talks with Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas on 11-13 August that he traveled to Kaliningrad by car in order to gain a better understanding of the exclave's problems, ORT and other Russian news agencies reported on 14 August. Rogozin also said that Russia may attempt to block Lithuania's entry into the European Union by not ratifying a bilateral accord on border delineation. Such a measure would make it impossible for Vilnius to comply with a European Union requirement that members have no outstanding border disputes. Rogozin added, however, that he hopes that Lithuania will agree to a compromise that will allow Russians free access to Kaliningrad.RUSSIA DENIES VISA TO DALAI LAMA.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Boris Malakhov said that Moscow has decided "to refrain at this stage from hosting a visit of the Dalai Lama to Russia's Buddhist regions of Tuva, Buryatia, and Kalmykia" (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 16 August 2002) because of the political nature of the visit, Russian and Western news agencies reported on 16 August. Apn.ru reported on 16 August that the visit was cancelled at the initiative of the Defense Ministry and its head, Sergei Ivanov, who was reportedly warned by his Chinese counterparts that it could jeopardize Chinese arms contracts to Russia worth $3 billion. Meanwhile, a group of Russian Buddhists organized a demonstration near the Foreign Ministry. About 30 demonstrators participated and police detained a number of them. A spokesman for the demonstrators said that similar protests were held in Buryatia, Kalmykia, and Tuva, RosBalt reported. A spokesman for the Russian Buddhists, Jampa Timpley, said on NTV that the Foreign Ministry similarly refused to admit the Dalai Lama on 17 August 2001.RUSSIA TO HELP EUROPE RECOVER FROM FLOODING.
Despite being struck itself by devastating floods this summer, Russia is sending equipment and experts to Germany and the Czech Republic to assist in recovery efforts from flooding there, Western and Russian news agencies reported on 19 August. The Emergency Situations Ministry will send 15 trucks loaded with water pumps to Germany, as well as a special mobile laboratory that is used to test the stability of flood-damaged buildings, Interfax reported. A team of Russian transportation experts has been dispatched to Prague to assist in repairing the Czech capital's damaged subway system, AP reported. "The question of assistance to other European countries is being considered," said Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu.
PUTIN PROMISES SUPPORT TO SUKHOI.
President Vladimir Putin on 16 August visited Sukhoi, the biggest Russian military aircraft corporation, Russian news agencies reported. Putin said that aviation equipment composes 50 percent of Russian arms exports and that 45 percent of that equipment is produced by Sukhoi. The president also discussed the progress of the firm's fifth-generation Su-37 Berkut fighter. Putin noted that the Russian aviation industry, which employs more than 500,000 people, has good export prospects not only for military aircraft, but for civilian aircraft as well.MOSCOW TO PAY DEBTS TO SOUTH KOREA WITH WEAPONS.
Moscow and Seoul have reached an agreement to partially repay Soviet debts to South Korea with supplies of Russian heavy military equipment, "Izvestiya" reported on 14 August. The deal includes helicopters, tanks, armored personnel carriers, and ships worth $1.95 billion. Russia is also ready to transfer to South Korea advanced military know-how and is already training Korean submarine-building specialists in St. Petersburg. Seoul is interested in Russian weaponry in part because rival North Korea's military is equipped with Russian hardware, albeit obsolete.NORTH KOREA'S KIM IN FAR EAST.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has begun his visit to Russia's Far East, Russian news agencies reported on 20 August. Kim's first stop is Komsomolsk-na-Amure, where he will tour the Amur Shipbuilding Plant and a local military aircraft factory. He will then visit Khabarovsk. According to Reuters, Kim will meet with President Putin in Vladivostok on 24 August.U.S., RUSSIAN DEFENSE CHIEFS PREPARE FOR MEETING.
Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov held telephone consultations on 15 August with U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in which they discussed preparations for a September meeting of the two countries' national-security chiefs, AP and other news agencies reported. The two agreed that the meeting in Washington will focus on security guarantees, arms proliferation, and the international war against terrorism. The Consultative Group for Strategic Security, which includes the two defense chiefs, Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, and U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, was set up during the U.S.-Russia summit in Moscow in May.BLACK SEA FLEET CANCELS MEDITERRANEAN EXERCISES.
The commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Vladimir Komoedov, announced that his ships will not conduct planned exercises in the Mediterranean Sea, which were to have included visits to ports in France and Italy, because of a lack of fuel, Russian news agencies reported on 15 August. Komoedov said that he received this order from Russian Navy Commander Admiral Vladimir Kuroedov. However, Komoedov added that to the best of his knowledge, the fleet has been fully supplied with fuel. Earlier this year, the Russian media reported on the alleged animosity between Kuroedov and Komoedov and wrote that Kuroedov was seeking to dismiss Komoedov (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 1 July 2002).
FSB SEEKS NOVOSIBIRSK CAR BOMBER.
The Novosibirsk territorial directorate of the Federal Security Service (FSB) has appealed to the public for assistance in locating the person who left a homemade car bomb in a vehicle in the center of the city on 10 August, RIA-Novosti reported on 20 August. Speaking on local television, FSB spokesman Stanislav Chekalin showed a police identikit likeness of a male suspect who is accused of leaving the remote-controlled explosive near a 12-floor apartment building. Law-enforcement agents discovered the bomb and neutralized it. Chekalin added that investigators are still seeking to establish whether the incident is connected to organized crime or to terrorism.FSB CHARGES FBI WITH HACKING.
The Federal Security Service has opened a case against FBI Special Agent Michael Schuler, who investigated two accused Russian hackers arrested in the United States in 2000 (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 2 November 2001), "The Moscow Times" and "Komsomolskaya pravda" reported on 16 August. The two Russians from Chelyabinsk, Vasilii Gorshakov and Aleksei Ivanov, were indicted by the FBI for breaking into the computer systems of American banks and stealing credit-card numbers. The case against Schuler was initiated by the territorial FSB directorate in Chelyabinsk and charges that Schuler illegally accessed Russian Internet servers to gather evidence against Gorshakov and Ivanov. The two were eventually lured to the United States and arrested. According to the FSB public-relations center, the case is "a matter of principle." "If FBI agents used hackers' methods against hackers, they might also use them on other occasions."
GOVERNMENT HANDS GAMBLING BUSINESS TO SPORTS COMMITTEE...
Prime Minister Kasyanov signed a directive according to which all rights to license gambling businesses and bookmaking companies will come under the control of the State Sports Committee, gazeta.ru reported on 20 August. The directive says that revenues obtained should be directed to the development of national sports and physical education. Kasyanov's decision is a bureaucratic victory for the State Sports Committee, which has long lobbied for the measure. However, analysts have speculated that the association of the committee with the gambling sector might lead to the further criminalization of the sports sector, which is already regarded as one of the most criminalized sectors of the economy and a source for recruiting personnel for organized crime....AND READY TO LIBERALIZE PRECIOUS-METALS AND DIAMOND MARKETS.
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Aleksei Kudrin has announced that the government intends to deregulate the diamond-export market and plans to transform the state-owned diamond monopoly Alrosa into a public company, gazeta.ru reported on 19 August. Speaking in the diamond-producing region of Sakha (Yakutia), Kudrin said that soon the government will publish new export quotas for Alrosa that will reduce its dependence on global diamond giant DeBeers. Similarly, the government wants to liberalize the export of precious metals and, as a first step, is preparing to declassify data about state reserves and the recovery volume of precious metals.DUMA DEPUTY CLAIMS LEGISLATORS FALLING PREY TO CRIMINAL GROUPS...
Boris Reznik, a member of the State Duma Committee for Combating Corruption, said that criminal groups have successfully lobbied parliament to pass a number of laws by bribing deputies, "Komsomolskaya pravda" reported on 15 August. Reznik added that this practice has been stopped on only a few occasions, such as the bill that proposed cutting value-added tax (VAT) on rough diamonds, which was passed by the Duma in its first two readings in 2000. The anticorruption committee determined that cutting VAT on such a highly liquid commodity like diamonds made no economic sense, thus leading to the conclusion that those deputies who voted for the bill were likely bribed to do so. Only when the committee announced the link between this bill and spreading corruption was it blocked in its third reading....AND THAT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TURNING BLIND EYE TO CORRUPTION.
In the same interview, Reznik said that when he first began working for the anticorruption committee, he was horrified by the volumes of evidence regarding corruption and abuse of office among members of the Russian government. Reznik said that the committee has repeatedly submitted this evidence to Prime Minister Kasyanov, but no action has been taken. Reznik added that corruption has become so widespread that even the investigation of corruption has been corrupted. He said that he was once approached by a high-ranking law-enforcement officer who said he had the numbers of foreign bank accounts owned by corrupt officials, but when Reznik asked to see the information, the officer demanded that he pay for it.
RUSSIAN HOLDING VENTURES INTO EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET.
"Kommersant-Daily" on 9 August and "Ekspert" No. 29 reported that Antel Holding, Ltd., a member of the Menatep financial group, which is controlled by Yukos chief Mikhail Khodorkovskii, has purchased one of Central Europe's largest telecommunications groups, KPNQwest Ebone Central Europe, B.V., which operates in the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia under the brand name GTS, or Global TeleSystems. According to "Kommersant-Daily," Antel paid only 36.5 million euros ($35.7 million) for the group, while its previous owner, KPNQwest, which is currently undergoing bankruptcy proceedings, paid 645 million euros. Antel chief executive Aleksandr Kabanovskii told journalists that while Menatep already has among its assets Russian fiber-optic-telecommunications operators Mokomnet, Metrokom, and Raskom, this will be its first venture in the European telecommunications market.LABOR MINISTER TO SEEK QUOTAS FOR FOREIGN LABOR.
Labor Minister Aleksandr Pochinok said his ministry will call for the introduction of quotas for foreign workers in order to regulate the labor market, the news weekly "Itogi," No. 33, reported. Such measures can help protect the sectors of the labor market that Russia would like to preserve for domestic workers and correct the situation in sectors experiencing labor shortages, Pochinok said, noting that Russia has a shortage of manual labor. The minister also said that Bangladesh's ambassador to Russia has proposed organizing the migration of 2 million Bangladeshis to Moscow to work as laborers. "Bangladeshis are excellent workers. They do not drink, smoke, or use drugs, and they are cheaper than Turkish workers," Pochinok said. He noted, however, that 2 million is too many for Moscow alone. "We should look to other regions where they might go, as we are interested not only in having them come, but also in making sure they return home in a timely manner," he said.PRIME MINISTER LAUNCHES CONSIDERATION OF 2003 BUDGET.
Prime Minister Kasyanov opened a government discussion of the draft 2003 budget on 14 August by stating that future budgets might not show surpluses, strana.ru reported the next day. He said that, although surpluses are currently needed to help the country cope with its foreign debts, "as soon as we pass through this phase...we might need to reduce taxes to allow the private sector to finance expenditures that the state cannot handle effectively." He also noted that the government and the Central Bank have agreed on the draft budget for next year (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 9 August 2002) and urged the Duma to adopt it. Kasyanov said that one of the government's top priorities for 2003 is to reduce inflation to about 9 percent, AP reported. He said that he expects inflation in 2002 to be about 14 percent. The government concluded its consideration of the draft budget on 15 August and adopted it.OFFICIAL: RUSSIA FACES FIVE-YEAR DELAY ON WTO MEMBERSHIP.
Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minister and Russia's envoy to the World Trade Organization Maksim Medvedev said in a 16 August interview with "Gazeta" that if Russia does not enter the WTO next year, its accession will likely be delayed until at least 2007. "In 2004, there will be a new Duma and presidential elections in Russia and the United States. The negotiating resources of our partners will be overtaxed because 2004 will see the conclusion of the global round of WTO negotiations," Medvedev said. He added that it would take Russia at least a year to bring its legislation into accord with the new WTO standards and only after that can accession talks begin again. Even if the talks go smoothly, he concluded, Russia could enter the WTO only in January 2007.RUSSIA MARKS 10 YEARS OF A MARKET ECONOMY.
Russia marked the 10th anniversary of the privatization voucher on 14 August, Russian news agencies reported the next day. On 14 August 1992, then-President Boris Yeltsin signed the order endorsing the plan proposed by then-State Property Committee head Anatolii Chubais. Under the program, all 144 million Russians received vouchers with a nominal value of 10,000 rubles (about $40) to invest in state-owned enterprises. According to rtr-vesti.ru, about 25 million Russians invested in investment funds and about 40 million invested directly in enterprises, often in the ones where they worked. The remainder sold their vouchers for cash. The program resulted in a massive -- and often corrupt -- privatization process and the emergence of the oligarchs. By 1995, the number of private enterprises in Russia exceeded the number of state enterprises, and the private sector accounted for about 70 percent of Russia's GDP, according to RTR. According to "The Moscow Times," Chubais invested his voucher in the First Voucher Investment Fund, from which he continues to receive an annual dividend of about $1.50.RUSSIA PLANS TO IMPROVE CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY.
Federal Security Commission head Igor Kostikov has said that Russia, following the example of the United States, will increase the responsibility of executives managing publicly traded companies, polit.ru and other Russian news agencies reported on 14 August. Early in its fall session, the State Duma is expected to approve a new law on the equities market that will improve the fiscal responsibility of Russian companies and help bring them into line with international standards. The next step, Kostikov added, will be the country's complete transition in 2004 to international accounting standards.
REAL FOREIGN INVESTMENT DECREASING.
Despite optimistic reports by the Economic Development and Trade Ministry, real investment in the Russian economy is not increasing, but declining, according to this month's data from the State Statistics Committee, "Nezavisimaya gazeta" reported on 13 August. According to the figures, total foreign investment in the first half of the year increased by 25 percent over the same period in 2001, but 60 percent of this sum (over $6 billion) comprises credits from foreign banks. At the same time, capital investment -- the basic indicator of trust in the national economy -- fell by slightly more than 25 percent to $1.87 billion. Portfolio foreign investment decreased by 16.7 percent to $199 million.
ELEVEN YEARS ON, RUSSIANS PONDER THE COUP.
More than half of respondents to a recent survey were unable or unwilling to say with which side of the 1991 attempted coup against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev they sympathized at the time, lenta.ru reported on 19 August. This week marks the 11th anniversary of the ill-fated coup attempt. According to the national survey conducted by the All-Russia Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM), 41 percent of respondents said that they were unable "to make sense of the situation" at the time and another 25 percent declined to answer the question. Sixteen percent said that they sympathized with the coup plotters, and 18 percent said that they supported Gorbachev and those who opposed the coup. In Moscow on 19 August, about 500 people gathered near the White House to mark the anniversary. On 20 August, a memorial for the three people killed during the anticoup protests will be held.ON ANNIVERSARY OF FINANCIAL CRISIS, PUBLIC FEARS A REPETITION...
Four years after the August 1998 financial crisis, Russians continue to believe that the hard times are not necessarily in the past, RosBalt reported on 18 August. According to a national VTsIOM survey, 46 percent of respondents believe that a similar crisis could happen again within the next year, while 33 percent said that history will not repeat itself. The survey also found that when the crisis hit on 17 August 1998, 49 percent of the population had no savings at all, 28 percent had some savings in banks, and 11 percent kept their savings in cash. Of those who had savings, 58 percent lost everything, 16 percent received "a small amount of compensation," 5 percent got about half of their savings back, and 11 percent had the majority of their savings returned to them....AS GOVERNMENT CERTAIN THAT RECOVERY IS COMPLETE.
Finance Minister Kudrin said that economic indicators for the first half of 2002 give every reason to believe that the post-1998 recovery has been completed, RTR reported on 19 August. Kudrin noted that the country's gold and hard-currency reserves stand at more than $42.3 billion, a record for the last 10 years. He also pointed to the relatively stable dollar-ruble exchange rate and Russia's success in coping with its foreign debt. Deputy chief of the presidential administration Volin told RTR that personal savings have grown by nearly 51 percent, reaching $7 billion. He added that the crisis marked the end of the "speculative economy" and that over the last four years, business engaged primarily in investment in the real economy.FAR EAST LEGISLATORS CALL FOR EXTENDING PUTIN'S TERM.
The legislature of Magadan Oblast on 19 August sent a nonbinding resolution to the State Duma urging the national legislature to begin the process of extending the presidential term of office from four years to seven, ntvru.com reported. In order to do so, it would be necessary to amend Article 81 of the Russian Constitution. The Magadan initiative was framed as support for President Putin. "Today, aside from the current president, Vladimir Putin, there is no one capable of uniting all the positive forces in the country," the resolution reads. "Considering the current situation, we believe that the four-year term of President Vladimir Putin is too brief to solidify the positive results and make the further development of the country irreversible." Putin's popularity rating continues to hover at around 70 percent.NATIONALIST LEADER WANTS TO HELP RUSSIANS RETURN HOME.
Deputy Duma speaker and head of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Vladimir Zhirinovskii, on a tour of the United States, urged Russians living in America to return home, strana.ru and RIA-Novosti reported on 19 August. Speaking in Boston, Zhirinovskii said that the Russian-speaking community forms "America's elite." "I've understood from my meetings with the diaspora that young people would like to return, but many are put off by the process for returning, getting the documents," Zhirinovskii was quoted as saying. "We intend to help them and to facilitate the work of emigre associations." Zhirinovskii then traveled to New York, where he intends to meet with UN officials to discuss Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan. | <urn:uuid:de42dc59-0929-4270-a4aa-5f8ab53d31be> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.rferl.org/a/1344673.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280410.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00455-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957069 | 6,304 | 1.5625 | 2 |
by Charles A. Coulombe
I discovered this book by way of a book review in an issue of New Oxford Review last year. As much as I want to say that it's a military history due to the great part of its subject-matter, I can't quite bring myself to do it. It does recount the history of the Papal Zouaves and recounts their various actions both in service to the Pope and afterward. But I've found it to be more a description of the time and those who lived during it.
To wit: the main strength of the book is Coulombe's attention to individuals and their stories. He details their entry into and exit from the story, interweaving the accounts of the various volunteers into that of the larger regiment and the wars in which it fought. However, the flurry of names, particularly at the beginning as the first volunteers are introduced, is daunting. It's clear though that Coulombe must have sifted through a mountain of material, personal accounts and so on, to bring so much to the narrative.
The main drawback of the book is the lack of maps, which is one of the reasons why I don't qualify it as a military history. Battles and skirmishes are described (some in great detail), lines of march are given, but without maps to show the way, it is hard to follow.
The conclusion of the book does a very good job of bringing together all the threads as Coulombe recounts the final dissolution of the regiment and the endeavors of the veterans and then talks of their legacies, both personally and collectively. The Papal Zouaves and the ideals they embodied represent a facet of the Catholic identity that has been lost due not only to the encroachment of a secular, industrialized world, but also due to changes in the Church's view on war itself after two world wars.
Coulombe quotes Monsignor Ignacio Barreiro's homily at the annual Zouave requiem in 2007, "These soldiers had received from the Church, their reason for living and this is why they were ready to sacrifice their own life for her. We are sons of the Church, too, and for her we have to fight the good battle of our time." The author then remarks that whatever response may be made to the story of the Zouaves, it had better be made quickly as time is urgent. | <urn:uuid:fe7bf1cd-8e24-4d72-92bf-e1cba2906b9c> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://vaticanwatcher.blogspot.com/2011/01/book-review-popes-legion.html?showComment=1295574160568 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283301.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00505-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.985052 | 489 | 2.046875 | 2 |
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A bright, hard glimpse at the final thriving days of European Jewry and the first edges of its unraveling.
Straightforward, scholarly and tidily organized, this historical snapshot by Wasserstein (Modern European Jewish History/Univ. of Chicago; Barbarism and Civilization: A History of Europe in Our Time, 2007, etc.) encompasses myriad aspects of Jewish society, culture, language, health, demographics, and religious and political sects. Nearly 10 million Jews were inhabiting Europe, contained in what the author delineates as four zones enjoying more or less benevolent status among communities of non-Jews but already feeling the lashing of secular currents as well as anti-Semitism—across both Europe and the Soviet Union. On the one hand, Jews tended to live longer and have lower rates of alcoholism and infant mortality; on the other, they were migrating, “marrying out” and quarreling among themselves, while birth rates were declining. Anti-Semitism, stoked by paranoia, nationalism and conspiracy theories such as in France, became “part of the perfume of the age.” Jews, writes Wasserstein, essentially became victims of their own success. In concise chapters, the author examines one facet of Jewish identity after another for a staggering big picture: politics, Zionism, life from shtetl to shtot (city), cultural centers like Minsk and Salonica, the press, the theater, the status of women, converts, vernacular languages like Yiddish and Judeo-Espanol, and much more.
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|Semester Assessment||Written analysis of scientific paper(s) (3000 words limit), followed by an oral presentation and discussion on the same.||40%|
|Semester Assessment||Written assignment contrasting the use of several methods discussed in the course, applied to data provided by the lecturers (4000 words).||60%|
|Supplementary Assessment||Resubmission of failed/nonsubmitted components or others of equivalent value.||100%|
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Demonstrate competence with the machine learning methods and tools considered in this scheme.
Show proficiency in analysing data sets using the appropriate tools.
Demonstrate skills in designing, running and documenting experiments using machine learning.
Demonstrate capability to write and present a detailed analysis of an application of machine learning.
1. What is Machine Learning? (2 hrs)
Foundations and assumptions of ML.
2. Supervised Learning. (2 hrs)
Learning from labelled examples.
3. Bayesian Decision Theory. (3 hrs)
Probability and optimality in learning.
4. Parametric Methods. (2 hrs)
5. Dimensionality Reduction. (2 hrs)
Detecting unnecessary attributes and removing them to improve accuracy.
6. Clustering. (3 hrs)
K-means, hierarchical, consensus clustering techniques.
7. Nonparametric Methods. (3 hrs)
Learning without constructing a model (esp. kNN); transductive learning.
8. Hidden Markov models. (3 hrs)
Probabilistic, structural models from data.
9. Assessing and Comparing Classification Algorithms. (3 hrs)
10. Combining Multiple Learners. (3 hrs)
Obtained improved results by combining the predictions of multiple classifiers.
11. Reinforcement Learning. (2 hrs)
Learning sequences of actions with reward.
Additional material requested by students via questionnaire. (2 hrs)
|Skills Type||Skills details|
|Application of Number||Inherent to subject|
|Improving own Learning and Performance||Inherent to subject|
|Information Technology||Inherent to subject|
|Personal Development and Career planning||Encourages students to see roles in subject for career and personal development|
|Problem solving||Inherent to subject|
|Subject Specific Skills||Representation and Reasoning for Intelligent Systems|
Reading ListRecommended Text
Alpaydin, Ethem. (2010.) Introduction to machine learning /Ethem Alpaydin. 2nd ed. MIT Press Primo search Mitchell, Tom M. (1997.) Machine learning /Tom M. Mitchell. McGraw-Hill Primo search Witten, I. H. (2005.) Data mining :practical machine learning tools and techniques /Ian H. Witten, Eibe Frank. 2nd ed. Morgan Kaufman Primo search
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33 Valid Reviews
The Oparara Arch Walk experience has a total of 33 valid reviews. There are no invalid reviews that are excluded from the calculation. Reviews can be excluded only when a reviewer is not verified or after an investigation by our team determines the reviewer is not genuine.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 33 valid reviews:
The raw data average (mean) for all the Oparara Arch Walk valid reviews is 91.82% and is based on 33 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.
26 Face-to-Face Reviews
The Rankers team meets with travellers while they’re in New Zealand and conducts face-to-face surveys. These reviews, in our opinion, are the most trusted in the industry and represent a critical control sample. To our knowledge, we are the only travel review website in the world that has gone to this extent.
Within the 33 valid reviews, the experience has 26 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 26 face-to-face reviews:
The raw data average (mean) for all the Oparara Arch Walk face-to-face reviews is 93.85% and is based on 26 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Rankers calculates a weighted mean as a base average on which we can improve. Individual review's ratings are given a weight based on several factors. The weight of a review determines the overall impact it'll have on the final weighted average.
Recent reviews have more weight as they are more relevant and reflect the experience as it currently operates. Over time reviews become less relevant and loose their impact on the ranking score.
Low rating reviews carry slightly less weight. This dampens the effect of very low ratings for every experience across the board. This is especially important when the experience has few reviews overall and a single negative rating can grossly mischaracterise an experience. Consistent poor reviews will still result in the experience receiving a comparitively low ranking score.
Credible sources provide reviews that can be trusted. If we have verified a reviewer is genuine via a face-to-face meeting then the review carries additional weight.
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The final ranking score once any adjustments, ratings, and rounding has been applied. This value is cached and recalculated each day. Therefore it may not be precisely accurate based on the other values presented.
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At first glance, NASA’s social media strategy example may seem annoying. But it is nonetheless pure genius. The best example of this is what happened last July 14, 2015. The New Horizons spacecraft made the first historical fly-by on Pluto for 20 hours. It sends the best and first pictures of Pluto taken from a spaceship. So, what did NASA do? They posted the best photos on their Instagram account.
It comes to studying what NASA’s social media agency uses to optimize its content. The study authors found that almost half ( 49.1 % ) of their posts contained one or more language barriers.
This would suggest that the agency tries to reach out to its audience. Still, it is also doing so, hoping that most people will click on the back button. A social media agency would not have this problem. They know precisely how to communicate with people who speak different languages. They can better explain their work. Many companies specialize in translation. This can make all the difference when reaching out to an international audience.
NASA might have great information. The chances are that hundreds of other people are posting the same info on the same topics. Also, social media sites are incredibly crowded, making it tough to get your message out.
It’s hard to argue with results like this. But it does raise questions about whether such an agency would make more sense than a regular PR firm. Not only would they probably cost less per hour to use. But they already know how to communicate with their target audience effectively.
NASA is a lot smaller than some of these more prominent names. But it’s also true that its mission is far more important than being famous. These media agencies tend to focus on a handful of topics. The clients have to work around those topics. This limits the reach of their work and makes it challenging to coordinate. A vast network of sources is spread over thousands of social media outlets. It would allow NASA to do a lot more than it does now.
The other thing that a social media agency does is provide an interactive platform. They use these for discussions between its customers and its employees. When you own a space program, sometimes you need to take time off from work to chat with your staff. But a regular social media site isn’t conducive to this kind of interaction. You wouldn’t be able to have conversations about budget issues or future schedules. For example, because the site would be too busy to accommodate them.
Try looking into if NASA were a social media agency. Suppose you were looking to streamline your organization. Many large organizations use these sites to stay connected with their staff.
HOWEVER, since NASA is so big, it might not be as productive as smaller social networks. The sites are also more expensive, so you’d spend less money if you were to use them.
Your employees post on the site by keeping tight control over the content. Though, you can be sure that only the most relevant posts are allowed on the network.
With such a large number of staff and a lot of specialized equipment. NASA could have a social media agency to handle all its communications. It also would have allowed NASA to save a lot more money than it does.
NASA is forced to buy everything in bulk, whether food or equipment. It saves money because each piece is not purchased individually but as part of a team effort since so many specialized people are involved in each mission.
NASA as a Social Media Agency is Just Pure Genius
NASA’s use of social media as a public relations tool is pure genius! NASA is the most well-known organization on the planet. There are many social networking sites available on the Internet. Yet, NASA is a one-of-a-kind organization.
NASA has established itself as more than an “astronaut agency.” They have established themselves as a brand as well. Yes, you are correct. People are investing in NASA. They have established themselves as a “house brand!”
NASA can do so much more than provide links to websites. Images of space with the millions of applications available on the internet! It can function as a social community. It is complete with blogs, discussion forums, and even photo albums! It can foster a sense of community as astronauts travel from site to site to interact with one another. It’s not as if NASA plans to build a physical museum shortly.
As a social media agency, NASA will provide an opportunity for anyone. It involved space exploration in broadening their social network. That’s a significant amount of money. Consider what it would be like to have thousands of people following you on Twitter. NASA can assist in disseminating information about its mission. Future projects, as well as interacting with fans on social media. It’s like having your fan club.
It cannot be easy to get supplies and equipment to the space station. This is especially if you don’t have the help of other people. This is usual for people who work in space. NASA’s role as a social media agency is also an excellent way to contribute to NASA’s research and exploration efforts.
Through the use of NASA’s Facebook page, you can experience the following
one can stay up to date on the mission
see when supplies are running low
get a sense of the atmosphere over there
communicate directly with the agency
NASA should take advantage of this unique service to the public.
A good NASA social media agency will be able to provide information to those outside the agency. Also, to connect NASA with the general public. A trip to the moon is an excellent example of this. How many people do you know who have even contemplated such a journey? They have fewer resources than NASA, but they are still doing it. They need all the help they can get, so why not allow them to have a good time while they’re at it?
The agency accomplishes this through fan clubs. These are organizations that NASA established to facilitate communication. This is between its science staff and the general public.
SpaceX could easily use its fan club to assist in promoting upcoming events. The distribution of information about current projects. The creation of a forum for the exchange of scientific ideas.
Consider the following scenario:
NASA headquarters scheduled a significant event. The organization could use the fan club to post information on how to take part. Everything about the situation is positive for everyone involved.
NASA decided to post discussions and explanations from the science team on Reddit. This is because of the widespread interest in the historical images of Pluto. To provide more information about the science of New Horizons and Pluto.
The agency then began fielding and answering questions on Twitter. As well as posting live press briefings to generate more interest in the project.
For good measure, the agency went utterly insane on its Facebook page. They posted everything they could think of. They also fielded even more questions about the NASA Pluto project.
In reality, this isn’t the first time NASA has had a project go viral due to its popularity.
They have a great social media marketing strategy. The agency has something that reads almost brand-wide. They also have Hollywood-style marketing blockbusters. Even more remarkable is the fact that NASA is a public agency. A government public agency runs a new product or brand marketing campaign.
Some would argue that NASA does not need a social media marketing strategy. They do need to keep up with other brands and companies. This is because they are a well-known agency with a loyal following.
Some are interested in NASA’s science, and others are curious about the agency. NASA argues that people don’t just follow NASA because of Pluto, Jupiter, or the moon. It is because millions of people have continued research on everything, such as;
rovers to their laboratories
scientists and personnel
It should be no surprise that most of its followers and users are on its 20. The second-largest group of users ranges from their late 20s to their mid-50s. Also, social media accounts are for students and teachers.
NASA’s social media team has already received many awards recognition. The reason for this is its efforts in this area.
NASA Plays No Favorites with Any Social Media Agency
NASA makes it clear that it has no preference for any particular social media agency or platform. These are all owned by private companies. The agency’s social media team is never instructed to use social media to generate more revenue. NASA claims that it posts on social media accounts. It has to provide information about what it is doing to keep followers up to date and reach the most significant number of people possible.
Pluto’s photo was not the most popular on social media during its history. But it did gain more than 300,000 new followers. This means 300,000 new people are becoming educated and learning more. NASA proves that social media should not lose sight of the fundamentals of what it should be.
Being the best Social Media Agency can be challenging. Yet companies like NASA can provide unique social media marketing strategies as guides. You can develop the best social media plans with your team through these.
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How Safe is Bluetooth Technology for Your Baby?
As a responsible parent, you may have asked yourself, “How safe is Bluetooth for my baby?” For as long as there has been technology, toymakers have embraced its almost magical ability to make toys more engaging and more exciting for children. Even though Bluetooth has existed for nearly 25 years, scientists are still looking carefully at its effects, and the debate as to how much risk there is, if any, remains open.
Our phones, cars, entertainment systems and appliances all rely on continually more sophisticated technology to improve functionality and user experience. We’ve become accustomed to more and more technology in our lives, and it just makes sense to understand how it works and how it affects us.
Bluetooth is key to Lil’ Jammerz ability to broadcast music from your mobile device to the speaker inside the toy. We think it’s important to understand this technology and its safety, so we’ve put together this brief summary of how Bluetooth works and how it compares to similar technologies.
Behind the Technology: Just What Is Bluetooth?
Bluetooth is a technology that allows the wireless transmission of data (such as music files) over very short distances using the UHF band. Everyone, including our children, are surrounded by everyday things that use this kind of signal, like broadcast TV, GPS, and Wifi. We rarely give them a second thought.
How Does the Bluetooth Signal Compare to the Cellular Phone Signal?
In assessing any risk associated with Bluetooth, we need to understand signal strength and duration, and compare Bluetooth usage with other technology we are exposed to every day.
The energy put out by Bluetooth, cellular and many other wireless signals is measured by what is called Specific Absorption Rate (SAR), which measures the rate at which the signal is absorbed by the human body. Technologies with higher SAR are more risky to human health than those with lower SAR.
The SAR for Lil’ Jammerz is at the lowest end of the range of signal strength typical in consumer devices. Since Bluetooth in general is intended to travel only very short distances, its signal carries only about 1 percent of the SAR that is emitted by a typical cell phone, for example. By this measure, using a wireless Bluetooth device like Lil’ Jammerz to play music for your baby is, relatively speaking, 100 times safer than using the direct output of just a cell phone by itself.
Though not without its critics, SAR is the current accepted standard for measuring the relative signal strength (and therefore impact) of consumer wireless devices. In order to sell your Bluetooth low energy product in the North American market, your equipment needs to comply with the regulatory requirements of the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) and IC (Industry Canada). Lil’ Jammerz was designed with your baby’s safety in mind, and the product has passed and complies with both these safety standards.
Duration & Proximity
Unlike a cell phone, which is always transmitting and receiving data when it is powered on (unless both cellular data and Wifi are turned off), Lil’ Jammerz only broadcasts over Bluetooth when it is powered on. This significantly limits the duration of the actual signal which greatly reduces the already minimal exposure.
Additionally, since Bluetooth technology isolates the smartphone by moving it away from the body, this further effectively reduces its SAR and potential risk.
The debate over the relative safety of wireless transmitting devices and their signals, and their impact on your child, is expected to continue, but there is sufficient evidence to suggest that a properly designed and used Bluetooth device will in no statistically significant way increase the level of radio emissions a baby is otherwise exposed to in today’s environment. | <urn:uuid:655bee19-cf0f-4492-9433-fb6d5d542cdf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://liljammerz.com/bluetooth-safety/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00474.warc.gz | en | 0.958705 | 769 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Palliative Care 101
Palliative care can be used in conjunction with any curative care you or your loved one may be receiving. The goal of this supportive type of care is to have you maintain the best quality of life during and after any medical treatments you undergo to eradicate the disease. What that entails will vary depending on your needs, but it will always include addressing you and your family’s physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual needs.
What follows are a few of the most common misconceptions about palliative care
"Palliative care is just another name for hospice."
That's a common misconception. While hospice care is palliative,the two are not synonymous. Palliative care is not just for the dying. The goal of palliative care is to reduce suffering during any serious, life-threatening or terminal illness by providing care focused on relief of pain, symptom management, as well as, supporting the patient and family’s psychological, social, and spiritual needs. Curative treatment can be administered during palliative care.
"My doctor has never mentioned palliative care. How important could it be?"
Your doctor may not raise the topic of palliative care because he or she is focused on eradicating the disease. Palliative care is a relatively new specialty in medicine and still not widely discussed within the medical community. For those reasons, it is fine for the patient or a member of the patient’s family to ask about access to palliative care.
The good news is that with an increasing number of physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses and social workers are specializing in palliative care, this scenario is slowly changing.
"Palliative care? Isn't that just for cancer patients?"
Patients with any serious, life-limiting illness or injury, such as heart, lung or kidney disease, dementia, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, cystic fibrosis and multiple sclerosis, spinal cord or brain injury, or partial or full loss of limbs, can benefit from palliative care. The patient’s family can benefit as well.
"In palliative care, all they do is prescribe heavy-duty drugs to numb you."
While pain management is an important part of palliative care, psychological, social, and spiritual support are integral parts of it, too, depending on the patient’s (and family’s) wishes. In addition, the patient has a voice in the types and strength of pain medication.
"My mom’s doctor has suggested palliative care. Is he really saying is that there's nothing more that can be done?"
Not at all. Research has shown that early integration of palliative care in cases of serious and life-threatening disease can not only improve quality of life but also can extend life and improve outcomes. | <urn:uuid:6c076a70-30dd-4219-be57-c034e908c9ab> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.robinkanarek.com/palliative-care-101 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573163.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818033705-20220818063705-00070.warc.gz | en | 0.958267 | 594 | 2.734375 | 3 |
About EZ RNA Methylation™ Kit
The EZ RNA Methylation™ Kit features rapid and reliable bisulfite treatment and conversion of cytosines in RNA for methylation analysis. The kit streamlines the three-step process for complete conversion of cytosine in into uracil. RNA denaturation and bisulfite conversion processes are combined into a single step. No buffer preparation is necessary. The RNA Conversion Reagent is provided ready-to-use: simply add the reagent to an RNA sample and incubate as indicated.Also, innovative in-column desulphonation technology eliminates messy precipitation steps, ensuring researchers obtain consistent results. The product has been designed to minimize template degradation, loss of RNA during treatment and clean-up, and to provide complete conversion of cytosine for accurate methylation analysis. Recovered RNA is ideal for RT-PCR, sequencing, library preparation and Next-Gen sequencing.
|RNA Input||Samples containing 32 ng - 3 μg of DNA-free RNA. For optimal results, the amount of input RNA should be between 0.5 - 1 μg.|
|Conversion Efficiency||> 99% of non-methylated C residues are converted to U with > 99% protection of 5-methylcytosine.|
|RNA Recovery||> 80%|
|Sequencing results following bisulfite treatment. RNA with methylated C (5-mC) at nucleotide position #7 was processed using the EZ RNA Methylation™ Kit. The recovered RNA was amplified by RT-PCR and then cloned and sequenced. The methylated cytosine at position #7 remained intact while the non-methylated cytosines at positions #3, 4, and 13 were completely converted into uracil (post-bisulfite treatment) and detected as thymine following RT-PCR and sequencing.|
|Step 1||Add 130 µl of RNA Conversion Reagent to 20 µl of RNA sample in a PCR tube. Mix the sample by flicking the tube or pipetting up and down, then centrifuge briefly to ensure there are no droplets in the cap or sides of the tube.
Note: If the sample volume is less than 20 µl, compensate with DNase/RNase-Free Water.
|Step 2||Place the PCR tube(s) in a thermal cycler and perform the following steps:
|Step 3||Place a Zymo-Spin™ IC Column into a Collection Tube and add 250 µl of RNA Binding Buffer to the column.|
|Step 4||Load the sample (from Step 2) into the Zymo-Spin™ IC Column containing the RNA Binding Buffer and mix by pipetting up and down.|
|Step 5||Add 400 µl of 95-100% ethanol to the sample-RNA Binding Buffer mixture in the column. Close the cap and immediately mix by inverting the column several times.|
|Step 6||Centrifuge at full speed (≥10,000 x g) for 30 seconds. Discard the flow-through.|
|Step 7||Add 200 µl RNA Wash Buffer to the column and centrifuge at full speed for 30 seconds.|
|Step 8||Add 200 µl of RNA Desulphonation Buffer to the column and let stand at room temperature (20°C – 30°C) for 30 minutes. After the incubation, centrifuge at full speed for 30 seconds. Discard the flow-through.|
|Step 9||Add 400 µl RNA Wash Buffer to the column and centrifuge at full speed for 30 seconds. Repeat the wash step with an additional 400 µl RNA Wash Buffer.|
|Step 10||Centrifuge the Zymo-Spin™ IC Column in an emptied Collection Tube at full speed for 2 minutes. Remove the Zymo-Spin™IC Column carefully from the Collection Tube and transfer it into an RNase-free Tube.|
|Step 11||Add ≥10 µl of DNase/RNase-Free Water directly to the column matrix and let stand for 1 minute at room temperature. Centrifuge at full speed for 30 seconds. The eluted RNA can be used immediately or stored at -20°C for up to 3 months. For long-term storage, keep at or below -70°C.|
Researchers from Europe showed that reduced levels of conserved RNA methyltransferase NSUN5 increase the lifespan and stress resistance in yeast, worms, and flies. They used the EZ RNA Methylation™ Kit to show that the methylation at C2278 of 25S ribosomal RNA in yeast, worms, and flies is highly conserved, suggesting that it is important for core ribosomal function. They also observed better reproducibility and higher conversion rate using Zymo Research’s EZ RNA Methylation Kit.
Researchers used the EZ RNA Methylation Kit from Zymo Research to investigate the methylation status of several important non-coding RNAs, including XIST and HOTAIR. They found that both XIST and HOTAIR contained the 5-methylcytosine modification, suggesting that RNA methylation may play an important role in regulating the activity of these RNA molecules. | <urn:uuid:1a2c5658-fe81-4fdd-b141-b5b34bbcafae> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.zymoresearch.com/epigenetics/rna-methylation/bisulfite-conversion/ez-rna-methylation-kit | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721555.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00179-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.90149 | 1,108 | 1.523438 | 2 |
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5 Phases of Spore
In the game, Spore, for PC there are five distinct game phases the player has to pass through. They are:
The Cellular Phase
The first phase of Spore is the Tide Pool, or Cellular phase. The gamer is responsible for single-cell organisms that must avoid being eating by larger animals.
In this elementary phase, the gamer can select whether their cellular organism will eat only meat, only plants, or both meat and plants.
Changing any characteristic in this phase involves spending a “DNA point”. The characteristics that are left at the end of the phase are carried with the organism into the next phase.
The Creature Phase
The next phase is the Creature phase, and the gamer will notice that the graphics is not the simple two-dimensional view seen in the Cellular phase.
In this phase, your creature will be judged under a numerical system for any Abilities, Attacks, or Social friends they acquire or make.
The “Creature” can also collect “DNA points” here by eating other creatures. When the creature increases the amount of intelligence it has, then it will enter the Tribal phase.
The Tribal Phase
Things become more complicated in this phase, as the gamer is now responsible for a tribe of creatures. It is now important to take care of the entire tribe. The tribe members will depend on each other to find food, and fight in combat with other tribes. In this phase, there are five other tribes nearby that the gamer can decide to either attack or become friends with.
There is no need to collect DNA points during this phase, and as the intellect of the tribal creatures grow, their ability to communicate will also grow.
The gamer will not move on to the next phase – Civilization - until his/her tribe has interacted with the other five tribes that are nearby.
The Civilization Phase
In the Civilization phase, the tribe the gamer previously owned has now been created into a small city. The aim of this phase is world domination, and it is up to the gamer to decide how this will occur. The gamer is prompted to select the type of civilization they want to construct. They can choose either a civilization based on religion, economy, or the military.
Thus a city constructed on religion will try to spread its ideas without the use of weapons, whereas a military based civilization will use weapons to dominate. The gamer is not allowed to move to the next phase until it has completely taken over all of the other civilizations on the planet.
The Space Age Phase
The space phase will present with more new challenges. The creature now has to use different tools to travel to another uninhabited planet and colonize it. The gamer has to use the “Staff of Life” in which to make the new world more livable. This can be anything from using a volcanic eruption to enlarging the atmosphere. There are numerous planets in this phase for the player to visit, while they try to protect the planet they have colonized.
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Nature Knows No Borders: Trans-Border Education and Collaboration on Environmental Issues in the Middle East
2014 Sam and Marilyn Fox Atlas Week
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Busch Student Center 253 C
Sponsored By: SLU Jewish Student Association
Gail Wechsler is a lawyer that works for Jewish Community Relations Council in Saint Louis. She has traveled to Israel to work with several groups doing educational work on environmental issues. This has led to collaborative projects among Jews, Palestinians and Jordanians. This presentation will focus on the importance of education and collaboration in regards to the natural resources of the region. | <urn:uuid:598dc4eb-d76f-4969-af66-24d4674cd90a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.slu.edu/atlas-week-home/nature-knows-no-borders-trans-border-education-and-collaboration-on-environmental-issues-in-the-middle-east | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281226.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00373-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922438 | 130 | 1.757813 | 2 |
- Convolvulus sepium L.
- Morning-glory family
Parts Usually Used
Flowering plant, rootstock
Description of Plant(s) and
Hedge bindweed is a perennial herbaceous vine; the trailing or twining stem is glabrous, angular, and from 3-10 feet long, growing from a creeping rootstock. The leaves are alternate, sagittate, on slender petioles. The flaring, funnel-shaped flowers are white or pink with white stripes and grow solitary on long, quadrangular peduncles from the leaf axils from June to October.
Another variety: Field bindweed (C. arvensis) is a creeping vine; leaves are arrow-shaped, lobes are sharp, not blunt, 1-2 inches long. Flowers are white or pink, to 1 inch long. Blooms June to September. Native Americans used cold leaf tea as a wash on spider bites; internally, to reduce profuse menstrual flow. In European folk use, flower, leaf, and root teas considered laxative. Flower tea used for fevers, wounds. The root is the most active part; strongly purgative.
Also, there is an herb called Wild Jalap (C. jalapa) very similar to the Hedge bindweed.
Grows in waste places, thickets, and cultivated ground in the eastern half of the United States and in all of Europe.
Cholagogue, febrifuge, purgative
Used primarily as a purgative but it helps reduce inflammation of mucous membranes and reduces fevers. The powdered root or a decoction made from the plant is used for the above listed. The fresh juice should be taken in small quantities only; in large quantities it produces constipation. Like all strong purgatives, hedge bindweed is not for extended use.
Formulas or Dosages
Decoction: boil 1 tsp. flowering plant in 1 cup water. Take 1 tbsp. at a time, as needed.
Juice: take 1/2 tsp., once or twice per day.
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Every day we’re faced with free and I hate it… Marketers throw free around like it’s confetti. Consumers snap up free stuff because it’s free. But does free work? Does giving stuff away for free make you eventually buy stuff? No, generally not. I’ve often said that the majority of people that follow brands on Facebook do it not because they are supposed brand champions but purely because they are hoping to get something out of the engagement. Something free.
Why would you follow Nike , Gatorade or American Eagle on Facebook? Because of the cool videos? Because of the witty banter? Or maybe you’re all about new product launches? Engagement? No? Be honest. You just want to connect with your niche of people that wear Nike and American Eagle and drink Gatorade…
Ok, so pretend you’re the SMB or the competition. How do other companies compete when Nike, Gatorade and AE give stuff away for free? Do they just go ahead and break down and give away free stuff too? Predictable right? I think part of the reason why case studies on organizations that do it differently are written is because the majority of marketers and companies do it the same way over and over with predictably average results. We embrace and applaud being different and yet conversely, we choose nine times out of ten, to do it just like our competition. Why is that?
I remember asking a small business owner once why they kept advertising in magazines and newspapers when the results were so poor. Their answer was that they had no other options. They didn’t know what else to do, so they just kept doing what didn’t work. Thus, fighting free with free may seem like a good idea, in the end it is not a business model.
The value of free
The problem is we’re asking local SMB’s to compete with big brands who give stuff away for free all the time, by forcing them to give stuff away for free too. This ultimately leads to 2 things: 1) It’s costing them more than they can really afford or b) It’s not really having the same impact on the consumer as it would if it was coming from the big brand.
The over-reaching formula for big brands is to create awareness of new stuff by giving away free stuff and then use social networks to promote the promise of free while driving the notion of new. Does giving something away for free inflate the value of that new product or service? Uh no. It may create awareness of the brand, product or company but there is no value in free.
Unfortunately we’re chasing the long tail of free, we always have. The internet and the emergence of social networks have created an atmosphere of chasing free wherever it may be. Interesting thing though is that you get what you pay for, even when it’s free.
So how do you compete?
I had a friend of mine who recently asked me how is he supposed to make money blogging or creating good content- and this was after one of his friends mentioned that a monkey could write content… I asked him, why would someone pay for your content? What is the value proposition of your content? Is it so bad that you feel the only way to push it out is as free content? We have to eliminate the notion that our IP is not valuable and promote the aspect of content, products and services that are so valuable that people would indeed pay for them.
The internet and social have gone a long way to creating free platforms to access free content when in actuality most people would pay for it if the value of the content they wanted were implicit. The point- we have created free markets for free which is a flawed model right out of the blocks. Don’t give something away to sell something-you can’t compete with those that use that as a business model. So what’s the work around?
a) Value your content
b) Create valuable content
c) Focus on where that content can be valued
d) Create a market for your content that creates awareness of you, your brand and your company
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Back in 2007, Northwestern neuroscientist Nina Kraus led a team of researchers that showed that training in music as a youngster helps...
Back in 2007, Northwestern neuroscientist Nina Kraus led a team of researchers that showed that training in music as a youngster helps boost speech and reading abilities-since the same pathways used for mastering music are used for language.
This past weekend, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in San Diego, she presented her own work, along with that of others, linking music training to better brain function. Her main point: Schools should make sure that they keep offering music programs.
Playing an instrument may help youngsters better process speech in noisy classrooms and more accurately interpret the nuances of language that are conveyed by subtle changes in the human voice. ... Cash-strapped school districts are making a mistake when they cut music from the K-12 curriculum. ... People's hearing systems are fine-tuned by the experiences they've had with sound throughout their lives. ... Music training is not only beneficial for processing music stimuli. We've found that years of music training may also improve how sounds are processed for language and emotion.
Among the real-world advantages of a music-filled childhood is the ability to focus in on certain sounds, which is helpful when talking to people in a crowded room. It may also help a person read better in noisy rooms-which, to me at least, is a borderline superpower.
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Consider it a victory for taxpayers and for the rule of law. On Tuesday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4–3 in favor of upholding the state’s new collective bargaining law, reversing a lower court decision that sought to stamp out the will of the people, the authority of the legislature, and a major movement toward fiscal reform. And at three this morning, following a nearly 13-hour floor debate, the Wisconsin Assembly approved a budget aimed at wiping out the state’s $3 billion structural deficit.
Like many states, Wisconsin this year found itself drowning in an ocean of overspending and suffering the fourth highest tax burden in the country. In this fiscal nightmare, public-sector unions fashioned for themselves a cushy, taxpayer-funded existence, disconnected from the realities of the state’s economic woes. Heritage’s James Sherk explains just how sweet that deal was:
Until now, government employees in Wisconsin paid just 6 percent of their health care premiums and next to nothing for generous pensions, and the average teacher in Milwaukee makes $101,000 a year. Government union contracts also require layoffs to occur on the basis of seniority. Long-time government employees can rest assured that they will never get laid off.
That was a path that just wasn’t sustainable, and early this year, first-term Governor Scott Walker (R) attempted to usher in a plan to change the way the state did business—a new law that would restrict collective bargaining in government, require government workers to contribute 5.8 percent of their salaries to their pensions and at least 12.6 percent of their health–care premiums, and allow workers to choose whether or not to pay union dues.
That was the spark that ignited a furious fire among Wisconsin’s big labor movement and captured the nation’s attention. Thousands of protesters swarmed the state’s capitol, and 14 Wisconsin senate Democrats fled to Illinois, where they hid out for more than three weeks in an attempt to block the law. Ultimately, though, an agreement was reached and the law was passed, leaving the law’s opponents to resort to the legal action in hopes of undermining the legislative process by way of an activist judge.
For a short time they were successful; a county judge blocked the law purely on a political basis. On Tuesday, the state’s supreme court overruled that decision, allowing the law to take effect. Heritage’s Hans von Spakovsky explains the legal import of the decision:
It is a victory not only for the soundness of the underlying legislative process but also for the rule of law against activist judges who ignore the separation of powers between the legislative and judicial branches and make up their own law from the bench.
There are more battles to come in Wisconsin: A pro-union group is using robocalls to deliver more protests to the statehouse; state unions on Wednesday filed a lawsuit challenging parts of the law in U.S. District Court; and a movement is afoot to recall six Republican state senators who voted for the law.
The continued opposition isn’t surprising given what’s at stake for public sector unions. To date, they have enjoyed tremendous power—a veritable monopoly on labor services provided to government, allowing them to secure unmatched benefits. And, without competition, costs go up while quality goes down. That’s not something they will give up easily, and they won’t go down without a fight.
But it’s a fight America can’t afford to lose. All across the country, states are beset with budgets that are running out of control. According to a Pew report, “the gap between the promises states have made for public employees’ retirement benefits and the money set aside to pay for them grew to at least $1.26 trillion in fiscal year 2009—a 26 percent increase in one year.” States must make significant changes to address this trillion-dollar shortfall or face total budgetary collapse.
The victory in Wisconsin is a significant one, but it’s just one state and one law. Just as public-sector unions will continue their struggle for survival, Americans must continue their fight to restore fiscal sanity to their cities, states and nation.
- The White House submitted a 32-page report to Congress yesterday arguing that the U.S. military’s actions in the war in Libya do not require congressional approval because of its limited supporting role.
- Ayman al-Zawahri, the Egyptian who was second in command to Osama bin Laden in al-Qaeda, is taking over leadership of the terrorist organization.
- Syria is intensifying its crackdown on government protesters. Reports say that at least 300 people are arrested daily in the country’s northwestern province.
- A day after anti-austerity riots rocked central Athens, two prominent Socialist Party lawmakers in Greece’s Parliament resigned amid the government’s attempt to pass new fiscal reform measures.
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Connection Theatre Company presents its 2005 Summer Reading Series, featuring six ten-minute plays presented as staged readings, and inspired by the documentary The Journey of Man. Melissa Attebery directs, with live music by Reid Taylor.
"By analyzing DNA from people in all regions of the world, geneticist Dr. Spencer Wells has concluded that all humans alive today are descended from a single man who lived in Africa around 60,000 years ago. Wells addresses this and other issues in a book, The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey, and a National Geographic documentary of the same title. In a straightforward story, he explains how he traced the exodus of modern humans from Africa by analyzing genetic changes in DNA from the y-chromosome." - Hillary Mayell for National Geographic News
Discovering Rootbeer by Jason Powell
Gravity Is the Biggest Lie by Phil Schmiedl
Unlike Here on Earth by Cheryl Games
Mooning 34th Street by Christine Bruno
Relativity by Mrinalini Kamath
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MEETING WITH THE OSCE REPRESENTATIVE ON FREEDOM OF THE MEDIA – SENIOR ADVISER GUNNAR VRANG AND ADVISER AIDAR BOTAGAROV
On 22nd of July at 15:30 pm at Caucasus International University was held a video conference with the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Senior Adviser Gunnar Vrang and Adviser Aidar Botagarov. The speakers gave a speech about media freedom and development in the context of OSCE work. The conference was organized and facilitated by the assistance of the Policy Support Officer at the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre – Corinne Lebelhomme. This was the first experience of conducting the conference in video format in the frameworks of the project Building OSCE Youth Network in Georgia.
The speakers started their speech by describing the structure and the functions of the OSCE Representative on freedom of the media. They described that the Representative’s activities can be divided into two groups: observing media developments as part of an early warning function and helping participating States abide by their commitments to freedom of expression and free media.
The first topics they talked about was the importance of the efforts to ensure the safety of journalists; assist with the development of media pluralism; combat hate speech while preserving freedom of expression; provide expert opinions on media regulation and legislation; promote Internet freedom; and assist with the process of switching from analogue to digital broadcasting.
Participants had an opportunity to clarify some aspects and policy of the OSCE work in this dimension. The first question was about OSCE activities in Georgia and South Caucasus region. Adviser answered that the Representative holds annual regional media conferences, bringing together journalists, representatives of civil society and government, as well as academics, to discuss current media freedom issues. This kind of regional meeting is regularly being held in South Caucasus too. He shared his experience of working in the South Caucasus Media Meeting with the participants. Participants were interested in the level of the media freedom in Georgia, on which the advisers answered that the level of developing of the media freedom in Georgia was pretty high.
The advisers underlined that situation in countries differs, but OSCE tries to have negotiations with each of them. OSCE gives recommendations about legislative reforms which will promote media freedom and it encourages human right protection.
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Although guns may not be everyday things for many of us, gun recoil is
certainly something we're aware of (at least those of us that don't
make Hollywood action films with guns whose recoil would instantly
kill the person firing them!). Gun recoil is a result of momentum
conservation, which is an extremely important fundamental
principle. Newton was talking about momentum conservation when he
wrote "every action has an equal and opposite reaction".
Momentum characterizes an object's resistance to change in
motion. If this is motion along a straight line, we call it linear
momentum; if it is rotational motion we call it angular
momentum. The basic idea is the same: moving things like to keep
moving, and to change their motion we have to apply a force. If no
force is present, then momentum doesn't change, ie. it is conserved.
Now, you might point out that a bullet coming out of a gun has a huge
force on it from the exploding gunpowder. True enough, and that force
is what propels the bullet forward. However, if you look at a
bullet and gun together (say while the bullet is still in the
barrel but already heading out at full speed), you can say there is no
net force on the bullet-gun system. So the momentum of
the bullet plus gun should be conserved.
If the bullet has mass mb and speed
vb out of the gun, it has momentum
pb given simply by
pb = mbvb
in the forward direction. To balance this momentum (and keep the net
momentum of the bullet-gun system zero), the gun recoils with momentum
in the opposite direction: pg = -pb, or
mgvg = -mbvb
Although the bullet's mass is small, its speed is quite large, so it
released with large momentum. The gun has much larger mass, so the
recoil speed is much smaller, but still large enough to give a serious kick
against the shooter's shoulder.
Example: Winchester .308
Let's look at an example. A Winchester .308 cartridge launches a
bullet of mass 150 grains (1 grain = 64.8 mg) with a speed of 2820
ft/s (1 ft = 30.5 cm). In MKS units, then, pb =
8.4 kg m/s. This rifle has a weight of about 8 lbs, or a mass
of mg = 3.8 kg. That means the recoil speed of
the rifle will be
vg = - pb/mg = -2.2 m/s
This primary recoil is noticeable, but not the main recoil that
There are actually two distinct recoils from a gun: the first, primary
recoil, which I've described above, conserves momentum of the
gun-bullet system. However, a larger secondary recoil comes slightly later,
when the bullet leaves the muzzle: then the hot expanding gas behind
the bullet shoots out of the muzzle, and the muzzle recoils further
like a rocket. This is, again, conservation of momentum,
but in this case is is the gas momentum out of the barrel
that makes the secondary recoil. Gun manufacturers make baffles that
reduce the flow of gas out of the muzzle to reduce secondary recoil.
Primary recoil cannot be reduced, since it is simply associated with
the forward momentum of the bullet.
- The total momentum of a system is conserved if there are no
outside forces acting on it.
- Gun recoil results from conservation of total momentum of the
bullet-gun system: the backward recoil gun momentum balances the
forward bullet momentum to maintain zero total momentum.
- Gun recoil actually has two parts: primary recoil from the
escaping bullet and secondary recoil from the escaping gas
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Friday, 12th February 2010
In General Japan News,
Japanese spider crab heads for UK aquarium
A giant Japanese spider crab is set to become a feature at the National Sea Life Centre in Birmingham.
Measuring up to 15 feet, the crabs are native to Japan and have bodies the size of basketballs and legs which can allegedly straddle the roof of an average-sized car.
Pictures of the creature show it being held by Graham Burrows, curator of the Sea Life Centre, who noted that despite the crab's intimidating size, it is not aggressive.
"The Japanese Spider Crab is the largest known member of the arthropod family, which includes all invertebrates with jointed limbs. Crabzilla's front limbs are his feeding arms, each over five feet long and ending in sizeable claws," he said.
The crab was caught in the Pacific Ocean and will be living at the Birmingham Sea Life Centre until March this year, before being moved to Belgium.
In Japan, the crabs are considered a delicacy and are regularly eaten. They can live at depths of up to 2,500 feet.
Written by Graham McPherson.
Related news stories:
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What Does My Student Need to Know before Beginning Level 3?
Students should complete All About Spelling Level 2 before starting Level 3. All About Spelling is a building block program: each level builds upon the previous one. In order to build a strong foundation, most students start with Level 1. If you have questions, please contact us and we'd be happy to help!
What will my student learn in Level 3?
In Level 3, your student will continue to learn encoding skills, reliable spelling rules, and multisensory strategies for spelling, along with exciting new concepts including 10 new phonograms, the jobs of Silent E, words with C+l-e syllables, contractions, homophones, consonant and vowel suffixes, and past tense. Phonological awareness and encoding skills are taught throughout Level 3. Below is a sampling in each area:
Learn phonograms AI, AY, UR, OA, OO, EA, ED, IGH, IR, and EY
Spell words with C+l-e syllables, such as table
Spell words with double consonants, such as puzzle
Spell words with the ending sound of /e/ spelled y, such as happy
Spell words with consonant suffixes and vowel suffixes, such as thankful and loudest
Spell common contractions, such as can't
Spell common pairs of homophones, such as dear and deer
Self esteem and joy for learning has sky-rocketed!
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The school said he'd never learn--he's on grade level now!
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In a March 2022 webinar titled Thinking like a System and Leading with Humility, celebrated author Margaret Wheatley reflected on the seemingly incompatible concepts of leading, system and humility. Who else besides Wheatley could make sense of such a combination?
The rich conversation that ensued was moderated by Lisa Helps, Mayor of Victoria, BC. Organized by the Tamarack Institute’s Deepening Community team, this event attracted hundreds of participants from across Canada and across the world.
Local issues, systemic causes
Mayor Helps began by sharing the challenges she faces as a leader of a provincial capital, including issues that had been making national news for months: the housing shortage, the climate disasters in BC, the work of decolonization and anti-racism, the Freedom Convoy, and so on.
She delved into the underlying systemic causes for these issues and shared her deep concern about the growing rift being caused by individualism. People have lost the ability to have an open-hearted conversation with someone who holds a divergent opinion, she explained, saying that she fears that unless we can relearn this skill, we will “get stuck” and be unable to find any solutions. People need to regain their sense of belonging to a collective, she believes.
In her constituency, Mayor Helps regularly invites residents to come to her office during specified hours to share their concerns and grievances. She continually makes the effort to listen without judgement and to engage them in finding solutions.
Reflecting on Ukrainian resilience
Margaret Wheatley spoke soberly about the current situation in the world, referring often to the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. What a poignant time to hear her read her poem “I Want to Be a Ukrainian,” written in 2005 after the Orange Revolution – the first time, she explained, that the Ukrainians demonstrated their “incredible perseverance and spirit” in standing up for their right to exist.
This powerful poem is a call to action, a condensed version of the kind of person she calls on us to be.
Working on the issues in front of you
Mayor Helps asked Wheatley how to work on systems change while striving to untangle these difficult issues at the local level. Wheatley maintains that, as community leaders, we need to tackle all issues at the local level. “The only possibility of health and change,” no matter what level the problem, “is local preparedness, and mitigation, and resources to support post-disaster.”
She urges us to overcome our fear and hesitation, and to “just work on the issue in front of you.” Wheatley said she has adopted a quotation from Theodore Roosevelt as a motto: “Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are.”
She also commented on how much respect and empathy she has for leaders today who are often working in a “vicious and brutal environment.”
Acting as an individual without acting on individualism
Like Mayor Helps, Wheatley laments the fact that people have become so polarized in their views and unable to hear each other, much less consult with each other.
“Everyone is in their own cave,” she explained. The solution, for her, lies in the work each individual must do themselves and at the local level.
For the individual, Margaret has much solid advice and strategies for coping and thriving. She urges each person to take a clear, hard look at the current situation and to “free ourselves of the blinders” that “hope and optimism” can become if a person is stuck in their fear and anger. Rather, we should pause, she says, be contemplative, and be silent in order to find our true selves and be able to move beyond fear and aggression.
Each person must make the choice about who they want to be: will they remain in self-protection mode, or will they transition into a mode of service to others? One strategy she described for finding inner calm and strength is the “Taking your Seat” practice, shown in this video: Margaret shares 2 practices; Taking your Seat & Tonglen
Can we all be leaders?
Mayor Helps concluded by asking Margaret what gives her an “unshakeable confidence in the human spirit?” Margaret responded that she finds hope in witnessing people rise to the occasion – just like the Ukrainians in this pivotal moment in history – fighting for their rights in spite of the harrowing odds.
Margaret asserts that the human spirit cannot be vanquished. Her perspectives give us courage and determination to be leaders in our own communities, leaders who are able to listen to divergent views –and this is where the humility comes in, because we need to look beyond our own opinions and beliefs to find those common values that we can all rally around.
Yes, we can all be leaders. In fact, we all need to be leaders – walking and talking with humility, listening, and making the choice to serve others in our neighbourhoods and localities. The world will be a better place if we all “take our seat” and choose this path.
You can find this important conversation, and many other resources, on the landing page for the recording.
- Watch the webinar recording: Thinking Like a System and Leading with Humility
- Read The world is coming apart at the seams and what can we do about it by Mayor Lisa Helps
- Order Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time by Margaret Wheatley
- Watch Who Do You Choose To Be? Restoring Leadership as a Noble Profession by Margaret Wheatley
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|Title:||'It's just like another home, just another family, so it's nae different' Children's voices in kinship care: a research study about the experience of children in kinship care in Scotland|
|Citation:||Burgess C, Rossvoll F, Wallace B & Daniel B (2010) 'It's just like another home, just another family, so it's nae different' Children's voices in kinship care: a research study about the experience of children in kinship care in Scotland, Child and Family Social Work, 15 (3), pp. 297-306.|
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|Abstract:||Growing acknowledgement of the importance of the role of kinship carers in caring and supporting children and young people in Scotland has led to a burgeoning of research on this topic. However, most research has tended to focus on the role of kinship carers. A significant gap has been direct studies into the views and experiences of children and young people living with relatives or friends. This paper seeks to address this by drawing on the findings from a small-scale qualitative collaborative research project with 12 children and young people living in informal and formal kinship care in the Northeast of Scotland. The literature on foster and kinship care is reviewed and key themes identified. The qualitative research data is outlined employing a thematic analysis approach. The key findings are analysed with a view to the potential implications for policy and practice. The paper concludes with proposals for potential future research.|
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In today's changing economy, the definition of smart investment choices is changing. According to one recent news story, the expected annual yields for investors in the stock market is significantly lower than it has been over the last century. Rather than returns close to 10 percent, investors can expect closer to an average of five percent yields in the foreseeable future.
As a result, investors need to rethink their investments if they want to build a more secure financial future. One investment expert recommends a portfolio that includes real estate investments such as real estate investment trusts. Some REITs can be more volatile than others, which can result in lower yields but also in much higher yields. REITs also come with other disadvantages that are often lost on investors such as the inability to direct what the REIT will invest in and the lack of REITs that invest in single family homes. Added to the fact that investors in REITs only own a piece of paper and not a physical property, REITs add up to one way to invest in real estate that does not make sense for many of today's real estate investors.
According to John Gerard Lewis, "Yes, REITs have been throwing off double-digit total returns over the past few years, but that doesn't mean they always will. An investor will have to review and perhaps update any investment portfolio from time to time. This theoretical portfolio is no different." Taking John's statement and reflecting on the disadvantages of investing in a REIT instead of deeded, single family real estate, I would say a REIT could be more trouble than the return is worth considering the advantages of single family real estate.
Owning Single-Family Homes as Rental Property
As you consider your investment options, one reliable real estate investment is one in rental property. Some investors are intimidated by this idea, but you don't need to be a handyman or an expert in marketing to be successful. Just find a reliable real estate investment firm to help you purchase, remodel, and manage your property or properties. With a good firm, you can relax and reap the benefits of your investment while someone else takes care of the details. Single family properties is a growing trend among investors and continues to grow as a profitable piece of many investors portfolios. Some of the main advantages of purchasing single-family homes for your portfolio are the fact that you have deed to the property, not a piece of paper showing you own a share of a property. The other main advantages are the depreciation factor and the opportunity to have a paying tenant make your payment each month. this reduces your principal and allows you to capture cash flow and tax advantages. Neither of which come with a REIT.
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Fanfic / Duel Nature
is a My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
fanfic by Eakin, centering around Twilight after she's nearly mugged on the way home from a late night of studying. Though she escapes unharmed, she dedicates herself to training in self defense. Her natural affinity for magic serves her well, and before long she's the reigning champ among the royal guard. Then, one fateful night, she grudgingly accepts a challenge from Princess Luna herself.It escalates into a death match.
Furious with both her sister and her student, Princess Celestia decides to punish Twilight for attempted regicide, wanton property destruction, and vandalizing a folding chair
by sentencing her to six months of community service as Luna's personal bodyguard in the hopes that the two of them learn to get along again. On a trip down to the tropical town of Pensacolta, the pair get swept up in a plot to bring back an ancient evil Celestia and Luna sealed away
It can be found here
Duel Nature provides examples of:
- Action Girl: Twilight's really kicked her competence in this fic. She becomes the queen of the sparring ring and even puts up a pretty impressive fight against the setting's resident Princess of the Night.
- A Handful for an Eye: When cornered on a roof, the pegasus that's been stalking Luna flaps her wings hard enough to blow sand and dust into Twilight's eyes, giving her time to get away.
- And Then What?: The fact that Twilight doesn't know what she wants out of her life is symptomatic of how badly it's spun out of control for her over the Time Skip. Reinolds points out for her that, just because the immortal Princesses might have grand plans for her future, doesn't mean that going along with them would make her happy.At the end of the story she decides to spend a few months Walking the Earth in self-discovery.
- Anti-Magic: Equestrians long ago developed nets that could do this to any spell casters that got wrapped up in them.
- Attack Its Weak Point: Channel enough energy into the brain through the base of a unicorn's horn and you can put them into a coma. Even when the recipient is a Physical Goddess, they'll still be unable to sense magic around themselves afterwards.
- Authority Equals Asskicking: Luna might be an underappreciated figurehead politically, but cross her and she will destroy you.
- Badass Boast: Luna throws these out almost as a matter of course, but when she's mad she really takes it to the next level:
- Badass Bookworm: Twilight is this in canon but this fanfic takes it Up to Eleven with formal training.
- Baleful Polymorph: Trying to mug the Element of Magic? Don't be surprised when you end up as a potted plant.
- Berserk Button:
- Twilight knows all of Luna's, and uses them liberally in her attempt to defeat her. This backfires spectacularly.
- Luna inadvertently manages to find Twilight's when she suggests that in the grand scheme of things, her relationships with her friends aren't important during an ill-fated attempt to cheer her up.
- Big Damn Heroes: Reinolds stepping in to stop Luna from murdering Twilight in a fit of rage.
- Bodyguarding a Badass: Twilight's new job-slash-punishment is guarding a goddess.
- Boxing Lessons for Superman: Magic training for Twilight.
- Breather Episode: Chapter 6: Pep Talk. A non-canon comedic interlude before the three month Time Skip.
- Broken Bird: Twilight doesn't take being suspended from her position as Celestia's pupil and sentenced to guard the pony who tried to outright murder her very well.
- Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu: Twilight jams a magic BFS that was designed for the sole purpose of defeating the Ouroboros through itts chin and accomplishes nothing more than forcing it into a few days dormancy. Fortunately this is enough time for Celestia and Luna to put it back in its can.
- Character Death:
- Poor, poor, Bronze Bell; he's shanked by Gumdrops.
- Gumdrops herself is crushed flat by the Ouroboros.
- Chained Heat: Celestia hopes to invoke this between Twilight and Luna, with a royal decree instead of a literal chain. It works. By the end of the story, Twilight's relationship with Luna is stronger than ever.
- Chairman of the Brawl: Twilight uses a chair during her fight with Luna.
- Chekhov's Skill: Twilight learns to make large ice platforms on open water so she can jump across them to a boat, more or less for her own amusement. The ability comes in handy when she needs to put a wall of ice between herself and some bloodthirsty seaponies
- Combat Pragmatist: Twilight's developed in this direction and it serves her well once she's in life-or-death situations outside of the ring. She even has her very own copy of Dirty Tricks and Unsportsmanlike Conduct: A Combat Pragmatist’s Guide
- Combat Tentacles: Seaponies
- Luna is able to use shadows to grab things (particularly Twilight during their fight)
- Comedic Sociopathy: Luna wonders whether lighting something on fire will get her out of a socially awkward situation
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Luna expects one of these against Twilight. She doesn't get it.
- Dark is Not Evil: Luna. Sure, she's a Physical Goddess. Sure, she's prone to minor temper tantrums. Sure, she'll threaten to murder you if you you don't give her the information she's asking you for, but she's really not that bad once you get to know her.
- Disproportionate Retribution: Everything Celestia heaps on Twilight for her actions during the fight are, technically, punishment for breaking a folding chair. In reality, they are punishment for other things (pride, slander, breaking a friendship, etc) but this is the only official thing she can be charged with.
- Dragon-in-Chief: Gumdrop Giggles to Bronze Bell. Both because the latter is more of an Anti-Villain and because she murders him when he tries to back out of their Evil Plan.
- Drill Sergeant Nasty: According to her, Captain Reinolds pushed Twilight pretty damn hard during the first few months of her training.
- Durable Death Trap: All the local Temple of Doom Booby Traps still work just fine. Justified in that the temple enchantments were made specifically with Ragnarok-Proofing in mind.
- Elemental Powers:
- Enraged by Idiocy: Twilight's reaction to learning the truth about the royal guard during the Breather Episode.
"Thank you for the offer, Captain. But now I think I would rather risk having a goddess unmake me from existence with the raw energies of creation than continue this discussion."
- Expy: Horatio Mane, with the expected Quip to Black dialogue.
- Eye Scream: Luna stabs Ouroboros in the eye with her horn
- False Cause: The royal guard patrols the city, and the crime rate is low. Of course, it was low before they started patrolling, too, but Twilight can't convince anypony of why that matters.
- Fate Worse Than Death: Rarity tries to roleplay an attacker doing the most vicious and terrible things she can imagine to help Twilight practice.
"I'm an attacker! I’m going to trim your mane! In a manner that’s not at all fashionable!"
- Flash Step: Twilight's teleportation is equivalent to this over short distances. Unfortunately for her, Luna knows how to shut it down.
- For Science!: Bronze Bell doesn't want to release the Ouroboros to use its power for personal gain. He wants to talk with it because it has seen thousands of years of history; the ultimate primary source!
- Get Out: After their fight, Luna tells Twilight that their friendship is over and she never wants to see her again. Celestia has other ideas.
- Gone Horribly Right: Twilight's attempt at psychological warfare was supposed to upset Luna and make her unable to fight properly. She succeeded and was almost murdered for it because Luna was that upset.
- Good Cop/Bad Cop: Luna threatens to murder Ample if she doesn't tell her what she wants to know, but she was bluffing. Probably.
- Got Volunteered: Reinolds by Celestia to teach Twilight how to fight because he suggested it.
- Heel–Face Turn: Ample Booty, criminal and former mook, helps Reinhold in the climax and later joins the Royal Guard.
- I Shall Taunt You: Twilight's plan to throw Luna off her guard during their fight. It works, but also ends up making things much, much worse for her.
- Improvised Training: Nothing hones speed, agility, and reaction time like playing tag with Pinkie Pie.
- Incredibly Lame Fun: Twilight and Luna start to re-bond with one another when Celestia orders Luna to rework Equestria's 740,000-page tax code as part of her punishment. The two end up laughing uncontrollably while telling jokes about asset depreciation formulas.
- I Need a Freaking Drink: Luna's revelation that the theories he's developed over fifteen years of study are completely wrong, that he's identified an artifact of world-shaking power as an ashtray, and that the ancient religious document he's spent the last month trying to decipher is actually an ancient takeout menu, prompts Buried Secrets to start taking pulls from a hip flask in the middle of the afternoon.
- Invisibility: A trick most duelists know, but not considered useful since anyone worth hiding from will be able to 'see' the magic you're using to hide yourself unless you've blinded that particular sense beforehand. If you do use it, it helps to throw in some Ventriloquism so you can still talk to the pony you're hiding from.
- I Meant to Do That: Luna's entrance into the gymnasium.
"YES! The gymnasium wherein our elite guard ponies hone their abilities! That is, of course, the building that we knew we were visiting when we came in through the roof. It is exactly the building which we were entirely meaning to visit, and certainly not one that we chose at random!
- It Amused Me: Luna's motivation for challenging Twilight to a no-holds-barred beatdown that will probably leave her seriously injured boils down to "it beats making awkward small talk".
- Just Toying with Them: Luna, to Twilight during the first part of the fight. When Twilight realizes this, she's not pleased.
- Large Ham: Luna is in full "ROYAL CANTERLOT VOICE" form in the first half of the story.
- Living Forever Is Awesome: Luna's opinion is that a mortal pony's lifespan is far too short to accomplish anything of true merit and only by living through eras, rather than digging through their remains, can one understand them. This opinion makes her Innocently Insensitive to the mortal ponies around her.
- Living Shadow: Luna has one and she can use it to strangle ponies.
- Lovable Nerd: Bronze Bell, who's quickly smitten by the equally Adorkable Twilight Sparkle. A shame they both have No Social Skills.
- Macguffin: There are three artifacts maintaining the seal of the Sealed Evil in a Can. Luna implies that trying to use them to release the monster and control it is doable, but would be a Very Bad Thing.
- Magically Binding Contract: The Oath of Binding that Luna uses to confine Ample in a single room takes the form of a magically enforced promise not to leave. However, one can use Exact Words and escape with Loophole Abuse.
- Malevolent Architecture: The underwater temple. Of course, it was designed that way intentionally.
- Meaningful Name:
- Whenever Luna decides to go incognito, she usually picks names like "Selene" or "Artemis" or "Phoebe." When Twilight points out that her cover would be a lot better if she didn't always pick names associated with the moon, Luna reveals that this is actually an Inverted Trope
"We would have you know that they were not associated with the moon before we started using them as identities in ages past. We are hardly to blame for ponies leaping upon such associations at the merest whiff of deific power," said Luna. "Honestly, we move ONE MOUNTAIN..."
- Names to Trust Immediately: Among the royal guard of Canterlot there's a recruit named "Golden Heart". Ample Booty wants to live up to this name.
- Meta Phorgotten: "It’s always extra satisfying to kill two birds with one god-summoning blood magic ritual, ya know?"
- Miles Gloriosus: Reinolds uses an altered version of the story of Twilight's fight with Luna, where he plays a much bigger role than he really did, to pick up mares at a local bar. One night Luna's actually there and calls him out on it, accusing him of selling himself short and understating how awesome he actually was because she's there as his wingmare and they planned the whole thing out in advance.
- Minored in Asskicking: If Twilight was already like this in the show itself, she's stepped up to a Friendship/Ass Kicking double major here.
- Mooks: Gumdrop's opinion of her own crew. She's rather unconcerned about losing a few here and there to deathtraps and hungry seaponies if that's what it takes.
- My Defense Need Not Protect Me Forever: Reinolds doesn't need to block Luna's magic forever, only until Celestia shows up.
- Neck Lift: After Twilight taunts Luna just one too many times (by stomping on several of her greatest failures), she lifts Twilight using a tendril of pure shadow.
Princess Luna: (in a deadly calm tone)
"Please, Twilight, tell us again how weak and pathetic we are. Do go on some more about how inferior we are to the perfect and wonderful Celestia. Or perhaps you’d like to make a speech about the wonderful power of friendship. You always seem so fond of those."
The black tentacle tightened its grip and the only sound that escaped Twilight’s lips was a raspy, choked-off gasp.
Princess Luna: "No? But you were so very chatty before. What a pity. Now, how about we do a little experiment together? Usually a choking pony will turn purple. I’m sure you knew that, Celestia tells us that you very much enjoyed studying physiology at her Academy. But you are already purple. I wonder what color you will turn? Any hypothesis?"
The tentacle squeezed Twilight’s throat closed entirely. Panic seized her. An abstract, detached portion of her mind reminded her that she’d read just last week that depriving the brain of oxygen would lead to unconsciousness in 8.3 to 12.1 seconds, on average. Sure enough, she felt darkness creeping in around the edges of her vision. She had to get free. But how?
- Never Live It Down: In-universe example. Whenever one of the royal sisters does something particularly embarrassing, the other will remind them of it for decades.
- Noodle Incident:
- The consequences of breaking a Pinkie Promise. All that's know for sure is that the last colt who broke one woke up in a foreign city covered in cake batter with no memory of the last three days, and that he'd suddenly developed a crippling fear of confetti.
- The story ends just as Luna is beginning to tell Twilight about the Zombie Gerbil Horde that attacked after a careless librarian placed a necromancy primer in the children's section. Then the author went and wrote that story as well.
- The Power of Friendship:
- Twilight and Luna were decent friends before their duel and Celestia believes that Chained Heat will make them better friends. It does.
- Gumdrop Giggles defies this by murdering Bronze Bell when he tries to convince her that unleashing Ouroboros isn't worth losing one another.
- Power of Trust: Twilight's faith in Bronze Bell inspires him to try to decipher the location of the Temple of Doom. He gives them a fake location, but they find it anyway.
- Properly Paranoid: Twilight, after bad stuff starts happening around her and Luna. Although as a bodyguard, it's her job to be.
- Punch! Punch! Punch! Uh Oh...: Twilight is more than a little outmatched during her head-to-head fight with Luna. The she decides to start pressing Luna's Berserk Button...
- Ransacked Room: This happens to Twilight and Luna's hotel room and tips them off to the Evil Plan.
- Revealing Cover Up: The baddies' assumption that Luna and Twilight are in Pensacolta to stop them, rather than just on vacation, is what drives them to try to assassinate them and break into their room. Which of course leads the two to try to stop them.
- Roof Hopping: Gumdrop Giggles does this the old fashioned way. Twilight teleports instead.
- Rooftop Confrontation: Twilight spots a suspicious pony on a rooftop and they engage in a brief fight.
- Royal "We": Luna still talks like this most of the time. She tends to drop it when she's trying to be sincere.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here!: Lyra and Bon-Bon have come to Pensacolta for a nice, uneventful beach vacation. The first thing they see upon stepping out of the train station is Twilight, Reinolds, and Luna tracking down a Macguffin to save the city from the resident Sealed Evil in a Can.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: The Ouroboros was trapped by the royal sisters ages ago and now someone wants to wake it up.
- Shipper on Deck: Luna thinks Twilight should take a night off and go on a date with Bronze Bell. She never gets the chance.
- Ship Sinking: In the chapter named Ship Wrecked, Bronze Bell is revealed to be a villain, thus sinking his ship with Twilight.
- Shout-Out: Quite a few, including Aliens, Batman Beyond, Indiana Jones, The Legend of Zelda, Firefly, CSI: Miami and World of Warcraft and even The Order of the Stick
- So Proud of You: At the end of the fic, Celestia tells Twilight that she has done such a wonderful job as a bodyguard and learned so much from the experience that she doesn't have to fulfill the second half of her 'community service' sentence.
- Special Person, Normal Name: The sociopathic stalker and crime lord? Gumdrop Giggles
- Spoiler: In-universe. Twilight acquires an advance copy of Daring Do and the Spear of the Windigos and teases one of her friends with tiny bits of advance knowledge. She also spoils the story for the Big Bad by accusing him of ripping off the plot.
- Spit Take: Invoked by Luna on Celestia in her advice to Twilight. "We recommend waiting until she has just taken a mouthful of tea for maximum effect."
- The Tease: According to Luna, her sister is "utterly, utterly shameless and heavy-hoofed" when she hears somepony has a crush on her.
- Teleport Spam: Twilight's strategy for beating Luna in their head-to-head showdown. It keeps her just ahead of Luna's attacks.
- Temple of Doom: One of the three Macguffins is stored in one of these. The temple's name literally translates as "Building of Horrible Death".
- Tempting Fate: Luna insists that a few seaponies don't present a significant challenge, and will be dispatched easily. Cue the appearance of something much bigger... which is dispatched easily. The resident Physical Goddess is more than capable of nuking it from orbit without effort.
- There Was a Door: In the first half of the fic, Luna makes a dramatic entrance by crashing through the window ceiling of the Sparring Dome.
- Time Abyss: Luna is a thousand times Twilight's age, if you believe her claims. She also likes to curse in dead languages and make fun of archaeologists' woefully inaccurate assumptions about ancient civilizations.
- Time Dissonance: Luna's dismissive attitude towards mortals and their accomplishments drives Twilight nuts, eventually leading to her calling Luna out for becoming a spoiled sociopath who's disconnected herself from the world.
- Time Skip: The three months that happened before the fittingly-named 'Three Months Later' chapter.
- Unfortunate Names: Ample Booty. She's good at finding treasure, OK?
"Hey, when you grow up poor and your name is 'Ample Booty' you've basically got two possible careers. Trust me when I tell you that 'pirate' is better than the other one."
- Unishment: Rainbow Dash thinks that Twilight's sentence might be this when she learns that Twilight got to read an advance copy of Daring Do and the Spear of the Windigos.
"You beat up a Princess and they punish you by letting you read the book I’ve been dying to get my hooves on for nearly a year? If I punched Princess Celestia, like, right now, could I get in on this too?"
- Unnecessary Roughness: Twilight and Luna both, once the gloves really come off.
- Unskilled, but Strong: Twilight before she starts training. Reinolds quite explicitly points out that staying that way is a good way to get yourself killed in a real fight.
- Warts and All: Twilight comes to terms with Luna's eccentrics and immortal mindset and the two become friends.
- Weaksauce Weakness: Luna's protection spells were designed specifically to be used in formal magical duels, and can stop every kind of energy or power that Twilight can throw at them. But since physical contact between duelist was strictly forbidden, they do nothing to block a pony's body.
- Wham Episode: Chapter 5. By the end of it, Twilight's been publically humiliated, suspended from school and sentenced to spend the next six months taking orders from the pony who's made it clear she wants nothing to do with her and nearly killed her. Opinions vary on whether this was excessive or Celestia gets a pass because she knew it would turn out okay.
- Wham Line: "I never thought the day would come when I would be ashamed to call you my student" is the moment Twilight realizes exactly how badly she just messed up.
- What Do You Mean, It's Not Symbolic?: In-Universe. Professor Buried Secrets thinks the story of the great sea serpent Ouroboros is an allegory for piracy and colonialism, while the three artifacts that were used to seal it away represent the balance of power between three separate branches of government. Luna corrects him that, no, there actually was a gigantic sea serpent. She would know since she was there and sealed it herself.
- What Measure Is a Mook?: Trapped in an underwater temple that's filling with water and hungry monsters, Twilight tells herself that the smart thing to do would be to teleport away and leave Ample to die. In the end she finds she can't go through with it and rescues her.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Celestia, once each to Twilight and Luna for what happened during the fight. Twilight's is quick and brutal, while Luna's degenerates into a three-hour-long screaming match with her sister.
- Wizard Duel: Luna vs. Twilight.
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Communication, Education, Training and Awareness (CETA)
Transform and improve educational systems to promote positive attitudinal and behavioural changes relating to environmental management;
Develop and implement national and regional technical and managerial training programmes for persons responsible for the use and management of coastal and marine resources;
Support public awareness efforts by the media, private sector, community-based, and non-governmental organizations to demonstrate the value of marine and coastal resources to specific sectors and national development;
Increase access to data and information on coastal and marine resource management through strengthening of CEP websites, networking mechanisms and database development;
Disseminate information resulting from the implementation of projects and activities by UNEP CEP and their partners; and
Assist the regional subprogrammes of CEP in matters related to communication, education, training & awareness and information management.
The CETA sub-programme supports the AMEP and SPAW Sub-programmes for the design, maintenance and dissemination of the information they require or generate, through the existing tools of the CEP or by developing new instruments such as databases, clearing houses, forums, etc. It also promotes the work of CEP and assists in raising awareness on marine related environmental issues affecting the Wider Caribbean Region. CETA participates in numerous outreach activities, organises national and regional competitions and partners with other agencies in raising awareness on the need to protect coastal and marine resources. CETA manages the CEP website, social media pages and other related project and RAC sites.
The CEP supports the implementation of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development and promotes the improved understanding of the value and importance of marine and coastal resources through various educational activities.
The CETA sub-programme assists the SPAW and AMEP sub-programmes with the development and implementation of specific technical training programmes and capacity building exercises at national and regional levels.
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CHICAGO (CBS) — Have you seen them yet? Some trees and shrubs in the Chicago area have been changing colors, a month before the official start of autumn.
CBS 2 producer Carol Thompson took a photo of a burning bush at her house that’s already starting to turn red.
We got to wondering if this is an early sign of fall, or a sign of trouble.
CBS 2’s Roseanne Tellez went to find out.
Leaves changing color and falling off trees are usually signs of fall.
“You look at the leaves and it seems like they’re … turning brown one by one, but this is early for them to do that,” said one woman at Grant Park on Tuesday.
But it’s no change of season. The falling leaves, and leaves changing color this early in the year, are signs of stress from the drought.
“In my 30 years doing this, I’ve never seen overall symptoms of drought like this,” said Kris Bachtell, director of collections and grounds at the Morton Arboretum.
Bachtell said trees suffering from drought damage sometimes show signs of fall.
“If it didn’t lose its leaves, it can have very intense, very bright, very brief fall colors,” he said.
But sometimes the problem is obvious.
“These drought symptoms are fairly extreme, we’re actually seeing some scorch,” Bachtell said.
You’ll often see yellow or gray colors, wilting, and – worst of all – leaves hitting the ground due to drought damage. Some trees – especially younger recently planted trees – might never recover.
Insects spot their vulnerability, and move right in.
“We’re going to see, probably, the effects of this drought for two to three years,” Bachtell said.
To help the trees in your yard, Bachtell advised keeping them moist, by giving them at least an inch of water each watering. Three to four inches worth of mulch, which helps keep the roots cool and moist, also is a huge help.
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Inspired by the Japanese communist party writer Takiji Kobayashi (The Crab Cannery Ship, 1929) she joined the party at the age of 21
Former vice chairwoman of the Democratic Youth League of Tokyo, Japan (Nihon Minshu Seinen Domei)
Although she received over 80,000 votes in the 2017 General Election, she did not win a seat in the parliament
Candidate for the next House of Representatives election working in Tokyo’s 12 wards (Kita ward as a whole, parts of Itabashi ward, Adachi ward and Toshima ward)
Saori Ikeuchi’s Policy
Protecting people’s dignity – creating a society which will not accept discrimination and violence
Equality for women and men.
Allowing married couples to choose their family name freely.
Supporting women to be in top positions such as in politics, academic fields and medical fields.
Overcoming gender gaps.
Creating a society which will not allow sexual violence and sexual crimes.
Creating a society which will not allow harassment.
Creating a society which will not allow discrimination of the LGBT/SOGI (Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity) community.
Banning hate speech and protecting the human rights of foreigners living in Japan.
For better living and working conditions in Japan
Raise the minimum wage to 1000 Yen Japan-wide.
Aiming at 1500 Yen as minimum wage within 3 years.
Overtime work will be limited to 15 hours a week, 45 hours a month. Overtime work will be paid at every company.
Ensure a raise in salary of 50,000 Yen per month for child care workers and special nursing home workers.
Parenting and Education
School lunch and school uniforms should be free, including school material such as textbooks. School trips should be free as well. Parents should not be forced to pay for their children’s education until middle school.
Increasing of authorized nursery schools to make sure all children will be able to join nursery schools. Making nursery schools and Kindergarten free.
Cut the cost for universities and vocational schools in half. Aiming at providing free universities and vocational schools in the future.
Supporting 700,000 students with 30,000 Yen per month for education, stop taking interest for student loans (called “Scholarships” in Japan).
Improving Social Security
Stop raising of the already too expensive health insurance (plus tax) and let the government pay a part of the cost.
Stop decreasing pension payments! Provide 60,000 Yen per year for people who receive a low pension payment.
Government will pay the costs of children’s health care until they are 6 years old Japan-wide.
Provide cheaper “Long-term care insurance” costs for people with lower salary.
Free health care for handicapped people.
Reestablish income support which was abolished by prime minister Abe.
Using Financial Resources
It’s not that the government has no money, they are just misusing it.
7.5 Trillion Yen can be provided by taking the following actions:
a) Raise the tax for bigger companies and adjust the tax percentage according to small and medium enterprises.
b) Profit which is made from stocks need to be taxed higher as well, the tax payment should rise with the stock profit to a certain extent.
c) Stop spending unnecessary benefit money on the American military forces located in Japan.
The Japanese Constitution and Diplomacy for Peace
Based on the spirit of the article 9 of the Japanese constitution we all are responsible for creating peaceful diplomatic connections with other countries.
Do not allow the change of Article 9 of the Japanese constitution to support peaceful international diplomacy and stop the LDP from proposing to change Article 9.
The Japanese constitution does not allow the Japan Self-Defense Forces to leave Japan to join overseas armed conflicts, therefore we want to abolish laws which violate the recent constitution.
Stop building the new military base Henoko in Okinawa and shut down Futenma military base to send the forces back to the US.
Amendment of the U.S.–Japan Status of Forces Agreement.
Stop Nuclear Power, change to natural energy sources
Japan can survive without nuclear power.
Stop re-activating nuclear power plants and start the process of all nuclear reactor shutdowns in Japan.
Working together with other political parties to establish an anti-nuclear power law as one main goal.
Striving to fulfill the requirements of the IPCC, Japan will convert 40% of its energy production into natural energy resources until 2030.
Achievements in the National Diet
Create politics which will not accept violence and discrimination
Support of LGBT community rights.
Bringing the topics of sexual violence, prostitution of high school girls and forcing young people into the porn industry into the national diet building.
Addressing the outdated sexual violence laws at the diet building after 110 years.
Elimination of hate speech.
Creating a society which supports all the children
The government should take responsibility for child care.
Stop children’s poverty.
Establish a society which will ensure good working conditions for women.
Together with the people of the 12 wards
Withdrawal of the street construction plans which were not accepted by the local residents
Provide a safe living environment
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A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (WFUBMC) may soon help to spare some women with breast cancer from having to undergo invasive and toxic treatments for their disease.
Investigators found that low levels of ferroportin, the only known protein to eliminate iron from cells, are associated with the most aggressive and recurring cancers. The finding suggests that testing for ferroportin levels in women with breast cancer may one day help doctors to more accurately predict whether their patients’ cancer will return. It may also help some women with high levels of the protein to avoid invasive or toxic treatments such as chemotherapy.
The study, funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), appears today in the online version of the journal Science Translational Medicine.
“Ferroportin expression may help predict whether women who have had breast cancer will relapse or not,” said Frank M. Torti, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at WFUBMC, senior author on the paper and co-lead investigator for the study. The findings also suggest that levels of ferroportin may eventually help guide therapy for breast cancer patients.
“There is a group of high-risk women with breast cancer who have high ferroportin levels and do quite well,” Torti said. “We may eventually be able to adjust our treatments so that these patients can avoid chemotherapy and all the side effects that go along with it. The ability to predict which women will be okay without such intense treatment would be a tremendous help.”
The findings are the result of a series of experiments by Torti and colleagues at WFUBMC.
Drawing on the hypothesis that iron may be altered in breast cancer and that the alteration might be important in the behavior of the cancer, the researchers first looked at isolated human breast cancer cells and found that there was a significant reduction of ferroportin in the cancerous cells compared to that of normal breast cells.
There are changes in many of the genes and proteins in cancer cells, Torti explained, so the researchers next explored whether the reduction in ferroportin in cancer cells directly contributed to the growth of the cancer or whether it was simply a consequence of the disease. To do this, the researchers artificially increased ferroportin to near normal levels in an aggressive breast cancer cell line in which ferroportin levels were initially very low. Using a mouse model, the researchers watched the growth of tumors formed by these cells, and found that the ones in which the levels of ferroportin had been restored to normal grew more slowly than the tumors formed by cells with depleted levels of the protein.
“The reason for that is simple,” explained Suzy V. Torti, Ph.D., a professor of biochemistry at Wake Forest Baptist and co-lead investigator on the paper. “In the case of cancer, the ability to remove iron from cells is reduced by the depleted ferroportin levels, and as a result, iron accumulates in cancer cells. Cancer cells require iron, which allows the tumor to grow faster and perhaps become more aggressive. Because ferroportin can remove iron from the cell, when we put the protein back into the cell, the ferroportin removed the cancer’s growth stimulus. Our findings suggest that ferroportin is a substantial influence on the behavior of the cancer.”
She noted that though the iron at issue acts as a growth stimulus for cancer, the study focused on cellular and not dietary iron or iron supplements. When regulated appropriately, iron is vital to all cell development – including that of healthy cells – and patients should not change the amount of iron in their diets.
Next, the researchers looked at ferroportin levels in human breast cancer tissue. As predicted, they found that ferroportin levels were lowest in the most aggressive areas of cancer, confirming that the relationship does not only occur in cell culture and isolated breast cancer cells, but also in the actual tissue of women with cancer.
So, the Tortis and their team, including Lance D. Miller, Ph.D., a bioinformatics expert, proceeded to explore four large study databases of breast cancer patients to see if ferroportin levels in human breast cancer were associated with long-term outcomes. The data included gene expression information at the time of diagnosis and multi-year clinical follow-up for more than 800 breast cancer patients from around the world.
“Uniformly, we found that ferroportin levels were a strong predictor of the propensity for a woman’s breast cancer to recur,” Frank Torti said. “It’s a striking prediction. This marker separates women into good and poor prognostic groups independently from any other factors such as tumor size, grade, lymph node status, or other conditions.”
The researchers’ next step, he added, will be to extend their results to larger populations that include women of various ethnicities and demographics.
“We are excited that we, and our Cancer Center, have made a discovery that not only increases our understanding of the basic biology of breast cancer, but may eventually be directly useful in treating patients,” Frank Torti said.
In addition to Frank Torti, Suzy Torti and Miller, co-authors on the study were Zandra K. Pinnix, Ph.D., Wei Wang, Ph.D., Ralph D’Agostino, Jr., Ph.D., Tim Kute, Ph.D., Mark C. Willingham, M.D., Heather Hatcher, Ph.D., Lia Tesfay, M.S., Guangchao Sui, Ph.D., and Xiumin Di, M.S., all of WFUBMC.
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Teaching International Students: Pedagogical Issues and Strategies
One challenge that instructors face is how to design a course so the material engages students' prior knowledge and their skills, whether the intent is to build on that knowledge, to interrogate it, or to situate new ways of thinking. When students bring diverse backgrounds, course design is particularly challenging. On the other hand, attending to student differences provides valuable clarity for both students and instructors; and drawing on student differences multiplies the teaching and learning exchange in a class.
Clicking the CHECKMARKS below unfolds more detail for each of the following categories noting more about each issue, and listing instructional strategies that respond to those issues. The ideas are relevant whether the class has a few or many international students, or whether the class focused on international topics or not. Most of the issues are present to some degree in every classroom, and all of the strategies have potential value to instructors and students.
Click on the blue check boxes to read more.
Bridging differences in background knowledge and classroom practice
- Instructors cannot assume background knowledge of American history and cultural references.
- Skills learned in high schools abroad may not match those expected by instructors used to teaching U.S. students. Some skills may be far advanced; others may be less advanced.
- Classroom participation and engagement strategies will be unfamiliar to some students.
- Regularly identify the skills you want students to learn and apply, being very explicit about the extent to which students need to absorb material and the extent to which they should question material presented
- Incorporate checks for comprehension into the classroom presentation style. Checks that can identify gaps in preparation for all students include
- Asking students to paraphrase or apply ideas, and check for comprehension
- Checking in regularly to ask “what questions do you have?” (not just “do you have questions?”)
- Asking students to write down the names, events, or other references you make that they are not familiar with, to clarify later
- Have a CTools or other chat space for students to ask and answer questions that come up because material is unfamiliar
- Using other classroom assessment techniques (see http://www.crlt.umich.edu/tstrategies/tssf)
- Provide clear guidelines for participation and allow time for a participation learning curve (for example, a trial period before participation points can be accrued)
- Provide specific and clear instructions about policies, grading, and all assignments both orally and in writing
- Be very explicit about your classroom practices including:
- Expecting students to ask questions if they do not understand
- Valuing differences in student experience and preparation
- Be prepared for gaps in understanding and view them as opportunities for review, collaboration and discussion
Teaching non-native speakers of English
- A fast pace of lecture makes effective note-taking difficult for students, particularly for non-native speakers of English.
- Amount and complexity of academic reading and writing may take more time for non-native speakers of English.
- Non-native speakers of English may fall behind in class participation, especially in the beginning weeks of a class.
- Use a lecture pace that allows time for note-taking, and checks for comprehension as above
- Begin with a brief recap of the previous lecture, or review the overarching narrative of the course regularly
- Provide an agenda or outline for each class
- Post PowerPoint slides
- Illustrate key points with visual material
- Create study guides and study questions to help students prioritize reading material
- To enhance participation, ask all students to take a minute to write responses to questions asked in class, and then call for responses
- Use pairs so all students can talk about an idea, when you break into small groups
- Utilize online tools to stimulate student exchange (chatrooms, blogs, Piazza)
- Differences in fluency may lead native English speakers to finish sentences, or fill in words, for non-native speakers, rather than taking time to listen.
- U.S.- specific examples, slang, idioms, and U.S.-specific humor in class may be used to liven lecture or discussion, but these exclude international students.
- Referring to stereotypes of national “styles” or character marginalizes students, if unaddressed.
- Commonly held preconceived notions about international students that may obstruct communications include:
- International students are lacking characteristics of U.S. students (individualism, independence, and the like).
- Asian students are naturally smart in math and science.
- All international students want to do is study.
- International students are quiet, don’t want to participate in class, like to keep to themselves.
- When speaking, be attentive to pace of speech, use of idioms and cultural references
- Identify social differences as being valuable resources in the classroom, facilitating student learning from various cultural perspectives (see learning outcomes)
- Take time if you hear reference to national stereotypes to question the generalization and its application
- Focus on whether students have understood your point, not only on how well you stated a point
- Make use of non verbal communication like gestures and eye contact
- Discourage sidebar conversations involving subgroups of (U.S. or international) students
- Facilitate equitable participation and sharing of diverse views and perspectives
- Get involved in discussions on how to promote international student engagement, facilitation of group work and discussion in a diverse classroom, etc.
Promoting academic integrity
- Some international students do not learn the same rules about copying and plagiarism that are fundamental to U.S. higher education.
- Emphasize academic integrity verbally, and include reference to the rules and sources of information in the course syllabus
- Suggest that students take a test to make sure they know what plagiarism is. The following link has an excellent test: https://www.indiana.edu/~tedfrick/plagiarism/item1.html
Other academic resources on campus for non-native speakers of English
Classes, workshops and tutors are available to help non-native speakers of English at the English Language Institute (http://www.lsa.umich.edu/eli/) and Sweetland Center for Writing ( http://www.lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/).
Brett, J., Behfar, K., & Kern, M. (2006). Managing Multicultural Teams.
Harvard Business Review 84(11), 89-96.
Focus groups with U-M faculty and students with cross cultural experience in higher education (facilitated by CRLT)
Views of U-M undergraduate students during a breakout session of 2010 U-M Summit of International Students
Meeting with CRLT Program Managers in March 2012
Teaching for Diverse Populations: http://fod.msu.edu/oir/teaching-diverse-populations
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Biological inheritance is the process by which an offspring cell or organism acquires or becomes predisposed to characteristics of its parent cell or organism. Through inheritance, variations exhibited by individuals can accumulate and cause a species to evolve.
In general terms inheritance occurs as the outcome of three processes:
- Genetic or Mendelian inheritance results from DNA replication and cell division.
- Epigenetic inheritance results from, among other things, DNA modifications such as gene silencing.
- non-Mendelian inheritance includes inheritance based on cytoplasmic substituents, including mitochondria and chloroplasts.
More specifically a description of a mode of biological inheritance consists of three main categories:
- 1. Number of involved Loci
- 2. Involved Chromosomes
- -Autosomal - Loci are not situated on a sex chromosome
- -Gonosomal - Loci are situated on a sex chromosome
- -Mitochondrial - Loci are situated on the mitochondrial DNA
These three categories are part of every exact description of a mode of inheritance in the above order. Additionally, more specifications may be added as follows:
- Coincidental and environmental interactions
- -Incomplete (percentual number)
- -Heritability (in polygenetic and sometimes also in oligogenetic modes of inheritance)
- -Maternal or paternal imprinting phenomena (also see epigenetics)
- Gender interactions
- -Sex-linked inheritance (Gonosomal Loci)
- -Sex-limited phenotype expression (e.g. Cryptorchism)
- -Inheritance through the maternal line (in case of Mitochondrial DNA loci)
- -Inheritance through the paternal line (in case of Y-chromosomal loci)
- -Epistasis with other Loci (e.g. overdominance)
- -Gene coupling with other Loci (also see Crossing over)
- -Homozygotous lethal factors
- -Semi-lethal factors
Determination and description of a mode of inheritance is primarily achieved through statistical analysis of pedigree data. In case the involved loci are known, methods of molecular genetics can also be employed.
Ruvinsky and Sampson (2001) The Genetics of the Dog; CABI Publishing, Wallingford/New York.
Srb, Owen and Edgar (1965) General Genetics; Freeman & Company, San Francisco.
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Here’s what you’ll learn:
Lesson 1: Learn about Janet (your instructor), plus exactly what transcription is and why it’s an invaluable skill in today’s digital world.
Lesson 2: Learn who uses transcriptionists, what it takes to become one, and the two keys to success as a transcriptionist.
Lesson 3: We’re busting the biggest myth out there about transcription.
Lesson 4: Learn 9 signs you’re not a good fit for transcription
Lesson 5: How much can you earn as a transcriptionist? It’s not going to make you rich, but you can earn great money if you take the time to learn and develop your skills. This lesson details what affects your earnings as a transcriptionist.
Lesson 6: Where does transcription work come from?
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The authors discuss what they call Open Source Technology and Open Science. While the proponents of these variations of open source software are aware of the differences between the underlying subject-matter of software and biotechnology respectively, there appears to be a belief that that there is enough common ground to speak of both areas in a roughly similar fashion.With respect to Open Source Technology, there are two general categories. The first is described as focusing on bioinformatics ("the application of computer software and methodologies to solve biological problems"). The second category is marked by a move from the specific focus of the software interface to an effort "to ensure that the biotechnology tools required for research and innovation are openly available."
In particular, this second category centres on solving biotech-related problems in what the authors call "underserved communities." By this the authors mean communities with limited financial resources, with the result that there is an inability "to navigate the maze of patent rights and licensing necessary to engage in the targeted research." Stated otherwise, this approach intended to enable projects to deal successfully with the daunting problem of patent thickets.
1. Open Science is based on patent rights, which will sooner or later become public knowledge at some point. The same cannot be said of software under Open Source.The authors conclude, with perhaps a tinge of understatement, that "Open Science Systems have not always matched their initial expectations." Perhaps the problem lies in the expectations themselves. When one considers the history of open source software, one is struck by the unique combination of ideology and technology that came together to forge "the movement". It is not at at all clear that this combination exists with respect to biotechnology, with the possible result that ideology may be the driving force, sometimes in an exaggerated and less than helpful fashion. That said, I have virtually no direct experience with open source arrangements in the biotech context. Perhaps my own views on the subject are themselves driven by my own ideological predilection on the subject.
2. The resource requirements of Open Science, with an emphasis on sophisticated lab equipment, favor large organizations.
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COMMENTARY | Immigration reform has become a hot topic this year. As previously reported by The Inquisitr, President Obama’s State of the Union address contained a speech on immigration reform where he claimed that he’d sign off a bill if it made its way through Congress. But the opposing views fixated on amnesty and enforcing the existing law has caused Congressional gridlock. What if these two opposing viewpoints could be combined into an amicable middle ground solution?
If you look at Mexican law, specifically Mexico’s Ley General de Población (General Law of the Population) you will see the current United States immigration laws are extremely lenient. Illegal immigration in Mexico is a felony. In practice, people caught by the police are beaten, robbed, raped, and sometimes even killed.
Democrats desire that illegal immigrants be given amnesty, with the seeming motivation primarily being to gather a whole new crop of thankful Democratic voters. Many Republicans would rather existing immigration laws be enforced more strictly by Homeland Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Their solution is usually just to have illegal immigrants be deported and the borders secured. Under Bush, comprehensive immigration reform was attempted by Republicans but many of their own party shut it down. Nowadays evangelical Christians are among the top supporters for a new immigration reform act.
I personally believe there can be a balanced approach that may appease most Republicans. They believe that the laws should be honored and enforced, which is admirable but inflexible in this difficult scenario. A middle ground that pleases both parties might be one where illegal immigrants, who meet certain criteria, are fast-tracked into citizenship with the caveat that their actions are listed as a criminal offense punishable by a high fine instead of jail time.
By this method the crime is acknowledged and there is no amnesty per se. Yet at the same time families are not broken apart and there is a reasonable method by which citizenship could be reached. Existing laws should still be used to deport illegal immigrants who are also active criminals. This pathway to citizenship should be limited to those who have been living here for years in good standing.
Many illegal immigrants do not pay taxes. In addition to the fine for their act of illegally entering the country, any welfare programs that illegal immigrants have benefited from should be paid back in full based upon the rates that all other Americans have contributed. Both of these fines should be subtracted from their annual Federal tax returns instead of being paid up front so that the poor illegal immigrants are not unduly excluded due to finances. The total sum should also be split up over a 10 to 15 years so that paying back these fines do not become an onerous burden that bankrupts families.
I also believe that in addition to the illegal immigration being listed as a criminal offense, citizenship should be revoked based upon future criminal actions of a certain degree. The act of illegal immigration should be categorized in such a way that the offenders have it listed in their permanent records for life, but are not unduly penalized. For example, this criminal record should not be usable, or applicable, when applying for a job, credit, or a mortgage. But at the same time police will be aware of a person’s status as a former illegal immigrant.
What do you think about this potential middle ground for an immigration reform act?
Obama: "Send me a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the next few months, and I will sign it right away." pic.twitter.com/zUMDr1TG
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Everyone loves marbleized eggs. They look original as if crafted by Nature. They are easy to make and a lot of fun too. Easter eggs decoration ideas will help you create artistic and beautiful eggs with multicolored pattern which will impress all your family members.
Easter eggs decoration ideas – a few methods to craft marbleized eggs
If you have kids, organizing an egg decoration party is going to be huge fun and you need to be armed with some really creative Easter eggs decoration ideas. Remember the times when you were a kid and how much you enjoyed helping in the decoration. Of course, when we talk about food – all methods should be safe and natural. We recommend a simple and very efficient method by using olive oil with watercolor paints or food coloring dye. Mix the olive oil with the dye and add drops in a bowl filled with water. Oil and water don’t mix so the paint is not going to dilute but will float on the surface. Dye the eggs and enjoy the original effect.
DIY Easter eggs decoration ideas – creativity with budget friendly materials
Another spectacular effect is to make marbleized eggs with the help of a cheap shaving foam. Spray it and dribble food coloring across the surface. Swirl with a toothpick and roll the egg in the mixture. Allow the egg to dry, gently wipe off the shaving cream and rinse with water. You could use these Easter eggs decoration ideas and craft shades of different colors by preparing several separate mixtures. In the end you will have fantastic eggs without much effort and spending a lot of money. Have fun and enjoy the time with your kids!
Marbleized eggs are original and easy to craft
Oil and egg dye will help you craft beautiful eggs
Marbleized eggs are an attractive table centerpiece
Bright or pastel colors – this type of egg decoration is always magnificent
Beautiful pastel colors and marble effect
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We are in one of the most disruptive period in history right now. The coronavirus has come through and absolutely annihilated some of today's biggest industries.
The 3 industries that are likely to be wiped out are:
1. Movie theaters
2. Departmental store
3. Office space operators
1. Master a skill, scale it, build a community 0:25
1a. Build a platform for others that have skills 0:51
1b. Start online courses/webinars 1:54
2. Clean people's homes 3:08
3. Amazon Fulfilment business 4:07
4. Meal preparation and delivery 5:02
5. Rent bikes/mopeds 5:46
6. Fitness trainer (online or in-person) 6:33
7. Certified Public Accountant 7:27
8. Leadership skills 8:04
Shared office provider, WeWork, has filed paperwork to enable it to list its shares on the US stock market as it seeks further funds for expansion.
Founded in the US in 2010, WeWork is already London and New York's largest private office occupier.
But it has yet to make a profit, with losses last year doubling to USD1.9 billion.
The firm's business model is based on short-term revenue agreements and long-term loan liabilities.
Ratings agencies have given it a "junk" or risky credit score because it has borrowed heavily to fund its expansion.
Despite this, the firm - which operates in 600 cities globally - was valued at some USD47 billion by private investors when it raised fresh funding in January.
Source: BBC, UK
A simple explanation of machine learning (ML). You don't need a Phd or even a degree to use ML, just use it.
Digital disruption is much more than an abstract concept promoted by analysts and vendors; it is now a reality for most organizations.
More than one-third of executives in a recent Forbes Insights/Treasure Data survey say they are being directly affected by competition from digital and data-savvy players in their markets.
What does it take to embark on a data-driven disruption journey? Here are some ways to get started:
1. Creating new markets or leveraging the power of information to offer solutions in new ways.
2. Be the disruptor.
The best way to fend off disruptors is to become the disruptor. Shift their business models using data-driven products and services, or by linking up with digital-savvy players.
3. Surface your data assets.
With the influx of data that an increasingly digital world creates about customers, access to clearly organized, consolidated data is crucial. Think of ways to create entirely new products or services through new channels.
The most likely form of disruption is through the actual monetizing of information technology.
The disruption that is radically reshaping today’s markets, as well as creating new ones, is driven by data, with the goal of enriching the customer experience, and delivering goods and services on demand without so much as a hiccup in supply chains or response systems. To accomplish this, data needs to move fast, seamlessly and be accessible.
As Holger Hürtgen and Niko Mohr, of McKinsey, recently put it:
“Data has become the new corporate asset class, and the best way for companies to generate and access it is to digitize everything they do"
Those organizations leading the way and digitally disrupting their markets have learned to employ customer data in new and innovative ways not simply to be disruptors, but to provide superior customer experiences.
Source: Forbes Insights (click on image to read more)
He is more popular on social media than Madonna or Oprah Winfrey, but you might never have heard of him. Kai-Fu Lee has become the face of Chinese tech, his name synonymous with a country itching to take on the world.
Lee spent his formative years helping charter a path of innovation for companies such as Microsoft and Apple, but it was when he spearheaded a failed attempt to bring Google to China that everything changed for him. Lee left Google in 2009, to set up his own venture capital fund, Sinovation Ventures.
Lee's new book, AI Super Powers, was published in September.
“The Chinese model is about building an incredibly high wall so that no one can replicate or start a price war. It’s about detail orientation, operational excellence, having a huge market, having instantaneous feedback from the market, iterating so many times that it becomes innovative. And I think that is the spirit. I think the copying was the way it started.”
Here is a good summary of the future of AI according to Lee:
Data blending or creating relationship with multiple data sources is one of the most useful features in reporting.
By default, charts in Data Studio get their information from a single data source. Blending lets you create charts based on multiple data sources, called a blended data source. For example, you can blend two different Google Analytics data sources to track the performance of your app and website in a single visualization.
Blending can reveal valuable relationships between your data sets. Creating blended charts directly in Data Studio removes the need to manipulate your data in other applications first, saving you time and effort.
During the Computing Conference 2016 held in Hangzhou on 13 October, Jack Ma, founder and CEO of Alibaba, reviewed the technological progress in the past few years and predicted that the future would be mainly about new type of retailing, manufacturing, finance, technology and resource. Development in these five areas will impact not only China, the world beyond, but also every one of us.
1. New type of retailing. Traditional retailing face rising challenge from e-commerce in modern metropolis because it fails to seize the opportunity and adapt to the future trend. Traditional business only dwells on the past, but don’t know how to adapt to new technologies, how to cooperate with internet companies and how to make us of big data technologies, etc. Whether we admit it or not, traditional retailing business, featured by real estate, will certainly be challenged in the future. If it is not today, then it will be someday in the future.
2. New type of manufacturing. For the past two or three decades, scale and standard are attached high importance to; in the next three decades, however, customized, personalized and smart service will be the new trend. The second wave of technological revolution will occur in IoT field. In the future, machines depend not on electricity, but on data. Besides, as retailing industry evolves, manufacturing industry will also gradually transform from B2C-based to C2B-based.
3. New type of finance. Finance industry was the very support for industrial growth in the past two centuries. In the past, development of 20% of small and mid-sized companies could promote development of 80% of world economy. In the future, however, the core focus of finance industry should become how to facilitate development of 80% of small and mid-sized companies. After the birth of internet finance, equality and transparency will be valued more, thus traditional finance industry will certainly face some challenge.
4. New type of technologies. After the emerge of mobile internet, PC chips evolved into mobile chips, while PC operating system also evolved into mobile operating system. In the past, machines depend on electricity; in the future, data will be at the core of any new type of technology. New technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data will only broaden the room of imagination for the mankind.
5. New type of resources. In the past, petrol and coal were the foundation of development; in the future, new energy and data will be at the core of any development. Dr Wang Jian once said that this was the first time human kind created a new type of resources. In the past, resources others had used would become useless; today, however, data other people used would only become more valuable if we use it well.
Power BI is a suite of business analytics tools to analyze data and share insights. Power BI dashboards provide a 360-degree view for business users with their most important metrics in one place, updated in real time, and available on all of their devices. With one click, users can explore the data behind their dashboard using intuitive tools that make finding answers easy.
Creating a dashboard is simple thanks to over 50 connections to popular business applications, complete with pre-built dashboards crafted by experts that help you get up and running quickly. And you can access your data and reports from anywhere with the Power BI Mobile apps, which update automatically with any changes to your data.
If you are a data analyst delivering reporting and analytics to your organization, Power BI lets you be productive and creative with what you build. Power BI Desktop is a feature-rich data mashup and report authoring tool. Combine data from disparate databases, files, and web services with visual tools that help you understand and fix data quality and formatting issues automatically. With over 20 built-in visuals and a vibrant community of custom visualizations, create stunning reports that communicate your message effectively. With the Power BI service, publish reports securely to your organization and setup automatic data refresh so everyone has the latest information.
Power BI can unify all of your organization’s data, whether in the cloud or on-premises. Using the Power BI gateways, you can connect SQL Server databases, Analysis Services models, and many other data sources to your same dashboards in Power BI. If you already have reporting portals or applications, embed Power BI reports and dashboards for a unified experience.
"The worst people to serve are the Poor people.
Give them free, they think it's a trap. Tell them it's a small investment, they'll say can't earn much. Tell them to come in big, they'll say no money. Tell them try new things, they'll say no experience. Tell them it's traditional business, they'll say hard to do. Tell them it's a new business model, they'll say it's MLM. Tell them to run a shop, they'll say no freedom. Tell them run new business, they'll say no expertise.
They do have something in common: They love to ask google, listen to friends who are as hopeless as them, they think more than an university professor and do less than a blind man. Just ask them, what can they do. They won't be able to answer you.
My conclusion: Instead of your heart beats faster, why not you just act faster a bit; instead of just thinking about it, why not do something about it.
Poor people fail because on one common behaviour: "Their Whole Life is About Waiting". Jack Ma
During this challenging time, this is a good reminder to you and your team.
There are always opportunities in crisis. Just keep on looking and most importantly, stop complaining.
China’s biggest e-commerce company is going public. With a valuation that could reach USD200 billion, Alibaba could be the second-largest Internet company in the world, behind only Google. The man behind Alibaba is Jack Ma, a former English teacher.
There are many management and entrepreneurial lessons to be learned from Jack Ma. Check out this interesting article: Billionaire Jack Ma teaches you how to be successful in life and business.
The journey of Jack Ma in Alibaba can be viewed in this movie (full movie coming soon): Crocodile in the Yangtze.
Here is Jack Ma, who delivered the closing keynote address "China 2.0: Transforming Media and Commerce", hosted by the Stanford Program on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, on 30 September 2011.
Why do people feel so miserable and disengaged at work? Because today's businesses are increasingly and dizzyingly complex. Traditional pillars of management are obsolete.
“The real battle is not against competitors. This is rubbish, very abstract. When do we meet competitors to fight them? The real battle is against ourselves, against our bureaucracy, our complicatedness.”
“Now, in front of the new complexity of business, the only solution is not drawing boxes with reporting lines. It is basically the interplay. How the paths work together. The connections, the interactions, the synapses. It is not the skeleton of boxes, it is the nervous system of adaptiveness and intelligence. You know, you could call it cooperation, basically. Whenever people cooperate, they use less resources.”
The key is collaboration. We should not put employees into boxes, who tend to protect their own turfs. Collaboration is essential in business management.
The 6 rules to simplify are:
1. Understand what your people do
2. Reinforce integrators
3. Increase total quantity of power
4. Extend the shadow of the future
5. Increase reciprocity
6. Reward those who co-operate
"Blame is not for failure, it is for failing to help or ask for help"
Jorgen Vig Knudstorp, CEO Lego Group.
Watch this refreshing and engaging TED video by Yves Morieux to learn more:
Let's start with the definition:
"When the prices of assets (physical or financial assets) rise so sharply and at such a sustained rate that they exceed valuations justified by fundamentals, making a sudden collapse likely - at which point the bubble bursts"
Is there an asset bubble building up in Malaysia? It is not a bubble until it is officially denied.
Most SMEs in Malaysia are using either MYOB or UBS as their accounting software, which are essentially desktop software (meaning you have to purchase the software and install on your computer or server). You have to do your own regular backup and pay for upgrades when new versions are available.
With the emergence of cloud software, you now have more alternatives. You don't have to purchase and install accounting software anymore.
Most cloud-based accounting software are on monthly subscription basis (which means no large upfront payment), nothing to install (just subscribe online and use immediately) and accessible anytime, anywhere using any devices (PC, notebook, smartphones, tablets etc). Free upgrades, unlimited users and backups are done by the software providers.
Some alternatives to MYOB and UBS include Wave Accounting (free software), XERO, Saasu (with inventory functionality), Quickbooks, Freshbooks, Yendo (with CRM functionality), Outright, Kashoo and LessAccounting.
Most of these software have free trial (without credit card details). Check it out to ensure that it meets your requirements. Consult your Accountant, if necessary.
There are more alternatives, particularly if you are in property management, legal services industry or non-profit, that have unique accounting needs. All these alternatives have a reputation for being user friendly, feature-packed, relatively inexpensive and suitable for small business. In most circumstances, you need not consider a more robust accounting solution such as NetSuite, OpenERP or SAP until you reach a much larger size.
Have fun selecting the right accounting software for your business.
Rich and successful people have their special traits. Hard work, think big, innovative, integrity and risk taking are some of the "ingredients" that make them rich and successful.
Here are the words of wisdom from Warren Buffet, Donald Trump, Steve Jobs, Howard Schultz, Oprah Winfrey, Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Branson etc:
Strategy without execution is pure hallucination. It's not about the business idea that counts, but its execution. In fact, execution is probably one of the biggest competitive advantages that companies typically overlook.
Time are spent on looking for the next "great idea". Meetings are all talk or analysis or planning, with no decisions made. Obsolete procedures are still used, which in turn slow down execution. People at the bottom of hierarchies are afraid to ask even when they know what to do and can take action quickly.
If the above scenario is part of your corporate culture, it is time to redefine your role as the Chief Execution Officer.
How do smart leaders translate strategy into execution? In the article by Harvard Business Review, the right way is to:
1. Get the right people in the right place
2. Communicate and share the strategy with your workforce
3. Establish strategic performance feedback (limit to 15 - 20 measures)
Try to follow The 4 Disciplines of Execution ...
Most companies are innovative especially in their sales and product development (front end). However, the back end (e.g. accounting) may still operate in the same manner for the last 20 to 30 years. How do you know if your accounting people are up-to-date? Easy.
If they are still using dot matrix printer, something is terribly wrong. Common excuses include: we have to print invoices and payment vouchers in duplicates, accounting documents must be printed with NCR papers etc etc. These excuses further confirm that the accounting procedures used are as obsolete as the printer.
Time to innovate, front end and back end. For Generation Y, here is a picture of the noisy "device".
If you are a startup, you need to behave like one. Forget about vision and mission. Don't waste time on pages of business plan (which in most cases, are conceptual at best), detailed cash flow projection (which will never materialise) etc etc. You only need all these at later part of the business life cycle.
As startup, all you need is a good idea, a real purpose (profit is not a purpose), one-page biz plan and work your butt out. You don't even need to have funding to start your business. Just do it. Impossible is nothing.
If you are a startup, it is critical to have a business model. It does not have to be complicated or run into many pages. In fact, a one-page summary is usually sufficient. The main areas are: who are the target customers and where revenue comes from. Just keep it simple and sweet. If you are already operating your business, it is always good to re-visit your business model to ensure it is still relevant and competitive.
Here is a simple and informative video, explaining the key areas (building blocks) of a business model.
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From the first time Hadoop appeared it had a security problem. Apache Knox and Cloudera Manager have been solutions for providing authentication and authorization for basic database management functions. Also, the underlying Hadoop Filesystem now incorporates Unix-like permissions. But the issue has not been solved, so usually the pattern followed is to “plunk the S-word after the name of a new technology and you have a “BOLD IDEA FOR A NEW STARTUP!!!!””, as explained in Trust me: Big data is a huge security risk.
There have been other cases (SOA security, AJAX security, open source security) where a security startup came up.
In Hadoop, and in big data in general, the real security problem is that when we have a lot of data to aggregate we may lose context. Hadoop allows to store context, but checking all that context with each piece of data is an expensive proposition.
The important thing to know about context is, for example, not only how to get access to a database as a certain user, but also how to aggregate more data also preserving granular rights and permissions.
In order to succeed in having data ownership and data context rules in place without killing the performance, there are emerging technology solutions, such as Accumulo, created by the big data community — including everyone’s favorite member, the NSA.
Since security problem has been a hot topic for almost a decade now, there has also been research. When building a big data project for data aggregation and wondering about security, one should search on “datawarehouse security”.
Though 70 percent of the results will be vendor pitches or complaints about RBAC, there will also be plenty of results that explain exactly how this was done before, describing neither technologies nor tools, but methodologies — and those more or less translate directly to big data. | <urn:uuid:22db8857-7ea1-4edd-8e2e-8619761abc73> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.javacodegeeks.com/2014/02/big-data-what-about-security.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280483.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00296-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937944 | 393 | 2.046875 | 2 |
Microsoft has come up with a range of servers that are
targeted at building "an integrated and flexible business infrastructure."
This is simply an introductory article that targets at providing an overview of
BizTalk Server, Commerce Server and the Host Integration Servers and their
benefits and applicability in the world of distributed, scalable, flexible
computing. There are a lot of features and benefits provided by each of these
servers and if they are covered in their entirety, this article would run into
a huge number of pages. Keeping this in mind, I have provided a briefing on the
most important of these features so as to provide the reader a ready guide to
the concepts, features and benefits of each of these servers.
The following sections discuss the Microsoft BizTalk, Host
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Crockenhill, Swanley Footpath Upgrades
Thanks to funding from the Department for Transport, KCC has made significant improvements to the footpath and byway network linking Swanley with the area of Crockenhill and Eynsford. These improvements are centred on the catchment area of Crockenhill Primary School on Stones Cross Road.
The footpath enhancements include resurfacing and vegetation clearance to widen the routes, making it easier and safer for children walking to school. It also connects to the retail centre of Swanley and provides easy links to bus stops, encouraging local people to consider active travel and public transport as an alternative to driving. The map shows safe places to drop children off for school and road closure zones helping to plan a safe and healthy school journey.
Other schools are also included in the map:
- Orchards Academy
- Dawn to Dusk Day Nursery
- SupaJam College
- Centre Class Pupil Referral Unit
- High Firs County Primary School
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OXFORD – Technology and music have gone hand-in-hand since the advent of the first musical instrument, but instituting an educational component to the mix while engaging high school student with sustainable and practical real-world skills isn't as easy as “Do-Re-Mi.”
Enter “Music Technology,” a course that is still relatively new in most public high schools that is proving to be a viable asset to juniors and seniors at Oxford Academy. With the academic year on the wane, students enrolled into the new venture course – developed by music instructor and teacher Corey Riley– are busy making final touches to their final project – the creation, production and distribution of an all-original music CD conceived entirely by students.
“From a teaching perspective, it was less about the product that they were making and more about the real world experience that the students are able to take away from this course and apply,” said Riley. “The students are not only creating something that they can be proud of and hold in their hands, but also gain collaborative teamwork experience, resume writing skills, and of course a taste of deadline pressure.” | <urn:uuid:4426dee4-4a50-4691-a2b5-866c1102681f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.evesun.com/news/stories/2014-06-12/19422/Oxford-students-to-release-CD/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282935.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00246-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975553 | 239 | 2.453125 | 2 |
Living a Joy-Filled Marriage Leader’s Guide
Living a Joy-Filled Marriage is a virtue-based, life-skills marriage preparation program designed to help engaged couples set patterns of thought and behavior that will ensure a lifelong, joy-filled marriage. Use each individually, or together for a complete marriage preparation offering.
Living a Joy-Filled Marriage springs from the teachings of Blessed John Paul II’s calling to families and couples to explore their uniqueness by seeking their identity and mission in Christ.
This program incorporates a three-stage approach:
- Learning Stage: First, couples learn sound principles and a fresh, virtue-based approach to life skills through the narrative of a live presentation.
- Discuss & Discover Stage: Through a variety of focused activities, couples discuss their relationships, learn about themselves, and begin applying what they have learned.
- Plan & Build Stage: The final stage helps couples to recognize topics they may need to discuss at a later date, to identify shared goals, and to set concrete plans to build a joy-filled marriage. All of this is captured in one planning document, The Marriage Action Plan (MAP).
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Every family member contributed to the production and preparation of meals. Chores included working crops in the fields, feeding larger livestock, and hunting. Women and women labored primarily in the kitchen and fed smaller livestock.
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She says she has at instances thought-about ways that she as a chef and restaurant owner may help mitigate the prices of culinary faculty. In December, Amanda Cohen wrote a weblog publish on the Dirt Candy web site concerning the professionals and cons of culinary school during which she defined the significance of her own schooling on the Natural Gourmet Institute. Culinary faculty labored for her, she wrote, as a end result of she wouldn’t have learned well in the high-stress situation of a restaurant kitchen.
Other research have also proven that cooking talent is associated with decrease intakes of ultra-processed food, comfort food, and take-away food . In addition, a latest systematic review discovered that elevated residence cooking is associated with general more healthy dietary patterns , although authors noted that many studies on cooking are observational and thus required stronger proof. I don’t waste words by insulting any particular person or society. I plan my households meals per week in advanced and attempt to arrange healthy, substantial meals for my household.
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Visit your local farmer’s market to collect components for this recipe that is super recent, simple, and tasty! I like mine with chopped chicken to add slightly protein and luxuriate in as a main dish with sides of corn bread, tortilla chips, and fresh guacamole. Wonderful flavors make the meat the star of the dish by combining simple elements for a mouth-watering meal. Our southern household has handed this recipe down for many years and enjoyed many recollections eating on this delicious home-cooked traditional.
It is troublesome to consider a cooking method you should use with so many different sorts of food from fish to greens to meat to noodles. The definition of sauté literally means “to jump” in French, which alludes to the fact that with this method the food is tossed around in the skillet quite a bit. Consumers are cooking a median of 9 meals every Cooking week, based on the survey, which revealed that the common respondent has cooked the same meal 28 times because the pandemic started. This cooking method entails submerging food in water that has been heated to the boiling point of 212 degrees Fahrenheit. The boiling water produces massive bubbles, which maintain foods in motion whereas they cook. | <urn:uuid:6b3da4c7-fd57-46b9-aa9e-573ca7040104> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thegreenplace.org/culinary-school.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00469.warc.gz | en | 0.950791 | 988 | 1.625 | 2 |
Originally Posted by Rob Nye
Merely critiquing the writers opinion, not the writer.
Keep munching, you'll get no entertainment here.
Here in the Pacific Northwest, we have hundreds of thousands of miles of forest roads. Timber was our biggest industry for decades, and forest products are still an important part of our regional economy.
We've learned over the past few decades that roads cut into mountainsides have horrible environmental costs.
There's no argument that forest roads on hillsides exacerbate erosion and landslides.
There's no argument that the increased sedimentation of rivers and streams brought on by the increased erosion makes it harder - if not impossible - for salmon to lay their eggs in their spawning streams.
Salmon feed seals, sea lions, Orca whales, other fish, and humans. The decaying bodies of spawned out salmon nourish and enrich our rivers and streams. They are an important part of our ecosystem.
Here in Washington State, these truths are so self-evident that the timber companies agreed to legislation imposing limits and requirements on forest roads. Fish passage cannot be restricted, forestry cannot take place within buffer zones around streams and rivers, culverts must be retrofitted to accommodate salmon, roads must be decommissioned when no longer used, etc.
Key to this is the notion that mechanized equipment - for resource extraction or for recreation - is inherently harmful to the environment. I don't think there are any credible experts claiming otherwise.
Here in the Pacific Northwest, these issues aren't all that controversial. We all recognize the importance of the salmon to our environment and to our culture.
We all recognize that human activity in sensitive areas can lead to decades - and even centuries - of degradation.
The key is finding a balance among users. Some areas have been set aside for motorized off-road recreation. Those seeking solitude and peace and quiet know to avoid these areas. Some areas have been placed off-limits to any mechanized equipment (federal wilderness areas).
Most U.S. Forest Service roads in the Pacific Northwest ARE open to mechanized recreation, and I've yet to see any proposals to close roads that are currently open.
I do know that one critical component of this issue is an absence of money to maintain and repair U.S. Forest Service roads. Every winter, our storms wash out or otherwise make impassable thousands of miles of U.S. Forest Service roads. Every spring, local communities who receive economic benefits from users of these resources passing through their businesses lobby and campaign for the repair and/or restoration of these roads, but there simply aren't funds available to rebuild or repair roads that are used by only a tiny minority of the population.
I /we own some forest land & it is in the "Tree Farm system",i.e. certified practices in place,etc.. I use trees from that land and have several forest roads. I never(yes never) allow others to come on this land and ride bikes or ATV's and don't intend to start. We would allow you to bike camp(Anonymous) or hike here. The reasons have all been mostly covered previously in this thread.
When you log in the nearby Daniel Boone National forest there are protections that are followed by the loggers & while KY has a Master Logger program, some are doing a better job than others, in practice. Just down the road from me(if you were a crow) they were required to use a protective mat for there haul out roads many years ago. This isn't new stuff to protect the Daniel Boone which is 58% of my county.
Sure, some bikers & some ATV'ers don't tear up your place as much as others but I just like the woods(mine & "ours"as in national forest to be a quiet place, rather than a place to hear engines & as a forest user, I'm obviously not in the tree hugger crowd either.
These comments of mine may not be particularly political but are personal & this thread cannot stay tame very easily as some have decidedly strong feelings about the use of public lands. Not saying mine should be the last word here but we are getting close? I will argue that the GS vs. horse poo mentioned above is sort of lame in both directions as neither the big bikes nor the horses are exactly kind to the land surface if enough traffic takes place. If the traffic was occasional I'd vote for the horse as the kinder of the two. There is a reason why horse logging is a specified practice in some situations & also a reason why horse traffic & MV traffic are limited or restricted in some places.
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WASHINGTON — Fewer than half of all students who entered college in 2007 finished school where they started, and almost a third are no longer taking classes toward a degree anywhere, according to review released Monday.
The dire numbers underscore the challenges that colleges confront as they look to bring in more students and send them out into the world as graduates. The numbers also could complicate matters for students at schools with low graduation rates; the U.S. Department of Education’s still-emerging college rating system is considering linking colleges’ performances with federal financial aid.
Overall, 56 percent of those who started college in 2007 have finished their coursework on any campus, according to the research arm of the National Student Clearinghouse, a nonprofit organization that works with colleges to verify students’ enrollment and graduation status.
About 29 percent of those who started college that year are no longer taking classes toward a degree. The researchers also found 43 percent of all students finished their degrees where they started. The number ranges from 67 percent of students who enrolled full time in 2007 to just 19 percent of those who enrolled part time.
Thirteen percent of students who entered college in 2007 finished their degrees at a different school from where they started.
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center worked with more than 3,500 schools to review almost 2.4 million records and track students as they transfer among schools.
“Conventional approaches fail to capture the complexity of student behavior because they look only at the starting institution where the student first enrolled,” said Doug Shapiro, the chief at the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
The new analysis indicates students who enter private four-year, not-for-profit schools are more likely to finish their degrees than those who pick public four-year or four-year, for-profit schools.
The research also indicates students who were 20 years old or younger when they started their degree in 2007 were more likely to finish their degree than were older classmates. Of those who were 25 or older when they began their studies, 44 percent did not earn a degree and are no longer enrolled in a program. Those older students, however, were a minority of all new students in 2007 by a 5-to-1 margin.
Among all students who started classwork in 2007, female students enjoyed a 7 percentage point advantage over men when it came to whether they had earned a degree in six years.
The numbers stand to complicate life for students and administrators at schools where many leave campus without a degree in hand. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has proposed linking tuition costs, graduation rates and other data to how much federal money each school receives.
The Education Department is also developing a college rating system set to be published by 2015.
That plan faces fierce opposition from college presidents because no two schools are alike and specific circumstances can create unfair appearances for schools.
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Darl focuses his gaze on Jewel, who is glaring with hostility at Tull. The scene sets Darl off into a memory of earlier childhood, when Jewel was fifteen. Darl recalls that Jewel began to sleep all day at this point in his life, such that the rest of the siblings had to take over the chores of feeding the mules, milking the cows, and so on. All along, Addie would rationalize enforce the other siblings to take over Jewel's share of chores so Anse would not find out about Jewel's negligence.
Darl's memory of Jewel and his past sets the stage for understanding why the brothers seem to have such an intense rivalry. Based on this anecdote, Addie and Anse also de-romanticize ideals of marriage and family, as Addie is more concerned with protecting Jewel than with being honest to her husband.
One night, Darl hears Jewel get up and climb out of his window, only to be followed by Cash. The next morning, Darl asks Cash what he saw but Cash dutifully keeps Jewel's whereabouts private. One morning in November, five months later, Jewel returns home one day on a horse. When Anse asks where he got the horse, Jewel replies that he bought it from Mr. Quick. Anse gets angry and scolds Jewel, but Jewel proudly answers that he would kill the horse before letting him eat anything provided by Anse.
Jewel's firm dedication to working each night so that he could buy himself a horse sets him apart from the rest of the Bundrens. While admirable, Jewel's commitment to action causes him to lie to his siblings and get his mother involved in the deception, all in order to prove himself independent. Even in this situation, there is a contrast between what is seemingly heroic (Jewel's work for the horse) and a self-interested action.
Addie is devastated that Jewel has kept this part of his life a secret, but Cash attempts to comfort her. In the night, Darl discovers Addie lying next to Jewel's bed weeping. Darl claims at that moment, "And then I knew that I knew. I knew that as plain on that day as I knew about Dewey Dell on that day."
Darl's enigmatic reference to "knowing" something about Addie in Jewel is a moment of intense foreshadowing about further dysfunctional aspects of the Bundren family. Again, Darl is in a position of being a powerful observer and man of language, especially when contrasted with the physicality of his brother Jewel. | <urn:uuid:e8b63396-1f8f-4dc4-b413-a1168edf3e8a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.litcharts.com/lit/as-i-lay-dying/32-darl | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280221.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00227-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979636 | 524 | 2.015625 | 2 |
Our friends at the Inter American Development Bank (IADB) have launched a new project entitled, 'Project Yellow Light' calling on Spanish young people in South America and the Caribbean to take part in a video making contest on distracted driving with a chance to win $2000. The light yellow LAC project is a short film competition designed to encourage a change of attitude among young drivers in Latin America and the Caribbean.
MAKE A VIDEO. WIN A PRIZE. SAVE A LIFE.
The project is calling on Spanish speaking youth to take part, information here has been translated into English. Read the Spanish version here.
Participate in our competition and you could win up to $2,000. This contest is designed to motivate, persuade, and encourage other young people to drive without distractions. The light yellow LAC project is a short film competition designed to encourage a change of attitude among young drivers in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is based on "Project Yellow Light" created by the parents of Hunter Garner, a teenager who died in the U.S. in a traffic accident in 2007. Since its inception, this initiative has had great impact at the national level. The participants, aged between 18 and 30 years of age in Latin America and the Caribbean, are invited to produce short (from 25 to 55 seconds) videos to encourage his generation to drive safely.
The competition is sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB - BID) The Federation International De L'Automobile (FIA) and MTV.
To participate send your video and fill out the registration form we sent you. As a contestant, you can play a key role in spreading this important message. Only you have the ability to go to other young people of your generation of a more direct and effective way, that adults cannot, and thus let them know the tragic consequences that may result in sending a text message while driving and the risk of other similar behavior. This is a unique opportunity to make your voice to be heard and to promote safety and good habits in your community. Remember that while more people it impacts, more lives are saved.
Geared at primarily a Spanish, youth are encouraged to create a video on distracted driving.
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[FFmpeg-devel] h264.c - PAFF interlacing is not implemented <-- Panasonic HDC-SD1 HDTV-Cam
Fri Jul 6 20:58:17 CEST 2007
have got a new generation of Video Cam, the Panasonic HDC-SD1 which produces
AVCHD streams. This Cam is nearly brand-new, but it shows where the marktet
this year likes to aim at: the HDTV recording. The count of SAT-receivers and
satellite transponders are strongly expanded since this year, also. That
seems to be the key event for this years "Berliner Funkausstellung" I think.
The streams produced by this Cam seems to be very near to that of the blue-ray
disc spec. So implementing of PAFF would be a real good thing I suppose.
Playing the streams with "ffplay" gives a short sound (AC3) and sometimes a
distorted picture. The player stopps on that failure:
[h264 @ 0xb7de4168]concealing 3060 DC, 3060 AC, 3060 MV errors
[h264 @ 0xb7de4168]PAFF interlacing is not implemented
As I remember there was a discussion some month ago, if there is need to
implement the PAFF section within the h264 decoder. :-) Obviously yes!
Playing with ffplay and the "-vn" option gives the sound without any
Can I help you with anything you need for it? I would be happy to get the rig
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Synopses & Reviews
Crossley-Holland--the widely acclaimed translator of Old English texts--introduces the Anglo-Saxons through their chronicles, laws, letters, charters, and poetry, with many of the greatest surviving poems printed in their entirety.
"A very pleasant anthology which presents the most important texts from the Anglo-Saxon period in good modern English translations....The reflections are wonderful and invite every reader to plunge into the world of pre-conquest England. It is a hndy treasure which students will cherish."--A. Classen, University of Arizona
"An excellent anthology with fine translations."--Roy M. Liuzza, Tulane University
"A very impressive collection that paints a complete picture of a key part of our cultural heritage."--Bruce L. Sublett, Angelina College
"The introductions to the various chapters are well-written and informative. Overall, an excellent resource for an undergraduate course in Medieval English Literature."--Philip A. Genetti, Ph.D., Emmanuel College
A well-chosen collection of prose and poetic texts clearly translated into modern English. An admirable companion to the study of the original texts in a beginning course in Old English."--Robert Kellogg, University of Virginia | <urn:uuid:9150e02f-9309-425d-9560-2a2139cbde6e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.powells.com/book/anglo-saxon-world-an-anthology-9780192835475 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281574.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00019-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.861932 | 260 | 1.984375 | 2 |
Here are guidelines for you can set up Folder Auto Clean in SmarterMail v16
The folder auto-clean feature in SmarterMail is designed to help system administrators keeping
mailbox size(s) under control. Using folder auto-clean, common folders like the Junk E-mail, Sent
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1. To create rule for the Folder Auto Clean, user could log in to the webmail, http://mail.domain.com.
2. On the top bar menu, select Settings and followed by Folder Auto Clean.
3. Turn on override features
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preferred setting, You may choose based on email folder size/ date.
Note: Referring to above sample setting, it will remove the emails which mail age is more than 30 days.
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Try to imagine a tiny ball sitting on one fingertip yet also on your shoulder at the same instant. Are you struggling? Most of us can’t conceive of an object being in two places at once – yet physicists have just demonstrated the effect over a distance of half a metre, smashing previous records.
It’s an example of superposition, the idea that an object can exist in two quantum states at the same time. This persists until it is observed, causing a property called its wave function to collapse into one state or the other. The same principle allows Schrödinger’s cat to be both dead and alive inside a box until you open the lid.
We often think of quantum mechanics as applying only to subatomic particles, but there is nothing in the theory that limits its range. That’s why experiments try to probe the transition between the quantum and everyday realms. “We’re all wondering whether there is some regime where superpositions turn into classical states of matter,” says Mark Kasevich of Stanford University in California.
To find out, Kasevich and his colleagues created a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) – a cloud of 10,000 rubidium atoms, all in the same quantum state. They shot this cloud, just a few millimetres across, up a 10-metre-high chamber using lasers, which also gradually push the atoms into two separate states.
By the time the BEC reaches the top of the chamber, its wave function is a 50-50 mixture of those states, representing positions 54 centimetres apart. It stays in this superposition for about a second, then falls back down. At the bottom, the lasers turn the two states back into one, and this reveals that the atoms appear to arrive from two different heights, confirming that the BEC was indeed in a superposition at the top of the chamber.
Previous experiments demonstrated superposition over much smaller distances and times – the old record was just under a centimetre for a quarter of a second. Kasevich’s work pushes it into human scales. “Our work really is definitive for large separations,” he says. “Nobody else has done that.”
Pulling it off involved cooling the chamber to a fraction above absolute zero, and minutely adjusting the BEC’s trajectory to account for Earth’s rotation during the experiment. “They’ve explored the unknown,” says Klaus Hornberger of the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.
But it may be less of a breakthrough than it seems. In 2013, Hornberger helped devise a “weirdness scale” that scores experiments according to how far they show quantum effects extending into the everyday world. Kasevich’s work extends the distance scale but compromises in other ways, so scores about the same as previous attempts, says Hornberger. That means a true Schrödinger’s cat is still far from being realised.
Journal reference: Nature, DOI: 10.1038/nature16155
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A unique data set of ship-borne lidar measurements of Saharan dust layers above the Atlantic ocean has been collected aboard the research vessel Polarstern with a mobile Aerosol Raman Lidar (MARL) during the LIMPIDO-campaign in June 2000. Extended Saharan dust layers have been observed in the region between 8.5° N and 34° N in an altitude range between 2 and 6 km. The continental, North African origin of the probed air masses is confirmed by 8-day backward trajectories. The Saharan dust is characterized by an optical depth in the range of 0.1 and 0.3, a depolarization around 10% and high lidar ratios of 45 sr at 532 nm and 75 sr at 355 nm. The backscattering by the dust particles at the UV-wavelength is relatively weak, resulting in a negative color index.From the measured optical properties the effective radius and the refractive index of the dust particles are derived using a new approach based on Mie Theory and non-spherical scattering calculations. The low backscatter coefficient observed at 355 nm is due to significant absorption which increases with decreasing wavelength. This finding agrees very well with results from satellite and sun photometer measurements. The effective radii decrease from about 3um base to 0.6 um at the top of the dust plumes. The non-spherical shapes of the dust particles are responsible for the high values of the lidar ratios. | <urn:uuid:9220efcc-635d-41f9-8611-0740ea117a3c> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://epic.awi.de/6198/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280483.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00292-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919024 | 301 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Casanova claimed in his autobiography that he seduced thousands of women, though he names just 116 of them. But he wasn’t the only writer who was preoccupied with sex…
Casanova found here
*Alexandre Dumas was said to have fathered dozens of illegitimate children. He was once reproached for holding a young actress on his lap while two others rumpled his hair. “Sixty is twenty times three” he replied “which makes me twenty years old for each of these three young ladies”.
Dumas found here
James Boswell told anyone who would listen that he once made love five times in a row, and contracted gonorrhea seventeen times over a period of thirty years. Frank Harris had Lloyd’s of London insure his card file of the 2,000 women he had bedded. He also invented a pornographic card game called “Dirty Banshee” complete with playing cards depicting satyrs and goddesses in sexual acts.
image found here
Robert Burns seduced women without compunction and is known to have sired no fewer than 14 children, nine of them out of wedlock. His daughter Elizabeth, by Anna Park, and his legitimate daughter of the same name were born within a month of each other, and Jean Armour, his wife, suckled them both as uncomplainingly as though they were her own third set of twins.
Incognito Robert Burns found here
Women writers seem to have been more reluctant to brag or lie about their love affairs and have left fewer records of them. But a French actress/author, Mademoiselle Dubois, would appear to be the champion of both sexes; in her memoirs she claimed her affairs totalled 16,527 over a twenty year period, or about three a day.
Mark Sam Rosenthal as Blanche Dubois found here
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Redmond Historical Society's History
Working together since 1999 to preserve and share Redmond's history.
The Redmond Historical Society was founded in 1999 by a small of group of citizens passionate about our local history. The first meeting was held on May 29 at the city library with 23 supporters in attendance. It was a time of tremendous growth in and around Redmond, yet no one was documenting our heritage, some of which was disappearing. Our first action was to lobby for, and secure, city landmark status for 16 structures. Shortly after, we were a partner in the creation of the Historic Downtown kiosk at Leary and Redmond Way; moved into the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center; and drafted our first Walking Tour brochure.
Since then we have undertaken many initiatives that have today resulted in an extensive collection of historical documents, pictures and artifacts as well as oral histories. Our computer based archive of photographs and scanned data comprises over 30,000 records. Our organization has grown to become one of the largest and most active civic organizations in the city.
Over the years, the Society has hosted a wide variety of engaging speakers at its monthly Saturday membership programs. The Society continues this tradition with the Redmond Historical Society Saturday Speaker Series.
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Are you confused with WordPress tags and categories?
When starting a WordPress site as beginner, you might often get confused since there is a big misconception with WordPress tags.
Do WordPress tags help SEO or it's a myth?
Let's find out with us in this guide.
What are WordPress tags?
WordPress tags are the best tool to organize the content over your blog based on similar topics.
Usually, tags are located within the blog post, in the block editor, you may find them in the sidebar.
With these tags' help, you can group the blog post that has the same category or subcategory.
WordPress tags play an essential role in structuring the content over a big website with tons of blogs on different topics.
Tags are the best way to organize your site's content and enable visitors to find all post related to a single subtopic topic.
Do WordPress tags help SEO?
WordPress has an option to use tags and categories to organize the content on your site.
Tags and categories both serve the same purpose, and the only difference is categories are vast, and the tags are small.
Categories are hierarchy, they may have subtopics and tag are smaller, but they are standalone.
Both are used to organize the content on your site and make it easy for visitors to navigate your site; it creates a better site structure.
Both allow a user to find the content based on categories, but there is a big misconception with how WordPress SEO tags are related to SEO.
Are WordPress tags important for SEO?
Some users use too many tags for all the post, and they think it's better for SEO because some fake SEO gurus advise them to do, but the reality is WordPress tags doesn't help in SEO. They only exist to organize the content on your site.
Overusing WordPress tags is harmful. When a user clicks on your tags and finds nothing except the single post, it can create a poor user experience for your visitors, impacting your SEO ranking.
It is a big misconception that people use tags to targeted keywords, but they have nothing to do with SEO ranking.
When you create a tag, WordPress automatically create the archive page for that tag. Using too many tags mean more archive pages on your site, and Google considers it as low-quality pages or thin content on your site, which can also hurt your SEO ranking.
If you want to learn more about SEO, check our SEO category.
Also Read: Toolspur Review – Best group buy SEO tools
Categories vs Tags
WordPress tags and categories both have the same purpose; they both classify the content of your blog.
But there are some differences between them; we will compare both tags and categories in different aspects.
1# Tags are short, and categories are broad
Categories include the broad topic of posts on your blog, and tags specify the concise subject.
For example, if you have a food blog so the food news, recipes and cooking tips are the categories for topics, and if you have an article with the name of 5 best tips to cook Turkish chicken then there might be two tags, “Turkish”, and “chicken.”
Note – It's not fair to create categories for these topics like Turkish and chicken until you decide to share a lot of content about these topics.
2# Optional and necessary
The next difference between WordPress tags and categories is how necessary they are.
It's essential to have at least one category for your every blog if it won't have any category then WordPress will automatically assign it uncategorized default category.
If you have lots of uncategorized posts on your blog, it will be hard for users to find the content they are looking. Your blogs must have proper categories.
But having tags are optional, you should not include them in every single post until it's essential.
For example –
If you have a post “6 best way to create backlinks” it must come under the ‘SEO' category. It will be easy for a user to find it, and it will also guide the search engine crawlers to index and crawl your post since the crawlers navigate your blog through the categories and menus.
You can also have a tag for this post as “backlinks” so when the visitors click on this tag, they will get redirected to this tag to find all the post related to backlinks tag.
How to avoid WordPress tag-related SEO issues
When tags and categories are both used together, they interpret each other, which might negatively impact your SEO. Your site may suffer from duplicate pages and thin content issue.
To avoid WordPress tag related SEO issue, I will show their different tips. Following these tips will allow you to avoid wrong SEO approach and improve your site's overall user experience.
1# Distinguish between categories and tags
When creating the categories and tags, make sure you don't assign the same words for both.
If you have a category name of a recipe, then you don't need to use the same keyword for tags.
However, you can use tags to differentiate to smaller categories of under the main category. You can write “breakfast recipes” as the tags so that interested users can find all the posts related to breakfast recipes under that section.
Following this system will allow you to create a better user experience and save your site for having duplicate pages and thin content.
2# No index your tag archives
Enabling no index option for all your tags is the best ideas to avoid negative SEO impact.
You can use free SEO plugins Rank Math to enable your tags' no-index option.
After installing the plugin head over to the Rank Math dashboard and click on Titles & Meta > Golabl Meta and enable No index Empty Category
3# Only use tags if you need them
Tags help improve your site structure and allow users to navigate it more quickly, but you should not use too many tags as I told you they might hurt your SEO ranking.
Only use the tag when it's necessary.
Is targeting keywords in WordPress tags right for SEO?
When people use too many WordPress tags, they want to show the google that the content is related to a particular topic they wish to rank.
But the time had gone when google used to rank the content based on keywords stuffing, now the google is smart enough to identify your content based on its quality and relevancy.
Instead of following wrong seo advice and using too many WordPress tags for SEO, you should keep your fours on creating quality content.
Using WordPress tags helps organize your site's content and tell your users what you content is all about but you should not use too many of them as they may create poor site experience and create bad user experience that will hurt your SEO ranking.
Using tags strategically will create an outstanding user experience for the reader and save your site from negative SEO impact.
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There are thousands of herbal medicines, natural therapies and nutritional supplements for a variety of ailments. Many people have chosen to use these therapies because they feel that there is no cure for their specific ailments. If there is no clear understanding of the concept of Ayurveda then what other therapy can a person choose? It is of course a basic concept which has always been utilized in India, Europe and the United States of America.
The most important part of this approach is the basis of Ayurveda. This approach has always concentrated on the concept of balance and harmony. This philosophy has always been about the need to provide health to the entire person without any deviation. The great Ayurvedic physician, R.C. Gupta, defined Ayurveda as a science of medicine dealing with all the aspects of the human body. He believed that medicine had to study the whole person and look at the aspects of the mind and emotions. The philosophy of Ayurveda is actually quite simple and easy to understand. The philosophy deals with the many facets of the human body, mind and spirit.
One of the ways to combat the disease that is brought by our modern and industrialized lifestyle is by using traditional medicine. A great number of people still believe in this approach because it has such a long history and so many practitioners who have had the courage to practice this concept. Traditional medical practices also believe in the use of herbs and holistic therapies. They believe that herbs can treat even the most advanced of diseases and that they can also restore the balance of the entire body. All of this is based on the basic concept of Ayurveda. | <urn:uuid:7d2b8913-6b89-46ad-9e4a-c2d81803dc08> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://freeblog4u.com/concept-of-ayurveda/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00474.warc.gz | en | 0.968403 | 330 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Through The Mists of Time
“Through The Mists of Time” is a collection of stories and interviews written by Sancta Maria Transition Year Students 1996/97 and 1999. It was the result of the Bunratty Story Project which was an innovative development in bringing education out of the classroom and into the community. It enabled students to develop a greater appreciation of their roots through learning about the life experiences of their own extended family and neighbour’s. As well as learning various new skills while writing the stories, bonds of friendships were formed between young and old. The “storytellers” took the student not just into their homes but into their lives and in many cases relived with them distant memories in great detail. These wonderful stories are now our legacy to pass on through the generations. Here are five stories taken from transition students in May 1999.
Since the publication of these stories some of the storytellers have sadly passed away. May their kind souls rest in peace. | <urn:uuid:5fff8917-473f-4372-affc-6f17efcd23c1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.louisburgh-killeenheritage.org/category/topics/through-the-mists-of-time | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571982.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813172349-20220813202349-00066.warc.gz | en | 0.979169 | 202 | 1.859375 | 2 |
Enlarged male breast tissue is a condition called gynecomastia. It can also cause tenderness or pain in the breasts. The cause of this condition is usually due to hormone changes, which can happen during infancy, adolescence, or old age. Sometimes the condition will improve after two to three years; however, it can be associated with other diseases or last long after the hormone changes are past. If you are suffering from gynecomastia, this can affect your self esteem. Fortunately, there are surgical procedures that can treat this condition. Plastic surgeons at University of Utah Health Care are expert in evaluating gynecomastia and helping patients determine if they should have surgery.
If you are concerned about the size of your breast tissue, do not hesitate to contact us and request a consultation.
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This undated image provided by the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) shows a Nap Nanny baby recliner. Four national retailers agreed to recall more than 150,000 Nap Nanny baby recliners after at least five infant deaths and dozens of reports of children nearly falling out of the recliners, the CPSC said Thursday. The recall covers Nap Nanny Generations One and Two, and the Chill model infant recliners. All were sold between 2009 and 2012. The Nap Nanny was designed to mimic the curves of a baby car seat, elevating an infant slightly to help reduce reflux, gas, stuffiness or other problems. (AP Photo/CPSC)
The Consumer Product Safety Commission reported last week that a sixth infant has died while using a product called the Nap Nanny.
“Our Safe to Sleep experts urge all parents and caregivers who own a Nap Nanny or Nap Nanny Chill recliner to stop using it immediately. We do not want any other family to suffer the loss of their child or experience serious injury to their child,” a blog post on CPSC.gov said.
According to CPSC’s website, Since 2010, safety problems with the Nap Nanny have been explained in recalls, a safety blog, and a legal settlement against the now out-of-business firm. CPSC is again warning parents to stop using these infant recliners because deaths occurred in two ways:
The baby partly falls or hangs over the side of a Nap Nanny and gets trapped between the product and crib bumpers;
The baby suffocates on the inside of the Nap Nanny.
The latest death occurred in Hopatcong, N.J. where an 8-month-old girl secured by a belt was found partly hanging over the side of a Nap Nanny recliner, trapped between the product and a crib bumper. | <urn:uuid:29e7d0ec-136e-42ca-93b2-10727f7ec3f3> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.power953.com/news/national/6th-baby-dies-nap-nanny-recliner-officials-urge-owners-stop-using-product/WoV7CQGKvUQW5tz2qjfkLK/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281353.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00064-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960167 | 384 | 1.6875 | 2 |
She applied the “Page 99 Test” to her new book, How We Hope: A Moral Psychology, and reported the following:
Page 99 is the second page of Chapter Four, “Faith and Sustenance without Contingency,” and launches my assault on a family of views.Learn more about the book and author at Adrienne Martin's website.Only Religious Hope Sustains: All hope is, deep down, the hope for religious salvation. Only hope underpinned by the hope for religious salvation has true sustaining power in the face of serious trials and tribulations. The hope for religious salvation is inseparable from faithful belief in the existence of a Divine Creator.Actually, I’m not really an “assault-launching” kind of philosopher. The better analogy for my style is probably “world-building:” I show that “Only Religious Hope Sustains” is wrong by demonstrating the possibility of the hope it aims to exclude. This is the subject of Chapter Four: “unimaginable hope.”Unimaginable Secular Hope Sustains: Sometimes, we hope for good outcomes without being able to imagine what they would be. The possibility of such outcomes can provide us with reason to go on, even during the most difficult human trials; and the fact that we cannot imagine the outcomes means nothing we encounter can prove our hope fruitless.I dedicate much of the previous chapter to challenging the popular notion that hope is a uniquely sustaining attitude--the notions that, without hope, we inevitably succumb to despair, and that, with hope, we are always able to find that spark to go on in the darkness. Hope’s sustaining power is, in general, much more contingent and hazardous than that: it can let us down, mislead, even undermine our agency in fundamental ways. When I introduce unimaginable hope in Chapter Four, therefore, I am identifying a way in which the popular notion I have previously criticized is right: a very specific form of hope does have a unique sustaining power--and it is a form of hope that, contrary to some theological philosophers’ insistence, is available to thoroughgoing atheists.
On page 99, I present the subject of Jonathan Lear’s book, Radical Hope, Chief Plenty Coups, as an example of a person who had an unimaginable religious hope. (Chief Plenty Coups was the last great chief of the Crow Nation. Guided by a spiritual vision he had as a child, he led the Crow people to transition from a warrior way of life to an agrarian one, when threatened with annihilation by the white man.) In the rest of the chapter, I use Immanuel Kant’s and Gabriel Marcel’s theories of religious hope in order to fill out this concept of unimaginable hope, and then argue that the religious aspect is inessential to its sustaining power.
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Pronounced Tar-bow-SORE-us baa-taa
Tarbosaurus means 'alarming lizard' in Greek. The species name is a mispelling of baatar, which means 'hero' in Mongolian.
Tarbosaurus bataar was a large carnivorous theropod dinosaur from Central Asia and nearly as large as T. rex. While T. rex can be called the king of North American dinosaurs during the Late Cretaceous, Tarbosaurus was its counterpart in Asia. It had the smallest arms of any large tyrannosaur relative to its body size.
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Like its close North American relative, Tyrannosaurus rex, it had a very large head and powerful jaws. However, its skull was relatively light as many of the bones were hollow, with spaces filled with air pockets. Known as pneumatisation, these air-filled bones were not restricted to the skull, but also seen in limb bones and in vertebrae. This feature appears in other saurischian, or lizard-hipped, dinosaurs - a group that includes the giant sauropods as well as the carnivorous theropods.
The small size ofTarbosaurus bataar's arms is typical of larger, later tyrannosaurs and also found in some other theropod families. This reduction in arm size may have been advantageous in aiding a two-legged animal with a large head to maintain its balance by reducing the weight of its forelimbs.
Tarbosaurus bataar lived in a humid floodplain criss-crossed by river channels. In this environment, it was a predator at the top of the food chain, probably preying on other large dinosaurs like the hadrosaur Saurolophus or the sauropod Nemegtosaurus.
First found in 1946 and described and named in 1955, Tarbosaurus bataar lived 72-68 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous Period, in what is now southern Mongolia and China. There have been no specimens of T. bataar reported outside of Asia.
Feeding and diet
Tarbosaurus bataar was a carnivore, probably eating carrion as well as hunting prey.
Both Asiatic and North American tyrannosaurines hunted large prey, whilst probably also being opportunistic scavengers. However, the prey available to them was different. T. rex probably specialised in bringing down large dinosaurs, like the ceratopsianTriceratops, but this group was absent outside North America. Mongolian tyrannosaurines were probably feeding on sauropods. In fact, some researchers think that the robust and rigid skull of Tarbosaurus bataar was an adaptation to hunt the massive sauropods found in this region, which did not exist in most of North America during the later Cretaceous.
Recently, an analysis of the fossils of a hadrosaur, Parasaurolophus, revealed numerous Tarbosaurus bite marks. This suggests this tyrannosaur methodically scavenged its victim's already-dead corpse rather than hunting and killing it. This doesn't conclusively settle the debate about whether tyrannosaurs were hunters or scavengers, they probably pursued both strategies, as necessary.
Other behaviours and adaptations
Tarbosaurus bataar had sturdy and quite long legs and its forelimbs were reduced as typical of all advanced tyrannosaurs. The function of the forelimbs is still not clear. Like other tyrannosaurs, it had a huge head with large cutting, serrated teeth. Its brain was tiny in comparison with its huge body.
The first fossils of Tarbosaurus bataar were discovered in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia by a joint Soviet-Mongolian expedition to the Gobi Desert in 1946. The holotype consists of a partial skull and some vertebrae which Evgeny Maleev originally named Tyrannosaurus bataar in 1955.
This species of tyrannosaur is by far the most common found in the sedementary Nemegt formation. At least five skulls and postcrania belonging to about 30 individuals of Tarbosaurus are known. This estimate is conservative, and may be tripled (the list of catalogued specimens with skull material attributable to Tarbosaurus does not include probable specimens in Chinese collections nor uncatalogued material in Mongolian and Japanese collections).
Known from numerous specimens, its anatomy has been extensively studied. These studies, however, were based mostly on adult or subadult specimens, and juvenile individuals of this dinosaur have rarely been found or described. This is unlike North American tyrannosaurids such as Albertosaurus, Daspletosaurus and Tyrannosaurusfor which immature individuals and even growth series are known.
Tarbosaurus bataar is a member of the family Tyrannosauridae and subfamily Tyrannosaurinae. Also in this subfamily are the genera Alioramus, Teratophoneus, Daspletosaurus, Zhuchengtyrannus and Tyrannosaurus.
Some scientists think that Tarbosaurus and the very closely related T. rex should both be in the same genus (Tyrannosaurus, which was named before Tarbosaurus). However, compared to T. rex, Tarbosaurus had a longer, more slender skull and more teeth. Studies comparing nerve pathways in skulls of the two species also show significant differences, supporting the alternative idea that Tarbosaurus and Tyrannosaurus are separate genera.
It is possible that Tarbosaurus had evolutionary precedence, and spawned Tyrannosaurus rex when some hardy individuals crossed the Siberian land bridge into North America.
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Written by Katherine Steck-Flynn
Arson investigation starts with the fire itself. To create and sustain a fire three factors must be present. The three factors are known as the fire triangle (Peige ed., 1977). The fire triangle consists of oxygen, a fuel source, and heat. In most cases the percentage of oxygen concentration must be above 16% (Peige, ed., 1977). The fuel may be any flammable substance. The heat source needs only to match the ignition temperature of the fuel.
In a fire involving arson the arsonist will have tampered with one or more of the factors in the fire triangle. The arsonist may increase the fuel load by introducing flammable material or by adding accelerants such as kerosene, gasoline or alcohol (French, 1979) The arsonist may increase the oxygen content of a structure by opening windows or punching holes in ceilings and walls (French, 1979) Fire will follow the highest concentration of oxygen to its source. By ventilating a structure at the top and starting a fire at the bottom of the structure an arsonist can cause the fire to race upward through the structure. The fire will rapidly involve the whole structure rather than be confined to one room.
An arson fire involves the introduction of a heat source that can be as simple as a match or as complex as chemicals with very low ignition temperatures (Battle, 1978). By definition a fire is considered an arson fire when all other accidental caused have been ruled out. To say that the cause of a fire was arson and therefore deliberate, the investigator must have sufficient evidence the one of the factors in the fire triangle was tampered with.
The Fire Fighters
Arson investigations start with the observations of the fire fighters who respond to the scene. The fire fighters may not see any obvious signs of arson but may get a feeling that the fire is not behaving normally (Kennedy, 1977) (Battle , 1978) ( French , 1979).
There may be obvious signs of arson such as multiple points of origin or the presence of accelerants. What ever it is that raises the suspicions of the fire fighters at the scene it is their observations that initiate an arson investigation.
At this point the investigation deviates from the procedures used in a normal criminal investigation. In a normal criminal investigation interviewing witness is usually done after the physical evidence is processed (Osterburg & Ward, 2000). In an investigation of a fire where arson is suspected the investigator starts the interviewing of witness and fire fighters immediately (Kennedy, 1977). It is essential for the investigator to interview the fire fighters who were the first to arrive at the fire and those who fought the fire. Fire will often destroy evidence of arson. As well, the water and chemical foam used by the fire fighters may destroy evidence. The first fire fighters on the scene may have noticed evidence that may not exist by the time the fire is extinguished. The arson investigator will ask specific questions aimed at revealing suspicious conditions with in the structure and around the fire scene. The arson investigator will ask the following questions.
What was the color of the smoke? Different substances produce smoke in a variety of colors (Lane, 1992). The color of the smoke can indicate what is burning. The investigator can then determine whether a particular substance would normally be found with in the structure. For example, gasoline produces a yellow or white flame with black smoke (Lane, 1992). Wood produces a yellow or red flame and grey or brown smoke (Lane, 1992). If a burning wooden house is producing thick black smoke this could indicate the presence of gasoline. A large amount of gasoline being stored in a house is unusual and raises the suspicion that gasoline was used as an accelerant.
Were there inoperative hydrants, standpipes, alarm systems or sprinkler systems? If there were the investigator will direct plumbing and other trades experts to examine the systems for signs of damage (French, 1979) (Kennedy, 1977).
What was the condition of the doors and windows? Signs of forced entry can indicate an actual break and enter or indicate a staged scene. Doors and windows propped open could indicate an attempt to ventilate the building allowing the fire to spread through out the structure. Doors and windows that have to be forced open could indicate an attempt to hinder the fire fighters. Doors and windows that have been blocked out could indicate an attempt to conceal the fire until it is fully involved (Peige, ed. 1977)
Was there anything strange about the way the fire was burning? Rapid spread of a fire can indicate the use of accelerants. Multiple points of origin, flashes and explosions can also indicate accelerants or incendiary devices (French, 1979) (Peige, ed., 1977)
Where there any familiar faces at the scene? It is possible that the fire fighters have seen the same person in the crowd at several fires. Some arsonists like to watch the fire or help the firefighters. If the fire fighters do notice the same person at several suspicious fires the investigator must try to interview this person as so as possible (Kennedy, 1977).
Did the structure contain business equipment or household items normally expected to be present?
The absence of normal household items or business equipment can indicate that they were removed before the fire started. Removal of these items can indicate that the fire was planned. Removal of sentimental items such as baby picture, school records and valuables can indicate a planned fire. Evidence of pre-planning a fire gives the investigator excellent proof of intent to commit arson. | <urn:uuid:4a9dd3c8-472c-4b7e-a712-469fedde4c37> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://crimeandclues.com/2013/01/26/arson-investigation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282202.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00555-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925025 | 1,123 | 3.6875 | 4 |
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Recently Kevin Price, Host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business Show, interviewed John D. O’Connor.
Many interested citizens are concerned about the pace of the investigation by Special Counsel John Durham into the allegations of criminal FISA abuse stemming from the FBI’s “Russiagate” probe into purported electoral collusion between the 2016 Trump campaign and Vladimir Putin’s Russia. In this report, John O’Connor will explain the significance of the two narrowly framed and unexciting indictments issued through Durham, describe the necessity for the seemingly slow pace of results, and the likely broad-ranging, sensational indictments that are forthcoming. This discussion will capsulize this important attempt to hold our intelligence agencies and political campaigns accountable.
Kevin Price introduces Price of Business show recurring guest, John D. O’Connor. O’Connor was the famed attorney of Watergate’s “Deep Throat.
According to PostGateBook.com “O’Connor served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Northern California from 1974-1979, representing the United States in both criminal and civil cases. Among his interesting assignments have been representation of the government during the OPEC oil embargo of the 1970s; writing Fifth Amendment and “state of mind” briefs for the prosecution in United States v. Patricia Hearst; representing the FDIC, FSLC and RTC during the savings and loan crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s; representing California Attorney General Dan Lungren in campaign-related litigation; defending R.J. Reynolds Tobacco in significant smoking and health litigation; representing Coach Don Nelson in litigation with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban; and representing W. Mark Felt regarding the revelation of his identity as Deep Throat.” | <urn:uuid:3bb1ca68-eef7-4e2b-a70b-97286653abb1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://usadailytimes.com/2021/11/01/the-durham-investigation-paddling-furiously-below-the-surface/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00069.warc.gz | en | 0.938256 | 369 | 1.53125 | 2 |
As a result, federal procurement spending continues to climb, blowing well past the $400 billion mark in fiscal 2006. The total of $425 billion was nearly 10 percent higher than the year before.
Much of that money goes to the handful of huge contractors that dominate the defense industry. For example, Lockheed Martin Corp.'s total of $33 billion last year was fully 27 percent higher than it received in 2005. The company's total federal contracts are now far more than the entire procurement budget of any civilian agency in the federal government. Northrop Grumman Corp. also got a substantial increase in 2006 contract awards, boosting it to nearly $19 billion, while fellow members of the top five contractors club-Boeing Co., General Dynamics Corp. and Raytheon Co.-saw smaller, yet still substantial, increases.
Much of the war-related spending is for high-tech gear and equipment and forces on the ground, but some of it is more prosaic. For example, petroleum giants BP and ExxonMobil Corp. took their places among the biggest contractors with a combined total of well over $2 billion in Defense Department contracts last year. Likewise, the Top 200 data provide ample evidence for the notion that an army travels on its stomach. Three South Korean outfits-the Korea Agricultural Cooperative Trading Co. Ltd., Dogog Farm and Kemyong Farm Ltd.-each did hundreds of millions of dollars in business shipping fruits and vegetables to U.S. soldiers posted overseas.
Meanwhile, on the domestic side of the ledger, the effort by the Health and Human Services Department to jump-start the development of technologies for the production of flu vaccines in the United States had an immediate impact on the rankings. In May 2006, HHS awarded contracts totaling more than $1 billion to a series of companies under the initiative, immediately vaulting Glaxo- SmithKline, Novartis AG and Solvay Pharmaceuticals into the ranks of the nation's contractor elite with hundreds of millions of dollars each in awards. | <urn:uuid:43668615-7dce-4ac1-9979-756766d69fa8> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.govexec.com/defense/2007/08/procurement-spending-continues-upward-climb/25174/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720026.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00457-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941594 | 406 | 1.765625 | 2 |
A moving image work on the river Ravensbourne, directed by Amanda Egbe & Rastko Novaković (2009)
Navigating the Rivers Ravensbourne, Quaggy and Pool, from the Mouth of Deptford Creek to Caesar’s well in Keston; Deptford|Tributes is a tribute to the industries, peoples and ways of life on a river in the South East of London stretching out into Kent. An experimental documentary which explores the production of the urban environment, watercourse and the everyday spaces and rhythms of the river, the film employs a mixture of classical cinematic, architectural and constructivist techniques. Deptford|Tributes is an experiential moving image work, based on the record of a two day wade on the river Ravensbourne charting its entire length, steering a course within its banks. Wedged into this continuous travelling shot are a number of collisions with the surrounding landscape: Ladywell Fields on a Bank Holiday, a melodrama in Cornmill Gardens, the expanse of South Norwood Country Park. | <urn:uuid:20068f6a-1e01-4e25-a2fb-bb6ca7a8730c> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://deptfordtributes.co.uk/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719215.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00199-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908053 | 213 | 1.578125 | 2 |
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A color photograph of a couple dancing at Mulate's, a contemporary Cajun dance hall. Learn more »
Cajun dance halls—salles de danse—are live music venues where dancing, courtship, and community building transpire. During the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, these rustic ballrooms resembled wooden warehouses, with a hardwood dance floor and benches lining the walls. The community halls offered entertainment and refreshments, including gumbo, at the week’s end. Before the advent of electricity, acoustic performances by fiddlers and, later, accordion-based ensembles provided entertainment in the ambient glow of kerosene lamps. In more recent years, dance halls offer alcohol and amplified dance music. Once as widespread as parish churches,these institutions now are an endangered part of Louisiana’s cultural landscape.
Evolution of the Salle de Danse
Cajun dance halls first emerged in Louisiana around the time of the Civil War (1861–1865). French travel writer Alexandre Barde maintains that Cajuns congregated in local dance halls as early as 1859. These structures, as travel writer Charles Dudley later described, “had benches along the wall and at one end a high dais for the fiddlers, and a little counter where the gombo [sic] file (the common refreshment) is served.” Wooden shutters served as windows, and alcohol generally was prohibited within the building.
Dancing served as the main vehicle for courtship within the Cajun community. Hence, regimented racial and gender roles dictated these community gatherings. Dances were strictly segregated. While black performers occasionally entertained white audiences, social norms forbade people of color from flirting and engaging in courtship rituals with white women. Chaperones always accompanied unmarried girls. Women congregated along one side of the hall, away from the unmarried men who were also their potential suitors, and remained inside the building for the duration of the dance. Young men, on the other hand, remained in a designated staging area dubbed the “bull pen” or la cage aux chiens (dog cage) when not dancing. Unlike women, they could retire freely outside the hall, where married men often loitered, drank alcohol, smoked, and visited with their family and neighbors.
Dances were family affairs, with small children brought along by their mothers. As late as the 1930s, women maintained a kind of child care center in an interior room of the dance hall that housed one or two beds. Young children could sleep in this parc aux petits (literally “children’s park”) as their parents danced or chaperoned their siblings. Parc aux petits gave way to the moniker fais do do (literally “go to sleep”), used by twentieth-century Cajun elites to emphasize the quaintness of dance culture and hide the darker side of dance hall culture.
Before the Civil War, house dances were, by all accounts, peaceful affairs. But when the war introduced a new culture of violence, emergent salles de danse became deadly. Fisticuffs, knives, and gunplay became common and widespread. During the first half of the twentieth century, local newspaper headlines ranged from the general—“Youth Is Stabbed At Country Dance” and “Killed At Sunday Ball”—to more specific descriptions such as “Youth Shoots Down Three Brothers At Country Ball In Evangeline On Easter.” Fights erupted as a result of ongoing feuds, public drunkenness, and even courtship competition. Violence continued well after midcentury, with the rise of honky-tonks throughout the South.
The Modern Dance Hall
Dancing changed over time in accordance with contemporary trends in Cajun and American popular music, both of which were played in dance halls. Turn-of-the-twentieth-century couple dances, including waltzes, polkas, mazurkas, two-steps, quadrilles, lanciers, contradanses, jigs, and valse à deux temps faded from popularity by the 1920s. Popular American dances such as the Charleston, Big Apple, and Jitterbug kept Cajuns in step with the rest of the country. For instance, civic centers in Eunice, Opelousas, and Rayne held local Charleston dance contests in 1926, at the very peak of the dance’s popularity.
Meanwhile, other aspects of dance halls also changed with the times. After World War II, Cajun dance halls became less family oriented. Refreshment stands, typically located at the entrance and distinguished from the dance floor by a partition, began serving alcohol. A gambling room replaced the traditional parc aux petits. Married men often retired to these cramped back rooms to drink, smoke cigarettes, and play cards. Proprietors installed jukeboxes for nights without live music or to fill in when a band took a break. Tables replaced the long benches formerly outlining the dance floor. The introduction of electricity brought large electric fans to circulate air inside the perpetually stuffy dance halls.
In 1980, a new type of venue emerged when Mulate’s, a combined restaurant-dance hall, opened in Breaux Bridge, retaining some measure of a family-oriented venue. Other restaurant-dance halls, including Prejean’s and Randol’s in Lafayette, quickly followed suit, capitalizing on this new niche market and the national Cajun culinary craze of the 1980s. In the twenty-first century, traditional dance halls no longer occupy the central place the once did.
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Brasseaux, Ryan . "Cajun Dance Halls." In KnowLA Encyclopedia of Louisiana, edited by David Johnson. Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, 2010–. Article published August 18, 2011. http://www.knowla.org/entry/1122/&view=summary.
Brasseaux, Ryan . "Cajun Dance Halls." KnowLA Encyclopedia of Louisiana. Ed. David Johnson. Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, 18 Aug 2011. Web. 20 Jan. 2017.
Would you like to learn more about this topic from books and other reading materials?
Ancelet, Barry Jean, Jay Dearborn Edwards, and Glen Pitre. Cajun Country. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1991.
Brasseaux, Ryan A., and Kevin S. Fontenot. Accordions, Fiddles, Two Step & Swing: A Cajun Music Reader. Lafayette: Center for Louisiana Studies, 2006.
Brasseaux, Ryan André. Cajun Breakdown: The Emergence of an American-Made Music. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.
Comeaux, Malcolm L. “The Cajun Dance Hall.” Material Culture 32, no. 1 (2000): 37-56.
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Prior to starting with any construction project it’s wise to consider a examine the CDM (Construction Design and Management) rules. These rules have established yourself simply to make certain the projects are secure to construct and keep and as a result give a sensible value towards the client. In addition, these rules also ensure the safety and health from the employees employed in the development site.
Listed here are couple of rules that certain must follow for safety
Giving sufficient time for that project:
Supplying the worker with lots of time to focus on the project is extremely vital, if you do not wish the job to become poorly done and cause issues in future.
Supplying the correct information:
To make certain the team does what you would like these to do and also to make certain the project goes easily you need to give you the worker and also the supervisor using the right information in regards to the development site. Minor particulars like: hazard areas and structures will assist them perform the correct factor and steer clear of minor accidents.
Employing the best person: Employing the best person can prevent huge time as that individual can consequently be employing his team which has sufficient assets to handle the job securely.
Make certain both you and your staff communicate well. Construction safety could be made certain, injuries and accidents could be prevented when communication is created possible.
Construction Safety Management:
Make certain there’s anyone to manage the expansion site and people employed in it. It’s terribly vital that you manage as you will find numerous people of numerous fields cooperating. The job that each person does involves dangerous pursuits like the roofing, scaffold etc. You need to produce all of them with the correct tools to make sure their safety.
Training the workers:
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How can one teacher in Pakistan conduct language and philosophy lessons for 70 students, all at different levels of learning? And, what might we learn from that?
We were talking about education, coming out of the pandemic. I ventured to suggest that one good result from the corona virus was that in reopening schools in the US with staggered schedules and social distancing, they were saying that classes would have to be smaller, with no more than 15 children per classroom. Since study after study shows that having smaller class sizes means more individual attention and better learning success for children, it seemed to me that this could be a step in the right direction.
But a participant from Pakistan turned my thinking upside down. There was a teacher in his country, he said, who successfully teaches a class of 70 students in the Persian language and philosophy. How can this be? Each new student is assigned to a student one level above him in learning. When he has learned the first lesson, He is assigned to teach another new student as he himself is learning the next.
Could we do something like that in the US? Children learning from children? I realized my thinking was boxed into the model of a classroom with rows of desks and a teacher at the front of the room. But suppose we had an online system of students passing on knowledge recently learned to the next. Second graders teaching first graders. Fifth graders teaching fourth. Didn’t they do something like that in our old-fashioned one-room school houses, put the older students to work teaching the younger ones? I’m not sure what such a system would look like, but I know I am looking at the education of our children in a completely new way, imagining possibilities that hadn’t occurred to me before. | <urn:uuid:87db1788-e985-4ac2-99a8-34440f76404c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://coronaplaza.life/blog/what-might-we-learn-from-a-teacher-in-pakistan/?lang=es | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571246.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811073058-20220811103058-00273.warc.gz | en | 0.983839 | 368 | 3.046875 | 3 |
When it comes to many custody disputes, the courts prefer to award joint custody to parents. It is in the best interest of a child to have a healthy, loving relationship with both parents, provided that both parents offer the proper love and care to the child.
When a parent participates in parental alienation, they are actually inflicting a form of abuse on the child. Along with the harm caused to the alienated parent, the child at the center of the dispute also experiences a great deal of harm. Here are a few things that can happen as a result of alienation.
Greater mental health issues
People who have experienced parental alienation when young typically have higher rates of mental health issues, such as anxiety or even thoughts of suicide. This can then lead to issues with drug and alcohol use, which can possibly develop into an addiction disorder. Confidence and self-esteem issues can also occur.
Damaged relationship bonds
Parental alienation can damage the bonds between parents and children for many years to come. This damage can result from a physical distance if one parent moves the child far away from the other. However, other alienating parents may tell the child that their ex-spouse no longer loves them, which creates a feeling of resentment and anger. Even if the relationship is eventually repaired, the bond can experience lasting ill effects.
Personal and professional problems
Many people who experience alienation as children experience issues building and maintaining personal relationships with others. This can have much to do with a lack of trust, which results from the alienating parent’s actions. Employment can also suffer, as the person may lack fundamental education and training due to the alienating parent’s overwhelming need for attention.
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Oven fries: nutrition facts & data
avg Potatoes, potato products and potato dishes
|Mono- & Di-Saccharides (g)||1.0||23.4|
Breakdown in percent (%) of total calories
An average portion size (175g) of Oven fries contain:
- 453.3 Calories
- 17.5g of Fat
- 7.0g of Protein
- and 66.5g of Carbs
- 227.5mg of sodium - 0.2% of the RDA for sodium.
- 61.3mg of Magnesium, that covers 0.2% of the recommended daily allowance (RDA) for Magnesium.
- 1.2mg of Zinc - 0.1% of the RDA for Zinc.
- 2.6mg of Iron - 0.2% of the RDA for Iron.
- 1,400.0mg of Potassium - 0.4% of the RDA for Potassium.
- 26.3mg of Vitamin C - 0.3% of the RDA for Vitamin C.
- No Vitamin B12
For every gram of carbs in Oven fries you get
- 0.11 grams of protein compared to the average of 0.46g per gram of carbs among all foods. Other foods in Potatoes, potato products and potato dishes have on average 0.14g of proteins per 1 gram of carbs.
- 0.26 grams of fat (total average 0.66g, other foods in Potatoes, potato products and potato dishes 0.20g)
- 0.07 grams of fibers (total average 0.13g, other foods in Potatoes, potato products and potato dishes 0.07g)
Nutrient distribution per gram
What vitamins are in Oven fries?
|Vitamin C (mg)||15.0||12.2|
|Vitamin E (mg)||0.1||0.7|
|Vitamin B1 / Thiamine (mg)||0.1||0.1|
|Vitamin B2 (mg)||0.1||0.1|
|Vitamin B6 (mg)||0.2||0.1|
|Vitamin B9 / Folate (μg)||15.0||10.8|
|Vitamin B12 (μg)||0.0||0.1|
Are Oven fries rich in vitamins?
The following chart displays the amount of vitamins per portion Size (175g) for Oven fries of the recommended daily allowance (RDA) for each vitamin in percent.
Learn more about RDA values for vitamins by clicking on the names in the table above.
Minerals in Oven fries
Are Oven fries high in minerals?
Again, for every mineral contained in Oven fries we looked at the portion size (175g) and applied it to the recommended daily allowance (RDA). Data is shown in percent of RDA per portion size.
Learn more about RDA values for minerals by clicking on the names in the table above.
Carbohydrates in Oven fries
38.0% of Oven fries are carbs, per serving of 175g that makes 66.5g of carbs.
Monosachharides and polysaccharides
|Total carbs (g)||38.0||23.4|
How high are the Glycemic Index and the Glycemic Load for Oven fries?
The Glycemic Index of Oven fries is 90, which would be considered as high. The Glycemic Load in a normal serving is 59.9 and can be regarded as high.
Allergens in Oven fries
- are Gluten free
- have no Lactose
- low amounts of Fructose
Fatty acids and cholesterol in Oven fries
Of the 10.0g total fat per 100g in Oven fries, 5.0g are saturated fatty acids (SFA), 1.0g are monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) and 4.0g are polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). The amount of cholesterol is 0.0mg. | <urn:uuid:9d64d18d-80e1-44ff-b798-83b01ef2dbcb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lowcarbcheck.com/foods/oven-fries/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.766471 | 1,306 | 2.328125 | 2 |
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