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Experts doubt that Syria has employed chemical weapons
Whether Syria crossed a “red line” by using chemical weapons in its battle against a rebellion appeared murky on Wednesday, and both sides in the war blamed the other for an attack that Western nations are unsure even happened.
The Syrian regime of Bashar Assad blamed rebels for an attack on Tuesday in the village of Khan al-Assal that killed at least two dozen people, according to anti-Assad groups. Damascus asked the United Nations to investigate.
Syria's main opposition group, the Syrian National Coalition, also demanded an investigation into claims that could not be independently verified because the area is largely sealed off from journalists.
The United States claims Assad has a huge store of chemical weapons but experts say the regime probably would not use them, and opposition forces could not use them.
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A further trend we expect to see more of is the move to hybrid and multi-cloud architectures. Not everything will be in the cloud, so it’s essential for cloud ERP solutions to integrate with on-premises systems. For example, a company may add cloud storage to ERP from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or both. Cloud ERP may also need to link with cloud-based Disaster Recovery (DR) and so forth.
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Rosmini and Rosminianism
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Antonio Rosmini Serbati, philosopher, and founder of the Institute of Charity, born 24 March, 1797, at Rovereto, Austrian Tyrol; died 1 July, 1855, at Stresa, Italy ; was educated at home until his twentieth year, and, after a three years' course at the University of Padua, returned to Rovereto to prepare for Holy orders. He was ordained priest at Chioggia, 21 April, 1821, and in 1822 received at Padua the Doctorate in Theology and Canon Law. In 1823 he went to Rome with Mgr. Pyrker, Patriarch of Venice, met Consalvi and other prominent men, and was encouraged by Pius VII to undertake the reform of philosophy. The next three years (1823-26) he spent in philosophical pursuits at Rovereto, devoting himself especially to the study of St. Thomas. He had already adopted as principles of conduct:
- never to assume external works of charity on his own initiative, but, until summoned by some positive outward manifestation of God's will, to busy himself with his own sanctification, a thing always pleasing in the Divine sight (principle of passivity);
- at any clear sign from God, to assume with alacrity any external work of charity, without, so far as concerned his higher will personal preferences or repugnances (principle of indifference).
On these maxims he based the rules of the Institute of Charity which, at the instance of Maddalena, Marchioness of Canossa, and of John Loewenbruck, a zealous priest from German Lorraine, he founded in 1828 at Monte Calvario near Domodossola. In 1828 he again went to Rome, where he was encouraged by Leo XII and later by Pius VIII to pursue his philosophical studies and consolidate his institute. During this visit he published his "Maxims of Christian Perfection " and his "Nuovo saggio sull' origine delle idee" (1829; tr. "Origin of Ideas ", London, 1883-84). In the autumn of 1830 he inaugurated the observance of the rule at Calvario, and from 1834 to 1835 had charge of a parish at Rovereto. About this time the pope made over to Rosmini several missions tendered him in England by the vicars Apostolic, as also the Abbey of S. Michele della Chiusa in Piedmont. Later foundations followed at Stresa and Domodossola. The Constitutions of the institute were presented to Gregory XVI and, after some discussion regarding the form of the vow of religious poverty, were formally approved 20 December, 1838. On 25 March, 1839, the vows of the institute were taken by twenty Fathers in Italy and by six in England (Spetisbury and Prior Park). The Letters Apostolic ("In sublimi", 20 Sept., 1839) formally recorded the approval of the institute and its rule, and appointed Rosmini provost general for life. The institute then spread rapidly in England and Italy, and requests for foundations came from various countries. The publication of Rosmini's "Trattato della coscienza morale" (Milan, 1839) led to a sharp controversy. Against Rosmini were writers like Melia, Passaglia, Rozaven, Antonio Ballerini, all members of the Society of Jesus, in which Rozaven held the office of assistant to the general. On the defensive, along with Rosmini, were L. Eastaldi, Pestalozza, Pagamini. For fifteen years the wordy war was protracted, with a truce from 1843 to 1846, due to an injunction of Gregory XVI enjoining perpetual silence on both sides. Pius IX, who succeeded Gregory in 1846, showed himself favourable to the institute, and various new foundations in England attested its vitality. In 1848 Rosmini published (Milan) his "Costituzione secondo la giustizia sociale" and "Cinque piaghe della chiesa"; the latter against Josephism, especially in the matter of Austrian episcopal appointments in Northern Italy. In August of the same year, he was sent to Rome by King Charles Albert of Piedmont to enlist the pope on the side of Italy as against Austria. Pius IX appointed him one of the consultors to deliberate on the definability of the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception, and at the outbreak of the revolution asked Rosmini to share his exile at Gaeta. Antonelli's influence, however, prevailed and Rosmini left Gaeta, 19 June, 1849. His works, "Costitunone" and "Cinque piaghe", were condemned in August, a sentence which he unhesitatingly accepted. A further attack was made on him in the "Postille" and the "Lettere di un prete Bolognese" (1848). Pius IX (1850) referred the "Postille" to the Congregation of the Index, which rejected it as false. In view of other charges the pope ordered an examination of all Rosmini's works. The decision, rendered 3 July, 1854, was that all the works be dismissed ( esse dimittenda ), that the investigation implied nothing disparaging to the author, to the institute founded by him, or to his exceptional services to the Church, and that to prevent any renewal and dissemination of charges and strife, silence was for the third time imposed on both parties. Within a year after this decision Rosmini died. His body reposes in the Church of the Santissimo Crocifisso built by him at Stresa. (See ROSMINIANS.)
THE ROSMINIAN SYSTEM
According to Rosmini, philosophy is "the science of the ultimate reasons or grounds of human knowledge ". The philosopher at the outset must answer the questions: What is knowledge ? What is thought? Can we be certain of what we know ? Rosmini's answer is given in his ideology and logic. Intellect, he holds, is essentially different from sense; thought is objective, sensation is subjective. The term of the intellectual act is seen in such a way that the seer, at the moment, is conscious neither of himself nor of any relation with himself as seeing. The primal and essential act of human intelligence, thus terminating in its object, is intuition — an attitude rather than an activity, in which the mind pronounces no judgment on what is known, but merely receives the communication of the intelligible object. All our concepts, when analyzed, reveal being (somethingness) as their essential constituent; or, conversely, human concepts are nothing but determinations more or less complex of the simple and elementary notion of being. This fundamental idea is indeterminate and general, conveying to the intellect no knowledge of particular things, but simply manifesting itself as the essence of being. Our abstraction does not produce it, but merely discovers it already present in thought. Being, as it appears within man's experience, has two modes, each governed by its own conditions and laws each with well-defined attributes, diverse, but not contradictory. Manifesting itself to the mind as the intelligible object, not exerting any stimulus upon the intellect, but simply illuminating it, this is being in its ideal mode. As it acts or is acted upon in feeling, modifying the human subject in sensation, constituting the sentient principle in action and passion, this is being in its real mode. The former is essentially objective, simple, and one — universal, necessary, immutable, eternal ; the latter is subjective and, in our world, contingent, particular, temporal, manifold, and almost infinitely varied in aspect. Ideal being is not God, but we may call it, says Rosmini, an appurtenance of God, and even Divine, for its characteristics are not those of created finite things, and its ultimate source must be in God. If thought had in it no element transcending the contingent and finite, all knowledge of the absolute and infinite would be inexplicable, and truth, uncertain and variable, would exist only in name.
To explain our knowledge of particular real entities, Rosmini says that our knowledge of realities reduces itself to a judgment whereby we predicate existence of what is felt by us. Real entities act upon man's senses, and he immediately recognizes them as particular activities of that essence of being already manifested under another mode in intuition. Because of its simplicity, the human ego, or subject-principle, is constrained to bring together and collate its feeling and its knowledge of being, and thus it perceives being energizing in the production of feeling. This act of the human subject whereby it cognizes real entities, Rosmini calls reason. By sense we are introduced to realities, but we could not know them as beings unless we already possessed the idea of being. This is given to our mind prior to all perception or individual cognition; it is not acquired by any act of thought, but is implanted in us by the Creator from the beginning of our existence : it is innate, and constitutes for us the light of reason. Furthermore, it is the very form of the human intelligence, a form not multiple, but one — not subjective, but objective — i.e., not a quality or attitude or component of the human subject, but distinct from it and superior to it, existing in an absolute mode and called the form of the mind because, in manifesting itself to man, it draws forth and creates, so to speak, the act of his intelligence.
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Logic, says Rosmini, is "the science of the art of reasoning". The scope of reasoning is certainty, i.e., a firm persuasion conformable to truth. The truth of a thing is, in last analysis, its being, and since being is the form of the human intellect, it follows that a criterion of truth and certainty lies at the base of all thought and reasoning. The principles which govern reflection and argument are founded on the primitive intuition of being. "Being is the object of thought"; this is the principle of cognition, and it is antecedent to the principle of contradiction. Error is found, not in the idea of being, which is without any determination, nor in the principles of reasoning, which simply express the essential object of the mind in the form of a proposition without adding anything foreign, but in reflection, and hence in the will, which usually initiates reflection. Logic shows us how to use reflection so as to attain truth and avoid error.
The Sciences of Perception are psychology and cosmology. The subject of psychology is the ego in its primal condition, i.e., stripped of its acquired relations and developments. The soul is felt by and through itself; it is essentially a principle of feeling. "The human soul is an intellective and sensitive subject or principle, having by nature the intuition of being and a feeling whose term is extended, besides certain activities consequent upon intelligence and sensitivity." This "extended term" is twofold: space, which, simple and immovable, underlies all sense phenomena as the idea of being underlies the phenomena of thought; and body, a limited extended force which the sentient principle passively receives and thereby acquires individuation. It is a favourite doctrine of Rosmini that the extended can exist only in synthesis with a simple, immaterial principle. Considered apart from this principle, the material corporeal term lacks the unity and coherence necessary for existence and permanence. Our own body, the "subjective body", is felt directly as the proper term of the human sentient principle and is the seat of corporeal feelings. Other (external) bodies, since they modify not the soul, but the bodily term in connexion with the soul, are felt by an extra-subjective perception. We feel our own bodies as we feel external bodies, through vision, touch etc.; but we also feel them immediately with a fundamental feeling, always identical and substantial, in which no distinct limits, figure, or relation of parts can be assigned. Shape, hardness, colour etc., belong to the extra-subjective world. But the body is not merely felt by the soul ; it is also intellectually perceived by the soul in a primordial and immanent judgment, whereby being is applied to it (the body) in the way above described. In this perception is found the true nexus intimately uniting soul and body. The body is the felt-understood term of the human principle which in this intellective synthesis performs its first act as a rational soul and exerts a real physical influence on its bodily term. Hence Rosmini's definition of life as "the incessant production of all those extra-subjective phenomena which precede, accompany, and follow parallel with the corporeal and material feeling (subjective)".
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Every time that by generation an animated organism is produced, perfectly constituted according to the human type, the vivifying, sentient principle rises to the vision of the intelligible object, ideal being. This happens in virtue of a primordial law, established by God in the creative act. There is, however, no chronological passing from sentience to intelligence, as if one could assign an instant in which the human soul was purely sentient and another following in which it had become rational. All is consummated in a single point of time. The soul's immortality is deduced from its nature as an intellective principle having for its object-term the eternal and necessary idea of being. This is independent of space and time, and the act of intuition continues even after the bodily term has been dissolved by death, and the soul's immanent perception of its body has been for a period destroyed.
Cosmology, which considers the ordered universe, the nature of contingent real being and its cause, is not a complete science in itself; it must be treated in connexion with the sciences of reasoning in which reflection, testing the observations of intuition and perception, discovers new truths and arrives at the existence of beings beyond the reach of intuition and perception.
The Sciences of Reasoning are ontological and deontological. The former comprise ontology and natural theology. Ontology treats of being in all its extent as known to man, viz., ideal being, the necessary object of the intellect ; real being, i.e., subjective force and feeling; moral being, the relation between real and ideal — a special act of recognition and adherence on the part of the subject harmonizing it with the object. Light, life, love ; intellect, sense, will — these are the forms under which the essence of being manifests itself in man's world; they are also the foundation of the categories. Natural theology treats of the Absolute Being, God. The existence of God is known, not through perception or direct intuition, but through reasoning. Ideal being is being under only one of its forms and therefore incomplete; in the real world we meet only partial realizations of being. Comparing in reflection the products of our perception with the essence of being manifested in intuition, we see that they do not exhaust the possibilities of that essence ; yet this must find its full realization in some way far transcending our experience; it cannot, in that fulness, be finite and imperfect as are the things of this world. This knowledge of the Absolute Being Rosmini calls negative-ideal; it tells us not so much what God is as what God is not.
Definite proofs of God's existence are furnished by being in its essence and in each of its forms. The essence of being is eternal, necessary, infinite ; but these attributes it would not possess if it did not subsist identical under the other two forms of reality and morality, complete and perfect. Where it exists under all these forms, it is being in every way infinite and absolute, i.e., God. Again, the ideal form that creates intelligence is an eternal object and hence demands an eternal subject with infinite wisdom — God. The real form of being is contingent, and it therefore postulates a First Cause in whose essence subsistence is included. Finally, the binding force of the moral law is eternal, necessary, absolute, and its ultimate sanction must be found in an Absolute Being in whom the essence of holiness subsists. Thus man naturally does not perceive God ; his knowledge of God is but of a negative kind. In the supernatural order of grace, the real communication of God to man, a new light super-added to that of reason brings man into conjunction with God's own reality, which reveals itself to him in an incipient and obscure manner, yet acts upon the soul with positive efficacy. Thus the Christian becomes a new creature, consors divinœ naturœ .
The deontological sciences treat of the perfections of beings and the ways in which these perfections may be acquired, produced, or lost. Amongst them, ethics , the science of virtue, is prominent (see "Compendio di Etica", Rome, 1907). Each moral act contains three elements: the law, the subject's free will, and the relation (agreement or disagreement) between law and will. Man is not a law unto himself; the moral imperative must come from a higher source, from the necessary and universal object of the understanding Being, manifested to the mind, has an order of its own, and the various entities we know though it occupy different places in the scale of excellence. We cognize them by an act of intellect ; we recognize them by a practical act of our will, adhering to the good we see in them with an intensity determined by the moral exigence of the object. The idea of an entity, therefore, as the medium which reveals its excellence, clothes itself with the authority of law ; and as all ideas are but determinations of the idea of being, the first of laws and the first principle of obligation is: "Follow the light of reason ", or "Recognize being". Besides the testimony of consciousness and the consent of mankind, the proofs for free-will, i.e., the power of choice between objective good ( duty ) and subjective good (pleasure, self-interest), are closely bound up with Rosmini's theory of man and the soul. Man is stimulated by sensation and his subjective modifications; at the same time he is illumined by the light of being eternal and absolute whence he can draw strength to overcome the allurements of sense and unite himself to the absolute good.
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In reference to the third element Rosmini used a distinction which led to sharp controversy. By peccatum ( sin ) he means the sinful condition of the will in its antagonism to objective good; by culpa ( sin as fault), the same condition considered relatively to its cause, free will. Ordinarily, peccatum is also culpa , and every sin is traceable to a free agent. But, in abnormal circumstances, there may be peccatum where there is not, at the moment, culpa . The acts of an acquired sinful habit, when performed without advertence or deliberation, are contrary to law, though at the moment the will is not responsible. They are culpœ and imputable, but to complete the imputability one must link them with the first free wicked acts whence the habit resulted. Original sin is a true sin yet not a culpa , not imputable to the person in whom it is found as to its free cause. The responsible cause is to be sought in the free will of Adam, whose sin was both peccatum and culpa . Rosmini wrote voluminously in defence of the traditional Catholic doctrine of original sin. Conscience he defines as "a speculative judgment on the morality of the practical judgment"; and since morality, he points out, belongs to an order of reflection anterior to the conscience, there may exist in man moral or immoral conditions apart from conscience — a doctrine which he also applied to original sin and to certain states of virtue and vice. Regarding probabilism, he distinguishes, in the question of the doubtful law, what is intrinsically evil from what is evil only on account of some extrinsic cause, for example, prohibition by positive law, and lays down the rule: "If there is a doubt respecting the existence of the positive law, and the doubt cannot be resolved, the law is not binding; but if there is a doubt in a matter pertaining to the natural law and relating to an evil inherent in action, the risk of the evil must be avoided." This theory provoked controversy, but Rosmini maintained that it accorded substantially with the teaching of St. Alphonsus Ligouri.
The science of rational right arises from the protection which the moral law affords to the useful good. The classification of the goods and rights which we possess in our relations with our fellow-men, is based on freedom and property. Freedom is the power, which each one has, to use all his faculties and resources so long as he does not encroach on the rights of others. Property is the union of goods with the human personality by a triple bond, physical, intellectual, and moral. The moral bond guards the other two, for the moral law forbids one man to wrest from another what he has united to himself by affection and intelligence. The subject of right may be either the individual man or man in society. Concerning the three societies necessary for the full development of the human race, Rosmini speculates at length in his "Filosofia del diritto" (Milan, 1841-43).
Rosmini applied his philosophical principles to education in "Della educazione cristiana" (Milan, 1856) and especially, "Del principio supremo della metodica" (Turin, 1857; tr. by Grey, "The Ruling Principle of Method Applied to Education ", Boston, 1893). His basic idea is that education must follow the natural order of development. The mind of the child must be led from the general to the particular. The natural and necessary order of all human thoughts is expressed in the law : "A thought is that which becomes the matter, or provides the matter of another thought." The whole sum of thoughts which can occur to the human mind is classified in divers orders of which Rosmini enumerates five. To the first order belong thoughts whose matter is not taken from antecedent thoughts; each of the successive orders is characterized by its matter being taken from the order immediately preceding it. The ruling principle of method is: Present to the mind of the child (and this applies to man in general), first, the objects which belong to the first order of cognitions, then those which belong to the second order, and so on, taking care never to lead the child to a cognition of the second order without having ascertained that his mind has grasped those of the first order relative to it, and the same with regard to the cognitions of the third, fourth, and other higher orders. In applying this principle to the different orders, Rosmini explains the cognitions proper to each, the corresponding activities, the instruction which they require, the moral and religious education which the child should receive. Both in his general theory of adapting education to the needs of the growing mind and in the importance he attached to instinct, feeling, and play, Rosmini anticipated much that is now regarded as fundamental in education. "The child", he says, "at every age must act ." To regulate the different kinds of activity, and to make each kind reasonable, is really to educate. It is in the kindergarten system of Fröbel, the contemporary of Rosmini, that these principles are most fully worked out.
The most important of Rosmini's posthumous works, the "Teosofia" (ontology and natural theology ), was published in five volumes (Turin, 1859-64; Intra, 1864-74). In 1876 some Catholic newspapers and periodicals in Italy, interpreting the "Dimittantur" decree of 1854, declared that Rosmini's works were open both to criticism and to censure. The Rosminian school on the contrary maintained that, while the decree gave no positive approval, it at least guaranteed that the books examined contained nothing worthy of censure and could therefore be safely read, and their conclusions accepted by Catholics. This view seemed to be confirmed by the Master of the Sacred Palace, who, in a letter to the "Osservatore Romano" (16 June, 1876), reminded the editor of the silence enjoined on both parties and stated that no theological censure could be inflicted. A month later, the "Osservatore Cattolico" of Milan, as ordered by the Prefect of the Congregation of the Index, acknowledged its interpretation to be erroneous.
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After the death of Pius IX, the controversy was renewed. An answer of the Index was given (21 June, 1880) that " dimittantur signifies only this — a work dismissed is not prohibited" — and another (5 Dec., 1881) that a work dismissed is not to be held as free from every error against faith and morals and may be criticized both philosophically and theologically without incurring the note of temerity. Both answers were taken by the adversaries of Rosmini's doctrines to justify new censures, while the Rosminian writers contended that these answers in no degree rendered untenable the position they had always occupied. On 14 Dec., 1887, a decree of the Inquisition condemned forty propositions taken from the works of Rosmini. The decree, published 7 March, 1888, lays special stress on the posthumous works which, it says, developed and explained doctrines contained in germ in the earlier books; but the propositions condemned have no theological nota attached. About one-half of the propositions refer to Rosmini's ontology and natural theology ; the remainder, to his teachings on the soul, the Trinity, the Eucharist, the supernatural order and the beatific vision ( Denzinger, "Enchir.", 1891 sq.). Some of the propositions were clearly taught in the works examined in 1854; others repeated what Rosmini had said over and over again in the principal books published during his lifetime. The superior general of the Institute of Charity enjoined obedience and submission on the members. Leo XIII in a letter to the Archbishop of Milan (1 June, 1889) plainly stated that he approved and confirmed the decree. Cardinal Mazella discussed the propositions exhaustively in "Rosminianarum propositionum trutina theologica" (Rome, 1892). This brought out a reply from an erudite layman, Prof. Giuseppe Morando, under the title "Esame critico delle 40 proposizioni Rosminiane" (Milan, 1905).
Besides the works already mentioned, Rosmini wrote a large number of treatises the more important of which are: "Il Rinnovamento della Filosofia in Italia" (Milan, 1836); "Psicologia", (Novara, 1843; Turin, 1887; tr., London, 1884-88); "Logica", (Turin, 1853; Intra, 1868); "La Filosofia della Morale" (Milan, 1831);" L'Antropologia in servizio della Scienza Morale" (Milan, 1838); "Antropologia sopranaturale" (Casale, 1884); "Teodicea" (Milan, 1845); "Filosofia della Politica" (Milan, 1858); "La societa e il suo fine" (Milan, 1839); "V. Gioberti e il Panteismo" (Milan, 1847); "Introduzione alla Filosofia" (Casale, 1850); "Introd. al Vangelo secondo S. Giovanni" (Turin, 1882).
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Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most diagnosed cancer among men in developed countries including the United States with significant medical cost burdens. Tremendous advances have been made in PCa screening technologies, which allow early detection and treatment. Common treatment options include radical prostatectomy, external beam radiation therapy (RT) and interstitial RT (brachytherapy), cryotherapy, and androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). Despite these advances, more than a quarter million men still die globally from the disease every year due primarily to treatment-resistance and metastasis. The androgen receptor (AR) expression state is one of the key hallmarks of PCa sustenance and progression. ADT, the first-line treatment option for symptomatic metastatic PCa, starves tumor of growth-promoting androgen hormones such as testosterone. ADT drugs (called antiandrogens) in clinical use, either as monotherapy or combination therapy (with castration), include bicalutamide (Casodex"), nilutamide (Nilandron"), and flutamide (Eulexin"). In the early stage, PCas respond well to ADT and other available therapies. However, malignant cells that survive 2- 3 years will typically enter an antiandrogen-resistant (i.e. castration-resisant or hormone refractory) state and subsequently exhibit chemotherapy-resistance. This castration-resistant state is incurable. Therefore, there is an unmet medical need for increasingly selective and potent drugs to treat castration-resistant stage of PCa. The specific focus of the studies in this proposal is to explore the tumor AR expression state to affect a selective delivery of an independent anti-tumor chemotype, in this case histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDACi). Our choice of HDAC as a therapeutic target is informed by the fact that HDAC inhibition is a clinically validated anti-cancer strategy that is selectively cytotoxic to transfored cells. HDACi have stimulated huge excitement in oncology recently, with close to 500 clinical trials initiated to date, resulting in two clinically approved drugs, SAHA (Zolinza") and FK228 (Istodax"), for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. However, current HDACi have serious limitations resulting from poor biodistribution, including ineffectively low concentrations in solid tumors and off-target toxicity, which is hampering clinical progress. The proposed research will solve two problems of main stream cancer therapy agents - resistance development of antiandrogens and lack of tumor accumulation of HDAC inhibitors - to furnish a novel class of targeted agents with potential to positively impact prostate cancer treatment.
Prostate Cancer is the most diagnosed cancer among men in developed countries including the United States. Despite tremendous advances in prostate cancer screening, more than a quarter million men die globally from the disease every year due primarily to treatment-resistance and metastasis. This proposal describes a novel approach that exploits the tumor androgen receptor for selective delivery of an independent anti-tumor chemotype. | <urn:uuid:455b0ca7-468c-4d11-9cee-341686c7475e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://grantome.com/grant/NIH/R43-CA180508-01A1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281162.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00535-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919287 | 630 | 2 | 2 |
Woman (22) dies after discovering her 'pregnancy' was late stage cancer
Published 15/03/2016 | 12:44
A 22-year-old woman has died after doctors thought her cancer may be a pregnancy.
An obituary stated Demi Wright, from Colchester, "died peacefully" after a short battle with the disease.
Her family told the Metro the makeup artist had a benign tumor in her liver as a child, and had checkups into her teens as a result.
She began experiencing a pain in her side in November of last year.
When she went to the doctor, they found she was emitting human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), a hormone emitted during pregnancy.
Doctors thought Demi Wright might be pregnant, and scheduled an ultrasound.
Her father told the Metro: “It was strange because she had been using the contraceptive pill and there were no other signs of her being pregnant
“I went to an ultrasound with her and they were looking to see what was happening.”
Doctors found no baby when they did the ultrasound, so scheduled more tests.
They eventually found Ms. Wright had a tumour on her liver, and it had spread all over her body.
Chris Wright said she never cried, even after learning her cancer was terminal.
He told The Metro: “I absolutely broke down and she patted the bed and told me to sit by her and she gave me a big hug and said, ‘It’s going to be okay,’
“She was a real trooper.”
Demi Wright died three weeks later.
Her boyfriend, Mitch Gregory, told the Daily-Gazette the family feels “robbed.”
“It needs to be stressed how much courage she had,” he said. “She’s our inspiration now.”
Her family have now set up a fundraiser, to raise money for cancer research.
Her cousin wrote on the page: "To be honest she didn't even have a chance. I do this every year and this year it's for Demi
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Dr Libby on mushrooms
Mushrooms are often grouped with vegetables and provide many of the same nutritional attributes, but they also contain those more commonly found in meat, beans or grains.
Mushrooms contain very little energy (calories), yet they provide important nutrients, including potassium, riboflavin, and niacin. More than 2500 different varieties of mushrooms grow in the wild, but until now most research has focused on the exotic types. There are many varieties of mushrooms commonly used in cooking including portobello, shiitake, and field mushrooms. The texture and taste of mushrooms means they’re a delicious alternative to meat if you’re trying to introduce more meat-free meals.
Mushrooms are a good source of dietary fibre as well as B vitamins. B vitamins help to provide energy by supporting the metabolising of proteins, fats and carbohydrates. B vitamins also play an important role in the activities of enzymes that regulate chemical reactions in the body. Mushrooms contain the essential minerals potassium, copper, and phosphorus. With more than 90 per cent water content, they also contribute to hydration.
The humble white button mushroom can also have significant health benefits. Researchers found that just a handful of mushrooms have approximately 12 times more of the powerful antioxidant, L-Ergothioneine than wheatgerm and approximately four times more than chicken liver, previously thought to be the best sources. L-Ergothioneine works on cell-damaging substances known as free radicals and protects the body’s DNA from damage. Shiitake mushrooms are thought to be the most beneficial in terms of their protective effects, with studies showing they support the anti-viral arm of the immune system.
Mushrooms are rich in disease-fighting phytochemicals, and eating them regularly has been linked to a lower risk of breast cancer in studies of Chinese and Korean women. Other antioxidant phytochemicals in portobello mushrooms include a group called polyphenols, which include carotenoids famous for their protective benefits. Like all fruits and vegetables, mushrooms are naturally gluten-free, and make a delicious and nutritious addition to a gluten-free diet.
Delicious in stir-fries, casseroles, soups, dips, or even as the main attraction they’re unbelievably versatile. Add them to casseroles to make them go further or use them in place of beef in some old classics and you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
Here is my recipe for mushroom soup - this twist on a classic soup could be just the ticket for an early spring lunch when the temperatures are still cool enough for our bodies to crave something warm and nourishing. This recipe uses the natural creaminess of cashews to achieve the divine texture that traditionally comes from the addition of large amounts of cream. | <urn:uuid:68aaa762-2bc8-41bb-8a29-c1979a8bb910> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.bite.co.nz/hot-topics/wellbeing/1030/Dr-Libby-on-mushrooms/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281151.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00113-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951404 | 580 | 3.640625 | 4 |
The B-17 Flying Fortress was still a few years away from becoming an iconic workhorse of American air power in World War II when a flight of six planes took off from Langley Field on Feb. 16, 1938 for what would be a milestone intercontinental mission.
But the distinctive roar of their Cyclone 9 engines -- which generated some 22,500-horsepower all told -- was still so loud that spectators on the ground couldn't help but look toward the heavens.
Since the first B-17 arrived at Langley nearly a year before, the 2nd Bombardment Group had become a pioneer in long-distance flight training, beginning with a non-stop 1,700-mile flight over 20 American cities in May 1937, notes the 1977 Air Force history, "Langley Field: The Early Years."
But on Feb. 16 of the following year, the destination of the giant planes was even more ambitious than a 4,216-mile trip that a flight of Langley-based B-10B bombers had made to Panama in 1937.
Their target was distant Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Just a few months before, Washington officials worried about growing German and Italian influence in Latin America had watched with apprehension as three Italian bombers commanded by Bruno Mussolini -- the youngest son of the Italian dictator -- made a visit to Brazil.
In response, President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved the B-17 flight commanded by Lt. Col. Robert Olds and crewed by such soon-to-be prominent officers as 1st Lt. Curtis E. LeMay, who would become internationally known as the influential Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force in 1961.
Stopping at Miami, Panama and Lima, Peru, the bombers arrived at El Palomar Military Air Base in Argentina on Feb. 17 and conducted a flyover for the inauguration of President Roberto M. Artiz three days later.
They returned to Langley via Santiago, Chile, Lima and Panama, completing a nearly 11-hour flight direct from the Canal Zone on Feb. 27.
The 11,952-mile trip earned the Flying Fortress and the 2nd Bombardment Group extensive favorable attention from the Latin American press as well as at home.
It also won the 1938 Mackay Trophy as the Air Corps' "most meritorious flight of the year."
"This flight of over 10,000 miles was accomplished with a high degree of skill in pilotage, navigation and maintenance proficiency," Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring noted.
It also demonstrated to the world the potential of a warplane that would play a defining role in the Allied victory over Germany and Japan during World War II.
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GRYTPYPE-THYNNE: Moriarty, what are you doing inside that piano?
MORIARTY: I'm hidin'!
GRYTPYPE-THYNNE: Don't be silly -- Haydn's been dead for years.
(The Goon Show)
As an enthusiastic but not particularly dedicated classical music fan, I don't have very strong opinions on whether standards of performance have gotten better or worse. I think that technical standards have gotten better -- there are more orchestras now and excellent playing can be heard even from so-called "provincial" orchestras -- but with the globalization of performing styles, everybody sounds more alike than they used to, so there are fewer really distinctive performers. It's easier to cast a baroque opera than it used to be, but pretty hard to cast a Verdi opera adequately (though I think things are better now than they were in the '80s, when I first discovered opera; "standard-repertoire" singing was pretty disastrous then). HIP -- Historically Informed Performance -- has revealed the vitality and viability of a lot of baroque music, but performances of Romantic music often seem kind of mechanical and halfhearted.
So it's a mixed bag. But I do think there's at least one great composer whose music is performed better today than it was in the past, and that's Haydn. Most of the Haydn recordings in my collection -- and there are a lot, because he's somewhere near my favorite composer -- were made in the last ten years or so. Now, part of the reason the great Haydn recordings tend to be fairly recent is that up until fairly recently, Haydn wasn't performed or recorded all that much. After the Romantics came along, Haydn was admired, for the most part (though Berlioz was openly dismissive of his music), but considered more of a pioneer than a great composer: the man who set the rules for form and structure, which his pupil Beethoven then used to create something really important.
But considering Haydn a less revolutionary Beethoven, or a less tuneful Mozart, wasn't really the problem with the way his music often tends to be performed. The problem is with the image of Haydn's music as basically friendly, charming, genial, easygoing. Thomas Beecham, the British conductor and wag, was the master of this style of Haydn performance. Up until the '50s Beecham was one of the few major conductors performing Haydn with any consistency (most other conductors would occasionally include a Haydn symphony on a program as filler, but Haydn was rarely the main attraction), and he deserves a lot of credit for helping to keep Haydn in the repertoire. But his way of performing Haydn symphonies was to smooth out all the roughness in the music, all the quirks of orchestration, the experiments with sonority and structure, the crude jokes (like the fart joke in Symphony no. 93). To get the sound he wanted out of Haydn, he would rework the scores; when corrected scores of Haydn symphonies became available in the '50s, Beecham refused to use them, claiming that some of Haydn's most unusual musical effects were "unmusical." Essentially a Beecham performance presents a Haydn symphony as a series of pretty tunes skillfully developed. That can be good to listen to, especially as skillfully as Beecham performed them -- but it creates the impression that Haydn was a lightweight compared to Mozart and Beethoven. And this doesn't make sense; Mozart acknowledged Haydn as the greatest composer of his era, and Beethoven, who had a touchy relationship with Haydn, nonetheless was heavily influenced by him. Why drain out all the things that made Haydn's music seem so worth imitating?
Anyway, the idea that Haydn needed to be "charming" above all else is part of the critical lexicon; you'll often read a review of a Haydn piece that says nothing about the approach of the performers or the way the piece sounds in their hands, but just generally praises or condemns it for the amount of abstract "charm" it possesses. For example, the Penguin Guide to Records had this to say about Otto Klemperer's recording of Haydn's Symphony no. 102 (a great recording, unfortunately out of print):
there is little of the magic or poetry that marked the old Beecham set or the warmth and humanity that endeared Walter to us. These are correct, grave and unsmiling performances with little that could be called spontaneous... no amount of repetition has modified the impression of joyless rectitude that these performances communicate.
"Warmth," "humanity," "magic," and "poetry" aren't exactly specific descriptions of what a performance does or doesn't do. Klemperer's Haydn 102 is certainly "unsmiling," though it doesn't neglect the piece's humor (mostly in the finale, which includes such musical jokes as the violins getting stuck on a phrase and apparently unable to remember what comes next); it just takes the serious side of the piece very seriously, and plays up not the comfortable, charming Haydn but the Haydn who constantly surprises his audience. Swift changes of mood, arresting orchestral effects, startling tricks with the development of themes, thrilling moments like the drumroll that ushers in the recapitulation in the first movement: these are all in this symphony, and Klemperer plays them for all their worth, giving the impression that Haydn is not just a predecessor of Beethoven, but the man who did everything Beethoven did, albeit on a somewhat smaller scale.
Klemperer's Haydn 102 was recorded in 1966 (his other Haydn recordings aren't quite on the same level, due either to the sound or to slow tempos). The '60s was when Haydn performance really started to move up a notch, led by conductors like Leonard Bernstein, who performed and recorded dozens of Haydn works. Many people think that Bernstein was at his very best as a Haydn conductor, and it makes sense, because Haydn's music has an odd kinship with the other composer with whom Bernstein is associated -- Mahler. True, Haydn's symphonies are 20-30 minutes rather than 80-90 minutes. But Haydn's music is an unusual and wonderful combination of simplicity and complexity, folkishness and sophistication; his compositional technique was incredibly sophisticated, but the materials he drew on were often those of folk music, dance, and "found" material (the theme of the finale of his last symphony is supposedly based on the cries of London street vendors), lowbrow materials which are then elaborated and developed into something very highbrow. Mahler, with his combination of the learned and the naive, is that kind of composer too, on a bigger scale. (The interplay of lowbrow and highbrow elements is something that sets Haydn apart from Mozart, who wrote great popular tunes but tended to keep them separate from more elevated moments.)
And of course Haydn had the most outrageous sense of humor and gimmickry in music; few other composers would put a fart joke into an otherwise serious movement, or have the orchestra tune up in the middle of a movement (symphony no. 60) or write a piece that doesn't have an ending (the second string quartet of op. 33). That sense of humor -- sometimes genial, sometimes sardonic -- has to be appreciated by a good Haydn performer. It's not "charming" music; it's funny, it's surprising, it constantly keeps you on your toes as Haydn plays with the conventions he himself established, develops themes in odd ways, and changes the mood and spirit of the piece from moment to moment.
There are still many performers who don't appreciate this, and play Haydn like the harmless friendly uncle of music. But there are quite a few recordings of Haydn that really get that he's about more than charm and smiles, and most of those, as I said, are recent. Here are some Haydn recordings I've particularly enjoyed recently:
- Thomas Fey, a German conductor who studied with Nikolaus Harnoncourt, made some CDs for the Haenssler label that were supposed to be the start of a complete cycle of all 104 Haydn symphonies. Like most such cycles, it came to nothing (the only two complete cycles are by Antal Dorati on Decca and Adam Fischer on Brilliant Classics; the Fischer cycle is, overall, the better one), but the CDs he made are pretty fascinating. Fey constantly experiments with sonority and phrasing; he does more tempo-shifting than is usual in Haydn, encourages the timpani and brass to make a hell of a racket, plays the minuets breathlessly fast and the trios unusually slow. His judgement is sometimes questionable, but it's never dull for a second. I would recommend getting his Haydn CDs while you still can (there are two others he made before he stopped recording for the label, but they seem to be out of print).
- Leonard Bernstein's first and best recording of The Creation is roughly recorded and sung, but it's incredibly exciting -- Bernstein makes the most of every descriptive effect, takes fast tempos very fast and slow ones slower than usual, and just generally pulls all the stops out to show that Haydn's nature-painting is, like nature itself, volatile and unpredictable. It's coupled with a Bernstein recording of Haydn's last Mass, the Harmoniemesse,, that is if anything even more exciting, with a really hair-raising "Dona Nobis Pacem" where the chorus seems to be screaming for peace.
- The Dutch conductor Frans Bruggen has made many recordings of Haydn symphonies, including the famous "Paris" and "London" groups and the earlier, experimental symphonies grouped under the heading of "Sturm Und Drang." All his Haydn symphony recordings, 13 discs' worth, are collected in a boxed set. Not all the recordings are great, but the best of them are -- including the best recording I've heard of one of Haydn's very best symphonies, 98 -- and none are less than interesting; all of them take Haydn seriously without playing down his sense of humor, and the period instruments emphasize the rough, gruff quality that Haydn's music can have sometimes -- very much an influence on Beethoven, and very different from Mozart, who always wanted his music to sound as attractive as possible. If you just want the last 12 symphonies, they're available in a pair of 2 for 1 sets.
- With Haydn's string quartets, the recent recordings by Vienna's HIP group the Mosaiques Quartet are all very good, and you can't go wrong with any of Haydn's quartets from the op. 20 set onward. For a real sleeper, though, try the recording of the six op. 33 quartets by the Apponyi Quartet: fast, exciting, emphasizing all the risk and experimentation in the music. Only available from Germany, but worth it.
- John Eliot Gardiner has made fine HIP recordings of Haydn's six late masses, on Philips.
The one genre in which I can't really recommend Haydn is opera. He wrote a lot of them, and most of them have been recorded at one time or another, but none are revived very often. If you hear an individual Haydn aria, you might wonder why, because a lot of them are very inventive and imaginative, like most of Haydn's music. But when you hear or see a Haydn opera in full, it becomes apparent that Haydn didn't have much of a grip on characters; unlike Mozart, who by age 30 could create a musical portrait of a character in a few bars, Haydn lived more than twice as long without ever really creating memorable characters in music. His oratorios have no characters, at least not characters who exist as individuals; Adam and Eve in The Creation are just generically Man and Woman, observing nature and pledging love. Haydn was brilliant at portraying the natural world in music, and in writing abstract, absolute music. But, perhaps because his job as a Court composer didn't bring him into contact with very many people (Haydn himself said that he was so isolated from the world outside Esterhaza that he was "forced to become original" because he didn't know what the musical conventions were anymore), he never really got a handle on portraying human psychology or human interaction. But Haydn gave us so much -- and continues to give to anyone interested in listening -- that this one limitation in his work isn't really relevant; no one cares that Mahler couldn't write an opera, either. | <urn:uuid:e4ad310c-0cb7-47c7-94be-1f6714ce9aa2> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://zvbxrpl.blogspot.com/2004/12/haydn-go-seek.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282202.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00547-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97782 | 2,678 | 1.710938 | 2 |
Patients should be reassured that seborrheic dermatitis does not cause permanent hair loss. Intracoronary gamma-radiation therapy after angioplasty inhibits recurrence in patients with in-stent restenosis. Vitiligo in individuals with fair complexions is usually not a significant cosmetic problem. Such unrestricted growth produces a lesion with a haphazard or disorganized appearance, which varies in shape, color, and surface characteristics. Physicians in endemic areas must have a high index of suspicion for this confusing disease that can mimic so many other diseases. The image series display at baseline a multifocal bilobar disease with a beginning partial response after 3 months and a further remission of the disease after 12 months. A rare variant, the cellular blue nevus, is larger (usually greater than 1 cm) and nodular and is frequently located on the buttocks. Vascular malformations result from structural abnormalities of mature endothelial cells that are usually present at birth and do not undergo hyperplasia with rapid proliferation. May cause local skin irritation, promotion of antibiotic-resistant bacteria; pseudomembranous enterocolitis has been reported rarely. Topical retinoids (Retin-A, Tazorac) may be used to loosen impacted comedones and continued to discourage recurrence. Sharply defined lichenified plaque with a silvery scale showing some of the features of psoriasis. When cultures and sensitivities are available, antibiotics are adjusted if resistance to the first antibiotic is present and signs of infection persist. Nonmedicated Topical Moisturizers Nonmedicated topical moisturizers may be effective treatment. Predictors of diffuse-type in-stent restenosis following drug-eluting stent implantation. Pathogenesis may then be mediated by autoimmune T lymphocytes and other immune mechanisms. Larger lesions or those occurring near or on the vermilion border of the lips should be examined. Other options, including fluoroquinolones, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and cefuroxime, may require an additional agent active against anaerobes, such as metronidazole or clindamycin. The most common type of hand eczema was irritant contact dermatitis (35%), followed by atopic hand eczema (22%) and allergic contact dermatitis (19%). Circulating antibodies have not been found; therefore indirect immunofluorescence is negative. The Roman Epidermis numerals indicate morphologic substages of anagen and catagen. Patients with psoriasis are more frequently overweight, have an increased incidence of diabetes, have an increased incidence of hypertension, and have an atherogenic lipoprotein profile at the onset of psoriasis with significantly higher very-low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and highdensity lipoprotein levels. The drug is not active against Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, or fungi. During and on completion of the therapy, patients should minimize sun exposure and apply broad-spectrum sunscreens. The charred tissue is removed with the curette, and the desiccation and curettage is repeated two more times or until a normal tissue plane is observed and developed throughout. Multiple lesions, occurring as a result of hematogenous spread, are the cutaneous markers of disseminated spirochetal disease. Patients with rhinophyma may benefit from specialized procedures performed by plastic or dermatologic surgeons. Patients with urticarial vasculitis have been categorized into two sub-groups: those with hypocomplementemia and those with normal complement levels. This finding should not be used as the sole criterion for making the diagnosis because it is seen in many other disorders, such as venous stasis and erythema nodosum. Immunosuppressed patients are at greater risk of developing lesions on the lips, in the oral cavity, and on surrounding skin. A subtle gray hypopigmentation and telangiectasia are frequently seen in the center of annular lesions, bordered by erythema and a superficial scale.
Patients present with a papule, nodule, or ulcer at the site of trauma and a history of exposure to nonchlorinated water 2-3 weeks earlier. Once the patient has recovered from the endoscopy, he or she is transferred for imaging to determine the catheter position. Intracavitary brachytherapy using stereotactically applied phosphorus-32 colloid for treatment of cystic craniopharyngiomas in 53 patients. Stent insertion or endoluminal brachytherapy as palliation of patients with advanced cancer of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junction. The pigmentation develops slowly without signs of inflammation and may be faint or dark. Clinically similar exanthematous illnesses are caused by parvovirus, adenoviruses, and enteroviruses. Pain relief and reduced erythema occur after 1 to 2 months; erosions required 3 to 6 months of treatment before they resolved. The chemical reduces sulfide bonds in the cortex of the medulla of the hair shaft. However, -emitting sources expose the catheter lab staff to increased ionizing radiation and require lead shielding to be placed in the catheter lab. Determinants of toxicity, patterns of failure, and outcome among adult patients with soft tissue sarcomas of the extremity and superficial trunk treated with greater than conventional doses of perioperative high-doserate brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy. Wounds that are moderate to severe, have crush injury or edema, are on the hands or near a bone or a joint, or are in compromised hosts should receive 3 to 5 days of "prophylactic" antimicrobial therapy. Recurrent lesions in the same area that progress from vesicles to crusts make the clinical diagnosis. It is applied once each day and is indicated for the topical treatment of psoriasis in adults 18 years of age and older. Although there are no controlled studies most experts believe that immunosuppressive agents have a steroidsparing effect. There are numerous atrophic and hypertrophic scars with postinflammatory pigmentation. No cases of retinopathy have been reported when the dose of hydroxychloroquine did not exceed 6. The entire head of hair should be combed at least twice; the comb should be examined for lice after each stroke. Atypical cells are also found at the periphery of lesions in clinically uninvolved skin. After therapeutic heparinization, the right coronary artery was then predilated with a balloon to nominal pressure for up to a minute. Gram-positive cocci in chains suggest Streptococcus organisms (either group A or anaerobic). The prodromal symptoms of itching or burning, lasting 2 to 24 hours, resemble those of the primary infection. Patients treated with macrolides should be closely observed to ensure resolution of the clinical manifestations. Yersinia enterocolitica, a gram-negative bacillus that causes acute diarrhea and abdominal pain, is a reported cause. Determinants of toxicity, patterns of failure, and outcome among adult patients with soft tissue sarcomas of the extremity and superficial trunk treated with greater than conventional doses of perioperative high-dose-rate brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy. Therefore the best time for biopsy of a vessel for immunofluorescence is within the first 24 hours after the lesion forms. The term "baboon syndrome" describes a distinctive form of systemic contact dermatitis with symmetric erythema in flexural areas including the elbows, axillae, eyelids, and sides of the neck accompanied by bright red anogenital lesions (see p. Asymptomatic, irregular, orange-brown patches of varying shapes and sizes occur most often on the lower extremities. Melanomas are reported as arising in association with a common or cellular blue nevus and arising de novo and resembling cellular blue nevi.
Detection of cervical infection in women with or without vaginal discharge requires laboratory confirmation. End-stage disease with large, firm keloidal nodules confined to the nape of the neck. Industrial workers sensitized to chromates in cement develop eczematous inflammation on the backs of the hands and forearms. In most cases it is asymptomatic and can be detected only with a chest x-ray examination. Once sensitized, subsequent challenges from the same allergen will cause an eczematous dermatitis (erythema, scaling, vesiculation). Weekly applications of fluticasone ointment (Cutivate), applied once daily for 2 consecutive days each week, to known healed and any newly occurring dermatitis sites maintained the improvements achieved after the initial treatment phase and delayed relapse. Often the primary lesion is identified and the diagnosis is confirmed at this step. Enthusiasm for topical therapy diminishes once the patient has experienced the rapid clearing produced by systemic therapy, prompting some patients to request systemic therapy again; this request should be denied. Most pathologists reserve this term for a lesion with transepidermal keratinocyte atypia, indicating that the entire epidermis is filled with atypical keratinocytes. Blood eosinophil counts roughly correlate with disease severity, although many patients with severe disease show normal peripheral blood eosinophil counts. Doses of more than 5 to 10 Gy to the ovaries have been associated with ovarian failure (31); therefore, it is recommended to limit the dose to the ovaries to a mean dose less than or equal to 4 Gy. Not only does the clinical picture vary, but also symptoms may vary over the years. People who do not have the virus receptor (erythrocyte P antigen) are naturally resistant to infection with this virus. It also demonstrates edematous hemorrhagic infiltration of the intestinal wall, which can occur in the duodenal, jejunal, and ileal segments. Granuloma annulare is characterized by a ring of small, firm, flesh-colored or red papules. Many other forms of Tcell lymphoma exist (see Table 21-7), which are all characterized by expansions of malignant T cells within the skin. Excoriated Acne Most acne patients attempt to drain comedones and pustules with moderate finger pressure. Catagen is a process of involution that occurs with cell death in follicular keratinocytes. Treatment is generally prescribed at 1 cm from the source axis, often using straight-line calculations to allow rapid treatment to prevent patient discomfort. Culture and nucleic acid hybridization tests require female endocervical or male urethral swab specimens. It occurs almost exclusively in elderly males of Jewish, Greek, or Italian descent. A significantly higher number of patients treated with 30 mg/day acitretin (64%) showed remission or marked improvement compared with placebo (13%). Acne Cosmetica Closed and open comedones, papules, and pustules may develop in postadolescent women who regularly apply layers of cosmetics. Three guanosine analogues- acyclovir, valacyclovir, and famciclovir-have been approved for the treatment of herpes zoster Table 12-8). The patient applies the cream daily and covers with tape (for $12 hours) to enhance penetration. Patients with Lyme arthritis usually have higher Borrelia-specific antibody titers than patients with any other manifestation of the illness, including late neuroborreliosis. C, the cylindrical piece of tissue is gently supported with forceps and cut deep to include subcutaneous tissue. Itraconazole dosing regimen is 200 mg/day for the first week of the month followed by 200 mg/day for the first 2 days for 2 to 11 months. Gram stain: gram-positive cocci in chains; bacterial culture Gram stain: gram-positive cocci chains; bacterial culture Gram stain: gram-positive rods; bacterial culture Gram stain: small gram-negative bacilli; bacterial culture Skin or tissue Gram stain: gram-negative rods; cultures of skin, blood, etc. Trimethoprim/ sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim, Septra) or trimethoprim alone is useful for treating gram-negative acne and acne that is resistant to tetracycline. Although patients of any age may be affected, most patients are either children or adults older than 40 years of age. Primary Lesions Mites are found in burrows and at the edge of vesicles but rarely in papules.
A second effective method of habit reversal is to have patients perform a competing response whenever they have the urge to nail bite or find themselves biting their nails. Seroconversion from negative to positive for antinuclear antibodies is not justification to stop the medication. There was significant improvement of nail psoriasis compared to placebo: with infliximab, golimumab, superficial radiotherapy, electron beam, and grenz rays. Spironolactone is well tolerated but has a dose-dependent association with menstrual irregularity unless an oral contraceptive is also used. Scleroderma appears as a bound-down skin thickening with minor skin color change, progresses to involve large contiguous areas of skin, and does not improve with time. This finding suggests that these patients were already suffering from subclinical gluten-induced enteropathy in early childhood, when the crowns of permanent teeth develop. Patients are unlikely to have rash with readministration of aminopenicillin after recovery. Cyclosporine is rapidly effective, but long-term use may be associated with loss of kidney function. Invasive dermatophyte infection should be included in the differential diagnosis of nodular, firm, or fluctuant masses (particularly on the extremities). Psoriatic patients with a body mass index of 27 or more are likely to have vitamin D insufficiency. The head and neck is the predominant site in male patients, and the trunk is the predominant site in female patients. Even totally superficial capillary hemangiomas that are greater than 3 to 4 mm in thickness respond slowly and incompletely after several treatments. Children Spontaneous resolution of pediatric condyloma occurs in more than half of cases in 5 years. Painful or extremely infected nails (usually the nail of the first toe) can be removed by a simple surgical procedure. Continuous long-term use of topical calcineurin inhibitors in any age group should be avoided, and application should be limited to areas of dermatitis involvement. It occurs in approximately 1 of every 3500 births and affects both genders with equal frequency and severity. Advances in vascular brachytherapy over the last 10 years: focus on femoropopliteal applications. They therefore have great structural integrity and do not break easily like those of pemphigus. Radical compartmental resection and amputation in soft-tissue sarcomas have been abandoned and replaced by limb-sparing wide surgical excision with satisfactory functional, cosmetic, and outcome results. Application of heavy moisturizers, such as equal parts Aquaphor and Unibase, followed by occlusion with a plastic suit for several hours also makes the skin supple. Oral doses may be used thereafter, and they usually sustain the relief initiated by the injection. Those presenting with mucosal or mucocutaneous erosions had a higher rate of active disease after receiving treatment for 1 year compared with those with only cutaneous presentation (66. Arterioles in the dermis become dilated and communicate directly with the venules without intervening capillaries. Neuropathy, although often evaluated as a late radiation complication, has not been definitively shown (23,31,34). Narrow-band ultraviolet B light phototherapy is superior to ultraviolet A light phototherapy. By convention, it should be used after complete excision of primary melanoma with clinical assessment for regional and distant metastases. The mean duration required for the mucocutaneous group to reach a prednisolone dosage of 30 mg/ day was significantly longer. Based on the long-term survival of these early-stage patients, electron-beam radiation therapy is sometimes used with curative intent.
Superficial hemangiomas grow rapidly for weeks or months, forming nodular, protuberant, compressible masses of a few millimeters to several centimeters in diameter. Dry skin is most often located on the extensor surfaces of the legs and arms, but in susceptible individuals it may involve the entire cutaneous surface. Hot tub folliculitis and toe web intertrigo occur because of a temporary change in the skin moisture content and temperature that allows pseudomonal overgrowth. People who suntan poorly or sunburn easily or who have had multiple or severe sunburns have a twofold to threefold increased risk for developing cutaneous melanoma. Dental treatment and the possible presence of infectious dental foci should be considered in the differential diagnosis. Immunohistochemical staining with tryptase is more sensitive than metachromatic stains such as Giemsa or toluidine blue. Serologic testing is the only practical laboratory aid in diagnosis (Box 15-5) and two-tiered testing for Lyme disease is used. Functional outcome after soft-tissue reconstruction for limb salvage after sarcoma surgery. The hair should be washed two times weekly using an antifungal shampoo (povidone-iodine, selenium disulfide). Keratolytic therapy with salicylic acid (over-the-counter) is conservative initial therapy for plantar warts. The nail plate becomes thick and distorted, often causing discomfort when shoes are worn. The diffuse, red, tight-scaling face destroys the self-image, and these patients remain isolated. Decreased permeability and thrombosis lead to infarction, producing small areas of purpura with an irregular pattern. A thick, painful callus forms in response to pressure and the foot is repositioned while walking. Patients must be aware that if the tumor relapses, surgery will be recommended, which is likely to result in stoma formation. Patients are well aware of this phenomenon and, regrettably, believe that they are responsible for their disease. Other treatment may be needed in addition to antiviral therapy, including mydriatic eyedrops to dilate the pupil and reduce the risk of scarring (synechiae); topical glucocorticoids for keratitis, episcleritis, or iritis; medications to reduce intraocular pressure for the treatment of glaucoma; and intravitreal antiviral therapy for immunocompromised patients with retinal necrosis. Change to isotretinoin if response is unsatisfactory after two consecutive 3-month courses of antibiotics. Intraurethral instillation of a 5% cream of fluorouracil or thiotepa may be effective, but neither has been adequately evaluated. Among subjects bitten by nymphal ticks, the risk of Lyme disease was 25% if the tick had fed for 72 hours or longer and 0% if it had fed for less than 72 hours. Clinical Manifestations Pediculosis Capitis the head louse effectively infests only the human head and is distinct from body and pubic lice. The moisturizing agent may be applied under occlusion with a white cotton glove or sock. The most common orodental manifestations are enlargement of the lips, stained gums, abnormal bite, and spontaneous bleeding of the gums. Persons allergic to balsam of Peru and/ or fragrance mix benefit from dietary avoidance of balsams (Box 4-1 lists foods to avoid if allergic to balsam of Peru or fragrance mix). Sun-damaged skin is characterized by elastosis (a coarsening and yellow discoloration of the skin), irregular pigmentation, roughness or dryness, telangiectasia, atrophy, deep wrinkling, follicular plugging, and a variety of benign and malignant neoplasms. These tests are of limited value in making the diagnosis, but positive serum results help to support it. Men should abstain from sexual intercourse until all of their sex partners are treated. During the disease process, there is papillary hypertrophy, hyperkeratosis, and an increased number of melanocytes in the epidermis.
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Necrolytic migratory erythema is a rash that begins as an erythematous area and gradually spreads; after central crusting occurs, the lesions heal. A history of anal intercourse is the most important clue to the diagnosis because the symptoms and signs of rectal gonorrhea are in most cases nonspecific. Balanitis circinata, a highly characteristic psoriasiform lesion, occurs in Reiter syndrome when erosions covered by scale and crust on the corona and glans coalesce to form a distinctive winding pattern. Fexofenadine in a single dose of 180 mg daily or 60 mg twice daily is the recommended dosage for treating urticaria. Treatment is considered palliative for most patients, though major symptomatic improvement is regularly achieved. In adults at presentation, renal function impairment and also proteinuria greater than 1. The absence of telogen hairs is the reason no hair is released on gentle hair traction. Pseudoporphyria resembles porphyria cutanea tarda at a clinical, light microscopic, and direct immunofluorescent level, but porphyrin tests are normal. Attacks resolve spontaneously or require short courses of corticosteroids to control symptoms and normalize the blood count. Photoaging responds to treatment with topical retinoids such as tretinoin and tazarotene. It is advisable to allow for a sufficient amount of cream, and then to set limits on duration and frequency of application. Chills and fever terminate as the rash appears on the extensor surfaces of the hands and the dorsal surfaces of the ankles and toes. One should always think of dermatitis herpetiformis when the symptom of burning is volunteered. The plane of the view is chosen by the cardiologist to best view the vessel of interest. Early excision of necrotic areas was once thought to help prevent the spread of the toxin and further necrosis. One of the most dangerous tumors, melanoma has the ability to metastasize to any organ, including the brain and heart. Atypical target lesions consist of round red macules, some of which have a central vesicle. The one exception among physical urticarias is pressure urticaria, in which swelling may last several hours. Systemic therapy with antibiotics or isotretinoin is used when scarring occurs or for cystic acne. Use this website to conduct a search for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines. At the other end of the spectrum, there are those who develop chapping and eczema from simple hand washing. They vary from small, asymptomatic papules or nodules that resemble cysts or benign tumors to waxy papules. Lesions the lesions of secondary syphilis have certain characteristics that differentiate them from other cutaneous diseases. The over-the-counter permethrin preparation Nix is lower in strength (1%) and ineffective against scabies. The optimal dose of finasteride has not been determined; 5 mg of finasteride is the most commonly used dose but 7. Very rarely, dermatophytes undergo deep local invasion and multivisceral dissemination in the immunosuppressed host. The risk of reoperation was higher in the brachytherapy group at 64% versus the radiosurgery group at 33%, although the treatment volumes were significantly larger in the brachytherapy group.
The softened hairs are cut off directly, leaving a blunt hair and making the development of ingrown hairs less likely. Most cases are the "crateriform" type, which grow rapidly and then undergo spontaneous regression. Excessive granulation tissue rises above the wound surface, imposing a barrier to the inward-migrating epidermis. In the continuous-wave mode, the laser beam coagulates, vaporizes, or cuts tissue. In this limited form of scleroderma, skin involvement typically remains distal to the elbows and knees. Continuous daily suppressive therapy significantly reduces, but does not completely suppress, the amount of asymptomatic shedding and clinical outbreaks. Extensive superficial lesions or those with red papules respond more predictably to oral therapy (see Table 13-2). They show signs of faulty cornification with dyskeratotic cells and parakeratosis. Feelings of stress, embarrassment, selfconsciousness, and low self-esteem can occur. Continuous exposure to moisture in areas such as the hand, the diaper area, or the skin around a colostomy may eventually cause eczematous inflammation. Elimination of the crushed devitalized tissue by debridement of wound edges is the key to control infection and to ensure a successful outcome following surgical reconstruction. Maintain good personal hygiene with regular bathing and cleaning of hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand gel, particularly after touching infected skin or an item that has directly contacted a draining wound. Circumferential involvement of limb(s) affecting skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscle, and bone. Obvious improvement was observed after 4 to 6 weeks of application and the lesions were almost cleared leaving scars after 9 to 11 weeks. Begin as brown macules and can progress to domeshaped, cerebriform, or pedunculated papules Macular, light to dark brown, symmetric, and smoothly textured; center darker than periphery Compound nevi Become thicker during adolescence. They can be prescribed initially or as adjunctive therapy after the patient has adapted to tretinoin or benzoyl peroxide. Albendazole is also effective and well tolerated (400 to 800 mg/day, according to weight, for 3 to 7 days); 10% albendazole ointment, twice a day for 10 days, is a safe and effective alternative for small children (three 400-mg tablets of albendazole in 12 gm of petroleum jelly). Patients successfully treated with isotretinoin have significant posttreatment gains in social assertiveness and self-esteem. Type I hypersensitivity reactions are probably responsible for most cases of acute urticaria. The role of interstitial brachytherapy with salvage surgery for the management of recurrent head and neck cancers. The ultrashort pulse duration of these lasers produces photoacoustic waves that break tattoo particles into smaller pieces. In northern latitudes, the eruption appears on sunexposed areas of the body as early as March and persists through October. This ill-defined group of possible early melanomas will include many atypical nevi. Oral antiviral drugs have a modest clinical benefit only if initiated very early after recurrence. A commonly used program is to use triamcinolone acetonide given with four injections at 1- to 4-week intervals, and is dependent on lesion surface area (1 to 2 cm2, 20 to 40 mg per course; 2 to 6 cm2, 40 to 80 mg; 6 to 12 cm2, 80 to 120 mg; with courses repeated if necessary). Chronic Plaque Psoriasis Chronic, noninflammatory, well-defined plaques are the most common presentation of psoriasis. Corticosteroids are antiinflammatory, antiproliferative, immunosuppressive, and vasoconstrictive. Mast cells, located primarily around blood vessels, manufacture and release histamine and heparin.
The role of radiation is essential; the local recurrence rate was significantly higher when radiation was omitted even in patients with a complete response after chemotherapy. If the results demonstrate infection with either of these pathogens, the appropriate treatment should be given and sex partners referred for evaluation and treatment. The spots are present in virtually every patient with neurofibromatosis, usually at birth, but they may not appear for months. Growing melanomas distort the normal skin anatomy and cause variation in pigmentation patterns and structures. Secondary eczematization and impetiginization are common, but burrows are difficult to find. Diagnosis is based on the clinical picture and confirmed by isolation of gonococci from the primary infected mucosal site, such as the urethra, cervix, oropharynx, and rectum. Poikiloderma is a descriptive term for the pattern that consists of finely mottled white areas and brown pigmentation, telangiectasia, and atrophy. Telangiectatic vessels become prominent and easily recognizable through the thin epidermis as the lesion enlarges. Linear papules produced by nematocysts on tentacles that brushed against the skin. The advantage of feeling the tumor with a curette is lost and adequate margins must be taken. This combination therapy minimizes the side effects of steroids by reducing their frequency of use. Once the wet phase of the disease has been controlled, the lipids and proteins must be restored with the use of emollient creams and lotions, and wet compressing should stop. The rash begins as macules on the face that spread to the trunk and the extremities. The classic presentation is an eruption of large vesicles on the palms that tends to recur; it also includes recurrent vesicular eruptions on the palms and the palmar and lateral sides of the fingers, which is known as macrovesicular eczema (these patients often also have eruptions on the soles of the feet). This is particularly suitable for the palliative treatment of bulky T3 and T4 tumors in patients who are not surgically operable. Burrow Identification Initially, the areas most apt to contain burrows are observed. Serum total tryptase level persistently exceeds 20 ng/ml (unless there is an associated clonal myeloid disorder, in which case this parameter is not valid) "b" Findings 1. Peripheral blood eosinophilia occurs in 50% of patients, and elevated levels of serum IgE in 85%. Side effects include gastrointestinal disturbances and rashes in 5% and 3% of cases, respectively. Studies show that spironolactone 100 mg/day can significantly lower the Ferriman-Gallwey scores. The hair shaft that emerges has three layers-an outer cuticle, a cortex, and sometimes an inner medulla-all of which are composed of dead protein. The lesions begin as a nonspecific erythema and gradually become scaly and hypopigmented. Invasions of buildings with sting attacks inside occupied dwellings, including health care facilities, have been reported. Ery thema and scaling are present, and the skin lines are ac centuated, creating a lichenified or "washboard" lesion. Diflorasone can be used with plastic dressing occlusion; clobetasol, halobetasol, and betamethasone should not be used with occlusive dressings. Long-term outcome and toxicities of intraoperative radiotherapy for high-risk neuroblastoma. A program can be established for most patients after three visits, but some difficult cases require continual supervision. A total of 15 peels were performed with an average reduction in lesion counts of 40. Urticaria occurs when the trapped complexes activate complement to cleave the anaphylatoxins C5a and C3a from C5 and C3.
Selected patients may be referred for hair transplants, plastic surgical rotation flaps, or wigs. Intraluminal brachytherapy using a balloon applicator for superficial esophageal carcinoma: importance of applicator confirmation by computed tomography. Patients with secondary syphilis should be observed for possible relapse or reinfection, with monthly follow-up for the first year and quarterly visits for the second year Table 10-15). To minimize the side effects, betamethasone as a single oral dose was taken after breakfast on 2 consecutive days per week. Tryptase may be undetectable or unelevated in some patients with acute mast cell activation if specimens are obtained. For a long-term solution to pseudofolliculitis barbae, laser hair removal may be the best option. Fever, mild leukocytosis with a left shift, and a mildly increased sedimentation rate may be present. An induction dose of 5 mg/kg at weeks 0, 2, and 6 is followed by further treatments as necessary. They are distinguished by the type of epidermal nevus and by the presence or absence of heritability. Most acute infections with B19 are diagnosed in the laboratory by serologically detecting IgG and IgM class antibodies with enzyme immunoassay. These lipid droplets disappear when the cells are separated further by additional heating and pressure. After a healing interval of 3 weeks, each treated lesion may require an additional one to two injections for maximal response. Lasers and intense pulsed light may be of some use in patients who fail topical creams. They will be sun sensitive for the rest of their lives and must use sunscreen during sun exposure. Histologic examination of early patch lesions shows a superficial bandlike or lichenoid infiltrate, mainly consisting of lymphocytes and histiocytes. Increments of 10% per exposure are given as long as there are no adverse reactions. Regardless of the orientation of the catheters, the principle of placement is the same. The criteria of effectiveness in the treatment of patients with late latent syphilis are reversion of the reagin blood test for syphilis from reactive to nonreactive, a fourfold or greater decrease in the reagin titer, or a fixed titer with no significant change during the period of observation. Vesicles that do not form the typical target of erythema multiforme may appear on the palms and soles. They remain relatively small in infancy and most of childhood, but enlarge and become more active in prepuberty. Unfortunately, a number of hemodialysis patients do not have adequate vessels to form a fistula (a connection) between a vein and an artery; therefore, a synthetic graft must be inserted. Simple surgical excision may be performed if the overlying skin is intact and is not infiltrated with calcium, which may interfere with wound healing. Characteristically, the scale binds to the hair and is drawn up with the growing hair. Nail plate cells are shed in much the same way as psoriatic scale is shed, leaving a variable number of tiny, punched-out depressions on the nail plate surface. In the case of minor complaints, patients can become disease free by using sunscreens and gradually increasing sun exposure in the spring. Pedunculated lesions with a narrow stalk are located on the trunk, neck, axillae, and groin. In response to this foreign material, the skin surrounding the calcium becomes painful, red, and sometimes chronically infected, requiring courses of oral antibiotics. Candidiasis of the toe webs occurs most commonly in the narrow interspace between the fourth and fifth toes, where it may coexist with dermato- phytes and gram-negative bacteria. Nail involvement usually occurs simultaneously with skin disease but may occur as an isolated finding. Obtain a brief history, noting duration, rate of onset, location, symptoms, family history, allergies, occupation, and previous treatment. Virilization is the combination of hirsutism plus other signs of masculinization, such as deepening of the voice and temporal balding (Box 24-5). A, "Dewdrop on a rose petal"; a think-walled vesicle with clear fluid forms on a red base. | <urn:uuid:e01da284-69ad-4372-ad94-1e308b384ce9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.spiritsong.org/catalog/purchase-cheap-azatril-no-rx/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.923002 | 7,435 | 1.929688 | 2 |
Region Overview: Greater Los Angeles Region
The Los Angeles area is home to more charter schools than anywhere in the country, many of which are also among the highest-performing public schools in California. Charter schools continue to grow in response to demand from parents for high-quality school options.
About one out of five charter schools in California is located in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The full diversity of the charter school movement can be seen in Los Angeles, which is home to many small independent start-up schools, district schools that converted into charter schools, as well as larger networks of schools. LA charter schools offer different approaches and themes including college preparatory curricula, programs emphasizing math, science or the performing arts and schools that prioritize personalization of the learning experience through site based and distance learning programs, among others.
How many charter schools are in L.A.? What are the racial demographics of the students? How many charter graduates qualify for college admission? This overview uses data to tell the story of charter schools in Los Angeles in 2015.
Closing the Achievement Gap
LA charter schools are making a difference to close the achievement gap in Los Angeles.
- Overview: Los Angeles Charter Public Schools
- Fact Sheet: Los Angeles Charter Schools and College-Readiness
LA charters have partnered with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to improve local public schools through programs like Public School Choice.
Los Angeles Campaign: Telling the Charter School Story
Despite high levels of awareness and support for charter schools, not enough Californians have experience with charters schools nor do they know how charters are changing lives and communities. We need to change that. As a result we are running a campaign in conjunction with our members to share the charter school story in LA. Members, learn more.
Greater Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura
Besides the charter schools located in LAUSD, about 300 charter schools serve families in communities across LA county. As of 2016, Santa Barbara county was home to 9 charter schools with 12 charter schools located in Ventura county.
LA charter schools have been honored by many different organizations and many are Title I Distinguished Schools, California Distinguished Schools and even National Blue Ribbon Schools.
Every year, CCSA gives out Hart Vision Awards to recognize excellence from across the state. There have been many past winners from Los Angeles. Click through to see the videos.
Charter School of the Year
- Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, Los Angeles (2015)
- Fenton Avenue Charter School, Los Angeles (2013)
- Gabriella Charter School, Los Angeles (2012)
- Dr. Olga Mohan High School, Los Angeles (2011)
- Renaissance Arts Academy, Los Angeles (2010)
- Our Community School, Los Angeles (2009)
- Synergy Charter Academy, Los Angeles (2008)
- Watts Learning Center, Los Angeles (2007)
- View Park Prep Accelerated School, Los Angeles (2004)
Charter School Site Volunteer of the Year
- Tommy and Cherly Kitahata, Meadows Arts and Technology Elementary School, Thousand Oaks (2013)
- Erika Higgins Ross, WISH Charter School, Los Angeles (2012)
- Lindsay Sturman, Larchmont Charter School, Los Angeles (2009)
- Jeanne Adams, University Preparation School, Camarillo (2007)
- Dan Ardell, Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, Los Angeles (2004)
Charter School Principal/Leader of the Year
- Judy Burton, founding president and CEO of Alliance College-Ready Public Schools (2015)
- Jackie Elliot, Founder and CEO, Partnership to Uplift Communities (PUC), Los Angeles (2013)
- Sharon Weir, New West Charter School, Los Angeles (2009)
- Brian Bauer, Granada Hills Charter High School, Los Angeles (2008)
- Mike Piscal, View Park Preparatory Accelerated Charter School, Los Angeles (2004)
- Johnathan Williams and Kevin Sved, The Accelerated School, Los Angeles (2001)
Charter School Teacher of the Year
- Genein Letford, NEW Academy Canoga Park, Canoga Park (2015)
- Jeanne Saiza, Palisades Charter High School, Los Angeles (2013)
- Meredith Dadigan, Aspire Titan Academy, Los Angeles (2011)
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Summer is the best time to get your hands on a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables – and local produce guru Bob Corey can offer some great ideas on what to do with it.
“The Produce Corner with Bob Corey” – which spanned 23 years as a local news segment on TV stations nationwide and three years on the Food Network – is now available on You Tube and online at www.producecornerwithbobcorey.com.
After taping more than 3,000 segments in his TV career, Corey selected nearly 300 of the most informative to showcase online. These videos guide viewers through and entire year of seasonal produce, offering nutritional information, cooking tips and more along the way. Hundreds of recipes can also be easily printed and forwarded from the site.
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With the global warming trend and increasing green-house effects, environment protection has become a global issue and how to save energy and lower emission of carbon dioxide has become a challenge for enterprises throughout the world. As a multinational company with social responsibility, French-based Snecma, a world famous aviation and aerospace industrial group, also deems environment protection as one of its responsibilities.
Since its establishment and being put into production in 2007, Snecma Suzhou Plant selected 2 Atlas Copco GA200 oil-injected screw compressors to provide air power for its sand blast coating production line and pneumatic tools. Electric power consumed in producing compressed air accounted for 10% of total power consumption by the plant. The compressors that consumed most of the power became key equipment for energy saving in the plant. How to effectively lower power consumption by air compressors was one of the most important energy-saving projects in Snecma Suzhou Plant.
Based on the plant’s production procedures, which often changed in demand for compressed air, and its demand for domestic hot water, Atlas Copco’s after-sale team provided Snecma with a comprehensive solution of 2 GA200 oil-injected screw compressors assembled with external VFD energy-saving systems and energy recovery devices.
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The VFD energy-saving system is an external variable frequency control device used to adjust the speed of air compressor driven by the motor at fixed speed. However, based on comparison between standby and operation currents before and after the reconstruction, Snecma Suzhou Plant has effectively reduced power consumption in standby, lowered electric consumption when unloading or booting and increased the productivity of air compressors, with the one-for-two option that connects one variable frequency cabinet with two air compressors to help the user save investment on fixed assets.
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" ... This book is so bad – in content and style – that it deserves a close reading, primarily because it is the type of salacious and deceptive propaganda eagerly devoured by so many Americans. It is at or near the top of every best-seller list, a fact that should send shivers down the spine of any literate and historically aware person. ... "
December 3, 2012
President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was brutally and very publicly assassinated forty-nine years ago on November 22, 1963, though you wouldn’t know it from reading this specious book, Killing Kennedy:The End of Camelot (Henry Holt and Co.,2012) , by Bill O’Reilly. Once closely read, however, it becomes apparent that the title is apt and that Fox Television’s self-described “punk” O’Reilly’s aim is to assassinate JFK’s character today and especially to obfuscate the truth of his murder. This is the Warren Commission’s cover story repackaged for a new generation, and like its predecessor it is patently absurd.
Samuel Johnson once said, “You can abuse a tragedy, but you can’t write one.” O’Reilly has accomplished this abusive feat by writing what he calls “history that is fun to read,” a perverse way of describing the murder of a uniquely courageous president who was intent on confronting the military-industrial- intelligence complex and paid the price.
This book is so bad – in content and style – that it deserves a close reading, primarily because it is the type of salacious and deceptive propaganda eagerly devoured by so many Americans. It is at or near the top of every best-seller list, a fact that should send shivers down the spine of any literate and historically aware person. The tragedy of this book is that so many will read it and be deluded, or in the popular parlance – get punked.
First, very little of this book (approximately 20 %) is devoted to the assassination of Kennedy, and that as an afterthought. The majority is a histrionic rehashing of the years leading up to the killing. We learn many highly significant things: that JFK was an “easily likable man’s man”; that he “is naked and on-schedule” in “the indoor pool”; that this nakedness “stems from his notion of manliness”; that “real men do the breaststroke au natural, and that’s that”; that “Kennedy’s fixation on movies rivals his other favorite recreational pursuit: sex”; that during the Bay of Pigs invasion he spends the day “wallowing in grief”; that Jackie Kennedy “goes through life…feigning ignorance”; that in Kennedy’s relationship with his wife “there was little attempt at foreplay,” that “the president made love to Jackie as if it were a duty”; that “he liked a cigar and a daiquiri or two”; that he “can be just as cold-blooded” as his brother, Robert; that “the president is impotent” – or so thinks Nikita Khrushchev; that JFK is “an adrenaline junkie, relishing the rush of competing for power”; and – but I am getting ahead of myself – that when Marina Oswald “came to bed, her body warm and smelling like soap from a late-night bath, he (Lee) pretended to be asleep.”
This is the killing of Kennedy, O’Reilly’s profundity at work.
As for the style of the writing and the presumptiveness of the author, one would more readily expect the book to be at the top, not of the non-fiction best-seller list, but of the fiction list, perhaps romance fiction. In a note of reassurance to readers, O’Reilly writes, “please know that this is a fact-based book,” that it “is completely a work of non-fiction. It’s all true.”
So let’s count a few of his true facts of the imaginary sort, the kinds of things only an omniscient author could know. In Minsk, Russia, Oswald meets his future wife who “is reluctant to smile because of her bad teeth.” O’Reilly tells us that Kennedy “absentmindedly buttons his coat”; that Oswald “festers in a quiet rage.” The mind-reader writes that “when Jackie thinks of Camelot, she focuses on the final act of the play”; that JFK’s “thoughts are never far from another ‘Churchill’”; that Oswald “dreams of living in the palm tree fringed workers’ paradise of Cuba”; that “the First Lady looks visibly exhausted as she primps before the mirror”; that Oswald “today is easily distracted.” All true, of course, fact-based.
O’Reilly matches this mind-reading ability, this “fact-based” reality, with a breathless present-tense style and convoluted syntax worthy of a potboiler. Is, was, has been jostle throughout the text, but is – with its “we are there, aren’t we” presumption – predominates. One can almost hear the television narrator working with this script sometime next year as the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination approaches and the media propaganda machine goes into high gear. He writes of Jackie: “Her future is gazing at her intently with those beautiful greenish-grey eyes of his”; of Marina Oswald: “Because Lee Harvey will not be around to watch Audrey Marina Rachel Oswald grow up” (yes, that’s the “sentence”); of Oswald : “Oswald can see every strand [of hair] through his scope.”
But perhaps this is O’Reilly at his best. He writes of JFK:
The president stands less than three feet away, paying no attention whatsoever to his wife. He gazes at a dark-haired beauty half his age named Lisa Gherardini. She is blessed with lips that are full and red, contrasting seductively with her smooth olive skin. Her smile is coy. The plunging neckline of her dress hints at an ample bosom. She bears the faintest of resemblances to the First Lady…. Surely John Kennedy can be allowed the minor indiscretion of appreciating this lovely twentysomething.
Turn on the laugh meter. The vixen in question is the Mona Lisa at an unveiling at the National Gallery of Art. Isn’t Killing Kennedy a lot of fun?
As for the actual assassination of JFK, this book could have been written in the late 1960s when O’Reilly was in college. Its primary source is the Warren Commission Report. It’s as though O’Reilly is stuck in time, for his awareness of the enormous body of ongoing research into the killing is either non-existent or purposely avoided. If we give him the benefit of the doubt, he’s damned either way: ignorant of the vast amount of research, including government documents released through the Kennedy Assassination Records Review Board, or complicit in avoiding new findings. Take your pick.
O’Reilly’s method is simplistically deceptive. As he told USA Today (October 2, 2012), this writing is “No pinheaded stuff, just roar through!” And roar he does. Through the first four-fifths of the book, he intersperses short snippets on Lee Harvey Oswald with background on Kennedy’s time in office. These snippets prime the reader for the obvious conclusion that Oswald killed Kennedy just as the Warren Commission claimed.
So on page 15 we read that Oswald was a “crack shot in the military,” an assertion contradicted by manifold evidence, yet a key to O’Reilly’s conclusion. We never learn from these snippets how an alleged traitor to the United States, a defector who told the Soviets he would disclose state secrets, is given his passport back by the U.S. State Department that loans him money so he can return to Hoboken, New Jersey after three years in the Soviet Union. We do learn the important fact that Hoboken is Frank Sinatra’s hometown, but we don’t learn the name or the intelligence connections of the man who met him at the dock and facilitated his re-entry into the country that he had renounced.
We do learn that Oswald “fumes,” that he is “haughty, arrogant … and insolent,” that he is a liar. We do learn that after going to Fort Worth, Texas with his Russian wife Marina and their child, Oswald is befriended by a Russian named George de Mohrenschildt, a man who “may have CIA connections.” We aren’t told that he did, in fact, have such connections by his own admittance. We are told that Oswald “festers in quiet rage,” but O’Reilly doesn’t inform us that de Mohrenschildt, whose father was a czarist official, urges Oswald to move to Dallas where he helps him get at a job at Jaggers-Chiles-Stovall, a graphic arts company that does classified work relating to Cuba and U-2 spy flights for the U.S. Army Map Service. Thus we don’t learn that “defector” Oswald, with a little help from a serendipitously found new friend, has defied basic government security barriers. But then again, O’Reilly fails to mention that Oswald had crypto security clearance (higher than top secret) in the Marines and that he was based at Atsugi Air Force Base in Japan, the CIA’s main operational base in the Far East for top-secret U-2 spy flights over the Soviet Union. (But since O’Reilly’s main source is the Warren Commission that suppressed the fact of Oswald’s crypto clearance, he wouldn’t, presumedly, know that.)
We do learn that by 1963 Oswald is getting angrier, and is having fights with his wife, and decides on April 10, 1963 that “it’s time to kill someone.” We learn once again that he “can shoot extremely well,” but that when he allegedly attempts to assassinate extreme right-wing Major General Ted Walker he misses completely. O’Reilly tells us that Oswald “wanted to be a hero in the eyes of the Communist Party,” but now he feels like a failure and his wife is mad at him. We keep learning that he’s getting angrier by the day, that he feels like a failed man, and that he’s quite nifty with a rifle. The combustible nature of these revelations is surely foreboding.
From another snippet we learn that the Oswald’s move to New Orleans where Oswald quickly gets a job at the Reilly Coffee Company. We are not told that the owner, William B. Reilly, worked for the CIA and was a wealthy supporter of CIA anti-Castro efforts and that the Reilly Coffee Company was located at the center of the U.S. intelligence community in New Orleans. We do learn that Oswald’s rage is increasing – from his reading. We do learn, that despite his employment, he is a “true Communist” and, of course, “an avowed atheist.” We don’t learn that he works with Guy Bannister, a former FBI agent, whose office is nearby and who works with the CIA in all sorts of anti- Castro activities.
O’Reilly informs us that Marina moves back to the Dallas area to the home of her friend, Ruth Paine, but he fails to mention why Mrs. Paine is so solicitous of the Oswalds. Nor does he mention the insignificant fact that Ruth Paine’s sister worked for the CIA; that Ruth Paine had just been visiting her sister in Virginia when she drove to New Orleans to drive Marina and her child back to her home; and that Paine’s mother was connected to Allen Dulles, the former CIA Director whom Kennedy fired after the Bay of Pigs and who would later become a key member of the Warren Commission. But we learn that “thanks to a kindly reference from Ruth Paine,” Lee lands a job at the Texas School Book Depository where he starts work on October 16, 1963, just in the nick of time. Lucky Lee has such good friends.
And on and on we learn and don’t learn from these snippets. Until we learn where all this is leading, as if we didn’t know: the angry Commie atheist Lee Harvey Oswald, because his wife is frustrated with him and won’t take him back, despite his begging, “will be left with no choice,” he will have to kill President Kennedy from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository.
This is O’Reilly’s idea of “history that is fun to read.” Perhaps it’s the serendipity of it all, the odd coincidences never mentioned, or the sexual frissson of the frustrated man turned crazed killer. But “it’s all true,” O’Reilly tells.
What he doesn’t need to tell us is that this book totally disregards decades of research that proves his facile thesis absurd. It’s as though there never was the Church Committee, the Select Committee on Assassinations of the House of Representatives (HSCA), the Kennedy Assassination Record Review Board, no Jim Douglass’s JFK and the Unspeakable, no Gaeton Fonzi, no Peter Dale Scott, no Jim Garrison, no Mark Lane, no Gerald Mcknight, no Sylvia Meagher, no John Newman, no Russ Baker, no Jim DiEugenio, to name but a few of those who have contributed great work. The list of deeply documented, exceptional research is long indeed. Nowhere in this book do we learn of David Atlee Philips, Antonio Veciana, Abraham Bolton, Silvia Otio, David Morales, David Ferrie, Guy Bannister, Howard Hunt, JFK’s secret correspondence via Pope John XXIII and Norman Cousins with Nikita Khruschev, et al. The superficiality of this book is astounding.
O’Reilly would call me a “pinhead,” an academic who cares about facts and sources; such a person must be jealous of his popularity and money. So be it. He is a best-selling author. But how is it possible to be jealous of someone who doesn’t know facts from fiction and who disregards the best scholarship on JFK’s brutal murder?
How are we to explain the popularity of such a terrible book? The great cultural anthropologist, Ernest Becker, in his Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece, The Denial of Death, explained it perfectly. People who are afraid of death and the loss of their cultural illusions that support their world views are particularly attracted to the supposed “unconflicted personality,” the one who will tell them this is that – end of story, the one who shows no doubt. O’Reilly is their man. As he told USA Today (October 2, 2012), “I know that Oswald killed Kennedy.”
There is a bit of an ocular problem with his conclusion, however. In an explanation of his sources, O’Reilly writes of the famous Zapruder film, that “we watched it time after time to understand the sequence of events, and it never got less horrific – nor did the outcome ever change.” (It’s good to be reassured that the outcome never changed, which would be a neat trick.) If this is true, then O’Reilly and his co-author Martin Dugard might consider visiting an ophthalmologist. For anyone with eyes to see who watches that film knows instantly that JFK was shot from the front and that the front right side of his head was blown apart and he was jolted back. Jackie jumps on the trunk to retrieve part of his brain and skull. Our authors miss this, time after time, for they have their man Oswald, and he’s somewhere behind, running. | <urn:uuid:2fff3e28-75f4-4dff-a8e2-951706288e3b> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://constantinereport.com/bill-oreilly-kills-jfk-again/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280266.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00501-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965482 | 3,498 | 1.78125 | 2 |
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DAY 07: PORYGON Z!
Porygon was one of the single strangest things in the first Pokemon generation, a colorful duck-like hologram made entirely of sapient computer data. The only question bigger than "how is any of that ever possible ever" is why, having developed this astounding method of creating complex pseudo-life, the Silph Corporation apparently never tried it again. Once someone perfected a code to manifest an antire fully-functioning pokemon out of thin air, one would expect an array of virtual monsters to start flooding the market.
Instead, Porygon's designers merely saw fit to modify what they'd already designed, releasing an "up-grade" disc to evolve Porygon into the cleverly named Porygon2, with enhanced fighting ability and a higher-resolution anatomy. According to the pokedex, this improved version was specifically intended for space exploration, but for reasons never explained, it "failed to measure up" and the project was apparently cancelled. All we do know is that it "may exhibit motions that were not programmed," another cryptic and ominous statement.
Things ultimately took a turn for the darker with the introduction of Porygon-Z, a smaller, faster, more offensive but otherwise slighty frailer evolution created through an item called "Dubious Disc," a seemingly unauthorized modification not officially distributed through Silph. This may explain its more vulnerable body, not to mention its deranged eyes and detached, floating head, but it still gets a lot weirder than that. Its pokedex entries mirror those of Porygon2, except in this case, the pokemon was apparently reprogrammed to function in "alien dimensions" until it began to "act erratically."
It's easy to assume that Porygon-Z is a glitched mess because of its "dubious" reprogramming, but just as likely that its ability to perceive other realities is the direct cause of its abnormal behavior; perhaps it isn't even "erratic" at all, but simply reacting to stimuli that nothing else can see.
The technology to create a sentient, obedient monster out of pure electronic data should have taken the pokemon world by storm, but somewhere along the line, Silph's creation proved to be unstable and unpredictable in ways they were reluctant to share with the public - apparently so much so that the project itself was dissolved, while some unknown third party attempted to take the experiments even further.
What happened to you in space, funny birdy?
What did you see behind the curtain of reality?
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If you've been doing research about Scotland you'll have no doubt heard about the notorious wee beastie that goes by the name of "Midge". Conversation usually goes something like "those BLOODY midges were everywhere!" Or "I've been eaten ALIVE!!". You may not recognise the name Scottish Midge , they are also known as "no see ums" in the states (which I think is a pretty excellent and appropriate name for the little swines), sand flies in Australia, gnats and punkies. Whichever name you call them there is no denying they are a bit of a nightmare. Here you'll find out everything you need to know and how to how to get rid of midges.
For those unprepared they can indeed be a complete pain and can easily ruin your holiday but fear not, a few simple rules and some good midge repellent should make your trip to Scotland beastie free and let your enjoy your trip without the need to turn into a mad man/woman, swinging tennis bats/hand bags/frying pans around your head like you are doing the time warp.
What is a midge?
The Scottish midge is a teeny wee flying insect with a wing-span of 2-3 mm. There are actually over 35 species of biting midge in Scotland but it's the ferocious Highland midge that causes the most problems. With wings that flap 1000 times a second they have the highest wing speed of all animals worldwide and if you unfortunate enough to encounter a swarm of them they can deliver 3000 midge bites in an hour. That's the scary facts but you'll be pleased to know that only half of the midge population will bite, the males are quite content to munch on flowers. The females reach adulthood with enough eggs for one batch of eggs, after this, if she decides to have more, she needs blood so it's then that the little madams decide to feed on us.
Just a quick note as people are often confused. Midges are not mosquitoes, the are a much smaller version. You are unlikely to ever see a mosquito in Scotland.
What attracts midges?
The Scottish Midge hates when the sun comes out, which is why so many are in Scotland I suppose 😂 What they do enjoy though is in the evening when they want to party! Even more so when you are situated near dense woodland or still water. Also called the Highland midge, these wee buggers love dark clothing, bare skin, damp ground and long grass. They thrive in damp and dark conditions and this is when you'll need to be the most wary. What initially attracts them is the carbon dioxide in your breath which is why you are unlikely to get bitten when it's windy. As you can't exactly just not breath there are some measure that will help get rid of midges.
How to keep midges away
Fret not, there are ways to stay safe and avoid those perky midge bites. Firstly know which situations you are likely to find them and avoid, don't sit outside in the evenings, especially if the weather is calm and still, sit inside with a glass of wine or a good book, or head to a local bar or restaurant. When you are inside you can keep the windows open, they are usually too lazy to fly inside. Wear light coloured clothing, it doesn't matter what material you wear as they won't bite through anything other than your bare skin which bring me to the next point - cover up! The more you have on the less of a chance they will find somewhere to bite. Save your picnics and BBQ for a nice breezy sunny day. You will be safe sitting in direct sunlight, which they really don't like, and if there is a breeze, even better! They hate nothing more than fresh sea air so if you are having fish and chips for lunch, sitting on the pier they won't be interested. Mind you the seagulls will, no, that's a whole other story. Avoid woodland in the evenings at all costs, this is where they hide!
What not to do
The perfect recipe for an attack of the midges goes something like this...
You are up in the highlands, far from the coast, at a campsite and you've pitched your tent. You and the family are sitting outside in the evening, it's a warm and balmy night. The air is calm, not even a whiff of wind. It's been raining so the ground is damp but it's cleared up now. You are all cosy on the grass next to the trees, chatting away. You are wearing dark clothes. One just happens to fly past, you've been spotted. He goes back and tells his friends, "Hey, anyone hungry? I've just found a whole bunch of humans that look especially tasty".
Oh and if you've had a few too many and can't make it to the toilet block, don't even consider stepping into those trees to relieve yourself because you'll wake those beasties from the beds and your bits and pieces will seriously regret it.
When is the Scottish midge season?
Midges season tends to be from late May and die off in September. The males arrive first then the females a week or two later. The numbers go down then the weather is below 10ºC and if it's below 3º they pretty much disappear. As Highland midges like wet ground if there has been an exceptionally dry spring midge numbers will decrease. If it's been an extremely cold winter numbers may be up since the cold will have killed off many of their predators. So, keep an eye on the weather before you visit if you are particularly bothered about their appearance, but I'm just giving you the facts, I wouldn't worry too much.
If you want to avoid the midges altogether stay in the south of Scotland, they rarely see midges there. They are mostly found in the Highlands and islands, away from the coast.
How sore are midge bites?
Midge bites feel like little sharp pricks and aren't particularly sore at the time, but they leave small red irritating lump which can be sore for a few hours, or even a few days. Best advice? Try not to itch! Try and get your hands on some anti-histamines, you'll usually find some in local shops, if not any large supermarket or chemist will stock both the cream and tablets.
There are many midge sprays available. The best midge repellent by reputation here is Smidge insect repellent. People swear by it and I always have a bottle of it in the glove compartment in the car. Another popular option is Avon Skin so Soft which can be ordered online from the Avon website. For a natural homemade option I found this recipe online here , I haven't tried it yet but I will soon.
For alternative midge protection you could fashion a lovely midge net. It may not be something to wear to the local shops but in the evenings, once it's dark, you'll be grabbing it before you can say 'here come the midges'. They are available to buy relatively cheap online.
There are many other things you can try. If you are on holiday here and come across midges where you are staying the local shops will often stock a few options. You could try midge candles (see my story below) or Co2 traps. If you are staying in a tent make sure you have insect mesh up and you don't leave any gaps. Midges may not come into buildings but they aren't afraid of a tent.
Always make sure you carry your midge repellent with you. It's not much good in the drawer in the caravan or stuck at the bottom of your bag, underneath today's lunch, book and spare set of clothes. Have it ready, just in case.
Midge bites treatment
Even after all this preparation and attempted prevention you still get a bite don't panic, while midge bites are extremely annoying they don't carry diseases. It's the red swollen lumps that you will find irritating. As mentioned above you can visit a chemist who can give you anti-histamines or hydrocortisone ointment over the counter. For immediate relief cover the area with an ice pack or cold wet towel.
Please remember that dogs can also be bitten so keep an eye on them when outside and use the same precautions.
Now that I've put you off coming to Scotland and before you go and start researching a trip to Spain don't be overly concerned. You won't always encounter the wee devils, I spent a week doing the North Coast 500 and didn't see a single one. During all the travelling around Scotland I've done (a lot!) I've only really been bothered by them once. That perfect example above, I did that. I went one better too and bought a Midge candle, but thought the idea of it was to keep them away so put it in the centre of the table beside us. Take note, these candle ATTRACT the midge, so keep it lit FAR away. Ouch. That was a mistake I won't be repeating.
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Cut the Gordian Knot
April 4, 2012 Hey, Ted
I just love those BIFs that IBM added to RPG. I can’t understand why anybody would use old RPG op codes instead of the BIFs. But I’ve run into a brick wall with %SUBST. Help!
Allow me to explain Vince’s situation. He was assigned to revise a program someone else had written. The program reads a list of the file names in a certain directory on their network, and has to do other processing depending on file name extension (the part of the name following the last period).
Here’s a program similar to the one that Vince had to modify.
D FileName s 16a D Extension s 3a D Process s 3a /free *inlr = *on; Extension = %subst(FileName: %scan('.':FileName) + 1: 3); if Extension = 'XLS' or Extension = 'DWG'; Process = 'Yes'; else; Process = 'No'; endif; return;
The %SCAN function finds the location of the period in the file name and the %SUBST function extracts the three characters that follow it. The program was processing files with extensions of XLS, XLSX, and DWG.
Vince’s job was to add a new extension, SLDDRW, to the list of extensions to process. He revised his code like this:
D FileName s 16a D Extension s 6a D Process s 3a D /free *inlr = *on; Extension = %subst(FileName: %scan('.':FileName) + 1: 6); if Extension = 'XLS' or Extension = 'DWG' or Extension = 'XSLX' or Extension = 'SLDDRW'; Process = 'Yes'; else; Process = 'No'; endif; return;
The program worked fine during testing, but ended abnormally in production because the period within a long file name was four characters from the end of the FileName variable. Since the substring function extracts six characters, but only three characters followed the period, the program received message RNQ0100 (Length or start position is out of range for the string operation).
Vince was having trouble making a coherent IF statement that would take into account such things as the number of bytes after the period. ANDs and ORs are wonderful tools, but they can make for convoluted code.
I suggested he take another approach. Instead of trying to write a complicated logical expression full of %SUBST functions and logical operators that would produce the desired result, I suggested he write a function subprocedure to isolate the extension, which would be easy to test.
H dftactgrp(*no) actgrp(*caller) D FileName s 16a D Extension s 128a varying D Process s 3a D GetExtension pr 128a varying D inFileName 128a const /free *inlr = *on; Extension = GetExtension(FileName); if Extension = 'XLS' or Extension = 'DWG' or Extension = 'XSLX' or Extension = 'SLDDRW'; Process = 'Yes'; else; Process = 'No'; endif; return; /end-free * ========================================================= P GetExtension b D pi 128a varying D inFileName 128a const *** locals D DotLoc s 10i 0 D Dot c const('.') D EmptyString c const('') D Extension s 128a varying /free monitor; if inFileName = *blanks; return EmptyString; endif; DotLoc = %scan('.': InFileName); if DotLoc <= *zero; return EmptyString; endif; Extension = %trim(%subst(inFileName: DotLoc + 1)); dow '1'; DotLoc = %scan('.': Extension); if DotLoc <= *zero; return Extension; endif; Extension = %trim(%subst(Extension: DotLoc + 1)); enddo; on-error; return EmptyString; endmon; return Extension; /end-free P e
Vince reports that the program has worked correctly since.
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June 04, 2014
LEWISTON, Idaho – Idaho educators will learn about science, technology, engineering and math-based topics and how to use the information in their classrooms during an expense-paid workshop held at Lewis-Clark State College later this month.
Nearly 700 educators are expected to attend this year’s i-STEM (Idaho Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) Teacher Institutes throughout the state, one of which is taking place June 16-19 at LCSC.
The goal of the i-STEM Summer Institutes is to support educators as they learn how to integrate STEM materials and lessons into their curriculum and schools. The 2014 i-STEM focus is integrating STEM topics as an integral part of the Idaho Core Curriculum.
The workshops are organized by the Idaho STEM initiative or i-STEM - a partnership of educators, government agencies, community organizations, and private companies working to improve STEM education in the state. I-STEM members include Idaho National Laboratory, universities and community colleges, the state Department of Education, Idaho State Board of Education, Micron, Idaho Forest Products, Lewis and Clark State College, Battelle Energy Alliance, Spencer Hardware, Home Depot, Sportsman’s Warehouse, and Clearwater Paper. More information is available at www.sde.idaho.gov/site/istem.
This is the fifth year i-STEM has sponsored the K-12 teacher professional development summer institutes. Since 2010, the number of workshops has expanded from two to five and hundreds of teachers and administrators have participated.
“We’ve added an institute in Lewiston at Lewis-Clark State College so we can train as many educators as possible,” said Anne Seifert, executive director of i-STEM and INL’s K-12 education coordinator. “One of the goals of the regional workshops is to help educators learn about the STEM resources in their own backyard.”
The institute is for teachers, counselors, and administrators. Lewiston is the sixth and newest addition to the i-STEM Summer Institute locations which include: Coeur d’Alene, Nampa, Idaho Falls, Pocatello, and Twin Falls.
During the workshops, participants choose a specific topic to study such as energy, forestry, or mining. They attend sessions taught by STEM experts. Educators also participate in general sessions to learn how to integrate STEM into all the subjects they teach. Participants receive continuing education credits and resource kits.
The i-STEM institutes are funded by an Idaho State Math and Science Partnership Grant and industry supporters such as Micron, Hewlett Packard, Idaho Power, Intermountain Gas, ON Semiconductor, Simplot, Battelle Energy Alliance, and others.
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Are You Heading
If there is ONE thing you need to investigate diligently, it is this! "But" you say, "Im not sure there is a heaven" or, "I think everyone is going to heaven". WHAT IF YOU ARE WRONG? What if there is a heaven and hell, or what if not everyone is going to heaven? Or, what if most people are heading towards hell?
How can a person get sure answers to such questions? Clear answers to these questions seem to elude the best philosophers and religious leaders. There are so many different answers to the question, "how does a person get to heaven", it can be so confusing. Each religious authority says that their way is the right way to heaven or even worse in terms of confusion, that all roads lead to heaven! I dont know about you, but Ive been on plenty of dead end roads that did not get me to where I wanted to go! Such confusion
Let me suggest a sure way to find the answer. Lets say you want to go somewhere in your town or state where you have never been, and you want to make sure you dont get lost. Someone has told you about a great park to go to and you want to visit. What do you do? You would either ask a person who has been there and who knows the way, to write down directions - or you would find a map, right? Well, let me suggest something beautifully simple and true. Why not do the same thing for knowing the way to heaven? Why not ask someone who knows the way because they have been there and who can give you a map that shows you the way?
You say you dont know anyone who has gone to heaven and come back to tell you the way. Well you may not, but I do! No, its not me - too many weird people out there claiming things like that! No, I know someone who is reliable and trustworthy. This person went there and came back to tell his friends how they can get there! Not only that, he wrote down for us a map that contains the directions! Isnt that really good news?!
The map he left has some explanatory notes which tell how he went to heaven and came back. In the notes at the bottom of the map, the person who went to heaven and came back, said to his friends in the interim between his going to heaven and coming back, "In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me". He said to his friends, regarding the interim between his going to heaven and coming back, "Now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, Where are you going? Because I have said these things, you are filled with grief Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy".
You see, they didnt understand his method of going to heaven and then coming back. It was beyond their comprehension, so they had a really tough time believing his words. They were just sad to see him go, even though he said he was going to heaven and was coming back.
After he went away to heaven, his friends were really sad because he chose a way to go to heaven that none of them understood. The way he chose seemed so destructive and so unlike how they thought he should choose to go. It was a way they would never dream of choosing themselves. The way he chose seemed so final without any hope of returning to tell them how to get there. But to their utter amazement, a few days after he left, he came back and stood in their midst and said, "Peace be with you". They were in total shock! Could it really be him? One of his friends who was not there when he first appeared, was so skeptical, that he didnt believe he was back until he appeared the second time and he actually touched him with his own hands!
He then reminded his friends of his words to them earlier. He said to them, "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Fathers house (heaven) are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going (Heaven)". That same skeptical friend, Thomas, said to him, "Lord, we dont know where you are going, so how can we know the way?" His friend Thomas didnt understand that his Fathers house is heaven. So he answered Thomas and said, "I AM THE WAY and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
Do you know who spoke those words above? You know, the person who went to heaven and came back? His name is Joshua (or Jesus) of Nazareth! The map he left is his Words in the gospels in the New Testament, and those Words tell us clearly how to get to heaven. It is very simple and not complicated Jesus is the Way! No, Jesus is not a physical road! No, Jesus is not a Religion or philosophy or karma. Jesus is a living person and he is the "road" to heaven in a sense, since the way to heaven is found in trusting in Jesus and obeying him! The "road" is a real, personal, loving, respectful RELATIONSHIP with Jesus of Nazareth, the Unique Son of the true and living God.
Jesus says, "I am the Way for wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction ,and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it". Jesus says, "I am the gate; whoever enters through Me will be saved".
Do you believe the words of the one who went to heaven and came back to prove all that he said and did was true? The friends of Jesus were eyewitnesses to his first return from heaven. They saw him after his resurrection, and were with him frequently for about 40 days after his crucifixion, until he went back to be with his Father.
You can know the one who not only knows the way to heaven, but Who Is the Way to heaven! But before you can get on the Way to heaven, you must first stop ignoring the Way, and then believe in the Way. You see, Jesus says he is the only sure way. Remember, not all roads lead to heaven, just like all roads dont lead to your house! Why should you believe Jesus, and not Buddha or Mohammed or the Pope or Joseph Smith, et al? Well, none of these other folks were wise enough to defeat death! They all died or will die. Jesus is radically different. Only he has the power to defeat death, and this was proved by his defeating death! As Mary testified, "He is Risen!"
As you read this, perhaps your heart is affected. Perhaps you see how you have been ignoring God - not living up to his desire that you love Him with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. Perhaps you can see for the first time that you are GUILTY of the greatest sin, which is you never had true faith in God and His Son? You knew ABOUT God, but you never entered into a Life of true faith. You might have even been trying to serve the God you did not personally know, but this is not what God wants. If you are truly seeing this spiritually, then you should be experiencing some fairly strong emotions associated with what is happening inside you now. Jesus calls this repentance, which is true remorse over your unbelief and sin.
So, what does God want of you right now, at this moment? It is this simple...believe His Son...listen to His Son...trust in Himself and His Son. This is what God wants of you right now. Don't play the fool and turn away. Don't reject a love so great that a loving, compassionate Father sent His beloved Son, knowing His Son would be horribly mistreated and killed because many would reject His love. Admit that you have been one who has rejected His love up to this point, and then turn from your unbelief and sin and start to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. Make Jesus your only personal Teacher, Master, Leader, Lord, King of your life, and then you will know Life. And then you will have been truly born from above, or born again! And if you do this, rejoice as you have entered into salvation! Rejoice as you have passed from death to life...from darkness into Light! Rejoice that you have been received by your Father who is in heaven, and who has been waiting for you to come to Him your whole adult life! Rejoice that you are now a child of God, beloved by a compassionate and all powerful Father!
What does God want of you after you are born again? He wants you to get to know Him and His Son. The best way to start this process is by reading Jesus' Words to you in the gospels. Get a New Testament if you don�t already have one. I would recommend these translations � the New American Standard or the New King James Version. Read the gospel of John in the New Testament, and then read Matthew, Mark and Luke. Don't make the great mistake of thinking that all of the bible is God's Word, for it is not [see Is the bible God's Word?]. Jesus is God's Word to man, thus the only guidance you need on how to live your life to please God is Jesus and his Words and teachings ONLY. Keep reading his Words in the gospels and start to DO what you see him saying to you. Only if you obey will you be able to grow in your personal knowing of his Father and himself. To continue in the Life that Jesus gives you, you must be faithful to him, and that means to receive what he teaches, and try your best to do what he says.
It is very important that you know that if you do not thirst to know Jesus, by reading his Words in the gospels, and by desiring with all that is in you, to obey ALL his commands, then you have not entered into His salvation [link to Do You Love Jesus?]. You must also know that Jesus says that if you want to be his disciple, you must forsake what this world has to offer in order to follow him (Luke 14:33). Do not be afraid of Jesus or his commands, for he is the Way, the Truth and the Life (John 14:6). Ask Jesus to show you the things you need to start giving up in order to follow after him.
If you need some disciples to stay with, our house is open to you.
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If you are devoted to academics, practice, and performance, four exciting music career track choices —Education and Performance, Sound Engineering, Music Industry, and Music Therapy— await you at SUNY Broome. The A.S. in Music prepares you for transfer to institutes offering baccalaureate degrees. The A.S. in Music: Sound Engineering prepares you for immediate employment.
Once you have completed your A.S. Degree, you might choose to work in a music store or sound recording studio. Or, you may teach privately and/or perform in musical groups. If you decide to transfer in order to complete a baccalaureate degree program, you may want to teach in a public school, pursue a Master's degree, or secure employment in various sectors of the music industry.
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What is an SIP address and who needs it?
10:21 08 June 2017
In essence, an SIP address simply means the devices’ IP address on a Local Area Network (LAN). It works by using a simple address format similar to email and HTTP, which is used to identify the recipient of the call. The simplified format works over the Internet although a more user-friendly alternative is to the use of domain name rather than the public IP address and allowing DNS to resolve the name for you.
However, these days when the majority of devices use IPv4, it is recommended to use a service provider that will provide you a routing service and act as a proxy client. After you sign up with the service provider and create username and password, you will obtain an SIP address that look like email@example.com. With this address, others will be able to reach you on the Internet.
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Structure of a giant, hollow wooden elephant building. Dubbed Lucy, this building was built in 1882. It weighs 90 tons and has a substructure of wood and skin made of hammered tin. Men and women tourists go inside the elephant building through a door in the elephants leg at bottom. It is located near the Atlantic coast, in Margate, New Jersey, United States, two miles south of Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Presidential tour of proposed Gateway National Recreation Area in New York and New Jersey. U.S. President Richard M. Nixon, standing in front of the Presidential Aircraft at Newark Airport, Newark, New Jersey, with Governor William Thomas Cahill, of New Jersey, Governor Nelson Rockefeller, of New York, Mayor Kenneth Allen Gibson, of Newark, and Mayor John Lindsay, of New York City. The President's helicopter maneuvering over the proposed Gateway National Recreation Area. President Nixon speaking about the project in Hangar 14 at Newark Airport, Newark, N.J. Seated on the stage are: Governor Cahill, Secretary of Interior, Rogers C.B. Morton, Governor Rockefeller, Mayor Gibson, and Mayor Lindsay. The President shakes hands with the Governors and Mayors after concluding his remarks.
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Training film about factors influencing vertical social mobility and class in the United States. Three boys named Guilford Ames,Theodore Eastwood and David Benton from different classes (upper class, middle class, and lower class) in Madison, New Jersey. Families of various races gather at the viewing window of a hospital nursery. Babies in cribs seen in the nursery. Three boys stop in front of Madison High School to converse following their graduation. Their parents greet each other as well. Scenes of boys at home after graduation. First, the boy from the upper class, Guilford, speaks to his parents in their living room, with a maid present. Middle class boy, Ted, at the dinner table with his parents and sister. Lower class boy, Dave, with extended family to celebrate graduation. Dave pumps gas at an Amoco gasoline filling station. He wears a white t shirt and baseball cap. "Amoco no lead" is seen on the gas or petrol pump. Guilford, dressed in a suit and driving a 1956 Cadillac, pulls into the Amoco service station and talks to Dave. At his father's office, Guilford shakes hands with Ted. Ted walks in downtown Madison, New Jersey while thinking. In New York, Ted works at the art department in an advertising firm. Ted draws an advertisement for a refrigerator at his desk. A door with a sign on it, "Art Department, Theodore Eastwood, Director" Ted with other men at a golf course. Ted tees off at the golf course. Ted arrives home at the Convent Station, New Jersey railroad station. Many 1950s American automobiles seen in the car parking lot. He talks to a woman sitting in a convertible and to her husband, Guilford. At the Amoco station in Madison, Dave, now dressed in a mechanic's coveralls, shakes Teds hand. Close up of identification card for a baby at a hospital. The card reads "Benton Baby" and has an image of a stork on it. Nurse takes baby from mother in a hospital bed and puts the baby in a crib. She rolls the baby crib into the hospital nursery.
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The California Department of Education on Friday began restoring historical test data that it deleted from the most accessible part of its website earlier this month, following criticism that it did so to discourage the public from making comparisons to the results of new tests aligned to the Common Core standards.
The department plans to release scores from the new tests, known as Smarter Balanced, on Sept. 9.
The department’s decision came two days after EdSource first reported that the department took down 15 years of math and English language arts scores from the database of the Standardized Testing and Reporting program, known as STAR, which enabled the public to search results by district, school and student subgroups from grades 3 through 12. The information was located on the department’s DataQuest website.
The move received harsh criticism, with some saying that the department overreacted and mistrusted the public with the data. In a statement Friday, Bill Ainsworth, the education department’s communications director, issued the following statement:
“Earlier this month, the California Department of Education moved results from the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program in math and English language arts from the location on our website where we plan to put up results from the new California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress, or CAASPP, while continuing to make that information available in research files and in another section of our website, EdData.
“We sought to provide clear and relevant information to the public, highlight CAASPP results, and maintain our strong commitment to transparency. Unfortunately, this action was misperceived by some and may have caused confusion. As a result, we are restoring STAR test results to their previous location on our website.”
Department officials and many others have cautioned that comparing results from the two sets of tests would be inappropriate and inaccurate because the academic standards have changed, with the adoption of the Common Core, and the new online assessments are very different. Officials initially cited a state law forbidding state agencies and local districts from making test comparisons in justifying the removal of the data. Ainsworth acknowledged that
interpretation was inaccurate; the law did not apply to publicly posting information.
By Friday evening, the department had restored data from 2007 to 2013, the last year that the California Standards Tests in English language arts and math were given. Ainsworth said that the department will repost the remaining information in the next few days.
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The migrant and refugee crisis is now among the top priorities on European political agendas, and with good reason. The tragic stories of individuals and entire families emerging in the media over the past few months have sensitised the public opinion and mobilised decision-makers.
While Europe is taking action to handle the situation, it is important to bear in mind that the issue at hand is more than just a passing problem in need of a quick fix. Beyond our immediate response to the current crisis, there is one important aspect of migration that requires sustainable, long-lasting solutions: the social integration of migrants.
Decisive action and concrete initiatives are needed if the issue is going to be comprehensively dealt with in the medium and long run. The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), as the only European development bank with a social mandate, has been taking solid steps in this area.
Set up in 1956, the CEB has 41 member states. As a major instrument of social cohesion and solidarity in Europe, the bank finances social projects by making available resources raised in favourable conditions, thanks to its excellent credit rating (Aa1/AA+ with Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s, and Fitch Ratings, outlook stable). It thus grants loans to its member states and to financial institutions and local authorities in its member states for the financing of projects in the social sector, in accordance with its Articles of Agreement.
Marginalisation and exclusion: a constant threat for migrant groups
Pushed by political instability, a lack of economic prospects and sometimes also by natural disasters, migrants make the long and often perilous journey to a safer, more prosperous environment in the hope of building a better future for themselves and their families. Media reports of recent months have shown that they are even willing to risk their lives to escape war, persecution and poverty.
And yet, when they reach their final destinations, they often end up facing discrimination and exclusion in their new environments. Their children are likely to find themselves in a similar position later on, and this may create the sort of situation in which marginalisation is perpetuated, resulting in the weakening of social cohesion. That is why integration is crucial when it comes to addressing migration, especially in a long-term perspective.
Migration, a potential booster of economic growth
Studies suggest that, if properly managed, migration can be beneficial not only to the country of origin but also to the destination country in terms of both economic development and cultural enrichment. In the destination countries, migrants can boost productivity and economic growth, and help alleviate rising demographic pressures. They are also likely to contribute to the economies of their countries of origin through remittances and by strengthening the local sets of skills.
To maximise the benefits of migration, it is of the utmost importance that migrants become fully integrated in their destination countries. Creating inclusive environments of tolerance and equal opportunities is essential in that regard. This is closely linked with the protection of basic human rights and involves providing unimpeded access for migrants and their families to adequate housing, the labour market, appropriate healthcare, and professional training and education, including language acquisition for non-native speakers.
This will protect and strengthen social cohesion, prevent discrimination, exclusion and marginalisation, and ultimately facilitate social integration.
Managing migration: the CEB’s response
The issue of migration is of particular concern to the CEB. In addition to the record numbers of asylum-seekers currently arriving in Europe from the Middle East and Africa, all 41 CEB member states are hosting migrants either as transit countries or as final destinations. Furthermore, in most CEB countries the majority of foreign-born populations are born outside the European Union, which poses additional challenges for their integration in European societies.
To help its member states better cope with the unprecedented influx of migrants and refugees, in early September this year the CEB put in place a new instrument in the form of a trust fund, the “Migrant and Refugee Fund”. The purpose of this fund is to finance reception and transit centres in affected countries. The initial response to this initiative from shareholders and partners has been very positive, and the CEB has begun financing the first of these centres.
Beyond addressing this emergency situation, however, the CEB regards migration and migrant integration as complex issues requiring a cross-cutting response. The problem covers several areas in which the bank is active and has been at the heart of the CEB’s mandate from its very inception.
In fact, when the bank was established in 1956 by eight member states of the Council of Europe as a “Resettlement Fund”, its social mission was precisely to tackle the problems associated with migrants, refugees and internally displaced persons in the aftermath of the Second World War. As a social development bank in Europe, the CEB has not only a responsibility and a historic duty to act but also considerable expertise in this area.
The bank has approved €3.1 billion in loans specifically for social projects benefiting migrants, refugees and displaced persons and has provided an additional €32 million in grants. CEB financing activity in this regard has included a range of projects across Europe: social rental housing in the Republic of Moldova, Germany and France; housing for refugees and displaced persons in the former Yugoslavia; housing for ex-deportees and political prisoners in Lithuania; access to microcredit for migrants and other vulnerable population groups in Italy and Spain; and, one of the most recent projects approved, reception centres for migrants arriving in Greece. In terms of geographical distribution, over half of the loans have been for relatively new migrant destinations in Southern Europe.
The way forward
The context in which migration occurs is ever-evolving, and, as migration pressures across Europe are likely to increase in the years to come, the phenomenon is expected to have significant socio-economic implications for European societies.
There is no doubt that the massive influx of asylum-seekers into Europe requires urgent attention. But the prospect of the long-term integration of migrants in society also needs careful consideration, which, in turn, involves appropriate social policies and a comprehensive approach to building inclusive societies.
For it is through the successful integration of migrants that we can ensure their active participation in, and positive contribution to, the economic and cultural life of the destination country.
Today, the CEB remains committed to its statutory priority and strives to foster social convergence among its 41 member states, both in times of crisis and with a view to achieving long-term social and economic integration.
This article is based on a study entitled “The Integration of Migrants in Europe”, prepared by the Directorate for European Cooperation and Strategy of the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) and published in November 2015. The full study is available in the “publications” section of the CEB’s website (www.coebank.org). | <urn:uuid:62779d8a-3e3a-4b93-95b5-c3de7308b0a6> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://internationalbanker.com/finance/managing-migration-the-importance-of-social-integration-the-migrant-crisis-from-an-emergency-response-to-lasting-solutions/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720000.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00024-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955597 | 1,396 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Write a paper of 750-1,000 words in which you describe three organizations (e.g., JCAHO) responsible for monitoring quality in health care organizations. Identify each organization, its purpose, duties, and methods of monitoring quality. Additionally, describe their impact on quality of care in health care organizations.
In your paper, cite at least three references in addition to your textbook.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
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So, how could one add simple concurrency to Python? Well, decorators make turning a method or function into one that executes in a thread rather straight-forward. You then just return a future and all is mostly well (the only issue is type-checking, but a metaclass might be possible to solve that issue by generating a future class with the proper inheritance tree, if that is even needed).
But what about global variables? Those pesky things that always get in the way of simple, concurrent code? Well, decorators help with this. Since they are passed the method or function, you can view the bytecode. That means you can look up global variable accesses. You can also get the names of the globals easily enough. So, if you then wrap those globals in a locking object then you could let the concurrent method have exclusive access to the global and not worry about the global changing its value underneath the concurrent method call. And as part of the cleanup of the concurrent method, you unlock the global, and thus allow execution in the main thread to continue.
Now this is not fool-proof. Someone storing a global somewhere will be able to circumvent the protection unless __getattribute__() is injected into the global properly and hooks into the proper lock (which might be tricky in situations where it is a C type or an object that uses slots and thus cannot have an aribtrary attribute added to hold the lock). Could have a module that stores all of this and also acts as a global lock holder. That way a generic __getattribute__() can be injected and that can then look up in the module for the lock needed by the global. But then again if it is read-only it still does not solve the problem. Bah!
It might also be easier to specify the globals as part of the decorator. That would allow for explicit locking of the globals with a locking equivalent object. Might also simplify the whole situation.
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New meat cuts and breakfast dishes are expected to lead the 2019 wave of food trends. The National Restaurant Association says alternative sources of protein, locally sourced meats and seafood, more veggie-carb substitutes, and globally inspired breakfast options are all trends expected this year. The Association released the details from the industry-wide What’s Hot survey showing consumers should expect to see more plant-based sausages and burgers, new cuts of meat, including oyster steak, Merlot cut and Vegas Strip Steak, plus ethnic-flavored breakfast items. The annual What’s Hot survey is considered a barometer of food and beverage trends at restaurants around the country. The results forecast food, beverage, and culinary concept trends for the year ahead. The annual survey looked at the responses of approximately 650 professional chefs, all members of the American Culinary Federation. | <urn:uuid:f2263696-b71c-4617-9997-a4c284aba4fe> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://whoradio.iheart.com/content/2019-01-03-what-will-be-the-hot-food-trends-in-2019/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00076.warc.gz | en | 0.936168 | 173 | 1.59375 | 2 |
International notoriety does not sit well with residents of the sleepy Romanian village of Carcaliu, on the banks of the Danube.
But in recent weeks they have been thrust into the global spotlight after it emerged that seven stolen masterpieces including works by Picasso and Monet may have been incinerated there in a desperate attempt by a mother to destroy evidence against her son.
AdvertisementThe pair are among six Romanians who will go on trial in Bucharest next week over what has been called the "theft of the century", in which seven masterpieces were swiped from Rotterdam's Kunsthal museum in less than three minutes.
The heist gripped the art world, and shock turned to horror last month when the mother of the key suspect reportedly admitted to torching the artworks -- valued by prosecutors at 18 million ($24 million) -- in her stove. Experts have put their collective value at over 100 million euros.
Olga Dogaru has since retracted her statement, but analysis by Romania's National History Museum showed ashes found in her home contained the remains of three or four paintings.
However, the Romanian museum could not establish if these remains come from the canvases stolen from Rotterdam.
The Kunsthal museum too was unable to indicate if the ashes stemmed from the stolen works.
"The Dutch police and public prosecution haven't confirmed yet that the paintings have been burned so we cannot confirm either," a Kunsthal spokeswoman told AFP.
"If it has been the case, then it underlines the futility of the theft and it's a loss not only for the owners of the paintings but for all art lovers," she said.
The scandal has stunned this usually peaceful Romanian village, surrounded by fields of sunflowers and where trailing vines shade the well-kept gardens of pastel-coloured houses.
One grandmother who gave only her surname, Pamfil, said the affair had "blackened the name of the village," while 66-year-old Ekaterina said it had "created a shock in a community unused to being subjected to searches by masked police".
Most of the village's 3,000 residents are Lipovan, a Russian-speaking ethnic minority that fled persecution in Russia 300 years ago.
Only around 1,250, most of them retired, live in Carcaliu year-round -- the rest leave to seek work in Italy, mostly in construction or caring for elderly people.
Radu Dogaru, the lead defendant in the art heist trial which will begin on Tuesday, was born into a mixed family, with a Lipovan mother and a Romanian father.
Radu, who denies the charges, is also under investigation over involvement in cases of murder and people trafficking, according to the indictment.
"When he arrived we were sure things were going to go badly. The gang used to steal and make threats," said one villager who asked to remain anonymous.
Olga Dogaru lived until her arrest in a pretty white house where she is suspected of burning the artworks after retrieving them from a local cemetery where she had hidden them after her son's arrest.
Today the house is occupied by one of her friends, who refused to allow journalists in and said she knew nothing about the paintings.
Dogaru is also thought to have stored the artworks at the home of his aunt Marfa, keeping her in the dark about the explosive contents of the consignment.
"I am still in shock," Marfa, a highly respected member of the Carcaliu community, told AFP.
The works included Picasso's "Tete d'Arlequin", Monet's "Waterloo Bridge" and Lucian Freud's "Woman with Eyes Closed".
"If they were burned it would be very sad, they represent the cultural heritage of future generations," said Iacob Iacob, a local who works in Italy but was home on holiday.
Vasile Ivli, the priest in this highly devout community, has appealed to parishioners to come forward with any information they may have about the paintings.
But for Caraliu's mayor, Anica Toma, it would have been better if it had never happened.
"I want our village to be known for its customs and beauties, not for stolen paintings," she told AFP.
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SAT vs. ACT - Which One Should You Take
With the recent changes made to the SAT®, the ACT and SAT are now quite similar. Despite this, there are still some major differences to consider. Students who are getting started with the college admission process may be considering which test makes the most sense for them based on their individual skills and comfort level. To help these students make this critical decision, we have assembled a list of factors every student should consider when deciding if they should take the ACT, SAT or both. Use the following criteria to help you decide as you prepare for the college admission process. Getting started on the right foot by choosing a test that works best for you, may make the difference between getting that scholarship or getting into your top-choice school.
A FEW KEY CONSIDERATIONS FOR MAKING A DECISION
Colleges Don’t Care Which One you Take
The ACT and the SAT are now both universally accepted tests used by almost all US-based 4 year colleges for academic admissions. It used to be the case that the SAT was the test to take if you wanted to attend an elite east cost school, while the ACT was more common and accepted in the south, west and Midwest. This is no longer the case. Choosing to take the ACT or the SAT will have no impact on college admissions, only how well you perform as a percentile and in comparison to the other students taking the test. Also, keep in mind colleges will typically choose the highest score if you decide to take both or each test multiple times. Always check with your school's admissions website to confirm their policy on multiple scores.
Take An ACT AND SAT Practice Test Under Timed, Test-Simulated Conditions and Compare Scores
Often students who start their test prep by taking an initial ACT or SAT practice test will do better on one or the other. This may provide a good benchmark to see how you naturally perform on each test and may help to get you started on the right foot. Also, keep in mind that certain students can dramatically improve their scores by mastering testing strategies in addition to studying the content. We have found that testing strategies can have a greater impact when taking the ACT vs. the SAT, however, with the SAT as any standardized test, testing strategies can make a huge difference in overall performance.
DOWNLOAD OFFICIAL RELEASED SAT PRACTICE TESTS HERE
How Well Do You Perform on Logical Reasoning-Based Questions
The new reformatted SAT is much more similar to the ACT now, however, logical reasoning does play a larger role in the SAT vs. the ACT. Students who are strong in this area should consider the SAT.
How Good Are You At Reading Data, Graphs and Charts
Unlike the SAT, the ACT has a science section. However, it is important to note that the section does not require an advanced level of scientific content knowledge, rather focuses more on using information, data and hypothetical scientific results to deduce the correct answer. Students who are good at reading graphs, data sets and interpreting the results of scientific experiments should do well on this section- more support for them to consider the ACT.
Using a Calculator
Both tests allow you to use a calculator, however, the SAT is more restrictive- only letting you use a calculator on certain parts of the math test. The ACT allows you to use a calculator on all parts of the math section. It is important to note that only certain types of calculators are allowed and students must bring their own- they are not provided. We recommend you check with College Board or ACT.org to verify that your calculator is acceptable and allowed on each test.
Are You Running Out Of Time On The Test
The ACT, while now more similar to the SAT still provides overall less time per question. On average for each section, students are forced to work through each problem faster on the ACT.
Here is a breakdown of how much time on average students have to work through each problem:
ACT Time Per Problem:
English 75 problems over 45 minutes: 36 seconds per English Problem
Math 60 problems over 60 minutes: 60 seconds per Math problem
Reading 40 problems over 35 minutes: 52.5 seconds per Reading question
SAT Time Per Problem:
Writing & Language Arts 44 problems over 35 minutes: 48 seconds per Writing & LA problem
Reading 52 problems over 65 minutes: 75 seconds per Reading problem
Math 58 problems over 80 minutes: 83 seconds per Math problem
Students who struggle with time management may tend to fair slightly better on the ACT over the SAT. Students who are naturally good at time management, may have a slight edge over other ACT test takers, especially if they focus on time management techniques for standardized testing.
Never Leave Unanswered Questions on Either the ACT or SAT
Neither test deducts points for unanswered questions, which means if you run out of time always guess an answer!
Which Areas of Subject Content Are You Strongest and Weakest
In addition to taking a timed and simulated practice test for both the ACT and SAT, we also recommend getting a routine content diagnostic on your test results. These types of diagnostic test will break down the content on the test, and evaluate which types of questions were correct vs. incorrect and produce a report on which areas should be the focus of your studying. For example, you may fair well on algebraic relationships however, not as well on reading and interpreting data or word problems. These types of diagnostics will let you know where to focus your studying and test prep for maximum results. Contact us for recommendations on free or low cost diagnostic tools.
ACT vs SAT FAQs:
ACT vs SAT Decision Tool
Use this tool to help you decide which test is best for you.
Instructions: For each question, check "Agree" or "Disagree." When Complete, add up the blue boxes where "agree" was checked (ACT score) then the green boxes where "agree" was checked (SAT score). Use the results to help you decide which test is best for you.
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Le Cordon Bleu Closing All Culinary Schools in the U.S.
A well-known name among culinary schools is disappearing from the American landscape--and included among the closures is a location in the Boston area.
According to an article on the Eater site, all 16 locations of Le Cordon Bleu in the United States will be shutting down, with the final day for enrollment being January 4, 2016. The post indicates that the closures apparently stem from new government regulations limiting funding for career colleges, and that while the operator of the for-profit schools (Career Education Corporation) tried to sell them off, no agreement could be reached with a prospective buyer. Eater notes that the American locations of Le Cordon Bleu are not connected with the original in Paris (or those in other countries), and it appears that locations outside of the United States will indeed remain in operation.
According to its website, Le Cordon Bleu is "considered today the largest network of culinary and hospitality schools in the world," and it is known in part for being Julia Child's alma mater.
The location of Le Cordon Bleu on First Street in Cambridge is among the ones shutting down.
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Part 8 of series:
What is a Church?
When a Church is Not a Church, Part 3
In my last two posts, I suggested that the Greek word ekklesia, which is usually translated as “church” in our English New Testaments, did not have the religious overtones we naturally hear when “church” is spoken. Because of this, I’ve even suggested that “church” is not the best translation for ekklesia. “Assembly,” it seems to me, is better, even though it doesn’t quite represent the nuances of ekklesia. You may recall that ekklesia had a common and quite specific meaning. It denoted the gathering of citizens in a Greek city, those who had authority over the city much like a city council might today. (In actuality, the ekklesia would be like a peculiar combination of the voters in a city and the city council. Perhaps the town meeting in a small New England town would be the closest modern equivalent. )
The Earliest Usage of Ekklesia in the New Testament
Unquestionably, the earliest written use of ekklesia in the New Testament comes from the letters of Paul. Scholars differ on which of Paul’s letters was the earliest. Some opt for Galatians; while others prefer 1 Thessalonians. I’m in the “others” group for reasons I won’t go into here. When Paul wrote his first letter to the Christians in Thessalonica (in Macedonia, an area of northern Greece), he began in this way:
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the ekklesia of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (1 Thes 1:1)
Presumably, of course, he had taught the Thessalonian Christians to think of themselves as an ekklesia, so they would know what he was referring to when he used this word.
The phrase “ekklesia of the Thessalonians” would have had an established, commonly-understood meaning in this city. It denoted the gathering of citizens to govern the city. But Paul qualified his use of this phrase and therefore limited misunderstanding by adding “in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” The Christians gathered in Thessalonica were not equivalent to the civic ekklesia. Rather, they were an alternative assembly, one that met “in God and Christ.” “In” means something like “by the work of” or “under the authority of” or “for the sake of.”
Given what we’ve seen earlier about the meaning of ekklesia, it’s quite likely that Paul was referring to the actual gathering of Christians in Thessalonica, not some ideal assembly. He envisioned that his letter would be read in this gathering and he was addressing the people who were in fact present. There’s no evidence that he was thinking, as we might think, of all the members of the Thessalonian church, whether they were present for the reading or not. Paul was addressing a real assembly, an actual gathering of people. These were the ekklesia of the Thessalonians in God and Christ.
Support for this understanding of church comes also from Paul’s letter to Galatians. He addresses this letter to: “The churches [ekklesiais] of Galatia” (1:2). The use of the plural is telling here. When Paul writes a letter to the Christians in the region of Galatia (in the center of modern Turkey), he does not think of them as some sort of spiritual group that could be called a single ekklesia that never gathered together in the same place. Rather, they were a bunch of ekklesiai, “assemblies” in the plural.
In some of Paul’s later writings, notably Colossians and Ephesians, he expands the sense of ekklesia beyond this basic, literal sense. As a matter of fact, I even think it’s possible to speak of the “scattered church.” I’ll discuss these matters later. For now, however, I want to make the simple point that the essential meaning of ekklesia includes the notion of an actual gathering of real people. Paul wouldn’t know what you meant if you said, “The Thessalonian ekklesia didn’t meet today.” From his point of view, there would still have been a few dozen Christians in Thessalonica, and they would still have had many ties together in Christ and in the Spirit, but they wouldn’t have been an ekklesia if they didn’t actually meet.
It may seem like I’m making an academic and linguistic point here that is of interest to scholars but otherwise of little practical value. On the contrary, I think what I’ve just said has profound implications for our actual understanding and practice of church today. I’ll explain this in my next post in this series. | <urn:uuid:0839dc24-0e07-4a5d-b552-bcf24190180b> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.patheos.com/blogs/markdroberts/2011/11/01/when-a-church-is-not-a-church-part-3/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281069.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00273-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97926 | 1,107 | 2.625 | 3 |
Heritage in War
Loyola University, New Orleans,
18th – 19th March 2020
Laurie Rush (Cultural Resources Manager and Army Archaeologist stationed at Fort Drum)
Robert Hopkins (NYU, Philosophy)
Nancy Sherman (Georgetown, Philosophy)
The AHRC-funded Heritage in War Project, led by Helen Frowe and Derek Matravers, explores the moral value of cultural heritage and how we ought to incorporate this value into our accounts of the ethics of war, and how to deal with damage to heritage in the aftermath of conflict. The aim of this interdisciplinary conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners from a wide range of fields, including (but not limited to) philosophy, international law, heritage studies, archaeology, and the military, to explore issues connected to the protection of heritage in war and conflict.
The conference will take place at the Danna Student Centre on Loyola University Campus, and all of the conference rooms are in the same building. You should be able to get there by taking the St. Charles Streetcar, which passes in front of the Campus.
Registration for the conference covers lunches, coffee and refreshments throughout the event, as well as a drink reception on Wednesday the 18th of March. There will also be an optional conference dinner, which will take place at the Superior Seafood and Oyster Bar. Those who wish to partake in the dinner can choose this option when registering for the event. The registration fee is £60 (without dinner) or £100 (including dinner). Early bird registration is available until the 1th of February. After that the registration fee will increase by an additional £15. To register for the event, please click here.
Delegates are responsible for arranging their own accommodation and travel. Here are short list of suggestions that you might want to consider:
Park View Historical Hotel, with close walking distance to Loyola University.
The Columns Hotel, with approximately 1,8 miles walking distance from Loyola University.
Hampton Inn, with also a walking distance of approximately 1,8 miles from Loyola University.
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People weave straws into the shape of a dragon. [Photo/Guangxi Daily]
Xianglong dance is a traditional folk dance that is widely found in Dafa village of Guilin's Pingle county in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.
It was included on the list of intangible cultural heritages at the autonomous regional level in 2010.
People in the Yao ethnic group use straws to weave the shape of a dragon and insert burning joss sticks on the straw dragon to celebrate big festivals like the Spring Festival and Panwang Festival. They sing and dance holding the straw dragon, visit nearby residents, as well as pray for good weather for the crops and a great harvest in the future.
"Xianglong dance was popular in Dafa for hundreds of years and was almost not passed down to younger generations. I brought it back to life in 2006 and made efforts to bring Xianglong dance to stages, adding more vitality and energy into this traditional culture," said Tao Zhenxi, an inheritor of autonomous regional level intangible cultural heritage item.
The Xianglong dance. [Photo/Guangxi Daily]
Kindergartens, primary schools, and middle schools in Dafa village have opened interest-oriented classes on ethnic group culture, such as Xianglong dance, enabling more children to learn more about local intangible cultural heritage items and become inheritors of Yao ethnic group customs.
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United States novelist noted for his stories of American Indians and the frontier life (1789-1851)
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Whitebead offers a comprehensive curriculum made available to all students. The diverse needs of the student population are determined by a comprehensive system of needs analysis that involves students, parents, and staff. A blended services model, which promotes classroom community, is used to meet the demands of diverse students.
Offerings include: small classes, looping in the first through sixth grades, multi-age classes in preschool through fourth grade, nine sports teams (72% participation), award winning visual and performing arts programs (68% participation in fifth through eighth grade), athletic and academic booster clubs, Spanish, French, student government, school service organizations, four academic teams (21% participation in fifth through eighth grade), service learning projects, School-To-Work Program, and a bilingual newsletter. All are important aspects of life at Whitebead School.
Whitebead School is a caring community. It is not so much a place as an experience – the experience of feeling valued, connected and responsible to others. Whitebead School provides an environment rich in friendships and belonging, a “say” in shaping that environment and meaningful, important learning. In turn, because it meets their needs, Whitebead students care about school and take its values seriously.
The best metaphor for Whitebead School comes from philosophy and theology, not business and industry. Whitebead has a “soul”, not just a culture, and has a deeper purpose than a profit margin. It is a sanctuary for children that provides a comforting, fulfilling and exciting work environment where children’s spirits can soar.
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The Palestinian Authority, with the sponsorship of Arab countries, proposed the myopic resolution, which appears to be a pretext to avoid the direct negotiations with Israel necessary to create a two-state solution.
The resolution assigns Israel with blame for a deadlock in the peace process by subjecting Israeli policies alone to scrutiny and censure. Certainly, Jerusalem, Israel’s sovereign and historic capital, cannot be considered off-limits to Jewish or other citizens of Israel. Attempts to avoid negotiations by employing the United Nations to endorse Palestinians’ posture in negotiations can only provide false hope that political terms can be imposed on Israel by the international community.
In the midst of the chaos currently enveloping the Middle East, to inject this issue now is a misguided impediment to the peace process.
“This biased resolution has no place in the peace process,” B’nai B’rith International President Dennis W. Glick said. “The Palestinian Authority needs to fulfill its obligation to engage in direct, bilateral peace talks as the only way to reach an agreement with Israel.”
B’nai B’rith strongly commends the United States for blocking this resolution through its veto. Without outside interference and delay tactics, peace can and must move forward between Israel and the Palestinians. Another approach would only frustrate a successful negotiation process and common hope in achieving lasting peace.
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Get outdoors and have fun this summer, from discovering your beautiful local nature reserves, to exploring the breath-taking Yorkshire Wolds.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council's countryside access team has come up with these ideas to help you make the most of the county's great outdoors:
Local nature reserves, rail trails and picnic areas - Free
These are great places for all countryside explorers, ideal for relaxing with family and friends or as a starting point for a bigger adventure. Discover 11 local nature reserves, four rail trails, four rural picnic areas as well as open access land and other green space too. Find your nearest and get information about facilities, downloadable trails, reserve guides & maps at: eastridingcoastandcountryside.co.uk
Enjoy an outdoor event with the countryside access team this summer. Go pond dipping, bug hunting and butterfly watching on a Kids Go Wild event. This year more self-guided trails and art activities will allow families to spend time together while keeping a safe distance from others. Join Rusticus performers at their Magical Kingdom at the Humber Bridge Country Park in August. Each Kids Go Wild event costs £2.50 for children, with accompanying adults free. Event details and booking info at: eastridingcoastandcountryside.co.uk/whats-on/
Walking the Riding - Free
Do you want a quieter outdoor experience? Take a stroll from your doorstep or wander the Yorkshire Wolds further afield. Visit the Walking the Riding web page for one of the tried and tested routes (300+), or use the interactive map to plan your own. Download a map and route description at walkingtheriding.co.uk
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Fancy a stroll along the Yorkshire Wolds Way? Why not try it this year with the top 10 fantastic days out: www.top10trails.com
Treasure Trails - From £9.99
Treasure Trails are a brilliant way to explore and learn more about the place you live. There are trails around the Humber Bridge Country Park and Danes Dyke. Or try the trails at Flamborough, Bridlington, Driffield, Hornsea, Pocklington, Market Weighton, Warter, Beverley, Brough, Elloughton, Howden, Stamford Bridge and Holme on Spalding Moor. Visit www.treasuretrails.co.uk/ for more information and to find trails near you.
Geocaching - Free
Geocaching is a free, fun way to explore new places or to take a different look at places you already know. It's a bit like a high-tech treasure hunt that anyone can join. Looking for geocaches takes you on a journey of discovery, often to places you didn't know existed. All you need is a smart phone or a handheld GPS device. There are caches all over the world. How many can you find in the Yorkshire Wolds? To find out more and have a go, just get the free app: geocaching.com/play/mobile
What Was Here? - Free
Download the free What Was Here? app and discover the past of the East Yorkshire region with historical photos and maps. Use the base map to find historical photos that were taken near your location and compare the past with the present using your phone or tablet. Visit whatwashere.org/ for more information.
Parents and carers looking for fun and active ways of keeping their children entertained during the summer holidays should look no further than the Active East Riding #SchoolsOut website. This year's School's Out programme can be found online at www.activeeastriding.co.uk. Click on #SchoolsOut to find a whole host of exciting and entertaining activities for children of all ages and abilities.
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Mother's Day is supposed to be a day when mom gets treated like a queen, whether her idea of the royal treatment involves breakfast in bed, a fancy brunch with bottomless bellinis, or just a couple of hours to herself to do whatever she wants. But what about the many, many moms who spend the holiday in the maternity ward or the NICU? It might seem like a challenge, but there are some totally practical yet meaningful ways to celebrate Mother's Day in the hospital.
Maybe she just gave birth, or maybe her little one showed up a bit sooner than expected and still isn't ready to come home. Maybe she's in the hospital for a reason that's not related to childbirth at all, like an illness of her own. Whatever the reason for her Mother's Day stay in the hospital, it's probably not where she wants to be.
"My daughter was born just before Mother's Day in 2012," Jennifer Degl, author of From Hope to Joy: A Memoir of a Mother’s Determination and Her Micro Preemie’s Struggle to Beat the Odds, wrote for the Huffington Post.
"She was born 17 weeks early, weighing just 1 lb. 4 oz. and was not even the length of a ruler. She was born way too early and was in critical condition. I spent Mother's Day in the NICU worrying about if she would live or die and I also had three other children at home who wanted to celebrate with me. Saying it was difficult is an understatement."
Many moms in similar situations probably don't even know if they feel like celebrating, or if it's even okay to want to enjoy the day. But there's no question that mom deserves to be celebrated, and these easy ways to show her that she's loved will most definitely brighten her day. | <urn:uuid:3444f7d7-a4fa-4aed-aa7b-ed3405489f20> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.romper.com/p/5-totally-practical-yet-meaningful-ways-to-celebrate-mothers-day-2019-in-the-hospital-17303168 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00679.warc.gz | en | 0.986848 | 373 | 1.507813 | 2 |
New Lightweight antenna to bring fast in-flight broadband connectivity to smaller Business Aviation aircraft
Small, compact antenna will bring the best connectivity experience to business aviation with reduced weight
Mobile satellite communications leader Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L), Honeywell Aerospace (NYSE: HON), and antenna development company Kymeta, are working together to develop a higher-speed, Ka-band wireless antenna, suitable to bring high quality, faster connectivity broadband services to smaller aircraft in the business aviation market.
The lighter and more compact design will allow the antenna to be installed on a wider variety of aircraft, particularly smaller business aviation aircraft, whose tail is not large enough to carry a large antenna. The flat-panel design is lighter than existing tail-mounted options and will reduce weight and drag on the aircraft, in turn reducing fuel and maintenance costs.
VP of Business Aviation, Inmarsat, Kurt Weidemeyer says: “This joint initiative is dedicated to the delivery of a truly ground-breaking solution in the field of satellite connectivity technology and will see the development of a revolutionary form of lightweight antenna for the business aviation market. Kymeta will deliver its mTenna™ antenna products to Honeywell, who will be responsible for testing and integrating the antenna into its JetWave aviation product line.”
JetWave is the family of satellite communications hardware that exclusively supports Inmarsat’s Jet ConneX Aviation service using the GX Network.
Weidemeyer continued: “The exciting new antenna development is part of Inmarsat’s commitment to on-going innovation and investment to bring the best technology solutions to the market.
“We are investing in a road map of continuous improvement across multiple technical platforms. Along with investment in infrastructure, such as our GX network and the EU Aviation Network, we are always looking at new and emerging technologies that we can leverage to bring benefits to our customers.
“Our philosophy is to be as nimble and agile as possible to market needs; enabling us to respond to opportunities in which we can adopt or introduce new technologies that enhance our services and deliver a true value proposition to the market.
“This will be the first truly flat-panel antenna for aviation, which will offer great performance at the right price. The relationship between Honeywell and Kymeta has taken a great technology and turned it into a product ideal for aviation.”
Referring to the forthcoming service launch of the GX Aviation network, Weidemeyer says: “Inmarsat has a proven history of delivering trusted, reliable and robust safety communications to the cockpit. We’re applying this knowledge to our GX network and to JetConneX, our business aviation solution, making us the right provider to take business aviation forward into the world of high-speed connectivity.”
Inmarsat plc is the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services. Since 1979, Inmarsat has been providing reliable voice and high-speed data communications to governments, enterprises and other organizations, with a range of services that can be used on land, at sea or in the air. Inmarsat employs around 1,600 staff in more than 60 locations around the world, with a presence in the major ports and centres of commerce on every continent. Inmarsat is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: ISAT.L). For more information, please visit www.inmarsat.com
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A tree is known by its root
The source of its first life
A fruit is known by the tree
As a man is known through strife.
The root of a man is his family
The tree is the man that has grown-
The words that he writes in poetry
Show the rearing he has known.
Copyright Cynthia Buhain -Baello
July 6,2009 Tarlac City Philippines
'No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.
Each tree is recognized by own fruit.'
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This site provides you with a wealth of information on creating, updating and using your Bongo4U website. Whether you have just started using a Bongo4U website recently, or have been using one already, this site contains answers and guidance with common questions.
How to create a contact form, request form or other form, so that users can enter information into an online form and the system can automatically email that information to your email address.
Login to Admin Mode and go to the page that you want to the online form added to by clicking on that page's link in the navigation (or create a new page if you want the form on a new page).
Once you are on the correct page, hover your mouse over the "Page" link located near the top of the page. The Page Menu will appear.
Hover over the "Add to This Page" option and a sub-menu will appear.
Click on the "Email Form" option on the sub-menu. This will add an EmailForm block to the bottom of the page.
You will be asked some information about your new form, such as what email address you want the user input sent to, whether you want to add a hard-coded preamble or postamble to the automatically generated email message, if you wanted to display a "Thank you for ....." message after the user has submitted their information, whether you want a CAPTCHA challenge box generated, etc. Enter your answers to the initial block of questions.
Next you will be able to add any number of questions to your form. You can select the type of answer that you will allow for each of your questions, such as a Single Line answer, a Multi-Line answer (text area), a select box, radio buttons, or checkboxes. There is additional help information beside these fields to describe how to select each possible option. You may enter any number of questions.
You may optionally change the order of the questions using the up-arrow and down-arrow buttons.
Once you are done entering the questions, press the [Save Changes] button.
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After a brutal price collapse that resulted in 429 rigs going out of service in less than two years, it appears that shale drilling operations are stabilizing as oil prices rise past the mid-$40 range. Now with future prices for delivery around $50 a barrel, operators are able lock in a decent profit and many companies are feeling comfortable restarting rigs.
Rigs targeting crude in the U.S. rose by 11 to 341, after 7 were dropped last week, according to Bloomberg.
Higher and more stable crude oil prices are contributing to the increased drilling in the United States. Although declines from existing wells are expected to result in a net decrease in production, increased drilling and higher well productivity are expected to partially offset the decline. EIA data shows that the average productivity of rigs has continued to increase substantially, as shown in the graph below.
The July Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) forecasts crude oil production from the U.S. mainland to continue to decline through the rest of 2016 before stabilizing in early 2017.
A rebound in sand mining companies provides another indication that fracking is making a recovery as four publicly traded miners of sand have seen their share prices rally by an average of 320% from their 52-week lows. Fracking an average well uses over 4,000 tons of sand to hold open tiny cracks in the rock that allow oil and gas to flow out of it.
Production from the U.S. may also get a boost from the usage of horizontal drilling techniques on old conventional wells, research firm IHS Markit Energy said. The firm claims that there are significant cost savings from using the older wells since there is no cost for the initial vertical drilling and existing infrastructure in place. | <urn:uuid:f060c78f-2cd5-4d56-9ab6-00ed221de6b8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.fusibilities.com/shale-heading-revival-already-72916/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570871.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808183040-20220808213040-00270.warc.gz | en | 0.965812 | 347 | 1.804688 | 2 |
Projected light patterns are used to induce electrohydrodynamic instabilities in a polymer thin film sandwiched between two electrodes. Using this optically induced electrohydrodynamic instability (OEHI) phenomenon, we have successfully demonstrated rapid, microscale patterning of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) pillar arrays on a thin-film hydrogenated amorphous silicon layer on top of an indium titanium oxide glass substrate. This glass substrate is the bottom electrode in a two-electrode, parallel-plate capacitor configuration with a micron-scale gap. Within this gap are a thin film of spin-coated PDMS and a thin layer of air. Primary pillar growth is first observed within 5-90 s in the dark regions of the projected patterns and pillar growth eventually spreads to the illuminated regions when the initial PDMS thickness is <2 mu m. Experimental data characterizing the change in pillar diameters (between 15 and 30 mu m in diameter) show that they can be decoupled from the inter-pillar spacing (maintaining a constant similar to 84 mu m pitch between pillar centers) by controlling the applied DC voltage (between 110 and 210 V). Experimental results also show the importance of the optically induced lateral electric field on controlling pillar formation. This OEHI method of rapid pillar generation, with voltage control of the pillar diameter and control of pillar position via projected light patterns, presents new opportunities for low cost, efficient, and simple fabrication of micro, and perhaps nanoscale, polymer structures that could be used in many bioMEMS applications. | <urn:uuid:13fd10d6-6a28-4339-9356-d6916be25dc4> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://ir.sia.cn/handle/173321/15123 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280065.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00544-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.87014 | 319 | 1.820313 | 2 |
China, the world's biggest maker and consumer of cigarettes, says it is planning to slap new, larger health warnings on cigarette packets.
By Francis Markus
BBC correspondent in Shanghai
Under an international treaty which China signed in New York earlier this week, the warnings are expected to cover at least 30% of the printed surface of the packet.
It is not yet clear how soon China will ratify the treaty. Only a handful of signatories have already done so.
A quarter of China's population smokes
Even when it does, with over 350 million Chinese, or a quarter of the population, smoking, cutting the human cost of China's tobacco habit will be a huge task.
China's love affair with the cigarette is in evidence wherever you go - restaurants hazy with smoke, people, almost always men, puffing away on rural buses.
And anti-smoking advocates say the problem is getting worse.
Now though, the country is at least preparing to take measures bringing it into line with commitments by dozens of other states.
Earlier this week Beijing signed up to an international treaty, concluded this year, called the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
Under its provisions, China will have to increase dramatically the size of health warnings on cigarette packets, currently quite low key, and curb tobacco advertising.
At least 2,000 people die from tobacco-related illness each day in China and official media say the number could quadruple by 2050.
Meanwhile, the state-dominated domestic tobacco industry provides a vital source of tax revenue, and the Western tobacco giants are jostling to expand their market share in China.
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The Ontario Rural Economic Development (RED) program, involves one-on-one meetings with a consultant to discuss things such as marketing and succession planning, virtual farm tours and a video series looking at local agricultural businesses, and an upcoming seminar series also focused on those topics.
In late February, the Lambton Farm Safety Association co-hosted a seminar on mental health and farming, a topic of growing concern for those in rural Ontario. People, especially youth, are leaving small towns for bigger cities. Rural populations are getting smaller, older, and more spread out. Banks and other industries are closing their doors in farm country. | <urn:uuid:edb8e5ea-5516-45ef-8e4c-322c31258a86> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lambtonfederation.ca/tag/the-sarnia-observer/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00670.warc.gz | en | 0.956627 | 126 | 1.5625 | 2 |
Fintech in a Changing World
Abstract: Patrick T. Harker, president and chief executive officer of the Philadelphia Fed, told an audience at the Sixth Annual Fintech Conference in Philadelphia that “fintech can help foster financial inclusion.” Especially when used with alternative methods of evaluating creditworthiness, “the opportunities to use fintech to reach the economically constrained and financially marginalized are truly exciting,” he said.
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We examined the dispersal patterns of radio-collared wolves (Canis lupus) from 21 packs in the Superior National Forest, Minnesota, from 1969 to 1989. A total of 316 wolves (542 wolf-years) were captured, radio-collared, and followed during 21 years of radio-tracking; 75 were identified as dispersers. Both sexes dispersed equally. Of the adults, yearlings, and pups, 8, 75, and 16%, respectively, dispersed. Most dispersers left when they were 11-12 months old, only a few wolves dispersing as adults. Dispersal occurred mainly in February-April and October-November. Adults dispersed short distances into nearby territories, but yearlings and pups dispersed both short and long distances. Yearling and pup dispersal rates were highest when the wolf population was increasing or decreasing and low when the population was stable. Adults had the highest pairing and denning success, yearlings had moderate pairing and low denning success, and pups had low pairing and denning success. Yearlings and pups that dispersed a short distance had a higher success of settling in a new territory, likely reflecting available vacancies in nearby territories. Thirty-five percent of the known-age wolves remained in their natal territory for >2 years; two wolves were known to have remained for >7 years. The relative weight of pups at capture apparently did not affect their age or success of dispersal or the tendency to disperse.
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Obama Tells Schools Not To Discipline Black Students For Bad Behavior
August 8, 2013 9:13am PST
Obama is widening the race gap, rather than working to make a more race-blind society.
In late July, Obama signed an executive order that lets black students get away with bad behavior. Not only is this discriminatory, it also does more harm than good.
As reported by The Examiner:
In many major cities, black academic performance has actually gotten worse since Obama took office. We have also seen the dramatic nationwide rise of black teen mob violence under the Obama administration.
On July 26th Obama signed an executive order titled the “African American Education Initiative.” The order essentially gives a green light for black students to misbehave in public schools. In two places, Obama’s executive order calls on schools to reduce the number disciplinary actions taken against blacks students. The order specifically calls on schools too “not rely on methods that result in disparate use of disciplinary tools.”
To comply, public schools would have to engage in a racial quota system of discipline. The executive order will create a new Federal bureaucracy to pressure school systems to comply with the president’s demands. The executive order makes no mention of any effort to get black students to improve behavior.
There is a reason why blacks are more likely to be disciplined in school. Black students are more likely to misbehave. The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that there is a huge crime rate disparity between blacks and other racial groups.
Bottom line: this is racism. It is so condescending to African Americans for Obama to assume they need special treatment.
(H/T: The Examiner)
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Five Flag Theory and Perpetual Travel
Imagine being able to live anywhere you please, know that your assets were safe, your privacy was intact, and your tax obligations were zero. Flag Theory can help you accomplish that and live a freer life.
So what is Flag Theory? Here at Nomad Capitalist, we frequently talk about concepts of internationalization: having an offshore bank account, obtaining a second passport, and even hosting your website overseas.
Quite simply, Flag Theory is the idea that you must “go where you’re treated best”. While we have introduced new ideas to bring Flag Theory into the 21st century, the idea has been around for decades.
Flag Theory was a big topic of discussion at our recent Passport to Freedom conference. In fact, we devoted an entire one-hour panel discussion to showing attendees new “flags” to plant around the world. (The entire conference is available to watch online to Members of The Nomad Society.)
The basis is simple: follow a process called “planting flags” around the world to diversify your affairs. Each country you base one part of your life in is called a “flag”.
The idea is to diversify your personal and financial affairs so that no one government has control over you or your money. Basically, the belief is that intelligent people who loved freedom should not be shackled to just one government.
This concept probably flies in the face of everything you were ever told. The average person:
- Is born in one country and spends their entire life living there
- Goes to school – including university – in that same country
- Get a job in that country
- Maintains all of their bank accounts, retirement accounts, and savings there
- Keeps their entire finances in the national currency of the country they live in
- Owns real estate exclusively in one country
- Stores their precious metals or other valuables in one country
- Has only the passport of one country (if they have a passport at all)
If you live in a Utopia, that may work out fine.
But in the real world, your government is probably all too happy to tax you to death, control your movements, tell you how you must educate your children, tell you how to invest your money (or even outright confiscate it), and devalue your currency.
Governments can change on a dime, and being tied to just one place is not a good idea. Consider that, throughout history, societies have risen and fallen. Today’s world leader may be on tomorrow’s ash heap. Governments can become tyrannical overnight; although chances are your government has been growing tyrannical over the years already.
As Doug Casey puts it, “any country can become… Russia in the ’20s, Germany in the ’30s, China in the ’40s, Cuba in the ’50s, the Congo in the ’60s, Vietnam in the ’70s, Afghanistan in the ’80s, Bosnia in the ’90s”. Add to that Argentina in the 2000s.
Why use Flag Theory?
Flag Theory is often tied with perpetual travel. As a perpetual traveler, I spend time in as many as thirty countries in a year. But you don’t have to live that way. The idea of perpetual travel (also known as “PT”, “permanent tourist”, or “prior taxpayer”) is to follow my five magic words: “go where you’re treated best”.
The original Three Flag Theory
Harry Schultz devised the original Three Flag Theory, which advises “planting flags” for three parts of your life.
1. Have citizenship somewhere that does not tax foreign-source income.
There are three types of taxation countries impose on their citizens: territorial taxation, residential taxation, and citizenship-based taxation.
Territorial taxation means that, even if you live in a country, income earned outside of that country is not taxable locally. For example, residents of Singapore can earn money anywhere in the world without paying Singapore tax. Only their local income (such as salaries) is taxed. That means a Singaporean can own rental real estate in Spain and only pay Spanish tax on the income he earns. Similarly, Singaporeans can operate offshore companies and only pay tax on salaries they take from their own company (or pay no tax at all on dividends).
Residential taxation means that you pay taxes based on where you live. Many countries use a version of the “183 days” principle, meaning that if you spend at least half your time living in the country, you are liable for tax on your worldwide income. However, if you choose to leave the country and live elsewhere, you can do so and no longer pay tax once you are no longer deemed a resident.
Citizenship-based taxation is applied by only two countries: the United States and Eritrea. It means that your income is taxable no matter where in the world you live, so long as you hold citizenship in that country. Eritrea, a war-torn country that broke away from Ethiopia several decades ago, applies a 2% tax on its citizens worldwide income (it’s rarely enforced). The United States does tax your entire income at normal rates, which means even “accidental Americans” need a sound offshore strategy to avoid unnecessary taxation.
In Flag Theory, you hold a passport that allows you to leave the country and not pay tax there. For example, while France imposes high taxes on its citizens, French expats are not liable to pay French tax (except if they live in Monaco). Holding a US passport is not conducive to Flag Theory. This is where to concept of obtaining a second citizenship comes into play.
2. Have your business and investments in stable tax havens.
Now that you have a passport that does not tax your non-resident income, you can establish businesses and investments in zero-tax countries and pay no tax on income earned.
This is where the idea of offshore corporations and offshore trusts come into play. If your country of citizenship doesn’t require you to pay tax to them, and you live in a tax haven or are a perpetual traveler with no permanent address, you can set up your income to be entirely tax free.
To do this, you would set up a company or trust in a stable country that does not tax your income. Countries like the Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Belize, Nevis, Seychelles, and even Hong Kong offer offshore corporations that require zero tax to be paid. Many of these offshore havens don’t even require you to file accounting reports or be audited.
You can use offshore corporations to run your business the way Google, Apple, and other large companies do. If you have investments, you can use them to set up offshore brokerage accounts or open offshore bank accounts. When doing business and banking in a stable tax haven, any interest income or dividends you earn are also tax-free.
3. Live as a tourist in a country where what you do is valued.
This is where the perpetual traveler concept comes into play. Perpetual travelers are also known as permanent tourists because they do not have formal residence in one place. As such, they are classified as a “tourist”, even if they spend three to six months each year in one place.
When you enter a country, you get your passport stamped with a visa. Holders of passports from wealthy countries can easily enter most of Europe, the Americas, and much of Asia with no visa required and be able to stay for anywhere from three to six months. A few countries like Georgia allow almost anyone to stay as a “tourist” for twelve months without a visa.
Now, consider that tourists are treated better than locals in almost all cases. Tourists get their sales tax refunded when they leave, but aren’t responsible to pay local income tax. After all, they’re just tourists.
By basing yourself in a few different countries that respect how you earn your income, you can live freely and pay zero tax in most cases.
Here at Nomad Capitalist, we talk about second residences you can obtain to become a legal resident of a certain country. If you don’t want to constantly be on the go, this is a reasonable alternative. There are easy ways to prevent yourself from being taxed to death as you likely are now.
The next step: Five Flag Theory
W.G. Hill added his own two additional flags to the original Three Flag Theory to offer further international diversification.
1. Passport or citizenship in a country that does not tax non-resident income or control your actions.
This flag is the same, but adds that your country of citizenship should not control your movements. United States citizens, for instance, are required to follow many US laws even when out of the country. This, in addition to the US policy of citizenship-based taxation, makes a US passport bad for Flag Theory.
2. Legal residence in a tax haven.
This differs from the original perpetual travel theory, and mirrors what we talk about here at Nomad Capitalist. By obtaining legal residence in a country that does not tax overseas income (or any income at all), you can establish a base of operations for your life without having to pay taxes to the local government.
3. Business base where you earn your money, preferably in a tax haven.
This is the country where you base your offshore corporation, and from where your salary is paid. Because this country is a tax haven, it will not tax your income. And because you followed the first two flags as well, neither your country of citizenship nor your country of residence will tax your offshore income, either.
4. Asset haven where you keep your money, preferably with no capital gains taxes.
An asset haven may be different from your business base in that you want your assets to be stored in a stable place. At Nomad Capitalist, we believe that your business base should be a little-known country that has little interest or resources in making your life difficult.
However, where you store your assets is a different story. You want the country you bank in to be stable and have an efficient judicial system to ensure your money is safe. Beyond offshore bank accounts, you can store assets such as gold offshore. There are facilities to house everything from your classic car collection to your collection of rare art.
5. Playgrounds where you spend your money, preferably with no sales tax or VAT.
Even if you live in a country with no income taxes, you may have to pay high sales taxes. Malaysia, for instance, meets the criteria for the citizenship and residence flag (and the business flag in the state of Labuan), but sales taxes are rather high and goods can be expensive.
In this case, you would have a playground where you shop for goods at lower sales tax. A playground can also be useful when your countries of citizenship and residency are expensive places to live and you want to spend time in a place with a lower cost of living.
Additional ways to plant flags
You can come up with any number of flags to plant around the world. The more places you base your life and your assets, the less control any one government has over you.
Other flags include where you host your website or where you get your health care. Medical tourism and international internet services are just a few of the many ways Flag Theory can be easily applied in your own life.
How to maximize your freedom with Flag Theory
Planting flags in as many countries as possible helps you to maximize your freedom. Just as you wouldn’t invest your entire nest egg into one individual stock, you likely wouldn’t move your entire savings account to one country or currency. Diversification is key.
Perpetual travelers practice Flag Theory, but you don’t always have to be on the move to enjoy the benefits of Flag Theory. Often, people start planting flags one at a time, slowly diversifying their life and assets. One easy place to start is an offshore bank account.
In some ways, Flag Theory is aligned with the concept of “world citizens” in that the goal is to distance oneself from being “owned” by any one country. Finding the right balance of Flag Theory – and the right places to plant flags based on your interest – can help you maximize your freedom and keep more of your own money. | <urn:uuid:7db59cf9-299f-4a57-a37f-615ccf193236> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://nomadcapitalist.com/flag-theory/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279368.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00325-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95635 | 2,610 | 1.835938 | 2 |
1999 / xvi + 371 pages / Softcover / ISBN: 978-0-898714-44-9 / List Price $68.50 / SIAM Member Price $47.95 / Order Code CL25
Singular perturbations and time-scale techniques were introduced to control engineering in the late 1960s and have since become common tools for the modeling, analysis, and design of control systems. In this SIAM Classics edition of the 1986 book, the original text is reprinted in its entirety (along with a new preface), providing once again the theoretical foundation for representative control applications.
This book continues to be essential in many ways. It lays down the foundation of singular perturbation theory for linear and nonlinear systems, it presents the methodology in a pedagogical way that is not available anywhere else, and it illustrates the theory with many solved examples, including various physical examples and applications. So while new developments may go beyond the topics covered in this book, they are still based on the methodology described here, which continues to be their common starting point.
Control engineers and graduate students who seek an introduction to singular perturbation methods in control will find this text useful. The book also provides research workers with sketches of problems in the areas of robust, adaptive, stochastic, and nonlinear control. No previous knowledge of singular perturbation techniques is assumed.
Preface to the Classics Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Time-Scale Modeling; Chapter 2: Linear Time-Invariant Systems; Chapter 3: Linear Feedback Control; Chapter 4: Stochastic Linear Filtering and Control; Chapter 5: Linear Time-Varying Systems; Chapter 6: Optimal Control; Chapter 7: Nonlinear Systems; References; References Added in Proof; Appendix A: Approximation of Singularly Perturbed Systems Driven by White Noise; Appendix B; Index.
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AS THE POPULARITY OF TRIATHLONS GROWS AMONG WOMEN, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE:
These multisport females have amazing figures. When you consider their disciplines, it's not that shocking, since swimming, biking, and running engage almost every major muscle group, but in different ways. Swimming hits your arms, back, shoulders, and core. Cycling mainly works your quads, while running targets your hamstrings. The result: You get the arms of a swimmer, the legs of a cyclist, and the leanness of a runner—all in one super-sexy package.
The swim-bike-run combo doesn't appeal to you? Not to worry. Other workout combos can be just as effective (if not more!) as the classic triathlon, says L.A.-based fitness expert Holly Perkins. "The key is exercise variability, which helps you feel and look better and gets you in better overall shape," she says. Not only will the fitness gains you make in one workout score you points in another (e.g., aerobic endurance built in the pool will make any run feel easier), but you'll have more fun too. "Doing different workouts keeps you mentally stimulated and physically challenged," says exercise physiologist Tom Holland. "You'll also have fewer aches and pains, since overuse injuries tend to happen when you pound the same parts of your body over and over."
We consulted top experts to create four carefully crafted multisport combos. Call them the new triathlons. In each, the activities complement one another to sculpt a balanced body and deliver well-rounded fitness. Pick any plan to burn fat, strengthen every muscle, and look hotter than ever.
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Cycling, Rowing, Boot Camp
BEST FOR Gym Rats
Before you wimp out when your indoor cycling instructor tells you to crank up your resistance during class, consider this: Steep climbs help build lean muscle mass in your glutes, quads, and hamstrings, which can help decrease the appearance of cellulite and create sleek definition, says Holland. (Umm, yes please!) And the cycling sprints? High-intensity efforts help increase your base fitness level, as well as spike your post-workout calorie burn. For balance, steady rowing strengthens your shoulders, upper back, and core while improving your cardiovascular endurance. And boot camp doesn't just build calorie-burning muscle from head to toe; when you strengthen your chest, back, shoulders, and legs with staples like pushups and squats, rowing and cycling feel much easier with every subsequent workout.
TRY THIS TRI
Complete each activity twice a week.
INDOOR CYCLING: Take a class, or if you're on your own, ride for 45 to 60 minutes. Do both seated and standing sprints to work all of the major muscle groups in your legs. Changing your body position shifts the demand among your glutes, quads, and hamstrings.
ROWING: Row for 30 to 50 minutes at a moderate pace. You should be able to carry on a conversation throughout the entire workout.
BOOT CAMP: If you can't find a boot camp near you, look for classes with terms like cross-training, metabolic, sports conditioning, or strength cardio, all of which will offer similar benefits. Or try our at-home routine.
Body-Weight Boot Camp
Perform each move for one minute, without resting between exercises. Do three times total.
1. Walking Lunge: Step your right foot forward and lower until both knees form 90-degree angles. Press through your right heel and bring your left foot forward to stand. Continue, alternating sides.
2. Pushup: Place your hands on the floor directly under your shoulders and extend your legs straight behind you. Lower toward the ground, elbows close to your body; press back to start.
3. Bicycle Crunch: Lie on your back, hands behind your head, legs straight. Lift your shoulders, twist your torso to the left and bend your left knee toward your right elbow. Repeat to the other side; continue alternating.
4. Plie Squat: With your legs wide apart and toes facing out, bend your knees to lower toward the floor; return to stand.
5. Jumping Jacks: Stand with your feet together, arms at sides. Jump up, raising your arms overhead and spreading your feet out. Jump back to start.
Swimming, Boxing, Sprinting
BEST FOR Fast-Tracking a Flat Belly
Most workouts keep you moving in one direction, like running, where you plant one foot in front of the other. This combination utilizes different planes of motion—forward while sprinting, unilateral while swimming, and rotational while boxing—to build functional strength from head to toe. (Not to mention making sure that no muscle goes untrained.) This mix also gives you built-in recovery: Since both boxing and sprinting are high-impact, intense activities, the steady-pace swim lets your muscles and joints recover while improving your cardiovascular endurance. And because all three activities rely heavily on core strength, every sweat session will work to whittle your waistline.
TRY THIS TRI
Sprint one or two times a week, box one or two times a week, and swim three or four times a week. Choose one workout each day, and take off one day per week to recover.
SWIMMING: Swim at a steady pace for at least 30 minutes.
BOXING: Find a kickboxing or boxing class, or follow a DVD (like Aerobox, $35, aerospacenyc.com). Be sure to brace your core when you kick and punch.
SPRINTING: After warming up, sprint for 10 to 15 seconds at a pace that's close to your all-out max. Rest for two to three minutes, and repeat six to 10 times.
Elliptical, Strength Training, Pilates
BEST FOR Injury-Prone Women
If you're often sidelined by soreness or you're coming back from an injury, this combination avoids joint-pounding, high-impact activities. The elliptical builds cardiovascular endurance but won't do much to increase muscle strength or endurance. That's what the strength training is for. And to sculpt rock-hard abs and keep injuries at bay throughout your entire body—especially your core and the muscles that support your joints—round out the program with stability-enhancing Pilates.
TRY THIS TRI
Complete each activity twice a week.
ELLIPTICAL: Pedal forward for five minutes, then in reverse for one minute. Repeat for 40 minutes. You should be breathing hard.
STRENGTH TRAINING: Do 15 reps of each move at right without resting between exercises. Repeat four times total. (Start with light dumbbells—say, five to eight pounds.)
PILATES: Take a class or pop in a DVD (Perkins likes any by Stott Pilates). Focus on technique to really engage your core.
Simple Strength Circuit
1. Dumbbell Squat: Holding dumbbells at your sides, feet hip-width apart, lower your body until your thighs are parallel to the floor. Return to standing.
2. Chest Press: Lie faceup on a bench with dumbbells at chest height, elbows bent. Straighten your arms to press the weights toward the ceiling; lower to start.
3. Lat Pulldown: Sit at a lat-pulldown machine and grab the bar just outside your shoulders. Slowly pull the bar to your chest, then reverse back to start.
4. Shoulder Press: Stand with your feet hip-width apart and hold a pair of dumbbells at shoulder height. Press the dumbbells up directly above your shoulders. Slowly lower them back to start.
Running, Plyometrics, Yoga
BEST FOR Fast Fat Loss
If you want to blast calories but you're short on time, pick this plan. Instead of logging loads of miles, you'll maximize your time on runs by switching between a steady pace (to build aerobic endurance) and tempo runs (to boost caloric burn and steer clear of plateaus). To speed fat loss, you'll add plyometrics (explosive moves like hops and jumps), which burn calories long after your workout ends, says strength and conditioning specialist Robert Dos Remedios. "Plus, they give women a more developed butt and legs by recruiting type-II muscle fibers, which have a greater growth capacity," says exercise physiologist Jason Karp, Ph.D. Yoga counteracts runners' tight hip flexors and hamstrings by improving flexibility, while increasing upper-body strength for all-around definition.
TRY THIS TRI
Complete a plyometric workout once or twice a week, run two to four times a week, and practice yoga two to four times a week. Do one workout per day, and rest one day a week.
PLYOMETRICS: If your gym doesn't offer a plyometrics-based class, try the routine ("Power Plyos" on the opposite page) from Dos Remedios.
RUNNING: Switch between steady-state runs (at least 30 minutes at a moderate pace) and tempo runs (jog easy for 10 minutes, run 20 minutes at a hard but sustainable pace, then jog easy for 10 minutes).
YOGA: If you're doing yoga within one day of the plyometrics, choose a gentle yoga practice to help your muscles recover.
Complete three sets of each move, resting 30 to 60 seconds in between sets. Finish all sets before moving on to the next exercise.
1. Squat Jump: Stand with your feet hip-width apart and bend your knees to lower your body until your thighs are parallel to the ground. Straighten your legs and jump as high as you can, landing softly and immediately going into the next rep. Do 10.
2. Skater Jump: Stand with your feet together, jump to your right, and land on your right foot, knee bent. Quickly push off and jump to your left, landing on your left foot. That's one rep Continue bounding back and forth for five reps.
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Essays on Vulnerability, Microfinance and Entrepreneurship
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This dissertation explores the problems of low productivity in the microenterprise sector and of low formal credit use, principally microfinance, by poor households. I propose vulnerability to risk, defined as the inability to smooth consumption across negative income shocks, as a new explanation for both phenomena. I argue that limited ability to manage risk may lead some poor households to choose low yield, low risk enterprises over higher yield but more risky options. It also may lead them to forgo formal credit if this is used to finance high yield/ high risk projects. Using both theoretical models and empirical evidence from microentrepreneurs in Lima, Peru I find that vulnerability is an important determinant of enterprise choice and microfinance selection. This has important implications for our understanding of the income choices of poor, urban households, how these choices allow these households to exit poverty, and the importance of credit in this process. | <urn:uuid:a8c65c3b-abc4-4dfe-ab90-082d6a74bf84> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://drum.lib.umd.edu/handle/1903/7163 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720845.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00086-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918329 | 199 | 1.671875 | 2 |
Honolulu, HI – After an approximately 2,300-nautical mile sail from San Diego to Hawaiʻi, Polynesian voyaging canoe Hikianalia and her crew are expected to arrive at the Marine Education and Training Center at Sand Island on Tuesday, December 11, depending on weather conditions. As of this morning at 10 a.m. (HST), the canoe was approximately 560 nautical miles away from Oʻahu and traveling at a speed of 3.8 knots. This fourth leg will complete the Alahula Kai o Maleka Hikianalia California Voyage, which launched in August to share the culture and history of traditional Polynesian voyaging and the important values of caring for our earth and communities.
The crew of the fourth leg is being led by co-captains Kaniela Lyman-Mersereau and Jason Patterson along with lead navigator Haunani Kane, who are part of the cohort of next generation voyaging leaders who trained during the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage.
Hikianalia departed Honolulu on August 18, 2018 and made landfall at Half Moon Bay, California on Sept. 10, 2018. While in California, the canoe made stops in San Francisco, Sausalito, Monterey, Ventura County, Redondo Beach, Catalina Island and Orange County before making a final stop in San Diego. While in San Francisco, the voyagers shared a message about the importance of ocean stewardship at the Global Climate Action Summit and other events focused on environmental and cultural preservation. Each port stop began with an arrival ceremony hosted by the indigenous and local communities of the area. The crew held public presentations, school visits and dockside canoe tours to share the history and legacy of Polynesian voyaging and the mission of the Polynesian Voyaging Society.
About Alahula Kai o Maleka Hikianalia California Voyage:
The Alahula Kai o Maleka Hikianalia California Voyage is a continuation of the Polynesian Voyaging Society’s Mālama Honua campaign to inspire action toward an environmentally and culturally thriving world. The name of the voyage, Alahula Kai o Maleka, honors the “frequented pathway,” alahula, across the ocean between Hawaiʻi and California, kai o Maleka. Kai o Maleka, literally means “sea of America,” a traditional reference to the Pacific waterway connecting the Hawaiian Islands and the West Coast. Additional purposes of the voyage are to celebrate the Polynesian communities of California; connect, learn and share the Mālama Honua message with schools and communities; continue developing the next generation of voyaging captains, navigators and crewmembers; and to share the story of Hikianalia, a canoe that blends ancient wisdom and modern solutions to address the environmental and cultural issues of today. The major sponsors of the Alahula Kai o Maleka Hikianalia California Voyage are Hawaiian Airlines, OluKai, Kamehameha Schools and Hawaii Tourism Authority.
Hikianalia, the wind- and solar-powered canoe built by the Okeanos Foundation for the Sea is the sister vessel of the famed Hōkūleʻa. Hikianalia is the Hawaiian name for the star Spica, which rises together with Hōkūleʻa (Arcturus) in Hawaiʻi. They are sister stars because they break the horizon together at the latitude of the Hawaiian islands. Launched on September 15, 2012, Hikianalia was designed specifically for the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage. The canoe started as an escort vessel to Hōkūleʻa and is now used as a floating classroom blending ancient wisdom with modern solutions. Hikianalia specializes in scientific exploration of marine resources and training for the next generation of voyagers. Values and behavior practiced on the deck of the canoe including how to conserve resources, care for our oceans and fellow crewmembers are shared as a model for how we can live sustainably on islands or anywhere in the world. She combines the latest ecological technology with the heritage of voyaging tradition: each of her hulls contains an electric motor powered by onboard photovoltaic panels that convert sunlight to electric propulsive energy. With a zero carbon footprint, her design supports the “Mālama Honua” (care for Island Earth) mission.
About Polynesian Voyaging Society
The Polynesian Voyaging Society was founded in 1973 on a legacy of Pacific Ocean exploration, seeking to perpetuate the art and science of traditional Polynesian voyaging and the spirit of exploration through experiential educational programs that inspire students and their communities to respect and care for themselves, one another, and their natural and cultural environments. For more information about the Polynesian Voyaging Society and the Worldwide Voyage, visit www.hokulea.com or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. | <urn:uuid:40883dd4-b83b-4233-9686-ee1eddfe68ec> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.makaihawaii.com/uncategorized/hikianalia-expected-to-arrive-home-to-hawai%CA%BBi-early-next-week/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809003642-20220809033642-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.914225 | 1,033 | 2.0625 | 2 |
Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-Uthaymeen (in 1421H): The Tafsirs of Ibn Kathir, Ibn as-Sa'dee, al-Qurtubi Do Away With the Commentary of Sayyid Qutb By A Thousand Times, and The Issue of Wahdat ul-Wujood|
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Baraa'ah Ulamaa il-Ummah Min Tazkiyah Ahl il-Bid'ah wal-Mudhammah
To the right is the cover for the second edition of "Baraa'ah Ulamaa il-Ummah Min Tazkiyah Ahl il-Bid'ah wal-Mudhammah" (The Innocence of the Scholars of the Ummah from the Commendation of the People of Innovation and Censure). This book was prepared by Isaam bin Abdullaah as-Sinaanee. It contains a refutation of the one who used the intercession of Shaykh Bin Baaz (rahimahullaah) for Sayyid Qutb as a proof for the 'adaalah (integrity) of Sayyid Qutb and commendation of his (Qutb's) manhaj, when it is not a proof at all.
The book, after compilation and authorship was sent to Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan who checked over it and made recommendations, and also suggested an improvement to the title of the book. Then it was read by Imaam Muhammad bin Saalih al-Uthaymeen (rahimahullaah), who made his own written notes on the pre-print copy that was sent to him, and he also advised that the section titled "The Salafi Manhaj", should be placed before "The Qutubi Manhaj" and not after it, unless the author had a specific reason for doing that. And images of these hand-written notes are included at the end of the book. We will be quoting from this book inshaa'Allaah in this series. Both of these scholars endorsed the contents of this book and the purpose for which it was to be published and distributed. And the purpose is clearly outlined in the title of the book itself. Namely, to declare the Scholars of Ahl us-Sunnah free and innocent (in particular Imaam Ibn Baaz, and the other scholars in general) of having made tazkiyah (i.e. given adaalah) to those who are from the people of innovation: In this case Sayyid Qutb, who aside from writing his commentary on the Qur'an upon an Ash'arite creed, added other great calamities, some of which are serious enough that they cannot really be excused by mere ignorance, such as accusing the Scribe of the Prophet (alayhis salaam) the Uncle of the Believers, Mu'awiyah - whose integrity is attested to by the Prophet himself - of treachery, deception and hypocrisy.
And this book essentially sunk their ship, leaving them only the flotsam to hold onto thereafter, which is what they have been doing since then.
Shaykh Saalih bin Uthaymeen on Attending to the Real Books of Tafsir and Doing Away with What is Besides Them
Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-Uthaymeen said in response to the question posed (Baraa'ah, pp. 40-41, 2nd edition):
The esteemed Shaykh, the Allaamah, Muhammad bin Saalih al-Uthaymeen, was asked - hafidhahullaah - about the author of the book "Fi Zilal il-Qur'an" and his methodology in tafsir? So he replied:
A few points on the above:
Point 1: Concerning Wahdat ul-Wujood
A number of the scholars confirm that what they find in the writings of Sayyid Qutb does not leave leave a person except with the understanding that he is expressing and speaking with Wahdat ul-Wujood. From them Shaykh al-Albaanee, and he has a story on this subject regarding Abdullaah Azzaam who followed an Ikhwaani boycott declared against Shaykh al-Albaanee (rahimahullaah) when Shaykh al-Albaanee criticised Sayyid Qutb for this. And also from them Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen. And also Shaykh Abdullaah ad-Dawaish, Shaykh Muhammad Amaan al-Jaamee, Shaykh Saalih Aal ash-Shaykh.
And also Shaykh Muhammad bin Jameel Zainoo who pointed out the presence of the doctrine of Wahdat ul-Wujood in Qutb's early poetical writings, and despite pestering Qutb's brother, Mohammad Qutb, on many occasions to clarify this mistake of Sayyid Qutb, to put it in writing, and add clarifications to the printed works that get distributed. But despite promising to do so, Mohammad Qutb never fulfilled his promise, even after more than a decade passing by. This will be dealt with in another article inshaa'Allaah.
Point 2: Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen's Recommended Reading
Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen used a very strong expression by saying that the other books of tafseer that are based upon hadeeth and athar, do away with the book of Sayyid Qutb "by a thousand times". That shows you the difference in worth. For even if you take out all of the mistakes and innovations in the book of Qutb, the majority of what you are left with is not knowledge. All that remains is Qutb's thoughts and feelings as he reads the Qur'an expressed in a good, eloquent literary style. And this is recognized by some of the Scholars, that his literary expressions can be touching and moving. So were the speech and admonitions of al-Harith al-Muhasibee, and he is better than Qutb by a thousand times. So the crux of the matter is what exactly is the reason why these people are attached to his book? What is there in it, besides eloquent literary expressions that is making these people traverse the lands, conquer the mountains and fare the oceans to defend this man? That is the question. The answer is his Extremism in Takfir and propounding Leninist's manifesto - which gave birth to the madhhab of the khawaarij.
Point 3: Not Making al-Walaa wal-Baraa Over This Man
The Qutbiyyah (see here, here and here) who make al-walaa wal-baraa over this man, and then they accuse those who Scholars who give sincerity (of purpose) to Allaah, to the Book of Allaah, to the Messenger of Allaah, and to the generality of the Muslims in pointing out:
And what is much much more than that - they accuse these Scholars and those who love and hate for the sake of the aqidah of Islaam (and not merely for the sake of individuals) - of being "Madkhalis" and of hating this man and showing enmity and allegiance for his sake.
Let it be known that the Scholars who criticized the mistakes of Sayyid Qutb, inclusive of Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen, did so out of walaa (loyalty) for the truth and not because of a mere man. For Sayyid Qutb, in his person, is irrelevant, it could have been a thousand other people. Rather it is the deviation found in the mans' ideas and books that need to pointed out since these books are spread the world over and they are used to nurture and teach generations of youth. And thus, out of walaa (loyalty) for the truth, it is a religious obligation upon the Scholars to clarify and point out the truth, which they have done, not for the sake of loving or hating an individual, but out of walaa (loyalty) for the truth.
So Ahl us-Sunnah, such as Shaykh al-Albaani, Shaykh Bin Baaz, Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen, Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan, Shaykh Abdul-Muhsin al-Abbaad, Shaykh al-Luhaydaan, Shaykh Abdullaah ad-Dawaish and the numerous others who have spoken on this subject, have spoken not because of walaa or baraa regarding an individual but because of the deen, and its aqidah, and this is what is obligatory.
For this reason they advise not to be concerned about this man, to abandon his books, and to learn real knowledge from the real books.
However, in the face of this we see a people bending over backwards, and willing to traverse the valleys, conquer the mountains, and fare the raging seas in order to defend Qutb, his exaggerated doctrines, and his books using the saying of some or one of the Scholars that for those who have knowledge and can distinguish between truth and falsehood, they may benefit from the literary style, expression and eloquence in Qutb's commentary - but they use this to defend the man's doctrines and ideologies and to continue to propagandize for them, because really its not Qutb that really matters for them. In reality Qutb is just a means. Its the ideology that Qutb propounded that is what their walaa and baraa is based around - whose revolutionary manifesto came from secular atheist Jews.
And so for what other reason do you think Scholars like Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen and Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan read and checked this book "Baraa'ah Ulamaa il-Ummah" which contains their previous statements and those of a multitude of major Scholars, gave it their seal of approval and their agreement upon its being published and spread so that all people are aware of the truth in this matter?! Stand in front of Allaah and answer that question truthfully if it is the religion and the aqidah that you make walaa and baraa for and you will know your answer. | <urn:uuid:98b61c4c-f225-4891-9878-8304d30957e0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.themadkhalis.com/md/print.cfm?jufol | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573163.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818033705-20220818063705-00077.warc.gz | en | 0.954239 | 2,230 | 1.546875 | 2 |
How Dippin’ Dots Went From Bankruptcy To A Hundred Million Dollar Acquisition
Despite the slogan, “ice cream of the future”, the Dippin Dots franchise went Bankrupt in 2011.
After a savvy acquisition by an oil tycoon for $12 million, they now do over $330,000,000 in revenue per year.
The crazy part? Most of the revenue isn’t from selling ice cream.
Let’s dive in…
Dippin Dots Origins
The Dippin’ Dots franchise story begins in the 1980s with Curt Jones, who worked as a microbiologist at a research center in Lexington, Kentucky.
While working at the research center, he was responsible for inventing a new food process for cattle that involved flash-freezing cow feed at negative 350 degrees. The end result was food pellets that better maintained the nutritional value of cows – a real breakthrough in agricultural food.
Jones, a hobbyist who also enjoyed making homemade ice cream, decided to test the very same process on ice cream – which, as you can guess, resulted in ultra-cold ice cream pellets that melted in your mouth.
His entrepreneurial spirit took hold of him, and he immediately ran with his new ice cream creation – the first Dippin’ Dots location would open shortly after in Lexington.
Dippin’ Dots Growth
After some early struggles with his brick & mortar business, Jones eventually would find success via distribution.
By distributing Dippin’ Dots to theme parks, malls, ballparks, and more – he had found a cheap and effective way to reach customers. This strategy continued through the 1990s, and the Dippin’ Dots franchise had expanded to $350 outlets and nearly $20 million in annual revenue by the year 2000.
But the next decade would bring trouble for Jones and his newly successful ice cream franchise..
Back in 19916, Jones had sued a competitor called “Mini Melts”, for infringing on the patent he filed for his unique ice cream creation process.
A valid patent gives you exclusive rights for 20 years to make and sell your product, without the risk of competitors being able to use your invention.
But Jones had made a crucial mistake – when you invent a product and start selling it, you have 1 year to file a patent.
Jones opened the first Dippin’ Dots location in July of 1987 but didn’t file a patent until March 1989. This mistake would ultimately cost him the lawsuit against Mini Melts.
To make matters worse, Mini Melts counter-sued Jones and Dippin’ Dots, resulting in Jones having to pay Mini Melts $10 million in 2007. Then in 2008, the Great Recession hit, and all of a sudden far fewer people were going to venus where you could find Dippin’ Dots.
Sales would drop from $46 million in 2007 to $30 million by 2010. The recession combined with the lawsuit led to the Dippin’ Dots franchise being $11 million in debt and forced them into bankruptcy.
The franchise went up for auction in what’s called a “363 sale” – a form of bankruptcy that allows buyers to pick and choose which assets of the business they’d like to acquire.
Scott Fischer, the son of an Oklahoma oil tycoon, would buy the struggling ice cream franchise for just $12 million.
“I was able to pick the diamonds from the rough, free and clear of any liabilities”.
The Next Era of Dippin’ Dots
Fischer, whose father founded Chapparal Energy, turned Dippin’ Dots from a brand that couldn’t keep the lights on to a business doing well into 9 figures.
He’s done this through 3 key areas:
- Product expansion
- Acquisition → Franchising
- Licensing the Dippin’ Dots IP
Fischer built a new production facility and introduced a frozen yogurt product called “YoDots”. He also expanded into supermarkets with a special freezer that’s cold enough to hold their products.
Both have been a hit, as Fischer was quoted saying, “We’re fighting to keep supply up with demand and growth”.
Dippin’ Dots had lost its presence in shopping malls over the years, so Fischer acquired a popcorn franchise called “DocPopcorn” in 2014 to bring in more foot traffic to their locations.
The acquisition was a win-win for both franchise owners and customers. The co-branded stores offer a tasty sweet and salty combination for customers while bringing in dual revenue for franchisees.
Dippin’ Dots franchise unit count would take off shortly after, going from 125 locations in 2014 to about 220 today.
In 2018, Fischer formed a subsidiary to license the flash-freezing and “dot forming” technology that Dippin’ Dots has been using since Curt Jones invented it in the 1980s.
Pharmaceutical companies started using it to increase the shelf life of their products. But the biggest customers of this revenue stream changed the game for Dippin Dots – Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat.
The plant-based meat giants feed their ingredients through the Dippin’ Dots cryogenic (flash-freezing via liquid nitrogen) process, and outcomes pelletized products that simulate the consistency of natural fat in their burgers, bacon, and sausage.
The impact this has had on the business is undoubted – Fischer has been quoted saying, “with that one we’ve been doing really well. It’s increased our net substantially and actually is surpassing the Dippin’ Dots business right now”.
Dippin’ Dots Franchise – Where Are They Now?
In May 2022, a massive food conglomerate known as J&J Snack Foods purchased Dippin’ Dots for $222 million.
Given that Fischer acquired them for just $12 million in 2011, he generated an 18x return on the business in roughly a decade!
It’s truly a remarkable turnaround story. If you see the Dippin’ Dots franchise around, you can thank Scott Fischer for saving the novelty ice cream treat! | <urn:uuid:fae05d13-a29b-40b5-8f9e-b5c552f86f35> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://wolfoffranchises.com/how-dippin-dots-went-from-bankruptcy-to-hundred-million-dollar-acquisition/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.960665 | 1,348 | 1.71875 | 2 |
Excerpt via Essay:
Flaubert / Dostoevsky
Types of Naturalism and Symbolism in Madame Bovary
In Flaubert’s novel Madame Bovary, the narratorial tone of voice carefully eliminates direct review upon the storyline. Flaubert keeps a tension among Naturalism and Symbolism by leaving up to the visitor to determine in the event that certain symptoms are intended to always be read figuratively, metaphorically. Flaubert’s contemporary readers, however , found the book scandalous – in a few sense, Flaubert’s determination to provide certain aspects of reality immediately was realized as almost obscene. This certainly backlinks him with the goals from the literary activity of Naturalism, which presented human existence as being socially determined and a product of heredity and environment, and did not flinch in offering disgusting particulars. But Flaubert’s goals since an artist are larger than those of mere Naturalism: the event in which the adulterous title character experiences a rapid interest in religion demonstrates this.
We may notice that Flaubert seems to be writing practically satirically in his description of Emma Bovary’s religious episode. After all, the passage starts with a paradox: the “pride” that led Emma into her sex transgressions has suddenly chosen to approach “humility. ” The way pride may appear humble is certainly a sign at a more substantial symbolic that means here, even though the level of details is barely symbolic. Rather, Emma’s faith is defined in terms of it is physical outward exhibition in buyer goods and knick-knacks:
Her soul, warped and twisted by the fire of pleasure, had eventually found rest in Christian humility; and tasting the thrill of weak spot, Emma considered in their self the damage of her will, a procedure bound to manage an easy access to the flowing tide of grace. So pure mundane delight had provided place to more transcendent bliss, a like high especially human passion, that realized neither end nor intermission, a appreciate that would develop and expand eternally. And among the illusory visions conjured up by hope, she believed she did find a realm of purity suspended above the globe, melting into the sky, and it was right now there, in that area, that she longed to dwell. The girl longed to turn into a saint. She bought rosaries, she put on amulets; the girl must requirements have a reliquary set with emeralds to keep in her room, so that the lady could have it by her pillow and kiss it every night.
The ‘cure’ was wonderfully minted by this frame of mind of mind, although this individual thought that simply by reason of its incredibly fervour Emma’s religion may well topple over into heresy, into luxury. But not staying very well in such matters after they got beyond a certain limit, this individual wrote off to Monsieur Boulard | <urn:uuid:c3e569a2-a3cf-494c-a26a-9f91219831f6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://astischool.com/essay/realism-naturalism-symbolism-flaubert-bovary/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571692.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812105810-20220812135810-00076.warc.gz | en | 0.965669 | 619 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Gaylord Newell Bebout
Assistant Attorney General of Michigan
Gaylord Bebout was born near Mt. Vernon, Michigan in 1878 and his family moved to Gatesville, Texas when he was just five years old. He grew up on his father’s farm there until the family again relocated to Winfield, Kansas. Gaylord went to Oberlin College in Ohio and then to the University of Michigan where he finished Law School in 1905. Meanwhile, his parents returned to Gatesville.
As an attorney, he proved capably versatile but specialized in all matters corporate and realty. He initially moved to Topeka, Kansas where he was first sworn in as a lawyer but on the advice of his lawyer friend, R.B. Welch, he surveyed the “Indian Territory” of Oklahoma and found a place as one of the first settlers of the town of Vinita where he soon became involved as corporate attorney for most of the area businesses. He served as city attorney for Vinita in 1907. Gaylord moved to the Waco area about 1910 in order to be closer to his family in Gatesville. During his time in central Texas, he was very fond of making trips to Austin to stay at the Driskill Hotel with his wife and friends.
He became a member of Waco Masonic Lodge by affiliation on December 18, 1914. He was an officer for three years rising as high as Junior Warden before stepping out of the officer lineup due to a career opportunity in Detroit, Michigan. There, he co-founded the “Welsh, Bebout, and Hill Law Offices” and worked as a major corporate attorney of the Midwest until he was made an Assistant Attorney General of Michigan in 1936, a role in which he served until his death on April 9, 1941 | <urn:uuid:92337603-43b6-4c4c-9979-b42ef4da1d40> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.wacomasonic.org/gaylord-bebout/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572021.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814083156-20220814113156-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.992951 | 375 | 2.203125 | 2 |
Comparative law and justice/Lithuania
Part of the Comparative law and justice Wikiversity Project
Phourahan 2352 22:22, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Basic Information[edit | edit source]
Lithuania is an Eastern European nation whose land was founded in 1236 however did not formally become its own country until 1795. It borders the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Russia. The capital of Lithuania is Vilnius, located in the central part of the nation. The main language spoken throughout Lithuania is Lithuanian. It is not a Slavic nation, which is contrary to what many believe. It is a highly literate nation and places very strong emphasis on education.
Brief History[edit | edit source]
During World War I (1914-1918) the German military took over Lithuania, but at the end of the war, on 16 February 1918 in Vilnius, the Council of Lithuania declared Lithuania an independent state. In summer of 1922 the Lithuanian general assembly, in session since May 1920, approved a constitution that declared the country a democratic republic. During WWII, Lithuanian Independence became less recognized and for awhile, Lithuania was occupied by Germany once again. During the late 1980s, there were rapid political changes in Eastern Europe and the USSR sparked a resurgence of Lithuanian nationalism. Lithuanian Independence was declared in March of 1990, but the USSR used economic, political, and military pressure to allow Lithuania to remain within the union. Soon after Soviet Communism collapsed in August of 1991, the central government granted independence to Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia on September 6, which allowed all three Baltic nations to be admitted to the United Nations later that month. In May of 1995, Lithuania became a new member of the European Union. Lithuania became a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on March 29, 2004 after meeting the requirements of the state of treaty ratification in Washington, DC. Lithuania joined the European Union on May 1, 2004. Lithuania currently is its own independent sovereign nation.
Economic Development, Health, and Education[edit | edit source]
Since the nations independence in March 1990, Lithuania has made increased progress in developing a market economy of its own. About half of state property has been privatized and trade has become very diverse with an increased shift away from the former Soviet Union to Western markets. The Lithuanian economy supposedly bottomed out in 1994, and Vilnius's policies have laid the groundwork for intense recovery over the next few years. Recovery was built on Lithuanian's strategic location with its ice-free port at Klaipeda and its rail and highway hub in Vilnius which connected it with Eastern Europe, Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia, and on its agriculture potential, highly skilled labor force, and very diverse industrial sector. Lithuania lacks important natural resources, so it will remain dependent on imports of fuels and raw materials. Lithuania has done most of its trade with Russia, faced its own economic and financial crisis in 1999 as a result of the government's inadequate economic policies, and its inadequate response to the August 1998 Russian financial crisis. The year 2001 was an excellent year for the Lithuanian economy.
Lithuania guarantees free health care to all citizens. In 1990 Lithuania had more than 14,700 physicians and 2,300 dentists; its ratio of forty-six physicians and dentists combined per 10,000 citizens is comparable favorably with that of most developed nations around the world. In addition, in 1990 Lithuania had more than 47,000 medical personnel, or 127 per 10,000 population and 46,200 hospital beds, or 124 beds per 10,000 population. In the healthcare profession, Lithuania's cardiologists are the most advanced in the former Soviet Union. Important factors of Lithuania's health care is high alcoholism (191 cases per 100,000 persons), low drug use (3.1 cases per 100,000), and very few and rare diagnosis of (HIV) infection. Reported cases of HIV in 1992 were under 100. The main causes of death are heart diseases, accidents, cancer, and lung diseases. In addition to alcoholism, important risk factors for disease are smoking, a diet high in saturated fats, high blood pressure, and environmental pollution.
The creation of the modern system of education in Lithuania started in the 1990s. The Lithuanian education system covers preschool, general secondary, vocational, junior college, higher, and adult education. These various types of education are given at preschool education establishments, schools of general education, institutions, systems of vocational education, junior colleges, higher education institutions, and institutions of complementary and non-formal educational institutions. Education at state and local general education schools, vocational schools and junior colleges is free of charge to all lithuanian citizens. The two types of higher education institutions in Lithuania are universities and colleges. In college and university-type institutions, university-level studies dominate; in colleges, non-university-level studies dominate. Admission to all levels of college and education takes place on a competitive basis according to the admission rules set put in place by the higher education institution and confirmed by the Ministry of Education and Science.
Governance[edit | edit source]
The nation of Lithuania is a parliamentary democracy meaning that it is a a political system where the legislature (parliament) selects the government - a prime minister, or chancellor along with the cabinet ministers, according to party strength demonstrated in elections, by this system, the government acquires a dual responsibility, to the people as well as to the parliament of Lithuania. The President is elected for five years, by a majority of votes cast in parliament. If no candidate receives a majority vote, a run-off by the two top vote candidates is conducted. Some of the powers of the President of Lithuania are Establish, carry out, and implement foreign policy around the globe, grant pardons,and is Commander-in-chief of the Lithuanian Armed Forces and Chairman of the state defense council.
Elections[edit | edit source]
Members of the Seimas (general assembly of Lithuania) of Lithuania are elected for a four-year office term in 71 single-member constituencies and one multimember constituency on the grounds of universal and equal experience, by behind the scenes ballot in direct, mixed-system elections. Regular elections to the General Assembly are held on the year of the expiration of the authority of the Seimas members, on the second Sunday in October. 141 members of the general assembly are elected 71 - in single-member constituencies and 70 - in the multi-member constituency. In the multi-member constituency of Lithuania, it is voted for the lists of candidates and the rating of the candidates on the lists. The more votes are cast for a certain list, the larger the number of candidates from that list is elected into political office. Mandates are obtained only if a list receives at least 5% of the vote (in the case of a coalition -7%).
Judicial Review[edit | edit source]
Judicial review in the Republic of Lithuania is practiced by the Constitutional Court, established after the restoration of independence, and by the system of the courts with the Supreme Court overseeing the lower courts. In Lithuania however, judicial review is not very common and is rarely practiced.
Courts and Criminal Law[edit | edit source]
The Lithuanian court system is based on the traditional legal traditions of Europe. Since 1990 the remnants of the imposed norms and practices have been eradicated of Soviet tradition. The base of the Lithuanian court system consists of courts of general jurisdiction, which deals with civil and criminal matters concurrently. The Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, as well as district and local courts carry out the functions of the Lithuanian court system. Judges of the Court of Appeals are selected by the President with the approval of the Seimas (Congress) Judges of the Supreme Court are appointed by the President directly.
Punishment[edit | edit source]
In Lithuania, it has been said that the Police Officers there are not very qualified, and cannot secure the citizens from danger. Unfortunately, this leads to a spillover in the Lithuanian legal system and specifically, the area of punishment. Lithuania is not very tough on crime. The Office of the Procurator General is an independent institution that is responsible for enforcing the penal code and making sure that the detention of criminal suspects is based on reliable and trustworthy evidence of criminal activity. The conditions of prisons in Lithuania are primitive, a legacy of the Soviet period, but have not been the subject of international concern or criticism to the same extent as in Russia and other former Soviet countries.
Legal Personnel[edit | edit source]
The Seimas is the Lithuanian General assembly. It is made up of 141 members that are elected for a four-year term. Lithuanian legal system is made up of lawyers, judges, police officers, and other lower court magistrates similiar to that of the US legal system.
Law Enforcement[edit | edit source]
The Police, also known in Lithuanian as "POLIS" are the main agency of law enforcement in Lithuania. The Lithuanian Police Department operates under the command of the Ministry of the Interior. The Lithuanian Police is a statutory organization, making sure that public order and safety occur while detecting and investigating the criminal deeds and other violations of law as well as rendering other social aid for the people. The Lithuanian Police is made up of four different branches: local branches, educational police institutions, special police institutions, and the common branch of the Police Department under the Ministry of the Interior. The Lithuanian Police is overseen by the Police Commissioner General named VIZGIRDAS TELYČĖNAS. He would to us be referred to as the Chief or Colonel of Police.
Crime Rates and Public Opinion[edit | edit source]
The overall crime rate in Lithuania is relatively low, and is considered a safe country. However the crime rate steadily began to increase in the late 1990s, early 2000s. Most of the crimes that saw an increase during this time period were robberies, assaults, and drug offenses, mostly non-violent crimes. But just recently, in December 2010, it was determined that Vilnius, Lithuania has the highest murder rate in the EU. Lithuania on average saw about nine murders per 100,000 people every year from 2002-08, more than any other EU nation. Organized crime has recently become a growing problem for Lithuania. Organized crime in Lithuania consists of murder, drug trafficking, weapons smuggling, radioactive material dealing, and human smuggling. Sex trafficking is also very common throughout the country. Most of the women are Lithuanian women who are coerced into a sex smuggling ring, and then exported to other European nations such as France, Germany, Italy, and the UK. As safe as Lithuania is considered to be, organized crime is about to put Lithuania's safe reputation in jeopardy. As far as public opinion is concerned in Lithuania, about 85% of its citizens support its government and its membership with the EU.
Rights[edit | edit source]
The constitution of Lithuania is made up of 154 Articles and was adopted by the people of Lithuania in 1992. Some main points and goals of the Lithuanian constitution are to defend the freedoms and independence of Lithuania, preserve the spirit, language, writing, and customs of Lithuania, and foster national concord in the nation of Lithuania..
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During a divorce, a spouse may keep his or her married surname or the surname he or she had before the marriage. When a marriage is dissolved on the basis of the fault of one of the spouses, the court may at the request of the other spouse, prohibit the spouse at fault from retaining his or her married surname, except in cases where the spouses have children. The courts of the Republic of Lithuania all have jurisdiction over actions of divorce, dissolution of marriage or separation in the cases provided for by the Code of Civil Procedure of the Republic of Lithuania. The origin of a child shall be established either in accordance with the law of the state the citizenship of which the child received at his or her birth, or with the law of the state which is recognized as the domicile of the child at the time of his or her birth, or with the law of the state in which one of the child’s parents is domiciled, or with the law of the state the citizen of which one of the parents was at the time of the child’s birth, whichever is more beneficial to the child.
Social Inequality[edit | edit source]
The legacy of the Soviet control over Lithuania still lingers to this day despite the many improvements made throughout the nation. Many Lithuanians have not adjusted well to the market economy and the Lithuanian economy and social class structure has become one of poverty and deep disparities in income. In 2003, the wealthiest 10 percent of the population of Lithuania controlled 28 percent of the country's wealth, while on the other hand, the poorest 10 percent of the population only controlled about 3 percent of the nation's wealth. In 2004, the poverty rate in Lithuania was 16 percent, however that wealth varies a lot. For example, the rural poverty rate is 28 percent due to its lower pay rates and higher unemployment rates among agricultural workers. In general, some 55.1 percent of those living in poverty were aged 15 or younger. Lithuania experiences the same type of social inequality seen and felt in the United States. Lithuania suffers from a great deal of corruption by government officials, and feels the same type of class separation as in many capitalistic nations around the globe. n 1998 the Seimas (Parliament) passed a law on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men. The new Law prohibits direct and indirect discrimination against men and women and lead to the establishment of a legal obligation for state and private companies to enact gender equality principles in employment, education, science, etc.
Human Rights[edit | edit source]
The goals of the Lithuanian human rights center are to
1.) Spread the knowledge about international and European Union human rights standards, promotion of tolerance and respect to diversity. 2.) build awareness raising on issues of vulnerable groups and minorities 3.) Observance of human rights standards at the national level, providing suggestions and consultations to the government and the legislators throughout Lithuania.
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Singer Laurel Aitken, 71, was there from ska's beginning and has witnessed the music's evolution through its Blue Beat, 2-Tone, third-wave and ska-core eras, all of which developed from the original Jamaican ska. Now, the septegenarian Godfather of Ska has embarked on his first large-scale tour of America, and modern-day audiences have a chance to witness a living legacy.
As Aitken sees it, ska has its roots in American rhythm & blues music of the 1950s. "That's where ska is coming from, from the old American rhythm and blues," he explains from his home in London. "A lot of people don't want to believe that, but if you listen to the old ska, it's rhythm and blues, with the guitar upstroke -- ke, ke, ke, ke -- that's what they used to call ska, but I heard that same thing in lots of American rhythm and blues before ska got popular."
Born in Cuba in 1927, Aitken moved to Jamaica when he was 11. He honed his skills after arriving in Jamaica and was soon winning calypso singing contests and performing at clubs around town. "I am one of the first men to start this music -- one of the first," says Aitken.
He began recording when 78 r.p.m. records were still in vogue. "Not one of these, what they want to call it, 7-inch records, but back when it was 78 speed." In 1959, Aitken recorded what may be considered the first ska hit, the double A-side "Little Sheila/Boogie In My Bones," for Island Records founder Chris Blackwell. "In those days the music in Jamaica was calypso and the boogie music from New Orleans," says Aitken. "So, actually, ska music -- if you listen to early ska . . . it's boogie-woogie. I had the first ska hit in Jamaica, which most people don't know. Eleven weeks it was number one on the Jamaican charts!"
After hearing that pirated copies of his records were selling well in England, Aitken moved to Brixton, England, in 1960. His recordings on the Blue Beat label defined a style of ska and created a foundation on which Aitken built a solid career.
Aitken continues recording and performing in Europe and remains optimistic about his music. "I just play now 'cause this is what I think I know, and think I do best, you know, not like boxing or something else," he says. "I don't know how they're going to accept me in America. They've got so many ska bands over there, and ska singers, I just hope it goes well."
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A research study conducted at the University of Arizona, examined possible connections between depression and climate change. What intrigued me even more about this study is that researchers found three distinct types of environmental concern depending upon psychological responses to actual climate change itself. Join me to learn about the three levels of stress they discovered, who is suffering the most and what the public health implications are. It’s a serious concern that will only continue to grow as the climate heats up. We will also learn why understanding that there are differences in how people are motivated is very important for finding ways to address this, whether in the form of intervention or prevention. Much to be concerned about and much to be learned by listening to this important show.
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- This research set out to connect with a population sample that represented the United States.
- The results filtered out into three types of focus areas of concern – how intense are concerns and from what perspective do individuals come to those concerns? Sabrina looks at these three focus areas on this podcast.
- One of the things the research looked at was the ways of coping – what strategies are people using to cope with their concerns around climate change? What strategies are you using? Join us to look closer at these components.
- How many individuals, captured in this research sample, did not believe climate change was happening? Who did the researchers find did care about climate change and who did they find did not care? Join us for the deep dive into these questions!
- One thing to know about this research population – all participating individuals are parents.
- How can we take the results of this study and move them forward? How does having children/choosing to have a child play into concerns that one may hold about climate change? This podcast raises great questions and encourages us to seek answers through additional research.
- Children being raised now have the true resources, skills and passion to make change – we are raising children differently than we did 10 years ago. Our children truly are the hope of the future.
- Paying attention to mental health and the ties individuals have with concerns over climate change is essential to understanding how to motivate society towards change. We need to take action now to reverse global warming and if everyone feels that there is no hope and there is nothing we can do – we won’t get there. If we understand the perspective individuals hold in terms of their thinking about climate change and what motivates their concern, we can frame actions in a way that is passion (can do) based.
- Bottom line: there is not a person on our planet that will not be affected, mentally and physically, by climate change.
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Example sentences and phrases with the word undercover and other words derived from it.
• « For security reasons, the agents used the pseudonyms Charles Roberts and Sidney Walker for this undercover operation. »
• « Roberts enlisted Sidney Walker, Britain's most renowned undercover agent, as his partner. »
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In this day and age we as a global community are growing at a super fast rate. Communication is a vital tool which aids us in breaking the distance barrier. Over the past decades there has been a monopoly in the telecommunications business, but now with the power of the internet, and super fast data transfer rates people can communicate across the globe and only pay local rates.
÷ In essence the local phone companies almost promote this.
- When you log on to the internet chances are that you are logging on through a local internet provider. You will use your computer modem to dial up and create and data link with your net provider. Where does the net provider get his super fast net connection from? He gets the connection from the local phone company.
÷ How logging on the internet is almost like logging right onto the local telephone company.
-It all boils down to, the local phone company approving the use of the internet for any means.
÷ How phone companies are going to bring them selves down.
-I feel that because of this phone companies will be the cause to their own downfall.
÷ Methods of communication over the net
-There are many ways of communicating over the net: Inter relay chat (text only)
-Video/Audio: there are many net applications which allow the user to simply plug in a mini video camera( which can be purchased anywhere from $150+) and speakers and a microphone and establish a net connection and be able to view to and hear.
-There are also applications such as the internet phone which enables the user to talk with other people, this works almost like a conventional telephone.
÷ New technologies and what to expect in the near future.
There have been many new breakthroughs in communication s recently, we are unfolding new ideas and new and faster ways in communication. Fiber optic technology is probably the next major wave in technology. Fiber optic communication over the internet will mean that it will be a lot easier to communicate.
÷ Why there is no jurisdiction over this means of communication.
A major principal of law and order is to control a certain area and population. Laws that apply to one state or province don't necessarily apply to another. Just like in Amsterdam you can order a slice of hashish with your coffee and if you did the same in Singapore you would be executed. The internet does not reside somewhere nor is it a physical thing. The internet has no boundaries, there is no way in which we can control it. There is no one person liable for what happens on it, there is no board of control therefore nobody has any jurisdiction of what happens on the internet. This should be a major concern to large telecommunication companies.
÷ Advantages/Disadvantages with the technology available to the normal person
-There is a downside however to the communication on the internet, for example when talking on the internet phone, you can not talk both ways, one person says something the other waits until he/she is done, then the other person can respond. On the other hand if you have a problem of cutting people off then this would be a good solution for you.
÷ How corporations other than the telecommunication companies will boom
These new technologies will dramatically lower the cost of communication, not to mention advantages of online service. For example it is quite easy for a technician to log on to your machine and fix up any problems which may occur.
÷ How the government gain/loose from this new technology.
The government will gain money from the people as a whole because they reduce there costs enabling themselves to purchase desired goods which are taxable.
÷ The aftershocks of the effects on the economy i.e. decrease unemployment.
People might argue that there will be major job cuts due to new technologies, but what do the telephone companies plan to do any ways in the next five to ten years, they are all looking at technology as well to reduce there costs. Costs such as man labour. The new technology will also create jobs for graduating students from Universities, there will be a large demand for programming skills, computer oriented network managers, system operators etc..
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Species 2000 provides the residual legal body for the global Catalogue of Life programme, holding its Intellectual Property Rights, copyright, domain names, access licences, Memoranda of Understanding (MoU), taking responsibility for continuity between major projects and providing the ongoing governance of the global programme. It is structurally a federation, owned and governed by the participants that become its members.
Species 2000 is a member of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and the Taxonomic Databases Working Group (TDWG) and has MoU’s with the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), The Encyclopedia of Life (EoL) and the Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL). It is a Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) registered in the United Kingdom with the Secretariat at Naturalis in the Netherlands, and offices in the USA and Philippines. Species 2000 is governed by a Board of Directors that is responsible for legal and financial matters, and is advised by the Catalogue of Life Global Team on scientific policy.
The Executive Secretary (ES) is responsible for day to day running of Species 2000 as an organisation and its projects, products and services. The ES appoints and supervises the Secretariat staff, represents Species 2000 at international meetings and in contract negotiations. The ES reports to the Board of Directors and attends their meetings ex officio. The ES interacts with the Catalogue of Life Global Team on scientific policy, prepares project/grant proposals agreed by the Board of Directors and the Catalogue of Life Global Team, develops partnerships and seeks core funding for the organisation as a whole. The ES liaises with Catalogue of Life partners, proposes and implements IPR agreements, is responsible for the website content, and oversees product manufacturing including quality control. The Executive Editor and Strategic Partnerships Officer liaise at various levels with taxonomic databases and members. An Editorial Board is responsible for data quality/standards and oversees the peer review programme for contributing databases. The ICT Systems Officer is responsible for overseeing systems and services, advised by the Information Systems Group. The Financial and Administrative Officer oversees (project) finances and acts as office manager.
In 2014 a distributed secretariat was impIemented with the Executive Editor working from the Illinois Natural History Survey in the USA, the Catalogue of Life Database Manager and Assistant Database Manager at FIN (the FishBase Information and Research Group, Inc.) in the Philippines. The Executive Secretary, the Strategic Partnerships Officer, the ICT Systems Officer and Administrative and Finance Officer are based at the secretariat that is hosted by Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, the Netherlands, where it has its office and e-infrastucture. The Secretariat consists of the following members:
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|Executive Editor||Dr Yuri Roskov||Illinois Natural History Survey||USA|
|ICT Systems Officer||Wouter Addink||Naturalis Biodiversity Center||NLD|
|Catalogue of Life Database Manager||Luisa Abucay||FishBase Information and Research Group||PHL|
|Assistant to the Database Manager||Jeremiah Jansalin||FishBase Information and Research Group||PHL|
|Administrative and Finance Officer||Mil de Reus||Naturalis Biodiversity Center||NLD|
Since 2013 a long term sustainability plan has been put in place for the Catalogue of Life with a distributed model of roles and responsibilities farmed out in the community under the coordination of a ‘light’ Secretariat. There is a hosting agreement with Naturalis in the Netherlands for the Species 2000 secretariat covering the Executive Secretary, Administrative & Finance Officer and facilitation of CoL e-infrastructure and basic services. The University of Illinois is funding a permanent position for the Executive Editor. There is funding (under the hosting contract with Naturalis) for the Database Manager position in the Philippines where the Catalogue of Life is put together. Further to this, there are services hosted by third parties such as the Cross Mapping Tool at Cardiff University. Finally, ongoing collaboration with regional hubs underpins content development. | <urn:uuid:de7ab8c0-507d-40a6-a18c-ea6e1a34d2dd> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.sp2000.org/about-0 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281649.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00436-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.897296 | 858 | 1.671875 | 2 |
What’s Wrong With Gay Blood?
I recently decided that I wanted to experience giving blood for the first time. Buses from the Florida Blood Center come to Eckerd College every once in a while, and it is a quick and easy way to help people who are in need. I signed up, and was walking towards the buses when I noticed two of my friends sitting on a bench. I approached them to say hello and asked them what they were doing. They said that they were waiting for their friends to get done donating, and I asked them if they had donated. My friend said no, and as the question “why?” came out of my mouth, I realized I already knew the answer. My two friends are both male and are in a relationship together. I had completely forgotten that homosexual males, or anyone who has come in sexual contact with a male who has had sexual contact with another male after 1977 (just to make it confusing) are not allowed to donate blood.
The ban on homosexuals giving blood started in 1983 with the Food and Drug Administration, when it was widely believed that they were the ones who had HIV and AIDS, which is also written about in this article. It is such an outdated concept, in my opinion, that it didn’t even cross my mind that it was still in existence, because it makes absolutely no sense. With the advances in science and technology, and a better understanding of sexually transmitted diseases, we now know that anyone can contract a disease such as HIV or AIDS, or any other disease for that matter. Both hetero and homosexual people are equally susceptible to these diseases, and a person’s sexual orientation doesn’t protect them from getting a sexually transmitted disease. A straight person who has had unprotected sex is allowed to give blood, but someone who is gay is not. It doesn’t add up.
The ban on homosexual men giving blood brings up a lot of concern for human rights, but let’s look at the other consequences as well. My two gay friends are completely physically eligible to give blood when it is in constant need by people all over the U.S., yet they are restricted legally because of their choice of partner. According to the Florida Blood Centers’ website, 4.5 million people need blood transfusions in the U.S. and Canada alone, yet only 38% of Americans are even able to give blood, and only 10% of those eligible actually give it. I think the fact that America is letting prejudice against homosexuals deprive people of blood that has the potential to save their lives is horrifying.
For a country that likes to see itself as progressive, this ban is anything but. There are many healthy adult homosexual males that I am positive would love to save a life by donating, but are restricted by old ideas that aren’t held up scientifically anymore. No matter what your religious or political views are, the facts are there: people need blood, and homosexuals are able to give it. While steps are being taken towards getting away from the past, it is slow going. As for now, I encourage those who are eligible to give blood, because it is for a great cause, and who knows, you could be the one needing blood one day. It is extremely simple and easy, and a great way to save lives.
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Sweating: It is the way of the body to regulate its temperature. When we are hot, we sweat. This moisture later evaporates and lets us cool down. Sweating is a very natural part of daily life.
However, some people find sweating undesirable in certain social situations, especially when sweat leaves noticeable wet spots. For such cases, some strategies can help reduce the amount of sweat.
Apply antiperspirant before bed
Antiperspirant works by blocking the sweat ducts. It disables sweat to reach the surface of our skin.
Make sure your underarms are clean and dry to get the best results from your antiperspirant. Apply it at night before bed as the ingredients need time to form the block across the sweat duct. Also, most people sweat less or not at all at night.
It may not work right away but stick to this routine for a few nights to get the results of your choice. Once the antiperspirant starts to work, it can be used as per the requirement.
Wear breathable fabrics
One of the best ways to minimize sweating is to choose suitable clothing. Wear lightweight, breathable fabrics that support good ventilation. Light colors also help reflect the sun’s rays instead of absorbing them. So wearing white is an excellent way to stay cool and reduce sweat.
You can also wear dark colors or distracting patterns that help hide sweat. You can also wear clothes in multiple layers so that sweat is not visible in the outer layer.
Avoid certain foods
There are a few foods you should avoid if:
1. you are going to a business dinner.
2. you are in a social situation where you would rather not sweat.
Avoiding spicy foods is a must because our body reacts to spicy food just like any other heat. It then tries to cool itself down, and that leads to sweating. Consuming caffeine is also not advisable. It stimulates our adrenal glands and makes our palms, feet, and armpits sweat.
Sweating is your body’s way to cool you down. So, if you stay cool, you reduce the need to sweat.
Let us look at some of the effective ways to stay cool.
- Place a bowl of ice in front of a fan to circulate cool air in the room.
- Keep the curtains and blinds drawn during the day to prevent the sun from overheating the rooms.
- Try to stay in the shade when outside.
- Eat smaller meals regularly. This helps to keep us cool as metabolic heat is then used to break down food.
- Stay well hydrated to keep your body temperature down.
If you sweat excessively, then consult a doctor to determine if you have hyperhidrosis. If so, there are several treatment options available to you.
- Prescription antiperspirants
Doctor can prescribe a high-potency prescription antiperspirant. This may not be readily available over the counter. There are also prescription creams in case your face and head are affected.
- Oral medications
These medicines prescribed by the doctor block chemicals that allow specific nerves to communicate with each other. This helps to reduce sweating. However, there are some expected side effects of taking these medicines. So, consult your doctor about whether the benefits outweigh the risks.
One of the natural and effective ways to reduce sweat is to use BioDry Natural Anti-Sweat tablets.
BioDry is an all-natural remedy for spontaneous body sweat. It is derived from Chinese organic plants that naturally soothe sweat glands and help inhibit perspiration. It is ideal for treating night sweats, sticky palms, and spontaneous daytime sweating for no apparent reason.
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An improved time-line search algorithm for manufacturing decision makingRapport
The coloured Petri net formalism has been recently used to analyse and optimise manufacturing systems making use of the state space (SS) analysis. This approach has great potential for scheduling and production planning purposes when it is properly implemented.
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MARSEILLE, France (AP) — A new flagship museum dedicated to Mediterranean civilization in Marseille is hoping to shake off the southern metropolis’ reputation as France’s deadliest city with a drastic cultural makeover.
The Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations, which is being inaugurated by French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday, is the centerpiece of Marseille’s turn as the European Capital of Culture for 2013, which aims to attract 10 million visitors to the city this year.
Officials see it as a chance to transform the ravaged image of the metropolis, which was once a crossroad of Mediterranean civilization and bastion of the ancient Greeks, but is now considered one of Europe’s deadliest cities.
Four decades of widespread poverty in Marseille saw the rise of a powerful mob scene, including a criminal underworld of drugs, prostitution and gambling. There were 24 fatal shootings in 2012 alone.
The violence, which has centered on territorial disputes between drug barons and involved Kalashnikov assault rifles in gang clashes, has fueled comparisons to the Italian Camorra stronghold of Naples. More recently, following investigations, a Socialist lawmaker representing Marseille in the national assembly was sentenced to prison for buying votes, a ruling she has appealed.
“We continue to present Marseille in national and foreign media just by crime, dirt, and letting itself go. … We forget that Marseille has a beautiful history, contributing to the rich civilization of the Mediterranean,” said Bruno Suzzarelli, the museum’s director.
He said that the museum can help rebrand the city’s image.
Overlooking the glimmering Mediterranean Sea on the Marseille’s storied but disused pier, the museum is certainly an ambitious project. It is the first one in the world dedicated to the heritage of the Mediterranean basin, and France’s only stand-alone national museum outside of Paris. It includes an impressive square building with a dappled metal shell designed by architect Rudy Ricciotti.
The museum has 1 million cultural artifacts from a region stretching from Spain to Israel and via the Balkans, Turkey and north Africa — ending in Marseille itself. Added to that is a renovation of the grand 17th-century fortification Saint Jean, which was previously closed to the public. It’s joined to the museum by a sleek metal gangway.
Officials are optimistic about the project, aiming for some 300,000 visitors a year to the museum alone, which would double what Marseille got in recent years.
The final product, which was 13 years in the making under three French presidents, is an expensive cultural gamble at a cost of more than 200 million euros ($260 million).
“It looks impressive, and we all hope it will succeed. We need real change here, renewal,” said Chloe Rabuel, a Marseille bartender. “But we have to wait and see. Will people come?”
The museum has been designed to attract as many foreign tourists as possible, with captions written in French, English and Arabic. The site is some 15 minutes from the Marseille-Provence airport.
The collections represent dozens of cultures and their histories. Though half of museum’s works drew on the collection from Paris’ Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions — a vast folklore museum that is now defunct — the other half, including classical antiquities, comes from loans from other museums, particularly from Greece.
“We’re representing the entire Mediterranean narrative,” said Zeev Gourarier, the museum’s curator. “We represent not just the victories of the revolutions in thinking and invention, but also the uncomfortable truths. … Just like the history of Marseille has not been easy, the history of the Mediterranean has also been about repression, walls, false steps and violence. History repeats itself.”
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Forest association plants 80M trees in Alberta
Sept. 26, 2017 – Members of the Alberta Forest Products Association (AFPA) planted 80 million coniferous tree seedlings in forests throughout the province in 2017. This means that for every Albertan, 19 trees were planted during this year’s spring and summer planting season.
"Our association is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year," said AFPA president and chief executive officer Paul Whittaker. “Planting trees is an important part of our past and our future. In many areas, forest companies are now harvesting trees that were planted by pioneers in the industry several generations ago. By planting today, we are ensuring sustainable forests for future generations of Albertans.”
Honourable Oneil Carlier, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, congratulated the association on their commitment to healthy forests. “Eighty million trees is an impressive feat. Our government is committed to working with AFPA members to maintain healthy forests that create jobs and provide a place for recreation and cultural activities. I am very proud to say that Alberta has some of the most sustainably managed forests in the world.”
In additional to promoting environmental sustainability, tree planting is also good for Alberta’s economy. Tree planters, who are often youth and post-secondary students, worked 40,500 person days in 2017. Other sectors, including tree nurseries, equipment suppliers, environmental consultants, restaurants, and hotels also benefit from tree planting activity.
The AFPA is celebrating its 75th Anniversary this week at the Association’s Annual General Meeting and Conference in Jasper. In addition, Canada’s National Forest Week runs from September 24-31.
More information can be found on the website.
The Alberta Forest Products Association is a private, non-profit industry organization, representing lumber, panelboard, pulp and paper, and secondary manufacturing wood products companies operating in Alberta. AFPA member companies are active participants in sustainability advancements that contribute economic, environmental, and social benefits for Albertans.
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Book DescriptionA selection of proceedings from the 2004 Association for Gerontology in Higher Education annual conference Aging Education in a Global Context is a carefully considered set of papers based on selected proceedings from the 2004 Association for Gerontology in Higher Education annual conference. Each forward-thinking presentation provides unique perspectives on teaching resources and education, presenting a wellspring of creative ideas for new and experienced teachers in gerontology and aging education. Respected educators present cutting-edge concepts and effective strategies in gerontology curriculum development and cross-cultural perspectives for advancing gerontology as a field of study. Over the next twenty years, the world's aging population will increase dramatically, requiring increased attention to global aging issues. To prepare gerontologists around the world for future challenges, Aging Education in a Global Context provides educators with fresh viewpoints and practical information on which to base the latest teaching strategies. Each presentation provides a multitude of valuable ideas perfect for incorporating into aging education curriculums, such as how to use films and literature for teaching about aging, how to enfold global perspectives into aging courses, and how to avoid cross-cultural misunderstandings when teaching gerontology in a host country. This invaluable resource is extensively referenced. Aging Education in a Global Context examines aging education, issues, and ageism topics such as: * the consequences of globalization for older people * a course design incorporating cross-cultural, anthropological approaches to understanding aging * an approach to teach about death and dying through the cross-cultural viewpoint of various religious faiths * a study of fourteen international films that provides gerontologists with models of successful aging to pass on in coursework * teaching cross-cultural aging using Chilean literary portrayals of elders * the evolution and present state of gerontology education in Japan * gerontology research and cooperative education in Kenya * educating about community-based long-term care in China Aging Education in a Global Context presents a wealth of new ideas for all gerontology educators and educators addressing cross-cultural aging issues within discipline-based courses in sociology, social work, anthropology, public policy, and psychology.
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Over the past two years, home building materials have increased in price, forcing businesses and construction professionals to find ways to cope and deal with the resulting effects. A strong demand for housing during 2020 drove intense competition among buyers, which caused homes to fly off the market quickly and pushed prices higher. Also, many homeowners chose to renovate their homes because they either had spare time to carry out DIY remodels or to accommodate their new way of living, schooling, and working. All these factors, among others, caused a surge of builders to flood the building material market. This, coupled with shutdowns and labor shortages, significantly increased the prices of those building materials.
This report aims to draw awareness to the various challenges facing the construction industry, the resulting effects, and what it could mean for homeowners. We conducted a survey of 100 construction companies and professionals in varying areas of home construction and remodeling to gain an insight into what they are doing to meet the challenges of material price increases. Data on prices for building materials from one year before the pandemic (2019) until current times were analyzed and are included in the below graphic to help detail the extent of the situation.
In this report:
- Biggest Increases in Construction Material Prices
- Ways to Cope: 66% of Companies Are Raising Their Prices
- Biggest Issues: Over 50% Have Faced Labor Shortages
- Main Effects: 61% of Companies Have Suffered Project Delays
- Predictions and Outlook for 2022
Greatest Increases in Construction Material Prices
The below graphic depicts some of the most important materials with the largest percentage change in Producer Price Index (PPI) over the last two years, shown with the lines. The bars on the right highlight the percentage change from their lowest PPI point to their highest, showing the extreme fluctuations that have taken place.
The PPI is the most accessible single-source resource on construction material prices and represents the average movement in the selling price charged by producers as the product leaves their factory gates. While not perfect and sometimes lagging by a month or two, they are the best data available today for understanding this complex issue.
To choose the materials shown, we analyzed more than 30 construction materials and chose a list of the eight we believe are more illustrative of this crisis, whether because they suffered the highest increases or their importance in the construction industry. It is important to note that many other materials have been affected but are not depicted in this graphic.
Overall, No. 2 diesel fuel and particleboard and fiberboard products increased the most from their lowest to highest point during this time frame by 201.02% and 190.30%, respectively. Both lumber and plywood increased over 100% in the same time frame (121.08% and 139.89%, respectively). Other notable materials that saw huge increases were steel mill products (123.14%) and copper wire and cable (101.05%).
Diesel fuel’s use in the construction industry is predominantly tied to transportation. This includes the transportation of other materials to lumber yards, suppliers, and job sites. This fuel is also used to power heavy equipment, such as excavators and bulldozers, making it more expensive to run these machines. In turn, this can impact the cost of projects like land clearing and site prep.
Particleboard and fiberboard have numerous uses in the industry, some of which are tied to plywood. They can be used to create cabinets, furnishings, built-in bookcases and entertainment centers, and surfaces for a wide variety of areas in and around residential buildings. Lumber and plywood both also fall into this category, but these materials can be used in many ways that particleboard and fiberboard cannot because the two former materials cannot handle the same amount of exposure to moisture. Lumber, in particular, is used for framing, while plywood may be used as exterior sheathing.
Steel and copper are two materials with a long history of varying costs. They are used in building frames, pipes, electrical wiring, and numerous other areas. While their fluctuating costs have led some professionals to look at other materials to replace them, steel and copper are often preferred for things like steel framing and copper pipe by professionals and homeowners.
The Main Ways Professionals Are Dealing With Price Increases
To better understand the real issues professionals face and their tools and solutions to cope with this trying period, we asked home improvement professionals (homebuilders, remodelers, and other professionals in the construction industry) to share their thoughts and experiences.
Homebuilders have taken a multi-prong approach to dealing with the building material price increases. When asked to choose between one and three options, the majority of homebuilders we surveyed said that the main way they are coping with higher costs is by increasing their prices to cover it. 66% of respondents revealed they have raised their prices accordingly.
A certain number of construction professionals say that they have focused on the way they use the materials. 23% told us they are using alternative materials. This way, they can do the same job but at a more acceptable price. Yet, this could entail benefits or drawbacks depending on the replacement material chosen, which may not be applicable for all projects. Another 23% share that they are reducing their waste of materials to maximize the bang they get for their buck.
Many are including price escalation clauses in a fixed-price contract. 20% shared that they have introduced these clauses to deal with the price hikes of materials. Whereas these clauses can protect them from rising prices, they may also lead to lost contracts if homeowners are not willing to take on the risk of a potential price change mid-project.
Optimizing designs to use fewer materials is one approach that 18% say they are using. Some are pre-ordering and paying for lumber at today’s price, especially now that it has decreased substantially since its record high, in the fear that prices could rise again. 17% of respondents use this method to help guarantee the price remains level for the duration of any projects on the books. But it requires money upfront and a risk of prices falling in the future. For those who are not pre-ordering, many are opting to secure price guarantees from their suppliers for a period of time.
Only 15% of homebuilders have cancelled or postponed projects as a way of dealing with the issue, and 12% have opted for using advanced technologies. 8% reveal they have had to lay off staff. 2% state they have used a different approach, such as Jessica at Marketplace Homes who says, “Increasing communication with clients to help manage their expectations when it comes to the cost of their new construction homes as well as preparing them to expect possible delays in the completion of their new construction home.”
Issues Professionals Have Faced the Most
As well as the increase in prices of materials, homebuilders have faced other issues. When asked to reveal one to three issues they faced the most this year, 60% of the respondents say delays in deliveries, and 59% say increased fuel costs.
With a high demand for products combined with the 52% who say labor shortages have been a major issue, it is no wonder that there have been delays. Don Adams, general manager of Regional Foundation Repair, sheds light on this issue further by stating, “As prices for lumber and other building materials have risen, demand for the likes of concrete and cement has risen, putting a strain on resources. This is creating a knock-on effect in the whole construction industry. Projects are becoming delayed, stressing customers and contractors alike.” Phillip Ash, founder of Pro Paint Corner, draws on the fact that time spent at home ultimately created the issue of delays by saying, “We’re seeing increasing costs of paint due to shortages in key ingredients to make paint, as well as increasing demand for paint. More people who are spending time at home have become increasingly interested in home renovation projects. With delays in the supply chain, we can expect this trend to continue.”
12% who responded to the survey also share that there has been a delay in payments, complicating the situation even further for companies, and 8% declare increased expenditure on sanitation measures has been a major issue.
The Main Effects of this Materials Crisis
When asked about the main effects of this crisis on their business activity, 61% of contractors agreed that project delays due to material shortages were the main issue. According to our survey, the majority of homebuilders may not be postponing or cancelling projects, but 61% say they are seeing delays due to material shortages.
Jeff Shipwash of Shipwash Properties LLC says, “With the substantial demand for housing, supply is still trying to catch up in 2021. In addition, the continued shortage of certain components is resulting in continued increases in prices to certain materials. In my opinion, this will need to be managed for the long term as I don’t foresee a sharp decline in demand or shortages anytime soon.”
Whereas the pandemic and the huge demand have had a big effect on delays and shortages, other recent incidents have been affected, too. One contractor who wished to remain anonymous claims, “One of the main factors is the extensive damage caused by the hurricanes affecting the east coast. Any material used to build doors, roofs, and windows will be affected by these issues, prompting delays to rebuild the affected areas and increasing prices all across the country.”
Due to the many issues occurring as a result of material price rises, 36% say that clients postponing or cancelling projects is one of the main effects they have experienced, and 28% share that their clients have been modifying or lowering the project scope to deal with the added cost they may not have budgeted for.
How Are Homebuyers Dealing With the Increases?
Homebuyers are also directly affected by these rises in material costs as housing affordability becomes harder to achieve. Between May 2020 and May 2021, a record high home price increase of 13.2% occurred. Some cities have seen even higher jumps, like Austin, TX, which was up 30.5% over the same time period.
As of this article’s publishing, interest rates still remain historically low. This translates to homebuyers being able to borrow more money than they may be able to at higher rates, meaning being able to afford a higher-priced home. Unfortunately, even with low interest rates, if buyers do not have enough funds for a down payment or an appraisal value comes in too low, they may still be priced out of the home or unable to obtain funding.
For those who already own their home and are considering a renovation, the fact that many home improvement plans in the U.S. have been delayed, because of shortages and rising material costs, may leave homeowners considering whether they should delay a project until next year.
Predictions for Future Costs
The Delta strain of the COVID-19 virus has thrown another wrench into the volatility of the market, and the jury is out on what the future holds for the material cost crisis the U.S. is currently experiencing. However, there is optimism in the air. As homeowners have been scaling back on projects and new home builds have slowed, lumber mills have ramped up production and are righting the temporary mismatch in supply and demand. Many experts and the Federal Reserve believe that the price increases, for lumber as well as a range of products, experienced in the past year will diminish as the economy returns to normal.
Yet, some construction workers we spoke to are still skeptical about what will happen to the cost of certain materials. When asked which other materials will start rising in cost, Warren Byington of Backyard Brothers LLC believes that, “Concrete and concrete products; steel; especially due to the zeroing in on such materials as they relate to climate aspects,” and Ben Neely of Riverbend Homes noted that, “Windows, and metal roof materials have increased steadily.”
Outlook for the Industry
Many agree that the repercussions of what we have seen over the past two years could be long-lasting. One anonymous construction worker told us, “I will probably go out of business because I can’t raise my prices accordingly.” Don Adams predicts that, “It is foreseen that in 2022 lumber prices will drop again to pre-pandemic levels, but until then contractors will not have the work they need to keep their businesses afloat.” And Sarabeth South, home design expert for Fixr.com, also sees more challenges ahead by stating, “Given the labor shortages, I predict that the biggest cost increase in the future will be labor, rather than materials.”
Not everyone agrees that the outlook is so negative, though. Gregg Cantor, President/CEO of Murray Lampert Design, counts himself lucky saying, “We are fortunate to be in a city where the material increases have not affected us. There is a shortage of housing in San Diego and property values continue to rise. I think we have seen the worst of material increases and shortages.”
Both homebuilders and homebuyers are facing unprecedented price increases in building materials as one of the many ramifications of the pandemic. Hopefully, the next few months will shed some light on whether prices will return to normal and what we can expect for building projects moving forward. As our graphic shows, some of the materials that have seen the biggest increases in price are beginning to decline. Only time will tell if prices will remain unpredictable or if things can begin to return to some normality as we approach 2022.
Construction Material Prices Graphic: Fixr.com’s editorial team gathered PPI data on different construction materials from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. We analyzed a list of more than 30 materials and their price increases and decreases during the last two years and made a selection of the eight we decided were representative enough of the crisis, taking into account both their high increase in PPI and also their importance in the industry. We then calculated the percentage change from their lowest point to their highest, noted in the line chart, from August 2019 until August 2021. These eight materials aim to be an illustration of the crisis, not an exact and thorough representation.
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A Primer on Attaining High-Impact Flow
APICS Magazine – 2018
By Peter J. Sherman and Michael A. M. Bork
Creating optimum flow is one of the core principles of lean philosophy. Effective flow enables companies to deliver products and services in a shorter period of time, have significantly less work in process (WIP), and be more flexible and adaptable with changes in customer specifications. There are two types of flow: pull and push.
The APICS Dictionary defines pull systems as “the production of items only as demanded for use or to replace those taken.” These strategies work effectively in businesses that have short lead times or that make products with short shelf lives. Push is explained as “the production of items at time required by a given schedule planned in advance.” In other words, goods are produced based on demand forecasts of what the company thinks customers will want. Push strategies are appropriate for businesses with long lead times or that are cyclical in nature — for instance, stocking shelves for the holidays.
Following is a practical, three-step approach to analyzing the flow of an operation — in this instance, a fulfillment process — by finding the takt time, identifying bottlenecks and streamlining operations. Importantly, this methodology can be applied without significant investments in capital equipment or adding headcount.
Find takt time and capacity
The first step is answering the question, What is the customer demand? To figure this out, review historical orders over the past 12-18 months to get a sense if demand is steady, increasing, decreasing or volatile. Look for patterns in demand such as seasonality. Ask sales and forecasting departments about their projections for orders on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Meet with product development professionals to better anticipate new product rollouts and timing.
The heartbeat of this synchronized system is known as takt time. The name comes from the German term for rhythm. As the APICS Dictionary explains, takt time “sets the pace of production to match the rate of customer demand and becomes the heartbeat of any lean production system.” Takt time is calculated as:
For example, assume demand is 10,000 orders per month or 500 orders per day. The hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with two 15-minute breaks and 30 minutes for lunch, making available production time 8 hours or 480 minutes.
This result means that one order should be completed every 0.96 minutes in order to meet customer demand. Notice that takt time ignores the amount of labor or machines.
Next, analyze the operation. Begin by determining capacity — in other words, the number of units that can be filled each day. Knowing the capacity of an operation helps determine the extent to which demand can be met. First, find the process time of each step. The APICS Dictionary tells us that process time is “the time during which the material is being changed, whether through a machining operation or an assembly.” (See Figure 1.)
Now, it’s possible to calculate the capacity, or maximum number of items that can be processed by a resource in each time period. A resource can be labor or equipment. For this exercise, assume one worker per step and that ava
ilable production time is 8 hours per day. The capacity for step 1 (pick) is as follows:
Next, take the result and calculate capacity. (See Figure 2)
Once capacity for each step in the process has been calculated, determine the capacity for the overall operation. To do this, first identify the bottlenecks. A bottleneck is any limiting resource or the slowest step in a process. According to the APICS Dictionary, a bottleneck can be a “facility, function, department or resource whose capacity is less than the demand placed upon it. For example, a bottleneck machine or work center exists where jobs are processed at a slower rate than they are demanded.” Figure 2 shows that step 3 (pack) has the lowest capacity (480 units per day) and is, thus, the bottleneck.
Another way to analyze processes is by identifying the capacity utilization, which is a measure of how much of the capacity of an operation is being used. This highlights where there may be excess slack in the system. Capacity utilization is expressed as a ratio of the amount of resources being used divided by the amount of resources available in that time period. (See Figure 3.) The capacity utilization for step 1 (pick) is:
In other words, the pick step isbeing used 50 percent of the time, assuming 480 units (the maximum) are produced each day. This means that the pick resource could potentially be idle the other 50 percent of the time.
Of course, in reality, businesses rarely allow resources to remain idle. Instead, workers or machines continue producing at each step. The result is excess WIP — defined by the APICS Dictionary as “a good or goods in various stages of completion throughout the plant, including all material from raw material that has been released for initial processing up to completely processed material awaiting final inspection and acceptance as finished goods inventory.” Excess WIP in a fulfillment center, a factory floor or even a service operation can lead to many unintended consequences including lost items, missing paperwork, less usable space and damage.
Now that this key operational data has been determined, it’s time to improve and streamline the process. An operator-loading chart is one of the most effective ways to visually see process times at each step relative to the takt time. (See Figure 4.) Again, packing is the bottleneck that exceeds takt time. Consequently, the current process configuration cannot meet the customer demand of 500 orders per day.
Fortunately, there are several options to cost-effectively increase process capacity.
Distribute the work to underutilized workers.
The operator-loading chart indicates that the pick, inspect, label and seal stations have a significant amount of buffer in terms of process time relative to the takt time. One option to consider would be sharing half of the pack work with inspect workers. This would mean adding 30 seconds of process time to the inspect workers while removing 30 second of process time from the pack workers. Figure 5 shows the new, balanced operator-loading chart. Note that none of the steps exceed the takt time. Equally important, daily capacity has increased significantly. Distributing work may not always be possible where there are physical constraints or limited tools and equipment. It does require cross-training and may necessitate adding tools and machines.
Consolidate work functions.
The original operator-loading chart illustrates that the label and seal steps are sequential, are inherently similar in scope and have sufficient buffer time to consider consolidating. This consolidation also would free up one worker for other activities. Figure 6 shows the operator-loading chart with these improvements implemented.
Reduce the batch size.
Until now, it has been assumed that orders in the fulfillment example are processed or batched one at a time at each step, a practice called one-piece flow. There are many benefits of one-piece flow including minimizing process time, keeping WIP at its lowest level and increasing flexibility to respond to customer changes. The downside is that there may be additional costs associated with more frequent setups for changeovers.
On the other hand, consider what would happen if the fulfillment operation completed orders in batches of five. In other words, work would only be released to the next step after five orders were completed from the previous step. Figure 7 shows the impact of this configuration. The main benefit would be achieving economies of scale through bulk discounts from material suppliers and fewer changeovers. However, batching does have its limitations: Process time increases, which reduces capacity, and WIP builds up.
Increase available operating time.
This can be achieved by reducing defects and, therefore, reducing the time associated with rework. Some tactics to increase operating time include
- setting up fulfillment work stations before business hours so the frontline can hit the ground running
- shortening changeover processes
- eliminating nonvalue-added activities, such as excess motion, by placing supplies and tools closer to work stations
- decreasing idle minutes due to equipment downtime with more frequent preventive maintenance
- maintaining adequate inventory levels to prevent work stoppages
- conducting routine maintenance, upgrades and inventory cycle counts during off-hours
- Scheduling lunches at the end of a shift or staggering breaks to minimize delays and create a more continuous workflow.
Finally, don’t overlook the power of creating a safe work environment as a method for increasing operating time. It’s not only the right thing to do for employees, but it also prevents downtime from work-related injuries.
Keeping the flow
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M3 Multi-Role Anti-Armor
The Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System (MAAWS) consists of the M3
Carl Gustaf Rifle and a family of 84mm ammunition. Originally fielded to the US Ranger in 1990, the program
has grown to include NAVY Seals. The family of ammunition consists of a High Explosive Anti Tank (HEAT), High
Explosive (HE), High Explosive Dual Purpose (HEDP), Smoke, Illumination, Target Practice (TP) and Sub-Caliber
Adapter training system. The ammunition weighs between 7 to 10 pounds. The effective range depending on the
ammunition type varies from 200 to 1300 meters. The M3 Rifle weighs approximately 25 pounds and is 42 inches in
length. There is a Picatinny Fire Control Device (PFCD) developed at Picatinny for the MAAWS. The PFCD is used
as a mount for optical/night sights. It is used to address trajectory differences between HEAT, HE, and HEDP
rounds. The PFCD contains a dual function knob that can be used to select round type and range. The original FCD
from Bofors was a two-cam design (HEAT & HE). A second knob with a third cam for the HEDP firing. Idea of
switching knobs was not favorable by the Rangers, therefore Picatinny was tasked to design a three-cam FCD to
replace the Bofors' FCD. The M3 rifle and the supporting family of ammunition are manufactured by Bofors of
A shoulder-fired, air jumpable, and swimmable
system. An 84mm non-developmental item
(NDI) recoilless rifle system consisting of:
- M3 Carl Gustav reusable launcher compatible with current standard optical devices.
- High explosive anti-tank (HEAT) round.
- High explosive dual purpose (HEDP) round.
- High explosive (HE) round for anti-personnel use.
- Smoke round.
- Illumination round.
- Full and subcaliber training systems.
Bofors Weapons Systems; Sweden
- System fielded with U.S. Army Special Operations Command since 1990.
- Test and evaluation ongoing to support Naval Special Warfare Commandís fielding.
- Ammunition production contract in-place through FY 1999.
- Joint integrated product team managing all efforts.
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What is Flesh Eating Disease?
Flesh eating disease is also known as necrotizing fasciitis, which means decaying skin. It is a rapid progressing type of bacterial infection that destroys the skin, fat and tissue that covers the muscle in a short time span, within 12 to 24 hours. Actually, the flesh is not eaten but the skin is dying as a result of the infection that the person has.
The bacteria, associated with this disease, cuts off the blood supply. Hence, the tissues die and go through the process of decay, medically termed as necrosis. It is caused by a bacterium; group A beta hemolytic streptococci which is common culprit in this type of disease, which targets the layers of tissue, which is termed medically as fascia, in your muscles. It is a serious and very rare disease condition. In occurs in 1 out 4 people.
Picture 1 – Flesh eating disease at groin
How do you get Flesh Eating Disease?
There are many different ways in acquiring the bacteria which causes the disease condition. The one common reason is when the culprit bacteria enters your body through an open wound, from a burn, a cut, surgery, or an insect bite. You can also get it:
- When one has surgery sites or in tumors or in gunshot wounds
- when one has muscle strain or bruise
- Wounds coming in contact with saltwater fish, oyster which are both raw and ocean water or when you are handling animals from the sea like crabs.
- When one has a weak immune system
- When one is suffering from chronic disease in the heart, lungs, or liver disease.
- When one has recent contact with someone who is positive with the disease condition.
- When one has chickenpox, all though not all having chickenpox ends up with this disease condition.
It is important that you keep in mind that this flesh eating disease occurs very rarely. So even if you have the factors mentioned above, the chances of acquiring it is low.
What causes Flesh Eating Disease?
The necrotizing fasciitis is caused by many bacteria. Some of these bacteria are proven to cause infections like impetigo or strep throat. This kind of bacteria causes mild form of infections. In rare case, it can result to a much more dangerous infection
Is Flesh Eating Disease Contagious?
This disease, which is somewhat contagious, can be passed from one person, who has an immune system that is low, to another by mere close contact, through kissing, touching the infected wound, or when an infected person cough or sneeze, with the one who has the bacteria. The patient having the disease condition is not likely to be contagious and the transmission points are through objects that are inanimate in nature.
Flesh Eating Disease Symptoms & Signs
Early recognition of the symptoms associated with this disease includes the following:
- Altered Mental State. Toxic effects of these bacteria can result to disorientation, confusion or mental dullness. When the bacteria have spread to the bloodstream, shock can develop and in the long run can lead to coma.
- Pain. An early sign of this disease condition is severe pain. This is due to the fact that the nerves in the affected area are dying; hence there is poor circulation of blood, leading to pain.
- Heart Palpitations. Infection and High Fever leads to increase heart rate, which is leading to heart palpitations.
- Local Skin Warmth. The affected area appears, initially, red and is hot to touch. The inflammatory process is triggered. You must take note that the skin changes from red to purple to dusky gray.
- Swelling. The area infected is swollen plus the skin is shiny and taut. It usually takes place within 30 minutes.
- Blisters. A popping and crackling sound is produced when you press the skin, blisters formation may accompany it.
- Foul Odor. When the skin and soft tissues go through the dying stage, it will eventually produce a foul odor that emanates from the wound.
- Ulceration. There is an opening of the skin which is developing when the infected tissue of the skin dies.
- Malaise. Extreme fatigue along with headache, nausea and generalized weakness is another symptom if this disease condition.
- High Fever. Chills and sweating are common along with high fever which runs through 38.9 to 40.6 degrees Celsius or 102 to 105 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Dizziness. The disease causes blood pressure that is low which results to the feeling of fainting or being dizzy.
Flesh Eating Disease Treatment
Once there is a confirmed diagnosis, steps must be taken as soon as possible. When the treatment is not done or undertaken, this disease condition can be fatal.
The primary step is debridement of the infected area which is done surgically.
Medication – Antibiotics
In addition, antibiotics are given intravenously which should be administered as soon as suspicion arises.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
This helps in prevention of tissue necrosis or death and aids in the promotion or recuperation.
Early treatment is necessary. The sooner the infected area is treated, the more likely you will avoid complications that are serious and will recuperate from the bacterial infection.
Flesh Eating Disease Prevention
There are two important things you have to remember to prevent acquiring this disease condition:
Seek medical attention. If you suspect someone or manifest the symptoms that have been mentioned above. You can take antibiotics also as a precautionary action.
You should take good care of any minor cuts or wounds. Wash the infected area with soapy warm water, keep it always dry and clean and always cover it with bandage.
Flesh Eating Disease Pictures
Here are few pictures of flesh eating disease
Picture 2 – Flesh eating disease on face
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By Evan Weiner |
The organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics are looking for a few good men and women to help with the presentation of the event. In fact, the organizers are looking for more than a few good ones. They want 80,000 men and women to volunteer to help make their event, their business, successful and they are willing to give the volunteers uniforms and will feed them when they work.
The volunteers better also come with money if they are not from Tokyo. They have to pay for their own rooms. Additionally Tokyo is looking for a few good men to help guide tourists through the city during the Olympics and Paralympics which stretch over a four week period. The pay for the guide? Zero yen. The people who run the Olympics have been using the volunteer system for a very long time. It probably saves host committees about $100 million in salaries. The Olympics organizers justify the program because people aren’t forced to volunteer and besides it is a chance to hang out in the Olympic Village.
The Olympics organizers are not the only sports organization to depend on volunteers. The NFL, which depends on government handouts and has a massive TV deal that to federal legislation, also has a need for volunteers. The February 2019 Atlanta Super Bowl will have about 10,000 people working for nothing to help make sure everything runs smoothly for the events surrounding the Big Game. The volunteers? They get uniforms. Atlanta Falcons ownership will have a big ceremony on October 28 to show off the uniforms. The volunteers have to go through background checks and work between 12 and 18 hours during Super Bowl week. The NFL brags about the hundreds of millions of dollars of economic impact of the Super Bowl brings but won’t pay some of the help. That’s sports.
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Cerion (Strophiops) fairchildi Clench, 1933
Cerion (Strophiops) fairchildi
Clench, 1933:97, pl. 1, fig. 6; Clench, 1934:207-208; Clench, 1957:145; Johnson, 2003:11.
Clench (1933:97) initially considered C. fairchildi to be related to C. glans, but, based on a larger subsequent sample, transferred this species to the C. regina group (Clench, 1934:207).
He noted that shells are usually flat white, with occasional specimens exhibiting strong, color blotches of light chocolate-brown. No smooth specimens were collected.
Search for additional records in the collections of:
The National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
The Field Museum of Natural History
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It is utterly impossible to avoid wanting to eat fast food these days. With all our social media walls filled with dreamy and delicious foods as part of our preferences or the ads, hardly a day passes where one would not drool over these mouth-watering delicacies. But at the same time, we all are health conscious too. Every time we return from a fast-food restaurant, we cannot help feeling guilty about how negatively the food will affect our health.
The good thing is that you can make your fast food healthy and at the same time make happy your taste buds. The best takeaway in stockport offers unlimited options for add-ons and customized orders that you can balance with your nutritional needs and your pallet’s taste! Here is how you can incorporate some of the best ways to eat fast food healthily.
The calorie count is the most basic thing you should know to opt for this crafty way. If you learn to calculate the calories of the food you are eating, you will do fine. Your benchmark is 500 calories. Try optimizing your meal accordingly. The fast-food restaurants have a calories chart in place for their diet-conscious consumers. If you do not find them there, you can see their online website and size up your meal to keep calories as low as 500. Mind you that you can have the most delicious meal within this limit.
Never say No to Grilled Meats.
The grilled meats are such a great option to consider because they are healthy, but aren’t they the most delicious items? They satisfy your food craving, have everything that adds adventure to the food, and are a good protein source. Proteins are the key nutrients you need in a healthy diet.
Lower the Fat Content
Fast food is deemed dangerous because of this culprit; fat content. Instead of ordering a double-decker cheeseburger, how about reducing the cheese slice to a single one? The key to the healthiest way of eating fast food is balancing your requirements and desires. Having reduced cheese and other such rich fat sources, you are trying to achieve that balance. Ultimately, you are unlocking the healthiest way to eat fast food.
Salads are perhaps the healthiest items on the menu of a fast-food restaurant. Are they? Only if they do not come in heavy fat cream dressing and its likes. You can customize your order. Also, salads are the most convenient option, especially on days when you only want to cruise through the roads or to experience an environment other than the one at home. If you have not planned to eat something and end up at the takeaway blank-headed, order salads with your alterations.
Do Not Shun Away From Customize Orders
Health over anything. Keeping this rule in mind, let those taking your order know what specifications you need in your order. You might as well help the chef reduce some of his effort by not pouring in every ingredient present at all times in a given dish. Whatever you are ordering, keep in mind the calorie count. Take your time, and order wisely.
Compromising On the Food Portion Size
Do not spend money on extravagant burgers and sandwiches. The aim should only be to fulfil the craving and satisfy your appetite. Anything more than that is overdosing yourself with edibles that will eventually negatively affect your health. Therefore, always go for single servings, and if you know that a certain restaurant’s single serving is a lot for you, then cut it down. Pack half of it and save it for your next meal if the restaurant is not cutting it shorter for you.
Easily, the first one. Keeping in check your calorie count is a major principle. The good thing is that you can make your fast food healthy and at the same time make happy your taste buds. Once you know that how many calories you are burning every day, how many you need, and how to cut down calories to as few as possible will help you determine what to order as a side dish, what meal portion size you should be order etc. | <urn:uuid:cf7f09ae-c63f-42e7-861e-693fd3e4dd75> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.goldenhealthcenters.com/what-is-the-healthiest-way-to-eat-fast-food/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00277.warc.gz | en | 0.952076 | 838 | 1.6875 | 2 |
[flashrom] Getting Started With Coreboot
joschenk at uncc.edu
Thu Mar 24 22:22:44 CET 2011
To whom it may concern:
If the motherboard or main board is not seen in the list of tested or supported boards does this suggest that Flashrom may not work? If no, is it possible I could exchange emails with you for help in attempting to Flash Coreboot on this main board Bios chip? If not Coreboot, I would still like to learn how to use Flashrom, if I could. I am running Ubuntu 9.04 on a on an older 2007 gateway laptop together with an Xp Windows platform. After viewing your helpful video I agree that removing the existing non trustable Bios makes clear sense, and the sooner the better. Yes, I do program in C. Final comment, Coreboot should be in all microprocessor based devices from the get go.
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Scott, Thomas, 1947-:NZ Cricket employs a sports psychologist for their players. How about employing a hypnotist for the rest of us? Dominion Post, 19 March 2005.
Reference Number: DX-025-066
A television screen shows a hypnotist hypnotising the implied audience of a New Zealand household's living room. Refers to New Zealand having a very poor 2004-2005 cricket season, which culminated in a number of extreme losses to Australia their tour of February and March 2005.
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In conjunction with World Environment Day (June 5) and World Oceans Day (June 8), Beach House Maldives, A Waldorf Astoria Resort—a luxury resort with an environmental ethos—is providing guests with a hands-on opportunity to restore coral reefs of the Indian Ocean.
For $150, the l uxury resort’s coral reef regeneration project allows guests to select and ‘plant’ a small area of coral reef in the Indian Ocean where it will grow and thrive. Particularly popular with newlyweds and honeymooners at the resort, the creation of a patch of reef takes only about an hour, although the benefits will last a lifetime. Once guests conclude their vacation, they can follow the progress of their very own reef by logging into a dedicated website to watch it grow over the years—a perfect way to commemorate the vacation.
“Coral reefs are one of the most spectacular and fragile environments on this planet,” says General Manager Frederic Lebegue. “Coral that takes decades to grow can be destroyed so easily which is why we support this project to transplant and re-grow the coral at Beach House Maldives, a Waldorf Astoria Resort.”
The coral reef regeneration project is spearheaded by Seamarc, a Maldives-based marine consultancy who has developed a successful coral propagation technique that shows remarkable growth. The resort’s resident marine biologist harvests living but damaged or threatened corals from the surrounding waters. These are then attached by guests to a lightweight pyramidal substrate frame structure and transplanted in the resort’s lagoon thereby replenishing old habitats and creating new areas of reef. Guests can follow the progress of their reef by logging into a dedicated website where they watch it as it grows throughout the years.
As well as being one of the world’s best holiday souvenirs, planting a coral reef makes a significant social and environmental impact on the country. “The Maldives depends on tourism and fishing, which are the two largest contributors to the economy. Both of these industries rely on the continued existence of healthy, vibrant reefs that are as appealing to tourists as they are to the fish that live in them. It’s also important to remember that a coral reef surrounding an island protects it from wave action and erosion,” says Lebegue.
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Calling for a quality public discourse in Armenia
Public discourse in Armenia today remains beset with problems and the behaviour of the authorities is hardly a role model. If the government does not commit to improving the quality of discourse and its own behaviour, the country may be faced with a long-term challenge affecting other areas of public life.
Armenia’s political foundations over the past century have remained fraught with difficulty. The transition from Soviet ideology to Armenian independence began as a clear, confident and self-assured process. Despite this, the country’s first three administrations offered no clear ideological leadership, which resulted in a deterioration of societal values. The country’s political forces engaged in unprofessional language and superficial ideologies with lack of structure and political thought. The education system suffered due to sound problems. It is true, therefore, that the new government, which followed the 2018 revolution, has inherited a state faced with many problems, including a deficit of ideas.
Educating the public and encouraging informed public discourse has never been a top priority for the country’s previous leaderships. Armenia’s public sphere has traditionally suffered from high levels of media illiteracy, poor journalism and nationally produced TV programs (and soap operas) of the lowest possible quality, what seemed to be an intentional distortion of public reason and values. However, what appears even more worrying is the increasing acceptance of these tendencies today. Two years after the revolution, Armenia suffers from the same low-quality public discourse, has no agenda to transform, or at least steps to address the issue.
Understanding how to talk to the public has been a concern often identified in studies on Armenian civil society. Prior to the revolution, countering public ignorance by educating society has become an established and an inevitable function of civil society (which was also targeted by disinformation for its committed and courageous goals). But there have been hopes that a change of political leadership would allow for the state to act on its responsibility to encourage high-level societal discourse framed by research and informed by values. Unfortunately, political leadership’s ongoing communication with the public have not lived up to these expectations. In the immediate aftermath of the revolution, various low-level speeches addressing the public directly were, although rather populist, also somewhat justified. Naturally, a new government had just taken power and the public was still very much engaged with the change that it had helped create. However, two years after the revolution, the same style of speech now appears to be a threat to any prospect of long-term public education.
For example, due to a lack of any serious plans to develop ethical dialogue between political groups, ongoing rivalries resulted in shameful images of a fight between parliament members. Also, upon the recent recommendation of the Minister of Justice, Prime Minister Pashinyan refused the implementation of long-planned reforms on transitional justice. During a press-conference that addressed this issue, the leader chose to explain his decision through reference to an “Armenian barbeque”, which, if made quickly, remains well-done on the outside and raw inside. No doubt, there is not a single Armenian who does not know about this concept, but it remains doubtful whether this was the best possible example to communicate to the public. Similarly, new political administration uses degrading language whilst addressing opposition members, lowering the bar of public discourse. This language, however, is now commonly used as a means of achieving political goals, instead of advocating for institutional approaches to reforms. Political partisanship, therefore, remains a widespread problem in Armenia even after the revolution. Saying whatever comes to mind may be acceptable for voters. It may not be so for the elected officials, the ones who the public voted for, and put into office to serve. The serving to public happens by leading with example, whereas what the current appearances of state’s highest authorities and platforms do is the expansion of public degradation.
It may also be an option that the thoughtless actions and reactions of politicians today are the result of the urgency to protect themselves from disinformation, which targets both successes and failures of the new administration. This is a risk. However, when the former political leadership was in power, it has been harshly criticised and blamed for the ignorant inability to improve the political dialogue. It is the time to criticise today’s political leadership, if they deserve so. Because the way the officials address the public at large may not only be a sign of the intention to target people colloquially, so that they understand. It may also be a sign of the intention to keep the public at the very level they are, and through that to extend own power. The strategic purpose of the concerned policy community is to exercise a leadership, which blindly commits to public education and development and raises the bar of the public discourse. Not lowers it for the sake of cheap and short-term media appearances aimed for the party survival. If the current conditions endure, then it is difficult to describe political communication in Armenia as a “discourse”, but simply a means by which politicians secure their own interests.
It is widely accepted, that facts and evidence are often unexciting to many in society. In contrast to this, slang and conspiracies may appear to be more engaging. Helping people to choose facts and reason over disinformation is a universal problem. In Armenia, it appears that civil society will remain responsible for encouraging proper discourse for a long time to come. To some, it may seem unethical to raise the issue of public discourse during the COVID-19 pandemic. To others, raising problems surrounding public discourse remains an issue that is continuously relevant. This is because of its fundamental ability to influence other areas of public life. If political discourse is well informed, it is more likely that citizens will be better educated, and their choice of the rule of law may prevail over the ignorance. More specifically, in relation to the pandemic, such changes may encourage people to choose wearing masks and gloves over arbitrary decisions to not do so. Such arbitrary decisions by individuals showcase low levels of trust towards not only the risks of the pandemic, but the concerns advocated by their government, which addresses public every-day. And especially, when after speeches about alarming country conditions due to the spread of the pandemic, the government members recklessly attend a banquet, without taking any precautionary measures, filled with empty pride and cheap content. These ‘role models’ will only harm attempts to solve the country’s pre-existing problems and hardly help avoid the worst excesses that a crisis like the Covid-19 pandemic may invite.
Two years ago, Armenians demanded a better government. Unfortunately, the leadership today does not offer that. It claims that it is trying to “stay close” to ordinary people. What it is actually doing, is damaging discourse by discouraging any opportunity to develop public education and institutional thinking. Armenian society and the political leadership need to recognise that there is a continuous lack of determination to build a new government, which will refuse partisanship and commit itself to public education. This disregard for proper discourse may prove to be irreversible. As a result, the offered mental economy will be a problem for Armenia’s administrations for years to come. Even today, when the country is fighting the pandemic, improving public discourse may remain a top priority.
Valentina Gevorgyan is Policy Research Fellowship Coordinator at the Open Society Foundations Armenia and Doctoral Researcher in Political Science at the Department of Social Sciences, University of Fribourg.
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A new multi-university center for Mediterranean Sea research is to be established within the next few months to study the economic resources of the sea, including natural gas. The center, to be headed by Haifa University, will be allocated NIS 70 million and will be run in collaboration with the Technion, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Bar-Ilan University, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and the Weizmann Institute.
The need for such a center has become apparent in recent years because of the discovery of gas in the sea, as well as the massive move to desalination, and the establishment of artificial islands, says Dr. Yitzhak Makovsky of Haifa University. "All of these things suddenly directed public attention to the economic resources we have at sea," says Makovsky. "There is an economic region at sea the size of the land in the State of Israel. In essence, we have doubled the size of the state recently and we don't really know or understand this new half.
"On the one hand, the intention is to gain an understanding of what these resources are, and plan policies relating to revenues. On the other hand, we want to understand the risks entailed in the development of such broad [energy] infrastructures."
The establishment of the center, announced this week by the Council of Higher Education's Committee for Planning and Budgets, was prompted by an international committee's recommendations that stressed the "huge challenges posed by the discovery of gas" in the Mediterranean. The committee was established by Israel's Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
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The Houston Zoo's Got More Herpes Than A Motley Crue Groupies' Convention, PETA Says
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals protested at the Houston Zoo Saturday, demanding that the zoo stop breeding elephants after the death of two-year-old Mac from the elephant herpesvirus.
Hair Balls caught up with PETA spokeswoman Lindsay Rajt at the protest. "PETA is appalled that yet another young elephant at the Houston Zoo has died of herpesvirus 1 and is calling on the Houston Zoo to immediately stop breeding elephants," she said. She went on to say that Houston has been called an "elephant herpes hot spot."
According to PETA, Mac is the sixth elephant to die of this disease at the Houston Zoo; no elephant conceived at the zoo in the last 25 years is still alive today. It has already been announced that Mac's mother, Shanti, is pregnant again.
Brian Hill, the zoo's director of public affairs, disagrees that stopping breeding elephants is the solution.
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"We know that stopping breeding in zoos will only do one thing - severely impede the progress that is being made in studying elephant herpesvirus diseases and finding a cure," he wrote Hair Balls in an email.
Hill also noted that the disease isn't spread by breeding, that the latest research indicates it's not contagious, that the disease is present in elephants in captivity and the wild, and that the zoo cosponsored the first elephant herpesvirus conference in 2005 at the Texas Medical Center.
PETA sees things differently, of course. "The bottom line," says Rajt, "is they know baby animals attract visitors."
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A mortise is a cavity cut into a timber to receive a tenon.
There are several kinds of mortises.
Open mortise - A mortise that has only three sides. (See bridle joint).
Stub mortise or "suicide" joint - A shallow mortise, depth depends on the size of the timber; also a mortise that does not go through the work-piece (as opposed to a "through mortise"). the back is wider, or taller, than the front, or opening. The space for the wedge initially allows room for the tenon to be inserted, the presence of the wedge, after the tenon has been engaged, prevents its withdrawal. Sometimes called a "suicide" joint - since it is strictly a "one way trip".
Through wedged half-dovetail - A wedged half-dovetail mortise that passes entirely through the piece.
A tenon is a projection on the end of a timber for insertion into a mortise. Usually the tenon is taller than it is wide. There are several kinds of tenons.
Stub tenon - A short tenon; depth depends on the size of the timber; also a tenon that is shorter than the width of the mortised piece so the tenon does not show (as opposed to a "through tenon").
Tusk tenon - A kind of mortise and tenon joint that uses a wedge-shaped key to hold the joint together.
Through tenon - A tenon that passes entirely through the piece of wood it is inserted into, being clearly visible on the back side.
Teasel tenon - A term used for the tenon on top of a jowled or gunstock post, which is typically received by the mortise in the underside of a tie beam. A common element of the English tying joint.
Top tenon - The tenon that occurs on top of a post.
Feather tenon - A round-shouldered machined fillet or feather which is glued into a machine (router) made slot or mortise on each side of the joint.
Generally the size of the mortise and tenon is related to the thickness of the timbers. It is considered good practice to proportion the tenon as 1/3rd the thickness of the rail, or as close to this as is practical. The haunch, the cut away part of a sash corner joint that prevents the tenon coming loose, is one third the length of the tenon and one sixth of the width of the tenon in its depth. The remaining two-thirds of the rail, the tenon shoulders help to counteract lateral forces that might tweak the tenon from the mortise, contributing to its strength. These also serve to hide imperfections in the opening of the mortise.
Mortise And tenon is an ancient joint and has been found joining the wooden planks of the "Khufu ship", a 43.6 m long vessel sealed into a pit in the Giza pyramid complex of the Fourth Dynasty around 2,500 BC. It has also been found in archeological sites in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. The 30 sarsen stones of Stonehenge were dressed and fashioned with mortise and tenon joints before they were erected between 2600 and 2400 B.C.
Finger Joint - Box Joint - Comb Joint
The finger joint - (Also known as "box joint" or "comb joint") is made by cutting a set of complementary rectangular cuts in two pieces of wood, which are then glued. To visualize a finger joint simply interlock the fingers of your hands at a ninety degree angle; hence the name "finger joint." It is stronger than a butt or lap joint, and often forms part of the overall look of the piece.
The history of the finger joint is believed to have begun with wooden produce boxes or crates in the days before modern, man-made materials. Finger joints were originally cut by hand with saws and sharp chisels. In modern times they are easily and quickly made with a table saw or router and a jig or fixture, which can be shop-made or purchased from a specialty woodworking supply store. A finger joint jig typically consists of a moving fence with an indexing pin that is used to evenly space out the cuts. The fence is moved over a cutting blade making a cut that is then moved over the indexing pin so the next cut can be made.
The strength of a finger joint comes from the long-grain to long-grain contact between the fingers, which provides a solid gluing surface. The number of contact points also allows for more gluing surface as opposed to a butt joint or a rabbet joint.
The Dovetail Joint Pre Dates Written History As Shown On This Romanian Church
A dovetail joint or simply dovetail is a joint technique most commonly used in woodworking joinery. Noted for its resistance to being pulled apart (tensile strength), the dovetail joint is commonly used to join for example the sides of a drawer to the front. A series of pins cut to extend from the end of one board interlock with a series of tails cut into the end of another board. The pins and tails have a trapezoidal shape. Once glued, a wooden dovetail joint requires no mechanical fasteners.
The dovetail joint pre-dates written history. Some of the earliest known examples of the dovetail joint are in furniture entombed with mummies dating from First Dynasty of ancient Egypt, as well the tombs of Chinese emperors. The dovetail design is an important method of distinguishing various periods of furniture.
Dovetails can be cut by hand or by machines, often with an electric router and using one of a range of commercially available jigs or templates. Although it is technically a straight forward process, hand-cutting dovetails requires a high degree of accuracy to ensure a snug fit and so can be difficult to master. The pins and tails must fit together with no gap between them so that the joint interlocks tightly with no movement. Thus the cutting of dovetails by hand is regarded as a mark of skill on the part of the craftsperson.
It Takes A Master Craftsman To Hand Cut Perfect Joints
The angle of slope varies according to the wood used. Typically the slope is 1:6 for softwoods and a shallower 1:8 slope for hardwoods. Often a slope of 1:7 is used as a compromise - perhaps using a dovetail template for marking out.
When being cut by hand, there are two schools of thought as to whether the pins or the tails should be cut first. For pins first, the pins are laid out and cut by the chosen method, then the outline of the pins is transferred to the face of the tail board. For tails first, the tails are laid out and cut and then the outline is transferred to the end grain of the pin board. Each has advantages and it is a personal choice as to which is chosen.
Hand cut dovetails can often be distinguished from machine-cut dovetails by the width of the pins. It is possible to have pins that are almost triangular when cut by hand that are not possible when cut with a router, owing to the thickness of the router bit's shank. These narrow pins are known as London Pins.
A through dovetail joint (also known as plain dovetail) joint, where the end grain of both boards is visible when the joint is assembled. Through dovetails are common in carcass and box construction. Traditionally, the dovetails would have often be covered by a veneer. However, dovetails have become a signature of craftsmanship and are generally considered a feature, so they are rarely concealed in contemporary work.
A half-blind dovetail is used when the craftsman does not wish end grain to be visible from the front of the item. The tails are housed in sockets in the ends of the board that is to be the front of the item so that their ends cannot be seen. Half-blind dovetails are commonly used to fasten drawer fronts to drawer sides. This is an alternative to the practice of attaching false fronts to drawers constructed using through dovetails.
The sliding dovetail is a method of joining two boards at right angles, where the intersection occurs within the field of one of the boards, that is not at the end. This joint provides the interlocking strength of a dovetail. Sliding dovetails are assembled by sliding the tail into the socket. It is common to slightly taper the socket, making it slightly tighter towards the rear of the joint, so that the two components can be slid together easily but the joint becomes tighter as the finished position is reached.
The full-blind dovetail obscures the mechanics of the joint altogether. This variant is used in fine work when the craftsperson requires the strength of a dovetail but without the visual intrusion of the interlocking pins and tails. Two versions of this joint are the secret double-lapped dovetail and the full-blind mitered dovetail. The former presents a very thin section of end grain on one edge of the joint, whilst the latter does not. When used in drawer construction, a "full-blind dovetail" is known as a "French dovetail."
Some of these ancient joints and has been found joining the wooden planks of the "Khufu ship", a 43.6 m long vessel sealed into a pit in the Giza pyramid complex of the Fourth Dynasty around 2,500 BC. It has also been found in archeological sites in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. In traditional Chinese architecture, wood components such as beams, brackets, roof frames and struts were made to interlock with perfect fit, without using fasteners or glues, enabling the wood to expand and contract according to humidity. Archaeological evidence from Chinese sites show that by the end of the Neolithic, mortise and tenon joinery was employed in Chinese construction. The 30 sarsen stones of Stonehenge were dressed and fashioned with mortise and tenon joints before they were erected between 2600 and 2400 B.C.
A butt joint is a joinery technique in which two members are joined by simply butting them together. The butt joint is the simplest joint to make since it merely involves cutting the members to the appropriate length and butting them together. It is also the weakest because unless some form of reinforcement is used (see below) it relies upon glue alone to hold it together. Because the orientation of the members usually present only end grain to long grain gluing surface, the resulting joint is inherently weak.
A bridle joint is a woodworking joint, similar to a mortise and tenon, in that a tenon is cut on the end of one member and a mortise is cut into the other to accept it. The distinguishing feature is that the tenon and the mortise are cut to the full width of the tenon member.
The corner bridle joint (also known as a slot mortise and tenon) joins two members at their respective ends, forming a corner. This form of the joint is commonly used to house a rail in uprights, such as legs. It provides good strength in compression and is fairly resistant to racking, although a mechanical fastener or pin is often required. The bridle joint is very popular in workbench construction.
A Butterfly joint is a type of joint used either to hold two or more wooden boards together or to keep two halves of a board that have already started to split from splitting further. They may also be used to stabilize the core of a knothole, preventing it from dropping out over time. A butterfly joint resembles two dovetails connected at the narrow part. A negative of the hole is cut out of the board the butterfly will be placed in and the butterfly is then fitted, keeping the joint together. The wood used for the butterfly is usually a contrasting wood, often walnut.
Coping or scribing is the woodworking technique of shaping the end of a moulding or frame component to fit the contours of an abutting member. Most English speaking countries outside the US use the terms scribe and scribing. Coping is commonly used in the fitting of skirting and other moldings in a room. It allows for clean joints between intersecting members when walls are not square to each other. The other method of fitting these moldings that is commonly used is the mitre joint but this technique relies upon the walls being at 90° to each other for neat results.
Coping is only ever used for internal corners. External corners are always mitered. The main reason that scribed joints are used is that timber shrinks in width far more than it does in length. By using a scribed joint rather than an internal mitre joint the effect of shrinkage is minimized. Also it is possible to arrange the scribed joints pointing away from the most common viewpoint (usually the doorway of a room) and so present the best appearance.
A scribed joint (right end of sketch) is derived from an internal mitre cut (left end) by cutting along the inside face of the mitre cut at a right angle to the board, typically with a coping saw.
Coping is also commonly used in cabinet making for moldings and frame components. The rails in frame and panel construction are commonly cope cut to fit the profile of the stiles. The technique is also common in the construction of doors and windows.
Frame and panel construction (also called "rail and stile") is a woodworking technique often used in the making of doors, wainscoting, and other decorative features for cabinets, furniture, and homes. The basic idea is to capture a 'floating' panel within a sturdy frame, as opposed to techniques like slab drawer fronts which are simply single pieces of material with exposed end-grains. Usually, the panel is not glued to the frame - it is left to 'float' within it so that seasonal movement of the wood comprising the panel does not distort the frame.
Frame and panel construction at its most basic consists of five members: The panel and the four members which make up the frame. The vertical members of the frame are called stiles while the horizontal members are known as rails. A basic frame and panel item consists of a top rail, a bottom rail, two stiles, and a panel. This is a common method of constructing cabinet doors and these are often referred to as a five piece door.
In larger panels it is common to divide the panel into one or more sections. To house the extra panels, dividing pieces known as mid rails and mid stiles or muntins are added to the frame.
Pocket-Hole Joinery, Pocket-Screw Joinery, or Kreg Joinery involves drilling a hole at an angle into one work-piece, and then joining it to a second work-piece with a self-tapping screw. The technique, in addition to doweling, has its roots in ancient Egypt. Egyptians clamped two work-pieces together and bored a hole at an angle from the outside work-piece into the second work-piece. They then inserted a dowel with glue, and cut it off flush with the outermost surface.
A rabbet (also known as rebate) is a recess or groove cut into the edge of a piece of machinable material, usually wood. When viewed in cross-section, a rabbet is two-sided and open to the edge or end of the surface into which it is cut. The spelling rabbet is probably a derivation of rebate, the latter being more common outside of North America. An example of the use of a rabbet is in a glazing bar where it makes provision for the insertion of the pane of glass and putty. It may also accommodate the edge of the back panel of a cabinet. It is also used in door and casement window jambs.
Tongue and groove joint A strong joint, the tongue and groove joint is widely used for re-entrant angles. The effect of wood shrinkage is concealed when the joint is beaded or otherwise moulded. In expensive cabinet work, glued dovetail and multiple tongue and groove are used. Tongue and groove or T&G is a method of fitting similar objects together, edge to edge, used mainly with wood: flooring, parquetry, panelling, and similar constructions. Tongue and groove joints allow two flat pieces to be joined strongly together to make a single flat surface. Before plywood became common, tongue and groove boards were also used for sheathing buildings and to construct concrete formwork.
Solid parquet boards with tongues on the right sides of the boards and grooves on the left sides. Grooves are also visible on the near ends; the far ends are tongued.
Each piece has a slot (the groove) cut all along one edge, and a thin, deep ridge (the tongue) on the opposite edge. The tongue projects a little less than the groove is deep. Two or more pieces thus fit together closely. The joint is not normally glued, as shrinkage would then pull the tongue off. For many uses, tongue and groove boards have been rendered obsolete by the introduction of plywood and later composite wood boards, but the method is still used in good-quality flooring. Plywood may also be tongued all round to fit it flush into a framed structure, and plywood for sub-floors used in platform framing is often supplied with tongue and groove edges.When joining thicker materials, several tongue and groove joints may be used one above the other.
A dado (US and Canada), housing (UK) or trench (Europe) is a slot or trench cut into the surface of a piece of machinable material, usually wood. When viewed in cross-section, a dado has three sides. A dado is cut across, or perpendicular to, the grain and is thus differentiated from a groove which is cut with, or parallel to, the grain. A dado may be through, meaning that it passes all the way through the surface and its ends are open, or stopped, meaning that one or both of the ends finish before the dado meets the edge of the surface.
Dougong Chinese: 斗拱; pinyin: dǒugǒng
Dougong (simplified Chinese: 斗拱; traditional Chinese: 斗拱; pinyin: dǒugǒng) is a unique structural element of interlocking wooden brackets, one of the most important elements in traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian and Singaporian architecture. The use of dougong first appeared in buildings of the late centuries BC and evolved into a structural network that joined pillars and columns to the frame of the roof.
Diagram of bracket and cantilever arms from the building manual Yingzao Fashi (published in 1103) of the Song Dynasty.
Dougong was widely used in the ancient Chinese during the Spring and Autumn Period (770 to 476 BC) and developed into a complex set of interlocking parts by its peak in the Tang and Song periods. The pieces are fit together by joinery alone without glue or fasteners, due to the precision and quality of the carpentry. After the Song Dynasty, brackets and bracket sets became more ornamental than structural when used in palatial structures and important religious buildings, no longer the traditional dougong.
Dougong inside the East Hall timber hall of Foguang Temple, built in 857 during the Tang Dynasty
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Unless there is a problem, you will always update the ER-301's firmware via the SD card on the front. This means that there is no reason to remove the module from your case. Furthermore, it is not necessary to power down during this firmware update procedure.
Follow these 8 steps to change your ER-301's firmware:
Select the zip file that you downloaded and press ENTER. The selected firmware will be installed on your ER-301's rear SD card. (see note)
You can also accomplish a firmware update by directly copying the system files to the rear SD card using your computer. Use this method when you are unable to boot into the ER-301's operating system or you are unable to get the ER-301 to recognize (i.e. mount) your front SD card.
- Power down your case and remove the ER-301 so that you can get at the rear SD card.
- Remove the rear SD card and take it over to your computer.
- Unzip the downloaded firmware archive file to find three files: MLO, SBL, and kernel.bin.
- Copy these 3 files to the root directory of the rear SD card. It is OK to overwrite any existing files of the same name.
- Make sure to follow the proper procedure for ejecting an SD card for your computer's OS. There is a chance you will corrupt your SD card if you simply pull out the SD card from the card reader without first unmounting it.
- Place the SD card back into the card slot on the rear of your ER-301.
- Install your ER-301 back into your case and power up.
Making your rear SD card bootable
If for some reason you are unable to use the rear SD card that came with your unit, in addition to the steps outlined in the advanced method, you will need to make the new SD card 'bootable'. In technical terms, you will be marking the first partition on your card as active.
On a Windows PC:
- Insert the SD card into your computer's card reader.
- Type 'diskpart' at the command prompt.
- Type 'list disks' at the new prompt, and note the index of the SD card.
- Type 'select disk <index>' where <index> should be replaced by the index number determined in the previous step.
- Next type 'select partition 1' to select the first partition.
- Finally type 'active' to mark the first partition as active.
- You may now unmount the SD card and remove it from the card reader.
On a Mac computer the process of making an SD card bootable is difficult, so instead try flashing a bootable disk image to the SD card as described in the next section.
Restoring your rear SD card from a disk image
Here are bootable disk images for 8GB and 4GB SD cards:
Download this file and unzip to your computer. Write the contained img file to your SD card. You can find an excellent detailed tutorial on how to do this over on SparkFun:
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A chance encounter at a July 4 picnic made the latest development in particle physics seem much more comprehensible. Here's what I learned.
So I was at a July 4 picnic on Wednesday where one of the other guests used to be a physics teacher at Stuyvesant High School, and he explained this whole Higgs boson thing to me in a way that made it make about as much sense as it's going to for someone who only took physics in college. And he did the whole thing without using food metaphors -- molasses, soup, etc. -- which I thought was impressive.
Basically, it's like this: Sub-atomic particles are either fermions or bosons. Fermions are the things you learned about in high school physics -- electrons, protons, neutrons and so on -- that share the quality that you can't have two of them in the same space on an atom. Think of them as the billiard balls: they can be all over the table, but not in the same space at the same time, and where they go is determined by the size of the tables. Most of the widely-known fermions are composites made up of other categories of sub-atomic particles, like quarks (which combine to form protons) and leptons, but the most important thing to know about them for the purposes of this discussion is that they are considered the matter particles.
Bosons are different. Bosons have the capacity to share space because they are more like a force than a thing in the way we normally think of "things" or "particles." And since the normal understanding of the word particle is that it's a small thing that has matter -- the mote in the sun, rather than the light itself -- perhaps a better way for lay people to think of bosons is as entities that have effects; they carry the forces (strong, weak, gravitational or electromagnetic) described by the Standard Model in physics, making them what physicists call force-carrying particles.
But if this whole particle-that-lacks-mass thing is still tripping you up, you don't need to use that word in your own head; bosons lose nothing for our purposes by being thought of as entities, even if they are still technically particles, which is to say something really small of which other things are made. Some bosons have mass and some don't. The Higgs boson has a very large mass for a sub-atomic particle, though of course it is still sub-atomic, which is to say tiny.
There are an array of different kinds of bosons, of which the Higgs boson is only the latest to be (tentatively) confirmed as existing. Here are some of the other kinds of bosons:
* Gluons. So named -- seriously -- because they help glue quarks together, mass-less gluons carry the strong force but operate only at close range, like glue, in that glue will stick two adjacent things together but not attract something from the other side of the room.
* W and Z bosons. W and Z bosons carry the weak force and operate at close range.
* Photons. Photons are mass-less wave-like particles that are the basic building blocks of light and carry the electromagnetic force.
(Gravitational force is hypothesized to be carried by the graviton boson, but that has not yet been proven. Gravity is still a bit of a mystery.)
OK, so now to the Higgs boson.
The newly discovered boson thought to be the Higgs boson was measured by the Large Hadron Collider in Europe, which is a cathedral-sized underground mechanism for creating sub-atomic collisions that break things down into component parts. Part of why it's been hard to figure out from the news stories what the Higgs boson is is there are actually three Higgs things under discussion: 1) the Higgs field, 2) the Higgs boson and 3) the Higgs mechanism.
*The Higgs field is a quantum field that the Standard Model of physics predicts pervades the universe and creates drag on particles.
*The Higgs boson is a sub-atomic particle that acts as the intermediary between the Higgs field and other particles. All fields are mediated by bosons, some of which pop into and out of existence depending on the state of the field, sort of like how rain drops emerge out of a cloud when it reaches a certain point. The electromagnetic field that pervades the universe, for example, is mediated by photons. Finding the Higgs boson would confirm that the Higgs field exists, and that field has long been postulated as a way of explaining an array of other physical phenomena.
* This interaction between the field, the boson and other particles is the Higgs mechanism. The precise nature of the mechanism is still being worked out, but it is through its complex interplay of fields and bosons (Higgs and non-Higgs) that particles acquire mass.
Because the Higgs field was hypothesized to be massless and continuous, and because of the particular properties of the Higgs boson -- both massive and rapidly decaying -- it was really hard to observe and measure any individual Higgs bosons -- if, in fact, that's what was measured recently -- until the Large Hadron Collider came online with enough force and energy to slam some bosons out of the Higgs field into a state humans can measure.
Think of it a little like this: by smashing things hard enough, a little bit of the Higgs field got chipped off into a boson that could be measured before decaying. Sort of like throwing a rock really hard at a concrete wall -- eventually part of the wall will chip off. In this case, it was like a wall that only threw off a little bit of dust in response to a major collision, and then scientists were able to tell that the wall was there because they took a picture of the dust before it blew away. Except in this case the wall is also continuous and infinite, and invisible, and we all live inside of it, and it's what gives us mass, which is to say the quality of physical existence.
Which kind of explains why some have called the Higgs boson the God particle.
Bonus explainer: A hadron is any composite subatomic particle held together by strong forces. Neutrons and protons are hadrons. So that's what's getting collided at the Large Hadron Collider. It's a term that came into use in 1962 to replace "strongly interacting particles," which was considered clumsy at the time, though in retrospect had the advantage of being moderately comprehensible to lay people. | <urn:uuid:70d31df5-4985-476b-b9eb-815c27757be4> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/still-confused-about-the-higgs-boson-read-this/259472/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721141.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00417-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967533 | 1,386 | 2.765625 | 3 |
The Case for Fiscal Policy
This paper reconsiders the case for the use of fiscal policy based on a "functional finance" approach that advocates the use of fiscal policy to secure high levels of demand in the context of private aggregate demand, which would otherwise be too low. This "functional finance" view means that any budget deficit should be seen as a response to the perceived excess of private savings over investment at the desired level of economic activity. The paper outlines the "functional finance" approach and its relationship with fiscal policy. It then considers the three lines of argument that have been advanced against fiscal policy on the grounds of "crowding out." These lines are based on the response of interest rates, the supply-side equilibrium, and Ricardian equivalence. The paper advances the view that the arguments, which have been deployed against fiscal policy to the effect that it does not raise the level of economic activity, do not apply when a "functional finance" view of fiscal policy is adopted. A section on the intertermporal budget constraint considers whether this constraint rules out budget deficits, and concludes that in general it does not.
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Information on Vaccinations
Deciding whether or not to vaccinate your child may be a difficult decision. Parents are constantly being told in doctors’ offices and through the media that vaccinations are the only way to keep their child safe from disease. Unfortunately, parents are not informed about the safety concerns and lack of efficacy of vaccinations. You have a choice.
- Are you truly making an informed decision when it comes to vaccinating your child?
- Have you ever had questions regarding vaccinations and the flu shot?
- Did you know there are alternatives to the “standard” medical vaccine recommendations, including not vaccinating?
Most of the pressure to vaccinate is based out of fear. Several diseases that vaccinations are supposed to protect against were eradicated before the introduction of the vaccine due to improvements in hygiene and sanitation. Many of the “newer” vaccinations actually have a higher risk of serious side effects than the risk of the actual disease.
|Safety vs. Side Effects
Today’s vaccines are filled with toxic chemicals including aluminum, formaldehyde, MSG, ammonium, phenols, glycerine, lead, acetone and polysorbate, to name a few. Vaccines are proven “safe” during clinical trials utilizing a flawed methodology. Potential side effects are not compared between vaccinated vs. unvaccinated children, but between groups only receiving additional or fewer vaccines. As a result of this methodology, parents are misinformed and hear biased statistics.
In our office, we often see the negative side effects of vaccines. Children present with a suppressed immune system, showing symptoms of chronic colds and infections. They are also more susceptible to asthma, allergies, hypersensitivity and mood changes.
|What about School?
Are you concerned that your child cannot attend school without being vaccinated? Although this commonly told to parents, it is not true. Although Minnesota state law appears at first glance to require all vaccinations, Statute 121A.15, Subdivision 3 (d) https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/statutes/?id=121A.15 states differently.
One of the best ways to become educated is to learn from professionals who have dedicated their careers to researching vaccinations. Dr. Brian Boyd, at Y Chiropractic, is an amazing local resource with bi-monthly classes entitled: “How Vaccinations Affect Your Child’s Immune System.” A great documentary on vaccinations is the movie, The Greater Good.
The following websites allow parents to read information they could not readily find on their own.
Ultimately the choice is yours, so please make an informed one.
|What if I choose to Vaccinate?
If you choose to vaccinate, make sure you know the answers to the following questions.
1. Is my child sick right now?
- Vaccines should never be performed when a child has a fever, suppressed immune function or cold/flu symptoms.
2. Has my child had a reaction to a vaccine before?
- Signs of a vaccine reaction include tenderness and/or swelling at injection site, fever (severe or mild), irritability, unrelieved crying and/or high-pitched cry, limp / decreased muscle tone, unresponsiveness, marked increase in sleeping time, skin rashes, joint pain and aching, seizures or convulsions, anaphylaxis or anaphylactic shock, abscess or infection at injection site and developmental delays or changes.
3. Does my child have a family history of: Vaccine reactions, Convulsions, Neurological Disorders, Severe allergies, Immune system dysfunction?
- Vaccines further compromise immune and nervous system function.
4. Do I know how to report a vaccine reaction?
- If your child experiences any of the above listed symptoms in the hours, days or weeks following, it should be reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).
5. Do I know the vaccine manufacturer’s name and lot number?
- Always keep a written record of exactly what shots/vaccines your child received, including the manufacturer’s name and the vaccine lot number should a reaction occur.
6. What can I do to minimize any side effects?
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12/03/2013: While we appreciate the need for the Special Security Area (SSA) from Kudat to Tawau in view of the Sulu Invasion, the PM should also clearly explain and define the terms of reference of the SSA so that the citizens can understand how it works and how it affects their everyday lives,” said Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief.
“Does the PM have the authority to declare Kudat to Tawau as a “Special Security Area”? If so, under what authority?”
Under the Federal Constitution, the Prime Minister has no legislative power, not even in an emergency situation. The power lies with the Yang DiPertuan Agong and Parliament.
Under Article 150, “if the Yang DiPertuan Agong is satisfied that a grave emergency exists whereby the security, or the economic life, or public order in the Federation or any part thereof is threatened, he may issue a Proclamation of Emergency making therein a declaration to that effect.”
Under Article 149, it is for Parliament to pass the necessary laws if there is any “action has been taken or threatened by any substantial body of persons, whether inside or outside the Federation - …(f) which is prejudicial to public order in, or the security of, the Federation or any part thereof,”
Even if the SSA is properly declared, the PM must clearly spell out the terms of reference and the rules governing the SSA as it affects nearly half of Sabah and Sabahans and their daily lives.
There will be legal, socio-economic and political implications and many questions are raised.
Is the SSA the equivalent of a security area in an emergency? What are the rules and the laws applicable? What are the restrictions on people going about their daily lives? How long will the SSA last?
Politically, serious implications are involved given that the Federal Parliament and the State Assembly tenures have expired or will expire soon and general elections are due anytime soon.
The area from Kudat to Tawau involves 11 Parliamentary seats and 27 DUN seats and the Parliamentary seats affect the whole of Malaysia, not just Sabah, as the Malaysian Parliament is a combined parliament including seats from Sabah.
Will the Parliamentary seats and the DUN seats be excluded from coming general elections? Will political events be affected and how will the rules impact political functions and attendances?
Whatever, the decision, it cannot be denied that it has affected the sentiments of the people in Sabah, perhaps in West Malaysia as well. It has definitely shaken the confidence of Sabahans.
Will the 5 additional battlions of army and police personnel be voting in Sabah constituencies and directly determine the future and destiny of genuine Sabahans? Is this a ploy by Umno/BN to retain and control Sabah and its oil and rich resources? This is on everyone’s mind given the unending reports that Umno members including an Umno branch chairman and information chief were involved in the intrusion and that many of the intruders have ICs and are Umno members. This was not specifically denied by the Prime Minister during his press conference in Tawau when confronted by the international reporters.
The hasty manner in which the SSA was announced shows it is probably a knee-jerk reaction and made at the spur of the moment and not clearly thought out.
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New partnership helps keep families and pets together after domestic violence trauma
“We have always helped women in these situations where we can, but it was time to step up and create something for the longer term,” said Jesse Reinhard, Marketing Manager, Dog Rescue Newcastle.
“The Safe and Sound Program allows us to temporarily look after pets in an emergency situation for women fleeing domestic violence and have no financial means for boarding or family and friends to care for their pets during times of crisis.”
The funding from Port Waratah has enabled the program to increase services for families experiencing domestic violence including emergency boarding from 24-48 hours, short-term boarding and care for up to four weeks and start again supply packs with dog food, health and wellbeing and bedding supplies.
The goal of this program is to reduce animal surrender rates to overrun pounds and keep pets and people together.
"We know that women suffering domestic violence are less likely to leave the situation for fear of leaving their loving pet behind. Reports show over 70% of women have said their abusers threatened, hurt or killed their pets following a domestic violence incident,” said Mr Reinhard.
"This program gives these women peace of mind knowing that their pets are in good hands while they find a safe place for themselves and that they will be reunited once they’re back on their feet.
“This program couldn’t be possible without the community support grant provided by Port Waratah Coal Services. The partnership and support means that along with public donations we can help more women and their pets in times of crisis,” he said.
Trudie Larnach, Manager Sustainability and Corporate Affairs at Port Waratah, said the program addressed an important need in the community.
“Our Community Investment and Partnership Programme is committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of our community,” said Ms Larnach.
“Helping to provide a program that assists women and families to keep their pets safe while they escape a domestic violence situation, was an easy decision for us. The program gives great relief and mental health support to these women in difficult circumstances.”
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Human Elements in Information Technology (IT) Strategy;This course is comprised of a series of Individual Project assignments that will contribute to a Key Assignment submission at the end of the course. Each week, you will complete a part of a Human Elements in IT Strategy document. You will select a real or fictitious organization and apply your research to the development of a strategy that would be appropriate for the organization?s plan to address human elements in the organization and its IT projects.;You will be given a Key Assignment to develop a Human Elements in IT Strategy document for an organization with an established IT department that could benefit from the strategy. The goal of this assignment is to focus on outlining a strategy that an organization could adopt to improve productivity in the IT department and benefit the company.;Organization Selection;The first step will be to select an organization as the target for your Human Elements in IT Strategy document. This organization will be used as the basis for each of the assignments throughout the course and should conform to the following guidelines;Nontrivial: The organization should be large enough with an IT department that is evolved enough to allow the reasonable exercise of the human elements in IT strategy research and documentation process.;Domain knowledge: You should be familiar with the organization so that you can focus on the project tasks without needing a significant amount of time for domain education.;Accessibility: You should have good access to the people and other information related to the project. This will be an important part of the process.;Select an organization that meets these requirements, and submit your proposal to your instructor before proceeding further with the assignments in the course. Approval should be sought within the first several days of the course. Your instructor will tell you how to submit this proposal and what notification will be given for project approval.;Assignment;You will be developing a Human Elements in IT Strategy document that outlines the strategy that an organization will use to treat the human element issues of its IT department with the goal of establishing better productivity for the organization as a whole. Your first task in this process will be to select an organization to use as the basis of your research and analysis for each of the assignments in the course. You will also create the shell document for the final project deliverable that you will be working on during each unit. As you proceed through each project phase, you will add content to each section of the final document to gradually complete the final project delivery. Appropriate research should be conducted to support the development of your document, and assumptions may be made when necessary.;The project deliverables are as follows;Submit the project proposal to the instructor for approval.;Develop the Human Elements in IT Strategy document.;Use Microsoft Word.;Title Page;Course number and name;Project name;Your name;Date;Table of Contents (TOC);Auto-generated TOC;Separate page;Maximum of 3 levels deep;Be sure to update the fields of the TOC before submitting your project.;Section headings (create each heading on a new page with "TBD" as content, except for the sections listed under New Content below);Project Outline (Week 1);Human Factors and Productivity (Week 1);Success Factors in the IT Organization (Week 2);People, Processes, and Technologies (Week 3);IT Project Stakeholders (Week 4);Behavioral Layers (Week 5);New Content;Project Outline;Provide a brief description of the organization that will be used as the basis for the projects in the course.;Provide additional detail on the IT organization in your summary.;Include company size, location(s), and other pertinent information.;The organization should be large enough with an IT department that is evolved enough to allow the reasonable exercise of the human elements in IT strategy research and documentation process.;Human Factors and Productivity;Provide an overview of the Human Elements in IT Strategy suitable for a nontechnical audience.;The overview must identify the key enhancement and inhibitor factors for the organization in terms of productivity, quality of work, motivation, morale, communication, and coordination within the IT organization and its projects.
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Funding for bladder cancer (BC) research has fallen behind that provided for other malignancies. This is especially the case for junior individuals. Therefore our SPORE In BC has provided one of the unique resources for seed funding available to promising young laboratory and clinical scientists with a special interest in pursuing independent translational research in BC. The overall goal of the Career Development Program (CDP) is to support and mentor when appropriate the scientific careers of these individuals to expand the number of such talented young investigators. Funding for bladder cancer focused research has lagged behind support provided for other malignancies.
The specific aims of the CDP within this Bladder Cancer SPORE renewal builds on the strengths of our current SPORE which included. Recruiting innovative entry-level and junior scientists into The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Bladder Cancer SPORE to enhance its overall translational BC research capability. Providing the opportunity for individuals with previous experience in the research and treatment of cancer at other disease sites who wish to develop expertise in BC. Promote the careers of the selected scientists by facilitating the development of skills necessary to be productive independent investigators in BC translational research. Train clinical oncologists and basic scientists who can rapidly translate basic observations in cellular and molecular biology into clinically applicable BC research programs and the design of protocols.
BC ranks 4th in terms of incidence and 1st in terms of clinical management cost among human malignancies. The training of young investigators with an interest in both basic and translational BC research are vital to provide future scientists who can impact the overall out come of this disease.
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i was sitting at the edge of my seat, anxiously waiting for hybels to make his announcement. as a former starbucks partner (the internal terminology used for employees) and manager, the cancellation of howard schultz at the willow creek annual global leadership summit was particularly disappointing.
i’ve had the privilege of meeting and speaking with howard on more than one occasion, sharing cocktails and conversation with him and other senior leaders during the starbucks leadership conference in NOLA; and again had the opportunity to rub shoulders with the business legend (who is really more like an iconic company rock star), during a closed session for selected managers in our region prior to the company launching their version of instant coffee called VIA in chicago – a bold move for a respected coffee company.
VIA ultimately led to me being fired from starbucks…but that’s another story, for another time.
howard and his leadership team had, as hybels put it, ‘a tough decision to make.’ and though i haven’t agreed with every decision the senior leaders at starbucks coffee company have made (which, by the way, includes my being fired), i do respect their leadership and think we have much to learn from them.
i was looking forward to howard speaking at the conference, and was disappointed to hear news that he had cancelled. even more frustrating was the reason why.
as bill hybels addressed howard’s cancellation, he stated emphatically, ‘willow is not only not anti-gay, willow is not anti-anybody…the mat at every door on this campus has always read ‘welcome.’ he continued, ‘we challenge homosexuals and heterosexuals to live out the sexual ethics taught in the scriptures, which encourages full sexual expression between a man and a woman in the context of marriage, and prescribes sexual abstinence and purity for everybody else.’ <this statement was received with thunderous applause> to watch video of the announcement, head to kurt willems’ blog.
hybels then encouraged those attending the conference to purchase howard’s most recent book, Onward and to go out and buy a cup of starbucks coffee. whether you agree with hybels’ position on sexuality or not, he handled the situation with grace. given the circumstances, it could have gone much, much worse.
yet here’s the rub :: i wonder — was it necessary for hybels to make the polarizing distinction of marriage being solely ‘between a man and a woman’ in the midst of a ‘we’re not anti-gay’ speech? isn’t making a public declaration denying the rights of gays to marry in at least some sense anti-gay?
i’m not saying hybels should have misrepresented his church and endorsed same-sex marriage, or sexual behavior. if willow doesn’t bless and celebrate same-sex unions, that’s their right… and through relationship and conversation, i believe many gay christians would still find willow to be not only not anti-gay, but quite welcoming and accepting (in fact many already do, making willow their place of worship).
but making a statement that lacks clarification, conversation, and relationship in a public forum that smacks of traditional anti-gay rhetoric, in my opinion, is unhelpful in elevating the conversation with the gay community. had he left that portion of the statement (and the term ‘homosexual’) out, i would have been much more pleased with the speech.
what do you think?
note :: this isn’t a bill-bashing moment. i respect him and his leadership, and think we have a lot to learn from willow creek. yet just like i don’t agree with every decision starbucks has made, i question the language used in the announcement of howard’s cancellation. | <urn:uuid:724b622d-07bd-40e3-b694-8a1054117d4d> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.mjkimpan.com/anti-gay/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281069.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00272-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973114 | 828 | 1.5 | 2 |
BHUBANESWAR, DECEMBER 22: Survival, protection, education and participation will be the State Government’s guidelines while rehabilitating children affected by last month’s cyclone.
The State Government has adopted the words from the four fundamental rights of children passed in the United Nations’ Convention of Child Rights in 1993. The government has planned to shelter the children in day-care centres, short-stay homes and crisis homes-cum-transit homes.
The Consortium for Rehabilitation of Children (CRC), a forum comprising the Women and Child Development (WCD) department, Orissa State Council for Child Welfare and 69 other NGOs have so far identified 1,200 orphans and 755 children at risk for rehabilitation. “We have to first ensure the survival and protection of children. After that, we can think of their education and participation in the mainstream,” said commissioner-cum-secretary in the WCD Tarun Kanti Mishra.
Though many children have been orphaned in the cyclone, not all are bereft of assets. Under the Community-based Rehabilitation (CBR) programme, the ex-gratia amount of Rs 75,000 given to orphans would be put in a joint account in the name of a special officer from the WCD department and the orphan’s guardian. The monthly interest of Rs 700 from the amount in the bank would be spent for the child.
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The State Government will also form a supervisory committee comprising an NGO member, a local panchayat official and a government official that would periodically inspect if the child is getting the actual benefit.
The State Government has also started a foster mother scheme called `Operation Sneha’ in which a foster mother would be appointed for the orphans in the area. For example, in Jhatipari village of Jagatsinghpur district a widow has been appointed as foster mother to 10 orphaned children. The woman has been provided with utensils and other household items. In other affected areas a search is on for foster mothers and fathers. The rehabilitation process will be undertaken for the next six months after which the programme will be reassessed.
While 18 of the 87 orphanages in the State have shown interest in taking the orphans, many institutions outside the State like Dayasadan Children’s Trust, Bharat Sevashram, Help, Sampark, Shanti Alias Trust and Salam Balak Trust have shown interest in taking all the children orphaned by the cyclone.
Non-governmental organisations’ protest over sending children out of the State notwithstanding, the children will be sent out if it is felt they will be cared for better. “If we can send our children outside the State for higher studies, what is the harm? But we will not send more than 200 orphans out of the State,” the secretary said.
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We all know about the concept of ‘paying it forward.’ Whether you’ve been on the receiving end of it or you initiated the action, it’s a positive phenomenon that can be a real game changer.
But it has its drawbacks, too.
The other day, while out shopping with my Dad, I let someone (with only two items in their hands) go ahead of me in the checkout line. Not only was he holding a place in line for someone else but that person eventually showed up with an entire full cart. Now, he could have explained that he was waiting for another person or he could have declined the offer but, instead, he pretty much guaranteed me never doing that again.
Another time, on the road, I let someone cut in front of me. One person inside of one car. As a result, an entire line of cars then proceeded to fly right through a stop sign (behind that one car) and try to squeeze in front of my car. Never again.
Yet another time I held open a door for a woman using a walker and also holding onto a dog’s leash. By the time I got to the elevator (after quickly checking my mail) she had already gotten into the elevator, closed the door and gone up to the top floor of the building – not even bothering to hold the door an extra second for me.
So, what’s the bottom line? Never go out of your way to help another human being? Only think of yourself in any and all situations? Do unto others… just don’t expect them to pay it forward (or back)? Or maybe it’s a simple case of nice guys DO finish last! | <urn:uuid:633475a7-4de3-4628-8198-7ea46efd8bfb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ellengreiss.wordpress.com/tag/guaranteed/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573623.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819035957-20220819065957-00666.warc.gz | en | 0.968692 | 355 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Former South African President Nelson Mandela’s 20th Anniversary of Prison Release
On February 11, 1990 South African officials release Nelson Mandela. This sole action sparked the end of apartheid and the automatic end of Nelson’s 27 year prison term. Nelson was freed from Robben Island off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa and welcomed by his then wife Winnie and energized supporters.
Nelson, who will be 92 in July, went on to make historic moves such as- winning a Nobel Peace Prize PRIOR to being elected South African’s first black president. (The country held its first ever all race elections four years after Nelson’s release.) He essentially became the face of hope and dreams. His prison number 46664 became the driving force behind his self-titled non-profit charity organization which enlisted a celebrity-endorsed concert and a global 90th birthday celebration with Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Leona Lewis, Denzel Washington, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Clinton, Forest Whitaker, Naomi Campbell in attendance.
Fast forward to 2010 the Mandela name is embedded in mainstream media thanks in part to Jennifer Hudson portraying Nelson’s ex-wife Winnie Mandela in an upcoming biopic and Morgan Freeman acting as Nelson in the film, Invictius. (Although Winnie and a few South Africans are not pleased that JHud got the coveted role and not a South African actress, kudos to Hollywood for honoring Winnie as they did with their previous films starring Sophie Okonedo and Alfre Woodard. Our story has be told!)
His legacy is the fact that he left his prison release as Anderson Cooper best put it with his humanity intact. I love the idea that Nelson came out of prison with a smile on his face. I also respect and admire the cultural, political and social impact that Nelson and Winnie had on South Africans. Hats off, Madiba!
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