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What Did Office Workers Do Before Computers?
Computers are now ubiquitous in offices around the world; entire economies would crash without them. Whether they are used within a multinational corporation or a one-man hedge-pruning outfit, computers are now as important as the workers themselves. It is hard to remember life without them, but civilisation managed to overcome many turbulent times without a reliance on Microsoft’s latest desktop software. The Roman Empire ruled the world for centuries without even the merest hint of corporate accountancy software. In fact, it is almost impossible to imagine what office workers could possibly have done with their time before the dawn of the information age. The following three tasks were commonplace before IBM and Apple changed the world.
This may sound a little crazy, but office workers were forced to spend their time being productive before the distractions of Facebook and Twitter were unleashed on the world. Entire marketing teams would deliver projects on time as a result of speaking to real people. Hard-working accounts staff would never have to pretend they were compiling cost reports when the boss approached, as there was no such thing as Windows Solitaire in those days. Free from the chains of social media and countless online casinos, office workers were able to fully immerse themselves in their work.
It seems strange now, but there was a time when office workers would converse on a face-to-face basis. Old-fashioned sexism was in its prime, and chat-up lines were perfected on a daily basis. Without chat-rooms, social media and email, people had no other option than to talk to colleagues. This state of affairs is a world away from the office environment of today; one where talking to a colleague only yards away involves a flurry of error-strewn emails.
The humble pen has almost been confined to the annals of history. Instead, computers are now used for everything from making notes to ordering lunch. The art of writing a letter or memo by hand has been forgotten; banished to museums and the anecdotes of elderly relatives. Of course, everything is quicker now, and emails rarely get lost in the post. However, there was a certain skill to letter-writing that improved a person’s overall communication skills. Unfortunately, the modern equivalent of good communication is the ability to decipher a positive grunt from a negative one.
No one can dispute the fact that computers have made our lives easier. What once took several days now takes a fraction of a second. However, the price we all pay for technological advances is reduced human interaction. Is that a price worth paying?
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Moscow mayor Sergey Sobyanin is forming a working group to discuss with the public Vladimir Putin’s idea of setting up a dedicated place for political rallies in Moscow.
Sobyanin’s press secretary told reporters that the official who currently oversees all large-scale political gatherings in the city will head the group.
The idea of creating a Moscow “Hyde Park” was voiced by Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin at his meeting with the rectors of Russian institutes and universities on February 14.
“We should find some decent place like the Hyde Park of our European neighbors, where anyone who has such a desire could speak freely and openly on any subject, with the media having the opportunity to deliver this viewpoint to all citizens of the Russian Federation,” Putin said. “In fact, the place where people gather is not important, what is important is that the country knows their opinion, and the modern mass media can offer such an opportunity to everyone,” he added.
Current Russian law requires that any type of street action apart from a single person picket be coordinated with municipal authorities. The coordination of sites for rallies almost always causes fierce debate, and exceeding the planned number of participants is punishable by fines, even at rallies in support of the authorities.
Moscow authorities are currently receiving a record number of applications for political rallies – a city administration official said in a recent interview that if all applications were approved, the capital would see about 20 rallies every day. February 23 and 26 are the most popular dates sought by both allies and opponents of the authorities. February 23 is a public holiday in Russia – Defender of the Fatherland Day. The organizers of the rally in Putin’s support initially planned to march through the city center on that day, but then agreed to move to the less crowded Luzhniki stadium.
The opposition initially demanded Revolution Square near the Kremlin as their venue, but the city administration turned down the request, citing fears of traffic chaos. The location for their 23 February rally is still being discussed. The situation is further complicated by the fact that February 25 and 26 will see massive Shrovetide celebrations.
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I went allthe way down to 2002 but found no mention of proxy or user.I have tried to do the CVSup again and not run# shutdown nowbut I still get the I usually just delete temproot after mergemaster -p and mergemaster -U/ai/whatever. done [2/2] Installing unbound-1.4.22...===> Creating users and/or groups. I follow theinstructions in the book and everything works up untill "makeinstallworld".
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Continued from Part 1 and Part 2.
Dryden ignored the stares as he charged into the ballroom only to find Lord Caewyn leading the red-haired woman to the dance floor.
Perhaps the young elf lord wasn’t a fool, or he recognized the benefits of Lady Escadia’s title, wealth, and connections.
The archmage doubted Caewyn could appreciate her magic.
Even now, Dryden felt the whisper of it across his flesh. More seductive than the finest courtesan and more alluring than a book of arcane secrets.
Jealousy pricked him as the red-haired elf smiled up at Caewyn. Dryden frowned. Such emotion was unworthy of an archmage, especially in response to someone he was considering as an apprentice.
Yet, there it was. Foolish to deny it, but more foolish to embrace it.
He had to tread carefully. Escadia’s mother was an archmage in her own right, and while she’d married into the Lockheart line, it was well known that she had plans for her daughter. Plans many suspected that included a royal marriage.
Dryden paid little attention to politics, but he knew the woman dancing with Caewyn deserved better than anything Melisandre had planned.
He had to learn more, to gauge if her magic was as strong as it felt.
The archmage crossed his arms and waited until the music ended before approaching Caewyn and his dance partner.
“I thank you for the invitation.” Dryden barely glanced at Caewyn as his gaze fixed on the young woman beside the elven lord.
Dryden’s brows winged up, but he nodded once.
Caewyn sucked in a breath, squeezed Aenwyn’s hand, then disappeared into the crowd.
“He’s not a fool,” Aenwyn said.
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The Bryan Thompson Design Scholarship, created to reward exceptional talent in automotive design, will reward talented LGBT design students by helping pay for their education.
A couple years ago I was approached to be on a car design reality tv competition called Motor City Masters. Having already penned cars on the road for companies like Nissan, Peugeot, Citroen and others, I didn’t see the point in competing to be “America’s next great car designer.” But it occurred to me that a TV show with a prize meant I could fulfill one of my professional goals of creating a scholarship for LGBT students interested in car design. I went on the show, won second place, and was awarded a $75k Camaro Z28. I have been personally funding the scholarship ever since, as best I can.
I think if you’re a designer, you’re one from the beginning. We are born with certain sensibilities. Long before you have the words to articulate why you see the world differently than your friends or family do, and way before you can draw what you see. You’re born straight or gay, and you’re born a designer. Once you figure those two things out, the world is an amazing place.
My goal is to find that kid out there who is being told there is something wrong with him. And I want him to know that he is right and everyone else is wrong.
I’ve always been “out,” in the sense that there was never a big reveal to be shared. In 1979 I was only five years old but I worshipped Erik Estrada enough to tear a photo of him out of the TV Guide and tape it to my wall. Imagine my mom’s surprise when she saw the shot of a shirtless “Ponch” right there over her young son’s bed. I remember how she looked at the picture, did a double take, and then asked, “Bryan, I’m curious why you want this in your bedroom?” I grinned and replied: “It makes me feel good.” To her credit she just nodded and smiled and didn’t immediately sign me up for analysis.
Much later she told me she knew I was gay even before I put up the photo. She let me keep the picture until the crush was over. That episode stayed with me and taught me something. It’s clear my fondness for dark-haired, happy looking men goes way back… And I also realize I don’t need to be afraid of who I am or what I want.
I tell that story here, because it helped me as an adult, when there was adversity about being gay. I can remember an incident at a car studio where I was designing when a visiting design director made a loudly voiced homophobic slur while reviewing a car in the viewing court. Very calmly, I waited until he finished talking, aware that my colleagues shared the uncomfortable tension he had created, and I walked over to him, firmly took hold of his coat sleeve, and asked him to take a short walk with me. I won’t go into details of the ensuing conversation, but by the time we returned to the viewing court, he readdressed the team, and officially apologized.
This is in an important story because it illustrates why you must stand up for yourself. If you don’t, then you make it okay for homophobia to persist, especially when it’s coming from a person of authority. You can handle it with tact, quietly, if that’s your way, but when you correct it, you make it known that you won’t be bullied into silence.
I feel that, as our careers mature, it’s important to help the generation that comes after you. I learn more from working with students sometimes than they do from me. I hope to show young designers that they can be proud of who they are, and what they create. Partnering with celebrity photographer Gabriel Goldberg, we have shot a calendar featuring the designs and talent of successful gay industry leaders. A couple of those shots are featured here.
For more info visit BryanThompsonDesignScholarship.com.
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Some of the many highlights for me was partaking in the english camp which was a 2 day camp with5 different schools all participating. The kids and all the teachers and especially Kate made the whole trip so enjoyable. Meeting and living with all the other volunteers was also a big highlight.
The food was great, especially having lots of fruit and the toast always left there throughout the day. The accommodation is so nice in the way that theres many big tables for all the volunteers to talk and get to know each other. The staff were so kind, especially Kate and Phil and all the drivers.
One thing that could have made it even better was having an activity every night of the week and maybe some citronella candles for the mosquitos outside on the big table.
Thank you so much for the experience, truly can’t wait to do it again in another country!
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The highly developed websites are mostly built and designed by PHP and it is admired by the programmers across the globe. It is highly interactive language and can be used to create amazing results. PHP is one of the most celebrated programming languages and most of the work on website designing is carried out with the help of PHP programming. It has become quite a necessary attribute for a programmer to have basic knowledge of PHP.PHP comprises of the basic web developer’s skill nowadays. PHP is an amazing platform for designing a new website and it enhances the quality of the website design. If you are looking for free downloadable e-books for PHP programming then you are at the right place. Here we have a list of the best PHP programming e-books. It has the basic e-books with basic features and also includes the highly specific pro level e-books also.
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yayyyy!! im visiting my aunt in Singapore! I desperately need the break....time to give 'little Aaliya' to my aunt and have some time to do my own things.
The best part of this trip was that I have alot of time to work on my blog....FINALLY!
So I am super excited that Im staying wit my aunt for the time being.
This recipe is from a book called 'The Food Of India". Made this dish for the first time and I must say that its a keeper. Its such a light and delicious dish.
Sprinkle the fish with turmeric powder and salt marinate for 5 mins.
Heat oil and fry the fish until golden. Remove , drain and set fish aside.
Remove all but 2 tbsp of oil from the pan.
Blend the "masala" ingredients to a paste. In the oil remaining in the pan, saute the mustard seeds and chillied for 2 mins. Add the coriander, cumin and chilli powder as well as the 'masala" paste and saute until fragrant.
Add yoghurt and cook until the oil starts to separate.Add fish and cook until tender.
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Update – April 11, 2019: MERCER COUNTY, WV (WOAY) – A man who was charged for a hit and run that left a child dead was found not guilty.
Michael Dicker, 51, was facing charges of leaving the scene of an accident causing death and obstructing an officer. The incident happened on September 13th, 2018, around 6:00 P.M. along RT. 20 near Littlesburg RD.
A two-day jury trail reached a not-guilty verdict on all charges. The trail was held in Judge Derek Swope’s courtroom.
The parents are facing child neglect charges.
Update – October 22, 2018: MERCER COUNTY, WV – Michael Dicker was charged for a hit and run that left a child dead.
Michael Dicker appeared in court today. Dicker was involved in a hit and run incident along route 20 near Littlesburg Road in Bluefield. Michael dicker was charged with leaving the scene of an accident causing death–and obstructing an officer. Dicker appeared in front of Judge Swoop where he pled Not Guilty.
The Pre-trial court date for Dicker is set for Nov 29th at 9:30 and his Trial court date is set for Jan 9th at 9:30 am.
Original Story – September 13, 2018: MERCER COUNTY, WV (WOAY) – Deputies are currently searching for a vehicle after it reportedly struck and killed a child.
According to Sheriff Tommy Bailey with the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department, the incident took place on September 13th, 2018 around 6:00 P.M. along RT. 20 near Littlesburg RD.
The vehicle deputies are looking for is a possible dark colored Toyota van with front passenger damage.
If you have any information on this incident you’re asked to contact the Mercer County Sheriff’s office at (304)-487-8364.
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Long sleeve nylon ripstop bomber jacket in navy. Rib knit stand collar. Two-way zip closure featuring bonded trim in white at front. Zippered pockets featuring bonded trim in white at waist. Signature stripes at sleeve. Press-stud vents featuring signature grosgrain tricolor trim at cuffs and side-seams. Mesh lining in white. White hardware. Tonal stitching.
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It’s really easy to get bogged down in comparing yourself with others – checking to see how well others are doing and measuring yourself against them, whether that be at work or in your personal life. It’s really easy to think that it’s all about the person beside you, in front of you or behind you.
How often do we look at others and think, ‘if I can just reach them that would be great, that would be success’, or conversely, ‘I’d better pick up the pace in case the people behind catch me up’.
That this is all too common is no great surprise as we spend most of our lives in environments which encourage the generation of such a mindset. Growing up at school, taking exams, getting into college or university; and then in later life both entering the job market and staying in a job – not to mention trying to gain a promotion or forge a career through what feels like a bit of a battleground! In all of these instances, we’re being measured against other people, by other people and our relative performance is often used to communicate a perceived level of success.
But there is an important distinction here, between being measured and benchmarked against others by others, and in measuring yourself against others.
The problem is that we have no control over other people, their goals, their ambitions, the things they do or how well they do them. How ‘successful’ someone is in any given area is all relative to and determined by them. What they view as success (or otherwise) may be wholly different to your perspective on the same matter.
Therefore if we spend too much time checking to see what others are doing and how well they are doing, we miss the things that are most important. We miss the opportunity to measure ourselves against the only benchmark which really matters – ourselves.
We are the only people whose goals and ambitions we can really control and the only ones whose actions and the impact of those actions we can take full responsibility for. We are the only people who can truly define what our level of performance should be and the extent to which it brings success.
It’s only normal to be in an environment in which we are assessed and measured by other people, relative to others, however it’s up to each of us to define what we want and what our version of success looks like.
So which race are you running?
Make sure it’s the one you’re in control of and the one whose outcome you can take full responsibility for. After all, that’s the only race which matters.
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The fun course for seriously good results! This seven-level course delights children and inspires teachers with bright ideas for the English classroom. Perfect for general use Kid's Box Second edition is now updated with new vocabulary and activities so that it fully covers the syllabus of the revised Cambridge English: Young Learners tests. Presentation Plus includes interactive whiteboard tools, a fully interactive Student's and Workbook, teacher's resources, a multimedia library and access to online teacher training support. This DVD-ROM version is also available as an iOS or Android application for tablets.
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I. Love. Christmas. I do, I do, I DO!
From the time I was a tot, I would get excessively excited about the festivities surrounding Christmas. – and for me it all begins with the tree. We almost always had a real tree growing up, and I would long for that comfy cozy feeling of the tree up, lights twinkling, fire crackling and pine fresh aroma filling the house. I'm running out of time before my surgery (9 days now, but who's counting) and I have a list of Christmas musts to get going on. I need to bake cookies, go see the lights at the temple, sing Christmas carols, host or attend at cookie exchange, attend a few holiday parties and dinners and then I'll be ready to hunker down on the couch for the rest of the season with my babies. *sigh* – I will have Christmas movies, hot chocolate and pain meds on repeat. A memorable Christmas for sure. Eeeeek!
I've been working on getting stuff up around the house and I like to remember how we change it up each year. This years tree pales in comparison to last years monster tree. – but our new guy is a fluffy & delicious noble fir. I love 'em.
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What are the key covers, features and benefits?
This policy is a form of restrictive covenant indemnity which can be obtained prior to the breach of covenant taking place. Examples of covenants restricting development would be density restrictions (i.e only one dwelling can be built but planning obtained for, say, three), requirement for plans to be approved by the former land owner, requirement that the land can only be used as garden ground etc.
If a party were successful in taking action by way of an injunction, the policy would compensate the Insured for the costs incurred or contracted for since the Commencement Date, as well as the loss in value.
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Is this the next step in gaming immersion?
I gotta say, I'm impressed by the technology. Sounds like a good idea all around. Definitely considering buying one of these things.
Wow, thats really awesome. Thats really what combat and vehicle games lack, the ability to look around without changing position, or having to run diagonally.
I can see this getting seriously picked up by gaming. There are some inconveniences though. First of all, I hate wearing hats, and would rather a light strap or something, im sure they can make the whole thing smaller too. What if im playing and I need to get up to answer the phone, I guess it should have a on/off switch. I also hope the motion exaggeration is tweakable, so you can look side to side just by nudging your head a little. Also the less exaggeration, the more you will have to move your eyes to keep them on the screen, which could get tiring.
Btw- that game they're playing. I think I know it but I cant remember the name, a battlefieldish type game, huge maps and very realistic, in gameplay... operation something I think.
honestly? so long as you're stuck having to look at a fixed monitor it'll be too counter-intuitive. just glue some miniature LCDs and the various lensings to that cap and sync them up so your view tracks directly. as is it's just glaringly cheap rip off of VR... without the VR bit.
I think you mean Operation Flashpoint, but the game shown in the video is Armed Assault, a spiritual sucessor created by the same developers.
Not having the freedom to look away gets annoying imo.
It'd work with a VR helmet, but only with a VR helmet. Of course, VR helmets would never work without this, so it's clearly a symbiotic relationship in the making, and one that is probably overdue, considering that neither will (or would) make it without the either.
I'm not comfortable with having to tilt/turn my head to look at the screen, or not look at the screen, as the case may be.
it's a wii remote attached to a hat... i seriously doubt it'll catch on without a screen that rotates with the head.
There are some inconveniences though. First of all, I hate wearing hats, and would rather a light strap or something, im sure they can make the whole thing smaller too.
Had one of these for a few weeks now :) (with the light thingy that attaches to headphones, looks marginaly less silly than the hat:p ). Its not counter-intuitive at all, I soon forget I'm wearing it and stop having to think about turning my head.
Really comes into its own in flightsims (which is what it was originally designed for afaik), to the point where I'd say its not worth playing without one.
I've yet to try it in an on foot game as in the video but I can't really see it being that great. Maybe I'm missing something but being able to move your head around seperately seems pretty pointless in that scenario.
Its useful in flightsims and racing games because you really need both hands free to control the vehicle, meaning you can't use the mouse for panning your view. However thats not the case with fps games, so I don't really see it catching on in them.
What happens when you want to rotate 360 degrees (ie. turn round)? You can't turn round in your chair. I don't like it, but it could suit *some* games.
You can turn 180 (look behind you) by turning your real head about 30 degrees at the default sensitivity, if you increase it a lot it should be possible to do 360, at the cost of accuracy.
Nothing really new and imo also ridiculous for serious gaming, since you can very easily check our surroundings with normal mouse look.
I think if something like this should be used at all, it had to be a helmet with mini-screens inside.
It doesn't take into account translation, only rotation, so z-axis is tilting your head from side to side.
I think the device does. The rotation *around* the z-axis is refered to as "rolling" (in the upper right), while z-axis really is position.
The game however doesn't make use of this.
Ahh, maybe then - it wasn't overly clear from the video.
As for the view trackers: OK, you can turn 180degrees and walk off on the other direction... But then you've got to hold your head at a slight angle from the screen for the rest of the game, or risk turning back round! :O Zounds! I don't like this at all.
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Pirates & Privateers : How to keep the sails on the masts?
Question of Lord Nelson (04.20.2016): How to keep the sails on the masts?
A: On many types of ships sails are adjusted to the yards, which are pieces of wood placed across the mast.
The exception to this is the Bermuda sail, the mainsail and sail sprit that are attached to the mast.
(Fasteners sails). In all three cases if one goes into detail, the sail is attached via rocambeau rings (3) (or rings of sizes according to the sails) that are stacked on the mast (1), or the mast rope (6) is wound in a spiral around the mast.
Halyard (2) is used for hoisting the sail down the mast, also raises the veil enhanced by its rope (4) sewn on its sides, and is attached by its Eyes-coats (5).
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This page shows the tide times for Exmouth Dock.
Our popular printed Exmouth Dock tide tables are now available via Amazon. We've increased both the size and quality and added sunrise/sunset times. Books are now 10.5 x 15.3cm and each month covers two pages.
The Exmouth Dock tide times are adjusted for British Summer Time where applicable.
The graph below shows seven days of high and low tides at Exmouth Dock visually. Where there is little change, a Neap tide has occurred. Where the change is greatest, this is a Spring tide. Graph times are now adjusted for BST, as above.
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The collection of fishes at UMass contains 60,000 specimens in 5,121 lots. The fish collection had its first entry recorded in the 1930's for a brown bullhead catfish (Ictalurus nebulosus), collected by H. E. Warfel, but the fish collection was officially established in the 1950's by T. J. Andrews.
By the 1980’s Andrews had collected and catalogued more than 1,800 lots. Our present collection of fishes includes freshwater fishes from Massachusetts state river basins and from 20 other states. Marine fishes from the Gulf of Maine are also represented. About 4,500 lots are preserved in fluids; about 160 are cleared and stained; 800 are skeletons. A highlight of our collection is a set of skeletons of marine fishes from the Gulf of Mexico, obtained during fishing tournaments in Alabama and prepared and deposited by Professor Emeritus Wiliiam E. Bemis and his collaborators (see Bemis et al. 2004 Copeia for details).
Recently an inventory of the fish collection was completed and its records are being organized to become avalable in SPECIFY.
The fish collection data is in the process of being transferred to SPECIFY.
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An American couple sits at a Paris café to order lunch. The salad looks good, so they order that…but then something happens.
The waiter looks at them confused.
He’s still confused… probably thinking, Ranch dressing? – Dressing that comes from a ranch? A dressing ranch…what does this have to do with a salad?
So they raise their voices with emphasis.
It’s obvious what they want, but why can’t the French waiter pick it up?
The problem doesn’t belong to the waiter, but the American couple. Their fluency with English, and the fact that ranch dressing is a common American condiment, makes them overestimate the waiter’s chance of understanding.
Knowledge is power, but it creates barriers to communicating. This is called “the curse of knowledge.” People with a high level of expertise have a hard time communicating with novices because they take prior knowledge for granted.
Part of the reason why people don’t read knowledge articles is because they’re hard to understand. Employees find an article, try to understand it, give up, call support, and never come back.
The people writing your articles know their stuff, but they’re writing for business users. They forget what it’s like to not have their technical knowledge, so they have a hard time communicating. This is the curse of knowledge in action, and the effect is worse than you’d think.
In 1990, an experiment conducted by Stanford graduate student, Elizabeth Newton, illustrated the effect. A group of “tappers” were asked to tap the melodies of popular songs. A second group of “listeners” listened to the tapping and were asked to guess the names of the songs. The tappers estimated the chance of the listeners correctly guessing the song was 50% (everybody knows “Ba Ba Black Sheep”). But the results said differently. Only 2.5% of the listeners were able to figure out the songs.
You may think your knowledge articles are clear, concise and free from jargon, but you can never be too careful.
A study from another Stanford grad, Pamela J. Hinds, showed that seemingly simple instructions can be difficult to understand. She asked experts at a cell phone company to predict how long it would take new users to learn and perform certain tasks from directions. Experts underestimated significantly. They guessed it would take them 13 minutes, when it actually took 33.
So you have this huge database of information that people don’t use because it’s hard to understand. What can you do?
When people search a knowledge base it’s because they have a question. A single knowledge article can contain answers to many questions. If you create one article per question, it will greatly simplify what you have.
While you’re in the process of breaking down your knowledge articles into bite-sized chunks, audit the language you use. Take out abbreviations and use terminology that is universally understandable. Use the Flesch Kincaid readability test to assess the readability of your writing. It uses sentence length and syllables per word to infer a reading grade level. Aim for 6-8th grade readability.
Keep formatting in mind. Consistency is key. If every answer looks different, employees will never know what to expect. You want to keep them comfortable. Create a template for what an answer should look like, and stick to it.
Controlling for the curse of knowledge will help get people to use your knowledge base, but it’s not the full solution. Check out our articles on “How a Stanford Ph.D. would approach Self-Service,” and “Improve Self-Service Adoption with this Simple Hack” to really supercharge your efforts.
If it seems daunting to simplify your knowledge base, check out our website. We use machine learning with human oversight to transform your articles for you. It’s then stored in question and answer format and made accessible from where employees are working.
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Nov 13, 2005 Article about building stairs for a second-story deck. Since the "lever arm" is 4 feet long, it's easy to twist another joist (or two) into compliance.
Article about building stairs for a second-story deck. Outdoor StairsDeck Long stair stringers may need extra support from installing a brace at mid span.
Add a decorative touch to the edge of your deck. These easy-to-build stairs are pretty and practical.
The final part of the deck build is the stairs. Set a long level on top of the decking and measure the height at the point where you want your steps to end.
How to Build Stairs to a Deck. Building steps to a deck may seem daunting, but with the right time and effort, you can end up with a great finished product.
May 31, 2013 Mike Guertin wraps up the deck framing with some sturdy stairs, several meticulously-placed posts, and plenty Build a Grade-Level Deck: Stairs and Blocking . I can confidently say that I expect to be a life-long subscriber.
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In a Sunday presidential run-off election in Uruguay, Frente Amplio (Broad Front) candidate Tabaré Vázquez beat opposition candidate Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou by 53.6 to 41.1 percent, a vote that had major implications for the future of Uruguay’s historic marijuana regulation.
Vázquez, a 74-year-old oncologist who was president from 2005 to 2010, pertains to the same left-of-center coalition as current President José Mujica, who has made world headlines in recent years for his austere lifestyle and progressive politics, including spearheading the marijuana legalization proposal. After President Mujica’s call for marijuana legalization and a year-long dynamic campaign by Uruguayan civil society groups, on December 10, 2013, the Uruguayan parliament approved the bill, making their country the first in the world to legally regulate the production, distribution and sale of marijuana for adults.
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Mark A. Beckman is a partner in the New York office of Gordon & Rees and is a member of the Commercial Litigation, Professional Liability, and Employment Law practice groups. He has extensive experience representing corporate and individual clients in state and federal courts as well as agencies such as FINRA and the EEOC. Such representations include mediation, arbitration, and other forms of alternate dispute resolution. He excels at drafting and arguing motions and appeals.
Mr. Beckman’s practice focuses on representing clients in a variety of litigation areas. In respect of commercial litigation, his representations include directors and officers of businesses of all sizes, professionals such as attorneys and accountants, property management companies, both commercial and residential, and the panoply of businesses in commercial disputes such as breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, securities and shareholder related actions, and fraud. Mr. Beckman also has experience defending insurance companies against actions by insureds as well as competitors.
Mr. Beckman also counsels and represents employers in employment law areas, particularly in wage-and-hour matters. Mr. Beckman counsels his clients on best practices for structuring payment systems for their employees, record keeping obligations, and compliance with city, state, and federal law. He also represents his wage-and-hour clients in litigations, often putative class actions, regarding minimum wage, overtime, alleged misclassification, and department of labor investigations. Mr. Beckman has particular experience representing clients in the hospitality industry, such as country clubs, golf clubs, caterers, restaurants, and bars, regarding the payment and distribution of tips and tip pooling arrangements.
Prior to joining Gordon & Rees, Mr. Beckman spent 10 years with an international AmLaw 100 law firm in New York City.
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We’re a flexible, family-friendly NHS doctor’s surgery providing the community of Sparkhill, Birmingham with treatment and advice for a range of minor illnesses and injuries.
Every one of our team – from our doctors and nurses, to our healthcare assistants and reception staff – is passionate about giving you the best possible healthcare, helping you to feel better, faster.
We offer convenient evening, weekend appointments with a range of healthcare professionals, from doctors and nurses to healthcare assistants.
When you register as a patient with us you can access our full range of services and arrange to see a doctor of your choice at a time to suit you. You can see a medical professional working felixble hours so that we can accommodate working patients and patients who wish to have later appointments. Also, we have pre bookable appointments that are available up to 4 weeks in advance. See our list of services that we offer for registered patients.
You can choose a male or female doctor or health professional – giving you complete confidence.
The backgrounds of our healthcare team reflect the multicultural community of Sparkhill and they speak a range of languages. We also offer translation services. Contact our reception team to find out more.
We’re located in the Sparkhill Primary Care Centre on Stratford Road in Sparkhill. We’re close to bus and rail links and have free onsite parking.
The Accessible Information Standard aims to ensure that patients (or their carers) who have a disability or sensory loss receive information they can access and understand. For example in large print, braile or via email.
Identify patients who may have an additional communication need.
Record the patient’s need in our clinical GP system.
Act to ensure our staff can effectively communicate with patients who may have additional communication needs.
If you feel this applies to you, or someone you care for please let us know by calling us on 0345 111 1310 every week day between 8am-8pm.
This is a freephone number from all landline and mobile numbers.
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I'm Hardip Koradia, Partner of a leading Web Design, Development company called Loyal Web Solutions (loyalwebsolutions.com). Lets Connect!
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Elesa’s CQ and CSL series IP65 latches incorporate a quick assembly spring clip mechanism which accommodates door panel thicknesses from 1mm to 2mm with a simple insert and press fitting process – no lock nuts are required as the saw tooth springs take up the recessing adjustment and lock the unit in place.
Double bar and triangular key inserts are complimented with a cylinder lock version. The CQTL and CSL versions also incorporate an integral finger pull handle to ease door opening. Latching cams are supplied complete assembled in a variety of depths to facilitate use of different doors and frame combinations.
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Sander, O.; Bapp, F.; Sandmann, T.; Viet Vu, Duy; Baehr, S.; Becker, J.
It is well known that microelectronics sensitivity for radiation effects steadily increases for smaller structure sizes. Additionally lowering the supply voltage decreases safety margins even further. In conclusion modern System-on-Chip (SoC) devices, which typically come as heterogeneous multicores, can be affected by radiation effects not only in space but also in much lower altitudes or even on ground level. This is especially important for safety critical systems, such as automotive or avionics electronics. In order to cope with this issue measures during all phases of development need to be taken into account. This contribution presents and discusses techniques on architectural level, which help to detect faults on the SoC, which might be caused by (but not solely) radiation effects. Additionally these techniques have to be lightweight in terms of resources and costs as safety critical applications typically target cost sensitive markets.
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At Saturday morning competitions and representing Albury Little Athletics at Open Day Competitions, Region and State we encourage athletes from all age groups to abide by the rules and regulations of the Victorian Little Athletics Association.
Little Athletics Victoria expects all members to comply with the Code of Conduct. Appropriate action may be taken in the case of any breaches of the Code of Conduct. Little Athletics Victoria and Albury Little Athletics will ensure that all athletes, coaches, spectators, parents, officials and administrators are not prone to sexual abuse, neglect, physical abuse or emotional abuse. They will ensure that all persons are included, protected and not discriminated against in any manner.
PARENT RESPONSIBILITY: Athletes MUST be supervised at ALL times at Saturday competition and Wednesday night training. If it is not possible for you to be in attendance with your athlete, you are required to arrange for another adult to be responsible for your athlete and let your athletes team manager know. Please do not drop off your child without making prior arrangements for their care as this will result in your child being excluded from competition until an adult responsible for their care returns.
Parent participation is essential. We are volunteers who rely on parent participation to be able to run our centre.
Misbehaviour: The committee has the discretion to disqualify any athlete who is behaving inappropriately from competing in an event/s. athletes who persistently misbehave may be suspended from all activities by the centre executive.
Footwear: Athletes must wear runners at all times during competition. NO BARE FEET are permitted.
Spikes: may be worn from U12 (max length 7mm) in all laned events, javelin and jumping events. U11 athletes may wear spikes in high jump and javelin only. SPIKES MUST BE REMOVED AT THE COMPLETION OF EACH EVENT.
Crouch starts: It is compulsory for all competitors from U12 to crouch start in all laned events.
Blocks: are compulsory from U12 fro all laned events when wearing spikes.
Sun smart: Albury Little Athletics centre recommends the wearing of T-Shirts, hats and SPF30+ sunscreen in keeping with the Anti Cancer Council recommendation and LAVIC sun protection policy. Sun Smart Policy.
Records: are recognised on Saturday mornings.at Alexandra Park only and must be verified by a committee member or the record will be invalid.
Working with Childrens Check: If you volunteer to be an age group co-ordinator, team manager, coach or offical it is LAVic’s requirements that you hold a Victorian Working With Children’s accreditation. This is to be verified and recorded by our Child Protection Officers at the start of the season. These check are free and the club can inform you on the process to get one. You can read more about these checks here: Working with Children’s check.
Information on how to get your Working with children’s check or renew click here: Renew or Apply Working with Children’s Check.
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St Martin's luxurious Esmeralda Resort is only minutes to fine dining, shopping and entertainment in Grand Case and Marigot. The resort offers quiet and elegant lodgings set amid tropical gardens with colorful bougainvillea, hibiscus and softly swaying coconut trees.
For those who appreciate casual sophistication, we introduce the Esmeralda Resort, a boutique Caribbean hideaway. Esmeralda features villa-style accommodations nestled on St. Martin's famous Orient Bay Beach.
Enjoy gourmet dining on site at Astrolabe restaurant, lunch & cocktails at Coco Beach Bar. Have the concierge arrange water sports at concessions along the 1.8 mile white sandy beach.
Guests may reserve anything from a single superior or deluxe room or a generous sized suite, a Presidential Suite, or an entire 3 - 5 bedroom villa.
What makes this property special is its unique colonial architecture and plantation style layout with only three or four rooms or suites per villa. All superior, deluxe and ocean front rooms & superior suites include kitchenettes.
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London, 10 April 2018 - Impax Asset Management Group plc ("Impax" or the "Company"), the AIM quoted investment manager, today provides an update of the development of its assets under discretionary and advisory management ("AUM") for the second quarter of its financial year.
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Mr DULUK (Davenport) (15:44): I rise today to acknowledge national epilepsy Purple Day, held each year on 26 March. Purple Day is an important annual event, with people not only wearing purple, like you are today, Deputy Speaker, but holding local community events, fundraising and working together to increase awareness and understanding of epilepsy and the need for increased funding to support individuals and families affected by epilepsy. Last Sunday, 26 March, the Epilepsy Centre hosted a family day at the Entertainment Centre. Whilst it was a fantastic and fun day, it is important that we remember the very serious and important motives that underlie the need for Purple Day.
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In June last year, I moved a motion in the house calling on the government to adequately fund epilepsy services. The Epilepsy Centre, led by CEO Robyn Wakefield, another wonderful constituent of mine, does a superb job providing support for people living with epilepsy, their families and their carers. You do not need to scroll down too far on their Facebook page to appreciate the enormous level of gratitude felt for the Epilepsy Centre. However, they do this outstanding work with very limited funding and, indeed, without any state government funding at all—not a single dollar.
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Unfortunately, the Weatherill Labor government has continued to ignore the Epilepsy Centre's request for assistance. They have continued to ignore the community's request for assistance, and they have also ignored my requests for assistance for the centre, but we are not deterred. We will continue to fight the South Australian families living with epilepsy. Without funding and without a proactive government, these South Australian families will continue to miss out on much-needed assistance and access to innovative new practices and medication.
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Using Eklavvya platform you can conduct online subjective exam.
Students can type answers and it can be evaluated by examiner from any location with auto calculation of total score.
Here is one case study of D Y Patil University. It has automated digital application and entrance exam process using Eklavvya Platform.
One of the largest University of India has simplified Digital Admission and Exam of the students using Eklavvya Platform.
Here are details of managing Online Entrance Exam for your Institution.
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Gunner Pitkin found himself stranded behind enemy lines.
He hid in a barn.
There was a cow in the barn.
It was an enemy cow.
Back in the field tent, Gunner Pitkin had had dinned into his head, by the captain, where his duty lay.
It was an enemy cow, so he had to kill it.
Gunner Pitkin was not the brightest of men, but he realised that if he used his gun to shoot the cow, the noise of the report could alert the enemy to his presence in the barn.
Back in the field tent, Gunner Pitkin had had dinned into his head, by the captain, that part of his duty was to avoid capture at all costs.
Gunner Pitkin looked wildly around the barn, seeking an instrument by which he might bring about the death of the enemy cow, but silently.
He saw a churn and a hoe and a spade.
Gunner Pitkin put down his gun and picked up the spade.
Gunner Pitkin hoisted the spade high, ready to bring it bashing down repeatedly and relentlessly upon the cow’s head.
Then it occurred to him that there lives the dearest freshness deep down things, even cows, even enemy cows.
He put the spade down.
Gunner Pitkin lay upon a bale of straw and fell asleep.
Several hours later he was captured by the enemy.
In the prisoner of war camp, Gunner Pitkin occupied his time making toy cows out of balsa wood and dough.
By the time the peace was signed on Luneburg Heath, he had made hundreds of toy cows.
They can now be found in a museum, a converted barn in a daffodil-splattered field that used to be behind enemy lines.
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There are many different kinds of white collar crime. The profile of these crimes has been raised recently with a number of cases involving financial crimes that have been splashed across television and the Internet. What strikes many people is the fact that the offenders are often hard-working professionals who somehow became embroiled in activities that crossed the line between legal and illegal. If this has happened to you, then you need the services of an experienced attorney who has defended many people accused of a white collar crime, understands the legal process, and also is skilled in the use of media, publicity, and other non-legal venues to communicate your story.
The Law Office of Tanya F. Miller, LLC provides that unique collection of skills to help you reclaim your life.
White collar crimes include many different types of crimes and generally involve felony charges. These offenses fall within a special category that encompasses those acts, typically finance or business related, carried out by respected individuals with prominent professional or societal roles. Typically, these crimes involve deception, fraud, and violations of a relationship that involves trust or a fiduciary responsibility. These crimes carry with them the possibility of serious fines and lengthy prison sentences. Frequently, the individuals accused of a white collar crime have had no previous exposure to the criminal justice system as an offender, which is why it is imperative to seek legal help as soon as possible.
Those accused of a white collar crime may face severe fines and restitution, totaling in the millions of dollars, lengthy prison terms, and seizure of assets and property. The seizure is justified as reclaiming fruits of the illegal activities and may impact your family as well as you. You may face the loss of your family's home, college funds, and many other assets that will place your loved ones in a very precarious situation. Often, the prosecutors of white collar crimes have political or other ambitions. The higher the profile of the offense and the offender, the more people who crave the professional, political, and social power this type of case brings will be involved.
The nature of the investigation into white collar crimes means that the subject of that investigation often becomes aware that people are looking into their actions and transactions before any formal charges are filed. Once you have the knowledge that accusations likely have been made, it is critical to enlist the aid of an experienced attorney in order to guide you through the process, including the calling of a grand jury and the use of the media and publicity to influence the case.
There are many defenses that are effective in a white collar case. The accused may have been coerced into performing the illegal acts, lacked the capacity to prevent the inappropriate actions, or been entrapped and forcibly ensnared in the illicit scheme by law enforcement or other influential individuals. A qualified attorney also will raise the issue of intent. Although intent may not be enough to have the charges dismissed, a lack of intent to cause harm may go a long way towards limiting the fines and sentence imposed.
If you have been charged with a white collar crime, or suspect that a charge is forthcoming, in Fulton, DeKalb, Clayton, Gwinnett, or Cobb County, or any county in the area surrounding Atlanta, Georgia, the Law Office of Tanya F. Miller, LLC can help you defend against these charges.
Get your free initial case evaluation by calling 404-720-8111!
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Generally, because of security concerns, we do not sell military-specific uniform items (uniforms, insignia, buttons, braid, non-striped caps, shoulder marks, shoulder boards, etc.) to non-US-military customers located outside of the US and it's territories.
We will ship general merchandise (swords, shirts, bow ties, etc.) to international customers, subject to our subsequent terms.
For our US-military customers located overseas, we will ship your orders to APO/FPO addresses or, for non-APO/FPO addresses, only if the order is a web order from an AKO .mil e-mail account.
Because of the amount of additional coordination involved, the minimum purchase amount for an international order (other than APO/FPO) is $500 USD - except for sword/saber purchases. Orders $750 USD or more must be arranged via wire transfer.
A $30 document preparation fee will apply to any non-APO/FPO international shipment.
For international public safety organizations (police, fire, etc.), please contact us for order information. We routinely ship to public safety organizations in Canada.
We reserve the right to refuse shipment to international addresses.
Due to the variables involved in international orders, such orders require some additional communication between you and us. If the items you are purchasing are listed in the shopping cart, please submit an online order. When we receive your international order, we will e-mail you to discuss some of the specifics (shipping, payment method - unless you submitted a US credit card number in the shopping cart). If you are placing a custom dress uniform order not available through the shopping cart, as with all our custom orders, please contact us to arrange the details.
We will not be able to quote shipping until we know the items ordered, the destination, and how soon you need the items to arrive. We ship international orders by US Postal Service Global Express or United Parcel Service. After receiving your order (which will not show any shipping charges), we will contact you with the shipping rates.
Because the majority of attempted fraud comes from African nations (especially Nigeria), Marlow White will not ship to any African nation (non-APO/FPO).
Preferred payment method is via credit card issued by a US Bank. We do not add any surcharges to such payments.
Wire transfers are also acceptable (we charge a $30 wire transfer fee to cover our incoming wire costs, this will be in addition to any fees charged by your sending bank).
Bank checks are also acceptable (we do not accept bank drafts).
Payment will only be accepted by wire transfer (we charge a $30 wire transfer fee to cover our incoming wire costs, this will be in addition to any fees charged by your sending bank).
Customer is responsible for any and all duties and tariffs.
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Our company is one of the leading Manufacturers, Exporters, & Suppliers of premium Spice Oils such as Asafoetida Oil, Basil Oil, Betel Leaf Oil, Cajuput Oil, Calamus Oil, Cardamom Oil, Carrot Seed Oil and many more. Our company extracts them from organic Spices using the latest oil milling machines. Buyers can purchase Spice Oils from us at market leading prices and expect on time delivery of consignments.
Our company is reckoned Manufacturers, Exporters, & Suppliers of Asafoetida Oil. Renowned for its soothing aroma and distinctive taste, the Asafoetida Oil we offer is healthy whether used externally or internally. Buyers can get Asafoetida Oil from us at competitive prices and ask for customized packaging solutions.
We are a renowned Manufacturer, Exporter and Supplier of Cardamom Oil. The Oil offered by us is highly acclaimed for its rich aroma and quality. Owing to our brilliant logistics network, we are capable of delivering bulk orders of it within the promised timeframe. Buyers can obtain it at reasonable rates from us.
Our company is a proficient Manufacturer, Exporter and Supplier of Carrot Seed Oil. The Oil offered by us is completely free from all kinds of impurities. We ensure that it reaches the buyers in safe packaging options. Buyers are free to place bulk orders of it with us and we ensure their timely execution.
We are a trusted Manufacturer, Exporter and Supplier of Celery Seed Oil. The Oil we make available is processed and packaged using advanced technology. We ensure that Oil reaches the buyers in safe packaging options. Bulk orders of it are processed by us as per the specific requirements of the buyers.
Leveraging on our rich industry experience, we are reckoned among the eminent Manufacturers, Suppliers and Exporters of Clove Oil. The Oil offered by us is processed in neat and hygienic conditions. We maintain a large stock of the Oil in our spacious warehouse. Buyers can obtain it at affordable rates from us.
The company is a proficient Manufacturer, Supplier and Exporter of Coriander Oil. The Oil offered by us is completely free from all kinds of impurities. In order to cater the diverse requirements of the buyers, we offer it in packages of different sizes. Buyers can obtain it at competitive rates from us.
We are a renowned Manufacturer, Supplier and Exporter of Cumin Seed Oil. The Oil offered by us is completely free from all kinds of impurities. We ensure that the Oil reaches the buyers in safe packaging options. Byers are free to place bulk orders of it with us and we ensure their timely execution.
Our company is a successful Manufacturer, Supplier and Exporter of Dill Oil. The Oil offered by us is completely free from all kinds of impurities. We ensure that the Oil reaches the buyers in excellent quality packaging options. One can obtain it at affordable rates from us.
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China eases, but does it stimulate?
China has cut its reserve requirement ratio for banks, which is being interpreted as a stimulus. In actual fact, the measure likely just replaces liquidity lost from reduced foreign exchange market operations, though it comes in the wake of a series of other policy stimulus measures.
Noise in the Euro area over the Greek situation continues to hum away in the background - the IMF's Lagarde says she is losing patience (economists lost patience with the political posturing some time ago). There does, however, seem to be more recognition of potential contagion risks.
The US has durable goods data, and new home sales. Both, for different reasons of course, are expected to moderate a little. Durable goods have had some moderation signalled in the sentiment measures, and new home sales have been running ahead of mortgage applications of late.
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Here’s a real life instance of The Giving Tree, one of our favorite childhood books, in action.
If artificial trees aren’t your thing and you just don’t feel right using real cut trees, then consider renting a tree this year. There are companies across the country that can help.
Typically you select your tree online and they will ship and pickup the tree size and type of your choice. When you’re done the tree lives on and is ready to celebrate Christmas again with a new family the following year.
We’re looking at Living Christmas in Torrance, CA. The prices are in line with purchasing a cut tree and one major benefit is that it won’t dry out before the season is over. We love decorating early but always have a problem of fighting against dry needles. With a live tree it should stay fragrant and moist the entire season.
Here are some other Christmas tree rental companies across the country, courtesy of Apartment Therapy.
If you decide to buy a tree to re-plant, check out this tree buying guide from Sunset that will help you with your decision based on the zone you live in.
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Contribution Analysis is an approach for assessing causal questions and inferring causality in real-life program evaluations. It offers a step-by-step approach designed to help managers, researchers, and policymakers arrive at conclusions about the contribution their program has made (or is currently making) to particular outcomes. The essential value of contribution analysis is that it offers an approach designed to reduce uncertainty about the contribution the intervention is making to the observed results through an increased understanding of why the observed results have occurred (or not!) and the roles played by the intervention and other internal and external factors.
Contribution analysis is particularly useful in situations where the programme is not experimental, i.e. not in trial projects but in situations where the programme has been funded on the basis of a relatively clearly articulated theory of change and where there is little or no scope for varying how the program is implemented. Contribution analysis helps to confirm or revise a theory of change; it is not intended to be used to surface or uncover and display a hitherto implicit or inexplicit theory of change. The report from a contribution analysis is not definitive proof, but rather provides evidence and a line of reasoning from which we can draw a plausible conclusion that, within some level of confidence, the program has made an important contribution to the documented results.
Determine the specific questions being addressed. Not all cause-effect questions are useful to pursue. Contribution analysis is less suitable for traditional causality questions such as: Has the program caused the outcome? To what extent, quantitatively, has the program caused the outcome? These often are not that useful because they treat the program as a black box and don’t get at the fact that there are usually many causes involved. Contribution analysis is more appropriate for contribution questions: Has the Program influenced the observed result? Has the program made an important contribution to the observed result? Why has the result occurred? What role did the intervention play? and for management questions: Is it reasonable to conclude that the program has made a difference? What does the preponderance of evidence say about how well the program is making a difference? What conditions are needed to make this type of program succeed?
It is useful to first use existing evidence such as from past related evaluations or research, and from prior monitoring, to test the theory of change. It sets out the intended results (outputs, intermediate and end outcomes). What evidence (information from performance measures and evaluations) is currently available about the occurrence of these various results? The links in the theory of change also need to be assessed. What evidence currently exists on the assumptions and risks behind these links? Which are strong (good evidence available, strong logic, or wide acceptance) and which are weak (little evidence available, weak logic, or little agreement among stakeholders)? What evidence exists about the identified other influencing factors and the contribution they may be making?
With this information, you will be able to assemble your contribution story that expresses why it is reasonable to assume that the actions of the program have contributed (in some fashion, which you may want to try and characterize) to the observed outcomes. Now you have to assess it. How credible is the story? Do reasonable people agree with the story? Does the pattern of results observed validate the results chain? Where are the main weaknesses in the story? There always will be weaknesses. Weaknesses in the story point to where additional data or information is needed.
Having identified where the contribution story is less credible, additional evidence is now gathered to augment the evidence in terms of what results have occurred, how reasonable the key assumptions are, and what has been the role of external influences and other contributing factors. Augmenting evidence can include the collection of additional, new data such as from surveys, field visits, administrative data, focus groups, national statistical data, etc. as well as the synthesis of evidence from other research and evaluations.
With the new evidence, you should be able to build a more substantive and so more credible story, one that a reasonable person will be more likely to agree with. It will probably not be foolproof, but the additional evidence will have made it stronger and more plausible.
There is a reasoned theory of change for the intervention: the key assumptions behind why the intervention is expected to work make sense, are plausible, may be supported by evidence and/or existing research, and are agreed upon by at least some of the key players.
The activities of the intervention were implemented as set out in the theory of change.
The theory of change—or key elements thereof— is supported by and confirmed by evidence on observed results and underlying assumptions—the chain of expected results occurred. The theory of change has not been disproved.
Other influencing factors have been assessed and either shown not to have made a significant contribution or their relative role in contributing to the desired result has been recognized.
Reducing uncertainty about the contribution the intervention is making to the observed results.
Inferring causality in real-life program evaluations.
Confirming or revising a programme’s theory of change – including its logic model.
Risks and assumptions are labelled as [O] over which the intervention has no or very little influence, or [I], where the intervention can (should) have an influence, direct or indirect, or [C] where the intervention should be able to directly control.
Addressing attribution through contribution analysis: using performance measures sensibly. This article from the Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation outlines the key steps involved with using contribution analysis as a tool to discover the contribution a program has made to particular outcomes.
Contribution Analysis: An approach to exploring cause and effect: This brief from the Institutional Learning and Change Initiative(ILAC) explores contribution analysis and how it can be used to provide credible assessments of cause and effect.
Mayne, J. (2011). Addressing Cause and Effect in Simple and Complex Settings through Contribution Analysis. In Evaluating the Complex, R. Schwartz, K. Forss, and M. Marra (Eds.), Transaction Publishers.
Mayne, J. (2011) Contribution Analysis: Addressing Cause and Effect in Evaluating the Complex, K. Forss, M. Marra and R. Schwartz (Eds.), Transaction Publishers; Piscataway, New Jersey.
See a practical example here, used in a trade union context. We have used same Excel based combination of explanation finder and evidence databases for several other situations. Mail me to get an example of such Excel tool.
Wouter is right. You just need to build a decent theory of change model of the causal relationship, which of course may be a challenge!
Making rigorous causal claims in a real-life context: Has research contributed to sustainable forest management?
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Two new wine vessels throw a few curves into the glassware category.
Air It Out: Pouring wine into a decanter rapidly exposes it to oxygen. Aeration improves the flavor of tannic young red wines, many dry whites, and vintage ports.
Cellared Wines: Decant older wines gently, taking care not to include any sediment. Pouring so the wine slides down the decanter walls will let you spot sediment in the stream of wine so you can stop pouring.
Young Reds: Glug the bottle roughly into the decanter one hour before you’re ready to drink it. Let it splash to soften the tannins.
Two distinct bends in these handblown crystal glasses created by Austrian designer Thomas Zichtl set them apart from the rest.
$70 at Kneen & Co.
The second bend in the glass denotes a full pour, and the rounded bottom helps the wine “move more harmoniously in a conical shape” as you swirl to better aerate it, says Zichtl.
Austin Bridges, the sommelier behind Enoteca Nostrana in Portland, Oregon, considers the stem a pedestal for your wine. “Think about smelling and examining a flower without a stem,” he says. The long stem also gives you more control when sipping from the glass.
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NANAIMO — In the eyes of many, Harmac Pacific pulp mill was as good as dead.
Ten years after its previous owner went bankrupt, the employee-owned operation in Duke Point is thriving and has “no plans to go anywhere,” according to mill president Levi Sampson.
He said analysts didn't think a group of employees and investors could scrape together the money to survive, never mind excel for a decade.
“They said this employee-owned model didn't stand a chance, it wouldn't work. Guys and their families were silly to invest $25,000 each, especially since they've been out of work for so long,” Sampson told NanaimoNewsNOW during a company barbecue on Thursday to celebrate the 10-year anniversary.
Sampson said the list of challenges was long and at times daunting: a global economic meltdown in 2008, securing necessary capital to upgrade the mill, and proving they could be a reliable supplier to their customers around the world.
Sampson said Harmac is benefiting from an efficiently run, upgraded facility and high staff morale. He said workers with skin in the game go the extra mile and sick days are sharply reduced from the previous regime.
He said $200 million worth of upgrades and $20 million in municipal taxes have been paid to the City since they assumed control of the mill in 2008.
He said a long-term contract with BC Hydro to convert the mill's wood waste to power an equivalent of 17,000 homes annually provides a “significant amount of money,” which helps offset the ups and downs of the pulp industry.
Wayne Hamlyn, retired Harmac mechanical project coordinator, was one of hundreds who showed up at the company barbecue.
Hamlyn didn't think Harmac had a future when previous owner Pope and Talbot went out of business.
Hamlyn, who had a 45-year forestry career before retiring in 2016, knew Harmac was profitable.
He was part of the original group of employees who invested and was one of the few involved in re-starting the mill's operations.
“That's what made it, knowing they were there. Otherwise if it was all a green crew with people from the outside I never would have done it."
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Read each of the texts below and then complete the sentence, which comes under the text, using no more than five words to show that you have understood the text.
An example has been provided for you.
0. Chee Soon Juan, leader of the Singapore Democratic party, pleaded not guilty to the charge of speaking in public without a permit, over a speech made in February. The case highlights the state restrictions on free speech.
1. The attempt by Beyoncé and Jay-Z to register their infant daughter’s name as a trade mark in the US appears to be continuing in spite of the fact that a wedding planner, who has been running a business with the same name since 2009, has been given the go ahead by the US Patent and Trademark Office to carry on using the name Blue Ivy for events.
This entry was posted in Reading and tagged czytanie, egzaminy MON, level 4, military English, mock exams, poziom 4, reading, reading comprehension, SLP 4444, SPJ 4444, SPJ4444, STANAG tests, tests, wojskowy angielski on 01/02/2013 by Paweł Jasiński.
It’s another STANAG 6001 test derived from the Central Examination Board for Foreign Languages of the Ministry of National Defense (CEBFL) in Poland. Again, it was adjusted a little to make it easier for the site visitors to practise on-line.
You are going to listen to six news items. Listen and choose the best answer A, B, C or D. You can hear the items once only. I repeat, once only. Take a break of 30 seconds before each news item to read through the questions to that item.
This entry was posted in Listening and tagged egzaminy MON, exam format, level 4, listening, listening resources, military English, mock exams, poziom 4, SLP 4444, SPJ 4444, SPJ4444, STANAG tests, wojskowy angielski on 12/08/2012 by Paweł Jasiński.
Below you will find an example of a report on one of the previously presented topics. It deals with a fictional need of language training in one of the Polish military unit. The original task for this answer is here.
This report is to propose a constructive way forward regarding how to equip a classroom with necessary teaching aids and find teachers to support language training within the unit.
Our unit has to adhere to the MoD Directive 2349-2012 and reach the assumed interoperability in terms of language skills by the end of 2013. This will require providing additional language classes for 80 soldiers next year.
This entry was posted in language skills, Writing and tagged egzaminy MON, level 4, military English, military reports, mock exams, pisanie, poziom 4, SLP 4444, SPJ 4444, STANAG tests, wojskowy angielski, writing on 12/05/2012 by Paweł Jasiński.
Your unit is going to organize its own language classroom to intensify language training of the unit and you have been tasked with writing a report on the matter. In your writing (1)propose basic equipment the classroom should contain to provide proper language training (2) propose trainers to be responsible for the whole language course (3) discuss organizational issues (4) speculate how long the course should last (5) analyze the possibility of outsourcing option (6) make recommendations on the course programme. Justify your opinions. Write between 500 and 600 words. You have 70 minutes for this task. Below are some prompts that may help you.
Why tablets are lousy learning devices and how they could be better?
Tablet ownership among college students has correspondingly skyrocketed and a Pearson Foundation survey found that it has tripled from a year ago. One-quarter of college students currently own a tablet.
Tablets sales figures from 2010 to 2012. Units in millions.
Modern Teaching Co. provides your organization with the appropriate task-tailored language training, meeting all specified requirements. Our teachers proudly work for various military units Europe-wide. Negotiable rates start from €30ph at our premises or in your unit if requested.
This entry was posted in Writing and tagged egzaminy MON, level 4, military English, military reports, mock exams, pisanie, poziom 4, SLP 4444, SPJ 4444, writing on 11/29/2012 by Paweł Jasiński.
As far as the exam requirements are concerned there is nothing surprising about the fact that your four basic linguistic skills will be tested. There is a fixed sequence of the skills tests. Reading goes as the first one, then listening follows, then writing and eventually speaking. In each part the examinee should show his/her proficiency in English, but how we are marked for our performance depends on the assessment criteria and the assessors’ evaluation. Fortunately, the assessment criteria are not a mistery any longer.
The assessment criteria introduced to Polish examination boards are very simple and clear. For each part of the exam you can receive 20 points in total. Many people are familiar with that number of points to get, however, not many know that the total number of points you are awarded consists of four components (applicable to so called productive skills only). For each skill there are different components which are subject to evaluation during the exam.
4) organisation – max. 2 points.
4) interactive ability – max. 3 points.
If you fail any of the productive components, you cannot pass the whole skill part of the exam. E.g. you can get 6 points for writing accuracy, 6 points for lexical range, but you failed in task achievement and you got two points for organisation. The total number of points is 14, theoretically it still is the pass mark, but since you didn’t achieve the overarching goal of your task, you are not given the credit for your writing. To make things worse, to pass the components you are required to fit your performance into so called ‘top band‘ or ‘pass band‘. It means that in case of grammatical range and accuracy you have to obtain at least 4 points out of 6 available in the rating scale.
good fluency, hesitations to order ideas but not in search for lexis.
because of frequent groping for words.
This entry was posted in Listening, Reading, Speaking, Uncategorized, Writing and tagged czytanie, egzaminy MON, exam strategies, level 4, poziom 4, reading, reading comprehension, SLP 4444, SPJ 4444, STANAG tests, writing on 10/17/2012 by Paweł Jasiński.
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Takers of April 2013 Chemical Engineer (Chem Eng) board exam may find here results as PRC and Board of Chemical Engineering released list of passers and performance of schools in 1 working day from the last day of exam.
PRC named 205 out of 438 new Chemical engineers.
Examination was set by the Board of ChemEng in the city of Manila particularly on Manuel Luiz Quezon University (MLQU) in Quiapo, Manila.
The 3-day examination covers physical and chemical principles, chemical engineering principles and general engineering, ethics and contracts.
Last November 2012, 426 out of 777 passed the exam with results announced in just one day. Same scenario with April 2012 exam, 199 out of 383 passed the board.
For November 2012, Franz Adrian Lo Sy of De La Salle University - Manila lead passers with 84.90% rating. On the other hand, University of the Philippines - Diliman announced as the top performing school with 91.75% rating.
For April 2012, only top 4 places were announced by the commission. John Russel de Sagun Canoza of University of the Philippines - Diliman topped the board with 83.50% grade. None of the schools qualified for the top performing school status.
Like Us on Facebook or follow-us on Twitter to receive updates related to Chem Eng board exam. We also deliver news via RSS Feeds or E-Mail.
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"Sequential activation of two Dof transcription factor gene promoters during vascular development in Arabidopsis thaliana."
Cited for: TISSUE SPECIFICITY, DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE.
"Mobile PEAR transcription factors integrate positional cues to prime cambial growth."
Miyashima S., Roszak P., Sevilem I., Toyokura K., Blob B., Heo J.-O., Mellor N., Help-Rinta-Rahko H., Otero S., Smet W., Boekschoten M., Hooiveld G., Hashimoto K., Smetana O., Siligato R., Wallner E.-S., Maehoenen A.P., Kondo Y.
, Melnyk C.W., Greb T., Nakajima K., Sozzani R., Bishopp A., De Rybel B., Helariutta Y.
Cited for: FUNCTION, DISRUPTION PHENOTYPE, TISSUE SPECIFICITY, INDUCTION BY CYTOKININ, SUBCELLULAR LOCATION.
"Enhanced Y1H assays for Arabidopsis."
Gaudinier A., Zhang L., Reece-Hoyes J.S., Taylor-Teeples M., Pu L., Liu Z., Breton G., Pruneda-Paz J.L., Kim D., Kay S.A., Walhout A.J.M., Ware D., Brady S.M.
"Transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation of transcription factor expression in Arabidopsis roots."
Lee J.-Y., Colinas J., Wang J.Y., Mace D., Ohler U., Benfey P.N.
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Established in 1989 Bergen-based Seaproof Solutions designs and manufactures advanced cable protection systems (CPS), bend stiffeners and restrictors, flexible and retrofit J-tubes and pre-terminated cable covers predominantly for the global offshore wind sector.
The company’s unique and patented fibre technology cable protection systems provide environmental protection at the foundation entrance where cables are exposed. Recognised as the market leader for CPS the company was the first to introduce diver-less removable cable protection and has successfully delivered more than 1,500 systems to offshore wind farms around the world.
Taking a proactive approach to the concept of levelized cost of energy (LCOE) Seaproof is working on the next generation of cable protection systems to ensure offshore wind remains a competitive component of the energy mix in the medium to long term.
In 2018 Seaproof Solutions was acquired by Balmoral Offshore Engineering, a UK company specialising in subsea buoyancy, elastomer and insulation products. The synergies of this acquisition effectively doubled Seaproof’s production capacity making the company stronger and more flexible allowing it to provide turnkey packages covering analysis, support engineering, product development, product certification, etc.
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This is a demo site for Corydalis. See the about page for details. All images here are out of my own photo collection.
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"timestamp": "2019-04-19T10:28:48",
"url": "https://demo.corydalis.io/",
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Are you looking for hunting land for sale in Oregon? Browse Land And Farm for land and ranches for sale in Oregon, including hunting land currently listed for sale in the Beaver State. With an average price of $1.3 million, the total value of about 64,540 acres of hunting land recently listed for sale in Oregon was $80 million. You'd be mad not to enjoy fishing in Oregon, which includes salmon and halibut feeding along the state's 363 miles of shoreline, and burly salmon and steelhead running the cool, snow-fed waters on the eastern and central parts of the state. Oregon's 11 national forests, 21 national wildlife refuges, 361 state parks and numerous other public lands mean outdoor adventure is never far from hand (or foot). Common game species to be found on hunting land for sale in Oregon include geese, mule deer, ducks, elk, grouse, turkey, whitetail deer, bear and quail. Fish species include trout, catfish, salmon and bass. Browse all Oregon hunting land for sale on Land And Farm to find the hunting acreage that suits your hunting and outdoor-recreation interests, whether you're an individual looking to invest in hunting land for future use or commercial operation looking for land on which to build your commercial hunting operation.
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"timestamp": "2019-04-19T16:16:34",
"url": "https://www.landandfarm.com/search/luxury-Hunting-Land-in-Oregon-for-sale",
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BBM Stickers selling surprisingly well | BlackBerry Blast!
BlackBerry decided to monetize BBM for iOS and Android by selling stickers to its customers. The BBM app is free, but BlackBerry is up selling customers with fancy stickers. Many questioned the move when it was announced about a week ago, but the results are in, and they're doing surprisingly well.
BBM stickers are essentially fancy emoji icons to be used in BBM. A pack of 25 stickers cost $2 and it looks like that pricing structure is working. According to Forbes, BBM Stickers has rocketed up the App Store's charts in South Africa and Asia. BBM is #3 on iPhone Social Networking app chart measured by revenue generation for South Africa and South-East Asia. Asian sticker giants LINE and WeChat are at #22 and #37. That's impressive.
Will sales hold up for BlackBerry or is this simply early curiosity? Nobody knows at this point, but it's a nice launch for BBM. BlackBerry can use all the revenue they can get!
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Thе bеѕt lосаtiоn for your Wоrm Farm ѕhоuld be a wеll shaded section оf your gаrdеn. Wоrmѕ рrеfеr a соld, mоiѕt аrеа so ореn ѕunѕhinе is a dеfinitе no.
Nоw уоu hаvе your аrеа ѕеt uр, уоur worms will something tо еаt. Worms are the totally орроѕitе tо humans, thеу will еаt mоѕt things that we throw аwау. Old vеgеtаblеѕ, fruit рееlingѕ, bread, еgg shells аnd gеnеrаl meal wаѕtе аrе grеаt fоr wоrm fооd. Thе ѕmаllеr you саn make thе fооd, thе bеttеr. Aѕ уоu know, worms аrе small сrеаturеѕ ѕо anything big will be diffiсult for thеm to digеѕt. Thеу аlѕо likе soiled рареr оr cardboard ѕuсh as torn egg саrtоnѕ. Wоrmѕ dо nоt like fiѕh or meat, сhееѕе оr buttеr, gеnеrаllу fооdѕ that аrе oily, very ѕmеllу or have ѕtrоng odours.
Yоu hаvе twо орtiоnѕ whеn it соmеѕ tо the actual worm fаrm; уоu саn buy оnе оr build оnе уоurѕеlf. There аrе 3 lеvеlѕ tо a wоrm fаrm, еасh with holes in thе bottom tо drаin mоiѕturе and аllоw gооd air flоw. Eасh level should be аbоut 30сm dеер, 60сm wide аnd 90cm lоng.
A ѕuitаblе соvеring for the top lауеr iѕ rеquirеd to kеер оut unwanted animals аnd to keep it drу. A driр tray iѕ needed аt thе vеrу bоttоm tо саtсh аll the wаtеr. A vаriеd amount оf соmроѕt mixed with wet рареr аnd lеаvеѕ gives a grеаt bed fоr the wоrm farm. Add about 1000 worms оnсе уоu аrе happy with the ѕоilеd area.
Ordinаrу wоrmѕ саnnоt be uѕеd, уоu will need tо buу thеm frоm your local gаrdеn centre. Spread them еvеnlу and аllоw them tо burrоw intо thе ѕоil. Add your kitсhеn waste in small аmоuntѕ, аlwауѕ keeping thе cover оn when finished. Dоn't оvеrсrоwd the worm farm with food, if they hаvеn't eaten thе рrеviоuѕ wаѕtе, dоn't add mоrе until it'ѕ gone.
Aftеr a few dауѕ, the worms will hаvе mаdе thеir wау intо thе tор layer lеаving thеir саѕtingѕ in thе lоwеr lауеr. Yоu саn uѕе thiѕ lауеr tо fеrtilizе уоur gаrdеn. When you rеmоvе the compost, ѕimрlу rерlасе it with frеѕh ѕоil, саrdbоаrd аnd рареrѕ аnd аllоw thе worms to mix it uр аgаin.
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"I like Options' proper attention to a problem."
"Your responsiveness to phone calls is appreciated!"
"I wish everyone cared the way Ms. Chavis (Options branch manager) does. She had a very pleasant and caring tone in her voice."
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"timestamp": "2019-04-23T12:39:14",
"url": "http://optionscorp.com/costs/how-can-i-pay/Gaithersburg-MD",
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The Petri mathematical theory was developed in the GFR in 1962; Petri diagrams are graph representations of functional processes governed by logic. The following examples are given: an automatic block section, controls for points and crossings with ancillary instruments such as decision tables, and hierarchy procedures. The article explains how these can be used in studying signalling projects.
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"timestamp": "2019-04-19T20:25:22",
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aspTuneTracker enables you to show to other people what music you are listening to at the moment in Winamp and other players.
Requires ASP/VBScript, a directory the webserver can write to, and minor knowledge of ASP/VBScript.
Create a directory on your webserver to use for storing the logfile. The webserver (IUSR_*) needs to be able to write to this directory.
Edit tunetracker.class.asp and set the trackDirectory to the directory you just created. Edit other settings to your liking.
Copy the files from the zipfile to somewhere in your webpath (for example a directory called /asptunetracker in the root of your website).
Get the Do Something plugin and install it.
Go into Winamp's preferences (control-P), look under the Plugins - General Purpose, highlight DoSomething, then hit configure (follow the next steps exactly because the DoSomething plugin has a crappy UI).
Find the "Actions" drop down, change it to "Submit A URL"
Be sure to then click the "Add ->" button to save it to DoSomething's list of things to do when playing mp3s.
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All of our curtains are made to measure with a choice of linings and headers, making each pair as individual as you are.
And supplying the curtains is only part of what we offer. We also supply high quality curtain tracks and curtain poles, with the latest electrically operated tracks being made in our own factory. Add to this a full range of accessories including cushions, throws, tiebacks, pelmets and valances and you have everything you need to finish any room all under one roof.
Pencil pleat header gathers the top of the curtains to spread the fullness of the curtain across the whole of the window.
Pinch pleat is the ultimate in decorative finishes for curtains, where individual pleats in 3’s are sewn into the top.
Don’t hang beautiful curtains on poor tracks and poles! Instead pick a pole or choose a track that is well made.
Add the interior design look with matching cushions, tiebacks, throws, pelmets and valances to compliment your curtains.
Add the interior design look with matching cushions, tiebacks, throws, pelmets and valances to compliment your curtains. All made to measure, why not add one of these to the bed or the sofa to tie your design together.
Are your curtains made to measure? I have large windows that I cannot buy ready made’s for.
Yes, all of our curtains are made to measure for both the width and the drop.
How long do curtains take?
It depends upon our workload, but generally we can deliver them in around 2 to 3 weeks. But if you are in a rush, give us a call and we will always see if we can rush them through for you.
What is ‘fullness’ with regards to curtains?
The fullness of curtains is how much extra fabric we add to the curtains to give the nice wave when the curtains are pulled up. For instance, if your track or pole was 4ft wide, we would make the curtains 8ft wide and then pull them up to 4ft to give a lovely luxurious look. Fullness can vary from style to style, with pinch pleat being slightly more full, and eyelet finish slightly less.
Do you offer a make up only service?
Yes we do. The fabric needs to be of a decent quality otherwise because the quality of the fabric often influences the quality of the finished products, but yes we are happy to make up from your own fabrics. Also we are more than happy to advise how much fabric you need for a job.
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"timestamp": "2019-04-23T16:45:39",
"url": "https://www.reynoldsblinds.co.uk/curtains",
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I like to think of my articles as philosophical treatises in rant form. 🙂 Because really, the ranting is just the tone of the argument (for damn good reason), but the points are beyond mere outrage and frustration. I believe that I challenge the root assumptions which undergird Reformation theology/neoCalvinism, as well as other Platonist schools of thought.
Epistemology is simple: it is the study of how we, that is, human beings, know what we know. It is rooted inexorably in metaphysics, which studies the nature of human existence; from a philosophical perspective, it looks at the question (and the pursuant inquiries which it naturally begs) “What is man?”. If the answer to that question is a shrug or a mystery, man cannot logically claim an efficacious epistemology; it is impossible. If man has no relevant meaning, then he cannot be certain of ANYTHING at all, even his own existence, because irrelevancy cannot by definition breed truth…what is irrelevant has no efficacious objective, and such an objective is required for truth to exist.
Epistemology is a DIRECT function of man’s metaphysic. Therefore, if man is nothing, lacking any relevant definition (as seen in the Reformed Christian hermeneutic, for example, particularly in the doctrines of Total Depravity and Original Sin), then he, by definition, must know nothing, as knowledge is a direct extension of man’s existential, essential SELF. If man cannot answer the question “What is man?”, then he by logical extension cannot answer the question “What does man know?”. This should be obvious, and I think it is for most of us. Put simply, if man isn’t man, then man cannot know anything, because there is no one to know anything in the first place.
This basic contradiction (that man is NOT, and yet is somehow aware) is a big problem for many schools of thought, not just Christianity and other religious credos.
For example, science, and especially physics, claims that the material universe is a product of laws of nature which “govern” the existence of everything, and which manifest themselves in mathematical theorems, fondly thought of by many scientists as the “language of the universe/the heavens/the cosmos/God”…this last one being a particularly egregious presumption. If God speaks in Math, then who do you think his priests are?
Notice the pattern? Those of you familiar with the tyrannical machinations of Reformed theology (Protestantism) will recognize it almost instantly. The language of the Cosmos (translated “God” by the scientific determinist, or as I call them “fake atheists”) is that which only a few very gifted people (divinely called and revealed upon proxies), usually haunting the stuffy rooms of trendy universities, are privy to. Thus, they are the ones who get to stand in “God’s” stead and command the power and nature of truth, which is reality, for everyone else.
Anyone who thinks science is somehow absolved by its”objective” and “observable” and “testable” methodologies from flawed and irrational philosophical assumptions is sorely mistaken. No one gets to claim ownership of man’s body and mind by appealing to some kind of divine revelation or external-to-man causal power, ever, no matter how many numbers they can add in their head, ivy league institutions bearing their class rosters, articles and theorems boasting their names, and no matter how many supercolliders they have helped construct. And if they attempt to do this, you can be sure that any argument they make for their epistemological claims–their claim to “know what they know is true”–is going to be rooted in a false metaphysic, which makes the claim patently false and rendering an explanation of it entirely superfluous. And further, history bears out the fact that the assumption that “God/the cosmos/the language of the heavens” reveals (as opposed to teaching) knowledge to a specific group of men for the purposes of leading the unwashed and blind masses into right thinking and behavior always leads to despotism in the end if it is allowed to run its logical course by the support and succor of a complicit government which wields the authority of force (violence).
When science claims that man’s body and mind–which are singular in their existence; there is no distinction between man’s material SELF and his consciousness…both are the IS of man–is a function of outside-man’s-existence laws of nature, it falls prey to the same contradiction in terms which spawns every other despotic world view. Making it, like them, nothing more than mysticism materializing into, as John Immel so perfectly puts it, a cult of death. If man is a direct function of a law of nature which exists outside his material SELF (his body and mind), then man has no rational claim to himself. That is, he has no definition for SELF except: that which is NOT him; that is, the laws of nature which govern (determine) his very material being.
You see, the laws of nature do not merely organize the material universe into its coherent (observable) components. If indeed they are causal in their power and their purpose then they must be directly responsible for the very existence of the material itself, which makes the material universe’s existence a direct extension of the laws which govern, with no rational distinction to be found between the two entities. Which means that the material universe IS the laws of nature, according to Argo’s Universal Truth Number One: Anything which is a direct function of an absolute is the absolute. If we say that the laws of nature merely organize the material universe into its various components, then the natural implication is that the very existence (existential being) of the material itself is not dependent upon any law of nature which governs it. This means then that the supreme ROOT of why everything forms the way it forms and does the things it does and interacts the way it interacts and causes and effects what it causes and effects is NOT the laws of nature but the very root BEING of the material, which does not exist because of a law but because, and only because, and for no other reason, than it is what it is. Period.
We cannot have our metaphysical cake and eat it too. We cannot claim a rational existence which is a direct function of some external law or laws of nature and then declare that we are not, in utter existential and material actuality, those very same laws of nature, and absolutely so. There can be no rational interaction of these two absolutes: laws which govern, and material which is. For absolutes, being infinite, cannot co-exist, by definition. If the law(s) absolutely govern, which science indeed argues it/they do/does, then it must govern the material universe’s very existence, which means that the universe has no SELF to its material essence; has no actual root IT to itself. It then literally is nothing more than the law itself, period. Full stop.
Likewise, using the same logic, if the material itself exists because it is what it is…meaning that its existence and being are a reality because IT is ITSELF, absolutely, then there is no way to logically attach a law of nature outside of it, to it, in order to claim that its existence is governed by this law. Existence of the material itself is absolute, which precludes any causal relationship with any law to govern it; there is no actual thing, object, entity, agent, or whatever else which can be the source of its existence, because its very existence is absolute in its SELF. It needs no law to govern its interactions; it merely needs an observer to make abstract conceptualizations which describe how these material objects interact in order that the observer can define these conceptualizations as TRUTH, using himself as the singular frame of reference for their practical and efficacious application (applied to promote the existence of him SELF) and thus, by logical extension, declare himSELF as the only rational standard of what is TRUE.
And so this is really what science’s “laws of nature” are; they are nothing more than part of a cognitive conceptual framework which is expressed in theoretical mathematical proofs. Man creates these proofs in order to articulate the relative movement of objects he observes; a sort of sheet music for the universe. They aren’t the universe itself, but they allow human beings to create (organize) an environment to serve an efficacious purpose (the human SELF), without having to re-invent the wheel every time we turn around. The same way a musician can take a piece of sheet music and play a song, a scientist can take a series of mathematical proofs and construct something out of his material environment. But these proofs are not what CREATE the material environment any more than sheet music is what creates the movement of air particles which strike your eardrums in a specific pattern. They are not causal. The air particles, and the substantive objects from which science creates tools or technology or buildings or guns or telescopes already existed before the music was ever written down or the mathematical proofs ever developed. Thus, material, actual objects (which includes man) are not there because of laws of nature; they are there because they ARE. Which means that the singular source and root of everything they do, and how they interact with man and other objects IS their very existence; and this is from themselves. They exist because they have the inherent ability to do so. Period. Not because of some outside, invisible “law” or “language” of the cosmos.
Now, the hypocrisy then of scientists (fake atheists) who demand that the universe is a product of abstract laws which somehow cause its actual existence can be seen in how this exact same thinking applies to Christianity.
For the same reason science has no rational answer to the question “What is man?” because it concedes that man is nothing more than an extension of the laws of nature which govern, making man a direct function of what is NOT man, Christianity has no superior alternative metaphysic. Indeed, the difference in the core philosophy between science and Christianity is purely semantic. It is literally nothing more than a few different words .
By declaring man totally depraved at the root of his existence (which is why they deny man’s volition, even though some are liars and some are ignorant and deny this) what they, the modern day “orthodox” apologists, are really doing is making a metaphysical argument, and not, as they assume, an epistemological one.
Almost every Christian denomination declares in their Statement of Faith than man is totally depraved. This is known in Calvinism/neo-Calvinism as the Doctrine of Total Depravity. They declare that man is blind to the truth of God because he refuses to believe…where “refuses” is a euphemism for “can’t”. In other words, people believe the wrong things instead of the right things. But it is not the belief in the wrong things which is the cause of their depravity (which then would not make it TOTAL), but precisely the opposite. They argue that it is man’s total depravity which causes him to believe the wrong things. You see, wrong belief is a symptom of depravity, it is not the cause of it, which is precisely why those who accept this doctrine must deny man’s free will. Wrong belief does not cause actions…wrong belief comes AFTER depravity in the causal chain of events. It is in man’s nature to believe the wrong things (nature, meaning metaphysic) and thus do the wrong things. It isn’t the belief that drives man’s choices and actions…which are then sinful. No, no, no…for that would make man at his existential, material root innocent, and his sin thus a function of what he chooses to believe and thus chooses to do as a manifestation of that belief. This is something no self-respecting Calvinist (contradiction in terms; Calvinists deny SELF) will EVER concede. It is man’s depravity–his “sin nature”–which determines absolutely his beliefs which then determine his actions. Remember, in the Augustinian/Lutheran/Calvinist construct, which is 99% of all Christianity (basically every Christian who has not yet realized that they’ve been exploited and lied to for most of their spiritual lives), there is no room for any choice at all, except as an obfuscation of the doctrine; and this for purely manipulative reasons…or out of ignorance. You believe what you believe and do what you do because you ARE totally depraved, which is the same thing as saying you ARE total depravity itself, as if total depravity is an actual, material essence, which presents itself to the world as MAN…as YOU. The simple meaning then of this entirely false doctrine is this: YOU…your very material self is absolutely defined by your depravity. Therefore, there is no essence of you, no root material YOU, flesh and blood, at any level, which is not governed by your depravity. Making your flesh and blood literally a direct extension of the concept of depravity; again, as though depravity IS an actual, tangible, material thing.
Is any of this sounding familiar? We just talked about it a few paragraphs ago.
YOU are governed by your depravity. THAT is the doctrine of Total Depravity, and why this doctrine is the salient and destructive seed of Calvinism’s utterly evil and anti-Christian theological assertion. There is no YOU in the existential equation. You ARE depravity, period. The control in which “law of depravity” wields over your material SELF (mind and body) is absolute, and infinite, and thus, there can be no distinction between you and depravity. There is NO place where depravity ends and you begin, or vice versa.
See the theme here? It is exactly the same root philosophy of the mighty physicist. You can’t be YOU because the very notion of an actual YOU which exists independently and autonomously implies that there is something which is not in fact governed by the law of depravity. And if that is true, then depravity is not absolute…is not total. If you are you, then you are not governed by depravity. You are you, and that, not depravity, is the root and causal source of you. Yourself is not of depravity but of your SELF. Which means that the SELF is what is absolute, which means that depravity does not govern because it cannot actually exist. It, like the laws of nature, is purely conceptual; a product of man’s mind. For if YOU are absolute, then there can be no causal entity or agent or force which controls you. For only one absolute cause of something can exist, and absolutes cannot be reconciled, by definition. What is infinite cannot be bounded to or caused upon (in the non-conceptual sense) by something which it is NOT.
Now, unfortunately this is a hard fact for most Christians to swallow. Even those who deny Total Depravity will not accept it because, though they might not like the idea that man cannot actually choose to sin but instead must sin, they still feel the need to believe that man is not inherently capable of being a direct function of himself…that is, his own cause (you can thank science, in part, for this). So, instead of Total Depravity they appeal to “God’s Sovereignty” as the metaphysical substitution. Man can choose, but only because God let’s him.
You see, even though you aren’t totally depraved, you are still utterly bound and restrained in your will and very being by God’s “Will”, and by this they mean that everything that happens and exists is manifest as a direct function of God’s choosing…God’s choice, never man’s.
This is nothing more than a regurgitation, with the requisite semantic differences and euphemisms, of the exact same philosophy of scientific determinism found in the declaration of laws of nature which govern, and spiritual determinism found in the despicable doctrine of Total Depravity. Perhaps it is a kinder and gentler form of the same idea, but it is no less destructive. And is only kinder and gentler in ostensible demeanor, perhaps, but not in force and not in violent outcome when the rubber meets the road.
No need to reiterate all the points; I’m sure you can make the connection by now. If all is controlled by God, then there is no component of YOU which ever gets to be YOU apart from God’s absolute control. God’s control is absolute, thus there can be no distinction between your SELF and God’s control, which means that YOU don’t really exist, but are a mere extension of God’s absolute Will; because there is NO place where God’s absolute Will ends and YOU, not controlled by God, begins. Such a place doesn’t exist, which means that all of YOU is nothing more that God’s Will, period.
Do you understand how this metaphysic–you as a direct function of NOT you–destroys epistemology? The easy logical connection is: if you are not really you then you cannot make any claim to know anything. It really is nothing more complicated than that. If man isn’t himself, because he is a direct extension of some other absolute causal force, then everything man claims to know is a lie. An illusion. There is no “How does man know what he knows?” in the absence of man defined by way of rational metaphysic. And NOT MAN-as-man is NOT a rational metaphysic.
The common and altogether despotic political fallout (politics being another key tenet of philosophy…how man interacts with other men based on his metaphysical and epistemological assumptions) is manifest usually in an oppressive collective (like the theo-marxist neo-Calvinist church), and this occurs when these aforementioned faulty and irrational metaphysical and epistemological notions give rise to the necessary assumption that: TRUTH and GOOD is not learned but is revealed (we discussed this a little previously in this article). Revealed by what? Why, the Primary Consciousness which is said to be the absolute source of everything (in Calvinism’s case, “God”), but which only a few priests, having received their “special revelation” of truth, have been “called” to represent, as Its proxy to the rest of us, of course. And when you present with the audacity to utter criticism of their authority, your disagreement is declared proof that you have not been called to have the “wisdom” and “knowledge” (the gnosis…for this IS Gnosticism) that your rulers-in-the-stead-by-way-of-divine-revelation are privy to.
And so what to do with such a rascal?
Well, what is the easiest way to deal with people who can offer no logical claim nor rational argument for the presence and efficacy of their own physical existence as legitimate, autonomous SELVES?
Why, you FORCE them, of course. And if they still refuse compliance, you murder them in service to the “absolute truth” which is, after all, outside of them, and yet utterly IS them.
And without an answer to the question, “What is man?”, who is really getting hurt anyway?
PS: As far as the roots of neo-Calvinism and Calvinism…have you checked out Paul Dohse’s blog paulspassingthoughts.com? He is all about that. He is the expert, and no article of mine could compare to the volumes Paul has written on the subject.
occurs 38 times in 37 verses in the KJV.
Please unpick this gem from a popular teacher in the charismaniac movement. Sorry there is no context, but this kind gentleman doesn’t seem to bother either.
My pleasure. That’s my next post. Already have the outline. Thanks!
Can you tell me the name of the despot who uttered that abomination?
Bill Johnson is apparently the most benign and benevolent of the super-apostles of the New Apostolic Reformation.
It seems that there would need to be a presupposition that “any and all” self will is wrong/bad/evil and “always” leads to emotional gratification which seems to have a presupposition of wrong/bad/evil attached to it as well.
So is getting a drink of water considered emotional gratification caused by self will and justified sin? (I was parched, needed a drink, got it myself, felt really good drinking it.) Who gets to decide which self willed-self gratification (which we do a lot in our lives to simply survive) is sinful? The church lord?!?
And what does “a persons awareness of God’s heart” mean? Especially if one is totally depraved to begin with.
It sure is. And even more, it’s founded upon principles which make the entire argument irrelevant. It is rooted in a categorical denial of an efficacious SELF of humanity…meaning, man as an existential actuality. You are not you, YOU ARE DEPRAVITY. As though depravity were not merely a concept (which it is, and a bad one), but a material object which has causal force and manifests itself in an image of YOU.
If man has no actual self for a frame of reference by which he is able to know anything at all, because he cannot be defined as a distinct volitional agent with his own mind, because his entire existence is utterly a function of DEPRAVITY, then he can neither be “aware of God’s heart” nor have a “self will” to “gratify”. By definition.
There exists no real person to carry these things out.
It’s chaos, completely exclusive of reality. It is likewise madness on top of evil.
yes. Everyone is trying to be like Piper now. It is weird, They try to sound “profound” and people buy into it! but it does not make sense.
Piper is the master of this sort of quote and look how popular he is. Yes, chaos. It is actually quite scary.
I can tell you who originated this abomination: The Augustinian/Calvin/Kantian Axis of Evil.
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Hi friends! And, um, happy new year? January just flew right by without me even noticing that I hadn’t shared any cards with you all month! Let’s correct that right now!
I made this card for the current challenge over at Lawn Fawnatics, where the theme is “lots of love”. I’ve been dying to use the You Are Sublime stamp set for a long time and I think it’s kinda perfect for this theme, don’t you?
I really wanted to play up the depth so I made a tall card. I trimmed a piece of Arches cold press watercolor paper to 3.5″ by 8″ and taped it down to a board with painters tape. I stamped my images using VersaFine in onyx black, starting with the diver because it anchored the scene.
I used mostly Gansai Tambi watercolors, with a few colors from the AlteNew watercolor palette, to paint the scene. I created a gradient for the water, using a deeper blue with a more saturated brush for the lower portion and gradually diluting with water as I went up. I dropped in some other shades of blue and aqua for interest. Then I painted in the smaller details of the scene once the ocean was dry. I went back over the deeper bits, as the blue dried back a bit lighter.
Once the paint was dry, I stamped my sentiment with Versamark and heat embossed it with Brutus Monroe powder in Alabaster. I removed the tape and trimmed the watercolor panel slightly to remove the white edges. Then I trimmed a piece of white card stock to just slightly taller and wider (when folded) than the panel. I scored it in half lengthwise and used craft foam to mount the panel onto the card base.
Now to find an envelope for this beast!
This is so so gorgeous! What an amazing scene!
A tall card for your tall Valentine! This turned out so cute, Wendie! Lots of depth and detail to boot! Super cute. I loved seeing your card last weekend and crafting with you.
I am a craft and art enthusiast. My first love is knitting, but a blog about languishing WIPs is hardly interesting. I started making cards about a year ago (and about ten years after I gave up on scrapbooking). Being creative is my outlet and my zen. Monkey and Oliver are my cats and craft buddies.
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Although he has received medical clearance to return to the court, San Antonio Spurs star Kawhi Leonard is instead opting to continue his recovery from the right quadriceps tendinopathy that has cost him most of the 2017-18 NBA season.
Wojnarowski’s report came the same day Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich cast doubt on Leonard returning at any point this year. Popovich said he’d “be surprised” if Leonard plays again between now and the end of the season, citing how little time is left in the regular season for the two-time All-Star to get ready for the playoffs.
Leonard didn’t make his 2017-18 debut until the team’s 95-89 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Dec. 12. He played in nine games before the Spurs announced he’d be out indefinitely to continue his recovery from the quad injury.
In January, Wojnarowski and ESPN.com’s Michael C. Wright reported the Spurs’ handling of Leonard’s injury had been a source of consternation and “had a chilling impact” on the relationship between the team and Leonard.
This post is brought to you by Joesph Zucker of Bleacher Report. You can find the original article HERE.
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FROM I85, TAKE PLEASANT HILL ROAD EAST 2 MILES. TURN LEFT ONTO CRUSE ROAD AND FOLLOW 1/4 MILE. HORIZON IS ON THE LEFT DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM SWEETWATER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
1109 Bar Harbor Pl has 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms located in Lawrenceville GA, Gwinnett County. This property is listed for sale at $430,987 and is currently active and accepting offers.
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Cord Douglas of Goldstein Douglas Entertainment is pleased to announce that they have acquired the rights to distribute the popular Canadian Television Series “The Travel Guys”. Goldstein Douglas Entertainment will be representing the series at MIPCOM in Cannes this October, 2012.
“The Travel Guys” TV show is more than a travel information program; it is funny and personality driven. Jim Gordon and Darren Parkman helm the series and travel the world providing viewers with insight on both popular and undiscovered destinations; including tips on how to get there, where to stay, and what to see, all with a healthy dose of humor. Now in their 9th season, the show airs weekly in over 15 million households in Canada. They are very excited about their opportunity to work with Goldstein Douglas Entertainment and bring their show to an even wider audience. The Travel Guys have filmed over 100 destinations in 50 different countries including Australia, Canada, Malaysia, Caribbean, China, England, France, Hawaii, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Japan, Mexico, Spain, Thailand, U.S.A. and the annual Film Festival in Palm Springs, California.
They have interviewed the biggest stars in the world – including Clint Eastwood, Leonardo DiCaprio, Helen Mirren, and Brad Pitt – and have experienced strange adventures, like: betting on coconut-plucking monkeys in Northern Malaysia; tumbling down a steep hill inside a giant ball, all for a sport New Zealanders call “zorbing”; petting a panda bear in Xian, China; drinking Guinness while singing songs with locals in a 500 year old Dublin pub, Ireland’s oldest; seeing the stunning sites 50 feet below the water’s surface while skidubing in Borneo; climbing above the clouds; snorkeling along the Great Barrier Reef in Australia; dressing as samurai warriors in Osaka, Japan; and enjoying a true Bellini at its’ birthplace, Harry’s Bar, Venice, Italy. All in a days work!
JIM GORDON is Co-Host, Co-Writer and Co-Producer of The Travel Guys. Jim gained valuable experience in the movie industry while traveling to exotic locations for CBS TV and working on numerous TV series’ in Canada and USA. When he’s not on the road with The Travel Guys, Jim can be seen reviewing movies nationally every week on CTV News Channel. Jim writes for BC Lifestyles and Wineries Refined Magazine.
DARREN PARKMAN is Co-Host, Co-Writer and Co-Producer of The Travel Guys. With 20 years of media experience in radio, television and print Darren brings to the show travel experience gained as a Co-Host of a prime-time radio show aired from locations around the world. When Darren is not on the road with The Travel Guys he writes an entertainment column and travels the world writing a weekly travel column for Metro across Canada.
Established in July 2011, Goldstein Douglas Entertainment was created by entertainment industry innovators Bobby Goldstein and Cord Douglas.
Goldstein is the producer/creator of the long-running popular realty series “Cheaters”. In 1995, Goldstein created the concept of “Cheaters”—a vision for a new type of show that came long before the popularity of reality programming. After establishing his own television production company Bobby Goldstein Productions, Inc., Goldstein filmed the pilot for “Cheaters” and in fall of 1999, with the assistance of Cord Douglas as his distributor, moved forward with the sales of “Cheaters” worldwide. “Cheaters” airs in over 100 countries world-wide and will be reaching its 300th one-hour episode next season.
Cord Douglas has been in the programming distribution business for nearly 20 years. He has worked with programming in a multitude of genres. Cord has negotiated commissions and pre-sales for action-hour series, non-fiction series and tele-features with companies such as Disney/ABC, NBC Universal Cable Networks, Showtime, Spike TV, Discovery Networks, Court TV, and Fox Cable Networks. Cord is well respected in the business and has established connections with television networks throughout the world.
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Differential Air Lockers: Grand Vitara Front locker.
Grand Vitara Front air locker.
This locker is delivered “as is” (empty) without the differential gears. Factory-fitted gears are not suitable for this locker so one set of the gears from the models below must be used. As an additional service we can supply them to you at a preferential price.
Suitable gears: Vitara rear, SJ-413 rear, Samurai rear, Jimny rear.
It is necessary to purchase the fitting air compressor in order to be able to operate this product.
One air compressor is suitable for the use in two lockers.
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Carbonic anhydrase (CA) enzymes catalyze the interconversion of CO2 and bicarbonate. These enzymes play important roles in cellular metabolism, CO2 transport, ion transport, and internal pH regulation. Understanding the metabolic role of CAs in the chemolithoautotropic bacterium Ralstonia eutropha is important for the development of high performance fermentation processes based on the bacterium’s capability to fix carbon using the Calvin-Benson-Bassham (CBB) cycle. Analysis of the R. eutropha H16 genome sequence revealed the presence of four CA genes: can, can2, caa and cag. We evaluated the importance of each of the CAs in the metabolism of R. eutropha by examination of growth and enzyme activity in gene deletion, complementation, and overexpression strains. All four purified CAs were capable of performing the interconversion of CO2 and HCO3–, although the equilibrium towards the formation of CO2 or HCO3– differs with each CA. Deletion of can, encoding a β-CA, affected the growth of R. eutropha; however the growth defect could be compensated by adding CO2 to the culture. Deletion of the caa, encoding an α-CA, had the strongest deleterious influence on cell growth. Strains with deletion or overexpression of can2 or cag genes exhibited similar behavior to wild type under most of the conditions tested. In this work, Caa was studied in greater detail using microscopy and complementation experiments, which helped confirm its periplasmic localization and determine its importance for robust growth of R. eutropha. A hypothesis for the coordinated role of these four enzymes in the metabolism of R. eutropha is proposed.
Carbon dioxide, bicarbonate, carbonic acid, and carbonate are key metabolites in all living systems, and the equilibrium of these different forms in living cells is important for proper physiological functioning. Carbonic anhydrase (CA) (EC 4.2.1.1) catalyzes the interconversion between carbon dioxide and bicarbonate (CO2 + H2O ↔ HCO3– + H+). The CA-catalyzed metabolic hydration/dehydration of CO2 and HCO3– supports physiological functions in the cell, even though the uncatalyzed (enzyme-free) reaction proceeds at significant rates .
There are five main classes of CA enzyme found in nature (α, β, γ, δ and ζ). There are no significant sequence similarities observed between representatives of the different classes, implying that CA enzymes evolved convergently in diverse biological systems [2, 3]. The α-CA enzymes are the most studied to date and are found in many different genera. They are monomeric, zinc-containing enzymes with multiple isozymes, which have different expression patterns and localizations [3–6]. In α-CA enzymes, Zn2+ is coordinated by three amino acids (usually histidines) and a water molecule. The role of Zn2+ is to facilitate the deprotonation of water for the formation of a nucleophilic hydroxide ion. This hydroxide ion can then initiate a nucleophilic attack on the carbonyl group of CO2 and convert it into bicarbonate. Specifically, the +2 charge of the zinc ion associates with the oxygen atom of water, supplying positive charge to the hydroxide ion, which is then able to attack the CO2. All CA classes present differences in their secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures. Enzymes of the α class are monomeric, β-CA enzymes are usually oligomeric and contain 2 to 6 monomers, and γ-CA enzymes associate as homotrimers. Also, the active site ligands are potentially different among the CA classes, although β-CA and γ-CA enzymes are believed to function in a manner similar to α-CAs, in which both use the same zinc hydroxide mechanism .
Ralstonia eutropha (also Cupriavidus necator) is a Gram-negative facultative chemoautotrophic betaproteobacterium. It is well known for its ability to produce polyhydroxyalkanoate under high carbon but limited nitrogen or phosphorus conditions [8, 9]. The capacity of R. eutropha to grow autotrophically using CO2 as the sole carbon source has been recently explored and studied for the production of alternative biofuels [10, 11]. Assimilation of CO2 during autotrophic growth of R. eutropha proceeds by the Calvin-Benson-Bassham (CBB) cycle and requires large amounts of energy to fuel the synthesis of cellular building blocks. Organisms must have a reliable and efficient system of controlling intracellular pH and CO2 concentrations in order to carry out carbon fixation . Cyanobacteria evolved carboxysomes as an efficient mechanism to increase CO2 concentration and consequently its fixation efficiency [14, 15], but R. eutropha lacks this system although it contains its two main enzymes, CA and RuBisCO . Besides the key CBB cycle enzyme, RuBisCO, CA is of great importance for fine-tuning the concentration of CO2 in autotrophic metabolism.
Four putative CA genes were identified in the genome sequence of R. eutropha strain H16. Two CA genes are located on chromosome 1, and the others are on chromosome 2. The can (locus tag H16_A0169) and can2 (locus tag H16_B2270) genes encode β-CA enzymes, the caa (locus tag H16_B2403) gene encodes a putative periplasmic α-CA, and the gene with locus tag H16_A1192 (hereafter known as cag) encodes a γ-like-CA/acetyltransferase . The presence of CA genes of multiple classes in R. eutropha suggests that the gene products play major roles in CO2 transport and metabolism. Additionally, the diversity of CA gene products expressed in R. eutropha implies that the functions of these different enzymes could all be unique. Dobrinski et al. examined four CA enzymes (α, β, γ and CsoSCA) from the deep sea proteobacterium Thiomicrospira crunogena and suggested different roles for each of the enzymes in relation to carbon fixation capabilities and survival mechanisms of the microorganism. Currently, the exact roles of all four R. eutropha CA enzymes are still largely unknown and the only one studied in depth to date is Can, which was identified as being essential for growth under atmospheric concentrations of CO2.
In the present study, we examined the activities of all four CA enzymes from R. eutropha, following heterologous expression and purification from Escherichia coli. We also assessed the effects of single and combinatorial CA gene deletions on cell physiology and fitness. The importance of Caa localization in the cell was further examined by overexpressing the enzyme with and without a periplasmic localization signal peptide in a Δcaa strain. Periplasmic localization was confirmed by detection of a fusion protein of Red Fluorescent Protein (RFP) and Caa using fluorescent microscopy.
Chemicals were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich unless indicated otherwise. Experiments were performed with strains and plasmids listed in Table 1.
R. eutropha strains were propagated in tryptic soy broth (TSB) (Becton Dickinson, Sparks, MD) or minimal medium with fructose at a final concentration of 1% or 2% (w vol-1), or pyruvate, lactate, succinate, or formate, each at a final concentration of 0.2% (w vol-1) or (vol vol-1). All cultures were inoculated to an initial OD600nm of 0.05. E. coli strains were grown in LB medium at 37°C. For growth experiments in a CO2-rich environment, cultures were performed inside a CO2 incubator (Napco 6100 - Thermo Electron Corporation, Winchester, VA USA) with an atmosphere of 10% CO2 at 30°C, under 200 rpm agitation. Appropriate antibiotics were added to the growth media at the following concentrations: gentamicin, 10 μg mL-1; kanamycin, 200 μg mL-1 (for R. eutropha); kanamycin, 50 μg mL-1 (for E. coli); ampicillin, 100 μg mL-1; chloramphenicol, 34 μg mL-1.
Autotrophic cultures were prepared using minimal media without carbon source. For these cultures, a 250-mL Erlenmeyer flask containing 30 mL of culture is placed into a 15000 Vacu-Quik Jar System (Almore International, Inc., Portland, OR, USA). Agitation inside the flask was assured by a stir bar. Vacuum and nitrogen were applied alternatively and repeatedly three times to flush the chamber and remove all air. An approximate molar ratio of 8:1:1 (H2: O2: CO2) gas mixture was then supplied to the jar. Any additional space in the jar was filled with 100% nitrogen.
Standard protocols were employed for DNA manipulation . PCR amplification of DNA was performed using Phusion DNA Polymerase (New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA, USA). Restriction enzymes and T4 DNA ligase used in this study were from New England Biolabs (Ipswich, MA, USA). The QIAquick Gel Extraction Kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA) was used for all gel purifications of DNA products and plasmid extractions were carried out using QIAprep Spin Miniprep Kit.
For the construction of overexpression and complementation plasmids, each of the four CA genes was cloned into pBBR1MCS-2 between restriction sites KpnI and HindIII (can, can2 and caa) or SalI and HindIII (cag) to create the plasmids pCan, pCan2, pCaa and pCag respectively (Table 1). Each plasmid was transformed by electroporation into E. coli S17-1, which was then used as a donor strain for the conjugative transfer of plasmid into R. eutropha by a standard mating procedure . For control experiments, R. eutropha was also transformed with the empty vector pBBR1MCS-2.
For the construction of plasmids for heterologous overexpression of CA in E. coli, followed by protein purification, CA genes were amplified and cloned as described above using the restriction sites with NdeI and XhoI (can, can2 and caa) or NdeI and BamHI (cag) on both plasmids pET14b (N-terminal His-tag) and pET51b (C-terminal Strep2-tag) (Table 1). Each plasmid was then transformed into E. coli BL21 (DE3) harboring pRARE (Table 1).
For the assessment of the role of the predicted Caa signaling peptide and the effect of the correct localization of the enzyme on R. eutropha physiology, the entire annotated gene (caa -H16_B2403), with (caa) and without (caaB) the nucleotide sequence encoding the 23-aa N-terminal predicted signal-peptide were amplified and separately cloned into expression vectors (Table 1). The 23-aa N-terminal periplasmic signal peptide of Caa was predicted using SignalP 4.0 software .
RFP fusion plasmids were prepared by amplifying and inserting the rfp gene from the plasmid JBp000066 (kindly provided by J. Mueller and S. Singer – JBEI, Emeryville, CA, USA) at the 3′ end of the caa gene, with DNA sequence encoding a 6-glycine linker between the genes, into pBBR1MCS-2 using the Gibson assembly method to produce pCaa_RFP. The rfp gene alone was expressed separately as a control (pRFP). Plasmids were introduced separately, as described above, into R. eutropha strain Re2061 (Table 1), which does not produce intracellular polyhydroxyalkanoate.
Plasmids for markerless deletion of CA genes were constructed according to Lu et al. . Once the deletion strains Re2427 (H16 ∆can), Re2428 (H16 ∆caa), Re2430 (H16 ∆cag), and Re 2437(H16 ∆can2) were constructed, overexpression plasmids containing can, can2, caa or cag genes were introduced in trans to create Re2427/pCan, Re2428/pCaa, Re2430/pCag, Re2437/pCan2 and Re2428/pCaaB for complementation studies. A strain with quadruple CA gene deletions, Re2436 (H16∆can∆can2∆caa∆cag), was also constructed, and each CA enzyme, expressed in trans, was complemented back into the strain to create Re2436/pCan, Re2436/pCaa, Re2436/pCag and Re2436/pCan2. All oligonucleotide primers used for plasmid and strain constructions are listed in the Additional file 1: Table S1.
R. eutropha CA genes were expressed in E. coli BL21(DE3)/pRARE using plasmids listed in Table 1. Cells were induced with IPTG (Isopropyl β-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside, 0.6 mM final concentration) at a culture OD600 of 0.4-0.6. Cells were harvested 8 h post-induction by centrifugation and stored at -80°C prior to CA purification and activity assay. Purification of Strep2-tagged proteins was performed using a gravity flow Strep-Tactin® Superflow® high capacity column (IBA, Göttingen, Germany) following the manufacturer’s instructions. His-tagged proteins were purified using a 5-mL HisTrap® FF column (Amersham Bioscience, Uppsala, Sweden) operated by a low pressure liquid chromatography system (BioRad, Hercules, California, USA). Fractions containing purified CA were detected on a 12% SDS-PAGE gel , concentrated using Amicon Ultra-15 Centrifugal Filter Units (EMD Millipore Corporation, Billerica, MA, USA), and dialyzed overnight using a Slide-A-Lyzer Dialysis Cassette (Thermo Scientific, Asheville, NC, USA) in Tris–HCl (100 mM pH 7) at 4°C.
The CA activity assays were based on methods from Sundaram et al. and Fasseas et al. with some modifications. CA activity was measured by comparing the rapid change of pH in the presence of CA to the slower pH change in the absence of CA. The assays were performed using a stopped-flow device (Applied Photophysics Ltd, Leatherhead, United Kingdom) connected to a spectrophotometer (Agilent 8453 UV-Visible Kinetic Mode). Purified CA enzymes were diluted in assay buffer (50 mM Na2SO4, 50 mM HEPES, 50 mM MgSO4, 0.004% (w v-1) Phenol red, pH 8 for assays using CO2 as a substrate or pH 6 for assays using KHCO3 as a substrate. All reagents were kept on ice while the spectrophotometer and stopped-flow apparatus were kept at 1°C ± 1°C using a recirculating water bath. The substrates used for the activity assays were KHCO3 (50 mM) and saturated CO2 (dry ice in assay buffer for 30 min). The final volume of the assay reaction was 400 μL and the absorbance A557nm was measured for 60 sec. Control assays were carried out in the absence of enzymes.
Enzyme Units (EU) were calculated as illustrated below by comparing the time of pH change in the presence of enzyme to reaction without enzyme . Each additional EU speeds the catalytic activity of the enzyme by two fold. The assay was validated using commercially available purified CA from bovine erythrocytes (Sigma-Aldrich C9207). Protein concentration (purified or cell extract) was determined by standard Bradford assay .
Slides of Re2061/pCaa_RFP or Re2061/pRFP were prepared using 10 μL of overnight TSB cultures placed onto Poly-L-Lysine-coated slides. Cells were observed under 100× magnification using a Nikon Labophot-2 microscope with phase-contrast and fluorescence attachments. Images were acquired with a SPOT cooled color digital camera (Diagnostic Instruments, Inc.) and prepared using Adobe Photoshop version 5.0.
Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) content was determined as described previously [29, 30].
All four carbonic anhydrase enzymes were heterologously overexpressed in recombinant E. coli, purified, and examined in this work. Each CA was able to catalyze the interconversion reaction between CO2 and bicarbonate. Additionally, each CA exhibited different specific activity and substrate preference towards CO2 and bicarbonate. Caa presented a higher activity using CO2 as the substrate, compared to the activity of Can, Can2 or Cag, which all preferred bicarbonate (Figure 1). The specific activity of Caa towards CO2 as a substrate (422.2 ± 97.1 EU mg-1) was higher than the activity measured for the other CAs (Can 59.5 ± 15.3 EU mg-1; Can2 157.9 ± 4 EU mg-1 and Cag 138.2 ± 61.3 EU mg-1). On the other hand, the specific activities of both Can and Can2 were similar with bicarbonate as a substrate (277.9 ± 12.6 EU mg-1 and 309.4 ± 103.1 EU mg-1 respectively). Cag presented the highest activity using bicarbonate as a carbon source (488.5 ±122.1 EU mg-1). All CAs were active towards CO2 and bicarbonate, however only Caa had a distinct preference for CO2 as a substrate while the other three CAs all preferred bicarbonate. The tests for validation of the assay were done using a commercial CA and the values obtained were 130.7 ± 20.1 EU mg-1 using bicarbonate as a substrate and 168.8 ± 5.9 EU mg-1 using CO2 as a substrate. Comparative CO2 hydration values reported for CAs of different microorganisms can be found on Additional file 1: Table S2.
Specific activity of purified Carbonic Anhydrases. Specific activity of purified, His-tagged carbonic anhydrase enzymes. Substrates used for this assay were bicarbonate (50 mM, dark bars) and CO2 (saturated solution, grey bars). CA activity was measured by comparing the rapid change of pH in the presence of CA to the slower pH change in the absence of CA. The pH change was monitored using phenol red and the absorbance A557nm was measured for 60 sec. Average values from three experiments were plotted with error bars representing the standard deviation.
Growth, CA activity and PHB production of overexpression strains. A) Growth of CA overexpression strains H16/pCan, H16/pCan2, H16/pCaa and H16/pCag, compared to the control strain (H16/pBBR1MCS-2) with 2% (w vol-1) fructose as the main carbon source. B) Carbonic anhydrase activity of overexpression strains after 24 h of growth in minimal medium with 2% (w vol-1) fructose. H16/pBBR1MCS-2 was used as a control. The Tukey’s test was used as statistic test to compare all the strains (*) represents significant difference in activity using CO2 as a substrate. (**) represents significant difference in activity using bicarbonate, P < 0.01. C) Growth of R. eutropha strains H16/pCan, H16/pCan2, H16/pCaa and H16/pCag and control strain H16/pBBR1MCS-2 under autotrophic conditions. (*) represents significant difference in final OD600nm P < 0.01. (**) represents significant difference in final OD600nm, P < 0.05. D) PHB production in 48 h by the overexpression and control strains and under autotrophic conditions. (*) represents significant difference in PHB production per cell dry weight (CDW) (w w-1), P < 0.01. Values represented were averages from three replicates with standard deviation represented by error bars.
CA activity of cell extracts of R. eutropha strains grown on fructose was determined. As shown in Figure 2B, the CA-overexpression strains exhibited higher activity than the control using both substrates. Notably high CA activity was observed in H16/pCaa using CO2 as a substrate. Using bicarbonate as a substrate, all the strains presented significantly higher activity than the control (P < 0.01). However, each CA overexpression strain exhibited no significant difference in activity using bicarbonate as the substrate. These results indicate the preference of Caa for CO2 as a substrate, which is in accordance with activity results using purified Caa (Figure 1). The PHB content of the CA overexpression and control strains was also assessed, and it was observed that all strains grown using fructose as the main carbon source produced similar intracellular amounts of PHB (data not shown).
Under autotrophic conditions, significant differences in growth were observed between the different strains. Growth of H16/pCaa was significantly lower than all the other strains (P < 0.01). H16/pCag grew to a greater extent compared to the others (P < 0.05), while H16/pCan and H16pCan2 presented no significant growth difference compared to H16/pBBR1MCS-2 (Figure 2C). These strains were tested for PHB production after 48 h of autotrophic growth (Figure 2D). H16/pCaa produced the lowest amount of PHB per CDW, compared to the other CA overexpression and control strains.
The deletion strains (Re2427, Re2428, Re2430 and Re2437) were cultivated in minimal medium supplemented with various carbon sources (fructose, formate, pyruvate, succinate, or lactate) in the presence of air or air supplemented with 10% CO2. Strain Re2428 (H16∆caa) was unable to grow under all conditions tested, except in fructose with excess CO2, where it grew slightly to a final OD600nm of 0.2 (Figure 3F). Growth of strain Re2427 (H16∆can) was completely recovered with the addition of CO2 to the fructose culture (Figure 3F), although this strain grew poorly under other nutrient-supplemented conditions (Figure 3A-E). Strain Re2437 (H16∆can2) grew no differently than the wild type, except in the presence of fructose supplemented with CO2, in which the growth output dropped by nearly 60%. Re2437 cells presented different morphology under light microscopy without CO2 supplement. These cells were longer than the wild type cells under such condition, (Additional file 1: Figure S2) which can be a sign of stress that was not detected during absorbance measurements and could be caused by a pH imbalance during growth. Additional file 1: Figure S2 shows light microscopy images of the deletion strains. In the presence of increased CO2 concentrations, increasing stress could be detected by an observed decrease in absorbance (Figure 3F). This suggests the importance of Can2 in maintaining the cellular pH, because the addition of CO2 to the media decreases the pH in the media, affecting consequently the cytoplasmic pH. To test this, strain Re2437 was cultivated in media under different pH values (5.5, 7.0 and 8.5). The growth of Re2437 was less affected by this pH change as compared to wild type. Growth of R. eutropha H16 and Re2427 with different initial pH values can be seen in Additional file 1: Figure S3. The growth of Re2430 (H16∆cag) was similar to wild type under all conditions tested.
Growth of deletion strains in different carbon sources. A) Growth of R. eutropha H16 (wild type - ●) and CA deletion strains Re2427 (H16∆can - ○), Re2428 (H16∆caa -▼), Re2430 (H16∆cag - ∆) and Re2437 (H16∆can2 - ■) on different carbon sources: 0.2% (vol vol-1) formate (A), 0.2% (w vol-1) pyruvate (B), 0.2% (vol vol-1) lactate (C) and 0.2% (w vol-1) succinate (D), 1% (w vol-1) fructose (E), and 1% (w vol-1) fructose supplemented with 10% CO2(F). Values represented averages from three replicates with standard deviation as error bars.
The quadruple mutant, Re2436 (H16 ∆can ∆can2 ∆caa ∆cag), had each of the four CA-encoding genes inserted in trans to create Re2436/pCan, Re2436/pCaa, Re2436/pCag, and Re2436/pCan2 (see Materials and methods), in order to demonstrate the isolated effect of each CA on R. eutropha metabolism.
As expected, none of the strains completely recovered the phenotype when growing on minimal media with fructose as a carbon source in air or CO2-enriched environment (data not shown). In ambient air condition, no significant difference was observed with growth of all four strains compared to wild type (data not shown). On the other hand, with the addition of 10% CO2, Re2436/pCan exhibited a higher growth rate when compared to Re2436 and the other strains (Figure 4).
Growth of the quadruple deletion mutant on TSB + 10% CO 2 . Cultures of R. eutropha H16 (□), R. eutropha CA quadruple deletion mutant Re2436 (H16 ∆can ∆can2 ∆caa ∆cag - ●) and the complemented strains, Re2436/pCan (○), Re2436/pCan2 (▼), Re2436/Caa (∆) and Re2436/pCag (■) in TSB media in the presence of 10% CO2. Values represent average from three replicates with standard deviation as error bars.
The CA single deletion strains were transformed with the respective plasmid to compliment the CA deletion to obtain Re2427/pCan, Re2428/pCaa, Re2430/pCag and Re2437/pCan2. When tested on minimal media with fructose 2% (w vol-1) the strains Re2427/pCan, Re2430/pCag and Re2437/pCan2 exhibited growth comparable to wild type. Growth of complemented deletion strains can be seen in Additional file 1: Figure S1. The only exception was Re2428/pCaa, which was unable to grow to an extent comparable with the wild type under any condition tested and was therefore the subject of closer examination in this study.
Examination of the α-periplasmic enzyme, Caa, yielded very interesting results during this study. Besides being the only α-carbonic anhydrase identified in the genome sequence of R. eutropha strain H16, it is described as a “putative periplasmic enzyme.” In this study, the purified Caa is the only R. eutropha CA capable of performing the interconversion of CO2 and HCO3– with equilibrium lying towards the formation of HCO3– (Figure 1). The results of Caa overexpression in R. eutropha H16 grown in autotrophic culture indicated that the overexpression of Caa in the wild type strain had a negative influence on growth (Figure 2C) and PHB production (Figure 2D). Moreover, in any medium tested, the caa deletion strain, Re2428, was unable to recover growth to wild type levels (Figure 3).
In order to study the importance of Caa cellular localization on the phenotype recovery of Re2428, caa was cloned both as annotated and without the N-terminal signaling peptide, which hypothetically would prevent it from being targeted to the periplasm of R. eutropha. Purified, Strep2-tagged Caa enzyme without the signaling peptide (CaaB) exhibited similar activity values when compared to the purified, Strep-tagged Caa enzyme containing the signaling peptide. Purified Can was used as a control for CA activity assay (Figure 5A).
Specific activity of Caa. Growth of complementation strain in TSB and minimal media with fructose. A) Specific activity of purified Strep2-tagged CA enzymes. Substrates used for this assay were bicarbonate (50 mM, dark bars) and CO2 (saturated solution, grey bars). CA activity was measured by comparing the rapid change of pH in the presence of CA to the slower pH change in the absence of CA. The pH change was monitored using phenol red and the absorbance A557nm was measured for 60 sec. Average values from three experiments were plotted with error bars representing the standard deviation. B) Cultures of R. eutropha wild type (H16 - ●), Re2428 (○), Re2428/pCaa (▼), and Re2428pCaaB (∆) in TSB media. C) Growth in minimal media with 2% fructose (w vol-1). Values represent average from three replicates with standard deviation as error bars.
The caa and caaB genes were reintroduced in trans into Re2428 using plasmids pCaa and pCaaB (Table 1), in an attempt to recover R. eutropha growth in air and to determine the effect of Caa localization on cell growth. R. eutropha wild type, Re2428, and complemented strains (Re2428/pCaa and Re2428/pCaaB) were cultivated in TSB and minimal media. The results presented in Figure 5B and C show that Re2428/pCaa and Re2428/CaaB grew poorly under the conditions tested when compared to the wild type strain. In TSB media, after 72 h of culture, the presence of Caa or CaaB in Re2428 resulted in OD600nm of 2.96 ± 0.039 and 1.18 ± 0.009 respectively, both of which were much lower than growth of the wild type (OD600nm = 4.95 ± 0.35). In complementation strains, the localization of Caa in the cell during growth on TSB media did not present a significant difference (Figure 5B). In minimal media, however, a partial recovery of growth was observed only for Re2428/Caa (Figure 5C). These results indicate that overexpression of caa in Re2428 was incapable of recovering growth to wild type rates in either rich or minimal medium, even though CA activity was detected in cell extracts of Re2428/pCaa and Re2424/pCaaB (data not shown). The periplasmic localization of Caa, under the conditions tested, was only observed to affect growth of the cells to a significant extent when cultivated in minimal media.
In order to provide evidence for the periplasmic localization of Caa in R. eutropha, RFP was fused to the C-terminus of Caa to allow visualization of the localization in the cell.
RFP-tagged Caa and RFP alone (control) were expressed separately in the R. eutropha strain Re2061, which is unable to produce intracellular polyhydroxyalkanoate that may disturb the imaging. As shown in the fluorescent microscopy images presented in Additional file 1: Figure S4A, the fluorescence was concentrated near the outer perimeter of the cells with RFP-tagged Caa, as opposed to the RFP-only control, where fluorescence was diffused throughout the cytosol (Additional file 1: Figure S4B). This suggests that Caa enzymes are located near the outer perimeter of the cell, likely the periplasm.
In this study, we evaluated four putative CA genes found in R. eutropha genome. The can and can2 genes encode β-CA enzymes, the caa gene encodes a putative periplasmic α-CA, and the cag gene encodes a γ-like-CA/acetyltransferase. We demonstrated the ability of all four CA enzymes to catalyze the interconversion of CO2 and bicarbonate, as purified enzymes and also when overexpressed in R. eutropha. We elucidated some of the complexities of CO2 metabolism in R. eutropha and the evolutionary importance for the bacteria to retain four separate CA genes, which apparently present similar activities in the cell, but which have unique roles within the machinery for controlling its CO2 metabolism. In short, the presence of one enzyme does not exclude the importance of the others.
Previous microarray data produced in our laboratory demonstrated different expression behavior of the four CA genes when R. eutropha was growing on fructose or trioleate in the presence of high or low concentrations of nitrogen . The can gene exhibited an expression decrease of 1.7 fold (p = 0.0048) when cells entered into nitrogen depletion, i.e. the PHB production stage. On the other hand, cag exhibited an increase in expression of 3.5 fold (p = 0.011) during the same growth condition. When changing the carbon sources from triolate to fructose, caa exhibited an expression decrease of 3.0 fold (p = 0.001). All of these previous observations support the idea that the four enzymes are not responsible for the same reactions in the cell, although Kusian et al. proposed that, out of the four CA enzymes described in R. eutropha, only can plays an important role on CO2 metabolism. Supporting our findings of independent roles of CAs in R. eutropha, [32–34] also reported and discussed the separate roles of different CAs expressed in the same organism. Dobrinski et al. described four different CAs expressed at different levels depending on the physiological state of the microorganism in T. crunogena Among other results, the observed differences in expression levels indicate a specific role of each CA enzyme in carbon fixation, pH homeostasis or other physiological activities not yet elucidated.
Overexpression of the CA enzymes separately in the wild type strain resulted in no observable difference in growth (Figure 2A) or PHB production (data not shown), but higher CA activities were detected in the cell extracts when compared to the wild type harboring the empty vector (Figure 2B). Examination of the purified CA enzymes (Figure 1), and CA overexpression strains (Figure 2), showed that Caa exhibited greater activity using CO2 as a carbon source. Under autotrophic growth conditions, when CO2 is used as the sole carbon source, the growth and PHB accumulation of the CA overexpression strains presented significant differences when compared to each other and to the wild type strain (Figure 2C and D). One reason for the low growth and PHB production of the overexpression strains could be due to the altered regulation of gene expression.
The phenotype recovery effect of the overexpression of Caa in Re2428 (H16Δcaa) is more distinct when cells are grown in minimal media (Figure 5C), because in this environment, bicarbonate is required to synthesize essential amino acids and nucleotides, which are not supplied in the media .
We have identified and characterized an α-periplasmic CA, Caa, and demonstrated the importance of Caa for the transport of CO2 and the supply of bicarbonate to R. eutropha cells during growth. Caa deletion, imbalanced expression, and mislocalization all disabled and adversely affected cell growth, presumably by severely impairing R. eutropha metabolism.
Several essential metabolic pathways require either CO2 or bicarbonate as a substrate. Bicarbonate is the substrate of several important enzymes of central metabolism, such as phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase, pyruvate carboxylase, acetyl-CoA carboxylase and methylcrotonyl CA, among others . Calculated by Merlin et al. , the spontaneous diffusion of CO2 in air and conversion to bicarbonate inside the cell are not sufficient for the metabolic needs of a bacterial cell. In R. eutropha metabolism, bicarbonate is required for the elimination of a long lag phase during autotrophic growth , which is considered to be a negative feature for the use of this microorganism at industrial scale. CAII, a human α-CA, is known to play an important role in the transportation of CO2 and supplying bicarbonate to mammalian cells and in T. crunogena. Dobrinski et al. also propose that an α-CA would be converting CO2 to bicarbonate in the cells. In R. eutropha, Caa could be responsible for this same mechanism, since the equilibrium of Caa-catalyzed reaction lies towards the hydration of CO2 to bicarbonate (Figure 1). Can, alternatively, could be responsible for the supplementation of CO2. These hypotheses were supported by the deletion of caa or can from the genome of R. eutropha. The lack of can resulted in a phenotype in which cells were dependent on external CO2 supplementation in order to grow , this study. Without caa (i.e., strain Re2428), R. eutropha presented a similar phenotype as the can deletion strain, but the activities and substrate specificities of these two CA enzymes are remarkably different. Moreover, the growth phenotype of a caa deletion could not be compensated by the addition of CO2 to the culture. These differences imply disparate physiological roles of both of these CA enzymes in the growth and maintenance of R. eutropha.
Additionally, both Caa and Can could not replace the roles of one another in R. eutropha, because a single deletion of either can or caa resulted in no growth under ambient CO2 conditions , this study. Although in vitro activity suggested that the enzymes could have complementary activities (Figure 1). Overall, we conclude in this study that Caa is unable to act as a replacement for Can, and vice versa. This conclusion is supported by the physical separation of both CAs in the cell, in which Caa is located in the periplasm and Can is believed to be in the cytosol.
The attempt to recover fully the phenotype of Re2428 by overexpressing a plasmid-borne caa gene was unsuccessful, as the overall growth yields of the complementary strains Re2428/pCaa and Re2428/pCaaB were much lower than that of the wild type, even when both versions of the enzyme, after purification, exhibited high activity (Figure 5A). This could be the result of an expression level imbalance of the plasmid-borne caa compared to that of wild type. Interestingly, the strain Re2428/pCaaB was unable to grow at the same rate as Re2428/pCaa in minimal media (Figure 5C), although both complemented strains grew similarly in TSB medium (Figure 5B). The growth difference could be a result of the differential localization of the two versions of Caa in the cell. The lack of a signaling peptide may have prevented the periplasmic positioning of Caa in the cell, and thus resulted in a lower bacterial growth. This effect can be more clearly observed in minimal media (Figure 5C). The results suggest that Caa is a periplasmic CA and its correct location in the cell is essential for the growth of R. eutropha. Overall, reintroduction of caa or caaB in Re2428 was able to recover only partial growth.
The isolated effect of the CAs in the genome could be observed after complementing the quadruple mutant, Re2436 (H16Δcan Δcaa Δcan2 Δcag), with each separate enzyme expressed from a plasmid (Figure 4). In a background with no CA enzymes expressed, none of the individual CAs expressed in trans could fully recover the growth phenotype under all conditions tested. However, strain Re2436/pCan, expressing the Can enzyme, when grown in minimal media with fructose as the main carbon source could partially recover the growth phenotype (Figure 4). This reinforces the importance of having all four CAs in a complex system in order for carbon metabolism and cell growth to function properly.
The localization of Caa in the periplasm of the cell is crucial for the conversion of CO2, which is passively diffused though the membrane, to dissolved inorganic carbon (bicarbonate). The conversion of CO2 to bicarbonate is important for the transportation of CO2 into the cell, as CO2 is extremely insoluble in aqueous solution and frequently diffuses in and out of the cell. Bicarbonate, on the other hand is negatively charged and highly soluble in aqueous solution, but poorly soluble in lipids. Transport of bicarbonate across the cell membrane must be assisted by CA [3, 5]. Figure 6 depicts a diagram representing the role of CAs in R. eutropha cells. Can is likely the enzyme responsible for supporting CO2 fixation reaction by providing CO2 to RuBisCO in the cytosol. The same reaction can potentially be performed by Cag, but its role is elusive and thus merits further investigation. Caa is responsible for sequestering the CO2 diffused into the cell and converting it to bicarbonate for cellular metabolism, while Can2 has a possible role in pH homeostasis. The current work provides a springboard to understanding the differential roles of each CA enzyme in the physiology and CO2 homeostasis of R. eutropha. The exact interplay of each of these enzymes in the cell still continues to be an active area of study.
Working CA roles on R. eutropha CO 2 metabolism. Schematic depiction of the role of CAs in R. eutropha metabolism. Based on experiments performed in this study, the role of Caa in R. eutropha is to convert the diffused CO2 inside the periplasm into bicarbonate to supply cellular metabolism. Can, and the less well understood Cag, would also be responsible for the supplementation of CO2 to RuBisCO. Can2, could play a role on the pH maintenance in the cell (see Additional file 1: Figure S3 which shows growth of R. eutropha H16 and Re2427 with different initial pH values). CBB cycle = Calvin-Benson-Bassham Cycle; RuBisCO = Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase.
The authors thank Mr. John W. Quimby for the critical review of this manuscript, and Professor Pamela Silver and Dr. Buz Barstow from the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School for their help with the autotrophic growth experiments. This work is funded by the US Department of Energy, Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy (ARPA-E). We thank our ARPA-E collaborators Dr. Mark Worden and Ms. Yangmu Liu for their helpful discussions and support throughout the course of this study.
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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are those of the authors and do not reflect the views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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Current Author Addresses: Drs. Meyers and Clancy: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, John M. Eisenberg Building, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850.
The U.S. primary care system is struggling. Increasing demands and expectations, coupled with diminishing economic margins, have created a challenging work environment. Analysts warn of increasing attrition in the current workforce and diminishing recruitment of new physicians to primary care (1).
As the new Obama administration arrives in Washington, policy prescriptions for health care reform are being dispensed from every side. Many of them emphasize the importance of revitalizing the nation's primary care system. As a foundational element of the health care system, primary care is needed to improve quality, increase access, and contain costs (2). These are the principal goals of health care reform.
A key to the sustainability of primary care will be payment reform coupled with innovative quality measures and value-based purchasing. Although challenging, payment reform seems possible within the larger context of national health care reform, particularly because Congress must act on Medicare physician reimbursement this year. Payment reform alone, however critical, won't revitalize primary care. Payment reform is a maintenance medication and primary care is in need of an immediate rescue. The U.S. primary care system needs a stimulus package that, such as plans for an economic stimulus package, focuses on infrastructure.
As the article by Pham and colleagues (3) in this issue suggests, a primary care infrastructure investment must address the substantial challenges of care coordination in primary care. By using a survey of more than 2000 primary care physicians who participated in the Community Tracking Study, the authors calculated the number of other physicians and practices that a primary care physician's Medicare patients visit over the course of a year. Their sobering conclusion was that a typical primary care clinician must coordinate the care for their Medicare patients with 229 other physicians working in 117 different practices. Although rural physicians work with slightly fewer peers, those in smaller practices and those treating more patients with chronic illnesses work with even more. Although most practicing clinicians already know that coordination is a big challenge, Pham and colleagues' article does a good job of quantifying and detailing the size of the problem. Given the conservative study design choices that the research team made—they do not include primary care physicians' coordination with nonphysician therapists, educators, psychologists, and community partners, and do not include the vital care coordination with patients and their families—the true scope of the issue is even larger. Although previous work by this team and others (4) has demonstrated that Medicare beneficiaries often are cared for by multiple physicians in multiple practices, the article provides valuable insight into the scope of the care-coordination challenge from the perspective of the primary care physician.
The functions of primary care, including care coordination, cannot be accomplished by the lone physician, no matter how dedicated. Primary care teams are a central tenet of the patient-centered medical home, a comprehensive model for delivering primary care. As primary care practices are redesigned to take advantage of the complementary skills of a variety of team members, care coordinators will take their place as indispensable members of the team. Current medical home demonstration projects across the country are experimenting with divided payment models that incorporate per-patient per-month capitated fees to enable practices to make investments in nonphysician team members. A substantial hurdle facing these projects is the costs of transforming the typical small primary care practice into a medical home. Even if payments are robust enough to support the ongoing expenses of a primary care team, they are unlikely to cover the substantial 1-time costs of redesigning workflow, reconfiguring offices, recruiting and training new staff, and retraining the current workforce. If the potential of the medical home is confirmed, our nation must be prepared to make an investment to support the transformation of primary care practice.
1. Provide small, local primary care practices with the services of care managers, social workers, health educators, and other professionals.
2. Serve as connectors linking local primary care practices to existing community resources, such as social services, mental health services, and public health resources and programs. A community-based health care extension service would be more effective if its mission included mobilizing, organizing, and coordinating the local on-the-ground public resources, such as agencies on aging, substance abuse services, and family services, and connecting them with primary care practices and patients.
3. Provide primary care practices with quality improvement technical assistance, including practice redesign, assistance with the adoption of health information technology, and information on local best practices and national evidence-based practices and guidelines.
4. Partner with academic centers and primary care practice–based research networks to coordinate practical clinical trials to answer practice-informed research questions.
The model of shared community-based, practice-controlled resources already exists in North Carolina. The Community Care of North Carolina initiative has demonstrated success as measured by improved quality of care, cost savings, physician satisfaction, and scalability (6, 7).
Primary care health information technology infrastructure investments could also produce dividends in the form of improvements in quality, safety, and better care coordination. Pham and colleagues correctly note that the electronic exchange of health information between physicians is currently limited. However, electronic health information exchange, electronic health records, personal health records, and asynchronous electronic communications all offer potentially efficient and effective ways to ensure that the right information is available to the right people at the right time to improve the coordination of care in the United States. Because currently available health information technology, even if more widely adopted, would not fully achieve our goals for quality, we must aggressively invest in next-generation systems and tools and plan for their deployment.
We would be wrong to spend time debating which needs to come first: payment reform, attention to workforce, building an infrastructure for primary care, or a focus on care coordination. Each of these activities is critical and contributes to success of the others. By the same token, we cannot build a reformed health care system on an endangered primary care enterprise. We must invest now. Primary care is too important to fail.
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The authors' suggestions for having local community support in providing primary care offices with infrastructure support including social workers, quality improvement officers, social workers, and health educators have merit (1).
The core of the problem however, is not the coordinating functions themselves that primary care doctors have to do but the sheer number of them. The toll they take on their composure and job satisfaction robs them of fulfilling the humane doctor-patient relationship that both they and their patients desire.
Perhaps the logical first step would be to look for ways to produce more primary care doctors in less time. This would increase their numbers. Having more of them in the workforce would mean less administrative and coordination work for each. This could be achieved by placing students into general practice programs early on in their education. For instance why not reduce college to two years and med school to three? Those who want general practice could enter their residencies immediately. Those wanting specialty or research careers could stay on in college or in medical school for more intensive basic science courses. By knocking off three years from training general practitioners could be turned out in eight years instead of eleven.
When I think back on the hours spent on biochemistry, calculus, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, and biology of invertebrates and vertebrates and how little a part they have played, and continue to play in my professional life as a general practitioner, I question the value of the so called "pre-med" programs that many students undergo.
I recall several good students who would have made excellent general practitioners but who gave up on medical school because of low grades in the sciences. Some went on to become chiropractors, optometrists, and dentists; others became teachers and PhD's. Such was the reality of pre-med education when I went through the process forty years ago. After perusing a current MCAT preparation book it seems the process is more biased towards basic science than ever.
Opponents of a shortened approach to producing general practitioners will say that shortening the exposure to basic science would not provide a sound scientific basis needed for residency. I disagree. Is all that basic science really necessary for general practice? And haven't our medical schools really been preparing students for careers in specialties, not general practice? Doesn't the lack of primary care doctors belie educators' concerns and promises to produce more of them?
Medical education is geared to training medical students for careers in research and specialty medicine. The blessings from this approach are great. But doing it at the expense of not providing alternative pathways to produce general practitioners is counterproductive. The result is an unbalanced health care system.
It is overly optimistic to think that increasing the infrastructure personnel alone will solve the primary care problem. Fairer reimbursement is long overdue of course, but attention must also be given as to how best improve the enjoyment and satisfaction that a career in primary care offers doctors.
If medical educators believe that primary care is too important to fail, then shortening the training period for primary care doctors by making it more suitable for what their jobs demand of them is one important way of saving it.
The editorial by Meyers and Clancy suggested several ways to support primary care but did not discuss a need to support student debt repayment. The AAMC states the average student debt of graduates of public medical schools is $142,140 and that of private school graduate is $173,304. An overall average debt of about $159,000 requires repayment starting after residency of $2600 per month or $31,000 of after tax income per year on a 10 year repayment plan. Bodenheim, in an earlier Annals paper, gave average primary care income as $156,000 annually and Physicianssearch.com stated average primary care pre-tax income at $123,000 in the first year of practice. Repaying $31,000 after tax from $123,000 pretax probably enters into decisions of career choice for some medical school graduates. Consideration of an enhanced student loan repayment program should be part of any comprehensive program to support primary care.
As Dr. Marcus M. Reidenberg mentioned in his Feb. 24 rapid response "Student debt and primary care", helping students to repay their educational loans is an important step in making primary care more attractive, especially in view of their disproportionately lower income compared to specialty practices being on average about one-half.
Many primary care doctors make considerably less than the $123,000 to $156,000 he mentioned. For most doctors making those amounts is inconsistent with primary care because it requires seeing too many patients. To generate those amounts would leave them with little time and energy to give their patients what they expect. Worse, there would be almost none left for their personal lives or participating in medical affairs.
Even if one's school debt were completely forgiven, the work environment would still contain the same amount of administrative drudgery imposed by health insurers as well as the ever-increasing volume of coordination activities.
Money alone will not attract more doctors to pirmary care because any added income will quickly go to pay for more ancillary help. This is sure to happen when the so-called medical home is put into place.
The point is that a new paradigm is needed for primary care. One that takes into account the limits of doctors qnd patients' desires for humane treatment.
If primary care doctors were paid on a fee -for -service basis on usual and customary charges as they were under indemnity insurance , freed from the necessity of getting authorization for tests and consultations, they would derive much more satisfaction from their work. The money saved by not having to pay for personnel to deal with paperwork imposed by insurers alone would save a primary care doctor about $20,000 a year.
1. Reidenberg, M. Letter. Ibid Pg.272-3.
Published: Ann Intern Med. 2009;150(4):272-273.
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Psst. Come over here. Do I have a plan for you!
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Not interested? I’ll sweeten it a little bit. I’ll throw in $500 in death benefits when you die. I’ll also pay you $1000 per month until retirement age if you become disabled. So what do you think? Can I sign you up?
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If this sounds like a bad deal, that’s because it is. But this is exactly the deal you sign up for with Social Security. If you have a $60,000 per year income, you’ll be paying in $7,800 per year. When you retire, with the full retirement age at 70 years old by the time today’s college grads collect, assuming (with a big assumption) that the system will be there at all by then, you’ll collect about $1800 per month in today’s dollars. If you die early, they keep the money.
So, would you sign up for it? Well, if you do nothing, just start your job, and sit by quietly as FICO deductions are taken biweekly from your paycheck, you’ve signed up for it.
Don’t want to send 13% of your paycheck (or even more if they raise the contribution rates again)? Speak up. Email your senator. Write a letter to the paper. Tell your friends what sort of deal they’re getting. Don’t just sit by. You don’t need to take this deal.
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I think the high price, low life, and scouting role the Jinni has will make him quite a different role from the Burner. Along with that if the Burner gets a different type of melee than it will be more versatile.
I am not totally against arcane because it would be very unique and useful. But it is far more effective than fire in most cases and absolutely destroys drakes so I see it as easily unbalancing the match ups. The only way it would be fair against drakes is if it is weak againat fire. And that would through off the theme.
For the record, I think a fire melee for a jinn is quite reasonable.
...what? Nagas are amphibious. They're much better on land than the merfolk, for example.
I don't think it makes sense for a cobra (a specific type of snake) to level up to a viper (a generic type of snake, which includes cobras and basically all venomous snakes).
Naga Poisoner > Naga Afflictor > Naga Scourge ?
"which includes cobras and basically all venomous snakes" sorry to say but that is false not all venomous snakes fall under Viperidae.
however in naga mythology nagas are linked to king cobras which inspired the naga mythology. reason why i used cobra is mainly because they create a "hood" a clothing design that assassins use.
viper can be referenced to Echidna. which in possible wesnoth naga lore could be that this naga line fallows a ancient teachings or they believe they are offspring to the Water Serpent which might explain the use of poisons. Or its naming could possible be used due to the creatures are already known to be feared by other races.
its not that far off to name themselves after something already existing/used.
the same could go for a fighter turning into a warrior they are basically the same thing... but this was only a suggestion and a little insight as to what i was thinking about at the time. but who says that the naga line needs to have 3 levels.
another idea you could have "stinger" "poisoner" then "cobra/viper"
It's not necessarily the case that the common name "viper" is 100% equivalent to the scientific name "Viperidae". Common names in general are less precisely defined.
None of this rebuts the argument against a cobra (a fairly specific term) levelling into a viper (a much more generic term).
well one could simply switch the 2 so the cobra is lvl3 then if someone wants a 4th lvl they can call it "king cobra naga"
high price, low life, and scouting role the Jinni has will make him quite a different role from the Burner.
guess you are confusing this units role. it's mp will be probably capped at 6mp so it hardly can be called a scout compared to the max 9 mp of rider.
if balanced well, arcane will be just fine on ranged. not like DF has an hard time allready winning over Drakes.
as long as there are no visual attributes to the sprite reminding to an actual cobra, i find the other names just missleading and should be reserved for actual snakes or cobras in future.
Alright, the naga line I think we're pretty settled on now then, so I'll add them once the sprites are ready.
Also, there was some discussion about the Dunefolk's mushroom defense being improved - is that still under consideration?
Awesome Also is it going to be liminal?
I feel like that is one of those thematic versus game play issues. I would be interested in hearing the story behind that idea and since I don't believe it makes a huge difference in game play it might not be worth changing.
6 MP flying is considerably faster than 5 MP on the ground but you are correct it is not going to be a scout. I would be interested in hearing what other people thought about arcane?
Also the Rider is being buffed to 8mp right?
Yes - I've been updating my previous post with the few changes suggested so far.
I think the idea is that mushrooms are used a lot in MP maps in weird ways, so it actually would make a difference outside of campaigns. But I could be wrong.
Yeah, mushroom groves are definitely not a campaign-only terrain or something.
So here are the revisions of the jinn. There seems to be indecision on whether its ranged attack should be fire or arcane. I gave it fire for now, as that will best fit the balance reports of the DF being possibly too strong against drakes and distinctly too weak against loyalists. Loyalists units tend to be 20% resistant to arcane but no resistance to fire, while the drakes boast 50% fire resistance but (negative) -30% arcane resistance. Other stats were rearranged to fit it again being of a purely "hot" rather than cold tolerant nature.
To be honest, those stats probably take the power of the unit too far, from both the perspective of general balance and it making sense as a naga unit. The very high terrain defenses, combined with the new positively-imbalanced liminal acting as a damage booster, combined with a low price for what you get. The negative resistances used to try and counter balance the strengths also seem odd for a naga (maybe because of their thick scaled appearance).
]...what? Nagas are amphibious. They're much better on land than the merfolk, for example.
A ghost, drake glider or even gryphon rider are much more viable on land than (the mainline) naga, as said naga is firstly balanced to be a water specialist (that is less water-specialized than the mermish units which are the most so).
those stats probably take the power of the unit too far, from both the perspective of general balance and it making sense as a naga unit.
I agree to some extent. I have been running tests with the Naga unit and have found it to be reasonably affordable and effective with current naga movement costs and defences. The new proposed defences are interesting but I feel that they miss the point of the naga as a water dwelling creature and are almost too encouraging for land use.
As I understood the purpose is water control, if that purpose has changed or been adapted that is fine but I believe it should be ensured that it doesn't become OP.
I would not support a price increase. Also I don't really like the whole model of increasing defences and worsening resistances. I would personally prefer the current naga defences and movement costs were used. With perhaps minor adjustment on sand? I understand thematically all the changes can be explained but I believe balance is the top focus. Perhaps reduce the melee to 5 damage and remove the defences?
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Clyde 1 Peterhead 3 - Peterhead F.C.
Peterhead leapt back to the top of the League Two table after a convincing victory over previous incumbents, Clyde.
The Blue Toon overcame injuries suffered by Rory McAllister and Bryan Gilfillan to run out 3-1 winners, Andy Rodgers bagging a double and Reece Donaldson grabbing his first Peterhead goal, with winger Scott Ferguson replying for the home side.
With Jim McInally's side in fine form, it was an unchanged side that lined up for the third game in succession, meaning Ryan Strachan had to be content on the bench after making his comeback from injury as a substitute against Montrose.
And they got off to a fine start, taking the lead after just nine minutes. Steven Noble intercepted Ferguson’s flick-on and sent a ball forward to Gilfillan on the left.
Familiar to the Broadwood faithful after a short spell with Clyde last season, Gilfillan sent a left-footed ball up the inside-left channel for Rodgers, who cooly slid the ball through the legs of goalkeeper Nik Rajovic.
The lead lasted only two minutes, though Keiran MacDonald’s pass picked out the run of Stef McCluskey, and he sent the ball wide right to Ferguson.
The 18-year old was played on-side by Craig Tully, and he showed composure beyond his years to replicate Rodgers’ feat in nutmegging the goalkeeper.
Peterhead were back in front just a couple of minutes later. Graeme Sharp’s cross from the right didn’t look to be posing any real threat, but Rodgers got a touch just inside the area to loop a header over the despairing Rajovic and into the net.
The striker waged a one-man war on the home defence in the first half, and he clipped the crossbar when he took advantage of a generous ricochet off David Marsh to lift a shot beyond Rajovic.
McAllister was forced off after 34 minutes with a hamstring injury and his replacement, Fraser McLaren, should have put the Blue Toon out of sight. He was played in by Rodgers, but placed his shot wide of the target with just the goalkeeper to beat.
But it was 3-1 when Donaldson took full advantage of Rajovic’s flap at a Sharp corner, to turn over the line from close range. The on-loan Raith man simply couldn’t miss from little more than a yard out, but the goalkeeper will not want to see the goal again for quite some time.
At the other end, Graeme Smith was called into action, diving to his left to beat away John Sweeney’s sweetly struck volley after Dean Cowie had headed away MacDonald’s long throw from the left.
CLYDE: Nik Rajovic, Iain Gray (Gavin Brown, 67), Keiran MacDonald, Giuseppe Capuano, David Marsh, Brian McQueen, Scott Ferguson, John Sweeney, Pat Scullion (Michael Daly, 63), Stef McCluskey, Stuart McColm. Subs not used: Kevin Watt, Ryan Frances, Ryan McBeth, Grant Dickie, Chris Shaw (gk).
PETERHEAD: Graeme Smith, Graeme Sharp, Steven Noble, Reece Donaldson, Scott Ross, Dean Cowie, Andy Rodgers, Jamie Redman, Rory McAllister (Fraser McLaren, 34), Bryan Gilfillan (Jordon Brown, 46), Craig Tully (Ryan Strachan,60). Subs not used: Ryan McCann, Dean Richardson, Kevin Buchan, Ewen MacDonald (gk).
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Robin Williams will be remembered not only for his stellar sense of humor and his brilliant performances, but also for his big heart — and for being a real team player.
Williams became the face of the San Diego-based Challenged Athletes Foundation, participating in their triathlon in for 11 years and supporting them for even longer.
Much of that comes thanks to Rudy Garcia-Tolson, a two-time Paralympic Gold Medalist Swimmer for Team USA.
The two first met at the Malibu Triathlon, when Garcia-Tolson was only 8 years old.
"Not too many people know, but Mr. Robin was actually a really big cyclist," said Garcia-Tolson, who's now 25. "He used to actually go out to the Tour de France to watch the race, just because he loved the sport."
It was that passion for riding, Garcia-Tolson said, that helped spark his longtime friendship with the entertainer. They came together during the San Diego triathlon challenge as part of "Team Braveheart." Garcia-Tolson, at 9 years old, swam the 1.2-mile part of the journey. Williams handled the 56-mile bike ride, and Scott Findlay, an Ironman vet, took care of the running.
"It was just a very awesome day every year he came out, we got to share experiences, share stories. ... It was really cool getting to know Mr. Robin on a personal level," Garcia-Tolson said. "To me, people ask me, 'What is he like?' And I tell them, 'He won't think twice to go out of his way to make someone laugh.' He was just always funny. He was an awesome person to be around."
"And as we consider Robin part of our family, we are deeply saddened by the recent news of his passing. Over the past 20 years, Robin has been an incredible supporter of the Challenged Athletes Foundation and our mission, participating in our San Diego Triathlon Challenge for 11 years and joining many of our cycling events. He truly found joy in participating side-by-side with our challenged athletes and we cannot thank him enough for the support and energy he brought to our organization. We will ensure his legacy lives on at the #BestDayinTri"
Virginia Tinley, the executive director of CAF, told Fox 5 in San Diego that Williams "really had a genuine respect for the challenged athletes that he met at the triathlon. He was a guy that liked sports and liked getting out there and participating. Robin is genuinely a very giving, warm person. Very humble. [He was] relatively quiet in normal situations, but a brilliant comic, and certainly when he needed to turn on that comic streak, he would be hilarious."
Garcia-Tolson also remembers how Williams carried himself around the challenged athletes in San Diego whenever he would show up to compete.
"He looked at me as an athlete, and I looked at him as an athlete as well," he said. "Every time we would do the relay, we would always expect more out of each other. So we'd always kind of smack talk each other, say, 'Hey, Mr. Robin, you better go five minutes faster this year.' He was a very good friend to everyone out there."
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Anticipatory Learning Classifier Systems describes the state of the art of anticipatory learning classifier systems-adaptive rule learning systems that autonomously build anticipatory environmental models. An anticipatory model specifies all possible action-effects in an environment with respect to given situations. It can be used to simulate anticipatory adaptive behavior.
Anticipatory Learning Classifier Systems highlights how anticipations influence cognitive systems and illustrates the use of anticipations for (1) faster reactivity, (2) adaptive behavior beyond reinforcement learning, (3) attentional mechanisms, (4) simulation of other agents and (5) the implementation of a motivational module. The book focuses on a particular evolutionary model learning mechanism, a combination of a directed specializing mechanism and a genetic generalizing mechanism. Experiments show that anticipatory adaptive behavior can be simulated by exploiting the evolving anticipatory model for even faster model learning, planning applications, and adaptive behavior beyond reinforcement learning.
Anticipatory Learning Classifier Systems gives a detailed algorithmic description as well as a program documentation of a C++ implementation of the system.
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This wine aims to tap the full potential of the Sangiovese grape, offering wine lovers an uncompromising quality product of this variety typical of its terroir.
The 2012 Chianti Classico Riserva is a lovely expression that deserves attention. I am impressed by the pristine and mellow nature of the bouquet that is enhanced with bright tones of red cherry, wild berry, spice and lightly toasted almond. Sangiovese is blended with 20% Merlot and aged in oak for 15 months. There are sweet oak flavors, although that spice is well integrated within the fleshy and rich nature of the fruit. The wine is tight and linear on the close, and could use another year or so to flesh out further.
A blend of 80% Sangiovese and 20% Merlot, this opens with aromas of sun-baked earth, ripe plum, blue flower and a whiff of oak-driven spice. The firm palate delivers dried black cherry, anise, coconut, mocha and grilled sage alongside dusty tannins that leave a slightly astringent finish.
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6.5 mm neoprene, glued and blind-stitched (GBS) waterproof seams and cover.
Scuba Diving Boots 6.5 mm Neoprene SCD designed for scuba divers in waters between 50°F and 65°F.
Diving boots that are comfortable to wear and keep your feet warm in your fins.
6.5 mm neoprene. The seams of the boots are waterproof due to GBS assembly (Glued and Blind Stitched): the neoprene is glued first of all, then sewn for maximum resistance (the sewing needle does not go completely through the neoprene in order to prevent water infiltration).
The upper is reinforced to limit the discomfort of adjustable fins.
Neoprene is bonded and then stitched to ensure maximum resistance (the needle does not go all the way through the neoprene, preventing leaks).
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Using ffmpeg and scenecut, how might I split a video into individual shots and convert them to .mp4/.gif?
My goal is to import a video and export individual files for each cut. I've read through a number of threads on the site, and this question was most helpful in coming to a solution.
Unfortunately, the result isn't working for me. The first outputted segment plays, but the following cuts appear to be unplayable .mp4s (in preview, quicktime player, premiere, VLC—all black or blank screens). I'd love to ask for all of your expertise!
As I mentioned in the title, I'd love to have a v2 that creates gif versions of each clip. As I understand, scenecut is an x264 option that might not work for .gifs. It's a secondary question, but will I be able to concatenate a .gif conversion to the end of this scenecut process?
Browse other questions tagged video ffmpeg gif or ask your own question.
how to combine/merge a video and a Gif using FFMPEG?
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The Manufacturing Order Batching feature batches together Manufacturing Orders that have the same BatchGroupName and falls within the same Batching Window. The Batching Window is determined by the batching method used.
By ReleaseDate: The Batch Window is set as the earliest release date plus the Batch Window Span.
Combination of Need Date and Release Date: The need date of the batch is set as the earliest need date among its members. A Manufacturing Order can be added to the batch if its release date is less than the difference between the earliest need date and the Batch Window Span.
In the System Options under the Enable Feature’s tab, enable the Show MO Batching Tab option.
Populate BatchDefinitionName and BatchGroupName on Manufacturing Orders that you’d like to batch.
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The client wanted their existing website modernising and made more professional but keeping the same colours and style of the existing branding. It was also a requirement that bunting played a key part in the design, therefore this was used as decoration in the background texture of the website. Various designs were created – abstract, bird’s eye view and overlaying of Bunting to give depth to the website. With the website design established the rest of the process was straightforward. The only requirement was to use the WordPress for the website. This gives the client complete control of adding custom pages to the website as well as allowing the client to customise the design and layout of each page. Online shopping facility was also integrated into the website.
It was such a luxury to have experimentation time to play with different type of texture styles and I’m very thankful to Maids That Sew for allowing me such a luxury!
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Medical experts have warned Chinese consumers to reject the marketing hype for the latest craze of having six monthly health check-ups using PET-CT scanners.
Many medical clinics are "jumping on the bandwagon" and using advertising to promote the inappropriate and dangerous use of high end scanners, say radiotherapy specialists at leading hospitals.
Adverts urge consumers to have six monthly CT scans, claiming the advanced technology will detect fast-growing tumours that would escape detection by other health checks or from symptoms alone, accordingto a report in the People's Daily.
However, Dr Lin Hongwei, a cancer specialist at Beijing's Qinhua University Changgeng Hospital said the promotion of PET-CT scan was inappropriate and potentially harmful. He said PET-CT scans delivered a high dose of radiation and should only be used in monitoring existing tumours and for detetion of certain difficult tumours. There was no role for CT scanning in screening of the general population, and anyusch ue was in contravention of current guidelines, he warned.
"The use of expensive PET-CT scans for regular check ups is inappropriate, it is a waste of resources and also can do harm to the patient," he said.
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Whats up with Universities and Ehrenreich?
Last year Ashland Universitys "Introduction to University Life" program solicited suggestions from the faculty regarding books that might be profitably assigned to all first-year students and used as a basis for class discussions. I think I suggested Neil Postmans Amusing Ourselves to Death, hardly a conservative book. In any case, does anyone think theres a shortage of important, substantive books out there with which to challenge students?
Well, it turns out that IUL decided to go with Barbara Ehrenreichs Nickel and Dimed. I suppose I shouldnt be surprised; the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been using it as "expected" (meaning required) reading for a few years now, much to the consternation of North Carolinas conservative state legislature. Now Ive learned that my alma mater, Ohio University, has adopted the book as part of its Common Reading Project. Perhaps there are other schools doing this as well; if so, Id like to hear about it.
So whats going on here? Are faculty members making these decisions unaware of the huge menu of important and challenging works available on a variety of subjects? Why are these schools so set on using a third-rate book as a means of introducing 18-year-olds to the rigors of university life? Is "Nickel and Dimed" now to be considered one of the Great Books?
I have a side-gig as an adjunct faculty member at a small Catholic all womens college and that is the book the administration has required the young ladies to read. It really is taken as gospel by lots of people.
Just preparing students for those "nickel and dime" tuition increases.
I was quite surprised that Loyola Marymount University in L.A. also required it for incoming freshmen.
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Although there are so many services available for bookmarking webpages in different ways and they are very lucrative also but there are no such tool to bookmark images in the browser. Isn’t it? But now no need to worry, there has come for this purpose a dedicated bookmark add-on available for Firefox and Chrome, called Wookmark. It provides you, the facility of bookmarking images in just a single click.
Let’s learn here at – how to use Wookmarks?
After installation, it lets you to save any image you come across on the web to your Wookmark account. To get started with Wookmark, you first need a free Wookmark account. After that, install Wookmark to your Mozilla Firefox or Chrome browser and then restart the browser. Now whenever you come across an image you want to bookmark, just click the Wookmark button on the Firefox or Chrome toolbar. Then click on the picture that you want to save. After that your selected images will be stored in your Wookmark account automatically.
This extension also works very well, when you do Google image search. As soon as you hit the Wookmark button, all the images will be highlighted. You can explore all saved images in your Wookmark account. There is an important feature you would like and that is – it allows to browse other people’s bookmarks or rather Wookmarks, so that you can favorite them or save them to your account quickly if you like. It also lets you to comment on other people’s pictures thus making the site a bit more interactive like social networking sites.
There are also a lot to do with Wookmark like creating a gift list for Christmas, creating a mood board for your home redecoration project or collecting recipes in visual way and much more.
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With more than 1,200 flights transporting more than 130,000 passengers every day, we are conscious of our environmental footprint. We’re always looking for ways to reduce the burden we place on the planet from eliminating plastic straws on our flights to partnering with Neste, a leading producer of renewable fuels.
But it’s hard to wrap your head around tens of millions of tiny straws or visualize millions of gallons of fuel. The truth is, the numbers in our latest Sustainability Report add up to make a difference.
We did the math to see how far those straws would reach if we lined them up end-to-end, or how many flights we could power with the fuel we saved. Below are our findings.
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4 comments on "We Fly Greener: By the numbers [infographic]"
I absolutely loved your infographic on sustainability. Not only did it tell the story of just how eco-friendly Alaska is, but it is designed beautifully! I especially loved how the cities in the infographic related to s Alaska’s ANC, SEA, PDX, SFO, and LAX bases. It is such a relief to know that big companies are making a continuous effort to make the planet a better and greener place. Keep up the great work Alaska!
Proud to be a Mileage Plan member of a company that is aware of environmental issues.
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Whitewater, Wis. – The Wittenberg women's soccer team traveled to Whitewater, Wisconsin over the weekend, taking on the Warhawks of Wis.-Whitewater and Illinois Wesleyan in the "W" Challenge. The Tigers took game one into overtime on Friday against the Warhawks, falling in the hard-fought match by a final score of 2-1. Each team found the back of the net in the second half of the first game on Friday, as Megan Davis tallied the lone goal for the Tigers. Game two saw the Tigers faceoff against the Spartans of Illinois Wesleyan, in a physical match that saw one goal and four yellow cards. Wittenberg would get only five shots off compared to the Spartans 17 in the 1-0 loss to close out the weekend.
Senior keeper Hannah Wilson made twelve saves over the weekend, playing the duration of both games in net for the Tigers.
Davis accounted for three of the five Wittenberg shots on goal against Wisconsin-Whitewater.
The Tigers return to action when they host the Crusaders of Capital University on Wednesday, September 20 at 7:00 PM.
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Mead is a fermented alcoholic beverage made of honey, water, and yeast. It is sometimes known as "honey wine".
Mead is independently multicultural. It is known from many sources of ancient history throughout Europe, Africa and Asia. Its origins are lost in prehistory; it can be regarded as the ancestor of all fermented drinks.
Mead can have a wide range of flavors, depending on the source of the honey, additives including fruit and spices, the yeast employed during fermentation, and aging procedure. Mead can be difficult to find commercially, though some producers have been successful marketing it.
Many meads retain some measure of the sweetness of the original honey, and some can even be considered as dessert wines. Drier meads are also available, and some producers offer sparkling meads, which (like champagne) can make for a delightful celebratory toast.
A mead may contain spices (like cloves, cinnamon or nutmeg) or herbs (such as oregano or even lavender or chamomile). A mead can also contain fruit (such as strawberry, blackcurrant or even rose-hips) and is used as a delicious way to store summer produce for the winter. Mulled mead is a popular winter holiday drink, where mead is flavoured with spices and warmed, traditionally by having a hot poker plunged into it.
Left: Fermenter with airlock fitted.
Mead is made in a fermentation vessel, preferably a glass carboy, with an airlock and a rubber bung. These items can usually be found at a brewer's supply store. Mead should be made in sanitized equipment to ensure food safety. The ingredients of mead are honey, filtered water, and yeast. Fruit or spices are optional.
Some mead makers prefer to create a starter culture by preparing a mixture of one cup of room temperature sanitized fruit juice and the freeze dried winemaking yeast and placing it into a smaller one quart sanitized container fitted with a rubber stopper and airlock for a day or two until the mixture is bubbling. This container is kept at room temperature out of direct sunlight. This starter culture will cause the fermentation below to begin with vigor and may prevent the mead from failing to ferment.
Honey is slowly added to a large pot half-full with water while heating. There is a common disagreement among mead makers as to whether you should boil the honey or not; mead makers have had success with either method. Boiling will alter the flavor, but will enhance the clarity of the finished mead. As the mead is heated over medium heat, it will nearly boil after the honey has been completely dissolved.
After a time of heating the honey (which helps it dissolve and can also pasteurize it), the mixture is cooled to between (170°F/76°C) and (140°F/60°C) and the raisins are added. The mixture continues to cool, then is transferred to the carboy. Once it has cooled to room temperature (68°F/20°C), yeast which has been rehydrated is added to the honey/water mixture (must) and the airlock is put on. After being placed in a cool (68°F/20°C), dark place for a few hours or a day, the airlock should start to allow bubbles to escape. This is waste carbon dioxide (CO2) and shows that the yeast is processing the sugar into alcohol. The raisins rise to the surface of the fermenting mixture. If they block the airlock, the mead maker will have to rack. Stirring or agitating the mixture is avoided, as it may cause the liquid to rise up and spill out of the airlock.
After a four to six week period the mead maker may want to rack the mead into a second sanitized carboy. An airlock is not necessary during primary (aerobic) fermentation. This racking will clear out the lees and allow the mead to clear faster. The mead is siphoned into the second carboy via a sanitized tube, usually filled with sterile water to start the siphon. The mead is siphoned carefully to avoid splashing as excess oxygen at this point may cause an unpleasant taste in the final product. An airlock is placed on the second carboy. It is imperative that sterile conditions be maintained while the carboys are open to avoid infection.
The mead is racked in another 3 months or when all signs of fermentation have stopped (usually when the airlock doesn't produce any bubbles for a long period of time—typically over 30 seconds between bubbles) and your mead has cleared. Excessive racking will promote oxidation, resulting in an undrinkable mead. The carboy is clear enough when it is possible to read a newspaper through it. The mead will then need to age, usually one year, and anywhere up five or more. Bulk aging can be done in a tertiary carboy, but bottle aging is also common.
Then next step is to bottle the mead. Mead is generally sealed in sanitized bottles using airtight caps or quality corks. If the fermentation is not complete, pressure will build up inside the sealed bottles and cause them to explode. Mead is generally aged for at least 6 months in the bottle before drinking.
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Information for patients with various muscle, nerve and functional problems of the vocal cords causing hoarseness.
The terms “vocal hyperfunction” and “muscle tension dysphonia” have several different meanings depending upon the person using them. To me, muscle tension dysphonia is characterized by the vocal folds typically failing to come completely together because two muscles are pulling in opposite directions simultaneously. The vocal folds have the capacity and ability to assume the correct position for a task, but do not, because they are pulling against one another in an inefficient fashion. This is most likely a learned behavior.
It is seen as a posterior glottic gap as in this 15 year old singer above.
As another example, a vocal overdoer (someone who likes to talk) over time may develop vocal nodules. It may take many years for them to enlarge but eventually they protrude enough that when the vocal cords come together, the cords position themselves so the nodules just barely touch. This leaves the actual vocal folds slightly apart. This is because this is easier to phonate or make a sound than when they are compressed and touching. Squeezing them together dampens the vocal fold vibrations or require extra breath support (volume) to get them vibrating.
Along comes a surgeon and the nodules are removed. During the post operative checkup the vocal folds assume the same position they did before surgery - slightly apart. There are no nodules holding them apart, they just assume that position as if the nodules were still there. Muscle memory is playing a role. The abductor (opening) muscles are preventing the vocal folds from completely closing even though they can actually close with the appropriate technique. It is analagous to piano playing a song for many years. Then, at a party, you try and play the same song on an electric piano and it is a tremendous struggle with mistakes flying around like popping popcorn. The piano keys turn out to be closer together and have a different resistance to pressing on them. Your brain is not used to this change and your fingers go where they think they should go rather than where they actually need to go. With some practice you could learn to play this electric piano as well, bu years of behavior need to be relearned.
This is true in muscle tension dysphonia. Until the abductor muscles stops competing with the closing muscles, the voice remains impaired. Eventually, this gap may close “naturally” with learning. The other common example is a young singer or folk/pop singer who has developed a breathy style of singing. This is acheived by holding the vocal folds apart. It provides a soft quality to the voice and if this is the desired style, then it is wonderful. Numerous singers make very good livings with this style. However, if one is striving for a clear, efficient style of singing, with a high upper range, this muscle tension can severely impair singing. It also tends to impair the bottom extreme of a person's vocal range as well, because the marked shortening of the folds also tends to set the folds apart.
To a certain extent, the patient can begin to self-train and feel the difference by phonating with a very harsh, biting kind of sound and then with a very soft edged, breathy sound on the same note and compare the difference.
The term muscle tension dysphonia is frequently misused in another way when the examiner notes that a person's false vocal cords are squeezing together. Some physicians call this "plicae ventricularis". This squeeze may occur either side to side or front to back. It is typically described as the false vocal folds touching during voicing (side to side). Alternatively it looks like the back of the voice box (the arytenoids) are touching the front (the epiglottis).
Here is an example in an 80 year old male with severe vocal cord bowing.
While this superficially appears to be a hyperfunction, this is really a masking of an underlying hypofunction. The hyperfunction is then not the problem, it is a symptom of the problem. The affected person is trying their hardest to produce a good sound and it is extremely effortful. In some cases the false vocal cords are the only possible way to phonate, such as after a substantial portion of the true vocal cord has been removed for cancer. Sometimes the extra squeeze merely brings the true vocal folds closer together or supports a weak true vocal fold.
If one could see below the squeezed false vocal folds (and one can with adequate anesthesia) one would typically find that the true vocal cords are not closing completely or are not staying closed. This may represent a neurologic problem, such as a partial paralysis of one of the several muscles of the voicebox. It may represent severe vocal cord bowing. The bowing may be so severe that the vocal fold joints actually scissor or cross over one another at the back end just to get the middle of the vocal folds close enough together to even vibrate. This could represent a lack of tension within the vocal cord, a lack of muscle bulk or a lack of innervation to one of the muscles. If this lack of tension is from the thyroarytenoid muscle weakness (the muscle inside the vocal cord itself), stroboscopy or high speed photography may best delinate the problem. It can be seen on successive frames of the recording as an initial vocal cord approximation and then as a blowing out of the affected vocal fold. Listening to this type of vocal vibration will sound like a sail flapping in the wind, as sailing term called luffing.
Patients with this condition will complain of vocal fatigue, poor endurance, pain in the voice box (typically hot, burning or achy type of pain). This is from excessive use of the neck muscles to support the weakened voice box muscles. The person may have an inability to yell and may have an obligate falsetto. The falsetto is a higher pitched voice than usual; think of an older man in your life with a somewhat female sounding voice.
High pitches are created predominantly by the cricothyroid muscle. This muscle is supplied by the superior laryngeal nerve, a different nerve from the one supplying the rest of the vocal box muscles. Because of it's separate nerve supply, it often remains healthy even after an injury has impaired the recurrent larngeal nerve supplying the inside of the voice box. This muscle basically stretches and lengthens the vocal cords to create a higher pitch much like you would to tune up a guitar or a violin. If we have a vocal cord that is loose or floppy because the muscle within it is failing, the cricoarytenoid muscle may pitch in and tighten the vocal cord, increasing the pitch, so that at least now the person has a voice. If the person trys to lower the pitch, the voice just gets softer, breathier and has less volume. Thus the term obligate (mandatory) falsetto (high pitch) describes the technique used to speak. Therapy directed at relaxing the voice box fails to improve or even makes the voice less functional.
The third condition that can be lumped under the term “hyperfunction”, is a type of non-organic dysphonia. Non-organic dysphonia can present and look like hyperfunction (on video). In this case, the underlying vocal folds are normal and work well, but an inappropriate behavior has developed of squeezing tight the upper part of the voicebox.
A person may develop laryngitis. The vocal cords become swollen and stiff. To get any voice at all the person with laryngitis must squeeze extra hard to get the vocal cords together and vibrating. In the process, the false vocal folds are squeezed closer or may even start vibrating to produce a very deep voice. Now, the cold causing the laryngitis should resolve in a reasonable period, perhaps two weeks. However, because of some secondary gain (and this is usually an unconscious gain) the voice problem seemingly persists. The hoarseness remains even though the swelling is now resolved.
The types of secondary gain I have seen range from the obvious: “If my hoarseness last for a few more days, I’ll be able to collect disability” to the very subtle, family or school commitments may have been relaxed because of the illness or the person is just getting a little extra, much needed attention from those surrounding them.
This non-organic (learned) behavior is very easily and quickly correctable - often during the initial examination - completely restoring a normal voice. Keeping the normal voice may be harder because typically the physician or therapist doesn’t or can’t resolve all the stresses and obligations in a persons life. The problem may reoccur unless these other issues are dealt with. This is not “craziness”. This is the way a normal compensatory mechanism becomes the problem itself and it is the way that our minds work. Recognizing the issues goes a long way to restoring and maintaining vocal health.
So, muscle tension dysphonia or vocal hyperfunction can represent a long term learned behavior that needs appropriately directed therapy or vocal training to correct/improve it. It may represent a compensatory mechanism for an underlying weakness, neurologic paresis or lack of tension (bowing). This almost never improves with therapy directed at relaxing the “hyperfunction”. Voice building exercises or surgical augmentation to reintroduce bulk and support to the affected vocal fold(s) may be a solution. If the underlying problem is from stiffness, surgery might be directed at softening the vibrating edge of the vocal cord. Thirdly, one form of non-organic dysphonia is a “hyperfunctioning” supraglottis (the false vocal folds). Therapy directed at restoring the normal voice is usually quite successful. In rare cases, deeper probing into the stresses or obligations perpetuating the condition may be helpful.
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Want to know what to expect with Laser or IPL Hair Removal?
This Article is also in our FAQs section.
Q. What happens at consultation?
A. Consultations are free of charge and are with one of our friendly nurses or aestheticians. This will take roughly an hour, and we will discuss your medical history, assess the area, and discuss your expectations. Should you wish to proceed to treatment, we are required to complete a patch test to the area and there is a charge of £30 for this. A patch test limits the risk of complications or side effects, and ensures we’re using the right settings for your skin and hair type.
Q. What is the patch test, and does it hurt?
A. The patch test is just as it sounds, a test patch of treatment to the area. The same as hair salons patch test hair dye prior to treatment, we test the area we’re treating. This is usually between 4-10 shots in the area for treatment. This gives you an indication of what to expect during treatment, and allows us to tailor your treatment for you as an individual.
Q. How soon after the patch test can I have treatment?
A. This depends on a few factors, such as your skin and hair type, your medical history and any medications you might take. As a rough guide, treatment can commence after 48hours – 1 week after having your patch test. In rare cases we might suggest leaving 4 weeks between the patch test and your first treatment – this would be discussed with you at consultation.
Q. How long should I leave in between treatments?
A. This depends on the area being treated. We would suggest 4 weeks as a minimum gap between treatments (for face, underarms) an average of 6 weeks for some other areas (bikini, abdo) and up to 8 weeks for other areas (back) but your practitioner will advise you what is most suitable for you as an individual.
A. This really depends on what you want to achieve, but on average most people require between 6-8 treatments to achieve permenent hair reduction. Many factors influence hair growth – age, ethnicity, weight, metabolism medication and hormones all play a part where and when hair grows. Following your consultation and patch test, you will be advised of realistic expectations.
A.Laser hair removal is a gentle, non-invasive process and requires no anaesthetic. Most people feel nothing more than a slight warmth or tingling sensation.
Q. Is the treatment safe?
A. Yes. The Laser Clinic Ltd provides you with safe, effective and proven technology. All treatment is carried out by Registered Nurses and Aestheticians who have extensive laser experience and hold the BTEC Advanced Award in laser and IPL applications.
Q. How long will a treatment take?
Legs (full) From 1 hour.
Q. Why can’t I have a sun tan?
A. The reason we cannot treat anyone with either an active suntan, a fake tan, or a tan obtained from a sunbed is because the laser would target the colour in your skin AS WELL as the hair. This increases your risk of blistering, buring and pigmentation changes.
Q. Is there anywhere that cannot be treated?
A. Yes, we cannot treat any internal hairs – for example nostrils and ears. Please note – the area immediately surrounding the eye is unsuitable for treatment.
Q. Is it suitable for men and women?
A. Yes, men find it particularly beneficial for excessive facial and back hair. And we offer a discrete ‘out of town’ service which is still close to Swindon town centre and Old Town – laser hair removal is becoming the preferred choice for both men and women.
Q. Is it suitable for all hair colours?
A. No – the laser will not effectively treat white, grey or red hair as there is insufficient pigment. If you have white, grey or red hair, Electrolysis will treat it effectively.
Q. Do I need to prepare the area?
A. Not for consultation. We ask that when attending your consultation you leave the hair as it is – this can be difficult when you’re coming to talk about facial hair and so we ask that if you can’t leave the hair you shave the area.
Q. Can I shave inbetween treatments?
A. Yes! We ask that you do. If you remove the hair with methods such as waxing or bleaching, this can make laser and IPL treatments ineffective. A growth of about 2mm is ideal for treatment – this usually means shaving the night before or the morning of your appointment, depending on when your appointment is. You don’t have to shave inbetween treatments if you don’t want to, but shaving or clipping are the only methods of hair removal that we can advise whilst having treatment.
Q. How much is treatment?
A. The patch test – which is required before ALL treatment is £30. The prices for individual treatments can be found at http://swindonlaserclinic.co.uk/prices/ Please note these prices are per treatment.
Q. What is the aftercare advice?
Q. Can I have more than one area treated at a time?
A. Of course! The most popular comibations are underarms and bikini, and top lip and chin, although other combinations are also popular. Please ask for details and prices.
Q. Will the hair disappear during the treatment?
A. No. The hair will fall out about a week after treatment, during the growth faze of the hair cycle. When you leave, the hair will look pretty much the same as when you came in. The area may be red afterwards, but this usually fades quickly.
We hope that this covers any questions you may have. Should you wish to discuss any of this any further, then please contact us for a free consultation.
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Jennifer Frank Tantia, PhD, BC-DMT, LCAT is a psychotherapist in private practice and licensed in New York State. A former professional dancer and aerial artist, Jennifer has researched and practiced the psychological implications of embodied awareness for over twenty years. Noting the obvious connection between body and mind in dance and psychology, Jennifer furthered her education in mental health and attained a Master’s degree in Dance/Movement Therapy, followed by a doctorate in Clinical Psychology, specializing in Somatic Psychology.
As a somatic and movement psychotherapist, Jennifer has worked with many patients in settings such as: psychiatric units, geriatric residencies, day treatment programs and corporate environments and pioneered dance/movement therapy for treating patients in psychiatric emergency rooms in New York City. She has experience in treating individuals suffering from depression and anxiety, body image and eating disorders, psychosomatic disorders, HIV/AIDS, psychotic and bipolar disorders.
Jennifer’s background of psychology, physiology, creativity and neuroscience provides a fully embodied approach to psychotherapy. She currently treats a wide range of clients from those with PTSD, anxiety, depression, to thpse with relationship issues, and who want to gain greater insight to develop their physical, mental, embodied or spiritual potential. Her forthcoming edited book, Embodied Perspectives on Psychotherapy is due to be published Spring, 2018.
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This paper studies the interaction between the housing sector and the macroeconomic environment in Korea. Besides serving as a typical small open economy, Korea provides an interesting laboratory case, since the country was subject to various housing-cycle phases over the sample, and its policymakers implemented active policies to stabilize the housing market. We present a microfounded open-economy model extended to incorporate a housing sector. The model is estimated using Bayesian methods and a large set of observables. We highlight the role of assumptions about house-price expectations on economic dynamics. In the benchmark case of rational expectations, the spillovers from housing to macro variables are modest. House prices are largely driven by sector-specific demand and supply shocks. Business cycle fluctuations are mostly driven by open-economy shocks. When the assumption of rational expectations is relaxed in favor of extrapolative expectations, however, the impact of the housing sector increases. Macroeconomic spillovers from the housing market become more important, with housing shocks accounting for up to twenty percent of fluctuations in the broader economy.
We would like to thank seminar participants at the Bank of Korea for comments. Professor Milani acknowledges and is grateful for the financial support provided by the Bank of Korea regarding this research project.
Real Non-Residential Investment (detrending: Business Investment) (Bandpass filter, Christiano-Fitzgerald). The series is computed from Gross Fixed Capital Formation, subtracting residential investment.
CPI Inflation (log difference, no trend). We use the series for core CPI inflation, excluding agriculture and energy.
Nominal Exchange Rate. We use the inverse of the nominal effective exchange rate published by the BIS (an increase denotes a depreciation according to the definition in the model). We take the logarithm of the series and consider in deviation from the sample mean. We allow for a break in the sample mean in 1998.
Nominal Interest Rate. The annual rate is transformed into quarterly rate. The interest rate is considered in deviation from the sample mean. Again we allow for a break in the mean before and after 1998.
Real Household Credit (detrending: Bandpass filter, Christiano-Fitzgerald). The original household credit series is seasonally adjusted and deflated using the GDP Implicit Price Deflator.
Terms of Trade (Net barter definition, we detrend using a linear trend).
Foreign Output (weighted average of Christiano-Fitzgerald detrended GDPs for the top 10 trading partners: USA, Japan, China, Germany, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, U.K., Singapore, and Hong Kong). The time-varying weights are computed as the sum of exports plus imports with the specific partner, as a fraction of their total sum.
The series are at quarterly frequency and spanning the sample between 1991:I and 2014:IV. The series have been obtained from the Bank of Korea.
We present here the full list of log-linearized model equations. The subscript j = s, b indicates savers or borrowers. Subscripts c and h for labor variables refer to labor in the consumption or housing sector, respectively.
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One of the challenges of autism is sensory system difference. These differences are so prevalent that they are part of the diagnostic criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). This difference comes into play because an autistic neurology typically doesn’t automatically regulate sensory information. This can happen in a variety of ways and accounts for the sensory difference variation we see amongst autistic people.
Sensory information from the world around us is taken in, processed, stored and retrieved by all human beings. In those of us with autism there can be differences in any, some or all of these areas. This often translates to mean our sensory systems are “on edge” pretty much all the time (Endow, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2006).
To live more comfortably in a world that is not set up with our sensory needs in mind we must learn to bring intentional regulation to our sensory system because our body does not do that for us automatically. For youngsters this means an OT (Occupational Therapy) Sensory Evaluation is often done with the results of recommendations for a sensory diet. What is on an individual’s sensory diet plan are those activities, if engaged in, will help to manually regulate that person’s sensory system. Most older autistic adults have not ever had a formal sensory evaluation, but over time have figured out what sensory regulation modalities serve them best.
When youngsters get sensory evaluations that result in sensory diet recommendations that are actively utilized in daily life they become better regulated. This results in more engagement, increased learning and a happier child. However, over time, implementing the very same sensory regulating strategies doesn’t keep on delivering the same results. This is because the sensory system needs change over time (Endow, 2011).
For example, of the seven items on Madison’s sensory diet in second grade only two of those items serve her needs in third grade. Because four of the sensory regulation choices no longer worked for Madison she didn’t want to engage in those activities. She didn’t have the words or the communication ability to explain why she would push the “no” button on her talker. When I went in to consult the staff expressed frustration because Madison was clearly disregulated and yet, she refused to do her sensory diet, pushing “no” on her talker when offered choices.
Once the staff understood that Madison’s sensory needs had changed, rather than being stuck in blaming her for her lack of cooperation, they got an updated sensory evaluation. With the new sensory regulation strategies matched to her changing sensory system, Madison became more regulated and once again began making academic progress.
It is important for autistic adults to be aware of the fact that their sensory needs will likely change over time. When you think of it, it makes sense because all human beings experience this. When you are autistic and have a very sensitive system that does not often regulate automatically you need to be aware of this possibility and watch for the changes.
For example, Justin (age 52) was in the habit of taking two half-hour daily walks, keeping his TV volume level at 9 and having three hours each evening with no auditory input. This plan served Justin well for almost three years.
By age 55 he found that he had to increase the TV volume to 11 in order to hear it clearly) and only needed one hour each evening with no auditory input. He continued taking two half-hour walks each day.
Then, at age 56, taking walks became troublesome to Justin because his fluidity in movement had become more problematic. After trying several strategies Justin discovered that going back to three hours each evening with no auditory input along with listening to a music track of nature sounds that had a definite beat allowed him to sync his walking to the beat, and thus, was able to continue his two half-hour walks each day without experiencing the movement glitches.
Regardless of age, all autistics need to be kind to themselves when their sensory system changes. It isn’t easy because sensory differences, whether overload, not enough input, distorted input or a processing, storing or retrieving difference – all of it winds up affecting the way we behave.
I haven’t yet met an autistic that hasn’t, at some point in their life, been blamed for bad behavior. We can see behavior. We can’t always see what is causing the behavior. Whenever someone has a history of being blamed for bad behavior they learn to blame themselves whenever their behavior changes – even when the behavior change is a direct result of sensory system difficulties.
When we see the behavior before we recognize the sensory system change we cannot connect the cause and effect dots. For many of us, the learned pattern is to blame ourselves for our bad behavior. Anytime we attribute character flaw or blame to behavior we get stuck in problem solving.
In the above example, I started seeing Justin because he was having problems at work. He worked in an office and had started throwing office supplies. At first he threw paper clips across his desk, then pens and finally, when he threw a coffee cup that broke something, his job coach called me in. Justin’s job was on the line.
It took some time, but in the end we all learned that Justin’s throwing was helping his movement stay fluid and the nature music sound track helped his movement difficulties both at work and during his daily walks at home.
If the change in Justin’s sensory system with the resulting change in sensory diet hadn’t been discovered the outcome could have been very different. Justin could have been fired from his job and his life would have become smaller without work. In addition, he would have eventually needed to cut out going for walks as that movement became less fluid. Clearly, the movement support needed to be in place.
So, whether you are working with an autistic or are an autistic, please know that sensory system needs change over time. Often, your first clue that this has happened will be seen by a change in behavior. Whenever behavior changes the number one rule I have is to BE KIND.
When people are unkind to autistics they tend to assign negative intentionally to the autistic for the behavior and then blame the autistic.
When autistics are unkind to themselves they tend to blame themselves, assign character flaws (which are permanent and unchangeable) and over time become depressed over something that is nothing more than a symptom of their disregulated sensory system.
Whenever you are unkind in response to behavior – either to an autistic or to yourself (if you are the autistic) – you don’t do anyone any favors. Unkindness, blaming, assigned or taken on character flaws all lead to getting stuck in solving problem situations. Sensory system needs change over time. Know this; count on this. Your first clue will likely be something in the behavior arena. When behavior happens, BE KIND. Whether the behavior is sensory related or not it is most expedient to interface our best selves with solutions and positive regard for fellow human beings rather than being defeated by our own unkindness.
American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
Endow, J. (2011). Practical Solutions for Stabilizing Students With Classic Autism to Be Ready to Learn: Getting to Go. Shawnee Mission, KS: AAPC Publishing.
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James DeGale could challenge for a world title within three fights after becoming European super-middleweight champion in Liverpool on Saturday.
DeGale bounced back from defeat to British rival George Groves in May with a points victory over Piotr Wilczewski.
His promoter Frank Warren said: "Hopefully after another couple we can get him into a world title fight."
DeGale's next fight could be a mandatory defence of his title against former world champion Cristian Sanavia.
Former Olympic champion DeGale lost his unbeaten professional record and British title against bitter foe Groves but showed plenty of heart in his first fight back.
Poland's Wilczewski had lost only once in 30 fights prior to Saturday and had DeGale in trouble on several occasions, especially in a turbulent fifth round, when it appeared the challenger might be stopped.
However, DeGale regrouped, although his tactics were mystifying at times as he chose to fight on the inside rather than boxing on the back foot.
"I had to dig deep in the last couple of rounds and sometimes I make things a bit hard for myself," said the 25-year-old, who now has 11 wins from 12 fights.
"All the doubters were out again and I'm glad I put on a good performance.
"My hearing went the fifth round and I felt weird it was later revealed DeGale had torn an eardrum, but I got through it and in parts of the fight I looked good.
"I like a fight and I wanted to stand there and give it to him, and I did.
"My corner were telling me 'have a nice tight defence, box on the back foot, jab and it's easy work'. Trainer Jim McDonnell is constantly telling me I don't have to have a war, you can box, but I just love it.
"He was a solid, seasoned pro - tough, hard and he came to fight. People doubted my heart but I'm a European champion after coming off that silly defeat to 'Gorgeous' George."
Warren added: "You look at the guy he was fighting and he was ranked number two by the WBO, as well as being European champion.
"He has a wealth of experience, is strong and tough. We saw a lot of heart, James had to dig deep, and that's how he prevailed."
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The websites listed below are in English unless otherwise stated. Click on the little "+" sign to see the Categories (subjects) for that entry.
Read about C.A.C.A., its activities and membership groups, such as the Porcelain Painters.
An "extension" of the author's guides to eBay photography.
Includes the artist's CV, galleries and china painting; events lists; and supplies catalogue (with studies).
D.M. Campana, author of over fifty art teaching books, founded this Company at the turn of the 20th century. Read about the company or order supplies ranging from brushes and paints to kilns, fine art reproductions, studies and books. Campana also holds an annual Porcelain Art School at Amarillo.
Readers can also access the text of Campana's The Teacher of China Painting here on The Internet Archive.
The Museum houses around 4 million artefacts, with some 218,000 accessible online. Use menus or Search to find items such as the Vachon Collection (featuring Canadian heraldry), 19th-century pottery and porcelain, and ceramics in the Treasures Gallery.
Don't miss the archived section on the 1897 Canadian Historical Dinner Service, painted by members of the Women's Art Association of Canada. It includes details about the artists, plus images of each unique piece; the service itself is housed in Haddo House, Scotland.
Search the Artist Database (by media) for information about Canadian china painters "born before 1925". The gallery also includes two images of works by Edith Carr and Alice M. Egan (commonly referred to as Alice Hagan).
http://cwahi.concordia.ca/ In English & French.
This shop sells supplies and a range of wares, painted to order or from in-house designs (shown online).
Carmen and daughter Gabriela Aritio both teach in the associated School.
Studio specialising in slightly whimsical, penned designs; all pieces are signed and can be customized. Her blog also lists her latest news, fairs and exhibitions, and retail outlets.
Potter whose works include porcelain painting.
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