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Misunderstandings and false ideas are the result of not knowing the word of God. Confusion is bound to arise when God's word is not studied and believed. There were times when people thought that the earth was flat, and they did not believe it had the shape of a sphere. But God, who created all things in the beginning, never said anything of the kind: Since time immemorial, there have been opinions that are "in". To give just one example, many people nowadays no longer believe that it was God who created the universe. They prefer to believe that everything came into existence by itself and not by the word and at the command of the creator. Everything happened by coincidence. Such theories are ridiculous and impossible. They can be found planted in the minds of "highly developed" apes, which choose to believe that man descended from his forefather the ape. It is obvious, that the followers of the ape cult are not so developed; otherwise they would take God's word into account.
1. the earth was created 6000 years ago.
2. the 6 days of creation (Genesis 1:3 to 2:25) are described by the verses Genesis 1:1-2 (See above).
4. the earth was created, as described in verses 3 and 4. The earth, however, was already there in the beginning (verse 1) and was preserved through the flood.
Up until this period of time, none of the days are yet included as being part of the 6 days of creation, which actually happens to be a new creation. The new creation (6 days) is the restoring of life on this earth, which had been wiped out by divine judgement (Isaiah 14:12; 2 Peter 3:4-6). God tells us (10 times in Genesis chapter 1) that all creatures, men, animals, and plants received the capability to multiply, each as according to its own kind like HE made in the beginning. Not one element of creation whatsoever can break this law of God! It is a law of nature that absolutely nothing can develop into something more intelligent and better by itself than what it already is. We also definitely know that all intelligent life and matter never originated from unintelligent molecules. The wealth of creation did not arise from inferior powers, but by the word of an intelligent creator who is called JESUS, before whom every knee shall bow.
FACTS ABOUT THE THEME CREATION.
1. Only the earth is said to be without form and void, but not the universe.
2. The appearance of the earth reveals traces of a catastrophe.
4. If such a prehistorical divine judgment did exist, it would throw some light on Satan's fall, and upon the special relationship, which he seems to have to earth.
5. This observation proves that the earth was created at a time, which is unknown to us. It was the original creation and ended with the divine judgement of a worldwide flood and darkness. That was the condition of the earth, "...the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep, " before God made everything new.
6. During the period of the original creation up until the divine judgment, life existed on this earth. The fossils, "bones of dinosaurs" and other animals, and also of the world of plants confirm this.
7. The Bible teaches that man was created by God as a highly developed being, with a body of flesh, spirit and soul.
8. Dead matter cannot bring forth life, only that which has life can produce life.
9. From the billions of fossils and living organisms, there is no evidence whatsoever that one species can bring forth another species. In addition, the so-called "animals, which link up" are, on closer observation, not connecting links in reality.
10. Everything, which reproduces itself, only duplicates it own species. A lowly worm does not become a higher developed creature but remains a worm.
Huxley said: "It is clear that the teachings of evolution conflict with the version of creation. If evolution continues to be accepted, it makes it all the more impossible to believe in the Bible."
Spencer taught: "Evolution is purely mechanical and nothing supernatural happened."
Ernst Häckel said: "The entire idea of there being a supernatural work and there being a personal character linked up with this, is eliminated by the theory of evolution. "
Darwin said: "The more organs that there were existing and the more complex that their instincts developed, the greater was the sum of innumerable individual changes. Every small change was good for the organ involved. "
The advocates of evolution agree that a true evolutionist cannot be a believing Christian. There is no room for God in the doctrine of evolution, and there is no reason to believe in heaven, or in hell in this speculating teaching. If everything came into existence by coincidence - that implies without a God - then there is no need for the salvation of the human race, which has fallen away from God. Those that are in the church and are trying to bring the theory of evolution into one accord with the Bible, do not know the power of God's Word.
The teaching of evolution is a bankrupt, speculating philosophy and is not a scientific fact!
The teaching of the creation by God is sensible and is a scientific fact.
2. That the earth was created 6000 years ago.
3. Nor that the earth was created on the third day, as could be understood by the verses found in Genesis 1:9-13. This is not the case because the earth was already there at the beginning (verse 1) and was preserved throughout the flood.
4. That the six days of creation - Genesis 1:3 until 2:25 - also includes the verses found in Genesis 1:1-2.
5. That the earth at the beginning was created as a chaos and over flooded. | 2019-04-20T15:08:49 | http://v-p-m.de/studien/evolution_eng.htm |
Human "civilization" is based on and in cities. Pictures like the ones here (and there are many such pictures available, from throughout the Middle East) demonstrate that human civilization is now suffering from what amounts to an "auto-immune disease." What we call "defense" is destroying the fundamental basis of civilized life.
This can't end well - and we all know it!
We have to make a decision. No more bombing cities, alright? Americans are complicit. Lots of the bombs come from the United States. Many are delivered by United States forces. | 2019-04-23T01:14:13 | https://www.gapatton.net/2019/04/92-this-cant-end-well.html |
e- Citizen is end-user computer skill development programme and is designed to cater for those with a limited knowledge of computers and the Internet but who wish to gain valuable everyday computer and Internet skills.
The e-Citizen programme develops candidates skills and knowledge in basic computer and Internet use. The programme aims to make candidates aware of available online information and service resources from a wide variety of areas including: news, government, consumer, travel, education/training, employment, health and business. | 2019-04-25T16:21:48 | https://www.ncit.gov.mv/index.php/en/it-development/e-citizen-program |
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using the mb_user_profile_info shortcode it view an empty register form, without filling fields.
is it possible to pass an user id to edit a specify user account information by mb_user_profile_info?
#1: Did you include the ID of the meta box?
#2: Yes, the shortcode mb_user_profile_info has an attribute id for user ID. Please just use it.
however the meta box is correctly populate, but email and passwords fields are empty.
Hi, is the email/password issue resolved by your code in this topic?
Ah, I got it. Email and password are required to manually entered to update profile info. Perhaps only password is required, email should be auto filled. What do you think?
but if I want only to edit a single meta box field, why I must insert my password?
How are you guys travelling with this?
I am at this same junction if its possible to have a password to confirm the submission of changed user details. It would also be handy to append the form first rather than after the authenticated field.
I haven’t done it yet. The current password field is used for updating, which is weird. I’ll remove the email and password first. Maybe adding a password confirm is good idea.
Update: I’ve just released version 1.0.3 which doesn’t show email and password fields for user profile form. If you want to include these fields, you can include a meta box id rwmb-user-info in the shortcode (you can change the position of the form to the bottom by putting this ID as the last one).
That works perfectly. also just realised you can also pull the other standard user meta in by using their keys (first_name or last_name).
Is it possible to use a MB helper function to retrieve data fields from the user table, like if one wanted to change s password or email in the user profile? | 2019-04-20T22:16:16 | https://metabox.io/support/topic/edit-profile/ |
More info: 25y, indoors, 83-84°F (28-29°C).
The Residence Inn Green Bay is located only minutes from downtownand major corporations. And we are an All Suite hotel that caters to the short and long term business traveler. | 2019-04-24T18:46:25 | http://www.tvtrip.com/Spa-and-swimming-pools+30-info/Broadview-Center-YMCA+u1KHV6 |
Really don't like the stuff. I'm ok with the sauce, but the rice cakes really just don't have any taste!
This is teenager snack food. Usually I'm not a fan of the sauce (too tomato-ey), but sometimes, very very rarely, it's not too thin and not too much like catchup, and the tteok is good. Usually, I just feel cheap eating this. | 2019-04-21T20:45:40 | http://www.eatinkorea.com/de/food/tteokbokki |
On his performance for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Godfrey had to explain to his childhood friends in Chicago that he’s African African, not African-American. Although he is American, too. His parents are Nigerian. Let him explain.
Godfrey also has some things to say about the “see something, say something” policy, as well as a solid Obama impersonation (and his impressions of the president, too). | 2019-04-25T19:48:01 | http://thecomicscomic.com/2012/08/16/godfrey-on-late-night-with-jimmy-fallon/ |
Welcome to back to class, Jamie. I really missed having conversations with you. Anyway, this quote is for you. Hope you'll have a great day. | 2019-04-21T04:54:46 | http://mecaenglish.com/g09.htm?mode=view&boardname=code09&keyset=&searchword=&idx=1865&parent=1722&depth=0&sortno=1&page=1&cate_id= |
* Due to the light color of #B301 Opal, Lonseal highly recommends the use of six coats of finish. More frequent maintenance procedures are necessary to ensure a long lasting installation. In addition, areas of prolonged UV exposure should be avoided to prevent unwanted discoloration of the flooring.
LONBEAD, is a luxuriously textured surface consisting of an embossing of small pearl-like drops that form a glossy and elegant design. The droplets that coalesce on the product’s surface conjure the image of bath beads, summoning feelings of calmness and tranquility. These sentiments are reinforced by the beaded texture, when felt, brings to mind a soothing massage. Along with its unique enchanting aesthetics, Lonbead is a high performance product with a skid-resistant surface, and a cost efficient, easy installation. In addition, Lonbead’s innovative blend of cutting-edge design and sturdy vinyl construction means that Lonbead is every bit as durable as the space in which it’s been installed, reducing the life-cycle costs of their capital projects. | 2019-04-18T17:26:14 | https://lonseal.com/products/product-details/line/LONBEAD/ |
In part 1 of this story we discussed heat in a dome and where the heat is going along with how the structure itself keeps a comfortable temperature. Now we can take the story a bit deeper and go into the unique ways The Farley Group keeps domes warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
We already covered how the layers of a dome wall control conductive heat loss, but there is another way domes potentially lose or gain heat: radiation. Heat lost through convection is low because most of the air is trapped by the dome!
Radiant energy is bombarding you every day. The most obvious example is in the form of light from the sun. Radiant energy is able to heat up another object with electromagnetic radiation. You can see electromagnetic radiation with cameras tuned to pick up wavelengths above what your eyes are able to distinguish. These are called thermal or infrared (IR) cameras.
Light is radiant energy that can be used to heat whatever catches and absorbs this energy. Many materials, such as those that are darkly coloured, do this very well. Others, lighter or reflective coloured materials, absorb the energy poorly. If an object reflects light, it’s safe to assume that it is reflecting wavelengths of energy that we cannot see as well.
Now that we understand the science of conduction, convection, and radiation we can begin to talk about how domes keep thermal energy inside during the winter, and outside during the summer.
The insulating syst em used in our domes is a reflective foil, double-bubble insulation described here. This type of insulation is different from the insulation in your home because its primary goal is to stop radiant energy, whereas insulation materials such as fiberglass aim to stop heat through conduction or convection.
In a dome, the layers of the wall slow conduction and convection heat losses. The bubble layer in the insulation helps with this as well, although the majority of the insulation value comes from the reflective foil layer.
The reflective layers bounces radiant energy back into the dome and reflects the suns radiant energy away from the dome. If you’ve ever used an emergency space blanket, the same principle is being applied.
Dome insulation can drastically reduce the amount of energy (and money) needed to keep the large space warm in the winter, or cool in the summer. Of course, this will vary depending on how extreme the outside temperature reaches.
Domes in climates that don’t experience exceedingly cold winters or sweltering, sunny summers may not need the additional insulation that other domes benefit from. Our dome engineers keep this in mind when custom designing any air structure to ensure an air structure’s thermal needs are met.
When it comes to playing sports in an air dome, keeping the temperature in the right zone makes a significant difference to the overall experience. The next time you’re playing soccer, tennis, baseball, or football under a dome, be thankful that so much thought and experience goes into getting the air just right. | 2019-04-22T07:13:19 | https://www.thefarleygroup.com/blogs/dome-science-how-domes-stay-warm-part-2.htm |
A key challenge of life today is the multitude of demands coming from different directions, which often includes financial pressures, job demands, time pressures, and work-life balance. Being a great Dad, and in particular the Dad that your child needs you to be, can be even more difficult. We realise that Dads need a program and support group that makes them feel comfortable. Comfortable enough to share their fears, concerns and challenges in a non-judgemental environment that also provides them with the skills and knowledge to equip them to be the Dad they need to be.
The dad2DAD program has been established by a Dad who is well aware of the challenges of being a great Dad.
A full-day weekend workshop for an in-depth discussion and self-awareness raising experience to be an even better Dad.
The dad2DAD Australia Facebook page and group has been established to provide a forum for Fathers to connect and share experiences, insights and questions about fatherhood.
At the core of the dad2DAD program and forum is the belief that every child has very specific needs from their father, depending on a whole range of factors. As such, we aim to assist fathers to understand more specifically what their child needs of them and how to go about being the father that their child needs.
We also believe that many of us as fathers tend to base our approach to being a father on our own experience of our own father’s and our own needs. In other words we often don’t fully understand what our child needs from us and go about being a Dad based on what we think is best, which is at times not the best.
We also believe that we never stop learning. The more we learn about how we work as human beings, the more understand about the brain development and the psychology of well-being and resilience, the more we will continue to adapt the way we parent and the way we help our children prepare for their futures.
Finally, we believe that with knowledge of what our child needs from us developmentally from a cognitive, emotional, and behavioural perspective we will be better able to provide what our child needs from us as fathers. | 2019-04-21T11:03:46 | http://tlcsolutions.com.au/resilience-wellbeing-safety/dad2dad-program/ |
Growing up on Chicago’s North Side, “Rocky” Yamanaka recalled few incidents of racism. “Me and my sister were the only Japanese. But we were curiosities to most of the Caucasians there,” he said.
Follow the story of “Rocky” Yamanaka, one of the few remaining Nisei who remembers life in Chicago before Japanese American resettlement, from his family’s difficulties in the Great Depression, his experiences in being drafted on V-J Day at the end of World War II, and his return to a Chicago that had drastically changed.
Still sharp of mind and looking rather spry for an 86-year-old, Yamanaka, with his thin frame and graying hair, remembers a time before World War II when fewer than 400 Japanese Americans called Chicago their home. Currently, there are only a handful of Chicago Nisei from before the war that are still alive today.
He was born in 1927 in the U.S. to parents who hailed from near Tokyo. His father first arrived in Chicago as a houseboy living with an American family in the early 1900s. Eventually obtaining an education and opening up a restaurant in the downtown area of Chicago, his father later married his mother and brought her back to the U.S. They would have two sons and two daughters, and Rocky was the third-oldest of his siblings.
The diner owned by his father was on Clark Street near Chicago Avenue, and served American fare typical of the many restaurants run by Nisei at the time, since an American audience for Japanese food had not developed in the 1920s and 1930s. But following the Great Depression, his father would eventually lose the restaurant, though he ended up working for another Nikkei restaurateur.
By this time his family had moved from the south end of downtown and settled in a crowded, coal-heated two-flat in the Geneva Terrace neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago. Walking a block and a half to Lincoln Elementary School, he went to classes in a predominantly Caucasian community.
His childhood memories included playing “kitten ball” (also known as “mushball,” a form of 16-inch softball popular in Chicago) with Caucasian neighborhood kids. Early on he evinced a talent for drawing, and even received a summer scholarship to take a class at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Yet through his childhood, experiences of racism on the basis of his Japanese ancestry seemed rare, perhaps owing to the fact that the small Nikkei community was not seen as much of a threat in Chicago compared to areas on the West Coast, where virulent anti-Japanese sentiment had been the norm.
Though his childhood friends tended to be Caucasian, he does remember attending Japanese American events, including community picnics with his family, as well as annual ceremonies honoring the Japanese emperor’s birthday held on the South Side of Chicago. Another important memory involved going with a large group of Japanese to the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair to see the Japanese Pavilion there, and having iced green tea for the first time, a relative novelty at the time.
When Rocky turned ten years old, his older brother developed rheumatic fever, a common childhood illness of the period. His brother ended up being treated at the La Rabida Sanitarium in Jackson Park (now the La Rabida Children’s Hospital), and since his family didn’t have a car, it would take them hours by streetcars to go that far south. Later his brother returned home and though bedridden for a while, recovered enough to go to school. Despite his seeming recovery, his condition worsened and he passed away in May 1938.
Following the passing of his brother, his mother got ill for a long time, and then when she recovered, his father also got sick, due to an ulcer exacerbated by these family stresses. Rocky’s father would eventually pass away in December 1939. Both his father and brother were interred at Montrose Cemetery, one of the few cemeteries that accepted Japanese American remains for interment.
Through assistance from the Japanese Mutual Aid Society of Chicago, his family eventually stayed in an apartment on Oak Street that the association ran. This experience provided his first significant exposure to the Nikkei community and through his time there he met other Nisei like himself.
He would eventually learn a little of the Japanese alphabet there but never learned to speak Japanese like some of his Nisei friends. They stayed at the association from about 1939 through 1941, before his mother finally found employment.
When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, his family still lived at the association. Though he was only 14 years old at the time, he can still recall his thoughts today.
Lacking a strong family connection to Japan and being situated in the Midwest, the unfolding of the war seemed somewhat far away to Rocky as he went to high school.
After his mother got a job they were able to rent a place on nearby Wells Street. His mother faced a great deal of difficulty in picking up after his father passed away, but she eventually worked in the restaurant business and ended up managing a restaurant after a couple of years, demonstrating her tenacity in the face of their family struggles.
During this time he attended Waller High School (now called Lincoln Park High School), first at the Waller branch before transferring to the main school for his last two years. At this school he met a number of other Nisei who attended as well.
By the time that he graduated high school in the spring of 1944, he fully expected that he would be drafted into the war effort.
Despite the war ending, Rocky still had to get inducted to fulfill his Selective Service duties. As he noted, he and his fellow enlistees were supposed to be sent to nearby Fort Sheridan by noon of that day.
Following this, the Army sent him to Camp Fannin in Tyler, Texas, where supplies ran low due to the consolidation of the armed forces at the end of the war. Three months later the Army transferred him to Fort Snelling in Minnesota, but since he couldn’t speak Japanese he couldn’t join the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) program. By the end of his service he ended up at the Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) school at Camp Holabird in Maryland and joined the art department, becoming a staff sergeant, and the head non-commissioned officer there.
In 1947 he finished his military service. Still only 20 years old, he found that his hometown had drastically changed.
In speaking about the Nikkei that ended up resettling in Chicago from the Japanese American concentration camps, “Even before I got drafted they started coming into this area out of the camps. A lot of them moved to the South Side, like the Hyde Park area.” By 1947, the number of Nikkei in Chicago had rocketed to some 20,000 people.
Later he went to art school on the G.I. Bill and started a career as an illustrator at an art studio run by a former Disney animator.
All told, however, the Nikkei community had changed drastically from what he had known before. “The pre-war community no longer existed when I came back,” he said. “I never did have a community, because I lived in a Caucasian neighborhood, but I had to move into a Nisei group. Then I went in the Army and came back and the Nisei group was completely changed from what I remembered from two years before.
Despite the changes that have taken place in the Nikkei community of Chicago, Rocky continues to live as an embodiment of an era now gone, but for him, and thankfully because of him, it will not be forgotten.
Ryan Masaaki Yokota is editor of Nikkei Chicago, a website devoted to telling the untold stories of Japanese Americans in the Windy City. For more information, visit http://nikkeichicago.wordpress.com. | 2019-04-19T11:01:51 | https://www.rafu.com/2013/10/dispatches-from-chicago/ |
Tatjana Kobb, puts Fitchburg on the global map of the U.N.’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, that is.
Dr. Kobb strives to build partnerships and empower communities. This goes beyond guiding individuals to unlock their potential. It is a commitment to stretching the boundaries of opportunities available to everyone.
“We are never limited by our struggles,” says Dr. Kobb. She brings people together around initiatives in communities. Now Fitchburg can link up with similar efforts taking place all over the world.
Dr. Kobb has brought together the City of Fitchburg, the Fitchburg Art Museum, and Fitchburg Public Library to celebrate International Youth Day, which the United Nations General Assembly established in 1999.
The day serves an annual celebration of the role of young women and men as essential partners in change and as an opportunity to raise awareness of challenges and problems facing the world’s youth.
Quality of life and health depends on what food products we consume.
Ancient heritage and knowledge about healthy habits of consuming fermented food is making its way back in recent years.
Dr. Tatjana Kobb, an enthusiast and philanthropist, a health leadership and public health ambassador for sustainable development talked at Newton’s farmers market about the benefits of ferment food and drinks and contributed to the Goals in Action.
At the Newton Farmers' Market that is celebrating its 39th year and is one of the oldest farmers' markets in Massachusetts.
speakers panel along with participative delegates from across the region to deliberate on the strategies that need to be developed to further advance women’s participation in the public and private sector along with power packed discussions, networking sessions, interactive panels and business lunches.
Feminization- Only in a workplace where Men and Women meld their unique styles of leadership, can a strong leadership team be formed which is fierce enough to compete in today’s marketplace, as by combining the leadership styles, the organization can maximize the opportunities and minimize the threats. The rise of women into positions of power has created “feminization” of leadership which is reflected in the increasing importance of emotional intelligence, people skills and flexibility. The demand of today’s generation is aligned to the skill-set of female leadership styles. The gathering would encourage women to be visionaries, be visible, be vocal and add value, to move beyond their comfort zones and reinvent themselves.
STEMinism- STEM workforce is crucial to UAE’s innovative capacity and global competitiveness.Hence, it is very imperative for UAE organizations to support women and maintain a robust network of female professionals. There are numerous opportunities for women in STEM, hence the gathering will bring together eminent women to inspire aspiring women and capitalize on the wealth of experience gained through the setbacks and achievements throughout their career. These industry icons will enlighten progressive path of career in STEM as they have already proved their mettle and our future generation look upto them. The exclusive gathering will help advance current gender-focused initiatives including encouraging training and hiring for employee diversity, and continue to give back to the community through STEMinism.
We have the pleasure to announce you the new role of Dr. Kobb as a final paper advisor to students in the International Masters for Health Leadership (IMHL) at McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management.
Joined in January 2018, because Dr. Kobb can speak the truth to power, see the unseen potentials and capacities by others and in others, her striving to build partnerships and empower communities goes beyond the guiding of individuals toward reaching their unlocked potentials and is committed to stretching the boundaries in understanding how the justice is available for all and we are never limited by our struggles.
Dr. Tatjana Kobb presented at the recent “100% Renewable Energy Summit” on Martha’s Vineyard.
Organized by Vineyard Power and Environment Massachusetts Research & Policy Center, the summit focused on how the island can move to 100% renewable energy like solar and wind. Dr. Kobb discussed the health impacts of climate change as well as PSR’s work on climate.
Dr. Kobb spent 3 months in the spring of 2016 at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), a graduate-level research university located on the shores of the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia. Advising the Social Responsibility department on developing and implementing social responsibility partnerships strategy to improve the quality of life for communities in Saudi Arabia. Just in thie to be aligning and integrating the themes of the Saudi Vision 2030 and the UN Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Partnership development and stakeholders engagement strategic planning.
With Country Faces/Music/Date Palms we were part of ArtWeek Boston in the spring of 2017 and presented at the International Women's Club of Boston (IWCB).
We building foundations for understanding the diversity of our society. Through inclusiveness presenting an opportunity to know and respect the reach heritage of civilizations.
Learning about the variety of Date Palm fruits, its nutritional values and support to civilizations throughout the history globally. Participate and receive an invite to taste the delicious variety of dates.
Walke in the park and see the Faces of Qatar photography project that makes everyone re-evaluate their perception of the other people living here and to encourage the different nationalities to meet, get to know one another and understand the many similarities they share.
Bring your drawing and painting kits to work on painting the trees in the Arnold Arboretum and the palms at the Red Sea coast through the interactive art class with a female artist from Saudi Arabia. Listen while painting to the music created by Russian and Tajik musicians that creates happiness and helps to representatives of different cultures and generations to find common language.
Tamar – meaning “date” (the fruit), “date palm” or just “palm tree” and is same in Hebrew and Arabic.
Healthcare Policy and Politics in the Gulf States - Dr. Tatjana Kobb participated in the Working Group I meeting when she lived in Doha, Qatar.
Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) convened the first working group under the research initiative Healthcare Policy and Politics in the Gulf States on April 27-28, 2014. Healthcare practitioners, strategists and social scientists from various disciplinary backgrounds gathered over two days to discuss the rapidly changing health profile of the region, the existing conditions of health systems, and the challenges posed to healthcare management across the six countries of the GCC. | 2019-04-25T01:48:24 | https://www.bostonsustainabilityadvising.com/news/ |
Wilfred Owen presents images throughout the text for example firstly he describes “innocent.” This descriptions shows and affects my underling that the events occurred were such horror that they did not deserve this, the word innocence shows that they are powerless, meaning that the event occurring is on a ridiculous scale of intensity and power. This shows that most people are all vulnerable and they are clueless and helpless. Saying “on innocent tongues,” present that he is speaking on behalf of every soldier that they are underfed, malnourished and fatigued. The image of innocent tongues presents they may not have had the pleasure of eating for long periods of time. The phrase innocence can be seen for a stereotypical person to be young, because that is the age of innocence, hence Wilfred Owen is getting across that all the soldiers are young.
“His hanging face.” The use of his shows that his dying friend that they had a very close connection, speaking in a present tense. “His” instead of “he had a” shows that this fellow comrade is still in presence in his mind, and also presents that this particular event may have significance to Wilfred as it was a time of sadness and horror maybe using a form of catharsis to try relive that moment into words. This language shows he values friendship and respect.
Wilfred Owen also presents a solid imagery though “his hanging face.” This presents the setting to very sad as his friend may be dying infant of him and his face may be drooping. A hanging face describes that he looks very old or sick, this might present sine he has included this detail that his face was the complete opposite before this event, and has significance as he is not familiar with him looking like this. Also the word hanging has a stereotypical image of a young person hanging on a swing for example, with a sense of joy. Therefore Mr. Owen is trying to present that he was young and full of vibrance. This does not work for Wilfred Owen as war was presented as “Dulce et decorum best Pro patria more,” is just an old lie.
Dulce et decorum best includes a challenge towards leaders that the propaganda is an “old Lie.” This shows how Wilfred Owen has come to realisation that war isn’t miraculous, glorious or exhilarating. “the old lie,” places images in my head that throughout Wilfred Owen hole life he has been repeatedly told the same catch phrase sentence, that he just lives with it with a special spot in his brain. A lie is something once you have done it will not be the same and the fact that Wilfred Owen has heard this rededately before he set off he would fully believe it. This shows the feeling to not be disgusted with the old lie, but more of moment for the soldiers to be feeling gullible, or disappointed of falling into the trap of this lie.
“The old Lie,” shows specific vocabulary showing significance in the word Lie with a capital L. This shows that Wilfred Owen believes In highlighting that point that war is not glorious and fitting, by using this capital L we can tell this indicating Wilfred has a protective side. He shows obviously that this lie was portrayed and used very much during the time of the war as the way he crafts it, shows that most children already know about this. The capital L is chosen as it presents that it is of significance in his life now and he is continuously thinking over about it, as generally something starting with a capital is a specific thing like a title of a book, when you are reading this book you everyone and then when you finish a page think about the title, author or the front cover, while Mr Owen is fighting and serving in war he thinks about that front cover of the poster with the photo of the glorious leader on it.
“all went lame,” has been chosen specifically to add to the meaning of “Dulce et decorum est.” I think the word All has been chosen to be in the poem is to show the significance of how many it effected, with was All. Instead of Wilfred Owen using some for example. This use of all describes that every single soldier may be going exactly what the poet is going through, which is fatigue and horror. This has been chosen in to not only think of all the soldiers from the British, French side but also maybe the opposition so the poem can be related to by many people. This shows that Wilfred Owen values sympathy, which stereotypically might not be seen by a soldier fighting for ones country/allies.
“on innocent tongues,” is a form of symbolism.
This technique was used to allow the reader to give meaning of what innocence. This allows us to picture what innocence is which is being young and helpless, and are under no power to change this. This describes Wilfred Owens situation as he is innocent and war and maybe yet again feels innocent, he then cross links with “to children ardent,” which links with this child image. This use of symbolism shows that when since he has been innocent when he was told “the old Lie,” and has yet to overcome that innocence since. It portrays and image of helpless innocent soldiers.
“Like old beggars under sacks,” is a simile.
Wilfred Owen uses hyperbole to emphasise the problem, describing an image that the soldiers were so fatigued that they may have well been asleep, which was a sense of irony as men were supposed to be marching with pride and passion. Wilfred Owen using hyperbole is trying to get the message across of the old lie, using hyperbole to exaggerate the beyond terrible conditions.
Jesse, your first idea about the “innocence” of soldiers in Owen’s eyes is a valid one. Consider what additional historical information you could give to support this discussion. I.e. Your thoughts on the propaganda used to enlist soldiers, which were shared in class. Also, consider the effect of various language techniques /writing techniques on the reader. I.e. What does imagery or a simile do? When you state: “using a form of catharsis to try relive that moment into words”, consider why the poet would want to use his poetry as a form of catharsis? Great original insight shared here overall. Well done! | 2019-04-20T12:13:49 | http://jesserobertson.mtaspiring.edutronic.net/dulce-et-decorum-est-what-has-been-included/ |
With the World Cup taking place in South Africa this year, and having just returned from my holidays in and around Cape Town, I thought I'd fill you in on a few bits and bobs that you might find interesting about the country.
Did you know that as well as English, there are ten other official languages in South Africa? Although English is the country's lingua franca, it is only the fifth most commonly spoken language. In fact, if you are of Dutch descent, you would probably understand much of Afrikaans, a very widely spoken language (especially in the west of the country) which has its roots in 17th century Dutch.
When most people think of South Africa, they probably think of its troubled and often turbulent past, but the South Africa of today is a modern, vibrant society which, despite it's many problems, attracts almost ten million visitors annually. Of course, this trend looks set to continue with the country hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup. We visited the stadium in Cape Town and it is an amazing building in a fantastic location with the famous Table Mountain as a backdrop. I hope that the tournament is a success, both on and off the field.
We spent most of our time in Cape Town, though we also travelled around the Western Cape from the coast to the desert! Everywhere we went we were given a very warm welcome, had great weather, ate delicious food and visited some amazing places. In other words, the perfect holiday! | 2019-04-25T08:15:37 | https://www.londonschool.com/blog/a-postcard-from-south-africa/ |
We here at the Blood-Red Pencil want to take a moment to remember all who died to give us the freedom to even write this blog. There are so many countries that restrict, or limit, any kind of exchange of ideas, and sometimes we forget. This freedom did not come without a high price-tag.
I come from a long line of military men on my father's side. In a little cemetery in Fairmont, West Virginia there are headstones for a number of Van Gilder men who served in the U.S. military, going back to the Revolutionary War. I had the opportunity to go that cemetery a few years ago for a family reunion and it was awe-inspiring to walk the lines of gravestones and think about what it must have been like for them.
Before taking that trip, I had not known that there was a member of our family serving in every war and conflict throughout the history of our country.
It was also interesting to note that not one of those men died in combat. They all served their time in the military and were able to come home. It was the same for my brother in the Vietnam era and my son in Desert Storm. But other families have not been so lucky.
So it is those families that I think about today with special care. They have sacrificed much to protect our country and the freedoms we espouse.
What about you? What does the holiday mean to you?
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Lovely remembrance, Maryann. Lest we forget.
I am a military brat and only wish most of the wars in my lifetime weren't politically motivated, instead of actually defending our so-called freedoms. This holiday just seems like let's pretend to me, at least most years.
It certainly has lost the impact it had in years past. I can remember Decoration Day and the parades and listening to all the adults talk about the men and women who died in the wars. I think with having the Vietnam war blasted across television screens every night, people became inured to it all. Kind of like watching too many violent video games. Sad. | 2019-04-22T01:23:51 | https://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2017/05/memorial-day.html |
Preparations for a performance by Paul Brun's Munich Marionettes at the Arts Theatre Club in London.
Titles read: "Marionette MAGIC (Filmed at the Arts Theatre Club, London)".
Various shots show preparations for a performance by Paul Brun's Munich Marionettes. The small sets are put in place, the puppets are checked over and the marionette operators get in position. The curtain comes up and three puppets are seen dancing about and singing in an Arabian Nights type scene.
Above the stage we see the operators handling the strings. Off-stage are the musicians and singers. At the end of the number the female puppet leaps onto the shoulder of one of the males.
Amendment November 2014: A visitor to the site has written to say the performer's correct name is Paul Brann.
That would be Paul BRANN (1873 - 1955), not "Brun", founder of the "Marionettentheater Münchner Künstler" (Marionette Theatre of Munich Artists), who emigrated from Germany to Oxford in 1934 after the National Socialists came to power.
Well said Hufflepuff! That is my grandfather Paul Brann (you can also glimpse his wife Gabriele, and and son, Florian, my father).
Why haven't Pathe changed the name from Brun to Brann?
Is there any more footage?
We used to play with those marionettes when we were children. Now the poor creatures are incarcerated in museums.
and the play was called "The Woman with Two Husbands"
Actually the play was called "Wasif und Akiv." "The woman with two husbands" was the sub-title. The woman, seen dancing in the play, was Laila. | 2019-04-22T08:19:20 | https://britishpathe.com/video/marionette-magic/query/puppets |
As a result, SMSF Trustees who want to borrow money to buy investment property simply cannot get a loan from ANY bank in Australia to do so as a result of the move from April 30 this year. This follows scrutiny of the SMSF sector where it was found recently that 90% of advice to set up such a fund broke the law and raised concerns about ‘one stop shops’ where financial ‘advisors’ encourage investors to set up an SMSF and buy property from a real estate agent or developer with whom the advisor has a relationship and may earn large commissions from.
This, in addition to the Hayne Royal Commission, recent ATO warnings on SMSF diversification and concerns from the Council of Financial Regulators about leveraged SMSF’s speculating on residential property have all played a role in the death of limited recourse borrowing facilities in this sector.
Excessive fees for setting up the SMSF structures taken by financial advisers who also took hefty commissions on selling property to unsuspecting investors is a blight on the industry and advisor networks. However, exposure to residential property through an SMSF structure is still available to savvy investors through various listed and unlisted funds, and most importantly without the need for leverage.
The CFMG Land & Opportunity Fund is one of these unlisted funds and generates a fixed return of 12% per annum via development of residential property with a minimum investment of just $25,000. | 2019-04-21T20:03:03 | https://www.cfmgcapital.com.au/news/2019/4/10/final-australian-smsf-property-lender-turns-the-lights-out |
There are 215 recipes on the blog al dolce penso io.
What kind of recipes from al dolce penso io are you looking for? Choose a dish or an ingredient to refine the selection. | 2019-04-25T05:27:53 | https://verygoodrecipes.com/al-dolce-penso-io |
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Is there any chance to get my accidently deleted contacts back without iCloud backup?
How to get accidently deleted contacts back without iCloud backup? Is it possible to retrieve accidently deleted contacts without iCloud backup? Read this article to restore accidently deleted contacts without iCloud backup.
I accidently deleted several contacts on my iPhone 7s Plus. I have removed the iCloud contacts, then put them back on, didn’t work. The only thing I won't do is restore my phone from an iCloud backup, which would also erase my existing data on device, is there any chance to find my only deleted data without restoring the whole backup? Thanks!!!
We’re always advised to sync our device to iTunes or iCloud regularly to keep our valuable data safe. As a result, we’ll be allowed to regain disappeared data by restoring the whole backup. However, it is not possible to select a particular contact to restore but will restore all contacts, which means it will remove any previously saved data from your iPhone if you restore from backup directly. Is there any chance to get my accidently deleted contacts back without iCloud backup? Don’t be panic, iFonebox is definitely the best solution to this kind of predicament.
Sometimes, data loss happens so quickly that we don’t have much time to back up our data. With iFonebox, you can restore accidently deleted contacts even if you’ve never synced your device to iCloud or iTunes before. Because this application is superior in detecting right through the device then extracting the disappeared data easily.
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TThe biggest news is the receipt of a donation of $17,500 from the Legacy Fund of Coastal Community Credit Union. This is a major vote of confidence in our project by the merger partner of the former Quadra Credit Union, and a substantial portion of the annual Legacy Fund payout. Many thanks to the local committee members and the board of directors of the credit union for making this decision. This brings the total raised to $205,000 and ensures that with a modest mortgage we can finance construction of the first duplex and even think about the second one!
Mark your calendars for April 10 - the date of Gourmet Dinner QISHS fundraiser at the Heriot Bay Inn. A super meal is planned, with entertainment and a silent auction. More detail to follow. Also pencil in April 19 for our AGM, to take place at the Community Center at 7 PM. Come out to get a complete report of the year’s wonderful progress toward the start of construction planned for MAY!
Progress continues by volunteer project manager John Toelle and his band of helpers. Cathy Lansdall is drafting the revised plans for our revised Development Permit from the Regional District. John has found an Engineer to inspect and approve progress – his name is Don Johnston and he is an ex-employee of Murray Johnson at his Q.Cove office.
If the RD staff stick to their time estimates, we should have approval in time for the May start. | 2019-04-25T23:40:39 | http://www.thegumboot.ca/go1461a/SENIOR_HOUSING_NEWS_-_Feb_19th |
The two lions outside the building's entrance are exact copies of the two sculptures by W.W. Wagstaff which were commissioned in 1935 for the Hong Kong office of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC).
For many years a similar pair of lions stood outside the bank's Shanghai office and were modelled in 1923 by the sculptor Henry Poole.
8 Canada Square is the world headquarters of HSBC, one of the world's largest banks.
8 Canada Square accommodates approximately 8,000 workers.
The tower was built on reclaimed land, in an area of London that used to be home to the world's largest docks.
In 2004, a 6 metre long panel of glass came loose from the top of the tower and fell 200 metres, narrowly missing a security guard patrolling the base.
Upon completion, 8 Canada Square was the UK's joint 2nd tallest building alongside 25 Canada Square.
8 Canada Square was the first London skyscraper completed by British architect Sir Norman Foster.
The lobby features a large art installation known as the 'history wall', which depicts the history of the HSBC company through an interactive display.
In April 2007, 8 Canada Square became Britain's first building to be sold for more than £1 billion.
The building has a BREEAM rating of 'excellent'.
On May 21 2000, three building workers were killed when a Wolff 320 BF tower crane collapsed during construction of the tower. | 2019-04-26T13:50:22 | https://www.emporis.com/buildings/100088/8-canada-square-london-united-kingdom |
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Kaye Abad revealed that she was not able to see or meet her former boyfriend and on-screen partner John lloyd Cruz who was also said to be living in Cebu where she lives with her husband and their son.
Kaye revealed that her husband Paul Jake Castillo was friends with Ellen Adarna, John Lloyd's current partner.
"Palagi naman akong nasa labas pero hindi ko pa rin siya nakikita. Ang daming nagtatanong niyan pero hindi pa kami nagkikita rin," said Kaye.
"Baka ayaw na ng tadhana na magkita kami kasi maayos na ang mga buhay namin,"she added.
Paul Jake is friends with Ellen but not really close to the point of hanging out.
Acording to her, she had communication with John lloyd when he was still dating Angelica Panganiban. Kaye said she is happy with John lloyd's decision.
"Kasi may anak na rin siya, kumbaga lahat kami ay may pamilya na," Kaye said.
According to the actress, John Lloyd had always known that he would not be in showbiz forever. The actress was not surprised at all that John Lloyd decided to quit showbiz.
John Lloyd had remained private and lived a simpler life with Ellen Adarna since taking an indefinite leave. He had been busy as an artist and had his artworks featured in some exhibits.
Kaye Abad and John lloyd Cruz had been together in Tabing Ilog which aired its last episode in 2001. She is the sister of former child star Sarah Jane Abad-Contreras who had also been a part of FPJ's Ang Probinsiyano.
Kaye became the ambassador of Manila International Airport Authority, the government agency for Ninoy Aquino International Airport, since February 13, 2008.
She got engaged to Paul Jake Castillo in May 2016, on her 34th birthday. They tied the knot on December 9, 2016 at a ceremony in Cebu City. | 2019-04-21T22:31:46 | https://kami.com.ph/88927-kaye-abad-asked-boyfriend-john-lloyd-cruz.html |
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On Friday, August 17, the Claremont Evaluation Center and the Southern California Evaluation Association are co-hosting a special panel featuring academics and professionals discussing the interplay between research and policy-making. Follow this link for details.
This workshop will provide participants with an overview of the core concepts in evaluation and applied research methods. Key topics will include the various uses, purposes, and benefits of conducting evaluations and applied research, basics of validity and design sensitivity, strengths and weaknesses of a variety of common applied research methods, and the basics of program, policy, and personnel evaluation. In addition, participants will be introduced to a range of popular evaluation approaches including the transdisciplinary approach, program theory-driven evaluation science, experimental and quasi-experimental evaluations, empowerment evaluation, fourth-generation evaluation, inclusive evaluation, utilization-focused evaluation, and realist evaluation. This workshop is intended to provide participants with a solid introduction, overview, or refresher on the latest developments in evaluation and applied research, and to prepare participants for intermediate and advanced level workshops in the series.
Questions regarding this workshop may be addressed to Stewart.Donaldson@cgu.edu.
Conducting, interpreting, and evaluating research are important aspects of the social scientist’s job description. To that end, many good educational programs provide opportunities for training and experience in conducting and evaluating true experiments (or randomized controlled trials—RCTs—as they sometimes are called). In applied contexts, the opportunity to conduct RCTs often is quite limited, despite the strong demands on the researcher/evaluator to render “causal” explanations of results, as they lead to more precise understanding and control of outcomes. In such restricted contexts, which are absolutely more common than those supporting RCTs, quasi-experimental designs sometimes are employed. Though they usually do not support causal explanations (with some noteworthy exceptions), they sometimes provide evidence that helps reduce the range of plausible alternative explanations of results, and thus, can prove to be of real value. This workshop is designed to impart an understanding of quasi-experimental designs. After some introductory foundational discussion focused on “true” experiments, we will consider quasi-experimental designs that may be useful across a range of settings that do not readily admit to experimentation. These designs will include time series and interrupted time series methods, nonrandomized designs with and without control groups, case control (or ex post facto) designs, regression-discontinuity analysis, and other esoterica. Participants are encouraged to bring to the workshop design issues they are facing in real world contexts.
Questions regarding this workshop may be addressed to William.Crano@cgu.edu.
This workshop is designed to introduce you to different types of qualitative research methods, with a particular emphasis on how they can be used in applied research and evaluation. Although you will be introduced to several of the theoretical paradigms that underlie the specific methods that we will cover, the primary emphasis will be on how you can utilize different methods in applied research and consulting settings. We will explore the appropriate application of various techniques, and review the strengths and limitations associated with each. In addition, you will be given the opportunity to gain experience in the use of several different methods. Overall, the workshop is intended to provide you with the basic skills needed to choose an appropriate method for a given project, as well as primary considerations in conducting qualitative research. Topics covered will include field observation, content analysis, interviewing, document analysis, and focus groups.
Questions regarding this workshop may be addressed to Kendall.Bronk@cgu.edu.
This workshop covers some of the essential skills and strategies needed to prepare successful grant applications for education, research, and/or program funding. It will provide participants with tools to help them conceptualize and plan research or program grants, offer ideas about where to seek funding, and provide suggestions for writing and submitting applications. Some of the topics covered in the workshop include the pros and cons of grant-supported work, strategies for identifying sources of funding, the components and preparation of grant proposals, and the peer review process. Additional topics related to assembling a research or program team, constructing a project budget, grants management, and tips for effective writing also will be covered. The workshop is intended primarily as an introduction to grant writing, and will be most useful for new or relatively inexperienced grant writers. Workshop participants are invited to bring their own “works in progress” for comment and sharing. There will be limited opportunities for hands on work and practice during the workshop. At its conclusion, workshop participants should be well positioned to read and evaluate grant applications, as well as to assist with the preparation of applications and to prepare and submit their own applications in support of education, research, or program planning and development activities.
Questions regarding this workshop may be addressed to Allen.Omoto@cgu.edu.
Evaluation capacity building (ECB) involves implementing one or more interventions to build individual, group, or organizational capacities to engage in and sustain the act of evaluation including, but not limited to commissioning, planning, implementing, and using findings from evaluations. Participants will be introduced to the fundamentals of ECB; intended outcomes of ECB interventions; a range of ECB interventions; and important considerations in measuring evaluation capacity in organizations. This course provides practitioners with an opportunity to consider what types of evaluation capacity they want to build within their organization and why and what needs to change among whom within the organization to attain these goals.
This workshop is designed to provide participants with an opportunity to increase their understanding of theory-driven evaluation science, and to learn how to use this approach to improve the rigor and usefulness of evaluations conducted in complex “real world” settings. We will examine the history and foundations of theory-driven evaluation science, theories of change based on stakeholder and social science theories, how these theories of change can be used to frame and tailor evaluations, and how to gather credible and actionable evidence to improve evaluation accuracy and usefulness. Lecture, exercises, discussions, and a wide range of practical examples from evaluation practice will be provided to illustrate main points and key take-home messages, and to help participants to integrate these concepts into their own work immediately.
Leeuw, F. L., & Donaldson, S. I. (2015). Theories in evaluation: Reducing confusion and encouraging debate. Evaluation: The International Journal of Theory, Research, & Practice, 21(4), 467-480.
Donaldson, S.I., & Lipsey, M.W. (2006). Roles for theory in contemporary evaluation practice: Developing practical knowledge. In I. Shaw, J.C. Greene, & M.M. Mark (Eds.), The Handbook of Evaluation: Policies, Programs, and Practices (pp. 56-75). London: Sage.
Multiple regression is a powerful and flexible tool that has wide applications in evaluation and applied research. Regression analyses are used to describe relationships, test theories, make predictions with data from experimental or observational studies, and model complex relationships. In this workshop we’ll explore preparing data for analysis, selecting models that are appropriate to your data and research questions, running analyses including mediation and moderation, interpreting results, and presenting findings to a nontechnical audience. The presenter will demonstrate applications from start to finish with SPSS and Excel. In recognition of the fact that it is difficult to remember everything in a presentation, participants will be given detailed handouts with explanations and examples that can be used later to guide similar applications.
Level: Intermediate; participants should have some familiarity with correlation and statistical analyses.
Questions about this workshop may be addressed to Dale.Berger@cgu.edu.
Level: Advanced beginner; participants should have prior familiarity with evaluation terminology and some experience in educational settings.
Evaluation has the potential to improve educational outcomes among students. However, evaluators need both the strategies and skills to facilitate this improvement. How can educational outcomes be strategically and intentionally improved across diverse educational settings? What can the evaluator do to ensure students receive the maximum benefit from their learning environments? And, given the current accountability and policy environment, how can contemporary educational evaluators be successful in this diverse milieu? This workshop is designed to answer these questions and more.
The current educational policy and accountability landscape.
How to use logic models to structure strong educational initiatives.
Which educational strategies have been shown to improve student learning outcomes.
How to measure if educational strategies are implemented well enough to produce measurable changes in student outcomes.
How to measure educational outcomes beyond traditional academic indicators, including social-emotional learning and college/career readiness.
These concepts will be explored using fun, interactive activities. The workshop is designed to engage the audience, so be ready to participate and add your voice to the mix! We will also supply a reading list to any participant who wants more evaluation resources about these concepts.
Questions regarding this workshop may be addressed to tiffany.berry@cgu.edu.
The focus of this hands-on workshop is to instruct attendees how to create reliable and valid surveys to be used in applied research. A bad survey is very easy to create. Creating an effective survey requires a complete understanding of the impact that item wording, question ordering, and survey design can have on a research effort. Only through adequate training can a good survey be discriminated from the bad. The daylong workshop will focus specifically on these three aspects of survey creation. The day will begin with a discussion of Dillman’s (2007) principles of question writing. After a brief lecture, attendees will then be asked to use their newly gained knowledge to critique the item writing of selected national surveys. Next, attendees will work in groups to create survey items of their own. Using Sudman, Bradburn, and Schwatrz’s (1996) cognitive approach, attendees will then be informed of the various ways question order can bias results. As practice, attendees will work in groups to critique the item ordering from selected national surveys. Next, attendees will propose an ordering scheme for the questions created during the previous exercise. Lastly, using several sources, the keys to optimal survey design will be provided. As practice, the design of national surveys will be critiqued. Attendees will then work with the survey items created, and properly ordered, in class and propose a survey design.
Questions regarding this workshop may be addressed to Jason.Siegel@cgu.edu.
Michael Scriven notes that formative evaluations help to form programs. However, the findings from formative evaluations often examine metrics that are not actionable by program administrators and staff. These evaluations focus on lagging indicators: the big program impact outcomes such as graduation rates in education or recidivism rates in mental health. These indicators are mostly out of the control of the program being evaluated as they cannot be directly influenced—they are measured on the target population upon completion.
In this workshop participants will be introduced to a new data use model from the leaders’ recent book from Harvard Education Press. Participants will learn to identify leading indicators—metrics that are actionable by program staff and lead to the intended outcomes—and how to successfully incorporate leading and lagging indicators in their evaluations. The workshop includes engaging activities; and participants are encouraged to bring examples from their own practice for customized coaching. Additionally, the leaders will present strategies for improving the way data is presented that are grounded in the latest research in psychology, neuroscience and behavioral economics to influence human judgment and decision-making and organizational habits. The result will be evaluations that are more client-centered with findings that are useful, usable, and actionable.
Creating a Data-Informed Culture in Community Colleges: A New Model for Educators, by Brad C. Phillips and Jordan E. Horowitz.
Questions about this workshop may be addressed to Jordan E. Horowitz.
In her blog, “Value-for-Money: Value-for-Whom?” Caroline Heider, Director General of the Independent Evaluation Group of the World Bank, pushes evaluators to make sure that “the questions we ask in our evaluations hone in on specifics that deepen the understanding of results and past experience,” and to ask ourselves what difference our recommendations will make once implemented, and what added value they will create.
Applying Appreciative Inquiry to evaluation provides a way to drive an evaluation by vision and intended use, builds trust to get more accurate answers to evaluation questions, and offers an avenue to increase inclusion and deepen understanding by incorporating the systematic study of successful experiences in the evaluation.
Appreciative evaluation is just as serious and systematic as problem analysis and problem solving; and it is probably more difficult for the evaluator, because it requires continuous reframing of familiar problem-focused language.
In this one-day workshop, participants will be introduced to Appreciative Evaluation and will explore ways in which it may be applied in their own evaluation work. Participants will use appreciative interviews to focus an evaluation, to structure and conduct interviews, and to develop indicators. Participants will practice “reframing” and then reflect on the power of appreciative and generative questions. Through real-world case examples, practice case studies, exercises, discussion and short lectures, participants will learn how to incorporate AI into their evaluation contexts.
Questions regarding this workshop may be addressed to Tcatsambas@encompassworld.com.
Since its formal introduction at the American Psychological Association Convention in 1998, the positive psychology movement has blossomed, giving birth to a vibrant community of scholars and practitioners interested in improving various aspects of society.
Positive organizational psychology has been defined as the scientific study of positive subjective experiences and traits in the workplace and positive organizations, and its application is to improving the effectiveness and quality of life in organizations. The purpose of this workshop is to introduce participants to cutting edge theory, research, and applications of positive psychology in the workplace.
In this full-day workshop, you will be provided with an overview of the positive psychology movement, and its relationship with positive organizational psychology, behavior, and scholarship. Through lectures, small group discussions, exercises, and cases, you will learn how to apply positive psychology and design thinking principles to improve the quality of work life, well-being of all organizational stakeholders, and organizational effectiveness.
Topics such as positive leadership, exemplary teamwork, flow in the workplace, positive career development and mentoring, appreciative inquiry, and positive organizational development will be explored.
Donaldson, S. I., Dollwet, M., & Rao, M. (2015). “Happiness, excellence, and optimal human functioning revisited: Examining the peer-reviewed literature linked to positive psychology.” Journal of Positive Psychology, 9(6), 1–11.
Donaldson, S. I., & Dollwet, M. (2013). “Taming the waves and wild horses of positive organizational psychology.” Advances in Positive Organizational Psychology, 1, 1–21.
Donaldson, S. I., & Ko, I. (2010). “Positive organizational psychology, behavior, and scholarship: A review of the emerging literature and evidence base.” Journal of Positive Psychology, 5 (3), 177–191.
Please contact Stewart.Donaldson@cgu.edu or Jeffrey.Yip@cgu.edu if you have questions.
The careful planning of visual tools will be the focus of this workshop. Part of our responsibility as evaluators is to turn information into knowledge. Data complexity can often obscure main findings, or hinder a true understanding of program impact. So how do we make information more accessible to stakeholders? Often this is done by visually displaying data and information, but this approach, if not done carefully, can also lead to confusion. We will explore the underlying principles behind effective information displays. These are principles that can applied in almost any area of evaluation, and draw on the work of Edward Tufte, Stephen Few, and Johnathan Koomey to illustrate the breadth and depth of their applications. In addition to providing tips to improve most data displays, we will examine the core factors that make them effective. We will discuss the use of the common graphical tools, and delve deeper into other graphical displays that allow the user to visually interact with the data.
Questions regarding this workshop may be addressed to Tarek.Azzam@cgu.edu.
The beauty of the field of evaluation is in its potential responsiveness to the myriad of contexts in which people—and programs, policies, and the like—exist. As the meaning and construction of the word “community” expands, the manner in which evaluation is conducted must parallel that expansion. Evaluations must be less about a community and more situated and focused within the community, therefore increasing its responsiveness to the uniqueness of the setting/system. To do this, however, requires an expanded denotative and connotative meaning of community. Moreover, it requires us to think innovatively about how we construct and conduct evaluations, and to broadly consider the kind of data that will be credible to stakeholders, and consumers. The goal of this workshop is to engage the attendee in thinking innovatively about what evaluation looks like within a community, rather than simply about a community. We will engage in a process called “design thinking” (inspired by Design Innovation Consultants IDEO and Stanford’s Design School) to help us consider how we might creatively design responsive and credible community-based evaluations. This interactive course includes some necessary foundation-laying, plenty of discussion, and of course, opportunities to think broadly about how to construct evaluations with the community as the focal point.
Questions regarding this workshop may be addressed to Katrina.Bledsoe@gmail.com.
There is no question that leadership profoundly affects our lives through our roles in various types of organizations. Throughout history, the successes and failures of individuals, groups, organizations, and societies have been attributed to leadership. However, leadership is more than just a collection of tools and tips, or even skills and competencies; the essence of an individual’s leadership is fundamentally shaped by her or his values, philosophies, and beliefs. In addition, pathways to organizational leadership are complicated by the various challenges and opportunities rooted in gender, race, ethnicity, age, class, citizenship, ability, and experience.
Through the metaphor of the labyrinth, we will explore the following questions: What is effective leadership, and how can we encourage more individuals to identify both as leaders and proactive followers? How can we develop more inclusive leadership programs that allow diverse leaders to rise to the new challenges and demands of a global world? We will examine what successful 21st-century leaderships looks like, drawing on theories of philosophy and ethics, charismatic and transformational leadership, and followership. Using research, cases, and exercises, we will examine constructs critical to practicing inclusive leadership in modern organizations, including empowerment, authenticity, accountability, courage, influence, and humility.
Questions regarding this workshop may be addressed to Michelle.Bligh@cgu.edu.
Consulting is a niche business. Success begins with identifying and understanding your niche. Marketing and building the practice follows from that. This course features an indirect marketing strategy that builds and deepens demand through knowing and meeting the needs of clients in your consultation niche. It is a value-added strategy.
Issues addressed include: What does it take to establish an independent consulting practice? How do you find your consulting niche? How do you attract clients, determine how much to charge, create collaborations, and generate return business? Included will be discussion on such topics as marketing, pricing, bidding on contracts, managing projects, resolving conflicts, professional ethics, and client satisfaction. Participants will be invited to share their own experiences and seek advice on situations they’ve encountered. The course is highly interactive and participant-focused.
This class offers the opportunity for participants to learn from someone who has been a successful evaluation consultant for 45 years.
Course book: Facilitating Evaluation: Principles in Practice, by Michael Quinn Patton (Sage, 2018).
Questions about this workshop may be addressed to mqpatton@prodigy.net. | 2019-04-26T09:22:19 | https://research.cgu.edu/claremont-evaluation-center/professional-development-workshops/workshop-descriptions/ |
Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) welcomes potential investors and developer for the structure of Dubai’s first transit oriented development, the Union Oasis project.
The provisions for selecting competent bidders must possess experience, determination and resources to carry out and fulfill the project in compliance with the provisions of the law prevailing public-private partnerships (PPP) in Dubai.
According to the CEO of RTA ‘s rail agency, Abdul Mohsen Ibrahim Younes, RTA has started receiving requests for prequalification of investors and developers interested in the project. They can submit their requests until 3 December 2015 so as to offer them enough time to complete the necessities.
Individual meeting will be held to talk about the prequalification and summary of the tender. Prequalification documents and project information kit can be downloaded from RTA website or can be requested through e-mail.
The agreement is for 30 years period and grants three years to fulfill the construction works. RTA will be open in developing latest design practices or models for this project with investors and developers with the intention to heighten the profitability rate.
It is approximated that a private developer will come in a concession arrangement with RTA , being the administrator of the location, whereas the developer will be in charge for managing, building, planning, designing, financing and operating this project.
The developer will be given the right to use the income made from all commercial processes of all project elements, whereas RTA will be given a return against the operation of the land.
Union Oasis, which was previously a public park, will proffer mixed development that will contain entertaining facilities and green areas, commercial as well as retail shops and residential apartments. | 2019-04-21T00:53:10 | https://www.adgeco.com/rta-begins-prequalification-for-union-oasis-dubai/ |
We understand that every client is unique and have different business needs and preferences. Navixel Solutions is inclined to customize tailored solutions specific to the needs of the travel & IT industry powered by complete operational support. We emphasize on building healthy client relationships and ensure to offer extended support to help our clients meet their business goals effectively.
We strive to provide the best results to our clients by continuous improvement of the process and practices. To achieve this, we follow the process excellence approach that enables us to improve on every step and produce better solutions. It helps us to reduce errors, improve productivity, lower the operating cost and to deliver projects in given timelines.
Navixel Solutions offers highly customizable travel management solutions designed especially as per customer’s business and technology requirement. By utilizing the airline domain and technical expertise, we offer best possible solution which reduces time to market, over heads and improves the bottom line. Also, the solutions are designed in such a way that the business can start at minimum cost and can be scalable as per the future requirement without affecting the stability of the product.
Due to multiple interfaces, travel applications are becoming increasingly complex and problematic to manage. To provide perfect service to end customers, we require a high level of support and maintenance to ensure agility and operational efficiency. Navixel Solution provides 24×7 monitoring of applications, incident management, change management and problem management services to clients for smooth and effective operations.
Our team of software experts are highly adaptable to the emerging market and technology trends. Our development team stays at par with the new technology and implement the recent approach to develop intelligent solutions. We do not believe in sticking to the old school methods for development and always look for the efficient solutions. | 2019-04-21T10:21:54 | http://navixel.com/our-mission/ |
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Tempe, Ariz. [5 September, 2016] — Artesyn Embedded Technologies today announced its new wide input range, single output CNS650-M series of medical power supplies. Contained within an industry standard 4 x 6 inch footprint, these units can deliver 650 W with forced-air cooling (750 W peak) or 400 W with free-air natural convection cooling (650 W peak) and feature less than 500 mW no-load power consumption. The CNS650-M series is available in 12 V, 24 V and 48 V variants, each with a 12 V fan output and 5 V standby. These power supplies can continuously deliver full output power across the wide temperature range of minus 40 degrees Celsius to 50 degrees Celsius and up to 80 degrees Celsius with derating.
These highly efficient power supplies carry medical and ITE safety approvals and incorporate 2XMOPP (Means of Patient Protection) to fully protect and isolate patients from the powered medical equipment. With an isolation of 4000 Vac (input to output) or 1500 Vac (input to PE; output to PE), these units are Type BF ready: for powering equipment where there is conductive contact with the patient, but not the heart, such as ultrasound monitors, blood pressure monitors, incubators, ECG equipment and operating tables.
Where an application requires more power, the active current share facility uses a signal wire to interlink two or more power supplies in parallel to increase output current capability. The built-in PMBus™ interface feature provides flexible and comprehensive digital communication via the PMBus command protocol with control and monitoring functions for voltage, current, temperature and the reporting of fault conditions.
The CNS650-M range is less than 1U high and is available in U-channel, open-frame and enclosed end-fan options (open-frame and enclosed end-fan options currently available on 12 V model). The unit’s built-in 61000-3-2 compliant active power factor correction and Class B EMI filter deliver an EMI/RFI performance to Level B (conducted), Level B (radiated with cover).
Medical and other certifications for the CNS650-M series can be found on the product’s web page. | 2019-04-19T01:02:22 | https://zh-cn.artesyn.com/power/latest-news/release/147/artesyn-launches-new-family-of-medical |
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In each of our locations, you can take advantage of professional advice through which our staff will willingly match products dedicated to your individual needs and requirements. Our specialists will show you how to mix skincare products with colour cosmetics and prepare a sample set especially for you. | 2019-04-20T04:49:04 | https://inglotcosmetics.com.au/inglot-live/29_inglot-lab-check-it-out-for-yourself |
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64 pp, green-red-brown-yellow SC wraps w/color pictorial front & rear panels. The booklet contains a collection of recipes that call for the use of molasses. It contains recipes for drinks, spreads, breads, cakes, ginerbreads, frostings, pies, cookies, desserts, candies, sauces and meats & vegetables. soiling to some of the pages and covers, tipped in newspaper recipe on one page with writing on two of the booklet pages. | 2019-04-19T06:45:40 | http://www.curiocornerbooks.com/product/61857/101-Recipes-Grandmas-Old-Fashioned-Molasses-American-Molasses-Company |
Play through a total of 18 sport events in this action/sports title. Players compete in six categories of events that include shooting, archery, rowing, swimming and track and field.
The game features several modes, where you play all the events over the course of a few days or where you can choose individual events to play.
Depending on your play time and ability, you can enjoy the game a number of different ways. Gather friends and play in competitions with up to five players* to get even more out of this great game. | 2019-04-21T22:20:30 | https://gonintendo.com/stories/277400-world-sports-competition-hitting-wii-u-vc-this-thursday-in-europe |
I use the least scented fabric detergent, as I am scent-sensitive. I don’t use fabric softener in the washer or dryer.
Cat allergy alert: I have 5 cats at home, and as much I clean and wash, I cannot guarantee that the wrap is 100% cat hair free. Weaving also adds dust bunnies (some yarns shed more lint than others, but all of them do), so I am vigilant on my vacuuming duty. I weave with the door closed, to avoid cat hair woven in, and I do not let cats to touch the fabric.
However, if you’re allergic to cats, please exercise caution and refrain from ordering the wraps from me. | 2019-04-22T13:55:28 | https://thesilkyweave.com/read-me/wet-finish-process-and-cat-allergy-alert/ |
I’ve just started on my quest in Kingdom Come: Deliverance, and I’m not sure what to think about it yet. The medieval open-world adventure — that I’ve started describing as “Skyrim minus fantasy” — takes its time before unleashing you on its world, so I’m still unsure what options I have to solve any particular obstacle. But I found out organically that committing crimes is often a means to achieve certain ends even if it’s in a roundabout fashion.
Kingdom Come is out now on PC and consoles. It’s beautiful thanks to developer Warhorse’s use of the powerful CryEngine development kit, but it’s also quite buggy with a tendency to crash. I’m only a few hours in, which means that my parents are dead, my village is gone, and I’ve found myself embroiled in the matters of the state. But as I started playing today, I was facing a basic challenge: leave town.
After the lengthy intro, I ended up in one of the small hamlets that is on lockdown due to an invading force — y’know, your standard Holy Roman Empire stuff. I wanted to return to my home to bury my family because that’s what the game told me to do, but the guards wouldn’t let me leave. Eventually, after flexing my pectoral muscles, one guard gave me the idea to dress up as a guard to sneak out on patrol.
This is when things went wrong for me.
I spent a couple of minutes scouring the town looking for unused armor, but I gave up after clumsily sneaking through a couple of homes. My impatience eventually convinced me to take the renegade route.
I guided the hero of Kingdom Come, a boy named Henry, to a remote part of the village where a guard was standing alone. My plan was to knock him out and take his gear before anyone knew what was up. I attempted to knock the soldier out from behind, but my chokehold did not take. The guard spun around, raised his fists, and started swinging. Without thinking, I drew my sword — and then I immediately regretted that decision when the guard and his newly arrived friend pulled theirs out as well.
After realizing the errors of my ways, I put away my sword and surrendered. And because I didn’t have any money, they threw me in a jail cell for the night.
And that’s when everything went right for me.
After rotting away for the evening, I woke up with the guard telling me to piss off … and then they let me go outside of the town. I was free. I had figured out how to get out of the village, and all I had to do was punch someone a little bit. And I think this is the lesson for all you kids out in the world: Crime often pays — at least in Kingdom Come. | 2019-04-21T06:16:12 | http://briefnews.eu/kingdom-come-deliverance-crime-doesnt-pay-except-when-solving-rpg-quests/ |
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Bumblebees are important pollinators of crops and wildflowers. The Korean native bumblebee, Bombus ignitus , undergoes one generation per year, and induction of artificial hibernation is essential for year-round rearing of the bumblebee. Keeping queens under cold treatment conditions for several mo is an effective method for terminating their diapause and promoting colony development. In the present study, we investigated how the timing and duration of chilling affect the artificial hibernation of B. ignitus queens. In the timing assessment, cold treatment was instituted at 12 d, 40 d, or 100 d after eclosion under a constant temperature of 5℃ and 80% humidity. The queens that entered cold treatment at 12 d after emergence evidenced the highest survival rates: 86.7% at two mo, 73.3% at three mo, and 46.4% at 4 mo. Survival rates were reduced under storage conditions at 12 d, 40 d, and 100 d after emergence. When queens were subjected to chilling at 8 d, 12 d, or 16 d after eclosion with constant 80% humidity, the queens stored at 12 d after eclosion exhibited the highest survival rates, which were 84.6 at one mo, 25.0% at two mo, and 7.9% at three mo. In regards to the duration of the cold period, the queens that hibernated for at least two mo evidenced optimal colony development rates. The rates of oviposition, colony foundation, and progeny-queen production of queens hibernated for two mo were 60.0%, 30.0%, and 13.3%, respectively. These values were 6.0 to 13.3 times higher than those in the queens that hibernated for 15 d. Therefore, a cold period of at least 2 mo applied 12 d after emergence were found to be the most favorable conditions for diapause break in B. ignitus queens.
Bees are critical for the pollination of natural vegetation and agricultural plants, including fruits, vegetables, seed plants, edible oil crops, garden flowers, and major forage crops. Pollination is, therefore, an ecosystem service, given that wild pollinators, particularly wild bees, contribute significantly to the pollination of a wide range of crops (Morandin and Winston, 2005 ; Greenleaf and Kremen, 2006 ; Winfree 2007) . Bees are both widely diverse and abundant, with 16,325 species currently identified worldwide (Michener, 2000) . Commercially managed bees are available for pollination services and are used in large commercial fields, small gardens, and enclosures such as greenhouses and screen houses (Free, 1993 ; Dag and Kammer, 2001) . The use of bumblebees for pollination in greenhouses has become widespread, and the demand for bumblebees increases every year. Bumblebees are particularly effective at pollinating species in the family Solanaceae, including tomato and eggplant (Buchmann and Hurley, 1978 ; Banda and Paxton, 1991 ; Free, 1993) . It has been estimated that of the bumblebee colonies sold in 2004 approximately 930,000 were colonies of the Eurasian Bombus terrestris , approximately 55,000 were colonies of the North American B. impatiens , and a few thousand were colonies of the Eurasian B. lucorum , the East Asian B. ignitus , and the North American B. occidentalis (Velthuis and van Doorn, 2006) .
Generally, Bombus species are annual, eusocial insects with short-lived colonies that are found primarily in temperate regions of the world. Queens are the only caste of Bombus to overwinter (enter diapause), whereas the workers and males perish in the late summer and early autumn, respectively. In the early spring, queens that have overwintered depart from their hibernation sites. The queen accumulates a store of pollen and then lays her first batch of eggs into the pollen mass after finding a suitable site for the foundation of a colony. Upon emergence, the workers of the first brood immediately assume the foraging activities of the queen, who from that point on spends most of her time laying eggs. In late summer, many males and new queens are produced. Only mated queens hibernate and emerge in the spring (Heinrich, 1979 , Duchateau and Velthusis, 1988) .
One of the key stages in the year-round rearing of B. ignitus bumblebees is the breaking of diapause. Diapause is defined as a stage in the development of certain animals during which morphological development may be suspended or markedly retarded (Andrewartha, 1952 ; Mansigh, 1971) . Diapause most likely underlies the variation among queens that may lead to differences in the ability to produce offspring (Beekmand and Vanstratum, 2000) . The programming of diapause involves the development of specific behavioral, morphological, and physiological design features that uniquely prepare the diapause-destined insect for a period of developmental arrest Denlinger, 2002) . With the goal of inducing diapause break, several researchers have attempted to first induce hibernation in bumblebee queens under controlled conditions, despite their lengthy ovarian diapause Horber, 1961 ; Alford, 1969 , 1975 ; Hoem, 1972 ; Beekman , 1998) and CO 2 narcosis (Röseler and Röseler, 1984 ; van den Eijnde , 1991) . Under natural conditions, the duration of the hibernation period ranges from 6 to 9 mo (Alford, 1969a) . Hoem (1972) maintained hibernating B. terrestris queens in mounds of soil in unheated greenhouses or in plastic containers with perlite as bedding; the bees were subsequently placed into a refrigerator at 4-5℃ for 8-9 mo. Asada (2004) reported that chilling in a refrigerator at 5℃ for 4 mo was effective procedure for inducing nest initiation by B. h. hypocrite queens. Diapausing bumblebee queens require sizeable fat reserves, which are used up during the diapause period, and the amount of metabolic reserves remaining after diapause completion depends primarily on diapause length (Hoem, 1972) . Beekman (1998) demonstrated that the weight of bumblebee queens prior to entering diapause affects their survival during diapause; queens with a wet weight below 0.6 g were incapable of surviving diapause, regardless of diapause length. Although increased survival rates have been reported in some studies, few studies have attempted to evaluate the effects of different diapause conditions, including chilling temperature, humidity, duration, and timing, on the diapause survival rates of queens and their subsequent ability to establish a colony.
To evaluate the effects of the timing and duration of chilling on diapause break in B. ignitus queens, we determined whether the timing of the application of cold temperatures and the duration of chilling affect the artificial hibernation of B. ignitus queens. In this study, we determine and describe the most favorable timing and duration of cold temperature application for breaking diapause in B. ignitus queens.
The insects used in the experiment were second and third generation queens acquired from B. ignitus colonies that were reared year-round in a climate-controlled room (27℃, 65% relative humidity, and continuous darkness) at the Division of Applied Entomology, Department of Agricultural Biology, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Republic of Korea.
The basic colony-rearing technique used in the present study was described previously by Yoon et al. (2002). The queens were reared in three different types of plastic boxes for nest initiation (10.5 × 14.5 × 6.5 cm), colony foundation (21.0 × 21.0 × 15.0 cm), and colony maturation (24.0 × 27.0 × 18.0 cm). Queens were first confined individually in small boxes for colony initiation and remained there until oviposition. After the adults emerged from the first brood, the nest was transferred to a medium box for colony foundation and was stored there until the number of workers reached 50. The nest was subsequently moved to a large box for further colony development. A 40% sugar solution and pollen dough were provided ad libitum. The pollen dough was composed of a sugar solution and pollen (v:v 1:1).
To evaluate the effects of timing of cold temperature application on diapause break in B. ignitus queens, the following environmental conditions were established. The cold time regimes were set as 12 d, 40 d, and 100 d after emergence under a constant temperature of 5℃ and 80% humidity. After mating (Yoon , 2008) , the mated B. ignitus queens were weighed prior to the initiation of the experiment. The queens were individually preserved in bottles filled with perlite in a perforated plastic box containing perlite to prevent mold growth and stored for 5 mo in a different chilling chamber (in continuous darkness). The survival rate of queens was surveyed each month. Thirty queens were used in this experiment. To obtain a more precise picture of the effects of the timing of cold temperature application on B. ignitus queens, additional cold time regimes were set as 8 d, 12 d and 16 d after emergence under a constant temperature of 0℃, 2.5℃ or 5℃ and 80% humidity. Thirty queens and 3 replications were used in this experiment.
To determine the chilling duration that was most favorable for artificial hibernation in B. ignitus queens, cold periods ranging from one month to four mo under a constant temperature of 5℃ and 80% humidity were tested. B. ignitus queens that had been chilled for 15 d were used as a control in the chilling duration experiment. Mated B. ignitus queens (12 d after emergence) were weighed and stored in a perlite-filled bottle in a perforated plastic box containing perlite in a 5℃ chilling chamber for 1 to 4 mo. Thirty B. ignitus queens were employed in each cold period tested in this experiment. At the end of treatment, the surviving queens were again weighed. The queens were then transferred to flight cages for three d (Yoon , 2004b) . Each queen was reared in a climate-controlled room (27±1℃, 65% R.H. and continuous darkness). The developmental ability of each colony was estimated based on the rates of oviposition, colony foundation, and progeny-queen production. The queens that did not evidence oviposition within 40 d were excluded from the analysis of the number of oviposited colonies (Yoon , 2004a) . Colony foundation was defined as the time period necessary for more than 50 workers to emerge from a colony.
Statistical analyses were conducted using Chi-square tests (MINITAB Release 13 for Windows, 2000).
To evaluate the effects of timing of cold application on diapause break in B. ignitus queens, we evaluated the survival rates of queens stored at different d after emergence under a constant temperature of 5℃ and 80% humidity ( Fig. 1 ). Of the queens stored at 12 d, 40 d, and 100 d after emergence, the queens stored at 12 d after emergence evidenced the highest survival rates, which were 86.7% at two mo, 73.3% at three mo, and 46.4% at 4 mo. Survival rates were reduced at the following timing: 12 d, 40 d, and 100 d after emergence. The survival rates of the B. ignitus queens were affected by the timing of cold application (Chi-square tests: x 2 =46.581, df=2, p =0.0001 at 2 mo; x 2 =36.118, df=2, p =0.0001 at 3 mo; and x 2 =23.642, df=2, p =0.0001 at 4 mo). To obtain a more precise picture of the effects of the timing of cold temperature application on B. ignitus queens, additional cold time regimes were set as 8 d, 12 d and 16 d after emergence under a constant 80% humidity ( Fig. 2 ). Of the queens in cold treatments applied at 8 d, 12 d, and 16 d after eclosion, the queens stored at 12 d after eclosion exhibited the highest survival rates, which were 84.6 at one mo, 25.0% at 2 mo, and 7.9% at 3 mo. There were significant differences between the evaluated times of cold application at one mo after cold treatment initiation ( x 2 =13.629, df=2, p =0.001 at one mo; x 2 =2.370, df=2, p =0.306 at 2 mo; and x 2 =6.583, df=2, p =0.037 at 3 mo).
Survival rate of B. ignitus queens at different artificial hibernation chilling times. The cold treatment was initiated at 5℃ and was performed at over 80% humidity. Mating occurred 5 d after emergence. Thirty queens were allotted for the different chilling time regimes. There were significant differences between different timings of cold application and durations at p<0.0001 using the Chisquare test.
Survival rate of B. ignitus queens chilled at 8 d, 12 d, and 16 d after eclosion. The temperature was 5℃ and the treatment was performed at over 80% humidity. Mating occurred 5 d after eclosion. Thirty queens were allotted for each experimental chilling time regime, with three replications. There were significant differences in different chilling times at one mo after cold treatment at p<0.001 using the Chi-square test.
We investigated the survival rates of B. ignitus queens subjected to chilling treatments at different times (8, 12, and 16 d after emergence) and temperatures (0℃, 2.5℃ and 5℃). The queens stored at 12 d after eclosion and 2.5℃ exhibited the highest survival rates, which were 93.5% at one mo ( Fig. 3 ) and 56.3% at 2 mo ( Fig. 4 ). Lower survival rates were observed at 2.5℃, 0℃, and 5℃. The survival rates of the B. ignitus queens were affected by chilling time and temperature (Chi-square tests: x 2 =21.053, df=8, p =0.007 at 1 mo and x 2 =36.984, df=8, p =0.0001 at 2 mo). Therefore, our results demonstrate that 12 d after emergence is the most favorable time for application of cold treatment for the break of diapause in B. ignitus . Yoon (2010) reported that optimal timing for cold application in B. terrestris is 8 d after emergence.
Survival rate of B. ignitus queens after one month at different chilling times and temperatures. Thirty queens were allotted for each experimental chilling temperature regime. There were significant differences between cold-application times and temperatures after cold treatment during one mo at p<0.05 using the Chi-square test.
Survival rate of B. ignitus queens after two mo at coldapplication times and temperatures. Thirty queens were allotted for each experimental chilling temperature regime. There were significant differences between cold-application times and temperatures after cold treatment during two mo at p<0.001 using the Chi-square test.
We investigated the survival rate and rate of weight loss in B. ignitus queens at different lengths of time under a constant 5℃ and 80% humidity ( Fig. 5 ). A shorter cold period appeared to correspond to a higher survival rate: 87% at 1 mo, 50% at 2 mo, 43% at 3 mo, and 27% at 4 mo. The survival rate of B. ignitus queens was significantly affected by chilling period (Chi-square test: x 2 =23.092, df=3, p =0.0001). Fig. 5 shows the changes in the weights of B. ignitus queens after artificial hibernation at different cold periods. The rates of weight loss after artificial hibernation over the course of 1, 2, 3, and 4 mo were 13.5%, 16.3%, 22.1%, and 23.6%, respectively. The rate of weight loss appeared to increase as chilling durations grew longer. The rates of weight loss in B. terrestris queens after chilling treatment durations of 3 and 5 mo were 9.0-14.0% and 21.3-30.9%, respectively (Yoon , 2010) . Horber (1961) previously determined that the average weight loss during hibernation was 151.3 mg. Furthermore, the same study demonstrated that surviving queens were heavier than the queens that died during hibernation. Hoem (1972) reported that the observed weight loss occurred during the first half of the hibernation period and that body weight increased after that point. Significant positive correlations were found between the body weight of the queens and the length of survival during and after hibernation. The weight of B. terrestris queens ranged from 400-1000 mg prior to hibernation and from 300-900 mg after hibernation. Similarly, the weight of B. lapidarius queens ranged from 250-850 mg prior to hibernation and from 250-750 mg after hibernation.
Survival rate and weight less rate of B. ignitus queens at different cold durations. Cold treatment was initiated 12 d after emergence at 5℃ and was performed at 80% humidity. Thirty queens were allotted for each of the chilling duration regimes. There were significant differences in the survival rates in the different chilling durations at a significance level of p < 0.001 using the Chi-squared test.
We surveyed the colony developmental characteristics of B. ignitus queens subjected to chilling for different lengths of time. The rates of oviposition, colony foundation, and progeny-queen production of queens that hibernated for 2 mo were 60.0%, 30.0% and 13.3%, respectively ( Fig. 6 ). These values were 6.0 to 13.3 times higher than those of the queens that hibernated for 15 d. The rate of oviposition in B. ignitus queens reared after diapause was affected significantly by the chilling period during diapause (Chi-square test: x 2 =16.544, df=2, p =0.0001). However, there were no significant differences in the rate of colony foundation or progeny-queen foundation ( x 2 =4.275, df=2, p =0.118 for colony foundation rate and x 2 =4.286, df=2, p =0.117 for progenyqueen foundation). In view of this survival rate and the colony developmental characteristics after artificial hibernation, the most favorable cold period was determined to be at least 2 mo.
Colony development of B. ignitus queens at different cold durations. Statistically significant differences were noted in the rate of oviposition among B. ignitus reared after artificial hibernation at different cold durations at p < 0.001 using the Chi-square test.
The results of the present study demonstrate the most favorable timing of cold application and the optimal chilling duration to induce diapause break in B. ignitus queens. Collectively, the findings of the present study indicate that application of cold treatment at 8 d after emergence and a cold period of at least 2 mo were the most favorable conditions for diapause break in B. ignitus queens.
This study was carried out with the support of Research Program for Agricultural Science ＆ Technology Development (PJ01005104), National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea.
HJ Yoon , and KY Lee , “Optimal Timing and Duration of Cold Application for Breaking Diapause in Queens of the Bumblebee Bombus ignitus”, International Journal of Industrial Entomology, vol. 2, no. 2, Jun 2014. | 2019-04-26T13:55:08 | http://www.kpubs.org/article/articleMain.kpubs?articleANo=E1IEAM_2014_v28n2_51 |
Five lawyers of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday met her at the old central jail.
The team included her lawyers Abdur Rezak Khan, AJ Mohammad Ali, Khondaker Mahbub Hossain, Joynul Abedin, and Mahabubuddin Khokon.
They entered the jail at around 4:30pm and talked with Khaleda Zia about her next appeal hearing scheduled to be held on May 8, BNP sources said.
Emerging from the jail, talking to reporters Khondaker Mahbub Hossain hoped that Khaleda Zia will get bail in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case from the apex court.
A special judge court in Dhaka sentenced Khaleda Zia to five years’ imprisonment in the graft case on February 8. She landed in jail on the same day.
BNP sources said the party now cannot decide as to whether it will go for movement or start activities to join the 11th parliamentary polls as party leaders are worried about the fate of cases against Khaleda and Tarique.
Tarique Rahman has already been convicted in money laundering case. Trial procedures of other cases filed against him and his mother Khaleda Zia are also progressing rapidly. | 2019-04-23T18:44:22 | https://www.daily-sun.com/arcprint/details/306867/2018/05/06/Five-lawyers-meet-Khaleda-in-jail/2018-05-06 |
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The Canadian Owners and Pilots Association is reminding pilots to check NOTAMs even if they’re just planning a local flight during the busy summer season. The appeal came after there were 16 violations of the closed airspace around the Borden Air Show on the June 2-3 weekend. One aircraft was responsible for several of them. The incursions required interruption of the performances of both the CF-18 and Snowbirds demonstrations. “These performers concentrate on their airshow routine, not on looking out for small aircraft intruding in their restricted, protected airspace,” said COPA spokesman JC Audet. The NOTAM was published and distributed well in advance of the show. | 2019-04-20T00:35:16 | https://canadianaviator.com/check-notams-please/ |
UFC fighter Rodrigo de Lima is dead after allegedly being run over by a car following an argument with a ride-share driver in Belem, Brazil.
Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappe said he is invested in the Ligue 1 club and doesn't plan to go to La Liga power Real Madrid.
The Social Security Administration's annual trustees report issued a stern warning Monday -- costs will exceed revenues next year for the first time in nearly 40 years.
More than 100 university students in Vietnam are accused of manipulating their test scores.
The USS Charleston, a littoral combat ship, has arrived at its San Diego home port after completing a maiden voyage that began at the shipyard in Alabama.
Seventy-one new measles cases were reported in the United States last week, bringing the total near a record for a year, federal health officials said Monday.
Kraft Heinz is replacing CEO Bernard Hees with former AB InBev executive Miguel Patricio, the company announced Monday.
Smartphone maker Samsung has postponed the China launch of its new Galaxy Fold after reports of problems with the revolutionary folding display.
A Texas ranch said unexpectedly high demand led them to turn 1,000 people away from an unusual event: wine with alpacas.
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Living in an age of constant technological update, many artists are harnessing digital and social media to create aesthetic and conceptual breakthroughs. Sue Gardiner reports.
What was so surprising was that this was written in 1931 by Paul Valery in his essay Pieces Sur L’Art. Valery’s writing supplied the opening quote in Walter Benjamin’s famous essay The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, written in 1936. While 77 years ago, Benjamin was expecting “great innovations to transform the entire technique of the arts,” I can’t help but wonder how he and Valery might have reacted if they could have peeked into the future and witnessed the surge of technological transformation that is happening right now in the arts.
Many describe this vast new realm of multi-sensory art as ‘contemporary media art’ because that term is broad enough to encapsulate all art using technology, including digital art, interactive art, net art, moving image, computer art, animation, electronic art… you name it – it’s out there being explored.
Digital creativity is happening so quickly that artists are pushing technological innovations in unforeseen directions. Reflecting this, critic Camille Paglia calls our time “The Age of Vertigo” because of the dizzying overstimulation we experience every day. In trying to understand these radical new developments, it seems to me there are three clusters of artists and art practices, within media art, which stand out and demand investigation.
The first group, the ‘digital natives’, are key to the world of contemporary media art. They’re the young generation for whom ‘monitor love’ means everything is mediated through digital means. Hans Ulrich Obrist and Simon Castets are co-curators of an international project researching artists born in or after 1989. On their website (www.89plus.com) they report that this new generation of artists is starting to enter the scene with a new set of radical and compelling artistic positions. “The level of technological acumen enjoyed since childhood by large swaths of this age group fuels the promise of aesthetic and conceptual breakthroughs, which are only now beginning to unfold.” Irreverence for traditional notions of authorship and cultural heritage, empowerment through instant knowledge and reliance on digital social platforms are among the many qualities the curators have identified.
This is the sort of student who wants to study Creative Technologies at AUT, Auckland, which has a ground-breaking interdisciplinary research institute and educational hub, called Co-Lab, linking with industry, professional bodies and communities. Staff members James Charlton, Harry Silver and Dr Clinton Watkins, along with Gregory Bennett who is Senior Lecturer in Digital Design, are mentors in the area of technological interaction and innovation.
Collaborating with The Edge, Co-Lab has created Digital Art Live (DAL), a project in which digital artworks are shown on large screens in Auckland’s Aotea Centre. Unique in New Zealand, DAL offers viewers the chance to become part of the artwork in an interactive space. In Shannon Novak’s new DAL project, for example, you can take a mobile device, download a free app and view a synaesthetic experience occuring through real-time animation while you encounter objects inside the Aotea Centre.
Novak’s recent show, A Garden for Orpheus, at the George Fraser Gallery, presented the audience with an empty gallery space where the works were completely virtual. They had to be activated by the audience through a mobile device and a downloaded app.
Europe-based, New Zealand curator Ché Zara Blomfield (who established www.thecomposingrooms.com) engages with the internet as a collaborative arena and works with young artists who are addressing “our increasing entanglement with technology”. These artists make art specifically for the digital space, or with an inherent consideration for the web-based world. Blomfield was in Auckland recently to curate Repeat Pattern at artist-run space Gloria Knight. In this group show, artists such as Katja Novitskova and Daif King, worked through the idea that there’s nothing new anymore – ideas, images, trends and interests repeat, recede and are recycled in a world where there’s an acute awareness of the past. This is made possible through the intensity and ubiquity of information and images accessed and presented through the digital world.
This instant access to information is not only changing the way artists work, and the way the gallery system operates as a means of distribution, it’s also changing the concept of the artist’s studio. Take Angelica Mesiti, a Sydney- and Paris-based video artist whose work is currently at Artspace as part of the Auckland Triennial. Like many other young artists, she says she’s never had a studio-based practice. Instead, her laptop and her hard drive are her studio.
Also working with technology in the Auckland Triennial is one of Japan’s leading electronic composers and visual artists, Ryoji Ikeda. He can best be understood as belonging to the second group in this discussion of contemporary media art. These artists use technology to create artworks that offer audiences an active, enhanced experience, which is often interactive and immersive. Their works are not about the artist as the single author, but instead are collaborative and communicative.
Ikeda’s work at the Silos in Wynyard Quarter, A [for 6 Silos], is a site-specific sound installation exploring the history of the musical note ‘A’. The title A stands for the standard concert pitch 440Hz, so-called ‘La’. The concert pitch, however, has varied over the past few hundred years, from Bach’s era to the 1970s’ definition by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). A series of historical concert pitch A’s will be assigned to each silo, where they will be emitted simultaneously from hidden loudspeakers. Visitors will experience their own particular interference/oscillation in their ears, which will constantly change and resonate as they move through the space. Ikeda will also stage a major immersive environment at Carriageworks in Sydney (from 7 June to 1 July). Titled test pattern [No 5], it pushes the threshold of human perception.
During the recent Auckland Arts Festival, two galleries reflected the increasing commitment to show interactive works. Bath Street Gallery exhibited work by Liu Dao, a Shanghai-based art collective of “tech-geeks and creative talents”, and Starkwhite showed the interactive work of Jin Jiangbo, one of China’s leading multimedia artists.
Auckland artist Janet Lilo is now researching and developing a new video project working with the deaf community, while Clinton Watkins is extending his Force Field project to create an immersive environment at Starkwhite (opening on 22 July). His large two-screen projection, Frequency Colour, will fill the space with sound created by analogue modular synthesisers and tone generators. This tonal composition then generates the immersive visual component of the work – bars and lines of colour that radiate out into the space.
Verging on chaos, SCREAM, a work by artists’ collective Chicks on Speed, made an interactive app available for the audience visiting Sydney’s Artspace in April. A collage of sounds, rhythms, words and images, the work was ‘performed’ by the visitors using ipads, which enabled them to compose and mix audio visual scenes, which were projected into the gallery space. Chicks on Speed recently collaborated with Wellington designer and artist Lisa Walker. Their responsive and interactive exhibition, TOUCH ME BABY I’M BODYCENTRIC, A MULTIMODALPLOSION! at City Gallery Wellington, positioned the human body and the act of performance at the centre of the creative process.
An increased sense of realism and interactivity is Gregory Bennett’s next goal for his digitally produced moving image works, which involve de-humanised figures moving to create labyrinthine crowd patterns and collective structures. For works such as Omnipolis I, he uses key-frame animation created with digital 3D animation software, which was originally developed for interactive online gaming, and he wants to move into motion capture technology.
He’s interested in a new model developing that is not led from the platform of technology alone but retains links to human culture, through the poetics of feelings and attitudes. While he acknowledges technology is a useful format for asking questions and doing things, he takes the position of painting as a technological critic, injecting painting with technology, with that which could potentially overcome it. He then wants to see what happens. Ingram won’t be present when the paintings are made, so he’s open to ideas of failure, unpredictability and encounter.
Finally, the third group contributing its networks and synapses to the new media realm comes from an entirely different direction. These practitioners don’t necessarily come from an art background, and include web developers, scientists, engineers, electronics experts and so on. It says volumes about the level of convergence between these experts and the art world that there exists an artists’ residency at CERN, the particle physics laboratory in Geneva, home to the Large Hadron Collider. That programme is designed so that artists and physicists can engage in ‘creative collisions’. The 2013 artist in residence is pioneering sound artist Bill Fontana from the United States.
Many technology-driven groups in this convergent field have been around for a long time, operating mostly through independent conferences and symposia. In New Zealand, Aotearoa Digital Arts Network (ADA) works in the expanded field around electronic and digital art. ADA Mesh Cities is their next major project for 2013-2014 and addresses the role of media arts in the city. There are several Australian organisations: the 20-year-old ANAT (Australian Network for Art and Technology), the 15-year-old Brisbane organisation MAAP, and Sydney-based dLux MediaArts. Internationally, Ars Electronica in Linz Austria is the benchmark organisation. Established in 1979, it leads research into artistic genres, scientific domains and technological directions.
New Zealand expatriate Julian Oliver, who lives in Berlin and describes himself as a ‘critical engineer’, took part in the 2011 Ars Electronica Festival. At the 2013 festival, neuroscientists, computer engineers, artists and philosophers will explore the evolution of memory. The other top international symposium is ISEA in Sydney, which has been around since 1988. Presenting a project there is Whanganui-based electronic artist Ian Clothier who has been funded by Creative New Zealand.
Clothier, who trained as a painter and moved into electronic arts, teaches at Western Institute of Technology in Taranaki and runs Intercreate.org, a research centre which bridges the fields of art, science, technology and culture. He focuses on interdisciplinary and intercultural projects, which are led by a concern to electronically connect nature and humans as a basis for cross-cultural conversations. For ISEA 2013 Clothier will create a collaborative installation, Sea of Ubiquity, presenting data in audio and visual form, which has been gathered from sensors placed in natural settings in different countries. Voltage from trees, sounds from indigenous musicians and data from the biosphere will flow together in this project. “Using the voltage of a tree as your medium is a long way from using a tube of paint, but through the computer we’re able to release this information imbedded in our world,” Clothier reflects.
Julian Priest is a media artist who worked in the UK as a pioneer in the field of network development. Now living in New Zealand and involved with ADA, he sees his collaborative approach as a way to challenge the science/humanities split that dominates our university education system. Moving from the high-tech world into the realm of contemporary art, he now focuses on participatory art, which he believes is closely connected to the net art world.
Local Time, 2011, his project at The Dowse in Lower Hutt, involved creating a new time zone in the gallery which was driven by the activity of people moving through the space. Free of Charge was his recent ‘Letting Space’ project which scanned people – airport style – at a local beach, measuring their voltage and starting a conversation. This was designed to increase their well-being, help them get rid of emotional baggage and feel more grounded.
Now the Whanganui-based artist is preparing to launch a satellite from Cape Canaveral in October this year as part of the KickSat project. Tiny satellites will hitch a ride on a NASA flight heading to the International Space Station. Priest’s ‘Weight of Information’ satellite, one of many ‘nanosats’, will be in orbit for three weeks, transmitting digital radio signals back to Earth, which will then be relayed to a gallery space. “It’s a fully fledged space programme that was sent to me in New Zealand with a US$1.20 stamp on the envelope,” says Priest, obviously enjoying the portability of the project.
He joins others, like Simon Ingram, who think there’s a backlash against technology looming – but in the meantime, as technology is a major economic driver, it’s not surprising it’s becoming so integral in every aspect of our lives, including art. In his article The Death of the Gallery Show in the online journal Vulture, (www.vulture.com), New York critic Jerry Salz discusses the increasing presence of art online, noting “I’ll admit there’s something democratizing about all this”.
And I think that was quite possibly Walter Benjamin’s point too, all those years ago in 1936. He saw the mechanical reproduction of art in his time as emancipating art, as changing “the reaction of the masses toward art” and “enabling simultaneous collective experience”. His insights seem deeply prophetic now as we inhabit a radically new and different reality. As the theme of ISEA’s 2013 conference asserts: “Resistance is Futile”. | 2019-04-22T20:04:41 | http://www.artnews.co.nz/winter-2013-feature/ |
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If you missed previous posts, this competition, in association with the Red Door Bar in Chester, is offering one lucky artist an endorsement package with Farida Guitars.
Spread over five heats, with a final event featuring all heat winners to follow, this competition has attracted an extraordinary level of talent from all over the UK.
Tonight will see another four great artists play for place in the grand final.
Those involved in the North West folk scene will no doubt have heard, or heard of Jon Kenzie. His distinctive blend of folk, soul, blues and funk have made him a firm favourite in his native Manchester, and his European, troubadour-style tours have seen him gaining an increasingly large and widespread army of fans.
Denise is another Manchester-based artist to make it through to the heats. If her face and her voice seem familiar, it may well be because she was picked by Tom Jones on last year’s ‘The Voice’.
Soulful, heartfelt and a stunning performer, Denise is a very welcome addition to tonight’s line-up.
Though Alx has been playing in bands for many years, it was only relatively recently that started to indulge his love for acoustic based music, and we’re very glad he did.
Marrying skilful songwriting with delicate arrangement and performance, but with a vocal capable of travelling from soft and intimate, to huge soaring dynamics, his music is evocative of classic acoustic songwriting, but with a new, fresh voice.
London-based singer songwriter, Izzy Thomas has the kind of edgy, rasping vocal that most rock-pop performers would kill for. Despite this huge advantage, when performing in that genre, Izzy’s influences are far broader.
As a result, her songs are an addictive mix of classic soul, rock and pop, but rooted in the more delicate moments of folk. All have the potential power of her vocals simmering beneath, however.
Performances are due to start at 8pm.
If you’ve already picked who you would like to see go through to the final, why not come along and have your say? We need you, the audience, to select the best two acts, before a panel of industry judges picks the winner.
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Hi--not all MFS is made from wheat. It could also be corn. There are a number of companies that will not hide gluten under the name modified food starch. Kraft, for instance, will list wheat if it is there. If you don't see gluten listed on a Kraft product (and some other companies), it is safe. Until you feel comfortable with knowing which brands will openly list gluten ingredients, it is best to call the companies to be sure. If in doubt, don't eat it. There are many lists to be found here, too. eeyor fan has done a lot of research and has posted many company's lists of gluten-free products. You can look up some of her posts to get you started.
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Cable TV operators are keeping the wolves at bay it seems with their latest initiatives to retain customers. A new survey from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) shows that cord-cutting—cancelling cable TV subscriptions—was fairly stable in 2016 at 23 percent, compared to 21 percent last year. What’s more, a greater number of consumers (84 percent) anticipate keeping their pay-TV subscriptions for at least the year, compared to 70 percent in 2015.
In other words, cord-cutting has slowed more than was expected based on 2015 data. The slowdown is attributed to new offerings from cable TV operators that encompass slimmed-down, or “skinny,” streaming bundles, as well as on-demand and other video options. All of the major cable providers have introduced some version of skinny bundles to appeal to customers weary of paying high prices for the most popular TV packages.
These new findings don’t mean that the threat to pay-TV providers is going away, but they may spell a reprieve. Based on its analysis, PwC believes that streaming services will continue to grow as additions—not replacements—to pay TV packages. The consulting firm noted that more subscribers are customizing their pay-TV bundles through trimming, even as they consume more content than ever before.
Curated bundles of on-demand services, however, can become pricey. Case in point, of the subscribers who opted to scale back last year, 51 percent ended up paying more for video content than they did a year ago (compared to the 42 percent of all U.S. consumers who said they pay more now for video). Sixty-eight percent of those who dropped their TV packages entirely said they were paying less now.
While rising costs are the reason most consumers reduce or drop their TV subscriptions, according to PwC, the growing popularity for a new generation of high-quality video, along with live TV, is reducing price sensitivity.
Nevertheless, since 2013, when the multichannel TV providers, including cable TV operators, posted their first full-year decline in subscriptions, cable executives have worried about a continuing downward trend. Helping them hold onto their year-over-year growth were their legions of customers who enjoy live programming.
Yet, enhanced offerings from video streamers and other online media continue to push more TV viewers to scrap their monthly cable bills. In fact, PwC reports that the number of pay-TV subscribers among its 1,200 survey respondents is down from 79 percent in 2015 to 76 percent this year.
In its quarterly cord-cutting report, research firm MoffettNathanson found that pay-TV losses for the third quarter of $455,000 were “only a tad worse than last year’s,” echoing the trend found in PwC’s study.
But next year will be a key test of the resilience of the bundle, as the expected launch of streaming options from such players as AT&T (with DirecTV Now) and Hulu (with its virtual MVPD service) offer consumers even more options.
Even though cord-cutting has stabilized—at least for 2016—cable revenue is likely under pressure, according to the survey. A majority of households, 58 percent, said they were spending less on video content than they spent a year ago. | 2019-04-25T12:16:00 | https://www.glds.com/2017/01/31/cable-operators-keeping-the-wolves-at-bay/ |
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I wish I could say I’ve been happy with every single choice I’ve made for my life, but that’s far from the truth. I tend to act spontaneously and think with my heart rather than my head. By doing so, I rarely pass up opportunities because they lead to personal growth. These snap decisions haven’t always led me to happiness, but I cannot regret a single misstep.
Thank God for all I missed ’cause it led me here to this.
For all the chances I took and the mistakes I made, they brought me to this very moment. Had I not quit my stable job and moved to Massachusetts, I never would have started blogging. If I never started blogging, I never would have realized my talent as a writer. If I had found a decent job up north, I never would have moved home to Orlando. If I hadn’t moved home to Orlando, I wouldn’t have considered buying a new house. If I had bought the other house I had my eye on, I never would have met my wonderful neighbor. Had I not met my wonderful neighbor, I wouldn’t have this news to share.
Never thought I’d be doing one of these!
You might find this odd for me to say, but I’ve been extraordinarily lucky in life. I don’t necessarily believe in fate or destiny or purpose, but I’ve always felt that my life would work itself out. And it has. All of my personal experiences have meaning now, and my failed attempts at finding normalcy have led me to the opportunity of a lifetime.
In a year, I officially will be a published author with KiCam Projects.
With that exciting news, I leave you for a while. The next five months will be spent feverishly writing my narrative during every spare moment. That is part of the reason I have not blogged in a bit. Instead, I have spent time with friends and family, added a few finishing touches to my house, and relaxed as much as possible. Now that the contract is fully executed, the only relationship I plan to devote time to is the one I have with my laptop.
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No. PRP must be mixed with either the patients own bone, a bone substitute material such as demineralized freeze-dried bone, or a synthetic bone product, such as BIO-OSS.
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) is exactly what its name suggests. The substance is a by-product of blood (plasma) that is rich in platelets. Until now, its use has been confined to the hospital setting. This was due mainly to the cost of separating the platelets from the blood (thousands) and the large amount of blood needed (one unit) to produce a suitable quantity of platelets.
New technology permits the doctor to harvest and produce a sufficient quantity of platelets from only 55 cc of blood drawn from the patient while they are having outpatient surgery.
Why all the excitement about PRP? PRP permits the body to take advantage of the normal healing pathways at a greatly accelerated rate. During the healing process, the body rushes many cells and cell-types to the wound in order to initiate the healing process. One of those cell types is platelets. Platelets perform many functions, including formation of a blood clot and release of growth factors (GF) into the wound. These GF (platelet derived growth factors PGDF, transforming growth factor beta TGF, and insulin-like growth factor ILGF) function to assist the body in repairing itself by stimulating stem cells to regenerate new tissue. The more growth factors released sequestered into the wound, the more stem cells stimulated to produce new host tissue.
Thus, one can easily see that prp permits the body to heal faster and more efficiently.
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The government set out its definition of ‘British values’ in the ‘Prevent Strategy’, which was designed to prevent the extremism and religious radicalization of young people. British values are considered by the present government to be democracy, rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs. The promotion of ‘British values’ is central to Catholic education because British values have their origin in the Christian values of our nation.
At St. Catherine’s, we recognise, not only the importance of helping pupils to flourish academically but also spiritually, morally, socially and culturally, so they are fully prepared for life in British society and for their role as citizens, able to make the strongest possible contribution to the Common Good of all. We teach the importance of British Values by going much deeper into the meaning of what it means to live a good life, within a framework of Catholic Christian Values. This provides the context and meaning for understanding why British values are important. Our framework for understanding British values draws on the example of Jesus and his welcome and inclusion of all, which is developed in Catholic Social Teaching.
At St. Catherine’s, we provide an education which focuses on the formation of the whole person and on our vocation and purpose in life. We are guided by our mission statement and by the Christian values of honourable purpose (that is, vocation and service), respect, compassion, co-operation and stewardship as we reflect on our place and purpose in the world. We place a significant emphasis on the celebration of individuality and difference within our communities and our calling to work for the Common Good, in the service of others.
Our Catholic ethos makes a tangible difference to the way we work together and with our wider communities. Within this framework it would be impossible to overlook the government’s view of British values expressed as ‘democracy, rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs.’ The examples that follow are an indication of some of the many ways we seek to embed British values and should be seen as an indication of our approach rather than an exhaustive list.
Pupils are courteous, helpful to each other and behave well. In lessons, behaviour is often excellent. Pupils feel very safe in school.
The importance of laws, whether they be those that govern the class, the School or the country, are consistently reinforced throughout every day, as well as when dealing with behaviour and through assemblies. The curriculum is designed to ensure pupils are taught the values and reasons behind laws, that they govern and protect us, the responsibilities that this involves and the consequences when laws are broken. Visits from authorities such as the Police and Fire Service are regular parts of our learning programmes and help reinforce this message.
Within St. Catherine’s, pupils are actively encouraged to make independent choices knowing that they are in a safe, secure and supportive environment. As a School, we educate and provide a boundary for pupil’s to make choices safely, through the provision of a safe environment and an empowering education. We encourage pupils to see themselves as unique individuals able to make a unique contribution to building community.
The consistently good behaviour of pupils helps lessons to proceed smoothly in the friendly atmosphere of this orderly school. In many lessons, behaviour is excellent as pupils work together and try their very best. Pupils behave well at break times and take their responsibilities as playground leaders very seriously when they look after the play equipment and befriend others.
Pupils say they feel very safe in school and parents agree. They show a good understanding of how to keep safe, for example when riding bikes or using the internet. Pupils were emphatic in saying the school looks after them exceptionally well.
School records show that bullying is rare. Pupils also say it is infrequent and when it happens they are confident that adults will soon sort it out. Pupils are unanimous in saying that everyone gets on well together and nobody is treated badly because they are different. They have a good understanding of different forms of bullying because they have been taught about this in class.
Respect is one of the core values of our School and is modelled by pupils and staff alike. The School promotes respect for others and this is reiterated through our classroom and learning environments as well as extra-curricular activities such as sport. In line with our commitment to democracy, students are always able to voice their opinions as we foster an environment where students can debate ideas and are safe to disagree with each other. Our emphasis on ethics, fairness and justice means that we ask our pupils to ensure that they look out for those who might be marginalised and disadvantaged. The School has taken a very strong stance on social inclusion and anti-bullying through an explicit focus on strategies to enable respect for difference through, for example, reflections on all forms of bullying.
This is achieved through equipping pupils with the ability to develop positive values, understand their own beliefs and their place in a culturally diverse society. We give our pupils opportunities to experience such diversity within the wider community. All pupils experience a connection with other cultures and beliefs through our RE Curriculum, theme days and local, regional and international links. The emphasis on enterprise, working with others, and learning other languages directly contributes to the appreciation of others perspectives on life. Our RE Curriculum follows the teaching of the Church in providing a broad and balanced education, which includes an understanding of and respect for people of other faiths or none and other religions, cultures and lifestyles.
Our schools promote cohesion by serving more ethnically diverse and poorer communities. | 2019-04-23T05:57:17 | http://www.st-catherines.cumbria.sch.uk/british-values/ |
Rackspace, which is a major cloud service supplier, has recently declared that Apollo Global Management LLC will acquire the company in almost a five billion dollar and with $32 per share deal. Alongside, they also mentioned, Searchlight Capital Partners will go forward in making a parity investment in Rackspace. This deal is least predicted to end in the final quarter of the year.
This acquisition may suggest a period of growth for Rackspace, as they have fought to contest versus large scale public cloud service providers, similar to that of Amazon Web Services and Microsoft, in the last few years. A few years back, Rackspace moved to public domain and gained a huge amount of growth with the early and the number of companies’ evolution from on-premise data centers to use of cloud solutions. Though, Amazon Web Services managed to end their success cycle. Big businesses like that of Amazon Web Services and Microsoft’s Azure tend to offer lesser prices without trimming down profits because of the bigger range they perform upon. At the time when Amazon entered onto the cloud services market in the year of 2013, Rackspace shook a big time, as Amazon reduced its costs almost seven folds during the year. Rackspace did not have enough resources to contend with organizations like Google, which lashed billions of dollars each year into keeping and structuring large data centers. So eventually, Rackspace converted into a middle man.
With the huge scuffles inside the cloud industry, Rackspace deals and directs businesses on how to transfer their data to larger organizations like that of Amazon Web Services and Microsoft’s Azure platform. With the addition, Rackspace employed Morgan Stanley couple of years ago, to discover business substitutes.
This acquisition is targeted on the rise of Rackspace’s long tenure of growth with magnifying their services. Apollo’s consultants for the deal are Citigroup Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Barclays Plc and RBC Capital Markets, while Rackspace’s is Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 2019-04-24T05:57:58 | https://www.insightssuccess.com/the-equity-firm-apollo-global-acquires-rackspace/ |
The latest entry onto the New York City top-tier studio scene has arrived in the form of Germano Studios (www.germano studios.com). Located in the downtown environs of Manhattan's NoHo district, the facility takes the expertise of Troy Germano's years of running all of the multi-multi-studio Hit Factorys in New York City, Miami and London, and focuses it onto a much more intimate two-room space.
A visit to the studio revealed a very 2008 approach to the design of a world-class recording and mix facility. Both of the rooms — designed by Germano and David Bell, Studio 1 and Studio 2 — are centered around SSL Duality 48-input analog consoles, plus SSL 32-input X-Rack monitor mixers for a total of 80 inputs. A healthy mix of highly varied outboard dynamics processors and plug-in effects combine for a versatile and dependable sound-shaping signal path. The facility represents an intriguing addition to the already competitive high-end New York City studio scene. | 2019-04-26T02:18:38 | https://www.mixonline.com/recording/welcome-home-germano-studios-367360 |
– (1988) – A destitute gang leader quits to spend time with his girl, until rivals obliterate his good intentions. An uncomfortable trip through dysfunction that’s highlighted by violence of the most extreme order. The somewhat familiar topic is brought to near perfection with atmosphere so gritty you can almost smell the blood and puke.
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When you have already paid vat on the goods or services more than once and would like to get the original amount back then while reclaiming vat ensure proper procedures are followed. You can use the vat refund scheme to get back vat that might already have been paid earlier in order to reduce your costs as well as get respite from the problem of double taxation over your services or goods.
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Mom said I needed to provide pics of the garden plots so here they are. Strawberries and new garden plot; just tilled manure and potash and bone meal under. Also raised beds with leaf mulch on top.
Hi! I am an old friend (college roommate) of Leigh Anne’s and she told me about your gardening blog. I LOVE this so much. I have been growing a garden (very small) in my backyard for years. This year I am finally going to enlarge my plots, as well as build raised beds for the first time.
I love reading your notes and SEEING (yes, I love the pictures!) the progress- as I am learning as I go.
This year i am hoping to try planting potatoes for the first time – do you have any experience growing potatoes, any suggestions?
I am bookmarking you and will check back often!
Hi stephanie! Thanks for your comments. It has been fun to share what little I am learning. I will be taking pictures as I go to catalog the progress of each bed. On your raised beds, spend the time and money for good composted dirt. We did not and it has taken a few years to get the soil like I want. Good luck with them.
As for potatoes, I know nothing. A good friend always plants them. I will talk to her and blog what she tells me.
I will be making a trip to the Co-op this weekend, and checking with the city what kinds of soil they have to offer since I’m a bit behind schedule on preparing my soil.
By the way, how big are your raised beds? I was thinking about asking my husband to help me build 2 beds 8×4 but that seemed small, maybe I should do 6×10… I can’t really tell from your pictures how big your beds are, but they seem like they would grow a lot of variety.
Hello! My raised beds are 4’x12’x12″. They are this size because of my way smart husband. He figured that we could by 2 8’x12″ and cut them in half and by 4 12’x12″. they are the perfect size, but require much more dirt than you might think. They are situated side by side with about 4 feet between them. i laid newspaper and cardboard down inside them, but would reccommend laying the newspaper and cardboard down about 6 inches wider that the bed and build the bed on top. Also some books i have read recommend digging underneath the raised beds to have extra deep soil. Lots of work but worth it in the long run!!! I have bermuda coming up under all the edges. since I do everything organic round up is not an option but would be nice along the edges of my beds. Good luck. my email is lacey-lynn@sbcglobal.net. that might be easier for communication. By the way where do you live? | 2019-04-23T14:28:17 | https://www.charleysveggies.com/laceys-garden-garden-plot-pictures/ |
Federal budget shows big support for Boys & Girls Clubs in Memphis and across the country, which are helping more at-risk youth stay out of trouble and in school.
For more than 56 years, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis have worked to address inequities for young people, with a commitment to provide every child with the opportunity for a better future, no matter their background.
Our mission has been to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.
We provide a world class club experience that assures success is within reach of every young person who enters our doors, with all members on track to graduate high school with a plan for the future, demonstrating good character and citizenship and living a healthy lifestyle.
Today, 4,300 clubs serve 4 million kids and teens in our country, providing life-changing opportunities.
During the summer, Boys & Girls Clubs help close the summer learning gap that significantly impacts low-income youth.
Club members ages 12-17 from low-income families outperform their peers academically, with 74% reporting getting A’s and B’s in school, more than 10% higher than their peers nationally.
68% of club 12th-graders volunteer in their communities, compared to 39% of their peers nationally.
84% of club 12th-graders abstain from alcohol use, compared to 58% of their peers nationally.
Recently I joined other Boys & Girls Clubs in Washington to talk with our members of Congress about the issues that matter most to our kids.
•The National Youth Mentoring program received an unprecedented $14 million increase to $94 million. The additional funding is specifically geared towards at-risk youth impacted by the opioid crisis.
•21st Century Community Learning Center funding increased $20 million to $1.211 billion. Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis currently does not receive 21st Century funding, but we hope to apply next year.
•The Department of Defense youth activity program doubled to $10 million. We worked with Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran to support our military partnership (Better Together) and reach the 250,000 military-connected youth who reside off-installation.
•Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grants increased to $1 billion.
We know investment in after-school opportunities impacts local communities, especially working families that rely on Boys & Girls Clubs for full-time employment. Every $1 invested in a Boys & Girls Clubs returns $9.60 in current and future earnings and cost-savings to communities.
Clubs in your district serve 4,500 children and teens, offer 21 different word-class programs, and employee over 150 people.
Our community depends on federal resources to bring vital, life-changing programming for our kids and teens.While we recognize the challenges our nation’s leaders face, a commitment to our kids and teens today can be the common ground to ensure our country’s future.
Prioritizing and investing in after-school time not only leads to better outcomes for our kids, but also to a healthier, safer and more prosperous nation.
Keith Blanchard is president and C.E.O. of Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis. | 2019-04-25T07:52:21 | https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/opinion/contributors/2018/03/28/opinion-government-support-vital-boys-girls-clubs/459399002/ |
Organic and timber inspired the name and logo of this new land estate by Custodian Land in Thornlands, Queensland.
Dr Daniel Solander travelled on the first voyage with Capt Cook during which Moreton Bay was named. He was a botanist, so there is an association with vegetation, at the same time the sound of the name is like a compounding of “sol = sun” and land, and has an underlying sense of congruence with the sun-oriented identity that imbues the Queensland lifestyle and characterisation. | 2019-04-25T02:55:32 | https://icreateadvertising.com.au/portfolio/solander-logo-identity/ |
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As teams come in to start training for the 2016 season, 1 aspect of their training is disturbingly absent.
This was taken on a weeknight last week when every the hitting cage and fielding area weas filled and all of the mounds were reserved by teams.
For some reason, very few teams are working with their pitchers this winter. Very few teams have their pitchers throwing, and this is a problem.
All players (especially pitchers) must be throwing 3 days per week, 40-50 throws per day, to get ready for the season.
I have outlined a 6-week throwing program you can learn about by clicking here to get ready by March.
In the hittiing cages, each player works on the TIMING of their swing, to hit the ball with the maximum amount of energy at contact. This energy comes from the hips and is transferred to the arms in a specific sequence called "the kinetic chain". When the timing sequence of the kinetic chain is off, energy is lost and the ball is hit poorly.
THIS SAME TIMING CONCEPT ALSO OCCURS WITH PITCHING. With every throw, the pitcher is attempting to transfer energy from their hips into their throwing arm in the proper sequence (kinetic chain).
But with so little throwing being done, the pitcher's timing will be very poor at tryouts, increasing both arm stress and their risk of injury.
Find a way to throw. No excuses. Your arm will thank you later. | 2019-04-23T23:02:45 | http://completechiropractichealthcare.com/index.php?p=478522 |
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Fifty-two days from the finish line and I’ve hit another ’30 Before 30′ goal. I figured it was time for a little alcohol. It is a new year, after all, and I’ve made quite a few dishes on my list, but there’s an even bigger reason to celebrate. C and I are engaged!!
Imagine Christmas Day. Nestled inside a wooden picnic basket, there was to be a red velvet cake, with the words, “Will you marry me?” piped in sweet red icing on the top. A cloisonné cupcake box was to gingerly hold the emerald cut diamond ring. However, things didn’t go according to plan. After a heartfelt conversation two days prior about friendship and family, things clicked perfectly into place and C got down on one knee in his childhood bedroom to propose to me (importantly, reciting my first and middle name beforehand). Lots of tight hugs, tiny kisses and many happy tears followed.
Wash the lemons in hot water and scrub with a vegetable brush to remove any pesticides or wax; pat the lemons. Carefully zest the lemons with a zester or vegetable peeler so there is no white pith on the peel.
In a large 1-gallon glass jar, add one bottle of vodka; add the lemon zest as it is zested. Cover the jar and let sit at room temperature for at least 10 days and up to 40 days in a cool dark place. The longer it rests, the better the taste will be. There is no need to stir – all you have to do is wait. As the limoncello sits, the vodka slowly takes on the flavor and rich yellow color of the lemon zest.
In a large saucepan, combine the sugar and water; cook until thickened, approximately 5 to 7 minutes. Let the syrup cool completely, then add to the limoncello mixture from Step One. Add the additional bottle of vodka and allow to rest for another 10 to 40 days.
After the rest period is complete, strain and bottle the limoncello. Store in the freezer until ready to serve.
Toasting our engagement with Homemade Limoncello!!
Oh, Jess! I’m so happy for you. 🙂 Congratulations to you and Chris.
Love it!. Best laid plans don’t always work out but sometimes you just go with what is in your heart and you know when it is right. You gotta love that boy (oops man). Can’t wait till the fall; what an exciting year ahead.
Sounds like celebratory limoncello is in order 🙂 Enjoy the months ahead!
Congratulations, Jessica! What a wonderful drink for celebrating. You reminded me of my own “plan B” proposal at Christmastime 12 (yikes!) years ago. I wouldn’t change anything, even if it didn’t go exactly as my boyfriend-fiance-husband planned! You have a very busy and exciting 2012 ahead.
Congratulations! You certainly have a wonderful and exciting year ahead.
Congrats again!! I can’t wait for you to officially be my sister!! I’m so excited for you guys!! Love you!!
CONGRATS again!!! The ring is gorgeous! And a Texas fall wedding, how fun!!! 🙂 So happy for you!
Congratulations! What a beautiful start to the year…so much fun! Gorgeous photos of you, including that left hand ring shot! I’m smiling from ear to ear, so happy for you both.
Congrats!!!! Good luck with the wedding planning!
sorry, I don’t know why it posted twice!
So sweet and so exciting!! Congratulations! You will be a stunning bride and I know a fabulous wife. Wishing you a lifetime of happiness!
What an exciting holiday you had. Your ring is beautiful, so happy for you.
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Basic principles intended for successful virtually any sport may be the same. It takes expertise, training along with a want to gain. You might also need to hold the available thoughts and keep find out and also adapt. Areas new factors so that you can try out to help you become a better little league gamer as well as an resource for your staff.
When you first commence taking part in sports, always begin slower. A lot of people view baseball as a extremely fast-paced sport, although that may be oddsexschange merely after you have practiced plenty of. You should discover suitable type as well as movements to start with. Performing most of these slowly will help you figure out how to accomplish all of them appropriately. You are able to grab velocity because you training and have more at ease with them.
Rushing to the purpose is very easier and you must make sure you could have several backup very first. Do not mount a great strike if you have at least one player in every side. You should conserve your basketball which has a speedy pass to 1 aspect in the event that too many defenders near inside for you.
Discover ways to count on the spot that the baseball will go within a sport. You have to know in the event the ball is certainly going closer. Anyone also have to understand where to start if you complete find the baseball. Traviling to where there’s if you are shielding is essential, far too. When you can expect to have the actual opposition’s subsequent move, it raises the probabilities of halting the actual movements.
You should create choices quickly after you participate in. When you be reluctant for any second, that you are taking danger to shed the particular golf ball. Creating quick options can become less complicated because you exercise and get to know the actual people with your team. Generally scan the particular area to find out any alternative gamers are performing perhaps if you do not contain the golf ball.
You ought to feel relaxed concerning directing available issues towards the various other people of your group, in case you not long ago became a member of the team. Recommend several completely new methods or maybe sketch the focus on errors a person discovered. A crew can normally make use of a whole new standpoint for the methods as well as behaviors they’ve got acquired.
As soon as quitting a good quit to some teammate, method the actual golf ball at the 27 diploma viewpoint. This specific lets you entirely utilize ones flinging leg with whole force. Utilize the forearms to assist you to maintain your equilibrium though positioning the no stopping base immediately beside the soccer ball. Keep your basketball near the terrain pertaining to very best effects.
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About this time last year, my sisters and I decided we would all meal plan together. We were super excited, traded recipes, called each other when things wrong, way wrong (hello, Moroccan lettuce wraps) and shared a weekly grocery list too. For a while there, we were rocking and rolling as they say. Then April rolled around and my nephew started having some major asthma and allergy issues which all but forced my sister and her family to eat completely different than the rest of us.
The first step is deciding how you want to plan your meals. You can choose by the week, month or year.
Then start filling out your weekly or monthly meal plan based on your tried and true recipes. These will be menu items you currently make like family favorites or meals that are quick and easy. Most everyone (or so I’m told) has a repertoire of at least 20 meals that can make without even using a recipe (I’m working on it, Mom).
Fill in any holes with a new recipes or a meal you’ve been wanting to try. This may be hard for picky eaters. I’m already a little bit worried about Sundays to be honest because I’m one of those people but it’s always a good thing to try new experiences and break out of our comfort zone, right?
Remember to check your calendar for upcoming dates like celebrating birthdays, anniversaries or fun food holidays like Fat Tuesday or Super Bowl Sunday so you can make the menu special for that day. Get your family involved by asking them what they like to eat. Yes, they may say mac and cheese one night and hot dogs another but that will be one less meal you have to plan. Besides, we had lobster mac and cheese as part of our New Year’s dinner and it was good.
Keep in mind if you have say Chef’s Salad already planned on Wednesday but you have a really crazy day and decide you decide pick something up on the way home, place whatever meal it was in this case Chef Salad on next week or month’s list and you’ll already be ahead!
Once you have all of the days of the week/month filled out, make a grocery list. This is also a great time to consider what you’re having for breakfast each morning or what supplies you’ll need for packing lunches and snacks.
Then check the list to see what you already have in the pantry, spice drawer, refrigerator or freezer so you’re not buying multiples of anything at the farmer’s market or grocery store. Likewise, you want to check to make sure you have enough ingredients to make the meal. There’s nothing more frustrating than needing 6 eggs to make a pound cake and realizing you only have 4.
Super simple right? I usually take one day a week to review my meal plan and grocery list. Most of the time it’s Sunday afternoons but you guys can pick whichever day is best for you. If you’re looking for a Meal Planning Kit, this one from Amy J Delightful Designs is super cute and reasonably priced too.
You guys, for real, 2017 is going to be our best year yet! We’re making small changes now that are going to add up to a big, happy, organized year which makes me so excited for us.
See you guys back here tomorrow. I’ll share what we’ve been up to behind the scenes and all of our favorite things from around the web. Until then, I’ll see you on Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest.
I’ve been really trying to plan meals too. So much better and more economical than eating out all the time.
i definitely do not plan as many meals as i know i could. most of the time i eat whatever they have at the deli because i just dont want to be bothered. it looks like this would only take one afternoon so i’m willing to try it.
You can totally do this, Bonnie! It took one afternoon to meal plan for the entire month. Now, that’s not to say it won’t take you a little bit of time each week to make a grocery list or that you can’t go to the deli if your day gets crazy but it will save you time in the long run because you won’t have to go to the store as often. Keep me posted on your progress!
I swear this could help 40 % of my stress if I just sat down to do this each week. Our cabinets, freezer and refrigerator are so full right now I probably wouldn’t even need to shop. Thanks for the motivation!
Hey CoCo – wow…you are super organized! Jenn does weekly meal planning…and Vicki does not. Being that Jenn works full time and blogs, she needs to know what’s for supper before she even leaves the house in the morning. Vicki flies by the seat of her pants and cooks depending on mood 🙂 We think both systems work for us. | 2019-04-22T06:58:42 | https://thecrownedgoat.com/meal-planning-busy-girl/ |
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, also known as alpha 1-proteinase inhibitor deficiency or, more simply, Alpha-1, is a genetic condition that increases the risk of developing a variety of diseases including pulmonary emphysema and cirrhosis of the liver. It is caused by mutations in the gene coding for the 52 kDa glycoprotein a1-antitrypsin (AAT), the body’s major serine proteinase inhibitor or serpin. This gene is located in the long arm of chromosome 14 of the human genome.
There does not appear to be a unifying mechanism for the panoply of illnesses associated with AAT deficiency. While AAT is the archetype of the serpin family and is an extremely effective inhibitor of such tissue destroying proteolytic enzymes as neutrophil elastase, it has also been shown to have both anti-and pro-inflammatory properties. The pulmonary emphysema associated with AAT deficiency is due to the unbridled proteolytic activity of neutrophil elastase on lung connective tissue leading to alveolar destruction.
While the proteinase-antiproteinase balance may also play a role in the liver disease of AAT deficiency, most believe that retention of misfolded and polymerised AAT within the endoplasmic reticulum of hepatocytes of affected individuals and the response of hepatocytes to this retained protein are more likely culprits in this form of AAT deficiency-associated disease.
Most studies are focusing on drug delivery by inhalation. There was initial reluctance to pursue development of inhaled AAT since it was difficult to document that the inhaled protein was able to be delivered to the pulmonary interstitium where proteolytic activity was thought to be doing its damage in pulmonary emphysema. In recent years, however, it has been shown that the airways of individuals with AAT deficiency are under a constant inflammatory barrage and that administration of exogenous inhaled AAT can reconstitute the lower respiratory tract antiproteinase screen and potentially reduce inflammation. Interest in this route of administration has therefore been renewed.
Transgenic production of human AAT protein has been accomplished in both sheep (PPL Therapeutics, Scotland, UK and Bayer Biologicals, West Haven, Conn, USA) and goats (Genzyme, Boston, Mass, USA). Human AAT has also been produced in yeast using recombinant technology (Baxter Healthcare, IL, USA and Arriva Pharmaceuticals, Alameda, CA, USA). Because of anomalies in the glycosylation of the AAT protein in these various species, these proteins are cleared rapidly from the human circulation making intravenous administration impractical. The PPL product and the yeast-derived AAT have been evaluated in human safety studies using an inhaled route of administration.
A number of agents for the treatment of pulmonary emphysema due to smoking are under development.
The first are the retinoids. Studies using elastase-induced emphysema in rats suggested that administration of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) was associated with the reversal of the emphysematous changes.
When animals are administered hyaluronic acid they are protected from exogenous elastase-induced emphysema. These findings have led to trials of inhaled hyaluronic acid in individuals with AAT deficiency in the hope of preventing the progression of lung disease.
Finally, our understanding that oxidative inactivation of AAT may lead to loss of antiproteinase activity has led to consideration of drugs with antioxidant potential in the treatment of individuals with AAT deficiency-related emphysema. Physicians have been suggesting the use of supplements containing vitamins A, C, and/or E based on this rationale, and more potent antioxidants are also being considered for evaluation.
Since most deficient genotypes lead to the production of an AAT protein that has fairly potent antineutrophil elastase capacity, one therapeutic concept has been aimed at trying to cause the liver to release its trapped AAT, thus relieving the congestion of the hepatocyte and reconstituting the circulating anti elastase screen. The most promising candidates for this approach are the synthetic chaperones and molecular interventions that try to prevent intracellular polymerisation of the abnormal AAT.
Synthetic chaperones have been used in intracellular protein transport diseases such as cystic fibrosis. The most studied candidate is 4-phenyl-butyric acid (4-PBA) and this has been studied in AAT deficiency at several centres.
As a condition caused by well characterised single gene mutations, the possibility of genetic approaches to mitigate or cure AAT deficiency have been entertained. Studies have been reported in which the normal human AAT gene has been inserted into muscle or liver cells. Novel gene repair technologies have also been studied. Additionally, consideration has been given to the development of agents that can turn off or disrupt production of the abnormal gene product.
Animal studies at the University of Florida have succeeded in introducing the normal human AAT gene into striated muscle cells using an adeno-associated virus vector.
More speculative still is the concept of gene repair. This technology was initially designed around chimeraplasty, which is the use of chimeric RNA/DNA oligonucleotides to ‘‘patch’’ a single gene mutation. RNA complementary to the area surrounding the point mutation was synthesised with a contiguous DNA oligonucleotide made of the corrected sequence. | 2019-04-20T14:35:23 | http://myexam.allen.ac.in/alpha-1-antitrypsin-aat-deficiency-emerging-new-treatments/ |
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This week I’m reminded of the book “You are Special” by Max Lucado. It’s a timeless classic and one of my favorites. In it, we follow the journey of a Wemmick named Punchinello (Wemmicks are small wooden people carved by Eli). With the help of Lucia, Punchinello discovers that peer-acceptance is a ridiculous pursuit, and that Eli’s approval is what really matters.
Over the years, I’ve thought of Punchinello many times. Similar to his friends (giving stars and dots for approval/disapproval), our society also ranks people. From personal pursuits to “Like” buttons and “followers”, we can spend a lot of energy cultivating approval. Even in church work, an image can be sought more than the actual ministry we’re called to. So at the end of the day, what makes one special? Is it a skill-set, appearance, or intellect? Perhaps, it’s the general likeability of one’s demeanor? Actually, it’s none of those.
Like it was with Punchinello, peer-pressure can be tough; but when it’s all said and done, their opinions aren’t what will matter…it’s His that will.
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All the family are welcome at Cabinet Dentaire du Seujet in Geneva, and the youngest members of the family are no exception. We want them to start life with a positive experience of dentistry so they grow to be dental disease free by focussing on prevention.
We will monitor the development of their dentition as they transition from their baby teeth to adult teeth. When the time is right, if we consider they require orthodontic treatment we will refer to our specialist orthodontic colleagues.
In the meantime they will receive all the preventive advice needed and any interceptive treatment when necessary, although with the right advice at the right time we hope to minimise this. | 2019-04-21T20:40:55 | https://dentistegeneva.ch/childrens-dentist/ |
Gujarat Postal Circle Recruitment 2017: – Great opportunity and news for all the candidates aim to work in Post Office because Gujarat Postal Circle has dispatched an official advertisement to recruit candidates for the posts of Multi-Tasking Staff. They in total require 413 candidates suitable for the above posts. Anyone interested and eligible can apply for this recruitment before 10th April 2017. No forms would be submitted thereafter.
A candidate who wants to apply, his/ her age should be between 18 to 25 years as on 10-04-2017.
Candidates get the salary of INR Rs. 5200 – 20200/- With 1800/- Grade Pay will be offered by the organization.
The last date of registering the application for this job is 10.04.2017. | 2019-04-25T17:48:37 | http://www.alljobsgovt.com/gujarat-postal-circle-recruitment-2017/ |
Early morning around 5:30 am, we were waiting in front of our resort to saibat (give good merit for monks through food). In Chiang Khan, it is their tradition that every morning to do saibat. Locals and tourists lined up along the street waiting the group of monks walk pass from 9 different temples in the area. Unlike in any other part of Thailand, in here they have a specific rule to give only sticky rice and some dry snacks. It would be good and convenient to order the saibat set from the resort you stay.
After fulfill our physiological needs, we then need to fulfill our physical needs with delicious goodies. There is no breakfast provided in our resort (most of resorts are the same). However, they will give you a breakfast coupon to be used in ร้านซอยซาว ข้าวเปียกเส้น (Ran Soi Sau). The restaurant is located opposite Chic Boutique hotel and next to Wat Tha Krok. You can have one serve of main meal to choose from Khai Krata (Vietnamese-style egg in the pan), Khao tom (rice porridge), or Khao piak (Laotian noddle soup). It comes with unlimited patongko (Chinese fried bread stick), white bread and condiments plus make-your-own coffee or tea or milo drinks. | 2019-04-26T08:44:50 | http://octieappetie.blogspot.com/2017/11/morning-activities-in-chiang-khan.html |
Unclog Cambridge has been set up to to dispel many of the myths and promote the many positive benefits that a Congestion Charge and related massive investment in transport would bring. We are not part of, or associated with, Cambridgeshire County Council.
We believe that discussions on the proposals so far have not given sufficient weighting to key facts. Coverage has focussed entirely on the Congestion Charge and often overlooked the enormous package of up-front funding that would be invested before any Charge.
The scale of the problem we face has also not been made clear. With 47,500 new homes to be built around Cambridge by 2016, the potential for gridlock beyond current levels is enormous and could well have disastrous economic and environmental effects. To put this figure in context, the 2001 census gives Cambridge’s population at almost 109,000 (including students).
Furthermore, we believe that those opposing the proposals must give a positive and realistic assessment of where the enormous levels of transport investment needed in the city will otherwise come from. Claims, by PACCA (see other groups page) for instance, about providing alternatives fail to make clear where such money would come from.
We call upon everyone around the city to read the facts of the scheme and to judge for themselves.
Unclog Cambridge is an initiative started up by Cambridge Cycling Campaign, a local voluntary body with around 1,000 fee-paying members, working for better, safer and more cycling in and around Cambridge.
We are independent of the County Council and they are in no way associated with material we publish here. Views published here are our own.
We are not associated with any political party.
We welcome pledges of support for this initiative by other local groups and people – please contact us.
Click on the logo below to get a full-resolution copy of the logo for print purposes. | 2019-04-20T07:48:43 | http://www.unclogcambridge.com/about/ |
Optus has re-released its unlimited data phone plan, after initially withdrawing the offer in March.
Called ‘Unleashed’ phone plans, Optus became one of the first providers to offer unlimited mobile data when it originally launched the promotion via email to a select few existing internet customers.
The plans cost $60 a month, with subsequent SIM cards costing between $40 and $50 a month.
In March, Optus briefly offered the Unleashed plans to selected customers but withdrew the offer and any information from its website after just 24 hours.
Now the offer is available again to selected Optus customers. But those who think they’ll be able to stream and download as much as they like may be left disappointment.
The CIS also says that, in peak times, download speeds may be slowed even further due to network congestion management.
All Unleashed phone plans come with unlimited calls and texts as standard, with international calls an optional $5 add-on.
Users are able to add up to five SIM cards, with the first SIM costing $60 a month, the second costing $50 and subsequent SIMs $40 a month.
It is not clear why Optus initially withdrew the offer back in March, with some speculating that it was either released too soon in error, or as a publicity stunt.
“Optus regularly tailors promotions to its customers to best suit their usage needs,” an Optus spokesperson told Canstar Blue. The telco would not reveal how or why selected customers are chosen.
Who needs unlimited mobile data?
Optus released its Unleashed phone plan to much fanfare, with many quickly coming to the conclusion that unlimited mobile data could mean the end for fixed line internet services, even before the rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN) is complete.
On OzBargain forums, one user said: “Wow, wow, wow… brb (be right back) cancel NBN”. Another user on Whirlpool forums said: “This deal might replace some people’s NBN”.
The question remains as to whether unlimited phone data could replace the NBN. Cellular service certainly has a bright future in Australia, with 5G due for release in 2019. But supporters such as the Vodafone CEO aren’t shying away from the NBN just yet.
Despite the ‘Unleashed’ moniker, speed is limited to 1.5Mbps, which is barely enough to stream a video. Optus was also not technically the first to offer ‘unlimited’ data. Belong Mobile has data-capped mobile phone plans that are speed-rated to 64Kbps, which is enough for emails and basic web browsing. | 2019-04-24T12:14:08 | https://www.canstarblue.com.au/internet/optus-unleashed-available-again/ |
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Johnny McGuire (left) and Killarney Chamber of Tourism and Commerce President, Paul O’Neil, volunteering their services on clean-up day.
THE last call has gone out for groups and individuals to collect their litter pickers and lend a hand for this year’s county clean-up which takes place on Saturday.
Killarney Tidy Towns Committee member, Johnny McGuire, has issued a rallying call for volunteers to gather in the car park of Daly’s SuperValu on Park Road at 8.00am on Saturday morning to play their part in ensuring the town looks its best.
Volunteers can avail of free car parking in the former Pretty Polly plant across the road and all materials, including safety jackets, litter pickers and bags, will be provided.
Several local organisations including the Kerry GAA, Kerry IFA and Kerry ICMSA have confirmed their support and that of their members for the day-long event which takes place with the support of KWD Recycling and Kerry County Council.
The clean-up coordination team is asking local residents’ associations, schools, youth groups, sporting groups, businesses, families and individuals to get together and gather litter along all routes on the day. Last year, 5,000 volunteers picked up 6,500 bags of litter on a single day in their own localities.
Full details and registration information are available at www.countycleanup.com or e-mail [email protected]. | 2019-04-25T00:58:20 | https://www.killarneytoday.com/killarmey-gets-pick-pieces/ |
There are many ways to get around Buganda.
There are various modes of transportation. You can get around by bus, car, taxi.
You can arrange private transportation and get around easily. There are various car rental agencies offering rental vehicles to take you around.
Though you can get around independently, the best way is to book with a tour operator to take you on an organised tour. | 2019-04-18T23:00:30 | http://www.bugandatourism.com/getting-around/ |
What happens if you are facing many years in prison, but the DA has just offered you a plea deal that would mean a much reduced sentence, or even just probation. What happens if you are in fact innocent of the crime, but the risk of going to trial means you may spend the next 10 years or even the rest of your life in prison.
What happens if your conscience or your beliefs will not allow you to stand up in court and admit guilt to something you didn’t do, but you just can’t risk going before a jury and being convicted?
Some Wake County judges do not accept Alford pleas. And the Wake County District Attorney must agree to the Alford Plea. But in some cases, Alford pleas are accepted. And since the case, North Carolina v. Alford, is a United States Supreme Court case that originated in North Carolina, North Carolina is one of those states that does accept Alford pleas.
Alford pleas can be a way for you to get a favorable plea agreement, or avoid very bad consequences if you lose at trial, without having to admit guilt for something you did not do. You still will face the consequences, whether it’s some jail time, or probation or fines. But you will avoid having to admit in court to something you did not do.
← Should I wait? Waiting is sometimes hard to do? | 2019-04-18T11:15:32 | https://www.chetson.com/alford-pleas-and-sex-offense-rape-sex-crimes-in-raleigh-cary-apex/ |
Regular listeners to our weekly TechRadio podcast will know all about 3D in the home – for simplicity let’s call it H3D. Over the past five years we discussed it as an emerging technology, a mature technology and, this year, an industry folly. It’s not that we’re modish, it’s that H3D’s stakeholders in manufacturing and media failed to address the three ‘c’s of cost, convenience and content that have defined the format wars of the last 30 years. Where 3D in the cinema – C3D for our purposes – has proven popular as a premium offering for multiplexes, the same enthusiasm has not crossed over to H3D where consumers don’t have massive screens with digital projection, cutting-edge sound systems and a, most import, a communal viewing experience. C3D is popular because it delivers on all those fronts and viewers haven’t grown tired of paying the extra €2 or €3 to catch a summer blockbuster in a prime time slot. Would anyone care tomorrow if C3D disappeared? I have yet to meet anyone who said it enhanced their enjoyment of a story.
Although we’re stuck with C3D for the foreseeable future, the rules for home entertainment have always been different, the assumption H3D would follow the same path as C3D has proven disastrous. In the video format war of the early 1980s, VHS (developed by JVC) smashed (Sony’s) Betamax as it was cheaper to produce and better manufacturer support. In the 90s, DVD beat VHS without resistance by delivering superior quality at comparable prices at a fraction of the size of a video cassette with broad manufacturer support.
In the noughties, Sony’s Blu-ray and Toshiba’s HD DVD echoed the struggle of 20 years previous, only this time around it was content deals via Sony’s industry partnerships, not demand and price, that carried the day. However, consumers haven’t taken to Blu-ray owing to higher prices, limited selection and changing viewing patterns in favour of on-demand services delivering mostly standard definition content. With home H3D dependent on Blu-ray adoption its best is a subset of a minority interest format. And that’s before we get to the hardware.
Manufacturers have spent the past four years extolling the virtues of H3D, treating it as an inevitable evolution of home cinema systems, however the sales of 3D TVs have proved unconvincing. Studios are apparently reluctant to support H3D as it would detract from C3D revenue and Internet-connected TVs with direct access to catch-up and on-demand services are proving far more popular and cost-effective. And, of course, there is the issue of having to wear expensive active shutter glasses to get the best H3D picture.
Panasonic, Samsung, Sony and LG still promote 3D sets on their websites but the current slate of offline advertising campaigns has put the focus on picture quality and better user experience through gesture control and Internet connectivity. Sony, however, is looking beyond H3D to refocus on picture quality: ultra-HD – or 4K – TVs.
However, the final blow to H3D was delivered last week when broadcasters ESPN and BBC decided they would no longer be producing 3D content. Sky’s commitment remains but with no further players committing to broadcast the content end of the argument seems to be wrapped up.
Overpriced and underserved, H3D will be seen as a failure driven by industry hype over consumer demand. Will we see the same pattern with HD and 4K over the next few years? Let’s see how many lessons have been learned this time around. | 2019-04-23T22:13:32 | https://www.techcentral.ie/h3d-rip/ |
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The service thus is like a blueprint with information such as which image to use for a container, how many instances to run, etc. Docker swarm tries to always maintain the desired state of which services are the most important part. Thus if a service defines 3 instances but only 2 are currently running then the swarm manger tries to start a new instance to fulfill the desired state.
But since we do not want to have multiple versions of our product we had to find a possibility to force a .NET (command line) tool to run as a 32bit process on a 64bit OS (e.g. Windows Server 2003/2008).
This setting is instance-wide, which means that all queries could potentially be affected, even known long running queries that literally take a long time to run, such as a yearly report. In other words, it can prevent legitimately long running queries from running at all.
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March 2018 marks the bicentenary of the death of Humphry Repton, the last great landscape designer of the eighteenth century. The Gardens Trust is coordinating events around the country to celebrate his life and work, throughout 2018.
Yorkshire Gardens Trust will be jointly holding a lecture with YPS on Tuesday 8 May “Humphry Repton, landscape gardener (1752-1818) and his Yorkshire commissions”. Because of its anticipated popularity, this will be a ticketed event, free to YPS members, with an allocation of tickets for both organisations.
Dr Patrick Eyres, the guest speaker, and his co author Karen Lynch will also be celebrating the publication of their book on Repton in Yorkshire. Copies will be available to purchase before and after the lecture. | 2019-04-23T11:54:47 | https://www.ypsyork.org/blog/humphry-repton-bicentenary/ |
Martha Ann Carrico was born 174 years ago – October 26, 1839 – in Washington County, Kentucky. Martha was the daughter of Edward Carrico and Matilda Catherine Dillehay. She married William Peter Montgomery December 30, 1862. Martha and William had 10 children: John Thomas, Robert E. Lee, Anna Laura, William Edward, Mary C., Samuel Howard, Louise Mary, Charles Hampton, Frances B. and Sarah Isabelle Montgomery. | 2019-04-22T20:33:33 | https://kentuckykindredgenealogy.com/2013/10/26/today-in-genealogy-history-october-26/ |
When most people think about the trades, they see it as all cable-laying and wiring, something of job, rather than a career. But as Mr Electric franchisee, Jeff Longley says you can create a career in electrical engineering.
Vocational snobbery. One of those key areas the Government regularly promises to tackle, by making vocational training as key to the education system as university degrees. And whilst there were reports of new laws designed to stop schools telling pupils only academic qualifications are worth applying for, we are still a long way from the trade industries being seen as anything other than a second-rate choice for those who fail with academia. Students should be supported to choose the route best suited to the future they want to craft for themselves.
University has always been seen as the route for success, attainable only by those with the finances, and grades, to find a place among the ranks. But academia doesn’t suit everyone, nor is it the only route for successful, fulfilling career. In fact, many graduates never end-up using the degree qualifications they spend three years achieving.
Whether you attend university, or not – the ability of running your own business is in your hands, not in the grades you achieve. Franchising offers a support network from which you can start off on the ground level, and work your way up the ranks to owning your own company. Or you can come straight in at the top, and build your own business using their model for success. “One of the guys in the network started out as a Mr Electric employee, trained how to do the manual electrical engineering. He reached a point where he wanted more for himself, so took the step to invest in his own Mr Electric company. Another friend I made since joining the network, started off as a Mr Electric franchisee, but was so interested in the design-side of electrics, he simultaneously earned a lighting design Masters, and has gone on to set up his own business – who we can use if we have customers who want a new lighting set-up, or in a new-build project.” Jeff enthuses. | 2019-04-19T22:33:02 | https://www.leadingtheserviceindustry.co.uk/blog/2018/march/electrical-engineering-more-than-just-laying-cab/ |
Home » Pediatrics » Beware: Magnets May Be Hazardous To Health!
Magnets, a common household object with which we are all familiar, can be surprisingly dangerous, especially to children. If this statement is startling to you, here’s what you need to know.
Beginning in the 1970s and 80s, scientists discovered a new type of magnet, the so-called “rare-earth magnet”. Made from some of the “rare earth” metals of the periodic table such as “Neodymium”, these new magnets are not only the strongest, most powerful magnets known to man (magnetic forces up to ten times that of other magnets), they are also permanent and relatively inexpensive to manufacture. These properties revolutionized the production of many household products, even toys. Basically, magnets we find in everyday items today are no longer made using old-fashioned magnets from a generation ago!
As a pediatric gastroenterologist, I am writing this blog to warn you of the dangers, should these powerful magnets be accidentally swallowed. If more than one magnet is swallowed, or if a magnet is ingested along with another metallic object, the formidable strength of these magnets can attract 2 pieces of bowel to stick together with such great strength, it results in serious injury, even death.
Many times, it’s younger children that accidentally ingest these magnets, especially since they come in the shape of shiny balls resembling candy. However, even older children and adolescents have also accidentally inhaled or swallowed these magnets, as they are also being used to mimic tongue, nose, and ear piercings.
Cases of serious health hazards from magnet ingestion have been reported since more than a decade, with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) taking action to regulate their use and distribution. Despite this, physicians across the nation continue to see a rise in the number of magnet-related injuries, as highlighted in a recent study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. | 2019-04-26T09:57:33 | https://blog.swedish.org/pediatrics/beware-magnets-may-be-hazardous-to-health |
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