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Cambridge History of Christianity, Volume 7: Enlightenment, Reawakening and Revolution, 1660-1815by Stewart J. Brown
Pub. Date: 09/30/2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
During the tumultuous period of world history from 1660 to 1815, three complex movements combined to bring a fundamental cultural reorientation to Europe and North America, and ultimately to the wider world. The Enlightenment transformed views of nature and of the human capacity to master nature. The religious reawakenings brought a revival of heart-felt,
During the tumultuous period of world history from 1660 to 1815, three complex movements combined to bring a fundamental cultural reorientation to Europe and North America, and ultimately to the wider world. The Enlightenment transformed views of nature and of the human capacity to master nature. The religious reawakenings brought a revival of heart-felt, experiential Christianity. Finally revolution, the political and social upheavals of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, challenged established ideas of divine-right monarchies and divinely ordained social hierarchies, and promoted more democratic government, notions of human rights and religious toleration. A new religious climate emerged, in which people were more likely to look to their own feelings and experiences for the basis of their faith. During this same period, Christianity spread widely around the world as a result of colonialism and missions, and responded in diverse ways to its encounters with other cultures and religious traditions.
Table of Contents
Introduction Stewart J. Brown and Timothy Tackett; Part I. Church, State and Society in the European World, 1660–1780: 1. Continental Catholic Europe Nigel Aston; 2. Continental Protestant Europe Hartmut Lehmann; 3. Great Britain and Ireland J. C. D. Clark; 4. The Church in economy and society Philip Hoffman; Part II. Christian Life in the European World, 1660–1780: 5. The Catholic clergy in Europe Mario Rosa; 6. The Protestant clergies in the European world Andrew Holmes; 7. Reaching audiences: sermons and oratory in Europe Joris van Eijnatten; 8. Christian education Dominique Julia; 9. Christianity and gender Merry Wiesner-Hanks; 10. Popular religion Willem Frijhoff; 11. Jewish-Christian relations Frances Malino; 12. Architecture and Christianity Jean-Michel Leniaud; Part III. Movements and Challenges: 13. Christianity and the rise of sciences 1660–1815 Louis Châtellier; 14. The Enlightenment critique of Christianity Margaret C. Jacob; 15. The Christian Enlightenment Helena Rosenblatt; 16. Jansenism and the international supression of the Jesuits Dale Van Kley; 17. Evangelical awakenings in the North Atlantic world W. R. Ward; 18. Toleration and movements of Christian reunion: 1660–1789 James E. Bradley; Part IV. Christian Developments in the Non-European World: 19. Christianity in Iberian America James D. Riley; 20. British and French North America through 1765 Mark A. Noll; 21. Christianity in Africa Lamin Sanneh; 22. Christianity in South and Southeast Asia Charles J. Borges; 23. Christianity in East Asia R. G. Tiedemann; 24. Christian encounters with other world religions A. C. Ross; Part V. Revolution and the Christian World: 25. The American Revolution and religion: 1765–1815 Martin Marty; 26. Christianity and the campaign against slavery and the slave trade Christopher Brown; 27. The French Revolution and religion: through 1794 Timothy Tackett; 28. The French Revolution and religion: 1795–1815 Suzanne Desan; 29. Movements of Christian awakenings in revolutionary Europe, 1790–1815 Stewart J. Brown.
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Variegated Norway Maple – Acer Platanoides Drummondii
The Variegated Norway Maple, Acer Platanoides ‘Drummondii’, is popular for its distinctive foliage and adaptability, thriving across temperate regions.
Features This cultivar blooms in early spring, showcasing small, yellow-green flowers. It does not produce edible fruits or nuts but may develop samaras (winged seeds) that facilitate wind dispersal. Native to Europe, ‘Drummondii’ is a moderate grower with a broad canopy. Leaves are large, with a unique cream and green variegation. The bark is grey and smooth, and the tree lacks thorns. Reproduction is mainly through seed dispersal.
Benefits for Nature Variegated Norway Maple supports local wildlife, offering habitat and food through its seeds. While not a major nectar source, its dense canopy provides shelter and nesting sites. This tree contributes positively to urban biodiversity, with a low toxicity level that makes it safe for most wildlife.
Landscaping and Design In landscape design, ‘Drummondii’ is prized for its striking variegated leaves, adding contrast and visual interest. Its round, dense canopy fits well in urban parks, residential areas, and as a specimen tree. The variegation brightens shaded areas, pairing beautifully with darker-green foliage plants for a layered effect.
Preferred Conditions This maple variety prefers moist, well-drained soils and can adapt to a range of pH levels. It’s tolerant of urban pollution and can withstand moderate wind, but extreme conditions may damage the delicate variegated leaves. Full sun to partial shade is ideal to maintain the vibrant leaf coloration.
Fun Fact about Variegated Norway Maple Discovered as a natural mutation, the ‘Drummondii’ stands out for its rare leaf pattern. Unlike its green-leaved counterparts, this variegation offers a unique aesthetic appeal, making it a sought-after choice for gardeners and landscape architects.
Summary The Variegated Norway Maple is a visually striking tree known for its unique cream and green leaves, offering benefits to wildlife and enhancing urban landscapes. Adaptable and moderately easy to grow, it provides a compelling focal point in any garden or park setting.
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||A social choice function may or may not satisfy a desirable property depending on its domain of definition. For the same reason, different conditions may be equivalent for functions defined on some domains, while different in other cases. Understanding the role of domains is therefore a crucial issue in mechanism design. We illustrate this point by analyzing the role of different conditions that are always related, but not always equivalent to strategy-proofness. We define two very natural conditions that are necessary for strategy-proofness: monotonicity and reshuffling invariance. We remark that they are not always sufficient. Then, we identify a domain condition, called intertwinedness, that ensures the equivalence between our two conditions and that of strategy-proofness. We prove that some important domains are intertwined: those of single-peaked preferences, both with public and private goods, and also those arising in simple models of house allocation. We prove that other necessary conditions for strategy-proofness also become equivalent to ours when applied to functions defined on intertwined domains, even if they are not equivalent in general. We also study the relationship between our domain restrictions and others that appear in the literature, proving that we are indeed introducing a novel proposal.
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I need help translating these two problems into equations correctly.
1. During the first part of a canoe trip, Tim covered 60 km at a certain speed. He then traveled 24 km at a speed that was 4 km/h slower. If the total time for the trip was 8 hours, what was the speed on each part of the trip?
2. The current in a typical Mississippi River shipping route flows at a rate of 4 mph. In order for a barge to travel 24 miles up river and then return in a total of 5 hours, approximately how fast must the barge be able to travel in still water?
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I wasn't much of a nut fan growing up. Aside from peanut butter, any kind of nut in any preparation received an instant "Ew!" from me. I have no idea why. Maybe my taste buds needed maturing, maybe I just needed time. Regardless, I love nuts now. They are versatile, flavorful and packed with protein and healthy fats. And did I mention versatile? Particularly almonds and almond flour (or almond meal).
We've used almond flour (also called almond meal) for years, but almost exclusively at the holidays when we make my husband's favorite Christmas cookie, the cinnamon star. The rest of the year, I'd think about it fairly often, but use it only occasionally. You can use almond flour in cookies, yes, but also in pie and pastry crusts, cakes, and quick breads, and even in soups or in a main dish. It's low-carb and gluten-free. It also lends a really lovely flavor in every dish in which it is used. Almond flour is truly worth a try in many of your favorite recipes.
Make your own almond flour
You can make almond flour, of course, by grinding almonds in a food processor - but be careful not to over-process or you'll end up with almond butter (admittedly tasty but not applicable in recipes calling for almond flour)! Almond flour or almond meal is also more and more available in stores, if you don't want to make your own.
How to use almond flour
- Use in place of flour when breading chicken or fish. You do have to take extra care not to let the almond flour scorch.
- When making pastry flours, substitute a portion of the flour with almond flour.
- When making cheesecake, substitute almond meal for graham crackers in the crust.
- Use almond meal in place of breadcrumbs in meatballs.
- Add almond flour or almond meal to Bechamel sauce for a delicious finish to cauliflower or other vegetables.
Here are some delicious almond flour recipes to get you started.
Citrus almond cake recipe
Photo credit: locrifa/iStock/360/Getty Images
This is lovely with a dollop of softly whipped cream.
Serves 10 to 12
- 1 pound citrus: lemons, oranges, or tangerines, or a combination
- 6 eggs
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2-1/3 cups almond flour or almond meal
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Place the whole citrus in a medium-sized saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring the water to a boil, reduce the heat and let simmer for 2 hours, keeping the fruit covered with water. Let cool.
- Cut the cooled citrus in half and remove any seeds. Place the citrus - skin, pith and all - in a food processor and pulse several times until the fruit is finely chopped.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a springform pan with parchment paper (including the sides), and spray the paper with cooking spray.
- In a bowl, beat the eggs well. Add the sugar, almond meal, and baking powder. Then add the chopped fruit. Mix well. Pour into the prepared pan. Bake 1 hour or until a cake tester comes out clean. Cool completely before removing from the pan.
Almond quick bread recipe
Photo credit: Kathryn Harris/4Goodnesscake/Moment/Getty Images
Makes 1 loaf
- 3 1/2 cups almond flour
- 3 eggs
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup yogurt
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a loaf pan by spraying it with cooking spray.
- Combine all ingredients, mixing well. Pour into the prepared loaf pan.
- Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
- Let cool completely in the pan before slicing and serving.
Lemon and almond soup recipe
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- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 pound parsnips, peeled and chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 6 cups vegetable stock
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- 2 cups milk
- 6 tablespoons almond meal
- Grated rind of 1 lemon
- Salt and pepper
- 4 tablespoons sour cream
- Handful of sliced almonds, toasted
- Parsley and grated lemon rind for garnish
- In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the onion and saute until soft, about 5 minutes. Add the parsnips and cook another 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add the cumin, stock and parsley. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer about 20 minutes or until the parsnips are tender.
- Using a hand-blender, regular blender or food processor, puree the soup until smooth. Return to the pan and add the milk, almond meal and lemon rind. When the soup is just to a simmer, season with salt and pepper. Serve garnished with sour cream, almonds, parsley and lemon rind.
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Robot Guarding: Why it’s Required for Health & Safety of Your Automation Solution
Robot Guarding & Robot Safety
Robotic guarding (sometimes known as robot cell perimeter guarding), is fence which is placed around the hazardous areas of manufacturing/ engineering equipment. It prevents your employees from coming into collision with the industrial robot system which may be working at high speed and is otherwise unaware of the presence of humans. Robot cell perimeter guarding is one of the most important safeguards to prevent personnel in the vicinity from coming into contact with the robot, its end of arm tooling or the robot payload. It should also protect employees from any hazards, such as chips or sparks, unintentionally exiting the machinery.
PUWER (provision and use of work equipment regulations), helps determine whether a piece of machinery needs robotic guarding.
Why is robot guarding required for the health and safety of your work force?
Why is robotic guarding required for robot health and safety?
Automation health and safety needs to be considered and in place in order for work forces to be protected, especially in the manufacturing sector, as eight in ten workplace deaths involve mechanical equipment.
The use of any machinery has a degree of risk, especially for the workforce. Operation, maintenance and lubrication of any machinery all have associated hazards. To prevent injuries, machine guarding can be installed to prevent injuries connected with moving parts of machinery.
It is important to carry out comprehensive risk assessments for automation components. This should be done on each individual piece of machinery or robot cell. In doing so it identifies any hazards associated with a particular machine. Once it has been fully assessed, suitable automation guarding can be put in place.
What do Robot Safety Regulations say?
There are legal procedures and regulations which need to be followed to minimise the risks associated with machinery. According to the ISO standard - “The primary purpose of this International Standard is to provide designers with an overall framework and guidance for decisions during the development of machinery to enable them to design machines that are safe for their intended use”.
It must be noted that failure to adhere to regulations, could result in legal actions, especially in the event of employee injuries.
As mentioned above robotic guarding can prevent injuries and fatalities caused by automation components. The use of robotic guarding encloses the dangerous parts.
Here at Kyrus we offer machine guarding and robot enclosures. A Robot enclosure will protect a specific robot where as robot cell perimeter guarding may be used to create a barrier around a number of robots and other pieces of equipment. Both have the same purpose; to protect employees from workplace injuries and deaths.
What is PUWER?
PUWER stands for The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations. The purpose of this regulation is to protect workers from unsafe machinery and other work equipment. Work equipment should be safe to use and be in a safe condition to prevent workplace injuries.
As stated above, under PUWER, risk assessments need to be undertaken on all high-risk automation components. It should be noted that the risk assessments should be undertaken by experienced staff that have received training and have knowledge on how to assess machinery. Therefore, allowing employers to make any necessary changes to minimise workplace injuries.
How could opting for the right required parts for your robotic guarding fit in with the required health and safety of your automation solution? Click here to see why Kyrus is number 1 for required automation guarding parts.
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The usual starting point of both Topology and Measure Theory is the definition of a family of subsets of a set $S$.
Indeed, one defines a topology on $S$ to be a family of subsets including the empty set $\emptyset$ and $S$ itself and which is closed under arbitrary unions and finite intersections. These are the open sets. (One can of course also define a topology by stipulating which are the closed sets, which are now closed under finite unions and arbitrary intersections.)
In Measure Theory one starts by defining on $S$ the notion of a $\sigma$-algebra, which is a collection of subsets again including $S$ and which is closed under complementation and countable unions, so in particular it also includes $\emptyset$ and is closed under countable intersections. The subsets in the $\sigma$-algebra are the measurable sets.
When I learnt these subjects I was always intrigued by the similarity of both definitions. This suggests other family of subsets of a set $S$ defined by demanding that both $\emptyset$ and $S$ belong to the family and that the family be closed under some operations.
Are there any interesting families of subsets, other than topologies and $\sigma$-algebras, which can be defined in this way? And if so, to which areas of mathematics are they germane?
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Jesus appears often in the Qur’an (in a total of 93 verses scattered throughout 15 suras or chapters), but with significant differences. The Qur’an refers to him as the “messiah,” but the word has a different theological import than in Christian thought. In Muslim understanding, Jesus was not more than a creature, a human being. He is not divine. He did not die on the cross (it was a look-alike, possibly Simon of Cyrene or an apostle) nor rise from the dead. The Qur’an seems to indicate that God caused him to ascend after his apparent death. Tradition has it that he will return at the end of time to usher in an age of justice and, after 40 years, will die and be buried in Medina with Muhammad, then rise in the general resurrection along with the rest of humankind. The Qur’an argues against a Trinitarian concept of God: “God is One…He does not beget…there is none like Him” (sura 112).
Mary occupies an important place in Muslim sacred history. Her own birth was miraculous. She is the mother of a prophet. And she is the only woman mentioned by name in the Qur’an. Tradition regards Mary and Jesus as the only two human beings born without the “touch of Satan.” The principle difference between Muslim and Christian views is that since Islam does not consider Jesus divine, Mary is not the Mother of God.
In general, there is a different assessment of what was and is needed for human beings to be what God created us to be; we have, in other words, different religious anthropologies. To the question “What’s wrong with humanity?”, Christians respond: Humanity was living outside of communion with God. This separation from God (called “sin”) was preventing us from being truly human. The eternal Son of God took on our fallen nature, including our mortality, in order to restore it to the possibility of immortality. In the event of Christ’s life, death, and resurrection, our nature is reconstituted, transformed. It was a cosmic alteration affected by Christ. Grace, God’s own life, is given through baptism, strengthened through confirmation and eucharist, to restore us to the beauty of our God-given nature.
In Islam, there is no such emphasis on reconstitution and transformation of our very nature. Adam’s sin was not a “fall” from the top of the Sears Tower to the street below, but rather, more like a “fall” after tripping on a stone in the path of his life. There may be a few bruises, but no broken bones or crippled condition; only a confused soul that will continue to stumble unless s/he realizes that traveling the path of life successfully involves radical dependence on the guidance of God.
Thus, in Islam there is no sacramental system and consequently no priesthood. There are no ordained leaders, and thus no hierarchy and centralization of leadership. Religious leaders are recognized by acclamation in local communities based on religious learning (important so that they can make God’s guidance explicit) and personal piety.
Catholicism, by contrast, is highly centralized. Every parish is in communion with the diocesan bishop; all bishops are in communion with one another and with the bishop of Rome, the supreme teacher and governor of the Church universal. Nonetheless, there is a fundamental unity within the Islamic community through the five “pillars” (profession of faith, ritual prayer, alms tax, fasting, pilgrimage).
Other differences: For Muslims, the Qur’an is the final revelation, superseding both the Torah and the Gospel, and Muhammad is seen as the “seal of the prophets.”
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The MRI scans indicated that two areas of gray matter that control reading comprehension and speaking (known respectively as Wernicke's area and Broca's area) were highly similar in size in identical twins, which share an identical set of genes.
The Broca's and Wernicke's areas were also similar in non-identical twins, who on average share about half of their genes. But these differences were greater than in the comparison of identical twins, and fewer than in two unrelated individuals.
The study shows that the more closely related two people are, the more likely they are to share similar brain structure in regions heavily controlled by genetics. They are also more likely to share vulnerabilities to specific diseases affecting these areas.
While these ideas are not new, Thompson's work is the first detailed study showing how strongly brain structure is determined by genes and inheritance.
The results are described in the November issue of the journal Nature Neuroscience.
Thompson's study is part of a much broader effort to understand which regions of the brain are associated with brain diseases such as Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, and Parkinson's.
Watch continued television coverage of this subject on National Geographic Today, only on the National Geographic Channel, 7 p.m. ET/PT in the United States. Click here to request it.
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a talented Colombian journalist, novelist, short story writer and screenwriter, is recognized as one of the most important authors of the 20th century in Spanish-language literature. As March 6 would have been his 90th birthday, now is a great time to pick up one of his books.
As a longtime fan, I'm happy to share my top picks to help you get started or to revisit his work.
Among Garcia Marquez's best-known novels are One Hundred Years of Solitude, which describes the rise and fall of a town through one family and was translated into more than 30 languages, and Love in the Time of Cholera, which was adapted into an English-language movie of the same name in 2007.
To go more in-depth, explore these titles by or about the Nobel Prize-winning author:
Gabriel García Márquez: This authorized biography of Garcia Marquez includes a good description of his novels and his political points of view—and 16 pages of photos.
The General in His Labyrinth: This novel examines the life and adventures of General Simon Bolivar, an important hero and liberator in South America.
Of Love and Other Demons: A love story set in the 18th century, this novel presents a prohibited love between an aristocrat and a priest.
Relato de un náufrago: If you read Spanish, enjoy this narrative story where Garcia Marquez describes the adventures of a sailor and his survival in the ocean for 10 days.
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Like many large civil projects, building the Erie Canal required leaders with vision, political prowess, and technical ingenuity. The concept of a canal connecting the Hudson River with Lake Erie generally is credited to then New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton in 1808. One source, however, notes a proposal for such a canal by Cadwallader Colden, the New York surveyor general, in 1724.
Regardless, it was Clinton who, in spite of opposition calling the project "Clinton's Folly" and "Clinton's Big Ditch," convinced the New York state legislature in 1817 to authorize $7 million to build the 363-mile-long canal. However, with a scarcity of formally educated engineers in the United States at the time—the country did not have any engineering schools yet—design and construction of the canal was a a challenging proposition.
The project's chief engineer, Benjamin Wright, was a surveyor with little formal education. He learned surveying from an uncle and practiced his trade in the wilderness of upstate New York. Originally, he was selected as one of three engineers assigned to design and build one section of the canal, but after two years of construction, he was appointed chief engineer. Wright later became the first chief engineer of the Erie Railroad and chaired the first committee seeking to establish an American Society of Civil Engineers. He has been called the father of American civil engineering.
Construction of the 363-mile Erie Canal took about 8 years and employed thousands of workers. Its success sparked a period of canal building in the United States.
The Erie Canal, completed on Oct. 26, 1825, after a little more than eight years of construction, included 18 aqueducts spanning valleys and rivers, and more than 80 locks providing a total rise of about 570 feet from the Hudson River to Lake Erie. A standard section of the canal was 40 feet wide at the water surface, tapering to 28 feet at the bottom of the canal, with 6-foot-high berms on either side, creating a water depth of 4 feet. A 10-foot-wide towpath for horses, mules, and oxen was built along the top of one of the berms. Early canal barges were 70 feet long, 7 feet wide, and had sufficient draft to carry up to 30 tons of freight—about 1,000 bushels of grain.
Relatively inexpensive freight rates and significantly shorter travel times between the East Coast and the Great Lakes region ensured the immediate success of the Erie Canal. According to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers paper by Robert Harrison, "History of the commercial waterways and ports of the United States," a team of four horses pulling a wagon on a typical road in 1800 could haul 1 ton about 12 miles a day. On a canal with a towpath, one horse could pull a 30-ton barge at about 2 miles per hour. Freight rates from Buffalo to New York City were $10 per ton by canal, compared to $100 per ton by road. Canal construction costs were recouped in nine years in spite of the fact that total costs reached more than $12.7 million (equivalent to about $225 milllion today), including construction of feeder canals. "Measured in terms of water moved, it was the greatest water resource project of the 19th century," wrote Harrison.
Nevertheless, the Erie Canal had its problems. Development of the feeder canals to keep the main canal supplied with water was a major undertaking, according to Harrison. Hydrologic engineering problems plagued the canal, often causing a shortage of water. The cross section of the original canal proved to be too small to move the volume of water needed to maintain water levels between feeder streams, Harrison reported. Seepage out of the canal was greater than had been estimated.
Beginning in 1836, the Erie Canal was deepened to 7 feet. This enabled use of barges that could carry up to 240 tons. Although freight transport on the Erie Canal declined as railroads and good roads were built, sections of the canal remain in use today, primarily for recreational boating. Read about the design and construction of New York's George Washington Bridge in the April 2004 issue of Structural Engineer.
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Extreme weather in 2018
The year 2018 was the fourth warmest year on record, with a global average surface air temperature of 14.7°C as shown by the data from Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). The last five years were on average 1.1°C higher than pre-industrial levels. Furthermore, the year 2018 was also the fourth costliest year since 1980 for insured losses due to natural hazards according to Munich RE. The total losses due to natural hazards were estimated at $160 billion, of which 78% had a meteorological or climatological cause.
Although parts of Canada, Kazakhstan, the Antarctic and the oceans were cooler than the 1981-2010 average, most parts of the globe experienced higher surface air temperatures than in 1981-2010. In particular the Arctic, Europe, the Middle East and parts of Antarctica experienced temperatures that were more than 2°C higher than the long-term average. Together with the high temperatures, the CO2 levels have continued to rise in 2018 to an annual average column-averaged CO2 concentration of 406.7 ppm. Just after the year finished, the CO2 concentration at Mauna Loa reached a record high daily CO2 concentration of 413.45 ppm on the 12th of January 2019.
Apart from the extremely high temperatures and CO2 concentrations, the year 2018 contained a large number of extreme events. Most of the events with the highest losses were weather related and occurred during the second half of the year. The tropical cyclones Florence, Michael (Northern America) and Jebi (Japan) are listed in the top 5 costliest natural events of last year. Other weather or climatic events that caused high losses were flood events in Nigeria and Kenya and a large hailstorm in Australia.
Large parts of Europe look back at a year with drought. The northern part of Europe experienced a hot and dry summer. The southern part of the continent, however, experienced a wetter year than the 1981-2010 average. In the Netherlands, 2018 was an extreme weather year, with many records broken. It was one of the driest years ever measured in The Netherlands and the amount of sunshine hours was the second most measured since 1901. The year also accounted for the highest number of warm days (maximum temperature above 20°C) since the measurements started.
After an extreme 2017, the year 2018 again ends up as a year with a lot of extremes. As the climate is changing, it is important to keep the impact as small as possible. By informing our clients about extreme weather events, they are able to take precautions and reduce the impact of such events.
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* It is well known that measurement error causes attenuation bias in regression analysis estimators.
* This fact appeared in the literature as early at Spearman (1904).
* Attenuation bias also known as regression dilution is the phenomenon where coefficient estimates are biased towards zero.
* We can understand this phenomona very intuitively by thinking about what measurement error means.
* It means we do not have a very good measure of what something is.
* Imagine we measure people's weight and height just by watching that person walk by.
* We will assume we know the average weight of people and we make sure our average guess is that weight.
* However, unless we are trained our guess will probably miss the mark at a large frequency.
* Thus, if we want to use our guesses of weight and height as predictors of that person's athletic ability then our estimates will suffer from potentially two problems as a result of our measurement method.
* There is the one previously mentioned, attenuation bias caused from our measures not being exact.
* How, are we going to identify the effect of 5 more pounds or 3 extra inches on athletic performance if we are incapable of accurately gaging the difference between 5 pounds or 3 inches?
* The second potential source of problems is that our errors in measurement might be correlated with our unconsious assessment of the subject's athletic ability.
* That is, perhaps subjects that appear more athletic, we will guess as being taller or weighing less.
* This second issue is much more problematic than attentuation bias.
* It will cause a correlation between our errors and our explanatory variables which causes bias of an unknown form.
* In order to understand why attenuation bias exists remember Beta=cov(x,Y)/var(x) and that the OLS coefficient of BetaHat = cov(X,Y)/var(X).
* Where the observable X = x + v.
* If we assume the error term v is uncorrelated with the outcome variable Y then cov(X,Y)=cov(x,Y)
* However, the var(X) = var(x)+var(v)
* Thus: BetaHat = cov(X,Y)/var(X) = cov(X,Y)/(var(x)+var(v)) = cov(x,Y)/(var(x)+var(v))
* Therefore: |BetaHat| < |Beta| when var(v)>0
* Let's see this in action!
set seed 101
set obs 100000
gen measurement_error = 20*rnormal()
gen weight_observed = true_weight+measurement_error
gen u = rnormal()* 5
corr true_weight weight_observed
* We can see even with measurement error, our estimate of weight is 82% correlated with the true weight.
gen athletic_performance = 10 - .05*true_weight + u
* We expect our estimate of weight to be biased by a factor of alpha where alpha is defined as:
* alpha*|beta| = |BetaHat|
* alpha*|-.05| =|cov(x,Y)/(var(x)+var(v))|=
qui corr true_weight athletic_performance, cov
di r(cov_12)/(30^2 + 20^2)
* = -.03469636
* Thus alpha = 70%
reg athletic_performance weight_observed
di .05 * .7
* Thus we can see the nature of our bias is very predictable under the assumption that the measurement error is uncorrelated with our outcome variable.
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Design Patent Application – What Is The Process?
If you’re a designer, then you know that there are many ways to protect your work and ideas from other companies. One of the most exciting is a design patent. It prevents other companies from copying your design. And profiting from your ideas. In this post, we’ll explore what a design patent does. And how it works. And why designers should be aware of them!
There are many different types of patents. But one of the more exciting is a design patent.
Design patents are a form of intellectual property that protects the ornamental design of an article. They’re different from utility patents, copyright, and trademarks. In that they protect the look. And feel of objects rather than their function.
Design patents are issued by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to individuals or businesses. Who have invented something new with an innovative design. For example:- you might apply for one if your idea for a new way to make ice cream would be novel enough for people to recognize as your own work.
It prevents other companies from copying your design and profiting from your ideas.
Design patents are for new, original, and ornamental designs for manufactured items.
Design patents protect both the actual design of an object (the shape, decoration, or ornamentation). As well as its overall appearance. The patent protects only your idea, not the finished product itself. For example, if you create a new type of bottle with a unique design that no one else has ever seen before—that would be protected under a design patent. However, if someone else makes exactly the same bottles but puts them in different colors or uses different packaging materials than yours does—those would still be infringing on your rights without any legal action taken against them at all!
Now that you’ve read this article and are somewhat prepared for the process of filing an application, it may be helpful to know what makes a design patent unique. A design patent protects the shape and appearance of a product, rather than its functional qualities. This means that although there are many things that could constitute a design patent, such as shapes or patterns on clothing or furniture surfaces (like those found in traditional Chinese rugs), these examples don’t necessarily apply here because they aren’t specific enough to qualify as “original”. Also, keep in mind that only one person (the applicant) can file an application for each design. Therefore if more than one person is involved in creating something like clothing or furniture pieces designed by someone else (as would happen with multiple designers working together), only one person qualifies as the owner/creator of this type-of-product!
A design patent is an invention protection tool used by inventors to protect their ideas from being copied or imitated by others.
Design patents are granted for new inventions that meet specific criteria. They provide a limited monopoly on the design of the product, which means that no other company can produce a similar item without permission.
Who Needs To Apply For A Design Patent?
Anyone who wants to protect their idea from being copied or imitated by another company needs to apply for a design patent. This includes people who make products such as clothing, jewelry, toys, furniture, kitchenware, and household goods. It also includes companies that sell these items.
What Are The Requirements For An Applicant?
To file a design patent application, applicants must first complete a provisional application. In order to do so, applicants need to submit a drawing of their product along with a description of its features. They also need to provide a list of any patents that cover similar designs.
What Is The Cost Of A Design Patent?
Once the provisional application has been filed, applicants will receive a letter notifying them whether their application was accepted or rejected. If it is accepted, applicants will then pay a fee to file a nonprovisional application. This process takes anywhere from one month to two years, depending on how quickly the USPTO processes applications.
When Can I File My Design Patent Application?
You must file your design patent application within 12 months after filing the provisional application. However, there is no limit as to when you can file your application.
What Happens After I File My Design Patent?
Once you file your design patent application, the USPTO will review your application and issue a notice of allowance or rejection. If the USPTO issues a notice of allowance, you will receive a letter notifying you of the date your design patent becomes effective. If the USPTO rejects your application, you will receive a notice of rejection.
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Headaches can be a common occurrence in people’s lives, often caused by factors such as excessive screen time, long work hours, or stress. While most headaches can be relieved with over-the-counter pain relievers and rest, there are individuals who suffer from more severe and recurring headaches known as migraines.
Migraines are characterized by intense throbbing or pulsating pain, typically affecting one side of the head. They are often accompanied by symptoms like nausea, vomiting, and extreme sensitivity to light and sound. These debilitating attacks can last for hours or even days, significantly impacting a person’s daily life and activities. Migraines are believed to stem from an over-excitable electrical system in the brain, making it crucial to identify the underlying causes triggering this hyper-excitability.
At Robinhood Integrative Health in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, we understand the immense pain experienced by migraine sufferers, and our medical staff is dedicated to providing effective treatments. Our focus lies in identifying the root cause of migraines and guiding you towards sustained relief.
Identifying and eliminating common triggers of migraines is an effective approach to improving symptoms. Some potential root causes to explore include:
Once the triggers specific to your migraines are identified, steps can be taken to eliminate or reduce their impact. Our clinic has witnessed significant improvements in migraines through simple measures such as eliminating food sensitivities and balancing hormones with bio-identical progesterone. Additionally, specific IV therapies like IV Magnesium have shown promise in reducing the severity and duration of migraines when triggered.
Migraines can disrupt your life for an entire day or even multiple days due to the persistent pain and accompanying symptoms. At Robinhood Integrative Health in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, we employ an integrative medicine approach that focuses on addressing the underlying causes rather than merely masking the symptoms. Our doctors understand the importance of personalized care and strive to identify the factors affecting each individual patient.
We offer a range of treatments, including bio-identical hormones, desiccated thyroid, IV nutrition, food sensitivity testing and natural remedies like herbs, essential oils, and supplements. These approaches aim to alleviate migraine pain and associated symptoms.
Unlike traditional doctors who may rely on medication prescriptions, we take a holistic approach to treat migraines. Our goal is to restore your overall well-being by developing a personalized plan tailored to your needs. If you’re seeking an alternative medicine that effectively takes care of migraines, contact the experienced medical staff at Robinhood Integrative Health in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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- Historic Sites
Philip Hone’s New York
The magic of life in the, unfolding metropolis still breathes in the diary of a charming and witty mayor
August 1957 | Volume 8, Issue 5
I predicted before we went that it would be no halfway affair. She would make the most decided hit we have ever witnessed, or would fail entirely. I have never witnessed an audience so moved, astonished and delighted.
The world was a stage to Philip Hone, the proscenium his house across the street from City Hall; for all the world came there. Frequently public figures presented their lesser-known sides to him. Former President John Quincy Adams, on a visit to the city, came to dinner; old Mr. Adams was active in the House of Representatives, but his long and remarkable career was not marked by any widespread reputation for devotion to the lively arts. Hone knew better.
Mr. Adams was, as usual, the fiddle of the party. He talked a great deal; was gay, witty, instructive and entertaining…the fire of his eye beaming from under his bald brow.
Adams talked of Hamlet and James H. Hackett, the actor, to whom Hone repeated the old boy’s remarks the next day; Hackett wrote off at once for a written version. Getting it, he had it lithographed and circulated among his friends of the profession, at the same time soliciting comment on other works of Shakespeare from the same source. “This extension of my fame,” wrote John Quincy Adams in his own celebrated diary, “is more tickling to my vanity than it was to be elected President of the United States.”
When Washington Irving came home after seventeen years abroad, he was given a public dinner at which Hone was official greeter. They became friends and constant mutual visitors. So did Hone and Henry Clay, perhaps the greatest public hero of the age; for Hone was active in politics throughout. He was also civic-minded, doing much for the physical and cultural improvement of his city and his state. Like his contemporary James Fenimore Cooper, he loved old Indian place names, recoiling at the “-villes” and “-burgs” that had begun to replace them. Some he helped to save. He was on every useful committee, donated to every worthy cause, and was able, moreover, to raise money for good purposes from friends everywhere. He was honored wherever he went, from Washington to Massachusetts. He was extremely interested in Columbia College, standing right behind his house, and in clubs, societies, and newspapers. He knew all the great editors of his time and the ins and outs of their sometimes violent rivalry.
While I was shaving this morning [he wrote in 1831] I witnessed from the front window an encounter in the street nearly opposite between William Cullen Bryant and William Leete Stone, the former one of the editors of the Evening Post and the latter editor of the Commercial Advertiser . The former commenced the attack by striking Stone over the head with a cowskin [whip]. After a few blows the men closed, and the whip was wrested from Bryant by Stone. A crowd soon gathered and separated the combatants.
It was a busy corner. At Barnum’s Museum hung the Lilliputian laundry of General Tom Thumb out on a clothesline across the front of the building as a publicity stunt. The infinitesimal “General” himself spied the popular ex-mayor inside the museum one day. Hone describes him: His hand is about the size of a half dollar, and his foot three inches in length, and in walking alongside of him, the top of his head did not reach above my knee. When I entered the room he came up to me, offered his hand, and said, “How d’ye do, Mr. Hone?”
Everyone knew Hone.
He backed the first opera house in New York City and the first summer hotel at Rockaway, a wild place then that he adored. Both ventures failed, but not his enthusiasm for music and sea air.
Along Broadway the strollers going down to the pleasure ground and resplendent Castle Garden concert hall at the Battery made a shifting, colorful kaleidoscope. In the background a forest of masts fringed the island. Steamboats plying the Hudson were the latest fad. When Hone’s diary began, he still had only the sailing packets for European travel and for his coastal voyages. The first portion of the journal embraces the closing days of sail as the sole means of going far to sea; it also deals with the predominance of stagecoaches, which he used for his political trips. He was a very active Whig, given credit for bestowing the name on the anti-Administration party which arose during the great financial crisis of the 1830’s when President Jackson killed the Bank of the United States by withdrawing government funds, affecting banks and stocks and business everywhere. Like almost everyone, Hone lost considerably, having gone on numerous notes when starting two of his sons in trade. A devastating New York City fire ensued, totally destroying their stock and premises and further crippling him; but he had enough left, and he had a great wealth of friends.
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Flower Gardens for Beginners
Every gardener was a beginner at one time. Even the most seasoned professional had a season where she barely knew the difference between a shovel and a spade and had to seriously contemplate whether her flowers preferred sun or shade. If this is your first year flower gardening, welcome! You’re about to dive into a hobby that has the potential to change your life and really connect you to the great outdoors. The best piece of advice we can offer is to relax! Despite what you might have heard and read, growing a beautiful flower garden isn’t rocket science. With a little patience and perseverance, you’ll be enjoying the garden of your dreams, talking like an expert and encouraging some other beginner to take a leap of faith.
So, let’s get started. The best flower gardens start way in advance of the gardener digging in the dirt. Getting to know your plants can really help you to develop your garden properly, meet the light and water needs of your flowers and pair plants so they are easier to maintain. Spend a day in your local gardening center or on the Internet to learn more about plants that are native to your area as well as annuals, perennials, sun and shade loving flowers and the many varieties of blooming plants that are available. When you know the difference between a petunia (sun loving annual), balsam (shade loving annual), salvia (sun loving perennial) and spotted geranium (shade loving perennial), it’s easier to determine what and where to plant in order to achieve a successful flower garden.
After you have a better knowledge of flowering plants, pick a spot for your garden and take some time to develop it. Plan to get dirty as you weed the area and remove any grass. While you can use commercial herbicides to tackle this task, your garden will thank you if you take a more natural approach and do it by hand.
Next, prepare the soil there. Enriching the soil with compost before you plant gives your flowers a good head start in life and allows them to grow healthy, established root systems and bigger, more impressive blooms. Ideally, you want your soil to retain proper moisture but not stay too wet for too long. While not providing your plants with enough access to water is a problem, when they sit in water for too long, many flowers develop root rot and are at increased risk of disease and decay. Natural compost, or humus, spread about 3-inches thick on top of your soil can help the ground to maintain proper moisture conditions for optimum growing potential.
Finally, give your garden a defined edge to create a clean break between your lawn and flower garden. You can use purchased edging material for this task, or simply use a flat-edged shovel to cut the edge of your bed, about an inch and a half or two into the ground. Add some mulch to help your flower garden retain water and give your garden a cleaner look, and then you’re ready to plant.
To plant a flower garden, you essentially have two choices, you can start with seeds, or you can start with plants. The advantage of seeds is that they are readily available and priced reasonably, but they will take awhile to grow. In contrast, plants are more expensive, but you gain that instantaneous gratification of a true garden after you’re done planting.
If you start with seeds, it’s important to begin your flower garden indoors. Plant your seeds in small containers, and carefully monitor the amount of sunlight they receive by placing them near a sunny window or under a commercially available grow light. Once your baby plants start to sprout leaves, it’s important to provide them with fertilizer and water them once a week. After about two weeks of growth, you can help your plants to get used to outdoor temperatures and conditions by placing them outside for about half the day in a spot that is similar to where they will be planted. After the last frost, your tiny plants are ready to be moved out of their containers and into your garden.
For those who prefer to start with small plants, you can skip right to placing younglings into the garden after the last frost has passed. Pay careful attention to how much sunlight your plants need in order to thrive (you can find this information on the plant tag), and space them about 8-inches apart in the garden to allow room for future blooms to fill in. Immediately after planting, water two or three times a week for a couple of weeks in order to fully hydrate the soil and encourage good growth. Once plants begin to grow, take time to remove any dead leaves or blooms on a regular basis for continued health.
Having a special space in your own yard that is filled with beautiful blooms truly is possible. Try your hand at flower gardening, and don’t be afraid to mix and match to create a landscape that compliments your personality and style. With thoughtful patience and persistence, the garden that you want will soon be within your reach!
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We asked Veronica Verdino, director of FasTracKids in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn how we can keep kids engaged in learning through the summer months, and how the gradual separation teaching style at FasTracKids can help enrich children academically.
Besides enrolling my elementary-school-aged child in enrichment classes, how can I keep her academically engaged during the summer months?
It’s a good idea to expose your child to as many different things as possible at an early age. Museums and children’s events are excellent. I took my own daughter to the Metropolitan Museum of Art because there’s a lot of stuff to do for kids there and it’s very very engaging and interesting.
Keep in mind that exposure to different things is very important so that your child has a well-rounded education. At our center we do astronomy, we do biology at the kids’ developmental level, but it shouldn’t just be science that they’re exposed to. The important thing is to focus on things they are curious about. Maybe they’re going to learn about butterflies. Maybe when they observe something in nature they’ll want to go to the library and get a book and further expand that curiosity. That’s why you need to expose them to as much as possible.
Be very observant when it comes to your child. See what they play and introduce new toys, because children tend to play with the same thing over and over again and they get bored quickly. Any time you buy a toy it should be really educational. And before you just let the child play with that toy you should definitely show them how the toy should be used. A lot of parents say they buy toys but the kids don’t play with them. “We have so many toys at home but the kids don’t play. Why?” Because the kids don’t know how to play with the new toys. Sometimes they need company to play with certain toys. So it’s a good idea to sit down and demonstrate how the toy should be played, keep the child company, play together.
Definitely limit TV for sure because that’s not really encouraging the child’s thinking.
Expose children to a lot of new things, buy educational toys, and demonstrate to the child. Be very observant of your child, listen to the child, to their interests and what they want to do, but sometimes parents listen to them too much, because the children don’t know. You have to keep kids occupied and show them the world because they don’t know much yet. When I say, “listen to the child,” I don’t mean if the child wants something just give it to them, I mean be observant of what kind of child you have.
Is your child very creative? Interested in science? Then go with those interests. If your child is very artistic and likes painting you can go that direction more, but also try everything. Sometimes it seems the child is artistic but if you show them something in the sciences they’ll realize they like it, and you’d never know if you hadn’t tried. I believe in multiple intelligence and exposing the child to very many different things. It doesn’t mean you need to enroll them in 15 programs, just show them one thing at a time.
What can teachers and parents do to help kids who are reluctant about learning—especially learning outside of the school setting—to get excited about the process and become lifelong learners?
I think parents need to know right from the start that they need to educate children as early as possible. I prefer for children to always be ahead never catching up.
We’re always learning. Parents are afraid of putting kids in too many programs because they think, “They’re going to be in school all their lives, just let them play!” But what do you think they’re doing when they’re playing? They’re learning to play, and that’s how they learn things.
They’re digging a hole. They saw a worm. They’re evaluating the dirt. They taste the dirt and the parents will say, “Don’t put it in your mouth!” but what they’re doing is they’re learning the world. You cannot stop them from that.
They learn through play. They’re touching, smelling, seeing, evaluating the world…that’s how they do it. You cannot stop them, so you may as well put them in a program that encourages learning. We’re not putting them in a desk with a worksheet at two years old for two hours or five hours. What I mean is, create an environment where they can learn something. That’s my philosophy.
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Cornerwise is a special connecting and sealing piece which securely attaches Edgestrips which are used along the sides of the cathode plates to the ones used along the bottom of the plate. The Cornerwise piece connects Edgewise profiles of any slot size and strongly clamps them together at the corner of the cathode plate using the same strong mechanism.
The seal attached to the Cornerwise connector seals the small metal strip remaining on the side of the cathode plate, preventing electroplating in this area. This forms a secure continuous protected sealed edge to the cathode plate along all three sides.
Cornerwise fitting should be done by applying the tape to both sides of the plate first and trimming the excess on the bottom edge. Apply the tape to bottom edge and trim excess at each side. (use profiles to help wrap tape around edges and underneath)
Fit bottom profile first without spreader bar (should be flush with both sides of the plate) and then both side profiles so that side profiles are on top of bottom profile.
Place rubber seal on the longer side of corner bar and push it into its corner against the flat disc. Hold it against the side and bottom profiles with the longer bar (and seal) against the side profile. Using a rubber mallet, hammer the bottom section of corner bar on first and then the side section (which includes the seal).
Place the bottom spreader bar up to the end of the fitted corner bar and hammer into place to fix the bottom Edgestrip. Place the side spreader bar (on same corner) against the end of the fitted corner bar and hammer into place to fix the side Edgestrip.
Attach the other corner bar in the same way as above. Attach the final side spreader bar and complete process by trimming the excess tape from both sides and bottom of the cathode plate.
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In the beginning was the logos, and the logos was with God, and God was the logos. He was with God in the beginning. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not grasp it.
—John 1:1–5 (NRSV translation)
When time began, the wisdom of God was there. In this wisdom was life and that life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness of the world, and the darkness cannot grasp it, nor extinguish it. . . Then the wisdom of God became a flesh-and-blood human being. And he parked his trailer in our neighborhood. We looked him in the face and that face reflected the light of God. . . He gave us endless knowing and understanding of love and kindness and generosity. . . No one has actually seen God, but Jesus who is close to the heart of God has revealed God to us.
—A creative paraphrase of John 1:1, 5–6, 14, 16–18
Greek philosophers introduced the concept of logos (LOG-os) to the early Christian movement, familiarized to us by the prelude to John’s gospel. Although usually translated by Christians as “word,” logos is more accurately translated as “thought” or “reason.” Clarence Jordan translated it as “idea” in his “Cottonpatch” gospels. Perhaps “wisdom” is a better understanding.
Three centuries before Jesus, Stoic philosophers proposed that the logos symbolized the divine reason or creative intelligence that is implied in the order of the universe, giving it form and meaning. For them, humans possess a small portion of the divine logos that sets us apart from lower forms of life.
For the Hellenistic Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria (25 BCE–50 CE)—a contemporary of Jesus and Paul—the logos was seen as the approachable aspect of an inapproachable and incomprehensible God. Philo believed that one cannot communicate directly with God, but can come to know and understand God through the logos, a kind of intermediary being or spirit that provides insight into the mind of God and reveals God’s governing plan for the world. For Paul, the logos of God replaced the Torah of God as the benchmark of religious understanding.
Do you ever find it odd
that worshipers are greeted
as they leave the sanctuary?
This rite of transition
from comfort to challenge.
The grasping of hands, a warm smile,
a word of encouragement
as if to say
this was just the prelude—
worship begins outside these doors.
The one you seek is not here
he has gone ahead of you.
You will find him
amid the brokenness of the world.
For true worship does not consist
of heartfelt words,
of fervent prayer,
of bread and wine,
But of lives well lived
among those who need our love.
© 2014 Kurt Struckmeyer
I went to the funeral home last night
to see a friend whose life was entwined with mine.
Someone once told me
that if you want to know the truth about a person’s life,
go to their funeral.
Job, wealth, and possessions have no meaning.
Relationships and love are the only real measures
of one’s true worth.
The visitation is always a study in contrasts,
the living gathered around the dead,
the laughter amidst the grief and sorrow.
Photos of the past carefully displayed,
triggering memories of happier times.
Old friends meet again
reunited by relationships forged in youth.
We gather in community to say goodbye.
They say that she left us some time ago
lost in the arms of dementia.
Yet she died surrounded by those who loved her
in the warm embrace of her children.
And even though they may have seemed like strangers
she did not die alone.
She died in the arms of love.
And for that we are thankful.
© 2014 Kurt Struckmeyer
A darkened room
A trembling womb
Her sharp breaths cut the air
Now nearly done
The hour has come
They bring him forth with care
The child is born
In early morn
Their long-awaited one
With matted hair
He gasps for air
His journey has begun
A child’s first cries
A mother’s sighs
The sweetest song of all
Now put to breast
At last they rest
Asleep within the stall
Five fingers, toes
A button nose
Like any child, the same
His father’s son
His mother’s one
And Jesus is his name
© 2002 Kurt Struckmeyer
God of love,
source of mercy and compassion,
weave your dream for the world
into the fabric of our lives.
Remove the scales from our eyes
and lift the indifference from our hearts,
so that we may see your vision –
a new reign of justice and compassion
that will renew the earth.
Transform our lives,
so that we may accomplish your purpose.
Anoint us with your spirit of love
that we might bring good news to the oppressed,
bind up the brokenhearted,
and proclaim release to the captive.
Give us a new urgency
and a new commitment
to feed the hungry,
clothe the naked,
shelter the homeless,
and visit those who live in isolation.
Help us to reach out to those
whom no one else will touch,
to accept the unacceptable,
and to embrace the enemy.
Surround us with your love,
fill us with your grace,
and strengthen us for your service.
Empower us to respond to the call of Jesus –
to deny ourselves,
to take up our crosses,
and to follow.
Make us your disciples.
© 2010 Kurt Struckmeyer
Music: Old Hundredth / “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”
Praise life that makes us change and grow
Praise love that makes compassion flow
Praise peace that ends all strife and fear
Praise hands that work for justice here
Praise ears that hear the children’s cries
Praise truth that counters cruel lies
Praise hearts that value human worth
Praise lives that build a better earth
Praise eyes that see all human need
Praise minds that cast out selfish greed
Praise lips that challenge those in power
Praise those who struggle every hour
Praise faith that keeps us ever strong
Praise hope that triumphs over wrong
Praise dreams that make our spirits rise
Praise voices raised in joyful cries
© 2013 Kurt Struckmeyer
I believe in the hidden God of love:
the spirit of love and compassion
found at the breadth and depth
of every human life.
I believe in the vision of Jesus:
the reigning of God on earth,
found where people and societies
are governed by the rule of love.
I believe in the way of Jesus:
a love for God and neighbor,
a love for stranger and enemy,
a love for outcast and alien.
I believe in the abundant life of Jesus:
a life of acceptance, inclusion, and forgiveness,
a life of equality, generosity, and sharing,
a life of compassion, service, and nonviolence.
I believe that Jesus modeled the godly life:
healing the sick and serving the poor,
seeking dignity and equality for all people,
and calling for shared wealth and economic justice.
For this he was condemned and crucified
by those who serve the forces of domination
in every time and place.
I believe that though he died,
the spirit of Jesus lives on
among those who strive for peace and justice
and who work to create a better world.
In the name of Jesus,
and in the name of love,
I commit myself to care for others,
to break down the barriers that separate us,
and to seek justice and peace in the world.
© 2014 Kurt Struckmeyer
Holy Week recounts the story of Jesus’ march to Jerusalem, his teachings and disruptive actions in the Temple, his arrest, trial, and execution. And on Easter Sunday, we hear of his resurrection from the dead as a vindication by God of his life and message. On Easter, we celebrate the uprising of Jesus, an uprising that has the power to transform lives and the course of history.
According to the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke), sometime in his third year of healing and teaching in Galilee, after building the core of his movement, Jesus set his sights on Jerusalem in Judea. He decided to go here to confront the Sadducees—the rich and powerful rulers of the people—at their symbolic seat of power. He entered the city in a noisy act of political street theater and then interrupted the operations of the Jerusalem Temple with a demonstration for economic justice.
Jesus clearly understood that imprisonment, torture, and death are always potential and likely consequences of the pursuit of justice in an unjust society. He cautioned his followers that in order to follow him, they must be willing to risk public execution on a cross—the Roman penalty for civil disobedience and insurrection by impoverished and dispossessed people. It was a time requiring courageous decision. Jesus was heading towards a confrontation with power that risked his life and the lives of his followers. Continue reading
This post is a response to a recent article on Tony Robert’s blog by guest blogger Lenora Rand, titled “New Communion Words.”
Rand reflects on her experience distributing communion at the Wild Goose Festival, an annual gathering that focuses on justice, spirituality, music and the arts. The festival is “rooted in the Christian tradition” and is popular among progressive Christians and many involved with the emerging church movement. The name Wild Goose comes from a Celtic metaphor for the Holy Spirit.
I was . . . suddenly so uncomfortable with the words I have always known to say during communion. As they were coming out of my mouth, my head was swirling with questions about whether these particular words adequately reflected my beliefs anymore.
The body of Christ, broken for you.
The blood of Christ, shed for you.
I started thinking about it afterwards though. Wondering, what do I really believe about atonement? And about this sacrament? What else could I say with conviction during communion?
Rand is raising the issue of how the ancient practice of the eucharist is being impacted by the postmodern world in which many traditional doctrines of the church are being questioned and reevaluated. Continue reading
There is an old joke that asks, “What do you call a man who loves another man?” The answer: “a Christian.” It is ironic, isn’t it, that Christians are foremost among those who object to a man loving another man and a woman loving another woman?
By the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court will rule in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, deciding whether gay marriage should be legal across the country—a decision that will alter the social fabric of the nation. Such a decision will be a huge win for gay marriage advocates, but the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered community will continue to fight legal battles over equal rights for decades. And they will continue to struggle for legitimacy in the eyes of the church.
A majority of American voters say they support a Supreme Court decision to allow same-sex couples the constitutional right to marry, but the issue remains far from settled among socially conservative religious communities that have repeatedly proclaimed biblical support for human injustice. Christine Smith writes:
Through its theologies, biblical interpretations, and sexual ethics, the Christian church is one of the primary institutions that provide a foundation for social and ecclesiastical oppression of lesbians and gay men.
(Preaching as Weeping, Confession, and Resistance)
Yet a growing number of other Christians are challenging traditional religious thinking, rejecting homophobia and heterosexism because of a different set of theological and biblical perspectives. The result has been enormous conflict in the church. Sexual issues are tearing churches apart today as never before. The issue of homosexuality threatens to fracture whole denominations, as the issue of slavery did a hundred and fifty years ago. Long after this matter is settled in secular society, churches will continue to argue over the struggle between ancient revealed truth and contemporary human justice. Continue reading
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Pair of Gouldians staying in nest box too much w/ no breeding
I have a pair of Gouldians approx. 1 yr old. I've been trying to encourage them to eat kale, parsley, lima beans, grated carrots, broccolli tips, hard boil egg etc. without success.
They only eat the seed. They've been spending most of their time in the box w/ no mating or eggs for over a month now.
I may not of had enough seed available so are they conserving their energy by staying inactive? They look healthy.
My birds never ate those vegetables either. Romaine lettuce, chickweed, a bit of spinach, collard greens and sprouted seeds worked for me.
Google "sprouted seed for birds" and if you decide to do that, be sure to follow the directions exactly because the seeds can turn sour if they aren't rinsed with an agent to kill the existing bacteria on them.
Romaine is a great favorite and easy. A bird shop should have dried egg food available. I used CeDe egg food, but there are others.
I would boil eggs for 20 minutes, chop them up very finely and mix them with the dry egg food.
Stores sell egg food biscuits, but those did not appeal to my Goulds.
You can freeze egg food so you don't have to make if fresh every day. Give the greens and egg food to them as early in the morning as you can.
Sterilize the wet egg shells in a microwave for 2-3 minutes. They can be crushed and either added to the egg food or served separately.
Gouldians actually only breed in their nest boxes so it's a good sign if they are using it.
Thanks for visiting my site. I hope this helps and changes things for you and your pair. Jeanie
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Each Halloween, despite little evidence, a huge number of parents worry that their children’s treats may have been tampered with or poisoned. However, studies suggest that should be the least of their worries. Over the years, accident statistics have repeatedly shown that twice as many children are killed, and four times as many are injured, in pedestrian/vehicle incidents on Halloween compared to other days throughout the year.
What Parents Should Know
With most Halloween-related activities occurring at night, and the visually obstructive nature of many costumes, it is no surprise that pedestrian accidents increase during the holiday. As children and teens take to the streets to attend parties, to visit haunted houses or to go trick-or-treating, it is incredibly important for parents to remind their kids to be attentive when walking or behind the wheel. Driver distraction or intoxication is the most common cause of preventable automobile accidents.
- The pedestrian death rate among teens is twice that of younger children.
- Each Halloween, there is a 23 percent increase in drunken driving incidents.
- More than 12 percent parents report that their child, ages 5 years or younger, is permitted to trick or treat without adult supervision.
Please take the time to talk to your family about safety this Halloween, and reduce the number of child pedestrian accidents.
Five Important Safety Tips from Safe Kids Worldwide:
- Always trick or treat and cross streets only when an adult is present.
- Walk on sidewalks or paths. If there are no sidewalks, walk facing traffic as far to the left as possible.
- Cross the street at corners, using traffic signals and crosswalks. Parents should remind children to watch for cars that are turning or backing up.
- Look left, right, and then left again, when crossing, and keep looking as you cross, streets. Walk, never run, across the street.
- Costumes should include a bright or reflective element to help increase visibility of the wearer and never restrict their movement or vision.
Unfortunately, the accidents that occur on Halloween often result in significant physical injuries that require extensive and expensive medical treatment. If you or your loved one has been injured due to a negligent driver, or other preventable accident, you may be entitled to compensation for your injuries. Contact Hupy and Abraham with any questions or for a free consultation at 800-800-5678 or chat with us live, 24/7 at hupy.com.
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David Brancaccio: Budget cutters in Washington are taking aim at the Census Bureau. Specifically, a spending plan passed by the House that would put a stop to a yearly survey of three million households.
The American Community Survey is a trove of data for government planners -- and as Marketplace's John Dimsdale reports, for businesses as well.
John Dimsdale: The American Community Survey reveals the median incomes in Latino households in Pima County, Ariz., jumped nearly $10,000 between 2009 and 2010.
David French: They can crunch this data to know where growth is happening, how its happening.
David French at the National Retail Federation says growth statistics can determine where new stores get built.
French: Without it a lot of businesses, not just retailers, but homebuilders would really be flying blind about where investment decisions in the next five or 10 years need to be made.
The survey can help manufacturers target their goods, says Maurine Haver of Haver Analytics.
Maureen Haver: Or also for other sorts of businesses to figure out what kind of workers, at what educational level, are in a particular area.
Budget cutters argue the survey is too expensive. But businesses are lobbying to save the data from the budget ax.
In Washington, I'm John Dimsdale for Marketplace.
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Lamprey steal show at derby Owen Sound Sun Times (8/24) During the second day of the 27th annual Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular, in Owen Sound, Ontario crowds gathered around a tank of live sea lamprey brought to the derby this year by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
Controlling sea lamprey is vital task The Buffalo News (8/23) Two U.S. Fish & Wildlife fisheries staffers visited Western New York waterways and did some extensive surveys of stream waters, searching for ammocetes, the early-stage larvae of sea lamprey, a dreaded aquatic invader.
Sea lamprey search comes to Conneaut The Star Beacon (8/8) Experts with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be in Conneaut, Ohio this month to gauge its sea lamprey population.
Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) are predaceous, eel-like fish native to the coastal regions of both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. They entered the Great Lakes through the Welland Canal about 1921. They contributed greatly to the decline of whitefish and lake trout in the Great Lakes. Since 1956, the governments of the United States and Canada, working jointly through the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, have implemented a successful sea lamprey control program.
This series of pictures shows a close-up of a lamprey's mouth, lampreys attached to a lake trout, and the damage resulting from a lamprey attack.
Photo Credit: 1 and 4: Great Lakes Sea Grant Network Exotic Species Graphics Library; 2: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 3: Great Lakes Fishery Commission. For more photos, see the Sea Lamprey Fishtank.
Petromyzon marinus U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Nonindigenous occurrences, means of introduction, and impact of the Sea Lamprey.
Sea Lamprey University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute This fact sheet gives a brief description of the sea lamprey.
Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) Sea Grant Nonindigenous Species Site (SGNIS) Includes scientifically reviewed articles as well as images from Sea Grant researchers.
Sea Lamprey Control Program Great Lakes Fishery Commission The GLFC's program of integrated sea lamprey management includes lampricide control, construction of barriers in streams to deny sea lampreys' entry, and an experimental program to reduce spawning success by releasing sterilized-male sea lampreys. The program has successfully allowed the re-emergence of the largest freshwater fishery in the world.
Sea Lamprey Factsheet U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Great Lakes Science Center Outlines the impacts of Sea Lamprey populations in the Great Lakes, research and treatments to protect native fish populations.
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IRON MOUNTAIN - Hundreds of historical photographs are now available to view on the Dickinson County Library's website.
Photographs convey an immense amount of information and historical photographs give us a glimpse into our past which cannot be equaled in words, says local historian William J. Cummings, who is in charge of the project.
"I enjoy compiling local history through transcribing early newspaper articles and writing detailed captions about historic photographs," Cummings said.
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This postcard view of the east and west sides of the 300 block of Iron Mountain’s South Stephenson Avenue, dating between 1940 and 1950, is one of hundreds of area history photographs now available on the Dickinson County Library’s website.
"I strongly feel this material needs to be shared with the public," he continued. "History and our heritage is a gift that belongs to all of us, and my goal is to make the material gathered over the decades available to everyone."
Over the past several decades Cummings has accumulated hundreds of images from his personal collection and through the generosity of local institutions and individuals willing to share their resources.
Cummings, a retired Kingsford High School Spanish teacher, has been scanning these images for use in Power Point programs, newspaper articles, historical booklets and other formats for a number of years.
Nick Gayan, Kingsford High School computer teacher, has assisted Cummings in his efforts to scan and digitize these images. Kingsford High School has facilitated this endeavor by allowing Cummings to use its technological resources under Gayan's guidance.
Now these images are becoming a part of a growing collection on line on the Dickinson County Library's website (www.dcl-lib.org).
By selecting the "Local History and Genealogy" tab, individuals interested in area history will find two sites of interest: Local History PowerPoint Presentations and Historic Photographs.
Megan Buck, Dickinson County Library cataloger and computer expert, has placed these resources and others on the library's website to make them available to library patrons.
Currently the Dickinson County photograph files consist of the following: Breen Township, Breitung Township, Felch Township, Norway Township, Sagola Township, Waucedah Township, West Branch Township, City of Iron Mountain Stephenson Avenue, City of Iron Mountain Other Business District Streets, Iron Mountain Schools, City of Kingsford, City of Kingsford Ford Plant, City of Norway and Pine Mountain Ski Jump and Resort. Settlements are listed alphabetically within the township files.
Photograph files for neighboring counties include: Iron County Crystal Falls and Iron River; Florence County, Wis. Florence and Spread Eagle; and Marinette County, Wis. Niagara.
Captions appear with these photographs. At the end of each caption in bracketed italics the name of the source of the image appears.
It is hoped that individuals using these images in other formats or publications will credit the photograph's owner.
Furthermore, it is hoped that if individuals can contribute more information regarding a photograph or correct an error that they will contact Cummings through the Dickinson County Library so that the information can be added.
An example, it would be useful to know the exact year the photograph accompanying this article was taken, and the names individuals standing on the sidewalk.
"The more complete the information in these captions, the better the archive will be for this and future generations," Cummings said.
Also, persons having historically significant photographs that should be a part of this archive are encouraged to contact Cummings. Photographs will be scanned and returned to the owner, and the owner will be noted in caption in the archive.
"There are still many more photographs in my personal collection which will be added," Cummings stated. "Hopefully others will share also."
Cummings has a rather unique background which has facilitated access to, acquisition of and presentation of historical information due to his involvement with various institutions in the community.
A 1969 graduate of Michigan State University, in addition to earning a degree in Spanish, Cummings also received a minor in journalism, and continued with journalism in his post graduate studies. Writing skills and a basic knowledge of graphic design acquired through MSU have proved valuable in his historical endeavors.
Cummings served as the first manager of the Menominee Range Historical Museum and the Cornish Pumping Engine and Mining Museum between 1977 and 1986. He was named as the Foundation's historian in November 2010, and was asked to be a member of the Foundation's Board of Governors early in 2012, where he currently serves as vice-president.
Joining the Dickinson County Genealogical Society in about 1980, he served as president in 1981 and 1982, and has again held that office since 2010. In January, 1982, the Society began publishing a quarterly called Dickinson Diggings. Cummings, initially with the help of several other Society members, has compiled and edited this publication for the past 32 years.
Appointed to the Dickinson County Library Board in 1991, he has served as chairman since 1993. He also served on the Mid-Peninsula Library Cooperative Board for ten years from 1988-1998, serving as chairman for a portion of that time.
In 2008 Cummings was invited to be a member of the Design Committee for Iron Mountain's Main Street program. Together with Audrey (Smith) Carlson, historic tours of downtown Iron Mountain were presented during the summer months for several years to help raise awareness regarding the many historic structures which still remain in that area and the role they played in the development of the community.
His research and compilation of the history Iron Mountain's commercial district street by street and address by address helped win a grant in December 2010 which provided professional assistance from Robert O. Christensen, National Historic Register Coordinator of the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office, who wrote the application for the nomination designating Iron Mountain's Central Historic District as a National Historic District.
The State Historic Preservation Committee approved the application to the National Park Service on Jan. 25, 2013.
All of the above positions have proved useful in pursuing historical research of the area, and have led to a number of publications.
The captioned photographs used in these publications, in turn, have provided the nucleus for the archive now online.
In 1979, Cummings assisted Mary Louise Dulan with the layout and captions for "Born From Iron: Iron Mountain, Michigan, 1879-1979," a book celebrating Iron Mountain's centennial.
In 1984, at the request of the Friends of the Museum, Cummings authored "Iron Mountain's Cornish Pumping Engine and the Mines It Dewatered," which is still used as the official guide book by the Cornish Pumping Engine and Mining Museum.
When Dickinson County celebrated its centennial in 1991, Cummings was selected by the Dickinson County Board of Commissioners to author the book "Dickinson County, Michigan: From Earliest Times Through the Twenties."
Hazel (DeGayner) Dault assisted by writing the family histories contained in that volume.
In 1998, Cummings compiled Kingsford's Diamond Jubilee book, "Kingsford: The Town Ford Built in Dickinson County, Michigan."
Between 1979 and 1993, in conjunction with the Dickinson County Festival of the Arts, Cummings produced a total of 16 annual "tour booklets" focusing on area history and published by the Mid-Peninsula Library Cooperative.
"The photograph archive at the Dickinson County Library is proving to be the realization of one of my goals for easy public accessibility to our area's past," Cummings said.
"The other goal, soon to be put into motion, will be transferring the history files on my computer to a format which will be available on the Dickinson County Library's website for all those interested in learning more about our area's rich heritage," he said.
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As a writer, knowing the basics of copyright law can help you protect your writing before signing your rights away. Copyrighting your books, stories, novels, and poems is rather straightforward. Whether your work is on paper or posted on the Internet, your writing is automatically protected by copyright as long as it’s in a physical form that others can read. The fact that you are reading these words means that this material is copyrighted and has been since the moment it was printed or saved to disk. For today’s creative writers, copyright protection is a built-in bonus.
Copyright is a form of protection for creative and original works (literary, musical, artistic, among others) that are fixed in a “tangible form of expression.” This simply means that what you’ve created—whether it’s a sketch, a sculpture, a short story, or a poem—is intellectual property, and it is protected by copyright as long as it can be viewed (or communicated) in a fixed form. It is intended to protect, among other artistic works, literary work, both published and unpublished, giving the author the exclusive, legal right to copy and distribute the work. No one, including literary agents or editors, is allowed to copy, distribute, display, or sell copyrighted work without permission.
Some writers believe that mailing their manuscripts to themselves is a theft-protection plan against anyone who would steal their creative writing. The misconception is that an unopened envelope with a canceled postmark will have some legal status in the courtroom, but this is simply not the case.
Anyone who creates an original creative work may claim copyright. However—and this is unclear for many writers—you do not have to do anything to secure a copyright for your work. Once the words you are reading are down on paper or saved to your hard drive (fixed in a tangible form of expression), they are automatically protected by copyright and immediately become the property of the author. What you write today will be protected for the length of your life, plus at least 70 years.
So why would a writer formally copyright his or her projects if it’s not necessary? By filing for copyright protection, you would be entitled to legal fees in the event that you were sued regarding the work but won the case. Unless you’re worried about lawsuits, a formal copyright may be overkill.
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Nothing in this article should be construed as legal advice: for questions about copyright law specifics, contact a lawyer. To find out how we can help you get your work published by managing the submission process, call Writer’s Relief today!
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When visitors to the ancient Mayan city of Tikal, deep in the Guatemalan rainforest, reported “a powerful presence in the blue skies above them” this week, two explanations emerged. Either the sensation portended a change of epoch, due tomorrow , which could mark the end of the world.
Or it was The Force. Tikal, which reached its zenith between the third and tenth centuries, was a home to the ancient Mayas, whose Long Calendar has given rise to prophesies of impending Armageddon. It was also featured in Star Wars, where it was cast as Yavin 4, the planet from which Luke
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“We want to retire by the time we reach 60!”
“It’s vitally important to send our kids to the college of their choice!”
“I want to quit my job and do something else!”
“We want to buy an apartment in the city!”
We all have dreams. We have those ideas that swim in our minds and create endorphins to rush through our bodies. The hurdle we frequently struggle to jump over is our ability to take those ideas and put them into action.
Lisa and Mark, both in their early 40’s, had been working hard to build their net worth. They lived carefully and thoughtfully, funding their retirement plans and living comfortably within their means. They knew how to save their money for a secure future. When we sat down to talk about their planning goals, the following conversation took place.
Lisa began, “You know, I like my career and the financial rewards it provides, but I’d really like to do something else or work part-time.”
Mark answered, “Yeah, but without your salary, I don’t know if we’ll be on track to pay for college and be able to stop working before our mid-60’s. And we also talked about summer camp for Hilary. It all costs money.”
Lisa looked dejected but offered, “I know. I just feel so torn…”
These conversations are normal. We all have that idea that magnetically draws us like a compass pointing north.
The question is, what is your truth? What is that one idea that, if not attained, will create disappointment or regret?
Determining our true values is a process of thoughts, discovery, conversation and finally an agreed-upon strategy.
Lisa and Mark’s assignment was to go home, talk about their prior discussion, and consider what underlying values became clearer and more defined.
Several weeks later, Lisa and Mark returned to reveal the outcome of their conversation.
“Mark and I invested a lot of time talking about this, and I believe we’ve developed our most important values. We decided that while Hilary’s education is very important, we have agreed that unless she earns scholarships, her choices will be limited to state schools. We also expect her to contribute to her school’s tuition. While I would love to change my work situation, we’ve agreed that I will continue another five years and then transition to part-time so we can save more money for our future. We really want the option to make significant life changes in our early 60’s. Can you help us determine whether that’s possible? We value the idea of changing our lives as soon it is practical and rational.”
In summary, Lisa and Mark’s highest priority and greatest value is retiring in their early 60’s. This decision affects their big-picture core values as well as their everyday smaller values, such as the following:
Lisa and Mark made some budgeting choices that helped put them on the path to achieving their most important goal. These choices included decreasing childcare costs by choosing a less expensive option, shaving 25% off their annual vacation budget, cutting 15% off their other discretionary spending, keeping their cars for 8 to 10 years and increasing their deductibles and co-insurance on their insurance plans to save on premiums. They explored other cost-cutting ideas like cutting out cable TV and replacing paper goods like power towels and napkins with cloth.
Incremental shifts in spending, along with careful monitoring, supported Lisa and Mark on their mission to live their highest values. It’s the smartest place to start when planning your life, and the answer is your life’s most satisfying goals.
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What About Shame? — Continued... Barry's Video Blog...
Are You Aware That Something is
Desperately Wrong Inside
and You Don't Know
What to do about it?
Something Is Wrong, but don't be alarmed! The Cause Can be Corrected!When you stop everything and get quiet do you hurt inside? It is because God loves you that He has given you this awareness. You are not alone! Many feel the same way!
If you have the spiritual sensitivity to be aware that something is desperately wrong, you are right about what you feel. But don't take what you feel as disapproval from God! Take it as God's loving attempt to correct you.
What you sense is accurate—something is wrong. But what you feel is not reason to hide and stay away from God!
The Bible explains what you feel,
"Has a nation changed gods When they were not gods? But My people have changed their glory For that which does not profit. Be appalled, O heavens, at this, and shudder, be very desolate,’ declares the Lord. ‘For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water’" (Jer. 2:11-13).
Something is wrong—and all heaven weeps because of it!
What you sense is that all of heaven is appalled that God’s people are not drinking from "the fountain of living waters." It is God's strong disappointment that the "heavens" feel concerning "My people." You feel it too. Keep in mind that God's sadness is not all because of you. The problem is bigger than you.
God is waiting for His church to stop trying to dig their own wells that "can hold no water." The church needs to repent by trading our earthly glory, "which does not profit," for the glorious presence of God.
What you sense is the desperate cry of all of heaven.
God is waiting because He wants you to direct your heart toward drinking from the fountain and not from earthly things. Earthly sources hurt you and can't supply what you were designed for. God wants what is in your best interest.
This site is for helping correct the cause of the pain you feel. When you apply the principles here—enough to turn from your "broken cisterns," the pain you feel from being "appalled" will go away. But then, you may also have another problem.
You may realize at some point that most of the motivation in your life has been to fill yourself in order to avoid that pain. But when you are being filled by God and the pain goes away—and motivation may be gone for a time also.
I am telling you this so that you know what to expect. This way I am hoping you won’t have to morn the ugly truth about yourself that you have been working so hard—all your life—to exalt and honor yourself. Problems with motivation can be corrected too!
In my case, I grew up going to church. I thought I was living for God and really wasn't all that bad. The extent of my hard "works" to exalt and honor myself came as quite a shock. Hopefully I can save you from some pain.
When you have been working to achieve in order to exalt yourself—and now you don’t have to anymore, every reason for why you do anything will have to change. To solve this problem you will need to work at getting your heart to hear that you can still do things—excellently—for the purpose of exalting and honoring God. Motivation doesn’t have to decrease. It can go up! Who your heart is set to honor is what has to change.
All of this to say that if you sense that something is desperately wrong with you inside, it is not something specific about you. It likely includes you, but what you sense is that heaven is "shuddering" at how God’s people are not drawing near and are not quenching their thirst for God. So don’t hold back. You don’t have to be afraid that the grace of God might not apply to you. It does. You just have to fight with your heart held beliefs that keep you from trusting grace.
Another thing you may sense is that God wants you to move forward in repentance. But knowing this so clearly, can make it hard at times to believe His acceptance. The difference between where you in your growth and where God wants you to be is always great. It is like we never catch up. The problem comes when we look at ourselves and don’t see us as God does. We see us as we are. God sees us in terms of what we can become. You have to learn to believe His love and acceptance of you and at the same time be willing to let Him move you ahead as quickly as possible. What He does, He does because of love. The time is short. And He knows it.
Heart hear this: Don’t let yourself avoid turning to God because of fear that something is so wrong with you personally that God won’t want you near. That is not true. Thank the Lord with great rejoicing and listen to yourself as you thank Him!
God does want you close. Jesus gave His blood so that we could have God’s approval without our having to do the impossible and earn it. God does accept you. Thank Him that He has made you sensitive enough to be aware that He wants you to move ahead. Thank Him that He has made you aware that something is wrong. But don’t let it slow you down. Go to work at directing your heart toward Him—fervently and with joy.
When Jesus was speaking to the woman at the well He told her to drink of "springing up" water (John 4:14). Later, He said that if anyone is thirsty they should come to Him and drink. I am told that the original language reveals that we are to drink repeatedly (John 7:37-39).
You can teach your heart in ways that calm your fears and help you find freedom to drink as Jesus said. The Heart-training! is for helping you do this!
I have had work through great fears in these areas. You can too. Will you let me show you how? Will you take the steps I show you in order to direct your heart toward God?
You can find relief from the quiet desperation and pain! You can learn to drink from God!
I am praying for the Lord's abundant blessing on your efforts to direct your heart toward Him.
What About Shame? — Continued...
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Earlier this year the well-known German designer, Konstantin Grcic, designer of such iconic pieces as the Chair One for Magis and the Mayday light for Flos, released a new chair for Italian timber furniture manufacturer Mattiazzi. Not such earth shattering news as Grcic designs for numerous companies including Plank, Established & Sons, ClassiCon, Vitra and Moroso, but while many other companies release new chairs at the drop of a hat, Mattiazzi have the unusual policy of only releasing one new chair design per year (in 2012 they modified this by releasing one armchair and one dining chair). This self consciously measured approach bucks the current trend for multiple releases. The young German designer Nitzan Cohen was trusted with the task of initiating the move from Mattiazzi the makers of other companies designs, to brand Mattiazzi after the success of his He Said/She Said chair in 2009. Since then a small handpicked selection of designers have brought their chair ideas to life – Sam Hecht/Industrial Facility produced the Branca chair in 2010 and Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec the Osso chair in 2011.
New technologies, old materials
Based in Udine in North Eastern Italy near the borders with Slovenia and Austria, Mattiazzi started out as a family owned manufacturer of wooden furniture in 1978 with a reputation for producing difficult prototypes for other companies. With the workshops of Mattiazzi full of highly skilled craftsmen, it was decided that to survive in an increasingly competitive marketplace the company would have to modernise and combine the hand made bespoke abilities of it’s workers with cutting edge technology. The company installed the latest state of the art eight-axis CNC milling machines which enable the manufacture of wooden items in ways previously impossible. The equipment means that many joints are eliminated all together and timber dimensions can be reduced to the bare minimum, allowing shapes to flow in much the same way as is normally associated with moulded plastic furniture. This big picture thinking ultimately led to an environmental reappraisal and in March 2011 the company installed solar panels and insulation all over their workshop roofs and converted their winter heating to use scrap wood from their furniture manufacture. Since March 2011, the company has produced about 574,000 kwh of power and avoided around 287,000 Kg of CO2 emissions.
Grcic for 2012
In 2012 the design baton fell to Konstantin Grcic and it was at the launch of his Medici armchair, at Salone del Mobile in April, that I was able to talk to him about the process of designing a chair where the stakes were so high. With only one chair per year going into production didn’t this apply quite a bit of pressure? According to Grcic the only pressure was a self-imposed desire to do something completely different to the Bouroullec Brothers Osso chair of the year before. Osso had shown the abilities of Mattiazzi’s craftsmen beyond question with innovative knuckle-like joints and minimal material wastage enabling the chair to be incredibly organic, as if carved by hand, yet still able to be sold at a reasonable price.
Grcic on the process
Working directly with a specialist, highly skilled manufacturer like Mattiazzi was quite a different method to many of Grcic’s earlier projects where brands collaborated on the concept but outsourced the manufacture. I asked Grcic how the process worked with Mattiazzi.
“When the Bouroullec’s launched the Osso in April 2011 it was already clear that we would do the next round. We started actively working on the project just before the summer (of 2011). My perception of the project is that it went quite fast but this is partly because Mattiazzi are the brand and the manufacturer, so we can deal with them direct. They can work very fast – in fact we can get the prototype back within days – normally things would have taken much longer. So it was intense – just how I like a project to be – with very direct dialogue and straight into making stuff. That made all the difference. Mattiazzi are producers – not editors who sub contract out the stuff. We would have meetings inside the factory, I could see the machinery, talk to the people who were making it and we could discuss detailing very directly. It was very enjoyable and also very efficient”.
I wondered if his older method of prototyping in cardboard had reasserted itself for this project after years of intense reliance on computer design.
“Recently I haven’t done much prototyping in cardboard but for this project I thought that cardboard was the obvious way to do it. We mocked things up in cardboard so I could get a firm idea of how to progress the design. Cardboard is fantastic – very fast and cheap and an easy way to build up something physical. You can then cut into it with scissors and change the shape so immediately. I could never have done this chair with computers or on a piece of paper with a pencil. It needed the physical process and for this design cardboard was the perfect prototyping tool. Often designers get very detached from the process. When designing for production in plastic for example, it’s not a machine that cuts a piece of wood – we model something on the computer and the data is sent to somebody who will mill a tool and by then everything is decided and there’s not much leverage to change things. Making things in wood is a process which is hands on and very direct – I enjoy it much more”.
A cabinet maker at heart
Grcic was trained as a cabinet maker before training as a designer but while many of his early designs were in wood like the Tam Tam tables for SCP and the Hut Ab for Nils Holger Moormann, his more recent work has largely revolved around more hi-tech materials. Was there a yearning to go back to simpler times?
“Those early projects for SCP and Moormann were very simple designs with part of the concept to make the product easy and cheap to manufacture. Mattiazzi are incredibly skilled and their production is totally sophisticated and yet I chose to do something quite simple and straightforward. If you compare my Medici chair with the Bouroullec’s Osso chair for example, mine is like a chair made of planks. I think if it wasn’t for the Osso chair I wouldn’t have designed my chair the way I did. I just thought that the Bouroullec’s had brought out the sophistication of Mattiazzi’s abilities to such an extent that I felt encouraged to actually do something very basic. For me it was nice to see the project as planks of wood cut up and not so much about shaping. It was interesting to discipline myself not to overwork the chair – despite having access to the most high tech machinery imaginable”.
With such a wide ranging style of work in his portfolio, from the rigidity of folded steel designs for ClassiCon to recent soft upholstery items for Established & Sons,
I asked Grcic how the design developed once he settled on ‘basic’ as his project theme.
“It is like a domino. I came after the Bouroullec’s and of course I reacted subconsciously to that – I know their chair and how it was made and of course all of that forms part of my process in making my chair. My decision to make a bigger, lower chair was one of the ideas that was present right from the beginning. I also looked at the Mattiazzi collection to date and I decided they already had plenty of pretty special dining chairs. It was nice to add a different typology to all of these and create something that stood out. Also, I don’t want to be too clever about the commercial aspect of the product but in the end it is the labour that costs, not so much the material, so making something big – the price of this chair is extremely good, I think around 800 euro – ends up about the same cost as little chairs like Osso. It was something that I wanted to show Mattiazzi because they struggle a little bit with their price point in the market place. It’s always the same problem, when you make something so well, with so much care, it turns out that the price is invariably fairly high. It’s kind of frustrating that we can’t achieve a 300 euro chair but just changing the format can make a big difference to it’s perceived value. It’s a bit of a trick but it’s valid”.
I confess to Grcic that his new chair doesn’t look that comfortable on first viewing but that it is surprisingly comfortable once you actually sit on it.
“It was important for me that it had a certain comfort. There are many different ideas of what comfort is – my Model One chair for Magis isn’t the last word in comfort after all – but they don’t all have to be soft and smooth. There are chairs historically that are like this one of mine – the American Adirondack chair for example – they are so primitive, so simple, just made of planks and yet they are very comfortable because the inclination of the planks is just right. Wood is the perfect material for making furniture and it is so appropriate because you can make something simply and still make it to perfection”.
I quiz Grcic on why the chair is offered in Douglas Fir (or Oregon as we call it in Australia) along side the more established furniture timbers like birch, ash, oak and walnut.
“I had wanted to do the chair in a basic material to go with it’s design. I had wanted to do it in pine but perhaps I wasn’t courageous enough to do that, so I settled on Douglas Fir – a high end type of pine that is very beautiful and is straight grained. The other interesting timber we are offering is thermo oak. I have had samples of this in my studio for a long time and we have tried to use it in the past. The idea that it can be used outside is great but this material has disadvantages – it is so dry it becomes quite weak or brittle in thin sections – particularly around joints. You couldn’t make the Osso chair out of it but the Medici chair has a construction method that lends it self to using it and the design of the chair is logical for use outdoors”.
In terms of distribution in Australia, Mattiazzi has done the rounds – first with Corporate Culture, then Dedece but more recently Herman Miller have obtained the license for world distribution and the range is now available through Living Edge. While Mattiazzi’s limited output may have led to it’s releases being somewhat lost in the hoopla of constant multiple releases from bigger companies in the past, the distribution by Herman Miller will hopefully address this. What Mattiazzi produces is quite extraordinary and the way their products are made should be a lesson to other manufacturers world wide.
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EMEC Pushes For Franco-Scottish Floating Wind And Hydrogen Collaboration
Posted 27/07/2021 09:19
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has delivered a report with recommendations to facilitate research collaborations between Scottish and French floating wind and hydrogen organisations.
EMEC on Franco-Scottish floating wind and hydrogen collaboration
EMEC produced the report in partnership with French engineering firm INNOSEA and London-based The Renewables Consulting Group (RCG), part of ERM.
It was published by The Scottish government.
The report explores the technical innovation status of both floating wind and hydrogen supply chains in Scotland and in France.
Floating wind and hydrogen technologies are seen as integral to energy decarbonisation strategies in both countries due to shared geographical characteristics and energy system contexts. It suggests that there are opportunities for growth and for Franco-Scottish collaboration in these sectors.
The report identifies shared technical and innovation challenges in the supply chain. Those include the need to develop port infrastructure and offshore working practices, and further research and development in materials and components for both floating wind and hydrogen systems.
The report also presents opportunities and research needs associated with the integration of floating offshore wind and hydrogen systems in the future.
Research conducted for the report was supported by direct engagement with supply chain stakeholders in both Scotland and France, including technology providers, infrastructure operators, project developers, policymakers, academics, and enterprise agencies.
Stakeholders took part in a series of online workshops, interviews, and questionnaires, where they shared views on continuing research needs for hydrogen and floating wind technologies.
The report recommends that the Scottish Government seek to facilitate knowledge exchange and relationship-building activities between Scotland and organisations in those regions. Establishing a research and development platform involving organisations in Scotland, Brittany and Occitanie is a further recommendation.
Dan Kyle Spearman, associate director and floating wind lead at RCG, said: “Hydrogen from floating wind will be a key vector for deep decarbonisation of industries globally. In our report, we’ve outlined recommendations on how Franco-Scottish partnerships can be leveraged to accelerate the commercialisation of these technologies.”
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What is a zoning by-law?
Zoning by-laws regulate how land and buildings are used, the location of buildings, lot coverage, building heights and other provisions necessary to ensure proper development.
How do I find out what the zoning is for a property?
Contact a zoning officer in Building Services or visit Explore Oakville to determine your zoning designation. Please contact a zoning officer for current information.
When is a zoning review required?
In addition to building permit applications, zoning staff also reviews:
- Business licensing
- Condominium applications
- Consent applications
- Development applications
- Minor variances applications
- Rezoning applications
- Site plan applications
- Subdivision applications
- Zoning certificate of occupancy
Zoning By-law 2014-014
Zoning By-law 2014-014 is the new comprehensive zoning by-law applying to all properties in Oakville south of Dundas Street and north of Highway 407. It was passed by Council and is currently under appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB). Visit the Zoning By-law 2014-014 page for details.
Zoning By-law 1984-63
Zoning By-law 1984-63 was the town's main comprehensive zoning by-law. It applied to all properties in the town south of Dundas Street and north of Highway 407. Visit the Zoning By-law 1984-63 page for details.
Zoning By-law 2009-189
Zoning By-law 2009-189 is also called the North Oakville Zoning By-law. It applies to all properties in the town between Dundas Street and Highway 407. Visit the Zoning By-law 2009-189 page for details.
Committee of Adjustment, minor variances and land division
It's important to know that some changes, such as dividing land or making changes to how the land is used (known as variances), require approval from the Committee of Adjustment. To find out more, visit the following pages:
- Committee of Adjustment, minor variance and land division
- Committee of Adjustment meeting agendas and decisions
inZone — preparing Oakville's comprehensive zoning by-law
With the Livable Oakville Plan now in full force and effect, the town has launched inZone — our preparation of a new comprehensive zoning by-law. Visit the inZone page for details about this major initiative.
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Growth hormone (GH or HGH) is naturally produced by the body. It is primarily responsible for regeneration and cell growth. However, as we grow older its production decreases, resulting in the decreased elasticity of the skin which leads to the development of wrinkles. Through the use of HGH supplements, the natural supply of the body’s HGH is replenished, slowing down the process of aging. These supplements are very popular to people who want to look young for their age or disguise their real age.
HGH supplements are FDA approved
As these supplements are approved by the FDA, this means they have undergone tests and are proven as safe. They are allowed to everyone of all ages and do not have any side effects. These are also effective supplements for both women and men.
HGH supplements are produced in different forms
These are produced by various manufacturers and are available in a variety of forms such as sprays and pills as well as an injectable form. It is, however, not necessary to use the injectable form since supplements are already highly effective.
HGH supplements build lean muscle mass and reduce fat accumulation
These supplements act like no other when it comes to weight loss. They recontour the body in such a way that they melt the fat away and build muscle. While, in most diets, fat is lost together with the muscle, in HGH supplements lean muscle mass is increased, and body fat is reduced. The fat that is usually lost is the hidden belly fat which is related to heart attack risks.
HGH supplements lower blood pressure
These are improving lung and cardiac function which helps in reducing blood pressure. Thus, exercise for extended periods is possible which leads to overall fitness and weight loss. Through these supplements, diastolic blood pressure is reduced by approximately 10%.
HGH supplements improve sleep and mood
These supplements function as an antidepressant, increasing the level of B-endorphin, a neurotransmitter in the brain. These supplements also decrease the dopamine level which is related to feelings of distress. HGH supplements basically reduce stress, build self-confidence and self-esteem, and improve concentration and focus. Sleep in its first 3 hours is associated with reduced HGH secretion in depressed individuals in contrast with non-depressed individuals. Thus, higher HGH levels result in a sounder and restful sleep.
HGH supplements improve the immune system
These supplements are recognized by doctors to be a natural, safe (without any side effects) and powerful method of repairing weakened or damaged immune systems and improving immune systems as well. They help maintain a healthy immune system through reducing every demand in the immune systems to protect the body against flu, common colds and other ailments.
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HPC2 Boosts MSU Supercomputing PowerOctober 2, 2013
The state's premier research university is boosting its high-performance computing capabilities with the installation of a new supercomputer. Mississippi State's High Performance Computing Collaboratory (HPC2) will soon be home to a CS300-LC cluster supercomputer -- a liquid-cooled system manufactured by Cray Inc. (Nasdaq: CRAY).
Named "Shadow," the new system will serve as the primary high-performance computing asset for shared research, according to an MSU official. "This investment is the latest example of Mississippi State's commitment to providing powerful, technologically-advanced resources for our researchers," said Trey Breckenridge, director of high performance computing. The installation is expected to be completed by December. Once operational, Shadow will be 10 times faster than the university's previous fastest system, but consume far less energy, Breckenridge said.
According to the company, the CS300-LC system features an innovative, liquid-cooled design that uses warm water heat exchangers instead of chillers to directly cool the computer's processors and memory, allowing for a more efficient removal of system heat. "This new cooling technique is revolutionary. The water used to cool the system is the temperature of the outside air, up to 104 degrees, with almost no additional air conditioning required," Breckenridge said. "There are a few systems doing this in Canada and northern Europe, but as far as I know, we are the first to ever try this in a subtropical environment," he added.
Shadow will be housed at the HPC2 facility in the Thad Cochran Research, Technology and Economic Development Park adjacent to the MSU campus in Starkville. "Shadow achieves its tremendous computing power largely due to the use of 260 new Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors. They are so powerful that two of them, which combined are smaller than a loaf of bread, are as fast as our fastest computer just 10 years ago -- and that system was the size of six refrigerators," Breckenridge said.
The supercomputer will support research for the land-grant institution's Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Center for Computational Sciences, Geosystems Research Institute, Center for Battlefield Innovations and Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology, as well as the MSU-led Northern Gulf Institute.
HPC2's members are focused on multidisciplinary, team activities that share a common objective of advancing the state-of-the-art in computational science and engineering using high-performance computing, Breckenridge said. "The supercomputing power we have in Mississippi is becoming more important as the state and region develop an economy where businesses built on technology thrive," Breckenridge said. "The economic impact of Shadow and our other resources is significant now and will be much more so in the years to come," he added.
The Cray system will run a broad set of applications for research projects, including fluid dynamics, structural mechanics, materials modeling, astrophysics, molecular modeling, transportation modeling and planning, weather and ocean modeling, geographic information systems, genomics and bioinformatics.
Mississippi State consistently ranks among the nation's fastest academic computing sites as compiled by TOP500.org, which is an international organization dedicated to cataloging the world's most powerful supercomputers.
Also see: Cray Press Release
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ICE South East England have responded to the consultation on the proposed new river crossing in the Thames Estuary, which will relieve the Dartford Crossing, increase the capacity of the local area and alleviate one of the UK's key trade corridors with Europe.
In the response, ICE South East England calls on Highways England to proceed with the construction of a tunnel crossing a Location C, to the East of Gravesend.
The response sets out the need for Highways England to ensure that the new crossing provides maximum benefits to the region by:
- Considering future commuter needs for those travelling between Essex and Kent
- Examining the best funding arrangements to ensure the best service for road users, most resilience and greatest cost-savings.
- Reconsidering the C Variant; the widening of the A229, so that the approach to the new crossing does not become congested or overloaded.
ICE South East England also suggested that Highways England could consider the installation of an additional light rail link connecting the Tilbury loop line and the North Kent Railway so that commuters between the two sides of the river would no longer need to travel into London to reach their destination. Failing a commitment for a rail link, a Park and Ride scheme would provide suitable provisions for cyclists and pedestrians.
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Anticipated Inflation, the Frequency of Transactions, and the Slope of the Phillips Curve
NBER Working Paper No. 518
This paper examines the effects of expected inflation on the responsiveness of output to nominal disturbances in the framework of a localized markets model. The mechanism described in the theoretical part of the paper is that expected inflation has a positive effect on the transaction frequency, which in turn increases the flow of price information across markets. More information implies less misperception of monetary shocks as relative shifts in excess demand, resulting in lower sensitivity of real output to these socks. The empirical implication of this proposition -- namely ,that expected inflation reduces the coefficient of nominal shocks in an output equation -- is tested first using data across countries, and then with time series data from the United States. The first test uses Lucas's and Alberro's estimates of Phillips Curve coefficients from different countries and the corresponding average inflation rates. The second test involves data from the post-World War II period. It uses nominal rates of return on Treasury Bills and corporate bonds as measures of anticipated inflation and Barro's estimates of unanticipated money. In general, results in both tests provide support (stronger than expected)for the implication of the theory.
Document Object Identifier (DOI): 10.3386/w0518
Published: Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Vol. 15, no. 2 (1983): 139-154. citation courtesy of
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There are a number of options available to debtors with personal financial difficulty:
- Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA)
- Debt management
- Full and final settlement
- Debt Relief Order (DRO)
Debt management is very popular with consumer debt. It is often considered to be a debt for life as there is no debt-forgiveness. Full and final settlements are useful if you have access to sufficient resources to make a reasonable offer to creditors.
For many years consolidation was popular due to the possibility or re-mortgaging. This is very difficult in the current climate.
Debt relief orders were introduced last year. It is for individuals who have debt of less that £15,000. The individual must have a monthly surplus of income over expenditure of less than £50 and must not have assets of greater than £300. AAA This is an inexpensive debt solution as the fee payable by the debtor is only £90.
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Current CHEMonitor study by CAMELOT analyzes the influences on global supply chains in the German chemical industry
Basel, Mannheim, May 9th, 2017 – Protectionism and geopolitical crises will be the main issues influencing the German chemical companies’ supply chains over the next two years. Somewhat further behind in the list comes sustainability in the supply chain, digitalization and the price of oil. The significance of China as a trading partner will gain in importance, while Donald Trump’s protectionist policy weakens the attractiveness of the USA as a partner for Germany’s chemical industry. The consideration of sustainability criteria in the supply chain will become an important competitive factor. These are the results of the current CHEMonitor trend survey by CAMELOT Management Consultants and the specialist newspaper CHEManager.
“Germany and Western Europe are becoming increasingly attractive as key markets for the German chemical industry. Outside of Europe, strongly influenced by protectionism and geopolitical crises, global supply chains will increasingly focus on China and Asia over the next few years. North America is dominated by uncertainty”, says Dr. Josef Packowski, Managing Partner at CAMELOT, summarizing the economic results of the 28th CHEMonitor survey. More than 200 top decision makers in the German chemicals industry are consulted twice each year for CHEMonitor’s trend barometer.
In the current CHEMonitor survey, the German chemical company managers cited protectionism (51%) and geopolitical crises (45%) as the two developments with the greatest impact on their company’s own supply chain over the coming two years. Only one in five chemical industry managers think that free trade agreements could significantly influence their own supply chain.
Trade with China and the USA
Around a third of those questioned expect better export and import conditions in their trade dealings with China over the next two years. There is a clear trend to the contrary with regard to the USA. Since Trump was elected as president, his protectionist policy has lessened the attractiveness of the USA as a partner for the German chemical industry. In March 2017, more than three quarters of chemical industry managers surveyed reckoned with poorer conditions for overseas exports in the short term. Half of them also expect chemical imports from the USA to Germany to be hindered.
Sustainability in the supply chain as competitive factor
Against the background of the G20 process and the sustainability targets of the United Nations, chemical industry managers were also questioned on the subject of sustainability in the supply chain. Dr. Sven Mandewirth, partner and chemical expert at CAMELOT, summarizes the results: “In the long term, sustainability will be an important competitive factor in the global supply chain. This is still the belief of fewer than 50% of German chemical industry managers. The potential is therefore great”.
There are significant differences between large and medium-sized chemical companies when it comes to taking sustainability criteria in the supply chain into account. While 79% of managers from the larger chemical companies responded by saying that their suppliers are evaluated based on sustainability criteria, for medium-sized companies, the figure was only 35%. A very large proportion of the large chemical companies take criteria such as human rights (83%), working conditions (79%), corruption assessment (71%) and environment and climate protection (67%) into account, in addition to the classic criteria of quality and price. In medium-sized companies, these issues only play a role in supplier evaluation in 35 – 45% of companies.
The current CHEMonitor study is available free of charge at www.camelot-mc.com.
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Mobile data growth in the West will not be strong enough to avert mobile industry contraction
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Instead of worrying about the impact of a mobile data explosion, mobile operators in the West should worry about ensuring that it happens in the first place, according to a new report from Analysys Mason, which forecasts worldwide mobile data traffic. The report indicates that the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of volume of mobile data traffic will be below 50% for the period 2011–2016, and just 40.8% for 2012–2017.The report, Wireless network traffic worldwide: forecasts and analysis 2012–2017, argues that growth in mobile data traffic will not be enough to stop a contraction within the mobile industry in western economies. Data revenue growth is already offset by tariff rebalancing, and together with the loss of core voice and messaging revenue to over-the-top players, and some erosion of operators’ position in device distribution, this contraction could be severe.
Western Europe is forecast to have the lowest growth rate in mobile data out of eight regions of the world. Tiered pricing has already had a significant effect on growth rates, and the report forecasts that mobile data traffic in Western Europe will grow at a CAGR of just 29% from 2012 to 2017, equivalent to a growth multiple of 3.6. Device saturation, delays in availability of 4G, but above all the greater propensity of consumers to use Wi-Fi are the main barriers to growth in the region.
On top of this trend, network costs are predicted to fall fast. According to the report, unit transport costs are declining at about 30% per annum, so network costs would be balanced if data traffic grew annually at 42%. However, because data traffic is predicted to grow by only 29% in Western Europe, overall costs will fall.
“In an uncompetitive market, falling costs would lead to rising margins, but in a mature, competitive market such as Western Europe they result in a contracting business,” explained Rupert Wood, Principal Analyst and author of the report. “In other words, it's not getting dangerously expensive to cater for demand; it is getting worryingly cheap to transport what little demand there is.”
“Forecasting mobile data traffic has been bedevilled by analyst excitability, vendor and operator interests, spectrum lobbyists, and wildly mobile-centric views of device ecosystems,” explained Wood. “Open-loop forecasts with headline-grabbing growth rates simply don’t tally with long-term trends in transport costs or any plausible increase in operator revenue.”
On a regional basis, the report predicts large variations in mobile network traffic growth between 2012 and 2017. Traffic in emerging Asia–Pacific and Latin America will grow by a multiple of 9.1 and 6.8 respectively, but along with Western Europe’s low growth rate of 3.6, it will only grow by a factor of 4.5 in North America. The report also takes issue with the view that handset share of total traffic will grow fast at a global level, and forecasts that it will increase slowly from 45% in 2012 to 52% by 2017.
The report also offers a range of tactics for mobile operators to help ward off the spectre of ‘managed decline’, either by boosting traffic growth or by increasing the unit value of what growth there is. Strategies include offering bigger handset and multi-device bundles, and targeting the light-user end of the fixed broadband user base with some serious fixed-to-mobile substitution offers. These involve getting users to pay for data that most of the time they could get for no additional cost, and they will also place even more stress on the handset subsidy model.
“Ultimately, mobile operators in developed economies are going to have to get used to being the victims, not the perpetrators, of disruptive substitution,” explained Wood. “Fixed and Wi-Fi can do most of what mobile does (except the wide-area/mobility bit) at a fraction of the price to the end user, but mobile can do only a fraction of what fixed and Wi-Fi can because of its inherently limited capacity.”
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- The Teaching Cycle
- Teaching Challenges
- Tufts Teaching Profiles
- Educational Technologies
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What is It?
According to An Overview of E-Portfolios (PDF by EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative), an ePortfolio is “a digitized collection of artifacts including demonstrations, resources, and accomplishments that represent an individual, group, or institution.” Students in the arts, architecture, and writing curriculum have been creating portfolios for years to demonstrate their learning over time and to showcase their best performances, papers, and designs. In recent years, programs across the curriculum are requiring that students demonstrate key compentencies, and ePortfolios have proven an excellent way to map and review these competencies.
Web-based portfolios enable students and faculty to create and link web pages and upload electronic or digital files to web sites. Today’s ePortfolio systems are more sophisticated engines for learning outcomes assessment, review of work and reflections, and showcasing evidence of development and competence. Contemporary ePortfolios are based on dynamic, database driven online software that helps students, faculty, departments and universities collect, organize, reflect upon, and assess learning and accomplishments over time.
At their best, ePortfolios enable “folio thinking”, a term coined by the Stanford University researcher Helen Chen of the Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning:
“We believe that Folio Thinking enables students to become aware of, document, and track their learning and develop an integrated, coherent picture of their personal learning experiences from both inside and outside of the classroom.”
To learn more about ePortfolio work at Tufts University, click here.
How Can I Use It in Teaching?
For students, ePortfolios enable
- Collecting and showcasing digital representations of evidence of learning and research
- Adding reflections to this evidence to situate this work in context and relate it to personal and professional goals
- Documenting progress and development in a department or program
- Obtaining feedback or comments on ePortfolio showcases or presentations
- Creating a dynamic resume or vitae presenting professional skills and accomplishments with examples from curricular and extracurricular activities in
- Sharing academic progress with advisors
- Connecting the disparate experiences in and out of the classroom throughout their academic years to a “bigger picture” of learning and progress
- Collect, Reflect, Present
- ePortfolios are ideal tools for students to use to collect evidence of their academic, professional and extra-curricular (community service) work over time. Through templates and forms, students are encouraged to reflect on the meaning of their learning experiences and growth of expertise and knowledge and invite feedback and comments.
- Finally, students can then present and showcase their work to select groups through the permissions feature in ePortfolio software. They can choose to show different versions of their ePortfolio to different audiences based on the context. In this way faculty, advisors, parents, peers, employers and graduate school admissions staff can view the ongoing and culminative work of students.
- See an example from the University of Washington’s Freshman Interest Group Program and Rochelle Martin’s cumulative music ePortfolio.
- Skill and Knowledge Growth Over Time
- ePortfolios work well to have students document the growth of skills and knowledge from freshman to senior year and beyond. For example, freshman writing assignments often show a different level of skill and maturity than senior theses. ePortfolios support a student collecting their writing over time and then demonstrating how much they have learned by comparing and reflecting on changes in their skills and understanding. Example from the University of Washington’s Expository Writing Program.
- Student Research
- Students can collect all facets of a research project (data, digital media, links to online resources) and with an ePortfolio presentation, showcase their research augmented by reflections on the context and challenge they experienced. Because any kind of media can be used in an ePortfolio, students can expand the context of the traditional research paper to include media, drafts, and feedback from peers and faculty. Example is from Ohio State University’s Summer 2006 Research on Research program.
- Showcasing Internship, Community-Service, Study-Abroad and Extra-Curricular Experiences
- ePortfolios help students present their activities, experiences, and learning outside of the course-centric framework of higher education. ePortfolios support the kind of integrative learning and holistic understanding of how these activities strengthen student professional, disciplinary, and personal skills and knowledge. Example is from David Persico’s New York City College of Technology (CUNY) Applied Math ePortfolio.
- Goals and Skills Matrix
- Many ePortfolios contain a matrix that describes the goals and skills students should attain by the end of their academic experience. These matrices enable students, faculty, and advisors to keep the “big picture” in mind throughout the academic program. Students can upload artifacts to the matrix cells to demonstrate learning and proficiency over time. Examples is from Tufts Department of Occupational Therapy.
- Preservice teacher candidates at a number of universities and colleges are now systematically demonstrating their growth in skills and knowledge through ePortfolios. These students often include a resume; letters of recommendation; teaching philosophy statements,and evidence of teaching matched through embedded matrices with professional certification standards. Example from University of Washington’s Teacher Education Program.
For faculty, ePortfolios enable
- Collecting evidence in a growing database driven repository of evidence of teaching practices, student learning, and disciplinary research over time
- Sharing teaching practices and scholarly research in contextual, evidence-based reflective framework
- Showcasing innovative teaching, research, or professional activities to a global community of peers
- Modeling for students the role of reflection in lifelong learning and research
For departments, ePortfolios enable
- Showcasing of faculty and student research and activities to a public audience
- Ongoing assessment of evidence of student learning over time for internal and accreditation purposes
For universities, ePortfolios enable
- Accreditation processes to be more public
- Demonstration of student learning outcomes
- Encouragement of dialogue within and without the university
Resources for Learning More
- University of Alaska Faculty Portfolios – Making Learning Visible (Website)
- Electronic Student Assessment: The Power of the Portfolio (Web Article)
- Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research (Website)
- An Overview of E-Portfolios (PDF)
- Demonstrating and Assessing Student Learning with E-Portfolios (PDF)
- Transitioning from Paper to Electronic Portfolios in Beginning Composition (PDF)
- The Digital Convergence: Extending the Portfolio Model (PDF)
- Electronic Portfolios: The Triple Helix of Learning, Assessment, and Pedagogy (Presentation, PowerPoint download available)
Where Can I Get Support?
ePortfolio is supported by Educational and Scholarly Technology Services (ESTS) in partnership with the Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT). Email email@example.com.
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Scripture Union is no longer publishing Light on a quarterly basis. After the publication of the July–September 2018 editions they are replacing the four quarterly editions with one compendium per year for each age group – Bubbles, Splash!, Xstream and theGRID.
The Bubbles, Splash, Xstream and GRID Red Compendiums are part of the Light range, which is designed to enable children and young people to develop a personal relationship with Jesus, to understand the Bible and the Christian faith, and to live for God as light in a dark world.
Most sessions include photocopiable resource pages and children's activity sheets for you to copy and use with your group. All the resources are also available to download from the resource centre on the Scripture Union website. Each compendium features seasonal sessions so that you can explore the Easter and Christmas stories with your group.
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Ever wonder if the French Manicure is really French? Though Jeff Pink, founder of the nail polish brand Orly, is credited with branding the term "French Manicure" when he created an at-home kit in the late 1970's, the French Manicure is believed to go much further back than that.
The origins of this particular manicure are difficult to trace, but manicures in general have been around for thousands of years. The term comes from the Latin words "manus" and "cura" – meaning "hand" and "care." Maybe that's why a good manicurist gives you a hand massage along with painting those lovely nails – you're quite literally getting care for your hands!
As far as the French mani, some claim that it was indeed created in France – Paris, to be exact – for the fashionistas of the 1930's. (Others speculate the word "French" was added because it makes anything seem stylish and chic.) When it became popular in the United States, Hollywood starlets of the 70's loved it because it was a clean look that was incredibly versatile to an ever-changing schedule (on and off the screen!).
The white-tipped look with a pink or nude overlay seems to be an everlasting trend, with women still constantly requesting it in salons. If you want to look effortlessly, naturally put together, it really is a great look for you.
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Electric bikes are a great way to commute, although there are limitations. People use them for various reasons.
One very important factor is the cost of ownership. If you find that an electric bike is more expensive than you are comfortable with, it’s not worth it. Another thing to consider is how the environment can be affected by electric bikes.
If you have a gas powered bike, you will continue to pollute and the effects will become more pronounced as time goes on. You will see more pollution, because electric bikes are more efficient and cause less pollution. While you may save money in the long run, you will pay more in the short term. It really comes down to how much you value your health, and the environment at large.
As mentioned above, electric bikes can be a great substitute for traditional bikes, but it does come with it’s limitations. For example, since it does take some power to operate, you can’t do as much if you use it regularly. It also has its drawbacks such as being too slow or too fast, depending on the terrain.
There is a big difference between traditional bikes and electric bikes. The two are generally measured by speed and acceleration. They are different in both quality and speed.
One of the best features about electric bikes is that they are usually quite low in price. This means that they are easy to own and you can purchase several for a fairly low cost.
If you have an electric bike, it can help to reduce the amount of impact on the environment, as well as cut down on your overall carbon footprint. Since you are using energy to power the motor, you aren’t contributing to the problem of global warming and air pollution. Electric bikes are clean, because they are only using fuel.
Most of these bikes require a battery charger and you need to replace the batteries every so often. The price of an electric bike is generally lower than most other types of bikes, although you should still be careful not to overdo it, since they are not cheap to purchase.
Electric bikes are usually classified into two categories, which are battery powered and gas powered. When you want to use the bike for commuting, gas powered ones are often the best option, because they are faster and more efficient.
Batteries, when they run out of power, are a common occurrence with these bikes. Since they are not powered by fuel, they don’t suffer from the drawbacks that come with fossil fuels, which include pollution and the depletion of natural resources.
One of the downsides to electric bikes is that they are slower than traditional bikes. They are more difficult to control.
Electric bikes have come a long way since their conception, and they are now more popular than ever. If you are interested in trying one out, visit our website today to learn more about them! To get your electric bike, make sure you get it from Top New Motorcycles. Get the best price as well as free shipping worldwide.
The electric bikes have been hot for quite some time. There are more people that are starting to use them. They are also considered to be the new trend in the market. There are several reasons why these types of bikes have become so popular in the new generation. First, they are relatively cheaper than the gas...
The electric bikes are a real boon to all those who want to commute by just pedaling. But, just because they save you time and make your biking experience more fun does not mean that you will not get any health benefits from them. Most people prefer to ride their bikes instead of using cars, since that...
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Wasil Ahmad, 11, was called a hero after leading men in fight against Taliban, uncle says
Militants gunned the boy down this week in an Afghan city
Children are involved in fighting on both sides of Afghan conflict, rights group says
An 11-year-old Afghan boy who had been praised for his bravery in leading security forces in battle against the Taliban was killed by the militants this week, Afghan authorities said.
Wasil Ahmad had commanded a police unit for 43 days as it fought to repel a deadly 71-day Taliban siege last year, according to his uncle Mullah Samad, an Afghan Local Police commander in the Khas Uruzgan district of Uruzgan province.
Gunmen on motorbikes shot the boy in the head Monday at a market in Tarin Kowt, the provincial capital of Uruzgan province, said Dost Mohammad Nayab, spokesman for the province’s governor.
Wasil was taken to a local hospital, then transferred to a better-equipped hospital in Kandahar, where he died of his injuries, Nayab said.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the killing on its website Monday.
Wasil had only recently returned to civilian life, enrolling in school in Tarin Kowt last year after surviving the brutal Taliban siege in Khas Uruzgan, Nayab said.
Boy commanded unit
Despite his age – and national and international laws prohibiting the use of children in warfare – Wasil had distinguished himself on the battlefield last year, Samad, the boy’s uncle, told CNN.
He said Wasil, who lost his father in fighting with the Taliban, had asked him more than a year ago how to use machine guns.
“I asked him why did he want to learn. He told me that he wanted to take revenge from those (who) had killed his father,” Samad said.
Samad said he trained the boy in the use of AK-47 and PK machine guns, rockets and mortars as well as satellite phones and VHF radios.
“He was a very intelligent boy; he quickly learned all of them,” he said.
Last summer, the area under the uncle’s control came under Taliban siege, and Samad and some of his men were injured in an attack.
“That was when Wasil claimed the command of my men,” Samad recalled, saying the boy would position himself on the roof of the family home firing his machine gun from morning to night.
“There were days that he fired up to 3,000 bullets,” he said, adding that Wasil had killed a number of Taliban fighters.
“He commanded my men for 43 days in total, and at the end, we broke the siege. We were only 75 people but were fighting hundreds of Taliban.”
Samad had been a Taliban commander before but switched sides in 2012 to fight for the Afghan government, he told CNN.
His brother, Wasil’s father, had also been a Taliban fighter and switched sides at the same time. The Taliban killed him a year later, Samad said.
‘He was very talented’
In late summer, the siege finally ended, and Samad and 35 of his forces and family members – including Wasil – were airlifted to Tarin Kowt, according to Samad and Nayab.
“The authorities praised our hard work, sacrifice and bravery by declaring both me and my nephew Wasil as heroes,” Samad said.
Wasil then enrolled in school, hoping to join the police when he graduated, Nayab said, and his uncle hired a private teacher to provide tuition at home.
“He was very talented … and was even able to speak some English,” Samad said.
Wasil attended a few weeks of classes when school broke for the winter holidays, and then he was killed, Nayab said.
He left behind a mother, two younger sisters and three younger brothers, his uncle said.
Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot by the Taliban in 2012, told CNN that Wasil’s case was “tragic.”
“It’s not just this one boy, but it’s happened to many children and many people in that region,” she told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Thursday.
“It’s tragic that they do not have sympathy for children, for innocent children.”
Children fight on both sides, rights group says
Nayab stressed that Wasil had not been recruited into the Afghan Local Police ranks due to his age but fought to defend his family during the siege.
But Rafiullah Baidar, a spokesman for the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, said Wasil had been given a gun and police uniform in Khas Uruzgan district in spite of laws prohibiting the use of children in conflict and strict orders against the practice from Afghan President Ashraf Ghani last year.
Baidar said his organization received occasional reports of children fighting for the Afghan Local Police, but they were outnumbered by those working in the service of the Taliban.
“Anti-government forces are using hundreds of children for different activities, including fighting, transporting their ammunition and even carrying out suicide attacks,” Baidar told CNN.
Children used for suicide attacks
A report, published in May by the U.N. secretary-general, on children and armed conflict in Afghanistan found that militant groups, national security forces and a pro-government militia used hundreds of children during a period of 40 months from 2010 to 2014.
Armed opposition groups, including the Taliban, used three-quarters of those children, with most of them manufacturing, transporting and planting improvised explosive devices, according to the report.
Children also carried out suicide attacks, it said.
The report verified 38 cases of children being used by Afghan national security forces, including 27 recruited by the Afghan Local Police and one by the Afghan National Army.
Government says policy strict
Sediq Sediqqi, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s Ministry of Interior Affairs, told CNN he didn’t have any details about Wasil’s death.
But government policy regarding the use of children in security forces was strict, he said.
“No child is recruited,” he said.
“Things have improved in (the Afghan Local Police) now. (The Ministry of Interior Affairs) is serious when it comes to evaluating and controlling ALP functions.”
He said the ministry would investigate to address concerns about children if the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission knew of specific cases.
CNN’s Tim Hume contributed to the reporting and writing of this report from London.
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Tureba, the Flea, (left) bounding up the mountains.
At the 1933 Tour, Henri Desgrange introduce a category and prize that recognized those crafty riders that love the heroics of the mountains... the grand prix de la montagne.
Riders of slight build that excelled when the road heaves upwards need only apply.
Ever since 1905, big climbs has been part of the Tour as the riders were subjected to the Ballon d'Alsace for the first time. Afterwards, the spectacle simply went higher; the Chartreuse mountains (1907), the Pyrenees (1910), the Alps (1911). In the 1930s, Desgrange changed the format from trade teams to national teams thus helping to lure out top Spanish riders.
Vicente Trueba, riding as an independent touriste-routier, was adept at bounding up mountain cols like a flea. He did not win a stage but was first over the challenging Cols d'Aspin, Aubisque, Peyresourde, Tourmalet, the Vars, Ballon d'Alsace and the Col du Galibier.
I like his nickname, "The Torrelavega Flea", known to ride away from his adversaries as if he had an electric motor as legs. He was short and compact around 100 pounds riding a 18 inch frame. Back then, riders didn't use derailleurs. They used a double sided hub and had to stop to remove the rear wheel, turn it around for the desired ratio and put back the wheel. A time consuming, stressful way to race especially over unpaved roads, at times in atrocious weather during long exhausting stages.
Courtesy Willem Dingemanse
Trueba wasn't a good descender but managed to finish sixth overall and was the first winner of the grand prix de la montagne in 1933.
Too bad, he didn't wear the flashy polka dot jersey, as it wasn't introduced until 1975. It was sponsored by the chocolate manufacturer, Poulain. The Flea, bounding up the cols, would've looked even more flashier!
I wish he had the polk dots!
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The stereotype of a heart attack victim is easy to sketch. He (men are twice as likely as women to suffer one) is overweight, sedentary, a smoker and has high cholesterol levels and very often diabetes.
Now meet Dave Hnida. He’s male, the only characteristic he shares with the stereotype. Hnida, 65, a family medicine physician, has been in excellent physical shape throughout his life. A collegiate athlete who played baseball and basketball during his days at the University of Pennsylvania, Hnida regularly ran, hiked and biked through the Colorado countryside. He advised his patients to take good care of themselves and avoid the behaviors that put their hearts at risk, both in person and on the regular medical features for CBS4 TV that made him a locally familiar face and household name.
Yet Dave Hnida defied the odds in the worst way possible: On June 3, he too suffered a heart attack that brought him to death’s door. No one would begrudge him asking a simple question: Why me? One day he was hanging bikes on hooks in his garage, the next he was in cardiogenic shock – his heart suddenly could not pump enough blood to sustain the rest of his body. He clung to life, supported for more than two weeks by a machine that pumped blood and oxygen to his organs.
Today, Hnida asks the “Why me?” question, not in a spirit of self-pity but rather with a sense of wonder that he’s here, with his wife and daughters. He has a chance to go back to living as he did before the attack, thanks to lifesaving care that allowed him to have a heart transplant.
“I’m discouraged that I went from a guy who could run a few miles to all of a sudden I’m a guy who couldn’t stand up without help,” Hnida said. “That was difficult and it continues to be difficult. I’m not even close to where I’d like to be. But I’ll get there. A lot of that involves the physicians and staff who supported me psychologically as well as physically and gave me hope. I am grateful for the things that worked.”
A sudden descent
Many things had to work for Hnida, who told his story about seven weeks after his heart transplant at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital on the Anschutz Medical Campus. In retrospect, he took longer than he’d have liked to get to Littleton Adventist Hospital after feeling unusual symptoms, but the fact that he went at all saved his life. He hadn’t felt the typical warning signs of a heart attack – chest tightness, jaw pain or shortness of breath – only early-morning spasms in his shoulders, which he attributed to the overhead work in the garage the day before.
But when the pain spread to his upper back, “a little voice kept going, something isn’t right,” Hnida recalled.
He “accepted that weirdness” and checked in at Littleton Adventist, where he had an EKG. The abnormal signals from his heart led to a quick trip to the cardiac catheterization lab, where he received a stent to clear a major blockage of the left anterior descending artery – nicknamed “the widow maker” for its killing efficiency. In addition, his failing left ventricle allowed blood to flood his lungs. Hnida needed a balloon pump implanted in his aortic artery to support his heart and circulation.
From that point, Hnida said, he “went down the tanker,” and he remembers very little of what followed. He was put on mechanical ventilation, and his cardiologist exchanged the balloon pump, which was not supporting his heart sufficiently, for a temporary mechanical pump called an Impella. The troubles worsened when electrical signals failed to pass between the upper and lower chambers of his heart, which required implanting a pacemaker. Despite efforts to stabilize his blood pressure and oxygen, Hnida continued to slide downhill.
Call for help
With dwindling options available for treating Hnida, Dr. Ryan Jordan, a cardiologist and electrophysiologist at Littleton Adventist, contacted UCH, another lifesaving decision. Jordan spoke with Dr. Natasha Altman, an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology specialist at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, who took in the details and made a quick decision.
“Despite all the efforts that had been put in place, he was still continuing to get worse,” Altman said. “The only option that I saw for [Hnida] to survive was ECMO,” said Altman, referring to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, a treatment that mechanically does the work of the heart and lungs in very ill patients.
Altman contacted Dr. Jay Pal, surgical director of the Mechanical Circulatory Support Program in CU’s Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Pal agreed with Altman’s assessment. He noted that in addition to the other details, Hnida’s ejection fraction and cardiac index – key measures of the heart’s pumping power – were about a third and a half, respectively, of normal.
Working with Littleton Adventist, UCHealth’s DocLine arranged for Hnida to be airlifted with a critical-care crew to UCH, where the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit (CTICU) and an operating room were ready to evaluate and treat him. That preparation, too, saved precious time.
“We saw that [Hnida’s condition] was far too tenuous to be able to wait and see how he did,” said Altman, who arrived at UCH around midnight. “He needed ECMO that night.” She also credited Jordan and his team at Littleton Adventist for doing the hard work and communication that gave UCH a chance to save Hnida.
“Dr. Jordan and his team did an amazing job to stabilize Dr. Hnida,” she said. “They saw that he was not doing well and sent him to us expeditiously.”
On the brink
A little over five hours after Altman spoke with Jordan, Pal and his surgical team had removed the Impella pump and hooked Hnida up to the ECMO machine. Hnida went to the CTICU, where he was tethered to the machine for 16 days. It provided a respite for his traumatized body.
“ECMO allows the heart and lungs to rest and the body to be supported, either while [the patient] is having a heart attack or after,” Pal said.
Pal initially went through the femoral artery in Hnida’s groin to connect him to the machine, and for a week he lay flat on his back, motionless. After about a week, the team moved the connection to the neck and right arm so he could get up and move.
That move was part of what Pal called “the exit strategy” for Hnida, which ultimately was the heart transplant. To achieve that goal, Hnida had to have a chance to rehabilitate.
“We don’t want to go to transplant in someone who has been in bed for weeks,” Pal said.
For Hnida, the entire ordeal was a blur. “I lost the summer,” he said. “I remember Memorial Day and that’s about it,” although he does recall the shock of waking up from the ECMO operation with “so many tubes in me it wasn’t funny.”
Keeping hope alive
Hnida was initially listed for a transplant, but the heart attack had damaged his kidneys, and he had to be taken off for a time. He admits at that point to feelings of doubt and gloom, but credits Pal, Altman and the UCH team for offering him and his family hope tempered with realism.
“They were optimistic the entire time,” Hnida said. “One of the key things is they always had a plan and kept my family in the loop. They would say, ‘Things don’t look good but we think we have a shot.’ You don’t know how important it is for people to be given hope and optimism and for the family to be spoken to in a manner that is in lay terms.”
With time, Hnida’s kidneys recovered, and he returned to the transplant list. He was lying in bed in the CTICU when a physician arrived bearing the news that the hospital had found a heart for him.
Hnida had a simple response: “When are you going to do it? Let’s go.” He received his new heart in late June. After a stint in UCH’s Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit, he left the hospital seven weeks after the heart attack.
Reflecting on the procedure about three weeks later, Hnida expressed remorse that someone had to die to give him his gift of life. But he’s determined to make the most of the opportunity to write new lines in the pages of the days ahead.
“You go with what you are given,” he said. “You can analyze it to death or do what needs to be done. I have a lot to be thankful for and live for – and I don’t even know what that is yet.”
A self-described “impatient patient,” Hnida is nonetheless progressing well, Pal said. Regular biopsies show his new heart is healthy, he’s steadily increasing his stamina with walking and exercise and is working to regain the 35 pounds he shed from a frame that was a sturdy 6-foot-3 and 215 pounds before the attack.
“My thighs look like toothpicks,” Hnida said.
Despite Hnida’s weakened state, his excellent physical condition prior to the heart attack played a big role in surviving it, Pal said. Even so, without quick collaboration between hospitals and providers, Hnida probably would have run out of time, he added.
“With any further delay, he probably wouldn’t have survived,” Pal said.
A medical mystery
Of course, the story leaves a couple of unanswered questions. For one, why did a guy in great condition, who seemingly did all the right things to avoid a heart attack, nonetheless have one that nearly killed him?
Hnida is plainly baffled. He said he has a family history of aortic aneurysm, but he recognized that and had a complete cardiac workup three years ago that came back “clean.” He was 60 years old but said he was told he had the heart of a 45-year-old.
“I did everything that I could do to follow the advice that I would give to my patients,” he said. “There are so many things in life we don’t understand.”
Then there is the matter of the time that lapsed before he went to Littleton Adventist. He admits he figuratively shrugged off the initial shoulder pain before listening to that little voice telling him something was wrong and heading to the hospital. He advises others to take nothing for granted.
“Don’t ignore symptoms,” he said. “They might be unusual. Go get checked.”
For Pal, Hnida’s experience offers a cautionary note to those who think they know the signs of heart trouble. “It’s an example of how subtle these symptoms can be, that even someone who is well-versed in this can miss the signs,” he said. “It suggests that the signs are so vague, so general, that they can be anything.”
Meanwhile, when Hnida returns to the mysterious question of “Why me?” he doesn’t think of his bad luck, but rather of his good fortune and the responsibility it entails.
“Why did all of these pieces fall into place for me?” he said. “I know I have to take advantage of everything given to me and work hard and listen to everything I’ve been told to me to get better.”
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One of the best places to understand specific design operations for a nimble urbanism is where churches – and their associated appendages (rectories and the like) – meet the historic residential fabric in Boston. In this example, on lower Mt. Vernon Street in Beacon Hill, the apsidal end of the Advent Church (that faces Brimmer Street) meets the end of a row of townhouses. In this case, the large scale of the apse is balanced by the almost-miniature scale of the girdle-like ambulatory at its base. This shift to a dollhouse scale means that the abutting townhouse is not overwhelmed by the overall mass of the church. Most satisfying is the negative space at the intersection – like something out of Scott Cohen’s studios at the GSD. Note the tiny bathroom window deep in the crotch – an amplified version of the scale-inversions that propel the entire composition.
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Park visitation down sightly
Great Smoky Mountains National Park recorded 1,112,474 visitors during October 2012 which is a 1.9 percent decrease over October 2011. The yearly visitation, however, is up 7.3 percent, or 581,244 more visitors, than what was recorded between January and October 2011.
The slight decrease in visitation is most likely a result of a significant snow event associated with Superstorm Sandy which took place in the last few days of the month. The upper elevations of the park received a record amount of snowfall, and shut down Highway 441 for several days due to ice and snow. The news reports of the projected weather conditions might have also detoured some visitors from traveling into the park just prior to the storm event.
Even with the storm and the slight decrease in numbers compared with 2011, October 2012 visitation showed a 4 percent increase over the 10 year average visitation for October.
Visitors by Entrance:
Outlying Areas: 306,677
The park visitation stats can be found by searching for Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the NPS Stats website: https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/Reports/ReportList
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Find out more about the latest news & information from Media Projects.
We are running regular holiday workshops in 2D and 3D animation for teens and children at the Studio One Art Centre in Ponsonby. Find out more here.
Studio 1 - Toi Tu and Auckland Council commissioned this animation project for young people. Twelve young animators produced a series of short films about what makes a city fun, friendly and safe for children. The finished work will be shown widely as part of this international initiative supported by Unicef NZ. Visit the Child Friendly Cities web site for further information.
We worked in partnership with AUT Art and Design students, Titirangi Private Kindergarden and the local community to help them rebuild their playground. Over three months we developed a series of design solutions which support imaginative self directed play and learning.
AUT Art and Design recently set up a 16mm B&W film resource. We worked with staff and students to help deliver the first of an ongoing series of production courses focusing on artists' film making practice and the history of structural materialist film.
The company moved to Titirangi in Auckland, New Zealand in July 2014. The move allowed Britta to take up a new post as Lecturer in Digital Design at Auckland University of Technology. We chose Titirangi as it has long been a centre for the arts in the region, with Te Uru Contemporary Art Gallery and two other art galleries on our doorstep. We plan to continue managing community arts projects from our new home in the Waitakeres.
The company changed its name to Media Projects to reflect its new location in West Auckland.
We worked in partnership with Stalham High School to run a 10 day festival of poetry, literature and animation at the school. Several leading poets ran creative writing workshops, and over 100 students developed their work into video poems and animations. A resource for teachers is now available here. The project was funded via an Arts Council of England Grants for the Arts award.
We worked with the London Metropolitan Police and a student video production team from Ravensbourne to produce a training video for bank staff to keep them informed about telephone based fraud.
The company worked closely with The Museum of the Broads and Stalham High School to develop a 50 minute film recording the stories of families living in Broadland from 1914 - 1919. To learn more about the project, please visit the web site here.
We worked with Norfok Disabled Parents to make a video training resource for Norfolk Social Services, exploring how best to support disabled parents. Learn more here.
We have received an All Our Stories Heritage Lottery grant to explore the history of Cawston village through reminiscence, animation and archive work. The finished work is now available to view on a dedicated web site here.
This film was commissioned by Norwich Castle Museum for screening as part of its long term exhibits. It explores how Norfolk's history is intimately bound up with its geography and landscapes. The script is by Helen Mitchell, direction, camera and editing by Martin Sercombe. It was funded via a grant from Arts Council England.
We ran a two day animation workshop for artists and teachers at a farmhouse residency called Gullkistan in Iceland. Over 20 short films were made by 12 artists from Iceland and around the world. The short film shown below is by Freyja Reynisdottir.
Photos of the journey around Iceland can be seen here.
Photos from the course and further information about Gullkistan can be seen here.
We worked in partnership with The Griffon Area Partnership to develop a smart phone guide to the heritage sites of North East Norfolk. It includes a series of one day guided trails and a dedicated web site containing contextual information and a gallery of panorama photos of key sites. Visit it here.
We were awarded a £10,000 All Our Stories grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to work with the villagers of Martham and Flegg High School on a local history project. Over six months the production team has created 75 mins of short films, using animation and archive photography to bring personal reminiscences alive. See the web site here.
Norfolk Disabled Parents received an Awards for All grant to produce a series of online video clips, in which disabled parents share their experiences of family life and discuss the types of support available to them. Media Projects East provided the video production support. You can see the films here.
We worked with the Metropolitan Police to produce a drama video and online quiz about bank fraud, working with MA students from Ravensbourne. The training pack has now been distributed to major banks worldwide.
The RSPB has received a Young Roots Heritage Lottery Fund grant to work with schools in the Acle area enhancing biodiversity in their school grounds. Media Projects East is training the student team in video production skills to enable them to make a record of the project.
The Home Group charity commissioned the company to produce a 45 minute film exploring key issues faced by transgender clients and customers. It begins with two case histories and concludes with a debate around frequently asked questions.
We worked with a group of MA students from Ravensbourne to research ways of using the latest digital technologies to enhance user experience at a gymnasium on the Greenwich Penninsula. The study explores interactive large screen displays, smart phone apps and holistic approaches to keeping fit.
This short animation, made with students from Stalham High School, won the Best Animation, 14-16 year olds, award at Film Nation Shorts Awards 2012, held at the BFI, London on July 4th. The film was shortlisted from over 400 entries made by young people all over the UK. It will be screened in a range of iconic London 2012 venues throughout the games. See further details here.
Coleridge Community College in Cambridge made a short film about an airline disaster, werewolves and a brave adventurer called Lilly. The students designed virtual sets and actors then shot the movie using Moviestorm. Further information about the project can be found here. The project is funded by First Light.
Martin Sercombe, Joc Mack and a team of young performers from Utrecht's Centrum voor de Kunsten and Norfolk worked together for an intensive weekend of improvisation, animation and video work on the theme of migration. The project has been nominated for a prestigious international award: Learn for Life, celebrating innovative work in adult education. Our contributions can be seen on the Changing Horizons Facebook page here.
As a final contribution to this Grundtvig funded partnership project, we returned in June to present an overview of our community based video and drama work to media students from Holland, Poland, Italy and Turkey.
On March 24th we moved to new premises in Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich. The base includes a stop frame animation studio, editing studio and a flexible production area for blue screen live action work.
We worked with Parkside Federation on a classroom based research project, teaching machinima style film making in schools. Using Moviestorm as the production tool, the first short film explores what happens when a games geek gets drawn into the world of Cleopatra's Egypt. The project is funded by First Light.
A Year 6 class from Bignold Primary School made an animation based on Hoffman's tale. See it here.
A team of young film makers from Stalham High School made a short film about a school bully, for Film Nation.
Another group from Stalham High made a short animation about a World War 2 air raid over Stalham.
Our animation resource for the classroom was published by Continuum on 3rd September in the UK, and one month later in the USA.
We received funding from Young Roots Heritage Lottery Fund for a follow up project to Mardling From Coast to Broad, called Seaside Memories. Lowestoft based young people explored the history of local seaside entertainment in the surrounding coastal area. The stories they gathered formed the inspiration for their own "end of the pier" film show, reflecting the changing styles of entertainment over the past two centuries. It's a mix of animations, documentary style reminiscences and dramatic sketches on video.
The Seaside Memories website is now online. See it here.
This partnership project with The Best Friend educational charity took place in Thailand, from the middle of August. We taught animation skills to Burmese refugee children at KM 42 Learning Center near Mae Sot and interviewed adult refugees about their lives in Thailand and reasons for fleeing Burma.
We taught film-making and animation to a group of students at the International Community School at Culford. Some explored folk tales from their home countries, others made sci-fi stories, a crime thrller and a documentary about the summer school. The students used the course to improve their English language skills. www.icschool.co.uk
We worked in partnership with The Shaw Trust to deliver a film production course for a group of school leavers from the Great Yarmouth area. The film is about making the transition from school to the world of work, and the steps needed to optimise one's career options.
It follows the fortunes of a 17 year old called Gazza, who falls out with his alcoholic father and takes the train to Yarmouth the crash with his older sister. After a few weeks of slumming it, his sister runs out of patience with him and kicks him out. He heads off to sleep rough on the beach. Sis has second thoughts, rescues him, and sends him to Social Services for support.
We completed a project with the Home Group housing charity. They needed a training video to assist their support team in person centred interview techniques with clients. We produced a series of clips demonstrating good, mediocre and bad practice, for use as discussion aids during their training days.
Year 9 students from Diss High School created a collection of short films and animations on the theme of identity. They span a wide range of subjects, including bullying, Facebook friendships, sport, cooking and scrapbook memories. The video will be sent to partner schools in Rwanda, Sri Lanka and Holland. The project was supported by Creative Partnerships.
"This new book for teachers is grounded in two things: firstly, a belief in the inherent power of animation activities to transform the experience of learning across the curriculum and, secondly, a sense of the form itself, its history and development. Its authors clearly care about the medium and have provided a range of resources and support for teachers and learners to get started."
Centre for the Study of Children
Youth and Media
The London Knowledge Lab
University of London
"The Teachers' Animation Toolkit is an imaginative and invaluable resource, rich with exercises and information. It shows that animation can be a vital component in any child's education, enhancing skills and knowledge in all subject areas, while remaining creative and fun. From Disney to Desktop, it enables children to embrace a still undervalued form, so they might become the film-makers and animators of the future..."
Director of the Animation Academy
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We are all familiar with the term “Ozone Action Day” and typically associate it with a hot summer day. But what does it really mean? The CLEAN AIR Force of Central Texas, the only non-partisan, public/private organization in Central Texas exclusively focused on air quality improvement, explains the significance of ozone pollution – and what you can do to make a difference. The CLEAN AIR Force Board of Directors consists of 32 executives from both the public and private sector, including Dr. Elena Craft of the Environmental Defense Fund, united in the common goal of finding workable solutions for improving our region’s air quality. The CLEAN AIR Force is not about waiting for the federal government to tell us what to do to clean up our air; we’re about taking early action now to keep air quality decisions at the local level.
The CLEAN AIR Force oversees a number of voluntary air quality programs that serve the public and help to reduce ozone levels in the Central Texas region. Two examples of those programs are the Clean Air Partners Program and the Clean School Bus Program. We help implement and coordinate the air quality improvement efforts of local businesses, governments and organizations through our Clean Air Partners Program and we help retrofit and replace older polluting school buses with newer cleaner technologies and implement anti-idling policies through our Clean School Bus Program. Educating citizens on what they can do to reduce their emissions is also a key part of our mission.
Central Texas is considered near-nonattainment for ground-level ozone under the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The ozone standard is currently set at 75 parts per billion (ppb) and the Central Texas Design Value for 2012 was 74 ppb. Despite two new and lower ozone standards in the past 16 years and a doubling of the population in the last 22 years, Central Texas has been able to avoid nonattainment because of positive weather conditions and the many pro-active air quality efforts our region is making, but there are many challenges ahead.
EPA has announced they may lower the existing standard of 75 ppb to 60-70 ppb by the end of 2013. This means we must continue to work together as a region to significantly lower our ozone emissions or risk being designated as nonattainment, which would negatively impact both public health and the health of our economy.
So what’s so bad about ozone health-wise? Ozone is a form of oxygen that is formed through chemical reactions between natural and man-made emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) in the presence of sunlight. Sources of VOCs and NOx include automobiles, boats, refineries, chemical manufacturing plants, solvents used in dry cleaners and paint shops, and wherever natural gas, gasoline, diesel fuel, kerosene, and oil are combusted.
Ozone Season in Central Texas runs from April 1st to October 31st. Ozone pollution is mainly a daytime problem during summer months because warm temperatures are key to its formation. When temperatures are high, sunshine is strong, and winds are low, ozone can accumulate to unhealthy levels.
The biggest concern with high ozone concentration is the damage it causes to human health, vegetation, and to many common materials we use. High concentrations of ozone can cause shortness of breath, coughing, wheezing, headaches, nausea, eye and throat irritation, and lung damage. People who suffer from lung diseases like bronchitis, pneumonia, emphysema, asthma, and colds have even more trouble breathing when the air is polluted. These effects can be worse in anyone who spends significant periods of time exercising or working outdoors.
Adults breathe more than 10,000 times each day and during exercise or strenuous work, we breathe even more often and draw air more deeply into the lungs. When we exercise heavily, we may increase our intake of air by as much as 10 times our level at rest. Children are at the greatest risk from exposure to ozone because their lungs are still developing and they are more likely to be active outdoors when ozone levels are high.
When ozone levels are predicted to reach unhealthy levels, an ozone alert is issued. Ozone Action Days are issued to caution citizens to limit their time outdoors as well as to remind them to take actions to help reduce their emissions that contribute to ground-level ozone. Simple actions everyone can take to reduce air pollution include:
- Limit driving
- Combine errands
- Carpool or ride the bus
- Avoid idling
- Postpone refueling your vehicle or mowing the lawn until after 6:00 p.m.
- Tuning up your vehicle
- Reduce electricity usage
If you live in Central Texas you can sign up for ozone alerts via email through the CLEAN AIR Force website, on Facebook or on Twitter. Every effort counts and awareness of Ozone Action Day Alerts is key to knowing when to take action.
The CLEAN AIR Force will also be hosting an Ozone Season Kick-Off Event at Round Rock City Hall on Monday, April 8th at 11:00 am. Guest speakers include Round Rock Mayor Alan McGraw, Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell, CLEAN AIR Force Board Chair and Williamson County Commissioner Ron Morrison, and CLEAN AIR Force Vice Chair Tim Jones with Samsung. Free transportation from Austin to Round Rock will be provided in an environmentally friendly Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) bus from one of our Clean Air Partners, R&R Limousine & Bus. Please call 512.225.7776 or send an email to email@example.com for more details.
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The entire world of these half-inch terrestrial snails is 540 acres of wooded, rock-covered slopes near the summit of Mount Magazine in Logan County. No one knows how many Magazine Mountain shagreens exist nor do we know much about their life history. The snail's restricted range makes it extremely vulnerable to any land use change or habitat destruction.
Fortunately, the snail's entire range is in the Ozark National Forest, and the U. S. Forest Service has designated the snail's homeland a Special Interest Area. This designation protects the area from forest management practices that might be detrimental to the vegetation associated with the snail's habitat. This area is also being considered for classification as a Research Natural Area by the Forest Service. RNA designation would offer a higher level of protection to current habitat, as well as controlling collections, research and recreational activities in the area.
Photo Credit: Dr. Ron Caldwell
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The Blue Lake Rancheria funds and operates transit systems to serve riders throughout the greater communities of Blue Lake, Arcata, McKinleyville and Eureka .
In addition to managing these two transportation systems, the Transit Department coordinates with the Tribe’s Meals Programs to deliver meals to homebound seniors in Blue Lake and Fieldbrook.
The Tribe’s transportation efforts are an example of successful teamwork between Tribes, public entities and private stakeholders.
The Blue Lake Rancheria Transit System [Schedule].
The Blue Lake Rancheria Transit System (BLRTS) began as a solution to a public need. The City of Blue Lake and surrounding community did not have widespread, reliable public transportation. Further, the area population is largely rural, dispersed across significant distances and requires access to urban areas for services and supplies.
The Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe recognized this gap in the public service continuum and worked closely with CalTrans, the California State Highway Patrol, local hospitals and other groups to make public transit a reality in Blue Lake.
- BLRTS began in January 2002, and had 292 passengers in the first month of operation. The number of passengers quickly increased.
- Today the system handles over 1,300 passengers each month.
- Now operating 13 hours a day, five days a week, BLRTS allows area residents to choose environmentally-friendly commuting – to work, schools, shopping, medical facilities, and much more.
- BLRTS passengers are able to connect with Arcata Transit, Humboldt Transit, Greyhound and Amtrac. BLRTS provides affordable transportation for students attending Humboldt State University and Arcata High School for regular class hours and after-school activities.
- BLRTS is very pleased to partner with Horizon Resources. Horizon mentors physically and mentally challenged individuals in their efforts to become self-reliant. BLRTS provides transportation services so these people are able to reliably ride the buses from city to city as needed.
- BLRTS also provides a Dial-A-Ride (DAR) program for elderly and disabled people living in Blue Lake, McKinleyville, and Arcata. This service is currently (2006) averaging 16 one-way trips each day.
BLRTS service area includes the City of Blue Lake and round trip between Arcata and Blue Lake. Fares are reasonable and subject to change. Hours of operation: 7:00am and 7:40pm. For the latest information on BLRTS, please click [BLRTS Schedule].
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Translation of "sickness" into French
- altitude sickness - mal d'altitude
- morning sickness - nausées du matin
- motion sickness - mal des transports
- sickness benefit - prestations de l'assurance maladie
- sleeping sickness - maladie du sommeil
- company sickness insurance scheme - assurance maladie de l'entreprise
- sickness pay - indemnisation de maladie
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- Spoon or funnel
- Dried lentils
- Child’s sock
- Rubber band
- White pom-pom or cotton ball
- Tacky glue
To make your own bunny beanbag, use a spoon or a funnel to add dried lentils to a child’s sock, filling it up just past the heel. Close the sock with a tightly looped rubber band.
To create the head and neck, tie a ribbon around the sock just below the heel.
Use scissors to cut the sock’s cuff into two ears, rounding the edges to give them the right shape.
Cut a nose, teeth, and eyes from felt. Attach the facial features and a white pom-pom or cotton ball tail with tacky glue
Egg Dyeing: Thumbprint Technique
From: Family Fun
- All thumbs? No problem. Fingertips coated with paint create perfect tiny templates for mini animals, Easter eggs, faces, and more.
- Acrylic paints
- Paper plates
- Fine-point permanent marker
To put your prints to work, pour a bit of acrylic paint onto a paper plate. Dip your thumb
or finger into the paint, dab off any excess, then press it against the egg.
Let the paint dry completely before adding details with a fine-point permanent marker.
For more egg dyeing techniques:
Egg Dyeing: Aluminum Foil Technique
- To get the fun under way, first boil your eggs for 15 minutes and then let them cool completely. Protect your work area with newspaper and set out the supplies needed for each technique.
Note: If you plan to eat your Easter eggs, decorate them only with food-grade dyes. Click here for the USDA’s tips on Easter and Passover egg safety.
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JP Morgan Chase is the simply the governments’ main holding company.
JP Morgan Chase, as of March 31, 2008, was holding 89.99 trillion ($89,997,271,000,000) in derivatives. These were mostly government futures (bets on future prices). 89.99 trillion!!!!
JP Morgan Chase was only holding 1.4 trillion ($1,407,568,000,000) in actual assets at the time!
From: “OCC’s Quarterly Report on Bank Trading and Derivatives Activities First Quarter 2008″
Table 1: NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF DERIVATIVE CONTRACTS
TOP 25 COMMERCIAL BANKS AND TRUST COMPANIES IN DERIVATIVES
MARCH 31, 2008
RANK BANK NAME TOTAL DERIVATIVES
1 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA $89,997,271,000,000
2 BANK OF AMERICA NA $37,939,665,000,000
3 CITIBANK NATIONAL ASSN $37,691,434,000,000
4 WACHOVIA BANK NATIONAL ASSN $4,884,775,000,000
5 HSBC BANK USA NATIONAL ASSN $4,279,737,000,000
6 WELLS FARGO BANK NA $1,440,229,000,000
7 BANK OF NEW YORK $1,058,618,000,000
8 STATE STREET BANK&TRUST CO $904,593,000,000
9 PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSN $248,705,000,000
10 SUNTRUST BANK $241,369,000,000
*Note: 2010 2nd quarter derivatives holdings for JP Morgan Chase were listed at $75,253,921,000,000, with only $1,568,093,000,000 in assets.
*Note: BofA and Citibank Derivatives went up to 48.5 trillion and 45.9 Trillion respectively.
*Note: Goldman Sachs is also now listed for 2nd quarter 2010 as holding 42 trillion in derivatives contracts, with only 95.5 billion in assets, seemingly from out of nowhere, as they are not listed on this 2008 report!
See all Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reports here: (http://www.occ.gov/topics/capital-markets/financial-markets/trading/derivatives/derivatives-quarterly-report.html)
Over-the-counter derivatives traded privately between investors are largely unregulated. The global over-the-counter derivatives market is estimated as of 2003 to have a value of $142 trillion and as of 2010 580 trillion… The Fed continues to be concerned that the relatively small number of institutions that act as dealers in derivatives markets may pose risks. In particular, the Fed worries what would happen “if a big derivatives dealer had to exit the market.” – Alan Greenspan – 2003
JP Morgan is majority owned through stock investment by collective government. Collective government is simply defined as the over 185,000 individual state, county, city and other municipalities, school districts, pension and other funds, and other governments throughout the United States. Therefore, any actions by which JP Morgan partakes in and any decision this bank makes is voted on by collective government through proxy votes (stock-ownership “institutional” voting). This is called corporate governance.
In fact, it is corporate fascism.
All national banks are chartered. In other words, they are under government law. They get away with murder because the government allows them to. After all, banks are the governments’ most dangerous weapons!
Banks are not above the law… government is.
And hilariously to our government keepers I’m sure, we continue blindly trying to fight this corrupt system of government from within the constraints of its own imposed laws, while government continues to operate well outside of the very laws it sets, regulates, and enforces upon us.
We are mice caught in a maze with no exit. For the game is rigged by the gatekeeper.
Here is just a short and quite incomplete list of individual stock ownership by “collective government” in the corporation JP Morgan Chase. Note that this is only a handful of pension funds, which are component units of their prospective “state, county, or city governments” and which took me many, many hours of research to find. These are simply listed as part of the top 10 equity investments held on each governments’ most recent comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR). You can pull each one up yourself, as they are government documents required by federal law. Also note that this does not take into consideration each governments’ other investment fund totals, for which all governments invest in as a whole (mutual funds, foreign currency funds, real estate funds, Fortune 500 and S&P Funds, domestic and international corporate bonds, some preferred stock holdings, private corporate or equity investment funds, etc…) which also hold these stocks in JP Morgan Chase. Also, some reports don’t list the number of shares, just their value or percentage of total equities held in the fund – though it would be easy to fill in the blanks…
|JP MORGAN CHASE STOCK HOLDERS:||SHARES OWNED:||$VALUE OF SHARES:|
|Alaska Public Employees Retirement System||61,477,033|
|Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System||580,815||19,811,610|
|California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS)||11,096,822||378,513,000|
|California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS)||15,178,407||517,735,463|
|-Fresno City Employees Retirement System||58,828||2,006,621|
|-Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System||1,292,519||44,087,823|
|-Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association||532,580||18,166,000|
|-Merced County (CA) Employees’ Retirement Association||64,744||2,208,418|
|-Sacramento County Employees’ Retirement System||384,785||13,125,000|
|Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association||4,570,621||190,458,000|
|Connecticut Combined Investment Funds (CIF)||60,967,771|
|Florida Retirement System – Defined Benefit Pension Plan||503,973,296|
|Florida Retirement System – Investment Plan||2,115,031|
|Georgia Teachers Retirement System||5,938,695||202,568,886|
|Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (2008)||56,754,914|
|Illinois Teachers Retirement System||65,932,720|
|Indiana Public Employees’ Retirement Fund||866,723||29,564,000|
|Kentucky Retirement Systems – Insurance Fund||206,975||7,095,917|
|Kentucky Teachers Retirement System||81,600,125|
|Louisiana State Employees Retiremment System||545,450||18,605,300|
|Louisiana Teachers Retirement System||907,616||30,958,782|
|Maryland State Retirement and Pension System||2,750,631||93,824,023|
|Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Trust Fund||57,574,000|
|Minnesota Public Employees Retirement Association||87,100,000|
|Minnesota Teachers Retirement Association||84,800,000|
|Mississippi Public Employees Retirement System||2,636,943||89,946,126|
|Missouri Public School Employee Retirement System||55,069,162|
|New Hampshire Retirement System||380,300||12,972,000|
|New Jersey Division of Pensions and Benefits||6,528,154||222,700,000|
|New Mexico Educational Retirement Board (Pension)||626,331||7,445,824|
|New Mexico Public Employees Retirement Association||917,351||31,290,843|
|New York State and Local Retirement System||15,401,817||689,231,311|
|New York State Teachers Retirement System||430,617,943|
|-New York City Board of Education Retirement System||9,358,727|
|-New York City Employees Retirement System||4,963,319||169,298,811|
|-New York City Fire Pension Fund||871,607||29,730,515|
|-New York City Police Pension Fund||1,222,183||47,384,034|
|Ohio Highway Patrol Retirement System||20,100||633,753|
|Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (2008)||7,973,895||251,416,909|
|Ohio State Teachers Retirement System||8,033,964||274,038,512|
|Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System||834,000||28,454,000|
|Tennessee State Pension Trust Funds||3,212,775||109,587,755|
|Texas County and District Retirement System||38,100,000|
|Texas Employees Retirement System||2,875,400||124,964,884|
|Texas Teachers Retirement System||298,274,715|
|Utah Retirement Systems||1,286,050||53,589,704|
|Utah Retirement Systems||334,405||13,934,656|
|Virginia Retirement System||3,467,525||118,277,279|
|-Richmond (Virginia) Retirement System||24,800||907,928|
*Note: Total of outstanding shares of JP Morgan Chase: 3,950,000,000
*Note: Total of shares needed to have controlling interest (50.01%): 1,975,000,001
*Note: Total of outstanding shares owned by all government funds: ?,???,???,???
The moral of this story is that government is the one raping our economy and manipulating markets in favor of its investment held corporations – especially its banks – and through its bank friendly legislation.
Once again, blaming the bank is like blaming the president of the United States. We all know he is a tool being used by the real power in and out of government. And when considering that his whole staff is appointed – not elected – and that most of them are former lobbyists and former corporate attorneys, it doesn’t take a lot of imagination to grasp the larger picture of how things work – banks are government owned and regulated, just as all Fortune 500 and other significant domestic and international corporations from pharmaceutical companies to weapons manufacturers to grocery store chains.
If we want to fix the problem of corruption in government, we must attack it at the root of the problem. In order to do that, we must comprehend how the government machine works. First we must read and comprehend and share with others the Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports of our local and state governments. And eventually, we must dissolve the corporation that is acting unconstitutionally in lieu of our government, take back all of this investment wealth for the good of the people, and re-institute strict regulations and anti-usury laws for our usurious banking industry.
The corporate government owns the corporations.
The government then regulates the market in which its investment held corporations operate and do business.
And the government will not punish its own institutions and threaten its corporate profits, just because we hope it will or because we ask it to. Not even if we demand it!
Wake up America!
Your government is a private, for-profit corporation. It is your enemy – and it is stealing your wealth, prosperity, land, and happiness from under your noses through its investment held corporations.
Learn more by visiting these sights:
Watch “The Corporation Nation” at: TheCorporationNation.com
Visit Walter Burien at: CAFR1.com
–Clint Richardson (realitybloger.wordpress.com)
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
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Reading gardeners can now get their green garden waste back in the form of compost.
The Smallmead Waste Recycling Centre will be selling the compost in 40 litre bags at £3.50 a time.
The compost will be on sale at the recycling centres on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays from 10am to 7pm for a four-week trial – while stocks last.
The scheme may be extended if the new compost proves popular with local gardeners.
The recycling centres can only accept cash and residents are asked to bring the correct change.
Just over 12 per cent of all the waste collected by the three councils that make up the re3 partnership – Bracknell Forest, Reading and Wokingham – is turned into compost.
More than 17,000 tonnes a year is collected from the kerbside in the three boroughs.
Paul Gittings, lead councillor for environment and sustainability at Reading Borough Council, said: “By buying the new compost, residents are helping to complete the recycling loop as our green waste is being returned to the soil.
“Whilst it’s important that we all recycle as much as possible, it’s also crucial that we’re able to make good use of what we recycle.
“I hope that all the keen gardeners in Reading will take advantage of this excellent offer, so it can be continued in the future.”
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Report: Geoengineering an option to limit climate change
Barring significant emissions reductions, U.K.'s national science academy sees engineering to remove greenhouse gases or absorb less solar radiation as a way to combat climate change.
Geoengineering is not a last resort, but the next necessary step to recalibrate the Earth's climate unless carbon emissions are significantly reduced in the near future, the Royal Society, the U.K.'s national academy of sciences, announced Tuesday.>
"It is an unpalatable truth that unless we can succeed in greatly reducingwe are headed for a very uncomfortable and challenging climate future, and geoengineering will be the only option left to limit further temperature increases," John Shepherd, chair of the Royal Society's geoengineering study and a professor of Earth system science at the University of Southampton, said on behalf of the group.
The report "Geoengineering the climate: Science, governance and uncertainty" (PDF) urged carbon emissions reduction as the primary means of halting climate change. But it looked at geoengineering--engineering the environment on a large scale to purposely manipulate the world's climate--very seriously.
In past years,, but the Royal Society asserted that some of the safer geoengineering techniques, like aggressively planting forests, could be implemented currently in conjunction with carbon reduction efforts.
Since geoengineering has the potential to affect people on a global scale, the group further recommended that an international organization like the U.N. Commission for Sustainable Development begin developing policies and a means for resolving anticipated geoengineering political conflicts.
"Assuming that acceptable standards for effectiveness, safety, public acceptance and cost were established, why should appropriate geoengineering options not be added to the portfolio of options that society will need and may wish to use to combat the challenges posed by climate change?" said the report.
With that in mind the group evaluated the safety, expense, effectiveness, and quickness of deployment for projects falling under two main classes of geoengineering: carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and solar-radiation management (SRM).
CDR, efforts to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, included things like afforestation,, and carbon capture and storage in the form of burying carbon-rich biomass or using .
The SRM suggestions for manipulating the Earth so that it absorbs less solar radiation included more seemingly far-out options like painting all roofs white to reflect sunlight, placing thousands of, and .
The group said it generally favored CDR projects over SRM because they involved processes closer to natural occurrences, while the side effects of SRM projects are unknown and therefore more dangerous.
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CyberCamps is a technology
-centered summer camp, aimed at children 7-16 (though almost any kid brandish
ing money will be admitted.) All references from here on will document my experiences; keep in mind that other campus locations will be different.
Cybercamps teaches Robotics, Animation, Programming, Web Design/Flash Animation, Game Design, and Graphics & Animation.
Where: Cybercamps is Everywhere. Or at least, Cybercamps has nodes spread out over 40+ college campii around the United States. I stayed for two weeks on the John's Hopkins University campus.
Why?!?: Because it's fun (in theory), that's why! Well, the main purpose is to have a parent pay $1,000 for their child(ren) to be absent from the house for a week while learning the same material that can be obtained from a twenty-dollar book.
Who: There were five staff people at the camp: Two alpha geeks, Karl (Programming Guru) and Digi (Graphics geek). A third, lesser male staff member, Jimmy, taught Animation. Jimmy commuted, unlike the other three main staff members, and in general kept to himself. He did, however, set up a Silicon Graphics workstation. Pity it was so old. One female, Alicia, served as Social Mistress, encouraging the kids to actually do what was wanted of them. Mostly, she failed, and by the second week, stopped trying. Needless to say, we all liked her much more then.
That, however, is four (my education has at least taught me to count). This brings us to Stephanie, a.k.a. Queen B. Queen B describes her attitude, nothing more. A teacher by fall/winter/spring, she was the administrator. She had little power, but enforced it often. She was the hand (finger? fingenail-gunk? hangnail? She was there, but we didn't know WHY, and we all cherished the moments she wasn't.) of the Olympusian CyberCamps Central Office, the Place That Made the Rules.
When: The camp is offered as one-week sessions; three sessions per summer.
Campers can stay overnight (at an added expense) or, if they live close enough, can commute. I stayed overnight. Staying overnight has benefits, such as:
- Increased time on computers
- TV (I mostly watched Whose Line Is It Anyway, until one of the (male) counselors rented Monty Python and the Holy Grail.)
- Having roommates - this can be good or bad. I got lucky and found someone with whom I had some meaningful conversations with in the second week. The first week, my roommate was, at least tolerable.
A computer lab, containing some 30 Dell POS
s and one lonely 400 MHz PowerMac
, provided the campers with their main entertainments. Such programs as Dreamweaver
5, Visual C++
6.0, Animation Master
, and DarkBASIC
were the 'work' programs.
My Experiences: Ah. The good part. Continuing How, despite contrary claims by the camp propaganda, only one game was provided: a space-combat game known as Continuum. I turned out to be the best one there, due to my experience with Escape Velocity. The dearth of games was cured by me in the second week, however, when two copies of Starcraft were brought in, and a "krakz proggie" downloaded, enabling eight machines to communicate through a gloriously large T3 connection. Well, OK, through the 10/100BASE-T Ethernet hub. It was still a nice LAN.
The staff members Karl and Digi opposed Starcraft, citing the "rules" against "any first-person violence, simulated or real." I carefully pointed to the First Person Shooters being contructed by the campers in Game Design, and then invited them to play. They didn't complain much after that, being rather busy trying to defend a Detector-less base against a Dark Templar drop. Heh. All will bow to Wonko. Five years of playing Starcraft allowed me to kick ass there, too.
Digi brought a PS2 and Dance Dance Revolution the first week, and Tekken Tag the second. Residential campers got much more time to play with this than the commuters did.
Overall, the camp was fair. Expensive, aimed at beginning users/norms rather than the "experienced" geek. It was fun to meet with people who share the same kinds of interests as myself, but I would not foot the bill.
The camp was newly-arrived at this location, and I got to refine the roughness a bit, being in the first week of camp. The second week was much more fun, from an activities point of view, than the first. Less playing-outside-for-an-hour-in-96-degree-heat-until-Little-Johnny-dies-of-heat-exhaustion-while-Queen B-stays-inside and more of playing-Starcraft-in-the-air-conditioned-computer-lab.
The rules were much more relaxed the second week, which saved me from having to tell my parents how anal the rules were AGAIN; this time, I actually told them that it got better!
Perhaps the best example of this would be the cafeteria: It was located across the street from the computer lab, and yet 30 campers would all have to wait for the slowest eater to finish, after which we would crowd around the mini-conveyor belt that carried our trays & plates into the kitchen for us. We had to do this so that we could all be accompanied by a staff member to walk 50 feet across the street.
Now, considering that this was a technology-centered camp, where the administrators KNEW that they would be catering to geeks, it seems rather silly that they would even attempt to set up web filtering software. Well, needless to say, the filtering software was shut down by yours truly on the second day of camp.
Due to the SMTP and Continuum server being hosted on the same machine that ran the filter, the webserver was located in the computer lab, along with the rest of the computers. Bad move. First I figured out how the thing worked: The software (server-side-only software known as BESS) would inspect all outgoing HTTP requests, and inspect the webpage attempting to be viewed. If it deemed that either the URL or content was "unsuitable", it would cancel the request and return blockpage.html This HTML document contained a template that informed the unfortunate child that " We're sorry, but the page http://www.goatse.cx has been blocked under your organization's filtering criteria under the following categories: Discrimination, Violence, Loophole.
Fair enough. A few kids were actually stupid enough to try to visit our stretchy-anused friend at goatse.cx, but two transgressions sealed the fate of the ill-begotten software:
- The software would sabotage all downloads. This included QuickTime 6, preventing me from watching the MacWorld keynote live. I placed a bounty on the source code.
- The software then was insolent enough to block rumortracker.com (a website that lists Macintosh rumor sites) as Pornography, thus preventing me from finding out what was going on at the Expo. I did the deed myself.
So, now I knew how the filter worked. My first attempt was the obvious thing: modify the blockpage.html source file to redirect to the offending page. That, however, didn't work, because the redirect itself got filtered. A more subtle trick, a single frame, the source of which points to the offending webpage, did not slip through the net either. Hmmmmm. The 'ware is more clever than I thought, I mused. But you can ALWAYS rely on human stupidity! With those encouraging words ringing through my mind, I tried the knob, so to speak: I opened up the filtering application, ticked the box marked Turn web filtering OFF and went merrily on my way to a less-censored Internet.
I will wrap up this rambling semi-demi-rant soon, as you no doubt can by now see the glorious horizontal rule that marks the end of a writeup, but I have one more atrocity to comment on: Throughout my two weeks at this camp, there was a species so foul, so...disturbing...inhabiting the same building as our innocent camp as to make me want to cry: a Christian Ministries group. A group of adults teaching children to drag others kicking and screaming to the shallow end of the gene pool, wearing shirts that said: If you dig a little deeper, you'll see that Evolution Is Dead above a picture of a dinosaur fossil, with the message The creator still has room in his heart for you. I must admit, I was stunned. I didn't think anyone could actually be so misguided.
I was wrong...
I will, at a later time, node the following things:
Curriculum of Cybercamps
History of Cybercamps
James (Jim) "Crowe" Mattingly, my roommate.
but for now, this is good.
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And the “award” goes to: Lubbock, Texas, for the title of America’s Toughest Weather City for 2013.
The Weather Channel’s website played host to a 64-city weather tournament modeled after the NCAA Tournament. The contest opened March 19, and after a quarter of a million votes Lubbock blew away Fairbanks, Alaska, to take home the win.
In the Final Four phase of the tournament, windy Lubbock was pitted against snowy Fargo, N.D., while Fairbanks was up against Caribou, Maine.
It came down to a difference of 4,174 votes as Lubbock defeated Fairbanks 8,672-4,498.
Total votes recorded were 13,170.
According to Weather Channel statistics, Lubbock typically experiences 85 days of temperatures above 90 degrees each year. Fairbanks only gets heat at the 90-degree mark every two years on average.
On the flip side of things, Lubbock can’t even begin to compare with the Alaskan city’s cold temperatures. Fairbanks spends 114 days a year with subzero temperatures.
Fairbanks typically racks up 65 inches of snow annually in comparison to Lubbock’s 8.1 inches.
Lubbock meteorologist Jonathan Guseman said the title is really opinion-based and may not be accurate because the voters might not really know what Lubbock’s weather is like.
“It takes an excellent meteorologist to forecast in Lubbock,” Guseman said. “We just get a lot of different facets of the weather.”
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High: 61°F ~ Low: 34°F
Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015
Kansas Gov. contradictory stances on smokingPosted Tuesday, March 2, 2010, at 8:52 AM
Back in January, Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson made some bold statements during the State of the State Address. He made two statements that, to me, seem to be quite contradictory. The first being a statement to increase the sales tax on cigarettes as an effort to cut into the state's $400 million budget deficit; and the second being a call for a state-wide smoking ban.
Let me make it clear before this get too far that I am not a smoker, I have never been a smoker, and I do not plan to start smoking.
With the nation's economy in a state described in the address by Parkinson as "the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression" the state is facing some major cuts. Parkinson said he has cut $1 billion from the state's budget and cannot find another $400 million to cut. Because of the cut things such as schools, Medicare, and other social services are suffering.
"Our founders shared a vision of great public schools, outstanding universities, safe communities and an economic climate that would allow us all to prosper," Parkinson said during the address. "Unfortunately, what we have built is now at risk. Our accomplishments are at risk because the recession has devastated state revenues ... As a result of my last cuts, schools have closed and universities have laid off professors."
Along with a temporary one percent sales tax, Parkinson said he wanted to increase the sales tax on cigarettes from 79 cents per pack to the national average of $1.34. This proposed increase would be expected to increase tax revenues in the state and help put funding back into the schools, prisons, and social services.
This increase is a good idea as it will generate more revenue, however it is a double-edged sword. With a higher price comes the risk of losing the revenue from people living in cities near bordering states with lower taxes. Smoking is not illegal and those who do smoke will pay whatever the price is to get the cigarettes, therefore, I agree with the tax increase.
At the request of Parkinson and a majority of Kansas citizens, the Kansas Legislature recently passed a statewide public smoking ban, which is currently awaiting Parkinson's signature. This decision seems to be very counterproductive to an increase in cigarette sales tax. Why would the government ban smoking when it is trying to use smoking as a way to increase revenue? That just does not make any logical sense.
If anything, the government should be encouraging those who smoke to keep on smoking, not telling them to quit. If the smokers quit then what is the purpose of the tax increase? If those who smoke can do so only in their homes and their vehicles, then logic would lead one to believe that they would be smoking less cigarettes, again defeating the purpose of a tax increase.
It just seems odd that the Kansas government is on both sides of the fence. Legislators are working to get people to quit smoking, however they are also trying to use smokers as a way to boost the budget.
Again I am not a smoker, but to those who are, I say "Keep on Smoking!" Just because the government has taken nearly every opportunity away from you to smoke does not mean that you have to give up on your chance to save the state's school system and social services.
It is ironic that the state takes so much away from those who smoke but are now looking to the same people to fix the budget.
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We all have our favorite phrases that we use over and over in sales or customer service situations. Those lines that work every time, that make us believable, that make us likable, that make us trustworthy, and above all move the sale forward. Let me share two of my favorites.
My all-time favorite is “good question.” In every sales situation, and especially in situations with the proverbial difficult customer, we encounter either objections or negotiations. Any time a customer objects or asks for anything, complement them by saying “good question.” The operative word is compliment. By saying, “good question,” you have made the person feel good and feel smart that they are asking, and we generally like people who compliment us when the compliment is sincere. I suppose, the response is disarming, but whatever it is, it works. Just be prepared to answer the question and always end your response by thanking them for asking.
What you are really doing is demonstrating your confidence in the product you are selling because you are not afraid of the questions, you know the answers, and you even like the fact that they are asking.
One of my other favorite phrases is specifically used when the customer or client is asking for something that is either beyond what you are willing to give or they are just being unreasonable. In today's world, everyone seems to want it all and is not afraid to ask for it. So the next time a customer makes an unreasonable offer, smile back and say, “I wish we could do that.”
What you're doing is agreeing that it would be nice just to honor the request but you can't. When we step back and think about it, that's the truth. For example, when the customer asks for a 50 percent discount, I really do wish we could give it and still stay in business, but unfortunately, we can't. You are letting the customer know you are on their side, you respect their position, and you're not upset that they asked.
Again, this is a disarming measure, because when a customer or client asks for something that is unreasonable, they are generally expecting a rebuttal or argument. When you agree with them, you have taken them off guard and many times they will agree with you. Just because someone asks for something does not make him or her a good negotiator. Most people who ask for something extra will give up after one or two tries. That's why this tactic or phrase works so well — it simply repels the first assault.
Remember, every objection is a good question, and every time someone asks for more than you are willing to go just tell them that you wish you could. So, if you're wondering why this article only has two killer phrases when there must be more, that's a good question. I wish I could share a few more, but I'm only allotted so much space. But I'm glad you asked that question.
Rick Segel, CSP, is an author and speaker. He blends business topics from sales and marketing to customer service with a side order of humor. Rick is an internationally recognized speaker and is the author of “Retail Business Kit for Dummies” and “Laugh & Get Rich,” and has appeared on more than 100 radio and TV shows. Rick can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Constructing guitar music is difficult enough for those with the proper knowledge, as you must take into consideration the goal of the piece and the desired effect.
For those who are new to the instrument, constructing music can be extremely difficult, as you don’t quite yet understand chords and their relationships. More importantly, you don’t yet know how to build guitar chords.
If you know a beginner guitarist, a guitar chord finder could be just about the most useful gift that they will ever receive.
In this article, we’ll talk about just why that is.
Imagine going someplace for the very first time. A place that you have heard of, have seen pictures of, but have never walked through or seen in person in all of your life. Now imagine being dropped dead in the center of that place, with no explanations or guidance.
It would be nearly impossible to find your way, right?
Now you may say “well I can always ask a passerby for directions” but directions to where? And what if there were no other people. What if it was just you, with your small amount of sight and hearing based knowledge, and the place. It could be a city, a town, or any other place in the world; and it would be just as confusing and frustrating.
That is the equivalent of starting guitar without guidance; being dropped in the center of a foreign land without a map. Obviously, before you went anywhere the first thing you would want to do is buy a map.
So why should guitar be any different? If someone you know is learning guitar, they will benefit more from that map than from no map at all. The guitar chord finder is the perfect map for a guitarist.
It can help them chart out foreign territories while keeping them within reach of that life raft known as familiarity. In most guitar chord finders, chords that work well together are grouped together by kind, such as major or minor, diminished or augmented, triad or seventh chord.
Guitar chord finders are the best tool that a beginner guitarist will get. It can help them to expand their knowledge as well as teach them to read basic notation and charts. Most guitar chord finders are set up so that you learn more than just chords; you also have a chance to learn scales and arpeggios.
This will only further your knowledge, as well as allow you to develop the ever important technique of learning to put two and two together to make four.
In the end, guitar chord finders are a perfect gift for the beginner guitarist who (a) wishes to expand upon their knowledge, (b) wants to begin to develop and improve their song writing skills, and (c) simply learn more about the instrument which they will be spending their time learning. If this sounds like the beginner guitarist that you either know or are, then a guitar chord finder will be the perfect gift for any occasion.
Guitar Pro 6 is one of the best guitar chord finder and a great tool for any guitar musicians available. This would be a great gift if you want to help someone improve their playing skills.
Trusted by 200,000+ students, Jamorama is the leading provider of guitar courses. If you are looking for a fun way to learn the guitar and want to play-along to your favorite songs, check out Jamorama today…
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Posted on Monday, April 7th, 2014 by Germain Lussier
If you leave a movie theater talking and thinking about a film, it was probably a good one. That certainly happened this weekend with Captain America: The Winter Soldier. In addition to all the crazy happenings early in the film, it leaves its characters in a jaw-dropping spot. A spot that not only has ramifications on Avengers: Age of Ultron and the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but on ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as well.
Which raises the question, where did the idea for the Captain America: The Winter Soldier ending come from? Whose wild idea was it to pull the plug on something so major? Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige told us the whole story, and you can read it below. Major spoilers, obviously.
Major spoilers for Captain America: The Winter Soldier below.
In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we learn that HYDRA has been part of S.H.I.E.L.D from its earliest conception. Their more subtle plan for world domination culminates in Project Insight, which will allow them to kill anyone in the blink of an eye, and even predict heroes before they arise. To defeat HYDRA, Cap and his friends have to totally destroy S.H.I.E.L.D. You know, the organization that has been the focus of the MCU since the first Iron Man. The organization that polices the world. The subject of Marvel’s only TV show. It’s gone. Bye bye.
It’s a huge step, so I asked Kevin Feige where the idea came from. Here’s the answer from Feige himself.
Well it was sort of a notion I had in the back of my head during Captain America 1 when we were sort of plotting the timelines for Cap and Avengers. The S.S.R. and Howard Stark’s involvement and, you know, people always ask, do you have master timelines of all the different movies? And we don’t really, but we do have timelines of the details of some of the movies, like the Stark family and things like that. And we were putting that together. And I started to get excited again, just sort of in the back of my own head about the idea that the S.S.R. help defeat the Nazis obviously, but also HYDRA. And that would make sense that the United States truly did bring in some of those HYDRA scientists and experts in technology to incorporate it and that much of what became S.H.I.E.L.D. signature items were a part of the HYDRA Corps brand. And what if you took that to another level and said “Oh, they’ve been in there the whole time, they’ve been growing in there the whole time.” And at some point reveal that much of the work S.H.I.E.L.D. had done was all for this, for the purpose of eventually bringing back HYDRA.
And I think the first person I actually sort of verbalized it to was Chris Evans. On the last day of shooting we were in Central Park on Avengers and he goes “So what are we doing for the next one?” I said, “Well, you know, we love Brubaker’s Winter Soldier, we think there could be something there. And have Sebastian [Stan] become a totally different version of himself. We also have this notion about SHIELD.” He was like “Holy crap, what the…?” And just based on his reaction it was like, “Oh maybe this is good.”
And we worked on a few other things. A few other ideas for the early versions of Cap 2. And then I sat down with Chris Markus and Steve McFeely and our co-producer Nate Moore and said, “Here’s what I’m thinking.” We knew we wanted to have Cap in the modern world, we knew we wanted to do sort of a paranoid global thriller, pit Cap against authority and who can he trust. And it was sort of that notion of “Hey, the first movie’s a World War II movie grafted with a superhero movie. Let’s do a political thriller grafted with a superhero movie.” And that’s when I went “Well I have this thought.” And everybody loved it.
And also the notion of changing the game leading into Avengers: Age of Ultron. That not having the safety net of necessarily of a giant government organization. You have it be just them was interesting and intriguing. All of this was in motion before the TV show existed. So when they told me, “Hey, we wanna do this TV show” and Joss called me and said, “Hey, you know, I’m gonna get involved in this show, I think we can do some cool stuff,” I went ‘Hey, that sounds really cool, good luck, but this is what we’re doing in Cap 2 and I don’t wanna change it for this.” And you don’t have to change it, we’ll figure it out. So stay tuned for that change.
That change might happen this Tuesday on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., or at least in the next few weeks. How do you think the show and movies are going to co-exist now that S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn’t exist? Nick Fury and Black Widow are hiding in Europe, Maria Hill is working at Stark Industries and Cap is looking for the Winter Soldier. Where does that leave Agent Coulson and his team? More importantly, who is protecting the world alongside the Avengers?
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Calling all Tesla fans! Electrical engineer Greg Leyh and his team at the Lightning on Demand organization (LOD) in California are raising the funds necessary to build the world's largest twin Tesla coils (ten stories high, about 120 ft/37 m) that will be capable of generating electric arcs more than 200 feet (60 m) long. Dubbed the "Lightning Foundry," the project currently consists of a working 1:12 scale prototype. When complete, a towering pair of coils will fill a football field-sized area with massive electric bolts that researchers hope will reveal some of the mysteries of this beautiful but deadly force.
Like the "juice" that flows through our home wiring, lightning is electricity, but it behaves very differently than the relatively low voltages we use to power our lives. When natural lightning is initiated, it inexplicably slices through the air as much as ten times more easily than smaller-scale electric arcs. Since previous research indicates that lab-generated electric arcs longer than 200 feet (60 m) begin to behave more like real lightning, Leyh and his team aim to generate even longer arcs in an effort to understand the physics behind this size-related property shift.
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For those unfamiliar with the genius behind the technology Leyh's team is using, Nikola Tesla was a brilliant Serbian inventor who first came to America in 1884 and pioneered the use of alternating current (AC) in power distribution. Along with electricity and wireless power transmission, he was also fascinated with a phenomenon called resonance, the combination of carefully-timed small forces to form massive amounts of energy. His first resonant transformer circuit or Tesla coil (actually comprised of two coils, one surrounded by the other), was designed and built around 1891.
Tesla discovered that when AC built up in the primary coil of his device, it created a magnetic field capable of inducing current in the secondary coil. He then learned that he could make this induction happen more efficiently if the current flowing through both coils matched in their oscillation frequency. By converting low voltage and high current in the primary coil into high voltage and low current in the secondary coil, the whole unit acts like a transformer. The bigger the secondary coil, the greater the resultant voltage, which, when high enough, can shatter the surrounding air into charged ions that permit current flow. At that point, the accumulated energy is discharged in the form of a high-energy arc, standard issue in the labs of all mad scientists.
While awaiting completion funds for the behemoth version of the Lightning Foundry, Leyh's team is gleaning useful information from its functional scale prototype. Along with the luxury of being able to test out new design ideas, the group reports numerous instances of unexpected behavior from the device, including the wireless transmission of power over long distances, a key goal of Tesla's throughout his checkered career. Check out the LOD site if you'd like to play a role in this electrifying pursuit!View gallery - 4 images
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Join us for ITPro IaaS Day! Learn how to integrate Windows Azure virtual machines (VMs) into your infrastructure. If you’re an experienced IT Pro but you haven’t spent much time with Windows Azure VMs, you’ll appreciate these real-world examples on Windows Azure infrastructure as a service (IaaS). Join Cheryl McGuire and Ronald Beekelaar as they walk you through the basics of creating and configuring VMs, virtual networks, and cross-premises communication. They discuss the "what, why, and how" of virtualization, along with details about managing VMs, how they behave in Windows Azure, and how to configure good network communication to get things up and running in the cloud.
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> I like geometry. Let's start with Hilbert's axioms > for Euclidean > geometry and prove a couple theorems and a couple > statements that > look like they are theorems but are demonstrably > false. >
Good luck. It has been my experience that even the most trivial geometric proofs starting from formal axioms are very long and tedious indeed. I cannot recommend it for the beginner. Better to start with the simplest possible systems, e.g. logic and set theory that are the basis for EVERY branch of mathematics.
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America’s monuments tell us something about the people who view the monuments, as well as informing us about the people or events the monuments commemorate.
With statues of brass, for example, if people touch the statute in the same place, repeatedly, the brass is brighter at that spot. At Lincoln’s tomb in Springfield, Illinois, the bust by Gutzon Borglum has a shiny nose, where thousands — or millions — have touched his nose.
Look at her hands, showing the bright brass history of people reaching out to touch her.
Touring and sight-seeing (and site-seeing) continue today on our Teaching American History grant studies tour of Washington. Blogging will be light, apologies. Much, much to talk about.
- Eleanor Roosevelt (time.com)
- Eleonor Roosevelt (milenanik3.wordpress.com)
- Eleonor Roosevelt (abbuni.wordpress.com)
- Newstalgia Reference Room – Eleanor Roosevelt Addresses The 1956 Democratic Convention. (crooksandliars.com)
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Empathy Through Art
For those of us who have helped take care of someone with Dementia, we know how important it is to create and find moments of connection with our loved ones. But, as we watch them fade, it can be incredibly difficult to stay strong and not let our own pain distract us from seeking these out. Oftentimes, caregivers have given everything and need their own support systems and outlets for the emotions that build from these experiences. How do we create these moments in ways that don’t add more to our already full plates?
My grandfather was diagnosed with dementia in his early eighties. He lived until he was 92. His slow decline over 10+ years was extraordinarily difficult for him and my family, but it wasn’t any one moment that was singularly painful – rather, it was the slow erosion of will and the consistent, gradually building pressure that had a lasting impact on my family. I remember feeling incredibly guilty at my grandfather’s funeral because I cried not only from my sadness to see him go, but also from relief. But I was sad to see him go. Even though he didn’t remember my name or who I was, I still found connections that stay with me to this day.
Our connection was music. I play the piano because my grandfather played the piano. Every time my grandfather would pass a piano he would sit down and play one of his favorite pieces. The one I remember is Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. He would forget it bit by bit over time, but could always manage to play the theme, even at the very end. I would play music for him and the rest of the assisted living community and sometimes there would be dancing and singing too. It was in these moments that I knew there was something still there – no matter how deep inside or far away, there was still a spark, just maybe not quite enough to light the fire. It would take me 10 more years to learn how to play the Rhapsody in Blue all the way through, but every time I play the theme I still think of my grandfather.
I personally believe in the power of art, music, dance, and other creative mediums to create not only these moments of connection, but also moments of understanding. That’s why we’ve started Empathy Through Art. We’re building a framework and process for using the creative mediums to talk about, understand, create empathy for, and build community around social challenges that we face today. We’ve partnered with the Dementia Alliance of NC on our first project focused on Alzheimer’s and Dementia. We hope that you will be part of it – join us on May 3rd from 5-9pm at Imurj in downtown Raleigh for our Art of Mind Opening Reception. We’ve brought together visual art on Alzheimer’s and Dementia from over 45 artists as well as music and spoken word performances on the topic. We hope to see you there!
Written by Charles Adair, Founder of Empathy Through Art
More about Friday’s event!
Come down this First Friday from 5 pm – 9 pm to see the ambitious, national exhibit; Art of Mind! Featuring over 50 artists of many disciplines, this exhibit also has a sister location at A Place at the Table Raleigh, just a few blocks away! The cost is free but donations will be accepted to support the project. Art will be for sale.
Imurj has partnered with Empathy Through Art, a non-profit launching this spring, to use art in all its forms to tackle the issue of Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Together, Imurj, Empathy Through Art, and the Dementia Alliance of North Carolina are bringing together artists, musicians, dancers, writers, sculptors, and more to share their work related to Alzheimer’s and Dementia. These works of art, while on exhibit, will serve as the foundation for a series of local, community-based events and projects on the topic, including a First Friday event in May, multimedia project created by local artists, and a fundraising event in the fall.
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Sled dogs have held an essential role in the life and culture of Alaska for thousands of years. In Denali – the only national park in America with a working sled dog kennel – they now perform essential wintertime duties in a vast expanse of designated Wilderness area. Follow this blog for updates on their ongoing adventures, and accomplishments.
On Nov.1, 2013 sled builder Matt Emslie trained the kennels staff in the art of traditional basket sled building. He helped us replace a very worn set of runners on the summer demo sled that he built for us a few years ago.
This blog was written to supplement the Puppy Paws Episode 4 video. If you haven't seen the Puppy Paws videos you can watch them on the kennels page at http://www.nps.gov/dena/planyourvisit/kennels.htm. Read on if you are curious to know more about what traits, both physical and mental, we are looking for in our puppies.
August 03, 2012Posted by: Bryan Marshall, Kennels SCA
This week, we take you behind the scenes of one of Denali's most popular Ranger programs, the summer sled dog demonstration. Enjoy this sneak peak and perhaps you will get a first hand view of the action at some point this summer. It happens three times a day during peak season and you can find out more at http://www.nps.gov/dena/planyourvisit/kennels.htm
Well, last summer’s pups are nearly grown up. Not really, but in many ways it feels like it. They are not quite full sized adult dogs yet, but they have outgrown their fluffy puppy bodies and are acting more and more like grown up sled dogs. They are excellent skijorers and joined the team with the big dogs pulling the sled on patrols. So what is next? It is time to think about the next generation.
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Nebraska Revised Statute 89-192
Chapter 89 Section 192
Commodities; sale; weight, measure, count.
Except as otherwise provided by the director, commodities in liquid form shall be sold by liquid measure or by weight and commodities not in liquid form shall be sold only by weight, by measure, or by count, so long as the method of sale provides the ability for cost comparison and accurate quantity information.
- Laws 1972, LB 1413, § 10;
- Laws 1991, LB 356, § 21.
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In reading the news this morning I came across this awesome story about the importance of doing small things. This is very relevant to your marriage because often it is the little things that make the difference in a relationship. I call them “8 second vignettes.” Your life is built up of 8 second building blocks. These 8 second time slots can be filled with scolding, indifference or kindness. You reap what you sow, so….you may as well reap some kindness and make a difference in your life and family.
The following is a wonderful example of doing a small kindness and how that can greatly impact others around you. It’s from an interview by Adam Bryant of the New York Times with Gary E. McCullough, president and chief executive of the Career Education Corporation, and was featured in the August 8, 2009 online edition of the NYT. Here’s the link to the entire article: The Lesson of the 38 Candy Bars. Enjoy the story and go, make a difference:
Q. What’s the most important leadership lesson you’ve learned?
A. The biggest one I learned, and I learned it early on in my tenure in the Army, is the importance of small gestures. As you become more senior, those small gestures and little things become sometimes more important than the grand ones. Little things like saying “please” and “thank you” — just the basic respect that people are due, or sending personal notes. I spend a lot of time sending personal notes.
I’ll never forget one of the interactions we had with my commanding general of the division in which I was a platoon leader. We were at Fort Bragg, N.C. We had miserable weather. It was February and not as warm as you would think it would be in North Carolina. It had been raining for about a week, and the commanding general came around to review some of the platoons in the field. He went to one of my vehicle drivers and he asked him what he thought of the exercise we were on. To which the young private said, “Sir, it stinks.” I saw my short career flash before my eyes at that point.
He asked why, and the private said: “There are people who think this is great weather for doing infantry operations. I personally think 75 and partly cloudy is better.”
And so the commanding general said, “What can I do to make it better for you?” And the private said, “Sir, I sure could use a Snickers bar.” So a couple days later we were still moving through some really lousy weather, and a box showed up for the private. And that box was filled with 38 Snickers bars, which is the number of people in my platoon. And there was a handwritten note from the commanding general of our division that said, “I can’t do anything about the weather, but I hope this makes your day a bit brighter, and please share these with your buddies.”
And on that day, at that time, we would’ve followed that general anywhere. It was a very small thing, and he didn’t need to do it, but it impressed upon me that small gestures are hugely important.
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State Reform of Medicaid Drug Programs
Medicaid is a joint federal-state program that provides medical care to more than 60 million low-income individuals and families. Medicaid rolls in many states have risen over the past several years as a result of the recession and continuing high unemployment. Indeed, in 2011 the average growth rate in Medicaid spending was about 6.1 percent.
For complete study: bg165.pdf
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TROY, MI--(Marketwire - Sep 25, 2012) - More than one-in-three respondents (43 percent) to the Kelly Global Workforce Index (KGWI) believe that in order to develop their skills and advance their careers, it is more important to change employers, rather than remain with their existing employer.
The KGWI examines issues of job mobility and career progression as part of a shift to a more autonomous and empowered workforce. The survey reflects a changing attitude from workers, with more seeking to gain new experiences and skills with multiple employers. Nearly 170,000 people in 30 countries participated in the survey, including approximately 20,000 in the United States.
In spite of the lingering uncertainty in the economy, almost two-thirds (63 percent) say that if they did change jobs, they would be in a good position to negotiate a similar or better position.
"We are seeing a shifting attitude on the part of employees who are increasingly embracing the idea of working for multiple employers as a way to gain a wider array of work experience while they grow their careers," said Steve Armstrong, senior vice president and general manager, Kelly Services.
The survey shows that the idea of a career-for-life with one employer is regarded as relevant by 44 percent of workers. However, those with professional and technical skills are less attracted to the career-for-life (39 percent) proposition compared to other workers (49 percent).
Results of the survey in the United States also show:
- Well over half (60 percent) say experience with multiple employers is an asset in their career development.
- More than a third (36 percent) admit that they actively look for new jobs, even when happy in their current ones.
- Only 22 percent believe they will have the chance to progress or gain a promotion with their current employer in the next year.
- Half of those surveyed believe that their current employer is not realizing their full potential.
"Employers face the reality that even happy workers are actively planning for the next step in their career and that many workers are seeing the advantages of wider employment experiences with a more diverse range of organizations," Armstrong said. "Employers need to consider ways to improve their development and promotional programs so that employees think twice before switching employers."
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ONE of only seven remaining survivors of a Second World War ship has been honoured.
Albert Martin, 91, of Paprills, Lee Chapel South, was on board HMS Penelope 70 years ago on February 18 when she was torpedoed.
Ten minutes later the ship sunk with the loss of 417 lives – 206 men were rescued.
Albert worked in the cordite handling room sending shells and charges up to the gun crews.
He said: “The work was hard, but you got used to it. It was always very hot and the corporal in charge would lock the door in case of flooding, so there was no way out.”
Fortunately, on the day of the sinking, Albert had been transferred to a different area.
Seventy years on, members of the HMS Penelope Association have honoured Albert with a commemorative book with the ship’s battles and the names of those who lost their lives. He was also handed a set of ship cufflinks by fellow association member Andrew Tween, from Maldon.
Albert joined the Royal Marines in 1940 aged 18 before joining the Royal Naval Auxiliary Service for 19 years throughout the Cold War.
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APHA Recognizes UK Doctoral Student’s Work at Annual Meeting
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 13, 2013) — The American Public Health Association (APHA) Health Administration Section has selected Rachel A. Hogg, a graduate research assistant at the National Coordinating Center for Public Health Systems & Services Research (PHSSR) and Practice Based Research Networks (PBRNs) at the University Of Kentucky College of Public Health, as the recipient of the Outstanding Student Abstract Award for 2013.
The abstract titled “Hospital collaboration in public health: How hospitals can impact the scope of public health services,” describes the results of research conducted by Hogg and Glen Mays, the F. Douglas Scutchfield Endowed Professor of Health Services and Systems and director of the Coordinating Center.
Together, Hogg and Mays examined how hospitals participate in local public health, what services they contribute and how their participation affects overall availability of public health services in the system. The findings provide evidence that increased hospital participation expands the availability of public health protections in communities across the U.S.
"Local public health systems are becoming more integrated with non-government and health care organizations increasingly participating in public health activities," said Hogg.
"With the tightening of community-benefit requirements for hospitals under the Affordable Care Act, we wanted to take a deeper look at what activities hospitals typically participate in, what that can do to service availability, and determine if any synergies exist between the local health department and hospital. In part, this was to help establish a base for future research examining how hospital contributions may impact population health in communities,” said Hogg.
“Public health improvement is a collective action problem,” said Mays, “so understanding the changing division of labor within the public health enterprise is absolutely essential if we want to maximize health impact and economic value. Rachel’s work provides exactly this type of insight to inform policy and administrative decision-making.”
Hogg received her award at the APHA annual meeting, held Nov. 2-6 in Boston.
About the National Coordinating Center for Public Health Services and Systems Research (PHSSR) and Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRNs):
The goal of the National Coordinating Center is to grow the field of PHSSR & PBRNs by coordinating current investments, supporting real-world applications, and strengthening the capacity of researchers and practitioners. The Center also works to determine the future direction of the field’s research initiatives; translate that research into practice; increase the visibility of the work; and attract other funders to the field. For more information, visit www.publichealthsystems.org. Follow the center on Twitter @cphssr and @ph_pbrn.
About the University of Kentucky College of Public Health:
The College of Public Health is committed to quality in all of its education, research and service efforts. Evidence of this commitment to quality is full accreditation by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH), full membership in the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH), and Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) . The College of Public Health is committed to the practice community, as evidenced by its collaborations with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Kentucky Department for Public Health, Lexington-Fayette County Health Department, Kentucky Public Health Association, and the Kentucky Health Department Association. For more information, visit www.uky.edu/publichealth.
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To put it simply, the term maxillofacial orthopaedics means changing the size, shape and relationship of the jaws to create symmetry.
Early intervention with Orthopaedics will give the greatest chance of the best result and although patients are able to treated at any age, those with available growth may enjoy a substantial advantage.
Orthopaedics will help permanent teeth grow into the right places, reducing or eliminating the need for extractions and for some patients, early treatment may prevent the need for surgical intervention in later life.
The exact type of treatment and appliances required to correct the problem will depend upon the information gathered from the diagnosis during initial consultation. Orthopaedics will most commonly use the following types of appliances:
These types of appliances are used during the first phase of orthopaedic treatment and are normally removable and are made of a plastic plate or metal skeleton with wires attached.
They will usually have a screw in the plate to achieve the development of the jaws, which is activated as prescribed.
Functional appliances are used during the second phase of orthopaedic treatment if required. The type of functional appliance used will depend on the patients age and development.
They are designed to correct jaws that are growing improperly, by working with the growth of the patients jaws and facial muscles.
Orthopaedics will often be combined with a final phase of orthodontic treatment and can also reduce the time required wearing orthodontic appliances .
In some cases it may eliminate the need for orthodontic appliances completely as the permanent teeth are sometimes correctly aligned following orthopaedic therapy.
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Courses/Computer Science/CPSC 203/CPSC 203 2007Fall L04/CPSC 203 2007Fall L04 Lectures/Lecture 18
Today we continue our look at computer security and look at what principles from the biological sciences we can apply to computer security.The text-book chapter 7 provides a more IT oriented perspective on security which will provide our glossary for this and the previous lecture.
We will also begin looking at Problem Solving -- to prepare for a Problem Solving exercise next lecture.
The objectives of today's class are:
- House Keeping
- A Quick view of "A" quality for Assignment 2.
- Group Projects
- Should have project argument set out, and switch to filling out the web presentation (by Nov 16th)
- Group Project Presentations begin the week of Nov 26th. Will be by lab/tutorial sections. Schedule posted next week.
- Group Projects
- Final Exam Date and Time has been set: Monday Dec 17, 12-2p.m. (room unknown).
- Security Glossary
- Attack Trees as Boolean Logic
- Biological Lessons for Computer Security
- Problem Solving Glossary (introduction).
- Counting, Causes, Effects.
Security Glossary (Most Answers in Chapter 7 of TEXT)
- Client/Server -- client makes a request, Server fullfills request. E.g. Firefox is the browser client. Apache is the web server.
- Peer-to-Peer -- program can act as both a client and a server.
- Computer Virus -- a piece of malicious software that attaches to a host-program and attempts to spread itself.
- Trojan Horse Attacks -- a program that appears desireable, but with a secret malicious payload.
- Denial of Service Attacks -- overloading a system, so it can not serve legitimate requests.
- SQL Injection Attacks -- 'Taking over' the DB Query engine by inserting SQL into text, to obtain access to data and computer resources.
- Buffer Overflow Attack -- Overflowing the buffer in a program, which often gives access to system internals at a higher priviledge level than authorized.
- Computer Worm -- independently running programs that run through a network, causing damage.
- Spam -- Email you don't want.
- Firewalls -- Software or Hardware that prevents access to networks and the computers on it
- Packet filtering -- filtering packets sent to specific logical ports.
- Packet blocking -- making certain logical ports inaccessible
- Encryption and Security -- Encryption makes data unreadable except by authorized users (who have a key) and thus provides security in transmission between Alice and Bob from a middle-man Fred reading their transimission.
- Privacy and Security -- An ongoing debate is the relationship between privacy and security. So these terms are under development.
Biological Security and Computer Security
- Opening Example -- how Lyme Disease Avoids Detection
- Notice Biological Terminology used in Computer Security
- viruses and information
- worms and bacteria
- Two Biological Approaches to Security
- Vertical Resistance -- the 'anti-virus' approach
- Horizontal Resistance -- the 'fault-tolerant' approach
- Network Security as Epidemiology
- How far can a virus spread through a network
- How fast can a virus spread through a network
Problem Solving Glossary
- Conditional probability (in terms of cause/effect)
- Top Down Design
- Object Oriented Design
TIA 4th Edn: Chapter 7 pp 302-339
TIA 3rd Edn: Chapter 7 pp 290 - 325
Secrets and Lies. Digital Security in a Networked World. By Bruce Schneier
The Structure and Dynamics of Networks. Editted by Newman, Barbasi and Watts
Chaconas and Bankhead. 20007. The role of VIsE antigenic variation in the Lyme disease spiorchete: persistence through a mechanism that differs from other pathogens. Molecular Microbiology.
Ulanowicz, B. 1999. Life after newton: an ecological metaphysic. BioSystems 50. 127-142
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The herpes virus, an ancient and unwelcome human companion, comes in more than one form. Herpes simplex 1 is almost always the culprit in cold sores or fever blisters that erupt around the mouth; herpes simplex 2 is generally responsible for genital herpes. But, in fact, both forms of the virus can cause eruptions on the genitals and around the mouth.
Herpes outbreaks are usually painful and unsightly, as well as contagious. Anywhere from 60 to 90 percent of us carry herpes simplex 1, probably as a result of childhood infection. Genital herpes is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections. Once you have the virus, you have it. It may lie dormant, but it doesn’t go away. And it can be spread, even if you have no signs of the infection.
Medication options for cold sores:
Fortunately, there are safe and effective drugs for herpes. Commonly used for genital herpes, they can also be used to treat cold sores as well as to suppress future outbreaks. The oral prescription drugs are acyclovir (brand name Zovirax), valacyclovir (Valtrex) and famciclovir (Famvir), all available in generic form. Acyclovir is also available as a cream, as is another prescription drug, penciclovir (Denavir); the creams do not work as well as the oral medications. The cream docosanol (Abreva) is sold over the counter. These do not cure herpes in the sense that antibiotics cure bacterial infections, but do reduce the severity of outbreaks and have few, if any, serious side effects. And long-term daily oral doses can cut down on recurrences.
Final note: To head off cold sores, a sunscreen, applied to the lips daily, can be useful. Sunlight seems to activate herpes simplex 1 in some people
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This week , the Eagle ,US Coast Guard Sailboat,visited Reykajvik Iceland .
They stayed for three days,and invited Icelanders to visit and board the big vessel to see it up close.
I took this video yesterday evening at 21:00 hours.
The weather was calm and warm
The USCGC Eagle (WIX-327) (ex-SSS Horst Wessel) is a 295-foot (90 m) barque used as a training cutter for future officers of the United States Coast Guard. She is one of only two active commissioned sailing vessels in American military service, the other being the USS Constitution.
She is the seventh U.S. Navy or Coast Guard ship to bear the name in a line dating back to 1792
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Introduction to Principal Component Analysis
Principal component analysis with CPPTRAJThe goal here is to perform principal component analysis (PCA) using CPPTRAJ on two different trajectories of a 36-mer double stranded DNA, d(GCACGAACGAACGAACGC). One of the trajectories was run on GPUs and the other on CPUs with the goal of determining if both technologies sampled the same conformational space of the DNA. The trajectories here are exemplary; the full data is available at:
Papers describing this work are:
- R Galindo-Murillo, DR Roe, and TE Cheatham, III. "Convergence and reproducibility in molecular dynamics simulations of the DNA duplex d(GCACGAACGAACGAACGC)." Biochimica Biophys. Acta 1850, 1041-1058 (2015). doi: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2014.09.007. [BBAGEN link]
- R Galindo-Murillo, DR Roe, and TE Cheatham, III. "On the absence of intrahelical DNA dynamics on the μs to ms timescale." Nature Commun. 5:5152 (2014) doi: 10.1038/ncomms6152. [Nature Commun. link ]
Brief Introduction to PCAPCA is a technique that can be used to transform a series of potentially coordinated observations into a set of orthogonal vectors called principal components (PCs). One way to think of PCs is that they are a means of explaining variance in the data. If the input data are Cartesian coordinates, then a PC is a means of showing variance in coordinate space. PCA is done in such a way that the first PC shows the largest variance in the data, the second PC shows the second largest and so on. The input to PCA in this example will be the coordinate covariance matrix calculated from the time series of 3D positional coordinates, so the PCs will represent certain modes of motion undergone by the system, with the first PC representing the dominant motion.
One important thing to keep in mind is that while PCA is useful for gaining insight into the dynamics of a system, the actual motion of the system throughout the course of a simulation is almost always a combination of the individual PCs. So while motion along a single PC might show a transition, it is usually not actually how the system undergoes that transition.
Step 1: Calculation of the coordinate covariance matrixAs mentioned above, the input to PCA will be a coordinate covariance matrix. The entries to this matrix are the covariance between the X, Y, and Z components of each atom, so the final matrix will have a size of [3 * # selected atoms] X [3 * # selected atoms]. This means that in order to properly populate this matrix we will need at least as many input frames to calculate the coordinate covariance matrix as we have rows/columns (i.e. 3 * # selected atoms).
The script we are going to use is: pca-cpu-gpu.cpptraj. As the trajectories may not have the same number of atoms, we need to load up the topology file (prmtop) information for each. We assign a tag or name for each with the name handler [name] functionality.
parm cpu/cpu.prmtop [cpu] parm gpu/gpu.prmtop [gpu]The topology file "cpu/cpu.prmtop" can now be referred to by '[cpu]' instead of the full file name. With the topologies loaded, we now want to load up the trajectories each with their respective topologies. In this example, each trajectory is 10001 frames long so our combined data set will be 20002 frames, the first 10001 frames correspond to the cpu frames and the from 10002 to 20002, correspond to the GPU frames.
trajin cpu/cpu.nc parm [cpu] trajin gpu/gpu.nc parm [gpu]Now if we were just to calculate the coordinate covariance matrix from the raw trajectory data, we will not only capture internal motion, but also the global rotation and translation of the system. Since in this instance we are interested in only internal dynamics, we need to remove the rotational/translational motion, which we will accomplish by performing a coordinate RMS best-fit to a reference structure, which in our case will be the averaged coordinates. To generate the average coordinates we first put the frames in a common reference by RMS fitting to the first frame using all atoms of the DNA (residues 1-36) except the hydrogens.
rms first :1-36&!@H=We then create an average structure over the entire set of frames loaded and save the coordinates as 'cpu-gpu-average', which can be subsequently used as a reference structure. Note that if we wanted to we could write the averaged coordinates out to a file in any format CPPTRAJ supports as well.
average crdset cpu-gpu-averageCPPTRAJ has the notion of "data sets" which can be of multiple formats. Here we create a coordinate dataset that will save all of the input frames. This allows us to act on the entire set later without have to re-read in the trajectories from disk. We refer to the loaded frame coordinate dataset as: cpu-gpu-trajectories.
createcrd cpu-gpu-trajectoriesThe commands above will generate the average structure which we want to use as a reference. To run the above now, without exiting the program, we input the run command.
runNow we have generated the averaged coordinates, 'cpu-gpu-average', as well as saved the frames from the input trajectories. Now we can RMS-fit the saved trajectory frames to the averaged coordinates to remove global rotational/translational motion. This is done using the crdaction command.
crdaction cpu-gpu-trajectories rms ref cpu-gpu-average :1-36&!@H=Now we use the matrix command to generate the coordinate covariance matrix, which we will name 'cpu-gpu-covar':
crdaction cpu-gpu-trajectories matrix covar \ name cpu-gpu-covar :1-36&!@H=Note that the backslash '\' character can be used to continue a line; this is useful for making complicated input more readable.
Step 2: Calculate principal components and coordinate projectionsNow that we have the matrix, we can obtain PCs by diagonalizing it; this will give us the eigenvectors (i.e. the PCs) and the eigenvalues (i.e. the "weight" of each PC). To start, we will obtain the first three eigenvectors:
runanalysis diagmatrix cpu-gpu-covar out cpu-gpu-evecs.dat \ vecs 3 name myEvecs \ nmwiz nmwizvecs 3 nmwizfile dna.nmd nmwizmask :1-36&!@H=The runanalysis command tells cpptraj to run 'diagmatrix' immediately instead of adding it to the Analysis queue. The nmwiz and related keywords generate output which can be used to visualize principal component data with the 'nmwiz' plugin for VMD.
Once this command has completed the file 'cpu-gpu-evecs.dat' and the data set 'myEvecs' will contain the eigenvectors (PCs) and eigenvalues (this data is referred to collectively as "eigenmode data"). It is often useful to write these out to a file as they can be read back in later for further analysis. We can now project the trajectory coordinates along PCs to see how much the coordinates of each frame "match up" along each principal component. We can do this for the frames from the original individual trajectories, which will essentially allow us to compare how well the motions from each individual trajectory match. Note that it is critical that the frames used for projection are the same ones used to generate the coordinate covariance matrix. In this case the saved frames in memory can be used. It is also necessary that the same atom mask that was used to generate the matrix is used for projection.
crdaction cpu-gpu-trajectories projection CPU modes myEvecs \ beg 1 end 3 :1-36&!@H= crdframes 1,10001 crdaction cpu-gpu-trajectories projection GPU modes myEvecs \ beg 1 end 3 :1-36&!@H= crdframes 10002,lastIn this case the projections from the cpu trajectories are named 'CPU' and the projections from the gpu trajectories are named 'GPU'. Once this data is generated, we can make normalized histograms of the three calculated projections from each trajectory with hist analysis commands, followed by the run command to actually do the work!
hist CPU:1 bins 100 out cpu-gpu-hist.agr norm name CPU-1 hist CPU:2 bins 100 out cpu-gpu-hist.agr norm name CPU-2 hist CPU:3 bins 100 out cpu-gpu-hist.agr norm name CPU-3 hist GPU:1 bins 100 out cpu-gpu-hist.agr norm name GPU-1 hist GPU:2 bins 100 out cpu-gpu-hist.agr norm name GPU-2 hist GPU:3 bins 100 out cpu-gpu-hist.agr norm name GPU-3 runThe data set indices (e.g. ':1') refer to the principal components, so that 'CPU:1' is the first principal component from CPU etc.
Step 3: Visualizing principal componentsNow that this phase of the analysis has been completed, we can issue the clear all command to get rid of all stored data so we can do further analysis with a "clean slate".
clear allOur next step is to visualize the fluctuations of the eigenmodes. To do this, we read in the generated file with the eigenvectores using the readdata command.
readdata cpu-gpu-evecs.dat name EvecsLoad up a topology and modify it so that it will match how the coordinate covariance matrix (and the subsequent eigenvectors) were calculated:
parm cpu/cpu.prmtop parmstrip !(:1-36&!@H=) parmwrite out cpu-gpu-modes.prmtopCreate a NetCDF pseudo-trajectory file of motion along the first PC. The min and max values can be chosen by looking at the histogram of the PC projection.
runanalysis modes name Evecs trajout cpu-gpu-mode1.nc \ pcmin -100 pcmax 100 tmode 1 trajoutmask :1-36&!@H= trajoutfmt netcdfNow you can open the files in Chimera / VMD and watch the movie of the first mode of motion! cpu-gpu-modes.prmtop and cpu-gpu-modes.nc.
Copyright Thomas E. Cheatham III, Christina Bergonzo, Daniel Roe & Rodrigo Galindo-Murillo, 2015
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Now you have the basic shape, you can add any details you want, I added a simple door and window. Click on the paint bucket tool at the top, paint you...
If you're like me, then you have noticed everyone but you seems to make cool 3D models. I will show you how to make a simple house in google sketchup. You can download google sketchup at their website here: http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/index.html it is a free, fast and easy 3D modeling software. lets get started!
After you've downloaded, open it from wherever you placed it. There will be a model of a person in the middle of your screen, delete it by clicking on it and then hitting delete on your keyboard.
Step 2: The base
Now, on the top of the screen there are a bunch of icons; click on the one that looks like a square. With this tool you can make rectangles and squares, drag it to make the base of the house. Now click on the icon that shows an arrow coming out of a rectangle, it is the extrude tool. Click on your rectangle and drag it to the right height.
Step 3: The roof
Now click on the pencil icon, it is the draw tool you can use it to make lines. Click where it says center on the edge of the house, make this line as tall as you want the roof to be. Then from the two edges make lines to the top of the center line (see picture) repeat these steps on the other side. To complete the roof make a line that joins the two points together (see picture 2)
Step 4: The chimney
Take out that rectangle tool again, and make a rectangle on the roof where you want the chimney to be. Then use the draw tool to make four lines coming up to the same height and then connect them to make a chimney shape, this chimney looks pretty good but we can do better, draw four lines around the rim (see third picture) then use the extrude tool to push the smaller rectangle inside (see picture four)
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Sometimes at work we hear about strategy meetings. The executives have a strategy meeting. Corporate managers can have an off-site strategy meeting. Managers in a retail store or supervisors in a coffee shop can have strategy meetings. What they heck is strategy and why do people meet about it?
The dictionary indicates strategy is a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim. Wikipedia indicates strategy is a high level plan to achieve one or more goals under conditions of uncertainty. The roots of the word strategy come from Ancient Greek stratos “army” and ago “I lead, I conduct.” When people meet about strategy they develop plans to get something done. The something done arises out of the commitment to an imagined future the group or leader wants to create. Strategy is born out of vision.
How does strategy relate to the business of you? As individuals we are not an “army.” However, if we look at the roots of the word army, we find a relation to the Latin armor “to arm” arma “tools, arms” and an old Proto-Indo-European word h2er meaning “to join, fit together” For the business of you, we fit together the elements of our lives to accomplish something. From this perspective, strategy for our business is our plan to achieve the future we imagine for ourselves given the uncertainty we deal with in our particular situation. The intent of strategy is to improve our fitness of use within our environment or to shape or cope with our ever-changing environment. To create the future we envision, we pursue the strategies we develop.
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Commentary: New city treatment plant is a good step
City officials and citizens recently saw up close the construction site of Willmar's new $86.2 million wastewater treatment plant and conveyance system.
They saw good construction progress that is creating the new wastewater treatment system located nearly six miles west of the city limits.
A financing plan is in place. The city already has received $3.5 million in grants and is waiting for Congress to fund a $15 million federal grant. For nearly a decade, the city has been increasing user rates 6.35 percent per year to help fund the project.
While site work began less than one year ago, officials hope to complete the project by Oct. 7, 2010, just over 13 months from now.
Willmar sorely needed a new wastewater treatment plant. The current plant, once located outside the city, is now surrounded by housing and business development. In addition, the plant is nearly 70 years old.
The new plant construction is quite impressive for those who have seen it.
Hopefully, the new plant will work just as designed. Best of all, the new plant, located to be out of sight, will find that its odor will not be detectable for nearby city or rural residents.
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Please help me explain the following quotation from William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, Act II, including the name of the speaker and what is being discussed: "Let’s all be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius.”
For Act II in Julius Caesar, I need some help in analyzing and explaining quotations: Tell who the speaker is, whom he is talking and about what.
Clarify what the quotation reveals about the character or the themes.
1-Let’s all be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius.”
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In this quotation from William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Brutus is talking to Cauis about their plan to murder Julius Caesar by stabbing him with daggers. In ancient Rome, animals were sacrificed to the gods by being killed and then carved up. The entrails, skin, and bones were burnt as offerings, and the meat cooked and served to the people attending the festival. Physically, the act of carving up an animal was the same when done by a sacrificer or a butcher but the intent was different. Interestingly, animal sacrifices had to indicate their willingness by bowing their heads on the way to the altar to be an acceptable sacrifice.
CASSIUS:Decius, well urged. I think it is not meet
Mark Antony, so well beloved of Caesar,
Should outlive Caesar. We shall find of him
A shrewd contriver; and you know his means,(165)
If he improve them, may well stretch so far
As to annoy us all, which to prevent,
Let Antony and Caesar fall together.
BRUTUS: Our course will seem too bloody, Caius Cassius.
To cut the head off and then hack the limbs
Like wrath in death and envy afterwards;
For Antony is but a limb of Caesar.
Let us be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius. - See more at: http://www.enotes.com/topics/julius-caesar/etext/act-ii#sthash.MjPUR1uX.dpuf
The characters in Julius Caesar are continuously calling each other by name. The audience only sees actors on a stage, almost all of whom are men who are dressed alike. The audience has to be reminded of their identities, and Shakespeare had no way of achieving this other than by inserting names in the dialogue. A good example of this ongoing necessity is to be seen above where Brutus calls Cassius by name twice in only five lines. These two men have known each other since childhood. Normally such men would not be calling each other by name, but the names are intended for the benefit of the audience.
It also points to the fact that Brutus believed, and indeed wanted everyone to know, that the attack on Caesar was a "sacrifice" of Caesar to the cause of liberty and the restoration of the Republic and not a wonton murder for political gain.
Caesar alone was their target, as he was the "tyrant" and although it made perfect political sense to also murder certain of Caesar's followers, most notably Mark Antony, Brutus forbid this -- there was to be no wholesale massacre of Caesarians. The forum was not to run red with blood.
"Let’s all be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius.”
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TSMC has reportedly started trial manufacturing of Apple's next generation A6 chips shifting from its traditional chip supplier, Samsung Electronics.
The report was released today by Reuters citing an un-named source.
"TSMC has got all the authorization and details ready. Whether Apple puts in a
formal order will depend on the yield rate," said the source, who was not
authorized to speak to the media.
Trial manufacturing means that TSMC would get actual orders for the chips soon,
depending on its yield rate, or the amount of chips per batch that come out with
If the rumours are true, the move would be a blow for Samsung, which has been the
sole supplier of the A5 chips used in the iPad 2, had made the A4 processor for
the original iPad as well as the processor for the iPhone. However, Apple has
hinted it is keen to diversify its supply chain from the Korean company. Samsung
has emerged as Apple's toughest competitor in the smartphone and tablet market and
is involved in an acrimonious legal battle with Apple over patents.
The A6 is rumored to be an ARM-based quad-core processor implemented in a 28-nm manufacturing process.
TSMC, Apple and Samsung have not commented on the report.
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When architect Al Beadle designed and built a house for Burton Barr in 1955, it was on the edge of town near what is now called Piestewa Peak.
Barr went on to be one of Arizona's most powerful politicians.
Beadle put his mark on Phoenix architecture, and his Midcentury Modern homes have enjoyed a renaissance of interest the past decade.
Meanwhile, Phoenix sprawled across the Valley in the past half century with freeways knifing through neighborhoods.
Fortunately, Beadle's Barr house was spared by road builders. It is tucked in a quiet neighborhood northeast of the Piestewa Freeway and Bethany Home Road.
Now that historical home is for sale for $850,000. The third owners, Amy and Steve O'Meara, are selling after 14 years. They plan to move to her native Scotland on the Isle of Skye with their 10-month-old daughter, Meaghan.
The move comes with some reluctance as the O'Mearas grew attached to the Barr house. They praise Beadle's design for its pragmatism, with an abundance of storage, and an open floor plan with floor-to-ceiling windows.
"It's like a bird with its wings open," Amy said.
Overhangs shade the windows but let in lots of light.
"Beadle was careful to maintain views of the gardens," she said. "It makes the home like a sanctuary."
The Barr house is 2,500 square feet with three bedrooms and two baths on one-third of an acre.
It features the original mahogany cabinets, stove and oven. A cantilevered gas fireplace is a focal point of the living room, along with built-in mahogany cabinets and a wet bar.
The O'Mearas have added dark gray tile throughout the house.
Two unattached structures near the pool can be used for guests or as studio/offices.
With two exceptions, the home is largely intact as Beadle designed it. The O'Mearas enlarged the garden last year when they raised the height of a privacy wall and moved it toward the street.
That has cut off any view of the house from the street.
In the early 1960s, Barr enlarged two bedrooms by extending the front wall and taking up some space in the carport.
The late lawmaker, who was the Arizona House majority leader for 20 years, lived in the home with his wife and children for more than a dozen years. He died in 1997 at age 79.
Valley Realtor Scott Jarson, who specializes in architectural finds, said the early Beadle design is significant in that it was created for Barr and is "more of a ranch-style approach."
"I liked the purity of the house before (the O'Mearas) did the landscaping improvements," Jarson said. "I don't think they needed it."
Sculptor Helen Crosbie bought the Barr house in 1968 for $65,000, Steve O'Meara said.
Crosbie was Steve's art teacher as a child, and he first visited the Barr house when he was 15 years old.
As a sculptor and silversmith, Steve now works in the same two studios and at a work bench that Crosbie used while in the house.
Steve bought Crosbie's home for $130,000 after her death in 1996.
The value of the Barr house went up for a decade along with the Valley real-estate market before the housing crash.
It hasn't hurt that style-conscious homebuyers have shown a renewed appreciation for Midcentury homes designed by Beadle, Blaine Drake and Ralph Haver.
There is an attractive Haver house two doors west of the O'Meara home.
The couple had the Barr house on the market in 2007 and nearly sold it for close to $1.1 million but decided to stay put to take care of Steve's ailing mother. She passed away last year.
Now the O'Mearas say they are ready to part with the Barr house and make the move from busy Phoenix to a calmer, quieter existence in Scotland to be close to Amy's family.
"I've loved living here," she said, adding that the quiet neighborhood made it tolerable to live in the city.
The home near Piestewa Freeway and Bethany Home Road was designed by Al Beadle in 1955.
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Cyclist’s death prompts call for mandatory truck side guards
NDP MP Olivia Chow is calling for mandatory side guards on heavy trucks after the tragic death of cyclist Jenna Morrison in Toronto last week.
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The NDP is calling for mandatory side guards on heavy trucks after the death of cyclist Jenna Morrison last week.
Toronto MP Olivia Chow, the opposition transport critic, will introduce a private member’s bill Monday that demands trucks be fitted with the guards that can prevent cyclists or pedestrians from being trapped between a truck’s wheels.
Chow is putting forth the bill in Morrison’s memory after she was touched by the untimely death of the pregnant 38-year-old mother and yoga teacher. Morrison died after she was clipped by a truck and pushed under the back wheels while both were making a right turn.
“Jenna Morrison’s death was so sad and senseless, and immediately I thought, these panels or guards between the wheels of the truck might have saved her,” Chow said Sunday night.
Both the U.K. and the European Union have required side guards on trucks for more than 20 years.
A Toronto coroner recommended that the federal government look into the feasibility of side guards in a 1998 inquest, but the suggestion did not result in action.
Chow has proposed legislation for truck side guards twice before, in 2006 and 2010.
Her attempts have been thwarted because the government believes side guards would mean less competitive Canadian trucking companies, she said.
“It’s very sad that so far the minister is only hearing the voices from the trucking industry,” she added.
She questioned why other countries would mandate the guards if they would inflict a huge cost on their trucking industries. Even if the government doesn’t demand that old trucks be retrofitted, she said it makes sense to phase in side guards for new trucks.
David Bradley, president of the Ontario Trucking Association, said putting side guards on all trucks makes little sense because few tractor trailers travel on downtown roads.
“The issue requires a more complex solution including education and awareness on how to safely share the road with other types of vehicles and ultimately separating bicycles from other vehicles through the use of bike lanes, for example,” Bradley said. Chow has never discussed this issue with the trucking industry, he added.
While side guards would be a step in the right direction toward accommodating cyclists, Toronto cycling advocate and blogger James Schwartz agrees that they would be just one part of the solution.
“The bigger issue is the culture, the general animosity between drivers and cyclists,” he said.
A lack of awareness about sharing the road is the biggest problem, he said, although having separate bike lanes would also help.
“If we had better infrastructure, there would be less conflict between drivers and cyclists,” he said.
As a member of the Toronto Cyclists Union, he supports mandatory side guards.
“It’s a pretty simple measure to help save lives,” Schwartz said. “You can’t go wrong because it’s not a huge cost.”
A memorial bike ride will be held for Morrison on Monday. It will start at Bloor and Spadina at 7:30 a.m. before ending at the scene of the accident at Dundas St. W. and Sterling Rd.
A service to honour Morrison’s life will be held at the Bloor Street United Church on Monday at 7 p.m.
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Adrastus (ədrăsˈtəs) [key], in Greek legend, king of Argos. He organized the ill-fated Seven against Thebes expedition and was the only survivor. Ten years later he successfully assisted the sons of the Seven, the Epigoni, in their attack on Thebes.
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As zodiac signs change and shift, Geminis are literally going mental over the new astrology. The coming of Ophiuchus has provoked a worldwide psychological crisis for double personality, bi-sexual, bipolar, bifocal, bi-cultural, bicycle riding Geminis, who find themselves splitting into multiple personality, many-eyed, four-wheeled, multi-sexual, gay-straight-lesbian people.
As Gemini is the zodiac sign for ying and yang geological-psychologists fear this change will lead to a "ying-jang-jongy" destabilization of man and nature, which could already be causing the erratic movement of the magnetic poles.
Clearly, if no solution is found for the Gemini/Jing and Jang dilemma then mathematics and science, as we know it, will have to be totally rewritten as opposites will no longer exist. Zoologists fear for the future of kangaroos, sociologists expect marriage to disappear and anthropologists predict that man will walk on all-fours again. We advice you to get to the supermarkets quickly before semi-skimmed milk runs out!
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President Obama is cozying up to the "Occupy Wall Street" movement, intending to make resentment of big business a central theme of his re-election campaign. Here he's following the lead of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who tried to convince the public that Wall Street was to blame for the double-dip recession that plagued his second administration.
In late 1937 the American economy, which had been recovering slowly since 1932, contracted even more sharply than it had after the stock market crash in late 1929. Industrial production fell by a third, stock prices fell by 50%, durable goods production by almost 80%. Payrolls fell 35%, and unemployment climbed back to 20%.
Roosevelt was initially nonplused, slow to appreciate the severity of the downturn. But once he saw the need for action, he called Congress into special session and undertook a massive new public-spending program.
Roosevelt and his advisers blamed the recession on a "capital strike," trying to deflect public alarm about the United Auto Workers' sit-down strikes—really illegal occupations of assembly plants—onto the shoulders of corporations. They even claimed that big business was deliberately refusing to invest and increase payrolls as part of a political gambit to destroy the New Deal.
Privately, FDR told Robert Jackson, head of the Justice Department's antitrust division (and a future Supreme Court justice), "Bob, I'm sick of sitting here kissing [businessmen's] asses to get them to" invest and increase employment. Publicly, Jackson agreed in a December 1937 speech that the country faced a "strike of capital" by business in order to get New Deal legislation repealed. He denounced the notion that the president's program was antibusiness. Given the "astounding profits under the present administration," he said, "big business will never be able to convince the American people that it has been imposed on, destroyed, or even threatened. It has merely been saved from ruin and restored to arrogance."
Interior Secretary Harold Ickes upped the ante, claiming that the economy was dominated by a handful of interlocked plutocrats who were on a "sit-down strike" against the government. "It is happening here," he said in an NBC radio speech, alluding to Sinclair Lewis's novel, "It Can't Happen Here," about a fascist takeover of America. The nation really did face the specter of "big business fascism."
In his 1936 re-election campaign, Roosevelt had likened big business to "autocratic institutions that beget slavery at home and aggression abroad" and "a power-seeking minority." Now, with the economy in a serious downturn, he returned to this theme, calling on Congress in April 1938 to investigate industrial concentration, reiterating his first-term complaint about "banker control of industry."
Later that year, with the midterm election looming, he claimed that "the growth of private power [reaches] a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism." A few days before the election, the president said that "if American democracy ceases to move forward . . . to better the lot of our citizens, then Fascism and Communism, aided, unconsciously perhaps, by old-line Tory Republicanism, will grow in our land."
American students are all familiar with the "Red Scare" that followed World War I, and even more with the one led by Joseph McCarthy in the early years of the Cold War. But they almost never hear of the "Brown Scare" of the 1930s, when liberals painted political opponents as incipient fascists.
FDR told former speechwriter Rex Tugwell late in 1937 that he "wanted to scare these people into doing something." It was an odd strategy, trying to vilify business into creating jobs. And it didn't work well.
While his lieutenants were trying to depict American industrialists as brownshirts, Roosevelt's 1937 efforts to "pack" the Supreme Court and to purge conservatives in the 1938 Democratic primaries made him look like the real threat to democracy. In March of that year he felt compelled to tell the press that he had "no inclination to be a dictator." Nevertheless, the Republicans recovered from near-extinction in the midterm and the New Deal came to a halt.
President Obama is perfectly capable of resorting to antibusiness demagoguery. In his 2010 State of the Union he berated the Supreme Court for allegedly reversing "a century of law to open the floodgates for special interests—including foreign corporations—to spend without limit in our elections. Well I don't think American elections should be bankrolled by America's most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities."
And in one of his speeches last summer on debt reduction, the president singled out "corporate jet owners and oil companies" for allegedly unfair tax breaks, and he asked "how can we ask a student to pay more for college before we ask hedge fund managers to stop paying taxes at a lower rate than their secretaries?" We may hear more, much more in coming months, if the economy continues to flounder.
Mr. Moreno is a professor of history at Hillsdale College and the author of "Black Americans and Organized Labor: A New History," (Louisiana State University Press, 2006).
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Growing a business is difficult functions, but it’s not ever been smoother using technology. Into proper online strategy set up, you could potentially grow your business since your funds expands. On this page, you’ll learn about CRM databases and exactly how they’re able to make it easier to bring your organization to help you the newest levels!
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ElogioAM, the 3D pritning materials joint venture between Dutch filament startyup 3D4Makers and Perstorp, a Swedish specialty chemicals company, has received regulatory approval and is now officially opened for business.
Based in Haarlem, Netherlands, ElogioAM will provide its high-performance FFF Facilan filaments for medical applications, as well as its new dental grade filament, Facilan Ortho.
“We’ve developed this material in concert with orthotics producers, orthotics fitters and people who wear orthotics in order to develop the perfect filament for 3D printing orthotics,” said Ardy Struijk, Sales Manager at ElogioAM and Director of Sales Marketing at 3D4Makers.
“Facilan Ortho is intended to provide for more comfortable orthotics materials that are softer, better fitting, adhere better to textiles and are more comfortable than existing materials.”
The Facilan filament family
Earlier this year, Perstorp and 3D4Makers announced the beginning of a materials partnership to address the demand for more reliable FDM 3D printing quality.
With over a century of experience in polymer chemistry, Perstorp has aided 3D4Makers in making the Facilan range of thermoplastics. The Facilan C8 filament has a higher tensile strength when compared to ABS and PLA filaments, and prints without visible layers. C8 also has the increased adhesion properties and surface quality of any FDM material.
Medical-grade 3D printer materials
Facilan Polycaprolactone (PCL) 100 is designed for advanced applications such as medical research. According to ElogioAM, Facilan PCL 100 has been used by universities to develop artificial tracheas, scaffolds for tissue engineering, and bioabsorbable implants. With a low print temperature of 120°C, this material can be reshaped after 3D printing in water with a temperature of 55 °C. This allows for form-fitting applications such as medical braces.
The newest addition to the Facilan range of filaments is the Facilan Ortho. This polyester is a semi-crystalline material that maintains a clean white finish. With a high adhesion towards textiles as well as reshaping properties, this material is designed for soft and corrective braces, and shoe soles.
In addition to its Facilan filaments, ElogioAM is currently building an Additive Manufacturing Database to increase the knowledge of new consumers adopting 3D printing technology.
On the lookout for new talent or seeking a career change? Search and post 3D Printing Jobs for opportunities and new talent across engineering, marketing, sales and more.
Featured image shows Facilan C8 filament. Photo via 3D4Makers.
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Occidental Math Professor Receives Pólya Award
Occidental College mathematics professor Ramin Naimi has received the George Pólya Award from the Mathematical Association of America for his article, co-authored with Curtis Feist, "Topology Explains Why Automobile Sunshades Fold Oddly." The paper appeared in the College Mathematics Journal last year.
In their article, Naimi and Feist examine "automatic folding" sunshades that coil up when not in use. From the authors' experience, it seems impossible simply to fold such a sunshade in half (i.e., coil it into exactly two loops). The object of their article was to figure out how many loops can appear in the coil and to understand why.
The result is an engaging expedition into braid theory, a branch of knot theory. Specifically, the paper uses the concepts of braid position and linking number to investigate which numbers can be, and which cannot be, the number of coils in a closed sunshade.
"Braid position and linking number give students a nice demonstration that ‘abstract' mathematics can actually be quite visual and intuitive," says Laura McHugh of the MMA. "This article is a clear and well-illustrated introduction to an interesting and accessible branch of topology, and it is also a reminder that we should be on the lookout for mathematics everywhere we go. Finally, to those of us who have wrestled with those sunshades in an innocent but futile attempt to fold them in half, the article provides reassurance. It's not you, Feist and Naimi tell us: it's the topology."
Naimi obtained his Ph.D. in topology from Caltech in 1992 and has taught at Occidental since 1998. He enjoys collaborating in research and is currently working on projects involving symmetry groups of graphs embedded in 3-D space, and knots and links in spatial graphs.
The George Pólya Awards, established in 1976, are presented to authors of expository articles published in the College Mathematics Journal. The awards are named for George Pólya, a distinguished mathematician, well-known author, and professor at Stanford University.
Curtis Feist received his B.S. and M.S. from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and his Ph.D in topology from UC Davis. He is an associate professor of mathematics at Southern Oregon University.
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|Title: ||Microbiological Indicators of Water Quality and Water Sustainability|
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|Abstract: ||The provision of high quality, clean water is of paramount importance to both human public health and the welfare of all biodiversity. Maintaining this quality also helps to promote sustainability of water globally through programs involving public health, watershed (ecosystem) protection, water-resource management and water governance and regulation. These initiatives allow for more effective risk assessment and management of the world’s usable water supply. Pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses and protozoa which are present in faecal-contaminated water have always been a major threat to human health. Monitoring every single pathogen present in water is impractical, therefore the use of microbial water-quality indicators has been recommended. Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Enterococcus sp. are the main microbial indicators used for assessing fresh and marine water (recreational water), respectively. E. coli testing is conducted all over the world and there are good tests readily available, but tests for Enterococcus are limited, even though these bacteria are often better indicators of faecal contamination. We are developing an Enterococcus test by adapting technology that was developed at Queen’s University for detecting E. coli and Total coliforms. Different growth media types were used and Todd-Hewitt broth (THB) was found to be the most effective media for the Enterococcus test and can be used at full strength or half strength. The test was optimized for temperature; 41oC elicited the best results. In order to promote selective Enterococcus growth, different antibiotics were administered. It was found that 6 mg / L of amikacin in half strength THB was optimal to make the THB media selective to Enterococcus in the presence of potentially interfering E. coli bacteria. This novel test will complement the tools already available for global water-quality monitoring, thereby promoting sustainable water-use, and thus enhancing the protection of the public’s health.|
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Very simple appetizer. All you need just whole wheat bread, cheese, round shape, black olives for eyes and pickled red peppers for the smile.
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Organic wild salmon is considered the healthiest type of salmon. Rich in omega-3 fatty acids, protein and vitamins, salmon is a perfect food to include in your diet. Always pick fresh organic fish.
You can cook large amounts of organic quinoa and save the leftovers in the fridge. Then just mix in your favorite raw veggies to make a fast , protein rich salad any time you need it.
Organic green bell peppers are stuffed with a mixture of onion, carrots, rice, organic ground beef, dill and tomato paste then baked in the oven. Easy and excellent organic recipe.
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In Libya’s Fragmentation: Structure and Process in Violent Conflict, Wolfram Lacher offers a detailed examination of the conflict in Libya, focusing on how the transformation of social ties and the fragmentation of local politics in different communities have played a key role in shaping the country’s trajectory since the overthrow of Qadhafi in 2011. This is a valuable contribution to the literature exploring the transformative effect of violent conflict on communities and is a crucial study for political scientists and scholars seeking to understand how the political and military landscape in Libya has fragmented, writes Burak Kazim Yilmaz.
Libya’s Fragmentation: Structure and Process in Violent Conflict. Wolfram Lacher. Bloomsbury. 2020.
While it is nearly a decade-old conflict, the dynamics of civil war in Libya require comprehensive understanding by scholars and policymakers seeking to address the situation. Wolfram Lacher’s book, Libya’s Fragmentation: Structure and Process in Violent Conflict, explains how the predicament in Libya has gradually emerged after the toppling of Qadhafi’s regime in the 2011 revolution. Presenting a very detailed background to the conflict, with a particular focus on four different localities, Lacher mainly argues that it has been the fragmentation of local politics within different communities that has determined the country’s fate.
Before delineating the book’s main findings, the author’s nine-year field research, conducting over 300 interviews in Libyan Arabic without a translator, is worthy of praise. To collect data, Lacher travelled to different cities in Libya on several occasions between November 2011 and February 2019, even when the risks of being in and travelling between cities soared after 2014.
As the author himself indicates, in a country where sources of information are distorted, any document other than that obtained from the ground would have been unreliable as the basis for the book’s arguments. Therefore, these interviews with interlocutors – including politicians, businesspeople, members of armed groups, tribal notables and civil society activists – have great importance for the sake of any research on the Libyan civil war. Regarding localities, Lacher chose to analyse the Nafusa Mountains, Bani Walid and Misrata, which are all located in the west, and Tobruk, which is in the east. He explains the rationale behind this selection as an effort to best explore the differences in terms of communities’ varied exposure to and participation in violence in 2011 (12).
In successfully conducting research in a conflict-ridden country, this work will not only speak to scholars interested in Libya or the MENA region, but also to those who study violent conflict in general. Lacher claims that studies focusing on the role of pre-existing social structures in civil wars ‘neglect the fact that the onset of violence transforms social ties’ (62). He emphasises the uncertainties shortly before a civil war breaks out as actors experience difficulties in positioning themselves and end up demonstrating ‘collective indecision’. In such confusing environments, alignments are established by the triggering effects of contingent events. Thus, individual actions amid uncertainties may have a greater impact on galvanising people than expected.
Regarding the Libyan case, while people were hesitant to choose whether to support the revolution or to remain loyal to the Qadhafi regime in the first days of the uprising, it was minor incidents that led to the formation of armed rebels. For example, in Misrata, the protests erupted after a member of a prominent Misratan family criticised the actions of regime forces against the protesters in Benghazi. This started the chain of events that eventually forced regime forces to leave Misrata and made the city a revolutionary stronghold.
To grasp how violence transforms communities, Lacher provides insight into how these cities and regions were related to Qadhafi before the revolution occurred. Given this historical background, as one of Lacher’s interlocutors, a politician, states: ‘you should have expected Misrata to back the regime, given how much they had benefited from it. Bani Walid should have risen up, given how much it had suffered’ (74). While Misratans had been highly represented as ministers in Tripoli and its merchants worked with cronies of the regime, the regime had repressed Bani Walid harshly during the 1990s. However, with the outbreak of the civil war, Bani Walid emerged as a loyalist town, whereas Misrata became a host for staunch supporters of the revolution.
Another theme that the book focuses on extensively is the social embeddedness of armed groups. Rather than assume that armed groups represent separate entities, in Chapter Three Lacher suggests that armed groups ‘are socially embedded or insulated from their surroundings to varying degrees’ (106). This is the main driver of the process of fragmentation, the author argues. To the extent that an armed group is embedded in its community, its decision-making process is under influence of the community. This is why in a complex environment such as civil war, in which groups frequently have to make strategic choices, being deeply embedded prevents them from acting at the expense of other groups’ interests in their communities. Therefore, they cannot rise up to a position of central authority even in their cities.
In Libya, fragmentation has reached such a degree that some neighbourhoods have been harbouring different armed groups and the rifts among groups continue to widen as groups are obliged to make new choices. Lacher asserts that this tension between ‘strong local social ties and changing strategic conditions’ (145) has prolonged the war among different armed groups. In Misrata, the Nafusa Mountains and Bani Walid, communities increased their social cohesion on different occasions in victories or defeats but failed to maintain it once they began to compete over access to state institutions and resources. Innumerous groups have desired political office and other resources, all of which are scarce.
This framework also explains why Khalifa Haftar – ‘once an army officer close to Qadhafi, later his exiled opponent who after 2011 emerged as a blatantly power-hungry warlord’ (2) – was able to emerge as a strong power centre in eastern Libya. A close examination of Haftar’s rise in Tobruk demonstrates that the absence of local cohesive forces significantly contributed to his consolidation of power. Unlike other cities and regions, Tobruk did not experience a phase in which people fought for toppling the regime, as in Misrata and Zintan, or defending their city as in Bani Walid. The city was emancipated from the Qadhafi regime without much effort and this prohibited the emergence of local cohesive armed groups.
As a result, when Haftar built an army in the city, he did not face a rival also seeking power. Furthermore, Haftar received strong support from foreign countries such as Egypt and UAE: ‘no other Libyan actor benefited from support even remotely comparable in magnitude and constancy to that available to Haftar’ (185). These factors enabled Haftar to disembed himself from social networks in the east and allowed him to strengthen his authority. Lacher states that Haftar was even able to abduct or assassinate his adversaries (189-90) and eliminate the regional autonomy movement without any limitations from social networks.
In conclusion, with Libya’s Fragmentation, Wolfram Lacher has made a remarkable contribution to the literature on civil conflict and the Libyan civil war by putting forward the transformative effects of violent conflicts on communities. His work is crucial for political scientists and policymakers seeking to understand how the political and military landscape in Libya has fragmented and why the actors are still in dispute with each other.
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Feast of Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644 God is especially present in the hearts of His people, by His Holy Spirit; and indeed the hearts of holy men are temples in the truth of things, and in type and shadow they are heaven itself. For God reigns in the hearts of His servants; there is His Kingdom. The power of grace hath subdued all His enemies; there is His power. They serve Him night and day, and give Him thanks and praise; that is His glory. This is the religion and worship of God in the temple. [Continued tomorrow] ...Jeremy Taylor, Holy Living October 11, 1997 Commemoration of Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675 The temple itself is the heart of man, Christ is the high priest, who from thence sends up the incense of prayers, and joins them to His own intercession and presents all together to His Father; and the Holy Ghost by His dwelling there hath also consecrated it into a temple; and God dwells in our hearts by faith, and Christ by His Spirit, and the spirit by His purities: so that we are also cabinets of the mysterious Trinity, and what is this short of heaven itself, but as infancy is short of manhood?... The same state of life it is, but not the same age. It is heaven in a looking glass, dark but yet true, representing the beauties of the soul, and the grace of God, and the images of His eternal glory, by the reality of a special presence. ...Jeremy Taylor, Holy Living October 12, 1997 Commemoration of Wilfrid, Abbot of Ripon, Bishop of York, Missionary, 709 Commemoration of Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845 If God reveal anything to you by any other instrument of His, be as ready to receive it as ever you were to receive any truth by my ministry: for I am verily persuaded, the Lord has more truth yet to break forth out of His holy Word.
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Each of us can, and must eventually, become a law unto himself: each having that Divine Power latent in him and being linked vitally with the great Cause, Source, and Center of life, — linked consciously, if he eliminates fear and all other pessimistic thought and feeling.
For there is within us always a grand inspiration — a breath and force from the Innermost, which no limitations nor yardstick ideas nor intellectual criticisms can touch. It may be called the Love of the Supreme; for it is a royal compassion which is the heart and essence of all existence.
To gain the knowledge that would save him, a man need not open any book nor once lift his voice in prayer, nor wait to be born again or forgiven by any personal god; nor reach out in any way for help from outside himself.
It is himself who must forgive himself: resting in the Law that controls all life; falling back in confidence upon the stronger, the eternal side of himself; holding himself through imagination in divine realms of thought; feeling himself a part of the everlasting beauty.
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PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF FLOW CYTOMETRIC DNA ANEUPLOIDY AND HIGH SYNTHESIS PHASE FRACTION IN PRIMARY BREAST CANCER
NÜVIT DURAKER1, ELIF PEŞTERELİ3, SINAN ÇAVUŞOĞLU3, ÖMER BENDER1, DENIZ ÖZCAN2, ÖZDEN ÖZCALAY4
1SSK Okmeydanı Hastanesi, 3. Genel Cerrahi Kliniği, İSTANBUL
2SSK Okmeydanı Hastanesi, Patoloji Kliniği, İSTANBUL
3SSK Okmeydanı Hastanesi, Pakize Tarzi Kliniği, İSTANBUL
4Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi Biyoistatistik Bilim Dalı, İSTANBUL
In order to detect the significance of DNA ploidy and S-phase fraction in primary breast cancer, cells from archival paraffin embedded tumor tissue taken from 66 patients who underwent surgery between 1987 and 1990 were analyzed for flow cytometry. Mean follow up of 42 cases who had no recurrences was 59.6 months. Diploidy was found in 27 (40.9%), aneuploidy in 39 (59.1%) of the tumors. Prognostic factors such as patient's age, tumor size, state of menopause, histologic grade and axillary nodal involvement did not correlate with ploidy. SPF was 14.9 and 14.6 in diploidy and aneuploidy groups respectively. The patients who had greater SPF values than mentioned levels has been considered high SPF group. Although a significant correlation was not obtained between SPF and other factors, lower SPF values obtained in well differentiated tumors than moderately or poorly differentiated ones (p=0.064). In the univariate analysis disease-free survival (DPS) was significantly high in axillary node negative tumors, in tumors 2cm and smaller, and in well differentiated tumors (p=0.005, p=0.031 and p=0.035 respectively). Despite a significant correlation was not found between ploidy and DPS, in the low SPF group DPS was better than those high SPF group but the difference was not significant (p=0.111). In diploid tumors DPS of low SPF group was better than those high SPF however the difference was not within the limits of significance (p=0.093). In multivariated Cox regression test only independent factor was axillary nodal involvement (p =0.022). Secondly SPF appeared to preserve the degree of significance (p=0.118).
As a conclusion in detecting prognostic significance, although DNA ploidy by flow cytometry is not sufficient, SPF may play a major role, but this factor should be considered with other factors in determining the mode of therapy until more precise data are available.
Keywords: FLOW CYTOMETRY, DNA CONTENT, SYNTHESIS PHASE, DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL
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