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Genetic differences in termite castes may lead to better control
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Learning the molecular processes that cause termite larvae to grow into workers, soldiers or<|fim_middle|> important tree genes outlined
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The scientists identified 25 genes that provide some of the first information concerning the differentiation of the insects based on the role they play within a colony. The study, published in this month's issue of the journal Genome Biology (http://genomebiology.com/2003/4/10/R62), shows that the level at which some of the newly discovered genes are expressed differs depending on which adult form the termite becomes.
"Many of the genes we found are involved in muscle function," said Michael Scharf, entomology research professor and lead author of the study. "Most of these muscle proteins are expressed in the soldiers and not the workers. The soldiers have big heads and jaws, so they require more muscle in the head to drive those jaws.
"But soldiers don't have wings, so they don't have flight muscles as are found in the developing nymphs, which become winged reproductive adults."
Though possibly hundreds of termite species exist around the world that are different sizes and live in different types of colonies, they all have similarities. They all eat wood or woody plants high in cellulose. They are very social and form monogamous relationships in which a new king and queen fly away from the original colony to form a new one. Termite larvae can become a member of any of three castes - soldiers, workers and the nymphs that develop into alates, or reproductively mature males and females.
The soldiers guard the colony but can't reproduce, fly or feed themselves. Workers feed the other termites, tend the larvae and young insects, and dig tunnels. The alates can fly and reproduce.
"Termites have a hormone, called juvenile hormone, t
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A couple enjoyable reads about barrel length and bullet performance. The obvious tldr is that they're related, but these articles have great empirical evidence demonstrating how performance is impacted, both in expansion and penetration.
The first is a link to a video I first saw on the always-enjoyable TTAG. In this video, they fire the same round out of three different barrel lengths and examine the results.
The second article was over on The Shooter's Log, and specifically focuses on .45 ACP ammunition performance and how it changes with barrel length.
When I first started shooting a Kimber Ultra CDP II, a 3" 1911, I remember getting a few stovepipes in it before realizing the load could make<|fim_middle|> year ago. | a big difference in how the slide behaved. The internet is replete with conversations about the reliability of short-barrel 1911s, but I think no article sums up the various causes better than Wilson Combat's own post about a | 49 |
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Local leaders face the dunk tank during Brooklyn Project Foundation fundraiser this Friday and Saturday; still time remaining to participate
By Kelly Connelly
Today is the last day to register<|fim_middle|> establishes first Reach Out and Read program in... | for the tennis tournament. (Image source: Brooklyn Project Foundation Facebook page)
It is not too late to sign up to participate in the Third Annual Brooklyn Project Foundation Golf, Baggo, and Tennis Tournament.
The event will be held this weekend on Friday, Sept. 9, and Saturday, Sept. 10, at the Stuttgart Country Club. The deadline to register for the golf portion of the tournament has passed, but participants can still register to play tennis and Baggo. The last day to register for the tennis match is today, Sept. 7. The last day to register for the Baggo tournament is this Friday, Sept. 9.
Susan Adamson-Ray, the foundation organizer, said the easiest way to sign up for any of the tournaments is by filling out a registration form found on the Brooklyn Project Foundation Facebook page.
Event sponsors need to designate what tournaments they are participating in by the deadlines.
"If you are a sponsor and you have paid your sponsorship money, you are all paid up. But you also need to go find the link to the event in which you want to participate and sign up your team there as well. You are not automatically signed up to play in any event if you have not gone to the separate form and filled that out as well," Adamson-Ray said.
Lunches are provided for participants in any of the three tournaments, and beer and water are provided by Ludwig Distributing. On the second day of the event, Timbo Promotions of North Little Rock will provide music.
For the first time, the Brooklyn Project Foundation will have a dunk tank on-site at the tournament. The Stuttgart Fire Department will fill the dunk tank, and it will be available on both days of the event.
"You can nominate somebody to be dunked, or you can pay $25 and get five balls and throw at the dunkee," Adamson-Ray said. "I think it is going to add to some of the excitement of the tournament this year."
Several community members and guests have signed up to be dunked.
"I know that we have some out-of-town guests that are going to be dunked on Friday," Adamson-Ray said. "The principal for Stuttgart High School is going to be there at 10 a.m. to be dunked, and we invite all high school students or anybody really in the city to come. At 11 a.m., we have Paul Colvin, the Stuttgart resource officer for the schools. Then we have a city board member, Darren Haller, who is going to be dunked as well."
Will's Cinnamon Shop in Hot Springs will have fresh cinnamon rolls and cookies available starting around 8 a.m. on Saturday.
"You can just roll up and have you some breakfast and watch some great tennis," Adamson-Ray said.
Community members who have not registered for any of the tournaments are welcome to walk around and watch the participants.
"We invite the whole community to come out and watch the tournament," Adamson-Ray said. "Baggo starts at 1 p.m. That is always a good time. Baggo is the more relaxed of the three events, so a lot of people just come out and watch.
The Brooklyn Project Foundation
The Brooklyn Project Foundation was started in memory of Asher Brooklyn "The Bit" Ray, daughter of Stuttgart natives Susan Adamson-Ray and Justin Ray. Asher battled Ewing's Sarcoma, the second most prevalent bone cancer among children, for over five years. After Asher passed away in 2018, her parents started the foundation in her memory.
"We decided that we wanted to have a foundation that raised money for research for childhood cancer because it is so grossly underfunded. We just felt like that was the best place that our money could go and the money that people gave us could go. We formed the Brooklyn Project Foundation in June of 2019, and our money goes to the Innovative Therapeutics Program at Arkansas Children's Hospital," Adamson-Ray said.
The Brooklyn Project Foundation was started in memory of Asher Brooklyn Ray, who is pictured here playing Baggo. (Image source: Brooklyn Project Foundation Facebook page)
Asher was the first patient at the Little Rock hospital's Innovative Therapeutics Department when it started in 2016. In 2020, the Brooklyn Project Foundation donated $80,000 to the department. This past year, the foundation donated $100,000.
"We are hoping to equal the amount we gave last year. With any luck, we will be able to up that a little bit this year," Adamson-Ray said.
All proceeds from the tournaments this weekend will go toward childhood cancer research and the Brooklyn Project Foundation's contribution to Arkansas Children's Hospital.
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Siberian Flag is beautifully blue. And graceful. And... . There is a long<|fim_middle|> cerulean flowers opened a few weeks later, the contrast with the other colours of summertime palette would be just extraordinary. Well, they do not and will not, as Iris sibirica is a late-spring flowering plant. However, the grassy leaves stay ornamental all the time and in the fall they always prepare a nice surprise: the sap green of the narrow and erect blades turns yellow and orange. And again, it is really hard not to stare at them in bewilderment.
Siberian Flag grows well planted in full sun, although it grows quite well in part shade. But do not count on abundant flowering then. The plant reliability depends on its modest requirement if it comes to soil: sand, chalk, clay or loam, they do not matter very much providing the roots get plenty of water during growing season. That is why it is better to opt for a good garden soil or enrich the growing site with well- rotted natural manure where the soil contains a lot of sand. Iris sibirica shows a natural affinity for water and looks great planted near ponds, streams or other water bodies, but the roots should not stay directly in water as such a situation might pretty soon question or even terminate the advertised eternal growth of Siberian Flag.
Iris sibirica forms dense clumps of leaves reaching 60-90 cm (2-3 ft) high. The clumps spread up to 1m (3 ft). Newly planted irises do not produce many flowers but well-established ones give a real show every season. But after a few years, when we can observe a hollow centre appear, it is a sign for us to divide the clumps. It should be done in late August or very early in the spring when the new leaves start to emerge.
As I wrote before, Siberian Flag is mainly appreciated for the the various tones and shades of the blue and purple colours. However, the pure white and yellow cultivars are also worth considering. You can try them out mixed with the blue ones and add some red, pink or yellow roses to create a unique garden landscape. And when the flowers are gone, switch your attention to handsome leaves and wait until they turn yellow. The next switch is only a few months ahead . | list of outstanding characteristics in the catalogue which illustrate this particular perennial. Two of them deserve special attention, though: reliable and eternal. If we want to understand the essential meaning of the word 'perennial', Iris sibirica satisfies all possible questions and doubts we might harbour. It is an everlasting plant whose elegant flowers appear every late spring adorning gardens with hopeful blues and purples that are so hard to match. Only delphiniums might consider competing with these irises but instead, they only prove to be a perfect complement to Siberian Flag: a vertical one, whereas Iris sibirica expands its blue clouds rather horizontally. What a lucky -and geometric- coincidence they bloom at the same time.
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Governor Ron DeSantis Highlights $5.2 Million in Lake Okeechobee Water Quality Research Grants
Governor Ron DeSantis today announced more than $5 million in grant funding will be awarded to the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI) as part of Florida's continued efforts to protect water quality and the Sunshine State's natural resources. The two grant recipients will be using the funding to implement enhanced nutrient removal technologies, water quality monitoring and data sharing and work to improve the relationship between environmental conditions and nutrient dynamics in Lake Okeechobee. These efforts will result in a better scientific understanding and management of nutrient conditions in Lake Okeechobee.
"Lake Okeechobee continues to be at the center of many discussions surrounding water quality in Florida, and rightfully so," said Governor DeSantis. "Lake Okeechobee has far reaching impacts on Florida's natural resources. The allocation of more than $5 million in grant funding will ensure our state's environmental leaders can continue enhancing our ability to monitor and protect water quality and marine life for years to come."
This most recent allocation of grant funding was facilitated through the Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) Office of Water Policy and Ecosystem Project's Innovative Grant Program following recommendations made by DEP's Blue-G<|fim_middle|> DeSantis, Lake Okeechobee
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© Copyright 2021 Capital Soup · All Rights Reserved · | reen Algae Task Force (BGATF). These recommendations included an investment in a diverse portfolio of technologies to prevent, detect and address harmful algal blooms in a cost-effective, environmentally safe and scalable fashion.
"As the largest lake in the southeastern United States, Lake Okeechobee serves as a vital component of our ecosystem," said DEP Secretary Noah Valenstein. "Our state's ability to support marine life, strengthen aquatic habitats and bolster water quality are all reliant upon our ability to preserve the health of Lake Okeechobee and the recent allocation of grant funding will further support research efforts aimed towards preventing harmful algal blooms."
Titled the Lake Okeechobee S-191 Basin Surface Runoff Phosphorus Removal Project, the SFWMD will be using $3 million in DEP grant funding to reduce Total Phosphorus (TP) loads in the S-191 Basin, which is located within the Taylor Creek/Nubbin Slough Sub-watershed in the Lake Okeechobee Watershed. The 3-year project will utilize a ferrate TP removal system in an effort to help achieve the Total Maximum Daily Load of 105 metric tons per year and associated TP target concentration levels in Lake Okeechobee.
"Governor DeSantis continues to champion investments and actions to protect our water resources including Lake Okeechobee, the liquid heart of the Everglades," said SFWMD Governing Board Chairman Chauncey Goss. "Innovative technologies coupled with the additional water quality improvements through expanding monitoring and science, expediting restoration projects, and meaningful reforms are doing more for Florida's water resources than ever before."
Titled the Harmful Algal Bloom Assessment of Lake Okeechobee (HALO), Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (FAU's Harbor Branch) will utilize $2,200,000 in Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) grant funding to assemble an integrative system of state-of-the-art technologies to strengthen harmful algal bloom (HAB) monitoring efforts. Innovative, autonomous monitoring platforms will be used in conjunction with conventional observational, experimental techniques, and modeling approaches to provide the necessary data to improve our overall knowledge of the triggers underlying HAB formation, toxin generation, and bloom senescence.
HALO will include a web-based platform designed by the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS) for visualizing Lake Okeechobee freshwater HAB bloom intensities and extents, as well as results of environmental characterization and modeling. Overall, the innovative technologies and the knowledge gained during this project will set a foundation for selecting and applying future mitigation technologies, whether of a preventative or active nature, while the HALO system will provide a platform for mitigation efficacy monitoring. The project will also include a human health study designed to better understand the relationships between environmental conditions, cyanotoxin exposure, and human health.
"For more than five decades, scientists from FAU's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute have worked collaboratively with marine science and technology partners as well as state and federal agencies to conduct multidisciplinary research to combat some of our most complex environmental problems such as harmful algal blooms," said FAU President John Kelly. "We are honored to receive this grant and for the continued support from Governor Ron DeSantis and Secretary Noah Valenstein who share our deep commitment to preserving the health of Lake Okeechobee. Our project, spearheaded by Dr. Jordon Beckler, will implement state-of-the-art monitoring technologies and platforms designed to produce positive environmental, societal and economic outcomes."
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For Sheffield Wednesday to extend their unbeaten away run to six matches, they will have to shackle one of the Championship's form strikers this weekend.
More than 3,500 Owls fans will head to Craven Cottage hoping the team can keep Fulham forward Hugo Rodallega quiet.
The Colombian ace has bagged nine goals in 17 appearances during the 2014/15 campaign, including four in his last five outings.
Rodallega's latest strike helped Fulham edge past Leeds United<|fim_middle|> Fulham.
Seko Fofana, Rodallega's teammate, is calling on the Cottagers to build on their fine win at Elland Road. But the French youth international, on loan from Manchester City until January 31, is refusing to underestimate the threat Stuart Gray's charges will pose.
The 19-year-old midfielder stressed: "It's important not to be complacent.
"It [Wednesday] will be another hard fixture; our opponents won't be coming here wanting to lose so we're expecting a hard encounter. | last Saturday, a result which moved the London outfit to within three points of Wednesday.
Fulham boss Kit Symons is tipping Rodallega to stay on the goal trail and to continue playing a big part in their renaissance.
"Confidence is a huge thing in football but especially with strikers I think," said Symons. "Hugo's confidence is up and he's really, really enjoying his football.
"I think you can see that and I think someone like Hugo, who's a lovely lad, wears his heart on his sleeve and he needs to be happy, he needs to feel loved and he's certainly that at | 129 |
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Got to Be Something Here
The Rise of the Minneapolis Sound
Andrea Swensson
The story, from start to superstardom, of the musicians who shaped the Minneapolis Sound
Beginning in the year of Prince's birth, 1958, with the recording of Minnesota's first R&B record by a North Minneapolis band called the Big Ms, Got to Be Something Here traces the rise of that distinctive sound through two generations of political upheaval, rebellion, and artistic passion.
Got to Be Something Here nails the atmosphere that I grew up in. Clubs, policies, and things that didn't make sense back then, after reading this book make all the sense in the world. I think anyone who wants<|fim_middle|> host of the Current's "Local Show" and contributor to the Local Current Blog (and former music editor at City Pages, where she founded Gimme Noise), Swensson is a longtime Prince fan and student of his music and his life. When he died in April 2016, she was a primary online and on-air source of information. She shared her knowledge and her grief with the rest of us. | to understand musicians who hailed from North Minneapolis needs to read it. There are answers in these pages.
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Funk and soul become a lens for exploring three decades of Minneapolis and St. Paul history as longtime music journalist Andrea Swensson takes us through the neighborhoods and venues, and the lives and times, that produced the Minneapolis Sound. Visit the Near North neighborhood where soul artist Wee Willie Walker, recording engineer David Hersk, and the Big Ms first put the Minneapolis Sound on record.
Across the Mississippi River in the historic Rondo district of St. Paul, the gospel-meets-R&B groups the Exciters and the Amazers take hold of a community that will soon be all but erased by the construction of I-94. From King Solomon's Mines to the Flame, from The Way in Near North to the First Avenue stage (then known as Sam's) where Prince would make a triumphant hometown return in 1981, Swensson traces the journeys of black artists who were hard-pressed to find venues and outlets for their music, struggling to cross the color line as they honed their sound.
And through it all, there's the music: blistering, sweltering, relentless funk, soul, and R&B from artists like Maurice McKinnies, Haze, Prophets of Peace, and The Family, who refused to be categorized and whose boundary-shattering approach set the stage for a young Prince Rogers Nelson and his peers Morris Day, André Cymone, Jimmy Jam, and Terry Lewis to launch their careers, and the Minneapolis Sound, into the stratosphere. A visit to Prince's Paisley Park and a conversation with the artist provide a rare glimpse into his world and an intimate sense of his relationship to his legacy and the music he and his friends crafted in their youth.
Minnesota Book Award for Minnesota Nonfiction
$24.95 cloth/jacket ISBN 978-0-8166-3233-6
256 pages, 82 b&w photos, 6 x 9, October 2017
Andrea Swensson is an author, radio host, and music journalist. She hosts a weekly program about the Minnesota music scene, The Local Show, at Minnesota Public Radio's 89.3 The Current and contributes to the Local Current Blog. Prior to joining MPR, she was the music editor at City Pages, where she founded the AAN AltWeekly Award-winning Gimme Noise music blog.
Anyone seeking to understand the community of black culture workers that birthed Prince and his peers should read Andrea Swensson's definitive history of the rise of the Minneapolis sound.
Zaheer Ali, New York University
Prince didn't come from nowhere (though Chanhassen is pretty close!). In Got to Be Something Here, Andrea Swensson explains the roots and context of a musician who changed the world. The book is scholarly and supremely well-researched, but as cool, gripping, and fun as any of his Purple Majesty's finest grooves.
Jim DeRogatis, author and co-host of Public Radio's Sound Opinions
This is a book that reminds us that culture has no dead ends, only detours.
Got to Be Something Here is both an inspiring and an infuriating read.
Andrea Swensson, is the first major book to discuss the Twin Cities' unique contributions to African American music; it should go without saying that it comes highly recommended to anyone who reads dance / music / sex / romance.
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What's surprising about Got to Be Something Here is how much farther and deeper it goes, how richly detailed it is, how it captures a past at risk of fading away.
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An illuminating slice of Twin Cities cultural and political history.
Andrea Swensson's new book, Got to Be Something Here: The Rise of the Minneapolis Sound, is a tour de force that sheds light on a greater story that needed telling.
By combining these political and cultural realities, Swensson provides readers with a comprehensive vision of not only the best in popular music studies but also how individuals within disrupted neighborhoods can survive and prosper nonetheless, making sense, finding relevance, and taking pleasure in their everyday lives.
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Voices of Rondo Oral Histories of Saint Paul's Historic Black Community A look at the historic Rondo neighborhood of Saint Paul through the eyes of thirty-three former residents—back in print
Lemon Jail On the Road with the Replacements A tour diary of life on the road with one of Minnesota's greatest bands—with nearly 100 never-before-seen photographs
Blue Guitar Highway The legendary Minnesota musician tells the story of making music from folk outpost to pop paradise to stages shared with stars from Seeger to Springsteen
Positively Main Street Bob Dylan's Minnesota In the late sixties, Toby Thompson enthusiastically took off for Hibbing, Minnesota, in search of Bob Dylan's roots. With unprecedented access to Dylan's English and music teachers, his high school girlfriend Echo Helstrom, and countless neighbors and relatives, Thompson discovers the real person behind the mythology Dylan created. This updated version includes an interview with the author, previously unpublished photographs, and a new preface by Thompson.
Gold Experience Following Prince in the '90s Rare interviews, live reviews, little known stories, and close encounters: Prince in a time of crazy brilliant music and life
Midnight at the Barrelhouse The Johnny Otis Story The first biography of music legend and civil rights activist Johnny Otis
Out of the Vinyl Deeps Ellen Willis on Rock Music Rediscover the astute and passionate music writings of the pioneering rock critic for the New Yorker
Bar Yarns and Manic-Depressive Mixtapes Jim Walsh on Music from Minneapolis to the Outer Limits Thirty years of pop, funk, rock and roll, up close and personal, from veteran Twin Cities journalist Jim Walsh
Everybody's Heard about the Bird The True Story of 1960s Rock 'n' Roll in Minnesota The first comprehensive history to trace the evolution of Minnesota 1960s rock and roll
Chasing the Light The Cloud Cult Story The inspired and inspiring story of one of indie rock's most loved and spiritual bands
Rochester Post-Bulletin: Struggle to overcome barriers detailed in music scene book
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507 Magazine: Where did Minneapolis' sound come from?
When Andrea Swensson finally got to meet Prince, she found out he was, well, a prince.
Minnesota Reads is produced at KUMD with funding provided in part by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
Reaching into the late 50s, this powerful book captures the essence of Minnesota's musical legacy.
More than Prince: 2 new histories of local music explain just what makes us so darn special
City Pages reviews Andrea Swensson's GOT TO BE SOMETHING HERE.
Twin Cities Geek: Andrea Swensson Documents the Ascent of the Minneapolis Sound
The North Minneapolis and Rondo neighborhoods played key roles in the evolution of Minnesota's music scene, culminating in the birth of the Minneapolis Sound.
Southwest Journal: The scene that birthed a Prince
One of the great chroniclers of Prince during the final decade of the musician's life, journalist Andrea Swensson made it her mission to reveal the man behind the self-cultivated myth of the Purple One.
Star Tribune: Writer for 89.3 the Current traces rise of 'Minneapolis Sound' in new book
MPR writer Andrea Swensson examines the music scene that produced Prince.
MinnPost: 'Got to Be Something Here' begins and ends with Prince
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As summer comes to a close, I wanted to share with you my favorite spots in the Hamptons. I spent a bit of time out there this summer as my husband and I rented a house with some friends in Sag Harbor. I kept busy working at a beautiful salon in South Hampton as well as coming back and forth to Williamsburg, Brooklyn and working in the city Monday- Wednesday. Here are my go to spots! I'd love to know your favorite places out there as well!
Wolffer Estate Vineyard– take the parents. Enjoy the sweetie plate with your sweetie for dinner. Cheese and wine during the day, jazz on Thursday's catching up with your friends or love, and yoga on Sunday in the vines. Book a tour of the grounds to learn all about the wine process, reservation's recommended.
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Pellegrino's Pizza Bar and Restaurant– Pizza and pasta, in a warm and cozy setting with a local vibe. The most amazing jumbo garlic knots can be found here as a complimentary starter bathed in olive oil.. It's like a little bathtub of olive oil for your knots. The go to move here is to share a pizza and Cacio y Pepe.. And if your feeling up to it, a bottle of wine.
Estia's Little Kitchen– The brunch place to go to. Seriously, if you want amazing garden to table food in an unpretentious, small but cozy setting.. This is your stop. Take your parents or friends and show them the best start to a weekend morning. Although it can get a bit crowded and reservations can not be made.. Stop on by, put your name down at the door and wander to the back garden where you will find space, flowers and the best coffee truck in the corner ready to serve up a hot brew or a delicious iced coffee and scone as you wait to be called to your table. Relax on the benches in the nooks of the garden or wander through as you check out the herbs and spinach, soon to be put on your plate.
Almond– The perfect date spot..Avoid the wait and snag a spot at the bar. Enjoy local produce at this cozy French eatery.
Southampton Social Club– Great place to enjoy cocktails with friends outside on a Thursday night. The backyard is lit up with fairy lights strung over picnic tables, adirondack chairs and cabanas. A DJ spins inside making impromptu dance parties a must. Friday's and Saturday's are a bit more club like if your into that.
Harbor Bistro– This summer only spot situated on Three Mile Harbor serves some of the best seafood around, overlooking the water. A great place to take your friends or family, everything on the menu sounded delicious with a few specials including the catch of the day.
Big Olaf– Located right on the harbor in Sag Harbor this ice cream shop can be found by following the smell of fresh homemade waffle cones. This popular shop may have a line out front, but it's worth the wait. Grab a cone and wander around the town.
The Corner Bar– This local bar is where you should go when you want a little piece of home. Every town has that one place you can go when you want what you know, and this spot does it well..making you feel like you belong there. The food is great, from the clams casino, mac & cheese bites to the burgers, salads and fish & chips.. Go for lunch, happy hour and dinner.
27 Hampton Salon– You can find here on Thursday's and Friday's in the summer months, doing hair with the best group in the Hamptons. This beautiful boutique salon offers an array of products from Cult & Smith, Oribe, R&Co, Kevin Murphy, RuLef Cosmetics, Leonor Greyl, and Quidad. Waxing and skin-care treatments are available, along with Luzern Laboratories skincare line. The best place to get your glow on is here, where you can get the most amazing spray tan available using Suvara Spray Tan. Go on by and enjoy a glass of wine while you have a pedicure and manicure done and be sure to check out the jewelry offered by local designers.
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Welcome to the 16th episode. And guess what? It's the last episode of the 2020 series of Digital Reality. It gives me a lot of joy to talk about how this very interesting year is coming to an end. But again, I get overjoyed by the prospect, but anyways, Digital Reality is our monthly podcast that moves beyond theory and beyond technology to discuss the realities of doing business in a digital-first world. I'm Jimit Arora.
Cecilia Edwards:
And I'm Cecilia Edwards. Each month, we'll bring you a discussion that digs into the details of what it means fundamentally to execute a digital transformation that creates real business results. As Jimit said, we're towards the end of 2020.
Woo hoo.
It has certainly been a year for the history books. So as this year draws to a close, we thought we'd take some time to reflect not backwards, but on some of the things that we can look forward to in 2021. So besides a vaccine, whose widespread distribution will allow us all to visit in real-time, real-life, instead of in Zoom and give all of our loved ones that don't live with us in our homes hugs…besides that there are a number of business shifts related to digital that are likely to become part of our reality for 2021. So, what we're going to do in this episode is take a look at five of our favorite ones. So Jimit, why don't you start us out with the first one?
This was a hard list. We debated a fair bit about it. I also wanted to acknowledge – before I moved to the top five – to three of the honorable mentions. The first one is cloud. Yes, we're going to talk about cloud. It's going to be the underpinning strategy, but we think it's assumed in the operating models of the future. So, you won't hear us talking a lot about cloud. Same way, and you won't hear us talking a lot about automation because again, been there, really core, but not foundational.
The one that almost made the list, and I know we debated this a fair bit, is continuous simplification. There's been a lot of focus on how do you drive continuous innovation, continuous improvement. Well, we think one of the things that's going to really drive success for it in the future is continuous simplification. This whole mindset to simplify and keep simplifying. We again think that this idea is not yet mainstream. There's still some more complexity we need to add next year before we go to simplify, but watch this space for more discourse on that.
So, having addressed the runner-ups, let me go to theme one. Despite the excitement that we have around the vaccine, and the fact that we've spoken about the next generation of work-from-home, we think that the first theme that really is going to stay with us in 2021 and beyond is this next generation of work from anywhere and anytime.
So Jimit, is that an acknowledgement that perhaps I won that debate on whether or not work from home was going to be here to stay?
No. No. As you can see, you did not because our debate was about work from home. I'm talking about work from anytime, anywhere.
Oh, okay. Okay.
Words matter. I am not conceding! Sorry. I promise not to go there. But anyways, I still think that we're still some ways off in knowing with certainty how prevalent this trend will be in the long term. What we are entering is this next iteration of IT that supports working from anywhere, anytime. We go back to 7 to 10 years ago, when mobile proliferation was taking hold, IT departments were asked to provide the capabilities to work anywhere at any time. This gave us BYOD. Then we saw a lot of the trends and the need for mobile versions of applications. However, this was applicable only to a small portion of the workforce that were believed to have a need to perform their jobs with stakeholders that got away from the office. Think of sales. Think of the executive teams. This also created a new set of security protocols for mobile devices.
As we look forward, and we think about the next iteration, it's a much more expanded version that we think extends to all employees, and in some ways, removes the requirement for on-premises work. Yes, there are companies that will be looking to have a portion of their employees back in the big campuses. Collaboration is a big piece that we've spoken about, but as this takes hold, the workarounds that were put in place to enable more of an emergency shift to remote work will start to become a lot more formalized. As we formalize that, as we remove some of the barriers, we'll start to see an improved employee experience. We've seen some examples of this with the evolution of the collaborative tools. Think of our beloved Zoom meetings, and Teams meetings. The feature of the year for me was virtual backgrounds, to be honest…
…but I think that's changing. Think of it as the always-on VPN infrastructures, that don't necessitate that the need to remember to log into VPN, sacrifice the bandwidth, etc. So, I think all of the changes that we are progressing towards take this approach that was considered temporary and make it mainstream. So, I think that's going to be a big development for the network and security teams.
Then, speaking of security, a lot of the protocols that were related to physical measures will now need to be addressed to technology or software to truly eliminate all barriers to work from anywhere.
Yeah. So Jimit, regardless of where you come out on that debate around whether long term everybody's going to work from home and we're eliminating the need for on-prem, I think what's going to be important, and what we have the opportunity to look forward to in 2021, is the option. That enterprises are going to have more mature options where they're not having to make the sacrifice if they choose or if something comes up, and they need to have people work remotely – it's not going to be those patched together solutions, and the employee experience doesn't have to be eroded.
So, I'll take number two, which is really thinking about a bit of a more connected world. So, for several years now, fact-based decision-making in the enterprise has really been on the rise. Consumers and business users alike are becoming increasingly comfortable with, and even expecting, that large amounts of data will be available to help them with all manner of decision-making. In other words, we want our things to be connected so that we can use our data to make decisions. We've got the increase in 5G and other advanced high-speed networks that are really enabling real-time data feeds to be available anytime and anywhere. You've got IOT and telematics that are growing in popularity with their sensors that are being put on more devices to collect large and small amounts of data. Our comfort level with artificial intelligence is growing.
So, a consumer example of this is related to how we work out and manage our health. So, I'm a bit of a tech geek, a data geek. I'll share my data-rich fitness approach. First, I have an Oura ring that I wear at night, and this measures how well I've slept. It gives me an indication of how hard I should work out for the day. So it looks at my average sleep patterns, what my heart rate has been, what my temperature is, how much I tossed and turned, and it calculates a recovery index and gives me a sense whether or not it's a go-for-it kind of day, or you'd be better off in the long run doing a recovery type of workout taking it a little bit easier.
The scale that I step on in the morning automatically sends my weight to the health apps that are on my phone. So I can actually track any trends that happen in my weight fluctuation. Then I start to work out on my Tonal, which is kind of the digital weight system, so eliminating the need for free weights – I've got a digital version of it. I let my watch know that I'm starting the workout, and that it is a weightlifting workout so we can keep track of what's going on. Then I turn my heart monitor on.
I have my heart monitor on because Tonal keeps track of what's going on in my heart rate, and it shows me that trend. I can see how fit I'm getting by what's going on with my heart rate or whether or not I'm working out hard enough if I happen to be doing something that's supposed to be high intensity. Tonal keeps track of my strength and performance score on each exercise and uses AI to adjust the weights when it senses that I can handle more.
I just learned that my treadmill will soon be able to adjust the intensity of my workout based on a targeted heart rate zone that I put in. So, for a data junkie like me, this is pure heaven that happens all before 7:00 AM in the morning.
Yeah. I knew there was a reason that I wasn't looking forward to this recording. It's like, you're just making all the fuss. I take a very precise data-based approach to all of this, but I don't need any information to not do any exercise.
Just kidding. No, but I think these are great consumer stories. Disclaimer: none of the companies mentioned in this podcast have compensated us in any way. But for those of you who are thinking about New Year's resolutions, here's a pro tip: Connect with Cecilia to make sure that you can succeed by taking a very data-centric approach to fitness and health.
Data-rich. Exactly. Here's the funny part. Why do I do all of that? Because I only like to work out for 45 minutes. That's it. I'm not going to be in the gym for two hours. So how do you get the most efficient and effective workout? I set my goals and use the data to help me get there. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. We're going to see more of these types of use cases, both on the consumer side and in the business world, in 2021.
Awesome. I say that begrudgingly. Anyways, let's move to topic number three. We've spoken about agility for a fair bit. We think that the whole concept of agile is going to become a lot more pronounced. As we think about it, this agile organization concept is going to manifest itself in a variety of ways. Not only in the context of software development, where I think one of the big changes that 2020 taught us was that the proximity thesis that agile is best done when done in small co-located teams, just didn't work. So, I think people have gotten more comfortable with the compromise; I still tend to think of it as a bit of a compromise, but it still works. So, people have gotten used to that compromise of distributed agile, and we see that scaling.
Then most companies today are fairly comfortable with the ideas of running scrums, maintaining backlogs, releasing new functionality every few weeks. But what we've really seen is that it's not just that agile is being applied to the software development world. The whole concept is one where we are moving towards an agile organization. We are embracing other thesis around agile project management, agile funding vehicles. In our previous podcast, we spoke about how you really do agile planning exercises.
For companies that have been frustrated because 2020 was the year where they started to experiment with agile, we believe that there's a lot of hope. You should have something to look forward to in 2021 because we've seen this work out in a variety of ways. Cecilia, I think you called the entire concept one of strategic agility.
So, we think that going into next year, agility as a concept will become a lot more mainstream within the IT departments beyond just software development. In some ways, the organizations are going to find ways to mature their capabilities, to listen to the market, rapidly address short-term needs, while simultaneously building towards a longer-term resilient strategy. In fact, we believe that agile is going to become a way of doing business, not just IT.
Yeah. I think that's spot on. I think we were talking previously about demand. Nobody knows what demand is going to be in any real fashion. We're going, "What's going to happen with the demand for cars? The demand for pants that aren't stretchy? The demand for coats when nobody's going outside?"
Stretchy pants are going to be always in demand, I think more so than ever before.
I think so for quite a while, but how do you predict? Again, just bridging this to a consumer example, people have been home for months, and talking about pants, nobody was buying pants that weren't stretchy. Just tops. Well, the retailers have said that people are getting fatigued and now are starting to buy shoes, and purses are two of the big things that people are buying more of. They're starting to get dressed at home just because they're tired of being bums. So how do you predict when there will be this shift in demand for clothes? How do you figure out if you're Uber or Lyft, when people will want to a ride somewhere? All of those things, there will be surges. There will be shifts, and they will come rapidly. So, definitely agile is a way of doing business, but it's also going to be the way that you survive.
Let's talk about digital-first engagement models. One thing 2020 has taught us is that boomers can be digital too. Not only can they be digital, but this pandemic has forced them to become digital. I remember working with a client at the beginning of the year, and we were having a conversation around their digital transformation strategy, and how they were thinking about it. They said, "Boy, our salespeople are really a bit more old school, and they like to go visit the customers. They like everything to be done face-to-face. They use paper. There's no way that their population of customers is going to do things digitally. They have to have paper and have somebody hand-hold it." Well, that company didn't go out of business over the last eight months. So miraculously, all of those boomers, all of those seniors, figured out how to get digital.
As you think about the fact that you no longer have to reserve digital for a small group of the population, this actually creates a trend that we can look forward to that should be a relief to a lot of IT organizations. Digital-first engagement models are going to be important to the entire customer base. So, you don't have to do as much segmentation, and it's not going to be important to just Gen Y and Gen Z. Nobody talks about the Xers. I don't know what they think our generation did, but it's just not going to be about Gen Y and Gen Z.
So, all of these plans that you had to have before, allowing paper and manual processes and face-to-face models to remain dominant while somehow preparing for the next generation who will tolerate both things. The war between those two business models is really going to go away. So enterprises will be able to get rid of those analog-only approaches and they can double down on omni-channel digital models that allow for chat, that allow for AI assistance, and that allow for voice engagements when support is needed beyond the digital channels, because everybody in their customer base has figured out how to get digital.
I think, Cecilia, you make great points. So, what's the right channel for the right audience at the right time and the right context? All of these become really important issues to solve for. Error time and experience are key.
Exactly. So, Jimit, you want to bring us through our fifth and final trend that we want to look forward to for next year?
If I just think about the four that we spoke about earlier, a lot of it is rooted in terms of how we do business, where we operate from, the kind of technology we use, the kind of data we use to drive high-intensity personal fitness goal that makes most of us feel something. But I think the one that we keep coming back to…so, at the end of the day, technology groups to get successful in their digital strategies need to create the right organization, the right culture. I think 2021 is also going to be a year where we start to truly embrace the concepts of purpose. I think that's a conversation that's becoming true across the board where you start thinking about what's really the purpose of the organization beyond profit. Some of those initiatives – be it around green, be it around sustainability – are becoming a core charter as we see a lot of IT organizations and a lot of CEOs, they are thinking about the re-pivot on that talent side.
There's a lot of emphasis on that purpose. What it's also causing, thankfully, is a very strong dialogue about how do you really create a culture that embraces diversity, that embraces the fact that you're going to have multiple cohorts of people. You're going to have Gen Z, yes, but you're also going to have the Ys and the Xs.
All of these different generations together. Aligning them to a shared purpose is going to be key to be able to deliver against the goals for a sustainable future for a sustainable business. So, I know it seems a bit disconnected or disjointed from some of the other technological aspects that we spoke about, but we see that shift coming. Most of the large banks, large consumer companies, have already pivoted in that direction. If the company's mission statement involves a purpose beyond profit, it's only natural that technology needs to embrace that purpose as well.
Thank you for that. So, if you choose to look on the bright side of things, 2020 has forced the advancement or the maturation of much of the digital agenda, even without full-scale digital transformation. Because, if you notice in the conversation today and for the past several months, Jimit and I have not really been talking about a full-scale, big-bang, digital transformations. We've been really talking about continuing to use digital to advance business situations and address challenges. So, we're rapidly approaching the point of digital being a routine manner in which business gets done. Pretty soon, we're going to need to drop the word digital from this because it's just how business is. So, during this final podcast of the year, we will leave you with the following digital reality checkpoints. They're a little more philosophical than usual, but appropriate as we look to the end of this year.
The first one: The challenges of 2020 have provided an opportunity for businesses to accelerate aspects of their longer-term roadmaps. Develop a plan for 2021 to mature those capabilities within your organization. Second, revisit your first principles and build your execution plans from there. Focus on meeting customer needs, and that will guide so many of the strategic decisions that you need for 2021. Lastly, forget about a return to times past, because it's hard to imagine that the market will revert back to pre-COVID norms. Instead, look forward to all the opportunities for re-imagining and transforming your business that 2021 will present.
Excellent. Thank you so much, Cecilia. I think those were great points to reflect on. To all of you who've been part of this journey, we wanted to take an opportunity to wish you very happy and healthy holidays. Take some time off. Come back into the new year with new hope and rejuvenation, and for a brand new series of our Digital Reality podcast. You can check us out at everestgrp.com. Follow us on LinkedIn @JimitArora and @CeciliaEdwards. If you have a story about how you want to transform digital and how you want to transform your reality in 2021, reach out to us at [email protected]. Happy holidays!
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At MWC 2016, Sony just announced the launch of its three new smartphones to present its Xperia X series, we are talking about the Sony Xperia X Performance, Sony Xperia X and Sony Xperia XA. All same share design and use of a demure panel that stays in the 5 inches.
Sony Xperia X Performance is the flagship device in this new series made of aluminum where an 5″ IPS panel is mounted with a resolution of Full HD 1920 x 1080 pixels driven by the Snapdragon 820 SoC accompanied by 3 GB of RAM along with 32 GB of internal storage accompanied by a certified IP68 rating for waterproof and dust resistance.
The rest of the specs go through a generous sensor of 23 megapixels with a hybrid predictive autofocus promises to capture photos in less than 0.6 seconds and capable of recording 4K video with managing the ISO up to 12800, in the front we have a sensor of 13 megapixels, it is supported by a battery of 2620mAh and will be available in a variety of colors like black, silver, gold, pink, green, etc.
Essentially the same mobile, the difference comes in the performance as Xperia X is equipped with an Octa-Core processor being Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 attached to 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of storage, which can be expandable. On the back you can find same 23 megapixels with a hybrid predictive autofocus like Xperia X performance and 13Mp camera in front. Its battery is 2620 mAh promises up to two days of use, and also shared settings for Front dual speaker featuring HD sound and fingerprint reader in the physical Home button. It runs through the Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system, and will also be available in several colors.
We finished with the Xperia XA, the affordable smartphone in the entire Sony Xperia X series. Featuring the panel of 5 inches decreases its resolution up to 1280 x 720 pixels and trust its performance on the MediaTek MT6755 processor accompanied by 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB internal storage, we have a humble 13 primary and 8 megapixel (rear / front) camera, the battery drops to 2300 mAh, no dual front speaker or fingerprint reader and all share 802.11ac WiFi connectivity, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS + GLONASS, 4G LTE, etc.
All these smartphones will be available in the summer 2016, price yet to be revealed.
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As labor markets have evolved over the past decade and candidate attitudes and behaviors have changed, traditional candidate sourcing and job advertising techniques have become increasingly inefficient.<|fim_middle|>/recruiting model and how it creates greater efficiency, better candidates, and better accountability. | Fortunately new, highly efficient ones are available that were developed by business-to-consumer and business-to-business marketers specifically to deal with noisy, complex, fragmented, competitive, information-rich marketplaces.
There have always been two candidate pools: active and passive. The Internet has created a third, semi-active, that now numbers 84 million in the U.S. alone. Semi-actives are those potential hires who are "looking but not looking," meaning they are employed, reasonably content with their situation, and do not consider themselves "in the market," but at the same time are career focused, do use the Internet from time to time to investigate career ideas, and would consider an appropriate new situation.
This report investigates 7 consumer marketing and sales farming techniques developed to reach this huge market of semi-active job shoppers. It lays out a sourcing blueprint that is practical, timely and particularly appropriate to employers having to make small dollars produce outstanding results.
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Billion Muslims end Ramadan in Eid ul-Fitr celebration
August 19, 2012 by Stephanie Fenton
SUNDAY, AUGUST 19 (and for a total of up to three days):
Eid Mubarak!
You will see the holiday's name spelled many ways. Wikipedia spells it Eid ul-Fitr (and notes that other versions are widely used as well). In various countries and ethnic cultures around the world, the celebration ranges from one morning of overflowing prayers and a family dinner—to three days of festivities. On Saturday across the U.S., Muslims, journalists and community leaders watched emails drop into their inboxes from mosques and Muslim centers announcing times for Sunday morning Eid prayers.
By the sight of the crescent moon Saturday night, Muslims wrapped up the strict month of Ramadan, welcoming a<|fim_middle|>al Mosque as a vast, empty space. Not so at Eid ul-Fitr! The photo above was taken at last year's Eid ul-Fitr when the enormous multi-tiered mosque is packed to capacity—and praying families spill across the huge outdoor courtyards as well.
Filed Under: Muslim | new day said to resemble Paradise: Eid ul-Fitr. Read about the official announcement for North America here. On that website, you can read more about the North American Muslim council's declaration that Sunday is the first day of Shawwal, the lunar month that follows Ramadan in the Islamic calendar.
Better known as the Eid ul-Fitr (roughly translated as a "celebration of breaking the fast"), the first day of Shawwal is a time when the world's billion-plus Muslims literally enjoy the fruit of their obedience. Ramadan called for no food or drink during daytime hours and strict obedience of Islamic law, performed in hopes of garnering a renewed relationship with Allah. Parallel to the belief that a faithful life will lead to eternity in Paradise, those who observed Ramadan celebrate today by feasting and visiting family and friends. (Looking for recipes? Check out some from the Washington Post.) A hadith describes Muhammad as instituting Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha solely for joy—a time when the only requirement is to enjoy festivities.
Please enjoy our earlier Beauty of Ramadan column for more about this season.
Sweets such as Cezerye, shown above, are abundant during Eid al-Fitr. Photo in public domainThe very fabric of Eid calls communities together: After all, it's prohibited for Muslims to offer prayer alone today. Upon rising before dawn, devotees bathe, clean their teeth and don new clothing—all by tradition of Muhammad—and eat a small, sweet breakfast. (Wikipedia has details.) After an obligatory act of charity (Zakat), it's off to community-wide Eid prayers. Congregations of Muslims can be seen praying in fields, community centers and large mosques, and following prayer, the sense of unity continues with parties held in rented halls and large centers. (A Times of India article explains the community concept of Eid.) In some regions, Eid events last several days.
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NOTE ON THE PHOTO AT TOP TODAY: The Istiqlal Mosque is the largest mosque in southeast Asia. Located in Jakarta, Indonesia, tourists to Jakarta are routinely shown through the beautiful landmark—with its sleek silver-colored interior and its grand outdoor prayer plazas with graceful arches. But, most tourists experience the Istiql | 579 |
Toiles and Sample Garments
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Christian Dior Toile, Made in Paris, 1954. Image from the V&A Collections».
If you've ever read an interview with a designer where they mention the word "toile", then they are effectively talking about the prototype versions of their collections. Toiles are the test version of a garment before a designer makes it in the real fabric.
By making designs in plainer, cheaper fabrics first it gives the designer a chance to test the pattern, the fit, the design lines and proportion without ruining expensive fabrics, and also means<|fim_middle|>
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Often the fabric used for toiling is called calico, a cheap and readily available form of cotton which has not been wholly processed. Due to the fact that calico is unbleached it has an uneven appearance and a creamy colour. It can also be quite an unforgiving fabric which makes you work hard to ensure that your shape and line are correct. It is also easy to make correction markings on so that designers can redraw design lines, and do other fitting changes such as cutting into fabric or pinching small amounts out. All these alterations are then relayed back onto the pattern so that a new toile of the garment can be cut and tested.
Example of a toile with correction markings from La Machine à Coudre».
Calico is not always a suitable fabric for toiling all garment types, and you should choose a fabric which represents the weight and handle of your final fabric. For example if you are creating a dress in a heavy jersey then calico will not give you any indication of how the final fabric will drape, and you are better to use another cheap jersey which will fall in a similar way.
Toiles are also used in haute couture to enable a version of the garment to be individually fitted and tailored to the clients body. Historically, toiles also represented a way for the couture houses to license out their designs.
Text from the V&A in relation to the Christian Dior Toile pictured above:
The traditional focus of couture was the creation of high fashion garments for private clients. However, sales to department stores and wholesalers became increasingly important after the war. Buyers purchased fabric toiles such as this, paper patterns, or even original models which they copied. These designs could only be copied a limited number of times.
Some designers created ready-to-wear collections specifically for the export market, using the mass-production and sizing methods developed in the USA. Christian Dior (1905-57) was a shrewd businessman and one of the first couturiers to establish international licensing and reproduction contracts with other companies. By 1948, a year after launching his house, Dior opened on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue. 'The dresses will be designed with one eye on US tastes and the other on the limitations of machine production,' wrote Time magazine on 16 August 1948.
Below are more examples of toiles from around the same era:
Pierre Balmain, 1947-50. These toiles were supposedly bought in Paris by a buyer from Myer Emporium in Melbourne, Australia. The black square in the 3rd image is a square of black wool, possibly as a sample of the original fabric. Images from PowerhouseMuseum»
In relation to ready-to-wear collections you may also hear use of the term "sample garments" but these are different to toiles. Sample garments are effectively the stage after toiles, as once the toile is correct a sample garment will be made in the correct fabric. Depending on the designers strategy and budget only one sample garment will be made in one colourway, or for other houses a sample garment may be made in every colourway that will be offered to the buyers. The sample garments or sample collection, are what the designers use for their catwalk shows and are essentially the prototype at their most final stage when they are first seen by the public.
After a catwalk show the buyers will be able to view the sample range in order to make their final order on the season. For some designers, another fitting will then be done on the sample garment in order to make final changes before production. After this there may be multiple groups of garments all called "samples". These include names such as, preproduction samples, press samples, production samples, shipping samples etc depending on which department uses the garments and at what stage in the production process they have been made. The fact that so many different samples of the one garment is made during the process of promoting a garment and getting the design ready for manufacture is the reason why designers have "sample sales" in order to help recoup some of this cost.
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Author of Gripping New Memoir of Ab<|fim_middle|>ulman relates his tortured childhood and ultimately successful adulthood in a haunting memoir, Running from the Mirror, published by Sandra Jonas Publishing House. In the book, Shulman tells of how a chance event led him to meet his birth mother, and how he was finally able to make peace with his parents and create a meaningful, rich life for himself.
The book was released on October 5 to coincide with Child Health Day and Global Bullying Prevention Day.
Shulman is donating five percent of each book sold to Hillsides. He said he is giving back to Hillsides due to his own experiences in the foster care system and Hillsides efforts to help children find stability and a safe, loving environment. "I know how hard it is," he said.
He especially remembers the shock and pain of emancipating from the foster care system. "When I turned 18, they gave you a birth certificate, shook your hand, and said good luck," he said. One of Hillsides core programs, Youth Moving On, seeks to remedy the challenges facing emancipated youth by offering them affordable transitional and permanent housing and other services.
It took Shulman seven years to write the memoir, which he wrote longhand, filling 15 notepads. He said writing the book was cathartic.
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Three days after he was born, Howard Shulman contracted an infection that attacked his face, devouring his nose, lips, lower right eyelid, tear ducts, and upper palate. His parents abandoned him at the hospital, and he became a ward of New Jersey under the care of a state-employed experimental surgeon. As a child, he underwent innumerable skin and bone grafts and reconstructive surgeries that left him in constant pain and a bullied outcast.
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Congratulations to Cody Tanaka &<|fim_middle|> the rules of curling. | team from Richmond for winning the A Event at our Marpole Mixed Open this past weekend!
The 24 Teams who came, curled and danced the night away.
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All the ladies who baked and willingly volunteered in many ways.
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti represents the top echelon of graphics cards. Based on the advanced NVIDIA Turing architecture and new RTX platform, it also brandishes 11GB of GDDR6 memory with 14 Gbps of speed, AI-enhanced graphics in games, advanced programmable shaders, improved VR support, and real-time ray tracing: an amazing technology that creates incredibly realistic graphics through use of lifelike lighting, reflections, and shadows.
The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founder's Edition additionally comes with a 13-phase iMON DrMOS power supply and a factory overclock of 1635MHz<|fim_middle|> to last-gen cards with a larger profile and thicker aluminum fins, as well as five 8mm copper heat pipes. ZOTAC claims this upgrade works even better at heat dissipation than their prior AMP cards. Between the PCB and the heatsink is a die-cast metal jacket, and the cooling shroud contains long areas of RGB LED lighting. You can fine-tune the colors, brightness, and modes of the RGB strips by using ZOTAC's Spectra software. With Active Fan Control, ZOTAC claims each of the three multi-stage-bladed fans automatically adjust rotation based on their location. If one part of the card needs extra cooling while another part doesn't, only the fan in that zone will turn faster.
For an identical cooler and 2.5-slot size, ZOTAC also has the $1,169 GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Triple Fan, which offers different core and boost clock speeds.
Thanks to so many variations and designs, there's a custom GeForce RTX 2080 Ti out there that's bound to fit your needs, complete with the same advanced Turing architecture found on custom partner and Founder's Edition cards. That means real-time ray tracing, 4K 60FPS gameplay, Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS), enhanced VR features (including USB Type-C and VirtualLink support, Multi-View Rendering, Foveated Rendering, and buffed up NVIDIA VRWorks Audio), NVIDIA Scanner one-click overclocking, advanced programmable shaders, and the fastest memory currently on the market in the form of GDDR6. No matter which custom or Founder's Edition GeForce RTX 2080 Ti you purchase, you'll also have GeForce Experience, along with NVIDIA Freestyle, NVIDIA Ansel RTX, optimized game settings, game-ready drivers, NVIDIA ShadowPlay, cool giveaways, and more. You'll also unlock awesome NVIDIA technologies, such as NVIDIA G-Sync, DSR, HBAO+, TXAA, and many others.
If you're stuck on which custom card to pick, or what requirements pertain the most to your system and gaming habits, you can always leave a comment below for help from the community, or take a digital stroll over to tech forums or websites for advice, such as Tom's Hardware, PC Part Picker, PC World, and PC Gamer. | on the boost. It also has a state-of-the-art stock cooler, with a lightweight, die-cast aluminum cover, a full-sized vapor chamber, and two quiet 13-bladed fans.
Positive reviews for the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti are already available through reputable sites such as PC Gamer, Engadget, Ars Technica, IGN, PC Mag, and many more.
Thanks to a gamut of NVIDIA partners worldwide, there are now plenty of custom GeForce RTX 2080 Ti's available, with specialized coolers, new thermal designs, and extra room for overclocking. Some of these cards have certain functions in mind, such as self-contained liquid cooling, added fans, or artistic appeal. But even with these differences, every custom GeForce RTX 2080 Ti has a unified purpose: to give you the best, most potent, most efficient graphics performance available.
Of course, lots of card choices means lots of decision making, and if you go in blind, it might feel overwhelming. But don't fret—this roundup is designed to put your mind at ease. We've included vital info in each card's entry, including specs such as the price, required power connectors, card sizes, and the manufacturer's website.
All said and done, it comes down to your own tastes. You might find that a certain card's LED strips and colors match your existing case style, which could very well be the most important factor. Or, perhaps you're a power-user, seeking loads of fans and a maximized cooling system to overclock the card to dizzying new heights. These are just a few examples, and depending on your situation, there could be others. The best bet is to land on a few of concrete desires, and go from there.
You should also be aware that many custom RTX 2080 Ti's route their exhaust inside your case, instead of out of it. Unless you're aiming for a blower-based solution, ensuring good airflow inside your chassis is ideal. Luckily, it's pretty simple to get your airflow optimized.
When you're shopping for a custom GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, have a look at the web in addition to visiting brick and mortar outlets, as sometimes you'll find better prices and limited-time deals online.
*Please note, all prices are those as of publishing, and are subject to change. Cards without current pricing are listed as TBD.
ASUS adds a pair of their exclusive wing-bladed fans into the Dual GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC Edition, which they claim creates 105% static pressure over the heatsink compared to traditionally designed fans. Each fan is additionally IP5X dust-resistant, and with ASUS's 0dB tech, they'll only spin up once the card's temps go over 55°C. Underneath those fans is an almighty 2.7 slot aluminum heatsink, which ASUS claims allows for exceptional overclocking potential. On the rear of the card's PCB is an aluminum backplate with a black and white color style. According to ASUS, the entire graphics card undergoes rigorous testing with all the most popular games, and they subject it to 144-hour stability tests, which ASUS claims ensures reliability even under the most extreme circumstances.
Adopting a more traditional blower-based cooler (one that shoots the exhaust out of the back of the card, rather than into your case), the ASUS GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Turbo should appeal to those with smaller chassis or a paucity of case fans. The shroud has been completely revamped, and the areas around the single 80mm dual-ball bearing fan are raised up. ASUS claims that this specialized design creates a helpful buffer if you run two of these GPUs in SLI. The card also has an angled back section that's meant to direct air more efficiently into the fan. Speaking of the fan, it's IP5X dust resistant, and ASUS claims it lasts twice as long compared to sleeve-bearing fans. And just like the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC Edition, ASUS claims that this GPU undergoes a lengthy and exhaustive stress-test with all the latest and greatest games, as well as a 144-hour stability routine.
A trio of Axial-Tech fans and a 2.7-slot monstrous heatsink call the ASUS ROG STRIX GeForce RTX 2080 Ti home. The fans are IP5X dust resistant, and the blades are longer than those found on traditional fans. There's even a barrier ring surrounding each fan that ASUS claims makes them stronger and increases downward air pressure. ASUS's 0dB tech stops the fans entirely when they're unneeded, and fires them back up again when required. The heatsink got 20% larger compared to the last-gen ASUS STRIX coolers, and its heat spreader contains MaxContact technology, which ASUS claims allows for twice the surface area contact with the GPU. Further adding to the card is an Auto-Extreme production process, which according to ASUS, removes human error, fortifies components, makes for flux-free integration, and provides strict quality control.
Not stopping there, ASUS added a long metal brace to the top and front of the graphics card, as well as dual-BIOS switch with a performance mode and a quiet mode. The cooling shroud and backplate additionally offer RGB LEDs, which are Aura Sync compatible with other ASUS hardware.
Colorful's iGame GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Advanced goes for a highly technical appearance, with a space grey cooling shroud and a middle section that resembles a red energy core, bolstered with RGB LED lighting (fully customizable through the iGame Zone II software with up to 16.8 million different colors). The metal shroud has upgraded armor complete with alloy casting, and the card is cooled by Colorful's Silver Shark 2.0 setup. The configuration involves an aluminum heatsink, a power supply heat sink, a network of five 8mm pure copper heat pipes, and an iGame vacuum copper plate, which is filled with a copper powder and a cooling liquid. The three 90mm fans each brandish 11 blades with streamlined surfaces. Colorful claims that their Silver Shark 2.0 cooler improves overall cooling performance and allows for superior airflow and heat dissipation.
If you like the design of the GPU, but you're looking for different clock speeds, have a look at the Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Advanced.
Note: The iGame GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Advanced and iGame GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Advanced OC are only available in Europe.
Colorful's iGame GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Vulcan is only available in Europe, and takes on a sharp, mean looking visage. It's covered in silver and black trim, with recessed RGB LED lights under the front edges. It relies on three fans with triangle-embossed fan blades, and a long aluminum heatsink for cooling duties.
Incorporating the new iCX2 cooling system with nine additional thermal sensors, EVGA claims their in-house dual-fan and heatsink combo makes the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti XC Gaming extra cool and quiet. EVGA constructed the VGA fans with Hydro Dynamic Bearings, along with new blades and rotational directions. You can also pick a red, white, or black trim color around the outside edges of the fan shroud, adding some nice customization. You can also pick up EVGA's GeForce RTX 2080 Ti XC Gaming, which retails for $1,200, and has a similar design and fans, albeit with a widened heatsink for additional cooling. Both the cards have RGB LED strips for added personalization.
EVGA's FTW series continues with their GeForce RTX 2080 Ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming. It has a vast, transparent cooling cover and your choice of red, white, or black trim underneath. Each of the three Hydro Dynamic Bearing fans have redesigned fan blades and rotational directions. The heatsink below them spans the entirety of the PCB, and EVGA claims their iCX2 setup makes this GPU 14% cooler and 19% quieter than their prior iCX tech.
You'll also want to keep an eye out for the EVGA GeForce 2080 Ti FTW3 Ultra (available soon) which has a very similar cooler, but with alternative boost and core clock speeds.
Available only in Europe, the silver and black Gainward GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Phoenix GS commands a colossal 2.5-slot cooler with a trio of fans, a long heatsink, and a full metal backplate with a white Phoenix logo spreading its wings to fly. The "GS" stands for Golden Sample, which Gainward claims allows for rock-solid stability even under intense overclocks.
You can also purchase the Gainward GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Phoenix, which uses the same 2.5-slot cooler, but with different clock speeds.
GALAX's GeForce RTX 2080 Ti relies on vapor chamber heatsink and a blower-style design. With the single fan churning away near the back of the shroud, all of the hot air is routed outside the back of your case. This, combined with the dual-slot design, make it friendly to smaller systems without loads of internal fans.
The same card is also available in Europe under the KFA2 brand.
Available in both white and black color styles, the GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC has two 90mm RGB LED fans, each with a six-slot three-phase design and 11 blades, which GALAX claims reduces vibration, lessens fan noise, increases efficiency, and creates optimal air pressure. Each fan also offers tweakable RGB LED lighting. Underneath the fans is a large vapor chamber with aluminum fins, and behind the PCB is a thick metal backplate. Polishing the card off is GALAX's Xrystlic duo-layered graphic emblazoned across the cover.
The black version of the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC is also available in Europe through KFA2.
Two fans just not doing it for you? How about three? GALAX's GeForce RTX 2080 Ti SG Edition offers exactly that, with each of the 80mm fans armed with specialized blades, which GALAX claims produces powerful cooling along with reduced noise. Working in tandem with the trio of fans is a complex heatsink with three total arrays. Six copper composite heat-pipes snake through the entire configuration, terminating into a generously sized copper base. Adding to that, there's a matte-black overall color theme, with an aluminum backplate and customizable RGB logos and strips along the top of the shroud.
Gigabyte's GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Windforce OC 11G contains three fans, with the center one spinning in the opposite direction as the other two. Gigabyte claims this setup optimizes airflow, lowers temps, and generates better cooling performance. Each fan has triangular edges along the blades, combined with 3D-striped curves along the surfaces. The company's 3D Active Fan technology causes the fans to only spool up once there's a need for them to do so. The multi-stage heatsink uses two separate arrays for the MOSFETs, and one central array for the VRAM. All of these sections are tied together by composite heat-pipes which directly contact the card's GPU. Under all the cooling is a 13+3 power phase design, ultra-durable metal chokes and capacitors, a 2oz copper PCB, and a long metal backplate.
For lighting, there's an RGB LED Gigabyte logo with 16.7 million available colors, with various effects such as cycling, strobing, static, breathing, and more.
There's also the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Gaming OC 11G, which uses the same cooler, but with a thicker heatsink and a 2.5-slot footprint.
Inno3D's GeForce RTX 2080 Ti iChill Black Edition provides a self-contained liquid cooling loop, which should help you reach higher overclocks compared to air-cooling. With improved architecture comprised of a super-conductive 240mm radiator, two 120mm fans, and an in-built pump, Inno3D claims this version is nice and quiet, but still operates 25% cooler than the last generation GTX 1080 Ti reference card. There's also a TFT color display on the casing, which monitors fan speeds, temps, and overall GPU status. For RGB aficionados, a GeForce RTX logo sits ready for your tweaking.
Inno3D's GeForce RTX 2080 Ti iChill Black Edition is available in Europe only.
The Inno3D GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Gaming OC X3 is sheathed in a black cover with yellow highlights, comes with three fans (along with 0dB fan-stop) a lofty heatsink, and has RBG lighting. This card is only available in Europe.
Inno3D's two-fan, two-slot, Europe-only GeForce RTX 2080 Ti X2 OC is good option for those with a chassis where space is at a premium. It goes with Inno3D's Jumbo Vapor Chamber cooling tech, has a 0dB full-stop fan mode, and fosters RBG LED strips. This GPU design still sends the hot air inside the tower though, so make sure you have the proper airflow and case-fans setup ahead of time.
If you're looking to make a visual statement with your GPU, have a good look at MSI's GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Gaming X Trio. It's decked out with three stylish fans, the cooler is covered in RGB LED strips (which you can adjust using Mystic Light Sync), and the whole frame is fashioned with a gunmetal color scheme. And those three fans look unique for a reason: they're crafted with MSI's TORX 3.0 technology, which includes a double ball-bearing design. MSI claims this configuration minimizes noise and pumps up the cooling performance. Paired up with the fans is a long heatsink, which MSI claims is optimized with advanced aerodynamics. Finishing everything up is a thick metal backplate with MSI's dragon logo stamped on the surface.
Continuing along the trend of three fans, the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Duke OC goes for a slightly different style compared to its sibling GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Gaming X Trio, with black and silver coloring and a centralized RGB LED area near the top of the card. You can install the MSI Mystic Lighting software to tweak the LED section to your heart's content, and the trio of Torx 2.0 fans come with double ball-bearings, dispersion blades, and traditional blades all combined together. Just under the fans is an all-encompassing heatsink, which MSI claims accelerates heat dissipation, due to the aerodynamic design. The PCB's posterior has a brushed metal backplate with silver highlights, which MSI claims strengthens the card.
Similar to the Founder's Edition, the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Ventus 11G OC equips a duo of customized fans. Adding to those is a heatsink with smoothed heat pipes, and a brushed metal backplate with a black finish. MSI's Zero Frozr technology puts the fans to a halt when the card is idle or in a low-load situation, which MSI claims reduces overall noise.
With a black, gold, and white cooler cover and a silver honeycomb bracket, Palit's GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Gaming Pro OC is dressed to impress. Palit claims that the embedded RBG lighting can be set up to change colors—up to 16.8 million different combinations—based on the GPU's temperature (by using the company's ThunderMaster software). Palit further claims that their DrMOS hardware permits high current circuits, quieter operation, and minimized heat, making for an incredibly efficient and powerful graphics card. There's also Palit's GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Gaming Pro, which employs the same cooler but with different clock speeds.
Both cards are only available in Europe.
PNY's GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB XLR8 Gaming Overclocked Edition holsters three scythe-bladed fans to tackle the cooling duties. It also has a honeycomb-laden bracket on the connector panel, and only takes up two total slots on your motherboard.
If you'd rather push your GeForce RTX 2080 Ti's exhaust out of the back of your case instead of into it, PNY's blower version fits that bill nicely.
ZOTAC's well-known AMP line-up now has the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti in its roster. ZOTAC buffed up the heatsink compared | 3,547 |
Bruce Springsteen Shines at Sting's Annual Rainforest Fund Concert
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Paul Haggis and Ron Perelman showed up for the concert.
By Allison Collins on December 15, 2016
Concertgoers shimmied into their sequins for Sting's annual holiday concert to benefit The Rainforest Fund on Wednesday in New York.
Sparkling attendees included Trudie Styler, Sting's wife, actress Gina Gershon, plus scores of audience members who got the "festive attire" memo. Mary-Kate Olsen and husband Olivier Sarkozy, half-brother of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, Ashley Olsen, Revlon chairman Ronald Perelman and director Paul Haggis — who stood out in the crowd for his unabashed and sustained enthusiasm —<|fim_middle|> also the shadow of the winter solstice."
"Until this year we've never been active within the United States, until Stand With Standing Rock," she said. She made a trip to Standing Rock last month, she said, noting her support for the cause. The Rainforest Fund, which focuses on helping people protect their environments, has now raised more than $45 million, Styler said.
A smattering of guests made their way over to the Essex House Hotel afterwards for cocktails and a buffet-style dinner. Guests included Menzel, Haggis, actor Damian Lewis, Dr. Oz, who mingled with Revlon chief executive officer Fabian Garcia, and Sting, who made a late-night appearance with Styler.
Ashley Olsen Mary-Kate Olsen | all made it to Carnegie Hall for the Revlon Concert for the Rainforest Fund as well.
The event featured Sting, also the emcee, Chris Botti, Darlene Love, the Manhattan Girls Chorus, Idina Menzel, Ronnie Spector, Vittorio Grigolo, James Taylor and Bruce Springsteen, who slid off the Perelman stage mid-act in order to continue his performance in the aisles at Carnegie Hall. Springsteen's decent into the audience prompted one fan to jump out of her seat and run down the aisle to take a selfie with him — she kissed him on the cheek before scurrying back to her chair. But then the floodgates opened, with a significant portion of the formerly proper audience swarming the boss for selfies, which he obliged.
Song-wise, opera singer Grigolo, who is starring as Romeo in the Metropolitan Opera's "Romeo and Juliet" stood out from the pack, walking on stage first as an unusually fit Santa and then drawing a standing ovation from the crowd.
"This is the first time that we've put the show on so late in the year," Styler said. "A time full of celebration and holy days — Christian, Jewish, Muslim religious festivals bring communities together, and families, too. In winter we tend to…stay home; we gather round the people we love and if we've lost someone this time of year takes on a special quality. So our concert tonight, as you'll hear, reflects not just the joy of the holidays but | 312 |
Purrfect Portraiture: Girls and Their Cats by Photographer BriAnne Wills
Lizz Hill Wiker with her mixed Persian/Bengal cats, Prince and Stevie. All photos by BriAnne Wills at Girls and Their Cats.
In her popular Girls and Their Cats series, BriAnne Wills documents women and their furry companions. The Brooklyn-based fashion photographer has captured over 200 women — and their rescued or adopted cats — in their homes in New York City and Portland, with upcoming shoots in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The photos, accompanied by anecdotes from each woman, are intimate and stylish portraits celebrating the bond between human and feline. Here's a glimpse of this lovely photo project.
Nurse and birth doula Yael Borensztein with her cat Phoebe (and her brother's Devon Rex).
I don't know if it's because I work with pregnancy and birth, but I like to say that I gave birth to her from my own body, and I do stand by the fact that, in certain moments, I see a family resemblance.
— Yael Borensztein, East Village, NYC
Vanessa Nemec of Girlfriend Toast with her cat, Gatsby.
As the oldest of six kids and someone who loves to have people and things to take care of, I was thrilled to give this kitty all of my love and attention. He's been my best friend ever since. He's seen me through college, heartbreak, four jobs, three apartments, two cities.
— Vanessa Nemec, Portland, Oregon<|fim_middle|> are incredible healers and I am eternally grateful for Loki's companionship and generous loyalty.
— Sara Anderson, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NYC
Hairdresser Dana Boyer and her cat, Peewee.
I'm sure everyone says this but he's honestly my best companion — when I've had a rough day or I'm not feeling well or I'm going to bed — all I can think about is getting into bed with him. He's really taught me so much about showing up and having a pet, even when it's inconvenient or annoying. It's a very grounding experience and I'm kind of obsessed with him.
— Dana Boyer, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NYC
Beauty director and tarot reader Jade Taylor with her cats, Fredrick and Edie.
I know this is going to sound crazy (but whatever), we're kind of telepathic with each other. He [Fredrick] can always sense when I don't feel good and vice versa. I think the longer you bond with your cat, the more you begin to open up this really beautiful portal to understanding one another.
— Jade Taylor, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NYC
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Feminist artist and model Aisha Awadallah with her cats Tigger Oscar Wilde, Xena Warrior Princess, and Alexander the Great.
My three cats are all kind of reflections of me and represent the full spectrum of my personality and phases in my life. I'm an artist, natural introvert, and love creating a comforting and colorful home environment and these three eccentric furballs with their superfluous names and strong personalities are essential to it.
— Aisha Awadallah, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NYC
Vintage clothing buyer Sara Anderson and her Sphynx named Loki.
Loki has helped me return to creative and optimistic parts of myself that were misplaced while I was feeling unmotivated and sad. Animals | 147 |
In conjunction with CIPFA, the principal public service provider of benchmarking and financial transformation, RedQuadrant is offering our Digital Transformation Analytics for the third year.
Digital Transformation Analytics provides actionable insight to councils to help them use new approaches and new technology to improve service delivery and reduce the cost of customer contact. This year, the service is being extended in terms of the insights it provides to members.
These packages of support are aimed to provide maximum support, insight and skills transfer at minimum cost for councils. The aim is to transfer skills and provide expert advice that allows teams to successfully navigate key stages on the path from an initial commitment to transformation through to realisation of benefits from that transformation.
The draft business case can be the most important part of the change process as it sets the foundations and direction for the subsequent programme. It's also the first opportunity to engage with stakeholders and start a dialogue on what an organisation wants to achieve, why and how. This package aims to help get the fundamental proposition right, which can save a lot of time, resource and friction downstream. This package involves having experts read through the organisation's digital service delivery business case and supporting evidence 'as is', along with the organisation's contact volume and cost data including budgets and strategies.
An analysis of the case for change based on the evidence available using the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT) template.
Comparison of 'as is' and 'to be' channel usage and contact volumes with relevant peer benchmarking data to quantify challenges and opportunities.
Comparison to peers in terms of best practice in channel usage in service delivery as well as consideration of local factors such as population density and population size.
Identify the key risks that will need to be managed to achieve the desired outcomes.
Facilitation of an interactive workshop where internal stakeholders can engage with each other and our expert team.
Capture of the findings including the output of the workshop as an outline action plan to achieve a strong evidence based business case.
Production of a short narrative report suitable for an executive/senior team.
The package is intended to help teams avoid many of the common mistakes that cause a change plan to stall at or after business case approval and/or fail to ultimately deliver the intended benefits. This includes advice on actively managing stakeholders so that the case gains the support necessary to implement the changes needed.
The proportion of households online and capable of transacting online.
The dominant household types in the area, their willingness/ability to transact online and the communication channels most likely to influence them.
The proportion of households offline or who are online but may struggle to interact and transact online in the context of benefits and council services.
Absolute levels of claims for key benefits (JSA, HB, Pensions Credit, DLA).
The geographic locations of claimants at local strategic output area level.
Where 'hot spots' exist in terms of high numbers of state benefit claimants and the implications of this in terms of digital exclusion.
The output of this analysis is a short report that is designed to inform a digital service delivery business case on what the realistic maximum uptake levels would be and offer 'pen pictures' of the predominant groups that need to be influenced to go online.
It also starts to identify many of the issues that will be of concern to councillors<|fim_middle|> not attempt to address the issue of how to best support the digitally excluded, but will provide evidence of the scale of the challenge and provide maps of digital exclusion using open source benefits claim data.
In our experience this is a very cost effective approach as it rapidly provides quantitative evidence in forms that can be shared with stakeholders and is much easier that service user survey type approaches which can be time consuming and struggle to get sufficient numbers of responses. | by identifying those at highest risk of exclusion and providing some maps that show this at the sub-ward level. It does | 24 |
Nicole began teaching in 1996 after completing her B.A. in Spanish and Sociology. During her first year of teaching she realized her desire to combine her love for nature with education, and went on to complete an M.S. in Environmental Education. Aside from teaching in schools, she has led groups of teens in wilderness experiences in the rivers, canyons and mountains of the west. Her love of gardening and working with middle school students led her to complete the NAMTA Orientation to Adolescent Studies in 2008, and she went on to start up an Montessori Adolescent program in Texas. She has worked as a bilingual educator to Native Spanish speaking students for many years. Nicole has completed training sessions for International Baccala<|fim_middle|> his wife and dogs. | ureate Middle Years Program in the area of Language Acquisition. She also holds a Certificate of Permaculture Design and looks forward to continuing to share her knowledge of restorative agriculture with the RMS community.
Maria Grazia has been part of the RMS staff since 2011, teaching Spanish to children from 18 month to 6 years old. She has a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Navarra in Pamplona (Spain), with a specialization in Parent Education. Born and raised in Italy, she earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education and a Master of Science in Education at the Catholic University of Milan in Italy. She worked at a local school with children 3 to 6 years old in Italy, and then moved to Spain where she worked as a teaching assistant while gaining her Ph.D.
Sharri has worked as a Montessori Assistant since 1997 and an Elementary Art educator since 2006. She earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Art from Winona State University and has completed training sessions for International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program in the area of Arts.
Nolan is very excited to start his new position as Physical and Health Education Guide. His goals are to make sure every student has fun and learns how to make healthy life choices. He has a Bachelor's of Science degree in Exercise Science from Central Washington University and has enjoyed coaching and working with students aged 18 months through Middle School. Nolan's hobbies include playing basketball, running, and spending time with | 311 |
Fern Petrie
2017 Taranaki Arts<|fim_middle|> like to thank each of them for choosing my studio and sharing their thoughts on the progression of the work with me.
Fern Petrie's Taranaki Studio 2017
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Art For Refuge - Studio Photos With Tammie Pittwood.
© 2017 Fern Petrie. Artworks are copyright and must not be reproduced without the artists written permission. | Trail Weekend
This year on the 10th & 11th of June over 70 artists around Taranaki, New Zealand opened their studios to visitors.
I love the idea of giving people interested in the artistic process access to the studio and insight into each artists individual process of creation. For me making work is a reflective and personal experience in which I have to reach a kind of meditative state. My studio is a very private space and needs to be so to ensure I continually perform up to my own expectations.
For a few days each year it's a welcome change to open my doors and feel the energy and interest of art lovers who come from all over the country to discover how artists live and work in this region of New Zealand. This weekend around 200 people visited and I'd | 165 |
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In my private psychotherapy practice, I work with adults and teens<|fim_middle|> imperfectly with great delight." I think that inner freedom comes from accepting our imperfections and letting go of the unreasonable expectations we put on ourselves.
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With a deep belief that healing often happens in the context of relationships, the focus of my work is on helping people develop the skills they need to thrive in relationships and to discover things in themselves that may be preventing them from experiencing healthy intimacy and genuine connection with others.
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A huge number of organizations and institutions offer many grants to women so that they can continue with their education without any difficulty. Here<|fim_middle|> organized under the EU Public Diplomacy in India through Policy and Outreach Partnerships Project (EUPOP India), is to promote the EU as a destination for higher education and research for Indian students and researchers and to support the EU Member States and EU-based Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in their efforts towards internationalization of higher education.
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Sanjeev.roy@eupublicdiplomacy.in | is a list of some of the available scholarships for women to study in EU countries.
1.The UNESCO-L'ORÉAL International Fellowships granted annually since 2000 to 15 promising young women scientists, doctorate or post-doctorate, they encourage international scientific cooperation and the developing of cross-cultural networks. Check this link for more information: http://www.fwis.fr/en/fellowships
2. The Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Program supports women from developing countries in their pursuit of advanced graduate studies in STEM at leading universities worldwide. The program also has an extended mission to encourage community building through in-person forums, with the objective to create an international community of women leaders who will support scientific development and act as change agents in their home countries. Check this link for more information: http://www.facultyforthefuture.net/content/about-faculty-future-program
3. Established in 1938 in honor of famed pilot and Zontian, Amelia Earhart, the Amelia Earhart Fellowship is awarded annually to women pursuing Ph.D./doctoral degrees in aerospace-related sciences or aerospace-related engineering. The Fellowship of US$10,000, awarded to 35 Fellows around the globe each year, may be used at any university or college offering accredited post-graduate courses and degrees in these fields. Check this link for more information:http://www.zonta.org/WhatWeDo/InternationalPrograms/AmeliaEarhartFellowship.aspx
4. This scholarship is available for women from Asian or African countries affected by natural disasters, drought or famine. The Foundation Rainbow Bridge Scholarship was established in memory of Muriel Dargent, Matthieu Dargent, Iris Dargent, and Muriel's parents, all of whom disappeared in the December 2004 Tsunami. Check this link for more information: http://www.mba.hec.edu/Fees-Funding/Scholarships/Fondation-Rainbow-Bridge
5. ESMT offers special-tuition scholarships to female candidates applying to the ESMT Full-time MBA program with an exceptionally strong GMAT score and a record of academic excellence at undergraduate level. Click here for more information: https://www.esmt.org/degree-programs/full-time-mba/fees-and-financing/mba-scholarships
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The EU has a relatively long history of co-operation with India, including in Higher Education and Science and Technology. The EU is particularly active in increasing participation of more Indian students and teachers studying, researching, and teaching in Europe, in particular through European scholarships and institutional cooperation through ERASMUS+ program and, for teaching and research through Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action and Jean Monnet Programme. About 5,000 Indian students and scholars have already received such European grants. With about 50,000 Indian students in the EU right now, Europe is the 2nd preferred destination of Indian Students wishing to study abroad.
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For the past few weeks, my son and I have been somewhat addicted to the Power Chicken Hummus Bowls at Panera. The hummus they serve in it is jalapeno cilantro flavored and it's so good.
Since making hummus is one the simplest things you can make with your food processor, I figured why not try and recreate those flavors at home? I used my standard homemade hummus recipe with a few tweaks...and am really happy with the delicious outcome!
I found one jalapeno<|fim_middle|> SO GOOD.
Love this awesome recipe, Renee! Lovely & gluten free & it'd make a great dip for a Mexican night even though it's not strictly Mexican! :) Isn't it great when recipes can bend the rules like that? Lovely photos, too!
thanks for stopping by Anyonita! Yes...love when recipes can bend rules too! | in this recipe was plenty of heat for us. Since jalapenos vary in the degree of heat they have, you might need more or less depending on your jalapeno. Just adjust the amount to your liking.
My son said my version is just as good as Panera's version! Score!!
Combine all ingredients except water in food processor. Process until a smooth thick paste. Add in enough water, while it's running through the top, until it is smooth with a spreading consistency. ( I think I may have used about 1/3 cup...but put in as much or as little as you desire for the consistency you like) Garnish with some extra virgin olive oil. (not included in the nutrition info above) Serve with pita, pita chips, crackers or assorted raw vegetable dippers. It may taste a bit garlicky at first, but as the hummus sits the garlic flavor mellows.
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Coming up later this week...I've got a real treat for you! Myself and three other awesome bloggers have been working on a Valentine's Day Menu. Each of us is responsible for a different coarse in the menu...and you will be able to visit all the blogs via links to the various recipes. It will be fun!! You will have to come back on Friday to see what coarse I am responsible for. I've already got my recipe done...and it's a good one too!!!
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Feel free to add more garlic if you like!!!!
That looks so good! You had me at cilantro and jalapeno! Your food (I almost just spelled phood!) photography is getting great!!
This sounds delicious! I love cilantro anything. Your picture is beautiful!
I'm obsessed with hummus lately and have eaten three big containers in the last couple weeks. I really need to get with it and make my own, esp since I have a big thing of tahini already! This version sounds | 458 |
Dekajaz was a 10 piece concert jazz band based in Los Angeles. The group was critically acclaimed and most notably was founded to promote under-represented female jazz artists in the Southern California region much like the group Maiden Voyage. The group had many prominent performances in Los Angeles during their existence. Their album Eclectikos was released in September 2003.
History
<|fim_middle|>azz) - Lee Thornburg
Trombone - Les Benedict
Guitar - Steve Gregory
Piano - Josh Nelson
Bass - Sherry Luchette
Drums - Megan Foley
Discography
Eclectikos (2003)
See also
Scheila Gonzalez
References
External links
for Eclectikos
Women's musical groups
American jazz ensembles from California
Musical groups established in 1999
Musical groups from Los Angeles
Jazz musicians from California
1999 establishments in California
Women in Los Angeles | The DekaJaz Tentet first came together as an all female jazz group in the winter of 1999 as an idea of co-leaders Scheila Gonzalez (sax), Glenda Smith (trumpet), and Megan Foley (drums, arranger). Eventually the group did evolve into including certain male artists such as trumpeter Lee Thornburg, saxophonist Lee Secard and others. The group called upon the writing and arranging talents of Jack Cooper, David Caffey, Rick Lawn, Dan Higgins, Paul McKee, as well as their own Lee Secard, Megan Foley and Josh Nelson. Working with such a diverse group of players and composer/arrangers gave the band its unique style and sound. By the time the group was ready to record a CD in 2002, they had settled on a set of personnel who was consistent and knew the book of original, challenging music. The most noted performance of the group was at the 2005 International Association for Jazz Education Conference in Long Beach, California.
Reception of the group
"This ensemble has become what it set out to be. It is a first rate group with talented players playing great arrangements. They have their own identifiable sound.....a breath of fresh air in today's music scene."
Jeff Hamilton
"...an exact mixture of five women and five men, none of whom are household names in the world of jazz recordings, offer a program of vital, mature jazz performance that is striking in its originality and virtuosity."
Gary Foster
Members
Alto sax/flute/soprano sax - Scheila Gonzalez
Tenor sax/flute/clarinet - Sharon Hirata
Baritone Sax - Lee Secard (Jennifer Hall earlier)
Trumpet (lead) - Glenda Smith
Trumpet (j | 372 |
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\section{Introduction}
The diffusion--reaction system with two initially separated diffusing particles of spices $A$ and $B$ reacting according to the formula $m'A+n'B\rightarrow P({\rm inert})$ has been intensively studied during past years \cite{11,12,17,13,14,15,ckd,ara,18,19,cd,22,24}. As the diffusion-reaction equations describing the system are nonlinear, it is difficult to solve them and their general solutions remain unknown (except of very special cases). Thus, to simplify the calculations one usually uses various approximations, such as the quasistationary approximation \cite{11,12,17}, the scaling method \cite{11,13,14,15,ckd}, or the perturbation one \cite{18,19}. Using these methods, there were derived characteristic functions of the system which include: the time evolution of the reaction front $x_f(t)$, the width of the reaction zone $W_{\rm R}(t)$ or the width of the depletion zone $W_{\rm Dep}(t)$ \cite{11,12,13,14,15} which all appear to be the power functions of time $f(t)=K t^\gamma$. The results were confirmed by numerical calculations and simulations \cite{14,15,17}. However, as the methods of extracting the power functions are not based on analytical solutions of subdiffusion-reaction equations (not even on their approximately forms) the proportionality coefficient $K$ is unknown. The coefficient carries dynamical information about the system e.g. how the diffusion coefficient influences the process. As far as we know, there were only a few attempts to determine of $K$ by means of the quasistationary approximation \cite{12,17}.
The situation is more complicated in the case of the subfiffusion system since the equations describing the system contain a derivative of fractional order.
Subdiffusion occurs in systems where mobility of particles is
significantly hindered due to internal structure of the medium, as in porous media or gels \cite{mk,kdm}. The subdiffusion is characterized by a time dependence of the mean square displacement of transported particle $\left\langle \Delta x^2\right\rangle=2D_\alpha t^{\alpha}/\Gamma\left(1+\alpha\right)$, where $D_\alpha$ is the subdiffusion coefficient measured in the units $m^2/s^{\alpha}$ and $\alpha$ is the subdiffusion parameter which obeys $0<\alpha<1$. For $\alpha=1$ one deals with the normal diffusion.
Since no explicit solutions of the nonlinear (sub)diffusion-reaction equations are known, one commonly considers a simplified system, for example a one in which diffusion coefficients of both reactants are assumed to be equal to each other. There is assumed that the some characteristic functions are the same in the system with any simplified assumptions \cite{27a,10}.
The problem is to choose a method to study the subdiffusion-reaction equations. The scaling method dose not allow one to determine $K$ unless special conditions are taken into account. The perturbation method is of small efficiency because the first order correction is often insufficient, while the higher order corrections are hard to obtain even in the case of normal diffusion. So, there are a few problems solved using this method \cite{18,19}. An alternative method is the quasistationary one. In the case of normal diffusion-reaction system it is based on the assumption that process proceeds so slowly that changes of concentration of transported substance are small in some regions \cite{12,17}. Since the subdiffusion process is significantly slower than the normal diffusion one, we expect that the quasistationary approximation is also applicable to the subdiffusive case. Thus, we adopt the method in this study. The scaling method and the quasistationary approximation one are often treated as equivalent to each other. We note however that the equivalence holds only in the long time limit \cite{10}. At shorter times applicability of the quasistationary method does not imply applicability of scaling one and vice versa (this problem will be discussed in \cite{kosztlew}).
In this paper we find that the time evolution of the reaction front is given by the formula $x_{f}(t)=K t^{\alpha/2}$
for a system with arbitrary non--zero values of the subdiffusion coefficients. The coefficient $K$ fulfills the special equation derived in this paper. Our analytical results are confirmed by the numerical solutions of subdiffusion--reaction equations.
\section{\label{sys}The system}
A real system is usually three--dimensional, but we assume that it
is homogeneous in the plane perpendicular to the $x$ axis.
Therefore, we involve only one space variable $x$ into considerations. The subdiffusion--reaction equations are
\begin{equation}\label{eq2}
\frac{\partial }{\partial t}C_{i}(x,t)=D_{i}\frac{\partial^{1-\alpha}}{\partial t^{1-\alpha}}\frac{
\partial^{2}}{\partial x^{2}}C_{i}(x,t)-d_iR_{\alpha}(x,t),
\end{equation}
where $i=A,B$, $C_{i}$ denotes the concentration of the diffusing
particles of species $i$, $D_{i}$ -- the subdiffusion
coefficient, $d_A=m$, $d_B=n$, the parameters $m$ and $n$ occur in the reaction term (Eq.~(\ref{eq4}) below); the Riemann--Liouville fractional time derivative is defined for the
case of $0<\alpha<1$ as
\begin{displaymath}
\frac{d^\alpha f(t)}{dt^\alpha}=\frac{1}{\Gamma(1-\alpha)}\frac{d}{d t}\int_{0}^{t}d\tau\frac{f(\tau)}{(t-\tau)^\alpha}.
\end{displaymath}
Throughout this paper we assume that both of the reactants are mobile $D_{A},D_{B}>0$. Let us note that the choice of the reaction term is not obvious \cite{9,27a,10,sbsl,s,hw,10a}. The reaction term, which we involve into considerations and which was used to study the subdiffusion--reaction system in \cite{27a,10}, is
\begin{equation}\label{eq3}
R_{\alpha}(x,t)=\frac{\partial^{1-\alpha}}{\partial
t^{1-\alpha}}R(x,t) ,
\end{equation}
where the term $R(x,t)$ within the mean field approximation reads
\begin{equation}\label{eq4}
R(x,t)=kC_A^{m}(x,t)C_B^{n}(x,t),
\end{equation}
$k$ is the reaction rate and the parameters $m$ and $n$ are determined experimentally.
We assume that the particles of reactants $A$ and $B$ are initially separated from
each other. Thus, the initial conditions are
\begin{eqnarray}
C_A(x,0)&=&\left\{ \begin{array}{cc}
C_{0A}, & x<0 \\
0, & x>0
\end{array} \right.,\label{eq9a}\\
C_B(x,0)&=&\left\{ \begin{array}{cc}
0, & x<0 \\
C_{0B}, & x>0
\end{array} \right. .\label{eq9b}
\end{eqnarray}
It was observed \cite{11,12,17,13,14,15} that when
the process starts, there appear characteristic regions (see
Fig.~\ref{Fig.1}): the depletion zone ${\rm `Dep'}$, which is
defined as a region where the concentrations are significantly
smaller than the initial ones ($C_A\ll C_{0A}$ and $C_B\ll
C_{0B}$), the reaction region where the production of
particles $P$ is significant ($R(x,t)>0$), and the
diffusion region ${\rm `Dif'}$,
where the reaction term $R(x,t)$ is close
to zero and the particle transport appears to be almost subdiffusive
(i.e. without chemical reactions).
\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.95]{Kosztolowicz_1.EPS}
\caption{\label{Fig.1}Schematic view of the system under
considerations; $x_{f}(t)$ is the reaction front, ${\rm `Dep'}$ and
${\rm `Dif'}$ denote the depletion zone and the
diffusion region, respectively.}
\end{figure}
For the normal diffusion the widths of the depletion zone $W_{{\rm
Dep}}$ and the reaction region $W_{{\rm R}}$ grow as the power
functions of time \cite{11,12,17,13,14,15,ckd}, $W_{{\rm Dep}}\sim t^{\theta}$, with $\theta=1/2$, and $W_{{\rm R}}\sim t^{\mu}$, where $\mu<\theta$. The value of parameter $\mu$ depends on the system under study.
For the system where the reactants $A$ and $B$ are mobile, there is
$\mu=1/6$ and for the system with a mobile reactant $A$ and a
static reactant $B$ we have $\mu=(m-1)/2(m+1)$, where $m$ is the parameter occurring in the
reaction term $R$ in Eq.~(\ref{eq4}) \cite{13} (see also
\cite{ckd,cd}). As was reported in \cite{ara,10}, $W_{\rm R}$ evolve in time according to the power functions also for the subdiffusive--reaction system with $\mu =\alpha/6$.
An important characteristics of the system under consideration is the time evolution of the reaction front $x_{f}(t)$. It is defined as a point where the reaction term
$R(x,t)$ reaches its maximum $R(x_{f}(t),t)=max$ or, as argued in \cite{14}, for $R\sim C_AC_B$ it is defined by the relation $C_A(x_f(t),t)=C_B(x_f(t),t)$ and in more general situation by $C_A(x_f(t),t)/m=C_B(x_f(t),t)/n$ \cite{ckd}. Unfortunately, these definitions are difficult to apply for the numerically obtained concentrations. In the following, we use the definition of the reaction front as
\begin{equation}\label{defxf}
x_f(t)=\frac{\int x R(x,t)dx}{\int R(x,t)dx} .
\end{equation}
Although the relations defining the reaction front are not always equivalent to each other, all of them provide to $x_f$ lying inside the reaction region, and in the long time limit the definitions lead to the power functions of time.
For the normal diffusion there is the dependence \cite{11,12,17,13,14,15}
\begin{equation}\label{xfg}
x_{f}(t)\sim t^{\gamma},
\end{equation}
with $\gamma=1/2$. It was shown in \cite{10} by
means of the scaling method that the relation (\ref{xfg}) with $\gamma=\alpha/2$ holds for
the subdiffusive system where the subdiffusion coefficients of
reactants are equal to each other.
\section{Quasistatic approximation}
The quasistatic approximation assumes that the concentration profile is
a slowly varying function of time in a given region. Thus,
the time derivation is small and consequently, the r.h.s. of (sub)diffusion
equation (\ref{eq2}) is also small in the region. It requires
\begin{equation}\label{r2}
\frac{\partial^{1-\alpha}}{\partial t^{1-\alpha}}\frac{\partial^2}{\partial x^2}C_{A,B}(x,t)\approx R_\alpha(x,t).
\end{equation}
Since the reaction term is relatively large in the reaction zone,
the quasistatic approximation holds in this zone under the condition
\begin{equation}\label{r3}
D\frac{\partial^{1-\alpha}}{\partial t^{1-\alpha}}
\frac{\partial^{2}}{\partial x^{2}}C_{A,B}(x,t)\gg\frac{\partial }{\partial t}C_{A,B}(x,t).
\end{equation}
We note that the condition (\ref{r3}) is fulfilled when the concentration profiles are given in the scaling form \cite{10}.
In the diffusive region where $R_\alpha(x,t)\approx 0$, the quasistatic approximation
is applicable when the concentration is a linear function of $x$, as the r.h.s. of
Eq. (\ref{eq2}) then vanishes. The regions outside the reaction zone, where the
concentration linearly varies with $x$, determine the borders of the quasistatic
region. The solution of subdiffusion equation without chemical reactions works here.
In the studies of the normal diffusion with reactions, one introduces the quasistatic approximation referring to the equilibration time $\tau_{\rm F}$ \cite{12,ckd,cd}. The parameter $\tau_{\rm F}$ is of order of the average time which is needed for the substance to spread over the interval of length $W_{\rm R}$ when the substance flows from outside of the interval.
For the normal diffusion-reaction system this parameter was estimated from the relation $\left\langle\Delta x^2\right\rangle\sim t$. Taking $\left\langle\Delta x^2\right\rangle\sim W^2_{\rm R}$ and $t\sim \tau_F$ one gets $\tau_{\rm F}\sim W_{\rm R}^2$. For the subdiffusive system the relation $\left\langle\Delta x^2\right\rangle\sim t^\alpha$ provides
\begin{equation}\label{tf}
\tau_{\rm F}\sim W_{\rm R}^{2/\alpha}.
\end{equation}
As for the normal diffusion case, let us assume that the relative change of the flux $J$ fulfills the relation $dJ/J=dt/\tau_{\rm J}$ which gives
\begin{equation}\label{tj}
(\tau_{\rm J})^{-1}\sim \frac{d({\rm log}J)}{dt}.
\end{equation}
The balance between the subdiffusion term and the reaction one is achieved when the equilibration time $\tau_{\rm F}$ of the reaction region is negligibly small comparing to the time ($\tau_{\rm J}$) of relative change of the flux in the long time limit. So, the quasistatic approximation is applicable when
\begin{equation}\label{r4}
\frac{\tau_{\rm F}}{\tau_{\rm J}}\rightarrow_{t\rightarrow\infty}0.
\end{equation}
The quasistatic region is usually defined as a region where at least one of the conditions (\ref{r2}), (\ref{r3}) or (\ref{r4}) is fulfilled. As far as we know, the equivalence of these definitions have not been proven yet. In our considerations we use the relation (\ref{r2}) as the definition of quasistatic approximation and we further show that the conditions (\ref{r4}) is fulfilled when Eq.~(\ref{r2}) is assumed.
\section{Time evolution of $W_{{\rm R}}$ and $W_{{\rm Dep}}$}\label{wrwd}
As in the normal diffusion reaction system, to find the widths of appropriate region we assume that the parameters $p=D_B/D_A$ and $q=C_{0B}/C_{0A}$ are the irrelevant parameters of the system. This means that the results obtained for $p=1$ and/or $q=1$ are qualitatively equivalent to the one with $p\neq 1$ and/or $q\neq 1$, except of very few obvious cases (for example, when $p=q=1$ the reaction front does not move). In this section we derive the time evolution of the widths of the reaction region $W_{\rm R}$ and the depletion zone $W_{{\rm Dep}}$ under condition $p=q=1$.
At first we argue that the assumption $\mu<\theta$ is correct not
only for the diffusive but for the subdiffusive systems as well.
In \cite{10} there was found
that $\theta = \alpha/2$ and $\mu = \alpha/6$ by means of the simplified scaling method. We confirm the above relation, using the method
already applied to the normal diffusion--reaction system
\cite{24}.
\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.95]{Kosztolowicz_2.EPS}
\caption{The symmetrical system with static reaction front
$x_{f}(t)=0$. The continuous lines denote the concentrations $C$ for
the system under considerations, the dashed one -- for the system
with the fully absorbing wall $C_{{\rm abs}}$ located at $x=0$.}\label{Fig.2}
\end{figure}
Let us assume that the initial concentrations and subdiffusion
coefficients of both reactants are equal to each other $C_{0A}=C_{0B}\equiv C_{0}$ and $D_{A}=D_{B}\equiv D$.
Due to the symmetry of the system, the reaction front will not
change its position $x_{f}(t)=0$. Proceeding as for the system with the normal diffusion
\cite{24}, we assume to further simplify of the calculations that
the concentrations of $A$ and $B$ particles can be given as
\begin{displaymath}
C_A(x,t)=C_{A \rm abs}(x,t)+\delta C_A(x,t),
\end{displaymath}
\begin{displaymath}
C_B(x,t)=C_{B \rm abs}(x,t)+\delta C_B(x,t),
\end{displaymath}
where $C_{A {\rm abs}}$ and $C_{B {\rm abs}}$ are the solutions of the pure subdiffusive equation in the system with the perfectly absorbing wall located at $x=0$ and
$\delta C_A$ and $\delta C_B$ are the corrections (see Fig.~\ref{Fig.2}). Symmetry of the
system ensures that $C_A(x,t)=C_B(-x,t)$, which provides $\delta
C_A(x,t)=\delta C_B(-x,t)$. For a perfectly absorbing wall
placed at $x=0$, the concentration profiles vanish at the wall
$C_{A \rm abs}(0,t)=C_{B \rm abs}(0,t)=0$. After calculations, we obtain
\begin{eqnarray}\label{eq27}
\lefteqn{C_{A \rm abs}(x,t)=}\nonumber\\
& & C_{0}\left[1 -\frac{2}{\alpha}H^{1 0}_{1 1}
\left(\left(\frac{-x}{\sqrt{Dt^{\alpha}}}\right)^{2/\alpha}
\left| \begin{array}{cc}
1 & 1 \\
0 & 2/\alpha
\end{array}\right. \right)
\right],
\end{eqnarray}
for $x<0$, and
\begin{eqnarray}\label{eq28}
\lefteqn{C_{B \rm abs}(x,t)=}\nonumber\\
&&C_{0}\left[1-\frac{2}{\alpha} H^{1 0}_{1 1}
\left(\left(\frac{x}{\sqrt{Dt^{\alpha}}}\right)^{2/\alpha}
\left| \begin{array}{cc}
1 & 1 \\
0 & 2/\alpha
\end{array}\right. \right)
\right],
\end{eqnarray}
for $x>0$, where $H$ denotes the Fox function, which can be
expressed as the series \cite{23}
\begin{equation}\label{eq29}
H^{1 0}_{1 1} \left(u \left|
\begin{array}{cc}
1 & 1 \\
p & q
\end{array}
\right. \right)= \frac{1}{q}u^{p/q}
\sum^\infty_{j=0}\frac{(-1)^{j}}{j!\Gamma(1-p/q-j/q)}u^{j/q}.
\end{equation}
Substituting $C(x,t)\equiv C_i(x,t)$, $\delta C(x,t)\equiv \delta C_i(x,t)$, $C_{\rm abs}(x,t)\equiv C_{i \rm abs}(x,t)$, where $i=A$ for $x<0$ and $i=B$ for $x>0$,
to the subdiffusion--reaction equation and taking into account that
$C_{\rm abs}$ fulfills the subdiffusion equation without
chemical reactions, we get
\begin{eqnarray*}
\frac{\partial }{\partial t}\delta
C(x,t)&=&\frac{\partial^{1-\alpha}}{\partial
t^{1-\alpha}}\left[D\frac{
\partial^{2}}{\partial x^{2}}\delta C(x,t)\right.\\
& & \left. -k\left[C_{\rm abs}(x,t) +\delta C(x,t) \right]\delta
C(x,t)\right].
\end{eqnarray*}
The limits of the reaction region occur for $x$ where
$\delta C$ is close to zero. In this region one can neglect the
term $(\delta C)^{2}$ in the above equation. Moreover, in the long
time limit we can approximate the Fox functions present in
Eqs.~(\ref{eq27}) and (\ref{eq28}) by the expression
$C_{\rm abs}(x,t)=a|x|/t^{\alpha/2}$, where
$a=C_{0}k/\Gamma(1-\alpha/2)\sqrt{D}$. So, we get
\begin{equation}\label{eq32}
\frac{\partial }{\partial t}\delta
C(x,t)=\frac{\partial^{1-\alpha}}{\partial
t^{1-\alpha}}\left[ D\frac{
\partial^{2}}{\partial x^{2}}\delta C(x,t)
-\frac{a|x|}{t^{\frac{\alpha}{2}}}\delta C(x,t)\right].
\end{equation}
As in the normal diffusion--reaction system \cite{24}, we assume that
\begin{equation}\label{eq32a}
\frac{\partial}{\partial t}\delta C(x,t)=0 .
\end{equation}
From Eqs.~(\ref{eq32}), (\ref{eq32a}) and the relation \cite{20}
\begin{equation}\label{pochtni}
\frac{d^{\beta}t^{\nu}}{dt^{\beta}}=
\frac{\Gamma(\nu+1)}{\Gamma(\nu+1-\beta)}t^{\nu-\beta},\qquad \nu>-1,
\end{equation}
we obtain
\begin{equation}\label{eq34}
D\frac{
\partial^{2}}{\partial x^{2}}\delta C(x,t)-\frac{a|x|}{t^{\frac{\alpha}{2}}}\delta
C(x,t)=\frac{A(x)}{t^{\alpha}},
\end{equation}
where $A(x)$ is the arbitrary function of $x$ only. In the long time limit the r.h.s. of Eq. (\ref{eq34}) can be neglected. Let us note that it is another justification to equal the r.h.s. of above equation to zero. To determine the function $A(x)$ we observe that $\delta C$ has a significant value in a finite region limited by the
depending on time points $-g(t)$ and $g(t)$, which lie inside of the
depletion zone (see Fig.~\ref{Fig.2}). Thus, we have
\begin{displaymath}\label{eq34a}
\delta C(-g(t),t)\approx\delta C(g(t),t)\approx 0
\end{displaymath}
and
\begin{displaymath}
\left. \frac{\partial^{2}\delta C(x,t)}{\partial
x^{2}}\right|_{x=-g(t)}\approx\left. \frac{\partial^{2}\delta
C(x,t)}{\partial x^{2}}\right|_{x=g(t)}\approx 0 .
\end{displaymath}
Since the left hand side of the Eq. (\ref{eq34}) is close to
zero for $|x|>g(t)$, the additional boundary conditions are
\begin{equation}\label{eq34c}
A(-g(t))=A(g(t))=0 .
\end{equation}
The above equations appear to be the boundary conditions for the
function $A$, which cannot depend on time (in contrary to the
boundary conditions (\ref{eq34c})). Thus, there is the only
solution $A(x)\equiv const\equiv 0$.
Solving the equation
(\ref{eq34}) with the right side equal to zero, we find
\begin{displaymath}
\delta C(x,t)=f(t){\rm Ai}\left(\lambda
\frac{x}{t^{\alpha/6}}\right) ,
\end{displaymath}
where ${\rm Ai}$ denotes the Airy function, which can be
approximated by the following expression for large~$u$
\begin{displaymath}
{\rm Ai}(u)\simeq
\frac{1}{2\sqrt{\pi}u^{1/4}}\exp\left[-\frac{2u^{3/2}}{3}\right].
\end{displaymath}
To obtain the function $f(t)$
we assume that it is the power function of time $f(t)\sim
t^{\lambda}$. Putting the function $f$ to Eq.~(\ref{eq32}) and using
(\ref{eq32a}), we obtain $\lambda=-\frac{\alpha}{3}$. Comparing
Eq.~(\ref{eq32}) with (\ref{eq2}) and (\ref{eq3}), we get
\begin{equation}\label{eq37}
R(x,t)=\frac{a|x|}{t^{\frac{\alpha}{2}}}\delta C(x,t) .
\end{equation}
Substituting Eq.~(\ref{eq37}) to Eq.~(\ref{eq32}) we obtain
\begin{equation}\label{eq38}
R(x,t)\sim
t^{-2\alpha/3}\left(\frac{x}{t^{\alpha/6}}\right)^{3/4}
\exp\left[-\frac{2}{3}\left(\frac{\lambda
x}{t^{\alpha/6}}\right)^{3/2}\right].
\end{equation}
As the width of the reaction region is defined by the relation \cite{ckd}
\begin{equation}\label{defWR}
W_{\rm R}^2(x,t)=\frac{\int (x-x_f(t))^2 R(x,t) dx}{\int R(x,t) dx} .
\end{equation}
it is easy to see that substituting (\ref{eq38}) to (\ref{defWR}) with $x_f\equiv0$, we obtain $W_{{\rm R}}\sim t^{\alpha/6}$.
Since the width of the depletion zone is defined by the conditions
$C_{i}\ll C_{0i}$, $i=A,B$, from Eqs. (\ref{eq27}) and
(\ref{eq28}) we get $W_{{\rm Dep}}\sim
t^{\alpha/2}$. Thus, the relation $\mu<\theta$ is fulfilled for
the system where the subdiffusion coefficients of the reactants
are equal to each other. We assume that this relation holds for the system
with any non--zero values of the subdiffusion coefficients.
\section{Concentration profile in ${\rm Dif}$ region}\label{wdif}
Since $W_{\rm R}\ll W_{{\rm Dep}}$,
the reaction region plays a role of a partially absorbing wall
with respect to the depletion zone. We find the concentration
profiles in the region outside the reaction one as a solution of
the subdiffusion equation in the system with partially absorbing
wall.
We find here the solutions of the subdiffusion equation without
chemical reactions (Eq. (\ref{eq2}) with $R_{\alpha}(x,t)\equiv0$) for the system with partially
absorbing wall. To calculate the concentration profiles, we use the
integral formula
\begin{equation}\label{eq41}
C(x,t)=\int G(x,t;x_{0})C(x_{0},0)dx_{0},
\end{equation}
where $G(x,t;x_{0})$ denotes the Green's function for the
subdiffusion equation. From a macroscopic point of
view, the Green's function is interpreted as a concentration
profile of the $N$ particles (divided by $N$) which are
instantaneously produced and start from the position $x_{0}$ at an
initial moment $t=0$. It is also interpreted as a probability
density of finding a particle in a point $x$ at time $t$ under
the condition that the particle is located in the position $x_{0}$
at the initial moment $t=0$.
There is a problem to set the boundary conditions at the partially
absorbing wall. To obtain the Green's function one can use the
method of images. The standard method of images has been applied for
the diffusive system with fully absorbing or fully reflecting
wall \cite{25}. Then, one replaces the wall by a fictitious
instantaneous point source of the particles (IPS) in such a manner
that the concentration profile generated by all IPS behaves as in
the system with the wall. In the system with the fully reflecting wall,
the flux vanishes at the wall. In this case the Green's function can
be obtained by replacing the wall by the auxiliary IPS of the same
strength in the position symmetric to the initial point $x_{0}$ with
respect to the wall
\begin{equation}\label{eq42a}
G(x,t;x_{0})=G_{0}(x,t;x_{0})+G_{0}(x,t;-x_{0}) ,
\end{equation}
where $G_{0}$ denotes the Green's function for homogeneous system. In the case of fully absorbing wall the concentration vanishes at the wall. The Green's function is
then a difference of IPS placed at $x_{0}$ and $-x_{0}$, which
gives
\begin{equation}\label{eq42}
G(x,t;x_{0})=G_{0}(x,t;x_{0})-G_{0}(x,t;-x_{0}).
\end{equation}
Sometimes the boundary conditions are not given explicitly by an
equation, but they are postulated in a heuristic form. In such a
case there is a possibility to use the generalized method of images
to find the Green's functions. Such a procedure was used to find the
Green's functions for the system with partially permeable wall
\cite{26} where the Green's function was obtained from
Eq.~(\ref{eq42a}) by reducing the IPS located at $-x_{0}$ by the
factor controlled by the permeability of the wall.
For the system with partially absorbing wall we start with a
physical condition, which can be stated as: \textit{if during a
given time interval $N$ particles reach the wall, the fraction
$\rho$ of them will be absorbed while $1-\rho$ will go through}.
The parameter $\rho$ is assumed to be a constant characterizing
the wall. Such a situation appears when the partially absorbing
wall is simulated by another IPS of the strength reduced by a
factor $\rho$. So, the Green's functions are as follows
\begin{equation}\label{eq43}
G_{A\,{\rm Dif}}(x,t;x_{0})=G_{0\,A}(x,t;x_{0})
-\rho_{A}G_{0\,A}(x,t;-x_{0}),
\end{equation}
and
\begin{equation}\label{eq44}
G_{B\,{\rm Dif}}(x,t;x_{0})=G_{0\,B}(x,t;x_{0})
-\rho_{B}G_{0\,B}(x,t;-x_{0}),
\end{equation}
where
\begin{equation}\label{eq45}
G_{0\,i}(x,t;x_{0})=\frac{1}{\alpha|x-x_{0}|} H^{1 0}_{1 1}
\left(\left(\frac{|x-x_{0}|}{\sqrt{D_{i}t^{\alpha}}}\right)
^{\frac{2}{\alpha}}\left|
\begin{array}{cc}
1 & 1 \\
1 & 2/\alpha
\end{array}\right. \right) ,
\end{equation}
for $i=A,B$. Using the integral formula (\ref{eq41}) and initial
conditions (\ref{eq9a}) and (\ref{eq9b}), we find (for details of the calculations
see the Appendix A)
\begin{eqnarray}\label{eq46}
\lefteqn{C_{A\,{\rm Dif}}(x,t)=C_{0A}-\frac{2}{\alpha}\eta_{A}}\nonumber \\
&&\times H^{1 0}_{1 1}
\left(\left(\frac{-x}{\sqrt{D_{A}t^{\alpha}}}\right)^{2/\alpha}
\left| \begin{array}{cc}
1 & 1 \\
0 & 2/\alpha
\end{array}\right. \right),
\end{eqnarray}
where
\begin{equation}\label{eq46a}
\eta_{A}=C_{A0}(1+\rho_{A})/2 ,
\end{equation}
and
\begin{eqnarray}\label{eq47}
\lefteqn{C_{B\,{\rm Dif}}(x,t)=C_{0B}-\frac{2}{\alpha}\eta_{B}}\nonumber \\
&&\times H^{1 0}_{1 1}
\left(\left(\frac{x}{\sqrt{D_{B}t^{\alpha}}}\right)^{2/\alpha}
\left| \begin{array}{cc}
1 & 1 \\
0 & 2/\alpha
\end{array}\right. \right),
\end{eqnarray}
where
\begin{equation}\label{eq47a}
\eta_{B}=C_{B0}(1+\rho_{B})/2 .
\end{equation}
Let us note that when $C_{0A}=C_{0B}=C_0$ and $D_A=D_B$, we obtain $\rho_A=1$ and $\rho_B=1$ from Eqs.~(\ref{eq27}) and~(\ref{eq28}). The subdiffusive fluxes are given by the formula
\begin{equation}\label{eq10}
J_{i}(x,t)=-D_{i}\frac{\partial^{1-\alpha}}{\partial
t^{1-\alpha}}\frac{\partial C_{i}(x,t)}{\partial x}.
\end{equation}
Using Eqs.~(\ref{eq46}) and (\ref{eq47}), we obtain
\begin{eqnarray}\label{eq48}
\lefteqn{J_{A\,{\rm Dif}}(x,t)=\frac{2}{\alpha}\sqrt{D_{A}}\eta_{A}\left(\frac{\sqrt{D_{A}}}{-x}\right)^{\frac{2}{\alpha}-1}}\nonumber \\
&&\times H^{1 0}_{1 1}
\left(\left(\frac{-x}{\sqrt{D_{A}t^{\alpha}}}\right)^{2/\alpha}
\left| \begin{array}{cc}
1 & 1 \\
-1+2/\alpha & 2/\alpha
\end{array}\right. \right),
\end{eqnarray}
\begin{eqnarray}\label{eq49}
\lefteqn{J_{B\,{\rm Dif}}(x,t)=-\frac{2}{\alpha}\sqrt{D_{B}}\eta_{B}\left(\frac{\sqrt{D_{B}}}{x}\right)^{\frac{2}{\alpha}-1}}\nonumber \\ &&\times H^{1 0}_{1 1}
\left(\left(\frac{x}{\sqrt{D_{B}t^{\alpha}}}\right)^{2/\alpha}
\left| \begin{array}{cc}
1 & 1 \\
-1+2/\alpha & 2/\alpha
\end{array}\right. \right).
\end{eqnarray}
In the following we use the shorter notation for the fluxes (\ref{eq48}) and (\ref{eq49})
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{linja} J_{A \rm Dif}&=&\frac{\sqrt{D_A}\eta_A}{t^{1-\alpha/2}}Q\left(\frac{-x}{\sqrt{D_A t^{\alpha}}}\right) ,\\
\label{linjb} J_{B \rm Dif}&=&-\frac{\sqrt{D_B}\eta_B}{t^{1-\alpha/2}}Q\left(\frac{x}{\sqrt{D_B t^{\alpha}}}\right) ,
\end{eqnarray}
where
\begin{equation}\label{defQ}
Q(z)=\frac{\alpha}{2}\sum^{\infty}_{k=0}\frac{1}{k!\Gamma(\alpha(1-k)/2)}(-z)^k.
\end{equation}
\section{Time evolution of the reaction front}\label{terf}
In this section we derive the time evolution of the reaction front within the quasistatonary approximation. The derivation is based on three assumptions, which are expected to hold in the long time limit.
\begin{enumerate}[(1)]
\item\label{zalozenie1} We assume that the characteristic functions evolve in time according to the formulas
\begin{equation}\label{zalWR}
W_R\sim t^{\alpha/6} ,
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}\label{zalDEP}
W_{{\rm Dep}}\sim t^{\alpha/2} ,
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}\label{zalxf}
x_f(t)\sim t^{\alpha/2} .
\end{equation}
The relations were derived in \cite{10} by means of the scaling method for the system where the subdiffusion coefficients of both reactants are equal to each other. The relation (\ref{zalWR}) was also found in \cite{ara} by means of the Monte Carlo simulations. Le us note that in Sec.~\ref{wrwd} we have shown that the relations (\ref{zalWR}) and (\ref{zalDEP}) are fulfilled for the system where $p=q=1$. The relation (\ref{zalxf}) will be also confirmed \textit{a posteriori} in this section.
\item\label{zalozenie2} The region, where the quasistatic approximation works, extends beyond the reaction zone. Therefore there is the region defined by the relation
\begin{equation}\label{defOVE}
W_R(t)\ll|x-x_{f}(t)|\ll W_{\rm Dep}(t) ,
\end{equation}
where the quasistatic approximation region overlaps with the diffusion one.
\item\label{zalozenie3} In the diffusion region the concentrations are given by Eqs. (\ref{eq46})--(\ref{eq47a}) with the parameters $\rho_A$ and $\rho_B$, which can be larger than unity.
\end{enumerate}
Starting with the above assumptions, we show at first the following
\begin{enumerate}[(a)]
\item\label{z1} The concentration profiles (\ref{eq46}) and (\ref{eq47}) extended to the reaction region vanish at the points which are identified with the point $x_z$ defined in Fig.~(\ref{Fig.1}) and by Eq.~(\ref{defxz}). In the long time limit the point $x_z$ is localized so close to $x_f$ that $x_z$ can be replaced by $x_f$.
\item\label{z2} The fluxes $J_A$ and $J_B$ flowing into the reaction region from the left and from the right side, respectively, are assumed to be balanced in such a way that $m$ particles $A$ and $n$ particles $B$ flow into the reaction region in the time unit.
\end{enumerate}
After showing that the conditions (\ref{z1}) and (\ref{z2}) hold, we use Eqs.~(\ref{eq46}) and (\ref{eq47}) to derive a relation describing the time evolution of the reaction front.
As mentioned earlier, we are guided by the procedure already used for the normal diffusion--reaction systems \cite{12}.
The quasistatic state can be defined by the following equations
\begin{displaymath}
\frac{\partial^{1-\alpha}}{\partial t^{1-\alpha}}\left[D_{A}\frac{\partial^{2}}{\partial x^{2}}C_{A}(x,t)-mR(x,t)\right]=0,
\end{displaymath}
and
\begin{displaymath}
\frac{\partial^{1-\alpha}}{\partial t^{1-\alpha}}\left[D_{B}\frac{\partial^{2}}{\partial x^{2}}C_{B}(x,t)-nR(x,t)\right]=0,
\end{displaymath}
which combined provide
\begin{displaymath}
\frac{\partial^{1-\alpha}}{\partial t^{1-\alpha}}\frac{
\partial^{2}}{\partial x^{2}}\Psi(x,t)=0 ,
\end{displaymath}
where
\begin{equation}\label{defPsi}
\Psi(x,t)\equiv\frac{1}{m}D_{A}C_{A}(x,t)-\frac{1}{n}D_{B}C_{B}(x,t) .
\end{equation}
Using the formula (\ref{pochtni}), we find
\begin{equation}\label{eq54}
\Psi(x,t)=E(x)t^{-\alpha}+<|fim_middle|>,t)=\frac{E(x)-E(x_{z}(t))}{t^{\alpha}}+F(t)(x-x_{z}(t)) .
\end{equation}
Let us now consider the region where the region of diffusion approximation overlaps with the one of the quasistatic approximation for $x<x_f(t)$. The region occurs for such $x$ that the condition
\begin{equation}\label{defOve}
-W_{\rm Dep}(x,t)\ll x-x_f(t) \ll -W_{\rm R}(x,t) ,
\end{equation}
is fulfilled. Here $C_{A}\approx C_{A \rm Dif}$, $C_{B}\approx 0$, $J_{A}\approx J_{A \rm Dif}$, and $J_{B}\approx 0$. So, we get from Eq.~(\ref{defPsi})
\begin{equation}\label{PsiOve}
\Psi(x,t)=\frac{1}{m}D_AC_{A \rm Dif}(x,t) ,
\end{equation}
and from Eq.~(\ref{eq55})
\begin{equation}\label{fjad}
\frac{\partial^{1-\alpha}}{\partial t^{1-\alpha}}F(t)=-\frac{1}{m}J_{A \rm Dif}(t) .
\end{equation}
Let us note that $\Psi$ is given by the function of the variable $x/t^{\alpha/2}$ only (see Eq.~(\ref{eq46})). Therefore we deduce that
\begin{equation}\label{defE}
E(x)=ax^2 ,
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}\label{defF}
F(t)=\frac{b}{t^{\alpha/2}} ,
\end{equation}
and
\begin{equation}\label{defG}
G(t)=c ,
\end{equation}
where $a$, $b$, $c$ are constants.
We denote
\begin{equation}\label{defx}
x_f(t)-x=\epsilon(t).
\end{equation}
It is obvious that
\begin{displaymath}
\Omega_1 t^{\alpha/6}\ll \epsilon(t) \ll \Omega_2 t^{\alpha/2} ,
\end{displaymath}
where $\Omega_1$ and $\Omega_2$ are positive constants.
When $t\rightarrow\infty$ the inequality provides $t^{\alpha/6}/\epsilon(t)\rightarrow 0$ and
\begin{equation}\label{epsilon}
\epsilon(t)/t^{\alpha/2}\rightarrow 0 .
\end{equation}
Combining Eqs. (\ref{eq46}), (\ref{eq57}), (\ref{PsiOve}) and (\ref{defE})--(\ref{defx}) we obtain
\begin{eqnarray}\label{ala}
D_A\left[C_{0A}-\frac{2}{\alpha}\eta_A H^{1 0}_{1 1}
\left(\left(\frac{\epsilon(t)-x_f(t)}{\sqrt{D_{A}t^{\alpha}}}\right)^{2/\alpha}
\left| \begin{array}{cc}
1 & 1 \\
0 & 2/\alpha
\end{array}\right. \right)\right]&=&\nonumber \\
a\frac{(x_f(t)-\epsilon(t))^2-x_z^2(t)}{t^\alpha}
+b\frac{x_f(t)-\epsilon(t)-x_z(t)}{t^{\alpha/2}} .&&
\end{eqnarray}
Since in the long time limit $(x_f(t)-x_z(t)-\epsilon(t))/t^{\alpha/2}\rightarrow 0$ (see Eqs.~(\ref{gwiazdka}) and (\ref{epsilon})), from Eq.~(\ref{ala}) we get
\begin{equation}\label{albb}
C_{0A}-\frac{2}{\alpha}\eta_A H^{1 0}_{1 1}
\left(\left(\frac{-x_f(t)}{\sqrt{D_{A}t^{\alpha}}}\right)^{2/\alpha}
\left| \begin{array}{cc}
1 & 1 \\
0 & 2/\alpha
\end{array}\right. \right) = 0 .
\end{equation}
Similar considerations performed in the region
\begin{displaymath}
W_R(x,t)\ll x-x_f(t)\ll W_{\rm Dep}(x,t)
\end{displaymath}
provide
\begin{displaymath}
\Psi(x,t)=-\frac{1}{n}D_BC_{B \rm Dif}(x,t) ,
\end{displaymath}
and
\begin{equation}\label{aaaa}
\frac{\partial^{1-\alpha}}{\partial t^{1-\alpha}}F(t)=\frac{1}{n}J_{B \rm Dif}(t) ,
\end{equation}
which gives
\begin{equation}\label{abaa}
C_{0B}-\frac{2}{\alpha}\eta_B H^{1 0}_{1 1}
\left(\left(\frac{x_f(t)}{\sqrt{D_{B}t^{\alpha}}}\right)^{2/\alpha}
\left| \begin{array}{cc}
1 & 1 \\
0 & 2/\alpha
\end{array}\right. \right) = 0 .
\end{equation}
From Eqs.~(\ref{fjad}) and (\ref{aaaa}) we obtain
\begin{equation}\label{rowj}
\frac{1}{m}J_{A \rm Dif}=-\frac{1}{n}J_{B \rm Dif} ,
\end{equation}
and from Eqs.~(\ref{linja}), (\ref{linjb}) and (\ref{rowj}) we get
\begin{equation}\label{rsl}
\frac{1}{m}\sqrt{D_A}\eta_A Q\left(\frac{-x_f(t)}{\sqrt{D_A t^{\alpha}}}\right)=\frac{1}{n}\sqrt{D_B}\eta_B Q\left(\frac{x_f(t)}{\sqrt{D_B t^{\alpha}}}\right).
\end{equation}
Combining Eqs. (\ref{albb}), (\ref{abaa}), (\ref{rsl}) and using the identity \cite{27}
\begin{equation}\label{przekH}
H^{1 0}_{1 1}
\left(z^{2/\alpha}\left| \begin{array}{cc}
1 & 1 \\
0 & 2/\alpha
\end{array}\right. \right)=\frac{\alpha}{2}
H^{1 0}_{1 1}
\left(z\left| \begin{array}{cc}
1 & \alpha/2 \\
0 & 1
\end{array}\right. \right) ,
\end{equation}
we have
\begin{equation}\label{rowfi}
\Phi\left(\frac{-x_f(t)}{\sqrt{D_A t^{\alpha}}}\right)=\frac{n}{m}\frac{\sqrt{D_A}C_{0A}}{\sqrt{D_B}C_{0B}} \Phi\left(\frac{x_f(t)}{\sqrt{D_B t^{\alpha}}}\right) ,
\end{equation}
where $\Phi(z)\equiv
H^{1 0}_{1 1}
\left(z\left| \begin{array}{cc}
1 & \alpha/2 \\
0 & 1
\end{array}\right. \right)/{Q(z)}$.
It is clear that there is only one point $x_f$ which for given $t$ fulfills the definition of reaction front. The solution of the Eq. (\ref{rowfi}) is
\begin{equation}\label{xkt}
x_{f}(t)=Kt^{\alpha/2} ,
\end{equation}
where coefficient $K$ is the solution of the following equation
\begin{equation}\label{rowk}
\Phi\left(\frac{-K}{\sqrt{D_A}}\right)=\frac{n}{m}\frac{\sqrt{D_A}C_{0A}}{\sqrt{D_B}C_{0B}} \Phi\left(\frac{K}{\sqrt{D_B}}\right) .
\end{equation}
Thus, the time evolution of the reaction front is the power
function with the exponent depending on the subdiffusion parameter $\alpha$ only; the subdiffusion coefficients $D_A$ and $D_B$ controll the parameter $K$. Eqs. (\ref{xkt}) and (\ref{rowk}) are the main result of our paper.
The procedure developed in this paper is a extension of the one
already used for the normal diffusion case \cite{12}. Repeating our consideration for $\alpha=1$ we obtain the results identical with those from \cite{12}. Our formula (\ref{xkt}) with $K$ given by Eq.~(\ref{rowk})
is a generalization of Eq.~(21) in \cite{10}.
\section{Numerical solutions}
To verify correctness of our procedure, we compare the analytical functions which are derived in the previous sections with numerical solutions. We show that there exists the quasistatic approximation zone where, as required by Eqs.~(\ref{eq54}) and (\ref{defE})--(\ref{defG}), the function $\Psi$ is parabolic with respect to $x$. We also show that there exists the region of overlap of the diffusion zone and the quasistatic one; in this region $C_{A \rm Dif}$ or $C_{B \rm Dif}$ are the linear functions of $x$.
\subsection{Numerical procedure}\label{np}
As we show in the Appendix B, assuming that the functions $C_{A}$ and
$C_{B}$ and their second derivatives with respect to the space
variable are limited, Eq.~(\ref{eq2}) is equivalent to
\begin{equation}\label{eq14}
\frac{^{C}\partial^{\alpha}}{\partial
t^{\alpha}}C_i(x,t)=D_{i}\frac{
\partial^{2}}{\partial x^{2}}C_i(x,t)-d_i R(x,t),
\end{equation}
where $i=A,B$, $d_A=m$, $d_B=n$, with the Caputo fractional time derivative, which is defined
for $0<\alpha<1$ as \cite{20a}
\begin{displaymath}
\frac{^{C}d^{\alpha}f(t)}{d
t^{\alpha}} =\frac{1}{\Gamma(1-\alpha)}\int_{0}^{t}d\tau
\frac{f(\tau)}{d \tau}(t-\tau)^{-\alpha}.
\end{displaymath}
Throughout this paper we denote the Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative without any additional index as $d^{\alpha}f(t)/dt^{\alpha}$, others kinds of the fractional derivatives are labeled by indexes $C$ for the Caputo fractional derivative and $GL$ for the Gr\"{u}nwald-Letnikov one.
In the papers \cite{gmmp,yuste} there were presented the procedures of the numerical solving of the subdiffusion equation without chemical reaction, when one can use the equation with Riemann-Liouville as well as Caputo fractional time derivative. The situation is different in the case of the subdiffusion-reaction equations. In the numerical calculations the fractional derivative is replaced by series. In the case of Eqs.~(\ref{eq2}) and (\ref{eq3}) with Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative we have relatively complicated expression under the derivative, whereas in Eq.~(\ref{eq14}) the fractional derivative acts only on concentrations. It caused that the numerical procedure based on Eq.~(\ref{eq14}) is more convenient to use, at least in our opinion.
To numerically solve the normal diffusion equation one usually
substitutes the time derivative by the backward difference
$\frac{\partial f(t)}{\partial t}\simeq \frac{f(t)-f(t-\Delta
t)}{\Delta t}$. In the presented procedure we proceed in a similar
way. We use the Gr\"{u}nwald-Letnikov fractional
derivative which is defined as a limit of a fractional-order
backward difference \cite{20a}
\begin{equation}\label{gl}
\frac{^{GL}d^{\alpha}f(t)}{d
t^{\alpha}}=\lim_{\Delta t\rightarrow 0}(\Delta
t)^{-\alpha}\sum_{r=0}^{[\frac{t}{\Delta t}]}(-1)^{r} \left(
\begin{array}{c}
\alpha\\
r
\end{array} \right)f(t-r\Delta t),
\end{equation}
where $\alpha>0$, $[z]$ means the integer part of $z$ and
\begin{eqnarray*}
\left( \begin{array}{c}
\alpha\\
r
\end{array} \right)&=&\frac{\Gamma(\alpha+1)}{r!\Gamma(\alpha-r+1)}\nonumber\\
&=&\frac{\alpha(\alpha-1)(\alpha-2)\cdot\ldots\cdot
[\alpha-(r-1)]}{1\cdot 2\cdot 3\cdot\ldots\cdot r}.
\end{eqnarray*}
When the function $f(t)$ of positive argument has continuous
derivatives of the first order, the
Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative is equivalent to the
Gr\"{u}nwald-Letnikov one for any parameter $\alpha$ ($0<\alpha<1$) \cite{20a}. So, we have
\begin{equation}\label{glrl}
\frac{d^{\alpha}f(t)}{d
t^{\alpha}}=\frac{^{GL}d^{\alpha}f(t)}{d
t^{\alpha}}.
\end{equation}
The relation between Riemann-Liouville and Caputo derivatives is
more complicated and reads as
\begin{equation}\label{rlc}
\frac{d^{\alpha}f(t)}{\partial
t^{\alpha}}=\frac{^{C}d^{\alpha}f(t)}{d
t^{\alpha}}+\Phi_{1-\alpha}(t)f(0),
\end{equation}
where
\begin{equation}\label{phi}
\Phi_{q+1}(t)=\left\{
\begin{array}{cc}
\frac{t^{q}}{\Gamma(q+1)}&t>0\\
0&t\leq 0
\end{array}
\right. .
\end{equation}
From Eqs. (\ref{gl})-(\ref{phi}) we can express the Caputo
fractional derivative in terms of the fractional-order backward
difference
\begin{eqnarray}\label{glc}
\frac{^{C}d^{\alpha}f(t)}{d t^{\alpha}}&=&\lim_{\Delta
t\rightarrow 0}(\Delta t)^{-\alpha}\sum_{r=0}^{[\frac{t}{\Delta
t}]}(-1)^{r}\left(
\begin{array}{c}
\alpha\\
r
\end{array}
\right)f(t-r\Delta t)\nonumber\\&&-\frac{1}{t^{\alpha}\Gamma(1-\alpha)}f(0).
\end{eqnarray}
The standard way to approximate of the fractional derivative,
which is useful for numerical calculations, is to omit the limit
in Eq.~(\ref{glc}) and to change the infinite series to the finite one
\begin{eqnarray}\label{glca}
\frac{^{C}d^{\alpha}f(t)}{d t^{\alpha}}&\simeq&(\Delta
t)^{-\alpha}\sum_{r=0}^{L}(-1)^{r} \left(
\begin{array}{c}
\alpha\\
r
\end{array}
\right)f(t-r\Delta t)\nonumber \\ &&-\frac{1}{t^{\alpha}\Gamma(1-\alpha)}f(0),
\end{eqnarray}
where the memory length $L$ is a natural number of arbitrary chosen value less then (or equal) $[t/\Delta t]$.
Subdiffusion is a process with the memory. According to the short memory principle, the fractional derivative is approximated by the fractional derivative with moving lower limit $t-L$, where $L$ is the 'memory length' equals to a certain amount of time steps \cite{20a}. However, in the paper \cite{lewkoszt} there was shown that the numerical solutions of subdiffusion equation with the boundary conditions (\ref{eq9a}) and (\ref{eq9b}) are in agreement with the analytical one only when the memory length is closed to actual account of time steps contrary to `short memory principle'. So, in numerical calculations we take the memory length $L$ equals to the actual number of time steps $t_s$.
Substituting Eq.~(\ref{glca}) to Eq.~(\ref{eq14}), using the
following approximation of the second order derivative
\begin{displaymath}
\frac{d^{2}f(x)}{d x^{2}}\simeq \frac{f(x+\Delta
x)-2f(x)+f(x-\Delta x)}{(\Delta x)^{2}},
\end{displaymath}
we obtain
\begin{widetext}
\begin{eqnarray}\label{alg}
C_i(x,t)&=&-\sum_{r=1}^{L}(-1)^{r}\frac{\alpha(\alpha-1)(\alpha-2)
\cdot\ldots\cdot[\alpha-(r-1)]}{1\cdot 2\cdot 3\cdot\ldots\cdot r
}C_i(x,t-r\Delta t)+\frac{(\Delta t)^{\alpha}}{t^{\alpha}\Gamma(1-\alpha)}C_i(x,0)\nonumber \\
&& +D_{i}\frac{(\Delta
t)^{\alpha}}{(\Delta x)^{2}}[C_i(x+\Delta x,t-\Delta
t)-2C_i(x,t-\Delta t)+C_i(x-\Delta x,t-\Delta t)]\\
&&-d_i k(\Delta t)^{\alpha}C_A^m(x,t-\Delta t)C_B^n(x,t-\Delta t) \nonumber,
\end{eqnarray}
\end{widetext}
for $i=A,B$, $d_A=m$ and $d_B=n$.
\subsection{Numerical results}\label{nr}
Here we compare the analytical results with the numerical ones. In all figures there are presented functions calculated for the system where $\alpha=0.5$, $D_A=0.025$, $D_B=0.0125$, $C_{0A}=2$, $C_{0B}=1$, $k=1$, $m=n=1$. For numerical calculations we take $\Delta x=0.2$ and $\Delta t=0.05$ (all quantities are given in the arbitrary units). Additionally, in Figs.~(\ref{Fig.5}) and (\ref{Fig.6}) we plot the borders of the reaction zone $(x_f-W_R/2, x_f+W_R/2)$ calculated for the time $5000$. The position of the reaction front was calculated from the discrete version of Eq.~(\ref{defxf})
\begin{equation}\label{xf}
x_f(t)=\frac{\sum_i x_i R(x_i,t)}{\sum_i R(x_i,t)} ,
\end{equation}
and equals to $0.71$ for $t=5000$. The width of the reaction region calculated from discrete version of Eq.~(\ref{defWR})
\begin{displaymath}
W_{\rm R}^2(t)=\frac{\sum_i(x_i-x_f(t))^2 R(x_i,t)}{\sum_i R(x_i,t)} ,
\end{displaymath}
equals to $0.38$ for $t=5000$. Thus the reaction region occupies the interval $(0.52;0.90)$.
From Eq. (\ref{xf}) we find that
\begin{equation}\label{1}
x_f(t)=0.0838t^{0.251}
\end{equation}
This relation is very close to the relation (\ref{xkt}) with $K$ calculated from Eq.~(\ref{rowk}) which reads
\begin{equation}\label{2}
x_f(t)=0.0825t^{0.25}.
\end{equation}
In Figs.~\ref{Fig.3} and \ref{Fig.4} there are presented the concentration profiles $C_A$ and $C_B$ obtained numerically according to the formula~(\ref{alg}) and the functions given by Eqs.~(\ref{eq46}) and (\ref{eq47}) with $\rho_A=0.40$ and $\rho_B=3.64$, respectively. We observe a quite good agreement of the analytical and numerical functions in the diffusion region.
In Fig.~\ref{Fig.5} we present the function $\Psi(x,t)$ calculated numerically and its parabolic approximation $\Psi(x,t)=0.297(x/t^{\alpha/2})^2-0.168(x/t^{\alpha/2})+0.015$. We note that $\Psi$ is satisfactorily approximated by the parabolic function of $x$. The region where $\Psi$ is parabolic determines the quasistatic approximation region.
In Fig.~\ref{Fig.6} we present the numerical solutions of the subdiffusion--reaction equations and their linear approximations calculated from the formulas $C_A(x,t)\approx-0.816x+0.616$ and $C_B(x,t)\approx 0.620x-0.490$, respectively. As seen, the linear approximation of $C_A$ and $C_B$ is satisfactory outside the reaction region. This statement confirms correctness the quasistationary approximation in the region enclosing the reaction region.
\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.84]{Kosztolowicz_3.EPS}
\caption{\label{Fig.3}The symbols represent the numerical solutions of subdiffusion-reaction equation, the continuous lines are assigned to theoretical functions $C_{A {\rm Dif}}$ for the times given in the legend.}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.84]{Kosztolowicz_4.EPS}
\caption{\label{Fig.4}The symbols represent the numerical solutions of subdiffusion-reaction equation, the continuous lines are assigned to theoretical functions $C_{B {\rm Dif}}$ for the times given in the legend.}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.84]{Kosztolowicz_5.EPS}
\caption{\label{Fig.5}The function $\Psi$ (symbols) obtained numerically for the times given in the legend and their parabolic approximations inside the quasistatic approximation region (continuous line); the vertical lines represent the borders of the reaction zone calculated for $t=5000$.}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.82]{Kosztolowicz_6.EPS}
\caption{\label{Fig.6}The concentration profiles $C_A$ and $C_B$ obtained numerically (squares) calculated for time $5000$ and their linear approximations (dashed lines), the vertical lines represent the borders of the reaction zone.}
\end{figure}
We conclude this section by saying that our numerical results support the postulates of the quasistatic approximation.
\section{Final remarks}\label{fr}
Using the quasistationary approximation and utilizing the solution of the subdiffusion--reaction equations in the diffusive region, we show that the time evolution of the reaction front for the subdiffusion--reaction
system is a power function (\ref{xkt}) with the exponent $\alpha/2$ and the coefficient $K$ is controlled by the subdiffusion coefficients of the system.
The function $x_f\sim t^{\alpha/2}$ can be obtained by means of the scaling method. However, it is very hard within this method to find an explicit expression of the parameter $K$ for the case of $D_A\neq D_B$.
We note that in this paper we consider the process of subdiffusion controlls chemical reactions. It means that the reactions which proceed relatively fast when compared to the characteristic time of meeting of the particles of $A$ and $B$ \cite{11}. Under such assumption the quasistatic approximation works and the time evolution of the reaction front does not depend on the detailed form of the reaction term (expect of dependence of the parameters $m$ and $n$). This happens because the form of $R$ does not change the relation $W_R\sim t^{\alpha/6}$. Thus, the width of the reaction zone appears to be relatively small in comparison with the width of the quasistatic approximation region. The time evolution of $x_f$ is determined by the dynamics of transport of the particles to the reaction zone and it depends on the parameters $m$, $n$, $D_A$, $D_B$, $C_{0A}$ and $C_{0B}$ only. This statement is particularly important for the subdiffusion--reaction systems where the reaction term is not uniquely defined (as the fractional derivative can be involved into this term in a few ways \cite{27a,10,9,sbsl,s,hw,10a}).
As far as we know, the time evolution of the reaction front has not been measured experimentally in a subdiffusive system with two mobile reactants. For this reason we can compare the functions (\ref{eq46}) and (\ref{eq47}) with experimental data obtained for a subdiffusive system without chemical reactions. Our theoretical and the experimental functions presented in \cite{dsdoww} are qualitatively similar to each other if we take the units commonly used in real systems where $x$ is given in $10^{-2} m$, $t$ in $sec$, $D_A$ and $D_B$ are of the order $10^{-8} m^2/s^\alpha$. Since $K$ is controlled by the subdiffusion coefficients of reactants, the method presented in this paper can be used for extracting the subdiffusion parameter from experimental data. The numerical calculations show that if we take the subdiffusion coefficients of the order maintained above and we assume that $C_{0A}/C_{0B}$ is of the order of $1$, we obtain $K\sim 10^{-2}$ $m/s^{\alpha/2}$ from Eq.~(\ref{rowk}).
The quasistatic approximation in a normal diffusion system applies to a region where the equilibrium time $\tau_{\rm F}$ of the reaction region is negligibly small comparing to the characteristic time of change of the flux $\tau_{\rm J}$ in the long time limit \cite{12,ckd,cd}. Let us note that this fact is fulfilled in the subdiffusive--recation system.
Since $W_{\rm R}\sim t^{\alpha/6}$, we have $\tau_{\rm F}\sim t^{1/3}$ form (\ref{tf}). Taking the definition (\ref{tj}), which for the subdiffusion flux $J\sim 1/t^{1-\alpha/2}$ gives $\tau_{\rm J}\sim 1/t$ (see Eqs. (\ref{linja}) and (\ref{linjb})), we get $\tau_{\rm F}/\tau_{\rm J}\rightarrow_{t\rightarrow\infty}0$ for any value of the subdiffusive parameter $\alpha$. So, the assumptions adopted in our paper agree with the quasistationary condition (\ref{r4}).
The function $\Psi$ is approximated by parabolic function in the region where the quasistatic approximation region overlaps with the diffusion one. However, we expect that there are departures from this approximation in a region located within the reaction zone where the reaction term is significantly different from zero. It is because of the concentrations $C_A$ and $C_B$ have different scaling properties in that region. We expect that the width of that region is so narrow, as compared with the width the quasistatic approximation one, that the departure form parabolic approximation is hard to observe on the plots presented in our paper. We note that the possibility of occurring this departure does not influence our main results.
\begin{acknowledgments}
The authors wish to express their thanks
to Stanis{\l}aw Mr\'{o}wczy\'{n}ski for fruitful discussion and
critical comments on the manuscript. This paper was supported by
Polish Ministry of Education and Science under Grant No. 1 P03B 136
30.
\end{acknowledgments}
| F(t)x+G(t).
\end{equation}
Applying the operator $\frac{\partial^{1-\alpha}}{\partial t^{1-\alpha}}\frac{\partial}{\partial x}$ to Eq.~(\ref{eq54}), we obtain
\begin{equation}\label{eq55}
\frac{\partial^{1-\alpha}}{\partial t^{1-\alpha}}F(t)=\frac{1}{n}J_{B}(t)-\frac{1}{m}J_{A}(t).
\end{equation}
The function $\Psi$ changes its sign in the
reaction zone from positive where $C_{B}\simeq 0$ to negative
where $C_{A}\simeq 0$. Thus, there is the point $x_{z}(t)$ which lies
inside the reaction zone, where the function $\Psi$ is equal to
zero. Therefore,
\begin{equation}\label{defxz}
\Psi(x_{z}(t),t)=0.
\end{equation}
Since $x_{f}(t)$ also lies inside the reaction zone there is
\begin{equation}\label{gwiazdka}
|x_{z}(t)-x_{f}(t)|\leq\Omega t^{\alpha/6} ,
\end{equation}
where $\Omega$ is a positive constant. After simple calculations, we get
\begin{equation}\label{eq57}
\Psi(x | 326 |
It's inevitable! There is no way around it. The feeling that you're not improving, and that you're stuck at your current ability is one that you will experience many times during your karate journey. So if you ever feel like you're not improving, then that makes you normal.
Sadly, it is a feeling that becomes too much for some karate-ka who drop out as a result of it. As karate is a 'Way of Life' the lesson is to work through and grow from our challenges rather than submit to them.
It's important to understand that sometimes this feeling is a reflection of the truth – that you are genuinely not improving. However, more often than not, it's merely our perception, caused by our continuous focus on our flaws.
Think back to your very first class, a nervous student entering the dojo for the first time, trying to grasp even the simplest of techniques.
Think of the first time you tried to learn first kata and struggled with the turns.
Think of your first grading (the first rung on the ladder to black belt).
Think of the first time you put your mitts and pads on and sparred.
Regardless of how much of a plateau you feel you have hit, or how 'hopeless' you think you are at karate, in the context of your overall journey, you have made progress, learnt new skills, overcome your fears of even starting karate, and are on track for great things!
During those moments where you feel you are not improving, it's important to put it all in perspective and see just how far you have come.
Have you ever played sports like tennis or golf? A tennis player might find that every time they aim for a winner down the line, the ball lands two feet out of court, and they lose yet another point. They begin the think they are hopeless at tennis and maybe they should quit. A golfer might find a similar experience where they constantly hit the ball into the rough while their partner constantly lands on the fairway. What is interesting to note is that the difference between consistently hitting the ball in or out is about a 2 milli-meter difference in the angle of the racket. In golf, connecting with the ball where your club is just 2 milli-meters off on the wrong angle and the ball may end up 40 meters off course.
This same principle applies to most sports. Whether it be shooting a basketball or kicking a football, just one or two milli-meters off and the result can be a complete misfire.
Karate is no different. A student might feel they are miles away from getting the hang of a technique or kata yet the reality is, they are only one or two milli-meters off.
Remind yourself of this when you are in the thick of it, when it seems like you are in a dark tunnel and cannot see light at the other end. Don't start telling yourself "I'm hopeless". Don't start saying things like "I will never get it!". Instead, tell yourself, "I'm only a milli-meter away from a breakthrough". This will give you the confidence to push on.
One of the best things about karate is that it's a search for perfection. In a world where near enough is good enough, we enter the dojo and<|fim_middle|> to find the right words the more they draw a blank. But to walk away and come back later, relaxed and with a fresh perspective, words suddenly flow.
How long you let something go depends. You might leave it alone for a week, or maybe two. Perhaps even a month. It's your decision to gage – depending on how much frustration and challenge it is causing.
Developing your application for techniques and kata.
Applying bunkai and kata principles into kumite.
ii) Learning a new skill relieves boredom. Similar to the point above, it suggests that our mental rut is not caused by frustration but rather boredom. When students become bored they switch off mentally, meaning they stop pushing their comfort zones and stop focusing on what they are doing – which welcomes in new bad habits. Learning a new skill relieves the boredom which in turn brings back their focus and intensity.
iii) Learning a new skill challenges your coordination, therefore it develops your overall coordination. And while this new skill's movements might be in complete contrast to the area you are struggling with, the fact that your body got a handle on a new skill often means it will come back to the area it struggled in and perform it more easily.
iv) Learning a new skill challenges your muscles in new ways. This challenge will develop your over all speed, strength and endurance. All this will help when you come back to your area of struggle.
The mind and body are very much intertwined. When the body is feeling strong and fit, the mind follows suit. You have likely heard the saying "Healthy Body, Healthy Mind".
There are times where the best way to help you overcome a feeling as though your karate is not improving is to focus on improving your physical self.
Getting faster, fitter and stronger can greatly help to transform your overall karate ability and feelings about your karate.
Starting a fitness program (eg, sit ups, press ups, cycling, swimming, weight training, running etc).
There are many articles to help you with this in the Articles section of this website. Click on the 'Health' category. | make a commitment to excellence. We strive for perfection in our attitude and ability. Therefore we constantly compare ourselves to perfection. When someone tells us, for example, that we have a great 'Back-leaning stance' we then reply with "Thanks, but my horse riding stance is hopeless". In other words, we focus on our imperfection.
But it's not just ourselves who compare us to perfection. When our instructor views our training, regardless of how good we are and how far we have come, they always have something to correct us on (because they are comparing us to our absolute potential… perfection). Despite the positives of seeking perfection, there is one pivotal problem with it… it's 100% unattainable.
In other words, we are chasing something we will never achieve. This is the life-long journey that a karate-ka embarks on, chasing the impossible dream. It's their gift (because aiming high results in exceptional attitudes and abilities) and it's their curse (because they will never achieve their goal).
It's important to understand that while you always aim for perfection, you can't always compare yourself to it. If you do, you are in for an endless supply of criticisms. Instead, learn to compare yourself to how good you were last week, last month, last year.
When you stop focusing on your imperfections, on your flaws, on how far you have to go, and start comparing yourself to how good you were last month, you can start to identify the small improvements you are indeed making on a monthly basis.
For example, if your ability is a 6/10. Don't focus on how far you are away from 10/10, focus on how 6/10 is better than 5/10, while aiming towards 7/10.
The kata Bassai-dai, as an example, is 37 counts long. Your instructor might give you 5 things to fix. You focus on how bad you are at 5 things. But you also need to realise therefore that you are doing 32 moves well.
Throughout your karate life you will have an endless see-saw battle of expectation and ability. First there is expectation. We have an expectation of what we want to be able to do. Because we cannot do it just yet, we feel hopeless. But over time we work hard and develop the ability, and for this short period we feel empowered with our training.
However, this joy is short lived because very soon our expectation rises again. And because we are not at the standard of our expectation, once again we feel hopeless. So we work hard and soon our ability catches up with our expectation. The result? We feel empowered again! But sure enough, our expectation grows again and the cycle continues.
When you understand this ongoing see-saw battle you begin to appreciate why you have regular intervals in your karate life where you feel as though you are not improving. The reality is, providing you are training with focus and intensity, you will always be improving.
While we feel poor about our entire karate ability, if you were to really think about your training and dissect it into smaller components, it's likely just one or two areas of your karate are bogging you down emotionally. It might be one section of your kata, or your fitness etc. A karate-ka will often say "it's my kata". But its unlikely its the entire kata, rather a small section, even just one particular technique. Once you can identify the real culprit you can set about a plan to overcome it.
Sometimes the best solution is to simply work harder. The body conditions itself to struggle very quickly. For example, when you start an exercise program, for the first few weeks you wake up the following day with sore muscles. Soon after you still struggle through the routine but you no longer wake up sore. And soon after again, you don't even struggle through the routine. You haven't slackened off, your body simply conditioned itself to the routine.
The only way to ensure you keep making physical progress is to continue to push your comfort zone. By doing this you keep putting your muscles through struggle, and as a result they react to this by becoming stronger, faster, fitter etc.
If fitness is holding you back, it's time to put more effort in during class – you need to ask more of yourself. If faster, snappier techniques are holding you back, then you can only develop fast-twitch muscle fibres by pushing your muscles harder as time passes. If confidence is holding you back, working harder and seeing physical growth helps enormously with self-confidence.
a) Getting to class early and start warming up at higher intensity.
b) Staying back after class to practise kata, kumite, conditioning like push ups etc.
c) Working to get lower in your stances (including during kumite).
d) Staying down in your stances for longer periods.
e) Pushing yourself harder through every section of class, ensuring you are not pacing yourself.
Apart from training harder, training more frequently is another way to develop better technique, physical strength, speed, coordination and especially endurance.
The less time you have between training sessions the sooner you will develop the correct muscle memory for a technique or kata.
Training more often can mean getting to another class or two during the week or even training at home.
Sometimes spending extra time, energy and focus on a particular area of difficulty doesn't help. It seems the more you push the more your body resists. When this occurs, it's time to let it go for a while and come back to it later. It's like writers block, the more the writer tries | 1,166 |
ABSL Space Products growing Longmont site
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Ryan Clapper, of ABSL Space Products in Longmont, assembles a rechargeable lithium-ion battery on Thursday. Since establishing its U.S. headquarters in Longmont two years ago, the company has more than tripled its work force.
By Alicia Wallace |
December 3, 2009 at 7:24 p.m.
In 2007, the United Kingdom-based ABSL Space Products opened its U.S. headquarters in Longmont with the intention of becoming a bigger player in the nation's space and defense arenas.
Two years later, the maker of lithium-ion batteries for aerospace applications can tout it has more than tripled its work force;<|fim_middle|> local work force was spurred by ABSL winning a handful of contracts that included the battery system for NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite that impacted the moon's surface and the battery packs to be used next year by astronauts for space walks.
Most recently, ABSL received a contract valued "in excess of several million dollars" to make the energy storage system for a satellite that will monitor global precipitation. The lithium-ion battery system — developed and delivered over a 43-month period — will be critical to the NASA Goddard Space Flight scientific mission, Schrantz said, noting ABSL's system will power the spacecraft through the eclipse phase of the Earth's orbit.
The satellite will be in the eclipse phase 16 times per day during the five-year mission.
The development and delivery for the latest program is expected to take 43 months, meaning the local site plans to ramp up further by hiring at least three positions by early next year, he said.
Having operations in Colorado, the second-largest employer in the aerospace industry, is a key for ABSL's growth, he said.
"The talent pool is very, very deep between the aerospace community and also the science community in Boulder," he said.
Ninety companies and 77 percent of Colorado's aerospace workers are employed in the nine-county Metro Denver and Northern Colorado region, which includes Boulder County, according to a report from the Colorado Space Coalition and the Metro Denver Economic Development Corp.
While the metro Denver counties are home to operations of the biggest aerospace companies — Boeing, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and Ball — the smaller, privately held companies such as ABSL "add to the mix," said Vicky Lea, aviation and aerospace industry manager for the Metro Denver Economic Development Corp.
"It's a great combination and really provides a strong framework," for the state's industry, she said.
Alicia Wallace | had its part in shooting the moon; soon could have a role in some space-walking; and recently landed a contract in excess of "several million" dollars that will further its growth.
"We're on the right track," said Kevin Schrantz, sales manager for ABSL.
During the past three years, the privately held company tripled its revenue, an action the company hopes to replicate in the next five years, he said. ABSL also grew its local staff to 21 employees from six employees in a period of 18 months, he said.
The growth in the | 120 |
What an unusual grid! Not symmetrical and with so many short clues! We are going to discover a group of four artists and four of the artists' works 'discoloured', then there's a very promising 'grid shading instruction' in store for us that will 'rectify one of the omissions'. Clearly we are going to colour one of those 'works', so I smile and get my pencils ready.
First, of course, I confirm Nudd's right to retain his topers' club membership card and he doesn't disappoint. He starts off in Indiana, 'Public houses within Indiana succeeded (4)' giving IN [I]N + S. He's there for the cocktail. 'Trusting cocktail of elaterin (7)' giving RELIANT with an extra E. I have to see what cocktail he's on and Chambers tells me elaterin is a purgative produced by the juice of the squirting cucumber. Oh dear!
Soon we find 'Fools consuming European ales, say (5)' giving us BERKS round E – BEERS with an extra K; a slight improvement on the elaterin but it doesn't last. Two clues further down we find 'Water jug to remain away from tepid beer (4)' That's BE (remain) extracted from LEW BEER leaving EWER. OK, we have a jug now but the beers seem to have become tepid. There's a little hope when we find ourselves in CAFES, 'Diners, wine flasks less accepted (5)' CA[R]AFES less A(ccepted) but shortly he's back on the ales and turfed out of the cafes. 'Doctor's rival drinks in dock (5)' (It was a lovely little clue though wasn't it? ALE[S] in DK giving DALEK, Dr Who's rival).
I'm despairing for Nudd until a gleam of light, Islay, appears in the last clue but hope is dashed. 'Islay's more weak when grain free (3)'. We take the GR from M[E]AGRE and find MAE – Islay's 'more'. I'm not sure we'd want much more grain-free Islay malt, but it was another fine clue wasn't it?
Our grid is rapidly filling and we have spotted our group of four. BEADLES changes to BEATLES, providing the one-cell clash and our extra letters spell out (with my additions) WHITE ALBUM, BLUE JAY WAY, OLD BROWN SHOE (familiar but not our old favourites, 'Imagine', 'Yesterday' or 'Let It Be') and YELLOW SUBMARINE (we who frequently fly through Liverpool Airport with its horrid smelly carpets are so familiar with that!), then the instruction MAKE LETTERS OF TITLE YELLOW, THE REST BLUE.
It's all fun from that moment on and how realistic Nudd's portrayal of that oh so familiar record cover is! I love puzzles where we have a clear instruction that leads to a cheerfully coloured grid – give me a set of approachable clues that lead to a coherent message and a familiar picture any day in preference to a double Playfair or a carte-blanche with jumbles where letters leap from clue to clue. (The only thing missing was that the Yellow Submarine wasn't torpedoing a Playfair square!) Thank you, Nudd.
Xannthippe's last puzzle was only nine months ago and was the very enjoyable game of golf in which he allowed us to beat him 2&1. When I first saw the grid in this week's puzzle, two thoughts crossed my mind: how was I going to describe it in my Crossword Database , and how difficult would my animation end up being!
From the preamble, it looked like we were in for a novel solve. There were three thematic answers in each quadrant clued by wordplay only and entered as suggested by an extra word in one of<|fim_middle|> of snakes, but I'm sure Shirley will make up for it. | them. Moreover, the remaining cues in each quadrant had a different gimmick, quadrant A requiring us to remove two letters before they could be solved. That would reveal how to deal with quadrant B, which in turn…, well, you get the picture.
Each quadrant would need to be solved independently, since they were connected to each other by a single cell which formed part of an unclued entry.
Quadrant A clues were reluctant to be solved. This was primarily down to the devious requirement to remove two letters, not necessarily consecutive, before solving. The first two I cracked were 12ac Iron mover to wield discharge (6) — Iron over to weld discharge (6) — giving EFFUSE, and 10dn Grand arena turn's opening German district (3) — Grand area urn's opening German district (3) for GAU. The two letters dropped were MI and NT, and I immediaely saw that quadrant B would involve misprints. Not that that would help me with A, so I persevered and had it finished in 45 minutes.
The three thematic answers in this quadrant were all fish — SOLE, SANDER and SAMLET, and the extra word in 2dn told us they had to go swimming, so were anagrammed into LOSE, SNARED and METALS. I particularly liked the clue to 8ac Eg, role with stage actor making return (4) where L and E were dropped (although I wondered why Oliver REED was described as a stag actor before realising that stag was part of the definition!). Also, I felt sure that Boarders in wipeout in 3dn would end up being Borders in wipeout, WT.
On to quadrant B clues where we had to Amend a letter misprint and we were in familiar territory. These were somewhat easier, and getting 13ac UPRAISE set me on a good start. I wasn't sure whether the original letters and corrections in the misprints would be relevant; in fact, it would just be the corrections. For some reason, I liked 21ac Some vitamin E, dense coenzyme (3) which needed vitamin E changing to vitamin A to reveal NAD (the abbreviation mentioned in the preamble). I'll call that a 'misprinted hidden clue'.
And of course, 16dn I will square ratio, neutron quantum number (7) was a doddle since we had ISOSPIN just a few weeks back. And so the thematic answers in this quadrant were trees — NUT PINT, MANGROVE and OIL PALM, all to be pollarded and entered without their first letter.
That went slightly quicker than the first quadrant, about 40 minutes, and quadrant C simply required us to Add a letter before solving. The smart ones among you would have twigged the theme for this quadrant from 26ac Meandering wife drinking, no good leaving (11), with meandering being a dead give-away as the extra word. Unfortunately, I was on the lookout for birds, mammals or plants, rather than rivers. Of course, the somewhat confusing numbering stopped me in my tracks and I wondered if Afrit had been at work!
The clues were quite solvable with 33ac Icy period — girl ditches Ike for Romeo (4) being my favourite with MISS having Mike being replaced by Romeo. I also liked 27dn Ancestor of CI, Iceland or East Germans (5) which had nothing to do with Guernsey or Jersey but the CIA.
At some point, 32dn OTTER steered me even further away from rivers. In hindsight, I'm sure this was a deliberate red herring from Xanthippe. Even so, I should have got 31dn sooner Me drinking one southern whisky and lime? (8) even though I like neither whisky nor lime (MI containing I S SOUR). MISSISSIPPI was the final one that wended its way through the grid.
The instruction for quadrant D clues was Remove a word, and a quick scan of the clues suggested that we had to Complete quote using letters… in the endgame. 41 and 43 down finally gave me my birds SPARROW and PARROT with REDPOLL also coming to light at 40. This had to be entered upwards as determined by up in 43.
There remained one outstanding clue to be resolved, 40dn Prone to vote Republican on a register (7) which led to REDPOLL. This seemed to be double wordplay, the second being RED (Republican) + POLL (a register). However, I was stumped by prone in the first half of the clue. My entry was posted without sussing it. And I'm still stumped!
All in all, about 2½ hours for this enjoyable puzzle from Xanthippe. But please, a nice simple grid next time!
I seem to be constantly running late with my Listener solving, and I only got around to this on the Saturday a week after publication. It was 7am. It was also the day of our occasional Listener get-together in London, and I didn't want to turn up without having cracked this puzzle. It was Serpent's first Listener, although he's had about half a dozen elsewhere.
The preamble told us that we had to deduce the location and entry method of the across answers, all of which were 6-lettered and apparently listed in a logical sequence. I decided to give them a quick once-over to see how easy they were. Despite getting 1 DENTAL and 2 LARDER, only another half dozen came forward. I wondered if there were common letters between successive answers, but knew that was unlikely to help identify their location.
I must admit that the clues were a bit slow coming, but after about 90 minutes I had •n•••s•nd•add•rs, and knew we were dealing with the children's game of Snakes and Ladders, or as Americans would say (always different, and hopelessly PC) Chutes and Ladders. I could leave for London feeling happy.
The following day, all the snakes and ladders could be utilised to fill the grid running logically from bottom left to top left. Entries overlapped when they ran consecutively. There were five ladders and four snakes on the way, not to mention some tricky clues to resolve. I particularly liked clue a The ultimate pair of cojones is framed by dog's legs (6) with its sneaky definition for STAGES.
Thanks to Serpent for some entertaining childhood reminiscences. And not for the first time this year, I pitied JEG having to check that all the ups and downs were drawn correctly. Also, apologies for my somewhat pathetic drawings | 1,406 |
"David Sprüngli-Schwarz and his son Rudolf Sprüngli-Ammann bought a small confectionery shop in the old town of Zürich in 1836, producing chocolates under the<|fim_middle|> different languages for all their global subsidiaries. | name David Sprüngli & Son. Two years later, a small factory was added that produced chocolate in solid form. Out of that factory the company started growing to become a world-wide known brand."
Lindt & Sprüngli AG is a Swiss chocolate and confectionery company, recognized as a market leader in premium-quality chocolate in four continents. The origins of the company date back to 1836, when David Sprüngli-Schwarz and his son Rudolf Sprüngli-Ammann bought a small confectionery shop in the old town of Zürich, producing chocolates under the name David Sprüngli & Son. Two years later, a small factory was added that produced chocolate in solid form.
With the retirement of Rudolf Sprüngli-Ammann in 1892, the business was divided between his two sons. The elder brother Johann Rudolf received the chocolate factory which he converted into "Chocolat Sprüngli AG". He also acquired the chocolate factory of Rodolphe Lindt in Bern and changed its name to Aktiengesellschaft Vereinigte Berner und Züricher Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli (United Bern and Zurich Lindt & Sprungli Chocolate Factory Ltd.).
The product portfolio of Lindt & Sprüngli consists of a wide range of chocolates - most prominent the Lindt chocolate bunny. From truffle balls (the so called "Lindor") over chocolate bars and desserts to icecream - and even liqueur there is something for every chocolate lover on earth.
Aside from the "hard" products Lindt & Sprüngli also opened their own stores and cafes around the world where you can sit down and enjoy chocolatey goodness.
Lindt relies on TYPO3 for their corporate website and makes extensive use of the TYPO3driven content functionalities as well as many features to engage consumers. Additionally it features more than 30 | 407 |
In 1835, Belgian social scientist Adolphe Quetelet introduced the idea of the "normal distribution" to the study of man, suggesting that many human traits followed a statistical Gaussian curve, with the bulk of the population situated within a centre block showing minimal deviation from each other, and smaller populations at either end. Such a model was eagerly adopted<|fim_middle|> discussion. In addition to our Friends Secretary's contribution around the history of the so-called "borderlands of insanity", Radio 3 presenter Stephen Johnson reflected on his own experiences of bipolar disorder, and in what ways these did - and, perhaps more importantly, did not - relate to the questions posed. Journalist Jon Ronson, meanwhile, covered some interesting material from his recent book, The Psychopath Test, reflecting on his interview with Robert Spitzer (editor of DSM-III) about the massive expansion of classifications in the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association. A refreshingly un-dogmatic medical perspective was provided by Professor Gill Livingston, of the UCL Mental Health Sciences Unit, and encouraged very varied questions from the audience about a topic that one hopes will continue to inform discussion. | within medicine. Concepts of health shifted from a disease-based model (which regarded health and illness as entirely separate states) to a quantitative model, whereby health became the mid-point on a normal distribution. As this distribution was increasingly used to explain disparate human concerns, the very meaning of the word "normal" changed, from a mathematical term suggesting a median point, to something that was considered desirable. To be healthy was to be normal; not to be normal was to be pathological.
Such a paradigm shift had obvious ramifications for mental, as well as physical, health: the remit of which appears to have expanded ever since. Thus, a recent debate organised by the English National Opera encouraged some attention to the slippery distinctions between madness and sanity. How do the ideas of normality, madness, genius and sanity interconnect? What do we mean by these terms, and how do we judge them?
The debate was part of a series of events connected to the first performance in English of the opera Jakob Lenz, to celebrate the 60th birthday of German composer Wolfgang Rihm. The opera itself, a powerful Expressionist piece (with an impressively muddy set!), focuses on the real life mental breakdown of Romantic poet, Lenz. As Lenz hurls himself into pools after actresses we assume are phantoms, and his friends debate his state of mind, the overwhelming orchestra lends an ominous air to the short piece, which, the publicity claims, asks: Where does genius end and madness begin? How does it feel to cross the borderline between imagination and insanity?
Although these questions might appear somewhat clichéd (and presuppose certain possibilities of definition) the debate itself encouraged a more nuanced | 340 |
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Review Avengers: Endgame (2019)
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A year ago I wrote a review for Infinity War, where I elaborated how it revolutionized comic book movie adaptations to new uncharted territory. Little did I know then what awaits after Thanos snapped his fingers; what Marvel has in store for us in the form of this true culmination of the MCU. For those of you who haven't watch it, let me just say this: "Avengers: Endgame" is nothing like you imagined it would be like. It is at the same time keeps on exceeding while also subverting your expectation in the best way possible, again and again for three straight hours. One could even argue that the Russos and Marvel's team of writers did the impossible with this film which took what the whole franchise has building up to — both in terms of story and character but also with the filmmaking techniques that they introduced — and take them to a whole new level.
So what exactly do I mean by that? Well let's see it this way: the superhero genre had exist since even the golden age of Hollywood. Then "Superman" came in '78 and it set a new standard for it. Marvel came quite late in the game with the two Blade movies and the first X-Men in the late 90s and since then, the genre only grows, slowly yet steadily. So yes, the superhero genre surely is nothing new. But what the MCU did is the true gamechanger that kickstarted this phenomena where people finally can enjoy not just the superhero movies alone but the world itself; to a point where each of Marvel's entry to this universe became less and less a movie and more of a story, a chapter if you may call it, to a larger narrative. "Avengers: Infinity War" is where we first see Marvel use their world to the full potential, in which the film completely ignore any form of introduction because they knew that we as audience are familiar with it already. And so with that, the structure, pacing, and writing of that film is a complete deviation from the established norm. Gone were the three act structure, the balanced pacing, to make way for more chaotic and fast paced storytelling you would find in (you guessed it) comic books.
I was certainly impressed then and for a moment thought, "they could never possibly outdo this" — which of course they did, magnificently. After all this time, it became apparently clear that "Infinity War" is simply a testing ground, a qualification to the real deal that is "Endgame". The comic book language the russos introduced is amplified here, pushing more and more its boundaries to give us a giant cosmical spectacle. It's already big enough of a miracle that "Infinity War" can work as well as it did, making "Endgame" a more implausible feat that Marvel pulled off. Here we have a three hour blockbuster film, with characters ranging from a talking raccoon, a blue cyborg girl, and a norse god; yet somehow, we never questioned its logic. This is comic book perfectly transfered into a big screen. Gone were the days of comic book adaptations, because this is essentially comic book in filmic form.
"Avengers: End<|fim_middle|>busters in its way to create its own language and norm, setting up a whole new era in our horizon. Maybe not a perfect film, but a perfect entry in the long line of this superhero phenomenon.
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EZF was founded in 1992 with a focus on prisons. Incarceration and its depredations continue to be a focal point in our mission, but EZF also concerns itself with human rights violations and human needs in whatever form they may occur. We are grateful to all those who have aided our efforts and those who may join us in future.
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A Zen monk, offering prayer, walks through the area destroyed by a tsunami in Yamada, Iwate prefecture, northern Japan Monday, April 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
In Memory of Stacey "Cooks" Leveque
EZF Board Member
December 16, 1956 - July 28, 2014
A true friend and supporter.
In Memory of Dairyu Chotan
Robert Baker Aitken, Rōdaishi
June 19, 1917 - August 5, 2010
The Great Dragon of Dharma.
EZF Introduction – Ethical Reality Based Dharma
The Engaged Zen Foundation is a 501(c)(3), non-membership, independent organization originally founded to foster zazen (seated contemplative meditation) practice in prison. Meditative training alters the functioning of the mind of the practitioner and these changes manifest with the development of positive perspectives on life. Our initial goal was to urge prisoners to use the time available during imprisonment to foster the practice of zazen, sitting in dynamic, lucid awareness, thus serving prisoners on release by enabling them, through their own efforts, to reenter society with a disciplined, patient, nonviolent and compassionate frame of mind.
Over the years EZF has broadened its perspective to address universal human rights and social justice issues well beyond the prison environment.
From the co-founder
Our activities are geared to assisting individuals on a case-by-case basis and much of our effort is unseen and unacknowledged. EZF was originally founded with the intention of it being a means for fostering zen practice in prisons as a mechanism for bringing about change; initially in the minds of practicing prisoners and then in the prison systems themselves. This, after well over a decade of experience, has proved to be an impractical and short sighted perspective. We have seen, experienced and learned, a lot over the past years about the nature and magnitude of the shortcomings of the criminal justice system and the underlying paradigms that drive it. The ramifications are deeper than just the matter of prisoners engaging in meditation practice while incarcerated. It matters little if one or two prisoners are practicing in a facility if hundreds of others in the same facility are subjected to inhumane and degrading treatment on a daily basis.
~ A prison full of enlightened prisoners - is still a prison.
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A FASHION Guide to Bogotá, South America's New Capital of Cool
When I was planning my trip to Colombia, just about every guidebook, travel blog and nomadic friend told me to skip Bogotá. People I knew who lived in Bogotá<|fim_middle|> A <em>FASHION</em> Guide to Bogotá, South America's New Capital of Cool appeared first on FASHION Magazine.
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When I was planning my trip to Colombia, just about every guidebook, travel blog and nomadic friend told me to skip Bogotá. People I knew who lived in Bogotá called it the country's ugly stepchild. Which, I almost understand: with the 2016 peace treaty between the Colombian government and rebel groups in place, tourism in the country is booming. And the warm people of Colombia want to show off the best their country has to offer. (In the same way that, if someone was visiting Canada, I'd tell them to go to skip Toronto and head to Montreal and the mountains.)
The places everyone tells you to visit are Cartagena, the colourful colonial jewel on the Caribbean coast, and to Medellín, the Pablo Escobar stomping-ground-turned-trendy-yuppie-paradise. And, to be fair, there's a good reason why. I ended up following the popular backpacker path—which took me to Cartagena, Santa Marta, Tayrona National Park and Buritaca—where I fell head over heels with the vibrant Colombian country, culture and people. But to get to the land of hip hostels and carefree vagabonds, I had to fly through Bogotá. And despite what I'd been advised, I felt it'd be a miss to fly through Colombia's capital city and not to step outside the airport.
I spent less than 36 hours in the city, but here's what I learned: know where to go, and you'll discover Bogotá to be an urban centre of culture that oozes all-things cool. Here are a few of the highlights:
Photography courtesy of Click Clack Hotel
STAY: Click Clack Hotel
A living wall, a trendy rooftop burger joint, a front desk agent who resembles Salvador Dali and NSFW in-room gifts? The Click Clack is truly no ordinary hotel. From the moment you step through the front door, you embark upon a constantly evolving experience underpinned by the hotel's core creative concept: Bangsequence. Inspired by Newton's third law – action/reaction – Bangsequence is about triggering thoughts, actions and interactions that will change how you perceive the most everyday of objects and routines. I've stayed in a lot of hotels, and this one was, hands down, my favourite.
Photography via Instagram/@ateliercrump
SHOP: Casa Précis
Casa Précis, an all-white two-story retail boutique in the Los Rosales neighbourhood, showcases over 25 young Colombian designers. Their slogan, "where art becomes fashion," is embodied and the leafy interior, colourful clothing and coffee table books that'll surely put your suitcase over the airline's luggage weight limit. They also have a tasteful Instagram account that's worth following if you're interested in discovering Latin America's up-and-coming design talent.
Photography via Instagram/@andres_c_de_res
EAT: Andrés D.C.
Drive an hour north of the city centre to Chía, and you'll find Andrés Carne de Res, a Moulin Rouge meets Alice in Wonderland destination Latin steakhouse that fits 4,000 guests who, on weekends, rumba until the early hours of the morning. I haven't been, but I've heard it's a pretty serious trip. Instead, I spent my sole dinner in Bogotá dining solo at the urban off-shoot of the infamous party spot, Andrés D.C., conveniently located minutes away from the Click Clack Hotel.
The brand's city dining space is named after Dante's "The Divine Comedy," and its four floors themed for Infierno, Tierra, Purgatorio and Cielo. The more is more extends from Hell to Heaven, and to the on-stage performances, table-side character visits and 76-page menu. It's a lot, but in the best way possible. (Plus, the food was excellent.)
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VISIT: Banco de la República Museums
If you're strapped for time, my suggestion is to skip the popular Museo del Oro, and instead head to Bogotá's cluster of art museums. In 2004, a new architectural complex opened to the public in Candelaria, Bogotá's bohemian historical centre, and it brought together the Luis Ángel Arango Library, the Numismatic Collection, the Banco de la República Art Museum and The Botero Museum.
The Botero Museum, which houses one of the most important art collections in all of Latin America, is the spot to hit first. The museum features 123 works from Fernando Botero, the Colombian artist who's iconic distorted "fat figures" can be found everywhere from Park Avenue to the Champs-Élysées. His museum is, as one might predict, unmissable. The Banco de la República Art Museum, however, will come as a bit more of a surprise. The art museum holds a number of rotating exhibits that feature Latin American contemporary works, such as the shipping containers showcased in the above photograph. And best of all? It's all free and open to the public.
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It's easy to find Box Tops. And now that we're in the heart of the back-to-school season, it seems like we notice them more.<|fim_middle|> two Box Tops a year, while some might clip 100. Regardless, it all makes a difference and contributes to the larger goal of advancing education.
Has your company implemented a cause marketing strategy? If so, what did you find worked best for your company? Leave your thoughts in the comments section. | You might have some right now at your desk, in your break room and in your home pantry. But have you stopped and thought about how these 10-cent tops are making a difference in education?
Probably not, because cause marketing is all around us. In its purest form, it's simply marketing for a social or charitable cause. We see this everyday. And the best marketers advance their cause and their brand at the same time.
Designing a campaign doesn't have to be difficult. The Box Top program was only a small graphic introduced on a few General Mills cereal boxes. Within four years, the Box Tops for Education program doubled in size. The program saw this success because it demonstrated its cause and relevancy early. You can do the same by ensuring your brand messaging and strategies are all in sync from the get-go.
The Box Tops for Education program gets us excited to buy products that contribute to the common good. One way General Mills quickly gained support was through its coordinator volunteer program. These individuals served as ambassadors for the program and essentially became the face of the organization. If you're looking to further your cause, it's important to have people who can speak to your brand, its impact on students and to explain your company's vision. If you get behind your brand, others will too.
Remember, little by little becomes a lot. Always encourage your purchaser to make a contribution, no matter how small. Some people clip only | 290 |
The project brings together four streams of research to investigate the changing nature and composition of retailing centres, and identify the factors that contribute towards building adaptive capacity through diversity and innovation. The four integrated research streams are as follows:
Diversity and Spatial Adaptation within Retailing Systems
In this stage of the research, previously disparate strands of secondary data will be drawn together to construct a land and commercial building stock database that contains the details of the use and user, tenure structure and any changes made to the properties located within five case study centres over the last two decades. This linked data will enable spatial and temporal changes in land and property use and ownership in each centre to be explored.
Methods, such as exploratory mapping techniques, will be employed to identify and categorise spatial changes in tenure structures, and reveal the links between ownership, use, the allocation of space for diverse service provision, leisure and social interaction and the adaptive capacity of the built environment. This is an important stage as informs an evidence based evaluation of the changes, if any, that are occurring in the vitality and diversity of urban retailing centres.
Project Lead: Allison Orr
Time Frame: October 2018 to September 2019
Place Adaptation and Innovative Urban Form within Retailing Systems
Desk-based research, building on the outputs of the earlier stock database, will be used to create an inventory of urban form and land use innovations within the retail sector. Examples of innovations (two per study area) will be examined in-depth using multiple fieldwork methods (involving stakeholder forums, interviews, observation and spatial analysis) to investigate policy, use, design and building layout. Semi-structured interviews will be undertaken with developers, designers, planners, council estates officers and occupiers (approximately 3-4 per innovation) to examine the role these innovations play in the renewal and adaptive capacity of the retailing environment<|fim_middle|> will shed light on whether design innovations, flexible uses and large scale redevelopments are the solution to long-term 'structural' vacancy and how stakeholders are impacted by change.
Project Lead: James White
Time Frame: June 2019 to May 2020
Real Estate Innovation within Retailing Systems
Fine level spatial analysis techniques on secondary data collected in an earlier project stream are used to examine the impact of re-development on the established boundaries of the prime and secondary trading areas within these centres and the value and use of commercial properties across city centres. Primary data on the nature and effects of other land use changes, whether as permanent or flexible, temporary uses, will be collected. This will enable us to evaluate the readiness of owners and occupiers to adapt and innovate, and explore how new uses and forms are impacting on established real estate market practices, investment viability and resilience in these markets.
Social Structures and Integration within Retailing Systems
The challenge now is to recognise and understand the social arrangements that facilitate collaboration between occupiers, property owners, local authorities and other stakeholders in reconfiguring and making urban centres more resilient. An improved understanding should stimulate the creation of more constructive relationships – co-operation, trust and possibly even competitive ties – that are necessary to facilitate the process of adaptation and renewal in the building stock, which in turn will help in the rejuvenation of centres.
Such an approach, employing primary qualitative data collected from interviews with different stakeholders, assemblage theory and a processual approach to investigate how social structures are organised, to provide a nuanced understanding of the way in which power operates within, through and across networks of actors. Examining the involvement of land and property owners and developers within these agencements with enable investigation into the ways the social structures may work to create unique retailing destinations, or to hinder adaptive capacity.
Project Lead: Cath Jackson | , and opportunities/barriers to further innovation.
These investigations into innovative urban forms and land use within existing and new retail areas seek to examine their role in the adaptive efficiency of the built environment. This | 39 |
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Salute, 1985, oil on canvas board, 35 X 27 cm
The vaporettos of Venice are as crowded at rush hour as any buses in New York, Paris or London. Everyone is packed tight like sardines in these boats. In Venice, the vaporetto churn and sway, pushed around by other sea traffic much the same as a New York subway car.
Many years ago when I used to go to Venice to paint I carried an old army pack which housed my paints, turps, brushes, and such. I also attached the laminate palette to the army pack so it hung off the back. At that time I didn't remove the slabs of oil paint from my palette, I cleaned only the large surface of it while leaving the swabs of colours hanging in thick splotches. So in transit, the primary colours were left to fend for themselves on the palette like sherpas on a mountain face. It was a stupid way of operating and I was kind of aware of it too.
One late afternoon I was on the vaporetto on my way to the Gardens to paint San Giorgio at sunset. I had gotten on a vaporetto at Accademia heading East towards San Mark's and it was loaded with a great variety of fellow commuters; shopkeepers, tradespeople, maids, tourists, business types, glamorous couples, and everyone else. I was seated on the right side and people were pushed up tight around me. My bag pack was on my lap with the palette facing away from me, out towards the world.
At Ca' Rezzonico a big crowd got on the boat making it heave from side to side and a glamorously tanned couple were discretely pushed up against me by the sudden influx. The woman who must have been in her thirties, was talking rapidly with her companion. He was was wearing one of those slim Venetian tan suits, a blue shirt, and wearing an elegant tie. He wore slim Italian loafers which I could see where I was seated just below him. A handsome man, jet black hair flying in the wind, he was the kind of man who in those days might have elicited a slight envy in me I confess. The woman was right out of Vogue. Her chestnut coloured hair held in place by a colourful brooch, and like so many Italian woman she needed little make-up but for a discreet black line to highlight her green eyes. And being a Venetian she wore a pair of flat shoes, sensible to navigate the bridges and cobble stoned alleyways. But finally, she wore a magnificent silk dress patterned in small Ultramarine blue stripes running every which way if I can remember it after so many years. She was beauty, and I was flustered especially when she was jolted towards me, glancing quickly at me and softly said "Mi scusi". Though we were all in the magnificent lagoon underneath the the shadow of the looming Salute to our right, it was still the sloppiness of Rush Hour like anywhere in the world.
The next stop was on the left at one of the first of threes stops for San Mark's and the Hotel Europa. The exit ramp gave away to a small alleyway which went right past the discreet entrance to Harry's Bar on the right.
These boats approach the dock slowly but then roar into reverse throwing everyone off balance anew. As we pulled into the next stop, the boat lurched, heaving everyone back and forth. And it was this last jolt of the vaporetto, and as a consequence, created for me a dilemma from which I recoiled with the grandest cowardice. For on that last jounce this beautiful woman's dress collided with my palette, brushing it lightly as the French might say: "ç'a frôlé", like a butterfly's wing.
Completely oblivious, she moved with ease among the other disembarking passengers to the boat exit with her handsome man in tow while I focused on her dress. For I saw with distress several fresh Prussian Blue streaks across her backside. I froze.
To be fair, I didn't have much time. I mean, what a terrifically awful scene it would have been had I jumped up and out at her to explain in my fragile Italian that due to my civic recklessness I had destroyed her beautiful silk dress. This alone would have created a completely different outcome to the story.
Then, again, the recklessness, no,.. the utter chaos of what I had unleashed would have been far worse. For I had understood that such a well-dressed couple were not returning home after a day at the dry cleaners, no,,, they were out for the evening, and first stop was Harry's Bar where tout le monde went to be seen, to drink caprinis with movie stars and wealthy aristocrats.
All this flashing through my poor brain in a nano second while the boat, having filled up with fewer people now prepared to chug onward towards the Lido which was its final destination.
I sat in a state of shock and shame, and I slowly turned the palette around to see it disfigured with a broad swarth of blue and a bit of lemon yellow. My mind filled up quickly with scenes from a film in my head about what was shortly to transpire. As the vaporetto pulled away, I watched the woman casually walking up towards Harry's Bar, cool and beautiful, unaware of the storm awaiting her fabulousness,.. and I thought,
"What have I just done?"
By the time the vaporetto was making its next stop further onward at the end of St Mark's Square I had already created a timeline for the mess I had made. Chaos would be unfolding, as the woman took her seat at a table. Prussian Blue would quickly find its way outwards and into the dining room like a virus. It would move with stealth everywhere. It was just a matter of time, I surmised, before all Hell would break loose.
I imagined several scenarios but the one which stayed with me after 40 years is this one:
I saw the Head waiter showing the couple to their table. There might be a little air-kissing for acquaintances on the way. The Head waiter would then hold the back of the chair for the madame, the madame would gently fold the back of her dress with one of her small hands to glide herself smoothly in so as not to crease her lovely dress. And just from this gentle manoeuvre she might have felt the sticky oil paint with her delicate fingers before bringing her left hand up to see an errant blue swatch imprinted across her fingers.
Even after all these years, I can not envision the look of confused horror which must have lit up her face as she jumps up, spins around and sees Prussian Blue on the base of the chair while at the same time grasping at the back of her silk dress incredulously.
Would she yell at the poor bus boy nearby? Would she scream, or just cry out with anger? Who would she blame? The entire room would go deathly silent for sure, and our poor heroine, whom I now call her, is shaking her slender tanned wrists with emotion. Flapping their clean hands, waiters in white, scurry around the table like impatient geese. This is now an Italian film. Her handsome companion suddenly standing up in solidarity, clueless. Who could blame him?
How long before all the main actors found the cause of this pandemonium? 5 minutes? Ten? At least for a few long moments anyway, I mused to myself already, at a safe distance from ground zero by now. But Prussian Blue would have the upper hand in this comedy, or drama, depending on whose perspective.
Eventually the culprit would be identified as the poor woman's dress and she would eventually find her way to the ladies room where the smartly dressed but elderly attendant would help her smudge out the paint while ruining at least a dozen white linen towels. Our heroine hoping to clean it up enough to get through dinner. Her mind, dizzy with questions. How? What? why? (Ma come?) Would she remember the weird looking fellow with a palette seated on the vaporetto?
Meanwhile, in the dining room, waiters would have removed the infected chair, replaced it, and cleaned away anything Blue. The Head waiter like a house dick in a 40's film would have nervously circled around other tables to see if there was a bigger problem of BLUE elsewhere. (BLUE! Sacré BLUE!)
The other diners discreetly inspecting jackets, dresses, jewelry, and even socks and shoes before getting the "All Clear", turned back to their own meals. Suddenly, there was something interesting happening! And this would be great dinner gossip for years to come.
Eventually our heroine would return to the dining room. And because of her beauty, her return might elicit a brisk applause as she entered, cheekily inspected her new chair to everyone's amusement before seating herself quickly, though now on a towel placed over it stealthily by a quick thinking waiter.
At the same time, the cowardly painter having arrived at his motif, had set up his easel and begun to paint San Giorgio before the sun set.
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evidence of time and place
Evening Prayer Brunswick Heads, 25 September, 2020, oil on canvas board, 30 X 25 cm
These two studies are from the past few days. The skies have been salty and full of humidity which are great for painting. I am always amazed at how different each of these studies are. Each evening light is different, and after all, I too, am different each evening.
Today, I found myself thinking about the relevance of these small studies. It wasn't at all in any unpleasant way, just contemplating their worth in the grander scheme of things. I guess it means that I hope that they communicate something to someone else. Do they have an inherent worth? Are they able to convey an emotion to another human being? Do they surprise anyone?
I do have this weird way of judging them. I imagine one
of these small studies on a wall in a Museum tucked away from a main gallery. Would I notice it as I walked in? Would I make a bee line for it? And would it take its place among the better pictures?
When I am in a museum and move through galleries I first like to stand in the middle of the room and do a 360 degree turn while scanning for something to catch me off guard.
I want to make things which are alive, but which also reveal evidence of time and of place. And I also wish for paintings to be windows into somewhere else which transcend the image itself. Sounds like a tall order but in fact these are just ideas I have when I am not painting. Ultimately, is what I am doing of any interest beyond myself? Does my pleasure in making them transform into pleasure for a spectator?
J.M.W. Turner, and the shelf of memory
This study is from a few nights ago. This past week we have been blessed with hazy evenings which pleases me to work from. The air has a lot of salt in it, unlike the clear and polished skies which require a rich pigment. Colours used on these evenings are broken even more so than usual so as to unify the<|fim_middle|> because I'm dead already.
P.S. I didn't see the two drips of paint at the bottom on the left and right which resemble two dogs. The marvellous unconscious dog within me!
The World according to Art
The Square is a wonderful romp into the weird world of Contemporary Art. I have seen it twice. It won the Palme d'Or in 2017, and is a delicious satire on the art world. Not much more to say than that, really.
Chrysalis and the Bonnard sketch
It is a very interesting thing for a painter to see a master's drawing alongside the finished oil painting of the same motif. In this case it is a view from his small property on the Côte d'Azur. The drawing, done with a small lead pencil, seems to dance around in between various objects; trees, bushes, clouds, houses, sky, with tiny abbreviated lines indicating the sea in the distance. There is no doubt that he made many small sketches of this motif.
I have seen this painting a few times over the years and always loved it. It is part of the Philips Collection at the National Gallery in Washington. But seeing it here next to a drawing of the same motif allows me to indulge in the image of the caterpillar undergoing a chrysalis when it transforms into a butterfly. All the information is already stored in the caterpillar cells for the new butterfly to form, and be re-born to a life of colourful flight.
This mystery of creation is everywhere yet many of us often forget that fact though scientists and artists almost never do.
Bonnard, a kind caterpillar himself, shy and unassuming; he might have looked as if he lived an ordinary life if perhaps described by an ordinary person with indeed an ordinary life. But though he did live a life of a monk in a simple house with a partner and small dog, we know that he painted the dreams of butterflies.
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Silk scarves draped across the sky
Two more studies from last week which again lend themselves to my increasingly apparent interest in a more formal structure for these somewhat sketchy paintings.
I like them both. Upon seeing them together I seem to be asking myself whether or not it is possible to transform something as inherently wild as the sea and sky into an image more fixed, more solid.
Thinking of light as something solid is a curious thing to imagine much less paint with oils, come to think of it. To paint clouds, the sea...? yes, but just light itself?
I seem to have fallen into a form of abstraction which allows for me to think of Light (colour) as a material substance. They almost appear to look like silk scarves draped across the the sky.
I don't know how far I can push this motif which now goes on for over 3 years but as long as new answers come I keep on working there. | relationships with greater subtly.
This one I liked immediately so I suddenly stopped work on it. I knew it was finished at just the precise moment that it was. As I can easily overwork paintings I am always attentive to the tiny bell inside which gently rings as if in a large cathedral. I can often ignore these moments in the middle of work, but here at least, I am grateful I didn't. After all, does one need to be in a cathedral to hear God?
It is rare when I finish something that I think to myself: "that was really good" without falling down the next day. Usually though, the really great things "I cannot see" for even weeks or months later on, but this was the exception.
This image reminds me of one of my heroes J.M.W. Turner. I wasn't thinking of him at the time but now I see it so obviously, not only because he still haunts my palette but my daydreams as well. If a writer keeps his favourite authors on a small shelf above his writing desk, then a painter houses his heroes in his paintbox. Memory is everything, I think to myself, every day.
As I have written many times here, Turner's watercolours of the British coastline, along with the Venice lagoon have been seared into my visual memory yet I never think of all this while I am working.
"Just another day, another dollar" as my uncle Morty used to say.
the Angels of Auschwitz and Sarajevo
Auschwitz, Summer 1994, Châteaunoir, oil on canvas, 150 X 150 cm
Around 1993, I began a series on the theme of war. I became very upset about the slaughter in the Balkans. Europe faced another genocide. I had put on my studio wall a photograph taken from The International Herald Tribune which was then my main source of news at the time. I still have it somewhere. It was a simple picture of a young Muslim boy at the foot of his father's grave stone. It killed me for some reason, maybe because I had lost my own father, albeit under very different circumstances. But it opened up an emotional hole inside me all the same.
I made a few paintings that summer in my small studio at the Châteaunoir. It was always hot during the summer months and cold in the winters. But it had a skylight which pleased me, along with two windows, so it was well lit. The picture above came after the Bosian/Sarajevo paintings. Like many people I have always been horrified by the atrocities which the Germans perpetuated upon its own citizens and so many others in Europe during that time.
I think I have always been more intuitively interested in the suffering of humankind than any spiritual bliss which I might found around me. My early portraits, as a friend once told me, looked as is they were about to commit murder. Though I was a little surprised by the observation I quickly understood its truth. Pathos has always been at the root of my actions whether I liked it or not.
So I wanted to see if I could express the cruelty of war. I am not sure I succeeded in this but in the next few weeks I will show some of the others which work better, more raw. I rarely ever put these things around my old, large home because they were just too difficult for people. I suppose that is why my painting had changed a little later on to became more mirth, less dark.
Inmates without doctors sans frontiers
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Evening Prayer Brunswick Heads, 15 September, 2020, oil canvas board, 30 X 25 cm
This was an experiment from the other night. I had gone out with an idea in my head (dangerous!), and without looking at the motif in front of me. I was trying to prepare a sky to receive some olive coloured clouds which I had seen the the other night. Alas, they dissipated before twilight had even set in. I was left with a delicious sky, like a sticky date but without the sticky date sauce.
But I like it anyway, and I was lucky to have exercised an unusual intuition to leave it be! So, I packed up early because the sky had died, dried up of any its usual vibrancy.
I was also distracted by an acquaintance, an eccentric fellow who sleeps on the beach each night not far from where I work. He had come by to say hello, and then proceeded to discuss UFO's with a another person who had also stopped by. This gentle soul sees UFO's each night and loves to tell anyone he can just how incredible they are. And each day I hear about how fast they move until they "stop on a dime" to hover over the horizon at leisure, only to zip overhead "glowing". They then return to repeat the same patterns all over again. As the weeks go by the UFO"s seem to get bigger, and go faster. I like this fellow very much so I just smile and feign a vague sort of interest. There are lots of curious souls who inhabit small corners of life around here.
As I move through this contemporary life, I discover that it's often hard to discern the bonafide inmates from the regulars (regulars??). But I also wonder to myself if there really is a doctor in the house?
At the end of the day; is painting this mysterious sky any different than watching for UFO's each night? Imagination is everything, apparently.
Morocco, found and lost in Tunisia
This is a curious painting done sometime in 2008, back in France, from a drawing I made in Marrakesh in 2007. I am not sure what I think of it now but it's the only picture I ever painted in oils from a Moroccan drawing in black and white though I did make a drawing trip to the Atlas mountains in 1974 where I made watercolours. But this was invented from a skeleton of a drawing and memories.
I gave it to a friend who stopped by on her way from a life in Paris back to a new life in New York. Sadly it was packed in a suitcase which was lost in transit. Fortunately, I did have this photo of it, so after 25 years I sent her this image which has ended up on her fridge door, so she told me.
This painting was certainly inspired by so many Klee watercolours from his trips to Tunisia which I had seen over the years way long before I began going to Morocco to just draw. I saw a large show of them in the Met in New York back in the 1990's which opened my visual mind.
I had never been a fan of Paul Klee until I saw these things. They are so very different from so many of the later things he made in his studio. He was an interesting artist, and musician, for sure, he was caught up in a changing world where psychological and mystical experiences created a new zeitgeist away from the Church.
For me, these are landscapes which exist between the mind and matter, as if one foot was in the visual world in front of him while the other was planted in the back studio of his mind.
It seems to me that these small studies done in Tunisia straddle the the fault lines between where Modern Art was taking flight from Post-Impressionism. Klee, along with Jung and Freud, among so many others, quickly jumped into a 20th century where metaphoric truth would eclipse a visual one.
Sisyphus stumbles, phoenix rises
Evening prayer Brunswick Heads, 9 September, 2020, oil on canvas board, 30 X 25 cm
It isn't often that I want to throw in the proverbial towel while working on a picture but I used to, often, all the time, actually. It was because I stumbled and lost faith. This is a terrible fate to befall a painter. This used to happen a lot.
I enclose these two examples of my recent brushes with failure. This is to say that I had lost hope, and given up when I suddenly found a weird kind of key which re-opened the door to Ali Baba's cave.
In my time, I have jettisoned canvas boards over cliffs, thrown them into ditches, into trash bins, and even into the Grand Canal in Venice. Only rarely, did I possess a small hint of guilt for my selfish act inflicted upon poor Mother Nature. I would find myself in a state of such wretchedness and self-loathing that I was beyond the pale, as they say. I needed an act of destruction to expunge my fragile ego of such failure. And I cursed the Muses who only laughed at me from high up in the clouds. I would make amends if I could.
Fortunately, I have changed over these past few years, so much so, that now when I 'lose' a painting I seem to be able to stop, take a breath, step back and assess the situation.
This is that wondrous moment when I decide that I have nothing to lose, that I need just 'let go'. As the Zen wise guys say:
"We are already dead, what's the problem?"
With any means necessary I seem to push and pull at the image as if it was no longer a cardboard canvas but magically made of soft rubber or even kevlar. My brushes go to work on it without fear of retribution (punishment).
Like failure, even the idea of success falls away, and in a flash, I see the frustrated child in the corner of a classroom trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. It was always me.
And somehow, out of that fury, a phoenix rises. My brushes find a pathway back into the painting, punching even. And though the motif has lost its bloom, I motor on, on the fumes of memory.
The memory is everything for an artist. Intuition is boundless grace, I often think to myself proudly.
And I like these studies because they are scarred with uncertainty, and they now live like sloppy solutions to my strange and personal problem of 'how to paint', despite all my efforts.
Whether a picture works, or not, is irrelevant at a certain point. (again, the Zen wise guys would say it was always irrelevant). But I secretly rebel against these guys,
"F**k em", I think to myself in the existential pinch.
But it IS the skirmish which really counts;... so was I brave, or a cowherd?
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Tiny Microscope Lets Scientists Peer into Spinal Cords of Mice and See Astrocytes in Action
by Magdalena Kegel
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Researchers using a miniature microscope saw that glial cells, called astrocytes, contribute to sensory nerve transmission in the spinal cord of awake and moving animals. Offering unparalleled insights into the<|fim_middle|> California, San Diego, said in a news release.
The spinal cord is a hub for nerve connections between the central nervous system and more peripheral body parts. Despite its importance in sensory processing, researchers still don't know how nerve signals carrying sensory information are encoded in the cells of the spinal cord.
The miniature microscope — an invention the team worked to refine since 2008, and which is about the size of a penny — has previously been used by the team to explore the brain. Investigations of the spinal cord have, however, been hindered by technical difficulties. The spinal cord is surrounded by independently moving vertebra and is close to pulsating organs, making a clear view difficult to achieve.
With an improved technique, Axel Nimmerjahn — the study's senior author and an assistant professor in Salk's Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center — and his team could observe freely moving mice. The researchers noted that different types of sensory stimuli, such as light touch or pressure, did not activate the same subsets of neurons. They also observed how astrocytes reacted to the stimuli in a coordinated manner.
"Not only can we now study normal sensory processing, but we can also look at disease contexts like spinal cord injury and how treatments actually affect the cells," Dr. Nimmerjahn said.
The team will next attempt to study touch and pain sensory signaling simultaneously in the brain and spinal cord at even higher resolutions.
Tagged astrocytes, glial cells, gliotransmission, live imaging, sensory stimuli.
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A decade ago, the general consensus in the scientific community was that glial cells like astrocytes were merely passive bystanders to the activities of nerve cells, supporting them with nutrients and structural support. But other researchers around that time began to show that astrocytes, as well as other glia, actively regulate nerve transmissions by releasing their own factors, a process that became known as gliotransmission.
While much research has been done since on the signaling abilities of astrocytes, none were able to observe them in action in conscious animals. Researchers at Salk Institute for Biological Studies, California, have now done just that — and describe their findings in the study, "Imaging large-scale cellular activity in spinal cord of freely behaving mice," appearing in the journal Nature Communications.
"For a long time, researchers have dreamed of being able to record cellular activity patterns in the spinal cord of an awake animal. On top of that, we can now do this in a freely behaving animal, which is very exciting," the study's first author, Kohei Sekiguchi, a PhD student at the University of | 254 |
Add "Bag of kale"<|fim_middle|>, whether you're doing omelets, frittatas or even the incredible breakfast stuffed peppers we have coming up for you soon. Scramble your eggs, add finely chopped kale and your other planned-for ingredients, cook the eggs as planned. The kale will wilt a bit in the cooking time and be just right. | to your grocery list right now. It's amazing how easy you can add kale into almost meal. We have 10 easy ideas to get you started.
Buy a bag of kale and start playing in the kitchen. You'll be surprised at how versatile this green can be. We have 10 ways to incorporate it into every meal.
You can let your kale sit in your dressing for up to a day without it getting soggy. So bring a kale lunch to work. Prep your kale in the morning or the night before (learn how to make fibrous kale tender by massaging it here) and add your toppings. Go to work and by lunchtime your salad will be tender and oh-so healthy. As inspiration, here's a taco salad with avocado chipotle dressing that uses kale.
I use this trick to give my son an extra dose of vegetables. There's absolutely no way my preschooler will eat kale on its own. But if I add a little to chicken noodle soup, he'll eat it. It's magic. I throw it in for maybe 10-15 minutes before the soup's ready. Boom! I have a healthy (-ish) kid. Here's a quick and delicious soup that features kale so you can get the idea.
I know, I know everyone knows you can add kale to smoothies. But let this be a friendly little reminder not to forget about your bag of kale. I always do. I'm drinking my berry smoothie when I remember the kale that's sitting in my refrigerator. Note that we have a really amazing smoothie that features berries, balsamic vinegar and kale coming up soon. You're going to love it! Visit our kale page daily over here to see our kale posts as they appear.
Use kale in pho (my favorite), lo mein and pad Thai. The Asian flavors compliment the kale. Just make sure to slice it in small pieces so that it'll blend nicely into the rest of the dish. Just throw it in next time you're stir-frying or making an Asian dish. Two handfuls will wilt down quite a bit and will add such a punch of nutrients to your meal.
Make up some pesto using kale. Then enjoy it in a pasta dish, on toast or on crackers. It's also incredible on raw vegetables.
Kale is pretty when you saute it with some olive oil, salt and pepper. Top it with a beautiful piece of grilled salmon or chicken. Dinner is served.
Even my husband eats kale when you add crispy bacon and Parmesan cheese. Go with it on a salad or pasta dish. Stir sauteed kale, bacon and cheese into rice. Really everything is more amazing with bacon and cheese.
As if you need an excuse. Replace iceberg lettuce with kale. Stuff with meat, tomato and avocado.
The super green meets the super grain. The two just work together. Throw in some black beans and you have a great meal.
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All of our subsequent victories against them at Swynecastle (we've won games against Meadowbank, St Johnstone (twice) and Dundee United in the interim) - until Saturday - have not been immediately preceded by a home league derby defeat.
Interestingly, the individual who runs the London Hearts website attributes our vastly superior derby record between 1965 and 1983 (we lost four league derbies and one Scottish Cup tie during this eighteen year period) to the inspiration derived from that New Year derby victory. Indeed, had hertz taken even a point that day, they might have won that season's league. Then again, had they only lost 6-1 at home to Dundee that season, they might have won the league that year!
Anyway, the question is: is this the dawning of a new era?!
How much time did they have on the ball?! Like watching English fitba now.
Hibs derby record between 1965 and 1983 was indeed exceptional...we have to remember of course that we only played Hearts twice a season in those years. Nevertheless we were truly dominant. We only lost two competitive derbies during the 1970's...4-1 at Tynecastle in 1973 and 2-1 at Easter Road in 1978. The trend was turned around in the 1980's with Hearts totally dominant....much helped by their prolific derby goalscorer John Robertson.
I've said for years that when one of the Edinburgh teams completely rules the other in derbies for long periods of time it isn't down to derby jinxes or hoodoos but due mainly to the dominant team being of a significantly higher quality than the other. For most of the time through the decades there has been very little to separate the two clubs. I do accept though that one thing which goes against my point and that is that in the late 1940's and early 1950's when Hibs were arguably the best team in Britain, we struggled even then to win derbies regularly. Lawrie Reilly always expressed great frustration at this.
The pace of the game has increased enormously over the years...this is one of the reasons there are far more injuries now. That and the fact that there are far more games played...a ridiculous amount IMO.
...I do accept though that one thing goes against my point and that is that in the late 1940's and early 1950's when Hibs were arguably the best team in Britain, we struggled even then to win derbies regularly. Lawrie Reilly always expressed great frustration at this.
That Hibs team topped the table for a not insignificant spell during the autumn (incidentally, when we went top following the 3-1 win in Perth on Sat, 18 Sep,<|fim_middle|> win in 2016 (when Hibs changed forever IMO), we have been probably the better side. Even though I personally don't get as worked up about derby matches as many Hibs fans do...(I've never enjoyed them as I hate the atmosphere and the tribalism), I very much hope we have many more derby wins in the years to come.
Where do Meadowbank fit into this???
Did I even mention Willie Hamilton was my favourite ever player in Hibernian green and The Specials my favourite band in 2tone Black and White. So thanks Scottyboy, made my day mate. Thank you.
A Hibernian veteran that sits beside me was waxing lyrical about Willie Hamilton at the Kilmarnock game - decent bit in the programme about him (picture below).
That's three times in the last fortnight I've been telt all about him and his magic which came effortlessly.
Pat Stanton said he was the best player he ever played with at Hibs and that is saying something. Jock Stein said he was one of the best players he had ever worked with and you can't get a better recommendation than that.
Will keep those nuggets of gold for the next home game where I can kick the conversation all off again. | it was the first time we had ever - ever - topped the Premier League), beat Aberdeen thrice in the league, pished on the huns' title party and played some wonderful football. McAllister. O'Neill. Wright. Jackson. Weir. Lennon. Tweed. Leighton. Evans. hertz, on the other hand, battled relegation all season and only mathematically avoided it on the last day of the season wi a 1-0 win at Partick Thistle, who, conversely, went down that day. (The same day 7,000 Killie fans had an avoided-relegation party in Leith.) Yet they still beat us thrice. Here I think is where the mindset of we-will-not-lose-to-that-wee-team-fi-Leith which apparently prevails at Swynecastle becomes a factor. Which is acknowledged by Davie Farrell - who played in that Hibs team - in his excellent autobiography, 'Taxi For Farrell'. In one of his chapters, he details how the Kenny Blacks and Walter Kidds of this world were like psychotic marines from Full Metal Jacket desperate to spill blood for the Gorgie cause, and how Hibs lost the fight, and, consequently, the game. Alex Miller has, in my opinion, a lot to answer for here, because he singularly and consistently failed to inculcate the players with the need to outfight hertz before outplaying them. And that that was what was needed to win in these fixtures. hertz were, and are, phucking animals. A dirty, sneaky, fouling, industrial team. They tried it on on Saturday again, with their challenges on Gray and Omeonga. The worst example I can think of, off the top of my head, from that era is the game played at ER on Sat, 31 March 1990, when Neil Berry was only booked for an assault on Paul Wright which wrecked the latter's Hibs career and swung the balance of a game we were winning 1-0 (through a Mickey Weir goal). They subsequently won 2-1, with our attacking menace illegally blunted.
Incidentally, hertz' prioritising of the derby over other fixtures has gone on for years. They often drop players, rest players, gie chances to others who would never normally feature, play not to lose, play to avoid injuries and suspensions etc. in games immediately preceding a derby. Christ, they did only last week at Ibrox! And look how well that turned out for them!
Anyway, my point is, GM, that, while I concede that, generally, the better Edinburgh team achieves derby dominance, the exception to that rule is when one of the two places undue over-emphasis on winning that fixture to the exclusion of success in other fixtures. I can't recall Hibs ever operating that, and in all the many books i have read about our great history I cannot recall any reference to such conduct or such an attitude pervading our great club, but hertz certainly have operated that in spells during my time as a supporter (1983-84 season to present).
I certainly agree that Hibs had a superb team between 1991 and 1994...one of the best Hibs teams I have ever seen and skilfully put together by the much maligned Alex Miller. I agree completely that they placed much more emphasis on the derby than we did especially during Miller's time...this in fact is the only criticism I have of an otherwise IMO excellent Hibs manager.
Since 2014 and especially since our cup | 752 |
Willmott Dixon lands £8m Raise business centre and innovation hub in Goole
by Natalie Hunt | Apr 28, 2021 | Champions - News
Willmott Dixon has been chosen to deliver a new £8m business centre and innovation hub for East Riding of Yorkshire Council that will offer flexible office and workshop space for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on the Goole 36 Enterprise Zone.
The Rail, accelerator and innovation solutions hub for Enterprise (RaisE), will provide 3,200 square metres of commercial floor space made up of grade-A office and workshop accommodation, much-needed high quality conferencing facilities, and a welcoming communal café hub that will act as a focal point for the business park.
Procured using the YORbuild2 framework, this phase one of RaisE is being delivered with East Riding Infrastructure & Facilities and is set for completion in early 2022. The project has secured £1.5m from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and £1m from the Getting Building Fund, via the Hull and East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP), to help finance the project.
Phase two is also on the same site and will see a £50m centre of excellence for rail and research and innovation developed between Siemens Mobility and the University of Birmingham.
In conjunction with the £200m Siemens Mobility manufacturing facility which is currently under construction, this partnership between industry, academia and the public sector will help create a 'Rail Village' concept that will attract further added value activity from the wider supply chain.
Paul Bell, head of economic development and communications at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: "The council is absolutely delighted to see building work on this business centre and innovation hub start. We know that, once completed, it will stand proudly alongside Siemens Mobility's soon-to-be-built, state-of-the-art rail manufacturing facility, and will be another glowing example of how Goole is viewed as a flourishing economic area for investment and growth.
"We also welcome our partnership with Siemens Mobility and The University of Birmingham who, along with industry partners such as The UK Rail Research & Innovation Network (UKRRIN) and The Rail Alliance, are excited by Goole's potential and our shared 'Rail Village' vision."
Sambit Banerjee, managing director, rolling stock and customer services, for Siemens Mobility Limited, said: "Our aim at Goole is to create a centre of excellence for the rail industry<|fim_middle|> to Hull, Willmott Dixon is currently delivering the £20m Humberside Police Control Centre which will be a state-of-the-art control centre and operational support building. | and to generate long-term skills and investment in the region, and the start of construction of RaisE is a real milestone in that journey. As part of the 'Rail Village', RaisE will be a great space for collaboration and it is fantastic to see it being supported by a network of partners from the UK rail industry and higher education – with a key focus on providing research and development support, particularly for start-ups and SMEs.
Anthony Dillon, managing director for Willmott Dixon in the North, said: "We're proud to play our part in delivering such an important and exciting project, which will support and enable the Goole 36 Enterprise Zone to become a hub for the region's SME businesses to thrive.
"Supporting our communities in these times of uncertainty is more important than ever, delivering RaisE will allow us to work with regional supply chain partners, creating employment opportunities for local young people, former members of our armed forces and ex-offenders as well as empowering local causes and organisations that directly impact the lives of those in need."
RaisE is the latest in Willmott Dixon's portfolio to support innovation in the rail sector. In February the business handed over the £47m School of Engineering to the University of Birmingham. Completed in partnership with the UK Rail Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN), the building unites existing academic and industry capabilities to innovate and support transformational change within the rail technology sector, globally.
The company is also very active in the Humberside region, supporting local business and generating prosperity within the community. In Melton, close | 324 |
Today was most likely the final time that I pull on my BMC jersey in the United States and that brought on extra meaning.
This is a race that I've been a part of since the beginning of my career. The Tour of Utah has treated me well, and I was heading into the final stage with the opportunity to lead the team after Tejay had an off day on Saturday. It felt absolutely amazing to go for it, battle, persevere and feel that finish line fire. Racing Utah with the BMC Racing Team has had some deep meaning in my progression as a rider. It felt like a fitting close to my time at this race with this team to conclude with a podium.
Sunday's start was fast and saw several attempts for a break to form. Joey was repping us in the first couple, but with a reduced squad and knowing we needed extra power in the final parts of the stage, we decided to holstered our manpower when the move finally went.
Lotto kept a stiff pace, and I was excited because that meant we would likely have the chance to play for the stage win. The climb up Empire was as brutal as ever. With a fresh coat of pavement, it was little quicker, which I think we all appreciated!
The team did a super job leading me into the final climb in great position, and the pace was stiff right from the start.
In these moments, I focus on one minute at a time because it's hard to fathom continuing like that for the next 45 minutes! Once Lotto was out of guys, Jack Haig set out with a hard attack and only Sepp marked him. This caused our group to fragment. I battled and rode the climb the best I could, making sure to keep them in sight, but I really struggled to close those final meters.
As I would catch riders,<|fim_middle|> extremely fast. I caught the few guys who had been distance by Sepp and put my head down sprinting over the final uphill rise before the plunge into Park City. Jack latched on to my wheel, and we slid into the final corners together. I could see Sepp in the distance and could tell we were charging hard. I buried myself on the final 800-meter climb to the line, which felt more like 8 kilometers. I missed Sepp by 8 seconds.
I hope to be back in 2019! For now, it was a rush to the airport and onto a plane back to Spain. Fingers crossed now---hoping to get confirmation that I'll be starting the Vuelta sometime this next week.
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Newer PostAugust 25th - Stage 1 - La Vuelta | they immediately would sit on me knowing it was my race to chase. I tried to stay focused and not get distracted. Towards the top, I saw my chance to make a big effort and make contact with the group, and I went for it. I was really suffering over the top of the climb and doubted my plan to attack on the descent, but I mustered some strength and went for it over the final meters of the climb.
I quickly realized the descent was wet, but still | 98 |
Walking or traveling along a straight line or path is the shortest and most efficient means to travel from Point A to Point B. That's all well and good as long as you are not inside a house or building (trying to get from the kitchen to the bathroom, say), or not in Manhattan (trying to get uptown from the Statue of Liberty). Buildings and objects, natural obstacles, and simple old detours can often make your 'straight and efficient' trip quite a bit longer, quite a bit more frustrating, and offers so many other distractions<|fim_middle|> 'Straight is the way, and narrow is the path that leads to life everlasting'.
Don't wander you, don't waver you, don't wait you… look to the Lord in heaven for your specific direction, your 'from right where you are' instructions as to how to get back to His path, His leading for you. | … it can even seem/feel like you are wandering… sometimes aimlessly.
Our devotional today reminds us to aim to stay on His path, follow His leading, remain in His fellowship. But, we encounter obstacles, we get distracted, and probably worse… we misunderstand His leading and/or weren't listening with our hearts, with our souls, with our unfiltered ears (had expectations or preconceptions).
The good news is, He is ready and willing to assist us, once we call on Him. Genesis 28:15, states; "And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of." Just remember that | 168 |
Press Release N° 4/2021 - The first doses of the Moderna vaccine have arrived at the Italian National Institute of Health (ISS)
null Press<|fim_middle|> military airport of Pratica di Mare. | Release N° 4/2021 - The first doses of the Moderna vaccine have arrived at the Italian National Institute of Health (ISS)
Rome, 12 January 2021
The first 47 thousand doses of the Sars-Cov-2 vaccine produced by Moderna and allocated to Italy arrived today at the headquarters of the Italian National Institute of Health. The vaccines have been stored at the Institute and in the coming days they will be distributed to the Regions, using the means made available by the Italian Post Office – with priority being given to the Regions with a higher number of inhabitants over 80 years of age.
"Just a year ago this virus was essentially unknown, and now two vaccines have already been approved, with the prospect of more vaccines to become available in the near future, an unthinkable achievement which is the result of an unprecedented effort in history - says the president of the ISS, Silvio Brusaferro. Now the institutions in Italy, as in the rest of the world, are called upon to meet yet another momentous challenge - bringing the vaccine to all citizens. Vaccinations represent a decisive weapon in the fight against the pandemic, but in the meantime we must continue to use the containment measures that have been introduced during this difficult year: social distancing, wearing masks and hygiene ".
"After almost a year of gloom - says Special Commissioner, Domenico Arcuri - we finally begin to see some light at the end of the tunnel. The arrival of the Moderna vaccine after the Pfizer vaccine is another good piece of news that keeps our vaccination campaign going ahead at full speed, and indeed Italy ranks first in Europe in terms of number of vaccinated people. We all hope that by the end of January the EMA will authorize also the AstraZeneca vaccine, but the road to achieving herd immunity is still long-winded and requires everyone not to let down their guard on the measures adopted to contain the virus ".
In the next few days, a second tranche of the Moderna vaccine will be delivered to the Institute, while the subsequent deliveries will be stored directly at the | 428 |
Imanami commissioned a survey with Osterman Research to understand the issues related to managing groups in Active Directory, and found that 42% of organizations reported unauthorized access to information from active directory. 44% of the respondents have received an email sent to a distribution list that used to be relevant to their job but is no longer. Group management for Active Directory takes on average 5.8 hours per 1,000 users a week to manage.
The US managed security services market was valued at approximately $1.3 bln in 2007, an increase of 19.6% over 2006. This figure is expected to increase to $2.8 bln by 2012, representing a compound annual growth rate of 17.2%, according to IDC.
21% of Forrester survey respondents expect to increase their IT security budgets in 2009, while nearly three-quarters of those surveyed expect no cutbacks in their security spending. Only 6% of respondents anticipate having to cut their security budget 2009 despite the current economic uncertainty. Security makes up 10% of overall IT operating budgets in 2008, up from 8% in 2007. Nearly 50% of respondents report to a board/CEO or an executive committee. Security is no longer embedded within IT. Data protection is critical. More than half of respondents said that protecting corporate IP and customer data was their top priority for the next 12 months. Companies are realizing the significance of having business continuity and disaster recovery plans in place. 42% of respondents said it was very important, up from 33% from 2007.
The pace of adoption of virtualized servers is incredibly rapid among organizations that are using virtualization, with 35% of servers purchased in 2007 being virtualized and 52% of those bought in 2008 expected to be so. 54% of those not using virtualization expect to do so in the next 18 months. Growth of virtualization as a strategy remains strong, rising from 46% of the base to 54%, according to IDC.
According to IDC, over 70% of respondents in markets such as Australia, China, and India indicated that solutions pertaining to the network were either important or very important. Total spending in Network services (which includes Network Consulting & Integration Services (NCIS) and Network Management (NM)) will grow from $4.7 bl<|fim_middle|> for companies such as IBM, HP, and Dimension Data (including Datacraft), ranked by IDC as the top players (in terms of revenue) in APEJ for the calendar year 2007. | n in 2007 to $9.1 bln in 2012 at a compound annual growth rate of 13.7% from 2007-2012. This bids well | 48 |
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The palapa-style spa and casual, welcoming vibe make the whitewashed Xaman Ha Condominiums a favorite among vacationers looking for a low-key escape. Playa del Carmen is known worldwide for its incredible diving and snorkeling, so get everyone set up with ridiculous-looking masks and squeeze in for group shots just begging to be posted instantly. (Prepare to break your all-time "likes" record.) Let the afternoon clouds drift by as you gaze up occasionally from your lounger, or backstroke it over to the swim-up bar. Each spacious vacation residence is individually owned, varying in size, layout and décor. All have private balconies for leisurely evenings over board games, cards or just drinks and laughs. Want to see more of the local area? Take the two-block walk to the boutiques, restaurants and nightlife of the famous Quinta Avenida – or the ten-minute walk to the Cozumel ferry. Get in touch with your inner nature-lover at the nearby parks, or on a long horseback ride or tour of the mystical underground rivers and cenotes.
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The Tupper Lake Volunteer Ambulance and Rescue Squadhaspurchased the former Bartel Motors property at 169 Main Street with the intention to move its important life-saving service there.
An application for a special use permit to relocate from its High Street headquarters to the modern building that Kevin Bartel built a number of years ago and which has sat idle the past year or so since Mr. Bartel closed his used car businesswas presented to the town and village planning board Wednesday night. The parcel features a very spacious parking lot and immediate access onto State Route 3.
"The squad purchased the old Bartel Motors and plans to move its operation from High Street," Attorney Kirk Gagnier, who was representing the volunteer agency, told the planners.
"The building's use will be the same" as the use in the current premises, he said.
"There are some very obvious benefits for the squad," he said, pointing to the abundant parking area around the building, large interior garage bays and a much newer structure.
"-And it's in the Junction," added downtown businessman Jim Larkin.
Bob Collier, a long time squad volunteer who was a major mainstay of the operation here for years, recused himself from any vote on the matter.
"It offers considerably more indoor garage space than<|fim_middle|> 16- one week earlier than usual because of the Thanksgiving holiday. | our old one," he told his colleagues that evening.
"-And it offers immediate access right onto Route 3," added the attorney.
From the squad's existing location, one block of village street has to be travelled before an ambulance hits a state route.
Planning board member Shawn Stuart wondered about the total assessment of the property and the agency's not for profit status.
The attorney explained that the squad is purchasing the property from the mortgage holder- Champlain National Bank- and would likely apply for tax exempt status for the parcel in upcoming months, as not for profit agencies typically do.
Any application for tax-exempt status would not take effect until the next school tax period which begins September, 2017, he explained.
Jim Larkin said the agency's current building on High Street would likely be sold by the squad to private concern after its relocation, and so that parcel would go backon the local tax roll.
Planner Paul O'Leary told Mr. Stuart he would find out the current taxable assessment on the Bartel parcel.
It was suggested as a condition of any forthcoming permit that stop signs be installed at each of the exits- two on Eighth Street and two on the state highway.
"We'll have to reach out to the state Department of Transportation" to have that done.
The attorney noted that the signs could be placed on the parcel and beyond the DOT right of way, to make things easier.
Bob Colliersaid he would support the addition of stop signs at each entrance/exit to the parcel, "to prevent some ambulance driver from pulling too quickly onto the state highway.
Mr. Larkin said he thought the former car business site has a big advantage in that it offers a clear line of site on the state highway in both directions.
The board scheduled a public hearing for the next meeting on Nov. | 367 |
Montego Bay, Jamaica – Internet Income Jamaica hosted their latest bootcamp on the weekend of April 9 – 10, 2016 in Montego Bay and by all indications it came off very well with the attendants. The students of the workshop learned about the online opportunity of freelancing.
The event was held at Toby's Resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica, and featured the experienced Internet Income Jamaica trainers Sue-Tanya McHorgh, Michael Rainford and Lennworth Morris. The beautiful surroundings of the resort contrasted with the intense<|fim_middle|>. More information about these sessions can be found on their website at http://monetizedm.wpengine.com. | and engaging lessons of the workshop.
Each member of the Internet Income Jamaica team has their own unique expertise which allowed the participants to learn about a range of freelancing skills, styles and approaches. For example, the lead trainer, Sue-Tanya has over five years of experience in the world of online work. She began freelancing after coming across an interview that the CEO of Internet Income Jamaica, Alicia Lyttle did with Cliff Hughes on Nationwide News Network. Sue-Tanya had earlier been laid off her job at a call center and was looking for viable options to earn money online. She currently has specialties in virtual assistance, data entry, online research, video editing and transcription.
"What I would like persons to know is that earning a living online from freelancing is very possible. In our boot-camps we teach people the exact platforms and practices that we use to earn money online," remarked Sue-Tanya.
Students at the workshop brought their laptops and followed the instructions presented to them. The boot-camp featured lessons on how to determine what persons can sell online, how to get paid for doing online work in USD and the types of trusted sites that persons should be working on. During the sessions, the students set up their online profiles and listed their services.
Internet Income Jamaica is based out of Kingston, but by popular demand, the team traveled to Montego Bay providing two days of hands on training to eager participants. The company hosts many types of boot-camps which show different ways of earning money online | 300 |
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YES WE CAN!! ASB will be hosting a<|fim_middle|> Price will be $20 until March and then they will go up to $25 so get them early. Perhaps a holiday gift...? | canned food drive for Foodbank Santa Barbara County from December 1-16. Bring canned or dry goods to your first period classes and put your items in the paper bags that ASB students have dropped off. Don't be greedy, help the needy.
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Running Club: Starts tomorrow. If you're interested, bring running shoes and meet at the track @ 3:15. Questions? See Ms. Parton or Ms. Kimlin.
Running Club: Interested in staying in shape or competing in races? Then, join the Running Club! It will start Tuesday, Dec. 6th. If you're interested, bring running shoes and meet at the track @ 3:15. Questions? See Ms. Parton or Ms. Kimlin.
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Thank you card for James Patterson! Last chance to help make this happen. We are creating a pop-up thank you card. An article will be placed in the Coastal View about our winning the grant which will allow me to purchase $4750 worth of new books for the library.
Seventh & Eighth Grade Science Students: Any student who sold 10 or more items will receive an invitation in their science class to a pizza party to be held today during SSR & lunch. Meet in room 10.
Yearbooks: Yearbooks will be on pre-sale through Mrs. G in the library or Mrs. Thomas in the office. Price will be $20 until March and then they will go up to $25 so get them early. Perhaps a holiday gift...?
Thank you card for James Patterson! Mrs. G would like to create a special thank you card to Mr. Patterson, author extraordinaire and funder of new books. If you are interested in helping with this go to the library after you eat lunch today and tomorrow.
Seventh & Eighth Grade Science Students: Any student who sold 10 or more items will receive an invitation in their science class to a pizza party to be held tomorrow during SSR & lunch. Meet in room 10.
Yearbooks: Get ready because starting today yearbooks will be on pre-sale through Mrs. G in the library or Mrs. Thomas in the office. | 509 |
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Even though many private laboratories have seen an increase in the number of food products being tested for glyphosate residues, it is with surprise that this Digital Journalist discovered the Internet is filled with studies on the dangers of Monsanto's Roundup, and its effects on the human gut microbes.
Most studies of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup have not gained a great deal of media attention, perhaps because the signature product of the internationally known company is being used on all our food crops. But studies being done around the world are all coming up with similar results.
Celiac disease and gluten intolerance, as well as other wheat-related diseases, may not have anything to do with eating wheat products. This is because of the way wheat in the United States is grown.
For instance, most people do not realize that Roundup is applied two and even three times over the course of a wheat crop's growth. Most farmers in the U.S. douse the wheat crop one final time with Roundup just before harvest, and this is more than likely why glyphosate residues are found in flour today.
Dr. William Davis, the author of the New York Times bestseller "Wheat Belly," a book that advocates losing wheat from our diet says, "A wheat field often ripens unevenly, thus applying Roundup pre-harvest evens up the greener parts of the field with the more mature." And Department of Agriculture data backs this up.
The latest USDA figures for 2012 show that 99 percent of durum wheat, 97 percent of spring wheat, and 61 percent of winter wheat were doused with herbicides just prior to harvest. Using Roundup may increase profits for the farmer, and maybe save some money, but the practice is devastating to human health.
What does the glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup do to humans?
It is important to understand that glyphosate accumulates in leaves, grains, and fruits. These residues cannot be washed away and cooking will not get rid of them. Glyphosate residues can remain stable in foods for a year or more, regardless of if a product is dried, frozen or processed in some way.
Now here is some "deep chemistry" that explains the action of glyphosate. Specifically, it inhibits, or stops the action of 5-enolpyruvyl shikimate 3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS). This is an enzyme of the shikimate pathway that is in charge of the synthesis of aromatic amino compounds in higher plants, algae, bacteria, and fungi. You can see why this would be important in a herbicide, right?
But humans and mammals don't have this enzyme, so it is assumed that glyphosate is not harmful to mammals and humans. To date, there have not been any long-term studies done on the toxicity of glyphosates on humans, or more aptly put, on vertebrates.
The second point of contention is this: Although humans lack the EPSPS enzyme, glyphosates have been reported to inhibit other enzymes, such as the cytochrome P450 (Cyp450) family. Anthony Samsel and Stephanie Seneff published a study in 2013 in the journal [i]Interdisciplinary Toxicology[i], entitled Glyphosate's Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the Gut Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases.
The researchers explained that celiac disease and gluten intolerance, in general "is a<|fim_middle|> thyroid disease, kidney failure, and cancer."
The two scientists contend that the imbalances in gut bacteria can be fully explained by the known effects of glyphosate on human gut bacteria. The characteristics of celiac disease point to an impairment in many cytochrome P450 enzymes that are necessary to detoxifying many environmental toxins.
The P450 enzymes are essential to activating vitamin D3, as well as metabolizing vitamin A and maintaining bile production and sulfate supplies to our gut. The report says it very plainly: Glyphosate is known to inhibit cytochrome P450 enzymes. I have only touched on a couple studies that certainly indicate the dangers from glyphosate residues in food products.
The best way to sum things up will be to use the conclusions of another study, published in the journal Environmental & Analytical Toxicology in 2014, entitled: "Detection of Glyphosate Residues in Animals and Humans."
The conclusion was this: "The presence of glyphosate in urine and its accumulation in animal tissues is alarming even at low concentrations. Unknown impacts of glyphosate on human and animal health warrants further investigations of glyphosate residues in vertebrates and other non-target organisms." | multifactorial disease associated with numerous nutritional deficiencies as well as reproductive issues and increased risk to | 18 |
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Rays minor league pitcher will live in school bus this season to save money
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Tampa Bay Rays prospect Jack Labosky is going to live on a bus this season. (Getty Images)
Minor league baseball players don't always make a<|fim_middle|>, because we have a house on wheels. Now, everything I own literally comes with us."
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And with them on the road for a large portion of the season, spending whatever money they do make on rent may seem like a waste.
So, pitcher Jack Labosky and his girlfriend decided to think outside of the box.
Labosky and his girlfriend, Madi Hiatt, are planning to live out of a 1999 Blue Bird International school bus during the 2019 season — which they purchased using his $3,000 signing bonus.
"It's kind of the one time in my life I feel like I'm able to do something like it," Labosky told the Associated Press.
Labosky was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 22nd round of the MLB draft last June, and then played the final months of the season with their Class A affiliate in New York, making $1,100 a month.
While he awaits his assignment for this season, Labosky and Hiatt are determined to go wherever he ends up together. Yet with Hiatt working on her master's degree, and Labosky not expecting to make much more than he did in his first season, they realized money was going to be tight.
After looking at RVs — which they thought would be a cheaper alternative to renting an apartment — they realized a new motorhome was going to be out of their price range. So, they turned to renovated school buses, or "skoolies."
"It's a little hippie," Labosky told the Associated Press. "Personally, I don't consider myself, like my grandma says, the flower children of the '60s, living in buses, stuff like that. I don't really consider myself on that level. I'm doing it more for, I'm 22, turning 23 this summer, I don't really have much responsibility outside of baseball."
After purchasing the bus, the pair got to work. They stripped the inside, insulated the walls, gave the bus a new white paint job, added heating, air conditioning, a kitchen, a toilet and a shower. In total, the project cost them $13,000.
While on the surface it sounds like a wild idea, it's ended up being no different than a renovated mobile home.
"Once people see the finished product and they realize, 'Oh, it's a motorhome, it's pretty normal,' they're a lot more positive toward it as opposed to being like, 'Hey, I live in a school bus.,'" Labosky told the Associated Press. "That just sounds crazy."
So whenever Labosky learns where he'll be playing on opening day, expect to see a big white bus rolling into town.
"I've learned throughout the process when Jack did get drafted and went to New York that this lifestyle requires no planning," Hiatt told the Associated Press. "Now I'm not that stressed out | 596 |
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I wish you could have been here at our house yesterday. We had the opportunity of hosting church services at our house, as well as lunch, then supper and a hymn singing in the evening. We had a great day.
One of the things we enjoy the most in having services at our house is planning and preparing the meal. This time we chose to go with the traditional Amish menu of peanut butter sandwiches with ham and cheese and cookies along with coffee and tea. But you know my husband, Daniel; he is always ready to try something new, especially when it comes to serving food to guests.
"Why not have 'church soup?'" he asked. It is a soup that was served after church where we grew up in Ohio, but we seldom had it since. Now some folks call it "bupli" soup, which in English is "baby soup!" It got its name from some churches who served this soup only for the little children who were too young to eat sandwiches.
As I thought of bupli soup, childhood memories of after-church meals replayed in my storehouse of memories. As a little girl, I was always fascinated with how the red beets, which we ate with our peanut butter sandwiches, made my tongue nice and pink!
Now, when Daniel suggested that we have bupli soup, I thought it was a brainy idea, yet I was a bit unsure whether I should tackle it myself<|fim_middle|> lines for everyone to file through and fix their sandwiches. Before long everyone was gathered for prayer, and we were ready to eat. First, Daniel made a couple announcements telling them that we plan to use the Favorite songbooks for the evening singing, commented on the sermons we had that morning and encouraged everyone to simply make a goal of picking out one highlight of the sermons and apply it to their lives in a special way in the week to come. Lastly, he informed them that we have something a bit different for lunch and explained how we used to have it in church in Ohio. Most of the ones our age and older were used to having bupli soup at church at some point or other, while the younger ones tended to be a bit skeptical about it, wrinkling up their noses at the "soaked bread." I told the girls it was perfectly fine if they didn't like it. It simply isn't part of their culture as it used to be ours.
Interestingly enough, one of the men told us that an acquaintance of his researched it to find out where this bupli soup originates from. Believe it or not, they were able to trace it back to the 1400s! Imagine what a thrifty option this was for those who hardly had enough money to buy what they needed; they could use their own butter and milk and bake their own bread from the wheat they raised!
Melt butter in a four-quart kettle; continue to heat until butter is nice and brown. Add milk and heat, then add cubed bread and salt. Enjoy! | with our little ones to look after.
"It's a plan!" I said, delighted to let him take charge of it. Owen is my second cousin who recently moved his camper onto our property and shares meals and many family times with us. He is an excellent cook, so I knew that I would have nothing to worry about if he took care of the soup.
Soon he had everything down pat.
We all smiled over these unique, detailed instructions. Undoubtedly, she has made countless batches of it and knows exactly what works best for her. Owen followed her basic instructions, making a couple changes to make it right for us. For example, we used the heels from the bread that is used to make sandwiches in my uncle's store. No one knew the difference, that is, except those of us who didn't have to make all that extra bread, of course! Daniel helped Owen cut up the bread. By the time they were done, they ended up with a huge mound on the kitchen table. Another slight change we decided to make was to omit the beans. While I like beans, I knew there will be some people who really won't care for the bean texture in bupli soup!
During church, when I went to the house to take care of the babies, a delicious aroma of browned butter was filling the house. When he had it all finished, he gave me a taste to see what my opinion was. I was amazed how delicious it really was.
"Why it's delicious!" I told him. And yes, it tasted just like it did 25 years ago when we had it in Ohio at church!
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LONDON (Reuters) - Consumer goods group Unilever is on track to meet its performance goals this year after strong sales in emerging markets led to a better-than-expected start to 2019.
The maker of Dove soap and Ben & Jerry's ice cream said on Thursday it still expects underlying sales growth in the lower half of a 3 to 5 percent range this year. It also stood by its 2020 targets, which include reaching an underlying operating margin of 20 percent.
First quarter underlying sales, excluding acquisitions, disposals and currency moves, rose 3.1 percent. Analysts on average were expecting a 2.8 percent rise, according to a company-supplied consensus.
Growth was balanced, with a 1.9 percent contribution from higher prices, which is less than analysts expected, and 1.2 percent from volume gains, which is more than expected.
Emerging markets, where Unilever generates 58 percent of its sales, grew 5 percent in the quarter, offsetting a mere 0.3 percent gain in developed markets, which were hurt by economic uncertainty and intense price competition in Europe, particularly in Germany and France.
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That focus includes launching new products and acquiring brands in fast growing areas like healthier foods and prestige beauty products. Unilever noted that the 29 acquisitions it has completed since 2015 added 70 basis points to first-quarter growth, with a similar lift expected for the year.
Turnover fell 1.6 percent to 12.4 billion euros (£10.72 billion), due to the disposal of its spreads business. | le also reported better-than-expected first-quarter sales on Thursday, with 6.3 percent growth in emerging markets far outpacing other regions.
Both companies highlighted strength in Brazil, saying that overall in emerging markets, they were able to raise prices and still sell more products. In developed markets, price increases often lead to slower volumes.
Lorenzo Re, senior analyst at Moody's, said results from both companies showed the benefits of scale and diversification.
"Large globally diversified fast-moving consumer goods companies will continue to outperform regional players in Western Europe, where a weakening economy is hampering growth," he said.
Freddie Lait of Latitude Investment Management, a Unilever shareholder, said he was "impressed but not surprised" at the results, noting that large players often have the marketing budgets to win in emerging markets as consumers start to shop more online.
"This has been a solid start to 2019...which puts us on track for the guidance that we've given for the full year," Chief Executive Alan Jope said, remarking on his first quarter as head of the Anglo-Dutch group. "We will be focusing on accelerating | 235 |
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If you're in the market for a new Ford Edge, make your way to Robbie Roberson Ford. We have an extensive selection of new Ford models for sale in Waycross, GA. Our dealership is centrally located with a team of Ford professionals ready to pair you with the Edge you want today. We are committed to your satisfaction and will work to make sure you get the customer support you deserve for years to come. Continue reading to learn more about the new Ford Edge.
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Edge ST - Lastly, there is the new ST trim level for drivers wanting power, performance, and style. This model starts at $42,355 and gets a 335-horsepower 2.7-liter twin-turbocharged six-cylinder cranking out 380 pound-feet of torque. Also includes is standard Intelligent All-Wheel Drive for enhanced control while off-road.
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Set in 364 hectares of native bush the Morere Hot Springs provide modern bathing and spa facilities in a beautiful natural environment.
The natural mineral hot pools at Morere Springs Scenic Reserve are a popular local amenity and one of New Zealand's off-the-beaten-track thermal bathing attractions. Located in an isolated corner of New Zealand's North Island, the hot springs are a tranquil haven where the mineralised waters are said to be amongst the most rejuvenating and unique in the world.
Today they are contained in a modern complex set in a protected rainforest reserve offering a choice of well-maintained hot and cold, public and private, indoor and outdoor pools. Best known are the Nikau Pools which are a 10 minute walk into the rainforest. A small fee is charged to enter the complex to make use of the various pools and other amenties which include a cafe, a craft shop, BBQ gazebos and bush walks.
The forest surrounding the Morere Hot Springs remains as one of the last tracts of native rainforest on the east coast of New Zealand. The Morere Scenic Reserve which surrounds the hot springs is managed by the New Zealand Department of Conservation which maintains an extensive walking track system through the reserve. Bush walks range from 10 minutes to half an hour for all the family and up to two and three hour hikes for the more energetic. You access the reserve via the Morere Hot Springs main entrance for which a fee is charged.
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Electric carmaker Tesla on Wednesday announced a profit for the third quarter and said it sees more positive results ahead as it ramps up production of new models<|fim_middle|> Motors, hitting the marketplace soon. | .
The company, known for heavy investments which have led to consistent losses, said its net profit amounted to $22 million in the past quarter, as it reported record revenues and deliveries. That compared with a $230 million loss in the same period last year.
Total revenues grew 145 percent from a year ago to $2.3 billion, as it delivered 24,821 vehicles, helped by the Model X sport utility vehicle added last year to its lineup.
The better-than-expected results, with only its second profitable quarter as a public company, lifted Tesla shares 5.5 percent in after-hours trade on Wall Street.
Company founder Elon Musk said in a letter to shareholders he expects profitability in the fourth quarter too as Tesla expands its global sales and refines its self-driving technology that is being offered -- but not activated -- on its vehicles.
"New product launches, increased store efficiency and new store openings drove year-on-year order growth in the third quarter, while self-driving hardware and other product enhancements position Tesla for additional market share gains," Musk said in the letter with chief finance officer Jason Wheeler.
The letter said the company expects more than 25,000 deliveries in the fourth quarter to bring the total for the second half of the year to some 50,000 "despite the challenges of winter weather and the holiday season."
Tesla, known for its high-end cars which sell for upwards of $70,000, is also working on a more affordable model at about half the price which is aimed at expanding the market for electric vehicles, as it seeks to boost the range between charges.
Tesla announced last week it will build self-driving technology into all the electric cars it makes, running it in "shadow" mode to gather data on whether it is safer than having people in control.
Musk referred to the hardware as "basically a super-computer in a car," different from its auto-pilot technology to date.
It will be up to regulators and the public as to when the self-driving capabilities will actually be put to use on roads, according to Musk.
Tesla will be facing competition from other electric vehicles including the Chevrolet Bolt from General | 449 |
Strata Florida translates from Latin simply as the Vale of Flowers. The Cistercian monks of the Middle Ages took advantage of this rural location near Tregaron to amass vast amounts of land. They needed the space to farm thousands of income-generating sheep. They also built roads and bridges which brought pilgrims and traders to the abbey.
Strata Florida quickly became not only a site of huge religious significance in Wales but also a natural home for Welsh culture. Dafydd ap Gwilym, one of the best known of Wales's medieval poets, is buried here under a yew tree.
You only need admire the majesty of the huge carved west doorway to appreciate how impressive this building must once have been. The plan<|fim_middle|> be clearly traced and, rather remarkably, some of the original richly decorated tiles from the abbey are still intact. One of them, 'Man with the Mirror', depicts a medieval gentleman admiring himself in a mirror! | of the church can still | 5 |
The annual white truffle festival is not the only reason to visit this atmospheric hilltop Tuscan town.
The name San Miniato is almost synonymous with tartufo bianco, or white truffle.
Halfway between Florence and Pisa, the small town is world famous for its annual white truffle festival.
For three weekends every November the squares and streets of this impossible pretty Tuscan town, draped over a series of small hills, are given<|fim_middle|> the town itself – the festival puts on a shuttle bus from a large car park in San Miniato Basso, at the bottom of the hill.
For the rest of the year, the old town is mostly free from crowds yet has plenty to see and do.
Come for the truffles, but stay for the views. San Miniato is the perfect Tuscan day trip at any time of year. | over to the celebration of good food.
Dozens of stalls sell everything from locally-made craft beer to pecorino cheese and salami laced with the precious white truffles, which are found in the surrounding area between September and December and highly prized as some of the best quality truffles found anywhere in Europe.
You can also try other local favourites, like herby porchetta sandwiches and potent San Giovese wine, as well as delicacies from further afield, from Sicilian cannoli to chilli jam from Calabria.
Walking up a narrow cobbled street leading to the main piazza, even the air on a crisp autumn evening is heavily scented with white truffles. The aroma is no doubt wafting from the kitchen of one of many tiny trattorias in town, each of which has white truffle-laced dishes on the menu at this time of year.
Free of tourist tat and full of quality produce at mostly reasonable prices, with a fantastically festive and friendly atmosphere, this really is one of the best food festivals in Italy.
But if you missed it, don't worry. You can enjoy white truffles all winter in San Miniato, and other kinds of truffle almost all year round.
You can buy them whole or as part of various products at Gemignani Tartufi, which has been trading truffles of all types since 1930, or enjoy them stirred into pasta dishes at any restaurant in San Miniato.
For a simple bite to eat, squeeze into the surprising little dining room tucked behind the Falaschi butcher's shop, with a small menu full of traditional flavours an high quality ingredients.
For a treat the elegant Papaveri e Papere, a contemporary Tuscan restaurant owned by three friends, is a short, scenic drive out of town. During the season it serves decadent dishes like handmade tagliolini with butter and white truffle a la carte, and has a six course white truffle tasting menu.
You can join truffle hunts in the surrounding countryside as well as vineyard tours and cooking classes, which the tourist office can help arrange. If you're looking for a truffle dealer, they can help with that, too.
But this town isn't only of interest to people who spend half of their lives thinking about food; it's also full of history and incredible sights.
The picture-perfect Tuscan town, San Miniato has palaces, towers and a Romanesque cathedral, all in a hilltop setting looking out over misty valleys and rolling, cypress-dotted hills close to the Arno.
Hilltop medieval Piazza della Repubblica, also known as Piazza del Seminario, is the main square and the centre of some of the action, including cooking shows, during the truffle festival.
But the square itself is interesting, and really best seen when there's no festival on; its curved shape is formed by the city walls, and it's lined with rare examples of artisans' workshops dating from the 1300s and covered in designs dating from the 1600s.
You can see that the town was once strategically important, with its fortified hilltop towers commanding views almost as far as Pisa.
San Miniato only really gets busy during the festival and in the middle of summer. At these times, it's near impossible to park in | 687 |
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India's first engine-less train-breached the 180 kmph speed threshold during a test run in the Kota-Sawai Madhopur section, becoming the country's fastest train.
If trials go well it may replace the Shatabdi Express soon.
The Centre has prepared guidelines for setting up of crèches at workplaces, which prescribe trained personnel to man the facility as well as infrastructure requirements and safety norms.
In March this year, Parliament passed the Maternity Benefit Amendment Act, 2017, enhancing paid maternity leave from a period of 12 weeks to 26 weeks.
The law is applicable to all institutions with 10 or more employees.
It also makes it<|fim_middle|> loading are also planned to be practiced during this exercise. | mandatory for every organisation with 50 or more employees to have a crèche.
A crèche be either at the workplace or within 500 metres of it.
Alternatively, it could also be in the beneficiaries' neighbourhood.
The facility should be open for eight to 10 hours and if the employees have a shift system, then the crèche should also be run accordingly.
A crèche must have a minimum space of 10 to 12 square feet per child to ensure that she or he can play, rest and learn.
There should be no unsafe places such as open drains, pits, garbage bins near the centre.
The crèches should have at least one guard, who should have undergone police verification.
There should also be at least one supervisor per crèche and a trained worker for every 10 children under three years of age or for every 20 children above the age of three, along with a helper.
The government has also recommended that no outsiders such as plumbers, drivers, and electricians be allowed inside the crèche when children are present.
A crèche monitoring committee with representations from among crèche workers, parents and administration should be formed.
There should also be a grievance redressal committee for inquiring into instances of sexual abuse.
The guidelines are not mandatory but are a yardstick for NGOs and organisations for setting up of creches.
After a two-year chase, a NASA spacecraft arrived on December 3 at the ancient asteroid Bennu, its first visitor in billions of years.
The carbon-rich asteroid Bennu could hold evidence dating back to the beginning of our solar system 4.5 billion years ago.
As such, it is an astronomical time capsule.
NASA has brought back comet dust and solar wind particles before, but never asteroid samples.
The $800 million Osiris-Rex mission began with a 2016 launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Osiris-Rex aims to collect at least 60g of dust and gravel.
The spacecraft won't land, but rather use a 10-foot (3-metre) mechanical arm in 2020 to momentarily touchdown and vacuum up particles.
The sample container would break loose and head toward Earth in 2021.
The collection parachuting down to Utah would represent the biggest cosmic haul since the Apollo astronauts hand-delivered moon rocks to Earth in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
It is Japan's second asteroid mission. This latest rock is named Ryugu and about double the size of Bennu.
Both Bennu and Ryugu are considered potentially hazardous asteroids.
That means they could smack Earth years from now. At worst, Bennu would carve out a crater during a projected close call 150 years from now.
Contact with Bennu will not significantly change its orbit or make it more dangerous to us.
Recently the 80th Session of the Policy Commission of the World Customs Organization (WCO) was held in Mumbai.
The Session was organized by the WCO and hosted by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC).
India has discussed on various issues relating to World Customs Tariffs, trade facilitation measures, international issues on trade under the ambit of WCO.
The Policy Commission is essentially an advisory body for the Council and normally arrives at its recommendations by consensus.
Each member of the Policy Commission shall have one vote, representatives of a simple majority of the Policy Commission's members shall constitute a quorum, and a two-thirds majority of those present and entitled to vote is needed in order to carry a decision.
The WCO Secretariat is responsible for making the arrangements and preparations for Policy Commission sessions, providing professional, administrative and technical services during the sessions, and performing follow-up tasks after the sessions.
The World Customs Organization (WCO) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.
The WCO maintains the international Harmonized System (HS) goods nomenclature and administers the technical aspects of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreements on Customs Valuation and Rules of Origin.
The WCO's primary objective is to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of member customs administrations, thereby assisting them to contribute successfully to national development goals, particularly revenue collection, national security, trade facilitation, community protection, and collection of trade statistics.
The WCO is noted for its work in areas covering the development of international conventions, instruments, and tools on topics such as commodity classification, valuation, rules of origin, collection of customs revenue, supply chain security, international trade facilitation, customs enforcement activities, combating counterfeiting in support of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), drugs enforcement, illegal weapons trading, integrity promotion etc.
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It is a bilateral air exercise of Japanese Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) with Indian Air Force from at A F Station Agra.
The theme of the exercise is joint Mobility/Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief (HADR) on Transport aircraft.
The JASDF C2 aircraft along with aircrew/observers are part of this first air exercise between the two Air Forces.
IAF is participating with An-32 and C-17 aircraft with aircrew & observers.
The focus of the exercise is set for the IAF and JASDF crews to undertake Joint Mobility/ HADR operations.
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Weather makes for a great long term project, especially at this autumnal time of year when the weather is quite changeable. Observing the weather ticks a number of EYFS boxes, particularly in Communication and Language and Understanding the World but you can also extend it into Literacy by having your older toddlers write weather symbols, and you can easily create counting games based on weather observations.
You can buy some really good weather and calendar charts, but you can make them yourself at almost no cost. Just create a chart on a large sheet of paper covering the days of the week and cut out some weather symbols stuck onto card. Have your little ones select the right weather symbols to match the current weather.
Because the weather can change, they can add symbols for each type of weather during the day. It may start off sunny, cloud over and then rain before clearing up again. Instill observation in your little ones by encouraging them, proactively, to add a symbol to the weather chart each time they observe a change outside.
Teaching your toddler some basic rituals when it comes to everyday livinhg is a great and easy way to introduce some good (and advisable!) habits into their lives. The more they get used to following these simple rules, the easier it will be to keep them safe and actually introduce them to some good practice.
Hands Please - Make sure you get into the habit of washing hands in certain situations: before eating, after playing outside, after going to the toilet and after stroking pets. Make it more fun by having nice smelly soap that the children can reach and use on their own if they are old enough. Make sure there's a step to reach the tap and a nice fresh towel to wipe clean.
Going To The Toilet - Teach the little ones how to wipe their bottoms as soon as they start going to the toilet. If they practice how to do it properly on their own from the start they will get into the habit and keep doing it when they go to the toilet alone. Make sure you teach them how to flush and close the toilet lip safely. Use moist wipes to ensure they are fresh.
Teeth - Make sure you get your child to wash their teeth twice a day and do yours at the same time too to show them that you do it as well. Supervise and do the washing, but also let them try too and have a brush about. Explain that good brushing means healthy teeth and no uncomfortable cavities!
Food Fun - Try and keep to a healthy diet. Sweet things are allowed, of course, but keep them to a minimum and after having eaten the healthy foods. Create a food chart to ensure you eat five fresh fruits or vegetables each day. Encourage the<|fim_middle|> hydrated!
Weather has a profound affect on us - it helps us decide what to do for the day. Create a weather board with your children, make templates to represent sun, cloud, rain, thunder and other weather phenomenon. Each morning, look outside and talk about the weather with your children. Place the relevant weather image on your board to describe the weather. You can even do this exercise with babies, repeat the weather word to them, 'sun', 'rain', 'cloud' or whichever is relevant. Show them the picture and point between the picture and the sky. In time they will begin to repeat sounds back to you, and will be able to point to the right picture according to the weather. This will be communicating before they can even utter full words! Record more detailed meterological information with older children. For example, note whether it rained during the day, and how much fell. Make a rain guage from an old plastic drinks bottle - cut off the top, mark lines on the side and number from the bottom, then leave it outside. Your kids will love an ongoing project and will learn loads about the weather! | children to pick which fruit to have at the supermarket. Eat the fruit and vegetables in different ways: cooked in stews, cooked an their own, raw, chopped into slices or sticks. Make sure you choose colourful vegetables with your meals and even try presenting in different ways. Could broccoli and carrot sticks be a forest? Explain that sweet things are fine in moderation but that is the vitamins, minerals, dairy products, carbohydrates and all good foods that help us grow, give us energy and have fun. And, of course, drink lots of water too!
Keep the Family Moving - Explain that keeping active is a fabulous way to have fun, keep healthy and keep happy! Do walks or bike rides together, or go for swimming sessions as a family. Walk to school or nursery when you can and walk to the local shops too. Run about in local parks or open spaces or head to soft play centres to climb and run and swing about. Get a bike for your little one as early as you can and encourage them to ride. Dance about and sing songs too and be as active as you can.
Sleep Time - Getting enough sleep is vital for you and your child so make sure you get into the habit of good and long nights sleep from an early age. Of course there are often troubles with sleeping, but do you best to get them to sleep alone and go back to sleep when they wake in the night. Stick to regular bed times, make sure they are warm enough (though, not too hot!), that they have teddies/comforters nearby, that the room is dark but not too dark to make it alarming if they wake.
Be Safe - Teach them some basic safety requirements and they will be less likely to have accidents throughout their childhood. Show them how to climb stairs and come down safely. Show them how to get into chairs and get out again. And practise over and again to make sure they are confident and safe.
Sunny Days - Always apply suncream as a matter of course and keep it handy throughout the day should you need to re-apply. Make it a part of your routine when leaving the house so it becomes normal to apply the cream with minimum fuss.
All this sun gives is the perfect opportunity to teach our toddlers how the sun moves throughout the day and how better to show this than by making a giant sundial?! Start by making a few signs of things that you do throughout the day. Draw a picture each for breakfast, lunch and tea. Draw pictures for snacks that you take regularly, then draw some pictures for other things that you do as part of your daily routine - do you always go outside at a certain time, or do a school run for older siblings? Do you have a set story time, song time or maybe a time when you let your children watch a bit of television? Make a bright sign for each of these and any other routine things that you do.
Now find two garden canes and cut them into lengths about two foot long - you can use short straight branches if you don't have canes to hand. Attach one of your little one's drawings to each of the canes, securing them with tape. Leave one piece of cane plain without any picture. If there's a chance of rain over the next few days then attach a see through sandwich bag over each sign to protect it.
To make your sundial, take the plain cane and stick it in the ground in your garden. Then as each of the different points of the day passes, go outside and look at where the shadow of your cane is sited. Stick one of your cane's into the ground at the tip of the shadow.
As the day progresses, the sun moves in the sky and the tip of your shadow will move. By the end of the day, all your homemade signs will be sited in an arc around the original pointer. Explain to your toddler that the sun moves throughout the day and that this causes the shadow to move. You might be able to explain to older children how the earth moves around the sun and that this is the reason why the shadow moves.
Leave your sundial out for a week and look at how the shadow points to the right sign for the different things going on in the day as the sun progresses.
Feeling Tired? Reach for some water!
Two thirds of our body is made up of water, so it seem logical that we need to drink enough fluids to keep that level topped up especially in the hot weather - this advice is particularly important for children too! Everyone loses fluids throughout the day by sweating and urinating, so in hot weather it's critical that we don't dehydrate.
Keep a bottle of water with a 'sports top' with you when your out and about, your little ones will like the novelty of drinking from a bottle!
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Dr. Holden transcended the provinciality that characterized Essex County's medical community, acting as a surgeon on an ironclad ship and at the Ward U.S. Army hospital in Newark during the Civil War. In his four decades of practice in Newark, he was recognized locally as a skilled surgeon, respected consultant, and a<|fim_middle|> is also a Hedden connection – as Dr. Holden's wife was Katherine Hedden of Orange, N.J. Through this marriage he was the ancestor of journalist Joan Lowell Smith, who will also be available to talk about the importance of the Hedden family to the founding of Newark in 1666.
From 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. visitors can catch the intriguing exhibit, The Maplewood Theater: Its Forgotten Saga, which explores the ever-changing 87-year history of the Maplewood Theater, spanning silent films, vaudeville, talkies, a famed era of live theater, neighborhood cinema, and the current sixplex. Out in the carriage house the Country Store will be selling historic- themed treasures: early American children's games, books and toys, facsimile documents, quill pens and ink, historic cook books, cookie molds, tin lanterns, reproduction ceramics, hiking sticks, local honey and more. The hard- to-find original Doors of Maplewood poster and Smile, the history of Olympic Park, will also be available. | doctor's doctor. He made contributions to cardiovascular technology, the new specialty of laryngology, insurance medicine, and tuberculosis, and published over 40 articles. There | 35 |
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What Is the Definition of a White Collar Crime?
We've all heard about white collar crime, but few people are familiar with the exact definition. Have you ever wondered what "white collar" and corporate crimes mean in Lubbock, TX? It's more than just professionals who commit crimes—white collar and corporate crime is a specific type of violation that you'll most often see in corporations.
What constitutes "white collar" crime?
White collar crime was defined by 20th century sociologist Edwin Sutherland as "a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of their occupation." The FBI defines it further as "those illegal acts which are characterized by deceit, concealment, or violation of trust and which are not dependent upon the application or threat of physical force or violence."
In other words, white collar crime is often committed by high<|fim_middle|> the biggest financial scandals in recent American history.
The Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme scandal was another recent and devastating example of white collar crime. Madoff, who had a reputation as a skilled wealth manager, targeted charities and was able to conceal the fact that he hadn't actually traded stocks since the early 1990s. In addition, Madoff had strong ties to Washington, D.C., and even sat on the board of a securities association, lending him credibility and further opportunity. At the end of the scandal, he was sentenced to 150 years in prison and $170 billion in restitution.
If you've been accused of a white collar crime, you need an experienced attorney fast. The Law Office of Rob Biggers is here to help—our team is dedicated to bringing you the best representation possible and will fight hard for a positive outcome. Rob Biggers is licensed to practice in all Texas state courts and the federal district court in the Northern District of Texas. Call us today to schedule a consultation.
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© 2021 The Law Office Of Rob Biggers | Terms and Conditions | -powered executives at their jobs—for example, embezzlement, insider trading, Ponzi schemes and bribery are all examples of white collar crimes. They're always non-violent and often financial in nature.
In many cases, a person would not have the opportunity to commit these crimes if not for the specific nature of their job. They often bank on the respectability of their position and the access that comes along with it to achieve their objectives and hide evidence. White collar crime isn't limited to individual perpetrators—organizations can collude to commit these types of crimes, too.
Generally, white collar crimes are investigated by the FBI and the SEC.
What are some famous examples of white collar crime?
What is an example of corporate crime? Well, do you remember Enron? This energy corporation filed for bankruptcy in 2001. Shareholders sued when the price of their stock, which was over $90 at its peak, dropped to under a dollar at the end of 2001. The FBI and SEC investigated and found that the company had hidden billions of dollars in debt through "creative" accounting, among other methods. Many Enron executives were indicted and found guilty of a number of white collar crimes, making it one of | 251 |
It had been an exciting first week in Kindergarten. Your children have been wonderful and have really gotten comfortable in the classroom. We<|fim_middle|>. Have an excellent three day weekend! | 've introduced a lot of new rules and procedures these first couple days and will continue to reinforce them as well as introduce new things in the weeks ahead.
This week we've read several stories about Kindergarten and identified some important elements in them such as rhyming and use of the alphabet. We've learned we don't need to be scared of things we can't do yet and to always do our best. I appreciate your children and the effort that they have put forth this week. If there are any concerns I would be happy to address them and will leave some of my contact information at the bottom of this note. I am usually here from 7:50 A.M to 4:00 P.M. (usually later) most days and am somewhat available for appointments if necessary.
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Lieselotte Fink, mezzosoprano
The 25 year old singer began singing in the children's choir of her parish St. Martin, Idstein. Since 2017 she has been studying at Hochschule für Musik Mainz under the tuition of Prof. Elisabeth Scholl. She is member of the ensemble Gutenberg Soloists and works as a solist. Soon she will finish her Bachelor's degree.
Emilie Jønsson, soprano
comes from Denmark where she received her Bachelor's degree in 2020. After an Erasmus year she decided to pursue master studies in Baroque singing at the Hochschule für Musik Mainz. She has gained experience as a professional ensemble singer and has performed as a soloist with e.g. Les Arts Florissants.
Paula Müller, soprano
The singer, age 21, began to sing in the girls' choir at Limburg/Lahn cathedral. Since 2020 she has been studying voice at the Hochschule für Musik Mainz in the class of Prof. Elisabeth Scholl. Recently she joined the ensemble Gutenberg Soloists and takes part in the Telemann Project. She is about to take her intermediate examination.
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Arsenal announces new Rosicky deal
By Thomas Wachtel@Brohan_Cruyff Mar 12, 2012, 9:21am<|fim_middle|> an exceptional player, a natural footballer who is technically top class.
"He plays the style of football we champion here and shares completely our philosophy. He is always ready to work for the sake of the Club, always willing to put the team first. I have huge respect for him.
Me, from last week on why the deal is (most likely) a good thing:
If this ends up happening next week, as the article claims, I like the move very much (if the wages are reasonable, of course. Otherwise BLEH). Rosicky will turn 32 as next season opens, but this year - and in particular the past month or so - he has shown a lot of the traits that made him an attractive buy for Arsene Wenger in 2006. He's shown pace, passing ability and vision, and perhaps most importantly a dogged determination to get the ball from opponents. He's been a big part of the reason why Arsenal's pressing defense has been effective of late, and he isn't showing too many signs of age. His long injuries may actually help there - despite the fact that obviously he was hurt, while not playing he avoided certain wear and tear he might have suffered if he hadn't been hurt. Of course, if he hadn't been hurt he might be way better at football right now, but what's done is done.
The manager and the captain sing his praises, and he seems to be growing back into an important role on the team. At the very least this prevents his loss on a free transfer, so I say "go for it." Or "jdi do toho," as my translator tells me the saying goes in Czech.
So Tomas, if you're a reader, congratulations on the new contract. Why not celebrate with a goal or three tonight? | EDT
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"Anyone want a new car? I can probably get you a new car."
Arsenal officially announced this morning that midfielder and Czech international captain Tomas Rosicky has signed a new deal with the club, with the exact terms of the contract remaining undisclosed. With two goals in the past three games and a run of good form coinciding with an expanded role after the injury of Aaron Ramsey, the contract is ample reward for a player who just a few months ago looked to be on the way out, but now appears to be finding his past form.
This news was first reported in Czech papers last week (and subsequently here), but the contract had not yet been signed. Initial reports claimed a two-year deal was in the works, but that has not been officially confirmed, nor has the value of the deal.
Some quotes follow after the jump.
Rosicky, on his new deal:
It's a great honour to sign a new deal with Arsenal, I love the Club and am proud to wear the Arsenal shirt. It's felt like home since I arrived six years ago and I couldn't be happier to commit my future to the team.
"The manager, my team-mates, the staff and the supporters - everyone plays their part in making this a great Club, and I feel privileged to be a part of it. I believe we have a really talented group of players and, together with the manager, the future looks bright. It's always been my goal to win trophies here at Arsenal, and I will fight hard to achieve my dreams here.
Manager Arsene Wenger, on why he wanted to keep Rosicky at Arsenal:
I've always been a big admirer of Tomas' abilities and am delighted he's chosen to commit his future to the Club. I believe he is | 370 |
NGC 4222 est une galaxie spirale relativement rapprochée, vue par la tranche et située dans la constellation de la Chevelure de Bérénice. Sa vitesse par rapport au fond diffus cosmologique est de , ce qui correspond à une distance de Hubble de . NGC 4222 a été découverte par l'astronome germano-britannique William Herschel en 1784.
À ce jour<|fim_middle|> Very Large Array. Les résultats de cette étude sont sur cette page du site du VLA.
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Objet céleste découvert en 1784
Objet céleste découvert par William Herschel | , près d'une quinzaine de mesures non basées sur le décalage vers le rouge (redshift) donnent une distance de , ce qui est à l'intérieur des valeurs de la distance de Hubble. Cette galaxie, comme plusieurs de l'amas de la Vierge, est trop rapprochée du Groupe local et on ne peut calculer sa distance en utilisant la loi de Hubble-Lemaître en raison de son mouvement propre dans le groupe ou l'amas où elle se trouve. Notons que c'est avec les mesures des valeurs indépendantes, lorqu'elles existent, que la base de données NASA/IPAC calcule le diamètre d'une galaxie.
La classe de luminosité de NGC 4222 est IV et elle présente une large raie HI. Elle renferme également des régions d'hydrogène ionisé.
La désignation VCC (Virgo Cluster Catalogue) indique que cette galaxie fait partie de l'amas de la Vierge.
NGC 4216 et NGC 4222 faisaient partie des galaxies étudiées lors du relevé de l'hydrogène neutre de l'amas de la Vierge par le | 272 |
Columbia Gas work to upgrade gas lines in downtown Bowling Green continues into the fall.
Several businesses and apartments in downtown Bowling Green were evacuated Thursday evening after dangerously high levels of natural gas were detected in the area.
Laura Wicks, of Grounds for Thought, said that she noticed the gas smell shortly before 6 p.m. The coffee shop and Coyote Beads, both on the west side of the 100 block of South Main Street, were shut to the<|fim_middle|> | public after that because of the gas smell.
Owners of those two businesses and Lahey Appliance & TV said Columbia Gas teams were in their stores working on gas lines earlier in the day on Thursday. The natural gas company has been working in the downtown area all summer replacing old gas lines.
Wicks said a Columbia Gas employee was on the scene, and told her and Gayle Walterbach of Coyote Beads that he needed to call in more help to handle the problem.
However, the Bowling Green Fire Division was not notified of the gas leak until nearly two hours after the smells were noticed, when Columbia Gas called 911.
"We were never notified until 8," Fire Chief Bill Moorman said on Friday.
When the fire division arrived downtown, the smell of natural gas was obvious. Atmospheric tests done by firefighters showed high levels of gas.
"The gas levels were at a dangerous level," Moorman said.
The Bowling Green Police Division joined the fire division in evacuating the businesses and residents in the general area of the leak in the 100 block of South Main Street. The street was also closed to traffic to limit the risks.
"Fortunately, after 8 p.m. most of the businesses are closed anyway," Moorman said.
The Columbia Gas spokesperson for the Bowling Green project was not available Friday afternoon, but Moorman said the crew members on the scene Thursday evening said they were having difficulty shutting the leak, and were initially unsure if the leak was from an old or new line.
The fire division ventilated the affected buildings and stayed on the scene until about 11:20 p.m.
"It was a dangerous situation. It was handled well by police and fire," Moorman said.
However, city officials do have some concerns about how the leak was handled by Columbia Gas. Those issues will be raised on Monday or Tuesday, when city leaders plan to meet with Columbia Gas representatives.
Moorman is also anxious to discuss how a leak can be handled in the future.
"We need to come up with a better procedure if it ever happens again," he said.
The fire division has always encouraged the public to report suspected gas leaks.
Cheri Pastula, communications and community relations manager for Columbia Gas, responded Friday evening and said the fire division was notified when the gas company knew the electricity needed to be shut off. The fire division removed the electric meter from the buildings involved, she said.
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The acquisition of GabbarDeals, one of India's most loved and trusted online & distribution house, has enabled ShopX to move a step further towards taking organized retail beyond tier one India. ShopX is currently talking to selected mobile retailers across the country who want to modernise and digitise their businesses using the ShopX Edge platform.
According to the recent report by Nasscom and PwC, India's e-commerce market is<|fim_middle|>Deals' assets, including stores and brand partnerships. | projected to potentially grow more than fourfold to $150 billion by 2022, which was marked at $36 billion last year. Three out of every four consumers in the e-commerce market are expected to belong to tier two cities or beyond. ShopX is pioneering a digital retail model using its technology-led platform and has already established a deep operational presence in 300+ towns.
Niraj Raka, the co-founder of GabbarDeals, will be joining the ShopX team as Senior Vice President and Head of Organised Retail. "The growing number of online shoppers in cities beyond tier one makes it crucial for all retailers to expand and reach the next set of shoppers. GabbarDeals envisioned making e-commerce easier for shoppers in tier two and three cities and, by ShopX acquiring us, we are moving a step closer to our vision. A company like ShopX provides the right technology platform and scale to take the e-Commerce industry forward," said Niraj.
Gabbardeals, has established offline stores in Pune and Jalgaon with digitally enhanced features to provide a great experience to consumers. With this acquisition, ShopX will take possession of all Gabbar | 244 |
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Lecture One: Religion since Cicero
Posted on May 1, 2017 by GiffordsEd
Professor Jeffrey Stout covered a lot of ground in his first lecture. This initial post consists of a longer summary than will appear in future posts. The video of Stout's lecture is embedded below for those who were unable to attend in person, or for those who'd like to listen to it again. An audio only version can also be found at the end of this post. In order to further facilitate discussion my colleague Nathaniel Gray Sutanto will be adding his initial reflections on Professor Stout's first Gifford Lecture. Gray is currently a PhD candidate in Systematic Theology at New College, University of Edinburgh. We'd like to reiterate that we warmly welcome anyone wishing to engage with Stout's lectures to contribute their comments and questions below.
Earlier this evening Professor Jeffrey Stout gave his opening lecture to a packed audience. At the turn of the twentieth century William James gave his Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh (published as Varieties of Religious Experience) and Stout related the theme of his own lectures to one of James' lectures on the sick soul where James emphasizes cries of help as being at the core of the "religious problem." Stout's lectures aim to concentrate "on cries for help in the face of tyranny and oppression," which have been, and continue to be, closely tied to various understandings of religion and embodied in various religious individuals and communities. More explicitly than many previous Gifford Lectures, Stout tied the content of his lectures to the abolitionist commitments of Lord Gifford himself.
Stout went on to further relate his lectures to the hope of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Lord Gifford. They both recognized the inseparable and inevitable relation between religion and political action. The effects of religion in society can be good or bad depending on whether religion instills virtue or vice. As Stout stated, "Religion is good when it embodies the highest ideals we know. It goes bad when infected by injustice." For example, the complicity of modern Christians in the slave-trade ought to be a cause for shame. Involvement in such injustices "bind religion to vice." The hoped-for remedy of Emerson and Gifford "is not to secularize politics but to rectify religious attitudes and practices." As Stout went on to say, "when religion abides by justice and liberty, rather than bowing to arbitrary power, it lifts each of us and promotes the common good." He listed numerous examples of religiously motivated political activists who shared this hope:
William Wilberforce, Thomas Clarkson, and Abraham Lincoln; David Walker, Henry Highland Garnet, and Frederick Douglass; Margaret Fuller, José Martí, and John Muir; Mary W<|fim_middle|> said to be its birthplace and through its evangelisation the globalisation of today, but again political systems take many forms. As for "true" religion it has as many forms too as there are faithful people. Ethical religion I equate with Eudaimonia or human flourishing for all people. I am with Socrates/Plato that no one does wrong knowingly. Apologies for my simplistic comments/viewpoints but I get little opportunity to interact with academia and important issues of the day. Thank you again for taking the time to reply and I look forward to the rest of your lectures.
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A common narrative posits a "Great Separation" between religion and politics in modern society. There have been various disputes regarding the nature and value of this separation. Stout, however, questions the adequacy of this narrative. As he said, "The disputes assume that a Great Separation in fact took place, that we know what it was, and that it set the terms in which politics was conducted where and while it lasted." He then introduced the main question of his lectures, "How would our understanding of religion and politics have to change if the religious voices in egalitarian freedom movements were given their due?"
Stout stated that in these lectures he would provide a "historical, philosophical, and somewhat personal" answer. His interest in the relationship between religion and politics began as a teenager, through his participation "in the civil rights and anti-war movements." The writers that he initially gravitated toward were Baldwin, King, Gandhi, and Emerson and they, all modern opponents of tyranny and oppression, had much to say about the distinction between "ethical, virtuous, or true religion" and "unethical, vicious, or false religion." He struggled to reconcile the Great Separation narrative prevalent in much modern discourse in philosophy, political theory, and religious studies with the integration of religion and political action that these figures presented.
This is where the title of the first lecture, "Religion since Cicero," begins to come into the picture. Modern understandings of the nature of religion and its relation to politics can be best illuminated by attending to the history of discourse on religion stemming back to ancient Rome.
Religion has been understood in many ways and its value has been affirmed and denied. Stout mentioned that "Religion-talk can be as confusing as it is contentious. It requires philosophical clarification." In these lectures Stout sets out to facilitate this clarification.
The first step in doing so is to recognize that "there is no such thing as the modern conception of religion to analyze, endorse, or vilify." As he said, "Locke, Hume, Wollstonecraft, Marx, Emerson, Nietzsche, Pope Leo XIII, and Gandhi did not all have the same thing in mind when they spoke of religion." Instead of talking about the modern notion of religion Stout proposes to "speak instead of the modern discourse of religion, meaning by this the many modern uses of a single vocabulary rooted in ancient Rome."
Stout then moved on to talk about religion as a "dual character concept" and about the history of pre-modern discourse stemming from ancient Rome. Religion as a dual character concept refers to the neutral and value-laden descriptions of religion. On the one hand, "the Latin term religio is used" in a neutral manner "to discuss a wide range of topics" having to do with various religious practices, dispositions, and beliefs as they relate to political life. On the other hand, the term religio is used in a value-laden manner when religion (a moral virtue) is contrasted with superstition (a moral vice). These are two different ways of referring to the same phenomenon, where the value-laden manner makes a further distinction concerning how religion is being embodied and enacted. One could be a "true" practitioner of religion in the neutral sense but fail to be a "true" practitioner of religion in the value-laden sense if one is engaging in superstition; such a practitioner is thought to lack a certain exhibition of excellence in his or her religious practice. In his lecture Stout uses the English term "scientist" to illustrate this dual character. As Stout mentioned, "Many Roman writers alternate between neutral and value-laden ways of referring to acts, attitudes, dispositions, practices, obligations, roles, and institutions that are related in some way to divine worship and devotion."
Cicero, according to Stout, conceived of religion "as an excellence conducive to the common good" and he closely "associated religion with the moral virtues justice and piety." Cicero distinguishes religion as favorable to liberty from superstition as conducive to tyranny and oppression. Livy also closely associated the decline of virtuous religion with the rise of political vice. Although Seneca did not think that true religion could be tied to public worship, contrary to Cicero and Livy, he too still held to a positive notion of "true religion." As Stout is sure to note, however, "not all evaluative uses of religio in ancient Rome were positive." One of the most famous accounts of an inherently negative understanding of religion is found in Lucretius' poem, On the Nature of Things, where religion is taken to be essentially oppressive and, therefore, ought to be overcome or left behind rather than properly cultivated.
Christians after Constantine did adopt these positive understandings of religion. Augustine, for example, speaks of the Christian religion as a moral virtue contrasted with various forms of Greek and Roman paganism, which were seen to be superstitious vice. Stout makes the significant claim that "the European Middle Ages were never as Christian, however, as Christian monarchs and prelates wished." There were always dissidents and practitioners of other religions present who "resisted assimilation into what Christendom called true religion." The medieval Church's role in classifying such people as superstitious helped maintain religious unity, which was thought to be integral to the common good of society and necessary "to maintain and extend its hegemony." According to Stout, "erasure of pre-modern difference is a disturbingly common plot device in books on religion and modern politics" and he went on to state that his "reason for not telling a story about the modern loss of an earlier religious harmony is that there was no such harmony to be lost."
Stout then moved on to take a good portion of time discussing Thomas Aquinas' positive conception of the virtue of religion. He does not introduce Aquinas' thought to undermine previous statements about the prevalence of pre-modern difference in the European Middle Ages, nor to present Aquinas "as the hegemonic medieval view, but rather to use it as a baseline of comparison when discussing modern writers in this and later lectures." Aquinas, according to Stout, uses the term religion in a dual character sense. Positive references to religion "have formative and expressive functions in a life of Christian virtue," which furthermore provide "the soul fitting interior and outward means of expressing honor, veneration, reverence, and devotion to God." Stout draws attention to the fact that Aquinas is indebted to "Cicero's schema of cardinal moral virtues" (courage, temperance, practical wisdom, and justice), where religion and piety are taken to be "potential parts of justice." Justice is most directly concerned with various forms of right relationships, where each "receives his or her due." Many relationships concerning justice are reciprocal affairs (he uses an example of borrowing an axe from a neighbor to illustrate a symmetrical relationship, relationships among equals) but not all relationships are ones of "simple reciprocity." Religion and piety are instances of justice in asymmetrical relationships of dependence (such as child's relationship to parents or a creature's relationship to the Creator). As Stout Further explains, "these virtues are concerned with what we owe to the sources of our existence and progress through life." This positive sense of religion for Aquinas is both inherently good and inherently embedded in political life. Aquinas, like those before him, also differentiated the virtue of religion from the vice of superstition, where superstition is a "semblance" of the virtue of true religion. Superstition as the false semblance of religion can occur either through worshiping "what is unworthy" or by worshipping "God in an undue manner." In other words superstition can occur within the neutral description of religion either by relating to the wrong object or in relating to the right object in the wrong way. In Aquinas' account, however, true religion necessarily involves both a virtuous object and a virtuous mode of relating to the object, so true religion and superstition are incompatible by definition. As Stout mentioned, superstition "has the same relation to true religion that counterfeit money has to legal tender, or that climate change denial has to true science."
Having addressed Aquinas' account Stout then moved on to talk about modern uses of religion-talk. He stated that a diverse group of modern (non-Thomist) writers all took true religion to be virtuous. Piety and justice were again united and distinguished from superstition. As he stated, "Most of them explicitly described it as a virtue of properly acknowledged dependence and remarked on the ethical and political significance of its formative and expressive functions." Like the ancient context, however, Stout acknowledges that not all modern conceptions of religion are positive. As he noted,
Baron d'Holbach, Robert Owen, Marx, Engels, Lenin, Mao, Freud, Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Gloria Steinem, and Bill Maher have largely used the term pejoratively, in accordance with the Lucretian precedent
Many moderns do hold to the belief that religion is essentially oppressive.
Machiavelli, despite earlier interests in Lucretius, ends up landing closer to Livy. One reason being that "he wanted to use the contrast between true religion and its semblances in explanations of good and bad outcomes." For Machiavelli, according to Stout, religion cultivates and maintains "good men," and its religious practices ought to remain free of corruption (such as illegitimate appeals to oracles or scriptures in order to enhance one's power in political affairs) lest the republic become corrupt as well. As Stout states, according to Machiavelli "moral corruption, often in the form of avarice, is a greater threat to the commonwealth than false belief."
Stout goes on to discuss various "republican admirers" of Machiavelli such as Baruch Spinoza, James Harrington, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau and other modern republicans who likewise emphasize the political importance of true religion. Stout contends that "republicanism is largely missing from most overviews of religion and modern thought," one effect of this absence being the "false impression, now widespread among academics, that there is something worth calling the modern conception of religion, according to which religion is essentially or ideally a private matter to be screened out of public life to the extent possible."
Stout then moved on to engage David Hume. Hume granted that true religion is inherently good, but was skeptical of its widespread existence and of established religion's ability to instill this virtue; the reception of true religion is, for Hume, only available to true philosophers. Hume adds another dimension to the corrupt forms of religion when he speaks of enthusiasm alongside superstition, which he also "viewed Parisian atheism" to be beholden to. At this point Stout referenced the work of Thomas Ahnert to draw our attention to the largely religious dimensions embedded within and around the Scottish Enlightenment. In doing so he draws out two concerns of the movement. First, it was centrally interested in "setting right the morally formative function of religion." Second, it was largely suspicious "of speculation's tendency to distract a thinker from the demands of living well." Stout ends this section of his lecture asking, "If the Enlightenment era didn't achieve a Great Separation of religion from politics, what account should we be giving?"
Stout begins to end this first lecture by looking to the ideal of ethical religion. He returns to Emerson and Gifford and speaks of their refusal to view enthusiasm to be inherently vicious, as Hume did. In contrast, Emerson and Gifford hold that enthusiasm has been a central component in virtually every conceivable beneficial movement in human history. The Gifford Lectures may be devoted to natural theology "in the widest sense of that term," and the lecturers might be encouraged "to treat their subject as a strictly natural science," but Stout concludes that based on Lord Gifford's committed abolitionist stance he could not have intended this to "mean value-free inquiry."
He closes out his first lecture with reference to Harriet Martineau, who encouraged Emerson to join the abolitionist movement, who in turn influenced Lord Gifford. For Martineau, religion is inherently moral and it is an inevitable part of human existence. The task is "to distinguish its corrupt from its true forms" and the only way to go about doing that is to "assess its fruits" by taking the time to discern what the current moment demands of us.
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4 thoughts on "Lecture One: Religion since Cicero"
Nathaniel Gray Sutanto on May 2, 2017 at 9:42 am said:
In Stout's 2004 book, Democracy and Tradition, he called for the preservation of democracy precisely as a tradition that encouraged the public exchange of claims and reasons. Religious voices should feel free to expound on their theological reasons as deeply as they could while nonreligious voices, too, should engage in a philosophically honest manner. Real dialogue requires exactly this, and insofar as a silencing of those reasons take place, a genuine understanding cannot arise. The call for neutrality advocated by Rawls and Rorty, on the one hand, and the traditionalism of Millbank, Macintyre, and Hauerwas, on the other, both ironically assume the ever-widening gap between religion and public reason. By way of immanent criticism, Stout argued that Rawls and Rorty fail to account for the explicitly theological motivations of the likes of Martin Luther King Jr., while the traditionalists, likewise, can't account for the very modern and democratic conditions that allowed the inclusion of their voices in today's public discourse. By acknowledging the mutual dependence of each other and the influence of both voices in a pluralistic society, Stout called for a fruitful exchange of accountability so that a greater understanding can emerge. This lecture series, it seems, falls straight in line with this broader project.
The secularization theory has fallen on hard times in recent years. The thesis that somewhere between the Enlightenment and contemporary times religion began receding, held captive within private spheres, while secularized vocabularies overtook public discourse has been challenged. This narrative fueled a popular conception that implies that religious motivations should be left out of the public exchange of reasons as part of an archaic and distant past. Likewise, those traditionalist voices that sought to recover a religious form of discourse from the current secularist canopy, too, have been nurtured by the impulse that a recovery was necessary in the first place. In other words, the narrative fueled both secularists and traditionalists alike by reporting that a separation between religion and the public sphere really did take place. Traditionalists harken a jeremiad that call for a return to public faithfulness; secularists seek to secure the gap between public reason and private religion. Both of these calls presupposed the occurrence of the gap. Stout challenges that a gap ever emerged in the first place.
Stout's lecture began with the observation that Lord Gifford made himself: religion had always been an influence on public life and is in fact essential to its very nature. The impact on public life depended on whether the religion was positive or negative, and each religion should be assessed precisely on those terms: its moral effects. Surveying the literature from ancient Rome to the present day, Stout demonstrates the religion had always been a force for public and social change. The debate to be had, then, is not whether religion should be kept out of the public sphere, but in how it might. The Enlightenment, too, though it introduced and popularized negative uses of the word religion, never eliminated the predominantly positive and explicit uses of religion in philosophical and literary discourse. By attending to the voices omitted in the predominant narrative of the gap, in the likes of Gandhi, King, Wilberforce, or Malcolm X, Stout showed that religion is here to stay and in fact can – and has been – a vehicle for social change.
This is an important narrative that provides resources that should allow for a genuine dialogue that is often clouded by the current tropes of opposition and heated rhetoric. Contrary to popular opinion, religion is not necessarily a pejorative that symbolized the hindering of progress or of ideological isolation, and voices for public reason are not necessarily motivated by anti-theological deviancy. Edinburgh's Mona Siddiqui, a professor in Muslim-Christian relations, argued that one of the salient purposes for the discipline is to foster the emergence of better forms of disagreements that avoid a mere 'dialogue on the surface' between the two major world religions. In other words, for a fruitful conversation to occur, the facts of plural voices and real disagreements have to be faced in all of their particularities while exploring 'mutually shared experiences'. Stout's emphasis should help erode the potentially paralyzing rhetoric of traditionalists and secularists alike, allowing both sides to expose explicit claims and norms that can actually assess each other with full accountability – the moral effects of religion. Rather than pretending as if religion is no longer present, both sides can begin to dialogue in a manner that acknowledges the rightful places of both on the basis of real public grounds that does not flatten out the difference. There are still questions to be had, of course: surely the Enlightenment did shift the terms of debate concerning religion in significant ways, and surely the present conditions hampered appeals to divine revelation in a way that it might not have in the past. But this trajectory, it seems, is a generative way to go in the present climate.
jamieknight21 on May 2, 2017 at 3:32 pm said:
Professor Stout gave a most engaging first lecture but I was disappointed that he gave it mainly from a European/ Western perspective implicitly equating religion as some form of Christianity. It was from an historical platform focused on Roman antiquity and enlightenment philosophy and I look forward to his marrying this up with contemporary religion and politics. The separation of these entities may not have applied to Tutu, King and Gandhi but modern politicians like May, Farron and Blair who declare themselves Christians do not perceive that being involved in politics means explicitly expressing their faith. Religion "defined" thus, the same could not be said of politics. Are "religionists" only to be involved in clear cut single moral issues like slavery or more grey areas like taxation? He said we should be motivated by "love" as distinct from being "nice". Appearances can be deceptive as modern day perceptions of Machiavellian spin in politics as appearing to be good rather than being good as in photo calls in schools/ hospitals by politicians. Nothing is clear cut, not even climate change as the issue is not that it is happening but whether and to what degree it is man made and to what extent we can make real changes to alleviate the consequences.
This was a most enlightening lecture on the history of the interaction between religion and politics and I look forward to the development of this theme.
Jeffrey Stout on May 3, 2017 at 9:09 am said:
Thanks to Andrew Johnson for running this blog and for his detailed summary of my first lecture.
Nathaniel Gray Sutanto is right to discern a connection between the present lecture series and my 2004 book 'Democracy and Tradition'. He is also right to point out that 'the Enlightenment did shift the terms of debate concerning religion in significant ways.' The real question is how. I intend to sketch an answer to that question in Lecture Three on Thursday afternoon, 4 May.
Jamie Knight confesses some disappointment that I am speaking "mainly from a European/ Western perspective implicitly equating religion as some form of Christianity." I'm a little disappointed by the disappointment. Given that I am tracing politically inflected religion-talk as it has actually developed, I have to focus on cultural contexts where this particular vocabulary arose (ancient Rome) and spread (first in Western Christendom and then, during the early modern period, elsewhere). The concept of religion is the product of a particular cultural tradition. When Christians have used the concept, they have done so on the basis of their own theological, ethical, and political assumptions. By the time modern Jews, such as Spinoza and Durkheim, adopted the concept for their own purposes, they had to take account of Roman and Christian precedents for applying the term. It is impossible to do contextually sensitive conceptual history without focusing primarily on people who actually used the relevant terminology. So there is no real reason to be disappointed. Religion-talk has Latin roots. It is a product of Western European culture. It was not a vocabulary that had exact analogues elsewhere — until Western Europeans carried it elsewhere by imperial and evangelical means.
I myself do not equate true religion with Christianity, and neither did Spinoza, Durkheim, Emerson, or Gandhi. But Thomas Aquinas did. And so did Las Casas, Savonarola, Milton, and Wilberforce. I am not adopting the perspective of the Christians I am talking about. But I am trying to explain what that perspective was and why the spread of religion-talk during the era of modern imperialism had the massive effects it had.
Are all of the political issues addressed by the proponents of 'ethical religion' clearcut? I wouldn't say so. Taxation is not clearcut. But it is connected in various ways to concerns about domination. Domination occurs whenever one person or group is in a position to exercise power arbitrarily over another. It is the result of a power imbalance so severe that weaker persons or groups are left at the mercy of powerful persons or groups. Disparities of wealth or income contribute the existing power imbalances in contemporary societies, all the more so in countries where regressive taxation policies and deregulation have made possible a massive transfer of wealth to the top one percent of the top one percent. What should be done about this is not a simple question. But it is a pressing moral question–perhaps as weighty for our era as chattel slavery was a couple of centuries ago. And coalitions of religious and secular citizens are currently forming to address it.
First of all thank you for replying to my concerns/disappointment. I take your point that in your research (my searching) we have to start somewhere in place and time for the origin of politics and religion. We are all prisoners, though, of our cultural upbringing inclusive of class, ethnicity,economics as well as religion. As to politics, and particularly democracy, Europe/Greece may be | 4,766 |
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Is the command a global or subcommand?
Default "usage" documentation text for commands.
Create "usage" documentation from a list of parameter configurations.
Make a Command from standard GetOpt options.
Mark command as hidden. Hidden commands don't show up in the 'progname help' or 'progname --help' output.
Utility function, many commands do not accept additional flags. This action fails with a helpful error message if the user supplies any extra.
wraps a CommandUI together with a function that turns it into a Command. By hiding the type of flags for the UI allows construction of a list of all UIs at the top level of the program. That list can then be used for generation of manual page as well as for executing the selected command.
We usually have a data type for storing configuration values, where every field stores a configuration option, and the user sets the value either via command line flags or a configuration file. An individual OptionField models such a field, and we usually build a list of options associated to a configuration data type.
Create an option taking a single OptDescr. No explicit Name is given for the Option, the name is the first LFlag given.
MkOptDescr constructors partially applied to flags and description.
Create an option taking several OptDescrs. You will have to give the flags and description individually to the OptDescr constructor.
to view as a FieldDescr, we sort the list of interfaces (Req > Bool > Choice > Opt) and consider only the first one.
An OptionField takes one or more OptDescrs, describing the command line interface for the field.
Create a string-valued command line interface.
(String -> a) variant of "reqArg"
Create a string-valued command line interface with a default value.
(String -> a) variant of "optArg"
create a Choice option out of an enumeration type | 541 |
One of the problems with<|fim_middle|> lie on the couch. | having lupus is limited energy. If you want a wonderful explanation of what the energy limit of lupus is right, read the "spoon story", at butyoudontlooksick.com . I couldn't explain it any better.
Since I've started working again, my limited amount of energy has to go further than it did before. This takes its toll on things like housework, family, friendships. There's less of me to go around. That is not a complaint - I love my work - I would do it without pay if I had a way to support myself.
The internet is proving to be incredibly useful. I can buy my groceries online if I don't have the energy to walk around the supermarket, and I'm learning that I can find just about anything else I need online as well. I just have to be willing to wait for delivery.
I love to get together for coffee with friends - but again it takes energy. Sometimes email and facebook are the next best thing. It's not a great substitute for actually spending time together - but it does allow me to maintain friendships even on the days (or weeks), I don't have the energy to do anything but | 239 |
World input-output network
Cerina, Federica and Zhu, Zhen and Chessa, Alessandro and Riccaboni, Massimo World input-output network. EIC working paper series #6/2014 IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca ISSN 2279-6894.
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives.
Economic systems, traditionally analyzed as almost independent national systems, are increasingly connected on a global scale. Only recently becoming available, the World Input-Output Database (WIOD) is one of the first efforts to construct the multi-regional input-output (MRIO) tables at the global level. By viewing the world input-output system as an interdependent network where the nodes are the individual industries in different economies and the edges are the monetary goods flows between industries, we study the network properties of the so-called world input-output network (WION) and document its evolution over time. We are able to quantify not only some global network properties such as assortativity, clustering coefficient, and degree and strength distributions, but also its subgraph structure and dynamics by using community detection techniques. Over time, we detect a marked increase in cross-country connectivity of the production system, only temporarily interrupted by the 2008-2009 crisis. Moreover, we find a growing input-output regional community in Europe led by Germany and the rise of China in the global production system. Finally, we use the network-based PageRank centrality and community core<|fim_middle|> classification C67, F10, F15 - PACS numbers: 89.65.Gh; 89.75.-k; 05.10.-a
H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Economics and Institutional Change | ness measure to identify the key industries and economies in the WION and the results are different from the one obtained by the traditional final-demand-weighted backward linkage measure.
Working Paper (EIC working paper series)
Keywords: Complex Networks; Input-Output; PageRank Centrality; Community Detection - JEL | 62 |
Chia Seed Pudding , with pomegranate and kiwi…Perfect!
In my previous post , I wrote about kale and its wonderful properties. Now I've found Chia Seeds.
Slowly, but summer is here , so we an experiment with salads, puddings and smoothies . The great thing is that we can ALL , add Chia Seeds to ALL of the above mentioned. YAY!
Ohh, little wonders! It is the perfect way of eating healthy , but still enjoying it.
Nowadays, chia is becoming better known as a great source of healthy omega-3 fats and fiber, and it's an easy food to add to your diet.
Chia seeds come from a flowering plant in the mint family that's native to Mexico and Guatemala, and history suggests it was a very important food crop for the Aztecs. It's remained in regular use in its native countries, but was largely unknown in North America until researcher Wayne Coates began studying chia as an alternative crop for farmers in northern Argentina about 29 years ago.
Coates started his work on chia in 1991, and since then has become an advocate of the tiny seed's health benefits. The human trials are limited —as is often the case with food research— but the anecdotal evidence of chia's positive health effects include boosting energy, stabilizing blood sugar, aiding digestion, and lowering cholesterol.
The little seed — which comes in either white or a dark brown and black colour — also has a huge nutritional profile. It contains calcium, manganese, and phosphorus, and is a great source of healthy omega-3 fats. As an added benefit, chia seeds can be eaten whole or milled, while flax seeds have to be ground before consumption in order to access their health benefits for example.
When you're buying ch<|fim_middle|> got your seeds, how to you add them to your diet? "The easiest way is to add it to everything and anything," Coates says.
The seeds are tasteless so they won't affect the flavor profile of your food, which makes them easy to integrate into your meals. They can be sprinkled whole on top of salads or toast or added milled to smoothies, and even add them to ice cream.
Two tablespoons of chia seeds contain 18 percent of the DRI for calcium, 35 percent for phosphorus, 24 percent for magnesium and about 50 percent for manganese. These nutrients help you prevent hypertension and maintain a healthy weight, and are important for energy metabolism and a part of DNA synthesis.
Satiety is the feeling of being full and satisfied, which helps lower food cravings between meals. The combination of protein, fiber and the gelling action of chia seeds when mixed with liquids all contribute to their satiating effects.
Chia seeds contain no gluten or grains. Therefore, all of the nutritional benefits of chia seeds can be obtained on a gluten-free diet.
Unlike flax-seed, which are also high in omega-3 fatty acids, fiber and minerals, chia seeds do not need to be ground in order to obtain their nutrient or egg- replacement benefits.
A study published in the "British Journal of Nutrition" showed that chia seeds as a dietary fat source can lower triglycerides and cholesterol levels while increasing HDL or "good" cholesterol. The study also found that when substituting chia seeds for other fat sources, such as corn oil, the ALA was able to prevent high triglyceride levels and reduce central obesity.
Chia seeds can play an important role in regulating insulin levels. They can reduce insulin resistance and decrease abnormally high levels of insulin in the blood.
There you have it! If you are still in the group of "non-believers" , try to add it to a smoothie at first… you won't regret it for sure!
If anyone finds new recipes and more info, please let me know! | ia, both the white and black seeds are good choices, but Coates warns to make sure you're getting a good quality product by avoiding either red seeds (immature chia seeds), or black seeds that are smaller than regular chia seeds (weed seeds). Coates sells the seeds himself, but they are available from many different health food stores and supermarkets.
So once you've | 77 |
A Time For Confidence: Trusting God in a Post-Christian Society
by Stephen J Nichols
Paperback|Jan 2017
As contemporary Western society steadily drifts away from any Christian moorings, it is easy for Christians to feel disoriented, discouraged, and vulnerable. This book is a resounding summons to renew confidence in the unshakable promises of God.
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Department Academic
Category Christian Worldview
Sub-Category General
Publisher Reformation Trust Publishing
Publication Date Jan 2017
Stephen J. Nichols (Ph.D., Westminster Theological Seminary) is a professor at Lancaster Bible College and Graduate School. He has written several books, including in the A Guided Tour series including Pages from Church History: A Guided Tour of Christian Classics, J. Gresham Machen: A Guided Tour of His Life and Thought, Jonathan Edwards:<|fim_middle|> Guided Tour of His Life and Thought and An Absolute Sort of Certainty: The Holy Spirit and the Apologetics of Jonathan Edwards. He lives with his wife and two sons in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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Saving Southwestern White Pine trees from climate change and invasive pathogens
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Climate change and invasive species pose a severe threat to worldwide ecosystems. The Southwestern White Pine (Pinus strobiformis), a species of five-needle pine, is vulnerable to both of these. Dr Kristen Waring, from Northern Arizona University and Dr Richard Sniezko (USDA Forest Service), are focused on conserving this species, mainly by developing resistant populations and silviculture (forestry) management strategies.
The importance of forest ecosystems cannot be underestimated. Not only are forests of great economic value, providing services and an income for many people, but they also provide habitats and food for wildlife, prevent soil erosion and act as a natural carbon sink – mitigating the effects of climate change.
Right: Kristen Waring and Jessica DaBell look at likely triplets (three seedlings from one seed – close-up below) © Michal Remke
However, forest ecosystems are becoming increasingly fragile and less stress-resilient as climate change and invasive species disrupt the ecological balance. One tree species that is particularly vulnerable is Pinus strobiformis, or the Southwestern White Pine (SWWP) as it is otherwise known. To help protect this species, Dr Waring and Dr Sniezko are working with a team to improve our understanding of the natural genetic resistance and environmental tolerance found in SWWP and how management strategies can be beneficially utilised.
The effect of invasive pathogens and climate change
SWWP is a five-needle white pine species, native to North America, with distinct populations found in western Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, southwestern Colorado, and Mexico. However, this species is susceptible to the lethal invasive fungal pathogen Cronartium ribicola, which causes white pine blister rust disease (WPBR).
Ethan Bucholz measuring tree physiology at White Pockets garden © Jessica DaBell
Originally from Eurasia, this pathogen appeared in North America during the early 1900s. Being a wind-borne pathogen, C. ribicola spreads rapidly and today affects the majority of five-needle pines in North America. C. ribicola symptoms include yellow or red spots on the pine needles, dead branches and perennial cankers (lesions in the bark). Once infected, mortality from WPBR can exceed 95%.
Climate change further endangers SWWPs. It has been predicted that a hotter, drier climate, particularly in the south west of the USA will increase wildfire intensity and frequency. Wildfires can cause widespread damage – for example in 2011, over 8 million acres of forest were destroyed in the USA<|fim_middle|> San Diego State University; Dr Christian Wehenkel, Universidad Juarez del Estado de Durango, Durango, Mexico
Other Collaborators: Mary Lou Fairweather, USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection; James Jacobs, USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection; Phil Patterson and the staff at the NAU Research Greenhouse; Dr Tom Kolb, School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University; Grand Canyon Trust
Northern Arizona University (NAU) Graduate students (current and completed): Dr Betsy Goodrich (PhD, graduated 2015, now with USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection); Chris Looney (MS, graduated 2012); Tara Steadman (MS); Jessica DaBell (MS); Ethan Bucholz (PhD) – School of Forestry; Ehren Moler (PhD) – Department of Biology
Other Graduate students, postdocs and staff: Dr Jonathan Burnett, Cory Garms (PhD), Oregon State University;Dr Chris Friedline, Mitra Menon (PhD), Virginia Commonwealth University;Staff at Dorena Genetic Resource Center: Dr Antonio Castilla; Emily Boes, Evan Heck, Brianna McTeague; Alejandro Leal Saenz (PhD), Universidad Juarez del Estado de Durango, Durango, Mexico
Kristen Waring is a forest scientist who studies applied forest health issues. She is passionate about finding management solutions for forest health problems, including invasive species and climate change. She loves the outdoors and spends her free time exploring the world around her.
Kristen M Waring, PhD
Associate Professor of Silviculture
School of Forestry
Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
E: Kristen.Waring@nau.edu
W: nau.edu/cefns/forestry/faculty-and-staff/directory/waring/
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Preventing climate change and the spread of WPBR is an almost impossible task. Therefore, Dr Waring and her research team are focusing on designing and developing risk mitigation strategies.
Current management strategies
A wide range of silviculture management strategies can be used to conserve SWWPs. For example, SWWPs are relatively fire resistant and 'prescribed fires' can reduce competing vegetation, thus encouraging SWWP regeneration.
Forest ecosystems are becoming increasingly fragile and less stress-resilient as climate change and invasive species disrupt the ecological balance
Establishing risk management zones can also prove beneficial. C. ribicola only thrives when moisture levels and temperature are optimal. Risk zones can be developed by identifying locations that are conducive to these environmental requirements. The pathogen cannot be eradicated, but by identifying sites of low versus high risk management actions may vary accordingly, including identifying sites where planting seedlings with genetic resistance to white pine blister rust would be essential to any restoration efforts.
Newly germinated seedling in the NAU greenhouse
© Jessica DaBell
Additionally, the lower branches of SWWP provide an ideal microclimate for C. ribicola to prosper – therefore, pruning (cutting) lower branches can significantly reduce its spread. Not only that, but pruning rust-infected areas can also prolong the life of the pine.
However, these methods are only partially effective. Because of this, Dr Waring and Dr Sniezko are looking into alternative strategies, including an investigation into the natural genetic resistance of SWWP to WPBR.
Genetic diversity within any population is the foundation of natural selection, and resistance to invasive pathogens, wild fires and drought is variable within a population. Some SWWP individuals are more genetically resistant to disease and will survive, despite environmental stress. In fact, only a small percentage of SWWP have resistance and the frequency across the populations is currently being investigated. Only resistant individuals survive, and therefore genes corresponding to those beneficial adaptive traits will be inherited by future generations. As such, resistance will then spread throughout the population.
Dr Waring and Dr Sniezko have greatly improved our
understanding of the natural resistance of Southwestern White Pine populations to both increased temperature and white pine blister rust disease
Testing for disease resistance
Early work, starting in 2002 with relatively few seedling families of SWWP at Dorena Genetic Resource Center, had demonstrated that there was genetic resistance to WPBR. To further characterise the level of resistance to WPBR, its frequency and its geographic distribution, several inoculation trials involving seedlings from hundreds of parent trees from throughout the range of the species are being undertaken. Seedlings started in 2014, 2016 and 2017 are being grown for two years and then inoculated with WPBR spores. The trials will each be assessed for up to five years to document the level and types of resistance present in different populations.
environmental tolerance
To determine how different SWWP populations respond to increased temperature, Dr Waring and her colleagues used an experiment that naturally simulates global warming.
SWWPs naturally inhabit a range of elevations. The higher the elevation, the cooler the temperature. The research team showed that seedlings growing in lower elevation gardens have a higher mortality rate than those grown in high elevation gardens. These first-year results suggest that the survival of southwestern white pine may be threatened by increased temperatures associated with climate change.
However, despite these higher mortality rates, seedlings grown at low elevations actually showed an increased tolerance of higher temperatures. The results of this study demonstrate that SWWP has the ability to adjust leaf architecture in ways that increase water use efficiency, enabling them to tolerate higher temperatures.
Future control strategies
Overall, the research of Dr Waring and Dr Sniezko has greatly improved our understanding of the natural resistance of SWWP populations to both increased temperature and WPBR. Further research is needed to identify the specific genetic and molecular mechanisms that enable resistance and tolerance. Within the group, other PIs are focused on epigenetics, remote sensing, SWWP genomics, and landscape genetics. Once determined, selective breeding of SWWP could potentially be used to increase resistance throughout SWWP populations, providing pines with the defences to protect themselves against the destructive powers of invasive pathogens and climate change.
Why is it important to conserve the Southwestern White Pine (SWWP)?
Conserving SWWP will help maintain the biodiversity of mixed conifer forests, ensure ecological function is also conserved, and provides important wildlife habitat (birds and small mammals feed on the large seeds).
Why can invasive pathogens be more harmful than native pathogens?
Since they did not co-evolve together, there is often little or no natural resistance to non-native pathogens (whether in plants, animals, or people) and forest pathogens such as white pine blister rust, chestnut blight and Dutch elm disease have had tremendous negative impacts on some of our native tree species.
How can current silviculture management strategies be improved to protect SWWP?
There are two management strategies that are likely to help. First, ensuring large SWWP have enough resources to reproduce and are at lower risk of dying from wildfire or insect attacks. Generally, this means reducing the number of trees in the stand. Second, we can manage for more regeneration (young trees) to increase the speed at which natural selection against susceptible trees occurs and allow resistant trees to grow into older trees that reproduce.
We envision … a model system
for other species facing similar threats
How might genetic resistance be transferred to all vulnerable SWWP?
The key will be to document the level and frequency of genetic resistance that exists in the different parts of the geographic range of SWWP. At that point, decisions can be made to either collect seed from the rare resistant trees in the field, or to develop seed orchards by grafting these parent trees (or some of their resistant progeny) into seed orchards. In both cases, the idea will be to greatly raise the natural frequency of resistance while maintaining the genetic variability of the species and its adaptability to the different environments in which it will be planted.
Where will your research focus be over the next five years?
Over the next five years, we will continue to address similar questions related to different aspects of the genetic variation that exists within the species, its resistance to WPBR, and its potential future under a changing climate and the presence of a non-native pathogen, while adding to our understanding of how the genetics of southwestern white pine vary across the landscape and how the distribution of the species may change under different climate change scenarios. As we collect additional data, our predictions will be better. We also envision Southwestern White Pine and our research programme serving as a model system for other species facing similar threats.
Dr Kristen Waring's research focuses on silviculture and applied forest health. Her latest project involves a collaborative effort, alongside Dr Richard Sniezko and other collaborators, to develop tools capable of conserving a tree called the Southwestern White Pine, a species native to both the SW US and Mexico.
This research is partially supported by the National Science Foundation, Grants No. EF-1442597, EF-1442486 and EF-1442456 and the USDA Forest Service Gene Conservation, Special Technology Development and Evaluation Monitoring Programs.
Co-PIs on the NSF-funded project: Dr Richard Sniezko, USDA Forest Service Dorena Genetic Resource Center; Dr Amy Whipple, Northern Arizona University; Drs Chris Still and Michael Wing, Oregon State University; Dr Andrew Eckert, Virginia Commonwealth University; Dr Sam Cushman, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station; Dr Lluvia Flores-Renteria, | 1,573 |
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Glycolipid Based Niosomal Delivery System for Drugs and Biomolecules
Technology development for sophorolipid production
Mother's Plasma Gelsolin Estimation Kit To Predict Premature Birth
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Promising Novel Therapeutics for Strokes and Cardiac Maladies
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Protein production in yeast for therapeutic products or Low cost production of therapeutic Proteins in Yeast
Efficient and safer delivery of drugs (with low solubility and poor bioavailability) and is a challenging task in pharmaceutical and biotechnological industries. Niosomes, by virtue of its vesicular structure, can house both hydrophilic and hydrophobic molecules within its compartments. By exploring the structure-forming attributes of acidic sophorolipid (a microbial glycolipid) we have developed a carrier system for drug and biomolecule delivery. The versatile system can be synthesized with different charges (+Ve/-Ve), size and physical characteristics. They are highly suitable for the delivery of drugs having poor bioavailability due to low water solubility. A prototype of the system has been tested for the delivery of poorly soluble drug amphotericin B. This preparation can also be used for gene and protein delivery and for bio-imaging<|fim_middle|> culturing of E. coli carrying appropriate plasmid DNAs encoding for mutant streptokinase, followed by cell-lysis, refolding to their biologically active states, PEGylation reaction and their isolation by chromatographic means. The PEGylated clot-specific protein display plasminogen activation property as well as few additional superior properties listed below:
Prevention of excessive plasmin generation.
Less fibrinogen depletion as compare to streptokinase in clot dissolution experiments.
Up to five-fold increased half-life in test animals.
Upwards of 50% reduction in immune reaction.
Clot specific activation mechanism.
Advantages/Value Proposition:
This is a cutting-edge technology that has a truly international potential since it can compete with the most advanced clot-buster drug currently available (TPA, tissue plasminogen activator). The technology will be sufficiently scaled-up in-house so that after transfer to a commercial partner it has a minimum take-off period.
A blood clot dissolving life-saver drug which is used for the treatment of myocardial infarction, stroke and other circulatory disorders. These clot-specific variants of streptokinase have been developed by protein engineering with increased half-life, decreased immune reactivity, less systemic plasmin generation and less fibrinogen depletion, and therefore highly promising therapeutic lead molecules with global reach.
High blood glucose concentration, cause glucose to bind to Hemoglobin. Unlike fasting plasma glucose, the amount of HbA1c is indicative of average blood glucose levels over the last several months. Thus Hb1Ac level is a reliable indicator for Diabetes. A bifurcated device has been engineered that can segregate the total glycated and nonglycated Hemoglobin. This device can separately compute the relative amounts in percent, of the two types of protein, based on the strength of the protein-antibody binding signal.
Method & device for quantitative measurement of the amount of Glycated protein (Hemoglobin) in blood serum.
Minimized Error: As assay detects both non-glycated and total hemoglobin using single Hb Antibody, thus further decreasing the chances of error.
Minimal False Positives: Anti-HbA1c antibody has been generated in chickens showing very less cross reactivity with other mammalian biomolecules.
Low cost, simple and field applicable
Development of potential new kit for the detection and quantification of HbA1c for Diabetes patients.
Using Recombinant DNA Technology, single celled yeasts have been genetically modified to produce high levels of functional human proteins. Molecular cloning techniques were used to produce a system for the synthesis of the protein using the yeast's molecular machinery. These unicellular gene expression systems can produce the desired protein in its final functional state, as shown with HBS protein that can be used as a vaccine. Furthermore it is projected that they can match, if not exceed the highest protein yield so far generated in yeasts that to in less than half the time, thus reducing the overall cost of protein production in comparison with the existing systems.
Advantages/Value Proposition: Genetically engineered fission yeast for biosynthesis of proteins at commercially viable levels of production.
Cost Advantage: Many fold decrease in cost of production as compared to other yeast sp.
Proteins so produced are readily functional, needing no further chemical conditioning to work
Potential for up to 12-fold increase in productivity towards HBS protein biosynthesis
Inexpensive media and better solubility of the protein and ease of purification
Biopharmaceutical production of therapeutic proteins, enzymes and vaccines
Adaptable for metabolic engineering application for synthesizing high value biochemicals | purposes.
Sophorolipid is an important microbial glycolipid biosurfactant, containing a sugar moiety (sophorose) and a fatty acid and is available in lactonic and open chain acidic form. These molecules have versatile application in cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries along with its application as detergent and cleaning agent. Sophorolipid is known to be a less-toxic, non-alergic biosurfactant with significant biomedical potential as anticancer, virucidal, bactericidal and antifungal agents. These molecules have been approved for external application by the USFDA and are used in the shampoo, body washes, perfume and fragrance products in the cosmetic and body care industries. We have developed a cost effective technology for the production of sophorolipid using agri-industry by product. The technology is ready at bench scale and has scope of development at the pilot scale.
Working with the shape-function properties of gelsolin, our and others work led to conclusion that plasma gelsolin levels aid in body's ability to recover from injuries, both physical and biochemical. A funding pitch made to Gates Foundation to correlate plasma gelsolin levels in mothers' with their uninduced or spontaneous gestation time was granted in 2013. Research led to formulation of an estimation for plasma gelsolin based on patented aptamers and protocol to coat them on ELISA plates. The prototype was first tested in samples from PGI Chandigarh whichindicated plasma gelsolin is lower in mothers delivering prematurely. Further research done with plasma samples from Rajasthan, Gujrat and Madhya Pradesh provided by Oniosome Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. also showed that our method and mathematical model can predict uninduced birth prediction time with about 85% accuracy in the fifth month of singleton gestation.
Patents/copyrights: Aptamers for purifying and quantifying gelsolin and its variants . WO2016056028. ALIVE in PCT; Positive Examination; Granted in many zones
A process for the preparation of bio-organic coated gold and silver nanoparticles using blue light. WO2016157220. ALIVE in PCT; Positive Examination; Granted in some zones
A process has been developed for production of a novel high redox potential laccase using a fungal strain isolated in CSIR-IMTECH. Laccase fermentation is carried out in a special surface culture tray reactor. The laccase produced is extracellular and easy to purify from the broth. Laccase fermentations generally have extended duration making it expensive to run. The CSIR-IMTECH laccase fermentation process is low energy intensive and based on moderate cost not complex medium. The process has been demonstrated on 10 L scale and has yield of 15,000 IU per liter.(1 unit of enzyme activity is the enzyme quantity that produce 1 μM of ABTS cation per min in 50 mM Citrate phosphate buffer, pH 4.0 at 300C and 5 minute incubation time. ). The process can be easily scaled up to semi pilot or pilot scale.
Advantages/Value Proposition: Laccase (EC 1.10.3.1) has broad enzyme specificity that imparts high application potential for its applications in various fields such as bioremediation, textile, pulp and paper , food and beverage, cosmetics and organic synthesis. Laccase production is difficult as it is produced in the idiophase when cell metabolism is slow. Low intrinsic production and long fermentation cycle increase laccase production cost.
The CSIR-IMTECH process has addressed some issues in the production of laccase and using a novel strain, a reliable process for the production of high redox potential laccase has been developed. The laccase has been tested in industrial environment and has been found to give good performance in denim bleaching.
Bioremediation: degradation of textile dyes, removal of endocrine disrupting substances (EDS)such as Bisphenol, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)
Textile industry (Bleaching of denim)
Pulp and paper industry (Kraft pulp brightening)
Biofuel ( increasing efficiency of cellulolytic enzymes.
Cosmetic (deodorants)
Medical (in situ release of iodine)
Organic synthesis (Polymerization and synthesis of drug intermediates)
Patents/copyrights:Method for obtaining laccase enzyme from Arthrographis sp. PCT Patent Appn,No.WO 2012023021 A1
Chemotherapy constitutes an indispensable component of the cancer treatment. Since chemotherapeutic drugs are cytotoxic and one of the critical side effects of chemotherapy is myelosuppression associated neutropenia. Chemotherapy induced neutropenia could predispose cancer patients to fatal infections and multi-organ failure. Clinical management of neutropenia with administration of Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor (G-CSF) has played an instrumental role in improving the outcome of chemotherapy. However, administration of G-CSF leads to escalation in the cost of cancer management. G-CSF is also used for patients suffering from leucopenia, AIDS, sepsis and in bone-marrow transplantation.Furthermore, current research indicates multiple roles of G-CSF as a safe and efficacious drug, with potential of treating diseases beyond neutropenia. According to recent market survey, it is estimated that because of increasing demand of G-CSF, the market value of G-CSF would double in next five years. In the light of this information, we have developed G-CSF biosimilar and PEGylated G-CSF biosimilar. The G-CSF biosimilar technology is ready at the shake-flask level and we are working to develop the process for high-density fermentation. PEGylated G-CSF has longer half-life and is administered once per cycle of chemotherapy.
Technology Package: The engineered construct for E. coli expression, process for purification, characterization and in vitro bioactivity assay, in vivo bioactivity assay and hands-on training to people, to perform the same. PEG conjugation reaction conditions and purification of PEGylated G-CSF, characterization and in vitro and in vivo bioactivity assay and hands-on training.
Patents/copyrights: A polypeptide exhibiting granulocyte-colony stimulating factor activity. Application number PCT/IN2018/050873.
Novel cell-penetrating peptide IMT-P8 was identified and characterized using integrated in silico and experimental approach. IMT-P8 internalizes into a variety of human cancer and normal cells efficiently by endocytosis in a dose dependent manner without causing significant damage to cells. The biggest advantage with IMT-P8 is that it is derived from human protein and it is non-hemolytic in nature. IMT-P8 can deliver various macromolecules like proteins (GFP), nucleic acid (plasmid DNA) and small molecule fluorophores into mammalian cells.
In addition, one of the promising feature of IMT-P8 is that it is also capable of penetrating the outermost dead layer of skin, i.e., stratum corneum, and it can enter into the viable epidermis and dermis after topical application. IMT-P8 can also deliver protein and small peptide into the skin layers. These features makes IMT-P8 a suitable skin penetration enhancer for various topical/transdermal formulations for the topical delivery of macromolecules like therapeutic proteins which cannot internalize into the skin by their own.
Patents/copyrights: cell-penetrating peptide for biomolecule delivery. Application no. PCT/IN2014/000725, Priority date 19th Nov. 2013 Publication No. WO 2015075747 A1)
The major share of the biotherapeutic market belongs to the monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and recombinant proteins. Among all therapeutic mAbs, adalimumab which is most widely used as safe and effective therapeutic option for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients is world's best selling drug. However, adalimumab-based therapy is very expensiveand therefore out of reach for a large population. Therefore, generating biosimilar of adalimumab (known to be considerably cheaper) is the need of the hour to meet the larger societal demand. In recent years, we have developed a promising CHO cell clone (IMT_C11), which produces anti-TNFα mAbwell within industry acceptable range. Our preliminary results demonstrate biosimilarity of IMT_C11 mAb with the originator molecule, adalimumab. For example, the originator molecule adalimumab and anti-TNFαmAb produced by IMT_C11 clone shows comparable TNFα neutralizing ability. Furthermore, preliminary biophysical characterization along with the mass spectrometric analysis confirms IMT_C11 mAb to be similar to adalimumab.
Typhoid is a life threatening infection caused by the salmonella entericaserovarTyphi and currently emerging as a major public health problem in developing countries. Diagnosis of Salmonella Typhi is quite challenging because the symptoms of typhoid fever overlap with a wide range of other diseases. The conventional methods which include the blood culture and antibody based detection are considered as a gold standard for the diagnostic of typhoid fever. These methods often give rise to false negative results because of the prior intake of antibiotics and hence underestimates the actual occurrence of disease. Therefore the need of an hour is to develop a fast, rapid and sensitive immunoassay to detect the Salmonella. By considering all these point our technology focuses on the invention of hand-held opticall system by employing three highly selective biomarkers CdtB, Vi and PagC specific to S. Typhi for the detection of typhoidalsalmenollosis. The test would be more specific and accurate by providing serological detection of antibodies (IgG/IgM ) against these three biomarkers in typhoid infected patients. Thus the current technology can be useto provide a rapid, sensitive and reliable immunoassay platform for detection of typhoid fever.
Patents/copyrights: IP is filed
A dual test based on-spot colorimetry method is provided for the detection of ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) in samples. The method comprising optical sensing for the presence of ammonium (NH-3) and nitrate (NO-3) ions simultaneously which are measured colorimetry by using modified Griess diazotization reaction to detect nitrite and modified Ninhydrin reagent based method to use for ammonium ions detection. The colorimetric apparatus comprising dual sources (LEDs) of specific wavelengths coupled with individual detector unit, interfaced to digital signal processing module for ammonium nitrate detection. The device is integrated with a heating means for reaction kinetics. The developed hand-held system consists of two light sources (LEDs) of specific wavelengths (525 and 590 nm) for nitrite and ammonium ions respectively. The signals from detectors are coupled and computed to determine the ammonium nitrate concentration in the samples which is displayed on standard LCD screen in the form of ammonium nitrate concentration in PPM.
Patents/copyrights : A system and method for detecting nitrate containing compounds. Dr. Ashok K. Paul, Dr. C. Raman Suri, Dr. NagaiyanSekar,Dr. Siddhartha Panda, Dr. Amol P. Bhondekar, Dr. VinayakaAaydha and Ms. Shilpa Chaudhary. (Filing No.- 689/DEL/2015)
The present invention make use of highly specific biorecognition molecules against targeted explosive satisfies the existing needs, as well as others, and generally overcomes the deficiencies found in the prior art. The developed method and device therein fulfil the need in the art for a new and improved system for detecting nitrate containing compounds that is highly sensitive and accurate, and is capable of quickly determine the presence of nitrate containing explosive compounds in test samples with very high degree of selectivity. The present developed kit provides a new immunoassay format, and a hand-held optical detection system that is capable of detecting the presence of nitrate containing explosives, mainly nitroamine (RDX), nitrate ester (PETN) and nitro aromatic (TNT) explosives in test samples with high selectivity up to a detection limit of 2.7, 1.2 and 2.3 ppm respectively. The detection system can facilitate real time and on-field detection of nitrate containing explosive compounds.
Patents/copyrights: Patent title: Method for selective detection nitro-explosives and device used therein, Chander Raman Suri, Shilpa Chaudhary, Arunima Sharma, VijayenderBhalla, Praveen Sonkusre. Patent status: Filed. (201711031532)
Due to the advanced technologies in printing, scanning and communication devices, counterfeiters still able to make fake currency notes and counterfeit the original documents. Branded products were also duplicated by the counterfeiters using advanced colour copier machines. Existing colour shift inks, optically variable inks contains toxic organic, inorganic chemicals and pigments uses optical reflective effects to show the colour change when tilted at certain angle or exposed to UV detectors. In our lab we developed the anticopier and difficult to imitate colour shift Laminated protein film. The environmental friendly Biodegradable, non toxic, Microbial protein ink was deposited on Lamination temperature resistance porous membrane forms a stable thin protein film which will not tear easily. The laminated protein film shows reversible colour change from purple to yellow under illumination and yellow to purple under non-illumination condition with in few seconds. This reversible colour change under Illumination can be triggered by using Handy torch light , Handy green laser pointers, Handy Mobile phone flash light and also under normal sunlight. The reversible colour change from purple to yellow and yellow to purple was identified by naked eye without using external reader instruments. This Laminated protein film with reversible colour changing property can be used in developing high security feature Holograms.
We entered CDA agreement with Jupiter Technologies Pvt Ltd, Bangalore for further development of protein film based High security applications.
Pullulan, a homo-polysaccharide of maltotriose, is an extremely versatile ingredient with capability of providing a technology platform for product innovation.Due to unique physicochemical properties, pullulan has found applications in food, pharmaceuticals and cosmetic industries. Pullulan can be formed into capsules for use with pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products. Its non-animal origin and GRAS status ensures safety and acceptability across diverse consumer groups. The global market size of pullulan was 10,000 TPA in 2009 (CAGR : 6.75%).
In CSIR-IMTECH, we have developed a process for pullulan production using osmotolerant strain of Aureobasidium pullulans. The process isready for demonstration at 500L fermenter scale. The yield and productivity of our process is higher as compared to published reports. Moreover, the process was developed using low-cost agri-industrial residues and would result in significant reduction in the RMCvis a vis cost of production. Hence, our process is actually about creating wealth from waste.
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Bacterial skin infections is one of the serious problems and if it is not treated at appropriate time, spreads secondary infections which is sometimes more fatal. To avoid such situations, effective and fast acting formulation is needed which is possible by combination therapy with currently used FDA approved antibiotics. Most of the antibiotics do not absorb rapidly due to their hydrophobic nature and these are obsolete. To make the use of all such antibiotics in better fashion, such options are important.There is an unmet medical need for novel topical formulations for safe and efficacious delivery of biological therapeutics across the skin leading to achieve better long-term outcomes with fewer side effects. The formulation which can deliver antibacterial across the skin more effectively than available therapy is a goal of this technology. Development of formulation, quality control parameters and determination of effective dose in approved animal model will be the component of this technology. The salient features of this technology are:
The proof of concept is ready
Improved the susceptibility of several other topical antibiotics mainly used in the treatment of Gram positive bacterial infections
Higher efficiency than TAT
No cytotoxicity &Non-hemolytic
Human origin, Small size (15 AA) and water soluble
In vitro and in vivo studies showed promising results.
Can be a CPP-based drug formulation to tackle skin infection and wound healing at affordable cost
Patents/copyrights: Proof of concept and findings are patented. The patent application has been filed for demonstration of proof of concept for delivery of antibiotic/drugs, etc. Also the work has been published. Currently, we are working on increasing the spectrum of activity of IMT-P8 with FDA approved antibiotics, preferably used in topical, skin and wound infection by Gram positive bacteria and further appropriate formulation development based on the in vitro and in vivo results. The research in this regard is underway.
The rise in extensively drug-resistant (XDR) and pan-drug-resistant (PDR) K. pneumoniae worldwide is a concerning threat as the infections are untreatable in some cases. Polymyxins considered as rescue antibiotics to treat deadly infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria, are becoming ineffective due to emergence of resistant strains. M152-P3 isolated in our lab is highly active against colistin-resistant clinical isolates of K. pneumoniae. A drug specifically active against K. pneumoniae strains of clinical relevance may be used as a definitive therapy. The analogues of this compound which are more efficacious and less toxic can be patented and commercialized. Moreover, the technology for producing this natural compound using the producer microorganism itself in fermentation after media and process optimization can have commercial value. Alternatively, the biosynthetic genes forM152-P3 compounds can be cloned and expressed in a suitable host for large scale synthesis at cheaper scale. The salient features of this technology are:
The compound is novel
Active against colistin resistant MDR Klebsiellasps
The spectrum of activity is better than existing polymyxin B and colistin
It is bacterial fermentation based product
It is non-haemolytic and non-toxic
The chances of cross resistance is less as this scaffold/antibiotic is not in clinical practice at present
The efflux pump (EP) is one of the major factors to develop antibiotic resistance in bacteria. There is not a single efflux pump inhibitor (EPI) which is in clinical practice.So, it is need of hour to discover new ideal EPI which can be used in combinations with FDA approved antibiotics. The salient features of this technology are:
Microbial fermentation derived previously uncharacterized efflux pump inhibitors (EPI's), having differential specificities towards Gram-positive (RP2) and Gram-negative (RP1) bacterial efflux pumps.
RP1 & RP2 potentiates several antibiotics (4 to 64-folds), by inhibiting multiple efflux pumps in E. coli & S. aureus respectively. The potentiation activity was better than PAβN and Reserpine.
The Antibiotic-EPI combination exhibited bactericidal effect in time-kill kinetics
MPC (Mutation Prevention Concentration) of both the antibiotics was reduced, indicating their clinical significance in limiting the frequency of appearance of resistant mutants.
Significantly extended post-antibiotic effects (PAEs) as compared to antibiotics tested alone.
Both the EPIs appear to be safe on mammalian cellsand non-hemolytic in nature.
Unlike CCCP, RP1 and RP2 neither dissipates proton gradient used by the pump nor abolishes the total ATP pool within bacterial cell.
RP1 or RP2 did not seem to block mammalian cell Ca+2 channels, unlike Verapamil
The ability of RP1 and RP2 to reduce the intracellular invasion of E. coli and S. aureus respectively in J774 macrophage cell lines
Current Status: Lead optimization and Pre-clinical development is undergoing
Taking cue from literature that there is a correlation between inner structural organization of keratin and lipid in hair, and presence/absence of breast cancer, we explored if small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) can distinguish between hair from confirmed cancer patients and relatives lacking any cancerous malady. Results brought forth that significantly altered SAXS profile is seen in cases of cancer, tuberculosis, PCOD and NAFL compared to normal ones. We developed programs for automated data collection, analysis and interpretation. Our methodology has been confirmed with about 280 clinically validated cases in India. Recently, we are working on reducing the cost of the analysis instrument, so that our diagnosis can be provided at a lower cost. Research was supported by Grand Challenge Program and CSIR, and now we are open to collaborations for third party validation leading towards regulatory clearances.
1. patents/copyrights & status:
In vitro method for detecting active mycobacterium tuberculosis using hair small angle x-ray scattering profile
ALIVE in PCT; Report 2017-11-21 Positive Examination; Examination WO/A1 on 2018-05-31 and WO/DPE2 2018-07-05
Two Provisional Patents filed on screening for Cancer
PCT full filing due in March 2019, and Oct 2020
1. Taking cue from literature that there is a correlation between inner structural organization of keratin and lipid in hair, and presence/absence of breast cancer, we explored if small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) can distinguish between hair from confirmed cancer patients and relatives lacking any cancerous malady. Results brought forth that significantly altered SAXS profile is seen in cases of cancer, tuberculosis, PCOD and NAFL compared to normal ones. We developed programs for automated data collection, analysis and interpretation. Our methodology has been confirmed with about 280 clinically validated cases in India. Recently, we are working on reducing the cost of the analysis instrument, so that our diagnosis can be provided at a lower cost. Research was supported by Grand Challenge Program and CSIR, and now we are open to collaborations for third party validation leading towards regulatory clearances.
Chemotherapy constitutes an indispensable component of the cancer treatment. Since chemotherapeutic drugs are cytotoxic and one of the critical side effects of chemotherapy is myelosuppression associated neutropenia. Chemotherapy induced neutropenia could predispose cancer patients to fatal infections and multi-organ failure. Clinical management of neutropenia with administration of G-CSF has played an instrumental role in improving the outcome of chemotherapy. However, administration of G-CSF leads to escalation in the cost of cancer management. According to recent market survey, the demand of G-CSF will further increase in next few years. In the light of this and with the aim of decreasing the cost of G-CSF, we have created G-CSF biosimilar. The G-CSF biosimilar technology (Neupogen /Filgrastim) is ready at the shake-flask level and we are working to develop the process for high-density fermentation.
Application: For prevention and treatment of neutropenia. We have also initiated partnership with industry.
CSIR-IMTECH has developed two mass-production ready plate based kits to estimate plasma gelsolin levels in humans. Plasma gelsolin is fast emerging as a health condition biomarker and its repletion in compromised cases is under Phase 1 and 2 trials. While, most other labs including commercial set-ups are focusing on improving bulk production of this protein, IMTECH has developed bonsai versions of this protein by structure-based insights. IMTECH successfully demonstrated the anti-sepsis properties of miniaturized versions in LPS-induced sepsis model of mice (Peddada et al., 2013). This project is part of the objective proposed in 12 FYP BioDiscovery where IMTECH proposed to design mini-proteins or peptides capable of rescuing sepsis condition. The kits which have been developed in IMTECH will help in determining a quantitative measure of the sepsis. Alongside, we are testing the kits viability in predicting cases of preterm birth. Both kits come with a cell phone based application for measuring the gelsolin value and providing a prognosis on the patient status.
Three patents have been filed in this regard and negotiations are underway with commercial partners for mass production and marketing of our kits.
Summary/Background/Description:
A lab-scale process for the preparation of PEGylated-streptokinase has been standardized. The process entails the | 5,216 |
Philly Days 2 and 3- Staycation! - That [Nadia] Look.
Hello from Philly! I got a little caught up on exploring. so I wasn't able to update on my days 2 and 3.
I moved to a new Airbnb on the 1st which was in Rittenhouse Square. The area was absolutely gorgeous. It was so different in a ton of ways. For one, directly across the street from the building was Rittenhouse Square Park. It was perfect for Plato. There were so many other dogs and plush grass for him to run around on.
The building was also walking distance from tons of my favorite stores- Zara, H&M, Old Navy, Buffalo Exchange….Needless to say I went shopping.
There were so many cool places I checked out while there including The Dandelion Restaurant and Tattooed Mom. The Dandelion is this gorgeous pub/restaurant with amazing food. It has I believe 5 different rooms to dine in that all have different looks to them . I sat in the dog themed room, naturally. I highly recommend it. Tattooed Mom is a bar in South Street that is wild looking. It has bumper sticker type directions on every inch of the place, bumper cars as seats to hang out, and two floors with different scenery to check out. It was extremely interesting, but I don't think I would go back for fun. It was a sight to see, but a bit too grungy for my liking.
The apartment itself was completely different from the previous one. It was a studio, lived in by the owner, and not as modern- more old fashioned. Luckily, it was a very dog friendly building and had a<|fim_middle|> to Philly!
I'll keep you posted on my experience at the next Airbnb in Northern Liberties.
Next Post Train With Vi! | doorman which is a nice touch. I talked to the Airbnb host for a while when I arrived about how she quit her corporate job after 5 years and has just been doing odds and ends since then to make ends meet. It was really interesting to hear about her experience going from one extreme to another. Something to think about!
Overall, I would rate Airbnb apartment itself a 6 out of 10. Definitely cute, but not my style of apartment. The area itself, though, I am giving a 9.5 out of 10. This is exactly where I would want to live if I moved | 126 |
It is true that many counties wo<|fim_middle|> the population suffer from dementia-related issues are helped by the other half who are trained caregivers. This experimental program provides the feeling for those suffering from dementia of living a regular life amid the shops, cafés, and other stores that make up the village.
United Kingdom: There are roughly six million people in the UK who provide assistance to relatives, friends, and neighbors who need support. Called "carers", they often have their own jobs either part or full-time that they use to support themselves while helping to take care of others.
However, some countries are still struggling with taking care of their elderly population. China for example has a great need for elder care but is struggling to find the resources available. There is no organized association of caregivers and for the most part family caregivers are the ones shouldering the burden of taking care of their elderly parents and grandparents.
There are countries which have managed to tackle the difficult issues associated with caring for those with dementia and related illnesses by bringing in dignity and love to the situation.
India: The Alzheimer's and Related Disorders Society of India (ARDSI) visits the homes of low-income seniors who suffer from dementia and related conditions. Even if they have little to their name, the care provided by ARDSI helps to comfort families and provide the proper treatment which has made a substantial difference.
France: Here, they have created what are known as "Snoezelen rooms" that are designed to calm those who suffer from dementia and may have angry or violent reactions. The room offers a calm, soothing atmosphere complete with water bed, soft lighting, and even bubbles courtesy of water tubes. The reaction by dementia patients has been quite profound which is leading to more rooms like this to be created.
It should be noted that help for seniors varies from country to country depending on several circumstances, including culture, population, and resources. So, how one country handles the issues with elderly in home care or by constructing facilities such as nursing homes and assisted living centers may different considerably from another country, even one that has similar conditions. | efully lack proper elderly in home care along with the proper facilities to address the growing number of seniors who will need assistance.
Italy: No country has a higher percentage of people over 65 than Italy, which is why much of the government spending is geared towards providing assistance. This includes service vouchers, daytime centers, and qualified assistance for home care.
Netherlands: Called "Hogeway", an entire village where half | 84 |
BMO Financial Group is making the jump to IP connectivity in a deal with Bell Canada that should help the bank improve its customer service applications, according to one of the financial firm's representatives.
Bell announced the $84 million agreement Friday that makes the telco BMO's primary IP communication provider. The four-year contract will see the bank's 1,100 branch locations equipped for IP applications and IP virtual private<|fim_middle|> customer-service apps BMO would build on the IP backbone, he did cite a future voice over IP (VoIP) implementation and cross-enterprise e-learning as programs that would help the bank's staffers communicate and grow within the company.
"It's a question of the building blocks to get there," Patel said of the Bell deal, adding that it will probably take 18 months to two years for BMO to complete the IP conversion project.
Bell will install network gear from Cisco Systems Inc. to IP-ify the bank, according to Chris Bazinet, Cisco Systems Canada's director of product marketing in Toronto. In particular the agreement should see BMO get Cisco Catalyst 3750 switches and the vendor's ISR 2851s, Integrated Services Routers with built-in security features that make the boxes less expensive to operate than competing products, Bazinet said.
He also noted that the deal "doesn't make it any easier" for Bell's rival, Burnaby, B.C.-based Telus Corp., to sell its IP offerings in Ontario and Quebec, where Bell is the dominant player.
Bell and Telus have been trading boasts over the years, each claiming to be Canada's prime IP shop. Telus was first out of the gate with a hosted voice-data service, IP-One in 2003. Bell turned on a similar product, Managed IP Telephony, in 2004. | network (VPN) connectivity.
Although Patel didn't go into detail about the types of | 17 |
Millions of years ago the Irongate region was a shallow tropical sea, where thick sequences of limestone were deposited. During this time a geologic "hot spot" passed beneath the crust of the region creating clusters of small volcanic islands, leaving behind a string of short-lived volcanic intrusions, lava flows and other deposits, including hydrothermal vents. The exceptionally deep source of the hotspot enabled certain unusual rocks (such as dunite and peridotite) to be emplaced along with the more common basalts. The hydrothermal deposits include uncountable quartz veins criss-crossing the region. In some areas the heat of these intusions metamorphosed some of the surrounding rocks. Late stage magmatic differentiation later injected pegmatite dykes (coarse-grained granitic rocks) into the area. As time marched on, the volcanic mountains eroded away, releasing iron (and other elements), producing deposits of oolitic iron and placer deposits of insoluble metals eroding from the intruded rocks. More limestone was deposited on top of all this. Eventually the area was uplifted out of the sea and the sub-tropical environment quickly began eroding the limestone. There is now little evidence of the original volcanic mountains, except for the scattered exposures of igneous rocks imbedded within the limestone.
The karstic landscape that now dominates the region is a product of the dissolution of the limestone. Above ground this results in very steep-sided, flat-bottomed valleys incising the entire plateau in a meshwork of narrow valleys of bewildering complexity. Detailed mapping is a virtual impossibility. Movement through the area is difficult, and travel is limited to the valleys. This results in highly meandering roads with relatively short line-of-site distances (a bandit's paradise). Even if one climbs the almost vertical valley walls, they find the "plateau level" to be very irregular and rolling, relatively densely wooded, and fraught with numerous sinkholes and otherwise rocky terrain. Highly eroded pinnacles of limestone stand as half-submerged rock towers and mesas off the south coast of the Dragonshead Peninsula, forming the Kur<|fim_middle|> tiger-eye, jade, jet, and coal. Some coal is imported, but most smelting is done with charcoal made from the local trees. | st Island chain.
While the deep tropical chemical weathering of rocks such as granites and basalts (lava flows) produce quite rich and thick soils (which are locally possible over the few areas in the region that have those types of rocks), the dissolution of limestone leaves behind little soil. Thus the hills and plateaus have poor soil development, highly karstified and irregular exposed rock outcrops, and thinner (while still fairly significant) forests then one might expect based on climate alone. The steep cliffs and hillsides cannot hold any soil as the frequent rains wash everything into the valleys. The larger valleys therefore do have much better soils then the hills, resulting in much denser vegetation and patches of near-impenetrable forests. This richer soil also serves as reasonably good farming soil. As a result, numerous small farms have been established close to Irongate where the city forces can provide some measure of protection from the dangers of the wild lands. It should be noted, however, that tropical soils in general are fairly poor compared to temperate soils, as most of the nutrients are caught up in the lush vegetation and not in the deeply weathered soil profile. Remove the native tropical vegetation, and bio-productivity drops precipitously. The farming here does produce supplemental foodstuffs for Irongate, but it is by no means a cornucopia of abundance.
Below ground, the dissolution of the limestones have resulted in the formation of uncountable cavern complexes of every size over the entire region. Many of these caves open up into the valley walls and cliffs, providing refuge for numerous creatures, both intelligent and unintelligent. Some of the cave mouths disgorge streams and waterfalls, other caves and sinkholes may swallow streams. Some of the caves penetrate much deeper into the Underdark.
Because of the complex interplay of rock types, there are numerous types of natural resources found. The oolitic iron deposits (hematite) are scattered as bands and layers within the limestones throughout the area, though are more common in the Iron Hills region. As a result, most of the currently active mines are to the east of Irongate, but small mines (many abandoned) dot the entire area. These provide the source of iron so famous to the area, and have been mined by dwarves for a very long time. As they mine along the hematite bands, they often intersect natural caverns. Some of the hydrothermal quartz veins permeating the rocks contain precious metals such as gold and silver. Finding these "mother load" veins is very difficult (only a few have been found, and all of those by dwarves), so much of the gold being removed is "placer" gold (either panned from the rivers, or mined from "paleo-placers" as sandstone or conglomerate layers within the rocks of the cliffs). Not surprisingly, the dwarves prefer to find and excavate the paleo-placers, and the source veins, rather than muck about in the water.
The classically sought-after iron, gold, and silver are not the only richest found in the region. The basalts sometimes produce obsidian, which has a variety of uses (including spear points and arrow heads by very early inhabitants and some of the more primitive present-day humanoids). Within the hydrothermal vein deposits can be found several types of semi-precious quartz (including rock crystal, agate, amethyst, chalcedony, carnelian, and citrine varieties). Within the pegmatite veins and bodies are many other types of gems, including tourmaline, quartz , beryl (including aquamarine and emerald), topaz, moonstone, and zircon. The high temperature peridotite deposits not only sometimes produce high quality olivine (known as peridot), but in the Headlands region they are associated with very rare platinum deposits (found as placer deposits in the nearby streams... the source still remains undiscovered), and in the Iron Hills region their high temperature of intrusion metamorphosed the surrounding limestone into very high quality marble. This marble is mined by the dwarves of the area and shipped out as building stone. Parts of the city of Irongate are constructed of this high quality Iron Hills marble. Rumor has it that a few diamonds have been found in some streams deep within the Headlands. Stories abound about a lost diamond-bearing kimberlite deposit. Few believe it.
Minerals that would probably not be found in this area include amber, corundum (ruby and sapphire), garnet, turquoise, | 933 |
Panorics<|fim_middle|>20 QLED 8K TVs Include Flagship Q950TS | Launches 360-Degree Camera System for GoPros
By Rob Stott
The new PTRig fully-spherical camera system from Panorics allows users to create high-quality virtual reality content with their standard GoPro Hero3 or Hero4 cameras. Panorics said that its new 360-degree camera system has no blind spots and solves most of the common problems of GoPro action camera holders.
Panorics Founder and CEO Alex Boch said his company's desire to produce 360-degree video products has to do with the immense growth the segment is expected to see over the next few years.
"With over $1 billion invested in VR already and more than 30 million virtual reality headsets on the market by 2020, availability of immersive video content is going to be key to the whole industry exponential growth," Boch said in a statement. "VR is expanding rapidly and there won't be any industry not affected by its growth. We are very excited to be a part of a new VR era and Panorics works hard on developing innovative 360 video products."
E T Rob Stott Author's page Rob is Editorial Director for CT Lab at NAPCO Media.
IoT: The Whole is Far Greater Than The Sum of its Parts
Introducing: The Natural Disaster Proof Home
CES 2020: Samsung 20 | 284 |
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This book is a practical, direct-action application of spiritual techniques to overcome defeat and win confidence, success and joy. Norman Vincent Peale, the father of positive thinking and one of the most widely read inspirational writers of all time, shares his famous formula of faith and optimism which millions of people have taken as their own simple and effective philosophy of living. His gentle guidance helps to eliminate defeatist attitudes, to know the power you possess and to make the best of your life.
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Donald J Trump, President of the United States of America, Businessman and Television Personality | The White House: Donald J Trump
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Feeling your baby move is one of the most memorable moments of pregnancy. Beyond the joy of those first kicks, you also get some reassurance from your baby that everything is going well in there. A lack of fetal movement, on the other hand, can be bothersome. If your baby is just having a sleepy day, you can get her moving with a few tricks, one of which is orange juice.
Orange juice is an effective way to encourage fetal movement. Most notably, the sugar in orange juice can jostle a sleeping baby and get her moving again. The sugary orange juice should have a quick effect on your baby --<|fim_middle|> are concerned about your baby's movement and have to resort to orange juice to get her moving, consider doing daily kick counts to make sure she is active enough. Your baby should move 10 times in one hour, so keep track of her movement throughout the day. If you lie down after your glass of orange juice and focus on the movement, those 10 kicks will likely come long before you've hit the one-hour limit. The American Pregnancy Association recommends starting kick counting at 28 weeks gestation.
If your attempts to get your baby moving with orange juice do not work or if you notice a decline in movement, contact your obstetrician or midwife. She will probably want you to come in for fetal monitoring, where she will check the baby's heartbeat and possibly give you an ultrasound. It's better to be safe than sorry, so do not hesitate to contact your provider if the OJ doesn't get your little one kicking. | you should be able to feel movements just a few minutes after you drink the juice. The cold temperature of the orange juice can also encourage movement.
If you drink a glass of orange juice and still do not feel movement, don't panic. Instead, try a few other strategies to get your baby moving. First, lay on your left side in a quiet room. Focus on your baby's movements -- there's a chance the OJ got her moving, but her movements are slight enough that you didn't notice them. You can also jostle your belly, gently, to wake her up and encourage movement.
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More than two decades ago, the idea that voice could be transmitted over Internet Protocol networks was just starting to gain traction, largely because the ability to avoid long distance fees was highly appealing. In 1995, VocalTec took the concept from theory to reality with the first production VoIP software. It was embryonic at best but it launched two decades of innovation technological curiosity that have spanned business and consumer markets, landlines and mobile networks and have evolved into full-blown unified communications services that have become a business staple.
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