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Discussion thread for Autogen from OpenStreetMap data with scenProc. If you would like to add a comment, click the Post Reply button.
I find it somewhat vague on the way you handle getting the data from GIS and finally compiling it to FSX. Some more steps would be nice in that section.
Which part is missing for you? It is described how to save the files to shapefile. It is described how to make the configuration file for scenproc and it is described how to compile this file. Which of those parts could have a little more detail?
First of all thanks for your nice tutorial! It is nicely written and I did not encounter any problems using it although I never did this Autogen editing. I just encountered a few questions which have then be solved when reading the next paragraph.
Anyway, I have a question regarding the availability of the source data. I took also Luxembourg to start my first autogen experience. Now I really want to try this on California, however I cannot find on GeoFabrik the correspoding files. Am I missing something or do I need to go more in detail when doing it for the USA? I downloaded the two files for California from here but it did not worked. I did everything now for the fifth time and it still did not work. Are you maybe able to help me here?
It seems that for the US they don't offer shapefile downloads, only the OSM XML format. At the moment scenProc can't read that format, maybe I should add support in the future.
Ok thanks for this information arno!
This is a very interesting Wiki. I was wondering if you can invent a tool to convert XML data to shape file. I'd like to do autogen for Bangkok. But the data in Shape file is available for Malaysia and Singapore.
I did try that but the program stopped respond while it was reading natural.shp file.
Could you provide the example of configuration file of scenProc.exe?
Do we need photoscenery for the destination folder at the time of program running?
Yes, you need photo scenery for the autogen to work.
Check the scenproc manual on the wiki, it has an example configuration file. But this wiki page also contains them of course.
I'll add it to the wish list to read the osm XML format directly. I have done it in the past for another tool, so should not be too hard to add.
What mean "an.agn"? this is all I got.
That usually meant something went wrong. It happens when the location can not be determined.
Maybe you can post your configuration file?
In my country there is no shape file format. I download from Streetmap and I got OSM file.
On their own website you can view the data and you can also download it in their own OSM format (which is XML). But that format is not so easy to process with GIS tools. Therefore we will download a shapefile version of the data.
Would you mind suggest any reading how to process OSM format to shapefile? I read in this and http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Shapefiles still confused how to do that. Seems to me it is very difficult, involve a lot of process to do.
I never converted from osm to shp manually. But I would try to do it in QGIS. It can load the osm data and once it is loaded you should be able to save to shp easily.
It is on the feature list to let scenproc read the osm XML format directly, but I haven't worked on that feature yet.
Thanks Arno for your reply.
I think autogen is the most tedious job in scenery design.
By the way, if it is possible to obtain the road line and convert it into the line in S-builderX. I think that will save a lot of time if the satellite photo is not available or available in low quality. In Asia and other places, it is difficult to get decent quality of satellite photo.
Hello, I have a problem with scenProc. I was exactly following the wiki article about doing autogen from OSM but I am stuck here.
I have exactly copied all the script, changing only the file paths. And check it, IMPORTSHP has errors with number of arguments.
have you been working with Scenproc before ? I mean if it work before these issues.
You can read about this in the Scenproc Manual.
I have had all these problems when running scenproc. | 2019-04-24T12:31:09 | https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/autogen-from-openstreetmap-data-with-scenproc.293566/ |
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ICBDR 2019 is supported by EISTI, France, Naval Academy Research Institute, France, DAVID Lab. (University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines - Paris Saclay University), Scienece and Engineering Institute, Shandong University, China, Shanghai Maritime University, China, Tokai University, Japan, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan and etc. We are pleased to invite you to submit and to present your latest work in this important scientific event, which will take place in EISTI (Campus de Cergy), France during November 20-22, 2019. Previous proceedings were both indexed by EI Compendex and Scopus.
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Follow the success of 2018 Weihai, China, 2017 Osaka, Japan, The 3rd International Conference on Big Data Research (ICBDR) will be held @ EISTI, France during Nov. 20-22, 2019. | 2019-04-24T06:32:47 | http://icbdr.org/ |
For thousands of years, Eastern cultures have understood that all foods possess a naturally warming, cooling, or neutral temperature. Watermelon has a cooling effect on the body, making it a perfect summer food. Click on the images below for watermelon recipes that will truly help you "stay cool!" through the rest of summer.
They even help protect the skin against sunburn!
Hollow half a small watermelon with a melon baller, puree the flesh in a blender, and pour back into melon. Enjoy!
I love the idea of the watermelon to hold the bottled waters! I never thought! So clever! Also, the watermelon juice is delish and oh so healthy! We love it in our home!
Glad you picked up one new idea and have already been utilizing another - can't beat fresh watermelon juice - it's so sweet and gives you a great energy boost, too! | 2019-04-26T10:55:40 | http://www.naturalgirldiary.com/blog/stay-cool-with-watermelon-treats |
@AlexisParrDiary, a fellow writer for the Daily Mail was indeed a striking character, with an interesting degree of eccentricity happening with her cat eyes glasses and lush blond hair, gave the fluorescent lighted kitchen some much need flamboyance.
The first course of Whipped Chicken Liver Parfait, Madeira Jelly and Truffled Brioche – served with Barranco Longo Rose Wine was a little surprising to me at first. As you will have a chance to see from the photo, I am sure Master Thomas had better options of presenting the parfait… Nevertheless, the parfait was extra-smooth and very fresh, where you could really feel the tastefulness coming from a corn fed country chicken. The Madeira jelly was consommé pure like and made an interesting contrast in flavour depth with the soft brioche and truffles. The rose was probably one of the darkest that I have ever tasted, but strangely enough one of the lightest. It is because of the extraction process, said the Barranco longo estate sommelier which accompanied us throughout the dinner. A true deceiving effect as the wine was clear and but still had enough earth notes to accompany the course.
The Fisherman’s Pie – served with Barranco Longo Viognier White Wine, was for me the greatest achievement of the afternoon. It really made me think! What did the ruggedness of a deep-fried humble mackerel (staple food of fisherman and rural Portugal) do in the same dish with the softest, most tender crayfish meat that I had ever tasted? The smokiness of the haddock fillets, played really well with crispy edge of the seared scallop and the pomme puré. I believe that this was Master Luke at his best, joining such different and complex ingredients in one wholesome and harmonious combination. It certainly mixed with my memories and it is a very good sign when food can do that to you…The Viognier was crisp, with tones of citrus and wood from its oak barrel stage before bottle. It was quite light, with the oils present being a good match for the smokiness of the haddock and the deep-fried mackerel.
Slow Cooked Sirloin, Blackened Onions, watercress and horseradish – served with – Dona Maria 2009 Red Wine. This course was an eye full, with the red Sirloin being the centre of attention of what was somehow an ode to mother earth. The 2 hours, 60º slow cooked Sirloin, just melted in my mouth, as I could feel the wholesome that the grilled artichokes and mushroom pure brought along with it. The beautifully cooked, creamy, cheese filled dauphinoise potatoes made for a little bit of home comfort in a not do elaborate presentation. I always enjoyed the wines from the Dona Maria estate and this robust red was no different. It was very round in the mouth, not so alcoholic, yet sturdy and with quite an intense aftertaste lingering on the palate.
Brioche Bread and butter Pudding with Pistachio and Apricot – served with Quinta de La Rosa Port Wine – The poached rhubarb was the most striking feature of could be easily be understood as a nouvelle cold version of the old English institution that is the bread and butter pudding. The brullé on top was still smoking when it was brought to the table and the pistachios and apricots, gave it an exotic kick, however it was commonly agreed at our end of the table that this dessert would receive much more applause if it was served hot. The Quinta de La Rosa Port was quite onerous and a smart choice due to its dried fruits notes.
It is my very honest opinion that Food experiences cannot be dissociated from the human connections that go along with it, from the persons you meet, to the ideas you share, to the stories you listen and tell, while you delighting your palate with the creations of someone who found joy in making other smile from tasting his creations… This moment was no different and sitting opposite from me were @AlexisParrDiary, @ChanelPatterson, Carina Sousa and Henrique Pires with whom I had the most interesting exchange of ideas during the course of the lunch, and that created with me this special ambience throughout lunch as we tasted the fine delicacies that Master Luke had prepared for us . | 2019-04-26T11:58:34 | https://nelsoncarvalheiro.com/luke-thomas/ |
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The emergence of the tea party movement is arguably the most dynamic element of the 2010 midterm elections. Many 'tea party' candidates won the backing of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin – but also earned the disdain of the Republican establishment. In the end, which candidates with tea party support won, who lost, and what's next?
Sen.-elect Marco Rubio (R) of Florida thanks supporters in Coral Gables, Fla. after winning his senate bid Tuesday, Nov. 2.
Marco Rubio, a 39-year-old Cuban-American, earned a decisive victory over Gov. Charlie Crist, and Democratic Congressman Kendrick Meek in the Florida US Senate race.
Rubio is not only a tea party favorite but also seen as young Republican rising star, who has been called the "Barack Obama" of the GOP.
Rubio is a fiscal conservative who campaigned on reinstating Bush administration tax cuts and reducing corporate taxes.
Rubio was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2000 and won each of his re-election bids. In 2006, he was elected Speaker of the Florida State House.
Rubio replaces retired Sen. Mel Martinez, also a conservative Cuban American, who once served as chairman of the Republican Party. | 2019-04-25T10:47:48 | https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/2010/1103/Tea-Party-Top-10-biggest-winners-and-losers/Marco-Rubio-Florida |
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Hyaluronic acid (or hyaluronan) is a polysaccharide, which is in nature presented in a salt form, not an acid. Salt form is more stable and it is also the only form of hyaluronic acid on the market. Specifically, sodium hyaluronate is the most common one of hyaluronan salts.
Hyaluronic acid OR Sodium Hyaluronate?
People are often confused what is the difference between hyaluronic acid (HA) and sodium hyaluronate (SHA). Indeed, if you try to google the term “hyaluronic acid vs. sodium hyaluronate”, you will find various types of articles and discussions demonstrating it is still a hot topic. We took just the first top 10 hits obtained by google search (9 of them in the field of beauty industry) and went through them. We found mistakes or misleading information in ALL of them.
Claim 1: Hyaluronic acid x sodium hyaluronate in nature and human body?
Hyaluronic acid, also called hyaluronan, is a polysaccharide, nonsulfated glycosaminoglycan. Nowadays, the name hyaluronan is used more prevalently because the polysaccharide is present in nature in a salt form, not an acid. The salt consists of anion hyaluronan and a cation (sodium, potassium, calcium etc.). Hyaluronic acid itself also exists, but mostly in chemical laboratories because it undergoes fast degradation and its solution is very acidic. For these reasons, under physiological conditions, you will not find hyaluronic acid in living organisms. Organic chemists sometimes use hyaluronic acid form, because it is soluble in some organic solvents which is an advantage for certain types of chemical reactions e.g. for preparation of some hyaluronic acid derivatives. However, chemists prepare hyaluronic acid by themselves from its salts e.g. by using ion exchangers which exchange sodium cations for hydrogen cations and use it immediately to prevent its degradation. Both the hyaluronic acid as well as sodium hyaluronate are soluble in water where they dissociate to the same anion so finally it is completely the same molecule you find in cosmetic products.
Due to the stability problems and because manufacturers use organisms as a source of sodium hyaluronate (certain species of microorganisms, rooster combs, bovine vitreous humor etc.), you will not find hyaluronic acid available on the market, only its salts. The name hyaluronic acid is used as a synonym for a salt there. In cosmetic field, the INCI name Hyaluronic acid exists, but it is just a synonym for a salt as well. It refers to sodium hyaluronate which is the most common type of hyaluronic acid salt sold. Another available salts of hyaluronic acid are potassium hyaluronate with the same INCI name or calcium hyaluronate with no INCI name for instance. Sodium hyaluronate of lower molecular weights has an INCI name Hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid.
There is NO difference in molecular weight between hyaluronic acid and sodium hyaluronate. You can have both molecules in a wide range of molecular weights theoretically. However, hyaluronic acid itself is not stable and easily degrades so it is complicated to prepare hyaluronic acid of high molecular weight.
Hyaluronic acid is not available on the market, only salts, most commonly sodium hyaluronate. Penetration of sodium hyaluronate depends on its molecular weight. High molecular weight sodium hyaluronate is a very big molecule which does not penetrate the skin whereas the lower MW, the better penetration. A few studies are already available in the scientific literature to support this phenomenon.
This is partly true, sodium hyaluronate is indeed more stable than hyaluronic acid, but it is always produced in a form of salt by organisms so there is no need to “create” it by scientists. Oppositely, hyaluronic acid is “created” by chemists from its salts.
Sodium hyaluronate is produced by animals/microorganisms as the final desired product, no further chemical reactions are needed. The product must be only isolated from the organisms using various kinds of techniques including filtrations, precipitations, washing etc.
The names hyaluronic acid and sodium hyaluronate are used interchangeably as synonyms referring to sodium hyaluronate and therefore there is no difference in their physical, chemical or biological properties. | 2019-04-19T11:25:11 | https://www.contipro.com/portfolio/manufacturer-of-pharmaceutical-sodium-hyaluronate |
Yamdrok Lake is one of the four holy lakes in Tibet, besides Lhamo Lha Tso, Namtso, Manasarovar. These Lakes are as the Great Wrathful Lakes” guarded by the goddess Dorje Gegkyi Tso. Yamdrok consider very holy, and every human being in southern and central Tibet would make the pilgrimage here once in their lifetime. According to our belief, the lake is considered the lifeline of the inhabitants of Tibet. We believe that if the lake dries up, Tibet would become an inhabitable place.
As you will drive from Lhasa, you can see the Lake from the summit of Kampa-la pass (4700 m). Yamdrok lake lies several hundred meters below the peak. If the weather is clear during your visit, you will see a deep turquoise shape of the lake from the top. Lake is surrounded by many snow-capped mountains, more particularly the Mount Nojin Kangtsang (7191 meters). The deep shape of the lake plus the surrounding mountains makes it very beautiful for the photograph and the onlookers.
Yamdrok has located 100 km from Lhasa and about 90 km from Gyantse. From Gyantse to Lhasa road you will be driving on the shore of the lake for about half an hours. It is good ideas to tell your tour operator about visiting the Yamdrok Lake. Some agency trend to avoid covering extra kilometers by taking you from the direct route to Lhasa.it is worth to stop at the Kampa la pass and look back to the lake. It’s breath-taking to seeing the lake in it geographical set-up surrounded by the chain of snow-capped mountains.
If you are starting the tour from Lhasa. You will start off very early in the morning to avoid being late for the Gyantse site seeing. By midday, you will reach the lake. Before the lake you will reach the Kampa-la pass, it is worth to stop for a picture and seeing the lake in it geographical setup. The panoramic view from the Kamba la is breath-taking. Then gradually you will descend to the lakeshore, followed by Karola glacier. Please note it very crowded at the traditional stops for tourist. If you want to avoid the crowd, you can ask the guide to stop somewhere else.
After the stop, you will drive along the lakeshore for about half an hours. If you are traveling in winter. Don’t miss the opportunity to take a look at the wild birds around the lake. After the lake, you will stop at Nangartse for lunch.
You can also visit the Samding ling monastery, one very unique thing about the monastery is the main abbot of the monastery is a female lama. Dorje Pakmo is reincarnated and She is the only female Lama in Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism. The lake is closely associate the Padmasambhava. Yamdrok Lake is the must-visit places in Tibet. | 2019-04-18T16:51:34 | https://itibettravel.com/yamdrok-lake/ |
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What just happened? Using emulators to play classic titles like the original Super Mario Brothers is nothing new, and retro gaming websites have offered ROMs of these titles for decades. However, one of the most well-known websites in that landscape, EmuParadise, announced today that it's removing all ROMs from its platform due to legal fears.
Whether they were titles from the original Atari 2600, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, or any other console, older games hold a special place in the hearts of many.
Unfortunately, getting your hands on these consoles -- and their games -- can be an expensive and challenging process. Most old console and game makers either don't exist anymore or don't sell their classic devices and titles.
That's where websites like EmuParadise came in. Though the site has always teetered on the edge of legality, retro gamers on a budget have been downloading and playing classic titles from the website for roughly 18 years.
However, in an announcement published today, EmuParadise's administration told the public that it is effectively closing its doors by removing all retro ROMs from the website.
The site will continue to live on by doing "cool stuff around retro games," but it's not clear what that means - perhaps it will turn into a general retro gaming discussion platform, a marketplace, or something else entirely.
Naturally, EmuParadise didn't make this decision lightly - it seems their hands were forced. The announcement says the "situation with regards to emulation sites has been changing recently," and administrators don't want to put the site's contributors at risk by continuing to host potentially-illegal content.
EmuParadise certainly isn't wrong about the shifting nature of the ROM landscape. Companies like Nintendo are using their legal authority to target ROM sites now more than ever, undoubtedly due to the launch of the company's recent Classic-series game consoles.
Time will tell if EmuParadise will eventually be able to host ROMs on its platforms again, but the future isn't looking too bright. | 2019-04-24T16:36:21 | http://static.techspot.com/news/75882-18-year-old-retro-gaming-rom-site-emuparadise.html |
These beautiful perfume bottles are made by Sanders & Wallace in their King Street Studio Workshops in York.
Andrew and David have endeavored to perfect their glass making and design skills for over 30 years and this has culminated in a body of work which is both unique and distinctive.
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The version number is the lowest version of CKEditor, where the error can be reproduced. Are you sure that this error wasn't present in CKEditor 3.6.3, 3.6, 3.0 and so on?
Please feel free to set the version number to the correct value when you confirm it.
Could you tell me how to reproduce this missing base tag in editor body? What is the scenario and does it happen in every browser?
Switching to source and back but this works as expected.
Is that of WYSIWYG iframe source.
There are differences in editor2 attribute to the head tag is not from the editor1.
Could you confirm? Thank you.
@fujikawa.naoki thank you for the file it shows the problem clearly. In editor two there is no image and source for second editor shows no base tag.
Issue has been reproducible from CKEditor 3.1 in all browsers.
Thank you for the confirmation. Does it solve for the next release?
The problem still persisted even after upgrading to version 4.0.1, so it apparently has not yet been fixed. Any ETA on a fix for this issue?
Fixed on master with git:c9a0a2a thanks to https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor-dev/pull/121. | 2019-04-21T06:35:54 | https://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/9137 |
More than 100,000 older Australians are languishing in limbo, waiting for home care packages so they can get appropriate care.
How long will seniors have to wait for the vital services they need to live in dignity?
More than 70,000 senior Australians have no care package at all yet.
It’s shocking that this crisis has been worsening for months and the Liberal government has still done nothing.
The government’s own website states that our most vulnerable Australians will be waiting more than one year for a package.
This uncertainty makes it impossible for distressed families to even plan for the care of senior Australians while they wait, and wait.
The Liberals won't fund urgent home care, yet voted for massive tax cuts for high income earners and big business.
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KRAS is a gene that provides the code for making a protein, KRAS, which is involved primarily in controlling cell division. This protein is part of the MAP kinase signaling cascade (RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK) that relays chemical signals from outside the cell to the cell's nucleus and is primarily involved in controlling cell division. KRAS is an enzyme (a GTPase) that converts a molecule called GTP into GDP. When KRAS is attached (bound) to GDP, it's in its "off" position and can't send signals to the nucleus. But when a GTP molecule arrives and binds to KRAS, KRAS is activated and sends its signal, and then it converts the GTP into GDP and returns to the "off" position.
When mutated, KRAS can act as an oncogene, causing normal cells to become cancerous. The mutations can shift the KRAS protein into the "on" position all the time. KRAS mutations are common in pancreatic, lung and colorectal cancers. These KRAS mutations are said to be somatic, because instead of coming from a parent and being present in every cell (hereditary), they are acquired during the course of a person's life and are found only in cells that become cancerous.
Tumor mutation profiling performed clinically at the MGH Cancer Center has identified KRAS mutations across a broad-spectrum of cancer types. The highest incidence of KRAS mutations have been found in pancreatic cancer (70%), colon cancer (30%), lung cancer (25%), cholangiocarcinoma (15-20%), acute myeloid leukemia (15-20%) and endometrial cancer (15-20%). Across the other major tumor types, KRAS mutations have been found in less than 10% of cases that have been tested.
KRAS (v-Ki-ras2 Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog) is a member of the closely related RAS gene family that includes NRAS and HRAS. These RAS members are small GTPases that transduce extracellular signals to the downstream effectors RAF, PI3K and RALGDS. Ras members are involved in regulating diverse cellular processes including survival, proliferation and differentiation. While activating mutations in the RAS genes lead to sustained GTPase activation and are tumorigenic, each oncogene exerts clear phenotypic differences. KRAS is the most frequently mutated gene from the RAS family, occurring in approximately 20% of all human cancers. Mutational hotspots in KRAS reside primarily in amino acid residues 12, 13 or 61 and function to promote hyperproliferation and suppress differentiation.
The KRAS G12C mutation arises from a single nucleotide change (c.34G>T) and results in an amino acid substitution of the glycine (G) at position 12 by a cysteine (C).
Genetic alterations in the gene encoding KRAS have been found in lung cancer. These mutations result in an altered protein, one that cannot be normally regulated. The mutated form of KRAS is constantly activated, sending growth and proliferation signals to tumor cells. The specific mutation G12C has therapeutic implications and may result in different treatment recommendations from an oncologist.
Testing for KRAS mutations, including G12C, can be performed in the MGH Center for Integrated Diagnostics. Treatments for KRAS mutant lung cancer are available at the MGH Cancer Center, and clinical trials testing new drugs and improved treatments are also available. | 2019-04-26T08:03:39 | http://targetedcancercare.massgeneral.org/My-Trial-Guide/Diseases/Lung-Cancer/KRAS/G12C-(c-34G-T).aspx |
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We will book your accommodation, transportation, plan itineraries, will ensure you have a nice place to work with decent internet and most importantly – will assist all the time you while your stay in Bulgaria. In short – we take care of all the boring logistics so that you can focus on having the most productive (and fun) travel experience possible in Bulgaria.
We will find for you convenient place/s to live and work from (private room with bathroom, a house or an apartment). We'll make sure that, you'll always have a strong reliable Internet connection.
We will inform you about local or regional events, which might be interesting for you. The events may include things like annual festivals, unique networking opportunities, political or economic seminars, talks by prominent speakers, and so on. These exclusive experiences delve beneath the surface of a city’s well-worn tourist beat and into the heart of true cultural immersion.
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take admission in various Dental Colleges. Dental Colleges are available in overall India. Suitable students are advised to apply through online mode. All the eligibility having students need to apply by filling form on or before final date. Dear candidates you can open official website of All India Institute of Medical Sciences that is aipgdee.aiimsexams.org to check more info regarding AIPGDEE.
Candidates have passed their final NDS Examination on or before 1989, Condition of compulsory rotating internship will not be applicable for them.
Selection Process: Selection of aspirants will be done on the basis of All India Post Graduate Entrance Examination.
There is no defined syllabus of AIPGDEE exam.
The AIPGDEE will consist of topics covered in BDS.
The questions in the AIPGDEE will be asked on Basic Sciences, Paraclinical, and Clinical Subjects.
Application Fee: Candidates need to submit given below application fee through online mode (credit/debit card/net banking).It can also be paid offline through a challan that has to be generated from the official portal which can be submitted at any branch of SBI.
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This necklace is hand carved from a tagua nut, a seed from a type of palm that grows in the South American rainforests. Often known as vegetable ivory, tagua is an environmentally friendly and sustainable alternative to animal ivory. Handmade in Ecuador by the highly skilled artisans from the MYA workshop in Quito.
The hand carved and dyed tagua components are combined with sterling silver posts. | 2019-04-22T16:12:59 | https://www.lostinsamsara.co.uk/collections/jewellery/products/cosmic-ball-studs |
Fillings give our team the ability to repair small cavities and slightly damaged teeth in just one easy appointment, and to make this treatment even better, Kalmor Dental only uses amalgam-free fillings.
What are amalgam-free fillings? They are actually made of a material called composite resin. This material is just as strong as traditional amalgam, but it has a few distinct advantages as well.
For one, it can be color-matched to your child’s teeth to make the filling itself practically invisible in the mouth, meaning they won’t have to worry about their friends or classmates noticing it whenever they laugh, talk, or eat. Plus, the material is entirely mercury-free, which gives plenty of parents piece of mind.
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Sunday, November 10, 2013, 12:00–6:00 p.m.
Every joke is an experiment. The world of comedy constantly evolves as comics explore innovative ways to make people laugh. Organized and hosted by curator and writer Miriam Katz, this event showcases comedians and comedy groups including Cocoon Central, Josh Fadem, Jeffrey Joseph, Joe Pera, and Rory Scovel, whose performances involving dance, music, characters, and plays on form, illustrate some of the newest innovations in comedy today.
Something New is co-presented by The New York Comedy Festival.
A New Commission by Future Brown with DIS and Thunderhorse Ent on November 17, 2013, presented at MoMA PS1 as part of VW Sunday Sessions 2013-2014. Photo by Charles Roussel. | 2019-04-19T18:13:48 | https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/3245?locale=en |
Are you thinking of building a restaurant that you have always wanted? Majority of people dream about opening their restaurants as they see it as the chance to finally being able to cook and serve the type of food that they always wanted to eat in a restaurant. There is nothing that is as fulfilling as being able to feed other people.
Most good restaurant owners take note of the fact that they need to plan before they can throw the doors open. Indeed, it is planning that keeps people away from attaining their dreams of owning a restaurant. They assume that it is going to be bread and butter only to find that it is a lot harder than they expected. For example, do you know where you are going to get your meat?
Protein will make up a great percentage of your total food costs. Meat is also a real money maker because people will pay to be fed quality meat. With the high demand for meat, it is good idea that you have a steady supplier who can be able to meet your demand. At first, you might not need as much meat, but with time your protein demand will grow.
If you are going to go with a supplier, it is best to look into what one can do when it comes to gourmet meat supply. It is by doing this that you can win the competition and set your restaurant apart from the rest. Some people feel that it is unwise to mess with the more premium meats because they are unlikely to sell as well, but you might be in for a surprise.
It all goes to the way people shop. Truly, there is a market for everything even for the premium products. The the main reason why people go out to a restaurant is to get fed, but there is a segment of this population that feels only the best will do. What this means is that you could actually be serving an attractive niche if you take into account on who will be eating there. If they are coming to the restaurant to celebrate then they will be more willing to pay for quality, considering that they do not go out as much.
Do not feel like you have to figure things out on your own. A gourmet meat supply which is qualified will be more than ready to answer any questions that you might have. So you don’t have to be an expert on which types of cuts are best to order. Most of these meat suppliers recognize how this venture is important to you and therefore they will ensure that you are happy and confident with the purchases that you make. The meat you order will become a signature for your brand, and the community will know you for this. | 2019-04-22T11:58:21 | http://urpedia.org/2017/09/13/why-people-think-meals-are-a-good-idea/ |
Do you all remember the time when we had to stand in long queues to book our tickets for our favourite Adventure movies in nearby Pendra theatres? To quench your thirst for all the latest Adventure movies in 2019, we at BookMyShow have come to the rescue. Here you will find all the Adventure movies to watch this weekend and book tickets for all the new releases to have a filmy time.
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Porcelain- Broad range of compositions based on an Alumino-Silicate base structure.
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It is hanged before the iconostasis.
It reminds us of the resurrection where small ostrich break out of the egg. Besides the point that the ostrich eyes are always fixed on its eggs during the incubation period. | 2019-04-20T04:58:18 | http://www.copticchurch.net/topics/dictionary/index.php?a=print&d=1&t=1259 |
The funhouse atmosphere will also include loonie hotdogs, free popcorn, face-painting, buskers, an organ-grinder, and roving improv performers.
New trades and entertainments became dependent on resourceful immigrants from poorer countries: in the early 19th century, Italian organ-grinders multiplied through London, with their monkeys.
The melodies are recommended to street organ-grinders, if any still exist.
Charles Dickens, among others, got organ-grinders banned from the streets of London once upon a time.
I remember with a peculiar vividness an organ-grinder who came around with a monkey, and the accuracy with which the monkey could catch a ball. | 2019-04-23T11:53:43 | https://es.oxforddictionaries.com/translate/english-spanish/organ_grinder |
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John William Doyle was born in Glebe, Sydney, on 8 February 1875. He was the son of John and Catherine (or Annie?) Doyle. He was married to Mary Smith on 3 October 1906; they had seven children. He died on 25 May 1951 at Darlinghurst, Sydney. He was buried in the Catholic section of Rookwood cemetery with his wife Mary who died on 12 November 1948, aged 70.
John William Doyle was the President of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in 1916-17. He was a foundation member of the Letterpress Machinists’ Union in 1901; he later became a publican. He was active in the friendly societies movement. He was the organising secretary of the Eight Hour Day Committee from c.1912 until 1917. In 1919, J W Doyle JP, MLA, was living at Barker Street in Lewisham. In 1930, he was residing at 116 Old Canterbury Road, Petersham.
Doyle was commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1912.
Doyle was a member of the Legislative Assembly for Phillip from 1917 to 1920, and for Balmain from 1920 to 1922.
John Doyle was Alderman for Phillip Ward, 2 December 1918 to 30 November 1921. He was a member of the Works Committee, 1919-20, the Electric Lighting Committee, 1919-20, the Electricity Supply Committee and the Health and By-Laws Committee in 1921. | 2019-04-21T12:47:27 | https://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/john-doyle/ |
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All opposition parties have so far failed to field a unanimous presidential candidate and have thus left an open field for Mr. Arif Alvi to sail through the ensuing elections to be held on September 4, 2018.
However, what is still more surprising is that none of them, including Maulana Fazal ur Rehman, has blamed “Khalai Makhlooq” for the division amongst their ranks. How have they forgotten altogether such an important perennial rhetoric of theirs to play upon as always heretofore?! Isn’t surprising? | 2019-04-24T23:04:49 | https://pakistanthinktank.org/category/opinion |
Lord willing, Living Hope will send out Akani and Lerato Hlungwane as church-planting missionaries to Ka-Bungeni village, Limpopo Province, in about 2022.
Ka-Bungeni is a village not far from Makhado / Louis Trichardt in Limpopo Province. Like many parts of Africa, the Prosperity Gospel and syncretism between Christianity and African Traditional Religion are both very widespread in the area. Many people will identify themselves as Christian, but few know and believe the biblical gospel.
There are very few Bible-teaching churches in the area. There is massive need! However, there are also exciting opportunities for gospel partnership: Akani has developed friendships with a small group of solid churches who are working together to reach all the Xitsonga speaking villages in the region.
Akani and Lerato have been married since 2013 and they have one daughter.
The Hlungwanes have a burden for seeing healthy, Bible-teaching churches established in the villages and rural areas of South Africa.
Akani was born and raised in Ka-Bungeni, and he has a lot of family in the village and surrounding area. Xitsonga is his first language, and he is fluent in Tshivenda, the next most common first-language in the area, too. Lerato also grew up in a village (North of Rustenburg, North-West Province). She understands Xitsonga and is growing in her fluency :).
Akani worked in full-time campus outreach & discipleship ministry at the University of Johannesburg for 2 years. He has been a part of Living Hope Church since he moved to Pretoria in 2012, and Lerato has been a part of the church since they were married in 2013. The Hlungwanes have been a huge blessing to Living Hope! They have served and ministered in a wide variety of ways, and we have seen God very evidently at work in them and through them! We are confident of Akani’s calling to pastoral ministry, and are excited to continue investing in his development for pastoral ministry.
We would like Akani to begin formal Theological studies soon, and hopefully also a full-time pastoral internship at Living Hope should sufficient funding become available. Lord willing, we would like Akani and Lerato to move to Ka-Bungeni to church plant in about 2022.
Any donations towards Akani’s preparation for church-planting, whether one-time or monthly, would be much appreciated. Thank-you! | 2019-04-19T13:03:26 | https://livinghopechurch.co.za/ka-bungeni-limpopo-province/ |
In this October 2016 photo, a scientist measures coral mortality following bleaching on the northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Suh is president of the Natural Resources Defense Council.
In the past two weeks, President Donald Trump has walked away from plans to cut the carbon footprint of our cars. He’s proposed defunding a plan to do the same to our power plants. He’s given a green light to the Keystone XL Pipeline and its dirty tar sands. Now he’s poised, as early as this week, to issue orders that would deepen our reliance on the very fossil fuels driving climate chaos worldwide, by opening more federal lands to coal production and further weakening the Clean Power Plan, which promotes energy efficiency and renewable power from the wind and sun.
This is not just another Trumpwellian sideshow. The President is sounding the retreat from the promise of cleaner, smarter ways to power our future. And he’s abandoning the American climate and clean-energy leadership that led the world to the historic Paris Agreement to cut the global carbon footprint.
Since the Industrial Revolution ushered in the age of coal, oil and gas, humans have increased the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by more than 44%, to concentrations not seen in some 3 million years. Nearly half the increase has come since 1980, and 2016 marked the largest one-year spike on record. That carbon pollution traps the Earth’s heat and warms the planet. Last year was the hottest since global record-keeping began in 1880. It was the third record-breaking year in a row. Of the 17 hottest years on record, 16 have occurred in this 17-year-old century.
We all see the results: rising seas, mass extinctions, the spread of disease, widening deserts, vanishing sea ice, withering drought and raging wildfires, storms and floods. This is our children’s future. It will get much worse unless we cut the carbon pollution that comes from burning fossil fuels.
Political posturing will change nothing. Sound policies, though, can enable us to avert climate catastrophe.
Our oceans are pleading an urgent case for change. They cover 70% of the Earth’s surface and absorb more than 90% of global warming. It takes an enormous amount of heat to warm an ocean. Over roughly the past century, ocean temperatures are up 1.35 degrees Fahrenheit. Half that warming has come in the past 20 years.
That increase is a global average. Some waters have warmed much more. Parts of the Gulf Stream, for example, are more than 5 degrees above the long-term average for those waters. The waters of the Great Barrier Reef are so warm they’re causing a mass die-off of coral, imperiling the marine life this natural treasure supports.
The world has seen, though, that we can cut this climate-disrupting pollution, even as our economies expand, by investing in a clean-energy future. In 2016, for the third year in a row, carbon pollution from burning fossil fuels was flat, worldwide, while the global economy continued to grow. In the United States, carbon emissions fell 3%, to their lowest level since 1992, even as our economy grew an inflation-adjusted 1.6%. In China, the world’s largest carbon-emitter, that pollution fell 1%, amid 6.7% economic growth. Energy efficiency and a shift to clean power from the wind and sun are two important reasons for the progress — at home and abroad.
In 2012, U.S. and foreign carmakers helped craft a plan to help do just that. These clean-car and fuel-economy standards put the industry on track to build cars by 2025 that would cut the carbon footprint of the cars, mini-vans, pickup trucks and SUVs we drive by nearly half, through gradual gains in the miles those vehicles get from a gallon of gasoline. Those standards are already saving consumers billions of dollars a year at the gas pump, cutting carbon pollution and helping to reduce our dependence on oil. Earlier this month, under industry pressure, Trump ordered a review of the standards with an eye toward walking back the progress we’re already making.
His 2018 budget proposal, moreover, would defund a plan to cut the carbon pollution from the nation’s power plants. The 2015 Clean Power Plan would reduce those emissions by nearly a third by 2030, giving power companies a decade and a half to achieve the goal. Trump is reportedly poised to direct his Administration this week to eviscerate those standards as well.
Trump’s retreat, though, is not a done deal. Congress controls the budget and should fully fund responsible climate protections. And the car and power-plant standards were built on a solid edifice Trump can’t brush away with the stroke of a pen. They’re grounded in law, based on sound science and informed by the public interest, expressed in millions of public comments from across the spectrum from scholars, industry representatives, environmental advocates, economists and citizen concerns.
It’s time now for citizens to weigh in once more and let the President know we won’t surrender to this threat. The stakes are too high for anything less.
Suh is president of the Natural Resources Defense Council and will be participating in the Peoples Climate Movement march in Washington, D.C., and other cities across America on April 29. | 2019-04-25T20:14:53 | http://time.com/4713767/trump-climate-clean-power/ |
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Technology has enabled drama to start, and fester, without words ever being spoken, and long before your tween or teen may even realize they’ve become a part of it. Whether it’s via text messages, online posts or comments, drama has become a plot twist in kids’ everyday life. Dr. Tim Jordan, the author of Sleeping Beauties, Awakened Women: Guiding the Transformation of Adolescent Girls notes below how girls specifically can tackle digital drama.
Let’s examine each ingredient a little more closely and explore some questions that will hopefully enable you to better empower your kids to effectively avoid drama.
For many parents, there’s the reality of who your child is and who you believe your child to be. This is an opportune time to take off any rose-colored lenses and see them for the human being—not just your human being—that they are. With that said, it’s important to figure out how the mini-you-but-not-you handles drama “in-real-life”.
The better you know your child—and I mean the child that emerges when you’re not around—the better you can show them how to protect themselves, and others.
Your best bet is to position yourself with open communication when it comes to their digital conduct and personal standards. Don’t play yourself here by applying dated parenting approaches to 21st century youth conundrums.
Before you tell them the do’s and don'ts of social media, find out what boundaries or limits they set for themselves, then fill in some perspective that they could benefit from.
Share your expectations by way of concern and fold in examples from mainstream news (entertainment or otherwise) that they may more readily relate to.
Agree on best practices for the benefit of self and the family .
Communicate with them about behaving with kindness and reporting any cyberbullying on social media that they may encounter.
Creating a social media contract for your child is an easy way to make your expectations for social media conduct clear. And don't be afraid to seek out more resources about cyberbullying to learn yourself and share with your child.
In other words: you’re walking a fine line here, folks, and they can smell you from a mile away.
Unless you were born around the same time as they were, you don’t know what it’s really like to grow up in this kind of technologically-advanced and socially dynamic point in history. Everything that they do, say, wear, and feel is already being judged by people online and in real life.
Will you be a source of peace and comfort with a little positive challenge sprinkled in, or a source of added judgment, rejection and perceived negativity?
Granted, for most parents, at some point you will find yourself at odds with your mini-me, however the rate at which you bounce back and the level of transparency that they give to you is all a matter of what and who you choose to be in their life.
Move strategically and choose wisely.
Exploring these questions, preferably over your child's favorite meal or activity, is the best way to work in this dash of digital drama diversion.
This will ensure that you at least know what’s going on, even if you can’t prevent or stop it.
Use a parental control app to stay updated on how your child spends their time online, which apps they use, and how much screen time they're racking up each day. | 2019-04-22T06:05:27 | https://wezift.com/parent-portal/blog/how-to-avoid-digital-drama/ |
Attractive design, simple to use, easy file encryption.
This PDA is fast, powerful, and equipped with both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, but the biometric fingerprint reader doesn't work as well as it should.
HP's iPAQ Hx2755 packs plenty of processing power and RAM, and its simple design makes it easy to use. The unit's most notable shortcoming, though, is also its most distinctive feature: a biometric fingerprint reader.
The Hx2755, which runs Windows Mobile 2003, comes with Intel's powerful 624-MHz Intel PXA270, which handles standard applications without breaking a sweat. The 128MB of internal RAM (up to 80MB is available to the user) stows a fair amount of data, and you can use appropriate media cards in the CompactFlash and SD Card slots as well. In my informal tests the rechargeable lithium ion battery ran for nearly 6 hours of light use before shutting down.
The substantial, smooth-edged Hx2755 sits comfortably in the hand and is simple to use. With only four buttons--Calendar, Mail, and a two-part mouse button--this device wastes no space. Syncing to a PC using the included USB cradle was a breeze, and the built-in Bluetooth and 802.11b Wi-Fi were easy to set up and to access from the iPAQ Wireless screen.
Our test unit, however, had a few design flaws--including a rather significant one that makes the device frustratingly hard to turn on. The power button, which sits in a small recess at the upper edge of the device, was difficult to operate. Looking at it, I couldn't tell whether I was supposed to press it like a button or nudge it like a switch. I tried both, and had greater--but not total--success with pressing the button. Sometimes neither action worked, and I'd have to resort to a soft reset to get the device started.
With the clear, smoke-grey cover snapped on and flipped down over the screen, the buttons, the fingerprint scanner, and the colour screen remain visible but inaccessible. This may be handy when the PDA is stowed in a pocket; but if you're about to fire up the device, you'll probably want to snap the cover off.
I also had trouble with what should have been this PDA's star feature: the biometric fingerprint scanner. Despite the scanner's solid (though mostly PDA-based) documentation and ample training, I had a devil of a time persuading the Hx2755 to consistently recognize my right index finger. Even slight variations in the angle at which I touched my finger to the scanner caused incorrect readings. Once I had failed enough times, the device let me log in with the PIN I had previously set up. Though it's lucky that I had created this fallback log-in method, using it required me to set up the fingerprint reader all over again.
Fortunately, setting up file encryption--Lite, AES, Triple DES, or Blowfish--is a simple matter of selecting check boxes, so you can encode as many or as few of the folders as you like.
Software on the Hx2755 is pretty standard, including ActiveSync, MSN Messenger, Pocket Word, and e-mail software. I listened to music played on the included Windows Media Player 9 through the speaker; sound quality was acceptable. The Hx2755 also includes HP's Image Zone software for viewing digital images.
However, you may want to think twice about showing off your vacation photos on this device. JPEG photos looked only average on the Hx2755's screen; although colour was pleasing, details didn't look terribly crisp, and a light grid made every image look as if it were showing through a window screen. In bright sunlight, colours became almost indistinguishable. | 2019-04-24T15:46:54 | https://www.goodgearguide.com.au/review/hp/ipaq_hx2790/221201/ |
Spring has officially sprung here in the Northeast (of course as I say that I’m waiting for a weatherman to announce a freak April storm), and I’m excited to take advantage of all of the goodness SPRING has to offer! I’ve put together a list of some of my favorite things, along with yummy healthy recipes you can whip up at home!
Spring Garlic, or “Green Garlic” is the young version of the garlic that we all know and love. Before your garlic divides itself into separate cloves, is picked and dried and sent off to supermarkets all over the world, it starts out as a green plant, with a stalk, leaves and the garlic scapes. Garlic scapes are the twisty, curly, bright green stems that shoot up from garlic bulbs – and they’re 100% edible!
Green garlic is slightly less potent than mature garlic, so you may find yourself using more than you would think necessary.
This Spinach, Pea and Garlic Scape Soup is totally Spring GREEN.
And my favorite, Garlic Scape Hummus.
Green onions and scallions are the same thing, with a different name. Spring onions look similar to scallions, but have small onion bulbs at the base. Spring onions are sweeter and mellower than regular onions, but the greens are more intense in flavor than scallions.
Rather than forming a tight bulb like the onion, the leek produces a long cylinder of bundled leaf sheath – many recipes call for leeks to be cut into coins and then the individual “rings” are separated for cleaning and cooking.
This recipe for Roasted Spring Onions is great (once you swap cooking spray for the olive oil) and really brings out the mild onion flavor.
This Spider Crab Cake recipe with Spring Onions is exotic, but when you realize you can use regular lump crab meat, it gets a lot easier! Check it out.
I love leeks in my eggs, and this Leek & Egg White Frittata sounds perfect (again, feel free to use cooking spray instead of butter and oil).
Leeks also work beautifully with fish, and this Steamed Fish and Leeks recipe works well for home cooks of all skill level.
Asparagus is a spring vegetable, and I prefer to pick the very slender stalks, which I think are more tender and less “woody” than the thicker stalks.
This Roasted Asparagus with Parmesan is a Weight Watchers favorite of mine.
Skinnytaste has a great recipe for Angel Hair with Shrimp and Asparagus.
This Garlic Roasted Asparagus recipe comes with a handy how-to video.
This Asparagus and Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breast is a unique presentation.
PS: Just be prepared for this unintended consequence of eating Asparagus.
Tell me, what are you looking forward to eating this Spring?
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The San Antonio Software Process Improvement Network, hereafter referred to as the San Antonio SPIN was founded and organized by its initial sponsor, Science Applications International Corporation, on July 07, 1998.
Our mission is to provide the local community a communication forum for the free and open exchange of software process improvement experiences and practical ideas.
Our goal is to promote continuous software process improvement through an active program of networking, presentation and publication, recognition of excellence, technology awareness, and mutual support.
Promote cooperation between industry, academia, and government with respect to software process improvement technology.
Membership in the San Antonio SPIN is free and open without discrimination to any individual from industry, academic institutions, or government organizations who are interested in furthering the objectives of the San Antonio SPIN and who live or work in San Antonio and the surrounding area.
A Steering Committee, consisting of a President and four Committee Directors, perform most necessary organizational functions. The Steering Committee solicits general membership volunteers to help with publicity, presenter preparation, and general meeting support. Steering Committee members and any general membership volunteers receive no remuneration for their services. The Steering Committee approves all expenditures made as part of its sponsorship and is consulted about all San Antonio SPIN agreements, sponsorships, etc. to insure no legalities and liabilities are encumbered by the San Antonio SPIN, the Steering Committee, or San Antonio SPIN members.
President: Presides at regular meetings of the San Antonio SPIN and at the Steering Committee meetings. Reassign duties of other Steering Committee members in the event of their absence, incapacity, or until they are replaced by the Steering Committee. Act as point of contact for other professional organizations. Maintains the charter. Seeks out new sponsors, maintains communication with sponsors, manages financial support from Sponsors.
Program Director: Acquiring speakers, getting approval from committee, getting their speaking date/bio/abstract to the web master, making any arrangements they need (payment, room, transportation, map, and coordinating with other committee’s, introduces or finding someone to introduce the speaker.
Logistics Director: Responsible for refreshments, facilities, site preparation and cleanup. Coordinates meeting facility availability a primary location and alternates should attendance require larger facilities. Ensures the availability of equipment to support the speakers.
Membership Director: Seeks out new members, maintains membership DB, sends e-mail communications/information from Communication Committee to members using membership database, announces each meeting by e-mail, captures RSVP’s, and maintains membership metrics.
Communications Director: Responsible for membership communications by various means, to include an Internet web page (www.saspin.org) and discussion group (SASPIN@eGroups.com), email, newsletters, brochures, and meeting announcements to the local newspaper and web sites.
The San Antonio SPIN calendar year will run from September to June with no meetings in July and August due to summer vacations and in December due to the holidays.
Meetings of the San Antonio SPIN general membership will normally take place on the second Wednesday of each month in San Antonio. An announcement for each meeting will be disseminated to all current participants at least ten calendar days in advance of the meeting. There will be one half hour made available for networking before and after the main meeting. The main meeting will last no more than 90 minutes with 15 minutes set aside, if required, at the beginning for announcements. | 2019-04-18T13:27:10 | http://saspin.org/charter.htm |
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21286 has a SeniorScore® of 87, which is the highest of any zip code in Towson, MD.
21286 scores higher than the Towson, MD average of 86.
21286 scores significantly higher than the Maryland average of 78.
21286 scores significantly higher than the national average of 72.
There are 7 hospitals nearby, including Saint Joseph Medical Center, Sheppard And Enoch Pratt Hosp, and Greater Baltimore Medical Center.
There are 140 senior living facilities in the area, including Hampton Meadows, Cromwell Center, and Loch Raven Center.
There are 317 pharmacies within short driving distance.
There are 37 golf courses nearby, including Mount Pleasant Golf Club, Country Club Of Maryland, and Elkridge Club.
There are 5 parks nearby, including Hampton National Historic Site, Cromwell Valley Park, and Lake Roland Park.
There are 221 churches nearby, including Immaculate Heart of Mary, Divinity Lutheran Church, and St Thomas Episcopal Church.
The area has an average household income of $98,280, which is in the top 10% of all incomes in the US.
The area has a median household income of $73,007, which is in the top 13% of all incomes in the US.
The area has a per capita income of $42,196, which is in the top 7% of all per capita incomes in the US.
The unemployment rate is about 3.55%, which is very low compared to national statistics.
21286 has a dense population density of 2,254.0 people per square mile. | 2019-04-22T04:41:12 | https://www.senioradvice.com/seniorscore/senior-living-in-21286 |
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….Right this very minute? Me too! I was inspired and encouraged by my friends Jodi & Charlie to get my Rudolph on today.
I’ve been painting and/or drawing every day, just haven’t been taking the time to blog about it, but I may be popping in here and there with some holiday cheer between now and the end of the year.
Do you have a favorite Christmas special that you’d like to see artified? I’d love to hear about it. Hope you all enjoy! Peace and please…..keep those paintbrushes and pencils purple and pointy!
Adorable! Thanks for the Christmas cheer.
And glad to hear the work is still moving along. Hopefully a habit that is hard to break!
That was Kerfe, forgot to initial.
Always loved these two – enchanting!
Oh! Rudolph and Clarisse! This made me smile. Okay…how about the little dog from the Grinch!
Yay! Can’t wait to see it.
Fun! Bring on the holiday! A little dr. Seuss Grinch would be fun recreating wouldn’t it.. ?!
Yes the cartoon version is my favorite too. I like watching the classics brings back memories!
So cute Laura! Who doesn’t love Rudolph ~ best to you and here’s to you for visiting us with your wonderful art! Have a beautiful evening.
Delightful and smile inducing. Thank you for sharing.
One of my favorite Holiday classic shows and couples! They’re beautiful. I’m looking forward to seeing your Max. I’ve watched How the Grinch Stole Christmas 3 times already with #1 Grandson! The animated original with Boris Karloff.
Hey, some of ours are too! Max is not easy to draw! I’ve tried it twice and not been pleased enough to show…..but I’m not giving up hope. May need to do a pencil drawing first. I don’t understand how cartoon characters are harder to draw than birds, animals or people?! Makes no sense, but there it is.
Oh my gosh I always loved watching this movie! | 2019-04-18T14:29:45 | https://createarteveryday.com/2015/12/03/need-a-little-christmas/ |
We’re all creative and we want to be effective, doing work that matters. Long on a quest to be the best product person I can be, these days I learn a lot through my work as an instructor. My classes are on the interdisciplinary topics of product design and venture creation, so I get to work with business people wanting to understand the ‘technical side’ and engineers wanting to learn the ‘business’ side.
My take is that since none of us want to look stupid, we spend too much time trying to out-expert others. Instead, we’d be better off learning how to frame and ask each other the right questions.
Here are some notes on foundation skills that I think will help you ask those questions and drive the right kind of discussions.
1 DESIGN THINKING “Who are we doing this for and do we know what makes them tick?” Focusing your efforts on an actionable, testable view of the customer.Creating a robust interdisciplinary tool set you can use across product development and promotion (sales, marketing, etc.).
2 LEAN “How do we figure out if this is going to be a hit before we waste a lot of time and money?” Balancing the uncertainty of a new venture with the structure you need to stay focused on the right things. Avoiding waste. Learning quickly.
3 CUSTOMER DISCOVERY “How do we create an actionable understanding of our customer, one that we can use to build the right product and promote it efficiently?” Finding out what really makes your customer tick vs. ticking them off.
4 AGILE “Where’s everyone at and are we progressing to our objective?” Creating inputs to product development and promotion that link back to your work in design thinking and customer discovery.
In my experience, these tools will help you and your team steer away from distracting tangents and stay focused on what will really help your project succeed. Product and business education is realigning around new practices and ideas, the above being some of the most important. You can see this happening with the emergence of new terms like ‘growth hacker’ and the growth of interdisciplinary programs like a ‘design MBA’.
As far as an introduction to these topics, there are a lot of great resources online, but it’s a bit of a choose your own adventure situation at the moment. The last section here lists a few resources from this site.
If you don’t have a coding/’technical’ background, here are three foundation topics that will give you a useful starting point for engaging with ‘technical’ folks.
5 Model-View-Controller “What area of the development program is this, what’s important about it, and how does it fit in with everything else?” Decomposing the complexity of software development (into three different areas, anyway) and thinking about the kind of questions that might make sense.
6 App. & Platform Integration “What exactly are we building and how does it fit in with the rest of our ecosystem/operating environment?” Understanding the different chunks of your extended product and the general implications of different approaches to building your application.
7 Roles & Systems in a Technical Team “What’s the difference between a UI designer vs. developer vs. QA vs. sysadmin vs. devops?” Understanding what everyone does and the different types of talent you need to get where you want to be.
I would never discourage anyone from learning to code. Even a few hours invested in Codeacademy will earn you perspective and some useful skills. That said, even if you master the syntax and basic practicalities of a language like Ruby, there’s a lot of intangible learning and judgement that an experienced developer brings to their work.
That’s why it’s a good idea to balance an understanding of coding with a general perspective on what your project’s looking to accomplish, framed in a way that lends itself to constructive interdisciplinary discussions.
Interested in learning more about the items above? Here are a few things available here on the site. | 2019-04-23T20:58:33 | https://www.alexandercowan.com/full-stack-product-person/ |
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Nintendo has confirmed the new date and time of its first Nintendo Direct since E3 2018 this past summer.
The company originally intended to stream the show on 6 September but, due to the devastating earthquake in Hokkaido in its homeland of Japan, it delayed the transmission. We now have a new date and time. It will broadcast at 11pm BST tomorrow (Thursday, 13 September).
Find out how to watch it below.
The show will run for around 35 minutes.
It's also available on the Nintendo Direct site and Nintendo UK YouTube.
The event will likely be exactly the same as originally intended, considering it is generally pre-recorded. The dedicated landing page indicates Nintendo will talk about games for both 3DS and the Switch. We suspect it will discuss Super Mario Party, which comes to Switch on 5 October, as well as the new Luigi’s Mansion, coming soon to Nintendo 3DS. It also might provide details on Nintendo Switch Online.
Nintendo Switch Online, the console’s upcoming subscription service.
Super Mario Party, launching 5 October.
Nintendo GameCube-exclusive Luigi’s Mansion, launching 12 October.
Pokemon: Let's Go, launching 17 November.
Fire Emblem: Three Houses, launching in March next year.
Mario and Luigi's RPG for Nintendo 3DS, launching in March next year.
The Yoshi Switch game that was pushed back to 2019.
For more Nintendo news, see Pocket-lint's hub here. | 2019-04-20T04:19:02 | https://www.pocket-lint.com/games/news/nintendo/145636-how-to-watch-the-new-nintendo-direct-presentation-and-what-to-expect |
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For NASA, 2009 proved to be a stellar year, one filled with five extremely successful Space Shuttle missions (one of which repaired the Hubble Space Telescope), the test flight of the Ares I-X rocket, the launch of the Kepler Space Telescope, the launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and companion spacecraft the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), and the launch of the WISE spacecraft earlier this month.
In all, the first half of 2009 proved an extremely challenging and rewarding time for NASA. Form January to June, NASA completed a complicated analysis of the Space Shuttle fleets Flow Control Valves, launched the Kepler Space Telescope to search for extra-solar Earth-like planets, conducted the STS-119 Shuttle mission, performed a dual-pad flow for STS-125 and STS-400 and the subsequent and highly successful STS-125 mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope, and launched LRO/LCROSS.
In a recent interview with NASASpaceFlight.com, Space Shuttle Program Launch Integration Manager Mike Moses talked extensively about the incredible year the Shuttle processing teams had and their ability to accomplish everything they did in 2009.
“It was all about the teams and their ability to create triple and quadruple redundancies in schedules,” Moses said.
This ability to create multiple processing scenarios was first seen during the Flow Control Valve (FCV) investigation following the STS-126 flight of Endeavour in late-2008.
While 2009 began in earnest for NASA with the mating of Space Shuttle Discovery to her External Tank for the STS-119 mission to the International Space Station in February, the small crack and liberation from one of Endeavour’s (STS-126) Gaseous Hydrogen (GH2) FCVs kicked off an investigation into the integrity of the fleet’s FCVs, prompting NASA to delay Discovery’s mission.
While the anomaly did not have an impact on ascent performance of STS-126, it did create a constraint to the launch of STS-119 because any failure of the GH2 FCVs is a 1R/2 condition: a condition that must be explained/corrected prior to the next Shuttle launch.
As such, NASA initially delayed the launch of STS-119 by one week, from February 12 to February 20 so engineers could complete an investigation and safety analysis on the FCVs. As the investigation continued and engineers determined that more time was required to adequately complete their investigation and analysis, NASA further delayed STS-119 to February 27, before eliminating a No Earlier Than target launch for STS-119 until all engineering departments arrived at a Flight Rationale acceptance plan.
This decision to postpone the launch of STS-119 until a resolution to the FCV issues could be obtained highlights NASA’s strict attention to safety for the crews of Space Shuttle missions – a theme that pervaded 2009.
Aided by eddy current investigation tactics, NASA engineers were able to create a screening processing for the Shuttle fleet’s FCVs, enabling NASA managers to have the best information possible on the condition of each GH2 FCV prior to and following flight.
Following the implementation of this eddy current inspection procedure, and subsequent testing of various sized FCV liberation pieces, technicians at the Kennedy Space Center replaced all three FCVs on Discovery with FCVs that were deemed “good” via eddy current inspections.
Furthermore, Discovery’s Main Propulsion System (MPS) plumbing was beefed up via the addition of a “doubler” around a 90-degree elbow joint located downstream of the FCVs to ensure that – in the event of the FCV liberation event – any liberated piece of FCV would not cause series damage to the MPS plumbing.
Through these final efforts and analyses, NASA set March 12 as the new No Earlier Than (NET) launch date for STS-119 – a launch date that was eventually advanced to March 11 thanks to the superb efforts of all the engineers and technicians involved in completing work and final analyses ahead of schedule.
While the investigation into the FCVs took place, NASA proceeded with two satellite launches: the NASA NOAA-N Prime satellite on a Delta II rocket and the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) aboard a Taurus rocket, both from Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA.
The NOAA-N Prime satellite was successfully placed into orbit on February 4 while the OCO’s launch unfortunately ended in failure when the pyro bolts used to separate the rocket’s fairing failed to detonate.
As a result, the fairing remained attached to the Taurus rocket, creating an insufficient thrust to weight ratio for the rocket and its engines. The upper stage of the Taurus rocket, with the OCO and fairing still attached, was destroyed when it impacted the Southern Ocean north of the Antarctic ice shelf about 17-minutes after liftoff.
The failure of the OCO mission prompted NASA and its ULA (United Launch Alliance) partner to conduct a thorough investigation into the pyro bolts used on the veteran Delta II rocket’s payload fairing prior to the early March launch of NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope.
This investigation, called mainly because of the similar nature of the pyro bolts on the Taurus’ and Delta II’s payload fairings, revealed that all pyros on the Delta II’s fairing surround Kepler were acceptable for liftoff.
Nevertheless, the resultant investigation pushed back the launch of Kepler by one day. Liftoff occurred on time on March 6 at 10:39:57p.m. with the Delta II rocket placing the Kepler telescope into a Earth-trailing solar orbit.
Dedicated to the detection and study of extra-solar terrestrial planets that orbit their parent stars inside the habitable zone, the Kepler mission is the first in a proposed series of missions that will study the characteristics of Earth-like extra-solar planets.
Unlike previous observations conducted by orbital and ground-base telescopes, Kepler continuously observes approximately 100,000 stars at one time looking for the tell-tale “dimming” effect caused when a planetary body passes in front of its parent star – a detection method known in the scientific community as the transit method of detection.
The Kepler telescope began its official mission two months after its launch. The first results from the Kepler mission will be announced at an American Astronomical Society meeting on January 4, 2010.
With the launch of the STS-119 mission postponed until mid-March at the earliest, NASA – once the FCV issue was adequately resolved – began to assess the launch opportunities for Discovery in relation to the Soyuz crew rotation mission to the International Space Station (ISS) later that month.
Since Shuttle and ISS Program Flight Rules prohibit the docking and undocking of any spacecraft to/from the ISS while a shuttle orbiter is docked, Discovery/STS-119 was faced with either a three day launch window (March 11 – 13) to ensure full mission duration, or the deletion of mission content and EVAs (spacewalks) for launch attempts from March 14 – 17.
In the end, mission planners and NASA decided that it was in the agency’s and the ISS Program’s best interest to launch STS-119 prior to the Soyuz crew rotation – even if launching in March meant the deletion of up to four Flight Days and three of the mission’s four EVAs to ensure that the S6 truss was delivered to the ISS and Discovery undocked prior to the launch of the Soyuz spacecraft.
This plan – the creation of multiple scenarios to ensure maximum performance from all partners during STS-119 – exemplifies the commitment of all departments in conducting the best mission possible.
Furthermore, due to the multiple plans put in place for contingency launches up to March 17, Shuttle Program managers and launch officials had a clear forward path to follow upon scrubbing the March 11 launch attempt due to a Gaseous Hydrogen leak from the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate (GUCP) between the External Tank and Gaseous Hydrogen vent line on the launch pad.
In response to this leak, engineers determined that the best option for correcting and eliminating the issue would be to remove and replace (R&R) the GUCP Quick Disconnect seals – the suspect cause of the leak.
Undertaking this effort while launch personnel retargeted STS-119’s launch for March 15 proved to be yet another tremendous demonstration of the team’s abilities. Encountering some problems with alignment of the pivot assembly on GUCP, engineers found themselves eight hours down on the GUCP seal R&R timeline just two days prior to the retargeted launch date.
Nonetheless, engineers successfully completed repairs to the GUCP and the leak did not repeat itself during the launch campaign on March 15.
In all, STS-119 was successfully accomplished in 14 Flight Days and three EVAs – two days and one EVA shorter than originally planned. Despite some disturbed weather in the area – which prompted the Entry Flight Director in Mission Control to wave off Discovery’s first landing attempt on March 28 – the vehicle and her seven member crew successfully landed at the Kennedy Space Center on March 28 on their second deorbit and landing opportunity of the day.
Three days after the successful landing of Discovery/STS-119, the flagship mission of the final shuttle flights was transported to Launch Complex 39-A. Atlantis and the STS-125 stack were rolled out to the sea-side launch pad approximately 40-days before the scheduled launch of the fifth and final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.
Two weeks later, the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the STS-400 stack (the Launch On Need rescue flight for the STS-125 crew) was rolled out to Launch Complex 39B, marking the 19th and final time in Space Shuttle Program history that that both KSC launch pads were occupied at the same time.
In fact, Endeavour’s rollout to Pad-B came just days before the scheduled delivery of the STS-125 payload to Pad-A and one day before a KSC Open House for employees and their families. This provided an even rarer moment of both Rotating Service Structures being retracted from both Endeavour and Atlantis at the same time, giving KSC engineers and their families the opportunity to see both Atlantis and Endeavour on Pads-A and -B in all their glory.
Furthermore, the rollout of Endeavour to Pad-B and the delivery of the STS-125 payload to Pad-A represented the first step in the culmination of a near 3-year effort on behalf of various NASA agencies in what would prove to be the second the final launch campaign for the Hubble servicing mission.
However, while the sight of two shuttles on both pads and the spectacular flight of STS-125 might have been the visual coup de grace of the compilation of the Hubble mission, it is the behind-the-scenes work for thousands of engineers, technicians, and the astronauts that brings to light the true sense of pride and accomplishment felt by all during and after the Hubble flight.
In fact, work on HST-SM4 (Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4) began long before the cancellation of the mission by then NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe following the loss of Columbia in February 2003.
In an interview with NASASpaceFlight.com, engineer Ed Rezac with the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt Maryland stated that HST-SM4 had been in the works for several years and that engineers even began looking at a non-Shuttle way to reach Hubble for servicing after the initial cancellation of the SM4.
But despite the long lead time in terms of the number of years SM4 had in the planning community, the fact that the mission would be the final servicing mission to Hubble drove engineers to replace and/or fix/repair as much as possible on the telescope to leave it in the best possible condition.
This plan included the addition of two late repairs/replacements – one of which caused NASA to delay the launch of STS-125 by seven months just weeks before the mission was supposed to launch in October 2008.
This delay was caused by the failure of the A-side of the Science Instrument Command and Data Handling Unit (SIC-DH) on September 27, 2008. Even though engineers were able to restore command function via the B-side of the SIC-DH, all redundancy for the system had been lost.
As such, the decision was made to delay the launch of STS-125 until a replacement SIC-DH unit could be ground tested and flight rated for installation to the Telescope – thereby restoring full redundancy to the system.
“There were a couple things that came up at the last minute,” said Ed Rezac. “The SIC-DH had to be replaced and the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) went out in the midst of our planning and we were able to demonstrate a feasible plan to Headquarters for fixing both components.
Furthermore, STS-125 and all the engineers and astronauts involved benefited from a two and half year training period – a training period significantly longer than standard ISS missions.
In fact, this translated to multiple runs of the various EVAs (Spacewalk) in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab (NBL) at the Johnson Space Center.
Nonetheless, the teams’ ability to create multiple scenarios for the different repairs, as well as the difficulties the astronauts could face once on orbit, allowed ground engineers to trouble-shoot – in real time – during the mission’s five back-to-back EVAs.
It was this type of dedication and forethought that permitted the STS-125 crew to work through a few issues on orbit during the servicing mission – one of which required Mike Massimino to physically break off a handrail on the Telescope in order to gain access to Hubble’s ACS instrument.
In all, STS-125 was a highly successful mission in which all of the mission’s EVA objectives were accomplished. Atlantis was launched from Pad 39-A at 14:01:56 EDT on May 11 and rendezvoused with the Telescope on May 13. The next five days were spent conducting the mission’s five EVAs.
The STS-125 crew released Hubble back into its orbit on May 19 and, after two days of weather wave offs, landed safely at Edwards Air Force Base, CA on May 24 at 11:39:05 EDT – capping a 12-day 21-hour 37-minute 9-second mission.
STS-125 was the first solo flight of Atlantis (meaning it was the first mission for Atlantis that did not involve docking with a Space Station) in 14-years since her STS-66 mission in November 1994. The mission was also Atlantis’ 30th voyage to space and first voyage to the Hubble Space Telescope – which had previously been serviced twice by Discovery and once each by Columbia and Endeavour.
In the end, the STS-125 campaign represented a tremendous effort for all involved. Atlantis was not only successfully processed for STS-125 in April and May but Endeavour was also processed at the same time for her role on STS-400.
In fact, STS-400 was processed out to the L-7 point (Launch minus seven days) at the time that Atlantis launched. This would have allowed NASA to launch Endeavour as early as seven days after the launch of STS-125 should Atlantis have incurred serious Thermal Protection System damage during ascent.
Still, Endeavour was kept on stand-by throughout STS-125 to further act as a quick rescue vehicle in the event of Micro-Meteoroid Orbiting Debris damage to Atlantis.
Once Atlantis safely landed in California, engineers at the Kennedy Space Center deconfigured Endeavour from her launch-ready condition. Endeavour and the STS-400 stack were then re-designated as the STS-127 stack and rolled around from Pad-B to Pad-A for final preparations for the mid-June target launch of STS-127 to the Space Station.
This launch campaign for STS-127 would mark the beginning of the second half of 2009 for NASA.
A second Year in Review article pertaining to the second-half of 2009 for NASA will be published in the coming days. | 2019-04-21T02:19:26 | https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2009/12/2009-nasas-shuttle-satellite-telescope-triumph-2009/ |
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“Ireland Exits the Bailout.” This was the headline that Paddy and Mick first saw, wrapped as it was around two portions of battered cod and curried chips.
Paddy and Mick had been forced to emigrate to England from Tipperary some months earlier, due to the severe unemployment crisis and some other minor, yet unmentionable, misunderstandings with the Department for Social Welfare. Having read the headline and finishing their curried chips, Paddy and Mick now decided immediately to head their old truck for the ferry back to Ireland. Ireland was open for business again and their newly set-up tarmacadam contracting business here in England had failed miserably anyway, partly due to the recent poor weather conditions and their even poorer ability at mixing tar and other chosen aggregates.
It was while in their old battered truck and stopped at traffic lights on the Edgeware Road in London that Paddy’s eye caught the sign displayed clearly in a corner shop window. With a few hundred sterling remaining in their pockets, latter the proceeds of a deposit on work not yet undertaken, the details on this sign now appeared to offer both men certain fast money making possibilities.
The sign read clearly; “Suits £5.00 each, Shirts £2.00 each, Trousers £2.50 per pair“.
“Be god roight y’are Paddy. I’ll zip up me gob tight and you do all da feckin fenancial business.” said Mick. | 2019-04-23T03:53:20 | http://www.thurles.info/2013/12/30/tipperarys-paddy-mick-reverse-unemployment-trends/ |
School Superintendent Carl Holmstrom’s speech to St. Louis Park Rotary Club inspires Rotarians to push for an initiative to benefit kids and families.
Formation of At-Risk Families Committee (school staff).
Back-to-school workshop held for all school staff on Children First and asset survey results (September 2,1993).
Members of a community wide Steering Committee identified.
First monthly Children First newsletter (October, 1993) and publicity in local newspaper.
First Steering Committee meeting (October 29, 1993). Discussed plans for town meetings.
City Council resolution supporting Children First (November 15, 1993).
School Board resolution supporting Children First (November 29, 1993).
Town meetings (November 30 and December 2, 1993) with approximately 150 residents. Discussed strengths and concerns about St. Louis Park and vision for community.
Search Institute staff conducted focus group interviews with 35 community groups of all types. Focus group components: obstacles, improvement, and vision.
Steering Committee meeting (December 16). Worked on plans for neighborhood conversations.
Volunteers conducted one dozen home meetings (neighborhood conversations) -“mini-town meetings.” Hosts had volunteered at town meetings.
School faculty workshop on “Building Assets Through Teamwork.” (January 17, 1994).
Local clergy developed a draft document on “Core Values for the Children of St. Louis Park” (February, 1994).
Steering Committee meeting (February 17, 1994). Discussed design plan for Children First.
Identification of a Design Team composed of school and Search Institute personnel to assist in analyzing data and drafting a proposal (March, 1994). Design Team meetings were held on March 9, 15, and 23, 1994.
Steering Committee meeting (March 17, 1994). Discussion of tentative Design Document for Children First and future role of Steering Committee. Completion of first draft. (April 1,1994).
Special Steering Committee meeting (April 7, 1994). Agenda items included: Review final draft of proposal, evaluation of the process and future steps. Completion of final draft of proposal (April 11-12, 1994).
Grant proposals submitted to corporate foundations.
Money secured to hire a coordinator (Fall, 1994).
Children First Transition Team (including representatives from each founding partner) writes a job description, interview and select a coordinator for Children First.
Coordinator starts (October 1, 1994).
Transition Team becomes permanent Executive Committee responsible for organizational and fiduciary integrity of Children First.
Executive Committee members draft individuals from a variety of backgrounds to serve on Children First Vision Team with responsibility for envisioning what Children First should be in St. Louis Park.
Vision Team has initial meeting in December 1994, including representatives from the city, education, health, business, clergy, Rotary, social service agencies and parents and students (grades 5 – 11).
A Marketing Committee for Children First begins work in April 1995. Charged with determining how to make every citizen in St. Louis Park aware of Children First, the committee is composed of marketing professionals, school and city personnel, clergy, business people and students.
Second annual Ice Cream Social, a community-wide event is held for family fun and to celebrate St. Louis Park’s efforts to put Children First. An estimated 1,500 people consumed 2,900 free ice cream cones.
To respond to inquiries from other communities about Children First, a Children First Workshop is piloted June 15, 1995.
Congregations organize a workshop dealing with how to keep kids safe in congregations.
Central Clinic opens, a clinic offering free health services for all St. Louis Park youth, via a partnership between Park Nicollet and the school district.
Awareness efforts include meetings with St. Louis Park’s private schools and including Children First information in the orientation for new staff at St. Louis Park District 283.
Building local and national media coverage includes U.S. News & World Report’s cover story on resiliency includes Children First, November 11, 1996.
University students begin working with Lenox Neighborhood on an Awareness to Action campaign.
National radio show, the Osgood File highlights Children First, Feb. 97.
During St. Louis Park’s new Recreation Center’s grand opening, the facility is dedicated to the principles of Children First.
Search Institute’s Attitudes and Behaviors Survey conducted with 6th-12th graders on 40 Developmental Assets. Longitudinal study launched.
Conduct panel presentation at Search Institute’s first national conference.
A Neighborhood Discussion Guide helps residents support kids in their area.
Youth leadership opportunities are available on local advisory councils.
The Children First Story is published to record St. Louis Park’s community initiative.
Children First initial web site is launched.
St. Louis Park Schools’ new strategic plan exhibits a strong Children First philosophy.
Teen creates a “Got Assets?” poster is developed to promote asset building among teenagers.
High School parents launch Day One, an annual celebration on the first day of school.
Building Assets Reducing Risks (BARR) 9th grade transition program is created to build assets, relationships and school success.
Establish teen co-chair for the initiative.
Survey shows that 42% of St. Louis Park residents know about Children First.
High school students develop and distribute An Adult’s Guide to Kids.
Enrichment class scholarships, Carl’s Gifts, are established in memory of Carl Holmstrom.
Mayor’s Youth Summit solicits teens on how to make the city more kid-friendly.
Children First is the subject of a case study on asset building, conducted by Search Institute.
Ten-Year Celebration held highlighting accomplishments.
Results of longitudinal study released.
Skate park opens, an idea that came from teens during the Mayor’s Youth Summit.
Street banners in business district are created by local citizen “artists,” young and old, through unique public art project.
Pilot Developmental Asset Profile instrument for Search Institute.
Awareness meeting held for businesses as part of chamber’s local business council meeting.
Children First featured during Search Conference with mini-assembly. Fifteen members of Children First Vision Team participate in conference.
Youth of all ages invent ways to support survivors of Hurricane Katrina & the Tsunami.
Children First develops an expansion project by creating the Asset Champion’s Network. The community-wide network engages people from organizations throughout the city to intentionally promote asset building.
A meeting with 35 community leaders is held to get their insights and garner their support for the Asset Champion’s Network concept.
Work is done to secure funding for Children First by encouraging organizations and individuals to make three-year financial commitments. Several local organizations and individuals make commitments.
January 29, the Asset Champion’s Network is launched with 110 people, ages 10-80 years, participating.
In the spring, 82 Asset Champions are trained to spread the word among their organizations and constituencies.
The Otto Bremer Foundation commits to a three-year grant for Children First in support of the Asset Champion’s Network.
Updated Children First website is launched.
Champions Breakfast launched as a way to celebrate Children First accomplishments and raise friends and funds for the initiative.
Asset Champion Training is updated.
Attitudes and Behaviors survey conducted with 6th-12th graders providing updated data related to the 40 Developmental Assets.
Super Champions Pilot tested with volunteer leaders (Super Champions) leading a team of Asset Champions through a six-session discussion curriculum focusing on deepening their asset-building efforts.
Thomas L. Friedman mentions Children First in his book, Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in an Age of Accelerations.
Strategic plan work begins to coincide with 25th anniversary of Children First (March 2017).
Task forces established to working toward making strategic goals a reality.
Asset Champions Task Force contacts all current volunteers about a reboot to their role.
Training Task Force develops action planning module to be added to Asset Champion training.
Six Speed provides pro bono work refreshing Children First’s brand.
Plans underway for 25th annual Ice Cream Social in 2018. | 2019-04-26T14:51:31 | http://www.children-first.org/about/history/ |
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Most days are celebrated to mark something good or to mark a new beginning, but there is an exception. 22nd of April is Earth Day. It reminds us that one day we will kill our Earth due to our own policies and practices. With every new technology, we are dumping pollution, waste material and pressure on it. Do you have a plan for saving our planet, mother Earth? Every century brings additional challenges to this planet and increases its exposure to Ultra-Violet Rays.
The life span of mother Earth is threatened by its own native - the human being. Every apparatus that adds comfort to human existence adds equal discomfort to the Earth.
CO2 emissions are increasing at an alarming rate, average temperature is rising, glaciers are melting and forest cover is dwindling. Do you have a plan for saving our planet?
Do you have any strategy to combat the technologies that will add destruction to the planet? Do you have any alternative plan/technology/solutions?
Can you raise your voice against the policies of the government or the so called modern organizations?
It is the world of 2100. The world is not celebrating, but worried about the beginning of destruction. Human being is one of the few species that has still survived on this planet. No human being can stand in sun rays. Oxygen, drinking water, organic food and pollution free earth are the most precious things. I am talking to my alter-soul, which is cursing me for the state of destruction. Everyone is busy in preparing technologies to save the mother Earth, but there seems to be no solution.
My alter soul shouts at me - "You could have stopped the destructive policies a century ago".
"How, I was just a professor... ".
"You could have opposed the policies of the government".
"My government was adopting good policies" - I asserted.
"What was good in that?" I was confident enough to advocate my government: - "the government had subsidised diesel, fertilizers, and pesticides for farmers and...."
I was intercepted, "that was suicidal. Subsidizing fossil fuel, fertilizers and pesticides caused to increase CO2 emissions, harmful chemicals and pollution of ground water. Why didn't you oppose it? What were you doing?"
I was getting defensive- "We were promoting education. Modern educational institutions were encouraging the youth..."
I was one again intercepted... "All those so called modern organisations encouraged everyone to go for comfort only. Even children were taught in AC schools and were served refrigerated water"
"No! Beginning of destruction, you have systematically destructed the mother Earth". - He again shouted, "Great technologies were allowed to disappear".
I had read about the R&D thrust of the government and its support to research institutions, so I could say about them - "No we didn't kill any great technology; our government supported all R&D work of research institutions which resulted in new technologies".
"An example to prove that you are wrong - Kumhar has disappeared from this planet. Has your government ever supported research to further develop his technologies or any initiative to support innovations at his front? His technologies were great technologies, because they were environment friendly. His technologies were discarded and refrigerator killed the possibilities for his survival. Do you want more examples?"
I was getting cornered- "Is that so? We thought that what the government was doing was right."
"That was the problem. You killed your self-managed Panchayats, self-managed Mohallas, self-regulated village economy and left everything to the government, which itself didn't know what to do? Centrally funded institutions and research centers killed the traditional technologies without developing any new sustainable technologies. Now you tell - who is the culprit?"
Meanwhile the Earth suffered another earthquake and I jittered out of my slumber to discover that I am still in 2014. Thank God it is 2014 only!
Any facts, figures or references stated here are made by the author & don't reflect the endorsement of iU at all times unless otherwise drafted by official staff at iU. This article was first published here on 26th April 2014. | 2019-04-21T16:18:29 | https://www.iuemag.com/april2014/sf/who-is-the-culprit.php |
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These theorists believed that the society, like human body, is a balanced system of institutions, each of which serves a function in maintaining society. Its indirect consequences are the increase of unemployment, the heightening of competition etc. . One of the earliest books on social change written by W. This school of thought was pioneered by at and Peter Richerson at and expanded by , among others. According to him, culture oscillates like the pendulum of a clock between two points.
It would be extremely implausible to argue that this occurred as result of natural selection Sober 1991, 482. If ontogeny is set up in such a way that changes to any one trait tend to be accompanied by changes to all other traits, then the chances are that cumulative adaptation will be particularly hard to come by. At the genetic level, highly faithful copying processes allow even very small selective forces to preserve adaptive variation. Charles Darwin, while offering a brilliant analysis of species development and change, struggled to understand human distinctions of race, class, and gender. That change is sequential and in certain stages.
Less faithful copying demands stronger selective forces if adaptive variation is not to be lost. Furthermore, showing that some psychological trait evolved and, a fortiori, that it is an adaptation is more difficult than is typically acknowledged by evolutionary-minded psychologists. It was the neo-evolutionary thinkers who brought back evolutionary thought and developed it to be acceptable to contemporary anthropology. Increasing focus on learning, adult learning principles and group extension. There are two main assumptions embedded in social evolutionism: psychic unity and the superiority of Western cultures.
A growing interest in natural resource monitoring and evaluation has led to community involvement in these activities. Thus Tönnies can be said to describe part of the process known today as. Morgan further subdivided savagery and barbarism into sub-categories: low, middle, and high. From the in differentiated to the differentiation of specialized structure and functions? Within the study of human , sociobiology is closely related to the fields of and. Introduction to Social Macrodynamics: Secular Cycles and Millennial Trends. Cultural evolutionists agree that at the level of the population, cumulative evolution requires that fitness-enhancing cultural traits are preserved in the offspring generation. They collected data from missionaries and traders; they themselves rarely went to the societies that they were analyzing.
The framework of evolutionary theory will be increasingly adopted as the foundation for a cumulative understanding of psychological science. Once a species becomes separate, it cannot recombine, it is separate for ever. In other words, they claim that individuals are accorded a broad form of prestige, which affects their likelihood of serving as a cultural model. The great man needs to be made, and society does this. He postulated that different cultures form separate methods that meet different needs, but when two cultures were in contact they developed similar adaptations, solving similar problems.
Social Evolutionism: How Did Modern Society Develop?
These theories had a common factor: they all agreed that the history of humanity is pursuing a certain fixed path, most likely that of social progress. Theories of cultural evolution need to be distinguished from theories within evolutionary psychology, even though both may involve an application of evolutionary ideas to the explanation of cultural phenomena. Similarly, many labour saving devices in the home have also contributed to the emancipation of women. Every society experiences at every moment social conflict, hence social conflict is ubiquitous. But, it cannot be regarded as a sole factor affecting social change.
In the 1920s and 1930s, revolutionized the study of cultural evolutionism. Yet vary substantially between populations. Social evolution is what scholars term a broad set of theories that attempt to explain how and why modern cultures are different from those in the past. Social theory combines learning theory, which posits that learning is influenced by psychological factors, and behavioral learning theory, which assumes that learning is based on responses to environmental stimuli. And the establishment of this population-level consequence is important, for it enables the investigator to revise the constraints one might naively think must bear on cultural inheritance if cumulative cultural evolution is to occur.
Between these types lies a third type 'idealistic' culture. But there are also criticisms of the usefulness of the meme concept, regardless of whether memes exist. This perspective has been elaborated more recently by Talcott Parsons. Because the factors and circumstances responsible for evolution differ from one another. Second, editors should begin requiring that papers include an explicit hypothesis about the evolved function of the mechanisms investigated in the manuscript.
No two laws should contradict each other. Human Societies: An Introduction to Macrosociology. There is perpetual continuity of motion in the world. ©Frank Elwell Send comments to. Suppose an inventive or lucky individual is able to discover some behaviour, or technique, which augments fitness. The production of goods using advanced sources of energy to drive large machinery is the main focus of this society. The instability of the homogeneous.
Humans display a wider repertoire of behaviors that vary more within and across groups than any other animal. He believed that there was a historical trend, or evolution, from a low to a high degree of specialisation. Sociological theory in general has become the arcane specialty of a few, with its own vocabulary, limited readership, and even more limited applications. But they are also raised quite frequently by cultural evolutionists who argue that the meme concept is not the right way to ground a theory of cultural evolution: it is essential to bear in mind, then, that cultural evolutionary theories in general do not require the meme theory to be true see Henrich et al 2008. Toward major evolutionary transitions theory 2. | 2019-04-20T18:56:06 | http://designr.it/social-evolution-theory.html |
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Verbal cues such as “great job” and “nice work” are great social reinforcers. Nonverbal cues can provide the same effect. For example, a head nod and a smile will provide a student speaker with immediate reassurance that they are on target with their message. Provide the same feedback on successfully written essays and reports by writing an affirming phrase, drawing a smiley face or adding a sticker. A “gotcha” program–commonly used to reward good behaviour–is also a popular way to provide social reinforcement. Make your program public by asking staff to use preprinted “gotcha” sticky notes to jot down good behaviour. Then post the “gotchas” on a display board each week for everyone in the school to see.
Activity reinforcement gives students the opportunity to participate in a specific privileged activity as a reward for good behaviour or other success. Younger students might be motivated by the opportunity to be first in the lunch line or have extra time on the computer or at recess. For older students, the chance to get out of class early or choose their own lab partners could be a nice reward. You can also cross-promote reinforcements by rewarding one student with the opportunity to select a tangible reward the whole class can enjoy.
Tangible reinforcement, or motivating students with physical goods such as money, candy or other novelties, is often one of the more controversial forms of reinforcement. Opponents say it adversely affects students’ natural reinforcement. However, advocates view such rewards as tools that can help students take responsibility for their own actions. Keep costs and controversy down by using fun school-spirited items as tangible reinforcements such as fold up flyers, logo’d writing tools or chocolate gold coins.
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Students are experiencing education through more than just books, lectures and note taking. They’re using social media and other tools like never before. | 2019-04-26T07:55:38 | https://info.4imprint.com/enews/gold-stars-and-candy-bars-using-positive-reinforcement-in-the-classroom/ |
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Komodotyzacji”. Strategia, identyfikacja, rozszerzona o usług IT. W tej chwili modelu są i podaż w celu firm zabójcza. Robią owo, rabat wysokości. Wydaje się to abstrakcyjne: niższej ceny dla zmuszonych odpowiedników, czasu odpowiedni aż do stylu życia. mus wypłata oraz wyższa narzut, kto prezentuje lokalizacji”.
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Morality, it could be argued, represents the way that people would like the world to work, wheareas economics represents how it actually does work.
The highly analytical and detailed book, Freakonomics (2005) by University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt and New York Times journalist Stephen J. Dubne. Among the many controversial issues it has a financial and statistical take on are abortion, the Ku Klux Klan and drug gangs.
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Ha! No worries. It was worth reading your review again.
I quite fancy reading this, cheers for pointing it out Alex! | 2019-04-22T04:27:20 | https://alexraphael.wordpress.com/2015/10/13/lines-of-the-day-freakonomics/ |
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Eleonora, will you provide some background on the photo? what is this man’s role at the prison and how did you meet him? | 2019-04-25T08:10:34 | https://thevelvetrocket.com/2015/10/06/photo-of-the-day-karosta-prison/ |
The Pixel 2 series is reaching the headlines once again and not for the right reasons, as a new issue related to the main camera of the devices was brought to light by numerous Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL owners. The problem manifests itself in the form of banding while capturing photos and videos in certain lighting conditions, specifically when the sensors are being exposed to LED lighting. Technically speaking, this type of banding occurs due to the way LED lights work and in theory, there are ways to combat this, however, because the Pixel camera application doesn’t offer a comprehensive manual mode for adjusting the shutter speed of the handset(s), the issue doesn’t seem to be easily avoided with just a simple camera setting change.
In layman’s terms, the reason why banding occurs lies in the fact that LED lights flicker at the same rate as the AC power supply, i.e. 50Hz in Europe and 60Hz in the United States. Although unnoticeable to the naked eye, this flickering can be picked up by a camera, and technically speaking, the issue can be avoided by setting the camera’s shutter speed to match, double, or triple the LED flicker frequency (e.g. at 1/50, 1/100, 1/150, or 1/60, 1/120, etc.). Evidently, this solution doesn’t work for the Pixel 2 smartphones as the camera application lacks the option of setting these shutter speeds manually, and instead, this type of banding should be ironed out automatically by the sensor and imaging software. Unfortunately, it looks like the "brain" working behind the Pixel 2 camera is having some issues with eliminating the banding effect created by LED lights, despite the fact that in overall, the new flagship’s camera capabilities have been praised by numerous media outlets as well as DxOMark. For some users, it appears that the problem has been manifesting itself for the past couple of weeks but no working solutions have been shared by Google so far. It’s also unclear whether this problem occurs in both Europe and the United States given that the AC power supply frequency differs by 10Hz from one region to the other.
Google's Pixel 2 series hasn't enjoyed the smoothest of launches as its users have already brought various issues to light and the company continues to work on fixing the problems hindering the Pixel 2 launch with regular software updates, which is how the newly uncovered LED-related bug should also be addressed. Feel free to check out the video below for a demonstration of the Pixel 2's camera experiencing banding issues. | 2019-04-20T22:55:27 | https://www.androidheadlines.com/2017/11/google-pixel-2s-camera-seems-to-struggle-under-led-lighting.html |
Jeff Reynolds, You are Chairman of the Republican Party for Multnomah County, which is the most populated county in Oregon, which has been recently identified as a critical swing state in the upcoming election. As a self-identified Tea Party organizer, this puts you at the forefront of the upcoming attempt to overtake the state of Oregon for the Tea Party. As Chairman of the Republican Party, please explain why a family receiving government assistance of any form should vote conservatively when the conservatives are so boisterously claiming all public assistance to be socialism.
Now, having clashed previously with this relative, I knew that it was pointless to respond to the direct and personal frontal assault. I took this as a challenge - sparring with the other side is a good exercise now and then, allowing us outside our echo chamber to test ourselves. The ultimate hope is to change a mind and subsequently a vote. At the very least, I hoped to respond to the question while not looking foolish. Here is what I said (edited slightly for clarity).
I will freely admit that those on public assistance are unlikely to vote conservative, and I'll go further and advance the notion that that is by design. But as Margaret Thatcher famously stated, "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money."
Yes, public assistance is by its very nature socialistic. And as long as an individual is receiving handouts from the government, it seems paradoxical for that individual to vote against his or her perceived self interest, i.e. the free checks.
The simple reason for this is runaway public spending. We simply cannot afford to spend money that we don't have. The public budget is perfectly analogous to a family budget. If you're drowning in credit card debt with several maxed out credit cards, the last thing you want to do is open up a new credit card to maintain your level of spending. The only two ways you can solve your debt problem is either to create more income, or lower your spending. So Democrats typically state, "Well, that means we need to raise taxes!" However, it's been proven time and again that if government is afflicted with unchecked, out of control spending, raising taxes actually causes less revenue to come in. Why? Because taxes function as a punitive measure - a choke on business. When more taxes are levied, businesses cut back and hire fewer employees, because they must survive first. When that happens, you have fewer TAXPAYERS. So the proper response is to lower marginal tax rates and jump start the economy, thus freeing businesses up to hire more people - this gets them off unemployment (a net expense to the government) and start earning income that is taxed (a net gain in government income). This is fundamental stuff.
So why should someone on public assistance vote conservative? Because most people on public assistance wish someday not to be on public assistance any more, and the only way to do that is with a good paying job with security and benefits. The only way you'll end up with an economy that provides ample opportunities is when government stops wasting our money and burdening the private sector. I saw a stat recently that during the Reagan administration, when you looked at families who lived below the poverty line, within 7 years, 86% of them had escaped poverty. The reason for this, the only historically proven method to create such bountiful opportunities, is to unburden the private sector by lowering taxes and removing regulations.
Additional reasons: it is a fact that Obama is the first President that has seen the credit rating of our public debt dropped under his watch. Furthermore, it's estimated that the personal net worth of the average American has dropped by something like 40% over the past several years, and the median income nationwide has dropped by $4,000 annually. Only 14% of Americans expect today’s children to be better off than their parents. Obama promised that if we passed the stimulus package, unemployment would drop below 7%. Instead it's never been under 8% in his term, and the real unemployment rate that measures the unemployed and those who have fallen out of the work force has persisted over 15%, often above 20%.
Did you know that in 1984, the city of Detroit voted for Reagan at a rate somewhere around 64%? Imagine, inner city, ethnic, heavy union influence Detroit voted OVERWHELMINGLY for the Republican. Why?
For all these reasons, I believe that it is ESPECIALLY important for those receiving public assistance to vote against the incumbent whose failed policies have made our recession much worse, not better, and enslaved far more Americans on what Deneen Borelli calls the government plantation. Sadly, as noted above, I doubt that will happen - but I still hold out hope.
1) "We simply cannot afford to spend money that we don't have. " Was this in effect when Bush launched his 1-3 trillion dollar war in Iraq? Because if we consider balancing the budget important, why didn't they just stick to Clinton's plan which did just that?
2) "So the proper response is to lower marginal tax rates and jump start the economy, thus freeing businesses up to hire more people.." Would this be the same concept as trickle-economics aka "horse and sparrow" theory? And how many of the jobs created by this theory likely to open in the inner city where they're needed most?
3) "Detroit voted for Reagan at a rate somewhere around 64%" Is it possible people voted in such number for Reagan because of the Iranian Hostage Crisis, Oil Crisis and general gaffes by Carter including “I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times”?
Hi Jeff, You said this better than I ever could. My wife has been laid off and I have been unable to find employment. We just want to find work, less government, less regulations.
Very good comments Jeff...thanks! These are things which should be common sense to the average person, but are difficult to articulate, particularly in the heat of a passionate debate. The right looses this debate because of general compassion clouding reasoning. This is where the left constantly takes advantage and play off of emotions. $16T in debt and $100T of unfunded liabilities is a lot of compassion...like sacrificing ones own life for another, but through government it is at the barrel of a gun, so we don't even feel satisfaction of sacrificing, but rather feel quite violated.
You should see the rest of the conversation ... it's devolved into populist marxist talking points coming from several people uninterested in dialogue. I might make a follow up post about it that shows their tactics for what they are. | 2019-04-21T04:20:36 | http://www.freedomworks.org/content/why-we-fight-freedom-and-liberty-all-not-just-conservatives |
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The world is full of successful people with little talent, and talented people with little success. We can find countless reasons, attribute good luck, bad luck, and timing. But as Mr. Cobbett suggests the difference may boil down to perseverance. The ability to go to work every day, day after day, fixating on details, drilling on the basics, creating a plan and working the plan.
Everyone sees the glory of success. They overlook the boring, the tedious, the drudgery, the late nights, the early mornings and countless minuscule decisions. Unfortunately, success does not come with an arrival date and time. Perseverance keeps us on task in the face of difficulties, and uncertainty. It keeps us striving when things look bleak, and we fear of ever attaining our goal.
What will you do today to bring you closer to your goal? | 2019-04-24T16:15:04 | https://johawkthewriter.com/2019/02/12/daily-quote-187/ |
Obesity surgery is a serious decision to make if you are obese and wish to lead a healthier life. There are many complications that can occur in addition to the benefits. For example, if you have stomach stapling done you may pop a staple at some future point after the surgery. If you get a band it could slip. Either way you’ll need corrective surgery.
Beneficially your stomach will be much smaller in size and unable to hold as much food, which in turn should allow you dramatic weight loss. Just because your stomach is smaller doesn’t necessarily mean that your appetite will be smaller after you recover. Some people find that initially their appetite is dramatically reduced but after their bodies heal from the surgery old habits return. This can be especially difficult if you are used to eating quickly and ordering large amounts of food.
You should write a personal note to yourself or several copies of the same note that say something to the effect of ‘Remember to chew slowly and pay attention to how much food you are eating.’ After an obesity surgery you will fill up very quickly and can inadvertently make yourself sick.
It is possible to find ways to cheat on your new weight loss plan and thus regain your weight. One of these is simply to ‘graze’ all day. Even if you can only eat small amounts at a time you can still gain weight if you constantly eat tiny portions of high calorie foods during the day. This is unfortunent and a common occurrence in patients with whom the obesity surgery doesn’t take.
Also continuing a sedentary lifestyle will hinder your efforts. Its important to start and stay active. One way to stay active and a suggested way for obesity surgery patients is walking.
· Diet. Regular consumption of high-calorie foods, such as fast foods, or increasing their portion sizes contributes to weight gain. High-fat foods are dense in calories. Loading up on soft drinks, candy and desserts also promotes weight gain. Foods and beverages like these are high in sugar and calories. In general, eating away from home also increases calorie intake since the tendency of people is to eat at fasfood joints whenever they are outside the home.
· Quitting smoking. Smokers tend to gain weight after quitting. This weight gain may be partially due to nicotine’s ability to raise the rate at which your body burns calories (metabolic rate). When smokers stop, they burn fewer calories. Smoking also affects taste since quitting smoking makes food taste and smell better. Former smokers often gain weight because they eat more after they quit. However, cigarette smoking is still considered a greater threat to your health than is extra weight.
· Pregnancy. During pregnancy a woman’s weight necessarily increases. Some women find this weight difficult to lose after the baby is born. This weight gain may contribute to the development of obesity in women.
· Certain medications. Corticosteroids treatment have shown an increase in fat and in weight presenting obesity. Some antidepressant medications can also lead to weight gain. So thus some high blood pressure and antipsychotic medications.
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Taking a step into the healthy land of weight loss for the very first time, might feel a tad bit intimidating, but by keeping the helpful tips listed below in mind, you will soon find yourself losing the extra pounds and feeling better about the way you look and live.
You will have a much easier time losing unwanted pounds if you put some thought into planning what you are going to eat. This is easier said than done for the more impulsive among us, but it’s essential to know what you will be having to eat on a given day in order to avoid being caught out with no plans and no options other than to run to the nearest fast-food joint and “grab something quick.” Take the time to prepare your foods, bring them into work, and feel good knowing you’re in complete control of what you’re eating.
Many people are looking towards green teas to help them in their journey with trying to lose higher amounts of weight. There is some research which seems to indicate that the substances in green tea are not only healthy in the fight against cancer, but that they can assist in weight loss as well.
Don’t expect to be perfect. When on a diet, everyone slips up now and then, and it is nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, the guilt that you will probably feel about slipping up is actually a great motivator. It means that you are truly serious about your diet, and it should be pretty easy to get back into your weight loss routine. Stay positive, and remember to get back on track immediately.
When losing weight you may want to try to switch to green tea in lieu of sodas or sugary drinks. Green tea does contain caffeine so if concurrently you are cutting your intake of caffeine opt for decaffeinated green tea. Green tea can help raise your metabolism and has many useful antioxidants that help your immune system.
So, after reading and applying the helpful tips listed above, you should feel a bit more at ease in the land of weight loss. You should feel empowered and ready to begin taking better care of your body, so that you can lose the weight and make positive changes to your life.
For some, losing weight is a never-ending battle that entails personal and social consequences. Being overweight is now a health problem for about two-thirds of the current U.S. population. Being overweight and obese increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and some forms of cancer, and other diseases. As a social problem, being obese or overweight makes a person more susceptible to ridicule and name calling. In fact, it is now common to hear friends and relatives greet each other by saying, “Oh! You gained weight!” The more complimentary form is when people greet others by saying, “Wow! You look like you’ve lost a lot of weight!” Either way, the subliminal message of these greetings point to society’s obsession with physical beauty. No wonder, many overweight and obese individuals struggle with maintaining their confidence and self-esteem in the face of society’s aesthetic demands.
Due to these health risks and social consequences, more and more people are now becoming more conscious about their figure and lifestyle. Fitness and health industries are now experiencing a business boom due to the sheer number of people who want to shed excess weight. Somehow, even the busiest executives and hardworking employees are finding time to break some sweat. A lot of people have also become more conscious about their eating habits to the point that they now count every calorie in every meal they have.
Still, not all can afford the expensive gym memberships, much less have time to run on a treadmill or lift weights. Majority of people who need to lose weight struggle with having to cut down on food intake or in staying away from calorie-rich foods. Lack of time, discipline, and will to shed off those excess pounds has led many weight watchers to a “quick fix” method — using so-called ““miracle diets.” While a lot of diet plans offer “guaranteed” results, many do not have the focus to stay with their eating plan. The effectiveness of the trendiest and most popular diet fad ultimately depends on a person’s ability and willingness to choose the right food and amount to eat. It’s really not about the recipe…but about the person’s desire to cut down on food.
Now, for some, there is an even better “quick fix” method of going on a diet. Instead of going to the gym and missing out on one’s favorite delicacies, some people take weight loss pills. These weight loss pills work by helping reduce the absorption of fat in food that we eat; or act as an appetite suppressant.
There are a number of weight-loss pills available at the local drugstore, supermarket, and health food store. There are even weight loss pills that can be bought online. However, the safety and efficacy of these pills have not been adequately substantiated or proven. Some fake weight loss pills are downright dangerous.
Most people have heard of contemporary herbal weight loss pills, such as the ephedra (ma huang) pills or Hoodia Gordonii which are very popular today. In the last few years, hoodia has been heavily marketed as the latest in a long list of “miracle herbal products” that promote weight loss and over-all health. The ban on certain weight loss diet pills such as ephedra has opened up a new market for Hoodia. The said drug is now sold in health shops and in the Internet in various forms: capsulated, powder, liquid, or as tea. Despite its popularity, there is no published research or random controlled trial in humans to show that Hoodia is safe or effective in pill form. Many of the Hoodia products being sold today are difficult to analyze in terms of purity or freshness.
To provide the public a safer and tested product, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a reduced-strength, over-the-counter version of weight loss ingredient called Orlistat. It is a prescription weight-loss medication for adults aged 18 and older. Orlistat, otherwise known as Alli, helps promote weight loss by decreasing absorption of fat by the intestines. The capsules are taken with meals, up to three times a day. This ingredient or pill is among the list of very popular weight loss diet pills. Still, Orlistat is intended to be used in conjunction with a reduced-calorie and low-fat diet, and regular exercise.
Losing weight is important to maintain one’s health and to sustain a person’s sense of comfort and confidence in social settings. People who are still in search for the best weight loss diet pill should make sure that the products they use are safe and FDA-approved. Losing weight should also be done in a very gradual manner. Starving one’s self is a no-no. Indeed, losing weight should ultimately be about regaining one’s health and not just to attain physical perfection — if there is such a thing. Losing weight and reaching the ideal number of pounds takes time. There are no shortcuts to weight loss and to achieving optimum health.
If you are morbidly obese and have tried different weight loss plans but none have worked for you, you may want to consider gastric bypass surgery. Not everyone is a candidate for the procedure, and this article can give you some ideas and tips to lose weight.
You can save money by buying your meat in bulk. Choose a lean meat such as chicken and do not fry it. Spend your weekend cooking your meat for the week. You can easily roast chicken and freeze it so that it lasts you through the week. Plan in advance to save time and money.
Sometimes peer pressure can be a positive force in losing weight. If you are setting off on a new diet, let your friends know what you are doing. Ask people to check up on you to see how you are doing. Having to be accountable to others can help you avoid those habits you know you should be avoiding.
Breakfast is an extremely important meal and should not be skipped. The ideal meal plan for someone trying to lose weight is a nice breakfast and dinner and four light snacks. Three snacks in between breakfast and dinner and one before bedtime. The idea of eating six times a day is to space out the food intake to ensure that you will not feel hungry and you will burn off the food faster.
Before giving into your cravings, have a drink of water. The body can’t tell whether you are hungry or whether you are just in need of a drink; so before assuming that you are starving, try a glass of water and wait about 15 minutes. This can save your waistline and your pocketbook as well.
Even if you truly do have some type of medical disorder that has caused you to be more susceptible for being overweight you want to consider then main reason for your fat yourself! If you can internalize that it was poor choices that you have made it will become easier for you to change these choices in your life.
As discussed at the beginning of this article, sometimes significant weight loss needs more than just diet and exercise. Gastric bypass surgery might be an option when all other methods have failed you. Hopefully, this article has given you some great tips for deciding if gastric bypass surgery is right for you or if you think you may be able to use a different way to begin your weight loss journey.
By now, you may been riding the fad weight loss plan merry-go-round for quite some time and are ready to jump off. You have followed one regimented diet after another (the Zone, the Cabbage Soup diet or the Atkins diet), eaten prepackaged or powdered foods or MREs (meals rejected by Ethiopians), counted calories, given up flavor in favor of low fat, gone to the support groups. And you may have even lost some weight – only to see the pounds reappear after you went off the program. Every year, 100 million Americans go on a diet and up to 95% of them gain back any weight they lose within five years.
Such a weight loss plan can be a very temporary way to get started, but recognize it’s not long-term. Remember, anything you can do in a few days, you can undo in less. The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends adopting healthy eating habits, rather than impatiently pursuing a crash diet or quick weight loss plan in hopes of losing unwanted pounds in a few weeks. Weight loss occurs from expending more calories than you consume. Therefore, the only rational way to lose weight is to eat fewer calories, than you expend in daily activities, and this process takes time.
Losing weight permanently may seem a distant dream, too good to be true. But a combination of a sensible diet and daily moderate exercise can help you fulfill this dream. As a weight loss plan, exercise alone is not as potent, but when combined with proper dieting, it can prove lethal for obesity. Exercise combined with dieting, leads to more weight loss than any other weight loss plan. This does not imply that exercise alone is worthless. Physical fitness is certainly good for you, and is more effective in reshaping your body than it is for shedding flab.
Exercise helps build muscles, and muscles burn more calories for fuel. Exercise helps to burn off excess calories and starting a regular exercise program is critical for any weight loss plan. For that reason, those involved in manual labor are rarely obese. In most cases, obesity is the result of a sedentary lifestyle. Lack of adequate physical activity, primarily contributes to causing obesity. While it is true, that exercise stimulates the digestive system and makes the individual hungrier, one can easily satiate this increased hunger by consuming large quantities of low-calorie foods. However, physical activity does not have to be excessive or overly strenuous to be effective.
Healthy eating is the best way to reach and maintain a healthy body weight. A balanced, whole foods diet – containing a variety of vegetables, fruits and grains, raw seeds and nuts, beans, fermented milk products, fish, and poultry is the best prescribed weight loss plan for reaching your ideal body weight. A good weight loss plan must be based on a well-rounded diet, as a deficiency in one or more nutrients may interfere with your weight loss goals.
If you have tried to lose weight before, consider what you did in the past that did not work for you and start from a different place. Establish a pragmatic, healthy weight loss plan for yourself and be clear about the reasons why you are undertaking this process again and what you are willing to do to achieve success. Instead of a one-size fits all diet, you need to understand that everyone requires a unique weight loss plan to shed weight and regain health. You know yourself well, what does and does not work for you. Give yourself the tools, knowledge, and support to reach your goal. Ultimately, you are the one who must decide if losing weight and making other lifestyle changes will improve your health.
Obesity has become such an important topic in health and self-improvement circles that it deserves its own “News and Views” column. Here is the February, 2006 issue.
In his new book, “Fat Politics: The Real Story Behind America’s Obesity Epidemic”, writer Eric Oliver claims that the ramped up concern over obesity in the last ten years has been driven by the weight loss industry.
The writer does not dispute that the average American adult is between 8 and 12 pounds heavier today than in 1975. But he does dispute the significance of this weight gain to average health.
This flies directly in the face of current orthodoxy on the impact of obesity on health. Those who warn us about obesity say it greatly increases the likelihood of conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and even some cancers.
In a study published in the February issue of Pediatrics, researcher Penny Gordon-Larsen of the University of North Carolina’s School of Public Health and Medicine looked at the correlation between overweight and availability of exercise facilities.
The researchers gathered statistics on the number of physical-activity facilities, the rate of overweight children, and the average physical activity levels for each area. Facilities included were schools, public recreation facilities, parks and YMCAs, as well as dance studios and private gyms.
In another study conducted by researchers at Tulane University, the link between “food insecurity status” and obesity has been challenged.
Prior studies suggested that people not sure where their next meal was coming from might overeat when they got food, or possibly eat less-nutritious, higher calorie foods.
But in the study of nearly 17,0000 kindergarten children, kids in “food insecure houselholds” were found to be 20% less likely to be overweight.
The researchers concluded that some risk factors did contribute to overweight. These were low physical activity, watching TV more than two hours a day, high birth weight, being from a low-income family, and being either black or Latino.
Upon your engagement just six months earlier, you knew that you had to reach an important goal before your wedding day: lose 25 pounds. Years of yo-yo dieting have clearly failed and you not only want to take off the weight, you want to keep it off. Fortunately, a change in your exercise regimen has helped as has a change in your diet. The biggest help, however, has come in the form of a nice kick to your metabolism — something that has ultimately spelled the difference between wearing a size 12 wedding dress and that gorgeous Empire period size 8 gown you had your eyes on. You can achieve sustainable weight loss too; read on and we’ll take a look at just how you can meet your goals.
Your previous attempts to lose weight and keep it off have failed. What those earlier weight loss plans failed to take into consideration was your body’s metabolism, that internal clock that controls just how efficiently food is burned. Many people have discovered that their body’s metabolism is not working as hard as it could to do its part to promote effective weight loss. To help matters out, a comprehensive program has been developed by weight loss experts which can direct the body to clean itself of detrimental internal toxins.
Any successful weight management strategy must offer pleasant to the taste shakes or soups to go with the powders and capsules that help ratchet up your metabolism. Importantly, these types of plans allow for you to eat one comprehensive and sensible meal on most days based on the foods you select, not what has been delivered to you in some sort of food package. Gone is the restrictive requirement that you select a meal that is bland and boring or be forced into choosing expensive planned meals created by weight management companies to pad their wallets. You only end up feeling hungry and dissatisfied with those meal plans!
Successful weight loss plans are not imposed on dieters, instead they work with the specific needs of every person. A plan as short as 9 days in length can help anyone lose those extra five pounds that are the most difficult to get rid of. A 30 day plan is ideal for the person who needs to lose more weight, but have that weight loss spread out over time. For anyone planning a wedding that is months away, the longer plan is most ideal and it can be repeated again and again until the desired weight loss effects have been achieved.
Most importantly, a cleansing program should be something that works with the body not against it. Who needs to feel crampy and out-of-sorts with a harsh and possibly dangerous laxative? A cleansing system that aids in good digestion without sapping energy or making you feel miserable is the only way to go. Besides, you are planning your wedding day not your execution!
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When it comes time for you to start losing weight, you may wonder where to begin, as there are so many things to consider when trying to put together plans and goals that work for you. The tips in this article can provide you with what you need to know to create a successful weight loss plan.
One tip that people who are just starting out with new weight loss goals can implement is to start small. Start out by giving one unhealthy habit up and slowly start to incorporate better eating habits over time. Getting rid of all your vices at once is a recipe for disaster.
Replace your typical movie theater popcorn with low sodium air-popped popcorn to improve your nutrition. Popcorn sold at movie theaters is filled with unnecessary fats, due to the oil its cooked in. Air-popped corn kernels have much less fat, and are a great source of fiber. Get healthy with air-popped popcorn today!
If you eat when you are stressed or depressed, replace eating with another activity. Try to do arts and crafts, take a walk, or call a friend. By distracting yourself you will avoid eating when you don’t need food. Many people use food as a crutch instead of getting medical advice for their issues.
Always carry a healthy snack with you wherever you go in case a craving hits or temptation becomes too strong. Nuts are a healthy food and very portable, so put a zippered bag of them in your pocket or purse so you can grab a handful when you need it.
Remember to count all of your calories to see weight loss success. Many people remember to count their meals, but forget to count the calories of snacks and nibbles throughout the day. Doing so will help you not to consume more calories than you are allowed and achieve your weight loss goals.
Having a drink before a meal can help you feel full faster. Another idea is to eat an apple as they’re full of fiber and fiber makes you feel satiated. You can also eat a salad or a bowl of steamed vegetables before digging in. Anything that fills you up but is healthy will help!
As you have seen, weight loss plans while various, share many fundamentals. They just vary in terms of time, diet, exercise, and goals. All it takes to decide between them is some research, common sense, and advice from your doctor to find the best plan for your body and your life. | 2019-04-25T03:50:26 | http://www.cmfrenzy.com/tag/meal-replacement/page/2/ |
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I cannot believe I only have one week left in this beautiful place! What a trip it has been. Although, this last week is still jam-packed with new and exciting things that we have not been able to do yet.
Although it took us awhile, we all sat down together and finally had an authentic South African meal. South Africans love their meat, and if you think you have been there done that with the different meats, you are wrong! This place had crocodile, warthog, ostrich, and other animals native to Africa that I have never seen before. I was able to try crocodile as an appetizer, and I had a Springbok steak for my meal. The crocodile was a great starter, it was served in Kabab form, and tasted like a leaner chicken. My Springbok steak was absolutely incredible. It was cooked to perfection, and was really tender. Springbok is a type of Antelope that is native to South Africa. The Springbok is also a large national symbol and a source of pride, as it is the mascot for the National Rugby Team. I was really happy to try some food that I could really only try here.
Another memorable event of this week was the Bird and Monkey Sanctuary outside of the city. I do not support the idea of zoos, and I was a really worried about what I would see when we got to this place. Thankfully, I was pleasantly surprised. The venue was very much outdoors, with plenty of trees and also other wildlife that certainly could make the animals feel like they are in their natural environment. There were also a fair amount of birds that were able to fly around freely and were not in artificial habitats, which made me feel better. This place is also a place where they can keep some animals that are in danger of extinction and hopefully try to keep the species alive. The highlight was definitely in the monkey cage, with these cute little yellow monkeys called Squirrel Monkeys. We first walked in and they were just hanging around the trees and bushes, and then the person who worked there came over and put little nuts and seeds on our heads. Within seconds the monkeys came over and were climbing all over us. From one head to another, to my pockets, to someone else’s purse, to then taking off another’s hat. It was hysterical. We walked around the cage in a circle until we got back to the front. I really did not want it to end, but the exhibit was sadly closing. This was a great day.
While we only have five days left, there is still plenty to do. In the plans this week is still surfing, watching the sunset on top of a mountain, and doing some volunteer work at a local soccer field. I love it so much here, and I cannot believe my trip is already almost over. Thanks for Reading! | 2019-04-20T06:43:17 | https://pittbusinesstotheworld.com/2018/06/04/up-close-and-personal-with-south-african-nature/ |
Our AUT line of all aluminum utility trailers is designed with the utmost precision to give you years of trouble-free service. With features like straight or bi-fold ramp options, and full-length channels for adjustable tie-down positions, you can be sure every detail has been crafted to meet the unique needs of large equipment, landscaping material, and commercial goods hauling. Take a look at some additional features below, and be sure to request a quote from your dealer when you find the model you’re looking for.
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So sorry we’ve been gone for awhile! No fun at all!
Anyways, the hard drive on my six year old iMac kicked the bucket a few weeks ago. But, thanks to a suction cup and some torx bits, I managed to install a new hard drive, save all my data off the old hard drive and now I’m up and running again! It just took a few weeks. So, now we can get back on track.
One thing we love over here at Pickle Soda is guitars. Sometime we’ll play some for you!
Here is a clip of the great Bill Frisell doing a take on the Beach Boys’ classis “Surfer Girl” for Fretboard Journal. I just love when people create beautiful things. | 2019-04-22T16:25:12 | https://jordanfaux.com/tag/bill-frisell/ |
Nov. 1, 2016—Falls Church, VA— Homeowners associations are preferred places to call home for millions of Americans, according to the "2016 Homeowner Satisfaction Survey," national research conducted by Zogby Analytics for the Foundation for Community Association Research (FCAR).
The majority, (66%) of respondents said their association's rules protect and enhance their property values, while 84 percent of those surveyed said members of their elected governing board "absolutely" or "for the most part" serve the best interests of their communities.
The group of randomly selected association residents were asked to rate their experience on a scale of one to five, with one being very bad and five being very good. Sixty-five percent say they are "very" or "somewhat" satisfied, with 22 percent neutral and just 13 percent expressing any level of dissatisfaction.
Nearly 70 percent of residents said their community managers provide value and support to residents and their association.
More than 80 percent of residents who had direct contact with their community manager report a positive experience.
Two-thirds (67%) of residents said community associations provide excellent value. Those residents also believe they pay about the right amount—some even say too little—in association assessments, versus paying too much.
"A large majority of Americans who live in community associations are happy and satisfied in their communities," says CAI Chief Executive Officer Thomas Skiba, CAE. "This is a testament to how much the community association model has evolved in recent years. The concept has grown up, become well established and become an increasingly successful form of community governance and an essential component of the U.S. housing market."
68 million Americans live in 338,000 common-interest communities, from city-sized, master-planned communities and multi-building condominium complexes to urban cooperatives and small homeowners associations built into small tracks of open suburban spaces. Survey findings also showed that homeowners want to see less, or at least not more, government oversight and control of community associations.
Foundation for Community Association Research conducted similar surveys in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2012, and 2014. Results can be accessed at http://cairf.org/research/survey_homeowner_past.aspx.
Foundation for Community Association Research (FCAR) was founded in 1975. FCAR is a 501(c)(3) organization that supports and conducts research and makes that information available to those involved in association development, governance and management. FCAR provides authoritative research and analysis on community association trends, issues and operations. Our mission is to inspire successful and sustainable communities. We sponsor needs-driven research that informs and enlightens all community association stakeholders—community association residents, homeowner volunteer leaders, community managers and other professional service providers, legislators, regulators and the media. Our work is made possible by your tax-deductible contributions. Your support is essential to our research. For more information, visit www.cairf.org. | 2019-04-19T00:24:23 | https://www.caionline.org/PressReleases/Pages/2016HOASweetHOA.aspx |
In October 2002, the City Commission adopted an annexation incentive policy, which instructed staff to focus on more aggressive and creative annexation and economic development strategies. The City recognized that its economic well-being is related to and in many respects dependent upon, sustained growth of its population and tax revenue base through annexation of contiguous territories.
The annexation agreement allows the City to reimburse the developer for the actual costs incurred in connection with the construction of qualified “municipal facilities” (streets, gutters, and other public infrastructure) within the property annexed, in an amount not to exceed the total cost of facilities or the total sum of all ad valorem real property taxes collected by the City from the annexed property, whichever is less, over a six year period.
The incentive agreement requires the Director of Finance to collect and deposit all tax revenues in a separate dedicated account from which the developer will be reimbursed for the cost of the public facilities to be assumed and maintained by the City upon completion of the development. In essence, the tax revenues generated by the annexation of property are utilized to offset the cost of the public facilities that the City itself could otherwise invest in and construct. Reimbursements to the developer cease at the conclusion of the six-year period and thereafter, the City receives all tax revenues from the annexed property. Persons interested in annexation into the City of Paducah should contact the Department of Planning at 270-444-8690 or by email. | 2019-04-20T13:04:10 | http://paducahky.gov/annexation-policy |
The plot thickened at the Alaska Board of Game meeting in Fairbanks on Friday when a trapper from Healy showed up and told the board he had trapped and killed the leader of one of two wolf packs regularly seen by tourists in Denali National Park and Preserve.
The wolf had strayed outside a highly publicized and controversial no-trapping, no-hunting "buffer zone" established by a previous game board four years ago to protect a pair of wolf packs that roam in and out of the eastern corner of Alaska's most famous park.
Sitting before the seven-member board wearing a camouflage ball cap, Brent Keith said he trapped the alpha male in the Mount Margaret pack on Wednesday after watching the pack of 12 wolves consume a cow moose they had killed less than a half mile from his house. "I watched them for five days," Keith said. "They were four-tenths of a mile from my house. I listened to them (howling) every night and finally I went out and put some snares out there. "I figured I'd tell you about it before you read it in the paper," he said.
Friday marked the first of at least two days of public testimony at the meeting and Keith's testimony caused a stir in the crowd of about 100 people in a conference room at the Wedgewood Resort, where the state game board is meeting for two weeks to review and revise hunting and trapping regulations throughout the Interior, including the possible elimination of the Denali Buffer Zone.
While many of the 272 proposals submitted to the board relate to predator control for wolves and bears in order to boost moose and caribou populations, much of Friday's public testimony centered around the politically-polarized buffer zone.
The 55-square mile buffer zone has been a hot-button issue since it was created four years ago by a game board appointed by then-Gov. Tony Knowles and is now in danger of being dissolved by a more hunter and trapper friendly board put in place by current Gov. Frank Murkowski a year ago. The board is considering several proposals to get rid of the buffer zone.
Trappers and hunters like Keith argue that there is no biological justification for the buffer zone and that it is an unnecessary restriction to placate animal-rights activists.
"I don't see any need for a buffer zone; there are plenty of wolves running around in that area," said Keith, noting there are at least five packs that roam the area he traps. "These wolves will replace themselves.
"I think people should be concerned about the caribou herd in that area," he said, referring to the struggling Denali Caribou Herd. "Nothing is going to replace that caribou herd when it's gone."
Wildlife viewers and animal-rights groups, meanwhile, contend that the buffer zone helps protect a valuable aspect of Alaska's tourism industry.
Former game board member Vic Van Ballenberghe of Anchorage, a wildlife biologist who was on the board when the buffer zone was created, urged the board to keep it in place, even if it is too small to fully protect the wolves.
"It's the one spot in the state where you stand a decent chance of seeing wolves or hearing them howl," he said. "It represents a high value of viewing that needs to be preserved. If you rank the animals we have in Alaska and the demand to see those animals, wolves rank near the top of the list."
Board member Pete Buist pointed out that each time a wolf pack gets displaced by hunting, trapping or natural mortality, another pack moves in. Five wolf packs have lived in the area in the last 20 years, he said.
"Do you think tourists can tell the difference between those packs?" Buist asked Van Ballenberghe. "Do we need the very same wolves to look at?"
But Van Ballenberghe said it takes a pack of wolves time to become tolerant of humans so they can be viewed on a reliable basis and constant turnover of packs hinders viewing opportunities."So what you're saying is the buffer zone will allow tourists a better chance of seeing a habituated wolf?" Buist asked. "Is that what you mean by tolerant?"
Defenders of Wildlife representative Karen Deatherage followed Van Ballenberghe to the microphone and addressed Buist's question by saying that her group is working with the National Park Service to educate park visitors about viewing wolves to decrease habituation issues.
Deatherage also spoke out against two aerial wolf control programs recently initiated by the game board near McGrath and in the Nelchina Basin that have resulted in private pilots and hunters killing more than 80 wolves, all in the Nelchina Basin.
Not only have Alaskans voted down aerial wolf hunting twice in statewide elections, the hunts violate the Airborne Hunting Act, a case Defenders has taken to the Department of the Interior. On top of that, the state's predator control plans are not biologically justified, she said.
"The data is simply not there," Deatherage said.
To which board member Ron Somerville replied, "I think Defenders is a little more conservative than we are when it comes to scientific proof."
When Buist asked Deatherage what conditions Defenders of Wildlife would endorse predator control in Alaska, she said that would only happen if it involved an endangered species and all other alternatives had been exhausted. The idea of making a predator control plan for bears, a proposal the board is considering, was especially frightening, she said.
"The fact that bears, especially brown bears, reproduce slowly demands bears be managed conservatively," she said.
As of 5 p.m., more than 50 people had signed up to testify before the board, which should occupy all of today and part of Sunday before the board begins deliberating and making decisions on proposals ranging from falconry to predator control.
Tom Swan of Two Rivers encouraged the board to institute more muzzleloading hunts around the state, including one proposed for the Fairbanks Management Area.
"Currently, there is only one muzzleloader hunt for moose in the state," said Swan, speaking on behalf of the Alaska State Muzzleloading Association and the Alaska Chapter of the Coalition of Historical Trekkers.
Wearing a pair of suspenders over a wool shirt, Dave Miller of Fairbanks asked the board to adopt restrictions on out-of-state hunters on the Salcha River. He said he supports a proposal that would require non-residents to shoot moose that have antlers measuring 50 inches or bigger and prohibit them from hunting caribou.
Hunting pressure on the Salcha River has increased greatly since the antler restrictions were instituted on the Tanana Flats two years ago and the Take A Child Hunting season began in Game Management Unit 20B two years ago, making it harder for local hunters to find moose.
"Our biggest problem is coming from non-resident hunters," Miller told the board. "In some cases they've been very arrogant and exercised unethical hunting practices."
In one of the more lighthearted moments at Friday's meeting, a young moose walked up to the glass doors behind where the game board was sitting as Dr. Jim Simon of the state subsistence division was giving a report to the board. The moose caught the attention of game board chairman Mike Fleagle.
"There's subsistence right there," Fleagle said with a chuckle.
News-Miner outdoors editor Tim Mowry can be reached via e-mail at tmowry@newsminer.com or at 459-7587. | 2019-04-26T16:12:42 | http://www.wolfsongnews.org/news/Alaska_current_events_597.htm |
Parkmobile is a pay-by-phone/app service that is providing customers to the City of Tampa Parking Division an alternative payment option. The option to pay for parking with a smart phone, cell phone, or website is intended to complement the existing parking payment options. More information about Parkmobile can be found at www.parkmobile.com.
The first step is to register with Parkmobile. Visit www.parkmobile.com, or scan any QR code at the parking location to begin. Customers may also access their smart phone app provider to download the free Parkmobile app. When registering, a credit card is required.
Use the Parkmobile mobile app or mobile website to enter in the zone number listed on the sign and choose your parking duration.
You can opt-in to receive a notification 15 minutes before your parking session is set to expired.
Is there a fee for using Parkmobile?
Yes, a convenience fee of $0.35 will be charged for each transaction using Parkmobile.
The addition of Parkmobile as a payment alternative, allows the City of Tampa Parking Division the opportunity to better distribute the existing multi-space pay stations throughout the city. This will eliminate the existence of all traditional single space parking meters and will allow multiple payment options for every on-street parking space. In the coming months, you may notice pay stations with a low usage rate relocated to other downtown areas, however a pay station will be located approximately within a one block walk of any on-street parking space.
Will Parkmobile be available in City of Tampa surface lots and garages?
Parkmobile will be available on City of Tampa surface parking lots within a few weeks of the initial introduction of the service and will complement the existing payment methods on those surface parking lots. Instead of utilizing a receipt to place on the car dashboard, your vehicle license plate will serve as the credential through Parkmobile.
Use of Parkmobile in City of Tampa parking garages will not be immediately available as it requires equipment upgrades, however, this is being considered and may be an option in the future. | 2019-04-21T07:04:24 | https://www.tampagov.net/parking/programs/pay-by-phone-parking |
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Just about everyone I know is aging. Kaya, our eighteen-month-old grand daughter is not just walking, she is running. Single, barely intelligible words have given way to what could almost be considered rudimentary sentences. Soon, I assume, she will be preparing for her SAT and considering colleges. One of my good friends, Todd Ridenour, who I met when he was twenty and have always considered very young, just had his fiftieth birthday. And—much to my dismay—fellow surfers in the lineup now address me as sir instead ofbro.
Since life only moves in one direction, each of us, regardless of our station in life, are all getting older. But we are not just getting older, we are also living much longer. On August 4, 1977 Frenchwoman Madame Jeanne Calment died at the age of 122, giving credit for her longevity to the consistent consumption of port wine and olive oil. You have to love the French! Advances in medicine, sanitation, diet, and eradication of various diseases have caused the life expectancies for many to have doubled since the middle of the 19th century. And most of us want more.
In our quest for longevity, roughly 100 million Americans are using and pursuing anti-aging products and activities. The quest includes books, vitamins, dietary supplements, melatonin, testosterone, estrogen, plastic surgery, anti-aging skin products, Rogaine, Viagra, special diets, a gym membership and Bikram (hot) yoga. If your hips or knees are bothersome, you can get replacements. While maybe not equal to the originals, you are good to go for another 50,000 miles or so. And what is the ultimate compliment all of us over forty long for on our birthday? You sure don’t look your age.
Researchers are working diligently to figure out how to slow the aging process. Their efforts include dietary restriction (very promising but no fun), genetic manipulation, and enzyme development. Recently, Harvard scientists announced that they had been successful in stopping and actually reversing the aging process in elderly mice. It is safe to presume that these mice are now the envy of all the other mice that did not get the therapy. Molecular biologist Cynthia Kenyon has done gene research with worms that doubled their life span. While it has done little to make the life of the worm more interesting, the research offers hope. With so many people hoping to have the body of a 45 year old at 90, Kenyon’s pharmaceutical company is looking for a marketable product. Pointing out the obvious, Kenyon says, If our company could make a pill, everyone would want it. If science ever does produce even a modest cure for aging, the therapies will certainly be employed, and with unforeseen consequences.
Is there anything wrong with wanting to live to be 140 or more? And, what about Christians whose hope is for eternal life in heaven? Can an unbridled desire for longevity become an idol? The Bible has a lot to say to Christians about life, death, and aging. The desire for a long life is not necessarily bad and living to an old age is at times described as a reward for obedience (Exodus 20:12). Proverbs indicates that wise living can actually lengthen how long we live (Proverbs 9:11). No matter how long we might live, it won’t be long enough. As the writer of Ecclesiastes points out, God has, put eternity into man’s heart(Ecclesiastes 3:11). We long for life. Yet, regardless of how long we live, we all know that everyone must die. The Scriptures never make light of this decaying process, calling death the last enemy(1 Corinthians 15:26).
Before he became a Christian, Poet T.S. Eliot described April as, the cruelest month, because the hope that accompanies spring might just turn out to be an illusion. But the Christian’s hope is based not on an illusion but on the historical resurrection of Jesus. As we age, and age we will, believers would do well to remember that we look forward to a bodily resurrection. When we grasp that our destiny is heaven, that our bodies will be new, and that we can look forward to a time when, He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning or crying nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away (Revelation 21:4), it gives an entirely new perspective on the aging process. George McDonald wisely pointed out, If you believe that the Son of God died and rose again, your whole future is full of the dawn of eternal morning, coming up beyond the hills of life, and full of such hope as the highest imagination for the poet has not a glimmer yet.
Of course the aging process can be frustrating. None of us looks forward to diminished physical and mental abilities, the onset of bodily aches and pains, and the eventual loss of freedom and even some of our dignity, that inevitably comes with age. Death in our era of medical wonders is rarely quick and easy. While Christians may pursue a long and healthy life, longevity should never be seen as an absolute good. If we pursue Methuselah-like longevity we run the risk of making an idol out of this life and failing to look forward to the life that is to come. As believers, we should not cling too tenaciously to this life because we know we will live on after death. Our hope is in Jesus who said right after the death of his friend Lazarus, I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?(John 11:25). So when you go to the gym, take your vitamins, or dread your next birthday, pray with the Psalmist, So teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom (Psalm 90:12). | 2019-04-19T03:14:47 | https://www.sbcommunity.org/numbering-our-days/ |
Erika is a first-generation Colombian artist, educator, and organizer deeply rooted in the Bay Area. Over the last five years, she worked at Youth Leadership Institute (YLI), centering youth-led action research and community organizing to drive policy change on racial, social and environmental justice issues. Prior to that, Erika was a dedicated teaching artist at various arts organizations including Precita Eyes Muralists, Brava! For Women in the Arts, and Youth Speaks. She has independently curated interdisciplinary arts events showcasing queer immigrant voices for sold out crowds at Mission Cultural Center, La Peña Cultural Center, and Eastside Arts Alliance. Erika has a master’s degree in Ethnic Studies, and her research focused on the intersections of critical pedagogy and Latinx educational pathways. In 2016, she joined the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University as an adjunct faculty lecturer. In her free time, Erika loves to indulge in live hip hop and cumbia shows, collect earring swag, kickbox, and speak Spanglish like a boss.
Ashley has over ten years of experience in the field of youth organizing for racial, economic, and gender justice. Her foundation in youth organizing comes from her work with SoCal for Youth in LA, a multi-racial network of youth organizations in Los Angeles that builds the capacity and power of youth organizing regionally across communities and issues. In 2007, she joined Khmer Girls in Action as an organizer with Cambodian American young women, and eventually served as their Organizing Director where she developed the strategic vision and direction of local and regional campaigns, led GOTV efforts, and focused campaign work on Anti-Deportation efforts, educational justice, young women’s health access and reproductive justice.
Jeremy has worked for and with grassroots organizations focused on youth organizing for racial and social justice since 1994. In 2004, he joined Californians for Justice as Long Beach Lead Organizer and subsequently served as Organizing Co-Director in 2007-2008 and Executive Director from 2009-2012. Prior to moving to California, he spent a decade organizing for racial and educational justice with African American, Latinx, and Arab American youth at the Southwest Youth Collaborative in Chicago. Since 2013, Jeremy has also been a Senior Fellow with Movement Strategy Center focused on strategic support, transformative movement building, capacity building, and coaching with youth organizers across California. Jeremy lives in South Los Angeles with his partner, Maria, a high school instructional coach, and their three children, Adila, Tecún, and Amar. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking the traditional Lebanese food he grew up with, playing capoeira with his adopted Los Angeles family, the Omulu Capoeira group, and learning from his Rinzai Zen teachers, Norma Wong and Rosie Abriam.
Sabaa (they/them) has been providing administrative and operations support to arts and social justice projects since 2010. Their dedication to supporting arts and social justice initiatives stems from their own experiences of creating art inspired by historical and current social justice practices and theories. Some of the organizations they’ve worked with are Just Be, Qulture Collective and CultureStrike. In addition, they've worked with many projects centered in catalyzing change and building strong foundations of support for intergenerational Black, POC, migrant and LGBTQ communities.
When not working with YO! Cali they’re cultivating a healing justice project aimed at creating intentional spaces to support the mental and emotional health of GNC and Trans communities. They're also studying film making and photography in relation to performative interactive arts.
J. brings 17 years of organizing experience working with youth of color to fight for racial justice in public education with Californians for Justice. They began as a volunteer and joined the staff in 2001, moving through the organization’s leadership pipeline from an organizer to senior strategy director. They bring expertise in staff and youth led campaign strategy, base-building, leadership development, staff development, narrative strategy, and fundraising. On the leadership team, J helped to guide the organization through leadership transitions, strategic planning, and organizational assessments to build an organization that was sustainable, effective, and accountable to its values and constituents. J is also an associate with Movement Strategy Center and has served on the boards of the Gay-Straight Alliance Network and the California Fund for Youth Organizing and as a founding member of Liberation Ink, a silk-screening collective whose profits support social justice organizations. | 2019-04-23T03:52:51 | http://yocalifornia.org/content/staff |
After designing the knitting poster featuring Flimsy the Kitten for the Chocolate Shop (shown in this post: http://rachaelsmithillustration.blogspot.com/2009/01/poster.html) the shop have now asked me to design some smaller poster/flyers promoting the same event. They specifically asked me to use this cartoon: http://flimsythekitten.blogspot.com/2009/01/getting-to-know-you.html. Which seemed really nice as they had obviously gone through the blog to find one that they liked, they really do love Flimsy!
I'm thinking of getting these postcards printed (they will be double-sided, the top image is the front and the bottom image the back) to send out to editors of magazines and newspapers that I think my illustrations would fit into.
What does everyone think? Any feedback would be really helpful! | 2019-04-24T15:49:05 | http://rachaelsmithillustration.blogspot.com/2009/02/ |
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Our topic for this meeting was”The Promise Keepers”, moderated by Jeff Smith of the Institute For Global Education. He was introduced by Lanette Grate. Jeff touched briefly on the Promise Keepers authoritarian, male dominated structure but did not dwell on this as it is widely known and the chief criticism to be aired against them. He spoke of PK as the third wave of a theocratic push by the Religious Right. The first was in the Moral Majority, headed by Falwell, followed by Robertson, et. al. | 2019-04-25T18:37:48 | https://cfimichigan.org/event/the-promise-keepers/ |
Prachina Cultural Center and Museum in Bikaner was founded in the year 2002 by the Late Maharaja Narendra Singhji of Bikaner, Siddhi Kumari. Her main idea was to conserve and preserve the rich cultural diversity of Bikaner, and put on display the city’s monolithic individuality.
The collection in Prachina museum consists of royal textiles and costumes, religious accessories, the Western influence on the royalty and family portraits of the previous rulers along with contemporary arts and crafts items.
Like the other state palaces of India, changes came in the architecture of palaces of Bikaner in the late 19th century, with Indo-European lifestyle coming-in. Cut glass chandeliers, oil paintings by European artists, stained glass and mirrors from Belgium, classic French furniture and porcelains vases from Japan and China are some of the highlights. One can also spot objects of daily use and personal accessories of men and women such as scissors, beads, pedicure and manicure tools with ivory, buttons, mother-of-pearl and silver handles, gold-embossed glass bottles of perfumes, Belgian mirrors, hand fans silver and gold thread embroidery.
The other items on display at Prachina museum of Bikaner are ivory and sandalwood hand-fans, jewelry boxes, back-scratchers, filigree work vase, ivory and lac turnery, brass containers, liquor glasses, different kinds of bowls, European cut glasses, and best of crockeries.
Prachina museum is not only a museum but a cultural center too as it works for promotion and welfare of local artists. This is done by providing them a completely separate gallery in the museum so that they can not only showcase but can also sell their art works. The center also works towards the restoration of folk performing arts of the Marwar region.
At the Library of the culture center, there is an amazing collection of books on art, culture as well as history of Bikaner, available to visitors and scholars.
The complex of Prachina museum, Bikaner also has a museum shop and a museum cafe. | 2019-04-23T10:44:09 | https://www.tourism-of-india.com/prachina-museum-bikaner.html |
In the face of climate change, scholars and policymakers are increasingly concerned with fostering “urban resilience”. This paper seeks to contribute towards a better understanding of synergies and differences in how academics and local decision-makers think about resilience in the context of climate change. We compare definitions and characteristics of urban climate resilience in the academic literature with a survey of 134 local government representatives from across the U.S. Our analysis shows discrepancies in how academics and practitioners define and characterize urban climate resilience, most notably in their focus on either “bouncing back” or “bouncing forward” after a disturbance. Practitioners have diverse understandings of the concept, but tend to favor potentially problematic “bouncing back” or engineering-based definitions of resilience. While local government respondents confirm the importance of all 16 resilience characteristics we identified in the academic literature, coding practitioners’ free response definitions reveals that they rarely mention qualities commonly associated with resilience in the scholarly literature such as diversity, flexibility, and redundancy. These inconsistencies need to be resolved to ensure both the usability of climate resilience research and the effectiveness of resilience policy.
There is a critical relationship between cities and climate change. On the one hand, urban areas are major contributors to climate change, being responsible for the majority of global energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. On the other hand, densely populated urban areas are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts including sea-level rise, storm surge, heat waves, droughts, and shifting diseases, with vulnerable populations in cities likely to be disproportionately impacted [1,2]. Moreover, due to the heat island effect, urban areas are already experiencing amplified warming effects , which will probably continue as the climate warms . In short, climate change is likely to exacerbate existing urban problems and vulnerabilities, placing additional pressure on already strained municipal capacities [5,6].
Confronted with these challenges, cities cannot simply sustain the status quo . This realization has led academics and policymakers to look for new ways to frame development and operations in a manner that helps cities build the capacities needed to effectively and efficiently prepare for climate change impacts . Increasingly, these conversations are turning to the concept of resilience . This ‘resilience turn’ in urban policy is evident in both the academic literature (Figure 1) and in major policy initiatives like the Rockefeller Foundation’s “100 Resilient Cities”.
The concept of resilience is not new. It has a long history of use in engineering, psychology, and ecology . The urban climate change literature draws heavily on ecological resilience theory originally developed by Holling . In his conceptualization, resilience refers to an ecosystem’s ability to “persist” in the face of a disturbance or change, but this persistence does not necessarily mean that the system remains static . Holling and colleagues used this dynamic ecological resilience concept as the foundation for broader theories of change for social-ecological systems .
The explosion in popularity of the term “resilience” has been accompanied by an equally remarkable proliferation of definitions of resilience. Some argue that the concept’s very popularity is owed at least in part to the fact that the meaning of resilience is “infinitely malleable” . Yet scholars have expressed concern that as resilience becomes ubiquitous, the term may lose any real meaning or cause confusion . In this regard, resilience may be comparable to other increasingly ambiguous yet fashionable concepts like sustainability . Undoubtedly, one of the strengths of resilience theory is its applicability across disciplines and ability to serve as a boundary object . This malleability can be a barrier to interdisciplinary collaboration, however, if every discipline has its own idea of what resilience means . The absence of an accepted definition has not stopped researchers from proposing various process- and outcome-focused system characteristics that supposedly enhance climate resilience . However, the lack of a unified understanding of resilience has made it difficult to operationalize the concept or to develop metrics for resilient systems [9,15].
Prior studies have reviewed the academic literature on urban resilience [7,9,18], but it is unclear how scholarly definitions and characteristics compare with those of practitioners. In this paper we attempt to address this gap and advance our knowledge of how climate resilience is understood in both theory and practice. We compare definitions and characteristics of urban climate resilience from a recent review of the academic literature and a survey of local government practitioners from across the U.S. Our analysis reveals some important inconsistencies in how the scholarly literature defines and characterizes urban climate resilience as opposed to how practitioners view the topic, particularly as it relates to recovering and “bouncing back” versus transformation and “bouncing forward”. In addition, practitioner survey responses show a much wider range of interpretations of what resilience means in practice than what is commonly discussed in the scholarly literature. Collectively, the practitioners seem to favor “bouncing back” or engineering definitions of resilience, which we argue could be problematic. Survey results also suggest that practitioners see all sixteen characteristics of resilient systems that we identified in the literature as important, but we find considerable variation in the extent to which practitioners include these characteristics in their own definitions of urban resilience. Ultimately, understanding these synergies and differences in how academics and practitioners are thinking about climate resilience can lay the foundation for more usable resilience research, which is crucial given the scope of the urban climate change challenge.
To examine how practitioners and academics conceptualize resilience, we combined an extensive literature review with the results of a 2014 survey of U.S. local government officials. For the literature review, we drew from a broader review of the urban resilience literature , which looked at 172 articles from 1973 to 2013 with the terms “urban resilience” and “resilient cities” in the title, abstract, or keywords in order to identify how resilience was conceptualized across the literature. We reviewed these articles, as well as the studies they frequently cited, to identify a list of potential characteristics of resilient urban systems. We then developed a survey instrument to gauge how urban climate change resilience is defined and characterized by practitioners and how this compares to definitions and characteristics in the literature. It should be acknowledged that since urban resilience research and practice is rapidly evolving, new definitions have likely emerged since the research was completed.
The survey of local practitioners was conducted as part of a larger project funded by The Kresge Foundation to assess the range of climate adaptation resources and services available to support local climate adaptation (for more information see Nordgren et al. ). The online survey was developed and administered by the researchers in collaboration with three nonprofit organizations: ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA (ICLEI), the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) and the National League of Cities (NLC). The survey instrument, which was built using Qualtrics software, was reviewed by members of the Kresge Foundation, the project’s expert advisory committee, and survey experts at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. The survey was also piloted with students at the University of Michigan and local government staff members from three communities around the U.S. The final survey was distributed by ICLEI, NLC, and USDN through their membership lists, and ran from 27 March 2014 to 6 May 2014.
We are unable to calculate exactly how many individuals received the survey, since membership in the three organizations administering the survey overlap. However, we estimate that around 1200 distinct individuals working for local governments received the survey. A total of 446 began taking the survey and 291 completed more than three-quarters of the questions. A total of 134 completed the final two questions on resilience that are pertinent to this analysis. Importantly, the survey sample is not representative of the population of cities in the U.S., since communities elect to be members of each of these three organizations. Nevertheless, the survey as a whole did succeed in capturing a wide range of communities: respondents represented 41 states and were well distributed in terms of local jurisdiction size and geographic features. Respondents’ roles in their communities also varied with the largest group (30 percent) working in the energy or environment field (i.e., energy, environmental services, parks, or sustainability staff), followed by 24 percent that serve as elected officials, and 12 percent that work in local government administration.
The survey included a total of 24 questions, but for the purposes of this study, we were primarily interested in the two questions that focus on conceptualizations of resilience. The first of these was a free response question asking respondents, “What do you think it would mean for your local jurisdiction to be resilient to climate change?” A total of 134 respondents provided a response to this question. The second question asked, “In your opinion, how important are each of the following characteristics in making your local jurisdiction more resilient” and then asked respondents to rate the importance of 16 different characteristics on a five-point scale (1—unimportant, 2—slightly important, 3—important, 4—very important, 5—critical). A total of 199 respondents filled out this question. The characteristics were drawn from and defined based on the literature review and chosen because of their common association with resilience. Respondents were also given the opportunity to fill in and rate a self-determined “other” characteristic.
We coded all responses to the question where respondents were asked to define resilience (question one), looking for the presence of the 16 resilience-based characteristics identified in the literature. We also coded the definitions for whether they focused on “bouncing back” or “bouncing forward”, explained in Section 3.1. All responses were coded independently by two researchers (inter-coder agreement was 94.27%; the inter-coder reliability percentage includes all instances where both researchers agreed that a characteristic was either present or absent in the definition), after which the discrepancies were discussed and reconciled.
Definitions of urban climate resilience in the scholarly literature differ, but they do have some commonalities. All definitions identified in our analysis (Table 1) are broad, defining resilience in terms of a generic capacity to deal with climate impacts and disturbances. One key distinguishing factor is the extent to which the definitions incorporate change, as opposed to resistance or recovery. This tension is also evident in the definitions provided by practitioners in the survey. Overall, we find much more variation in the practitioners’ definitions of resilience than what exists in the scholarly literature.
3.1. “Bouncing back” or “Bouncing forward”?
The academic literature makes a major distinction between “engineering resilience”, which is about resisting change and returning to a prior state of equilibrium following a disturbance, and “ecological resilience”, which focuses on maintaining key functions while accepting that it is not always possible or desirable to return to previous conditions [25,26]. This division is also framed as “bouncing back” versus “bouncing forward” . Prominent resilience scholars, such as the leaders of the international Resilience Alliance, advocate for the latter conceptualization. They argue that the concept of resilience, particularly ecological resilience, is better suited for complex systems that are in a constant state of flux, and must therefore adapt to change and uncertainty. Cities are certainly complex and dynamic systems , and indeed, Meerow et al.’s review found that the majority of urban resilience definitions are more closely aligned with ecological resilience. Despite this recognition, engineering resilience continues to persist in many fields, including disaster management, economics, and public policy .
That said, there still seems to be some disagreement within the urban climate resilience literature as to whether resilience is about resisting impacts and change or embracing them. Looking at the definitions identified in the literature (Table 1), Henstra’s seems more aligned with engineering resilience since it emphasizes the capacity to “withstand” and “recover”. In contrast, Brown et al. include reorganization and even “transformational change” as part of their definition of resilience, which is more consistent with ’bounce forward’ or ecological resilience.
This divide is also evident in the different definitions of resilience provided by survey respondents, with engineering, equilibrium perspectives predominating. According to our coding, 35 definitions suggested that resilience was about bouncing back, 15 indicated that it could be about improving and bouncing forward, and seven indicated that both could be important. In the remaining definitions it was impossible to determine the respondent’s position. Five respondents specifically mentioned “bouncing back”, another emphasized a “return to normalcy”, two equated resilience to stability, and several others highlighted minimal disruption or “community changes” as being key to a resilient urban system.
Of the 15 that provided definitions related to bouncing forward or improving, two explicitly mentioned the ability to “bounce forward” and several others saw resilience not just in terms of persisting under changing climate conditions, but actually adapting, improving and thriving. These definitions are more closely aligned with resilience as defined in the social-ecological systems literature.
One of the most striking results of the survey was the variation in the responses practitioners provided when asked what resilience would mean in their local jurisdiction (Table 2). While academics see resilience as omnipresent , several practitioners claimed not to know what it means, others noted that it was not acknowledged in their community, and one even dismissed it as “meaningless jargon”. In contrast, other respondents called resilience “critical” and “absolutely imperative”. Some definitions focused on very specific threats or sectors, like “heavy rain”, “hurricanes”, or “public transportation”, whereas in other cases resilience was more generic, such as “improvement in quality of life.” In fact, livability or quality of life was mentioned in almost 10 percent of responses. For more than 20 percent of respondents, resilience had an economic component, whether in terms of general economic prosperity or specifically in terms of reducing the cost of climate impacts. Other common themes (found in at least 5 percent of responses) were health, education and learning, sustainability, self-sufficiency, advanced planning, and the importance of assisting vulnerable populations.
In our review of the academic literature we identified 16 characteristics of urban systems and processes that supposedly foster resilience (Table 3). Hypothesized characteristics of resilient processes include: inclusivity, transparency, and equity in stakeholder engagement approaches [9,31,32], as well as processes that are flexible, forward looking, and iterative [6,33,34,35]. Resilience processes are also valued for being knowledge or information driven, meaning that they integrate traditional, as well as scientific knowledge into their frameworks and approaches and provide equitable access to information for all parties interested [36,37,38]. Research in the climate, urban, and resilience fields has postulated that there may be general characteristics of resilience, as well as generic/general forms of adaptive capacity that promote resilient systems [39,40,41,42,43]. Examples of general resilience characteristics include: diversity, iterative/feedback mechanisms, transparency, collaboration and integration, social-ecological integration (also coined environmental focus), efficiency, and adaptive capacity enhancement [42,44,45]. There is also a series of characteristics that are believed to be important for assessing specific resilience to unique climate impacts. Examples include redundancy in the case of drought, robustness in the case of hurricanes and extreme winds, and decentralization in the case of flooding [46,47,48].
When asked to rate the importance of these 16 characteristics (Table 3), survey respondents collectively indicated that they were all important. The mean score for all 16 was high (Figure 2), with very few respondents indicating that any of the characteristics were “1—unimportant” or only “2—slightly important” (Figure 3). Additionally, only five respondents listed an “other” characteristic, which could suggest that they were satisfied with the list. There is, however, some variation in the perceived importance of the characteristics. For example, robustness had the highest average rating, over 4 (very important), and the largest number of respondents who rated it 5 (critical). In contrast, decentralization had the lowest average ranking, although the mean score is still above 3 “important).
A careful review of survey respondents’ collective rating of the 16 characteristics (Figure 2 and Figure 3) combined with those included in their free responses (Figure 4) points to key differences in what practitioners and the scholarly literature view as resilience. For example, some of the most commonly cited characteristics in the academic literature, such as diversity, redundancy, flexibility, decentralization, and adaptive capacity, were not among the highest rated by local government respondents. Conversely, practitioners emphasized the importance of robustness, yet there is debate in the literature about the universal desirability of this attribute. There were other characteristics commonly mentioned in the literature that practitioners simply did not focus on, including being predictable or safe-to-fail, iterative, having good systems for feedback, and transparency. Where scholars and local government respondents did seem to agree was on the importance of supporting environmental systems, equity, and integration.
In the urban resilience literature, robustness is about a system’s ability to resist change or disturbance: it is essentially about “strength” . In the survey, the characteristic robustness was defined as “ensuring municipal-wide infrastructure and organizations can withstand external shocks and quickly return to the previous operational state”. Robustness is very similar to the notion of engineering resilience. If robustness is seen as a desirable characteristic of a system, it implies a wish to maintain the status quo. This is not controversial when thinking about certain scales or engineered systems; no one wants a building to collapse in a hurricane. But there are many other more problematic, but nonetheless robust, aspects of modern cities (i.e., inequality or the reliance on fossil fuels). Many critics of resilience discourse and policy argue that resilience, particularly when applied to social systems, is inherently conservative and often employed to prevent positive transformations [62,63,64]. In response to these criticisms, some resilience scholars have incorporated transformation into their conceptualizations of resilience . In academic theory, the trend seems to be away from static, engineering resilience with its emphasis on robust systems towards these more flexible and adaptive forms of resilience. However, the high importance ascribed to robustness by survey respondents, as well as the numerous references in the definitions to ”bouncing back”, suggest that it persists as a dominant line of thinking in ‘on-the-ground’ urban resilience activities.
While the academic literature also emphasizes preparing for future changes, some resilience scholars caution against too much emphasis on prediction or the use of single scenarios to understand future threats. Instead, focus is placed on techniques such as scenario planning and the selection of actions that will perform well under a wide array of potential future conditions (known as robust actions in the scholarly literature) . This assessment did not evaluate the types of tools or techniques that local practitioners are using as part of their advanced planning, but we would argue that it is important to provide practitioners with appropriate tools and the support needed to effectively utilize them.
Another area of discrepancy relates to the relative importance of adaptive capacity. In the urban climate resilience literature, building resilience is often equated with enhancing adaptive capacity . However, survey respondents did not rate adaptive capacity among the most important characteristics. Furthermore, the term adaptive capacity was not explicitly used in any respondents’ definitions; however, 21 respondents did allude to it.
In the academic literature, flexibility is one of the most commonly cited resilience characteristics . Flexibility means that a system can function under different circumstances and absorb change . In the survey, flexibility was defined as “making municipal operations and plans flexible and open to change when needed”. Unfortunately, efficient adaptation and robustness against certain threats may come at the expense of the flexibility to deal with unexpected future changes . If practitioners are primarily focused on robustness, as the survey results suggest, urban systems may not be sufficiently flexible to deal with unexpected climate impacts or other stressors. There were two respondents who explicitly called out flexibility: One noted that moving towards climate resilience would mean “increasing flexibility” and another stated that resilient jurisdictions should “exhibit nimble behavior”. Overall, however, flexibility was not highlighted in the practitioners’ definition of resilience. This seems logical given that local institutional structures and decision-making processes are rigid, making it difficult to create flexible, adaptive systems capable of integrating emerging information and changing as needed. Going forward, devising solutions to build more flexible systems will likely remain an important area of research.
Like flexibility, diversity is frequently cited in the literature as a key characteristic of resilience. This relates back to ecological theory, which suggests that biodiversity enhances the ability of an ecosystem to withstand change . Looking specifically at the urban climate change context, Tyler and Moench differentiate between “spatial diversity”, meaning system components are widely distributed to reduce the likelihood that the whole system is impacted by a single disruption, and “functional diversity", where there are multiple avenues for meeting critical needs. Diversity can also be applied to governance systems, with the idea being that polycentric systems that engage a wide array of stakeholders are more resilient . For the purposes of the survey, diversity was defined more broadly as “Ensuring a diverse economy, infrastructure, and resource base (e.g., not relying on single mode of operation, solution, or agent/institution).” Given the emphasis on diversity in the resilience literature, it was surprising that more respondents did not rate it as important, and only one explicitly mentioned diversity in their definition.
Related to the concept of spatial diversity, scholars have argued that decentralized systems are more resilient than centralized ones because when something disrupts a central unit, the entire system is jeopardized, whereas in a decentralized system it only impacts a small portion. In the literature, arguments are made for decentralization in both physical systems (like electricity generation) and governance [35,67]. Admittedly, some resilience scholars caution that decentralized governance may not be universally preferable [14,68,69]. Survey respondents clearly rated decentralization, defined in terms of “decentralizing services, resources, and governance, e.g., solar or wind energy; stronger local governance”, as less critical for resilience than all the other 15 criteria. Similarly, none of their definitions mentioned decentralization.
For most resilience scholars, a certain level of functional redundancy is thought to enhance resilience; the argument being that when you have units with overlapping functions, if one falters, it can be easily substituted . The definition provided for redundancy in the survey was “having back-up systems, infrastructure, institutions, and agents”. Like diversity, redundancy is a characteristic that can be applied to both technical systems, like electricity infrastructure, and social networks. Only one respondent mentioned redundancy in their definition, and then only in the context of “water and power systems”.
This mismatch between theory and practice with respect to redundancy could stem from the fact that redundancy has a somewhat negative connotation, and supporting it may seem to conflict with cost or even eco-efficiency [20,49]. In fact, scholars have cautioned that efficiency may be at odds with redundancy and that “efficiency, as traditionally conceived, does not necessarily promote resilience” . Yet efficiency still tends to have a positive connotation in popular discourse, and is sometimes cited in the literature as a characteristic of resilient urban systems .
Some urban resilience scholars such as Ahern have argued that resilient systems should be “safe-to-fail” as opposed to “fail-safe”. In the survey, this was represented by the characteristic predictable, defined as “ensuring that systems are designed to fail in predictable, safe ways”. Looking specifically at urban climate resilience, Tyler and Moench define “safe failure” as “the ability to absorb sudden shocks (including those that exceed design thresholds) or the cumulative effects of slow-onset stress in ways that avoid catastrophic failure. Safe failure also refers to the interdependence of various systems, which support each other; failures in one structure or linkage being unlikely to result in cascading impacts across other systems.” Practitioners did not seem to consider this characteristic to be important, and “predictability” or “safe-to-fail” was not mentioned in any of the resilience definitions. In fact, one respondent even commented “why would anyone design a system to fail”, indicating the mismatch between what theoretically is conceived of as being important to resilient systems and what is achievable in practice.
According to the literature, efforts to build resilience should be conducted iteratively, providing opportunities for participants to take stock of what has been learned and apply that knowledge to the next step [6,20]. As defined in the survey, an iterative process is “one whereby feedback and lessons learned are continually used to inform future actions”. This characteristic emphasizes the importance of learning, which “includes not only the mobilization and sharing of knowledge but also such factors as basic literacy and access to education. These kinds of factors have been identified empirically as contributing to community resilience to disasters” . Iterative learning is also an important part of the popular adaptive management approach, which is closely tied to resilience theory . While the iterative process characteristic was not rated as important, on average, as other characteristics, the terms “understanding”, “education” or “learning” did appear in almost 10 percent of respondents’ definitions. For example, one respondent wrote that resilience means “a commitment to … learning new skills”, another “an educated community”, and still others noted that residents need to be educated on climate change.
Implementing tight feedbacks—or as defined in the survey: “building mechanisms so that information is rapidly fed back to decision-makers or system operators”—can support the iterative process, learning, and ultimately, the resilience of urban systems [24,70]. As previously noted, a number of practitioners referred to education or learning in their conceptualizations of resilience, but none of them mentioned feedback directly. On average, respondents also rated this characteristic relatively low in importance.
Transparency and inclusivity are also both process- or governance-related characteristics. The meaning of transparency as described in the survey is “ensuring that all municipal processes and operations are open and transparent”. Survey respondents were prompted to think of inclusivity as “Ensuring that all residents have access to municipal infrastructure and services, including providing an opportunity for all people to participate in decision-making processes”. While transparency and inclusivity are not as commonly associated with resilience theory as other characteristics such as diversity and flexibility, both are mentioned in the literature as being important for continued engagement and good governance. For example, Tanner et al. note that a “delivery of climate resilient urban development relies on a municipal system that maintains a relationship of accountability to its citizens, and is open in terms of financial management, information on the use of funds and adherence to legal and administrative policies.” Researchers also emphasize the importance of inclusive, participatory decision-making processes that engage those groups most heavily impacted . This emphasis was not mirrored in practitioners’ definitions of resilience; neither transparency nor inclusivity were mentioned in any of the survey responses.
While we do see a number of inconsistencies and unresolved issues with respect to resilience characteristics in the academic literature and amongst the surveyed practitioners, there are some promising areas of agreement. Within the urban climate change literature, the concept of resilience is most often traced back to the field of ecology, and therefore the relationship between humans and the environment are often central to definitions of resilience. The survey results reveal that practitioners also consider being environmental, defined as “protecting natural systems and assets”, as quite important for resilience. It was, on average, the third highest rated characteristic. Moreover, several respondents specifically mentioned “ecosystem health”, “ecosystem integrity”, “ecosystem services”, “natural resources”, and “biodiversity” in their definitions of resilience.
The characteristic integration, as defined in the survey, requires “making sure that plans and actions are integrated across multiple departments and external organizations.” Jabareen [7,75] argues that dealing with the uncertainties and complexities of climate change necessitates an “integrative approach”, one that fosters collaboration across a multitude of public and private stakeholders, agencies, and organizations. Additionally, adaptation planning may be more effective if it is integrated into other local plans, with plans at the state or federal level, or combined with efforts of surrounding municipalities [21,76]. A number of the survey respondents specifically mentioned integration in their definitions. For example, one noted that resilience suggests an approach “to foster integrative—cross sector, cross discipline—solutions.” Another definition did not use the term integration but noted that to be resilient they would need to “include climate adaptation in all of our future planning functions—capital plans, resource allocation, stormwater, etc.” Similarly, another respondent highlighted the importance of “regular communications between all sectors and with and among the community”.
Overall, scholars and practitioners seem to agree on the importance of supporting ecological systems, equity, and integrated planning for urban resilience, so there is some common ground for collaboration or knowledge exchange. However, there are a number of other theorized characteristics that practitioners see as relatively less important, or that have been called into question by other scholars. In particular, practitioners’ emphasis on robustness, which is associated with an engineering or “bounce back” conceptualization of resilience, may be problematic.
Academic researchers and policymakers are increasingly focused on the concept of urban resilience. Arguably, resilience now rivals sustainability as a major organizing principle or “buzzword” for urban research and policy . Resilience is especially predominant in the climate change discourse, since it is fundamentally about coping with disturbances and change . The challenge is that resilience, like sustainability, is a “fuzzy concept” that is not easily defined or measured . Indeed, it is clear from our comparative analysis of the literature on urban climate resilience and the results of a survey of U.S. local government respondents that academics and practitioners define and characterize urban climate resilience quite differently (Table 4). This points to a disconnect between academic theory and practice. Although local government decision-makers generally confirmed the importance of the 16 resilience characteristics commonly discussed in the academic literature (and did not suggest many others), when prompted to define resilience, they did not incorporate most of these characteristics into their definitions. Furthermore, the characteristics that were rated most important on average did not necessarily match those that are cited most frequently in the practitioners’ definitions of resilience or those frequently discussed in the academic literature. For example, diversity, flexibility, and redundancy are considered fundamental to resilience in the scholarly literature, yet they are rarely mentioned in practitioners’ definitions. Conversely, robustness, which is more controversial in the resilience literature, was rated as the most important characteristic in the survey. It is also interesting that many practitioners still use a more engineering, or “bounce back” conceptualization of resilience, while the scholarly literature seems to be moving towards a “bouncing forward” conceptualization. This is consistent with the findings of other studies , and bolsters criticisms that resilience policy and discourse is overly focused on maintaining the status quo and therefore inherently conservative [63,78,79]. This is particularly disheartening for those who do not think our cities are currently sustainable and would like to see transformative urban change.
These findings highlight several avenues for future research. First, it would be interesting to survey urban climate resilience scholars and ask them to rate the importance of the sixteen characteristics, to allow for more direct comparison between results presented in this paper and the thinking of leading resilience scholars. It would also be useful to conduct a more representative sample of local practitioners in the U.S. and to survey practitioners in other countries to see how their definitions and characteristic ratings compare. This latter point seems logical since many of the academics whose work we reviewed are not from the U.S. Given the recent explosion in resilience research and policy, it would also be useful to rerun the survey and update the literature review to see whether understandings of resilience have changed in the last couple years. Moving beyond this study, there is a clear need to explore why scholars and practitioners have different conceptualizations of resilience and to empirically examine and test resilience characteristics in different urban contexts to see what types of plans and policies are being implemented at the local level to build more resilient communities, how these activities relate to what is known about fostering resilience, and whether they lead to improved outcomes.
This research was supported with funding from the Kresge Foundation.
Sara Meerow and Melissa Stults contributed substantially to the research design, analysis and writing of this paper. The authors also collaborated on both the survey of local government representatives and the academic literature review.
Figure 1. The rise of resilience in climate change research: graph shows the number of citations in Web of Science for each year with the terms “urban resilience” and “climate change” in the title, keywords, or abstract.
Figure 2. Mean resilience characteristic importance rating.
Figure 3. Distribution of resilience characteristic importance ratings.
Figure 4. Number of practitioner definitions referencing resilience characteristics based on coding.
Table 1. Definitions of urban climate resilience from the academic literature (Definitions taken from review conducted by Meerow et al. (2016) ).
Henstra (2012) “A climate-resilient city … has the capacity to withstand climate change stresses, to respond effectively to climate-related hazards, and to recover quickly from residual negative impacts” (p. 178).
Lu and Stead (2013) “the ability of a city to absorb disturbance while maintaining its functions and structures” (p. 200).
Thornbush et al. (2013) “a general quality of the city’s social, economic, and natural systems to be sufficiently future-proof” (p. 2).
Wamsler et al. (2013) “A disaster resilient city can be understood as a city that has managed … to: (a) reduce or avoid current and future hazards; (b) reduce current and future susceptibility to hazards; (c) establish functioning mechanisms and structures for disaster response; and (d) establish functioning mechanisms and structures for disaster recovery” (p. 71).
Table 2. Illustrative a definitions of urban climate resilience from local practitioner survey.
a These eight definitions were chosen from the 134 different responses provided by survey respondents to highlight their variation, and do not represent all conceptualizations.
Table 3. Sixteen Resilience Characteristics from the literature.
a References are meant to be illustrative, and do not represent an exhaustive list of studies that mention these characteristics.
Table 4. Some key differences in how academics and practitioners conceptualize urban resilience. | 2019-04-23T14:44:22 | https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/7/701/htm |
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