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February Calendar - List of Holidays in February The tables below list the calendar days and dates of various February holidays and observances. The legal status of holidays varies from state to state and the Federal government. Some holidays are "fixed" - for example, Groundhog Day is always February 2, and Valentines Day is always February 14. Other holidays are fixed only to a particular day of the week in relation to a particular week of a fixed month - for example, Presidents Day is always the third Monday in February. The most complicated of calendar holidays is Easter Sunday - a "movable feast" that can occur in March or April and is determined by a complex mathematical procedure. Holidays in February are listed for calendar years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016. February holidays list includes Groundhog Day, Valentines Day and Presidents Day. February Calendar Holidays and Observances \|Presidents Day* -- 3rd Monday in February\|\|Feb 16\|\|Feb 15\|\|Feb 21\|\|Feb 20\|\|Feb 18\|\|Feb 17\|\|Feb 16\|\|Feb 15\| *Presidents' Day is also known as Washington's Birthday. What / Which Day is Valentine's Day ?? ~ February Holidays in February Calendar ~
When I first moved my family to Poverty Flat, Arizona, we had to convert the attic of our small house into two little rooms for our children. After flooring and insulating the area, however, I realized that the stairway provided the only exit from either of the cubicles. Which meant that—should we have a fire—an alternate escape route might well be needed. At first I put together a simple drop ladder from clothesline wire, but it was difficult to climb and tended to tangle when used. However, my new fire escape ladders (there's one outside of each bedroom, accessible by means of a hinged window) are constructed from lengths of 1 1/2" dowel, chain, and heavy steel wire. They can be hung under the house's eaves when not in use and dropped in half a second even by a sleepy youngster working in pitch And I haven't had any trouble getting the children to practice using their escape routes, either. In fact—even after three years "fire drill" is among their favorite games!
Have you heard of guerrilla gardening, where folks toss flower seeds into vacant lots, or sometimes sneak in at night and plant flowers in unkempt highway medians or strips along city sidewalks? One of their tools is seed bombs — little clumps of dried mud laced with seeds that can easily be tossed over fences into vacant lots. Top choices for best seeds to sow are tough, native species, which you might think would be hard to come by. Think again — one of the showiest and toughest native plants is actually also one of the cheapest and most widely available — the sunflower seeds, sold for birdfeeders, in pretty much every supermarket and hardware store across the country. Seems like a great way to celebrate Earth Day. No need to pack the sunflower seeds into mud balls — just toss a handful onto bare ground pretty much anywhere that won’t be mowed, and a couple months later you’ll see the showy yellow flower heads of tall, sturdy sunflowers. Birds will love the seeds, and most likely miss a few, leaving them to bloom the following years. Photo by Istockphoto
Waziristan in the News as Al Qaeda Chiefs Regain Power The lede from one of yesterday's big NYT stories: Senior leaders of Al Qaeda operating from Pakistan have re-established significant control over their once-battered worldwide terror network and over the past year have set up a band of training camps in the tribal regions near the Afghan border, according to American intelligence and counterterrorism officials. Anytime news outlets talk about Al Qaeda regaining power on the Pakistan-Afghan border, they are almost talking about the near-lawless tribal territory of Waziristan. They are in this case, anyway. In 2004, Mother Jones published a stunning photo essay from Waziristan, documenting the perverse (and tenuous) relationship between the war on terror and truth: Essentially, America promised Pakistan billions in aid if it could produce Al Qaeda operatives, which meant the Pakistan army marched into Waziristan and demanded that the tribes there start handing over terrorists, no matter what. Under pressure, the tribes started turning on each other, and pretty soon places like Guantanamo and other American prisons were filled with tribal Pakistanis with little connection to anything.
A follow up to award winning documentary 'Herb & Dorothy', the film captures the ordinary couple's extraordinary gift of art to the nation as they close the door on their life as collectors. When Herb and Dorothy Vogel, a retired postal clerk and librarian, began collecting works of contemporary art in the 1960s, they never imagined it would outgrow their one bedroom Manhattan apartment and spread throughout America. 50 years later, the collection is nearly 5,000 pieces and worth millions. Refusing to sell, the couple launches an unprecedented gift project giving artworks to one museum in all 50 states. The film journeys around the country with the Vogels, meeting artists who are famous or unknown, often controversial, striking today's society with questions about art and its survival.
POTSDAM - Three teams of Clarkson University students celebrated Earth Day on April 22 by participating in the eighth annual EPA National Sustainable Design Expo on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The event recognizes the important aspects of sustainability through commitment to people, prosperity and the planet (P3). Clarksons Garbage Juice 4 Engine Use team presented their analysis of the feasibility of growing algae on nutrients recovered from landfill leachate and transforming it into biodiesel. They received an honorable mention award in the energy category. Through a partnership with the Development Authority of the North Country (DANC) Landfill in Rodman, N.Y., the team completed bench-scale preliminary research and engineering, environmental and social analyses. The goal of the project was to use two waste byproducts of the landfill — heat and leachate — to grow algae, from which the algal cells fats can be extracted and converted into a renewable biodiesel for use in heavy equipment used at the landfill. Using these two types of wastes does a few things, said senior environmental engineering honors student Bethann Parmelee of Waverly, who has been conducting research on the project for more than two years. First, it utilizes a product otherwise destined for disposal. Second, it uses energy already being produced at the facility. And third, it creates a fuel source that will help decrease the facilitys dependence on petroleum, ultimately saving the facility money. The other two teams had received $75,000 EPA P3 Phase II grants at the 2010 P3 Expo that enabled them to design, build and test novel systems. These teams showed off their project results, but did not compete for additional awards. The project Growing Lettuce in the Snow, resulted in the construction and operation of a cold-climate greenhouse on Clarksons campus. It uses innovative system components to address some of the barriers that cold, dark winters pose for greenhouse operations in Northern New York. You can see the project on G4 TVs Attack of the Show program at http://www.g4tv.com/videos/58377/how-to-turn-waste-into-energy . The EPA was especially impressed that the students who designed and built the entire system have also started a company to sell the innovative aeroponic growing systems and install significantly larger systems, faculty advisor Professor Susan Powers said. The company, Blue Sphere Industries, has received a loan to start its business in Clarksons business incubator in Peyton Hall. They will install a system that is ten times the size of the pilot system. The third project included the design and construction of an anaerobic digester for small farms at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Farm in Canton. Digesters at large farms use manure collected by alley scrapers. While this material can be easily pumped into the digester, small farms often use hay bedding, which results in hard-packed manure that cannot be pumped. In addition, smaller farms in New York are more diverse, which means that different types of waste materials are available that could be digested for energy recovery. However, technologies are lacking for these small scales. The Clarkson team has successfully developed a process that can use manure at the high solids content found at very small farms to generate biogas continuously throughout the winter months. Results from an economic analysis suggest that the process is economically viable for small farms, allowing the majority of farmers to gain access to this technology. Student representatives from all of the teams also had an opportunity to explain their projects and their importance in Northern New York to staff members in the offices of Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer, and of Representatives Bill Owens, Richard Hanna and Paul Tonko. The three interdisciplinary teams of students were advised by Powers, Prof. Stefan Grimberg and Prof. Michael Twiss as a part of the Universitys SPEED (Student Projects for Engineering Experience and Design) program, one of the Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering hallmark initiatives, exemplifying Clarksons defy convention approach to education. SPEED promotes multidisciplinary, project-based learning opportunities for more than 350 undergraduates annually. Projects involve engineering design, analysis, and fabrication. In addition, students learn real-world business skills, such as budget management, effective teamwork, and communications skills. Support for the EPA P3 competition includes more than 40 partners in the federal government, industry, and scientific and professional societies. For more information on the EPAs P3 program, visit http://www.epa.gov/p3 .
Minnesota was once on the vanguard of managing social issues such as fair housing practices. But over the years, racial disparities have appeared in indicators such as housing, education and employment. A group of civic and elected leaders meets Friday to work out a strategy on how to deal with the growing problem. The half-day long conference will focus on recent studies, such as one released by the Minneapolis Foundation, that found that racial minorities lag behind whites when it comes to a host of indicators. The foundation's "One Minneapolis" report both frustrates and motivates people like Velma Korbel, head of the Minneapolis Civil Rights Department, which is sponsoring the conference. "I've lived in this region and worked in the civil rights profession for a number of years, and what was really sort of galvanizing for us here is, for the years we've been working in this business, it doesn't seem to have made a huge difference," Korbel said. Before she took over as head of the city's civil rights department last year, Korbel served as the state's human rights commissioner. She's spent more than 20 years trying to erase inequality. Korbel said she's seen progress, but it's not enough. Over the years, Korbel said, local and state governments have cut resources to civil rights programs. But some of the blame rests on the shoulders of people who work in the civil rights field, she said. "When we introduce new programs and new processes, if we don't see an immediate turnaround we tend to abandon those and try to go to something new," Korbel said. "And I think part of it is our own inability to stick to something that works." In the '70s and '80s, Minnesota was in the vanguard of fair housing practices. But elected leaders in the '90s became complacent, leading to more segregation.Myron Orfield, University of Minnesota professor The authors of the Minneapolis Foundation study say the recent recession, high unemployment and housing crisis have hit low income and minority communities hardest. And that has made the task of eliminating racial disparities particularly difficult. The Twin Cities have one of the largest unemployment gaps in the country between black and white residents. But there are also more entrenched obstacles. For cities like Minneapolis, University of Minnesota professor Myron Orfield said the main problem is segregation. Orfield, who heads the university's Institute on Race and Poverty, said clusters of low income racial minorities tend to perpetuate disparities. "If people grow up in very disadvantaged neighborhoods that are isolated, really walled off from the rest of the region," Orfield said. "Or they have schools that really aren't connected to higher education or the economy; and when they are products of those schools they don't have much opportunity." Orfield said in the 1970s and 1980s, Minnesota was in the vanguard of fair housing practices. But in the 1990s, elected leaders became complacent, Orfield said, which lead to more segregation in neighborhoods and schools throughout the metro area. According to a 2008 report by the institute, between 1992 and 2008, the percentage of white students in segregated schools fell from 87 to 60 percent. At the same time, the percentages of black and Hispanic students attending non-white segregated schools shot up from 14 to 51 percent for black students and from 3 percent to 43 percent for Hispanics. There's overwhelming research showing that racially and socially diverse communities foster higher student graduation rates, college participation and economic prosperity, Orfield said. While the research on disparities has gotten the attention of public officials, some community leaders aren't waiting for government to take action. "I always tell people the best social service program in the world is a job," said Louis King, CEO of Summit Academy, a north Minneapolis vocational training school that school specializes in training African Americans in the construction trades. King said there are several factors which have created the unemployment gap between black and white city residents, not the least of which is racial discrimination. But King won't sit on the sidelines and complain about racism. "I'm spending less time focusing on the disparities and more time focusing on creating the environment that is intolerant of the conditions that cause the disparities," he said. King has criticized government agencies that don't meet minority contracting goals when they build large construction projects. In the past, he's led demonstrations against MnDOT for failing to meet hiring goals mandated by state and federal law. Organizers of today's conference say they will challenge participants from both the public and private sectors to do what they can to tackle racial disparities.
Story by Walter Ham HONOLULU – From the Makapu’u Light on Oahu’s southeastern most point, the world’s largest lighthouse lens reflects a beam that can be seen from 19 nautical miles away. The 12-foot-tall and 8-foot-wide Hyper-radiant Fresnel lens takes up more than a quarter of the space inside the 46-foot-tall lighthouse. With more than a thousand prisms, the lens is almost five feet taller than the First Order Fresnel lens in America’s tallest lighthouse, the 207-foot-tall Cape Hatteras Light in the North Carolina Outer Banks. It is wide enough for several people to stand inside. “It is, by far, the largest lens that I have ever seen,” said Chief Petty Officer Ernest W. Rucker, who leads the Honolulu-based U.S. Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team (ANT) Honolulu that maintains the lens. The Hyper-radiant lens was unveiled at the 1893 Chicago World Fair. Once it reached Hawaii, pieces of the giant lens were hoisted from a moving ship up the steep lava slope and reassembled in the lighthouse. Lit in 1909, the Makapu’u Lighthouse shines across the Kaiwi Channel between the islands of Oahu and Molokai. The State of Hawaii maintains a trail that climbs more than 500 feet to a whale watching site above the lighthouse. From the summit, the islands of Lanai and Molokai are visible on a clear day. Martha Yent from the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of State Parks, said the state renovated the trail last year. The accessible trail is pet friendly and bikes are allowed. “It is popular with residents for exercise and the opportunity to view the historic lighthouse from the scenic lookouts,” said Yent. The Makapu’u Light is among the more than 48,000 Aids to Navigation (ATON) maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard, including buoys, beacons, ranges, sound systems and electronic aids that guide mariners through U.S. coastal, intracoastal and inland waterways. Located in the 14th Coast Guard District, the Makapu’u Lighthouse is one of nine lighthouses that have elevators named after them in the U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The Honolulu-based 14th District covers more than 12.2 million square miles from the 50th state to the Far East, with units in Oahu, Maui, Kauai, Hawaii, American Samoa, Saipan, Guam, Singapore and Japan. In addition to the Makapu’u Light, the Honolulu Aids to Navigation Team maintains 96 fixed navigational aids around the Hawaiian Islands. Rucker said the aids mark multiple near shore reefs. The chief said the navigational aids shepherd mariners through the well traveled waters around the Aloha State. Freighters sail to Honolulu from the U.S. West Coast and barges transport goods between the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii is also home to many fishing vessels, dive boats and cruise ships. With land-based aids located from the south point on the big island of Hawaii to the small atoll known as Lihue Rock on the southwest coast of Kauai, the Honolulu ANT covers vast distances by helicopter and visits some very remote corners of the Hawaiian Islands. “The ANT gets to go to some places that seldom get seen by humans,” said Rucker, a native of Oxford, Mississippi. The Makapu’u Lighthouse is an exception. The lighthouse is one of the best known navigational aids in Hawaii. An estimated 350,000 visitors hiked the Makapu’u trail in 2015 and the lighthouse has served as a location for many of the television shows filmed in Hawaii, including Baywatch, Hawaii Five-O and Magnum P.I.
Don't Rage around Miss Cicely Alexander! This is a response to the Tate’s call for their 1840s GIF party — they have made images available from selected pieces of art from their 1840s room and inviting anyone to remix as a GIF. That is such a good idea I made it into a ds106 assignment. I chose as my subject James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander (1872-4). I saw movement possibility in the pair of butterflies, but was curious about the item at the base of the window sill… it is just some sort of etching ?? but when I saw the image it reminded me of one of those silly rage faces. The first step was selecting the butterflies and putting each in a layer. On the base layer, I clone brushed in beneath them. To be able to animate the rage head, I selected the rough rectangle of the left pane, cut it and put it in a layer below. This way, the rage face could be n between the two, and appear to rise into the window. And the swinging leg was less hassle then I thought, select an approximate shape, and as long as it rotated, it would work meshed in with the skirt. I was able to clone brush in behind it, and fill out the shape of the hat. To animate, I did a series to loop the butterflies over the girl’s head– doing a New Frame, and then moving the two different butterfly layers. I got a way cheaply as I did not have to flip them. I then copies the series of frames and pasted them at the end to have 2 loops. Similarly I made a new layer, and began the same process to make the rage face appear and rise. Once in place, I made another 2 loop series as the butterflies moved over to the Rage head. Since the leg swing involved a change of shape, I had to duplicate the leg frame 3 rimes, rotate it a bit each time, the last two also distorting the leg to keep it in frame. And then I had 2 copies of the rage head, to make it rotate and shrink as the kick was delivered. The GIF comes in tiny, because most of the image is a base layer that never moves; thats the beauty of GIF compression. Even the big one, at 550px wide and 965pc high, is only 365k but has maybe 30 frames. I hope we see some more ds106ers take on the Tate 1840s GIF Party challenge The post "GIFfing it Like it Was 1872" was originally thawed from a previous ice age and melted at CogDogBlog (http://cogdogblog.com/2014/01/giffing-it-1872/) on January 23, 2014.
Phyllis W. Simpkins, who serves as a firefighter with the Miami-Dade County Fire Rescue Department, wanted to do something special that would give back to the community and serve area youth after the passing of her husband, William D. Simpkins. To fulfill that dream, her Majestic Youth and Arts Academy Intervention Prevention program was begun in May 2006, designed to provide services such as dance, drama, theatrical performances, mentoring, life skills and more as an option to keep youth out of the criminal justice system. “The program offers a safe, engaging and constructive environment for youth to cultivate and express their artistic talents, promote cultural awareness, social skills and enhance youth and their families’ awareness to the arts,” Simpkins said. Simpkins entered into a contract with Miami-Dade County Parks on July 16, 2012 to use the facility at Goulds Park, located at 11350 SW 216 St. Simpkins had no funding to hire additional assistance, but she was able to recruit four volunteers from the community. “These volunteers had to be God-sent,” Simpkins said. “Because of their willingness, dedication, and participation and overall goodwill, a difference was made within the program.” Although the program began with only three participants that first year at the park, Simpkins stayed determined and the program has grown, having served more than 75 youths on a rotating cycle in the community. Besides the professional training, mentoring and life skills, the youngsters have received uniform shirts, sneakers, and more, paid for either by Simpkins or through sponsorships and donations. She and her sponsors also have covered the costs of fieldtrips, van rentals, group dinners and other public outings. Simpkins commutes from Miami Gardens and her job three to five days each week to Goulds Park to provide dance classes to the youth participants and their families. The program has established partnerships with various churches and organizations, including the Miami-Dade Police Department. “This is what I do when I’m away from my 8-to-4 job,” Simpkins said. “Working with kids always keeps you balanced. I think it’s an important thing to do for the kids because there’s a lot of gang activity going on throughout South Florida, and really throughout the country. I believe that if our youth has something else — an option — where they can get involved, it’s going to bring back a positive attitude and way of doing things. It’s a win-win for the community and for that child, having a better future.” Simpkins said that the activities get the youngsters involved and give them a sense of accomplishment. They have done parades, events and other functions, and had their first annual dance recital at the Joseph Caleb Auditorium on Sept.14. There are more events in the works. “I’ve been talking to the Salvation Army and they want the kids to come and give performances at events they’re having in October,” Simpkins said. “We take the kids out of their normal environment and expose them to other environments they might not see. Majestic’s Youth and Arts Academy has made a difference in Goulds community.” For information contact Phyllis W. Simpkins, program deirector, at 786-443-3277.
Detailing & Fabrication Tolerance Cloud By Dick Birley, President of Condor Rebar Consultants, Inc. First published in Concrete International Magazine, February 2006 Some practices can lead to problems Because it's inherently difficult and expensive to fabricate reinforcing steel and formwork to precise dimensions, workers must place bars to avoid conflicts with items that simply can't be moved, such as openings and embedded hardware. Tolerances on placement, as well as fabricating and forming, are therefore needed to make concrete construction physically possible and economically practical. In addition to this normal interplay of tolerances in the field, detailers sometimes use tolerances to avoid conflicts. For example, to simplify formwork construction, beams and girders are commonly designed with a common soffit elevation. However, if the engineering drawings don't show how to avoid crossing the beam and girder reinforcing bars in the same planes (Fig. 1), there will be a constructibility problem. In such a case, detailers might detail the girder stirrups to the maximum vertical dimension and the beam stirrups to the minimum vertical dimension. While this won't completely eliminate the problem, it can mitigate it significantly. Of course, the detailer must "flag" these dimensions as critical, and the fabricator must exercise special care to fabricate the stirrups precisely to the detailed dimensions (normal fabricating tolerances wouldn't be acceptable). Occasionally, ironworkers find a run of lapped temperature bars in a slab that doesn't terminate with the proper embedment at the end support. Rather than trying to find some extra bars to extend the run, ironworkers may opt to adjust the splices within the run to their minimum length. Quite often, this will extend the run the few inches required to achieve proper embedment at the support. I've seen fabricators, especially during times of steel shortages, adjust the length of certain bars by the plus or minus tolerance to get exact cuts out of stock bars. For instance, to obtain 13 ft 5 in. bars from a 40 ft bar, a fabricator would need to make two cuts—producing two 13 ft 5 in. bars and one 13 ft 2 in. crop bar (Fig. 2). If the fabricator adjusts the bar length to 13 ft 4 in., however, two cuts would produce three 13 ft 4 in. bars, and there would be no crop bar. If the ironworker installing the bars cooperates and adjusts the end locations of the bars by 1/2 in., everything will be within tolerance. In my opinion, these examples are acceptable, practical uses of tolerances to solve specific constructibility issues. They do, however, require mutual cooperation among the trades involved and are recognized as one-off instances. Therefore, they should not be considered acceptable common practice. Unfortunately, I've also seen practices that I consider to be abuses of tolerances. While these practices may be followed because of a perceived economic gain, such practices are often detrimental to other trades involved (and even to their own trade). Although it might seem that routinely cutting all reinforcing bars to an acceptable tolerance of 1 in. less than the detailed length would save thousands of feet of reinforcement each year, this really isn't the case. Many of those 1 in. savings would actually lead to longer pieces of crop bars, and produce no real "savings." For instance, if 13 ft 3 in. bars were required and cut to the proper length, the fabricator would get three usable bars plus a 3 in. crop bar out of a standard 40 ft bar (Fig. 3). If the lengths were reduced by an inch to 13 ft 2 in., the fabricator would get three usable bars plus a 6 in. crop bar—nothing would be gained. Apart from a perceived economic benefit, others argue that cutting bars to the detailed length inevitably produces some bars that are longer and that these longer bars cause clearance problems for the ironworker. It's a poor argument. It's true that the ironworker would have to be more careful while placing the longer bars than if they had been cut to the detailed dimension. However, if the fabricator is cutting the bars to the minimum dimension, normal variation will cause some bars to be shorter. These shorter bars will create excessive clearance problems that are not easily rectified. In fact, the practice of cutting bars to the minimum length can actually turn out to be very costly. A few years ago, I toured a large construction project and noticed some ironworkers coupling 8 in. pieces of No. 14 bar to the tops of a number of column bars. I inquired, and found that these were the last of four lifts of reinforcement for the columns. Because the fabricator had cut each lift of No. 14 vertical bars short by the minus tolerance (2 in.), and because No. 14 bar splices must be coupled rather than lapped, the full run of each vertical bar was 8 in. short of the required embedment into the supported beam. Because the short run required additional short bars, field labor for end-preparation to install extra couplers, and the cost of the couplers themselves, the potential "savings" turned into major additional costs. During my years as an ironworker, I occasionally encountered contractors who routinely used tolerances to reduce the thickness of slabs. As Fig. 1 illustrates, even with a full-thickness slab, the multiple layers of crossing reinforcing at beam-to-girder connections may force the ironworker to use the minimum cover. However, if the contractor has already formed the slab to the minimum thickness, even the minimum cover may not be possible, and problems such as surface cracking along the length of the bars can result. What was thought to be a savings in concrete often increased costs required for ironworkers as well as finishers. Fabricating bars to minimum dimensions within tolerances frequently creates annoying or even significant problems for the unsuspecting ironworker. Because detailers calculate the lengths of bars, they are usually the first ones faulted for the problem and must present calculations to prove that their dimensions are correct. Detailers quickly get to know which fabricators are involved in the practice of shortcutting bars. To reduce or eliminate potential problems in critical situations, many detailers will dimension bars to maximum tolerances (or even longer). Unfortunately, the person reviewing the detailing for the designer often spots these longer dimensions and marks them for correction. Of course, this presents a dilemma for detailers: do they correct the dimensions to satisfy the designer, or do they ignore the designer in the interest of better constructibility? Perhaps the best course of action for a designer is to allow longer dimensions, provided they will not cause a structural problem.
"For construction workers and their families across the country, it represents the difference between making ends meet or not making ends meet," Obama said at a White House ceremony featuring members of labor unions and the business community. As he has in recent weeks, Obama cast the issue as a bipartisan one that Republicans could oppose only with an eye toward next year's elections. "Now is the time to put country ahead of the party," Obama said. Republicans said the transportation bill would probably be extended and Obama is -- again -- pushing Congress to agree to something it already plans to do. "He has this remarkable ability to, with a straight face, call for things he knows are going to happen anyway," said Don Stewart, a spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Brendan Buck, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said, "Aside from the president today, no one has suggested the highway bill will be allowed to expire." The Surface Transportation Bill is due to expire at the end of September; it funds highway construction, bridge repair and improvements to mass transit systems. If the bill expires at the end of September, Obama said, more than 4,000 workers will be furloughed without pay, and a million could lose their jobs over the next year. Obama noted a political impasse this month led to the temporary expiration of funding for the Federal Aviation Administration. "If this story sounds familiar, that's because we've heard it before," he said. Before leaving on recess, Congress extended FAA funding until Sept. 16, and Obama demanded a longer extension when lawmakers return after Labor Day. "At a time when a lot of people in Washington are talking about creating jobs, it's time to stop the political gamesmanship that can actually cost us hundreds of thousands of jobs," Obama said. In an e-mail, Stewart said Obama is playing politics: He spent the summer demanding the Congress pass the patents bill -- even though it's long been the first legislative vote sked for next week. And he demanded that Congress pass the free trade agreements -- even though he hasn't sent them up yet, and despite knowing that Republicans have been trying to get them passed for YEARS. And now today he's going to call on Congress to pass extensions of the highway and FAA bills -- even though (Senate Majority Leader Harry) Reid notified Senate offices more than a week ago that we will be voting on both within the next three weeks. Next, I guess, he'll demand the sun come up in the east. David's journalism career spans three decades, including coverage of five presidential elections, the Oklahoma City bombing, the 2000 Florida presidential recount and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He has covered the White House for USA TODAY since 2005. His interests include history, politics, books, movies and college football -- not necessarily in that order. More about David
Facebook ads use your images to promote third party productsIvan \| Fri, 2009-07-24 17:18 On Facebook lot of people are complaining about FB's policy to allow their advertisers use your private images for FB ads. Here is how FB explains the system: Facebook occasionally pairs advertisements with relevant social actions from a user's friends to create Facebook Ads. Facebook Ads make advertisements more interesting and more tailored to you and your friends. These respect all privacy rules. You may opt out of appearing in your friends' Facebook Ads below. Facebook was always inventive with their advertising system. They were the first to let people thumb up or down ads and now they want to make their ads be literally part of your online life. Nobody can blame them for trying to monetize the site, but is this going to far? I personally think it may be confusing for my friends. They may think I'm promoting something on FB and in fact I'm not. Thankfully you can opt out from it. Here is how: - Click on SETTINGS up at the top where you see the Log out link. - Select PRIVACY. Then select NEWSFEEDS and WALL. - Select the tab that reads FACEBOOK ADS. - There is a drop down box, select NO ONE. Then SAVE your changes. Relevancy is the next frontier of advertising and FB is doing it's part to discover where the boundaries are. Commenting on this Blog entry is closed.
WebRTC School is the premier supplier of Training and Certification services on WebRTC and is the ‘sister’ site to the The SIP School. There are two training and certification programs on offer - The WebRTC School Qualified Integrator program This program is designed to give people the knowledge and skills to start developing their own WebRTC applications. It covers Protocols, APIs, Signaling, Code walkthroughs, Security and much more; this program also provides the knowledge required to attain WSQD™ WebRTC School Qualified Integrator status. You and your personnel can now become officially recognised as WebRTC experts by taking one (or both) of the online courses and passing the certification tests. Membership of the TIA will give you a discount of 10% off the published prices The training programs are delivered through eLearning across the Internet. Registered students have access to all training material for a full 12 months, including access to all new WebRTC training material added to the program during the license period. Visit the WebRTC School website here and to request the membership discount please send an email to firstname.lastname@example.org Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) — Train and Certify Online! Wouldn’t it be great if you could get convenient training and even certification on Session Initiation Protocol? Now there’s an excellent, cost-effective and convenient source for both training and certification – The SIP School’s online program, endorsed by TIA. What is SIP? Critical for today’s telecommunications, the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is a signaling protocol used to establish sessions in an IP network. A session might be a simple two-way telephone call or it might be a collaborative multi-media conference session. The ability to establish these sessions means that a host of innovative services becomes possible, such as voice-enriched e-commerce, web page click-to-dial, Instant Messaging with buddy lists, and IP Centrex services. The Voice over IP (VoIP) community has adopted SIP as its protocol of choice for signalling. SIP is an RFC standard (RFC 3261) from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the body responsible for administering and developing the mechanisms that comprise the Internet. SIP is still evolving and being extended as technology matures and SIP products are socialized in the marketplace. With implementation of SIP into all PBX manufacturers’ systems, as well as VoIP Phones, unified communications solutions and gradually into mobile, it is imperative that those working with these technologies learn about SIP. TIA has officially endorsed The SIP School as the training provider of choice for SIP. You and your personnel can now become officially recognised as SIP experts in three areas by taking online courses and passing the certification tests. - SIP School Certified Associate - SSCA™. SIP training goes from the basics of SIP messaging and SIP Servers, right through Security, Firewalls, NAT, Troubleshooting, Trunking, Enum and onto SIP in Unified Communications. Soon to be included, SIP and Fax over IP. - SIP Sales and Marketing Professionals - SSMP™. To effectively participate in the Unified Communications, Hosted PBX and SIP trunking boom, sales and marketing professionals need to understand the opportunities and techniques required to succeed. Get training right here. - SIP School VVoIP Professional SSVVP™. SIP is still quite new and a lot of people will need to learn all about Data networking to make a successful transition from TDM to VoIP. This course covers all you need to get started with a sharp focus on Voice and Video over IP as well as the new IPv6 protocol. This can be a great foundation for the SSCA SIP certification program. The training programs are delivered through eLearning across the Internet. Registered students have access to all training material for a full 12 months, including access to all new SIP training material added to the program during the license period. TIA members receive a 10 percent discount on the SIP school training programs and certification.
How to Choose the Best LED Lighting for Your Needs Nowadays, you may have noticed that there are many different types and models of LED lights to choose from. You can now buy LED lights almost anywhere (although the best place to find them is still in electrical supply firms), and you only need to choose the most ideal LED lighting based on what it is that you need and require. Image Source : ReconElectrical.Co.Uk But whether you are on the lookout for a simple LED light bulb or an LED tube light or floodlight, there are still some essential factors to think about. Here’s a rundown on what you should consider when it comes to LED lights: Of course, the very first aspect to consider when you are purchasing LED lighting is its level of brightness. But for those who are unaware of the levels of brightness of LED lights, this can become quite confusing – after all, the brightness of a typical LED bulb will be different from a typical incandescent bulb. You can, however, make use of the wattage stated on the LED package simply to compare the illumination of the bulb. For instance, if you see a 9-watt LED light, its output is equal to a 45-watt incandescent light. This is the simplest way to compare. But if you want to be doubly sure, you can look at the LED’s lumen value. Lumens are the measurement units used to indicate a light’s brightness and what you need to remember is that the higher the lumen value, the brighter the light is. The difference between ‘cool’ and ‘warm’ Another aspect you need to consider when selecting LED lights is their warmth or coolness. Today, there are many LED lights which are categorised as having ‘cool’ light, which is white. The ‘warm’ LED lights often have a yellow-coloured light. To differentiate and know which one is better for your requirements: cool light is better if you are looking for lighting that can make various specific tasks easier (such as cooking, working on the computer, or working on machinery), while warm light is more ideal for lighting up a small space or area or accentuating a particular space or object (accent lighting). The difference between a dimmable and a standard LED light Now, you also have a choice between standard LED lights or LED lights which have the capacity to be dimmed. These dimmable lights are ideal for reception areas, conference rooms and meeting rooms, or a living area or bedroom. Note that these dimmable LED lights should be able to operate on a standard switch for dimming. Pin-base LED lights or standard or ordinary base LED lights Yet another factor to consider when you are choosing your LED lighting is whether you should opt for pin-base LEDs or ordinary (standard) base LEDs. LED lighting today is available in different varieties of pin bases or sockets or the standard screw-on base (also known as the Edison base), which is also more ideal for track or recessed lighting. When it comes to your LED lighting needs and your other requirements in regards to electrical supplies, you can always turn to electrical wholesalers like Recon Electrical, which not only features the most competitive pricing – it also makes searching for whatever you need easier and more convenient as well. Image attributed to pixtawan/FreeDigitalPhotos.net Article Submitted By Community Writer
Following up on last week's start, here are a few more suggestions I hope you'll consider before you attend a star party. With regard to viewing through someone else's telescope — focus! I have suggested this to thousands of people, young and old, beginning and advanced, and I repeat it here. Our eyes are not all the same. Even a minute amount of focusing can reveal details within Saturn's rings that were invisible before. It's that critical. If you're unfamiliar with the telescope through which you're observing, simply ask, "Excuse me, how do I focus your telescope?" Bring your children. Control your children. Star parties are family affairs and well-behaved children are welcome (even if they're not interested in the sky show). Make certain, however, they stay with you at all times. Many children become cranky if they stay up too late (some adults, too!), but are happy to sleep in the car. Always remember that their safety and comfort should be your first concerns. If you must have music, you may be in the wrong place. Realize that individual taste in music is so widely variant that I can guarantee somebody nearby doesn't like what you're listening to. If you're still not convinced, use headphones. Regarding driving (or even walking) in the area, try to minimize the amount of dust you send into the air. Many star parties, especially in drier climates, are held at heavily used sites with little nearby vegetation. Unless you have a motor home, leave your pets at home. Amateur astronomers seem to have a strong distaste for stepping in — or setting a case or piece of equipment in — excrement. Have your favorite binoculars nearby. Even experienced observers do this. Binoculars can be useful to pin down a star field or to check if the object you're observing through the telescope is visible with less magnification. They are also handy to have in case of a "wide-angle" event, such as the appearance of a bright meteor that leaves a smoke trail. If your binoculars are higher power (more than 7x), placing them on a tripod or binocular mount can provide some stunning views of the larger deep-sky objects (the Andromeda Galaxy [M31], the Orion Nebula [M42], the Pleiades [M45], etc.) throughout the night. Bring a chair to sit in. Other observers may have an extra chair, but don't count on it. If you're attending an observing session or evening gaze, bring liquid (water is best, but I cannot abide the stuff) and a light snack. If you're attending a several-night star party, you may want to bring a lot more. In warmer seasons, insect repellant may be necessary. Be sure to bring your own.
Note from the Author of this post: This post is an analysis of the California Vehicle Code that applies to ebikes, and some other bikes, trikes, and quadricycles, in the light wieght category. It is a work in progress, and your comments and feedback are encouraged. You may post comments "anonymously" if you like. Thank you. According to the California Vehicle Code 407 (CVC 407), a 3 and 4 wheeled vehicle, used by a senior citizen or person with a disability, is allowed to use these vehicles. And these vehicles can have a top speed of.... 30 miles per hour. 407. A "motorized quadricycle" is a four-wheeled device, and a "motorized tricycle" is a three-wheeled device, designed to carry not more than two persons, including the driver, and having either an electric motor or a motor with an automatic transmission developing less than two gross brake horsepower and capable of propelling the device at a maximum speed of not more than 30 miles per hour on level ground. The device shall be utilized only by a person who by reason of physical disability is otherwise unable to move about as a pedestrian or by a senior citizen as defined in Section 13000. These devices, apparently, can have en electric or gas, or whatever power source they so choose, as long as it has an "automatic transmission" and has less than a two horse power engine. The electric motor is not required to have an "automatic transmission" according to 407 as you can see they distinguished an "electric motor" from other "motor" with the "or". in CVC 405, they define a "motorcycle" that must have a pison driven engine, that displaces less than 150 cubic centimeters. I suppose that would exclude elctric motors which do not displace any cubic centimeters, or perhaps it would include any motorcycle, no matter the horse power of the engine. According to CVC 405, it is not specifically being described as a device or a vehicle. 405 A "motor-driven cycle" is any motorcycle with a motor that displaces less than 150 cubic centimeters. A motor-driven cycle does not include a motorized bicycle, as defined in Section 406. In CVC 406(a), they say any 2 or 3 wheeled device or vehicle, [NOT four wheel, by the way(see 407)], can apparently have a motor of any size as long as it can not propel the device faster than 30 miles per hour, and has working pedals. If it has an electric motor, the motor can have a maximum of two horse power. And the electric powered devices can have pedals or not, as long as they are only capable of propelling the device up to a maximum speed of 30 miles per hour on level ground. It is unclear what the law would be if this device was a hybrid or had two electric motors. For example, if there were two electric motors on the "device", would the horse power of each be added together for a grand total, or would they be looked at individually, to determine "a motor which produces less than 2 gross brake horse power"? 406(a) A "motorized bicycle" or "moped" is any two-wheeled or three-wheeled device having fully operative pedals for propulsion by human power, or having no pedals if powered solely by electrical energy, and an automatic transmission and a motor which produces less than 2 gross brake horsepower and is capable of propelling the device at a maximum speed of not more than 30 miles per hour on level ground. CVC 406, continues with 406(b), which apparently defines an "electric bicycle", and out in the real world, commonly referred to as an ebike, as a a device with operational pedals, as 406(a) referenced, but with a maximum horse power, presumably, of 1.34 horsepower. I arrived at this number by taking the horsepower of one watt, which is ".00134102209", and multiplied it times 1000, to get the horsepower of 1000 watts. Also, one horsepower equals 746 watts, so you can calculate the horsepower of 1000 watts by deviding the watts per one horsepower (746) by the maximum watts (1000) to get the horsepower of 1000 watts . For more info on calculating watts and horsepower, see: Motor Formulas Presumably, CVC 406(a) applies to any elctric bicycle capable of a level ground speed 20-30 miles per hour(maximum level ground speed), and an electric motor with a maximum wattage of 1492 watts(2 horsepower). I arrived at the number by calculating the maximum horsepower (2) by the watts per horsepower (746). It is implied that ground speed excludes human power imput. Presumably, in either case, CVC 406(a) and CVC 406(b), the device must have two or three wheels. If it is a four wheel device meeting all the other requirements, it does not apply, from my analysis of the code. The only exceptions I could find are in CVC 407, which provides for thier use only to "senior citizen's" and persons with "physical disablities". And even with the exception for these two classes of people, it appears to restrict their use to the same as a "pedestrian", which is defined in CVC 467 Thus far, I have been unable to find any low speed bicycle, either electric, or human power alone, in the CVC (Calif Vechicle Code) book, other than the 3 and 4 wheeled motorized devices for pedestrian use. Thus, it appears that 4 or more wheeled human powered or with electric power assist, are outside the current law in California. - CVC 406 - Ebike/E-Scooter Public Parking/Charging - Cycle Santa Monica! community forum - Power-Assist community forum - E-Motor-Assist community forum - Moped Army - Electric Bicycle Laws (wiki) - Myron's Mopeds - Air-Powered-Vehicles community forum
"Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to person or place; the world is my country, and my religion is to do good," from The Rights of Man is one of the finest expressions of humanist thought around, and the following passage from Thomas Paine by Craig Nelson gives some indication of the dedication Paine had for the principles of liberty and free thought. This pamphlet for the greater good would all but destroy Paine's American reputation, and its drafting would offer a profound insight into the author's very character. If there is any moment in his life that reveals Paine as the Enlightenment's most adamantine evangelist, it is this. For exactly what kind of man, with dozens of friends either imprisoned or dead by guillotine or by their own hand, with his own life directly imperiled, and expecting at any moment the knock at the door and the presentation of the warrant - just what kind of human being would write a book under such conditions, and call it The Age of Reason?And here's a sample of Paine's efforts to prevent the execution of Lous XVI which are what put his life in danger in France. Paine had hoped that France, in addition to banishing the monarchy, could set an example to the world by also banishing executions. These words turned out to be extremely prescient. I have the advantage of some experience; it is near twenty years that I have been engaged in the cause of liberty, having contributed something to it in the revolution of the United States of America. My language has always been that of liberty and humanity, and I know by experience that nothing so exalts a nation as the union of these principles, under all circumstances. I know that the public mind of France, and particularly that of Paris, has been heated and irritated by the dangers to which they have been exposed; but could we carry our thoughts into the future, when the dangers are ended, and the irritations forgotten, what today seems an act of justice may then appear an act of vengeance. My anxiety for the cause of France has become for the moment concern for its honor. If, on my return to America, I should employ myself on a history of the French Revolution, I had rather record a thousand errors dictated by humanity, than one inspired by a justice too severe.
I had my brug planted in the ground all spring- summer but it is time to dig it up and bring it in soon. It grew quite a bit and needs to be pruned back so it will fit inside. Below is a diagram of what my brug looks like. If I cut at the red lines it will be manageable. However, I was wondering if it would be better to cut at the purple lines. Any advice would be appreciated. Pruning a brug to make it more manageable In my opinion either way would be OK as long as you stay above the Y, it will have all winter to grow again. I recommend cutting on along the red lines. It's extra insurance against die-back which can easily happen under cool moist conditions. Be sure to spray all cut surfaces with a fungicide, another insurance against die-back which can kill an entire branch or plant. Hi Brug Lover, 'Been growing these beauties for over 20 years and the pruning depends on what shape you want when it starts growing again next summer. I see you are in Chicago. I'm in Cleveland so I deal with this every year. Have over 30 brugs. If you want a shorter bushier plant you could prune all the way back to the soil level. I'm not kidding. Next heat you would get multiple shoots coming up at once. If you like the basic branch structure the plant already has then just decide much branching you want to keep. Next year multiple new shoots will apprear all up and down the branches that remain even at the soil level. This is a plant that has adventitious buds under it's skin everywhere. This is great because there is not special location to make your cuts except if you want to keep the branch(s) as the plant's base structure. Remember these guys grow 4'-6' a year. I hope this helps.
Today is the Eighth Day of Christmas. The "eight maids a-milking" reminded children of the eight beatitudes listed in the Sermon on the Mount. On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Eight maids a-milking, Seven swans a-swimming, Six geese a-laying, Five golden rings, Four calling birds, Three French hens, Two turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree. This post is one of a series explaining the Twelve Days of Christmas. Over the next 5 days of the Christmas season (ending on January 6th "The Epiphany") I'll post more information about the following verses of this song. I hope you'll find the "coded" meanings as interesting as I have! For more information, you can also check out appleseeds.org and CIN. Picture from AtHomeWithGod.com
by Jana Rade You might have noticed that when talking about symptoms, sometimes a qualifying word is included, such as excessive panting, excessive drinking, excessive head shaking. That is because these are normal behaviors and whether or not there is a problem is a question of degree. Dogs will shake their heads in response to any irritation, such as pain, an itch, a tickle or a bug bite. If your dog is shaking their head persistently, you need to pay attention and look for a cause. On our summer walks, JD will shake his head quite often, to fend off bugs. Deer flies in particular seem to like him. I think they know they can drive him nuts. Jasmine was much less concerned about them, she was a bush dog at heart. It was me who was following her around and chasing them off. She didn't seem to care. The other day, on the way from the farm, JD kept shaking his head. This was cause for concern and we were going to check his ears when we got home. He kept shaking and shaking ... and then we saw an ant waltz out of his ear. There was our culprit. The shaking stopped. When an especially mean stray tick got on Jasmine's ear, her instinct was to shake her head. (Stray tick because it was one of the only two we ever found at the ranch.) The bite was painful for Jasmine though, so every time she started to shake her head she'd cry a little, stop and hold her head down, tilted towards the affected ear. This immediately alerted us to a problem and we found and removed the invader. When your dog starts shaking their head like that, examine the ears, eyes, head, neck and skin carefully. Pay particularly close attention to the ears. Some culprits are obvious and easy to deal with. Some require attention of your veterinarian. A common cause of head shaking is otitis, inflammation of the ear canal. Grass awns, ear mites and other things might be at play but, allergies are also very common causes of ear inflammation. An inflamed ear makes a great playground for bacteria or yeast. Infection often follows. If there is redness, swelling, discharge or bad odor to the ears, it's time to see your veterinarian. If pain is involved, see your veterinarian right away. If you have a reason to suspect a foxtail, also don't delay. Those nasty little things can travel throughout your dog's body and cause serious damage. Some breeds are also susceptible to ear vasculitis, which is inflammation of the blood vessels in the ear flap. This condition typically comes with thickening of the ear margins, which eventually ulcerate and crust over. Dogs with balance issues, be it from trauma, stroke, inner ear infection or vestibular syndrome, might shake their heads in an attempt to relieve their symptoms. Not only is excessive head shaking a symptom of a problem, it can actually be a cause for one as well. Sometimes a dog can shake their head so much that it will cause the blood vessels in the ear flap to rupture, resulting in a hematoma. This will look like a swelling of the ear flap. It really is a pocket of blood and it will cause your dog to shake their head even more. Ear hematomas require veterinary attention if they are to heal without permanent disfigurement. All this refers to voluntary head shaking. This is what we typically picture as a head shake. There are such things as involuntary head tremors, which are another story all together. Head shaking - an ear of an issue! Why Does My Dog . . . Shake His Head All of the Time? My Dog is Shaking His Head Symptoms: Recognition, Acknowledgement And Denial Symptoms To Watch For In Your Dog: Excessive Panting Symptoms To Watch For In Your Dog: Excessive Drinking Symptoms To Watch For In Your Dog: Bad Odor Symptoms to Watch For In Your Dog: Excessive Drooling What Can Your Dog's Gums And Tongue Tell You? Symptoms To Watch For In Your Dog: Coughing
Posted on 23/1/09 by Felix Geisendörfer I am lazy. I think it's because I was raised a programmer and grew up imagining a world where computers would do all the work for me. Unfortunately however, our binary offspring is still asking for a great amount of our attention and time before we can retire and hand the work over to our fabulous creations. But that doesn't mean we can't make the kids clean our dishes, wash our clothes or generate our test data! So at a point earlier last year I was working on my own test data generator, but it turns out it is quite a ton of work to aggregate good data from various places and create a nice generator based upon it. No worries, the story has a happy end. The universe is kind to the lazy and hearing my cry of need created a whole array of products and web services to address the problem! However, it took me a little time to streamline my workflow when using it, so here are a few tips you should definitely know about when using the service: Tip 1: Generate UUID's If you are using UUIDs in your application and you want to generate random UUIDs there is currently no option for that at generatetestdata.com. However, selecting the type "Alpha-Numeric" and leaving the drop down at "Please select", you can enter your own pattern for the string to be created. Here is the one I came up with for UUIDs: Tip 2: Generate custom strings If you need even more customized strings, you can use the placeholders provided by the service. As you can see I simplified UUID generation above by simply combining random lowercase letters with random numbers - not even close to perfect UUIDs, but very kick-ass for test data ; ). L An uppercase Letter. l A lowercase letter. D A letter (upper or lower). C An uppercase Consonant. c A lowercase consonant. E A consonant (upper or lower). V An uppercase Vowel. v A lowercase vowel. F A vowel (upper or lower). x Any number, 0-9. X Any number, 1-9. Tip 3: Connect to foreign keys The whole generator is kind of nice and all, but if the table you are generating data for has foreign keys that point to different tables you need those links to work, right? After all what do you need test data for if not to see the parts of your app working together ; ). Anyway, it turns out this is not a particular difficult problem either. From the data type drop down select "Custom List" and again leave the "Please select"option in the second drop down where it is. Now you can provide your own list of strings separated by the "\|" (pipe character) to be used for this field. How do you get a good list that matches your foreign keys? Easy. Let's say you have a key "user_id" in your table and you need a good list for that, simply run this MySql query: SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(id SEPARATOR '\|') FROM users; This will return an already perfectly formatted list ready to be copy & pasted into the list field! And as you can see you can get very fancy at this point by providing conditions and other things to get the data you want! This can also be handy if you already have a set of data (like path's to uploaded images <- sry, you'll still have to do this manually) that you want to re-use. Tip 4: Quickly getting the records into your table For me the quickest way to get the records in the table so far has been to select "Sql" as the result type on top, enter my table name at the bottom and disable the "create table" option. Then after hitting generate I hit Command+A to select all items and paste the whole thing into my MySql terminal (you can also use a guy client like phpMyAdmin for that). If you are on OSX you can also pipe your clipboard into mysql directly like this: pbpaste > mysql my_db Start using big sets of test data now There is no point in always testing a sophisticated app with a set of < 10 records you entered by hand. Especially if those are full of profanity and can't be handed of to a client anyway ; ). For example I currently am working on a very nice dashboard for our client to help analyze some click data we are tracking. I started out with just a handful of clicks I generated manually, but realized I needed 1000++ records to see if my Sql records are good enough and to see the charts become all pretty. Needless to say, I caught several issues that only became apparent through the amount of data. So if you develop a system, and even if it's very small - generate some good test data for it today. Nothing is a worse productivity killer then not being able to test something properly due to the lack of data. -- Felix Geisendörfer aka the_undefined PS: If you are re-doing an existing system or otherwise have the chance to use "actual" data to test with, spend some time on getting that going. Real records are always better (read worse but in a good way) to test your application. You can skip to the end and add a comment. This post is too old. We do not allow comments here anymore in order to fight spam. If you have real feedback or questions for the post, please contact us.
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As the buffer between farming and residential areas shrinks, pesticide related conflicts increase. Dan Levi and Kathryn Sperry discuss their study examining environmental attitudes and health impacts of living at the agricultural / urban interface in Oceano, California. The discussion illustrates the importance of including these potential environmental impacts and their mitigation in the planning agenda. Levi, Daniel and Sperry, Kathryn "Agriculture at the Urban Interface: Attitudes of New Rural Residents," 1, Article 9. Available at: http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/focus/vol4/iss1/9
Date of Original Version Large scale usage of tobacco causes a lot of health troubles in human. Various formulations of tobacco are extensively used by the people particularly in developing world. Besides several toxic tobacco constituents some metals and metalloids are also believed to pose health risks. This paper describes inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometric (ICP-MS) quantification of some important metals and metalloids in various brands of smoked, sniffed, dipped and chewed tobacco products. A microwave-assisted digestion method was used for sample preparation. The method was validated by analyzing a certified reference material. Percentage relative standard deviation (% R.S.D.) between recovered and certified values was < 5.8. Linearity value for calibration curve of each metal was 1 > r > 0.999. Improved limits of detection (LODs) were in range of ng/L for all elements. Fe, Al and Mn were found to be in the highest concentration in all types of tobacco products, while Zn, Cu, Ni and Cr were below the average concentration of 40 μg/g, and Pb, Co, As, Se and Cd were below 5 μg/g. All elements, apart from Pb, were high in concentration in dipping tobacco in comparison to other tobacco products. Generally, the order of all elemental concentration can be expressed in different tobacco products as chewing < smoked < sniffing < dipping. However, smoked and sniffing will interchange their position in the case of Mn, Cu, Se and Cd. Multivariate statistical analyses were also performed to evaluate the correlation and variations among tobacco products. The present study highlights the quantification of some important metals and metalloids in a wide spectrum of tobacco formulations. The outcome of this study would be beneficial for health authorities and individuals. Syed Ghulam Musharraf, Muhammad Shoaib, Amna Jabbar Siddiqui, Muhammad Najam-ul-Haq and Aftab Ahmed. (2012). "Quantitative analysis of some important metals and metalloids in tobacco products by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)." Chemistry Central Journal, 6(1), 56. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-153X-6-56 Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License.
A novel method for the curing of metal particle loaded conductive inks and pastes The emerging technology of printed microelectronics involving the use of conductive inks in conjunction with standard printing techniques offers a fast and low waste method for creating microelectronics compared with standard manufacturing processes. A clear path to the creation of flexible electronics is present due to the ease of printing on flexible substrates. Moreover, creation of novel 3D structural electronics is possible via the integration of printing technologies and additive manufacturing (AM) techniques. ^ A key obstacle to the manufacturing of flexible and structural electronics comes from the temperature restrictions imposed by the substrates, which are typically polymeric. This hindrance has the effect of limiting the thermal cure cycles necessary to create the maximum electrical performance of conductive traces printed with conductive ink, which must be thermally cured. Whether the ink has micro-scale conductive particles, nano-scale conductive particles, or is organometallic in nature, all conductive inks need some sort of thermal curing to perform properly. ^ The research presented in this dissertation entails the development of a curing technique which creates the optimal electrical performance in conductive traces created from conductive ink on both flexible and 3D polymeric substrates. The utilization of ohmic heating in conjunction with and in lieu of thermal curing is shown to decrease the resistivity of conductive traces printed form conductive inks and pastes. Microstructural characterization was performed on successful and unsuccessful (electrically failed) specimens. A process characterization of the creation of a via/interconnect system in a 3D freeform was made and involved electrical characterization and printable conductor selection. Initial research involving electrical and microstructural characterization of the thermal curing process is presented along with novel findings showing the impact of inkjet printing procedure on the resulting electrical resistivity. Also, a failure analysis of a component from a direct write equipment set was made.^ Chemistry, Inorganic\|Engineering, Electronics and Electrical\|Engineering, Materials Science David Adrian Roberson, "A novel method for the curing of metal particle loaded conductive inks and pastes" (January 1, 2012). ETD Collection for University of Texas, El Paso.
This chart was published in 1849, by which time my great, great grandfather had remarried and moved to ply his seafaring trade in Stornoway, and is the earliest of Admiral Henry Charles Otter 's charts of the Western Isles. He would have been in command of HMS Porcupine, one of several survey ships that he and Captain FWL Thomas used when creating these cartographic masterpieces. Several features are worth remarking upon: Stornoway Meal Mill and the other Mill , the Ropewalk with its Ropemakers , the Jail with its occupants , Sandwick Widow's Row , and the Gas Works with its Plumbers . The one that is most useful, though, is seeing the location of the 'other mill' with the associated Castle Stables for this suggests that the Carding/Sawing Mill was indeed located in the Castle Grounds and thus my conjecture that the address of the Miller, John Munro, being termed the 'Nursery, Bayhead' might suggest a link to the later 'Nursery cottage' seems to be given additional weight? The chart is very beautiful and I'd like to think that a certain shipmaster in his late-twenties was able to purchase a copy in 1849 to assist him in the harbour, or just to have with him as a reminder of his wife who was pregnant with their first child back in Stornoway! Update: I have had a go at Georeferencing the chart and it appears that the buildings labelled 'Stable and Mill' are pretty-much where the Woodlands Centre is today and where, interestingly, the Stornoway Amenity Trust. suggest that the Distillery (which I have mentioned in some seven previous entries) was sited? Fàilte! (Welcome!)This blog is the result of my ongoing research into the people, places and events that have shaped the Western Isles of Scotland and, in particular, the 'Siamese-twins' of Harris and Lewis. My interest stems from the fact that my Grandfather was a Stornowegian and, until about four years ago, that was the sum total of my knowledge, both of him and of the land of his birth. I cannot guarantee the accuracy of everything that I have written (not least because parts are, perhaps, pioneering) but I have done my best to check for any errors. My family mainly lived along the shore of the Sound of Harris, from An-t-Ob and Srannda to Roghadal, but one family 'moved' to Direcleit in the Baighs... ©Copyright 2011 Peter Kerr All rights reserved
not a ball being thrown. life is a ball being caught. Thrown sounds so reckless, dangerous, and sudden. But to catch something that has been thrown is to gain full control over it. And yes we are given numerous chances to catch so do not fear failure as that will only stop you from the playing the game. Tuesday, March 10, 2009 Friday, March 6, 2009 ◘ My sequinned black Chucks. They go with everything. ◘ That things can be written straight on point, and still be intresting. ◘ That I am in a house which has a running computer, shower, boiling water jug, lighters, pipes, electricity, gaming systems, telephones, cellphones, writing equipment, drawing equipment, and squidgey Das. YAY ◘That yesterday me and Priya found the most fucking awesome clothes.....................in the op-shop. No one else had bought them yet I can not believe it! ◘Self-Help Blogs. Ok I want a better word for describing self-help. Hmmmmmm Mind-Food Blogs. That sounds nicer. ◘ Having the ability to write what is beautiful and show a side to what is not yet seen as beautiful. Thursday, March 5, 2009 "people that just assume that we are hateful don't understand that hate and anger are two completely seperate energies, they might have a similar emotional charge to them but anger is such a errr much more constructive emotion then hate." ~ Maynard James Keenan Posted by Disheveled Doll at 11:00 PM Wednesday, March 4, 2009 If your having trouble thinking of something to create you will undoubtably feel negative in some sort of way for some reason. Identify the reason your feeling negative and create a how to, on how to stop it. It's Creating and eliminating shit at the same time. cue: "woooooooooowwwww" Make a silent oath to read more books. Books give you ideas. Topics on where to begin. They highlight thoughts in your brain that have been doormant, for a long time. Remember even if your creation turns out cliche, basic, or boring, it simply means that this one creation sucks. If you make something that sucks it doesn't matter, just get over it and try again on a new day. If you are going to be late creating something then do so. If all else fails don't watch Television. It sucks. Posted by Disheveled Doll at 8:52 AM Tuesday, March 3, 2009 When i'm high I should not take the high's effects on my mind seriously, I should observe them and bathe friviously in their fun. But I should NOT become an all out devotee to the thoughts. When that happenes I become depressed. I get high to enjoy the different state of mind trying to push it's way in, not to become depressed about realizations that probably arn't even true, don't even matter in the long run, and are made to seem more dramatic because of the weed's effects. I must remain in control not let the weed have control. And by in control, that means not letting the new thoughts overcumb me and take me on. I am still me weed is merely entertainment, like when I write a poem to pass the time, and it comes out really shit, I don't take the poem seriously at all. It does not mean it is me just because I wrote it. I could have written it incorrectly. Maybe I need to learn how to explain things more simply. "If your out to describe the truth leave elegance to the tailor" It's easy to think positive things, just take on my usual positive mind set, without judging it, or putting it down, or making it out to be uncool. You dont need that kind of stone cold shite at all. Sunday, March 1, 2009 $ Mapped out by plans....is there any secrets left in me? Or has each and every island of thought been discovered. @My eyelids have mini anchors hanging from them. %Randomness (when used correctly) should be a virtue I must start each day with something creative rather then reactive to show the world who's boss ^Musli with yoghurt, nuts, berries and no dried fruit is quite possibly the best instant food ever. Posted by Disheveled Doll at 8:41 AM Thursday, January 1, 2009 I'm doing it and it's going to be great whether I fail or not, because i'm not procasinating for once, and actually making the effort to change myself for the better. My tips to keep me going. ♣Focus on what you want, not on what you don´t want ♣Just say yes, or just do it ♣Smile to feel happier. Move slower to relax. Use positive language. Act as if you are a positive person and you will start to feel and become more positive. It might feel weird at first, but it really works. ♣If you don´t have time to sleep a healthy amount of hours, eat properly and get exercise then you need to reprioritize. If you don´t do this it will be harder to become and stay positive. ♣When feeling negative about something, accept the feeling. Say yes to it. Surrender and let it in. Observe the feeling in your mind and body without judging it. If you just let it in and observe it for maybe a minute or two something wonderful happens. The feeling just vanishes. ♣Cut the negative threads quickly. Only allow yourself to go on a negative thread of thought for a set time-period, perhaps 30 seconds or a minute. Then just cut it off, drop it and think about what positive things you can get out of this situation. ♣Realise that it is possible to choose what you think about and how you react. You don´t have live your life in reaction. Being reactive to everything is not very empowering. You have a choice. But it might take some time to make this click in your mind. Even though I understood this intellectually pretty fast it took a longer time to understand and accept it emotionally and on a deeper level. ♣ A lot of people spend a lot of time thinking about on the mistakes they made in past. A better way is to think about the mistake you made and what you can learn from it. Then stop wasting your time and shift your focus to the present and the future where you can actually make a change. ♣“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” ~ Michael Jordan Tips and challenge guidelines from The Positivity Blog The how to do it “Between stimulus and response is the freedom to choose.”- Viktor Frankl The Positivity Challenge is this: For 7 days you will try to only think positive thoughts. Whatever happens to you will see the good side of it and what positive things you can learn and take away from it. By the end of the week you will have started to discover the very real benefits of a positive thinking, how much negative thoughts there are both in you and the world (you might be surprised) and begun establishing a new habit to replace your old, less constructive one. And then you can continue from there. What I suggesting here is not a mindless kind of positive thinking where you pretend everything is ok whilst the house and your bed is actually on fire. Instead it’s you noticing a situation or stimuli and then choosing a positive and useful response to it instead of reacting in a knee-jerk way. It´s you focusing on what could be a more positive and useful solution for you. Or even better, what could be a win-win situation if the situation involves other people (which many important situations in our lives do). A win-win solution is more often an even more satisfying and beneficial solution than the one where only you win.
Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans 5th Edition Free Download PDF Ebook. Katherine M. Fortinash helps college students and practitioners in offering effective care in a variety of settings. Clear presentation of information, constant use of the nursing course of, correlation of nursing and medical diagnoses, and prioritization of interventions make this text a useful resource. Grounded in the latest classification of the Diagnostic and Statistical Guide of Psychological Issues (DSM-IV-TR) and essentially the most current checklist of NANDA-permitted nursing diagnoses, this text covers a variety of problems, their psychopathology, and appropriate nursing interventions with rationales. Care plans use real clinical situations and embody therapeutic and nontherapeutic dialogue examples to familiarize nurses with likely eventualities and equip them with the tools they need to really feel confident in any medical setting. The first chapter, The Nursing Process, effectively describes the central rules of psychiatric nursing practice in detailing the ANA's six-step nursing course of together with further information on therapeutic nurse-consumer communication skills, client history and evaluation instruments, NIC and NOC, and more. The six-step nursing course of format is maintained all through to emphasize a practice-oriented, drawback-solving strategy to psychiatric care. Major psychiatric problems are reviewed persistently and completely with sections including Etiology, Epidemiology, Evaluation and Diagnostic Criteria, Interventions, and Prognosis and Discharge Criteria. With this foundation of knowledge, relevant care plans are provided within the second section of each chapter. Care plans based mostly on DSM-IV-TR medical and NANDA nursing diagnoses are logically and constantly organized with Assessment Knowledge, End result Criteria, Planning and Implementation, and Analysis sections. Assessment Information sections embody detailed associated factors (etiology) and defining characteristics or risk elements as appropriate for the specific diagnosis. Consequence Standards sections give the reader clear indications of the specified end state. Therapeutic and non-therapeutic dialogue examples are introduced all through to advertise more effective consumer communication. Analysis sections state the role of outcome evaluation as a important and ongoing step within the nursing process. DSM-IV-TR bins checklist all associated DSM-IV-TR diagnoses for quick reference. Useful appendices include information and methods which can be well timed and useful in the care of clients with psychological and emotional issues including such subjects as psychiatric and psychosocial therapies, grief and loss, spirituality, and plenty of more. More details about this book Download Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans PDF Ebook :
MARRIED COUPLES might share beds and closets and toothpaste, but share an email account? No. Way. Technology should be separate and this is precisely why: How, pray tell, does a shared email account make you feel more connected? To me, it's confusing. Who is responding to the email? Who am I writing to? Will the person I'm hoping to reach actually get the message? Partly because online activities can feel so solitary, some couples look for ways to achieve togetherness in their digital lives. Sherry and John Cheung created a joint "johnandsherry" email address. Ms. Cheung, 28, says the shared address makes her feel more like she's part of an official couple. "It's a 'We're the Cheungs' type of thing," says the telecommunications manager in San Ramon, Calif. She says she's more likely to use it when she's writing her married friends (many of whom also share addresses) because they understand she's operating as part of a unit now. But Ms. Cheung's friend Hui-Lin Grecian balks at writing to "johnandsherry." Ms. Grecian says she worries Mr. Cheung might forget to pass along a message if he checks the email first or might feel left out if she fails to include a greeting for him, as well. "A little more thought has to go into it," Ms. Grecian says. Besides, a uni-account is bad manners. Not that many people follow this rule, but only the person who is writing the letter should sign the letter. If a spouse signs it, that means that he or she has read and agrees with the content. Signing "Love, John and Susie", when Susie wrote the note is bad manners. She would be better to say "Love, Susie and Family". This way the authorship isn't in doubt. This is just a pet peeve of mine. Joint emails is another. If I want my husband to know what's going on or if he wants to keep me informed, we just forward the message to each other. Authorship is clear. An even bigger pet peeve is when a spouse hijacks the other's email and I get to the bottom and find out that Susie is really John. Oy! Sure marriage is a team thing, but do we have to blend into one big amorphous blob? That's part of the reason some single people (and some married people) think marriage sucks--people go to ridiculous links to erase individuality. Women, especially, are guilty of this. Matching colors, joint email and excessive "we language" (we are pregnant! we are getting a raise! we are cancer-free!) are territorial marks announcing to the world her couple -centered identity. To me, it signals insecurity more than anything. As for saying mean things about a spouse through the blog? That's not a prescription for marital happiness. Nor is it a good idea to keep sign-ins secret--what exactly are you hiding from a spouse (besides buying him a gift--that's a good secret)? It is possible to passive-aggressively use technology: No conversations, no taking turns, 'eh? Just subversion and selfishness. Well, that's a mighty-fine marriage foundation. For Stephen and Denise De Chellis of Gaylordsville, Conn., living under one roof hasn't been a problem, but sharing one Netflix account has. Ms. De Chellis likes to use the DVD-by-mail service to rent romantic comedies. To sneak in the science-fiction and anime he prefers, Mr. De Chellis has taken to covert early-morning updates of the Netflix queue. Waking up at 5 a.m., while his wife and daughter are still asleep, he pads into the darkened kitchen, logs onto his computer and changes the Netflix order to put his favorite movies on top. He knows the warehouse ships the movies by about 7 a.m., so by the time his wife realizes what he's done, it'll be too late. "It's not grounds for murder, but it is irritating," Ms. De Chellis says. Technology is one more way to build up or break down a relationship.
The New Century Network: A Critical Moment for Newspapers at the Dawn of the Internet Speer, John C. MetadataShow full item record This thesis is a case study of established media during a period of rapid technological change involving new media. It examines the New Century Network (NCN), a consortium of nine companies that published more than 100 newspapers, including the New York Times and the Washington Post. Formed in 1995, NCN sought to create an online affiliate network linked to a national advertising platform. Reasons typically given for the consortium's demise include the number of participants, primitive technology and the egos of those involved. But previous accounts have largely ignored a significant paradox. Decades before the Internet, newspapers had faced emergent technologies and remained profitable. This thesis argues a defensive posture assumed by newspaper leaders limited their ability to capitalize on potentially groundbreaking ideas that arose out of NCN. These possibilities included a nascent but abandoned effort to use Internet search as a means of maintaining control of newspapers rich content.
Ok so the big news, revenge porn is now against the law…well that’s no big thing but now it’s official and is the law for when it does occur. There were quite a few items addressed towards students and you can read all at the link below. Second here is that it is now law that companies provide 12 months of credit services in the case of a breach and last but not least a social security numbers may not be offered for sale, or to sell one. Pretty weak but it’s in the law. We still need on a national basis, a law to require all who sell data to buy a license. Here’s the campaign at the right if you want to read up. There’s quite a few links there to tell you how insurers buy your credit card transactions to use to analyze and score you and of course the voice recorder at the call centers that analyze your current state and create a file that can be sold to behavioral analytics folks, happens all the time. BD Expansion of Protection for California Residents’ Personal Information – AB 1710 Under current law, any business that owns or licenses certain personal information about a California resident must implement reasonable security measures to protect the information and, in the event of a data or system breach, must notify affected persons. See Cal. Civil Code §§ 1798.81.5-1798.83. Current law also prohibits individuals and entities from posting, displaying, or printing an individual’s social security number, or requiring individuals to use or transmit their social security number, unless certain requirements are met. See Cal. Civil Code § 1798.85. The bill makes three notable changes to these laws. First, in addition to businesses that own and license personal information, businesses that maintain personal information must comply with the law’s security and notification requirements. Second, in the event of a security breach, businesses now must not only notify affected persons, but also provide “appropriate identity theft prevention and mitigation services” to the affected persons at no cost for at least 12 months, if the breach exposed or may have exposed specified personal information. Third, in addition to the current restrictions on the use of social security numbers, individuals and entities now also may not sell, advertise to sell, or offer to sell any individual’s social security number.
Purbrick, Louise and Aulich, James and Dawson, Graham (2007) Contested spaces: sites, representations and histories of conflict. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0-230-01336-8Full text not available from this repository. War creates brutal landscapes of control and domination that embed historical differences, creating physical legacies of inequality and denial. Contested Spaces is a global study of sites of conflict, places of loss, fear, resistance and pilgrimage where the materiality of violence forcibly brings the past into the present. The collection draws together scholars from cultural history, cultural geography, art history, architecture, archaeology, media studies, international relations and American studies to examine a series of internationally significant sites and how they are inhabited, represented, witnessed and visited. \|Divisions:\|\|Legacy Research Institutes > MIRIAD: The Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design > Visual Culture Research Centre: Location, Memory and the Visual Research Group\| \|Date Deposited:\|\|21 Apr 2010 10:37\| \|Last Modified:\|\|01 Sep 2016 14:01\| Actions (login required)
To use the site to select an EBI please think of a student in need and ask two questions. First, is this primarily an academic problem, a behavior problem or both? Second, what is the most likely reason that the child is having this problem? - Academic common reasons for problems (link to the Math and Reading pages for specific interventions) - The task is too hard for the student. - They have not had enough help doing the task. For example, the student has a high error rate when trying to do the academic task. - The student has not spent enough time doing the academic activity. For example, the student is slow when doing the academic task. - The student has not done the academic task that way before. - The student does not want to do the academic task. - Behavioral common reasons for problems - It is a small group or classwide problem. - The student needs help learning the appropriate behavior. - The student is able to avoid (e.g. academic or social task) something when they engage in the behavior. - The student is able to gain something (e.g. attention) when they engage in the problem behavior. - The student needs help doing the behavior in a new setting, time or manner. For example, the student can do the behavior in one class, but not in another class or the lunchroom. With those two basic questions it is possible to find evidence based interventions developed for that specific problem. After you select an intervention to try out there are some key next steps. - Select a time to do the intervention. Logically this should be when the child displayed the problem behavior. - Implement the intervention in that time period. - Continue to collect data for the intervention time period. - Compare the data collected in the intervention phase to previously collected outcomes to see if the child responds to the intervention techniques. The best manner to do this is to graph out the data. As you consider intervention options, questions will come up. We have developed or are developing a number of resources to support EBI use. Please take some time to look over the following
Written by Julieta Ramos-Elorduy Release date: February 1, 1998 An introduction to the world of edible insects, complete with recipes and color photographs. Includes an historical look at the use of edible insects in indigenous cultures. Provides information on where to obtain insects and how to store and prepare them. Includes over 60 gourmet recipes, complete with stunning color photographs. The most wholesome source of protein on earth cannot be found in any supermarket in the United States, but it can be found right in your backyard! Insects have been a staple food of almost every indigenous culture, not only because of their delicious flavor but also because they provide a more complete protein than soy, meat, or fish, and are concentrated sources of calcium, niacin, magnesium, potassium, the B-vitamins, and many other nutrients. As the world heads for food shortages in the next century insects can help meet humanity's growing nutritional needs. Creepy Crawly Cuisine tells you everything you need to know to make insects a part of your diet. It includes an overview of the use of edible insects by indigenous cultures, information on where to obtain insects and how to store and prepare them, and over 60 gourmet recipes, complete with stunning color photographs, that let you take the cooking of insects to dazzling culinary heights. As practical as it is unique, Creepy Crawly Cuisine is the ideal gift for followers of the Diet for a Small Planet, adventurous epicures, and cooks who think they have seen it all. \|Creation Date:\|\|Fri, 24 May 2013 07:26:02 +0000\| \|This is a Multifile Torrent\| \|Creepy Crawly Cuisine - Julieta Ramos-Elorduy, Ph.D_.epub 1.56 MBs\| \|Combined File Size:\|\|1.56 MBs\| \|Piece Size:\|\|128 KBs\| \|Torrent Download:\|\|Torrent Free Downloads\| \|Tips:\|\|Sometimes the torrent health info isn't accurate, so you can download the file and check it out or try the following downloads.\| \|Direct Download:\|\|Download Files Now\| \|Tips:\|\|You could try out the alternative usenet.nl client.\| \|High Speed Download:\|\|Unlimited Speed Download\|
Four tax free bond issues hit the financial markets PFC, REC and IRFC are offering tax free bond with terms of 10 and 15 years. 10 Year bonds offered by these three entities offer 7.38 per cent rate of interest for retail investors, whereas 10 year bonds offered by these three entities offer 7.54 per cent rate of interest. For all other investors the rate of interest will be 50 basis points lower than the rate applicable to retail investors. Retail investors are those who are investing maximum of Rs 10 lakh in an issue. All these bonds are rated AAA by credit rating agencies. HUDCO offers bonds for 10 and 15 years and the rate of interest is 7.53 per cent and 7.69 per cent respectively for retail investors. For others 50 basis point lower interest rates apply. HUDCO tax free bonds are rated "AA+". "Investors looking for opportunities to invest for long term and investors from highest income tax slab can invest in these bonds," says Prafull Pophali, financial planner, SMS Financial Services. REC, HUDCO and PFC issues close on March 15, whereas IRFC issue closes on March 13.
E-Mail Reveals Dispute Over City’s Antisoda Ad. Studying Candy as Guilty Indulgence-Is Candy Evil or Misunderstood? Outcomes of Empirical Eating Disorder Phenotypes in a Clinical Female Sample: Results from a Latent Class Analysis. On my "to read" list: Against Health: How Health Became the New Morality. Impact of broadening definitions of anorexia nervosa on sample characteristics. Anti-obesity drug dulls brain response to food porn. Top 20 Fitness Trends for 2011, according to American College of Sports Medicine. The Relationship Between Executive Function, AD/HD, Overeating, and Obesity. The use of birth control pills for women with eating disorders remains common to prevent bone loss despite studies showing it's not very effective. Nonetheless, here's an interesting interview with Charles Djerassi, the inventor of the Pill, who helped change women's lives.
The Palestinian Maan news agency reported Thursday that the United States has agreed to sell Egypt several F-16 fighter jets in order to facilitate the release of Israeli-American Ilan Grapel. Israel had opposed similar sales in the past. Grapel, who was arrested in June on espionage charges, is slated to be released later on Thursday. Israel will release 25 Egyptian prisoners in return. According to the Ma'an report, Israeli Bedouin Ouda Tarabin - imprisoned in Egypt for a decade - was a large factor in the Grapel negotiations. Originally, there were reports that Israel would trade all 81 Egyptian prisoners but Isrsel told Egypt that Grapel simply was not that important to them - but Tarabin was. Under the previous Egyptian regime, Mubarak refused to deal Tarabin, claiming that Egyptians would rise up against him if he would. Israel had been opposed to the F-16 deal for security reasons, and as part of this deal Israel is dropping its objections. In addition, the report says that Israel will also drop its Camp David demands of a limited Egyptian army presence in the Sinai. Israel's apology to Egypt for the deaths of several Egyptian soldiers during a terror attack in August also came into play in this deal, according to the report. What this all comes down to is that Grapel, and Tarabin, are not prisoners. They are hostages. And while the price is not as high as in the Shalit deal, Israel is rewarding Egypt for acting like a terrorist group. (I cannot say that the US is doing the same, as it appears that America wanted to sell the F-16s to Egypt for a while and it was Israeli opposition that stopped it.) It would be the height of folly for anyone with Israeli citizenship, or even for Jews with Israeli relatives, to visit Egypt. (Palestine Today says that the deal involves F-16s "and other weapons.")
Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. - Main article: Books (Online) For a race living in the oppressively hot climate of Elsweyr, it is impractical in most cases for them to wear heavy clothing and armor, and the Cat-Folk's naturally lithe frame and dexterity favors more lightweight protection. The Khajiiti abhor restraint and encumbrance, and their craftsfolk are diligent about providing armor to augment their prowling form. At its lightest, Khajiiti armor is often mistaken for well-appointed (but flamboyant) clothing. Quilted or padded cloth adorns the midriff and vital areas. This is augmented with vivid patterns of color and accented with a loose shawl, ribbons, or trinkets—an outfit that would result in mocking insults if worn by a race less decadent and hedonistic. For battles where the Khajiit expects punishment, they favor cloth and leather greaves, gauntlets, and a light helmet; this allows for supremely agile movement without sacrificing speed (or fashion). For this race of acrobats, even the heaviest Khajiiti armor is loose-fitting but actually has lacquered metal plates laced together with leather, under which is an embroidered tunic, completed with a helmet of fluted silver and durable linen. It is only under the most harrowing of conditions that the Khajiit will don full battle armor. As for weaponry, curved scimitars, sabers and knives, or punch daggers serve as an elongation of their own slashing, clawed hands. Occasionally these claw shapes extend to ritual tridents and the savage points on their longbow arrows or javelins.
This post shows a few pictures on the earthing of temporary electric supply installations. However, before you see the pictures, remember that I am sharing here pictures of real life electrical installations. By showing them on this blog, I am sharing my experience with the readers. It does not mean that I am recommending what is shown on a picture as a good or correct way to do something, unless I specifically say so, of course. Beginners, please take note. The pictures that I show on this blog are materials for you to see and think. These are real life pictures from real construction sites, and construction industry is a really complex world by itself. Picture 1 – The earthing of temporary supply DB using the cable’s wire armor Exothermic welding: Cable to cable connections \| Electrical grounding \| Substation main earth bar pictures \| Electrical Grounding Electrode Pictures \| Switchboard earthing pictures \| Lightning roof conductor installation \| Lightning Earth Rods Installation \| Electrical installation pictures \| Temporary electrical installation pictures \| Temporary lighting installation pictures \| Pictures of electrical wiring About the author: http://www.linkedin.com/in/electricalengineerforhire Picture 2 – A closer view on the termination of the cable armor The safe utilization of a temporary electric supply often depends on the existence of an effective electrical earth. It is the responsibility of the person in charge of a construction site to ensure that the earthing of the electric supply system is working effectively. The site’s electricity supplier (the electric supply authority) has nothing to do with this part of the electric supply. Many electricity supply authorities use protective multiple earthing (PME) system. With this method, the electrical system’s neutral and earth are combined. When this method is used, all metalworks including structural metalwork must be bonded together in such a way to make all metal parts electrically continuous. However, in most real life construction sites, this bonding is hard to do and almost impossible to maintain properly throughout the duration of the construction period. So usually, the public utility supplier will not connect the supply until an alternative electrical earth is provided and fully tested. They also insist that evidence of the earthing test results endorsed by a competent electrician is submitted together with the completed application forms for the temporary electricity supply to the site. Independent earth electrodes Several methods are used to provide the alternative electrical earth. The most commonly used method is to use independent earth electrodes installed at the location near the main intake temporary switchboard (this is usually the location where the temporary meter is installed). This will ensure that the protection fuses will operate and disconnect the site electrical installation from the incoming public supply in the event of a fault. This disconnection is an absolute must in order to minimize the damages to the site’s electrical system due to the fault. It is also to prevent the fault from spreading upstream to the electric supplier’s distribution network. The latter is the main reason the electricity supplier is worried about this aspect of the temporary installations. Picture 3 – Temporary electric supply: A poor man's complete system I will devote a whole post in the future for this subject of earthing. For now, I have a few picture of temporary electrical grounding for your viewing pleasures. I seek an apology from those readers who already have some electrical knowledge. These pictures are not for you guys. They are just too simple. However for those managers and construction people who have always been intimidated by those colleagues on these sorts of issues, let me assure you that if you understand what these three lousy pictures say, then you already understand what an electrical grounding is. Picture 4 – Temporary incoming cables, kWh meter, DB, earth wire and protective PVC conduit Picture 5 – Temporary earth grounding Now lets start with picture 10. You may need to click on the picture to see it in full size. The black case on the wooden panel there is the temporary electric meter supplied by the electric authority. Below it in white PVC casing is the temporary distribution board. You can also see a piece of wire in green insulation coming out downward from the distribution board. This wire goes straight into a two-meter length white PVC conduit, and (if you watch it closely) it comes out of the vertical PVC conduit at the bottom and goes straight into the concrete floor just beside the plywood partition wall. All these you can see much more clearly in Pictures 11 and 12. Now let’s get back to the black energy meter. Above it you can see two lengths of black insulated cables coming down from high level (below the roof level of the temporary wooden structure). One cable terminates at a black piece of component just above the meter, while the other one terminates at a cheap white plastic terminal block. The two components each have a cable of the same size coming out at the bottom connection and terminate at the temporary kilo-watt-hour meter. Now lets get a little bit more technical. Single-phase electrical installation This is what we call a single-phase electrical installation (a three-phase supply would have four black cables coming down from the roof level – three phase cables and one neutral cable). Therefore, the incoming supply from the authority is also a single-phase supply (we apply single-phase supply, so they give us a single phase supply). An electric supply from the authority can be one of a few types. Single-phase two-wire system The type as recorded in the pictures is the single-phase two-wire type (three-phase 4-wire if we apply three-phase supply). This type will have two incoming cables from the authority’s distribution network – one live or phase cable and one neutral cable. Other types may have three incoming cables from the distribution network for the same one-phase supply – the same live and neutral cables, plus a third cable, which is the earthing cable. A construction site needs an independent, reliable electrical earthing Now as I said earlier in this post, a construction site really needs an independent and reliable earthing, an electrical grounding that is not dependent on any third party’s grounding or even the electricity supplier’s grounding. Failure to provide this can result in fatal injuries from electric shocks, even multiple casualties in a single accident. Never mind my emotions on this (if you can sense them), but an electrical accident is that dangerous and electrical shocks can strike silently without warning. Because of the need for that independent and reliable earth for the temporary site supply, the green electric cable is installed below the white PVC distribution board (Picture 11 shows this more clearly). What if this earthing is not working? The electrical earthing is important so that the electric shock protection device (ELCB or RCD) can operate and isolate the incoming supply from the temporary installation. (I have uploaded a few ELCB pictures at this post, 1-Phase ELCB Connection Pictures, for the readers who wish to see them). Without this cable, the electrical system can still work. The workers can still use their tools and do a good job for their employers so the construction venture can end up being very profitable for the shareholders of the company. However, one fine day, the extension cord that carries current to the electric drill one of the workers has been using gets damaged, exposing the live wire to an unintentional contact with any of the workers around the area. Being hard at work, the workers bodies and clothes are usually very damp or very wet with sweat, and human sweat is a good conductor of electricity just like the electrolyte in your car battery. In this situation, all that is needed is one accidental contact at any part of a worker’s body with the exposed live conductor of the damaged extension cord. Then he would receive a severe electric shock injury. Even death is highly likely depending on where on the worker’s body the contact to the live wire happens. Severity of electric shock injuries depend on the location of the contact If the contact is at the hands, then the electric shock current will travel through the chest and the workers heart before going down to the legs and the ground. Then you may have a case of fatal injuries there. Sorry for the diversion. This electrical earthing matter is so simple that I have to drag the stories into the injury aspects to make it a bit longer ;-)). Not only it is simple, it is also plain cheap and low cost. Look at the picture again. You have a short length of the green wire and two meters of the white PVC pipe. Wait… I know what a few of you are thinking… Yes, there is copper earth electrode in the concrete, which goes straight down below the concrete about 1.5 to three meters into the ground. Cheap in price, costly in lives The above example is a very small installation, so it looks simple. This wooden structure only draws a few amperes. However, even for a large installation, the grounding is relatively just as simple. The point that I am trying to make in here is that providing an independent and effective earth is not a challenge at all in most construction site situations. So, do not risk human lives just to save some construction cost there. Update February 11, 2010: The challenge of a site electric supply It is always a challenge to provide the electricity supply to the site people safely. Construction sites are among the most challenging environments to the safe use of electricity. A lot of works are done outdoors, in all sorts of weather conditions. Wet and damp conditions present very high risks of severe electric shocks. The workflow of site works is constantly changing as the construction work progresses. Therefore, the temptations to improvise the electrical distribution system are often too great to resist. Routine construction activities, the demolition and excavation works may all result in damages to both the temporary supply and the newly fixed permanent supply systems. When the activities at a site are at its peak with hundreds or thousands of workers ,not to mention construction vehicles and machineries, the site usually become congested. This sort of situations makes the control of risks very difficult. Temporary cables and electric construction tools and equipment are very likely to be damaged by the movement of heavy machines and materials. The people who use electricity at site have various needs, and sometimes conflicting interests and expectations. The workers and team leaders themselves work for different subcontractors and suppliers. In order to maintain any reasonable degree of safety and control of risks, a effective site management is an absolute must-have for the site main contractor or the client’s people who are in charge at the construction site. Due to the nature of construction works, a risk-free environment is impossible to attain most of the time. However, some risks can be avoided by careful planning before the work commences at the site. Protect the earthing system The protection of workers against electric shocks and injuries depends so much on the integrity of the earthing part of the electrical grounding system. The earthing part, as shown in the above pictures, includes the grounding electrodes and all the underground conductors or cables that form part of the earth grounding network. However, that is easier said than done. These networks of electrodes and the connecting conductors are almost always installed at the ground level. They can easily be damaged by uncontrolled excavation works construction vehicles. The personnel in charge of safety aspects of the construction site should include it their daily routing to patrol this part of the site temporary supply installation. Other than that, it always a good idea to install some highly visible warning signs to warn workers and drivers of construction vehicles of these critical electrical supply safety parts. The following are two pictures show the temporary warning signs put up by the contractor indicating the location of the temporary earthing electrodes. They rushed up to install this after I found out in my second day of assignment at the construction site that the temporary supply at the building under construction has been operating for many months without earthing connection at all. I have sent a post earlier about this temporary installation. Read it here, Temporary Electrical Panel Pictures. Picture 6 – Temporary electrical earthing warning sign Picture 7 – Notice the temporary supply cables at the fence, but that is a topic for another post. There were 250 to 400 construction workers at site daily. Luckily there was no electrical accident yet. Really, really lucky. Copyright http://electricalinstallationwiringpicture.blogspot.com Temporary Electrical Earthing Pictures
Recently I began reading Herman Wouk’s wonderful book, This Is My God. Published in 1959 and thirteen years in the making, it is an explanation of Judaism’s beliefs and practices written for a contemporary American audience. It is a delightful book, informing and explaining with warmth, humor, humility and scholarship. This is the beginning of Wouk’s section on Tisha be-Av, the sad and somber fast day that Jews begin observing tonight: You might call this day the Pearl Harbor of Jewry. The Babylonians on the Ninth of Ab, 586 b.c., broke into the Temple of Solomon and sacked it. Six hundred years later, on the same date, the Romans destroyed the Second Temple. This fatal coincidence linking the nation’s two greatest disasters has left an ineradicable scar on the memory of the Jews. The section’s final paragraph takes on grim significance in light of current events: Some have argued that, with the birth of modern Israel, mourning for the fall of Zion has become an anachronism. But the Jewish national memory is long. It is not likely that the grim date of the capture of Jerusalem and the ruin of two temples will be forgotten. There is a spot in the Old City at the base of the Western Wall (not in the prayer area, but in the section that extends to the adjacent archaeological gardens) where the destruction that the Romans perpetrated can still be clearly seen. The huge stone blocks that Roman soldiers threw from the top of the Temple Mount still lie at the base of the wall in the cracks and craters that they created in the ancient sidewalk below. The marks of burning are still plain on many of them. The first time I read Wouk’s description of Tisha be-Av, the thought occurred to me that if he were writing the book today, he might well have referred to Tisha be-Av as the 9/11 of Jewry. For me, these pictures strengthen the similarity. The long view: From closer up: From closer up at another angle: Yet Tisha be-Av, for all its sorrow, contains the seeds of hope. Here are Tristram’s grackles in a cleft in the wall: Spring flowers among the ruins: Since the final verse of the Book of Lamentations is far from hopeful, and since we prefer to end things on a positive note even on the saddest day of the Jewish year, we read the penultimate verse twice: הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ, ה', אֵלֶיךָ וְנַשׁוּבָה; חַדֵּשׁ יָמֶינוּ כְּקֶדֶם. Take us back, O Lord, to Yourself, and let us come back; renew our days as of old! An easy fast to all who are fasting today, and a meaningful day to everyone.
Also found in: Wikipedia. Cassano d'Adda(käs-sä`nō däd`dä), town (1991 pop. 16,260), Lombardy, N Italy, on the Adda River. It is an agricultural and market center. At Cassano d'Adda the French under Vendôme defeated the imperial forces under Prince Eugene of Savoy in 1705 (see Spanish Succession, War of theSpanish Succession, War of the, 1701–14, last of the general European wars caused by the efforts of King Louis XIV to extend French power. The conflict in America corresponding to the period of the War of the Spanish Succession was known as Queen Anne's War (see French and ..... Click the link for more information. ). The town is also the site of the victory (1799) of the Russians under Suvarov over the French under Moreau during the French Revolutionary Wars.
Gauging Future Changes in Nuclear Construction Costs The future inflation of construction costs would appear, at the moment seem to be impossible to project. First the great housing crash of 2008 may not be over yet. Millions of American home owners owe more on their homes than can be recovered by the sale of the homes. As unemployment grows, and home owners will be unable to make payments on their mortgages. With mortgage default, the home’s ownership passes back to banks that will be unable to recover mortgage costs, and indeed will have difficulty finding buyers. With the contraction of home sales, more homes will go on the rental market. This will deflate rental cost. As rental costs go down people who mortgages are “under water” may simply walk away from high mortgage homes and move to lower-cost rental homes. Thus there is significant potential down side leverage in the housing economy. A continued housing collapse would in turn would continue to put pressure on the banking sector of the national and international economies, and thus further bank bailouts may be needed. The insolvency of banks would make obtaining credit under any circumstances difficult if not impossible. And the unavailability of credit would have a depressing effect on both the American and the world economy. A second long term impact on the economy will come from the increase of savings. Wage earners have at the moment taken a terrific hit to their retirement savings. There will be no easy recovery from this hit. In addition to shortfalls for retirement plans, we can project a long term greater insecurity about asset appreciation. Both of these factors point to a higher savings rate, with more saving going into “safe” investments. More savings means less consumption. Less consumption means less economic growth or an economic contraction. Thirdly, governments worldwide have created a great deal of money to deal with the economic crisis of 2008. Economists note that unless that money supply can be contracted during a recovery, the result will be significant inflation. Given these factors we may be facing stagflation, or an outright prolonged depression at worst. Given the unpredictable economic outcome for the great crash of 2008, it is simply impossible to project future costs on new power generation projects. At the moment inflationary pressures on construction costs have eased. The price of raw materials for power plant production – steel, cement, copper, etc. – dropped substantially in 2008. Many future construction plans are being set aside, and with the lowering of construction demand labor costs will go down as well. This all would suggest a deflation in construction costs for new power generation facilities, even in the face of rising overall inflation. Thus the most likely outcome for the cost of nuclear power will be lower rather than higher construction costs. In addition, the probable increase in the savings rate may mean that more money is available for investment in new power facilities. It is unlikely that the true ratio between the cost of base power and power on demand between nuclear and renewables is unlikely to change. At present and for the foreseeable future nuclear power will offer lower cost base power and power on demand than renewables can.
Amaratunga, Dilanthi and Baldry, David (2002) Performance measurement in facililities management and its relationships with management theory and motivation. Facilities, 20 (10). pp. 327-336. ISSN 0263-2772Metadata only available from this repository. The application of performance measurement procedures can provide major benefits to organisations. The broad performance measurement need for management applies in a facilities management (FM) context when FM is considered as a subset of general management. To this can be added need which is applicable more narrowly to FM. This paper presents a case for the need for and benefits of performance measurement systems in FM environments. It is discussed together with relevant trends in the performance measurement literature which identify key opportunities in this area. It further discusses the increasing trend towards performance measurement in FM organisations and illustrates the different ways in which authors perceive the relationship between FM and performance measurement. Both motivational and organisational variables are considered and an attempt is made to identify relationships between these issues and performance measurement in FM. \|Subjects:\|\|H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor \|Schools:\|\|School of Art, Design and Architecture School of Art, Design and Architecture > Global Disaster Resilience Centre \|Depositing User:\|\|Sharon Beastall\| \|Date Deposited:\|\|21 Apr 2016 11:27\| \|Last Modified:\|\|21 Apr 2016 11:27\| Downloads per month over past year Repository Staff Only: item control page
Lee, Hyunkook (2016) Perceptually Motivated 3D Diffuse Field Upmixing. In: 2016 AES International Conference on Sound Field Control, 18th - 20th July 2016, Guildford, UK.Metadata only available from this repository. This paper presents a novel 2D to 3D diffuse-field upmixing method developed based on two recent psychoacoustic studies on vertical stereophonic perception: Perceptual Band Allocation (PBA) and phantom image elevation effect. The PBA renders vertical image spread in front of listener by allocating each sub-band signal to either lower or upper frontal loudspeaker layer depending on the unique vertical position of the band. The phantom image elevation effect depends on loudspeaker base angle, sound source type and frequency. Coherent 500Hz and 8kHz bands presented from a loudspeaker pair with the base angle between 180° and 240° give rise to ‘above’ localisation while 1kHz band ‘back’ localisation. The overall result is the enhancement of immersiveness perceived across the upper-hemisphere. \|Item Type:\|\|Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)\| \|Subjects:\|\|T Technology > T Technology (General)\| \|Schools:\|\|School of Computing and Engineering > Music Technology and Production Research Group School of Computing and Engineering \|Depositing User:\|\|Hyunkook Lee\| \|Date Deposited:\|\|27 Jul 2016 15:09\| \|Last Modified:\|\|27 Jul 2016 15:09\| Downloads per month over past year Repository Staff Only: item control page
Shukla, AK and Arico, AS and El-Khatib, KM and Kim, H and Antonucci, PL and Antonucci, V (1999) An X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic study on the effect of Ru and Sn additions to platinised carbons. In: Applied Surface Science, 137 (1-4). pp. 20-29. arti.pdf - Published Version Restricted to Registered users only Download (279Kb) \| Request a copy Electro-catalytic oxidation of methanol is known to be promoted on Pt-Ru and Pt-Sn surfaces. Whilst Ru addition to Pt has been unambiguously acknowledged to enhance the methanol-oxidation reaction, the effect of Sn in the Pt-Sn alloy remains shrouded with inconsistencies. In order to further elucidate this problem, an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic study is carried out on various carbon-supported Pt-Ru and Pt-Sn catalysts. It is argued that while Sn produces a modification in electronic environment around Pt-sites through a charge transfer in the Pt-Sn alloy, Ru-sites in the Pt-Ru system promote the formation of labile-bonded oxygenated species in the vicinity of methanolic residues adsorbed on Pt-sites facilitating them to oxidise as carbon-di-oxide. \|Item Type:\|\|Journal Article\| \|Additional Information:\|\|Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science BV.\| \|Keywords:\|\|X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy;Methanol oxidation;Direct methanol fuel cell;Chemisorption;Adsorption;Platinised carbons.\| \|Department/Centre:\|\|Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit\| \|Date Deposited:\|\|23 Mar 2009 05:19\| \|Last Modified:\|\|19 Sep 2010 04:59\| Actions (login required)
Simon, R and Mukunda, N and Sudarshan, ECG (1989) Hamilton’s theory of turns and a new geometrical representation for polarization optics. In: Pramana - Journal of Physics, 32 (6). pp. 769-792. hamil.pdf - Published Version Restricted to Registered users only Download (1209Kb) \| Request a copy Hamilton’s theory of turns for the group SU(2) is exploited to develop a new geometrical representation for polarization optics. While pure polarization states are represented by points on the Poincaré sphere, linear intensity preserving optical systems are represented by great circle arcs on another sphere. Composition of systems, and their action on polarization states, are both reduced to geometrical operations. Several synthesis problems, especially in relation to the Pancharatnam-Berry-Aharonov-Anandan geometrical phase, are clarified with the new representation. The general relation between the geometrical phase, and the solid angle on the Poincaré sphere, is established. \|Item Type:\|\|Journal Article\| \|Additional Information:\|\|Copyright of this article belongs to Indian Academy of Sciences.\| \|Keywords:\|\|Polarization optics;geometrical phases;theory of turns; Poincaré sphere;Pancharatnam phase.\| \|Department/Centre:\|\|Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Theoretical Studies\| \|Date Deposited:\|\|11 Aug 2010 10:53\| \|Last Modified:\|\|19 Sep 2010 06:13\| Actions (login required)
Grout, I. A. and Burge, S. E. and Dorey, A. P. (1994) ASICs for monitoring and controlling electric motors. In: Application Specific Integrated Circuits for Measurement Systems, IEE Colloquium on. IET Press, 10/1-10/4.Full text not available from this repository. Describes how ASIC design methods can be applied to the monitoring and control of electric motors and shows some of the system requirements and how they can be implemented using standard building blocks. By reference to a design case study, the use of an ASIC in the control of a DC electric motor shows that the functions of a microprocessor-based system can be replaced by a single ASIC \|Item Type:\|\|Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings\| \|Subjects:\|\|T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)\| \|Departments:\|\|Faculty of Science and Technology > Engineering\| \|Deposited On:\|\|04 Dec 2008 16:01\| \|Last Modified:\|\|04 Dec 2016 00:09\| Actions (login required)
Mayer, D.G. and Belward, J.A. and Widell, H. and Burrage, K. (1999) Survival of the fittest—genetic algorithms versus evolution strategies in the optimization of systems models. Agricultural Systems, 60 (2). pp. 113-122. Full text not currently attached. Access may be available via the Publisher's website or OpenAccess link. Article Link(s): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0308-521X(99)00022-0 Publisher URL: http://www.elsevier.com The use of numerical optimization techniques on simulation models is a developing field. Many of the available algorithms are not well suited to the types of problems posed by models of agricultural systems. Coming from different historical and developmental backgrounds, both genetic algorithms and evolution strategies have proven to be thorough and efficient methods in identifying the global optimum of such systems. A challenging herd dynamics model is used to test and compare optimizations using binary and real-value genetic algorithms, as well as evolution strategies. All proved successful in identifying the global optimum of this model, but evolution strategies were notably slower in achieving this. As the more successful innovations of each of these methods are being commonly adopted by all, the boundaries between them are becoming less clear-cut. They are effectively merging into one general class of optimization methods now termed evolutionary algorithms. \|Additional Information:\|\|© Elsevier Science Ltd.\| \|Keywords:\|\|Optimization; model; genetic algorithm; evolution strategy.\| \|Subjects:\|\|Science > Statistics > Simulation modelling\| \|Deposited On:\|\|09 Dec 2003\| \|Last Modified:\|\|09 Jun 2011 02:46\| Repository Staff Only: item control page
McKeon, G.M. and Stone, G.S. and Syktus, J.I. and Carter, J.O. and Flood, N.R. and Ahrens, D.G. and Bruget, D.N. and Chilcott, C.R. and Cobon, D.H. and Cowley, R.A. and Crimp, S.J. and Fraser, G.W. and Howden, S.M. and Johnston, P.W. and Ryan, J.G. and Stokes, C.J. and Day, K.A. (2009) Climate change impacts on northern Australian rangeland livestock carrying capacity: a review of issues. Rangeland Journal, 31 (1). pp. 1-29. Full text not currently attached. Access may be available via the Publisher's website or OpenAccess link. Publisher URL: http://www.publish.csiro.au/ Grazing is a major land use in Australia's rangelands. The 'safe' livestock carrying capacity (LCC) required to maintain resource condition is strongly dependent on climate. We reviewed: the approaches for quantifying LCC; current trends in climate and their effect on components of the grazing system; implications of the 'best estimates' of climate change projections for LCC; the agreement and disagreement between the current trends and projections; and the adequacy of current models of forage production in simulating the impact of climate change. We report the results of a sensitivity study of climate change impacts on forage production across the rangelands, and we discuss the more general issues facing grazing enterprises associated with climate change, such as 'known uncertainties' and adaptation responses (e.g. use of climate risk assessment). We found that the method of quantifying LCC from a combination of estimates (simulations) of long-term (>30 years) forage production and successful grazier experience has been well tested across northern Australian rangelands with different climatic regions. This methodology provides a sound base for the assessment of climate change impacts, even though there are many identified gaps in knowledge. The evaluation of current trends indicated substantial differences in the trends of annual rainfall (and simulated forage production) across Australian rangelands with general increases in most of western Australian rangelands ( including northern regions of the Northern Territory) and decreases in eastern Australian rangelands and south-western Western Australia. Some of the projected changes in rainfall and temperature appear small compared with year-to-year variability. Nevertheless, the impacts on rangeland production systems are expected to be important in terms of required managerial and enterprise adaptations. Some important aspects of climate systems science remain unresolved, and we suggest that a risk-averse approach to rangeland management, based on the 'best estimate' projections, in combination with appropriate responses to short-term (1-5 years) climate variability, would reduce the risk of resource degradation. Climate change projections - including changes in rainfall, temperature, carbon dioxide and other climatic variables - if realised, are likely to affect forage and animal production, and ecosystem functioning. The major known uncertainties in quantifying climate change impacts are: (i) carbon dioxide effects on forage production, quality, nutrient cycling and competition between life forms (e.g. grass, shrubs and trees); and (ii) the future role of woody plants including effects of. re, climatic extremes and management for carbon storage. In a simple example of simulating climate change impacts on forage production, we found that increased temperature (3 degrees C) was likely to result in a decrease in forage production for most rangeland locations (e. g. -21% calculated as an unweighted average across 90 locations). The increase in temperature exacerbated or reduced the effects of a 10% decrease/increase in rainfall respectively (-33% or -9%). Estimates of the beneficial effects of increased CO2 (from 350 to 650 ppm) on forage production and water use efficiency indicated enhanced forage production (+26%). The increase was approximately equivalent to the decline in forage production associated with a 3 degrees C temperature increase. The large magnitude of these opposing effects emphasised the importance of the uncertainties in quantifying the impacts of these components of climate change. We anticipate decreases in LCC given that the 'best estimate' of climate change across the rangelands is for a decline (or little change) in rainfall and an increase in temperature. As a consequence, we suggest that public policy have regard for: the implications for livestock enterprises, regional communities, potential resource damage, animal welfare and human distress. However, the capability to quantify these warnings is yet to be developed and this important task remains as a challenge for rangeland and climate systems science. \|Additional Information:\|\|© Australian Rangeland Society, Open Access.\| \|Keywords:\|\|El Niño Southern Oscillation; forage production; grazing; land and pasture degradation; potential evapotranspiration; seasonal climate forecasting; rainfall variability; Pacific Ocean; tropical savanna; management.\| \|Subjects:\|\|Agriculture > Agriculture (General) > Agricultural meteorology. Crops and climate\| Animal culture > Rangelands. Range management. 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Shivas, R.G. and Vánky, K. (2003) Biodiversity of Australian smut fungi. Fungal Diversity, 13 . pp. 137-152. Publisher URL: http://www.fungaldiversity.org There are about 250 species of smut fungi known from Australia of which 95 are endemic. Fourteen of these endemic species were first collected in the period culminating with the publication of Daniel McAlpine's revision of Australian smut fungi in 1910. Of the 68 species treated by McAlpine, 10 were considered to be endemic to Australia at that time. Only 23 of the species treated by McAlpine have names that are currently accepted . During the following eighty years until 1990, a further 31 endemic species were collected and just 11 of these were named and described in that period. Since 1990, 50 further species of endemic smut fungi have been collected and named in Australia . There are 115 species that are restricted to either Australia or to Australia and the neighbouring countries of Indonesia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines . These 115 endemic species occur in 24 genera, namely Anthracoidea (1 species), Bauerago (1), Cintractia (3), Dermatosorus (1), Entyloma (3), Farysporium (1), Fulvisporium (1), Heterotolyposporium (1), Lundquistia (1), Macalpinomyces (4), Microbotryum (2), Moreaua (20), Pseudotracya (1), Restiosporium (5), Sporisorium (26), Thecaphora (2), Tilletia (12), Tolyposporella (1), Tranzscheliella (1), Urocystis (2), Ustanciosporium (1), Ustilago (22), Websdanea (1) and Yelsemia (2). About a half of these local and regional endemic species occur on grasses and a quarter on sedges . The northern tropical savannah region of Australia offers most promise for the discovery of new endemic species . The agricultural, quarantine and environmental significance to Australia of some introduced species is discussed. \|Business groups:\|\|Agri-Science, Crop and Food Science\| \|Additional Information:\|\|Reproduced with permission from Fungal Diversity Press.\| \|Keywords:\|\|Biodiversity; smut fungi; Ustilaginomycetes.\| \|Subjects:\|\|Science > Botany > Cryptogams\| \|Deposited On:\|\|28 Jun 2004\| \|Last Modified:\|\|26 Oct 2011 02:03\| Repository Staff Only: item control page
Donahoe, Shannon L. and Peacock, Christopher S. and Choo, Ace Y. L. and Cook, Roger W. and O'Donoghue, Peter and Crameri, Sandra and Vogelnest, Larry and Gordon, Anita N. and Scott, Jenni L. and Rose, Karrie (2015) A retrospective study of Babesia macropus associated with morbidity and mortality in eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) and agile wallabies (Macropus agilis). International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 4 (2). pp. 268-276. Full text not currently attached. Access may be available via the Publisher's website or OpenAccess link. Article Link(s): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2015.02.002 This is a retrospective study of 38 cases of infection by Babesia macropus, associated with a syndrome of anaemia and debility in hand-reared or free-ranging juvenile eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) from coastal New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland between 1995 and 2013. Infection with B. macropus is recorded for the first time in agile wallabies (Macropus agilis) from far north Queensland. Animals in which B. macropus infection was considered to be the primary cause of morbidity had marked anaemia, lethargy and neurological signs, and often died. In these cases, parasitised erythrocytes were few or undetectable in peripheral blood samples but were sequestered in large numbers within small vessels of visceral organs, particularly in the kidney and brain, associated with distinctive clusters of extraerythrocytic organisms. Initial identification of this piroplasm in peripheral blood smears and in tissue impression smears and histological sections was confirmed using transmission electron microscopy and molecular analysis. Samples of kidney, brain or blood were tested using PCR and DNA sequencing of the 18S ribosomal RNA and heat shock protein 70 gene using primers specific for piroplasms. The piroplasm detected in these samples had 100 sequence identity in the 18S rRNA region with the recently described Babesia macropus in two eastern grey kangaroos from New South Wales and Queensland, and a high degree of similarity to an unnamed Babesia sp. recently detected in three woylies (Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi) in Western Australia. \|Business groups:\|\|Biosecurity Queensland\| \|Keywords:\|\|Babesia Piroplasm Anaemia Kangaroo Wallaby\| Veterinary medicine > Veterinary bacteriology \|Deposited On:\|\|22 Sep 2015 06:34\| \|Last Modified:\|\|22 Sep 2015 06:34\| Repository Staff Only: item control page
ERIC Number: ED055851 Record Type: RIE Publication Date: 1971-Sep Reference Count: N/A Biological Sciences Curriculum Study Newsletter Number 44. Clark, George M., Ed. This edition of the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) newsletter contains a report of the activities of the curriculum study during 1970-71. Staff changes are noted, current projects summarized, with special reference to the programs for the educable mentally handicapped and to the developing interdisciplinary program for middle school grades that considers the interface between the social sciences and biology in a "human sciences" sequence. Lists of the BSCS materials currently in print and accounts of pending publications, together with the sources of supply, are included. Educational Testing Service data showing the proportion of candidates for the College Board Achievement Test in Biology who had studied each of the BSCS versions in high school from 1964 through 1970 are reported. (AL) Descriptors: Annual Reports, Biology, Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach, Mild Mental Retardation, Newsletters, Science Course Improvement Projects, Secondary School Science, Social Sciences Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, P. O. Box 930, Boulder, Colorado 80302 (Free) Publication Type: N/A Education Level: N/A Authoring Institution: Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, Boulder, CO. Identifiers: Biological Sciences Curriculum Study
ERIC Number: ED157546 Record Type: RIE Publication Date: 1978-May Reference Count: 0 A Needs Assessment Study of Oklahoma Libraries for Oklahoma Department of Libraries. Summary Report. Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH. Columbus Labs. The major findings and recommendations of a needs assessment study of Oklahoma libraries are summarized. Recommendations focus on public libraries; however, school, academic, and special libraries also participated in this survey. Top priority needs include: more professionally trained librarians; continuing professional education; additional state funding; cooperation among Oklahoma counties to provide improved library service; strong leadership and a larger professional staff at the Oklahoma Department of Libraries (ODL) to carry out its mission as a responsible state agency; sharing of library resources--materials and staff specialists--for more effective money budgeting; improved communications between libraries and ODL; written objectives and needs assessment of users to improve library service to the community; direction and education for promotion of cooperative activities between all types of libraries; and investigation of different methods of cooperation in which all libraries can participate. A more in-depth analysis of needs and recommendations may be found in the complete report. (Author/MBR) Publication Type: Reports - Research Education Level: N/A Sponsor: Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. Authoring Institution: Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH. Columbus Labs. Note: For related document, see IR 006 285
ERIC Number: ED214900 Record Type: RIE Publication Date: 1981-Dec Reference Count: 0 Teacher and Administrator Evaluation. Bibliographies in Education. No. 74. This annotated bibliography contains 602 references on teacher and administrator evaluation appearing, between May 1975 and September 1981, in: (1) Bibliographie du Quebec (Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec); (2) British Education Index (British Library); (3) Canadian Books in Print (University of Toronto Press); (4) Canadian Education Index; (5) Current Index to Journals in Education (Oryx Press); (6) Directory of Education Studies in Canada; (7) Educational Administration Abstracts (University Council for Educational Administration); (8) Onteris (Ontario Ministry of Education); (9) Radar (Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec); (10) Resources in Education (ERIC); and (11) Subject Guide to Books in Print (Bowker). Some items and annotations are in French. The first section covers writings on teacher evaluation, teachers' self-evaluation, and student evaluation of teachers. The second section deals with writings in administrator evaluation. A list of 74 items from the Bibliographies in Education series from June 1969 to December 1981 is appended. (JD) Publication Type: Reference Materials - Bibliographies Education Level: N/A Authoring Institution: Canadian Teachers' Federation, Ottawa (Ontario).
ERIC Number: ED327606 Record Type: RIE Publication Date: 1990 Reference Count: 0 The Many Voices of Education for Bilingual Students in Massachusetts. Brisk, Maria Estela; And Others Massachusetts passed the first state legislation mandating bilingual education in 1971, the Transitional Bilingual Education Bill (TBE). This publication contains five case studies that demonstrate how teachers and schools have responded to the needs of their minority group students. The first case study, "Bilingual Education in a Bilingual Community," describes a Spanish/English program that incorporates the parents' goal of a bilingual program in the context of quality education. The second study, "One Full Curriculum Shared by Two Languages," describes a joint effort by an English-speaking teacher and a Cambodian teacher to provide a well-rounded program for Cambodian students, despite a lack of materials and Cambodian-speaking personnel. Study 3, "Schooling a Transient Population of Japanese," describes an effective bilingual program for small numbers of students at each grade level, and study 4, "An Introduction to English Language and Culture Through Technology," describes a high school English-as-a-Second-Language class that uses word processing to teach literacy to Vietnamese students. Finally, the fifth case study, "Good Bilingual Education Is Good Education: The Case of a Kindergarten Teacher," describes a kindergarten Cantonese bilingual classroom based on high expectations and research-based teaching strategies. The report concludes by discussing the impact and flexibility of TBE and the observed characteristics of the teachers involved in the program. Typically, these teachers: (1) have a strong sense of commitment and advocacy; (2) do work that goes beyond teaching; (3) care a great deal about their students; (4) have a good understanding of students' backgrounds; (5) have high expectations; and (6) teach in a way that focuses on learning first, and on learning language second. A 21-item bibliography is appended. (FMW) Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Cambodians, Case Studies, Chinese Americans, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Hispanic Americans, Japanese Americans, Minority Groups, State Legislation, State Programs, Teacher Characteristics, Transitional Programs, Vietnamese People Publication Type: Reports - Research Education Level: N/A Audience: Administrators; Teachers; Practitioners Authoring Institution: Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Quincy. Identifiers: Massachusetts; Transitional Bilingual Education Programs Note: Attachment C presents legibility problems.
Preju`dica"tion (?), n. The act of prejudicating, or of judging without due examination of facts and evidence; prejudgment. 2. Rom.Law (a) A preliminary inquiry and determination about something which belongs to a matter in dispute. A previous treatment and decision of a point; a precedent. © Webster 1913.
"They Play the Game." Ever since the day when he had learned to know the fickle exultation from his associate's acclaim, "handsome ugly," Hughes Randall had delighted in being a social economist, a builder of schemes, a promoter of ideas, an organizer. While in common-school he had organized the "Undefeated Shinny Players," the "Base Ball Terrors," and the "Foot Ball Challengers," lead- ing each organization through a series of glorious victories and unlamented defeats until "Cap" came to supersede the less gracious nickname "pug ugly." During one vacation he had organ- ized the "Swimming-Pool Electors," one law of which required each "Elector" to devote one hour to cleaning and repairing the pool for the hour spent in the water; and the farmer on whose land the pool was located, was so pleased at having the stock pond put in repair that he presented the "Electors" with a year old pig. This acquisition gave rise to the organization of "The Perpetual Pig Club," a commercial scheme which was to reap glorious returns from the stock in control; no doubt the idea of the organizer would have been accomplished but for two more dominant factors, one being the necessary upkeep of said pig, the other being a circus which came to the city when the "Perpetuals" were short of finance.
Gamifying an Online Course Office of Information Technology 2 - 3:30 p.m. \| JPL 4.04.12C \| Faculty Center Conference Room \| Main Campus Gamification of an online class incents learning, increases engagement, differentiates instruction, and promotes a love of learning. Gamifying your course requires rethinking instructional and assessment strategies and adopting a new instructional design paradigm. Attend this session to learn gaming strategies, priniciples, and tools to gamify your course and keep your students engaged and motivated. 📌 Add this event to your calendar
For all EMERGENCY CALLS dial 9-1-1 Sharlene Sookhoo, Director Kathryn Shultz, Administrative Paraprofessional Building (69) Boca Raton Campus Florida Atlantic University is a StormReady® University. All FAU campuses are recognized as StormReady®. Approximately 90% of all presidentially declared disasters are weather related, leading to around 500 deaths per year and nearly $14 billion in damage. StormReady® began in 1999 to help communities validate their communication capabilities and safety skills needed to respond to severe weather. StormReady® communities are better prepared through improved planning, education, and awareness programs. While no community is storm proof, being StormReady® does help save lives. 1. Communications & Coordination Center FAU has a "24-hour warning point" to receive National Weather Service information and provide local reports and advice. This operation is the University Police dispatch center. Our 24-hour warning point: • Operates 24/7/365 • Receives notification from the local municipalities and counties when severe weather alerts are announced • Activates modules within the FAU Alert System FAU also has an Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Members of the EOC include senior administration, key decision makers, and the emergency management staff. The University President or designee can activate the EOC based on established procedures. 2. National Weather Service Warning Reception The University Police dispatch center and EOC receive National Weather Service warnings from multiple sources that include: • NOAA Weather Radio • Private sector web-based providers and direct internet access to National Weather Service information and warnings • Statewide and local municipality, county, state telecommunications • Local radio and television broadcasts 3. Hydrometeorological Monitoring In addition to the above sources of weather information; FAU utilizes the internet and mobile device access as a means of gathering ancillary weather information including high definition and Doppler radar. 4. Warning Dissemination FAU Alert modules may be utilized as a means of ensuring timely warnings to the University community. 5. University Community Preparedness FAU recognizes the value of educating students, faculty, and staff about severe weather and how to respond properly to weather threats. Members of our University community are more likely to seek additional methods for receiving weather warnings, recognize potentially threatening weather situations, and act appropriately when severe weather strikes when they have participated in awareness programs. To that end, FAU: • Conducts preparedness presentations and talks • Promotes and encourages attending a National Weather Service SkyWarn weather spotter training when offered Senior administration and key leadership at FAU support the requirements of the StormReady® program. Written plans and procedures have been formally developed and are maintained to provide: • Emergency Response and Continuity of Operations • Storm spotter activation criteria, reporting procedures, roster, and training record • Standard operating procedures for activation of the FAU Alert System • Exercises and training Skywarn® is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Weather Service’s (NWS) severe weather spotting program with nearly 290,000 trained volunteers nationwide. The NWS’s mission is to protect lives and property. When weather conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms or tornadoes are expected to develop, a severe thunderstorm or tornado WATCH is issued. A Severe Thunderstorm or Tornado WARNING is issued when severe weather has been reported by a Skywarn spotter or indicated by Doppler radar. Skywarn volunteers become the NWS’s and local Emergency Management’s eyes and ears, helping to provide better weather watch and warning services. Storm Spotter Program The FAU Storm Spotter is a university-wide network of volunteers trained by the NWS to report significant weather. Everyone is encouraged to participate. If you would like to join our storm spotter team, please send a request via email to email@example.com. The NWS and/or the local emergency management authorities may activate the Storm Spotter net whenever there is a threat of severe weather or the NWS issues a severe thunderstorm or tornado watch. In this case information may be relayed through amateur radio repeaters. A Guide to Reporting Severe Weather: WHAT to Report: \|Tornado\|\|Hail 1/2 inch diameter or larger\| \|Funnel Cloud\|\|Wind speed greater than 40 mph\| \|Rotating Wall Cloud\|\|Cloud features suggesting storm organization\| \|Flash Flood\|\|Other locally-defined critera\| Do Not Report \|Hail 3/4 inch diameter or larger\|\|Lightening\| \|Wind speed greater than 58 mph\|\|Small hail (less than dime size)\| \|Persistent non-rotating wall cloud\|\|Wind speed less than 40 mph\| \|Rainfall 1" or more per hour\|\|Non-flooding rain fall\| \|Damage not weather related\| WIND SPEED ESTIMATES \|25-30\|\|Large branches in motion; whistling in utility wires; empty trash cans blown several yards; hats blow off\| \|31-40\|\|Whole trees in motion; leaves and twigs blown off; difficult to handle high profile vehicles; small umbrellas damaged\| \|41-57\|\|Large palm fronds down; weak branches (e.g. umbrella trees) broken; ripe fruit blown off tree; patio furniture and potted plants overturned; difficult driving all vehicles; umbrellas destroyed\| \|58-73\|\|Large tree limbs broken; shallow rooted trees pushed over; un-ripened fruit blown off trees; awnings/antennae twisted; porch screening ripped loose; mobile homes damaged; signs bent and some traffic signals downed; some truck trailers toppled; difficulty walking\| \|74-110 (Hurricane strength)\|\|Numerous trees uprooted; highway signs blown down or twisted; screened patios heavily damaged; windows broken; some shingles blown off frame houses; mobile homes severely damaged; utility wires down; cars overturned; unable to stand without holding on\| How to Report:• Telephone severe weather observations immediately to the University Police at (561) 297-3500. (When in doubt, make your report anyway). • Identify yourself as a trained Storm Spotter and provide your SkyWarn® certification number. • Provide your name and location. • Give the details. Always use the "Four Ws" when reporting. 1. What you saw… • Report any strong winds (50 mph or greater), or any wind that produces damage. • Report any hail. Refer to hail size in comparison to coin (dime, nickel, penny, quarter). DO NOT mention "marble" size hail. • Report funnel clouds, wall clouds, tornadoes or water spouts. Remember, rotation and persistence are the keys! • Report damage (even well after the event). • Report flooding. 2. Where you saw it… • The direction and distance from a known location or intersection. 3. When you saw it… • Make sure you note the time of the observation. 4. What it is doing... • Describe the storm’s direction and speed of travel, size, intensity and destructiveness.
Satellites – operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – were critical last year in the rescue of hundreds of people from life-threatening situations throughout the U.S. and its surrounding waters. The satellites picked up distress signals from emergency beacons carried by downed pilots, shipwrecked boaters and stranded hikers – relaying information about their location to first responders on the ground. Officials say – of the 295 people saved – 180 people were rescued from water, 43 from aviation incidents, and 72 who were lost on land. NOAA’s polar-orbiting and geostationary satellites, along with Russia’s COSPAS spacecraft, are part of the international Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking system. It uses a network of satellites to quickly detect and locate distress signals broadcast by emergency beacons. Alaska had the most people rescued last year with 77, followed by Florida with 37.
Inmates - Prison Chaplain - Role in MinistryGood morning. Now, I learned about Inmates - Prison Chaplain - Role in Ministry. Which could be very helpful in my opinion so you. The Chaplain provides a vital part of the whole process within the law enforcement community. The traditional goal of the prison Chaplain is to supply Pastoral care to the inmate. The Chaplain becomes pastor to the inmates as well as their instructor in spiritual matters.What I said. It isn't the actual final outcome that the real about Inmates . You read this article for facts about a person wish to know is Inmates . This foremost aspect incorporates areas of spiritual, moral and emotional improvement for the incarcerated. Achievement in these areas will help to insure the future success of offender as a productive member of the community at large. The Chaplain must join these tools for convert into the programs inaugurated. He will supply allinclusive services to all inmates in the discrete facilities assigned to him within its parameters of security In the capacity of pastor the Chaplain will supply and often conduct The Chaplain is also responsible to supply religious Instruction, for the inmates. This may be done straight through quarterly Bible Studies, or doctrinal classes. This is sometimes closed straight through organized discipleship groups among the inmates themselves. The role of pastor often is extended to families of inmates and prison staff. This may involve counseling, and study in moral and spiritual improvement that will invent an environment for rebuilding the family upon release of the prisoner. There will be time when the Chaplain is called on to contact Counseling Prisoners will take on many facets. It is therefore foremost that the prison chaplain have an comprehension of the inmates, themselves as well as their felt needs. 1. Attending Court hearings and trials 2. Conferring and consulting with prison officials 3. Assisting prisoners find jobs, housing, and community hold upon release The Chaplain may be asked to supply these same services to, prison staff, group officials, and others within the community. He may be asked to work with the local church to supply ministry hold straight through prayer, volunteers and finances. The Chaplain often becomes a group Relations Representative to the community in profit of the prison o To Coordinate Volunteer Services The religious volunteer becomes an postponement of the chaplain in ministering to the needs of the inmate. This mission, like that of the church includes regeneration, spiritual medical and development. Volunteers need to be integrated into the total objective of religious programming of the custom and not just a patchwork of superimposed programs to fill agenda needs or slots and keep inmates occupied. Training phases are usually sequential and required. Avoid conflicts with training phases and training objectives, scheduled. Recognize the religious doctrine of the chaplain training staff In order to be more productive in ministering to the prison community we should strengthen our comprehension of the correctional process.I hope you will get new knowledge about Inmates . Where you can offer use within your everyday life. And above all, your reaction is passed about Inmates . Read more.. Prison Chaplain - Role in Ministry.
FEMININE hygiene adverts prior to the late 1960s basically depicted menstruation as a shameful curse, a sickening burden upon womankind. By the time the Baby Boomers started needing these products en masse, a revolution in feminine hygiene was underway. There was still a sense of shame in these adverts, but now it was all about offering new features (i.e. “It’s flushable!). While this may not be the most appealing topic you’ve ever read about, the advertising is still rather interesting and even a little humorous. Take a look at a few examples. “Gotta Get This Tampon Out Of Sight!” – Pursettes This tale of woe recounts the abominable shame experienced by a cheerleader when her purse hits the ground spilling out (gasp!) tampons. What should she do? Transferring to another school is such a hassle. Luckily, her friend has Pursettes which keep her shameful secret hidden under wraps. “Just call them the tote tampons.” “That’s why so many women just like you are switching to it.” – Playtex Self-Adjusting Tampons I love how this is supposed to be an empowering advertisement, yet it totally undermines itself by its list of stereotypically feminine careers. It’s attempting to illustrate that the Modern Woman has modern needs, and Playtex is just the product to keep up with the changing times. Yet, the various groups of women they list are downright hilarious: “Secretaries, Nurses, Stewardess, The Lady Next Door (WTF?), College Girls, Models, Housewives”. They left out waitresses and strippers. “Dear Mother Nature: Drop Dead!” – Kotex The last line reads: “At least you have to worry about your voice changing.” This is a consolation of the sorriest sort. Nearly a lifetime of menstruation versus a month or two of crackly vocal cords…. Hmmmm – which is worse? On a side note: the lens diameter-to-face ratio of those glasses is the largest I have ever seen. Simply breathtaking. “It stayed in place, even when I was jumping streams.” – Stayfree Maxi Pads That’s a bold woman – her first day with Stayfree Maxi Pads and she’s sticking her ass directly in his face? Just a thought: maybe he goes up the hill first. The ad ends with “Too bad he forgot to pack the lunch”. Maybe he didn’t forget – he just lost his appetite. “If you’re old enough to pick your clothes, you’re old enough to pick your sanitary napkin.” – Modess Advertisers aren’t stupid. They knew the Baby Boomers represented the largest population bubble in the history of the United States. Subsequently, ad agencies were scrambling to produce advertising geared toward this gargantuan money pot. The Modess advert above heavily features the new hippie chic whilst highlighting how grossly antiquated the older generation is. Do you want to buy your sanitary napkins based on the opinion of your crusty archaic mother who seems so hopelessly out of place amongst counter-culture swag? I didn’t think so. “Whee! They’re Flushable, Too!” – New Freedom Kotex Yet another advert marketed directly to Boomer youth. Truth be told, there actually was a lot to be excited about. If you’re familiar with the previous generations’ feminine hygiene equipment, you’ll know there was cause for celebration. That stuff was a bulky mess; it had barely improved from the Paleolithic days of using rolled grass and roots. It consisted of various rigging using straps and belts in conjunction with giant swaths of absorbent linens. You can see why a flushable inconspicuous napkin would be a godsend. “It’s perfect for beginners like us!”Petal Soft Tampax Petal Soft Tampax This ad comes from a 1986 issue of 16 Magazine, about a year after Tampax broke the ultimate taboo on American television: It used the word “period”. Specifically the TV ad said, “It will change the way you feel about your period.” When questioned about their startling expletive, the Tampax ad agency responded beautifully: It’s a natural evolution. Over the past five years everyone has gotten more straightforward. It just doesn’t make sense any longer to show a woman in a long white dress, drifting through a field of wildflowers, saying something like, ‘It makes me feel fresh.’
The Florida State Courts are committed to ensuring that electronic court information and court information technologies are accessible to persons with disabilities. Some individuals with disabilities use assistive technology to compensate for their functional limitations. If electronic information is not properly prepared, those who use assistive technology as well as other individuals with disabilities may be cut off from important information. Furthermore, state and federal laws – as applicable to various covered entities – require that qualified individuals with disabilities be afforded the same opportunities that are available to persons with disabilities. See, for example, Sections 501, 503, 504, and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the ADA Amendments Act of 2008; and sections 282.601 - 282.606, Florida Statutes, known as the Florida Accessible Electronic and Information Technology Act. For information about electronic accessibility, you may wish to visit one or more of the following federal government websites: Federal Government Resources: - United States Department of Justice ADA Homepage - United States Access Board Section 508 Homepage on Electronic and Information Technology - United States Department of Justice Section 508 Homepage - Federal Information Technology Accessibility Initiative - Disability.gov Technology Page Preparing Accessible Electronic Documents For information on preparing accessible electronic documents, attorneys, parties, and others may find it helpful to review the links and information available through The Florida Bar’s web page “Enhancing the Accessibility of Electronic Information."
"Super Bowl 50 [in 2015] was our first Super Bowl in one of the brand new stadiums that has come on in the last few years, and what a difference it made, so we could add all these augmented services to our fans," she said. The services include the ability to order food from your seat, determine the length of the closest bathroom line, watch instant replays, upgrade your seat location after arriving in the stadium and even watching behind-the-scenes footage available only to those in-house and using the stadium or team app. Super Bowl 50 resulted in 10.1 terabytes of data usage transferred over the Wi-Fi network at Levi's Stadium on game day. That's the equivalent of 6,000-plus hours of HD video or almost 1.2 million 2MB images. This smashed previous data usage records, and was a 63% increase over the amount of data usage the year before at Super Bowl XLIX in Glendale, Arizona. It may not look like much at first glance, but a map created by University of Wisconsin computer science professor Paul Barford and about a dozen colleagues took around four years to produce. He believes it could make the Internet more resilient to accidents, disasters, or intentional attacks. The map shows the paths taken by the long-distance fiber-optic cables that carry Internet data across the continental U.S. The exact routes of those cables, which belong to major telecommunications companies such as AT&T and Level 3, have not been previously publicly viewable, despite the fact that they are effectively critical public infrastructure, says Barford. Companies such as Consumer Cellular are known as mobile virtual network operators, or MVNOs. Essentially they’re marketing and customer service operations, leasing network capacity from the Big Four U.S. carriers and reselling it under their own brands. Switching carriers typically saves customers at least $20 a month (some base their charges on use), and MVNOs often target niche audiences—seniors, kids, immigrants. Years ago, the iPhone killed a lot of these companies, which couldn’t keep up with consumer demand for increasingly data-hungry smartphones. Times have changed: It’s a lot cheaper and easier to run an MVNO than it used to be, and more customers are seeking an alternative to the Verizons and AT&Ts of the world. MVNOs account for 36 million (1 in 10) U.S. wireless subscriptions, estimates researcher Strategy Analytics, roughly double their 2009 numbers. During that time, subscriptions at the Big Four rose 28 percent. Google announced the Loon launch at a press conference in Mountain View, California, on Wednesday alongside executives from Indonesia mobile network operators Indosat, Telkomsel, and XL Axiata. The four have signed a memorandum of understanding to begin testing Project Loon airborne base station technology over Indonesia in 2016. Estimates of Indonesia's internet penetration vary. Indonesia is home to 256 million people spread across more than 17,000 islands and official calculations are that roughly one third of the population are connected. However, internetsociety.org estimates Indonesia has 15.8 percent internet user penetration, ranking it 135th in the world, ahead of many nations in Africa and parts of Asia. Still in “Early Access” (invite only) Google’s foray into a wireless service is interesting for several reasons. From the Google blog “We developed new technology that gives you better coverage by intelligently connecting you to the fastest available network at your location whether it's Wi-Fi or one of our two partner LTE networks. As you go about your day, Project Fi automatically connects you to more than a million free, open Wi-Fi hotspots we've verified as fast and reliable. Once you're connected, we help secure your data through encryption. When you're not on Wi-Fi, we move you between whichever of our partner networks is delivering the fastest speed, so you get 4G LTE in more places.” “…for $20 a month you get all the basics (talk, text, Wi-Fi tethering, and international coverage in 120+ countries), and then it's a flat $10 per GB for cellular data while in the U.S. and abroad. 1GB is $10/month, 2GB is $20/month, 3GB is $30/month, and so on. Since it's hard to predict your data usage, you'll get credit for the full value of your unused data. Let's say you go with 3GB for $30 and only use 1.4GB one month. You'll get $16 back, so you only pay for what you use.” This month Walker introduced his company’s big play, a service called Switch that replaces workers’ desk phones and numbers with an app that works across whichever devices they want. If your boss calls your number, you can take it on your cellphone while walking from your car and then transfer it to your PC-connected headset at your desk. And when Switch connects to Google Apps it pulls in whatever data the apps have on the caller, such as e-mails, calendar meetings and shared files. It’s about time – introduced with the new iPad Air 2 “The Apple SIM gives you the flexibility to choose from a variety of short-term plans from select carriers in the U.S. and UK right on your iPad. So whenever you need it, you can choose the plan that works best for you—with no long-term commitments. And when you travel, you may also be able to choose a data plan from a local carrier for the duration of your trip.” Actually, UPS delivery staff have had it with their DIAD (their Honeywell device) - on the fly switching between GSM and CDMA networks, leading to improved network coverage and lower costs from standardized device provisioning and deployment – for years now Gogo had become the name most associated with the ability to check email in the sky, much as TiVo Inc., the pioneer of digital video recording, was once synonymous with the ability to fast-forward through commercials. Like TiVo, Gogo effectively invented its category. But increasingly with in-flight Internet services, "the resources of a small, independent company may not be enough to carry this through," said connectivity consultant Tim Farrar, the head of the consulting-firm TMF Associates Inc. "Ultimately the big boys are going to dictate how this technology gets adopted." In an effort to expand access nationwide, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachoski in January 2013 issued a "Gigabit City Challenge" calling for all 50 states to have at least one community with gigabit Internet access by 2015. Since then, it's become a bit of a race between private and public providers. Google, of course, kicked it off with the announcement that it would provide its gigabit Google Fiber to Kansas City for just $70 per month. Later, The Wall Street Journal reported that a small telco in rural Vermont, Vtel, planned to halve Google's offer, providing gigabit services for just $35. Some cites, like Seattle, have already given up the fight. We've found 16 areas that have or plan to offer Gigabit access (or close to it). Experiencing the ViaSat Ka Band satellite service on my Jetblue flight to Boston. The rollout is gradual – only 20 A 320s have the bulge – the radome with the antenna - and the distinctive livery. The download speed on the basic Simply Surf plan (free through June) is the best I have ever encountered on a flight – GoGo (air to ground) on Delta, Row 44 (air to satellite) on Southwest etc. For $ 9 an hour you can upgrade to the Plus plan for much faster uploads and web streaming. The nav using Google maps is fairly high res with drill down to every minor streets. For now, it will be a guessing game if your flight will have wifi. Delta has saturated availability throughout its domestic fleet (and last week I caught the service for 3 hours starting in Canada on a flight from Europe) and so it is more predictable. Southwest emails you night before if your flight offers it – not ideal but the advance notice is somewhat helpful.
In this video tutorial we are going to create an island----an island with palm trees. Here I provide two production solutions: (1)By using E-on software Vue 6 to crate island, palm trees and see. Render in Vue 6. (2)Using SitniSati Dreamscape 2.0 to create sea surface and flying clounds, adding palm trees to your island by using IDV Speedtree 3.0 .Render in 3ds max 7 with default renderer. see the tutorial plz click HERE (http://hammerbchen.blogspot.com/2007/04/tutorvideopalm-tree-island-production.html)
In our last installment, we looked at the most common of all Yiddish greetings, shoolem alaykhem, and its inevitable response, alaykhem shoolem. As with virtually all Yiddish greetings, alaykhem shoolem is often, though not inevitably, followed by a challenge in the form of nu, which has a basic meaning of “so” or “well,” as if to say, “Now that we’ve got the hellos out of the way, what have you got to say for yourself? Nu — give some account of your activities, justify your presence on this planet.” It is the prelude to “How are you?” or “What’s doing?” While nu can be used as part of virtually any greeting, the response to other salutations is just as fixed as alaykhem shoolem. Greetings are classified by time of day, time of week, and time of the Jewish year, and God help anyone who doesn’t use the precise formula called for on a Saturday evening when Sunday is one of the two closing days of Passover — they’ll never be taken seriously again. The basic weekday greetings are good afternoonGITN UVNT The Sabbath and other Jewish holidays have greetings of their own, which tend to be used even by people who would never think of observing them. These greetings are based on a rigid pecking order of holidays, in which Saturday trumps everything except for Yom Kippur: Friday afternoon through Saturday: A holiday that falls on a Saturday: Good Sabbath,GIT YONtef Saturday during the High Holiday season: Good Sabbath,GIT YONtef happy holiday,GIT YOOR happy new year A good month Holidays (except Purim and Chanukah): GIT YONtef Happy holiday The intermediate days of Passover and Tabernacles: Happy in-between times It’s as if “Merry Christmas” were a test, not a slogan. Newcomers to Yiddish can conceal their ignorance for a few extra seconds by taking advantage of the fact that every greeting, no matter how specialized, gets exactly the same response: A good year Hence the well-known proverb: Az meh git a yeedn a git morgn, git er oop a gants yoor, “If you give a Jew a good morning, he gives you a whole year in return.” Since no opening line conveys good wishes for more than a year, you can never go wrong by offering a year in return — a habit that also saves you from having to pay much attention to the person who’s started talking. Someone entering a home, a business, or an unusually hospitable kosher hotel with a Yiddish-speaking desk clerk will often be greeted with BUrekh-a-BU Blessed be the one who comes The sole proper response — one that separates the yold from the adept in the secrets of Yiddish — is Blessed be the one who is already here As a noun, burkh-A-beh (note the shift in stress and loss of an “e”) means “welcome, reception.” A SHAYnem burkh-A-beh, “a lovely reception,” means that you’ve been ignored, insulted, or attacked. If you should use the phrase while being physically ejected from someplace, it means “I had a yarmulke when I came in.” When the lights go up in the burlesque house and you find Rabbi Goldberg sitting next to you, all there is to say (assuming that you’re the one who recovers quickly enough to speak first) is, NU, RABBI, VOOS ZUGT EER GITS? What’s the good word, Rabbi? [lit., What good do you say?] It means, “Nice to see you, but why am I seeing you here?” and indicates that you’ve run into someone in a place where they aren’t expected to be. In less embarrassing circumstances — you own the burlesque house and know that Rabbi Goldberg knows that you do — it’s a friendly way of asking someone what business has brought them to so unusual a location. Thousands of pop songs to the contrary, it’s always easier to say goodbye, which makes one wonder why Jews take so long to do so. There are only three greeting-and-response pairs in standard use, and the response — as you might already have expected — is the same in every case: A GITN TUG good dayA GIteh NAKHT good nightA GIteh VOKH (on Saturday night) The all-purpose answer is A GIT YOOR a good year If you’re trying to end a conversation or walk out of a room, the most common way to say goodbye is ZEI geZINT (literally, “be well”). If you’re trying to get rid of a nudnik or have no plans of ever seeing someone again — so long as you can help it — you say ZEI MEER geZINT or even ZEI-zhe MEER geZINT. The meer (which means “me”) gives the expression a sense of “I hope that you’re going to be healthy, because I have no intention of asking after you.” “ZEI MEER geZINT MIT [any noun you choose]” really means either, “Stop bothering me about whatever-it-is [because you’re leaving],” or “You and your whatever-it-is-that-you-won’t-stop-going-on-about can go to hell together.” To someone who’s about to embark on a trip, whether to the source of the Nile or the store on the corner, you say: Go in good healthFOOR geZINterHAYT Travel in good healthFOOR geZINT IN KIM geZINT Go and come back in good health If they indicate that they’re planning to go to a place that you’ve already warned them off of, GAY/FOOR geZINterHAYT can also mean, “Go ahead and go, but don’t say that I didn’t warn you”; “Go — whatever happens is your own damned fault.” How are you? Despite the fact that a polite evasion is as close as anyone is likely to come to a positive response to the question — if you don’t get a kvetch, you’ll get a circumlocution —Yiddish speakers continue to ask after one another’s welfare as if they were gathering material for a long-term anthropological study of what can go wrong. Such behavior- might be based on religious principles: the Mishna enjoins us to “Be the first to greet [that is, inquire after the welfare of] every man” (Ovos 4:16), but says nothing about hanging around to listen to his answer. VOOS MAKHT EER? How are you? (To a stranger, elder or social superior)VOOS MAKHstee? How are you? (To a friend, a child, anyone whom you outrank)VOOS MAKHT A YEED? How are you? [lit., “How is a Jew?” Used only between males; informal and synagogue usage]VOOS MAKHT EER GITS? How you doing, man/dude/pal o’ mine? The verb makhn, “to make,” can also mean “to do, to say; to swing, to wave, to be”: VOOS MAKHT DEIN SHVESter? How’s your sister? The textbook response would be ZEE MAKHT GIT What you’re far more likely to hear, assuming that she’s really getting on all right, is KEneh HOrehorkeNAIneh HOreh, variant pronunciations of a phrase that means “[may] no evil eye [befall her],” or the truly all-purpose Thank God [lit., blessed be God], the politest possible way of saying absolutely nothing. The textbook response to any question about yourself, is pretty much confined to textbook use and doesn’t really do much to further conversation: “I’m doing quite well, thanks. My children — they should live and be well — head up the only orthodox Junior Achievement Club in the state; my husband, the cardiologist/rabbi, has just been named America’s first Jewish astronaut and will soon be taking shabes into outer space, kenaineh horeh; I’ve won the Nobel Prize for Economics and Home Economics, and Color Me Kosher, my it’s-fun-to-be-frum cosmetics business, is the first glatt kosher firm to be named to the Fortune 500.” It’s people like this for whom the evil eye was invented. Adapted from “Just Say Nu,” by Michael Wex. Copyright © 2007 by the author and reprinted by permission of St. Martin’s Press.
Everyone is being bullied in 2013. Leave it to Hamas-CAIR California to issue a report that over half of all Islamic students suffer from "bullying." According to their report, which is the first of its kind, Islamic students face "biased-based bullying" in California. This doesn't include other instances that have supposedly occurred across the nation. This particular study was conducted with a sample of 500 Muslim students. It's interesting that Hamas CAIR dares to play the bullying card, when every single state in the United States has cowered to Islam. Students are not forbidden to wear a hijab in school in California. Common Core is jihadist certified, with many of the textbooks serving as substitute Korans in the classroom. The only thing that has happened here is the American education system has given in completely to Islam. Like the homosexual agenda, it is never enough. Hamas-CAIR California will submit this biased, self serving "report" in order to get the results they want, which is complete control over American education. Hamas-CAIR California has a definate goal in issuing this "bullying" report. It will make all educators even more eager to please the CAIR thugs into making schools a safe haven for budding jihadists. Any perceived threat of "bullying," requires swift action to keep the Islamists from striking, possibly suing. Scare tactics and threats are the calling cards of Hamas-CAIR. What should we expect from a terrorist organization? The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relation’s (CAIR-CA) 2012 Muslim Youth at School Survey was the first statewide survey to examine the experiences of American Muslim youth at school. It targeted youth from across California and received responses from 21 counties. In total, 471 Muslim American students attending public school between the ages of 11 and 18 responded to the survey, which consisted of 10 multiple choice questions and space for comments. The new report, "Growing in Faith: California Muslim Youth Experiences with Bullying, Harassment and Religious Accommodation in Schools," reveals that nearly half of Muslim students say they have been subjected to some form of bias-based bullying. What exactly does biased-based bullying mean? "Biased-based" bullying is a nice, politically correct term for other non-Muslims "perceptions" of Islamic students. Do they have preconceived notions about Islam, other than Islam being anything less than peaceful? Are they "Islamophobic" in anyway? Hamas-CAIR California is committed to the idea that Islamic students' every need be properly met. Countless schools across the country are creating Islamic prayer rooms especially for their students. They are getting every special accommodation at the expense of every other sub-set. It's a deadly epidemic that will only breed more lethal jihadis. The report found that approximately one in five young women reported being bullied because they wore an Islamic headscarf (hijab) to school. Additionally, one in five youth reported they were unsure of participating in classroom discussions in which Islam or Muslims are discussed and were unsure of whether teachers respected their religion. More than one-third of bullying victims surveyed indicated that reporting harassment incidents to school administrators was not helpful. When non-Muslim students do not wear hijabs, it is only natural that this issue might be raised. "One in five youth being "unsure" if their teachers "respect" their religion" is more baiting by Hamas-CAIR California. How anyone could have "respect" for the death cult of Islam is impossible to comprehend, especially after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. However, this is 2013 America, and all of the atrocities of Islam have been scrubbed clean and forgotten. They've come to America and are conquering. If there's ever an issue, all Hamas-CAIR has to do is call the Department of Justice. Don't forget to Like Freedom Outpost on Facebook, Google Plus, & Twitter. You can also get Freedom Outpost delivered to your Amazon Kindle device here. "Being called 'terrorist' or 'Bin laden' is still a reality for many American Muslim students," said CAIR-LA Civil Rights Manager Fatima Dadabhoy. "Throughout the course of this study, we were alarmed to find that many Muslim students didn't even deem this as a form of bullying. Through this report, we hope to show that a decision to dismiss mistreatment as a natural consequence of being Muslim in America, or simply part of growing up, is unacceptable and normalizes a toxic school environment." "Too often we find that parents and teachers don't know how to adequately address bias-based bullying of American Muslim students," said Rachel Roberts, civil rights coordinator for CAIR's Northern California offices. "We hope this report will shed light on the resources available to parents, teachers, and students in order to effectively and proactively address school bullying."
“We have been one of the main beneficiaries of the revolutions in the Arab world,” Mokhtar Belmokhtar [ABC] "... Several major Algerian news outlets, including the state-run Numidia News, reported that the militants crossed into Algeria from the Libyan border just 50 miles to the east, drove vehicles with Libyan license plates and dressed in Libyan military uniforms to attack the BP joint venture facility outside In Amenas, Algeria. They were reportedly armed with small arms, rocket-propelled grenades and several bombs.By the time the Algerian military forced a bloody end to the four-day terrorist operation Saturday, 29 terrorists and 37 civilian hostages were dead, including three Americans, according to Algerian and U.S. officials. Ever since the fall of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi in February 2011, the U.S. and its allies have been scrambling to round up thousands of small arms and man-portable anti-aircraft missiles that were believed to have been looted from military stores during the revolution there. Days before Belmokhtar made his claim in 2011, the United Nations unanimously adopted a resolution calling on Libya and its neighbors to secure the weapons...."
Wikibooks and the Disruptive Power of Wikis Just as blogs are disrupting news media, could wikis have the same effect on the publishing industry? Not only can wikis be set up very easily and, in may cases, for free, but they create an entirely new paradigm by allowing for public editing of content. On the surface, wikis fly in the face of the fundamental principles of the written word: permanence, an historical record, a singular source of authority, and not the very least, copyright. Wikis are still in their infancy, but if they are embraced the way blogs have been, they could radically change the way we think about written material of all types.
A New York Times Magazine article titled “Bloom Town: The Wild Life of American Cities” got my attention and that of several Rant readers, who wrote to me about it. And no wonder – it appears to be about a subject we’ve written about here over the years, and I eagerly read it. Then I read it again in an attempt to determine the POINT of it. Then I consulted a very careful reader friend of mine who declared herself bored by the article because it “has no central message” and was mere ” filler.” So I feel a lot better about not gleaning its message myself. Though maybe I didn’t try hard enough. I was put off by the statement early on that “urban plants were more likely to be able to fertilize themselves,” by which the author was referring to reproduction, not the making of nutrients. The author is listed as the science editor for BoingBoing. So sorry, readers, I won’t be summarizing and commenting on this article but please offer your own take on it right here in a comment.Posted by Susan Harris on December 4, 2012 at 5:13 pm, in the category Everybody's a Critic.
Why Your Ex Really Wants To Be Friends After The Breakup When the infamous "we can still be friends" line smacks you right in the face, it's a hard pill to swallow. But what does your ex really mean here? Does your boyfriend or girlfriend really want to stay friends with you, or is there something else behind these words? After all, your ex is breaking up with you. They intend to date other people, and so will you. Offering to stay friends isn't very practical, no matter what the two of you might have in common. So is your ex just saying this to let you down easy? It's certainly possible. Some people don't handle confrontation very well, and your ex might be saying what he or she thinks you want to hear in order to escape the stickiest of all situations: the dreaded breakup speech. However, there's another much more common reason why your ex might to stay friends with you right now. It's a reason that's selfish and simple, but it's also a sign of hope: Your ex isn't ready to lose you completely. Remember that breaking up is a two-way street. You're not just losing your boyfriend or girlfriend, they're also losing you. The comfort and reassurance they derived from the relationship is gone the moment they stop seeing you, and your ex knows they'll be pretty lonely over the next few weeks or months. With that in mind, why let you go all at once? Wouldn't it be easier to keep you 'around', even as a friend, while they decide if they'd rather be with someone else? Wouldn't it be safer for them to string you along, knowing exactly what you're up to, just in case they changed their mind and wanted you back? The Ramifications of Being Friends With Your Ex The biggest problem with being friends with your ex (when you still want to get them back) is that you're actually prolonging your own breakup. In keeping the lines of communication open and just being around them, you're providing your ex with security and peace of mind. This enables them to continue the break unhindered, essentially shopping around for something better with the comfort of knowing you're still there if they want you. "Great", you think. "So by staying friends I'll be easily accessible for when they want me back!" No. This type of logic is flawed from the beginning, because the very act of staying friends after the breakup is what enables your ex to continue with their single life. By being their friend and staying in their life, you're actually accelerating the process of your ex being able to find (and start dating) someone else. NOT Being Friends After The Breakup - Forcing Your Ex's Hand On the flip side of the coin, refusing to be friendly with your ex boyfriend or girlfriend will actually help your cause. By breaking all ties and letting your ex know you won't be there for them, your boyfriend or girlfriend is now forced to face the breakup alone. Loneliness is a powerful thing. Your ex will feel somewhat abandoned by you, even if they were the one who initiated the breakup. By totally removing yourself from your ex's life you create a big void, and they won't immediately be able to fill that void with anything resembling the close relationship you had with them. On top of the loneliness, your ex will feel something else: uncertainty. Suddenly you're the one going off and doing your own thing, and by breaking all contact your ex now has no clue whether or not you even want them back. Maybe you're off with someone else? Maybe you're totally over the relationship? Best of all, maybe they can't get you back if they wanted to... and for an ex boyfriend or girlfriend who broke up with you, this is the scariest part of all. Understand that your ex thinks he or she will be strong. Part of this is because they expect you to still be around, in one capacity or another. Extending the offer to stay friendly is a good way for them to keep tabs on you, and to derive the strength needed to extend the breakup. But take all these things away and suddenly your ex is in a lot weaker position, making it a lot easier to get them back in the long run. What To Tell Your Ex When They Offer To Stay Friends With You The easiest way to handle such a situation is a flat out 'no'. You don't need to make excuses, and you don't need to backpedal. Above all else, don't let your ex boyfriend or girlfriend badger you into agreeing to stay friends with such lines as "Well we've been friends even before we started dating" and "There's no good reason why we can't stay in touch". The more brutally honest you are, the better off you'll be. Tell your ex: This approach lends a certain finality to the breakup that your ex is definitely not expecting right now. Your boyfriend or girlfriend was looking to let go of you over a much longer period of time, and to be able to reach out and contact you whenever they felt the need. But here, you're totally shutting them down. Your ex will also have to start worrying about what you plan to do after the breakup. Instead of waiting around for a while hoping they'll come back, it suddenly seems as if you're launching your own campaign to start a new single life. This creates a much more unstable situation for your ex boyfriend or girlfriend. In the blink of an eye, he or she now has to face the possibility of the breakup going beyond their control. Walking Away From Your Ex - No Contact, No Friendship Hands down, refusing to be friends with your ex is the best way to regain their interest and NOT fall victim to the friendship trap. In the end, it all boils down to one thing: You can try to be friends with your ex, OR you can try to get them back... but you can't do both. The sooner you can put your ex out in the cold by distancing yourself from them, the faster they're going to start missing you again. This includes leaving them completely alone via phone calls, emails, text-messages, and even Facebook or MySpace. You don't have to 'defriend' your ex, or even log onto your social networking accounts at all. This is a common mistake most people make, because defriending them makes you look bitter and scorned. Look at it this way: the more of a mystery you can become to your ex, the faster they'll need to hear from you again. The less it appears that you really give a shit, the more your ex boyfriend or girlfriend actually will. What To Do If You're Already Friends With Your Ex Now if you've already agreed to such an arrangement and are on friendly terms with your ex boyfriend or girlfriend, there's no reason to panic. There are still approachs you can take, but they will require 'breaking' the friendship and moving quickly in the opposite direction. Below are two of the best gender-specific guides to relationship repair, by breakup-guru Matt Huston. Listen to his Free audio advice on how to handle things in even the trickiest of situations: For Guys: The EX2 System Free Audio Adviceon getting your girlfriend to want you back, including mental and psychogical tricks that will bring her back to the 'honeymoon' mindset! Get instant results by learning methods and techniques you can start using today, and immediately start on the path to winning her back. For Girls: Get Him Back Forever Free Audio Adviceon what you can to do to stop and reverse your breakup, no matter what stage it might currently be in. Learn what your boyfriend really wants from your relationship, and how to offer it to him in such a way that getting back together with you suddenly becomes his idea!
Guest Speaker: Bishop Gregory Palmer “Words” September 13, 2015 Bishop Gregory Palmer The community is invited to join the Ginghamsburg Church family from our Tipp City, Fort McKinley and The Point campuses this Sunday at 10am at the Tipp City Campus for Worship on the Lawn. Hear a powerful word from United Methodist West Ohio Conference Bishop Gregory Palmer, join in with the mass choir and enjoy a hot cup of joe. Be sure to bring a chair or blanket. Afterward, stay for lunch (buy onsite or pack a picnic) and a free after-party with pony rides, inflatables, a pumpkin patch, face painting, pony rides and more free fun for the kids. - Proverbs 1:20-33 - Psalm 19 - Isaiah 50:4-9a - Psalm 116:1-9 - James 3:1-12 - Mark 8:27-38 Words Reveal Your Voice The wisdom of your words reveals the voice of your heart and mind. Scripture speaks warnings and encouragements in using your tongue. Wise words can unite our voices as a community. Study these scriptures and apply them in revealing your voice daily. Daily devotionals that accompany each day's reading are also available on Facebook. They are created by a great Ginghamsburg unpaid servant team. You do not have to be a Facebook user to access them. View here. Day 1: Read James 3:1-12 Not all are teachers, but all teach in some way: Whom do you influence? When was your voice poisonous recently? When did it help heal or create unity? What made the difference in controlling your tongue? How can you reconcile your words in a relationship today? Day 2: Read Proverbs 1:20-33 How does wisdom spread her message? When have you recently listened to public voices to gain wisdom? How does listening create diversity of thought and enhance wisdom? How will those who don’t listen be treated? Whose counsel should ultimately shape your voice? Day 3: Review Psalm 19 How does creation speak for God? How does sunlight reveal joy in following God’s wisdom in the daytime? What can hide in the darkness? How are your words tied to your thoughts? Listen to creation today and find joy in the light shining on your life circumstances. Day 4: Read Wisdom of Solomon 7:26 - 8:1 Why does wisdom surpass light? What does wisdom provide? Why is active wisdom necessary for the future? How has wisdom been revealed to generations through the words of your voice? Describe how you live with wisdom and how God blesses that choice. Day 5: Read Isaiah 50:4-9a Describe a word that sustained you through weariness. Describe a time you shut your ears to God’s word and the results. Describe a time God opened your ears. Who vindicates you and why? What words are sustaining you in this season of life? Day 6: Read Psalm 116:1-9 Who all hears your voice? How can you know and trust that both God and people hear you? Whom should you call on in times of trouble? What is delivered from death? How can you rest in this knowledge? How does this knowledge increase your wisdom and affect your voice? Day 7: Review Mark 8:27-38 What words reveal the wisdom and voices of the disciples’ belief? Why is this timing important? What significance did Jesus’ warning have? What did they need to learn? What did Peter’s words reveal? What will your words reveal today: divine things or human things? Bishop Gregory Palmer;"Words" Copyright © 2016 Ginghamsburg Church All rights Reserved.
Our recent identification and preliminary characterization of a lymphatic vascular system in the zebrafish has made it possible to bring the powerful genetic, experimental embryologic,and imaging tools available in this model organism to bear on the question of how lymphatic vessels form and what regulates their growth and assembly. Understanding how to regulate and control lymphatic vessel formation is a topic of considerable clinical interest given recent evidence suggesting that lymphatics are the major route for tumor metastasis in many if not most cancers. The long-term goal of this project is to expand on our preliminary findings in order to gain a more detailed understanding of how lymphatic vessels assemble in the fish, and then use this powerful model to study how lymphangiogenesis is regulated in vivo. The lymphatic system has become the subject of great interest in recent years because of its important role in normal and pathological processes, but progress in understanding the origins and early development of this system has been hampered by difficulties in observing lymphatic cells in vivo and performing defined genetic and experimental manipulation of the lymphatic system in currently available model organisms. We recently showed for the first time that the zebrafish possesses a lymphatic system that shares many of the morphological, molecular, and functional characteristics of the lymphatic vessels found in other vertebrates (including humans), providing a superb new model for imaging and studying lymphatic development. Using two-photon time-lapse imaging of transgenic zebrafish, we also traced the migration and lineage of individual cells incorporating into the lymphatic endothelium, providing the first conclusive in vivo evidence establishing that early lymphatic endothelial cells are derived from primitive venous blood vessels. We are continuing to examine the assembly and origins of the lymphatic system of the zebrafish. In ongoing studies we are using time-lapse two-photon imaging of transgenic animals, lymphangiography (imaging of dye injected into lymphatic vessels), histology, and scanning and transmission electron microscopy to further characterize how the lymphatic vascular system grows and assembles during development. We are also examining the spatial and temporal expression of lymphatic genes to gain a better understanding of where and how cells become specified as lymphatic endothelial cells. In addition, we are characterizing a number of novel as well as previously characterized genes. Our goal is to determine what functional role they play in lymphatic endothelial specification and differentiation, and in lymphatic vessel formation and growth. We have identified several lymphatic specific mutants in genetic screens and are now carrying out positional cloning and characterization of these mutants. We are also using antisense oligonucleotide knockdown technologies to examine the loss-of-function phenotypes of a number of genes. We have recently used these knockdown methods to show that netrin, a secreted molecule previously shown to have an important role in neuronal guidance, is also required for lymphatic assembly and patterning. In addition, we have also recently identified a role for chemokine signaling in directing the patterning of the trunk lymphatic vascular network The results of our studies, combining the genetic and experimental tools available in the zebrafish with the ability to perform high-resolution microscopic imaging of developing vascular structures in living animals, are leading to important new insights into the origins and growth of the lymphatic system. \|Mulligan, Timothy S; Weinstein, Brant M (2014) Emerging from the PAC: Studying zebrafish lymphatic development. Microvasc Res :\| \|Isogai, Sumio; Hitomi, Jiro; Yaniv, Karina et al. (2009) Zebrafish as a new animal model to study lymphangiogenesis. Anat Sci Int 84:102-11\|
Business Branding - How Character Affects Customers and Your Business Image The general public buys excess of just your product or service, services and so-called image promotions. Every time they interact with anyone or anything associated with your small business, they're automatically branded emotionally, bad or good, from the totality of your business character. - restaurant branding design Whether you are your small business or even a large operation, it is immaterial. In the event that brand can be found lacking at any time in the customer-relation scenario, their come back to you like a future-paying customer will probably be highly unlikely, not forgetting all their word-of-mouth associations. In the event it does not get your attention, you then as well as your business will be in trouble already. Brand marketing and brand character are certainly familiar business terms, but they are business-school jargon, nonetheless. All of those buzz words may sound effective in board-rooom presentations and seminars, but often mean something else to customers. As the highly-paid marketing gurus let you know to target presenting your products or services imagery, they don't warn you that it's your organizational brand that does the real imprinting. What's most notable is the total character of one's particular business imprints that brand in your customers' emotions, a realm far beyond typical business education. That is why In my opinion you are very likely look at consultant to possess this kind of perspective. As every interaction with your public can be a so-called "moment of truth" or, in addition to this, "moment of judgment", people knows when they're being burned with a hot poker; plus they judge accordingly. A form of business branding is, therefore, created by you and the organization at each turn. It's both an energetic and passive event. The consumer merely views it, experiences its presence, engages his / her emotions, and then determines YOUR fate. So, you're ready to to make sure with the quality of your business trademark around your product or service and services. It is the only way to essentially distinguish your company from your crowded and competitive business arena we call world markets! Obviously every company promotes its services and products to gain business for the purpose of profit. That's no sin. Without realizing it, though, an undesirable organizational brand quality can scuttle that endeavor, especially when it is exposed as an integral section of the market-to-purchase-service process. You can not hide it. Emotional branding of the customers is particularly created or dessecrated with every interaction at every level, whether that interaction is direct or indirect. So, realization that business-branding occurs on a regular basis is the first step, but a most-important one. While typical brand marketing of the product focuses mainly on product imagery, it is your public interactions that will force all the expenses associated with marketing that imagery to crumble in one moment. Point: As the organizational character is reflected, so goes your future failure or success! Quite simply, coping with people especially exposes your organizational brand for the purpose it truly is. In total, every talk and every walk that the company engages in, no matter size and business sector, refines or tarnishes your business-brand image. Here's in which the true corporate or business character, as displayed by your individuals the form or disposition and attitudes, sets you up for profits and losses. Lose the center with the customer and all of that development, testing, marketing and expected profits will go literally up in smoke. The important thing the following is learning how to recognize your company brand name and keep it shining from the inside, not just at first glance. Surprisingly, many highly educated organizations don't get WHY their business brand is broken. It's pitiful to view. Assuming it's production or process related, management know-it-all vanity generally seems to obstruct from seeing the straightforward truth. The effectiveness of People and Emotions Watch has managers TALK about the importance of people, but actually focus or Leave behind the people factors like character; the ones define the totality of your business brand way over any tool within your marketing arsenal. So many CEOs and managers realize the importance of appealing to emotion. However, the branding tool which they usually decide to do the task is their product or service itself. They even can attempt smiles and free coffee mugs who are not enough, because that isn't what customers need or want. Well, there's far more! To begin with, if values touted in mission and philosophy statements are sufficient for fulfillment could be a dangerous assumption in the current competitive arenas. Character needs to be perfected at each turn, internally and externally. As an example, your programs might be internally late, not as a result of inabilities of your people, but because of internal cutting politics, indecisions plus a constant condition of change induced by managers being a form of rearranging deck chairs over a sinking ship. I know this first hand. During my 36 many years of associating with assorted product development and product marketing teams, including 12 years with all the successful Saturn Corporation, I have personally witnessed precisely how brand-marketing strategies have caused many fine organizations to shed focus. How? They have been resulted in adapt to the lopsided thinking that branding applies more to some type of service and product imagery that induces lust a lot more than warm emotions. Externally, a company truly must concentrate on product, price and marketing imagery, but directing the whole thing toward customer lust to buy is obviously a double-edged sword. For one, lust may be the wrong emotion to appeal. By its nature, lust is really a sentiment which is never satisfied, rather than enough to help keep customers always buying from you. Here's why: Those who lust may also be fickle! Eventually the truth about your pricing, fair value, reliability, service and care may cause One to be judged by them walking making use of their feet and their wallets. Price gouging especially personifies negative-emotion branding, and occurs when an organization prices many or services to ensure that managers could make salaries and benefits beyond their value. I guess that's supposed to be way too harmful to the general public. That's capitalism, many say. In reality, gouging then becomes the company brand; and attempting to save the company face by donating to charities and politicians is viewed merely as an attempt to gain absolution. Some rebates sort of fit into that category, in my opiniion. The prices were a gouge to start with! An even more sinister brand is the place business allows itself to use manipulatable accounting practices like RONA (return on net assets) because the main benchmark for management bonuses. First, it helps accounting trickery through postponing of programs and reducing of head count to fake its financial health in order that bonuses can activate. Which makes the organization books manipulatable in the cost of the shoppers, the stock holders in addition to employees. In essence, their manipulation put off the day when prices would naturally reflect fairness. Well, the general public just isn't stupid. These people have a long memory in terms of someone taking their funds and delivering poor value, disrespecting them at the time of purchase or service. They even recognize when you route your employees. And so they certainly know if they are being gouged or manipulated in order to sustain a business' plan that's designed to win without exceptions, namely theirs. How frequently perhaps you have paid top dollar to get a quality product, however it still failed? How often perhaps you have paid a high price as the company cut its employees to shreds with downsizing everything except upper management's perks? That brands you as a nasty hot poker, because they know they're investing in those perks. Like I said, the client just isn't stupid. Because of their awareness, you are now expected to deliver quality products, quality services, and quality in their total buying experience; understanding that now includes quality pricing; hence, value pricing at employee discounts. In the end, the general public knows they're overpaying for literally everything. Failure to comply to customer expectations by any means brands you being an abuser, but brands them to gullible, disrespected and undignified. Discuss negative emotions! This idea of economic or organizational branding is an image niche untouched by many people business books. Now, crap. Plenty of training is happening, however, not about total business branding, especially ethics and fairness in pricing for value rendered. Yes, we've mission statements, philosophy statements and merely a touch of team-oriented, feel-good workout sessions. Yet, many companies still manage to miss the objective, not in each and every corner, but enough to produce many CEOs shy away from market-share and earnings-reporting time; which only proves that customers possess the last say, further proving that higher education doesn't necessarily guarantee business success. Few managers and companies really take the TOTALITY of these business brand to heart, including personal communications and relations. Emphasis is really heavy on attempting to make a profit they disregard the one take into account the formula which may assure that profit. As products, processes and quality increasingly consider the center stage, increasingly more companies have become oblivious as to the reasons they are losing business, and can risk being blown broke entirely. There is always a reason for each and every effect. Do not let the negative-branding syndrome occur to your business or maybe your company, although you may just work there. Produce a resolve for increase the business brand. Remember that every internal issue should come to light in some manner that you could not now even imagine. You can help yourself and your business by first attending to. Accept the reality that the general public fully recognizes when another product or service is better, and they always vote using their pocket books. It's their right up to it is their duty for economic self preservation. Your products might be innovative, however a greedy price mark-up, as an example, can dry their emotions quite readily. Which is equally as much a brand name failure being a recalled tire. Yes, a failure to keep the customers' emotions positive can be deadly in your main point here. So, enough time being more alert is currently! And talking about emotion, why do some products fail to sell, while some prosper? Simple: Despite today's business doctrines, product quality is not enough! Content articles are no longer enough. The only way you are able to segregate yourself from your competition on this new century would be to better the totality of the customers' business experience; as that summarizes your business brand and attracts your customers' hearts where their buying and staying emotions originate. So, next time some market guru challenges you to brand market your services, be sure to include your total business brand. Making darn sure it isn't just any hot iron. - restaurant branding design
So, I shall venture into politics in this political season, which is something I seldom do. This article is about history - it is all about your point of view, isn't it? Columbus Day is October 8, 2012. Let us all honor America as the Founding Fathers intended. I know that we here on the vine prefer to get our jollies, stimulation and gestalt in little tiny bits, sound bites if you will, that catch our short little attention spans only for a moment. Then, we comment and then instantly move on to some other conversation that tickles our fancy. But I am an old fashioned sort of fellow who did listen to radio and to long playing comedy albums. This was one of my favorites. Stan Freberg's album, Stan Freberg Presents The United States of America, was a long playing vinyl album and takes a while to take in. I hope you spend a few moments listening to this little piece of comedy. This was very popular in it's day. 2- Columbus Discovers America 03- Pilgrim's Progress 04- The Thanksgiving Story 05- The Sale of Manhattan 06- The Boston Tea Party 07- Declaration of Independence 08- Betsy Ross and the Flag 09- Washington Crosses the Delaware 10- Yankee Doodle Go Home 11- The Battle of Yorktown & Finale I really enjoyed listening to this recording. Let's take an Indian to lunch this week. A real live Indian to lunch. The luncheon was, needless to say, a great success. We all had our minds set on roast eagle but we had turkey instead.
Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. \|This article is in need of more images and/or better quality pictures in order to achieve a higher status. You can help Halo Nation by uploading better images on this page.\| \|There is more information available on this subject at Mass driver on the English Wikipedia.\| The Mass Driver is a United Nations Space Command weapon system and orbital launch assembly. The operating principle of the mass driver is essentially the same as that of the Magnetic Accelerator Cannon: a coilgun that magnetically accelerates a package consisting of a magnetizable holder containing a (usually solid) payload. A mass driver, or "electromagnetic catapult", is a space-launch method that uses a linear motor to accelerate payloads to extremely high speeds. All existing and contemplated mass drivers use coils of wire energized by electricity to make electromagnets. Sequential firing of a row of electromagnets accelerates the payload along a path. After leaving the barrel, the payload continues to travel due to inertia. Once the payload has been accelerated, the two separate, and the holder is slowed and cycled for another payload. Mass drivers consist of flexible "gimbal" assemblies that are linked with magnetic induction devices. They can be loaded with payloads of limited weight, and by means of magnetic induction, mass drivers can propel low-weight payloads into orbit, e.g. easy disposal of hazardous nuclear waste. Mass drivers were used in developing colonies such as Harvest for orbital lifting, but their capacity for loads of limited mass eventually forced colony worlds to resort to more robust mechanisms for lifting. The magnetic induction technology of the mass driver was later applied to a whole field of magnetically-operated UNSC projectile weaponry, such as the M99 Stanchion and the Magnetic Accelerator Cannon. The mass driver on Harvest was originally used for firing nuclear waste into Epsilon Indi, Harvest's sun, and also used during solstice celebrations on Harvest. Additionally, they could be used as impromptu weaponry, as demonstrated in the First Battle of Harvest; their magnetic induction technology could be used to propel projectiles at extremely high speeds with a high degree of accuracy, even going so far as to disable the Covenant ship, Rapid Conversion, in two well-placed shots. Later in the battle, the UNSC Planetary Security Intelligence Loki used a mass driver to destroy Harvest's orbital facility, the Tiara. Sometime after the colonization of Harvest, the shipping operations AI Sif had a critical failure in her data center's power supply. Trying to be as helpful as possible, another AI, Mack, used the mass driver to boost the component into orbit - literally shooting the power supply into the Tiara's coupling station. This was a very risky move, seeing as Mack could have easily destroyed Sif's main data center, effectively "killing" her. The Rubble possessed two Mass Drivers which were used to break up larger asteroids to make mining them easier. They were later used to disable the UNSC Midsummer Night, but were later destroyed by the Covenant ship Infinite Spoils due to the danger they posed to the Covenant ships. During the Fall of Reach, Emile-A239 manned an Onager mass driver to fend off Covenant forces assaulting the UNSC Pillar of Autumn. However, the SPARTAN-III was killed by two Sangheili warriors, prompting SPARTAN-B312 to commandeer the cannon and destroy an incoming CCS-class battlecruiser in order to allow the Autumn to escape. After the Human-Covenant war, mass drivers were used for defense at Ivanoff Research Station and aboard the Infinity.
Glycolic acid is a mild form of alpha hydroxy acid (AHA). The presence of the word acid in the description may seem a bit alarming, but a mild acid can be very effective when it comes to skin care. Here's why: The surface of your skin is protected by a thin layer of moisture and oil. Your skin is also constantly shedding dead cells. The dead cells can sometimes become trapped under or settle onto the protective moisture layer instead of falling off. Accumulated dead skin cells can create big problems, especially when you don't cleanse your face regularly and well. It can block tiny pores in the skin that can become infected and painful. It may also be a contributing factor in the development of skin conditions like acne. When your skin begins to age, dead skin cells can also settle into lines and wrinkles, making them appear more pronounced than they actually are. This coating of dead skin and oil can sometimes be hard to wash off, too. That's were a mild acid comes in very handy. Glycolic acid is stronger than the natural acid balance of your skin but not strong enough to be harmful. Applying it regularly for a prescribed period can help make skin look younger, reduce the appearance of wrinkles, reduce discoloration and help control breakouts by stripping away dead skin and stimulating the new skin underneath. This process of removing dead skin and other debris is called exfoliation. Glycolic acid is available in over the counter as well as in stronger prescription strength preparations for use as an exfoliant. Where glycolic acid and other AHAs were originally used as exfoliants and in the treatment of acne and other skin conditions, it wasn't long before dermatologists discovered a side benefit. The use of AHAs also increased the production of collagen in the dermal layer of the skin. Collagen synthesis benefits are usually associated with more concentrated glycolic acid formulations like deep peels, though. Today, glycolic acid is used in varying concentrations in many skin care products. Glycolic acid isn't for everyone. If you have a rash or damaged skin, consult a dermatologist before using any AHA product. If you're pregnant or nursing, glycolic acid preparations are generally safe to use. Read the informational material and instructions on the products you buy carefully, and discuss changes to your skin care regimen with your doctor.
Vitamins "Neyromultivit" are used in the treatment of various disorders of the nervous system, as well as back problems (spinal hernia, back pain, etc.).Composition "Neyromultivita" ideal for effective treatment of the above diseases.This comprehensive product contains only B vitamins About pharmacological effects, indications and contraindications to its use, read on. Vitamins "Neyromultivit": composition Tablets aforementioned formulation contains the following substances: - thiamine hydrochloride 100 mg; - cyanocobalamin - about 200 mg; - pyridoxine hydrochloride - 200 mg. Also in the "Neyromultivita" includes and auxiliary substances: - magnesium stearate; - microcrystalline cellulose; shell tablet of a medicament comprising titanium dioxide, ethyl acrylate and methyl methacrylate copolymer, macrogol, hypromellose, talc. 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Contraindications and special instructions not to everyone authorizes to take vitamins "Neyromultivit" instruction manual.The composition of the drug is contraindicated for patients and young adults who have marked idiosyncrasy of its components. In rare cases, the use of vitamins "Neyromultivit" the patient has certain side effects.It: - sudden nausea; - rash on the skin; It should be noted that the composition of "Neyromultivita" well tolerated.But keep in mind that cyanocobalamin may mask the signs of a lack of folic acid.Also, more than 4 weeks should not eat vitamins "Neyromultivit." Composition (instruction on the application of this warning) to the use of the drug is contraindicated in pregnant and breastfeeding women. Drug interactions with other drugs Taking multivitamin complexes, necessary to consider the composition of "Neyromultivita."For those drugs that contain vitamin B, should not be used in conjunction with this tool. 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Who is Bruno Rossi? In February of 1996, NASA renamed XTE to honor Bruno B. Rossi. The official title of XTE is the Bruno B. Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer, or RXTE. Professor Bruno Rossi (and his colleagues) discovered the first non-solar source of X-rays (Scorpius X-1). Rossi, a pioneer in both X-ray astronomy and space plasma physics, died in 1993, after a long and distinguished career. He served as professor of Physics and Professor Emeritus at MIT, and in 1987 was the co-recipient of the prestigious Wolf Prize in Physics. The Bruno B. Rossi Prize, awarded annually to a top astrophysicist for achievements in the field, is named in his honor. Bruno B. Rossi is pictured below.
Angry words of '63 Dallas now part of mainstreamBreaking News tags: JFK, Dallas, JFK assassination, Kennedys On the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, the Dallas Morning News ran a giant black-bordered ad headlined "Welcome Mr. Kennedy to Dallas" that ripped him as soft on communism. Plastered around town were black-framed posters of Kennedy's face under the words, "Wanted for Treason." As Kennedy landed in Dallas, he ominously told his wife, Jacqueline, "We're heading into nut country." In 1963, "nut country" - both left- and right-wing - was confined to pockets like Dallas around the country. Now, extreme speech like the kind heard in Dallas 50 years ago has become mainstream - particularly on the right, amplified by social media and encouraged by gridlocked political leaders looking to win the political minute.... comments powered by Disqus - Why Trump Would Almost Certainly Be Violating the Constitution If He Continues to Own His Businesses - Remembering Pearl Harbor Brings ‘Date Which Will Live in Infamy’ to Virtual Reality - Will Trump back women’s museum? - New scholarship coming to Mormon lessons, but will instructors really teach it? - Why the history of slavery in the US South is taking centre stage once again - Novelist says History classes are our best hope for teaching Americans to question fake news and Donald Trump - National Book Award winner Ibram X. Kendi is youngest in 30 years in the non-fiction category - Historian Volker Ullrich’s book on the rise of Hitler is spookily relevant - People are still talking about historian Mark Lilla’s NYT op ed 2 weeks after it was published - Rick Perlstein says Trump’s election confirms a paranoid trend in the GOP
... personal wiki, blog and notes Journals and Blogging On Thursday I gave my seminar at Oxford. Of course I wrote the abstract months before the talk, so I didn't cover half the things I said I would in any detail, but for the record, the presentation itself is on my Talks page. Of the sixty slides in the presentation, most of the discussion afterwards concentrated on six slides at the end, and it became clear that I had confused my audience about what I was saying, so this is by way of trying to clear up some misconceptions. For many in the audience I think this was there first significant exposure to the ideas and technologies of blogging (and importantly trackback). I introduced the concept with these factoids (from the 15th of March): Google search on ?climate blogs? yields 33,900,000 hits. tecnorati is following 30 million blogs 269,404 have climate posts 1,953 climate posts in ?environmental? blogs 131 posts about potential vorticity (mainly in weather/hurricane blogs) Very few ?professional? standard blogs in our field, but gazillions in others! (Notwithstanding: RealClimate and others.) I then compared traditional scientific publishing and self publishing, and this is where I think my message got blurred. Anyway, the comparison was along these lines: \|Traditional Publishing\|\|Self Publishing\| \|Review\|\|Peer-Review; the gold standard\|\|What people think is visible! Trackback, Annotation\| \|Quality measures\|\|Citation\|\|Citation, Trackback and Annotation\| \|Feedback\|\|publish then email, slow\|\|Immediate Feedback, Hyperlinks\| \|Indexing\|\|Web of Science etc, reliable\|\|Tagging, Google, just as reliable\| \|Readability\|\|Paper is nice to read\|\|PDF can be printed\| \|Other\|\|You can still publish in the traditional media\| \|Review\|\|Peer review is not all it could be\|\|No formal peer review\| \|Indexing\|\|Proprietary indexing (roll on google-scholar)\|\|Ranking a problem: finding your way amongst garbage\| \|Other\|\|Often very slow to print\| \|Libraries can't afford to buy copies (limited readership)\| \|Trackback and Comment Spam\| I then concluded the big question is really how to deal with self publishing and peer review outside the domain of traditional journals, because I think for many their days are numbered (possibly apart from as formal records). Most of the ensuring discussion was predicated on the assumption that I was recommending blogging as the alternative to "real" publishing, despite the fact that earlier I had introduced the RCUK position statement on open access and I then went straight on to introduce Institutional Repositories and the CLADDIER project. So, let me try and be very explicit about the contents of my crystal ball. The days of traditional journals are numbered, if they continue to behave the way they do, i.e. Publishers continue to aggregate, and ignore the (declining) buying power of their academic markets. They do not embrace new technologies. They maintain outdated licensing strategies. Two outstanding exemplars of journals moving with the times (for whom this is not a problem) are: Note also their harnessing of Supplementary Online Material is a good thing. They're only one step away from formally allowing data citation! Their licensing policy is fair: authors can self-publish into their own and institutional archives six months after publication. (Nature explicitly does not require authors to sign away copyright!) Uses the same license as this blog (Creative Commons Non-Commercial Share-Alike). Peer Review is done in public, and the entire scientific community can join in. Check out the flow chart. Early results and pre-publication discussion will occur in public using blog technologies! Obviously some communities will hold back some material so as to maintain competitive advantage (actually, I think the only community that should do so are graduate students who maybe need more time from idea to fruition, the rest of us will gain from sharing) We may need to have a registration process and use identify management to manage spam on "professional blogs", but individuals will probably continue to do their own thing. Some institutions will need to evolve their policies about communication with the public (especially government institutions). There will be more "editorialising" about what we are doing and why, and this will make us all confront each other more, and hopefully increase the signal level within our community. Data Publication will happen, and then we will see bi directional citation mechanisms (including trackback) between data and publications. By extending trackback to include bidirectional citation mechanisms and implementing this at Institutional Repositories (and journals) we will see traditional citation resources becoming less important. (There is a major unsolved problem though: there might be multiple copies of a single resource - author copy, IR copy, journal of record copy - done properly they all need to know about a citation, which means it'll have to behave more like a tag then a trackback alone ... however, I still think the days of a business model built around a traditional citation index may be numbered.) To sum up: Many journals will die if they don't change their spots Trackback linking will become very important in how we do citation. Post publication annotation will become more prevalent. Blogging (technologies) will add another dimension to scientific discourse. Four ways to avoid web boredom (from "Unsought Input" on Tuesday 07 November, 2006)
More of a nuisance than serious problem, fungus gnats are a member of the fly family that feed on decaying plant matter, root hairs and organic mulch. The adult female fungus gnat lays her eggs in moist, organic debris and growing media, and eggs are most prevalent when fungus and excess moisture is present. Fungus gnats typically are not a major pest of strawberry plant, but that doesn’t make them any less annoying. If not controlled, fungus gnats will continue to multiply and infest nearby plants. Set yellow sticky traps around the strawberry plants to catch adult fungus flies. Monitor the traps every few days and replace as needed. Pour the beneficial nematodes in 2 quarts of water and mix for several seconds. Transfer the liquid to a garden sprayer. Add additional water if needed to the sprayer to treat the area. The addition water is nothing more than a carrying agent so the amount is not important. One package of 5 million nematodes treats a 500 square foot area, while 25 million nematodes treat a 1,500 square foot area. Spray the soil around the strawberry plants with the diluted nematodes during the early morning hours when temperatures are 60 degrees Fahrenheit or above. The nematodes will attack the larvae of the fungus gnats living in the soil. Water the strawberries with about 1/2 to 2 inches of water daily for 3 days following the treatment. This will improve the effectiveness of the nematodes. Prevent fungus gnats by removing plant debris from around the strawberry plants and avoiding over watering the plants. Things You Will Need - Yellow sticky traps - Beneficial nematodes - Garden sprayer - Water hose - Photos.com/Photos.com/Getty Images
The afternoons can stretch on when you have little kids and long summer days. On Tuesday afternoon, head to one of the two Altadena libraries for a kid-focused presentation called Habitats & Adaptations. Kids will learn about how wild animals have jobs and houses, just like people, and how animals create and take care of their habitats. Live animals will be present! Tuesday, July 7 2 p.m.: Altadena Main Library, 600 E. Mariposa St. 4:30 p.m.: Bob Lucas Branch Library, 2659 Lincoln Ave.
Most of us have developed a variety of different ‘bios’ for different purposes. We have one for work, that basically describes our acquired skills and experience and what we ‘do for a living’. We have one for meeting new people socially, whether that be on a dating site or just something we relate at cocktail parties or potlucks. (For most of us, thankfully, that is no longer mostly about what we do for work.) It is more likely to be aspirational — what we want to do in our future, and who (known or not yet met) we hope to do it with, though it likely also includes some data like our marital and family status. And then we have a third ‘bio’ that is the story we tell ourselves, and selectively our loved ones, about ourselves. It’s about how we define ourselves: what we love and care about, our purpose and intentions, our philosophy or worldview, and the adjectives and other ‘labels’ we assign ourselves. Trying to combine these three bios is a messy business. They have different ‘audiences’ and there are many things about us each audience just doesn’t want to know. And most interestingly, each has a different predominant tense: the work bio is past-tense focused (what have we shown), the relationship bio is future-tense focused (what are we looking for), and the self-bio is present-tense focused (who we really are, right now). Sadly, because most of us live such busy and struggling lives, the third bio is probably for most the least developed, the most unknown. When I was interviewing people, or looking for suppliers at work, I looked at their (mostly past-tense) bios, but I found I really didn’t care about them very much; people selling their services generally know if they have what it takes, and tend to self-select out of the application pool if they don’t think they have what’s needed. So when I was interviewing, I generally took it for granted that the applicants were qualified. What I wanted to know was a bit about their aspirations (to know if they would likely stick around long enough to have been worth hiring), but mostly I wanted to know about who they were right then — what they cared about, what they had passion for, what their personal ‘purpose’ was. That’s what differentiates people most, and what I wanted in work colleagues was shared passion and purpose. Those are the people we want to work with, and who will want to work with us. But it’s awkward getting to that: We can’t just baldly ask someone, in an interview (or a cocktail party or potluck) what they care about. It sounds too nosy, too personal. Besides, many people really have no idea what they care about, what their personal passions and purpose is, so asking them is just putting them on the spot. Likewise, when I belonged to OKCupid, the alt-culture dating site, I looked at their (mostly future-tense) bios, but I found I really didn’t care about them very much either; they were useful for eliminating inappropriate potential partners (in my case, those looking for the one perfect person to “complete” them, or looking to have children, or demonstrating a high level of neediness, or lack of intelligence, creativity, curiosity, self-knowledge or self-awareness) but not for identifying people with whom I might have an extraordinary connection. The list of what people like to do ‘in their spare time’ is not very helpful, either, since it really relates to their past story and what they’ve stumbled on that they’ve found valuable enough to continue doing. Knowing someone likes birdwatching or hang gliding or even shopping doesn’t really tell me if I’m going to enjoy their company. No, again, I want to know what they care about, what their ‘purpose’ and passions are — not whether they like seeing a rare Meriwhether’s Falcon, but rather whether they like studying birds’ behaviour to see what it teaches us about our own. Not whether they have liked something they’ve seen or done in past, but whether, based on their stated passions, whether there is something we’d likely like to do together right now. So how can we tactfully and skillfully ask these questions that unearth who people really are right now, so that we can discover quickly whether the person we have just met is destined to be our brilliant colleague, life partner, inspiring mentor or new best friend? Asking them to tell their story is precisely the wrong way to do this, in my experience. Most people (including me) are terrible story-tellers, and their stories tend to dwell on past facts and details that mostly have no bearing on what they care about or who they are now, or why. And most people love to tell their stories, because it’s easy and comfortable and they can censor out whatever they don’t like, or think you won’t like. Most people’s stories are polished fiction. Before exploring what might work better, let me summarize what I think are the 6 most important questions to probe to find that potential “brilliant colleague, life partner, inspiring mentor or new best friend”: - What adjectives or nouns would you use to describe yourself that differentiate you from most other people? When and how did these words come to apply to you? - Describe the most fulfilling day you can imagine, some day that might actually occur in the next year. As you describe each event in the day, explain why it would be so fulfilling to you. What are you doing each day that might increase the likelihood of such a day occurring? - What do you care about, right now? What would you mourn if it disappeared? What do you ache to have in your life? What would you work really long and hard to conserve or achieve? How did you come to care so much (now that’s a story worth listening to)? - What is your purpose, right now? What would elate you if you achieved it, today, this month, in the next year? What would devastate you if you failed, or didn’t get to try? How did this become your purpose? - What’s your basic philosophy or worldview about why you, and other humans, exist? Not what you believe is right or important (or what you, or humans ‘should’ do or be), but why you think we are the way we are now, and why you think we evolved. It’s an existential question, not a moral one. How did you come to this philosophy? - What’s your basic philosophy or worldview about what the next century holds for our planet? What do you see as your role and approach to dealing with that eventuality? How did you come to this philosophy? It seems go me that the best way to broach these questions, without seeming too abrupt, with someone you have just met or are just getting to know, is to go first. Be an example of openness and candour that makes it easier for others to follow. I would volunteer my own answers to these questions, probably in the order they are above (i.e. simplest and easiest first), by prefacing my answer with something like “someone asked me the other day…”. I would answer only the question in bold, unless prompted to elaborate, and then leave open the space for the other person to proffer their own answers. Once they did, or if they tried but struggled, I’d throw out the supplementary questions, especially the story-evoking ones in italics that elicit stories. That’s it. My newest idea for avoiding small-talk and useless bios, and hopefully finding more meaningful connections more quickly and reliably. So let me tell you what I care about, my purpose, my sense of who I am and how I see us, now. And then, rather than telling me your past or future story, tell me who you are and what you care about right now. If we find we care about very different things, then we can part company politely, knowing that. And if we find our answers to these questions largely overlap, who knows what might be possible? My answers to the 6 basic questions follow. If you want to know the why’s and how’s, that the subject for another conversation. - I am above all hedonistic, vegan, deschooled, unspiritual, joyful, imaginative, curious, and reflective. The decision to put hedonistic first is new and deliberate. Etymologically it means “attuned to sweet and pleasant things”. It in no way means shallow, reckless or insensitive. It acknowledges that there is only now, and that ‘just being’ — aware in this moment of what is — sensing and responding presently, intellectually, emotionally, sensuously, and intuitively, is probably the most honest, appreciative and authentic way of being anyone can aspire to. - My perfect day would be spent gently exploring wild and beautiful places, talking, eating, playing, making love and co-creating things with a small group of physically, emotionally and intellectually strong, fit, self-aware and beautiful people. - I care about the ongoing sixth great extinction of life on Earth, and the suffering it is causing. I care about making every moment of this short and amazing life count. I care about knowing how I, and the world, really ‘work’ and how I can be of use to all-life-on-Earth in the years I have left in ways that make a real difference. - For now, my purpose — what drives me — seems to be making the women in my life that I care about, happy, in any way that I can. That may sound strange, but it seems true for me, and brings me a lot of joy in return. - I believe we have evolved, each creature in its complex container of cells and organs, to experience the pure joy of being alive. Just that. Just to be, joyfully alive. Nothing spiritual in that — life emerged as an accident and has since deliberately been working to perpetuate itself when life is joyful and to extinguish itself when it is not. - Because of living far beyond our material means, exhausting the planet’s resources on which we depend, and polluting the planet beyond its capacity to cleanse itself, I believe human civilization will collapse in fits and starts, globally, over the coming decades and centuries, until what remains of humans is a small number of people living diverse, simple, tribal lives a few millennia from now, without infrastructure, hierarchy, technology or even connection with other tribes. I have to believe theirs will be joyful, leisurely, sustainable lives, which is more than we can say of our wonderful, terrible civilization.
Creating your own business To become an entrepreneur must take into account factors that affect your life in the future. The first is to analyze if you have the qualities needed (financial, responsibility ...) and take account of resignation to the current position. THE INITIAL IDEA To create a company must start with an idea (product innovation, service to do ..) that can be an innovation on products on the market, or improve an existing product. To create a company must look at innovation. The employer must analyze the changes in the environment, for example, these are the most significant in Spain: • Change in personal income. • Change in leisure time. • Change in educational level. • Change in the labor market · Cambo in the economy of the country. Once you have clearly defined the idea is to perform an analysis to identify whether or not one believes: 1. Demand Analysis. Analyzing the location, quantification, purchasing power, habits ... and analysis of balance and stability, by studying the growth capacity, substitute products, the durability of the products and if it is a necessity or luxury. 2. Competitive analysis. Noting the type of companies, your organization the degree of concentration and administrative regulation. 3. Study of location Place of supply of raw materials, proximity to potential customers, infrastructure in the area of labor recruitment, competitive business situation and look for areas with subsidies. 4. Study of the capital required. Not the same at all times. By rotation the employer may make a forecast which will be his position in the market. LEGAL FORM OF ENTERPRISE Keep in mind the following criteria: a distribution of power, the type of financing, the size of the company and the tax cost. In a contract involving at least 2 people with the intention of providing a service. Classification of contracts: ° typical and atypical. · Solemn and not solemn. · From provision and obligation. · Onerous and free. · Complete and incomplete. • Determine or contingent. Types of company There are two types of entrepreneur: individual and collective. Individual entrepreneur: His liability is unlimited and runs the business. The name of the company will be the legal name of the holder. Registration in the Register is optional. There is limited capital. Civil Society: Has free name. Registration in the Register is voluntary.There must be at least 2 partners. Members can contribute labor, money, property or rights. The third party liability is joint and unlimited.The partners are the general managers. There is no limit to the social capital needed. In its constitution a 0.75% on the valuation of contributions in respect of the transfer tax. They can not have a commercial and its benefits become part of the taxable personal income tax of each partner. Partnership: Its name is the name of the partners or by some and "CIA." Its constitution requires a public deed and registered in the Register. The minimum number of partners is two, with no maximum.Members can contribute labor, money, property or rights. Personal liability is unlimited for all partners. There is no limit to the capital. A 0.75% of its contributions in respect of the transfer tax. There are industrial partners, which provide work and have to deal with debts.The benefivios obtained taxed at 35% in corporation tax. Limited Partnership: Your name is the name of the general partners and "Limited Partnership." We must make and registration Deed the Mercantile Registry. The minimum number of partners is one group and another backer, no maximum number. The groups provide labor, money, property or rights. The limited partners contribute only goods, money or rights. The collective responsibility is personal, supportive and unlimited and the limited partners is limited. The management shall be for the collective. Companies limited by shares are those in which the limited partner capital stock is distributed, and have a maximum capital of 50 million pesetas. In the income tax the tax rate applied is 35% as well as collective. Company: Has the term free, provided they do not repeat the name already selected by another company. Deed must be made and Registration in the Register. The minimum is 3 members, who will make their money, property or rights of financial content. The liability is limited. The management shall be appointed administrators.Important decisions taken by the general assembly of shareholders.The representation is delegated to managers. The minimum capital is 10 million and a minimum payout of 25%. Share capital. The ITP is 1% of the nominal capital. The benefits will be taxed at 35% corporate income tax. Limited Liability Company: Has free name, if different from another, and is accompanied by SL or SRL Deed requires mandatory and Registration in the Register. Can be from 2 to 50 members. Which may contribute money, property or rights. The liability is limited.Normal management and administrators make important decisions are taken together as partners. The representation corresponds to administrators. The maximum capital is 50 million pesetas and shall be fully paid. The capital is divided into equal shares, individual and can accumulate more. Taxation in the act of creation is identical to that that the limited partnerships, and the same applies to the Tax on Companies. Cooperative Society: With free name, if different from another, and "cooperative society" and the degree of responsibility. Be constituted by Deed and recorded in the Register of Cooperatives. And making right in the Commercial Register. The minimum number of members is 7. Members may bring money, movable and immovable property and credit. The liability cooperatives with unlimited liability is personal, limited and joint. In those limited only respond with their input. The representation is carried out by its president at least in cases of appointment of a management team. Have to pay up at least 25%.Workers may obtain loans from the cooperative. The maximum capital a partner must not exceed one third of the total capital. The tax rate for corporate income tax is 18%, except in the case of credit unions, quoted 26% of their profits. Company Business: Title free, match, and accompanied by SALShould be established by Deed and enroll in two records in the SAL and Trade. The minimum is 3 Partners. Members must be at least 85% of permanent workers or 75% if less than 25 working partners.The contributions of partners can be your money, property and economic rights. The liability is limited. Management bodies and representation are identical to the corresponding corporations. The shares constituting the capital will be registered, with no minimum or maximum limit to the amount of capital. At least 51% of the share capital must be owned by workers. There is a discount of 99% in the transfer tax. Workers may obtain loans in society. Industrial partners may not have more than 25% of the capital. This limit is raised to 49% in the case of majority government, autonomous regions and local entities. 1. The market. Marketing. • The study of the markets. • The analysis of consumer behavior. • The choice of products. • The choice and establishment of distribution channels. The policies for prices. • The advertising. • The sales promotion. · The sales techniques. · The after sales services. 2. Business objectives. To build a trade policy, we must depart from business objectives, namely in view of the knowledge of our market potential for a raise. The sales forecast for firms that produce goods should be done based on: • Knowledge of all potential purchasers of the product. • Knowledge of consumption. The outlook for companies producing consumer goods will be based on: • Knowledge of consumer opinion about the product. • Knowledge of consumer behavior. Having established these objectives, we must specify a trade policy based on: Product · Policy Price · Policy. · Policy distribution. · Policy communication and advertising. 1) Consider issues such as: • The presentation of the product or service. • The name or brand of product or service. • The after-sales service. • To provide assurance and quality. 2) Each product goes through 4 distinct phases: 3) Each product has a function: · Provide benefits. · To attract customers to the company. If done in terms of manufacturing cost should be borne in mind: • That the product cost = purchase cost + procurement cost + production cost + distribution cost + administration cost. · Selling price of the product = Product Cost + Profit. If done in terms of demand must be analyzed: • That the price may be decisive for the introduction of a product on the market. It can therefore be favorable lower prices. • O if instead the quality is what matters to the product price can not be very important. If done in terms of potential clients must know the maximum and minimum that customers are willing to pay. Distribution policies, communication and advertising. The distribution channel should provide: • That the product is available when the customer wants to buy. • That the product is available wherever the customer wants to buy. • That the products arrive in sufficient quantity to customer demand. Distributors are what make the intermediate stage. Is made according to: • The transport of products to their markets. • Activities related to promoting each channel. · Travel and criteria for storage of stocks. · Terms of sale and prices of each channel. Based on the sales forecast be determined: • The number of outlets to cover. • Your geographic location. • The choice of distribution channel, which can be open or closed. Communication and advertising policy. Advertising meets 3 important areas: communication, information and encouragement for sale. The different types of advertising can be classified into a) Depending on the purpose of advertising: · Advertising of products. · Advertising business. · Advertising sector. b) Depending on the medium used: c) Other classification: Second instrument of paid promotion. · Help information distributors (instruction manuals) • The unpaid advertising. · Other promotional activities (presentations, conferences and celebrations). The material resources of the company. 1. Geographical location: Factors to consider: · Proximity of the potential market. · Proximity to suppliers of raw materials. · Proximity and skilled labor. · Expectations of local market growth. • The infrastructure of the area. • The future adequacy of the infrastructure of the area. · The government's incentives to businesses locating in certain areas (Shares of industrial location and employment promotion). 2. Premises, buildings and grounds. 3. The machinery and supplies (technology) 4. Procurement of stock. (Have the necessary materials at the lowest cost) HUMAN RESOURCES ENTERPRISE A key factor is the selection of staff. · Determination of the professional and personal needs of the new company. · Linkage between business and workers. · Cost of staff. · Search and selection: 1. Determination of requirements to be met by candidates 2. Ads asking people required. 3. Selective tests. 4. Personal interviews. 5. Application firms reporting to the background of the person to hire. Organizational process of dividing and grouping the work done on individual tasks and to define the persons to accomplish those tasks.Can be of two types: • The Functional: The similar work is allotted a section dependent on a focal point. • The Division: From the establishment of small, autonomous units around the general structure of the company, can be performed according to different criteria. Role of different departments of the company · High Address: setting the general policy of the company and the supervision and approval of the various departmental policies. · Department of sales: Its function is to obtain maximum benefit in sales. · Department of production: setting production quantities, quality and deadlines to be met. · Department Purchasing: Its function is to satisfy the needs of the production department at the time, quantities and of sufficient quality, treating the costs are minimal. · Department Financial and Administrative: supporting the needs of other departments. The financier will provide the funds necessary for economic activity. The administrative department shall be to support the activities of other departments. TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT Indefinite employment contracts · Contract to a person over 16. · Contract still unemployed more than 45 years. · Contract to disabled. · Contract with unemployed women in certain professions or trades. · Contract for fixed activities discontinuous nature. Temporary work contracts · Contract trial work. · Contract building measure unemployment. · Contract practices · Contract for training. · Contract for work or service. · Contract possible. · Contract for interim. · Contract launching new activity. · Contract relay. Public assistance is available, which are: · Subsidies of employer's contributions to Social Security. · Subsidies lump. · Aid training. · Tax allowances. FINANCIAL PLANNING INSTRUMENTS COMPANY The basic tools are: 1. The forecast of cash. It is the anticipation of inflows and outflows of money from a period of time, and it indicates the cash requirements that we will have at all times. Its components are: · The collections. 2. Income statement. Find the income statement and profit and loss account. The operation includes the results, charges and income relating to the normal operation of the company. The profit and loss account also includes the results pertaining to the normal operation of the enterprise, any other, considered atypical, have been obtained outside the scope of normal business activities. Both distinguish two parts: • The MUST. • The HAVE. It may be temporary or Situation. Both types allow us to determine that: • The details of the rights and obligations of the company. • The value of the company. • Media and financial resources. • The value of investments. · The sources of investment financing. • The balance or imbalance between self-financing and external financing. • The level of financial health of the company. Balance in the structure of two major sections: • The Active • The Passive. Analyzing the balance we know as the balance of the company. We also know the performance and profitability. Yield = Net Operating Profit / Assets Profitability = Net profit after tax / equity. LAWS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMPANY Formal constitution of society The workload for the new employer for the legal constitution of the society are: · Application for specific licenses. • Certificate of the selected name is not used by another existing company. · Grant a public deed. · Registration in the Register of Industrial Property. · Registration in the Register. · Settlement of Transfer Tax. · I.V.A. Liquidation · Application for tax identification card and tax ID. · Application of high tax license. · Application registered in the Chamber of Commerce. · Request for qualification for industrial corporations. · Request for municipal licensing works. · Request a municipal license to open business at City Hall. • Declaration of openness. · Registration in Social Security and request the employer identification number. · Affiliation of workers to Social Security. · Application of high local taxes. · Acquisition and legalization of books required and guestbook and registration. · The cooperative applied for registration in the Register of Cooperatives and must also apply for qualification as well as the appropriate tax benefits. MAJOR TAX CHARGEABLE BY THE COMPANY. THE I.V.A. The value added tax is an indirect tax levied on consumption and taxes the supply of goods or services supplied by businesses or professionals as well as imports of goods regardless of the status of the importer. THE INCOME TAX AND LICENSE TAX Corporate income tax is a levy of direct and personal nature levied on corporate income and other legal entities. Is required throughout the fiscal. Business license tax and industrial: It is a real character local tax levied on those activities and imposed the mere exercise of them. The taxable event tax filing for the use or enjoyment of commercial or industrial purposes and the exercise of professional premises of any kind located in the municipality. Impose on the display or distribution of signs and posters that aim to present items, products or activities of an industrial, commercial or professional. Personally, I think this book can be of great help to a person who wants to start his own company because it gives you all the very detailed steps for how to establish it and to have a good running and succeed. Detailed in this book comes out everything we have and we are taking in class. And when I read it and summarize it paid particular attention to the balance because it's what we focus now in class and the book is also very well explained. The downside of this book is that it is not to summarize it is all theory and very important, and therefore has taken me a lot and that I've had to jump a lot. I keep this book in the future if I have intention to start a business, or an acquaintance of mine, because it can be very useful and necessary. More by this Author THE PRESONAL COMPUTER engine, heart and hub of the digital age. It begun it's evolution in late 70's, with those "smaller" units, reducing it's size in comparison with it's predecessor of the past... No comments yet.
The Creoles of Louisiana Louisiana’s introduction to the world theater In 1682, the French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle named Louisiana in honor of King Louis XIV of France. While European interest in the territory waned and waxed over the years, Louisiana eventually became a cultural and economic center in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. The close ties between France and the Ivory Coast of West Africa facilitated a prolific slave trade comprised of Sene-gambian captives. These slaves were used to fuel Louisiana’s economic progress and eventually laid the foundations of modern Louisiana Creole culture. The continuous influx of immigrants over the years has led to a diverse and colorful society that holds strongly to tradition and the celebration of life. While the origins of Creole in Louisiana are the topic of fervent dispute among historical sources, it is generally accepted that the slave trade under the French colonists, and the ensuing slavery revolts in Haiti, had the most direct impact on the culture. The first settlers of Louisiana Although La Salle had the honor of naming Louisiana, the territory had long been the home of indigenous Native Americans dating back to the Archaic Period. In 1528, Europeans first discovered the mouth of the Mississippi River during an expedition led by Spanish explorer Panfilo de Narvaez. Captain De Soto encountered hostile tribes in 1543 trying to find the Mississippi and follow it back to the Gulf of Mexico. European interest lay dormant until the 17th century when the French showed an interest in the region, and following La Salle’s expedition they established the first colony at Fort Maurepas. The Great Upheaval of the Acadians The effects of the Seven Years War between the British Empire and France had a dynamic impact on the population of Louisiana, and more specifically New Orleans. The British gained control of Acadia during the war and began an expulsion of the French Canadians that called the area home. Many of these displaced immigrants made their way to the Spanish territory of New Orleans and the parishes surrounding Lake Pontchartrain. Their descendants in Louisiana have become the people known as Cajuns. Not to be confused with Creoles, the Cajun culture is founded in Acadian roots and influenced by hundreds of years in the melting pot that is New Orleans. Slavery in Louisiana In 1706, French colonists in Louisiana introduced the concept of chattel slavery to the region. Settlers began raiding indigenous tribes and slaughtering the men, sparing the women and children in order to make them domestic slaves. It was not until 1710 that the French discovered the value of African slaves. During the War of the Spanish Succession, Spanish men-at-war seized slave ships and redirected them towards the territories at Louisiana. This was the beginning of a trend for the French Empire that saw its peak in a four-year blitzkrieg from 1717-1721. During these years eight French slave ships transported over 2000 Senegambian slaves to New Orleans under the worst possible conditions. Slaves and sailors alike suffered from scurvy due to a lack of vitamin C and poor nutrition. Many of the slaves perished en route due to infection and dysentery that resulted from deplorable waste management conditions. The French engaged in the detainment and importation of thousands of slaves into the Louisiana area until they declared war with Britain in the 1750’s. The Language of Bondage The term Senegambia refers to the area between the Senegal and Gambia Rivers, and is commonly used in context with the French slave trade of the first half of the 17th century. The tribal people in these areas were fragmented into various societies with unique traditions, as well as many that they shared with their immediate neighbors. The languages spoken in the Senegambia region at that time were Sereer, Wolof, Pulaar, and Malinke, and were known to be so similar that they were referred to as being mutually intelligible. Many of these tribesmen were captured, shipped, and sold into slavery in the Americas and West Indies. With a need to communicate, the slaves assimilated their own shared African dialects with those of their masters and created the first variety of Louisiana Creole. Some historians have suggested that the term Creole was first applied to the European colonists that were born in the territory. These pre-African slave days could have included French, Spanish, German, Irish, Acadian, and Canarian immigrants. The available information implies that the modern Louisiana Creole culture and language is the product of a long process of adaptation, refinement, and improvisation. Influences that impacted Louisiana Creoles The area of southern Louisiana witnessed the arrival of many different cultures since its discovery by Europeans. While the traditions of the French and Acadian settlers, along with those of their Native American and African slaves, contributed a significant amount of influence on modern Louisiana Creole culture, it would not be complete without the many other immigrants that sought refuge in New Orleans. The Louisiana territories were shuffled between France and Spain during the last half of the 17th century, but during the periods of Spanish control many main-landers and Canary Islanders, Spanish subjects known as Isleños, used this period to migrate to the Louisiana area. Consequently, they introduced the Spanish language to the region and played their part in forging the Creole culture into what is today. The many faces of Louisiana Creole The known history of Louisiana is comprehensive and well-documented. It is possible to assume from the facts available that every major period of cultural or racial immigration in Louisiana’s history has played a role in shaping the Creole language and lifestyle. While French, Spanish, and English remain key ingredients of Louisiana Creole, other contributions came from slave owners fleeing Haiti, both white and black, that sought asylum in the pro-slave American South. Haitian Creole included aspects of other languages not found in Louisiana at that time and added a unique, exotic injection to the existing dialects. The small territory soon became a cultural capital in the Caribbean and gave birth to a new proud nation of Louisiana Creoles. More engaging articles about history: - Mikimoto Kokichi: The Patriarch of Pearls As a child in Japan watching the pearl divers return home smiling after a successful day of work, Mikimoto Kokichi's love blossomed into a lifelong pursuit. Thanks to his passion, the cultured pearl exists. Walk with me as I outline his life and achi - The Creoles of Sierra Leon The Creole people of Sierra Leon represent a nation of liberated slaves that forged a free society from the ashes of their former lives. Theirs is a story of hardship and resilience in the face of overwhelming geopolitical oppression. More by this Author The Creole people of Sierra Leon represent a nation of liberated slaves that forged a free society from the ashes of their former lives. Theirs is a story of hardship and resilience in the face of overwhelming... Men wear few accessories, and by choice. We don’t match earrings to purse to bracelets to shoes. We just don’t, and we’re proud of it. A nice watch, however, is our exception to that rule. It seems that everyone and their mother, literally their mother, are wearing sparkly, Sailor Jerry inspired fashions from trend-setting Ed Hardy. Where did it come from, and when will it die?
Classic Television Memories: African-Americans in 1960's Television - Hari Rhodes (Daktari) For African-American actors and actresses, 1960's television liberated them from the stereotyped subservient roles that prevailed in movies from the preceding eras. No more were they viewed as buffoons, mammies, train porters, servants, etc, but their roles had evolved, putting them in more meaningful, dignified roles alongside their white counterparts, even against the backdrop of racism that still exists in Hollywood today. The focus of this and other hubs in this series are on the accomplishments these thespians brought not only to the entertainment industry, but first and foremost, advancing the image of a people. Hari Rhodes, actor, author, veteran of television and films was born in 1932 in the East End of my hometown in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated from the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music with a Bachelor Of Arts Degree. At age 15, he forged his mother's signature to enlist in the Marines. He served in Korea. In 1957, he appeared in an episode of Zane Grey Theater which included Sammy Davis, Jr. Throughout the decade of the 60's, he could be found in numerous television shows such as Dr. Kildare, Ben Casey, he was featured in an Outer Limits episode called "Moonstone", (1964). other roles included Rawhide, Wagon Train, The Fugitive, and in 1966 he starred in Daktari, (1966-1969) which was broadcast on CBS. Rhodes played Mike Makula, one of the assistants of Dr. (Daktari) Marsh Tracy (Marshall Thompson), and his daughter Paula (Cheryl Miller), at the Wamaru vetinary hospital in Africa. The series also featured Clarence The Cross-Eyed Lion, and Judy, the Chimp. After Daktari ended, Rhodes continued acting in movies and on television throughout the 70's and 80;s. He could be seen in the blaxploitation film Detoit 9000 (1973), Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.(1972) and most notably as Brima Cesay in the 1977 mini-series, Roots. As an author, Mr. Rhodes published several novels, including one titled The Chosen Few, written about the African-American experience in the Marines. Mr. Rhodes passed away in 1992 of a heart attack at age 59, in Canoga Park, California. More by this Author Ah, come in. I’m just doing a little control tweaking. Welcome to this installment of my Classic Television Memories hub. For the newbies, we take a trip back in time to revisit classic TV shows from the decade... No comments yet.
How Manifestation Works Manifestation is actually the manipulation of energy-the transformation of its vibrational pattern into yet another vibrational pattern. Energy is never destroyed; it is simply transformed into another pattern than can do seemingly miraculous things like change a book into a glacier. Although a glacier takes a more concentrated amount of energy, lesser amounts of energy in another pattern form a book. Manifestation for humans must be multi-dimentional just as we are. Relying on just one facet of our being won’t bring the results we seek. We must apply mental, visualization and physical energy to manifest our desires. We must see what is it we hope to create and bring into our lives. That may mean literally going to the car lot every Saturday and really looking at all the red sport cars. It may mean buying a car magazine featuring red sport cars but to give it dimensionality, you should see it physically and visualize it in your head. Adding another layer brings in our emotional side. In order to manifest, we must invest emotional energy. Don’t sit around thinking I want a red sport car, I want a red sport ca. I gotta have it. Etc. Rather anticipate the car coming into your life. It’s much like waiting for a package in the mail. You’ve picked it out, you know it’s coming and you are filled with anticipation and joy at the expectation of its arrival. Expectation and visualization must also have some grounding for manifestation to happen. Without the third (Three is the magical number of creation.) element, what we hope to create will either not arrive or be delayed as there isn’t sufficient energy to bring it into existence. You can see your red car in the lot and in your head. You can anticipate its arrival, but if you never actually write out the check it’s unlikely to end up in your garage. Even if you apply all three elements to something your desire, it may not come into fruition if you unconsciously block your desires. You must we willing to receive what you are asking for-fully and completely. If you want a red sport car, but negate the idea with fears about payments, insurance, will I get more tickets with a red car etc., you aren’t actually willing to receive that car. Another way to block your manifestation is to reject the steps between desire and obtaining something. After you decide on a red sports car, you may find people saying, wow, you look good in red accept that compliment graciously and know that you car has started forming. Don’t shun these little signs for they are gifts of energy to help you increase your anticipation. It begins a magnetic resonance that will pull the manifestation process to you. By turning your desires into a multi-dimensional practice, you will be able to create anything you desire. Just be careful what you ask for! More by this Author Angel wing cloud. Spiritual connection can come in many forms. As you work with your spirit guides, angels or any other deity, you will find they have preferred or favorite ways of connecting with you and will use... No comments yet.
Something Old, Something New (Jersey) This year, 2014, marks the 350th anniversary of the founding of the state of New Jersey. Among the state’s many historical accomplishments, New Jersey has produced, or has been home to, a significant number of writers who have helped shape American poetry through their innovative work. To honor the unique role that New Jersey has played in America’s literary history, the Hoboken Historical Museum, at 1301 Hudson Street in Hoboken, will present a poetry reading on Sunday, April 6, 2014, from 3pm-6pm, entitled Something Old, Something New (Jersey). The April 6th event will feature current New Jersey poets, including poets from Hoboken and Hudson County, reading from their own work and also reading from the work of iconic and influential predecessors. Poets appearing at the event are: Teresa Carson, Vivian Demuth, Cat Doty, Reg E. Gaines, Joan Cusack Handler, Eliot Katz, Joel Lewis, Alicia Ostriker, Herschel Silverman, Danny Shot, and Rich Villar. In addition, well-known New Jersey poets whose work will be read at the event include: Walt Whitman, Allen Ginsberg, Amiri Baraka, Joyce Kilmer, William Carlos Williams, Robert Pinsky, Stephen Dunn, and Jack Wiler. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, the public is invited to contact the Hoboken Historical Museum at 201-656-2240 or email@example.com
By Glenn Billman, news correspondent Artist Michaela Davies’ arm rapidly jerked her bow across her viola, repeating the same short note again and again. These jolts were involuntary movements caused by electronic muscle stimulation (EMS): While Davies does not know how to play the viola on her own, dozens of wires forced her to. Accompanied by Ozden Sahin, also under electronic stimulation, and two classically trained musicians, Davies performed “Untitled for Cyborg Quartet” for her multimedia project, “Sound Politics,” Sept. 30 at the Boston Athenaeum. “Sound Politics” was one of more than 180 events hosted by ArtWeek Boston from Sept. 30 to Oct. 9. ArtWeek, a bi-annual ten day event organized by Highland Street Foundation and the Citi Performing Arts Center, features performances across the Boston area. “Because the performers are controlled by EMS, the performance is speaking to the conflict between control and aspiration for freedom,” Lanfranco Aceti, event curator and director of arts administration at Boston University said. “So it’s looking very much towards contemporary society where the internet, and any form of wires that surround us, visible and invisible, actually shape, control and determine our behavior.” As a professional psychologist, Davies was aware that EMS could be used to control movements by bypassing the brain and delivering signals directly to the muscles. Davies customized the EMS machine herself and wrote the score for “Untitled for Cyborg Quartet” in collaboration with Kyle Sanna. Her intention was to question the role of control in music and society. “I don’t believe in free will, and I look for ways to explore that idea that we have no free will,” Davies said. “It’s looking at those ideas around control and literalizing aspects of control in our society that go all the way up.” The manifestation of this loss of freedom was jarring for some audience members, like painter Dana Kotler. “It’s quite shocking to see something we do all the time so literally represented, and now it’s scary,” Kotler said. For Davies, part of the allure of working with EMS is the ability to artificially extend human capability. While she and Sahin have no experience playing their respective instruments, they were able to play faster than the classically trained cellist and violinist who accompanied them. At the climax of the piece, the physical manipulation Davies and Sahin became stronger and the only conscious movement either artist was able to make was hold on to their instruments while their limbs jerked violently. At one point, the force of the electronic stimuli was so great it caused Davies’ arms to strike her in the face while she played. Though the strength of the EMS during this sequence is painful for the artists, Aceti finds the resulting chaos poetic. “What I love about [“Sound Politics”] is when you start to see the struggle of the body, because you see that the mind of the artist performing and the body are sort of separated,” Aceti said. “It is like being trapped in a body you cannot control. It is the sound of the last stand of the body against political control.” Photo by Lauren Scornavacca
Today, as every year, I indulge in a little orgy of nostalgia for the Thanksgiving traditions, customs, and eccentricities of my native heath. I miss all of it, even the tyranny of the turkey — I know they say we can eat anything we want, probably even tofu or tilapia, but rejecting turkey seems to me to be asking for trouble. We usually saute a turkey breast and get on with the day. I long ago learned that you cannot duplicate foreign customs with any degree of satisfaction — in fact, trying only makes it worse — so I don’t try. But turkey breast is my propitiatory offering to whatever needs to be propitiated. It’s better than decapitating a live rooster buried in the wheatfield. I’ll get to that in a minute. Just because Italy doesn’t have Pilgrim Fathers and Ben Franklin and the Gettysburg Address and so on doesn’t mean that the countryfolk here have no harvest traditions. Au contraire — the country is suffocating with them, as a brief little research has revealed. Venice doesn’t share any of these practices, having devoted all of its forces of gratitude to the Madonna della Salute. But I’m in the harvest mood, so I decided to range afield. The primary divergence from American customs seem to be that grain, not the bird, has traditionally been the hero of the end-of-cultivation-season celebration, and the majority of these festivals take place toward the end of the summer. Schedule your harvest festival to coincide with the harvest itself? What an idea. The symbolism, as explained by the author of the website “Luce di strega,” works this way: The Spirit of the grain is rooted in the pagan traditions of the cycle of fertility, birth and rebirth; the myths of Demetra and Persephone, Ceres and Proserpina, vividly illustrate this reality. Vegetation dies at the end of the summer, returning to the earth from which it will be reborn the next spring. That is, if you perform the correct actions pleasing to the Spirit of the grain. This Spirit was transposed to a sacrificial animal, to improve the chances of pleasing it; this animal was traditionally a bird (rooster, turkey, quail) which lives and hides in the fields, especially in the shocks of harvested grain. The last phase of the harvest would become a sort of race among the farmers to be the first to finish, nabbing a luckless bird, thereby obtaining an appropriate creature to kill as an offering to the Spirit of the grain. Note: The sacrifice has to be an animal because it contains blood, the crucial element in the magic of fertility rituals. “In some parts of Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Picardy,” writes James George Frazer in “The Golden Bough,” “the harvesters put a live rooster in the grain which is to be harvested last, and they hunt and catch him and bury him up to his neck and decapitate him with the scythe or sickle.” If this practice should seem extreme, consider that killing a fowl was seen to be better than killing the person who had scythed the last stalks of wheat, which was the original idea. Have I just completely ruined your enjoyment of your turkey? Perhaps you could regard its position on your table as something a little less drastic — maybe as a sort of propitiation of the Spirit of Black Friday. In any case, there is a definite link, in mythological terms, between the annual ingathering and a cooked (anyway, killed) bird. Wandering around the web and YouTube reveals an impressive number of harvest festivals in the countryside and mountains of Italy, out where some connection with agriculture can still be found, though the festivals by now, however deeply felt they may be, seem to have shifted their focus to propitiating the Spirit of Tourism. Which, by the way, never dies, so it never has to be reborn. No blood, just offer money. Here is a snippet of the famous harvest festival in Foglianise, a small town in the region of Campania about 50 km (30 miles) northeast of Naples. It is held on August 16, which not only coincides with the end of the harvest (at least in the olden days), but is the feast day of San Rocco, patron saint of plague victims. Seeing that he responded to the villagers’ pleas for deliverance from a disastrous pestilence in the 1600’s — yes, it was everywhere — the people of Foglianise have made a special point of honoring him on his day. The traditional procession involves the predictable dancing, costumes, and music, but the most fantastic element is the series of all sorts of buildings and monuments made of twisted straw, drawn along on carts. The Corn Palace is essentially the same thing, except that it was built to attract settlers, not to invoke fertility. I think. And, of course, it doesn’t move. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1203SadCYs I’m not going to go into the symbolism of the cornucopia, but it’s pretty complicated too. It doesn’t involve death, however. Happy Thanksgiving, whatever you decide to do. Or eat.
Mount Sinai Spinal Cord Injury Model System Peer Mentoring and Community Outreach MS-SCI-MS staff believes strongly in peer mentoring. Who better to make suggestions, listen to or answer questions, than the person who has lived with an SCI? Four programs at MS-SCI-MS, the Peer Mentoring Partnership Program, the Peer Visitors Program, the Life Coaching Program, and the Health and Wellness Series provide peer mentoring and support for people with SCI. The Mount Sinai SCI Peer Mentor Partnership Program matches up persons who have recently incurred SCI with a volunteer "peer mentor" who is living successfully in the community with a spinal injury. Mentors and mentees are matched on the basis of common background and interests. Mentors are trained and supported by Mount Sinai staff. They make the first contact with their "mentee" when the newly injured person is still an inpatient. After discharge, the mentor supports the mentee for a period of at least six months. Contacts are by phone, by e-mail and in person, and address all issues the newly discharged person may be struggling with. Mount Sinai has created a training manual for its Peer Mentoring Program, as well as a manual to help other organizations and agencies develop SCI peer mentoring programs. These manuals were created through the generous support of the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation and the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. Peer Visitors is a group that meets every Tuesday night at 6:00 P.M. on KCC 2, the SCI inpatient unit. This group, consisting of mentors trained in the Mentoring Program, meets informally with inpatients and their visiting family and friends. They feel that as veterans, they can act as resources and/or mentors. The Peer Visitors are available to answer questions, make suggestions, or offer advice. They are able to bring a unique perspective to what they say, having "lived it." Patients and family members/significant others are encouraged to meet with the participants of the program. Life Coaching Program This is an intense 10 session program led by Scott Chesney, a trained life coach with SCI. The program teaches participants to effectively take responsibility for their lives by identifying barriers, setting goals, and implementing strategies for moving on with life and "living large." The program empowers people with SCI to take action and create positive change in their lives. Health and Wellness Series Through the generosity of the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, a collection of seven web-based videos on living healthy after SCI were created. This Series focuses specifically on important issues relating to life after SCI; reinventing yourself, exercising and keeping fit, redefining your sexuality, weight management, adapting sports and recreation, proper nutrition, and moving on with your life after SCI. To view these exciting videos, go to: event.netbriefings.com/event/mssci/Archives/Reg/. A sample of these videos is also available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=362lQVETT50. Other Community Outreach Activities The Life Challenge Adventure Program is a unique program that challenges spinal cord injured outpatients with situations and obstacles that seem impossible for them because of their disabilities. However, the Life Challenge program is based on the idea that when individuals confront their obstacles and succeed, they become stronger people. They become empowered. Utilizing high-activity and on-the-edge leisure adventure trips (snow skiing, water skiing, white water rafting, scuba diving, sky diving, and similar activities), the participants along with family members and friends face obstacles together. Through problem solving and teamwork, success is achieved with the realization that, "If I can do this, I can do anything." Four to eight trips are offered each year; some trips are one day long, others take multiple days over a weekend. The costs to attend a Life Challenge Trip are between $100-$300 per person; this is not paid by insurance. Through The Greater New York Chapter of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NYCSCIA), the Andrew Bryce Scholarship Fund, and the Ethan Ruby Foundation; scholarships are made available to assist outpatients in attending these outings. Mount Sinai also collaborates with The Greater New York Chapter of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NYCSCIA). NYCSCIA is a non-profit organization whose mission is to motivate and empower individuals with spinal cord injuries and to educate them and the community about the effects of spinal cord injury and diseases. The NYCSCIA meets the fourth Tuesday of each month in the second floor dining room of KCC-2 at Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Center. Mount Sinai staff provide support to NYCSCIA's Think First program, an education program that utilizes persons who have sustained spinal cord injuries to help prevent traumatic injuries among young people, by teaching them to think first and use their minds to protect their bodies. NYCSCIA also supports the Urban Outings Program, which is designed for persons who are recently injured and beginning to explore community resources. Experienced peer mentors help those with recent SCI get out of their homes and participate in social and recreational events in the community. Outings include trips to museums, sporting events, parks, and restaurants, among other locations.
By Jenny Ferguson On 14-15 October 2014, IFAD Ethiopia Country Office in cooperation with the project management unit for the Community-based Natural Resource Management Project (CBINReMP) in the Lake Tana region of north western Ethiopia hosted a first quarter review workshop in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. For the first time the different project stakeholders came together to discuss their recent progress and develop a common way forward. The training on new reporting requirements will help the partners to present important project achievements more clearly, identify challenges and meet the project objectives. Financed by IFAD, the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), the main goal of CBINReMP is to reduce poverty for about 312000 households in the Lake Tana Watershed. The main activities concentrate on combating land degradation and promoting sustainable land management in order to increase agricultural productivity, household food security, incomes and climate change resilience. Lake Tana is also recognized as a globally important ecosystem hosting a rich diversity of endemic species and providing a habitat to migratory birds. Addressing the needs of the human population while conserving the natural ecosystem is a complex task that can only be successfully managed if the project implementing partners with their different skills join forces and effectively coordinate their work. \|The first joint meeting of the different implementing partners of the CBINReMP \| during the 1st quarter review meeting and reporting workshop in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Diverse activities to promote a common goal Welcomed by Dagmawi Habte-Selassie, IFAD Task Manager for the CBINReMP, and Markos Wondie, head of the CBINReMP project management unit for the local Bureau of Agriculture, the stakeholders took the floor and presented their progress. The Bureau of Environmental Protection, Land Administration and Use (BoEPLAU) shared their experiences in land certification and improving secure land tenure for the farmers of the watershed. By reinforcing a sense of ownership, land holders are encouraged to invest in land rehabilitation and to practice sustainable land management. Other partners like Bahir Dar University, the Ethiopian Institute of Biodiversity, the Organisation for Rehabilitation and Development in Amhara (ORDA) and the National Biogas Programme reported their activities in wetland conservation, in conducting trainings for the creation of employment opportunities through fish farming, seedling production and the planting of fruit trees, the construction of community gene banks and in-situ forest conservation sites, measures to achieve climate change adaptation and mitigation and the introduction of alternative energy systems. A joint way forward With an overview of the recent project work, all implementation partners shared their views on key implementation and reporting challenges in a joint discussion. Through this cooperative exercise of problem analysis and the identification of common difficulties the partners recognised the necessity to support each other and to share possible solutions. \|Learning about the IFAD Results and Impact Management System\| This spirit of sharing and cooperation was carried over to the training session on the IFAD Results and Impacts Management System (RIMS). After an introduction to RIMS, the participants were encouraged to evaluate together with the monitoring and evaluation officer which indicators to use in the reporting for CBINReMP and how the indicators should be defined to adequately match project objectives. By giving all stakeholders a say in shaping the reporting format, by creating an opportunity to voice concerns and propose alternatives, a new culture of open communication and cooperation was initiated. Recognizing a joint interest in coordinating project activities and in tackling common challenges, all project stakeholders including the coordinating staff in the local PMU and the Country Office were able to take home key lessons for their future work. \|Lake Tana is a globally important ecosystem hosting many endemic species and providing a habitat to migratory birds\|
An index addressing 25 performance indicators covering both environmental public health and ecosystem, has been periodically released. The index, called Environmental Performance Index (EPI), ranks 163 countries throughout the world, developed and developing countries, south and north. 2010 EPI provides national government level scale of how close countries are to develop environmental policy goals. Within index, we may compare various health and environmental issues, from access to sanitation to greenhouse gas emissions per capita, or forest national covers change (I note the indicator can be seen as deforestation rate or reforestation). Compare to the last year list, 2010 EPI puts some countries in higher level while some countries still listed in the top 20. Here the complete list of cleanest countries in the world, according to 2010 EPI: - Costa Rica - United Kingdom - New Zealand The above list of cleanest country in the world 2010/page/2/ has unique facts. Two countries have drawn my attention: Costa Rica and France. Costa Rica has been recognized as best country on the effort of rainforest conservation. Costa Rica is one of the initiators of avoiding deforestation project or known as REDD. France is one of the countries that listed as the best country in health system, and this country has banned the use of asbestos since 1997. France’s sites also become best travel destination by a travel magazine.
Dengue is currently regarded globally as the most important mosquito-borne viral disease. A history of symptoms compatible with dengue can be traced back to the Chin Dynasty of 265–420 AD. Dengue causes flu-like symptoms and lasts for 2-7 days. Dengue fever usually occurs after an incubation period of 4-10 days after the bite of the infected mosquito. High Fever (40°C/ 104°F) is usually accompanied by at least two of the following symptoms: Pain behind eyes Joint, bone or muscle pains Here we discuss Remedy resonance for Dengue. Please consult a qualified homeopath for your condition. He will prescribe the right remedy based on your similimum. Following a chill ; high fever, skin dry and hot with thirst, mental agitation, and bodily restlessness, dry cough. Chill or chilliness, with fever which is attended by great weakness from the start, often with nausea and vomiting. The thirst is great but takes only a swallow and often. Restless, going from one place to another. Anxious; much dread of being left alone; gastric disturbance and diarrhea. Cerebral form. Much drowsiness, with sudden starts from sleep. Throbbing headache. Face very much flushed and hot. Dread of light, noise or jar. Aching in muscles, pain in limbs, but lying very quiet and dreading to be moved. Nausea on rising from chair or pillow. Sharp pains in chest, worse from deep breath or any movement. Indispensable. Its symptomatology is a counterpart of “Bone breaker”. The chill is followed by pain in head and eyeballs, which are sore to the touch. Tongue coated white. Thirst for cold water, vomiting after drinking. Bruised, aching pain in back and hips. The body and extremities full of pain. Some hoarseness and cough. Vomiting of bile. The bone-pains, pain in eyeballs and back, with nausea and vomiting are characteristic. Creeping chills and general lassitude; cannot get warm. Some prostration, with aching all over body. Eyeballs lame and lids feel heavy. Some fever with pain at base of brain. With intense backache relieved by lying on something hard. Tossing, zvith restlessness, especially of legs. Tongue very dry with red tip. Drowsy, typhoid condition, dreaming of hard work and full of fatigue. Better from moving about. Cannot keep still.
Written by: Jason Przybylo, MD If you’ve ever groaned, “Oh, my aching back!,” you’re not alone. Back pain is one of the most common medical concerns, affecting eight out of 10 people at some point during their lives. Back pain can range from a dull, constant ache to a sudden, sharp pain. Acute back pain comes on suddenly and usually lasts from a few days to a few weeks. Back pain is called chronic if it lasts for more than three months. What causes low back pain? Even with today’s technology, the exact cause of low back pain can be difficult to determine. In most cases, back pain may be a symptom of many different causes, including any or several of the following: - Overuse, strenuous activity or improper use (for example, repetitive or heavy lifting or exposure to vibration for prolonged periods of time) - Trauma, injury or fracture - Degeneration of vertebrae (often caused by stresses on the muscles and ligaments that support the spine, or the effects of aging) - Abnormal growth (tumor) - Obesity (often caused by increased stress on the spine and pressure on the discs) - Poor muscle tone in the back - Muscle tension or spasm - Sprain or strain - Ligament or muscle tears - Joint issues (such as spinal stenosis) - Protruding or herniated (slipped) disk - Disease (for example, osteoarthritis, spondylitis or compression fractures) Can low back pain be prevented? The following may help to prevent low back pain: - Practicing correct lifting techniques - Maintaining correct posture while sitting, standing and sleeping - Exercising regularly (with proper stretching before participation) - Avoiding smoking - Maintaining a healthy weight - Reducing emotional stress which may cause muscle tension Treatment for low back pain Specific treatment for low back pain will be determined by your healthcare provider based on: - Age, overall health and medical history - Extent and duration of the condition - Your tolerance for specific medications, procedures or therapies - Expectations for the course of the condition - Your opinion or preference Most back pain goes away on its own, though it may take a while. Taking over-the-counter pain relievers and resting can help. However, staying in bed for more than one or two days can make it worse. If your back pain is severe or doesn’t improve after three days, you should call your healthcare provider. Treatment for back pain depends on what kind of pain you have and what is causing it. It may include hot or cold packs, exercise, smoking cessation, physical therapy, medicines, injections, complementary and alternative treatments, and sometimes surgery. If back pain persists, visit your primary care provider.
This week the EPA announced a proposal for a drastic cut in ground-level ozone standards in the U.S. in a bid to prevent air-quality-related health issues and reduce environmental impacts. Currently, the allowable level of ozone is 75 parts per billion (ppb). The EPA proposes reducing this to at least 65 to 70 ppb, and the agency is taking comments on the possibility of reducing the standard to 60 ppb. Of the costs to implement the proposed measures the EPA argues that “every dollar we invest to meet them will return up to three dollars in health benefits.” The new proposals were announced at a press conference on Wednesday by EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. McCarthy stated: “Bringing ozone pollution standards in line with the latest science will clean up our air, improve access to crucial air quality information, and protect those most at risk. It empowers the American people with updated air quality information to protect our loved ones — because whether we work or play outdoors — we deserve to know the air we breathe is safe.” The EPA reviews air quality standards every five years, as required by the Clean Air Act. Reviews follow a “set of open, transparent steps and considering the advice of a panel of independent experts.” This process includes public comment on the proposals. The EPA last updated the standards in 2008, when they were set at the current 75 ppb. Since then, EPA scientists have reviewed more than 1,000 studies on the effects of ozone and smog. The studies indicated that the current allowable level of 75 ppb “can pose serious threats to public health, harm the respiratory system, cause or aggravate asthma and other lung diseases, and is linked to premature death from respiratory and cardiovascular causes,” hence the recommendation for tighter controls. The EPA says that “large health benefits will be gained from avoiding asthma attacks, heart attacks, missed school days and premature deaths, among other health effects.” The estimated savings in health costs are calculated at $6.4 to $13 billion per annum by 2025 if the ground-ozone standard is dropped to 70 ppb, and $19 to $38 billion per annum by 2025 if the standard becomes 65 ppb. The costs of implementing tighter controls are estimated at $3.9 billion in 2025 for a standard of 70 ppb, and $15 billion for a standard of 65 ppb. The EPA plans to hold three public hearings on the proposed changes, visit the EPA website for further details.
The InsideTrack was recently pointed to Nyquist Capital’s blog, and their speculation that Google is building their own big switches. It is our opinion that Google (GOOG) has designed and deployed home-grown 10GbE switches as part of a secret internal initiative that was launched when it realized commercial options couldn’t meet the cost and power consumption targets required for their data centers. How, you might ask, do they come to this conclusion? By following the parts, of course. We were watching shipments of SFP+ components for 10GbE in the market but simply couldn’t account for their end destination – sort of an optical component dark matter problem. Which leads them to this opinion Through conversations with multiple carrier, equipment, and component industry sources we have confirmed that Google has designed, built, and deployed homebrewed 10GbE switches for providing server interconnect within their data centers. This is very similar to Google’s efforts to build its own server computers (excellent article here). Google realized that because its computing needs were very specific, it could design and build computers that were cheaper and lower power than off the shelf alternatives. The decision to do so had a profound impact on server architecture and influenced the market’s move to lower power density solutions that Sun (JAVA) , Intel (INTC) and AMD (AMD) now embrace.
- Posted March 25, 2014 by Don't ever drink water from here! Hard to swallow: Electric Energy companies' Clean Coal slogan...when they're rendering drinking water sources toxic forever! They're tapping 'Dirty Energy Profits' to the max here – the profits energy companies amass scrimping on safety. One coal ash dump site so toxic, even the energy company wants local water authorities in Wilmington, North Carolina to never tap 17 square miles of groundwater near the site for people to drink and wash with. Massive coal ash groundwater contamination has poisoned wells near Wilmington with arsenic, boron, cadmium, chloride, chromium, iron, lead, manganese and sulfate. If this ash pond is impossible to clean up, they have good reason to prevent use of ground water anywhere near it. Consider the shattering cost in dollars and killer publicity it would cause if a number of deaths and catastrophic illnesses were connected to it. Try to use the slogan 'Clean Coal' with that going on. This is the largest coal energy company in the country with multiple coal ash dumpsites in several states leaking for many years. That's a whole lot of Dirty Energy Profits that buys them a lot of influence with legislators to keep off their backs about safe coal ash storage – and to keep coal-fired electric priced so low that solar and wind green energies can't touch them. And that's even with money to promote coal as 'Clean Coal' to combat the cry for green energy. It's not just that coal pollutes. We've bought into the fact that we pay for auto convenience with pollution and crashes. The same goes for airplane travel. Like electricity, we're hooked on these conveniences. We know these industries cannot deliver them zero-polluting, zero crashes. But coal ash water contamination is criminal because it is preventable. Storing dry coal ash in securely lined and capped landfills minimizes the possibility of contamination or spills. There are much smaller coal energy companies already doing it. Cost more? Have to charge customers more? Yes, a lot more. Open the door to green energy competition? Yes. But want coal to have a future along with green energy? Even with the coal industry's new 'Clean Coal' super technology power plant coming on line, they're going to be hard-pressed to be able to pay off those 2 words given the recent rash of coal-contamination of wells – and especially with the ash dumpsite-contaminated groundwater they themselves shut off to public use forever. With poisons polluting the groundwater there forever, that's how long the words: 'Clean Coal' will be impossible to swallow. http://ucartoonit.com – drawing attention to what threatens our earth

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