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warc | 202143 | As a kid, I knew other kids who played sports, but it wasn't part of my life. I'm sure my parents had reasons, whether because I was so shy I hid behind my mom's legs, because we couldn't afford it, because my parents working hours were so funky that they couldn't figure out how to get me to and from activities, or because they simply
had no idea how to register, I didn't participate in sports until high school.
In my community, sports start young, and I felt it. Additionally, my then toddler was FULL of energy, and I wanted some positive ways for him to spend it.
Once my oldest turned three, I signed up for whatever sounded interesting to him. Before kindergarten, he had tried track, swimming, and BMX. Track, not surprisingly, was a hot mess for my anxious preschooler. He did learn to swim - possibly too well for a kid his age - and he took to BMX like he had to swimming. We completed three sessions, including a summer camp of BMX. My four-year-old pushed his body at practices, and we helped him learn that he couldn't always come in first.
I loved watching him compete. I felt such pride watching him work through the sensory challenge of the sounds of the starting bell ringing and the track gate falling. And I also really enjoyed watching how this little son of mine had such control over his body. Even when he was four, I was in awe of my son's athleticism.
He has explored other sports. He enjoyed wrestling for fun but not for sport, hated baseball, found a home on the soccer field, and developed skills in lacrosse.
This last summer, he had to try out for a sport for the first time. He asked me to sign him up for higher level swim lessons so that he could learn back stroke and improve his freestyle, both of the strokes he would need for his swim team try out.
And he did it - he improved enough to make the team.
While my son explored sports and gained skills, my daughter watched it all. Now, she has learned to swim, she is in her third year of soccer, and she's eager to start lacrosse in the fall. I cheer on her sidelines, just as happily as on her brother's. Her growth from a four-year-old who ran across a soccer field with her arms inside her jersey to a six-year-old with complicated foot work who eagerly passes to her teammates is extraordinary.
Now that they are both seasoned athletes in their own right, I get the bonus of watching my oldest help out at his sister's soccer practices. He asks Coach what she needs and jumps right in, assisting with drills, moving goals, encouraging the team, and getting out of the way when the girls "get" something new.
And I love it all.
I love the busy afternoons of practice. I love my turn as "snack parent" once per season. I pace the sidelines, never sitting while my kids play official games.
In my role as a sports mom, I get to see my kids in a whole new light. They are leaders on the field, calling passes to their teammates, running to a coach for half-time wisdom. In sports, they are more than test scores or grade level equivalencies. They are allowed to move.
I never participate in athletics as a kid, but I'm sure glad I get to participate in kids' athletics as a mom. | 3,186 | 1,594 | 6,330.026349 |
warc | 202143 | Three health matters, sleep tops the list
Three health matters, sleep tops the list
Three main things for health: one sleep, two conveniences, three diets, the rest of life, clothing and so on are all auxiliary.
Sleep is the first of the three things, which shows that sleep is inherent to health.
Sleep is an important means to balance the yin and yang of the human body, it is the best energy saving, it is also the best reserve and recharge, it is the best way to restore fatigue and get out of sub-health.
The mechanism of TCM sleep is: Yin Qi Sheng is stunned (sleep), Yang Qi Sheng is stunned (wake up).
So you should go to bed at night (21-23), and enter the best sleep state at night.
Because according to the Sleep Theory of the Yellow Emperor’s Canon, the midnight night is a yin and yang meeting, and when the water and fire meet, it is called “heyin”, which is the time when the yin is the heaviest and the time to enter the best sleep state.
To improve your sleep quality, slow down your breathing before going to bed.
Before going to bed, you can sit quietly, take a walk, watch slow-paced TV, listen to slow music, etc., to make your body gradually quiet, and then you will be overcast and overcast, and it is best to lie in bed for a few minutes to do qigong.Inner spirit.
Before going to bed, you can eat something that supports the heart and yin, such as rock sugar lily lotus root tincture, millet red date porridge, lotus root powder or longan meat water . Because the heart is still working hard after sleeping, among the five internal organs, the heart is the hardest, so it is appropriateTonifying the heart and yin will be good for health.
Patients with insomnia do not forget to soak their feet with warm water before going to bed, which can promote heart-kidney intersection.
The intersection of heart and kidney means that water and fire are in harmony, and it can promote the combination of yin and yang. The combination of yin and yang, sleep, of course, reaches the best state. | 2,036 | 972 | 4,203.962963 |
warc | 202143 | Dr . Karen Ruskin Investigates the Internet dating Scene & Delivers Invaluable Tips In the Perspective associated with Trained Hypnotherapist
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warc | 202143 | IT decision makers are divided about the impact of disruptive technologies such as AI and automation – the so called ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ – on the labour market, according to new research from BT.
Contrary to many reports which speculate about widespread job losses, one third of organisations surveyed who plan to implement AI and automation within the next two years believe it will create more jobs within the workplace. This reflects the view that AI will generate new opportunities for programmers, algorithm designers and software engineers and create new job categories such as AI trainers, ethicists and lawyers.
However, the same proportion predict that these technologies could result in job losses in their organisation, given concerns that innovations in robotics and intelligent computer systems may eventually replace jobs traditionally done by humans, particularly those of a manual, repetitive nature.
Against this uncertainty surrounding the impact of these technologies on the jobs market, the survey of 1,501 IT decision makers across UK organisations of all sizes revealed that AI and automation is already being implemented by over a third of all respondents.
For example, one in four organisations are using automation technologies like drones, robots or autonomous vehicles, with almost two thirds (63 per cent) describing AI or automation technologies as being ‘very beneficial’ to their organisations.
Around one in three IT decision makers are planning to invest in AI and automation over the next two years, suggesting that businesses and organisations across the country are gearing up to embrace these technologies in the near future. Of these, 62 per cent believe that their organisations will be more effective as a result.
The UK public sector also appears to be benefitting from the early adoption of disruptive technologies. 95 per cent of organisations that operate within the UK public sector are already using at least one form of disruptive technology, compared with 85 per cent of businesses operating in the private sector.
Furthermore, almost half of organisations operating within the pubic sector have implemented big data analysis, while 42 per cent of those operating in the private sector are using this technology to date.
IT security concerns remain one of the biggest barriers to the adoption of AI and automation. 44 per cent of organisations operating within the public sector believe that greater automation will leave their organisation open to cyber-attacks, compared with 28 per cent of those operating in the private sector.
Within the private sector, larger organisations are the most concerned about the impact of AI, with 40 per cent identifying as it as the technology they consider to carry the most risk over the next two years.
Colm O’Neill, managing director of major corporates and public sector at BT, says, ‘This research gives us a fascinating insight into the early adoption of AI, automation and other disruptive technologies in the UK workplace. The findings illustrate the rapid pace of technological change amongst organisations of all types and sizes.
‘And while some organisations clearly view disruptive technologies as a potential threat to the labour market, we believe the introduction of new automated technologies and business processes will play to the strengths of both people and machines.
‘A good example of this is where BT’s world leading security team is using Machine Assisted Cyber Threat Hunting to proactively identify cyber security threats. This combines AI and big data techniques with the use of human analysts who are critical in providing the context and judgement needed to distinguish between anomalous and malicious activity.’
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warc | 202143 | This month, on Wednesday, September 22, the United States Peace Corps marked 60 years of national commitment to peace and diplomacy. This anniversary of our common aspiration to learn about others, this united drive to share and respect others’ cultures, this work to appreciate, emulate and elevate others’ ways, compels a note in today’s Paper.
In 1960, global action was an unfamiliar notion when President Kennedy first asked 10,000 University of Michigan students at 2am, “How many of you are willing to serve overseas to expand the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries?” I imagine a pause, a silent crowd, as a few took long breaths and thought, “Me?”
This hypothesis, that Americans can advance the altruistic promise of Peace around the world, created the US Peace Corps. Hopes ignited, bags were packed and programs around the world were staffed. Over these 60 years, 240,000 plus Americans served in over 140 countries. We filled, and created, jobs both of authority and of brotherhood, teacher and student, always eager to send stories back to our families.
Limited to a two or sometimes a three-year commitment, American volunteers teach in classrooms, plant in rice fields, help build roads, create markets and more. Clean hands concepts, new methods for fish ponds, improved mother-child skills, etc.; our messages and roles have evolved over time, the original goals remain the same: help people, provide an example of American values, bring understanding of other cultures back to share with Americans.
I joined Peace Corps after receiving a BA from Pennsylvania State University. With construction experience, I was assigned to help build latrines in Sierra Leone. I remember the training manual covered building basics, language samples, first aid lessons, maps of the area and of government structures, sustainable development programs, how to get funding for projects, and more. At the end of two years, I gifted it to my counterpart – he cried. It was 1987 and most folks in my village had never seen their own language in print. He was the primary school teacher. I understand it still sits on his bookshelf, much worn and often referred to.
That was years ago, but some commitments last. Last year, with some friends, my husband and I helped sponsor a local agency in Sierra Leone (Schools for Salone) to buy soap and buckets and afford gas for a team of folks to visit schools and talk about preventing Covid infections. Sounds like a short sighted project, but I totally understand how soap, buckets and dialog were the best response. My time in Sierra Leone was short and the benefits are hard to evaluate. But, one thing stands, it was time well spent. The newest program to promote: locally made menstruation kits!!
I am one of about 2,300 New Mexicans who served in the Peace Corps. In New Mexico we are the largest Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV) network in the US. There are many projects and programs both in New Mexico across the United States that RPCVs are involved with: advocacy for establishing a Department of Peace, working for public voice and inclusion, mobilizing volunteers for environmental tasks, building digital networks, raising funds and raising the flag.
On this, the 60
th anniversary of the Peace Corps, I call on all NM RPCVs and those who uphold their service and honor the work of building peace – stand up, cheer, consider that Peace is essential for our world. The hope and humility that President Kennedy brought to life is still growing, still evolving, embers into flames just now. Leaders across America want to see Peace Corps as an agency that joins other serious institutions in addressing global issues of environmental degradation, climate change, agricultural sustainability, improved health care, urban renewal and educational opportunities. To this end, Peace Corps agrees that they need to take a leap into the digital age.
Current legislation, The Peace Corps Re-authorization Act (HR 1456), in ‘recognition of the transformative power of internet access in developing countries’ fixes a new path to a peaceful tomorrow by building digital roadways. To echo President Kennedy’s words: “this opportunity must be seized.” Please support and promote HR 1456.
Over the last 60 years, nearly a quarter of a million PCVs have made a tremendous contribution to the individuals and communities in which they served, and to our planet. You can join in celebrating the Peace Corps’ 60
th anniversary and ensure its resurgence by urging your member of Congress to co-sponsor the Peace Corps Re-authorization Act (HR 1456). Peace Corps service is needed now more than ever. Peggy Neff was a Peace Corps volunteer in Sierra Leone from 1985-1987 and worked in 7 other countries until 2002 when she returned to the United States. Peggy currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. | 4,954 | 2,434 | 9,903.929334 |
warc | 202143 | Cigarette makers launched a counterattack Aug. 16 against Food and Drug Administration requirements for graphic warning on tobacco products with a lawsuit in federal court.
Five top cigarette makers want the federal district court in Washington to overturn the federal mandate for stark pictures of the consequences of smoking that are to take up at least half of the front and back of the label on a cigarette pack.
Under the new rule, nine images are to be rotated. These warnings are also supposed to be part of cigarette advertising.
Included is an image of a man smoking a cigarette, with the exhaled smoke coming out of a tube in his trachea. Another shows an autopsied body, with the message "Smoking can kill you" on it.
When the images were released in June, marking the first major change to the warning labels in more than 25 years, according AllGov.com, they were characterized by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as honest warnings about smoking's dangers.
But the tobacco companies vehemently disagree. “Never before in the United States have producers of a lawful product been required to use their own packaging and advertising to convey an emotionally-charged government message urging adult consumers to shun their product,” the lawsuit says, according to the
Associated Press., the lawsuit says.
Instead of conveying facts that a consumer can use to make an informed decision, the FDA is, according to the suit, forcing cigarette makers to pay for the display of anti-smoking messages more prominently than their brand names.
. The plaintiffs are R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Lorillard Tobacco Co., Commonwealth Brands Inc., Liggett Group LLC and Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Inc. Altria Group Inc., parent company of Phillip Morris USA, is not participating in the lawsuit and has endorsed the FDA rules.
Unless a judge intervenes, the companies will have to start displaying the new labels by the fall of 2012.
The FDA did not comment, saying they do not comment on pending litigation, according to International Business Times. | 2,096 | 1,097 | 3,958.898815 |
warc | 202143 | Intraceuticals is needle-free oxygen mesotherapy with patented stacking of low molecule weight hyaluronic acid. The unique system combines four different series of aesthetic treatments and home skincare products, based on innovative technology.
This therapy hails from Australia, where the ozone layer is at its thinnest, causing adverse effects on the skin. It quickly gained following due to its unique rejuvenating properties and became the go-to daily skincare for numerous red-carpet celebrities like Madonna, Kim Kardashian, Eva Longoria and Victoria Beckham among others.
Intradermal oxygen jet infuses the skin with rejuvenating cocktail of 95% pure hyaluronic acid, antioxidants, vitamins and nutrients. The result is visible immediately after the first treatment. The skin is deeply hydrated, radiant and fresh, with brightened luminous tone. Apart from the face, neck and decolletage, the therapy can be applied on the delicate areas around the lips and eye contour and allows full treatment of the upper and lower lid.
The treatment is multi-correctional and suitable for all skin types. It is recommended for dry and dehydrated skin, uneven tone and pigmentation. It minimizes the deleterious effect of UV rays and protects against photo-aging. It provides deep hydratation, fills lines and fine wrinkles, tightens pores, soothes reddening and has a positive effect on dark circles under the eyes. It is also recommended as part of the recovery process after chemical peel, fillers and machine treatments.
Depending on individual needs of the skin, the therapist selects the most suitable of the following four developed Intraceuticals series, or a combination of them:
Rejuvenate – deep hydration and youthful effect
Opulence – whitening therapy
Atoxelene – unique lifting therapy
Clarity – acne alleviation
For optimal effect home skincare products are recommended.
Intraceuticals is carried out in 3 steps:
Step 1: Preparation
The skin is prepared for optimal penetration of active ingredients. Low-pressure oxygen delivers active ingredients in the deeper layers of the skin, to counteract aging. The process simultaneously cools and soothes the skin
Step 2: Infusion
A cocktail of rejuvenating serum with patented nanomolecular hyaluronic acid and combination of vitamins and powerful antioxidants is introduced. The hyaluronic acid instantly hydrates the skin, enhances and tightens the facial contour, evens out the lines and adds extra luminance. The effect is immediate and further develops in the following days.
Step 3: Sealing
The final step includes products that saturate the skin with enriched hyaluronic acid, essential oils, vitamins and nutrients to prolong the excellent results of the therapy. Humidity is sealed in the dermal layers and creates invisible barrier that protects the skin against harmful agents in the environment and premature aging.
With the help of small oxygen bubbles the nozzle of the device creates pressure on the surface of the skin and facilitates the penetration of the active ingredients in the serum. During the three steps of the treatment low molecular weight hyaluronic acid is stacked deep inside the dermis. The greatest advantage of this technology is that it can address multiple problems simultaneously: obliterate lines and wrinkles, stimulate collagen production, remove pigmentation and dryness and reduce scars and acne visibility. The final effect is brand new healthy skin.
The procedure is short and comfortable to the patient. The results are immediate even after the first session and develop during the following weeks. The skin is reinvigorated, deeply hydrated, radiant and fresh.
The number of treatments depends on the applied Intraceuticals series. For intensive hydration 6 to 9 sessions are recommended within one week. For preserving and maintaining the optimal hydrating effect 1 procedure a month is prescribed. For hyperpigmentation – up to 9 sessions. Lifting therapy – 3 to 6 treatments. For acne and problem prone skin – up to 6.
As there is no recovery period, treatments can be carried out year-round. They help maintain water balance in the skin during hotter and colder months, protect against harmful environmental agents and prevent photo-aging. | 4,301 | 1,938 | 9,418.701754 |
warc | 202143 | Within the short-term, Democrats need the financial savings from drug pricing reform to fund other health care priorities in the Democratic bill. Men die a mean of 5 years earlier than ladies.1 Healthy People 2030 focuses on improving men’s health. Avoid abbreviations (do not use Dr or doc instead of physician or yrs as an alternative of years), incomplete words and do not use ALL CAPS or no capitals (like i instead of I or for the first word of a sentence). I’ve taken 0.75 mg of Mirapex for several years with marginal results. I can’t sit down after dinner with company; have to stroll around so that my legs dont drive me loopy. PATHOLOGY When you look at the wrist you will notice that it has basically a bony core with many ‘stringy’ buildings lying towards the surfaces corresponding to the again of the hand(dorsal floor) and the palm of the hand (palmar floor). Lies among/beneath the bunch of tendons. Looking at your individual proper hand, palm up, there is a groove to left of the bunch of tendons. If accurately performed the scar should lengthen from the palm of the hand to above the two prominent pores and skin creases at the wrist. The electrical subject generated at the wrist as this volley passes alongside the nerve is recorded.
These embrace frequent conditions reminiscent of diabetes and vascular disease which can harm the blood provide of the nerve (which is carried in small vessels operating within the nerves fibrous sheath) All of these processes can happen together after all to result in the ultimate downside. A small variety of patients report that the symptoms are worst in the little and ring fingers – precisely the alternative of the expected distribution – however however present clear signs of CTS and reply well to treatment for CTS. The distribution of the symptoms in the fingers is especially troublesome. These tendons in flip are attached to the fingers and many others. Transmit the contraction of the muscle within the forearm to the bones of the hand. Should you flex the wrist after which bend the fingers, the mechanical system I’ve simply described would have the tendons to the fingers strung accross the direct line from elbow to finger like a bow-string. Be certain that you’re actually using goldenrod as there are related trying plants that may be very poisonous like ragwort and groundsel. The Gabapentin does seem to help with sleep but even with one pill (one hundred mg) I not only really feel sleepy but also lethargic and weak. However, it does not all the time assist depression and should worsen anxiety issues. A affected person whose predominant downside is pain might not have noticed that their extreme CTS has also made their thumb weak. The other major nerve is more deeply buried.
However, I had some blood vessels–four predominant ones, the truth is. This leaves no indicators afterwards as every part is in actual fact back to regular. Wrist are in truth muscles within the forearm. 4) diuretics – do work the place fluid is the problem but are inconvenient 5) wrist splints – ‘futuro’ splints have a steel wrist help built into a fabric structure with velcro fastening. To understand this one must know just a little of the wonderful construction of the nerve. Slightly thought at this level about mechanics will reveal the existence of a further vital structure. The transplant itself ought to take about an hour and a half (a little bit longer than regular as a result of my cornea is uneven round the sting and that can sluggish him down some. I’m presently looking into how effectively the outcomes of nerve conduction studies predict the results of surgery but several factors complicate this. The perfect accessible take a look at is the nerve conduction velocity measurement. They’re virtually as useful as a diagnostic test as they’re as a therapy.
Many patients are now aware of the risks of systemic steroids and refuse this therapy because of worry of the aspect results – unfortunate because this particular type of steroid therapy has NO systemic effects at all as far as one can see. Anesthesia. The first therapy given most casualties was an injection of morphine to ease suffering. 6) steroid injection – injection of a depot steroid preparation into the carpal tunnel itself acts to cut back fluid and interstitial tissue mass and can relieve CTS fairly dramatically. 2) Fluid retention leading to a rise basically tissue stress – CTS occurs in pregnancy and is worse at night, probably because of diurnal variation in kidney operate (we retain water in a single day principally) 3) Tendon modifications – illness of the tendons, or extra usually their lubricating sheaths, may cause these to take up extra room and thus compromise the nerve 4) Tissue thickening – as in all places within the body there’s a certain quantity of ‘miscellaneous packing’ across the place, some conditions can lead o an increase in the quantity of this and thus are related to a raised incidence of CTS – Too little thyroid hormone (hypothyroidism, myxoedema) and an excessive amount of development hormone (acromegaly) are the usual culprits on this class. | 5,271 | 2,597 | 10,424.280323 |
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warc | 202143 | Temperatures are starting to plummet, and the hazards of winter will soon be upon us. Whilst a winter snowstorm may produce beautiful pictures for Instagram; the incoming cold weather could cause havoc to your property. Taking steps to prepare your home for winter, and keeping your property well maintained, could reduce the risk of damage occurring.
Aspray has put together this list of handy tips to help prepare your home for the winter season.
Clear Gutters and Drains
Throughout the year, debris can build up in your property’s gutters and drains and, when the bad weather hits, the increased volume of rain and snow could start to cause problems. Clogged gutters can cause water to leak into your home or cause issues with damp when heavy rainfall or snowstorms occur.
Working at height to clean gutters can be a scary situation so be sure to follow any safety steps to reduce the risk of injury. Alternatively, consider hiring a professional who will have all the tools needed to safely clean gutters at height.
Service your Boiler
Ensuring your boiler is regularly serviced could help to reduce the possibility of it breaking down, something that is worrisome at the best of times but even more so when temperatures are below zero.
When the bad weather hits, you may find it harder to arrange a service as engineers spend more time dealing with emergencies; it may be beneficial to arrange your annual service early or even during the summer months.
Insulate Pipes
Frozen pipes are one of the main causes of escape of water insurance claims throughout the winter period. Where possible, ensuring pipes are insulated during winter could reduce the chances of suffering damage. It is also a good idea to keep your heating on continuously, or on a daily timer, throughout cold spells as this will reduce the risk of water freezing inside the pipes.
Bleed your Radiators
From time to time air becomes trapped inside your radiators, which stops the heat from circulating correctly. This could lead to your home taking longer to heat and in turn cause higher energy bills.
Bleeding your radiators can be a messy job, so make sure you have an old cloth ready to catch any escaping liquid.
Window and Doors
For most, energy bills increase over the winter months and one of the causes of this is drafts coming into the house via windows and doors. Adding insulation around your home can be a cost-effective way of keeping your home warmer throughout the cold weather.
From weather strips to re-caulking, there are numerous options for providing extra sealing around your home. However, if you prefer a less permanent option, consider thermal curtains or a decorative draft excluder which may provide some protection.
Inspect and Trim Tree Branches
Inspect any trees surrounding your property and trim any large or overhanging branches. This can reduce the build-up of leaves which can affect guttering and drains. Cutting down large branches can also reduce the risk of damage caused by branches breaking during a storm or due to heavy snowfall.
Clean and Maintain Wood Burning Fires and Chimneys
One of the nicest aspects of winter is firing up the wood burner ready for a cosy evening, but it is important to ensure that your fireplace is well maintained, especially if it is used often. This includes hiring a professional chimney sweep to clean and inspect your chimney.
Keeping on top of cleaning your wood burner will likely keep your fireplace performing at its best. There is no set timeframe in which to clean your fireplace as this depends on various factors, such as the amount of use or fuel used. Taking the time to learn how to maintain your wood burner correctly could not only expand the lifetime of your burner but also reduce the risk of something going wrong.
Check your Fire and Carbon Monoxide alarm
Whilst you prepare your home for winter, it is also a good time to check your fire and carbon monoxide alarms to ensure they are in working order.
Why is it important to prepare your home for winter?
Over the past ten years, the UK has seen some adverse weather throughout the winter months, especially severe snowstorms, and flash flooding.
Climate change is said to be the cause of the UK becoming wetter, producing on average a 6% increase in rainfall over the last 30 years (1991 – 2020) compared to the 30 years previous (1961-1990). February 2020 became the ‘wettest February on record’ as the UK battled Storm Ciara and Storm Dennis within one week of each other.
With weather conditions worsening, it is more important than ever to prepare your home for winter as best you can to reduce the risk of damage and stay safe, leaving you to enjoy the nice, cosy, aspects of the season.
Prepare for Emergencies
Should an emergency situation arise, knowing you’re prepared as best you can be can really take a weight of your mind at a time when there may be lots to deal with. A few things to consider when making preparations are:
Stocking up on torches and batteries in case of a power outage. Keeping a well-stocked first-aid kit. Finding out where your stopcock is located and how to switch it off in case of a water leak. Keeping a few sealed bottles of water in the house. Being weather aware and keeping up to date with any potential warnings in your area. Keeping your insurance and emergency contact details in a safe, accessible place. Keep Aspray’s Contact Details in a Handy Place
Should you be unfortunate enough to suffer damage to your property throughout the winter period, whether this is weather-related or not, Aspray is on hand to help manage your building’s insurance claim.
Keeping Aspray’s contact details in a safe place (or saving their telephone number,
0800 077 6705, into your phone) means you can reach our 24-hour helpline whenever you need us. | 5,870 | 2,658 | 12,800.045147 |
warc | 202143 | There are quite a few easy ways to plant and grow onions. Suitable for an enclosed space
cultivation of green onions by the bridge method... This is a great option to get the maximum yield from the smallest area.
What is the bridge landing method? On the prepared plot of land, you need to put the bulbs in such a way that there are no gaps between them, that is, close. A feature of this method is that the bulbs are not buried in the ground, but only slightly pressed into the soil. The main thing is not to overdo it and not to deepen the onion too much, since the soil becomes denser and this prevents the development of the root system of the onion.
Most suitable for bridge planting
onions - samples... Planting material should be no more than 3-5 cm in diameter. It is estimated that up to 8 kg of green onions are harvested from one square meter. Onion care
Growing green onions by bridge does not imply special care of the plant. Onions need timely weeding and watering. The soil should always be kept moist, this is very important for the growth of greenery and its taste.
To obtain a larger yield, mineral fertilizers can be applied: 20 g of ammonium nitrate, superphosphate and potassium chloride are diluted in 10 liters of warm water and left for a day. The first time fertilizers are applied one week after planting, then another seven days later.
The optimum temperature for the growth of greenery is in the range of 16 - 22 degrees. Already after 30 - 40 days, you can harvest the first crop. | 1,518 | 809 | 2,831.473424 |
warc | 202143 | Insurance plans are essentially an approach of security to protect against likely monetary reduction. In the most basic develop, it’s an illustration of threat control, largely employed to minimize the natural likelihood of some uncertain or contingent monetary damage. Some frequent kinds of insurance protection are life insurance coverage, car insurance, overall health insurance policies and property owner insurance policy and others.
There are many different sorts of insurance coverages which deal with various types of risks. Two of the most popular types are health and wellbeing car and insurance plan insurance coverage. Health care insurance guidelines to fund solution for health issues that develop whilst the policyholder is covered with the insurance policies. These policies can be acquired independently or thru class insurance policy packages. Insurance, however, is built to protect the policyholder’s economical tools in case there is a crash. If they’re injured in the vehicle car accident.
There are many of methods to discover and select a very good insurance carrier, though automobile insurance is optional, most of the people elect to invest in it to safeguard your family individuals that they are driving a vehicle for. A lot of people select a organization based upon how much insurance plan they desire. The easiest way to accomplish this is to get online quotes from various insurance firms. Well before selecting the one ideal suits you, doing so permits you to review the policy and costs in the various insurance plans they offer. This is probably the best ways to reduce the costs of insurance plan.
One kind of insurance coverage that is important is home insurance. Home insurance protects the economic assets you have at home, in the event of unanticipated and inevitable injuries to these kinds of resources. If you obtain a property insurance plan, there are many kinds of procedures that you might decide on. These different kinds of procedures involve: home insurance protection, renter’s insurance protection and mortgage insurance. Most policies are available with different insurance policy coverage for property damage and responsibility.
Another type of guidelines is underwater insurance protection. Underwater perils protect most of the expenses that is received caused by injury or reduction in an insured’s underwater real estate. This can include injuries due to accidents with an additional vessel, sinking or explosions. When someone has selected actual disabilities which might make it quite unsafe to help them to drive an automobile, they may need to get specific automobile insurance, quite a few insurance policies in addition provide coverage for settlement of memorial fees.
. Exclusive auto insurance supplies money coverage to individuals who are not able to drive resulting from injuries, ailment or grow older. An illustration of this would be those with paralysis or critical impairments who want to cover their automobiles and various other vehicles.
Anyone who possesses a yacht will even need to have marine insurance policies, particularly when they take very long journeys or spend time and effort at water. Premiums are generally very good for individuals who personal high priced watercraft. However, sea insurance policies delivers terrific coverage in case there is collision or incident with another motorboat or cruise ship. This kind of insurance plan is particularly vital should the covered with insurance is cruising around the seas or wish to require much time journeys out at ocean.
Costs is going to be tweaked dependant upon the value of the possessions transported or the danger included in every single function. The covered particular person can obtain an estimate for insurance from a specific insurance carrier or they will purchase insurance policy online with a multiple insurance quote site. The quotes is often in comparison and the human being should be able to choose the one that most closely fits their needs and funds.
Sea insurance protection also may include medical expenses insurance coverage, that could protect all costs for accidents or illness with an individual while she or he is inside of a marine collision. Additionally it is practical for an covered by insurance human being to acquire supplemental sorts of insurance coverage based upon the needs of their family, however. To be able to defend their family from lawsuits if someone was seriously hurt whilst checking out them at the house or whilst skating at their property, as an illustration, they may wish to get insurance, particular real estate insurance or unique insurance. They might want to obtain supplemental insurance plan for watercraft and yachts to safeguard them towards problems or damage.
The cost of insuring a motor vehicle may be troubled by things such as the vehicle’sera and mileage, the place that the car or truck is found, its brand name and regardless of whether it has extra capabilities. Also, the protected human being could improve their liability insurance or minimize their unique insurance superior. There are various elements that could influence the price guaranteeing a vehicle. The protected really should monitor many of these elements and assess the costs of guaranteeing all of them with exactly what they pay off each and every month.
For people who actually have medical health insurance, they are able to use their health plan’s insurance deductibles to aid cheaper their charges. Likewise, individuals that have already got life insurance coverage may use their dependents’ advantages to aid reduced their charges. If any turn out to be uninsurable, when they are looking at their quotes to obtain a general insurance coverage or perhaps a domestic health care insurance insurance plan, they will want to think about their family’s condition to determine. Uninsurable people today must spend the money for complete volume of the payments regardless of transpires with them. They will only be capable of getting the entire benefits should they have got a new sum guaranteed plan.
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warc | 202143 | For those who are not super familiar with cars or automotive repairs, the idea of choosing the right kind of tire can seem like a daunting task. What are the differences between the different types of wheels, or for what purpose might you need to get them? Questions like these can seem overwhelming if you don’t know what to keep an eye out for. Luckily, here at Barry’s Auto Body, we want to make sure all our customers and clients get the very best help we can give them to get them back out on the road safely. So, check out all of the different types of tires that we’re going to talk about below so that you know what to look out for the next time you go looking for a new set of tires!
All-Season
These tires are meant for all seasons and are all around good, they perform well when it comes to traction in any season, and also perform well on the highway with comfort and handling.
Touring
Touring Tires are essentially the same as All-Season tires except for how much more responsive handling these tires have. These tires generally have a greater speed rating than the All-Season tires.
Performance
Performance tires tend to have better wet weather traction and also usually feature more dense tread compounds for better grip no matter what weather. These tires typically have a higher speed rating than the touring tires.
Summer
Summer tires are for…well summer! These tires are geared for performance in wet and dry conditions. They are not usually designed for all-season traction and tend to be optimized for warm weather, they have good grip and handling in wet and dry weather conditions. These tires are ideal for performance vehicles in warmer weather conditions.
Track and Competition
These tires are designed to deliver peak performance. These tires are rarely used for daily driving. They provide constant contact to the road in dry conditions but are different from the summer tires in the construction of the treads. If you are in a competition series or use your vehicle for ametuer or professional track days, these extreme tires are for you.
Highway
Highway tires have all-season tread patterns and are meant for vehicles with heavier loads and are meant to be comfortable on the pavement. These tires are usually made with more durable materials and tread patterns to improve the length of its usage and have enhanced all-season traction.
All-Terrain
All-Terrain tires usually have bigger gaps in the tread pattern compared to other tires. These tires usually feature the Severe Weather Service symbol. These tires can handle sand, mud, gravel and have little to no on road discomfort. They provide great stability and comfort while also maintaining the off-road availability.
Mud-Terrain
Mud-Terrain tires have extremely aggressive tread patterns compared to other tires because they are meant to get more traction in terrains that are soft such as sand and deeper muds. While good in mud and sand, they are less comfortable on roads and are noisier than other tires.
All-Purpose/Trail
As the name entails, these tires are All-Purpose and are good for essentially everything. They provide decent off-road grip in soft road conditions while also being good for highways and normal roads. These tires are also often referred to as mild all-terrain tires.
Ribbed
Ribbed tires are made for amazing highway handling and to have a long lifetime. They tend to have enhanced stability even under vehicles with heavy loads and also has enhanced wet weather condition traction.
Sport Truck
These are for truck-like vehicles that want performance while also being similar to highway tires, and are meant for all kinds of weather conditions.
Snow
Snow tires, also sometimes known as Winter tires, are built with a tread design that is set with larger gaps than traditional tires. due to this wideset tread gap pattern, these tires allow for easier handling in inclement Winter weather conditions such as snow or ice. | 3,978 | 1,688 | 9,266.2891 |
warc | 202143 | Stretch marks take place when skin modifications form quickly as a result of development or weight gain. Both men and ladies can get them. While it’s a sort of scarring that hardly ever fades sufficient to become invisible, there are a natural solution for stretch marks that can minimize their appearance as well as make them stain more quickly. How To Get Rid Of Stretch Marks On Thighs
Stretch marks typically start as red or purple marks, and progressively blemish to white or silver progressively. The distinction in color determines how old the marks are. Though they might never disappear totally, therapy can lighten the color of your marks as well as additionally lower them. In various other instances, stretch marks reduce by themselves.
Newer, red-tinged stretch marks (striae rubra) are much less complicated to deal with. They start red due to the fact that blood vessels are present under the skin. The visibility of running blood vessel allows red stretch marks to be extra responsive to treatment.
White stretch marks (striae alba) are older and likewise more difficult to deal with. Gradually, your blood vessels will certainly narrow, inconveniencing to increase collagen production. Treatment results might not be as radical compared to those of red stretch marks, yet there are choices used to help them discolor additional generally and additionally at a faster speed.
Who gets stretch marks? How To Get Rid Of Stretch Marks On Thighs
There dominate mistaken beliefs regarding stretch marks which obtains them. The reality is that genes are the very best forecaster of stretch marks.
Ladies are extra possible to obtain them, specifically those who are expecting. Other threat elements include:
Getting on corticosteroid medicine Shedding or gaining weight quickly Having breast enhancement medical therapy 1. Exfoliate
A simple methods to treat white stretch marks is via normal exfoliation. This eliminates excess dead skin from your body and also new skin from your stretch marks.
Exfoliating together with other therapy methods can furthermore improve your results. Doing away with dead skin from your stretch marks enables other skin treatments to pass through much more deeply along with feature quicker.
2. Vitamin A How To Get Rid Of Stretch Marks On Thighs
Vitamin A is called a retinoid. Retinoids make skin appear smoother along with younger. They’re used in several non-prescription topical cosmetic lotions.
Just using a topical significance of vitamin A, or taking vitamin A by mouth, can contribute to your skin’s health and wellness and also health as well as basic appearance. A diet plan abundant in details foods, such as carrots as well as likewise wonderful potatoes, may also help you to elevate your vitamin A
In an older research in 1996, researchers figured out retinoids as aiding the look of stretch marks. Extra research is still required to recognize each of its results on stretch marks.
3. Topical therapies
Topical lotions, as well as ointments, are a great deal more cost-effective methods for reducing the appearance of white stretch marks. Some creams are readily available non-prescription, while others are suggested by a medical professional.
Applied regularly, topical lotions can lighten the tone of stretch marks yet they might not absolutely remove them. Before using any kind of sort of topical therapy, review your threats with your medical professional. Some creams can trigger an allergy or might not be strong enough to treat your problem.
4. Aloe vera
While little clinical proof exists for aloe vera as a stretch mark therapy, pure aloe vera is both a natural healing agent as well as also a skin softener. This makes it an exceptional all-natural natural home remedy to go after stretch marks. How To Get Rid Of Stretch Marks On Thighs
Apply pure aloe vera from a plant to your stretch marks daily after your shower.
5. Coconut oil
Given that stretch marks are scarring from skin problems, coconut oil may aid recover the appearance rapidly.
Coconut oil has actually been studied for its healing houses and was uncovered in rats to reduce the moment it takes into consideration skin wounds to recoup.
Using virgin coconut oil to your stretch marks daily could get rid of a few of their red appearances. Unless you dislike coconuts, this oil is thought about risk-free.
6. Microdermabrasion How To Get Rid Of Stretch Marks On Thighs
Microdermabrasion is a pain-free treatment to reduce the appearance of white stretch marks. This treatment targets the upper layer of skin (skin), as well as likewise operates by increasing the skin to tighten collagen and also elastin fibers.
In the treatment, little scrubing crystals are sprayed onto the damaged area or an one-of-a-kind tipped stick is rubbed over the area. Utilizing a wand-like device, the crystals are carefully eliminated, taking with them dead skin from the skin layer. For effective results, microdermabrasion requires to be duplicated over a quantity of time.
After the treatment, your skin may truly feel limited as well as also completely dry. There could be some inflammation from the peeling. It generally takes 24-hours for your skin to heal. Though efficient, this treatment isn’t ensured to entirely remove stretch marks. The severity of your stretch marks will certainly affect your results.
7. Lemon juice
Lemon juice is recognized for its natural lightening buildings, so it aids in lowering the presence effectively. Usage fresh lemon juice day-to-day or just scrub a sliced lemon wedge on your marks to see outcomes. How To Get Rid Of Stretch Marks On Thighs
8. Microneedling
Microneedling targets the dermis, the facility layer of your skin where stretch marks establish. Within this procedure, small needles are poked into your skin to trigger collagen production. Increased collagen as well as also elastin advertise skin regrowth that can boost your skin’s appearance as well as additionally decrease stretch marks.
To effectively deal with stretch marks, you’ll call for to take part in greater than one therapy over a training course of months. Microneedling has in fact been revealed to be a reliable treatment for minimizing stretch marks, particularly for individuals with darker skin.
9. Potato juice
Potatoes include starch as well as additionally various other skin lighting enzymes which is why they are typically used to lighten dark circles, spots as well as acnes from the skin. It lightens the skin along with successfully lessens the presence of stretch marks when utilized on a regular basis.
10. Laser treatment
Laser treatment is amongst one of the most current treatments for stretch marks that seems trustworthy in reducing their appearance.
Pulsed lasers and also extreme pulsed light can boost the look of stretch marks and also enhance collagen manufacturing in time. A plastic, cosmetic, or skin expert will definitely implement these procedures.
The American Society for Dermatologic Surgical Treatment (ASDS) suggest laser or light therapy as approaches to substantially boost the look of stretch marks. How To Get Rid Of Stretch Marks On Thighs
See to it to utilize an entirely informed and accredited healthcare specialist.
An individual might require approximately 20 treatments to see a 20 to 60 percent improvement in their stretch marks. Therapy can be pricey.
11. Plastic surgery
If different other treatments are not effective, cosmetic surgery is a choice. This costly, yet reliable, choice can permanently get rid of white stretch marks from your body. However, it’s important to understand that medical therapy can leave marks of its very own.
An abdominoplasty, clinically called an abdominoplasty, is an aesthetic therapy that not simply gets rid of stretch marks yet also does away with excess skin as well as likewise fat from your abdominal area. This treatment offers the skin and also abdominal location a flatter as well as likewise a stronger appearance. Nonetheless, a procedure consists of a variety of wellness dangers. Prior to seeking this treatment, discuss your options with your medical professional. | 8,181 | 3,498 | 18,946.335334 |
warc | 202143 | Stretch marks take place when skin changes shape swiftly because of growth or weight gain. Both males and females can obtain them. While it’s a type of scarring that seldom fades enough to become invisible, there are natural home remedy for stretch marks that can minimize their look and make them discolor more quickly Is Argan Oil Good For Stretch Marks
What Are Stretch Marks? Is Argan Oil Good For Stretch Marks
Stretch marks are lines or bands brought on by extending of the skin’s connective tissue.
Stretch marks discolor to a white or silver shade over time. Although they are not physically agonizing, they can be injuring in serious instances.
When the center layer of skin stretches also quickly, a few of its collagen fibers can damage.
This allows underlying blood vessels to reveal via, leaving the telltale red or purplish marks.
In time, they fade to a white or silver shade as capillary heal. Once they show up, the marks do not normally vanish totally.
Stretch marks are not physically unpleasant, yet they can impact a person’s confidence as well as self-confidence. They can be damaging in extreme instances.
Experts have actually pursued years to find an efficient therapy for these marks.
Regrettably, no therapy has been revealed to eliminate them totally. New ways of treating stretch marks are emerging, however, as well as a few of them reveal guarantee.
Making Them Much Less Obvious
Right here are some points to consider if you intend to make stretch marks less noticeable:
Some people discover that self sunless self-tanners can aid conceal stretch marks. This isn’t true with normal sun tanning, however. Stretch marks are much less most likely to tan so might end up looking a lot more noticeable. Plus, the sunlight and also tanning beds do even more harm than great when it involves the long-term wellness of your skin. Is Argan Oil Good For Stretch Marks
Try making use of body makeup matched to the tone of your skin to cover stretch marks. Although some makers make these cover-up items water-resistant, makeup might not be the most effective solution if you’ll be spending a great deal of time in the water.
Use board shorts or rash guards. Swimwear with even more protection are popular with several professional athletes because they safeguard against the sun and do not ride up when a person moves. Yet these fit styles likewise work well for hiding stretch marks on the buttocks, upper thighs as well as breast.
Vitamin A
Vitamin A is referred to as a retinoid. Retinoids make skin appear smoother and also more vibrant. They’re utilized in many over-the-counter topical cosmetic lotions.
Simply utilizing a topical extract of vitamin A, or taking vitamin An orally, can add to your skin’s health and wellness and general appearance. A diet regimen abundant in certain foods, such as carrots and also wonderful potatoes, might additionally aid you increase your vitamin A degrees.
Coconut Oil Is Argan Oil Good For Stretch Marks
Considering that stretch marks are scarring from skin damage, coconut oil could assist recover the appearance quickly.
Coconut oil has been studied for its recovery buildings as well as was located in rats to decrease the moment it takes for skin wounds to heal.
Using virgin coconut oil to your stretch marks daily could take away some of their red appearance. Unless you dislike coconuts, this oil is taken into consideration secure.
Microdermabrasion is among minority scientifically verified means to assist stretch marks discolor. Some people consider sugar scrubs a homeopathic version of that therapy.
Research on sugar as a microdermabrasion replacement is doing not have, yet sugar is an all-natural physical exfoliant. This means it can dismiss dead skin cells, boosting the health and appearance of your skin and even allowing skin care products to permeate more deeply.
Aloe Vera
Aloe vera is essentially the Windex of plants. The delicious has lots of medicinal objectives, however it’s most commonly recognized for its gel, which is an all-natural healing agent. Is Argan Oil Good For Stretch Marks
There’s little clinical evidence to sustain pure aloe vera as a stretch mark treatment. But a 2018 research study discovered that aloe vera as well as sweet almond oil helped in reducing irritation caused by stretch marks unassociated to maternity.
Exactly How Can I Prevent Stretch Marks?
There’s no way to prevent stretch marks totally, even if you routinely make use of creams and also lotions. Nevertheless, keeping your weight in a healthy and balanced array by consuming well exercising regularly can assist to stop stretch marks caused by unexpected weight gain or loss.
Laser or light therapy
Laser and light therapy are verified means to substantially enhance the look of stretch marks, although they are really expensive.
Laser treatment is among the latest treatments for stretch marks that appears to be effective in lowering their appearance.
Pulsed color lasers and also extreme pulsed light can enhance the appearance of stretch marks and enhance collagen production with time.
A plastic, cosmetic, or skin doctor will certainly perform these treatments. Is Argan Oil Good For Stretch Marks
Make certain to utilize a totally trained and also certified health care professional.
An individual might require as much as 20 therapies to see a 20- to 60-percent enhancement in their stretch marks. Therapy can be costly.
Wonderful almond oil is a marvel skin care active ingredient and can get you rid of every skin woe such as completely dry skin, dark circles and stretch marks. With celebs like Hilary Duff swearing by this marvel oil after their pregnancy, we can securely claim that it works in a snap. Rich in Vitamin E and also various other important nutrients, almond oil deeply hydrates the affected locations, sustains cell health and wellness, decreases inflammation of the marks and removes stretch marks with time. Heat some almond oil as well as massage your skin with it in a round activity as well as let it be soaked up by the skin. Repeat this twice on a daily basis and follow up with a moisturiser.
Sodium Bicarbonate as well as Lemon Juice
Sodium bicarbonate is an all-natural exfoliant while lemon has bleaching residential or commercial properties which lighten the skin. Sodium bicarbonate assists remove the dead skin cells and thus eliminate stretch marks. Lemon minimizes the redness as well as makes them much less visible. The blend of baking soda as well as lemon juice has actually shown to be an efficient and quick way to get rid of stretch marks.
All you require is one tablespoon of cooking soft drink, fresh juice of half a lemon and cling wrap. You can make use of cooking area roll for this. Mix both the components and apply them on stretch marks. Cover it with the cling wrap as well as rinse after 20 minutes. If you have delicate skin, it is much better to very first test it on your skin. Apply a small amount of the combination on your arm and leave for 10 mins, and also if it does not respond or impulses, after that use it to all the influenced locations.
Olive Oil Is Argan Oil Good For Stretch Marks
Olive oil has rich moisturising residential properties. It contains antioxidants and also other nutrients that are extremely good for repairing skin damage.
Using cold-pressed olive oil will make stretch marks vanish with time.
Workout To Improve Skin & Muscle Tone
Exercise can be a fun and also effective technique for repairing stretch marks after maternity. Also light exercise, such as walking and also yoga exercise, can enhance the muscle mass of your hips, upper legs, and also belly (the areas where stretch marks frequently show up). Reinforcing those muscle mass assists to tighten loose, stretch-marked skin and promotes faster healing.
Any workout will do, so pick one you enjoy. There are numerous choices to select from, such as swimming, strolling, running, weight training, yoga exercise, and pilates. Depending upon your fitness degree and also the workout( s) you pick, we recommend beginning with one day weekly and progressively boosting to 2, three, four, and even 5 days per week. | 8,244 | 3,663 | 18,335.7543 |
warc | 202143 | I’m stuck on a English question and need an explanation.
he Week 5 assignment is the culmination of your hard work in ENG122. You will submit your final research-based academic argument. Weekly instructor guidance, prior assignment feedback, and Chapter 5 in your course text,
College Writing Handbook, will help you complete final revisions and edits. In this assignment, you will show that you have achieved all course learning outcomes: Interpret information through close and critical reading. Demonstrate effective use of the writing process. Employ effective academic tone, style, mechanics, and citation method. Integrate relevant source material effectively and ethically. Support a position appropriate to the rhetorical situation.
You will submit a five- to seven-page (1,250 to 1,800 word) well-structured essay that is formatted in proper APA style. This final draft assignment must integrate prior feedback and show effective improvement from the prior rough draft assignment. Your essay is expected to be the product of a complete and thorough writing process.
The argument presented in your essay must be sound, valid, and based upon evidence from at least eight credible sources—at least five of which must be scholarly. (Review the Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table for more information about appropriate sources). Information and evidence must be integrated properly, cited accurately, and used with integrity. The essay must be appropriate for an academic audience.
If you have any questions about the requirements of this assignment, please contact your instructor right away. This assignment will be assessed on a 100-point scale and is worth 30% of your final grade. Your assignment may lose its formatting when it is converted in the Waypoint grading system. To preserve formatting, please submit your assignment as a PDF file.
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I enjoyed reading your essay! As I worked to review what you’ve written so far, I was pleased to see you working to incorporate your research into your argument. Nice job.
You did well introducing your topic in your introduction. Ask you work toward your final draft, I’d like to see you work to clarify your thesis statement, since right now you have a purpose statement rather than a thesis statement. . Your thesis statement should be your main argument, which means that it should be an arguable assertion (based upon your synthesis of the scholarly research you conduct) that each of your body paragraphs work to support. I’ve offered feedback in the markup to help you as you work to refine your thesis.
I like that you worked to offer specific solutions to bullying and that you have offered evidence to back of many of your points. Continue to strengthen your paragraph structure to ensure that each body paragraph is structured to support your thesis. Ensure that you are crafting strong topic sentences that parallel the supporting ideas you preview in your thesis statement. Section 2.2 of your textbook has some excellent advice on body paragraph structure, including crafting strong topic sentences that serve as the claims that support your thesis statement. You may also find this webpage on good paragraph structure useful.
One of the greatest strengths of your paper was that you worked to include real-life examples to illustrate your points. Doing so helps your readers follow your line of thinking, so nice job! I would recommend adding an additional paragraph that discusses the counterargument, which is the perspective that disagrees with your own. What merits does the counterargument have? What research supports it, and how might you refute it? Showing your readers that you have carefully considered the counterargument signals to them that you have approached your research with an open mind.
You did well including in-text citations for your quotes and paraphrases. I was happy to see that you are working to format your document per APA 6th edition guidelines. Your formatting and in-text citations had a few minor errors, of which I commented on in the instructor markup. Please view my comments and any resources I’ve suggested. Then, let me know if you have any questions and I’d be happy to try to guide you further. 🙂
Since you submitted your draft late, your grade is: 8.172/10.
Best,
Mrs. Michael
( 3.00 / 3.40) Argument Development
Proficient – Most claims are supported by logical reasoning and/or credible evidence from the minimum number of sources required. Argument has a well-developed foundation.
Comments:
You did well in developing most of your claims. Your argument demonstrates that you are building an understanding of the writing process and argument structure. There are a few places where the connection between your claims and the supporting evidence is not fully developed. Review your marked-up paper for specific suggestions that you can apply to your final draft.
( 2.30 / 2.30) Rhetorical Development
Distinguished – Voice is appropriate for the situation. Argument is tailored to an academic audience.
Comments:
Your tone reflects a scholarly speaker, and your language is clear and appropriate for an academic audience. Furthermore, the purpose of this argument is evident and fits the subject and occasion. Review your marked-up paper for additional suggestions that you can apply to your final draft.
( 2.02 / 2.30) Written Communication
Proficient – Document shows some organization, is properly structured, and meets length requirements. Font, margins, spacing, title block, headers, and other elements are mostly consistent with the required style guide. Writing has the potential to be clear, correct, and easy to read after revision and editing.
Comments:
Your rough draft contains some minor errors that may distract the audience from your ideas. Visit the Writing Center to refresh yourself on writing mechanics, and keep an eye on grammar and mechanics when you edit this paper.
( 1.76 / 2.00) Academic Honesty & Source Integration
Proficient – Written work appears to be original. Sources are properly integrated and cited appropriately. Minor errors in citations exist.
Overall Score: 9.08 / 10.00 | 6,346 | 2,802 | 14,148.273376 |
warc | 202143 | The King County Council passed an ordinance regarding rentals which went into effect on July 16, 2021? This ordinance applies to all rental properties in King County that are outside of city limits. (Unincorporated) The new law includes the following provisions:
The maximum monthly late fee is 1.5% of one month’s rent. Landlords may not require potential tenants to provide a social security number when applying for a rental. The security deposit and move in fees charged shall not exceed one month’s rent. Tenants with a rental agreement of at least six months may elect to pay move in fees and security deposits in equal payments over the first six months of the lease. Rent increases of 3% or more require 120 days’ notice. A landlord found in violation of any of the provisions in this chapter is liable for the greater of double the tenant’s economic and noneconomic damages or three times the monthly rent of the dwelling unit at issue, and legal fees.
We are here to help you and your clients with all aspects of the rental market. Please contact us for further assistance!
Nothing found herein should be construed as an attempt to offer or render a legal opinion or otherwise engage in the practice of law. You should not rely solely on this information. We encourage our clients to work with a lawyer experienced in commercial and/or residential real estate matters as they can be complicated and confusing. | 1,444 | 786 | 2,606.916031 |
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Let us now set forth one of the fundamental truths about marriage: the wife is in charge. Bill Cosby. Imagine a world in which roles were reversed and men cooked for women, picked up socks, and couldn't wait to get married. Pretend you had a boyfriend who owned a hope chest with six lavender bow ties inside that he wanted his groomsmen to wear at the wedding.
Picture him getting choked up every time you strolled past a Baby Gap. And that he greeted you at the door wearing silk boxers and cowboy boots, so he could do a pole dance for you. As scary as it sounds, this is precisely the approach women are taught on how to catch a husband. When I polled men, they all said confident women are in very short supply. And that a confident woman is what they find sexiest. Is it any wonder that confident women are hard to come by?
Look around. Do you leave razor-sharp creases man his shirts like employee-of-the-month at the Jolly Roger motel? Do you wear cellophane for him? Are you gardening in stilettos? Are you giving it up doggie-style? If so, he'll drop to one good and propose What women are learning from all of this is how to behave desperately. Pick me! You'd be very as turned off by a guy who brought two dozen roses to a first coffee date and told you he felt like the luckiest SOB on the planet in the first five minutes. It's human nature. And you can have my cupcakes too.
And I made you a cake. Please be nice. Please marry me. I'll even jack my butt up nice and high like they do in yoga.
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Just because a man sleeps with you doesn't mean he's thinking about the future. For him to think about forever, there has to be something he respects within you. Like a strong wit In romance, there's nothing more attractive to a man than a woman who has dignity and pride in who she is. In addition, you have to know your own mind. The more you focus on elevating yourself, the more he will work to be at the top of your priority list. And respect is the glue that holds everything together. Kara is a perfect example of why smart, confident women come out on top.
She was leaving for a meeting, and he told her to wear a dress instead of the pantsuit she had on. Then he told her she was wearing too much makeup.
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What the nice girl would have done is run out and buy a new wardrobe. This outfit has always been fine. And I haven't had any complaints about the makeup either. But if you'd like, I'll let you know when I'm wearing this in advance.
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That way, if you don't want to see me in it, you don't have to come over. In order to be looked at differently, you have to think differently. He has to see that you call your own shots and that you don't need input from anyone about how to put your socks on. When a man sees you are happy with him but you can be just as happy having nothing to do with him, that's when he won't want to leave your side. When you are happy, you are sexy. Not only this, bitches have more fun. My friend Angela had a date with a guy on a Friday and they went out for Chinese food.
They tried several dishes and had plenty of leftovers, so Angela took home all the doggie bags. Of course, I would never recommend that you choose such a quick and easy meal over three hours of sweating and slaving in the kitchen.
However, I would be remiss if I did not include this one expert gourmet cooking tip: Don't keep the parsley. If it gets soggy in the microwave it will be a dead giveaway every time. Notice what Kara and Angela had in common: Neither one of them felt the need to overcompensate. This earned the man's respect. It was expected that they knock themselves out because the rulebook says women are supposed to.
When they refused, a light bulb went off over his head. Instead, he commented on the attribute men respect most: a backbone. He marries the woman who won't lay down like linoleum.
This brings us to the definition of a marrying bitch — aka a strong, spirited woman who can stand up for herself. The bitch is not rude or abrasive because she's smart enough to know that being considerate is more effective. But she won't compromise herself to be in a relationship.
She has a certain moxie about her. Sugar and spice Then we'll find out from men what they really think about women who behave this way. Think about the last time you were madly in love. But there was something special about him.
He had a couple of features that did it for you and a certain magic that made you tingle. Men who want to fit in a relationship are looking for that same magic. He doesn't marry a woman who is perfect.
He marries the woman who is interesting. This is one of the biggest myths perpetuated by the media: If you are perfect, beautiful, and rich, you will get the respect and love you crave. So they say. And now back to reality.
When a man meets a woman who seems too perfect, too sweet, or too agreeable, he tends to become bored very quickly. Granted, they offer educational grants and scholarships, which is very ironic because the only men watching are the ones who like really stupid women. I plan to end world hunger and find a cure for cancer. And once and for all, I intend to put an end to the global shortage of flower pots.
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If you've ever noticed, beauty ants are a lot like county fairs. The farmers show the cows the same way. They walk their prized Jersey cow across a stage in front of an audience with judges, and maybe the cow even twirls around a couple of times. Then the winning cow gets a satin ribbon draped over it, which has the title and the year on it. So let's try to apply this Barbie-like behavior to a first date to see why it goes over like a lead balloon. The handbag matches the shoe button. She giggles on cue.
For dinner, she orders two olives with low-cal dressing on the side. | 6,551 | 3,252 | 13,130.202337 |
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This comprehensive guide on preventing child abuse and neglect uses a strength-based framework and recognizes that there are actions we can take to address root causes and provide meaningful support. The guide provides information on resources and partners, and how to build protective systems and policies using a public health approach, acknowledging families' lived wisdom.
This report provides a synthesis of 76 high quality studies on the impact of COVID-19 on young children and early childhood education programs. The studies and accompanying evidence-based and equity-centered policy recommendations were created by 10 leading scholars and 10 leaders in policy and practice for early childhood.
This report summarizes survey data collected in 2020, both before and during the pandemic; it is the fourth survey, preceded by findings from 2004, 2009, 2014.
This toolkit includes resources that will help build child care supply. It includes six steps: (1) assess and plan; (2) identify resources; (3) generate awareness; (4) develop strategies; (5) implement your plan; and (6) evaluate and implement. The concepts build on recognized strategic planning principles and include stories of success. This resource supports the COVID-19 response.
With many school districts providing partial or full online learning, there is increased need for child care for working parents. This collection of online resources includes videos of providers, and identifies recommendations for new supports on funding, shared planning and decision-making, and technical supports. This resource supports the COVID-19 response.
These program standards, self-assessment rubric, and resources are designed to help afterschool programs evaluate and improve the support they are providing for youth who are engaged in distance learning.
The purpose of this playbook is to provide a long-term and sustainable framework for planning and executing evidence-based practices and partnerships for high-quality summer programs. It has a user-friendly design and includes sections on quality, safety, policies and funding, planning, and partnerships.
This report captures what was shared at an October 2019 Conference about the challenges of teaching social and emotional learning (SEL) in afterschool programs. It provides a brief history of the growing focus on SEL, along with a summary of remarks by national leaders.
The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) collaborated with more than 40 partners to develop this SEL Roadmap designed to support teams in planning for the transition back to schools.
This guide provides engaging activities and challenges to be used for youth-serving summer programs, whether running virtually or in-person, or to send digitally to families. It is organized to support four different age groups (5-9), (10-12), (13-15), (16-18). The first unit was released May 27, 2020 and subsequent units will be released in two-week increments. | 3,079 | 1,531 | 6,168.055519 |
warc | 202143 | Understanding what we see and interpreting what we see is all part of learning. This week we look at how we learn through our eyes. Visual perception can be taught in so many ways, and if we know what it entails, it’s easy to practice with our babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers. | 286 | 198 | 403 |
warc | 202143 | Vaping Your Way to a Smoke-Free Life – STRATEGIES FOR Using a Vape Pen Vaping Your Way to a Smoke-Free Life – STRATEGIES FOR Using a Vape Pen
A vaporizer, colloquially called a Vaporizer, is a modern-day apparatus used to vapourise specific materials for inhalation. It really is considered safer than smoking, since it does not release any compound in to the air. More so, it is more effective in doing so. There are two types of vaporizers available in the market: those that use propylene glycol, also known as propane, and those that work with sodium chloride or straightforward paraffin. Different kinds of herbs may also be included in the composition of vaporizers.
The vaporizer produces e-juice, which is often utilized to inhale the same through these devices. This e-juice has nicotine, which is the addictive substance that causes addiction in humans. A newer version of this kind of device called a “PNuemaker” or “Hangout Pod” enables an individual to have it on the run. With this gadget, one does not need to be physically present to have it operate.
One important aspect in a vaporizer is the heating element. In below, the heating element creates the bubbles that let go the e-juice into the inhale stream. Some heat options may be present, that makes it easier for users to regulate the amount of heat in accordance with the kind of experience they really want. When the heating element is activated, it heats up the coil inside the atomizer.
Vaping will not only provide an easy way to smoke, but it also includes a lot of health benefits connected with it. The vapors created by vaporizers are considered Element Vape very safe. Also, it is quite an easy task for non-smokers to take it for a test drive with no any negative effects. However, when the vaporizer becomes heated, it releases harmful gasses. These vaporizers use propane as their temperature source. It is recommended to employ a fuel that produces lesser amounts of harmful gasses such as natural gas, vegetable oil, or vegetable essential oil and coal.
Another type of Vape Pen may be the dry herbalizer. This device heats dry herbal products and mixes them with drinking water before filling the body of these devices with herbs. With this particular type, the heating component of the device isn’t needed. Instead, herbal remedies get infused with the hot water through the heating aspect.
A third kind of device that can be used in the same manner as the herbalizer is called the refillable cartridge. This sort of device uses empty cartridges to create the e-juice for the Vape Pen. To refill the cartridges, just remove the empty cartridge from the device, screw on the empty cartridge, and put in the fresh cartridge. A few tips on how to work with a vaporizer correctly ought to be followed in this case. If you discover there are problems or difficulties in the task, consult the customer care assistance.
Just about all e-juices have 80% nicotine. Hence, it’s important to calculate the number of cigarettes you intend to take each day or in the entire month. Use an application or calculator to determine the amount of nicotine within the cartridges. Utilizing the calculator, calculate how many cigarettes you need to have with each refill to keep up your daily smoking limit and prevent nicotine overdose.
Make sure to keep the cartridge out of reach of children and away from the reach of household pets. When purchasing an e-juice cartridge, enquire about nicotine replacement programs. This is important because a person could become addicted to the e-juice even if he could be not currently smoking. With this particular said, nicotine replacement programs may be availed to help lessen the nicotine dependence on the vaporizer. You can even choose to purchase a disposable cartridge to cut down on waste and manual work for the procedure of refilling. Nevertheless, these cartridges can only just hold some nicotine content, so you would need to buy new cartridges after burning up the prior cartridge. | 4,056 | 1,892 | 8,587.915433 |
warc | 202143 | The Greater Palm Springs Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB)—the official destination marketing organization for the Coachella Valley—has announced that effective September 9, 2021, the organization will begin operating under a new name and will be known as
Visit Greater Palm Springs. Along with this change, a newly designed logo will be used.
“The Greater Palm Springs region continues to evolve,” said Scott White, President & CEO for Visit Greater Palm Springs. “The name ‘Visit Greater Palm Springs’ is direct and easy to understand, represents a call to action, reinforces the organization’s marketing efforts, is more industry-familiar with meeting planners, and reduces confusion about the organization’s purpose for potential visitors seeking information.”
The new name also better reflects the organization’s longer-term vision of not only showcasing the Coachella Valley’s nine cities as a premiere leisure and meetings destination but also growing the tourism economy in the region.
Tourism remains the top industry in Greater Palm Springs with one out of every five jobs supported by tourism. In 2019, 14.1 million people visited Greater Palm Springs for a total economic impact of $7.5 billion. Begun in 1989 as the official tourism marketing organization of the region, in 2016 the organization released a Destination Development Plan outlining a strategy to reach 16 million visitors by 2026, a strategy that went beyond marketing to include increasing air service, promoting regional collaboration, broadening and improving the visitor experience, assisting in developing the local workforce, and more. Since then, the organization has continued to expand its role locally as a Destination Management Organization (DMO).
As the Coachella Valley emerges from the deepest impact of the pandemic, the organization is committed to tourism development to support not only the local economy but also the residents, with the ultimate goal of improving the quality of life for the community while providing an enhanced visitor experience.
These efforts include the building of a well-trained workforce to welcome visitors and provide them with a high level of service, continuing focus on ease of access to the destination for both visitors and residents through air service development as well as forward-focused vision on improving access by rail and car and mobility within the region, such walk-ability, bike-ability and public transportation and providing peace of mind that our destination is keeping both residents and visitors safer with the organization’s Safer Together Greater Together Pledge.
To accompany the name change, Visit Greater Palm Springs is also rolling out a new identity, one that embodies everything learned about why travelers find the destination to be their special place to relax, unwind, create and live healthier.
“Unlike other desert destinations, we are an oasis,” said Chief Creative Officer Jeff Miraglia. “We’ve been communicating that brand promise through our tagline, ‘Find your oasis.’ Now, we have added a pop of green to our logo mark to represent the thousands of swaying palms visitors see in all directions in our destination.”
The “Find Your Oasis” tagline was created in 2014 to represent the many reasons visitors come to the destination. The phrase both encourages and invites them to find their own personal oasis during a visit, from adventure, art, golf and recreation to relaxation, self-discovery and rejuvenation.
Visit Greater Palm Springs is the official destination management agency for the nine-city Southern California oasis of Palm Springs, Desert Hot Springs, Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, La Quinta, Indio and Coachella. Founded in 1989 with a mission to positively affect the destination’s $7.5 billion tourism economy. The organization supports over 50,000 jobs and serves more than 3,000 business partners, providing sales, marketing and PR targeted to potential leisure travelers and event, meeting, and convention group markets. | 4,163 | 1,900 | 8,843.088421 |
warc | 202143 | Many people are surprised to learn that only about 5% to 10% of cancers are hereditary. Many people possibly assume that cancer is often hereditary, in part because of the press attention given to a number of celebrities who were found to be genetically at risk (for example, Angelina Jolie). Therefore, the information provided by genetic counselors is often more reassuring than expected.
In some families, however, a defected (mutated) gene is being passed from generation to generation, which puts the family members at very high risk for cancer. For example, for patients with the
BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene, the lifetime risk for breast cancer is up to 85% (compared with 10% to 12% in other women), and the risk for ovarian cancer is up to 40% (compared with 1.5% in other women).
For some hereditary colon cancer syndromes, the risk for colon cancer is 80% (compared with about 5% in other people). Other syndromes pose similarly increased risks for uterine, stomach, or thyroid cancers.
Early Detection
Given this degree of risk in some people, those with a hereditary risk need to be screened carefully to detect cancer at its earliest possible stage; this means starting screening at a young age, and doing tests more frequently than in other people. In some cases, some medications or lifestyle changes may help decrease the risk for cancer. Sometimes, removing the specific organ that is at risk for cancer may be the best preventive step. Ultimately, the goal of genetic testing is to identify the people who are at highest risk for cancer, and to give them recommendations for appropriate management of their risk.
Signs of Genetic Risk
Because most cancers are not hereditary, how do you know if you may need genetic counseling and testing? There are some general signs that are usually seen in families with inherited cancers; of these, the most important is being diagnosed with cancer at an early age.
On average, hereditary cancers are diagnosed 10 to 20 years earlier than nonhereditary cancers. This means that for patients with cancer that typically occurs in adults, such as breast cancer or colon cancer, the average age of diagnosis in families with hereditary cancer is around age 45, whereas the average age of diagnosis in the general population is around age 65.
The bottom line is, the younger a person is at the time a cancer is diagnosed, the more likely it is that the cancer is hereditary. In addition to age of diagnosis, other common signs of a genetic risk include:
Several relatives with the same type of cancer More than 1 type of cancer in the same person; this does not include 1 type of cancer spreading or returning The presence of cancers known to be genetically related, such as breast cancer or ovarian cancer. Managing Your Risk
The most important thing you can do regarding hereditary risk for cancer is learn about your family history. Find out who has had cancer, what organ it started in, and at what age.
Go back at least as far as your grandparents and cousins. If family members are uncertain about a cancer diagnosis in an older relative, it may be helpful to obtain a copy of their death certificate.
Once you’ve done your homework, if your family has some of the warning signs mentioned above, talk to your doctor about the possibility of getting a referral for genetic counseling and testing. Most insurance companies now cover genetic services if you have a family history of cancer.
At your appointment, your family history and medical history will be reviewed, and the likelihood of hereditary risk in your family will be discussed. The counselor will let you know if genetic testing is appropriate for you, and will help you decide if you want to pursue it. Once your sample is sent to the lab, results are usually available within 2 to 4 weeks.
In the end, you will be given recommendations for cancer screening based on your family history and/or test results, which will help you and your doctors know how best to manage your risk for cancer.
Patient Resources National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/genetics | 4,130 | 1,862 | 9,109.511278 |
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warc | 202143 | There is no rich list.
We wrote one. And then we tore it up.
(A lawyer may also have been involved.)
But you can google the names.
They’re all in the public domain. Conservative party donors and associates have won
more than £3 billion in government contracts.
But there’s a far bigger scandal at the heart of British public life today. A system that is enabling these gross abuses of power. The problem is that the normal checks and balances of a healthy democracy are under attack. The problem is that it’s all happening so fast, it’s hard to even keep track.
But that’s what we need to do: keep track. We can’t stop what we can’t even see.
From Voter ID to the reform of judicial review, to a policing bill that threatens to silence legitimate protest, to Covid contracts issued in complete darkness and plans to privatise the NHS, our institutions have never been under such sustained attack.
Which is why we’ve decided to keep the receipts.
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Because if we all stand together, if we all Keep The Receipts, we might just have a chance of holding power to account. | 1,241 | 701 | 2,094.298146 |
warc | 202143 | Change is the only constant in life.
The pandemic has taught us to expect the unexpected and adapt to survive.
In fact, we were not given any warning or time to adapt. Million of companies around the world were forced to go into perpetual ”expect the unexpected” but have adapted to the unprecedented change and how beautifully they’ve done. COVID coerced many of us into a myopic mindset- questioning ourselves and feeling depressed about setbacks. But it also bought a sea of opportunity for people who could see beyond the present turbulent times.
Companies that believed in innovation are the ones that could grasp the opportunity and march ahead. And in all these -the common thread- Customer Success. Customer Success as a stream has played an important role.
So, without further ado, let’s see the Customer Success Trends as predicted by the CS experts
#1 Renewed focus on new customer onboarding
Like it is said, Retention starts at onboarding. CS teams are trying to make their onboarding simple yet perfect for their customers. CS teams now need to revisit their onboarding process to support the newer customers who have new needs.
The first 90 days of a customer’s life cycle are very crucial to establish value. With Customer Success teams who work on onboarding automation and efficiency to set their customers up for a strong initial footing, this will result in long-term success.
#2 CSMs will become even more data-driven
Data plays a vital role in customer retention and growth and hence in customer success. Plans and actions based on data can help solve problems quicker. Future strategies are focused on aggregating customer data and incorporating AI to provide valuable and accurate insights on usage trends, potential churn, and growth opportunities.
#3 Need for the Human Element Will Skyrocket
With the changing world, customer needs also change. Customers love services when they are personalized. Thus the need for human touch will keep on increasing with automation in customer success.
Though personalization is an important factor, automation wherever possible makes it easy for the Customer Success Managers and the CS team.
Customer success interactions can be made more human by adding small questions showing you care throughout the process like: “how have you been?”, “how’s everyone there?”, “are you handling things?”
Suggested Reading: Automation vs Personalization in Customer Success
#4 Adaptation and innovation will be the key factors for successful Customer Success teams
The entire company relies on the customer success teams to retain their customers and expand the current customer base to ensure stability. Thus Customer Success teams have been given the stage at an accelerated rate. Customer Success teams need to adapt to new technologies and innovations.
#5 Flexibility
Customer may sometimes change their needs and goals, still, they’d expect the best from you. In such scenarios, you might have to make certain adjustments in your service. This shows how flexible customer success can be. Customers are realizing that the vendors who worked with them, made exceptions for them, and adapted to their changing needs, are their true partners. The Customer Success teams and companies who showed great flexibility in 2020 are the ones who had tremendous growth in 2021.
#6 Customer success is becoming a promising career discipline
Customer success is gaining attraction and is becoming a promising career option among postgraduates and experienced professionals. Also, many companies are investing in customer success, and this will increase the demand for CS experts.
We also noticed that LinkedIn listed Customer Success Manager as the third most promising job for 2018.
Customers today have high expectations and want to achieve their goals in the quickest way possible. This is why customer success has evolved as a growth engine for software companies. CSMs are now in a more critical game. They need to understand their customers in-depth and have an intimate knowledge of their customer’s business objectives.
#7 Increase use of AI
Traditional Customer Success Software works on a traditional rule-based engine to generate early warning signs. Although you have access to the data, if the configuration of the rule is not correct, you will miss out. The reality is most traditional rule engines use only 1% of data to set up rules as with hundreds of data points, it is impossible for the human mind to comprehend, analyze, correlate and configure rules for Account health and alerts with accurate thresholds. Even, if you arrive at a decent rule configuration, your product features and customer behavior keeps changing making old rules out of sync. It here, Ai will come to your rescue. New Customer Software powered with AI will scan thousands of data points, past user behavior, CSM’s activities, and engagement with customers to learn what actions and behavior lead to retention. t then uses and generates smart recommendations, the next best action for CSM for every account to unlock LTV that is otherwise at Risk.
#8 Substantial Investment in Customer Journey Mapping
Throughout the customer journey, there are various touchpoints and with the smart technology and data-driven comprehensive, these insights are easily available.
The journey of a customer doesn’t end when they buy your product, but it actually is the very beginning. Throughout the entire journey, understand your customers, their behaviors, and their needs. Also, it is important to get their feedback and improve your service.
Why is Customer Journey Mapping so important?
Determine the touchpoints based on the feedback, deliver accordingly, and drive feature usage.
Build alignment between teams for a better success rate.
Bonus Tip: What are customer journeys in SaaS?
#9 CX and UX will Make the Cut
Customer experience is all set to be the business battlefield’.Gartner
If your interface is bad or your customer experience is not up to the mark, your customers will easily churn out. Customers are looking for an experience that makes them feel important and solves their problem. CX and UX are necessary in making sure customers get their ‘wow’ moment.
#10 Investment in Good CS Software Will Boom Their demand for customer success specialists is high and is increasing every day. Investment in good Customer Success (CS) software like CustomerSuccessBox will also go up. It is difficult for CSMs and business leaders to check up on their customers manually. CS tools help them get a 360 view of their customers’ health. It is a perfect mix of automation and personalization. CS teams do require tools that allow them to: Identify upsell possibilities Have a complete, 360 view of customer’s journey Create more complex and personalized automations Save time spent on tasks that can easily be automated | 6,984 | 3,151 | 15,164.877182 |
warc | 202143 | Witnesspedia
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Libria, a libertarian Distrikt, is the current form of the community that began life as Distrikt 2. Spurred by constant threats on the part of J.C. Denton and his allies, the initial D2 Steering Committee collapsed, and the resultant reprisals were a violent push towards ensuring maximum personal freedom. Libria prides itself on being as close as humanly possible to the ideals of a minarchist state, with the Watchmen in charge of enforcing property laws, protecting citizens against aggression, theft, breach of contract and fraud, and everything else left to markets.
POLITICAL HISTORY
Distrikt 2 arose out of the events collectively known as the
Zero-day Fracture (0 0D - 7 0D). Overwhelming marginalization from J.C. Denton and Project Viking’s original policies created mass community unrest, which spilled over into the First and Second March of the Voiceless (-3 0D to 0.3 0D). The State Machine apparently reached a calculation failure in its attempts to impose a framework that would allow everyone to operate under one government, and sanctioned the first divorce, or a fracture in populations. In 0.5 0D, vacant infrastructure (set aside for later growth) was partitioned into Distrikt 2. A 12-person Committee of community leaders was legitimized as a way of handling the infrastructure gift from the State Machine and governance thereafter.
However, the Committee, which was supposed to install a democratic process, soon fell to vicious infighting between the Megan Rilke and Karunasalam Balraj, who saw themselves as the first among equals, and the rest. Aethnographers now suspect that Denton’s Peacekeepers assisted their polarisation by conducting low-grade mimetic warfare on the fledgeling Distrikt; the idea was that once it collapsed, the State Machine could mark it down as a failure and Denton’s government could re-absorb the remains. Distrikt 2 was meant to serve as an example to potential dissent.
It did serve as an example, but not in the way Denton expected. Denton’s Peacekeepers acted too early and began threatening martial law to counter the rioting and localized violence. They were met by the overwhelming force of the Third March of the Voiceless, which was less of a march and more of ‘a crowd-sourced defense of the Distrikt 2 border; the greatest self-organizing army Witness has ever seen’, in the words of Andromache Kosovitch in The New Histories of our Times.
The Marchers, in a rather homebrew friend-or-foe indentification system, began to carry around flags and banners, and adopt various battle-shouts; what became popular was the motif of a broken chain and a cry of Libria, Libria! Thus Distrikt 2 earned its name.
*“Independence, self-reliance, and the willingness to take risks and survive by own own sweat and labor, the ability to speak back against a majority or slave-drivers with guns and policy documents, the ability to work with who we want, when we want - these are the values on which our society must rest. Rule by committee is nothing but a polite name for thuggery; and we have seen that every time they come for us these are the things they take away first, so as to make us servile, subservient, mute."
― Augustine S.A. Hayek, The Road to Liberation
Much of Libria’s politics and way of life rests on its economy. Post-March, those left behind were overwhelmingly skilled labour who had been contracted to build Project Viking. They therefore posessed significant manufacturing expertise, and most began to either pool together as companies or individually contract out their skills for the ready markets in Distrikt 1 and 3, often staking out both home and work space as company assets.
Early Libria thus went through a second phase of conflict - albeit one less visible to the other Distrikts. Various Marches liked a fight began contracting out as protection; at first as part of companies, but dedicated operations such as the Voxel Dogs and the Secure Seaside began to emerge, quickly snapping up people with military experience. Fearing the emergence of mafia-style governance, most people in Libria voted to establish the Night Watchmen (abbrev. the Watchmen), a body politic empowered to handle law and order and themselves tightly bound by contracts that required the goodwill of citizens and the Watchmen tax for their daily survival.
Today, the Watchmen control most of Libria, but not all; the Voxel Dogs, the Senators, and the Seaside operated sophisticated extortion and human trafficking operations and have, to an extent, legalized themselves by setting themselves up as private security, buying up property and using their funds as venture capital.
While it would seem that Libria and the Assembly of People would be natural allies in Distrikt-level negotiations, because of the strain of anarchist and anti-statism that both embrace, both parties remain wary of each other and tend only to vote for each other’s proposals when there is clear utility to both parties. Assembly visitors regularly rank Libria as their least favorite place to travel to, and culture clashes are common when bargain-hunting, ever-ready-to-negotiate Librians visit the Assembly for commerce or sightseeing.
ECONOMY
NO GODS, NO GOVERNORS, ONLY MAN - holographic motto over the entrances to the Central Electronics Market. The closest Libria has to a motto. And alternate version, marked on the remnants of the defensive perimeter, in a now-forgotten langauge, is τίνα θεόν, τίν’ ἥρωα, τίνα δ’ ἄνδρα κελαδήσομεν. Supposedly it reads “What god, what hero and what man will we celebrate?”
Much of Libria’s politics and way of life revolve around markets. Libria is largely an export-oriented economy that sells clothing, electronics, software and plastics all over Witness, although exact estimates of the economy are hard to derive - almost all relevant data is in private hands, and it would be a nightmare to even acquire it. Trade and negotiation permeate almost all levels of interaction, and the adage that “if you’re looking to buy, I’m looking to sell” applies, especially in the Central Electronic Market. Supply and demand determines much of who stays and who goes, and there is no enforcement of things such as copyrights or patents - if it can be reverse-engineered, it certainly will be.
Corporations - of which there are uncounted thousands, whether sole operations or looming behemoths - operate primarily as raw materials havervesters, producers of goods, or the providers of services (such as traders, escorts, market-analysis companies, or software developers). Despite the Night Watchmen’s prevalence, many also function as pirates or mercenaries, being paid primarily to extort others, steal, or destroy assets. Market manipulation is possible at large scales, and several Distrikt-wide Ponzi schemes and fake banks have emerged and fallen.
Because of its high-risk nature, the Night Watchmen have (over time) introduced the Griefing Charter, which has sufficiently broad language to allow them to act on new types of acts of repeated malicious intent that can be proven to infringe on someone’s profits at no material benefit to the attacker.
Economic policy
“As order exponentially increases, time exponentially speeds up.”
– Attributed to Ray Kurzweil, a popular pre-Sundering philosopher
Libria’s early-days leadership instituted a system of minimal government. Most infrastructures are in private hands, handled through concession contracts. The main sources of fiscal revenue for the Distrikt are the proceedings for the concessions themselves and a value added tax on consumption. A single-rate tax on income also exists, but it is mainly used as a source of incentives: whatever the Distrikt’s government wants more of (for example R&D investments, or energy efficiency increasing interventions) is made over 100% deductible. Unsurprisingly, the contribution of the income tax to Libria’s fiscal revenue is negligible.
The prevalence of skilled workers and entrepreneurial types in zero-day Libria brought about both prosperity and relative economic equality. The first recorded measure of its Gini coefficient (03 OD) was 0.25, on par with the most egalitarian pre-Sundering national economies since records were kept. This engendered fast growth, which, in turn, accelerated the process of concentration of wealth and power to the most skilled (or luckiest, as scholars in the Assembly are quick to add) individuals and businesses. This phenomenon was foreseeable and foreseen, but the ideology prevalent in Libria makes redistributive policies politically difficult; and the Distrikt bureaucracy does not have real capacity for it, anyway.
By 10 OD Libria’s Gini coefficient had grown to 0.34. Under Hayek’s direction, the Watchmen’s policy office launched a new strategy, Fair and Free Deal. Its main idea was to focus on “growing the pie, rather than slicing it thin”. Low-income individuals would improve their condition because material wealth would grow fast enough to outrun the pace of concentration.
Pragmatically, the strategy also promotes equality of opportunities, with an extensive program of grants to higher education and the launch of venture capital funds for micro- and nano-businesses. While both the higher education establishments and the VC funds are in private hands, the Librian economic élites agreed to self-regulate in providing those grants under fairly moderate conditions: so, for example, low income students sponsored by Skyward are allowed to choose a different employer after graduation and a maximum of two years of employment at Skyward itself.
The Fair and Free Deal also subsidizes the relocation of low-income individuals to other Distrikts, and puts in place a policy of “talent attraction” for Scholae graduates, aethnographers and, above all, high net-worth individuals. The evolution over time of economic inequality in Libria is keenly studied by scholars, both in Witness and globally.
Currency
Several currencies exist, each backed by the company that floats it. Tiburón Metal runs the Shark, a card-and-digital currency tradeable at any Tiburón branch for its worth in iron (one of the most precious materials in Witness). Tiburón’s exploration arm, SONAR, runs regular expeditions to the ocean around Witness, often reclaiming metal from the detritus of cities underwater; the value of Sharks thus fluctuate around SONAR expeditions and speculation around them.
Sunflower EX handles SolarCoin, an asset tradeable for units of energy sold in the form of direct-to-POS or Sunflower Batteries. Waveform runs WaveCoin, backed by energy generated from the sea as well as profits from Waveform’s significant assets (one of which includes a ‘private security company’ called the Senators). These three form the most significant currencies: other local ones exist. The State Machine generally accepts or handles conversion to and from most currencies in Libria.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Outside of Hygge, the first Distrikt, Libria contains the most compute resources dedicated to AI. Some aethnographers specializing in computational technologies believe that Libria actually has
more, but the space is so fragmented that it is difficult to understand. Garden-variety AI are typically those that use a one-size-fits-all SaaS model - such as navigation tools, dating support services or various self-help and ‘social’ apps that push their users towards local events and opportunities.
More sophisticated forms include those used to aid scientific discovery, reverse engineering, run news aggregation services. Some people reportedly have ‘Perfect Copies’ - AI agents that are capable of mimicking them and their preferences down to a T, and thus can converse and negotiate on their behalf. This has outsize impact in Libria, as one person can then appear in multiple places and do several hundred tasks at once.
The Night Watchmen in particular are cautious about AI, as many of Libria’s fundamental beliefs and emergent system revolve around meatspace personhood - and these systems can be exploited when a person is able to scale exponentially. AI proponents (often a group called
Agent Provocateur) argue that this scaling impact is no different from the normal economic impact of a person rising through the value chain. But rights groups have protested the software and wetware labs that make such AI; and there is much debate in the halls of every Distrikt about whether this should be regulated before it grows beyond everyone’s control. TOPOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT
The best way to describe Libria would be as “the urban sprawl”. Constrained by the borders of the sea, as well as the Assembly and the Convenant, the citizens of Libria built upwards, layering density to an incredible degree. The lack of centralized control makes it both serendipitous and incredibly chaotic to navigate for newcomers: mazes of walkways criss-cross above roads, connecting buildings where present or former business interests aligned. Infrastructure is made (and sometimes broken) by private interests either banding together or splitting apart. If one looks closely, graffitos and signage mirrors the aesthetics of the clubs, corporates or other notable communities (sometimes called gangs, but sometimes more accurate called collectives, though Librians are averse to that term) controlling certain areas.
Arguably the most infamous areas are Rue Libertas, the Red Light and entertainment district run by the Seaside Senators, and Club Hedon, operated by a coalition consisting of Tiburón, the Voxel Dogs, and Sunflower EX. The saying is that “if it can be sold, it will be sold”.
But these are now more tourist honeypots than mainstays of actual Libria culture. Of more interest are the dizzying Sunflower Heights, where reportedly many of the who’s who of the city have a private apartment, and the gliders and helicopters that fly between Sunflower Heights to specific high-rises and pseudo-skyscrapers within the inner rings of the city.
Skyward, the manufacturers of these aircraft and suppliers of drone imagery, are making a fat profit. At the docks, seawards, sits their ostentatious statue of a winged woman: it has become one of the most iconic public monuments of its time. From Skyward’s heavily guarded corporate fortress at the docks, flights of aircraft stream out over the ocean, working in tandem with ships from Tiburón, Lachland and Wathuradevi to spot profitable salvage from the ruins of the Sundered world.
Elsewhere, the Central Electronics Market - a sprawling, thriving collection of streets where small vendors just about everything under the sun. The lives of the rich and the powerful, with their penthouses, private pools and security, is a far cry from life down on these streets, where the ordinary hustle goes on shoulder-to-shoulder.
Just down from the CEM is Voxel Stadium, which has long since evolved from a patch of turf where the Voxel Dogs played cricket. Now it’s an enormous sporting arena, the largest of its kind on Witness, and cricket is both entertainment and a religion that moves millions of dollars around throught the year: from the crowds, to the cricketers, to their wetware engineers, masseuses, security, therapists and other staff, to merchandisers, to the hedge funds betting big on wins, to the Voxel Dogs and their sub-gangs that provide the venue and the security for it.
CULTURE AND CONTEMPORARY LIFE
Many critics, in the beginning, predicted that Libria would become a desolate corporate wasteland, devoid of art and culture and thought. They’re wrong about the desolate part. While large corporations exert enormous influence, musicians, artists and sportpeopled have thrived in Libria. Subcultures thrive, and bereft of social contracts outside that imposed by the Night Watchmen, the region is possibly the most diverse of all of Witness.
The aethonographer Calvin Maliek, however, has noted that much of Librian life follows a power-law distribution: 1% of people take home 99% of the fame and fortune, and outliers are disproportionately rewarded. His essay on the subject (titled:
The Eternal Dream) critiques the role of markets and the risk inherent in the lives of Librians. In a counter, Augustine S.A. Hayek, Inspector General of the Night Watchmen (known in Librian law-enforcement circles as the Shadow Queen), wrote The Eternal Promise, pointing out the importance of choice, the role of markets in preventing hegemonies, and the acceptance of risk in life.
Advertisements for all sorts of entertainment abound throughout Libria, and celebrities are household names. Cricket is both one of the largest moneymakers and practically a religion; every corporation worth its salt sponsors a cricket team for the advertising value, and a thriving industry of trainers, marketers and promoters all make a buck off this system. Almost as popular are public art installations and institutes funded by private interests - often with tacit marketing value or as a public demonstration of the wealth of the funder. The Tiburón Institute of Music, the Wathuradevi Philarmonic, Club Hedon, and the graffiti artists known as CABAL are examples of cultural mainstays created by private wealth.
TRANSPORT
Much of Libria’s transport is on foot, or via private vehicles. Because of the fragmented nature of this part of its economy, there are very few large corporations producing vehicles end to end; instead, consumers usually pay bodyshops to put together the parts lists of their choosing, resulting in some impressive idiosyncracies as well as innovative, low-cost designs. After much bargaining with the Night Watchmen, the State Machine has created a sub-system called Virgil that explicitly serves as a type of navigation system to be installed in vehicles; however, many are suspicious of this, arguing against both the State Machine and what they see as the steadily increasing power of the Night Watchmen. Needless to say, private mapping and navigation services are a thriving enterprise in Libria, as rapid change often changes landmarks and paths; Skyward has a near-monopoly on this particular domain.
NOTABLE PEOPLE Ivan Tiburón. Libria’s most famous hypercapitalist inventor combines the public image of an eternally delighted mad scientist and a ruthlessly Machiavellian sense for business and politics. Tiburón and his children - Eskar, Damask and Rafielle - dominate much of the social conversation of Libria on a year-round cycle carefully determined by an extensive PR team. Uusually, Ivan is showing off a prototype machine of some sort, or a new find salvaged from Old New York or Delhi; or Eskar is causing scandal for his running around with models and partygoers from Club Hedon; Damask has produced yet another mind-blowing public AR spectacle, or Rafielle, who leads Tiburón’s wetware and black ops, is at the forefront of a clash with rivals. Augustine S.A. Hayek. Libria’s head of the Night Watchmen. Revered for her role in the Third March of the Voiceless, Hayek rules the streets with equal parts vigilance and philosophy. Her particular role makes her the closest Libria has to a spokesperson for its value structure, and aethnographers have learned not to underestimate her intellectual calibre, spy network or the regard that most Librians hold for her. DJeremiah. Libria’s #1 celebrity DJ (and now a venture capitalist) has a famously checkered past: he played for CTRL + ALT + REVOLUTION, the band that founded The Assembly of People. His record label, the Rising Sun, is one of the most sought-after deals by up-and-coming street musicians. Megan Rilke and Karunasalam Balraj. Less a popular combination and more as a cautionary tale in power. Some who were at the Third March celebrate them and the Marches by lighting paper lanterns on the 14th of April. This practice quickly caught on; but their names have more or less fallen into memory; only the lanterns remain. Footnotes
Libria could be cyberpunk: it certainly borrows heavily from the tropes of the genre, including the unregulated economies, non-state actors taking on functions of the state, and the general ‘the street finds its own uses for things’ vibe of both William Gibson’s classical Neuromancer and the more systemic explorations of Mike and Lisa Pondsmith’s Cyberpunk Red.
But instead of the megacorps that rule the Pondsmith’s vision, mid-sized companies and collectives account for the largest share of Libria’s economic output, paired with the kind of rapid-fire, lateral innovation brought about in chi-fi, where rampant counterfeiting and IP theft combine with supply. All of this is set within a model inspired by the MMORPG Eve Online, where hundreds of thousands of players are thrown into space and given the freedom to do anything they wish.
As a result, entirely private interest clash in fierce economic competition, manufacturing, trading, political intrigue and open warfare. It’s worth reading Empires of Eve, Andrew Groen’s narrative history of the entirely player-generated politics, warfare, and culture; and following it up with this paper by Taylor et al, titled “Alienated Playbour: Relations of Production in Eve Online”, to understand what kind of social contracts evolve in a
truly libertarian space.
The result is a place where this kind of statement -
"…only the biggest and most ambitious of these companies even bother with a website; most of them have little more than a vendor page on AliExpress. Some of these companies buy their drivers — the actual speakers — from the same factories that provide Sennheiser and Beats with theirs. . . . the factories that make the drivers don’t care who they sell to; they maintain a certain level of quality because their clients depend on that. And once you’ve sourced the parts, it’s not expensive at all to put them together. “If you have a van and a bottle of glue,” Klasco says, “you can be in the business.”
… applies to more than just audio gear. | 23,350 | 10,461 | 50,523.587611 |
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warc | 202143 | What Makes Neon Lighting Fixtures So Well Received?
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Neon equipment and lighting have likewise become very common among home-owners and companies, since they will be inexpensive to acquire and use. They are also reasonably priced when compared with other causes of lighting effects. They could be utilized at your home, at destinations where by loads of ability usage is essential and then in online business establishments where many lighting is wanted. Such as, they can be employed close to swimming pool area parts, as fireplaces, at sports events and even in the storage area to create a attractive appearance.
Neon lighting is safe to use inside your home if they are put in as outlined by maker requirements. It is recommended to look at the requirements and suggestions with the electrical application, ahead of obtaining virtually any these equipment and lighting. The instructions of assembly will let you set them up correctly. Before you start to set them up, there is absolutely no requirement for special exercising. In truth, you may even try this on your own once you know how.
Neon lights are also extremely effective, as they quite simply need to have small voltage deliver in order to operate. They use up almost no power, in order that the set up cost is cheaper in comparison to common styles. They are also inexpensive.
Neon lights have also are more affordable, primarily when compared with halogen lights, and due to their energy effectiveness. It is possible for getting them in a wide variety of sizes and colors, rendering it easier to discover the one who most closely fits your preferences.
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warc | 202143 | Oil hovered around $46 per barrel in New York, back to levels last seen before the deal to cut production set by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), as the shale revival appears to be making the group’s cuts ineffective,
World Oil reported.
According to
CNN, the downturn has hit the share prices of major energy companies, such as ExxonMobil. Chinese oil stocks were also affected, as Sinopec sank 2.9% and PetroChina fell 2.1%.
RBC Capital Markets’ Commodities Strategist in New York, Michael Tran, stated early May to World Oil, “What we’ve seen in terms of the rebound today is really just a bit of a correction following an oversold market over the past several days.”
The OPEC agreement, the cartel’s first cut since 2008, was supposed to prop up oil prices and end the epic glut that has roiled the industry. However, the deal encouraged U.S. producers to ramp up drilling.
The result has been an 11-week expansion of American production, which is the longest run of gains since 2012. Prices are still more than 50% below their peak in 2014, when surging shale output triggered crude’s biggest collapse in a generation and left rival producers such as Saudi Arabia scrambling to protect market share. | 1,272 | 770 | 2,030.244156 |
warc | 202143 | As the operator of the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris announced its reopening in July, EU member states have reached an agreement that the COVID-19 certificate will pave the way for a trip to Europe.
The agreement will ensure that all people in 27 EU countries have a digital health pass by the end of June that shows their vaccination status, COVID-19 testing results, or recovery from coronavirus infection. Become.
“This is an important step in resuming EU free movement as safely as possible while providing clarity and certainty to the public,” said EU Health Commissioner Stella Kiriyakides. ..
The certificate is considered an important tool for saving Europe’s summer vacation, and as if to celebrate the news, the operator of the Eiffel Tower, one of the largest tourist attractions on the continent, has been operating for several months. It was announced that it will resume on July 16th. Closed by a pandemic.
Operator Sete told AFP that the number of visitors would be limited to 10,000 per day to meet social distance requirements, less than half the pre-Covid level.
However, the director of the World Health Organization warned Thursday that progress on the coronavirus pandemic remained “vulnerable” and that overseas travel should still be avoided.
“Currently, in the face of ongoing threats and new uncertainties, we need to continue to pay attention and rethink or avoid traveling abroad,” said Hans Kruge, director of Europe at WHO. He added that a “pocket of increased transmission” on the continent is possible. It spread immediately.
Pilot test
The EU nods to Covid travel certificates are similar in other countries, such as Israel with a “green pass” and the United Kingdom informing citizens that some international travel is allowed through the National Health Service app. Follow the initiative.
The European Commission has also promised to make at least € 100 million (A $ 157 million) available for the purchase of rapid tests.
France, Malta and the Netherlands are one of the countries that are piloting EU passes.
The path is designed primarily to be accessed via the smartphone app, but it also needs to be able to authenticate in paper form. This technology was developed by the German companies T-Systems and SAP.
The certificate is on the agenda of the European Head of State and Government Summit scheduled for Monday and Tuesday in Brussels.
The agreement on Thursday will then need to be formally approved at the entire session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, June 7-10.
Black fungus
So-called Indian variants may be more contagious and are currently identified in at least 26 of the 53 countries in the WHO European region, Kruge said.
But he added that the WHO-approved vaccine is effective against new strains.
India faced a new related threat on Thursday. This is because states across the country have ordered emergency measures to counter the surge in the rare and deadly “black bacterium” infection among coronavirus patients.
Two new states have declared a mucormycosis epidemic while New Delhi and other major cities have opened special wards to treat thousands of infected cases.
India typically handles less than 20 cases annually, but the infection poses a new threat to the coronavirus wave, which killed 120,000 people in six weeks.
Authorities have imposed blockades on five Rohingya refugee camps in the southeastern part of the country after a recent surge in coronavirus cases in neighboring Bangladesh, officials said.
Bangladeshi authorities have set up 34 camps in the southeastern part of Cox’s Bazar for about 900,000 Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution and violence in Myanmar.
Increasing criticism in Japan
In Japan, there is growing criticism that coronavirus inoculation will start late in just two months before the Olympics.
A Japanese government panel in Tokyo on Thursday recommended approval of the COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna and AstraZeneca.
The Pfizer-BioNTech formula is currently the only vaccine approved for use in Japan, and so far less than 2% of the 125 million population has been fully vaccinated.
Japanese opinion opposes the convention, and polls show that the majority want to delay or cancel the event further.
According to AFP editing of official data, a pandemic has killed more than 3.4 million people worldwide since the virus first appeared in late 2019.
A spokesman for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the United States is the worst-affected country with 587,874 deaths, where it is beginning to return to normal life. At Washington headquarters.
“Like many others, after working from home for the past year, we’ll resume limited operations at our Washington, DC headquarters and gradually move staff back to the building from June 1,” Gerry Rice said. Told reporters. | 4,906 | 2,446 | 9,597.387572 |
warc | 202143 | The Four Most Common Elevator Problems Discovered in Routine Inspections
Routine inspection is mandatory when it comes to elevator maintenance and lift service. A routine inspection helps the service personnel to identify problems in advance and helps in preventing grave accidents.
As lift manufacturers, we have listed the various problems that can be discovered in routine inspections below. Problem: Worn Sheaves
An elevator sheave is a pulley that is connected to the elevator hoist rope system. They help to move the elevator up and down and keep it supported at all times. The sheaves are necessary for healthy operation for any elevator are an integral part of the pulley system. Sheave regrooving
Sheaves must be regrooved to avoid hoist lifting problems in an elevator. They are also susceptible to wear and tear. Hence, elevator manufacturing companies in Chennai must stress the maintenance and regular checks of the sheaves to prevent any mishap from happening in the future.
Problem: Power failure Elevators rely on heavy power usage for their motors and other control systems. Any fluctuations in power drawing and delivery mechanism should be monitored properly. This can be disastrous to the motors as well as the whole elevator system. This can be prevented by a power quality survey. Infrared Inspection To detect power failures an elevator maintenance program utilizes infrared thermography to detect drastic temperature differences. This can prevent possible trouble spots that can cause costly system failures. The common faults that are identified with this system are over/under voltage and thermal indifferences.
Problem: Contamination Everyday usage of the elevator system can put a lot of stress on the mechanism and when there is wear and tear, small pieces of metals can get into the oil to cause improper lubrication and contamination of the oil. Oil and lubrication analysis Systematic checks of the oil and lubrication are mandatory to check for properties that can identify contamination or wear inside of the motor. When the analyst identifies the presence of bronze it may indicate the wear in the crown gear of the elevator system.
Problem: Noisy bearings or bearing malfunction Bearing malfunction is one of the top causes of all motor failures. When there is substantial noise produced in the bearing, it may indicate the vibrations within the motor. This is due to premature wear on the bearings that can cause several damages to the motor system. Inductive absorbersTo tackle the wear on the motor bearing we suggest using an inductive absorber that can absorb the current and vibrations to protect the motor from wear and tear. The absorber can absorb stay current in the system and electric noise originating from the system.
Problem: Misaligned motor drive When there are multiple systems that are coupled to each other in an electric system, the alignment of the shaft is critical. A misaligned motor shaft can cause the critical breakdown of the motor and the associated machinery in an elevator system. Motor alignmentThe correct alignment of the shaft can be identified using advanced laser measuring equipment or a straightedge and string. We also suggest using geared systems that utilize flange mounted motors that do not require re-alignment of the shaft, if they are disassembled.
Emperor Lift’s technically expert team and maintenance programs can detect problems and can also offer tactical solutions to tackle the issue. Our elevator service programs are deemed as the Need help in troubleshooting elevator problems? best elevator service in Chennai. We have specialised programs for all kinds of elevators and lifts in Chennai. Our team of engineers and technicians can help you have a peaceful elevator service experience. | 3,795 | 1,649 | 8,696.970891 |
warc | 202143 | Folks around the country are starting to pull out boots and coats, figure out which warm clothes still fit their kids, and empty out their yard’s sprinkler systems. Are you also prepping your immune system for everything coming its way?
A powerful team of natural immune boosters can help you and your family enjoy all the great parts of fall without being benched with illness.
Your immune-boosting starting lineup
An analysis of 14 studies concluded that echinacea reduced a person’s odds of getting a cold by 58%. (3) In addition, a review of studies on vitamin C found that it reduced the duration of a cold by an average of 8% for adults and 18% for children. (4)
Zinc supports the immune system by developing and activating lymphocytes and neutrophils—white blood cells that attack foreign invaders. (5)(6) One study found that infants who received a weekly zinc supplement had 31% fewer incidents of pneumonia and 22% fewer incidents of diarrhea than the placebo group. (7)
Other MVPs for immune support
Research has shown that
quercetin supports leukocytes, which are blood cells that fight infection and other diseases. (8) Other studies suggest that quercetin may be useful in treating autoimmune diseases by suppressing cells that erroneously attack healthy tissue. (9)
While you’re raking leaves, planning holidays, and settling kids in their school routines, make sure you’re also stocking your cupboard with your immune-support squad. Have a great fall, without falling ill.
Let’s stay healthier, together,
Your friends at Santo Remedio
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warc | 202143 | CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and ROTTERDAM, Netherlands and SUZHOU, China, July 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Harbour BioMed ("HBM", HKEX: 02142) today announced positive topline results from its Phase 2 proof-of-concept clinical trial of batoclimab (HBM9161) in Chinese generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) patients.
Data received from the Phase 2 Study, as the first clinical evidence of anti-FcRn therapies in Chinese patients, showed a statistically significant and clinically meaningful efficacy of batoclimab over placebo, as well as a favorable safety and tolerability profile.
Data from the Phase 2 Study demonstrated that batoclimab has alleviated myasthenic symptoms rapidly with satisfactory safety profile in Chinese patients, supporting batoclimab as a potential novel solution to fill the current treatment gap for gMG patients.
The Phase 2 Study Design
The trial is a multi-center, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study on 30 subjects suffering moderate to severe gMG to receive batoclimab (340 mg, 10 subjects or 680 mg, 11 subjects) or placebo (9 subjects) once per week for a period of 6 weeks (double blinded treatment period), followed by 340 mg every other week for a period of 6 weeks (open-label treatment period) on a random basis.
The primary efficacy endpoint was the improvement of Myasthenia Gravis Activities of Daily Living (MG-ADL) score from baseline. Secondary efficacy endpoints included the improvements from baseline of Quantitative Myasthenia Gravis (QMG), Myasthenia Gravis Composite (MGC), and Myasthenia Gravis Quality of Life (MG-QoL) score. Other endpoints include safety and tolerability profile, pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD).
Key Results of Phase 2 Study
Batoclimab treatment was shown to be overall safe and well-tolerated, with incidence of adverse events (AE) comparable to placebo, majority of AEs characterized as mild, no serious adverse events (SAE) and no discontinuation due to AEs.
Based on the positive reports of this Phase 2 study, HBM already carried out the "end of Phase 2" meeting with Center for Drug Evaluation, National Medical Products Administration (NMPA), and obtained full support on the Phase 3 study plan. The Phase 3 study will be initiated in the second half of 2021.
"This is a monumental milestone in innovative therapeutics development for myasthenia gravis in China",
said the principal investigator Chongbo Zhao, MD, Professor of Neurology at Huashan Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai. "For decades, there has been lacking high impact clinical studies of myasthenia gravis in China, and this phase 2 study certainly fills the gap. In addition, unmet needs for myasthenia gravis treatment include 10-20% refractory patients, 15-20% potentially progressing to life-threatening crisis, and patients affected by severe side effects associated with long-term use of current therapies. All these challenges require safe and efficacious novel therapeutics. Data from this study demonstrated that batoclimab alleviated myasthenic symptoms rapidly with satisfactory safety profile in Chinese patients, producing more evidence to support batoclimab as the promising potential novel treatment for gMG patients."
"We are extremely pleased to announce the positive reports of this trial," said by
Jingsong Wang, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of HBM, "batoclimab is the first anti-FcRn therapy entering clinical development in China and reports positive data in Chinese patients with gMG. The strong evidence generated from this study is quite exciting and further indicates that batoclimab could be a novel therapy with favorable safety profile and substantial clinical improvements. Furthermore, through subcutaneous injection, both doses of batoclimab may offer the flexibilities of dosing strategy, self-administration at home, significantly relieve the burden of healthcare system and transportation challenges of patients. We are committed to further accelerate this exciting novel therapeutic development to help patients in need." About Batoclimab (HBM9161)
Batoclimab (HBM9161), a fully human anti-FcRn mAb, blocks FcRn-IgG interactions, accelerating the degradation of autoantibodies and leads to the treatment of pathogenic IgG-mediated autoimmune diseases. Available evidence suggests that reduced levels of pathogenic IgG in patients with myasthenia gravis are associated with clinical benefit. Earlier studies demonstrated that batoclimab is well tolerated and can rapidly reduce total IgG. These findings make batoclimab the first anti-FcRn to demonstrate a sustained IgG reduction in both Chinese and Caucasian populations when administered via subcutaneous (SC) injection. Batoclimab has been granted "Breakthrough Therapy Designation" by the Chinese NMPA in gMG.
About Harbour BioMed
Harbour BioMed (HKEX: 02142) is a global biopharmaceutical company committed to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel antibody therapeutics focusing on oncology and immunology. The Company is building its robust portfolio and differentiated pipeline through internal R&D capability, collaborations with co-discovery and co-development partners and select acquisitions.
The Company's proprietary antibody technology platforms Harbour Mice® generate fully human monoclonal antibodies in two heavy and two light chain (H2L2) format, as well as heavy chain only (HCAb) format. Building upon the HCAb antibodies, the HCAb-based immune cell engagers (HBICE™) are capable of delivering tumor killing effects unachievable by traditional combination therapies. Integrating Harbour Mice® with single B cell cloning platform, our antibody discovery engine is highly unique and efficient for development of next generation therapeutic antibodies.
For further information, please refer to www.harbourbiomed.com
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warc | 202143 | Speed control of single-phase induction motors is desirable in most motor control applications since it not only provides variable speed but also reduces energy consumption and audible noise. … Using microcontroller-based control systems, one can add speed variation to the system.
Can you put a variable speed control on any motor?
Can I put a variable speed control on any motor? No.
Some motors cannot change their speed at all – steppers, induction motors and synchronous motors. Some motors require different speed control techniques – brushless DC, and many others. How do you slow down an electric motor?
Most DC motors can be slowed down by
reducing the supply level of power, Volts, lower volts and resulting less amps, will create less electrical field and will slow motor down. For more gradual speed control there are electronic solutions that are called PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) controllers or Mosfet H bridges. How do you reduce the rpm of a single phase AC motor?
The two primary ways to control the speed of a single-phase AC motor is to either
change the frequency of the line voltage the motor sees or by changing the voltage seen by the motor, thereby changing the rotational speed of the motor. Can you slow down an AC motor? Yes. If it’s a small fan motor or even a ceiling fan, this is often done by reducing voltage to the motor with a solid state control or a series inductance. This just increases the slip speed. A large AC motor can be slowed down with a Variable Frequency Drive. How do you increase the speed of an AC motor?
You increase the speed
by increasing the frequency. If a motor base speed is 60 Hz, raising the frequency to 120 Hz will double the speed of the motor. However, if you do not keep the volt to hertz ratio constant, you will cause the motor windings to heat up. How can you control the speed of a motor without a VFD? Get a pump driven by a universal motor, (electric tools type, with brushes) and you’ll be able to use voltage variation to get variable speed. Or get a DC driven pump (as used in small ships) and you can also use this cheap electrical variable speed method. | 2,167 | 1,018 | 4,536.224951 |
warc | 202143 | 9 Hindrance and Solutions To Increase Your Brainpower In A Week
The human brain is probably the most mysterious organ and the most important part of our body. Scientists are always learning new facts and information about the brain and how it functions. It still hides tons of Secrets. That’s why I decided to acquaint you with the brightest discoveries of a previous couple of years within the field of brain research. I will discuss
9 Hindrance and Solutions To Increase Your Brainpower In A Week.
There are a few simple ways to boost your intellect and improve your brainpower. They will surely surprise you. You will learn something here. So stay put.
Number 9 Chronic lack of sleep worsens memory.
The scientists from the University of California at Berkeley have found convincing proof that a scarcity of sleep can worsen memory. It can, too, cause Alzheimer’s.
During the full night’s sleep, brain cells remove toxic compounds that are dangerous for our brain. Chronic lack of sleep has a devastating effect on people’s brain cells.
Number 8 Prolonged stress destroys the brain.
Prolonged stress destroys the brain and decreases memory, the ability to learn, and self-control. These are the consequences that chronic stress is thought of.
It contributes to a person in ways like feeling irritation, anxiety, tension, and often being distracted.
Number 7 Love and hate have a lot in common.
British scientists have identified that love and hatred originate from similar brain junctions. However, unlike hatred, love significantly reduces the activity of the area’s liable for judgment and reasoning or put a hold. Well, that explains a lot.
Yeah, keep it in there, man!
Number 6 The brain is sensitive to dehydration.
Our brain is almost 80% water. Therefore, even a moderate loss of fluid, about two percent to be estimated, reduces concentration and vigilance.
It leads to the deterioration of short-term memory and other cognitive abilities.
Number 5 Pregnancy changes the brain structure.
Scientists proved that pregnancy reduces the quantity of grey matter within the brain areas that are liable for social cognition and therefore the ability to know people.
All of it’s necessary to strengthen the mother-baby connection. It helps a woman understand the wants of her child and see possible external dangers.
Number 4 The abundance of sugar within the diet worsens memory.
Too much sugar in the diet worsens memory. Also, it reduces the power to find out.
Too much fructose within the diet slows down the brain. It reduces its ability to find out, remember information, and concentrate. This is often because excess sugar destroys neural connections within the brain.
The scientists emphasize that industrially produced sugar is far more harmful which is added to soft drinks, seasonings, sauces, and baby food. However, products containing omega-3 fatty acids like fatty fish, nuts, and animal oil remove the results of the disorder. So we should always have a can of sardines with a soft drink, YUM!
Number 3 Romantic love and maternal feelings.
Yes, in case you are wondering, romantic love and maternal feelings are very similar. It seems consistent with brain activity.
There are differences though. For instance, passionate love activates the brain areas associated with arousal, additionally the sensation of hysteria and fear decreases. Therefore the feeling of euphoria increases.
Maternal love activates the areas liable for the formation of affection. Aaahhaaa! Cute, ain’t it!
Number 2 Painting improves the work of the brain.
Research indicated that painting and contemplations of works of art improve the interaction between brain areas. It slows down the aging of the brain cells.
Scientists have studied the influence of art on people aged 62 to 70 years old. Half of them took a course in the humanistic discipline. Therefore the spouse took a course in painting classes. It gave a stronger result than humanistic discipline.
So devour a brush and art your favorites.
Number 1 is Reading.
Reading trains the brain. Some scientists in Oxford have proved that the method of
reading trains the cognitive abilities of the brain. It also activates areas that are not used at other times like when doing normal things or day-to-day things.
While reading, blood enters the brain areas liable for concentration and cognition. This effect doesn’t occur while watching TV or playing computer games. So what are you waiting for? Get hold of an interesting book, preferably a physical book, and not an online one. Give your brain a great workout. | 4,638 | 2,161 | 9,791.094863 |
warc | 202143 | Our feet are the foundation of our body and must be properly cared for. A foot massager roller for plantar fasciitis is one of the most effective ways to relieve foot discomfort and relax. Furthermore, it is critical to locate and get an ideal foot massager when making a purchase. As a result, we must examine specifications before making a decision. Buttons, appearance, and, most importantly, cost, which must be reasonable and within reason.
Furthermore, The use of a foot massager can assist to relax the body and relieve foot pain. Bunions, diabetic neuropathy, ingrown toenails, plantar fasciitis, blisters, corns, and heel spurs are some of the conditions it treats.
Foot massager roller for plantar fasciitis can improve circulation, stress alleviation, energy regeneration, and reduced muscle stiffness or discomfort in the muscles of the feet. This foot massager roller’s ergonomic design fits the arch of the foot, making it more effective.
As a result, you can more affectionately relieve your discomfort. With this instrument, you may effortlessly feel the enchantment of reflexology. This foot massager is lightweight and portable. Moreover, You may also carry it in any bag and use it anywhere, at any time.
Pros Easy to carry Best reflexology Ergonomic design to contact with whole foot arch Cons The middle of the roller is small.
A great foot massage can ease pain and enhance circulation while also relaxing the entire body. While traveling to a spa for a professional foot massage regularly can be costly and time-consuming, having a foot massaging machine at home can help you save time and money while also allowing you to relax in the comfort of your own home.
Moreover, This Elvire Sport Foot Massager Roller Set is for healing and injury prevention, and pleasure. It’s also designed to improve your performance, strength, agility, and balance. In addition, High-Density EVA Foam kneads deep into your muscles, releasing tight knots and relaxing the fascia. Also, It also has a soft inner core for the neck that may be removed.
Pros Helpful for plantar fasciitis Easing tension Reduces pain and arches. Cons Overweighted Not very durable.
For people who spend a lot of time on their feet, a foot massager is an excellent alternative. After a long day of standing, the bones in the foot and toes can become tight and uncomfortable, and a foot massager can help work out any knots or sore spots.
Equally important, Stretch, massage, and relax aching and fatigued muscles with this foot roller. Rolling your feet, calves, and back is quite beneficial. This foot massager roller for plantar fasciitis should be your first pick if you have muscle knots or cramps. It’s the perfect size for rolling your feet’s arches, with the raised nubs massaging the sole to help relieve plantar fascia tissue pain.
Additionally, For strength and stability, the roller’s core is comprised of lightweight metal. When it comes to relieving foot and heel pain and combating the painful sensations of trigger points and cramps, they are the ultimate remedy.
Pros Ideal for plantar fasciitis Pain reliever Easy to carry Durable Cons Knobbles aren’t soft enough.
If you spend a lot of time on your feet or work out regularly, recovery is a vital aspect of your routine. A foot massager can help with this because it works to relax and ease aching arches and knots.
Moreover, It is also supposed to relieve tense and unpleasant muscles, reduce stress, improve blood circulation, and eliminate pollutants. It also relieves tension in your legs, arms, neck, back, feet, and other body parts. Target regions that other massage tools can’t get to.
Furthermore, This foot massage roller for plantar fasciitis is composed of a quality rubber grade that will last over time, and the spiky ball has sturdy spikes that will not buckle under your body weight. Furthermore, it aids in the relief of pain and the rejuvenation and revitalization of all bodily components. As a result, a wide range of health and medical professionals use it.
Pros Portable Lightweight. Added value with extra massage balls. Simple, effective design. Low price. Cons No features come with electric products. Materials may get soft over time.
Foot massagers may not be something you’ve considered investing in, but they can be a wonderful investment for anyone who suffers from sore, weary, and aching feet daily. These surprisingly inexpensive devices can help you relax at the end of the day, speed up your foot healing, enhance circulation, and reduce stress, as well as address certain medical ailments.
Also, This one-of-a-kind massage ball is molded to fit perfectly against the arch of your foot and contains small notches all around its surface. The depth of the massage is controlled by the amount of pressure you apply when rolling it.Moreover, This ball may also be used to exercise your hands and arms, making it a versatile tool.
In addition, This massager is different from the others on this list in several ways, but the most important differences are that it does not need to be plugged in. Also, this foot massager roller for plantar fasciitis does not provide a hot massage. You can take this Due North massage ball with you wherever you go
Pros Relatively low price Portable Cons Not for chronic comfort Easier to lose CONCLUSION:
The foot massager is popular in many countries. Each area on the foot known as a reflecting area corresponds to an organ so basically foot massage helps us accelerate blood circulation. Also, it improves the endocrine system and thus provides immunization for many diseases.
Furthermore, Foot massage is an alternative treatment for balance performance, rom of the foot, and the foot sensation in a diabetic patient with peripheral neuropathy. | 5,824 | 2,599 | 12,909.605233 |
warc | 202143 | Specifically, research has shown that you burn more calories in the hours following a weight training session, compared to a cardio workout (5, 6, 7). In fact, there are reports of resting metabolism staying elevated for up to 38 hours after weight training, while no such increase has been reported with cardio (7).
How many calories do you burn after strength training?
As per Harvard Health Publishing, a person weighing around 70 kilos can burn 112 calories during a 30-minute low-to-moderate-intensity strength-training session. Whereas, a person weighing 83 kilos can expect to burn approximately 133 calories doing equal work.
Do you still burn calories after lifting weights?
Lifting weights usually leads to higher EPOC levels than cardio, resulting in more significant muscle breakdown. This means that the body continues to burn calories even after completing a weightlifting workout.
How long does your body burn calories after lifting weights?
There have been several studies to determine how many hours EPOC, or afterburn, can last, and the consensus is that the effect peaks in the first hour after exercise and continues for up to 72 hours. That means your body could keep burning extra calories for as long as three days after a workout!
Do you burn more calories after a workout?
Plenty of research has proven that high-intensity exercise results in more extra calories burned post-workout. One study found that men who cycled at high intensity for 45 minutes—to the point where they couldn’t hold a conversation—burned an extra 190 calories over the next 14 hours.
Does strength training burn belly fat?
Resistance training becomes increasingly important as we age, for many reasons, including reducing the accumulation of belly fat. A study published in a 2013 issue of the International Journal of Cardiology showed that high-intensity resistance training induces faster belly fat loss than cardio activity alone.
How can I burn 500 calories at the gym?
Burn 500 Calories Working Out At-Home (30-Min Workouts)
Running. High-intensity interval training (HIIT) Cycling. Plyometrics. Climbing stairs. Dancing. Housework. Bodyweight workouts. Should I do cardio or weights first?
The majority of fitness experts will advise you to do the cardio after the weight training, because if you do cardio first, it uses up much of the energy source for your anaerobic work (strength training) and fatigues the muscles before their most strenuous activity.
Can you lose weight just by lifting weights no cardio?
Lifting weights for cutting
If you’re trying to lose weight without cardio, you can still hit the gym and drop calories. All of the compound lifts stress the central nervous system and heighten your metabolic rate. The more muscle mass is built, the more calories are burned as muscle tissue burns more calories.
Should I mix cardio and weight training?
Any fitness addict will tell you that combining cardio and strength training is the best way to increase your fat burning potential. Think of strength training and cardio as a classic duo like peanut butter and jelly. While they’re good individually, they’re even better together.
Can you do cardio and weights on the same day?
Doing a combination of both cardio and weight training is the best way to increase health markers. However, research shows that if you want to get stronger, you should separate your cardio and strength workouts by more than six hours.
How often should I do cardio while weight training?
“Approximately 30 to 40 minutes of cardio three to four times per week is typical of serious weightlifters and figure competitors,” says Giamo. “This amount of cardio will allow for muscle maintenance and strength gains without sacrificing the benefits of strength training.”
What exercise burns the most calories in 30 minutes?
Calories burned in 30 minutes:
Generally, running is the best calorie-burning exercise. But if you don’t have enough time to go on a run, you can shorten your workout into high-intensity sprints. Your body will rapidly burn calories to fuel your workout.
How can I lose a lb a day?
You need to burn 3500 calories a day to lose one pound a day, and you need anywhere between 2000 and 2500 calories in a day if you are doing your routine activities. That means you need to starve yourself the whole day and exercise as much as to lose the remaining calories.
Can you burn 1000 calories in a workout?
Yes, it could be possible to burn 1000 calories in a day. Many workout regimens could give this effect. However, it is most likely not an easy and healthy thing to do. You will have to exert yourself and do a combination of exercises to burn 1000 calories.
When is your body in fat burning mode?
“After about 30 to 60 minutes of aerobic exercise, your body starts burning mainly fat,” says Dr. Burguera. (If you’re exercising moderately, this takes about an hour.) Experts recommend at least 30 minutes of cardio two to three times a week. | 5,059 | 2,270 | 11,042.88326 |
warc | 202143 | Getting a Second or Third Opinion is Important, Even in Dentistry:
It is very important that you get a second or even a third opinion from any health care provider (not just in dental) so you can better understand your diagnoses, issues and symptoms, and fully comprehend the treatment options available. With a second opinion, a dialogue between all of your providers can also take place.
When should you get a second opinion? Your diagnosis is unclear Your pain still lingers or even increases after treatment You have several medical issues that could be contributing to your pain symptoms The recommended treatment for you is too experimental or risky The medical treatments recommended for you vary in cost You doubt your medical provider
On average, appointments only consist of about five – ten minutes with the dentist, and the rest is with the dental hygienist, so it is important that there are no miscommunications.
At Forestwood Dental, we will not be offended if you seek another opinion for your dental care. We are more than happy to talk to anyone on your behalf while discussing your symptoms and treatment options. | 1,143 | 615 | 2,103.863415 |
warc | 202143 | Suye Lü
a,*, Ge Yu b
Department of Mathematics and Physics, Beijing Institute of PetroChemical Technology, Beijing 102617, China
a email: lvsuye@bipt.edu.cn, b email: yuge@bipt.edu.cn
*corresponding author: lvsuye@bipt.edu.cn
Taking the authors' college as an example, the prominent problems of college physics teaching for undergraduates have been analyzed based on the background of the reform of National College Entrance Examination (NCEE). The countermeasures are proposed actively. Based on the technical advantages in the information age, college physics teaching reform has been studied. In terms of teaching mode, combination of online and offline teaching mode is adopted; In terms of teaching means, modern means of science and technology to demonstrate the course content are adopted; In terms of teaching direction, the specialized direction with the integration of professional characteristics and foundation is adopted.
College physics, teaching reform, information age
Suye Lü, Ge Yu. On the Teaching Reform of College Physics in the Information Age. Frontiers in Educational Research (2021) Vol. 4 Issue 1: 70-75. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2021.040115.
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[2] G. Jiang, J. Guo, B. Liu, S. Liu, Q. Wu, X. He and J. Mao (2020), Current Status and Innovation Measure of College Physics Teaching under the Background of “New Engineering” [J], Journal of Shangrao Normal University, 40 (6): 20-23.
[3] L. Han, H. Li, D. Fang and M. Deng (2020), Research on the development of higher education in the information age: based on Horizon Report 2020: Teaching and Learning Edition [J], Wireless Internet Technology, 2020 (11): 107-108.
[4] S. Li, Y. Li and X. Liu (2019), Research on college physics teaching under the background of “Internet + ” [J], Heilongjiang Science, 10(9): 40-41.
[5] Y. Zhang, Z. Zeng, J. Lu, J. Pan, X. Lu and R. Fu (2019), The Construction and Implementation Strategies of Three-dimensional Education Model in Universities in the Information Age [J], Education Modernization, 2019 (27): 79-81. | 2,289 | 1,163 | 4,379.213242 |
warc | 202143 | Ever thought about investing in a 3PL fulfillment service? Want to know how much will it cost? Let us walk you through the charges at every stage of a fulfillment services.
Third-party logistics services allow companies to outsource their worries about the critical supply chain process. A supply chain process consists of storing inventory, picking, packing, inventory management, shipping, secure delivery, and all around it. This system has crucial elements, and when you outsource it to third-party logistics, it comes with various benefits. Thus, you must be ready to outsource your business to a reliable third-party fulfillment center.
While investing in a 3PL provides added benefits, there are multiple things you must consider before opting for it. One of the many important things is cost.
There are critical operations at every stage of a fulfillment center, and with it, there are multiple costs attached. The value-added services you ultimately choose to utilize will be a primary factor in determining your 3PL cost.
Receiving: This includes costs from receiving goods to unloading them to the storage unit. Bill by line, piece, order, or at a flat rate. Storage: This includes utilizing warehouse space to store inventory. Charge per square foot or pallet Inventory Management: This includes management of your entire inventory, confirming that records match the physical count of goods, security, and temperature-control of specific products. Charges vary by provider. Picking and Packing: This cost contributes to fetching goods from storage to fill orders and packing them to ensure safe transit. Charged by piece, order, or included in total costs Knitting: It includes packaging of similar or partially similar goods together. Charged by hour, kit, or project Sorting: This calls for the arrangement of different SKUs for shipping Charges vary according to the provider. Shipping: This includes loading and checking goods for transport. This cost depends on the mode of transport and the type of shipping you choose. Bill depends on the mode of transport. Factors Affecting the Cost of 3PL Services Dedicated Warehouse space according to the goods and pallets Number of orders processed annually Hazardous material considerations Inventory value estimation Stock rotation considerations Specialized handling and other labor needs Temperature requirements for products Average order size SKU count Special transport requirements Number of shipments per year Warehousing insurance needs
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Every business aims to cut costs wherever it can. So, before you opt for any fulfillment center services, ensure that you compare their prices with in-house fulfillment.
With in-house fulfillment, it’s you who’ll be in charge of every process starting from inventory storage to secure shipping, and tackle the many challenges come with it. In order to expand your business, handing out the fulfillment responsibilities to a 3PL is a much better idea than doing everything in-house.
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warc | 202143 | Constipation and other chronic gastrointestinal problems in spinal cord injury patients.
De Looze D. Van Laere M. De Muynck M. Beke R. Elewaut A.
Ghent University Hospital, Belgium.
From a questionnaire sent to 90 spinal cord injury (SCI) patients it is concluded that 58% of patients with a complete SCI above L2 suffer from constipation, defined as two or fewer bowel movements per week, or the use of aids such as laxatives, manual evacuation or enemas. Tetraplegic patients had the highest prevalence of constipation, while patients with low paraplegia were less prone to constipation. The use of anticholinergic drugs was found to predispose to constipation. Preserved rectal sensation did not influence the presence of constipation. Faecal incontinence was rare. Regular abdominal pain was present in one third of SCI patients and might be caused by an irritable bowel syndrome in 62% of these.
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warc | 202143 | Giving Compass’ Take: • Linda Jacobson reports that a new survey suggests a dramatic increase in the number of parents that feel their students are unsafe at school. • How does the perception of school safety differ from the reality? • Find out how safe schools are.
More than a third of parents believe their children are not safe at school, according to the results of this year’s Phi Delta Kappa (PDK) Poll, which surveys members of the public annually on key educational issues.
Five years ago, only 12% of respondents said they feared for their children’s safety, while this year — marked by mass school shootings in Florida and Texas — the rate has increased to 34%. Those in households with an annual income of less than $50,000 are twice as likely to say they believe schools aren’t safe. Democrats, nonwhites, women and those in urban areas were also more likely to answer that their children are not safe at school.
The results reflect the views of a sample of 1,042 adults, and the respondents included a sample of 515 parents with children in school.
The public strongly supports spending money on mental health services in schools more than armed guards. The same holds true across party lines. Democrats, however, are still more likely than independents and Republicans to prefer schools use resources on mental health services than armed guards.
Read the full article about perceived school safety by Linda Jacobson at Education Dive.
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warc | 202143 | We prioritise the well-being, both physical and mental of all the children at our school, and aim to nurture healthy, happy pupils. However there are times when everyone’s mental wellbeing can take a dip. Through our PSHE lessons, regular collective worship and the Zones of Regulation curriculum we support our pupils to recognise when they are struggling and to develop strategies for self-regulation.
There may be times when more help is needed and if you have concerns about your child, you are invited to contact your child’s teacher to discuss these as soon as possible. If we all feel that more help is needed, Mrs. Hand and Mrs. Smith are our school’s trained Mental Health Leads. They are able to offer support and guidance to pupils and parents and may be able to signpost you to services you could access if you are concerned about your child’s mental health.
The following websites offer further advice and guidance:
A brilliant website offering a wide range of guidance and support.
The NHS ‘Every Mind Matters’ website provides a wide range of advice and links to support with children’s mental health. | 1,157 | 610 | 2,116.740984 |
warc | 202143 | There is no doubt about the fact that running a car is an expensive business, you need to think about insurance, road tax, fuel costs, repairs and also the most expensive aspect, the car itself. One thing you also need to think about is breakdown cover.
Having breakdown cover is not a legal requirement, so many people choose to ignore it, to try and keep expenses under control. However, this thought process can backfire, if you do breakdown, and you do get stuck on the side of the road, the cost you incur could amount to much more than the cost of breakdown cover. We strongly recommend breakdown cover, and we have put together this guide to help you choose.
Breakdown cover does not have to cost an arm and a leg, a great number of policies start from around £60 per year, for better, more comprehensive cover you can expect to pay between £110 – £130. Many insurance companies offer breakdown cover as an additional option on top of your policy, this may not necessarily be the most cost effective option, so always shop around and compare deals.
If you are broken down on the side of the road, you want the breakdown recovery company to be with you as soon as possible. To ensure you find a company who will come to your rescue quickly, you need to expect to pay a bit more. As the breakdown company for average response times, if they don’t know, or seem hesitant to tell you, you should be suspicious.
If you take out a cheap, and basic, policy, you may get caught out and realise the company will not cover you if you break down within half a mile of your home. Save yourself from this nasty surprise, and ensure you read the terms and conditions of your breakdown cover very thoroughly.
Cheaper policies will only offer vehicle recovery to your nearest approved garage, or your home, depending on the state of the vehicle. They won’t take you to your onward destination, or any destination of your choosing. Better, more expensive, policies will. So this is something worth considering. | 2,037 | 1,000 | 4,074 |
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Ramaytush/Ohlone, San Mateo County's original inhabitants: An Introduction
A guide to more information on California's indigenous people
Business ownership and revenue: Looking at data available for the Five-County Bay Area in 2012, although Native Americans had the highest business ownership rates among sole proprietorships, they were also on the lower end of average annual revenues per firm ($30,000).
Educational attainment: A little over one in five Native American adults are not high school graduates, while the majority have at least a high school diploma, some college, or an associate’s degree (six in 10), and nearly one in five hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Median earnings: Similar to other groups in the Bay Area, median annual earnings for Native American workers declined between 2000 and 2015 (from $49,887 to $43,835).
The United States Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network, an independent nonprofit, gathers information about indigenous people in the United States. In their words, "The US Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network unites advocates for Indigenous data sovereignty at the tribal, state, national, and international levels. Network membership is open to all American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian data users, tribal leaders, information and communication technology providers, researchers, policymakers and planners, businesses, service providers, and community advocates."
SMCCD library books about California indigenous people
Bright, William, and Erwin Gustav Gudde. 1500 California Place Names Their Origin and Meaning. University of California Press, 1998, doi:10.1525/9780520920545.
The Association of Ramaytush Ohlone
Descendants of the original inhabitants of San Mateo County, the Ramaytush/Ohlone, describe some of their history on their organization website, The Association of Ramaytush Ohlone:
"The Ramaytush (pronounced rah-my-toosh) are the original peoples of the San Francisco Peninsula. Prior to the arrival of the Spanish, the Ramaytush Ohlone numbered approximately 1500 persons, but by the end the Mission Period only a few families had survived. Today, only one lineage is know to have produced living descendants in the present. Those descendants comprise the membership of the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (ARO) today."
CSU East Bay Professor Beverly R. Ortiz, PhD wrote this 94-page study of indigenous people of the Bay Area. Dr. Ortiz is also the author of We Are Still Here: A Coast Miwok Exhibit.
Websites
Find about about California Tribal Courts: "Reservations, rancherias and other federal trust lands held for the benefit of Indian people and tribes in California are what is known as “Indian Country”. A different legal jurisdictional scheme governs Indian Country, with primary authority resting with tribal and federal governments and more limited state jurisdiction." | 3,133 | 1,612 | 6,007.508065 |
warc | 202143 | Within the Harvest Hosts program, there are 2377+. These are located across forty-eight of the lower contiguous US states, Alaska, Canada and Mexico. Harvest Hosts locations include stops at wineries, farms, breweries, distilleries, museums, and more, with the addition of golf courses and country clubs with the golf membership upgrade. In Paso Robles, California, we can find the beautiful CP Farms. This stunning Harvest Hosts location sells a variety of unique products throughout the year. Continue on to learn all about its history, business, and designation as a Harvest Hosts location.
History of CP Farms
Located along the beautiful central coast of California, this family-owned establishment primarily produces both olives and lavender. Its history began with the purchase of an undeveloped plot of land in 2007. In 2009, Lisa and Jim began growing two types of olives: Koroneiki and Arbequina. Their first harvest was in 2013, and by 2014, their olive oils were already beginning to win awards. Then, in 2018, they won two additional silver medal awards for their Estate Grown Koroneiki EVOO and their Estate Grown Arbequina EVOO. Later on, the Arbequina olive oil also won a gold medal at the Paso Robles Olive Festival Competition.
In 2009, the owners also began to grow the Provence culinary variety of lavender. This variety of lavender is ideal for use in culinary dishes, either in its whole or ground form. They harvest their lavender each June and dried or used to produce pure lavender oil. Since beginning their operation and perfecting their recipes, the owners have become incredibly passionate about their products and will gladly educate guests on their benefits.
About CP Farms
Did you know that olive oil consumption can lead to a younger and healthier brain? Experts believe that daily consumption of two to three tablespoons of olive oil per day can lead to improved health through leveling of blood lipids and lowering of blood pressure, blood glucose and insulin, oxidation, and inflammation. This heart-healthy oil is considered to have the most health benefits, while also being one of the best fats for your heart and vital organs. All of these facts are typically learned by guests who visit CP Farms.
The owners of CP Farms are very committed to the purity and integrity of their products. Both their olive oils and lavender products are completely pesticide free and are grown without the use of synthetic fertilizers. Their olives are milled within hours of harvesting, and they have had their own FDA-approved bottling facility since 2015. The lavender oil and lavender hydrosol are also both distilled on site, using rain water and a steam process. Their lavender oil can be used for both pain and skin care, while the lavender hydrosol is excellent for cleaning purposes.
In addition to olive oil and lavender production, CP Farms also produces a variety of essential oils, healing products and raw honey from their hives. These include pure oregano oil, which has excellent healing properties, and several CBD-infused products. They also create a variety of lotions and creams with a mix of frankincense, myrrh, peppermint, cedar, and rosemary essential oils.
On site, there is a tasting room with both tours and tastings available to guests. For both Lisa and Jim, the best part of running their business is meeting customers and working with their hands in nature.
Joining Harvest Hosts
CP Farms joined the Harvest Hosts program in March 2019, just over a year ago. Since then, they have truly enjoyed meeting RVers from all over the globe and hearing their stories. In addition to their on-site gift shop and tasting room, there is also a deck/picnic area for visitors to enjoy, with gorgeous views of the surrounding hills and lavender fields. They offer guests water, electricity, and WiFi, making this an exceptionally accommodating stay for Harvest Hosts members. They have two spaces available for RVs of twenty-nine feet or less, and pets are permitted.
Farm visitors mention their hospitality and the overall beauty of the property. Nick the friendly farm cat is also a hit with the guests. The town of Paso Robles and Lake Nacimiento are both nearby, making this a perfect stop for those wanting to explore the area. The owners also recommend stargazing in the evening, as the skies are fairly dark and make for excellent viewing opportunities.
CP Farms is a prime example of the excellent and unique Harvest Hosts locations available. Harvest Hosts members traveling up the California coast should definitely stop here to experience this incredible place for themselves. If you are unable to visit in the near future, consider purchasing some of the company’s excellent products through their website. Not a Harvest Hosts member? Sign up today to enjoy CP Farms and other scenic and extraordinary locations.
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warc | 202143 | It is estimated that there are more than 250 established language families in the world and over 6,800 distinct languages many of which are threatened or endangered. The diversity and origins of language is mystifying and remains curious. Language possibly defines us as humans and yet is also the divisive. George Bernard Shaw says that the United States and United Kingdom are “two countries divided by a common language”. Chinese is the official language of over 1.4 billion people and it is the most spoken language in the world. It can be described as a collection of over a billion idiolects scattered around the world, in Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore in particular. Primarily, there’s Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese. Malay has a variety of dialects. The phonetics and phonology of Canadian French differ significantly from those of the European language.
Why is it we communicate in so many different ways? Although the ability to speak is universal, the language we learn to speak differ considerably. Our globetrotting ancestors spread out in vastly different directions and consequently had to respond productively to challenges they faced in foreign lands. In the study of methodology in teaching it’s known as the “immersion” of learning a language. They had to adapt to the various geographical and cultural groups inhabited.
Malaysians are fortunate to be multi-lingual or at least bilingual. Susan Ervin-Tripp of UCLA in her experiments on bilinguals wrote “The switch in language draws with it the cultural baggage associated with that language”. Language is a powerful thing which not only makes you see yourself differently, but also influence how you think of others. There is a definitive link to culture and heritage.
In some cases there are circumstances especially in inter-marriages, the first language or native tongue will eventually fade. Hypothetically, if James of Indian origin marries a Portuguese woman and they communicate in English which is a commonality and thereafter, their son marries a Chinese and communicates in English and Chinese the first language of James and his wife will cease to exist. The complexities of inter-marriage have far reaching consequences on the first language and culture.
The medium of instruction used in education has a significant impact on students. Being multi-lingual is favorable in terms of jobs, networking and acceptance in communities. The medium of instruction in Malaysia is Bahasa Malaysia with the exception of vernacular schools and English is a second language. Although English is taught in all schools there is a chronic imbalance in the level of proficiency. In the EF English Proficiency Index 2019, Malaysia was ranked 26th. and Singapore 5th (Malay Mail). While Mandarin is used by the largest number of people, English is the most widely used language in the world with regard to a second language. It is also known to be one of the easiest languages to learn.
We don’t have to be perfect, but reasonably proficient to express ourselves at the same level with our first language. We have our own variation of English fondly known as Manglish. It’s fine to use Manglish but it would be prudent to know when and where. The emphasis is the place and audience we are addressing. It would be inappropriate for an English teacher to instruct in Manglish during a lesson.
Will there ever be a single language one day? Unlike Mandarin, English dominates international relations, business and science. English is probably on course to be the planet’s lingua franca. Nevertheless, it may not necessarily be Standard English as millions of second-language English speakers have created dialects that incorporate elements of their native languages and cultures. This does not mean that other languages will vanish because people will continue speaking a language which is innate.
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warc | 202143 | Fear can convince us to do the exact things that will cause our fears to come true.
Fear is insidious and deceitful.
It is a trickster and a thief.
It is a powerful force that can control and destroy us if we allow it to.
And, we may not even know that it is happening until it is too late.
This is why we need other people in our lives who hold us accountable, keep us honest, and who tell us what we need to hear even when we do not want to hear it.
We need people in our lives who recognize when we are being driven by fear, people who love us enough to not let this happen without speaking up about it in an attempt to stop it.
By ourselves, we are partially blind.
For better or worse, we cannot see all of the truth about who we are or who we are becoming when it is just us.
That is why fear wants us to be alone.
It wants to keep us blind and in the dark.
But, our relationships, if they are healthy, bring light into our lives.
This light kills fear and keeps it at bay because the light of these relationships is the light of love and, where there is love, fear cannot be sustained. | 1,106 | 577 | 2,093.157712 |
warc | 202143 | Role of Thrombolysis for STEMI in the Covid-19 Period ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), usually resulting from thrombotic occlusion of a coronary artery, is a fatal cardiovascular emergency requiring early diagnosis and rapid reperfusion therapy. The COVID-19 outbreak reduced the number of STEMI cases reported. Consistent the percentage of patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention declined while the percentage of patients undergoing thrombolysis increased. (1)
Cardiac catheterization laboratories in the USA confirmed an estimated reduction of 38% in STEMI presentation (mean activation per month before vs. after COVID-19 period, 23.6 vs. 15.3 respectively, 95% CI 26, 49, p < 0.001) in the context of sudden COVID-19 outbreak. (2) A similar drop of 40% in STEMI admissions was observed by Rodriguez-Leor et al. in Spain. (3)
The superiority of PCI over thrombolysis in STEMI cases is well established. (4) In ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) is to date the recommended therapy if the estimated time is ≤120 min from the diagnosis, otherwise fibrinolytic therapy must be preferred. (5)
Considering the dramatic impact of COVID-19 on emergency services, experts from China, UK and US suggested to reconsider thrombolysis as the best treatment in term of balance between time consumption and operators safety for STEMI patients respect to PPCI. (6)
In 2013, the Strategic Reperfusion Early after Myocardial Infarction (STREAM) study demonstrated that the use of fibrinolytic strategy in patients with STEMI who presented within 3 h after symptoms onset and were not capable for a primary PCI within 1 h, was at least as effective as in those undergoing primary PCI regarding to the composite of death, shock, congestive heart failure or reinfarction up to 30 days. (7)
A recently published algorithm for the management of STEMI during SARS-CoV-2 outbreak from “The COVID-19 and Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) committee of Peking Union Medical College Hospital” suggested a more leading role of fibrinolytic treatment in STEMI patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19, in order to achieve the principle of “
time is muscle”. (8)
On the other hand, an important issue to consider is that using fibrinolytic strategy may not be suitable for all patients, not only due to numerical contraindications, but also because a proportion of them may still need a PCI; something that may have an impact on health resources. Another promising idea is the use of robotic-assisted PCI in STEMI patients during SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, as the exposure risk of the catheterization laboratory staff may be reduced. (7)
Highlights Cardiovascular disease is associated with increased severity of COVID-19. The number of people with STEMI has decreased during the pandemic and delays in the time looking for medical care have been reported. Changes in reperfusion strategies in the covid era. Fibrinolytic therapy or robotic-assisted PCI in early presenting STEMI patients may have an alternative role during this period if prevention measures cannot be taken.
Martinez Benitez Piter. MD, Duong Thanh Binh. MD
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warc | 202143 | Karl Marx, with his absolute outstanding contribution to the research of philosophy, political economy and the communist political movement, has been intensively studied as a leading figure as a communist/socialist activist and scholar. This study, however, will treat Karl Marx as one of those journalists in the 19
th century, given his active involvement in the journalistic and editorial work with Rheinische Zeitung , Neue Rheinische Zeitung, and the New York Tribune, etc.
Journalism was the only paid profession that Marx ever undertook in his life. Along with journalistic and polemic work, Marx consistently devoted to the development of philosophical, and political economy studies, of which historical materialism, theory of class struggle, and theory of surplus value have till today inspired great amount of discussions and reflections on the development of history, and power relations in all aspects of society. Marx’s journalistic work was complementary to his theoretical efforts, although, according to his own words, that journalism would interrupt his work in political studies, he had to learn a lot of details during journalistic work, which were proven to be necessary for his theoretical research.
Through text analysis and historical analysis, this research found out that the scope of Marx’s journalistic work has grown from European to global especially when he worked as the London correspondent for the second largest US newspaper
The New York Tribune. Theoretically, he began to step out of the Euro-centrism, which is proven by his engagement with the events in the margins of the 19 th century capitalist system, including the countries which belonged to the system but were emerging at that time: US, Ireland, and the ones partially belonged to the system: India, Indonesia, Algeria, and the countries which were beyond this system: China, Russia, and Poland. His series article on China, has provided great samples to learn how he analyzed the great encounter of the East and the West in the 19 th century, and his tones on the less developed areas in the world have changed drastically from 1851 to 1858, as he at later stage put emphasis on the inner capacity of the underdeveloped states to find out their own development path. This manifested that Marx had started to embrace a multi-linear historical perspective rather than the belief in the a linear way of development of the human societies.
Marx’s work as a global correspondent in the 19
th century consists of a splendid chapter of history of global journalism, his journalistic articles on the multiple global issues worth further and deeper analysis. | 2,670 | 1,269 | 5,569.338061 |
warc | 202143 | United Nations, Oct 16 (IANS) The already dire situation faced by Afghan civilians will get worse, and the humanitarian needs of children and women will increase over the coming months, a Unicef official said.
Washington, Oct 16 (IANS) The Lucy probe -- the first-ever NASA mission to explore distant asteroids and seek out the origin of our solar system -- was successfully lifted off on Saturday from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida in the US.
Khartoum, Oct 16 (IANS) Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has voiced the transitional government's commitment to not allow any coup against what has been achieved in the 2018-19 'December Revolution' during which former President Omar al-Bashir was ousted after 30 years in power amid popular protests against deteriorating economic conditions and hike in prices of basic commodities.
New York, Oct 16 (IANS) Amid the rush to find quick treatments for Covid-19 last year, the world saw a global race to find new stem cell-based treatments. Now, researchers report that such therapies were filled with violations of government regulations, inflated medical claims and distorted public communication.
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Improving housing activities along with resumption of Capex are expected to sustain strong revenue traction for the 'fan' segment of the consumer durables industry.
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) China's energy crisis is expected to give cost and production advantage to India's chemicals and steel companies in domestic as well as international markets.
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) As governments aim to break the Big Tech and tighten control over social media platforms regarding data privacy of billions of users, significant research has revealed that Facebook advertising platform can be systematically exploited to deliver ads exclusively to a specific, single user.
Kabul, Oct 16 (IANS) The Islamic State (IS) terror group on Saturday claimed responsibility for the bombings inside a mosque in Afghanistan's Kandahar city, which claimed the lives of 47 persons and injured 90 others, a local official has confirmed.
San Francisco, Oct 16 (IANS) Apple has reportedly fired a leader of the #AppleToo movement at the workplace, who deleted apps from her work devices during an internal investigation.
Phnom Penh, Oct 16 (IANS) The Unesco has highly appreciated Cambodia's commitment to strengthen urban heritage preservation.
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) The government has claimed that the number of farm fires in Punjab, Haryana and eight districts of Uttar Pradesh falling in the NCR this season have gone down compared to last year. But the numbers for Punjab till October 13, even if way less than last year's, are more than that in 2019. | 2,739 | 1,451 | 5,147.658856 |
warc | 202143 | Dr. Robert Heinsch
Dr. Robert Heinsch, LL.M. (London), is an Associate Professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies of Leiden University, and the Director of its regular LL.M. Programme in Public International Law. He is also the Director of the Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum on International Humanitarian Law at Leiden University and its International Humanitarian Law Clinic, and has been appointed as Rapporteur of the ILA study group on the “The Conduct of Hostilities under International Humanitarian Law – Challenges from 21st Century Warfare”. Furthermore, he is member of the German National IHL Committee, and held the position of Federal Dissemination Officer for International Humanitarian Law of the German Red Cross from 2011 to 2014. He has published various articles in the field of international criminal law and international humanitarian law, including a monograph on the jurisprudence of the Yugoslavia and Rwanda War Crimes Tribunals and its impact on the development of IHL, and he regularly gives presentations and lectures in these fields.
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The United States National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism is built on a comprehensive threat assessment of domestic terrorism as ordered by President Biden, and prioritises far-right extremism. Although the conceptualisation contains certain flaws, the strategy acknowledges this rising threat in a comprehensive and evidence-based assessment. In this Policy Brief, we highlight the US Strategy […] | 2,148 | 1,071 | 4,205.747899 |
warc | 202143 | Gov. Butch Otter’s administration correctly determined earlier this year that part-time government employees should pay more for their health insurance than fulltime employees. Name a workplace where part-time employees get the same health benefits at the same cost as fulltimers. It hardly happens. For taxpayers, the change is a victory that will save them $10 million a year.
Curiously, however, one group of part-time employees is exempt from the Otter administration’s new rules. Idahoans pay around $780,000 a year to insure members of the House and Senate (a small portion of that amount is for the staff of both chambers). State lawmakers, who are the most visible of the cast of part-timers, will still receive the same lucrative health insurance package that full time government employees enjoy. So while part-time workers are paying $166-$302 a month for insurance, lawmakers benefit from a low monthly premium fancied by fulltimers -- $30 per individual. Taxpayers bear the rest of the cost of each insurance policy. To a public weary of government and skeptical of politicians, it smacks of bureaucratic snobbery.
Was the lawmaker lagniappe made possible by accident or by design? It’s hard to say which because insurance for legislators is a subject that few want to discuss. The governor’s office referred questions to the Legislature. Members and staffers at the Legislature deferred to the citizen’s committee that sets compensation rates for lawmakers. The governor’s Department of Administration didn’t return phone calls.
In June 2008, the citizen compensation panel, which is constitutionally required to set lawmaker salaries and benefits, voted to continue “the system of medical, dental and life insurance and retirement benefits as provided for other state employees.” It didn’t specify anything beyond that. Some contend the panel’s recommendation means lawmakers are to stay on the current system. Others say that because senators and representatives have an annual salary, they’re clearly considered fulltime. Lawmakers get about $16,300 a year, except for the speaker and pro tem, who make $4,000 more.
But Idaho’s Legislature is famously part time. Every schoolchild who tours the state Capitol is told this is so. The Legislature meets in January and is hopefully done with business by March or April. A number of lawmakers do continue working after that – answering to constituents and attending meetings, writing legislation and conferring with colleagues. To them, it really is a full time job. For others, the work stops once the final gavel falls and the work doesn’t start again until the following January.
Department of Administration Director Mike Gwartney, in a recent newspaper op-ed, defended the decision to make part-time government employees pay out more for insurance.
“Should an employee, who works the equivalent of 25 percent of the year, receive the same premium contribution from the state as a full-time employee who works all year? A full-time employee would probably agree that the pro-rata structure is more fair and equitable. A part-time employee who is facing higher premiums may disagree,” Gwartney wrote. I asked both the governor’s office and the Department of Administration of Gwartney’s comments apply to the Legislature. The governor’s office declined comment. The department, which works for Otter, never responded to inquiries.
Here’s the bottom line: The citizen panel set nothing in stone when it comes to health insurance for lawmakers. The only thing the panel concluded is that lawmakers can participate in the state group health insurance plan. That means there’s room to correct an inequity – that of part-time lawmakers being treated superiorly to their part-time counterparts elsewhere in state government.
Come January, lawmakers will have to figure out how to cut $150 million (or thereabouts) from the budget. Legislators cannot justify keeping their insurance perks while cutting everywhere else. It’s unfair to other state employees, and it’s unfair to taxpayers who are left with the bill. | 4,208 | 1,975 | 8,678.067848 |
warc | 202143 | The Secret to a Greener, Longer-Lasting Battery Is Blue
Prussian blue, the pigment developed by a Berlin color maker in the early 18th century, is a key component in batteries made with sodium rather than lithium, which are intended for industries other than electric vehicles.
One of the common ways to capture wave energy, is via a point-absorber which harvests energy from the up and down movement of waves. Australia's RMIT has designed a point-absorber with a novel counter-rotating dual turbine. The design can apparently deliver twice the efficiency of other currently available point-absorber wave technologies. https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2021/aug/wave-energy-technology
One solution to power outages is the notion of power storage, instead of real time usage. The notion of energy storage can either be at utility scale, which includes all energy storages at the side of the utility provider, or energy storage can include behind the meter storage, which is all measures taken by households and industry to store energy or ultimately remote power systems which are supplied to remote areas that are not typically connected to the grid. Israeli companies are the leaders in innovation concerning energy storage, with expertise in hydrogen as well as mobile energy units. https://israeltrade.org.au/2021/09/23/the-future-of-storage-energy/ | 1,362 | 749 | 2,467.602136 |
warc | 202143 | OPEN ACCESS
PEER-REVIEWED
Comparative Study
| Published: December 25, 2015
Expressed Emotion among Caregivers of Person with Schizophrenia and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Comparative Study
DIP: 18.01.074/20150301
DOI: 10.25215/0301.074
ABSTRACT
Background: This is a cross-sectional comparative study with the aim to compare two patient groups of schizophrenia and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and their respective caregivers with the objectives to quantify and compare the expressed emotion (EE) in caregivers of person with schizophrenia and OCD and to study the relationship between them. It also aimed to identify factors associated with expressed emotions in above two groups. Methods: In this study, 40 patients schizophrenia, 40 patients of OCD, along with their 80 respective caregivers were taken on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria. Subjects were assessed using Socio-demographic and clinical sheet &FEICS. Appropriate statistics such as mean, standard deviation, unpaired t test, Pearson’s correlation were applied to analyse the data. Result: The results of the study the caregivers of patients with OCD were perceived as having greater over-involvement than the caregivers of schizophrenia. Perceived criticism had a positive correlation with stress whereas over-involvement had a negative correlation. Some of the demographic variables like age and education were also found to have significant correlation with expressed emotion. Conclusion: The presence of significant amount of expressed emotion point out to the need for psychosocial support to the family members for reduction in the expressed emotion.
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2015 I J Bharti
. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 3(1), DOI: 10.25215/0301.074, DIP: 18.01.074/20150301
Received: September 25, 2015; Revision Received: October 12, 2015; Accepted: December 25, 2015
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warc | 202143 | This is one of the most interesting and valuable ILP masterclasses for all L&D professionals, looking into Neuroscience and its impact on learning, with Steve Marriott (UK),
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warc | 202143 | What would I do if a mysterious illness turns my life upside down? How will I react to it? These were the questions which I constantly asked myself while reading Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan.
We are, in the end, a sum of our parts, and when the body fails, all the virtues we hold dear go with it.
A young New York Post journalist, Susannah Cahalan documents her life-threatening battle with this rare disease which went on to change her life completely. The author was just 24 years old when she started experiencing symptoms of flu, mood-swings and paranoia. Initially, the doctors blamed it on her lifestyle- basically, she was drinking too much and overworking herself. Through her medical reports, the doctors weren’t able to narrow down the illness. After her symptoms become increasingly worse, Susannah was admitted in a hospital. However, it didn’t help as her hallucinations and paranoia came to a tipping point.
During this period, the author confesses to hurting her loved ones by making shocking allegations against them. As the clock continues ticking, Susannah was running out of time. Finally, it was her meeting with Dr Souhel Najjar which saved her life with a very simple test. Through this test (and a few more later), Dr Souhel realised that one side of Susannah’s brain was infected by a bacteria.
This is a remarkable memoir which is filled with harrowing details of her illness. I was drawn towards Susannah’s writing, her honesty and bravery to recount her whole period with this illness. In the end, Susannah notes that she was one of the lucky few to be diagnosed in time. Since the patients of this illness are usually branded as mentally unstable because there is no clear diagnosis which can be made. Another plus side of the book is the manner in which Susannah simplified her ordeal. While reading this, there wasn’t a single moment where I zoned out. | 1,919 | 1,013 | 3,576.576505 |
warc | 202143 | With the recent spike in bitcoin prices, investors are now looking towards cryptocurrencies and associated crypto stocks for greater gains.
When bitcoin first made its debut in the financial markets, many people did not know what to make of it. Some questioned the technology behind it while others took the plunge. Some Investors made a fortune from investing in cryptocurrencies, but some markets have cooled off considerably.
More recently, stocks that are tied to cryptocurrencies have performed well, resulting in renewed interest among investors. In December bitcoin prices soared to $28,000.
Adding to this rally, some fintech platforms have embraced the crypto trend and enable its users to trade the currency on its platform. If you are looking to ride the crypto wave, here are three stocks worth investing in.
Crypto Stocks to Buy: Square (SQ)
Square, famous for being a payments technology company is in the spotlight for a different reason. Investors are now looking at the company’s bitcoin features after the currency hit a value of $28,000.
In the last few years, Square has been making some moves in the crypto space. Most notably, investors can now invest in bitcoin on its subsidiary, Cash App. In the third quarter of 2020, the platform generated $1.63 billion in bitcoin revenue.
Square is a big name in the crypto stock space and has reiterated its belief in the currency many times over. Just this year, the company said that this is the right time to “make a meaningful impact with bitcoin.” In addition to its bitcoin trading platform on Cash App, the company also has a team of employees termed “Square Crypto.” This team is dedicated to developing a number of independent bitcoin projects.
The payment platform can earn significant revenue on bitcoin trades making Square stock one of the best crypto stocks to buy.
PayPal (PYPL)
Another big winner of the mainstream adoption of bitcoin is PayPal. In October, the company’s stock hit an all-time high after it announced that customers can buy, sell and hold the currency on its platform. Following the news, PYPL stock surged 5.5%.
PayPal plans to integrate cryptocurrency at a larger scale on its platform. It plans to eventually enable its 26 million customers to pay for goods and services using cryptocurrencies. This will be a huge incentive for more people to put their money behind crypto.
Experts believe that PayPal’s adoption of cryptocurrency will do wonders for its bottom line. Evercore ISI analyst, David Togut says that this move will “substantially increase both customer engagement and transaction margin.” Even PayPal’s own CEO, David Schulman claims to be increasingly bullish on bitcoin as a currency. As more people engage with cryptocurrencies in the future, there’s no doubt that it will be a huge revenue source for the company.
PayPal is a leader in the payments technology space with a huge customer base. The adoption of crypto as a mainstream currency will mean big gains ahead for investors in the sector.
Facebook (FB)
A new asset making its way into the cryptocurrency market is Diem. Backed by Facebook, the currency which used to be called Libra is getting a rebrand.
Diem is called a cryptocurrency but operates a little differently from currencies like bitcoin. Unlike traditional cryptos, Diem is backed by a central organization as well as a fiat currency. Those are two features that are not commonly found in this sector.
Given the novelty of the currency, Diem has come under high scrutiny by regulators. However, Facebook’s finance team believes it be given the benefit of doubt. The new currency will be held in Facebook’s wallet Novi, which used to be called Calibra.
The social media giant’s goal to launch its own digital currency will become a reality early next year. Given the size of Facebook’s user-base, Diem will enhance the current offering for small businesses on the platform. It will also play a key role in reshaping the use of digital currencies as more people make the shift away from traditional cash. In anticipation of Diem’s launch, Michael Morris, an analyst at Guggenheim increased his price target to $365 from $340.
The currency is currently awaiting its approval by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority before it can make its debut. Investors looking for a fresh play in the cryptocurrency market will find this an interesting buy.
On the date of publication, Divya Premkumar did not have (either directly or indirectly) any positions in any of the securities mentioned in this article. Divya Premkumar has a finance degree from the University of Houston, Texas. She is a financial writer and analyst who has written stories on various financial topics from investing to personal finance. Divya has been writing for InvestorPlace since 2020. | 4,900 | 2,273 | 10,343.24681 |
warc | 202143 | Nature chooses if it is the perfect time for the body to have expecting.
I’m sure you’re prepared to begin a family group and waiting around for it to occur is just a neurological journey that is wracking. While awaiting “the day”, it will be better to decide to try a couple of other activities which will help enhance your odds of having a baby. Be familiar with the indications of ovulation such as for instance slim and slippery mucus that is cervical ovulation pain and breast tenderness. You can even utilize an ovulation test kit to identify your many time that is fertile. When you yourself have infrequent sex, this informs you local plumber to possess https://pussycams.org/female/brunette it.
Opt for a checkup.
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warc | 202143 | After a number of serious digital security breaches over the past year, companies across the world have realized the need to invest in cybersecurity.
When large companies such as the Colonial Pipeline experience a ransomware attack, the results can be devastating.
Following the breach of its network earlier this year, Colonial Pipeline was forced to shut down the pipeline temporarily, which resulted in gas shortages and price spikes across this country. Colonial Pipeline’s CEO eventually acknowledged the company paid the hackers called Darkside at least $4.4 million to get its operations back up and running.
Just last month, President Joe Biden met with business leaders from key sectors of the economy at the White House and described cybersecurity as a “core national security challenge.”
“We’ve seen time and again how the technologies we rely on, from our cell phones to pipelines, the electric grid, can become targets of hackers and criminals,” Biden said. “The reality is, most of our critical infrastructure is owned and operated by the private sector, and the federal government can’t meet this challenge alone.”
As a result of these security breaches, companies around the globe are starting to add cybersecurity professionals to their teams.
Back in 2018, Augusta native Hank Leonard had just graduated from Georgia Southern University with a bachelor’s degree in information systems and immediately went to work in the field of data science as a tech consultant for a large company in Atlanta.
“Honestly, I didn’t really like it,” Leonard said, chuckling. “So, I thought a good way to pivot to somewhere else would be to go back to school. I felt cybersecurity would be the go-to because I wanted to stay in the field of computer science, but I also thought cybersecurity would be something I would enjoy.
“And, of course, cybersecurity seemed to be a field that was blowing up, and it just so happened that my hometown had a great program here at Augusta University.”
Leonard was pleased to find out that most of his classes from Georgia Southern easily transferred over to Augusta University, so he is now seeking his post-baccalaureate degree in cybersecurity from the School of Computer and Cyber Sciences. He is expected to graduate in December.
He is also currently working as a student assistant at Augusta University’s Security Operations Center (SOC) located inside the Georgia Cyber Center.
“I love working in the Georgia Cyber Center because, as a student, all my classes are also here, so I can just walk back and forth between the buildings and enjoy the beautiful area right by the Savannah River,” Leonard said. “On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I’m here from probably 9:30 in the morning to 8:30 p.m., so it’s nice to be able to come down here and work and go to school in the same complex.”
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and the theme this year is “Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart.” The 2021 theme is meant to empower individuals and organizations to own their role in protecting their part of cyberspace.
No matter where he goes, Leonard said people get excited when they hear he is studying cybersecurity.
“Whether you’re in Augusta or in Atlanta, or if you go out West or even to another country, if you mention you’re in cybersecurity, people immediately say, ‘You definitely have a solid career ahead of you. You’re needed everywhere,’” Leonard said.
“Since I’m 25, I could see myself going and stretching my legs and living somewhere else for a while,” Leonard said. “But I think having cybersecurity as my career and knowing my hometown is sort of a bastion of cybersecurity, that is a very comforting feeling.
“At the end of the day, I know if I get married and have kids down the line, I can always come back home and continue my career in Augusta.”
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warc | 202143 | The Dangers of Using Vape Pens While Quitting Smoking
What exactly is a Vape? An electronic cigarette, also known as an electronic vaporizer, is simply an electronic device which simulates traditional tobacco smoking. It usually consists of a small atomizer, a built-in power supply like a rechargeable battery, and a glass or plastic container like a tank or cartridge. Rather than smoke, the user breathes vapor instead.
Like all additional e cigarettes, Vape would not contain nicotine. It works much just like a cigarette in addition to is just as harmful if not really more. However, because it doesn’t contain any nicotine, it is usually less harmful than normal cigarettes.
Because Vape is much less harmful, it may cause serious lung damage plus even death that individuals with certain varieties of heart disease. Also if you carry out not suffer from one type associated with cardiovascular disease, Vape might cause problems for your current lungs. Exactly why Vape is so harmful is because this is inhaled directly. Since your lungs do not obtain oxygen, the vapor you happen to be inhaling by means of Vape is carrying around in your blood stream.
The sorts of chemicals in addition to toxins contained by simply Vape are very worrisome. Most vapor will be infused which includes type of nasty chemical substance scent that can irritate your lungs. Inhaling these bouquets triggers a reaction in your entire body that increases your current heartrate and causes your breathing paragraphs to enlarge. Simply by inhaling the same chemical compounds over again, the body becomes dependent about them and may eventually require them to function typically.
Inhaling chemicals like nicotine and tar can also lead to malignancy, specifically if you are the long time smoker. It is crucial to note that will these chemicals have got been connected to additional health problems such as oral and neck cancer. One reason why Vaping may possibly be so harmful is that the particular flavoring used is usually often exactly the same thing of which could be triggering a mans immune program to attack your own lungs. Nicotine in addition to tar are both toxic substances which can be hard for your entire body to collapse. For this particular reason, it is imperative that an individual avoid any flavor that is connected with cigarettes, even in case you do not use a vaporizer.
When you use Vape and begin to experience difficulty in breathing, it is essential that you seek remedy immediately. This really is specifically true if you are using Vaping as your just form of pure nicotine delivery. Unlike traditional cigarettes, you are not able to overdose on Vape or take doctor prescribed medications to assist ease nicotine cravings.
Sadly, lots of people do not know that right now there is a much healthier alternative to smoking, Vaping. There are now services producing a variety regarding herbal vapors, candies and herbal tea that are a lot safer than standard e cigarettes. The difference between traditional on cigarettes and Vaping products is the particular quantity of nicotine existing. With Vaping items there is almost not one, thus minimizing the amount of poisons that you place into your system.
In closing, if you experience any sort of respiratory issue, it really is imperative that a person seek medical interest right away. In the event you do not use vaporizers or e smoking cigarettes, it is important to stay away from inhaling any of cigarette vaporizador, candy or natural product. Many folks believe that smoking cannabis or ingesting hemp seeds are not necessarily addictive, but the fact of the matter is Smok Novo 2 that will these substances mimic the effect of nicotine. This means that you are very likely to experience typically the effects of each ingesting and breathing in the substance.
Many Vape products also contain artificial sweeteners such as aspartame. Also end up being aware about “jet smoke”, that is sometimes known to as “pipe smoke”. This is usually usually contains up to twenty various chemicals, many associated with that are carcinogens, some of which have been proven to cause cancer. However are no known side effects, there are still questions about safety. Be certain to browse the labels carefully, specifically if you possess a sweet tooth.
If you are a chain smoker, then you have used tobacco in the past and are now thinking of throwing the habit. This is really a good thought because smoking will be one of the most difficult what you should give up, specifically if you relate yourself with people who smoke. In inclusion, those who smoke frequently find it difficult to quit. In case you are a new chain smoker or perhaps use Vape pens for nicotine alternative, you should definitely consult your doctor before making employ of this item. He might be capable to help an individual find a much better option.
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warc | 202143 | This situation is more common in some trades than in others – decorators or project owners, for example, rarely do exactly the same job twice. If it is not possible to work from a standard price list, you should make an offer or quote instead. A contract price agreement contains a list of items and unit cost information for each item agreed between your company and the supplier. You can configure the cost default structure at the enterprise level to reference contract prices when establishing an order or requirement. For example, your company might have a paper contract to copy with two different suppliers. One supplier is your primary supplier and the other is your secondary supplier. Your offer should have the word “quote” or “offer” at the top of the document, so that your customers can easily distinguish the offer from other documents. It is also customary to have the above date, document number and customer contact details in your offer template, followed by products and total price. You will usually find your contact details at the end of your offer. A contract is an agreement that may contain tariff plans and also contains a legal language that defines payment terms, service level agreements, and other formalized terms between the parties.
There are several ways to write a quote. You can use online software, an offer template for Word, an offer template for excel or Excel, or even write your offer by hand. An offer is normally sent when a customer makes a request or wants to know more about a product or service.
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warc | 202143 | At Kamwell, our purpose is to unleash the potential that a healthy and human-centered workplace can have on our people, communities and society. We are driven by the belief that the workplace can be a force for good; a place where employees are able to bring their whole and best selves to work, and to feel a sense of purpose, belonging and connectedness.
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Our Holistic Wellbeing Model was designed to encompass every area of wellbeing psychical health (fitness, nutrition, sleep, recovery) and mental wellbeing (psychological, emotional and spiritual); financial security; career enjoyment; the quality of relationships and the contribution we each make to our community and environment.
We could not have created this genuine and authentic focus on wellbeing without their leadership, partnership, friendship and support.
"Kamwell has been our strategic wellbeing partner since the inception of the programme supporting us with an initial Discovery Phase through to strategising, planning, orchestrating, and delivering our programme. Not only have they helped us work through our challenges with solutions and best practice, but they have also enabled us to exceed our objectives in a short space of time. They work shoulder to shoulder with us on the programme and have helped us to create a more caring and compassionate workplace culture. Their support to create, build, establish and embed MindLife into our DNA has been a catalyst for culture change and we could not have created this genuine and authentic focus on wellbeing without their leadership, partnership, friendship and support. This is one of the closest examples of a strategic partnership you will see."
MindLife Programme Lead | Elsevier The teamwork and commitment to get this right for our organisation was inspiring and the end product is nothing short of phenomenal.
"I have spent the past 6 months working with Kamwell to create a staff wellbeing strategy for our organisation. This journey has been a total whirlwind of innovation, creativity, determination, co-production and collaboration. The teamwork and commitment to get this right for our organisation was inspiring and the end product is nothing short of phenomenal. As an organisation, we are excited to launch this strategy and work to deliver the impacts we aspire to."
Associate Director OD & Learning | NHS Lothian I would highly recommend Kamwell to any organisation.
"I would highly recommend Kamwell to any organisation. They have been our Health & Wellbeing partner of choice for the last 18 months, through a difficult year, and have really over-delivered on that partnership. We now have a clear colleague Health and Wellbeing strategy, an annual Wellbeing Survey, and we have delivered a superb calendar of colleague wellbeing events, purely down to their professionalism, knowledge and guidance and network. This has resulted in a significant increase in our colleague engagement wellbeing score."
Director of Leadership & Colleague Experience | Simplyhealth The ENERGISE YOU programme was engaging and insightful, and has motivated colleagues to prioritise their wellbeing.
“Over the course of 9+ months and working with the fantastic team at Kamwell, we successfully ran a holistic, inspiring and educational wellbeing programme for our university staff - ENERGISE YOU. The programme featured engaging and insightful sessions on a wide range of topics from creating optimal sleep to financial wellbeing and relationships, and featured highly renowned industry experts (including Sally Gunnell OBE) that brought ‘wellbeing’ to life for our employees. Feedback has shown that the programme motivated colleagues to prioritise their wellbeing, inspired them to take positive steps towards improving their wellbeing, and that they loved the variety of topics and speakers, and support through what has been a very challenging (Covid dominated) year for everyone. The team at Kamwell have been incredible to work with – knowledgeable, flexible, approachable at all times and they have worked hard to understand our needs and provide an experience that has resonated extremely well with our people. I have highly recommended the team to other colleagues within the HE sector and with 97% of employees stating they would recommend the programme to others, I am looking forward to working with Kamwell on the next stage of our wellbeing journey.”
Human Resources Manager | Birmingham City University We worked with Kamwell to deliver their wellbeing programme, ENERGISE YOU, and it went down a storm!
"We worked with Kamwell to deliver their wellbeing programme, ENERGISE YOU, to our cohort of 450 women worldwide who were part of TechWomen, one of BT’s leading talent programmes. The team created a bespoke calendar of events for us based on our employees feedback and used their team of experts to deliver a number of exceptional sessions throughout the year. It gave our TechWomen time out of their diaries to focus on their physical and mental wellbeing and went down a storm! Huge thanks to all the team at Kamwell for helping us put wellbeing at the forefront of our TechWomen’s minds – right where it should be!"
Talent Programme Manager | BT Group Kamwell have worked wonders with our team!
"Kamwell has helped us create a global wellbeing programme, spanning multiple geographies and engaging thousands of our employees, resulting in us winning the CIPD Award for Best Health & Wellbeing Initiative. Kamwell has guided us, supported us and helped us get more value than we could ever have envisaged.”
Chief Executive Officer | LexisNexis Risk Solutions Group We've increased productivity and performance!
“Kamwell has helped us develop a holistic wellbeing programme that has brought our people together, raised awareness, inspired employees to care about their wellbeing, and increased productivity and performance”
HR Business Leader | Tata Consultancy Services Kamwell helped us develop HSBC’s UK wellbeing agenda.
"Kamwell’s strategic vision, thorough research and knowledge of best practice in workplace wellbeing lead to the development of HSBC’s UK wellbeing agenda. Kamwell has the experience of working with a wide range of businesses and providers, which combined with the understanding of our specific needs and challenges, resulted in very bespoke guidance and ideas."
Health & Wellbeing Manager | HSBC Kamwell are proactive, flexible and a professional wellbeing partner.
“BDO Services Ltd began working with Kamwell in 2014 to provide and deliver an employee wellbeing portal capable of engaging, educating and inspiring our employees to care about their wellbeing. With Kamwell’s support we continue to grow employee engagement as proven in the increase to our user base month on month. Kamwell are great to work with, are proactive, flexible and a professional wellbeing partner. We look forward to continuing our relationship with Kamwell as we continue our wellbeing journey.” | 8,129 | 3,322 | 19,573.711921 |
warc | 202143 | How to Inspire Communication and Collaboration in 2021
The need for collaboration software in your business is evident, but all the apps are starting to look the same.
What will actually improve communication in my company? Collaboration systems are helpful, but it’s important to remember that effective communication also requires interpersonal skills. Despite today’s technology, employees are still wasting over 300 hours a year [1] in inefficient or ineffective communications. How is that possible?
Business chat apps provide an easy way to communicate, but exchanging messages isn’t necessarily collaborating. In some organizations, there are so many apps for communication that collaboration is chaotic and disorganized. That’s not what you’re shooting for, either.
Finding the right mix of technology to bolster collaboration is challenging when so many options are available. The terms “communication” and “collaboration” are sometimes used interchangeably, making it harder to identify the real reason for weak collaboration. Let’s take a minute to separate the two.
Communication and collaboration: different, but interconnected
Communication is simply sharing or exchanging information. Sending an email, talking with a colleague in the break room, and messaging are just a few ways employees communicate at work. Conversations are mostly work-related but usually include happenings of daily life. Communication does not always contribute to collaboration, but collaboration cannot happen without communication. A team cannot pursue a goal together without exchanging knowledge and ideas.
Collaboration is working with others collectively toward a common goal to create something or solve a problem. In an organization, employees with diverse expertise collaborate to accomplish an objective more effectively. Instead of working separately and meshing completed tasks at the end of an endeavor, group members discuss matters along the way, posing questions and giving feedback. Everyone applies and shares their skills throughout a project’s duration to achieve something greater than the sum of individual work.
Building effective collaboration
Two essential ingredients for powerful collaboration are interpersonal skills and intelligent tools. The former is commonly overlooked but equally important.
1. Interpersonal skills
Constructive communication doesn’t come naturally. It’s an acquired skill. 31 percent
[2] of job applicants lack sufficient communication skills, but building awareness and providing training can help. Dependability
Team members need to be able to rely on one another for more than just carrying their weight in daily roles. Requesting feedback and receiving no reply can be as aggravating as dealing with a colleague who is easily upset by criticism. Reliable employees remain engaged, admit mistakes, and continually seek personal development.
Active listening
When two people are having a conversation, the listener is often thinking more about their reply than what the speaker is saying. Good listeners resist the urge to respond before fully understanding the other person’s thoughts and ask questions to draw out more details. Nonverbal cues, open-ended questions, paraphrasing, and verbal affirmations are examples of active listening.
Conflict management
In any workplace, ideas will clash at some point or another. Team members should know how to receive constructive criticism, but conflict can still generate negative feelings that disrupt collaboration. Teach employees to be assertive when there’s a problem and to seek facilitation, mediation, or creative solutions to clear the air.
Empathy
Hurtful words, whether intentional or unintentional, tend to immediately put us on the defense. Meanwhile, our colleagues may be unaware they have said something upsetting. They are only trying to figure out how to help. A little bit of empathy goes a long way. Putting ourselves in others’ shoes—trying to understand and share their feelings—mitigates conflicts and keeps tension low for a more pleasant atmosphere.
2. Tools
Contextual collaboration tools accommodate remote and in-house employees by fusing work and communication in one platform. It’s easier for employees to remain engaged and efficient when they aren’t navigating between work and collaboration apps. Collaboration and productivity go hand in hand, and that’s why 80 percent
[3] of businesses employ collaboration tools to improve business operations. Benefits of proficient communication
Poor communication can lead to costly business mistakes, but the importance of communication and collaboration goes beyond merely staying out of the red.
Greater efficiency
Organizations that integrate communication platforms experience up to 51 percent
[4] increased productivity. Improved stakeholder alignment, higher employee engagement, and reduced turnover are all by-products of excellent internal communication. Robust teams
Groups are more likely to find harmony when dialogue is purposeful and considerate. Open communication leads to better transparency and a work environment where strong accountability is the norm.
Positive workplace
No one likes to feel like they’re walking on eggshells, always worried about stepping on someone’s toes. Connected company culture strengthens morale, eases tensions, and makes for a more enjoyable workplace. 85 percent
[5] of employees with access to collaboration software are happier at work. Drives progress
When employees are straight with each other, resolve conflicts quickly, and share ideas freely, innovation thrives. Frequently sharing new knowledge and fresh inspiration leads to higher-quality products or services.
How can Kissflow improve communication and collaboration in the workplace?
Building communication isn’t a straightforward process and looks different in every organization. The common denominator is the need for a platform where employees can link communication to work.
Kissflow empowers employees with numerous options for communication and collaboration in the workplace. Any team member can automate a repetitive process, construct a project board, or manage case workflow. Actions like sharing documents, attaching comments to tasks, posting news and announcements, and celebrating achievements together all occur in the same, user-friendly application. Group discussions not directly related to a project are organized by topic in custom channels.
Easy API integration links Kissflow to core software to create a consolidated workspace. Pivots, charts, insights, and dashboards keep managers connected to daily progress without the need for frequent status update meetings. Urgent tasks like manager approvals, workflow tracking, and channel comments are instantly accessible on Kissflow’s mobile app.
Training your employees in practical communication skills and investing in a contextual collaboration tool are two crucial steps toward a more connected company culture. Bridge the divides in your workplace and step onto solid ground with Kissflow.
More Resources What is Collaboration Software? Social Media in The Workplace – Pros and Cons A guide to Digital Collaboration The complete guide to Cloud Collaboration What is Cross-functional Collaboration? | 7,418 | 3,329 | 16,152.9234 |
warc | 202143 | Inside of a society exactly where diversity is highly valued and urged in all sections of our living, it is necessary for an organization to acknowledge the value of diverseness and introduction. For the reason that the advantages of inclusion and variety way outweigh the potential complications that may happen as a result of introduction and variety.
Diverseness isn’t a adverse expression. It is not synonymous with inferiority and is not a content label to wear a company or someone to illustrate them as “fewer than.” When the purpose of variety is valued and regarded, the many benefits of this tactic evolved into evident.
The main advantages of diverseness and inclusion tend to be ignored. The main advantages of add-on and diversity are wide ranging you need to include increased product sales, elevated gross income and earnings, plus the inclusion of the most useful individuals be part of the business. When some great benefits of addition and variety are recognized and appreciated, they join an organization’s assignment and eyesight. The main advantages of inclusion and diversity enlist with an company business plan.
supplement and Diversity should be made for just a productive enterprise. Organizations that absence improvement and diversity are speedily losing their advantage available.
inclusion and variety could also assist the employees with the group. Personnel of your group that are of different skills, sub cultures and civilizations have different viewpoints for the product or service provided by the corporation. Employees who’re various have an overabundance use of new ideas and new strategies to develop new product or service. The corporation has to really encourage diversity and improvement by designing it element of their assignment assertion, workers associated with an business who will be various may also be quite likely going to be advertised or be chosen to get a campaign.
Since supplement and diversity gains staff members. If the corporation is able to determine and encourage assortment and introduction within their business assignment, it will be able to bring in and preserve an assorted personnel. Businesses that contain a sturdy and distinct eyesight for their and themselves firm are able to retain and attract a mixed personnel. Because of this , that assortment and introduction are really imperative that you an corporation’s success.
When a corporation is able to specify its assignment, it becomes easier to distinguish and get rid of limitations that will cause diverseness. Reaching diversity and addition aims mandates that a financial institution know the specific barriers that are triggering barriers to the results of supplement and diversity targets. It is very important for a corporation to name the barriers to range and introduction which are at this time while in the corporation.
addition and Diversity absolutely are a vital element of an company good results. An organization can maximize its productivity while increasing its success.
Once identified, the obstacles can be taken off or changed to increase productiveness and earnings, by discovering limitations and reducing hindrances to diverseness along with the corporation. When limitations are removed, the corporation can have no trouble recruiting and preserving workers who will be diverse. In the event the hurdles to supplement and variety are changed, the organization will hire and preserve an increasingly varied staff.
Organizations aren’t the sole ones that are able to develop hindrances to introduction and variety. Corporations will be able to customize the atmosphere in which they get the job done. For instance hiring an ideal employee assortment and add-on people, exercising their staff in selection and addition intriguing in inclusion and diversity pursuits. An institution can boost the condition of engagement of workers who will be diversified.
An institution might pick out to cooperate with an out of doors consultant to help to develop the lifestyle of supplement, by creating a way of life of add-on. Another advisor will assist the group by creating a policy for staff growth and instruction system. The expert can help carry out and build plans that addresses the hindrances to the success of the organization in getting and retaining an easy staff.
A plan is going to be created to help to increase the amount of involvement and engagement of workers inside the business. A strategy may also be made to increase the quality of diverseness in the work area that this workforce have of their business.
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warc | 202143 | Perhaps you want to get better at making general conversation. Maybe you want to improve your networking skills? In any case, improving your understanding of the different types of conversation will be sure to help you, when you go out and meet new people.
This article is made both for introverts and extroverts, since I believe we could all benefit from becoming more aware of how we communicate with others. Knowing what conversation to make at the right time, is also relevant for both experienced employees and newcomers at the workplace.
What is Small Talk
Small talk is often described as polite conversation, regarding unintimidating and less important topics. This lets us superficially get an impression of one another and get to know new people.
Typical small talk revolves around the weather, plans for the weekend, work, family and sports.
Small talk is often credited as being a good tool for maintaining and nurturing a larger network of people. Studies also show that people that are really good at small talk, tend to have long and succesful careers.
What is Big Talk?
Big talk is – compared to small talk – a type of conversation that seeks to dive deeper than the surface level, in an attempt to create a sense of deep understanding between the participants. This type of conversation is meant to further build on the relations established between the participants.
Typical big talk is characterized by three elements: Open, universal and meaningful. Open in the sense that there are no easy textbook answers to the questions. Universal in the sense that everyone can understand the topic and participate in the conversation. Meaningful, because you can take a deep dive into the subject and find many things to say about it.
What Connects Small Talk and Big Talk?
Both small talk and big talk are pieces of the puzzle – and both serve important functions!
It is difficult to engage in big talk without having established a mutual understanding and connection that can help you identify a relevant subject. Very few people open up for big talk without you having shown some interest in the more “superficial” activities they take part in.
Small talk is often the direct road toward a good big talk, since it helps us reveal information about one another. By becoming more knowledgable about each other, it also becomes easier to find a subject that’s both relevant and interesting to both of you.
Small talk helps us assess one another. In conjunction with our body language and facial expression, we figure out whether we are comfortable talking to the person in front of us.
Increased digitalization in the form of social media and virtual communication is especially suited for small talk. Take the 280 letter limit on Twitter, for instance. This sets a technical limitation on how “deep” we can delve into a subject. This means that now – more than ever – we have to make an extra effort to engage in big talk.
Small Talk and Big Talk – How Much and How Long?
Unfortunately, there’s no golden rule as to how long either type of conversation is supposed to last. It takes practice, trial and error to find out how long a good conversation lasts, depending on who we are talking to.
‘How do I Get Better at Small Talk?
Small talk is far from dangerous, and at its worst, it’s only mildly awkward. Try follow some of the tips we provide underneath, and don’t be afraid to jump in head first!
Ask questions that show an interest in the person you’re talking to. Provide personal anecdotes. By showing that you can relate to what your conversational partner is telling you, you provide a common point of reference for both of you. Don’t be afraid to compliment the one you’re talking to. By praising others, you provide comfort to the conversation. Engage in conversation with as many people as possible! The more you get to talking, the more comfortable you’ll get over time. You might be surprised at how many fun conversations you can have with strangers on public transport, or at the cashier at your local supermarket. Copy others that are great at small talk. Try to remember what types of questions they ask others, how they listen, and how they reply. They probably got good at small talk in the first place, doing exactly that! Find something you have in common with the person in front of you, right away. You might be drinking the same cocktail, in which case you might ask whether they like it. You might follow up with a story about the last time you drank that cocktail, or find out whether they prefer a different beverage. Find your peace with the fact that many people consider small talk to be a little bit awkward. Have some icebreakers ready, in case you’re caught off guard. “How Do I Get Better at Big Talk?”
To get really good at big talk, you need to tear down the barriers that prevent deeper conversations from emerging. Use our list for tips and tricks to speed up the process.
Put yourself in positions that call for long conversations. You could invite a friend over for coffee or a glass of wine. Put away your cell-phone and other devices, and encourage others to do the same. Ask questions on topics that mean something to you. Spend as much time listening as you do talking. Avoid interrupting and over-simplifying fragile topics. Look people in the eyes. Be prepared on some topics you like to dive into yourself. At KNOWIE, we love TED talks, and find these a great format for exploring new topics. Ask the people you’re talking to, what kind of topics they like. Assume you are talking to someone who enjoys deep thought as much as you do. Try not to push your own perspective onto others, but instead try to understand where they’re coming from. Don’t be afraid to share something deeply personal about yourself. Seek advice from the person you are talkingto. Ask for stories rather than answers. | 5,999 | 2,677 | 13,111.747852 |
warc | 202143 | “The Roman phrase for expressing that a man had died, viz., “Abiit ad plures” (He has gone over to the majority,) my brother explained to us; and we easily comprehended that any one generation of the living human race, even if combined, and acting in concert, must be in a frightful minority, by comparison with all the incalculable generations that had trot this earth before us. The Parliament of living men, Lords and Commons united, what a miserable array against the Upper and Lower House composing the Parliament of ghosts!”
Excerpt From: Thomas De Quincey. “
Autobiographical Sketches”
There I said it! The d-word. Death. Lately its usage has become a convenient and ironic weapon in the American political arena. Florida Governor (R) Ronald Dion DeSantis is now labelled “Ron Death Antis” thanks to his pitiful lack of direction against the pandemic in his state. It is unimaginable how Death Antis has ignored science, reason and evidence in this matter; everything is contrary to what he shamefully cites. But like the “Big Lie” (the current underbelly of American politics advancing that Donnie Trump was framed in the last presidential election) – a QAnon theory to which Death Antis no doubt subscribes – these massive fabrications are openly avoided by the Republican Congressmen and Senators who support them. I say avoided because there is no other way to address them while preserving even a shred of authenticity. The answer naturally to this otherwise dreadfully curious logic on the part of Republicans is nothing other than rhetorical distortion of the meaning of “representing the people”, as though doing what their “base” wants is somehow the answer to public service and leadership. The answer has notably nothing to do with the electors other than to preserve the Republicans in their government seats. The unabashed hunger of these mercenaries leaves one wondering how dreadful their private life and financial affairs must be to warrant such shallow acquittal.
Before I go on I must address two issues; first, when I began jabbering about death it was not to invoke American politics because I really have no standing in the matter and I owe it to my American friends to apologize for the presumption of having invaded their national space; and, two, my direction at the moment is to voice an opinion of death. I think you’ll agree that among septuagenarians the topic is never concealed. Yet just because it is mentioned frequently does not mean the subject is enlarged upon to any noticeable degree by the majority. Instead death – except when real and at hand – is primarily a metaphor or part of a joke. This does not mean that I consider death a joke. To be perfectly candid, at my age, with my history of indulgences and physical calamities, I am lucky to be here! Indeed if my memory serves me correctly my erstwhile family physician reputedly remarked after my open-heart surgery, “We didn’t think he’d make it off the table!” That at least is my opener. And I believe that simple truth merits recognition because otherwise it is too easy to dismiss anything else I say as insensitive to the fortuity which must of necessity invade my thought.
In my experience nothing puts the lid on things faster than fatigue. In the context of death I equate fatigue with illness – basically a condition which takes the spark out of things. Now I know one can become tired or ill without it being life-threatening; but what I’m after here is the conditions which are interminable. As so many others have casually observed, “If I’m that bad I don’t want to linger on my death bed” or something of that nature.
I am discovering that I am a bit of a gambler, at least I am becoming one as I age. Every day I get older, I’m closer to defeating death. Accordingly each day I survive, I am snapping my fingers at death! The pending imperative of death has enabled a modicum of frivolity and privilege I hadn’t previously known. I mean, at my age, who cares what I do or think! More importantly I am no longer certain I care except to the extent that whatever I do or say exemplifies what I feel not what any other restraint may empower.
Death is a release. For some it has been a release from what I imagine were overwhelmingly disturbing thoughts. I have known several people who spoke of suicide, two of whom did it. I was told by someone whose thoughts I respected to have nothing further to do with the chap who spoke of suicide. The thesis was that people who talk about suicide are trouble. Not certain I agree but it doesn’t matter because as far as I know the chap survives. The local fellow who shot himself had been a client and acquaintance of mine. To this day I am saddened by the thought of his tragic death. He was young at the time.
Anyway…death is still considered a release for those of us who partake otherwise. To imagine there is any strength to that objective is naturally absurd because it logically entails someone “on the other side” who is getting a bang out of the release. You see how easy it is to fall into the absurdity of religion and necromancy which so regularly invades this particular arena of contemplation. No doubt there are many who dismiss the authenticity of these divinations because they are calculated to subdue the peril and damage caused by death. To which I say, you had your time to say or do it before they left! After that nothing matters. | 5,592 | 2,743 | 11,022.947138 |
warc | 202143 | The seventh and final session of our summer LiveRamp for Developers web series was focused on our Authenticated Traffic Solution (ATS) API. Ian Meyers, Head of Addressability Product at LiveRamp, provided an overview of ATS as well as the ATS API.
Check out the session in its entirety on demand by registering, and read on to get an overview of what was covered.
About ATS
ATS connects publishers with brand identity to shape media experiences and measure effectiveness. ATS helps publishers recognize known users on their sites in real time, enabling data-informed targeting and increasing the value of their inventory. ATS is very much a product of our identity graph and offers a safe way to resolve user identifiers.
Market need for the ATS API
LiveRamp saw an opportunity to provide a more direct way for publishers and marketers to connect data, but also perceived the risk in operating in an untrusted context, or with unsafe, identified tokens. The ATS API solves this problem.
Without depending on third-party cookies, device-based identifiers, or other unstable identity anchors, the ATS API enables data collaboration in programmatic advertising and beyond through the use of identity and cryptographic protections.
The API accepts an identifier (or multiple identifiers) along with some configuration parameters in a request. That identifier, e.g. a hashed email, goes through additional pseudonymization before performing a look-up against the LiveRamp graph. In some cases, a look-up against secondary graphs may also take place.
If a link is found and the user is eligible (i.e. not opted out), those secondary identifiers, along with expiration and configuration information, will also be packed into that identity envelope.
An identity envelope acts as a secure, volatile container to hold identity information. It could be passed around in an insecure, untrusted context due to our use of encryption paired with entropy provided by unique initialization vectors.
ATS API development
There were several design principles or patterns that were kept in mind when developing the ATS API:
1. Simplicity
The API must be easy to understand and implement so it can be used by as many participants within the ecosystem as possible. If needed, further sophistication can be added, but it should be easy to start working with the API itself.
2. Omnichannel support
The API must be omnichannel, supporting the variety of platforms LiveRamp customers have come to expect. The ATS API works not only for browsers, but also in-app, on CTV, and beyond.
3. Minimization of data collection and usage
Publishers trust LiveRamp to help them monetize inventory and connect with marketers, and require continuous control of their data based on their terms. That’s why the ATS API was built to take a purposefully limited approach to data sharing. LiveRamp retains little more than a count of how many requests are received from a particular API instance, which allows partnerships with publishers who are concerned around misuse or exposure of their data assets. For publishers and users who are looking for richer intelligence around what they’re putting through the ATS API, additional capabilities can be layered on an opt-in basis.
4. Semantic
This is an extension of the first principle (simplicity), in that the API should be semantic. Some shorthand is fine, but for ease of debugging and deployment, the API should be standard, follow standard patterns, and fail loudly when something is not working as expected.
Current ATS API status
LiveRamp is currently in the middle of scaling up the ATS API. The API is serving hundreds of millions of requests per day, and that’s with some aggressive client-side caching of envelope storage.
The API is consistently hitting reasonable service level objectives and is live in Europe and Asia. This year, we’re expanding into more than 15 new markets, including Latin America.
Global reach is important to the hundreds of international, multi-market brands LiveRamp works with, and we ensure consideration of privacy regulation in every market we operate in. For example, LiveRamp ensures that data assets stay in-region and adhere to cross-border rules—that’s increasingly important with the architecture of the internet and the regulations that back it.
ATS API use cases
ATS is intended to facilitate the two-sided relationship between publishers and marketers, collaborating on the basis of permissioned identifiers.
When publishers enrich their inventory using identity, they’re able to achieve better monetization. This is true for inventory that has other inferior identifiers, like third-party cookies or device IDs, but it’s a step change for inventory that can’t be appropriately monetized by legacy identity technology. In both cases, ATS is a game-changer, and the numbers bear this out.
In this first example, ATS was deployed through PubMatic’s Identity Hub. They saw huge improvements in CPM, as well as unique audience reach based on the ability to pull in users who are otherwise unaddressable and unavailable to marketers. This aspect is a benefit to both publishers and marketers alike.
Looking at some of the publishers that have adopted ATS, there’s a wide array of deployments—large and small—across different verticals. Authentication is becoming a critical, strategic component for digital publishers, and this aligns with the publisher objectives of increasing engagement and driving subscriptions beyond its use within advertising and marketing.
Looking at the other side, marketers also see improved outcomes when they leverage LiveRamp’s infrastructure. They see better performance and the ability to effectively reach users across a range of their devices, minimizing audience loss and maximizing audience region frequency.
Shown here are the results of a major grocery chain conducting an AB test. The test used ATS, the control used third-party cookies, and both were executed with the same campaign parameters on leading DSPs.
In terms of audience reach and critical conversion measures, the ATS audience outperformed the control, which is something that’s consistently seen: campaigns running on ATS improve outcomes for marketers. This is seen not only when measuring reach, but also with the actions taken by that audience.
In addition to accessing ATS-enabled publisher inventory, marketers can also benefit by deploying it on their digital properties. They can plug into authenticated ecosystems to power retargeting, personalization, measurement, and audience-building.
ATS API operation, endpoints, and demo
Ian provided an overview of what is required to get started utilizing the ATS API, its operation, and the API’s endpoints. He also gave a short demo of the ATS API in action.
You can view the full session (or any of the previous sessions) on demand by registering. Please also take a moment to review the ATS documentation as well as the associated collateral on the developer portal. Afterward, if you’d like to get a better understanding of how ATS can help you meet your business goals, please reach out to us via the contact form, and you will be routed to an appropriate expert.
While this is the last of our LiveRamp for Developers summer sessions, we will continue to increase our API offerings by adding individual APIs and expanding to additional product categories. When we do so, we will hold similar sessions to help our users understand and familiarize themselves with the new offerings. We’ll announce these on the Developer Portal, as well as on our engineering blog, so be sure to subscribe to stay up-to-date. | 7,745 | 3,530 | 16,712.086402 |
warc | 202143 | Artificial Intelligence Could ‘crack The Language Of Most Cancers And Alzheimer’s’
Passersby stroll below a surveillance digital camera that was part of a facial recognition technology take a look at in Berlin in 2017. European regulators are seeking stronger oversight of AI, together with facial recognition. Others say stronger oversight will help construct public belief in AI systems, which have inflamed tensions over information privateness, consumer protection and misuse-especially in areas like facial recognition. Chances are you’ll cancel your subscription at anytime by calling Customer service. We’re delighted that you simply’d prefer to resume your subscription. The European Union’s govt arm on Wednesday unveiled laws that may ban using sure kinds of AI systems, whereas limiting the usage of facial recognition by police. The Wall Avenue Journal. Chances are you’ll change your billing preferences at any time in the customer Middle or name Customer support. “I’ve been doing IT for a very long time,” Mr. Donnelly mentioned. Thomas Donnelly, chief data officer of software firm BetterCloud Inc., said the proposed restrictions could have a detrimental impression on Europe’s technology sector over the long term, as companies elsewhere acquire a competitive edge by continuing to develop cheaper and more efficient AI-powered functions. You will be notified upfront of any changes in charge or terms. Some company know-how leaders say a proposed clampdown by European regulators on the usage of artificial intelligence will run up prices and stifle innovation, just as corporations are starting to unlock its potential.
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warc | 202143 | Dependable Names Of Quite A Few Safety Services For You With Developed Tools & Methods
What do you think is the most significant misconception about AI? If you have been getting into college, knowing what you know now, what would you study? The identical points. Robotics and aerospace engineering. I assume that will pigeonhole my understanding and capacity to apply AI to several troubles. I’m really excited about our incoming monkey overlords. Who has the greatest influence on how you consider about AI and the future? If you liked this write-up and you would like to receive much more data pertaining to Aletheiaconsulting.ch kindly pay a visit to the site. Self-directed solution innovation and empathy. Numerous folks think AIs are frequently sensible and stable. Most AIs are truly quite brittle and not constructed with resilience and flexibility. Although theoretically this has been a possibility for decades, the ordinary serum foundation review no 1 funded a prospective real-world rollout of such technology. The application of AI to learning the intent of monkeys as educated by Neuralink. Me. I do not adhere to any AI prophets/authorities. What skill or trait do you think has the greatest possibility to remain uniquely human for the foreseeable future? What is a recent advance in AI that blew your mind?
This would reduce down the time of coaching, but we would have a a great deal far more complicated initial state to start from. At that time, there had been millions of various lifeforms on Earth, and they had been closely interrelated. And evolution has developed all sorts of intelligent and non-intelligent lifeforms and generating positive that we could reproduce the precise methods that led to human intelligence with out any guidance and only by means of reward is a tough bet. The additional you go back in time, the additional compute energy you’ll need to run the simulation. As a result, you essentially have two crucial challenges: compute power and initial state. On the other hand, the further you move forward, the extra complicated your initial state will be. They evolved with each other. Taking any of them out of the equation could have a substantial influence on the course of the simulation. Lots of will say that you do not need to have an exact simulation of the globe and you only have to have to approximate the challenge space in which your reinforcement finding out agent wants to operate in.
In the future N-Tech.Lab is preparing to launch the cloud face recognition software program platform, which will be obtainable for each company to plug into and use for their own recognition tasks. Some of our stories contain affiliate hyperlinks. Final Could, N-Tech.Lab announced an agreement with the city of Moscow to test the facial-recognition service on the city’s CCTV camera network. As they claim, the platform can be utilised for a excellent assortment of locations, like security purposes, like ID checks at and realtime CCTV evaluation, retail solutions for targeted advertising to in-shop client, dating services, entertainment, for instance casinos can use the Large Data processing technologies or amusement parks which provide the photos ideal to the individuals caught on them. Is this technique invading people’s privacy? Regardless of the applications FaceN could possibly have, some legal questions arise: is it legal (or ethical, to say the least) to use such a system? Those questions will surely have a response in a close to future but, for now, it is in all probability greater to concentrate on the incredible potential that this technologies has, and all the applications it might have in other distinct fields. One particular of the most exciting provides came from the Government of Turkey, who wanted to apply it to determine folks crossing their borders, but they also had other delivers coming from intelligence solutions, from Russia and abroad. All solutions suggested by Engadget are selected by our editorial group, independent of our parent organization. If you buy some thing via 1 of these hyperlinks, we may well earn an affiliate commission. Yet yet another prospective use of FaceN is the 2018 FIFA Planet Cup, which will be held in Russia, as it could be utilized as a way to detect banned soccer fans.
Even incredibly unsophisticated reasoning schemes can at times be beneficial, such as the “British Museum Algorithm,” which tries all doable conclusions from all recognized information (theorems) and inference rules.(3) In addition to thinking of how a system motives, it is important to ask what sorts of information it causes about–i.e., how is its knowledge represented. While this is not the location to enter a complete discussion of the field, a compact instance will illustrate some of the issues. Two elements of this structure that are receiving a great deal consideration are the representation of structured objects and of processes. Early representation languages have been primarily based on the predicate calculus, in which each and every fact, or item of understanding, was represented as a single expression in the language. During the past ten years, the notion has gained acceptance that reasoning becomes simpler if the structure of the representation reflects the structure of the reality becoming reasoned about.
Particularly, he said it didn’t mention extra current perform on how to make huge language models much more power-efficient and mitigate difficulties of bias. “It’s the sort of operate that no individual or even pair of authors can pull off,” Emily M. Bender (1 of the other co-authors) said. The paper’s citation list, with 128 references, is notably long. Shortly right after the paper was written and submitted for publication, Timnit was provided an ultimatum by a Google exec Megan Kacholia who ordered her to retract her most up-to-date research paper or else get rid of her name from its list of authors, along with those of numerous other members of her group. Nevertheless, the six collaborators drew on a wide breadth of scholarship. “It really required this collaboration.” The disturbing factor to me even though is that the on line version of the paper I study does speak to Google’s investigation efforts on decreasing the size and computational expenses of massive language models, and on measuring the embedded bias of models despite the fact that it argued that these efforts have not been adequate. | 6,524 | 3,198 | 13,141.841151 |
warc | 202143 | This week our CEO updates the community on our Vaccination Clinics, Covid Hospitalizations, the Vaccination Mandate for Healthcare Workers, our Bariatric Surgery Program and more.
Dear Lompoc Valley Community:
What happened on this date in history? 1888– National Geographic Magazinepublished for the first time. 1908– Henry Ford introduced the Model Tcar, at a cost of $825. 1962– Johnny Carsonhosted his first “The Tonight Show.” Guests included Rudy Vallee, Tony Bennett, Mel Brooks, and Joan Crawford. Quote of the week “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” --Haruki Murakami COVID-19 and Vaccinations LVMC Vaccination Clinics
Now that booster doses have been approved, we have expanded the number of vaccination clinic days. We are holding vaccination clinics on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm, and Fridays from 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm and 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm.
As we are still trying to project the demand for booster shots, we recommend scheduling an appointment at myturn.ca.gov. Walk-ins are welcome, but if demand is greater than capacity on a particular clinic day, priority will be given to those with an appointment.
At the vaccination clinics, we are offering first doses, second doses, booster doses, and “additional doses.”
The
are the third dose for the severely immunocompromised. We are offering both Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. The additional dose should be received at least 28 days after the second dose. additional doses
For
, only the Pfizer vaccine has been approved, to date. It is available for those who attest to either being: age 65 or older; a resident in a long-term care setting; age 50-64 with certain underlying medical conditions; age 18-49 with a high risk for severe COVID-19 due to certain underlying medical conditions; age 18-64 with increased risk for COVID-19 exposure and transmission because of occupational factors. booster doses
A booster dose should be received at least six months after the second dose. Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are expected to be considered for booster dose approval, soon.
Due to backlogged case reporting, the county has not updated the Covid case rate since September 15. But, between the recent peak of August 13, and September 15, there has been a continuing downward trend. California has the lowest Covid positivity rate in the country, at 2.8%. At 3.6%, the county rate is higher than the state but still lower than the county rate of 9.2% on August 15, and 3.9% on September 17. Covid Statistics. The number of Covid hospitalized patients in the county decreased significantly about two weeks ago and has remained rather steady since then. Three are approximately 45 hospitalized patients in the county. At LVMC, there are currently 4 hospitalized patients, with 2 receiving ICU care. Covid Hospitalizations. Vaccination Figures
In Santa Barbara County, 68.4% of the eligible population (12+) is fully vaccinated, compared to 66.9% two weeks ago. 76.6% of the eligible population has had at least one dose, compared to 75.4% two weeks ago. 57.9% of the entire county population is fully- vaccinated, compared to 56.6% two weeks ago. 64.9% of the entire population has had at least one dose, compared to 63.9% two weeks ago.
The vaccination rate for Santa Barbara County is a little below that of California overall. For example, 78.5% of the eligible California population has had at least one dose, versus 76.6% for Santa Barbara County. Within Santa Barbara County there is a great disparity by region. For example, 65% of the entire south county population has had at least one dose, versus 52.2% for north county and 49.8% for central county. However, the State’s interactive website shows Lompoc as having 58% of the entire population fully vaccinated. I do not know why there is such a difference between the state site showing 58% for Lompoc, and the county site showing 49.8% for central county.
As we have seen over the past few months, the percentage of the county population that is vaccinated continues to creep up, now at a rate of less than 1 percentage point per week. Just from observation, it seems that the majority of the newly vaccinated are making their decision to vaccinate not as a result of outreach, or messaging, or having an epiphany, but rather a result of various types of vaccine mandates, or simply the realization that it will be easier to navigate through their lives if vaccinated.
Vaccination Mandate for Healthcare Workers
You may be aware of the State Public Health Officer Order that mandates healthcare workers in certain settings, which includes all LVMC facilities, be vaccinated by September 30, or have an approved religious or medical exemption and be Covid tested once or twice per week, depending on their job function and location.
The status of LVMC employee compliance with the State Order is as follows:
Of the 843 LVMC employees and contract staff, 93.2% are fully vaccinated. After the partially vaccinated staff receive their final vaccine dose, 95.1% will be fully vaccinated. 39 religious or medical exemptions have been granted. Those individuals will continue to be Covid tested once or twice per week, depending on their job function and location. 3 per diem employees are not in compliance with the Order and have been suspended effective October 1. LVMC Potpourri
I am pleased to report that this week our Bariatric Surgery Program received its official accreditation as a “Comprehensive Center” by MBSAQIP (Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program). This is the gold standard of accreditation and is a testament to the outstanding work done by bariatric surgeons, Dr. Taglia and Dr. Bounoua, as well as our excellent LVMC staff.
Thank you for your continued support, and as always, please feel free to contact me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or (805) 737-3301. Until next time, be well and stay safe!
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warc | 202143 | For many seasoned travelers, there is no better feeling than securing a free hotel room upgrade. Room upgrades can really make your trip that much more special. For the price of a mid-range hotel room, you can stay in some of the most expensive hotel suites in the world.
Fortunately, you do not need to be a travel expert to get a free upgrade. Whether you are hoping for more space, a private jacuzzi, or a better view, there are many ways to nab a better room.
If you’re wondering how to get a free upgrade at a hotel, here are 12 useful tips and tricks. Note that there is no surefire way to get a hotel room upgrade; however, these methods are sure to up your chances.
1. Visit During the Low Season
Being smart about when you’re booking a hotel room can score you an upgrade without doing any extra work.
While you might not want to visit the Maldives in the monsoon season or the Mediterranean in winter, going in the low season has its perks. During this time, hotels are rarely full, so there’s a higher chance of an upgrade. It also means cheaper prices.
When booking a room during the low or ‘shoulder’ season, ask the hotel about their upgrade and rates policies. Oftentimes hotels make their upgrade decisions based on occupancy. The same concept applies to business hotels that are generally emptier on the weekends.
When airlines upgrade passengers on flights, they usually start by looking at their most frequent fliers. These are typically individuals that belong to their loyalty program. The same applies to hotels – they favor guests that frequently stay at their properties or are a part of their loyalty scheme.
If you find yourself frequently staying at a particular hotel chain, then consider joining their loyalty program. Even if you cancel your membership shortly after, adding your membership number to your booking can still work in your favor.
However, if you stay on the loyalty program, you will earn points or credit for each stay that you pay for. As you accumulate more points, you will move up through the program’s tiers. This will then give you access to greater upgrades, among various other benefits.
Some hotels are reluctant to the idea of loyalty programs. However, many of the top international hotel chains do. Some of these include:
Marriott:Marriott Bonvoy members can enjoy plenty of exclusive benefits, including possible hotel room upgrades, at a variety of luxury hotels. This includes The Ritz-Carlton, The Luxury Collection, JW Marriott, St Regis, and W Hotels. IHG:IHG Rewards Club members may be able to earn room upgrades at the chain’s various properties around the world, namely the Intercontinental hotels. Hyatt:World of Hyatt members are rewarded with many benefits, including room upgrades, free nights, and exclusive discounted rates. Hilton:Hilton Honors is the chain’s free loyalty program which offers many benefits. This includes free stays, free wifi, possible room upgrades, and more. Shangri-La:Golden Circle loyalty program members can enjoy various benefits at a number of the chain’s hotels and resorts. 3. Get a Hotel-branded Credit Card
Hotel-branded credit cards often offer some sort of upgrade benefit. It may also make a difference in how many points you earn through the hotel’s loyalty schemes. With a hotel-branded credit card, you will earn extra points through your everyday spending. This includes everything from gas to groceries. Below are some examples of hotel chains offering such credit cards:
The Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant American Express Card:This is Marriott’s most-premium card offering. It is pricey, requiring a minimum spend of $5,000 USD in the first three months using the card. However, cardholders are awarded an 85,000 point bonus and instant Gold Elite status. This will open doors to an array of benefits, including free room upgrades and a complimentary stay each year. IHG Rewards Club Premier Credit Card:This is available at a low introductory spend of $3,000 USD for the first three months. Following this, the card will earn you a variety of benefits at a number of properties like Holiday Inn and InterContinental. Benefits include free hotel room upgrades, a generous bonus, free nights, and more. The World of Hyatt Credit Card:For a $95 annual fee and minimum spend of $3,000 USD in the first three months, you can enjoy many benefits at Marriott’s many properties around the world. You will also receive automatic World of Hyatt Discoverist elite status, which is sure to work in your favor when requesting a free room upgrade. Hilton Honors American Express Card:With an annual fee of $0 USD, this is one of the more affordable cards on the market. All you need to do is spend $1,000 within your first three months. This will earn you automatic Silver status and access to many benefits, including discounts, room upgrades, and more.
Note that hotel-branded credit cards are most beneficial when you plan on staying at their properties often. For greater flexibility, you may also be able to get an upgrade using a standard credit card.
Visa Signature cards will give you access to the Visa Signature Luxury Hotel Collection, a network of over 800 high-end hotels and resorts around the world. When you stay at any of these hotels and book via Visa Signature, you can get an automatic free hotel room upgrade at check-in.
4. Avoid Booking the Cheapest Room
It can be hard resisting the most affordable room in a hotel. If you’re trying to score yourself a room upgrade at a luxury hotel, this may not be your best option. Sometimes it’s worth paying a little more for a middle room.
Paying for a slightly more expensive room can help you. It is unlikely that the hotel will upgrade you to the master suite if you only paid for one of the cheapest rooms on offer.
However, there is a chance you can get bumped up from the cheapest room to a middle room. But if you’re after one of the more luxurious accommodations, paying a bit more will definitely increase your chances.
5. Check-in as Late as Possible
While it is tempting to check-in as early as possible to the room that you paid for, waiting a little can help you get that free upgrade.
Generally, expensive suites are booked in advance. As such, hotels know when they will be occupied. By checking in a bit later, ideally, after 6 pm, the hotel staff will have a better idea of which rooms are available.
As most guests have already checked in, this is a good opportunity to put in your request. But do not come too late, for those who have the power to grant you an upgrade might have gone home.
6. Book Directly Through the Hotel
While booking through a third-party online platform is convenient, it lacks the personal touch needed when it comes to getting a free upgrade. Doing so also means that the platform you’re booking from will receive a commission, so the hotel loses a portion of the money you paid. For this reason, hotels generally favor customers that book with them directly.
While you can book directly through the hotel’s website, booking by phone is your best bet to get a free room upgrade. This is because you can strike up a conversation, make a connection, and enquire what perks might be available to you.
Bonus tip: If you find the price of a room on a third-party site is cheaper than what is asked on the hotel’s site, then phone the hotel and quote them the price. Sometimes they will try to match this price; however, they are more likely to offer you an upgrade or complimentary bottle of champagne.
7. Say it is a Special Occasion
Have you ever told the restaurant staff it was your birthday just to get a free dessert? Many of us may have done this before. And just like bringing up a special occasion at a restaurant can get you free ice cream, doing so could also score you a free upgrade at a hotel.
When booking your hotel room, try dropping a special occasion into the conversion. This can be a birthday, honeymoon, anniversary, or any other milestone event. By telling the hotel staff that you have chosen their property to celebrate your special occasion, they may look more favorably upon you.
The hotel business is highly saturated. For this reason, hotels are often willing to go above and beyond for a raving review. If they see that you’re a genuine customer, they may feel more inclined to provide you with an upgrade to ensure you have a memorable stay.
If you’re traveling solo, you could throw in that you just got a new job or promotion. And if that’s not an option, you could try telling them that you just got a divorce. Just note that whatever event you decide to bring up, the hotel staff should not be able to fact-check it.
8. Stay at Newer Hotels
There are a number of reasons why you’re more likely to get a room upgrade at a newer hotel. The first is that they usually have a low occupancy rate, so there will be more rooms available. Many of these hotels purposefully leave their best rooms available for upgrades.
This leads to the second reason why your odds are better at newly opened hotels. As previously mentioned, the hotel industry is saturated, so these properties will do everything they can to build a strong, positive reputation.
As such, newly opened hotels will often provide room upgrades in exchange for positive word of mouth. This includes good online reviews, social media comments, and anything else that will help them build brand trust and awareness.
This applies to independent or boutique hotels. You will get more personalized service, and the hotel will be more committed to turning you into a repeat customer.
9. Book Shorter Stays
If you’re staying at a hotel for a week, it may be harder for them to provide you with an upgrade as opposed to if you’re only staying for a night or two. This is because bumping you up to a higher category room for a short stay is unlikely to impact the future bookings made for that accommodation.
Additionally, there is no advantage for hotels to have their top rooms empty. Provided there are no reservations; the hotel may opt to use those rooms to reward existing customers.
Note that not all hotel staff have the power to provide you with an upgrade; however, this varies from hotel to hotel. If you feel that the person assisting you is limited in what they can offer, consider asking for a reservations manager. If you ask politely, chances are you will get one of the rooms available.
10. Leverage Your Social Media Presence
Hotels are becoming more open to the idea of using positive word of mouth through social media to attract guests. Studies show that more consumers identify word of mouth as a key influencer in their purchasing decisions. As such, hotels are often willing to go the extra mile for individuals with a strong social media presence.
Hotels will often offer various benefits in exchange for online recognition. This may include free hotel room upgrades, free nights, and various other benefits to ensure a pleasant stay.
You do not necessarily have to be a travel blogger to score a hotel upgrade. If you have a large following and your profile aligns with the hotel brand’s aesthetics, you’re likely to get some freebies. All you need to do in return is promote the property you’re staying at.
11. Simply Ask to Upgrade Hotel Rooms
As Mahatma Gandhi’s saying goes, “if you don’t ask, you don’t get it”. The same is true for hotels – if you do not ask for a room upgrade, the chances of you getting one are slim. It doesn’t hurt to ask, so you should just go for it.
The best time to ask is at check-in. Ask the hotel staff if they can give you a free room upgrade and provide them with a context or reason for your request. As previously mentioned, it may help to bring up a special occasion.
It also helps to ask for a specific upgrade. Are you seeking a room with an ocean view or perhaps a honeymoon suite? Providing this extra bit of information can help persuade the hotel staff as they will have a better idea of what you want and can check if it’s available.
If you plan to use additional services like the hotel’s restaurants or spa, it may be worth asking if they can upgrade you for using these services. As you’ll be spending extra on other amenities, the hotel might be willing to accommodate you with a bigger room or a better view.
Bonus tip: Even though you’re asking for a freebie, it helps to ask for the cost of the upgrade too. If you show a willingness to pay, it is more likely that the hotel will listen to your requests. 12. Be Polite When Asking for Hotel Upgrades
If you’re wondering how to ask for a room upgrade, the answer is simple: Be polite. The front desk staff are the gatekeepers to vital information, including what rooms are available. They also know which rooms are more spacious and which ones offer the best views. And oftentimes, they are also the ones who decide who will get access to all these.
For this reason, it helps to try to establish a relationship with the front desk staff or concierge. People are more inclined to do favors for people they connect with. If the staff knows that certain rooms are going to be empty, they may be willing to put you in it.
So when you’re checking in, introduce yourself, ask for what you want, communicate clearly, and be nice. Just be sure that you are not doing so in front of other guests as it is unlikely that the staff will be able to give you a positive answer.
Getting a room upgrade at a luxury hotel is as simple as asking for what you want. However, there are a number of factors that could work in your favor.
Some methods may require you to spend a bit, like signing up for a hotel-branded credit card or loyalty program. Others simply require you to book your stay. This includes visiting new hotels, checking in later in the day, and several more. Your chances of getting a free upgrade also depend on the hotel’s level of occupancy, so try to visit during the low season.
So if you’re wondering how to get a free hotel upgrade at a luxury island resort or other accommodation, try out the tips and tricks mentioned above – you may just get lucky. | 14,347 | 5,848 | 34,513.26881 |
warc | 202143 | The launch of China’s estimate for third-quarter financial progress on Monday comes at a essential juncture for the world’s second-largest financial system.
The National Bureau of Statistics’ headline gross home product determine and different indicators will seize the preliminary affect of two financial shocks: the debt disaster at Evergrande, certainly one of China’s largest actual property builders, and widespread and crippling vitality shortages.
President Xi Jinping’s administration has achieved little to alleviate the pressures constructing on the nation’s actual property sector, regardless that it accounts for as a lot as 30 per cent of whole financial output.
Beijing has as an alternative seized on what it believes is a “window of opportunity” to self-discipline overleveraged property builders, which it sees as a grave risk to China’s monetary stability.
“The emphasis on deleveraging, squeeze on property speculation and energy shortages are likely to have substantially dented China’s already weak growth momentum,” mentioned Eswar Prasad, a former head of the IMF’s China division who’s now at Cornell University.
He added that Xi and Liu He, vice-premier and the president’s most trusted financial adviser, “seem prepared to accept a marked short-term slowdown in growth as the price for greater financial stability over the long term”.
Here are 5 issues to look out for at subsequent week’s launch:
Has the Chinese financial system floor to a halt on a quarterly foundation?
The Chinese financial system expanded 12.7 per cent within the first half of the yr in contrast with the identical interval final yr, when the Covid-19 pandemic emerged in central Hubei province and severely disrupted financial exercise throughout the nation.
This giant headline soar, nevertheless, masked a quarter-on-quarter enlargement of simply 0.4 per cent over the primary three months of the yr and 1.3 per cent within the second quarter.
Analysts at Goldman Sachs forecast that third-quarter financial output didn’t develop in any respect on a quarter-on-quarter foundation. In a September 28 report, they mentioned there was additionally “considerable uncertainty” about China’s fourth-quarter outlook due to “the government’s approach to managing the Evergrande stresses, the strictness of environmental target enforcement and the degree of policy easing”.
What was the Evergrande impact on fixed-asset funding in September?
Evergrande warned on September 13 that month-to-month gross sales had virtually halved in August in contrast with June and forecast one other bleak end in September, which is generally a bumper month for the sector.
More broadly, property gross sales within the nation’s 30 largest cities fell virtually one-third in September yr on yr. That suggests September was a really weak month for fixed-asset funding, which tracks spending in property and infrastructure. Fixed-asset funding progress had already slowed from 12.6 per cent yr on yr within the first half of the yr to eight.9 per cent within the January to August interval.
Infrastructure funding progress has additionally been persistently slower in Xi’s second time period, which started in 2018, than it was in his first (2013-17), reflecting his administration’s concern about debt ranges on the native authorities finance automobiles, which bankroll most infrastructure funding.
How have energy shortages affected industrial manufacturing?
Industrial manufacturing progress was already slowing — up simply 5.3 per cent yr on yr in August in contrast with 8.3 per cent in June — earlier than the magnitude of China’s energy disaster, like Evergrande’s, shocked everybody from manufacturing facility homeowners to economists in September.
The fundamental causes for the ability shortages differ by area. They embrace coal shortages and hovering coal costs, which compelled vegetation to restrict era, in addition to strict environmental and vitality effectivity targets.
Larry Hu, chief China economist at Macquarie, famous that the nation’s financial planning ministry had taken steps to handle the coal shortages however had proven “no intention to change energy consumption targets for this year”. As a outcome, he predicted that widespread energy rationing may proceed effectively into the fourth quarter.
Will retail gross sales rebound?
Retail gross sales grew simply 2.5 per cent yr on yr in August, in contrast with 8.5 per cent in July and much beneath market expectations of at the least 7 per cent.
If this continues, Chinese policymakers will discover it even tougher to restart an financial system fighting slowing funding and industrial manufacturing progress. In a current funding notice, Diana Choyleva at Enodo Economics forecast that “more pain was in store as Xi gets even more serious about capping house price increases to tackle a key source of inequality”.
Will these challenges power Xi and his financial group to ease coverage within the fourth quarter?
Prasad warned that “the government’s moves to simultaneously increase state control of the economy and the lack of clarity about its intentions towards private enterprise could act as a drag on growth over the longer term”.
But from Xi’s crackdown on China’s private-sector know-how teams in the beginning of this yr to his willingness to drive Evergrande and different builders to the brink of insolvency, he has proven no signal of moderating his marketing campaign to overtake radically China’s financial mannequin. Monday’s knowledge launch may show to be an early check of this bold coverage agenda.
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warc | 202143 | Edition Notes
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Through direct involvement, the users of the mental health services and their carers can provide valuable contributions and insights. Understanding what works and what does not, they can help shape services to meet their needs. A dialogue with users and carers helps governments promote citizens‘ mental health. Power and Participation: An Examination of the Dynamics of Mental Health Service-User Involvement in Ireland Article (PDF Available) in Studies in Social Justice 6(1) Author: Liz Brosnan. An Evaluation of Mental Health Service Provision in Northern Ireland Summary of report prepared for Action Mental Health by Queen’s University, Belfast “Current mental health services in Northern Ireland are stretched far too thinly for them to be able to provide the level of care that is required” (service user). mental health service users in Northern Ireland to change policy, using a human rights approach, around suicide and self-harm. However the study also identified limitations in the way governments engage with service users. Leadership as a concept can be problematic for service user movements as it implies.
recommendations for the empowerment of mental health service users and carers was drafted. Introduction to the survey and initial results In , the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European ommission launched “The WHO-E Partnership Project on User Empowerment in Mental Health”, consisting of four components: 1. This report presents the findings from an exploratory study of a physical activity intervention based in Northern Ireland for people with severe and enduring mental health problems. The funding for the project came from DRILL, a £5 million research programme funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and employed a co-production approach. New powers came into force across Northern Ireland at pm on Saturday 28 March to combat the spread of coronavirus. The Executive has agreed to adopt the regulations in response to the serious and imminent threat to public health posed by COVID Also, if you have symptoms of, or have been diagnosed with, COVID you must remain at home until you are . commissioning process. The Service Framework for Mental Health and Wellbeing is one of four Frameworks to be issued for implementation to date and, that focus on the most significant causes of ill health and disability in Northern Ireland, namely: cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, cancer and mental health.
Service user leadership in research can make an important contribution to the empowerment of all mental health service users. Research by service users has produced new knowledge and contributed to the development of innovative methods of improving the lives and advancing the human rights of people with mental health problems. Community care options Many mental health problems are treated by seeing your doctor, nurse or other care worker in your own home or at your doctor's surgery. You may also be treated as an outpatient at your local hospital, where you do not stay . Over people, with more than half being mental health service users and carers, from 16 European, African and American countries, discussed how to empower users and carers . I had an excellent opportunity to bringing a message of hope and recovery to Northern Ireland on Nov. 12th and 13th. The users (their name for consumers), carers (family members in US), providers and administrators were eager to hear that recovery can and does occur for most people with mental illness. | 3,647 | 1,794 | 7,328.559086 |
warc | 202143 | LikeWar but Not Quite War Unliking LikeWar
Review by Brandon Valeriano, PhD
LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media
P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018, 400 pgs.
Every innovation has a fleeting moment when it is hailed as transformative. Steam, electricity, and even balloons were all heralded as revolutionizing warfare. The latest triumphalism of the new is the thesis that social media has changed the conduct of war. In their new book LikeWar, Singer and Brooking portend that the online mobilization of the population around the fall of Mosul in 2014 demonstrates the future of war.
While they highlight the uniqueness of the fall of Mosul and the #AllEyesOnISIS hashtag, the authors also examine fall of France in 1940. This utter failure was brought on by the superior maneuver of the German army enabled by the ability to communicate over long distances with radio. The utility of radio in combat demonstrates that the ideas advanced in LikeWar are nothing new. The book provides an excellent review of the history of media and internet, it is less compelling in its argument that the shape of warfare is changing.
Declaring a new way of modern war without describing even the basic features of difference, similarity, cause, and effect disservices the reader. Those who want to highlight a transformative change must also document the process. Recounting a few stories of the fall of Mosul and Donald Trump’s attention-grabbing antics before the 2016 campaign is not evidence of a transformative change in the features of modern society. If anything, these examples might just be in-depth explorations of outliers, atypical observations. Digital connectivity is certainly is reshaping the nature of modern political warfare, but this is mainly through disinformation, a tactic that does not depend on social media.
Social media serves to highlight some of the features of modern communication; yet, describing a new method of awareness does not allow us to declare that everything has changed. The most central feature of war is its persistence and its cyclical nature, there is no simple way to capture our modern history in one catchy hashtag.
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Mutual benefit theory is one of the most widely used theories in social psychology. In fact , it is included in all the scientific fields of psychology. The theory claims that people are best satisfied once in a marriage that involves equally individuals from your same varieties. However , there are several species that not necessarily very suitable for a long lasting relationship. For example , if a person species is certainly violent and aggressive as well as the other varieties is submissive and passive, this just isn’t going to create a healthy and balanced and mutually beneficial romantic relationship. In this case, the obedient, compliant, acquiescent, subservient, docile, meek, dutiful, tractable species usually benefits because they are left exclusively and not having to defend themselves or perhaps their special someone.
People that are involved in a mutually beneficial romance are happy, healthful, and satisfied with the relationships. These types of relationships allow for a variety of an actual to are present and are as a result stronger https://www.updownsite.com/search/sugar-baby than one which is simply based upon physical attraction. One of the most powerful benefits of this kind of theory is the fact it explains why several connections last and some wither and die. Persons in these romantic relationships tend to be more psychologically connected to one another and so they contact form much stronger an actual. They benefit from spending time with each other, and that is something that is important for that relationship to completely grow into.
One of the most common challenges in connections that get into the category of mutual helpful marriage is one that is based on erotic intimacy. If you have ever had a sugar baby, you know that this is sometimes a very difficult experience. The reason is , one spouse will almost always be attracted to the different through sweets. Even when the sugar baby isn’t considering the person that is definitely potentially their mate, that they still look and feel incredibly guilty about it. In many cases, these connections end as a result of guilt or perhaps shame.
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When others may view these romantic relationships as nothing more than silly teenage hormones where you work, there is more to it than fulfills the eye. These types of relationships are much better than that, they are even more similar to the types of relationships we have known as symbiotic interactions. If you or someone you know is looking for a relationship that is mutually beneficial, you should look into what symbiotic romances are and just how you can find more information. | 3,912 | 1,767 | 8,612.156197 |
warc | 202143 | You need to know when you need services of a plumbing contractor instead of a plumber. When you come across some kind of major plumbing problems, you need to hire some certified plumbing contractors to get the things fixed. Plumbing contractors are more efficient than the plumbers and are generally more skillful with better resources in terms of knowledge, techniques and equipment. When you across common problems such as leaky taps or congested drains, you may think of hiring a plumber to get rid of the problem. On the other hand, if you want to install some brand new plumbing solution or there is some major remodeling work, you are more likely to take services of a resourceful plumbing contractor.
So, there are specific situations when you need services of a complete service provider instead of an individual plumber. Their services will prove more effective, long-lasting and tension free. Here are some situations when you should prefer hiring them:
a) When there is a major plumbing issue: Suppose the entire drainage system of your house or establishment has been clogged. An individual plumber may not prove such useful to fix the problem. In such a case, you may need to call a plumbing contractor who along with his team and a variety of equipments will quickly find a solution and decongest your drain pipes. For problems like replacing faulty septic systems, replacement of leaky pipes and complete reconstruction of shower drains, radiator heating systems etc, you need to hire such contractors.
b) When you are constructing a new building: It requires lots of efforts, planning, techniques and experience to install a complete plumbing solution in a building. In many cases, it’s already an important part of architectural planning. So, if you are going to have a long-lasting solution in your building that would keep working flawlessly for years, you need to hire a plumber for efficient plumbing service provider.
c) For quick solutions of emergency situations: There can be several emergency situations that may pop-up in that the homeowners would not expect. In such situations, you need a fast remedy and a plumbing contractor would be your best choice. Suppose there is a sudden leak in your gas connections or there is a gas leak into your heating systems. In such situations, you need their services to fix the gas control valves and ensuring prevention against any accidents.
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warc | 202143 | by Sallie Bryant Last week, members of the House unveiled their Medicare for all bill, legislation that would largely overhaul the nation’s health care system. You don’t have to look far to see that access to health care is a priority for many nationally and especially here in Alabama. Our country has made strides to improve the health care system … Read More
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warc | 202143 | 12February
Big meteorites are rare for Earth, but on February 12, 1947 another ominous guest appeared in the sky over Siberia – it was the enormous Sikhote-Alin meteorite that breaks into thousands of pieces (probably, also because of an explosion) just like the Tunguska meteorite. Strange coincidence, isn’t it?
8February
On February 8, 1969 another meteorite weighing several tons exploded over Mexico, far from big cities, having scattered its pieces within the area of 500 square kilometers.
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A lot of people have heard about the Sutter’s Mill meteorite that appeared in the sky over the USA on April 22, 2012. Having flown over Nevada and California, it also exploded by itself over the state of Washington. The force of the explosion was enormous. Experts believe it was equal to 4 kilotons of TNT.
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On December 12, 2012 about 11 p.m. local time, another meteorite exploded in the air not far from the Turkish city Ordu having caused panic among local people. However, like in all the other cases, it didn’t cause any damage, and the fragments of the exploded meteorite fell into the Black Sea.
This list can be continued, but a logical question arises: why all the small meteorites that don’t pose any threat get to the Earth while the biggest ones that can result in disastrous consequences mysteriously explode by themselves in the air without causing any significant damage or deaths?
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The answer to this question was found within a year after that, on February 15, 2013 when another big meteorite appeared in the sky above Chelyabinsk. Chelyabinsk is a city in Russia with the population of over a million people. It’s a large industrial center with a lot of different factories, including chemical and defense plants. If the meteorite, later called the Chelyabinsk meteorite, had reached the Earth, it would have not only destroyed a significant part of the city with all its citizens but would also have caused a colossal ecological disaster. It would have been one of the saddest chapters in the history of humanity because dozens or, probably, hundreds thousands of people would have died within a second due to the consequences of its collision with the Earth. But, as you have already guessed, this meteorite also didn’t reach the Earth and exploded at a height of about 10 km. An incredibly massive explosion broke windows in hundreds of buildings, and fifteen hundred people were injured by scattered pieces of the glass, but, surprisingly, nobody died, although the whole city could have been ruined.
However, it’s one thing when meteorites explode above the endless taiga, but it’s entirely different thing when it happens over a big city during the daytime. A great number of witnesses noticed that some object was flying through the meteorite when it exploded and broke into a multitude of pieces. First, this cylindrical object appeared in the air out of nowhere, then it caught up with the meteorite, flew through it, after that the meteorite exploded, and the object disappeared. Some people managed to record this moment on their dashboard cameras. Here’s one of the videos recorded a few dozen kilometers away from the city. In slow motion, you can see four times how some object flies through the meteorite or near it and explodes it. Witnesses that were closer to the explosion site claimed that the object had taken a shot at the meteorite but the UFO had been firing almost point-blank, so you can’t see it in the video.
As always, an official version of the events suggested by Russian authorities came into the picture. They realized that hundreds of people had seen this unidentified flying object and the video had been already posted on the Internet, so they immediately stated that the meteorite had been shot down by a missile. However, they didn’t take into account that the meteorite’s speed was 18 km/s, while the speed of the most up-to-date missiles of the Russian Air Defense Troops at that time, according to the public source data (S-400 missile system), was 2 km/s, which is 9 times slower! In order to be launched, the missiles must be put on standby, which also takes several minutes. Patriot PAC-3, its American analog, can shoot down air targets flying at the maximum speed of 1.6 km/s. Therefore, none of the air defense systems, currently used or those that had existed before, could have shot down a meteorite flying at such speed. However, in the video it is clearly seen that some object didn’t just shoot down the meteorite but also caught up with it, which means that its speed was much higher. But the most important thing is that any missile explodes when it reaches its aim – it doesn’t fly further, even children know that. When Russian authorities realized that their first version was impossible, they just stopped mentioning it and later claimed the meteorite had self-destructed before reaching the Earth.
More recently, on December 23, 2020, a fairly large meteorite weighing about 10 tons was seen in China. Many witnesses managed to photograph it from various angles. In some videos, we can see another object flying near the meteorite after its explosion. And after a few seconds, the unidentified object disappears as quickly as it has appeared. But this not always is the case. Meteorites, which do not pose any threat to people, reach the ground quite safely for themselves and become the trophies for scientists who study them.
So you don’t have to worry next time when you hear the news about another asteroid approaching the Earth. Even if it appears in the atmosphere of our planet, it will certainly explode in the air, illuminating the area with a bright flash, while people will not die. Indeed, despite the fact that several tons of meteorites fall on our planet annually, in the entire history of mankind, not a single death has been recorded. This proves again that aliens are rather friendly towards us, they effectively protect our air space from different threats from cosmos. Most probably, we are like a natural reserve for them, and by protecting us, they try not to interfere in our lives unless we ask them to do so. And since the environmental disaster is inevitable, people need such help more and more. If we want to save the planet, it’s time to start fully cooperating with our neighbors who have been helping us for a long time anyway.
But we don’t make visits without an invitation, even to friends. Because it’s impolite. Perhaps they also don’t want to do this, because at least it will surely cause panic among the world’s population. Therefore, we must unite and invite them to contact us at a certain time ourselves. This will be a great action with the involvement of major media. If they want, they will establish a connection with us, and then a new era will begin in the history of mankind.
The governments of our countries wouldn’t admit that aliens exist despite a great number of witnesses, video recordings, and extraterrestrial materials that got to the Earth. Surely, they are using these materials for the army needs creating stealth aircrafts and new missile engines. But is this what we really need? No. Now it’s time to use
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warc | 202143 | UBC Theses and Dissertations Scalable methods for improving genome assemblies Nikolić, Vladimir Abstract
De novo genome assembly is cornerstone to modern genomics studies. It is also a useful method for studying genomes with high variation, such as cancer genomes, as it is not biased by a reference. De novo short-read assemblers commonly use de Bruijn graphs, where nodes are sequences of equal length k, also known as k-mers. Edges in this graph are established between nodes that overlap by k - 1 bases, followed by merging nodes along unambiguous walks in the graph. The selection of k is influenced by a few factors, and its fine tuning results in a trade-off between graph connectivity and sequence contiguity. Ideally, multiple k sizes should be used, so lower values can provide good connectivity in lesser covered regions and higher values can increase contiguity in well-covered regions. However, this approach has only been explored with small genomes, without addressing scalability issues with larger ones. Here we present RResolver, a scalable algorithm that takes a short-read de Bruijn graph assembly with a starting k as input and uses a k value closer to that of the read length to resolve repeats. RResolver builds a Bloom filter of sequencing reads which it uses to evaluate the assembly graph path support at branching points and removes the paths with insufficient support. RResolver runs efficiently, taking 3% of a typical ABySS human assembly pipeline run time on average with 48 threads and 40GB memory. Compared to a baseline assembly, RResolver improves scaffold contiguity (NGA50) by up to 16% and reduces misassemblies by up to 7%. RResolver adds a missing component to scalable de Bruijn graph genome assembly. By improving the initial and fundamental graph traversal outcome, all downstream ABySS algorithms greatly benefit by working with a more accurate and less complex representation of the genome.
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warc | 202143 | Scammers have found new ways to steal from you during the pandemic. Here’s what you can do.
The coronavirus pandemic has slowed some types of identity fraud, but other forms have cropped up.
That’s why it’s still important to put a credit freeze on your accounts, which can prevent someone from accessing them and ripping you off.
“It’s the single most important thing you can do to protect against fraud,” says Christina Tetreault, manager of financial policy at Consumer Reports.
But a credit freeze alone can’t protect you from everything. A criminal could still obtain your Social Security number or driver’s license information, steal your tax refund, take out loans in your name, or hijack other accounts.
That’s why you need to take additional steps to minimize the risks from hackers and thieves, says Ted Rossman, an industry analyst at Creditcards.com. We’ve outlined a number of ways to protect yourself below.
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Even during the pandemic, identity theft remains a huge problem. Last year 49 million consumers were victims of identity fraud, with losses totaling $56 billion, according to a recent study from Javelin. Many of those losses were caused by scams often conducted through email, calls, and texts.
And it could prove costly because of legal fees and other expenses to clean up the fraudulent accounts, says Eva Velasquez, president and CEO of the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), a nonprofit group that helps fraud victims.
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The good news is that setting up a credit freeze is free and relatively easy to do. Once it’s in place, most lenders are blocked from seeing your credit history, and scammers are less able to open new accounts or loans in your name.
Yet despite the importance of credit freezes, most consumers don’t bother to take that step. As a 2020 survey by CompareCards.com found, almost half of cardholders said they were notified that their personal information was exposed in a data breach over the past year, but only 9 percent had frozen their credit.
What a Freeze Doesn’t Cover
As a result of data breaches both large and small, hackers may have gained access to key pieces of your personal information, such as your birth date, driver’s license number, Social Security number, and more. That gives them opportunities to scam you in ways that aren’t easy to block.
Tax Refunds. By using your Social Security number, scammers can file false income tax returns in your name and claim refunds. The IRS has been cracking down on refund fraud, with reported cases dropping by 80 percent between 2015 and 2019. Starting this year all e-filers can obtain an Identity Protection PIN, which will block scammers from using your info to claim a refund. You must opt-in, however. Health Insurance. Identity thieves can use your information to fraudulently claim healthcare benefits from private health insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid. In some cases, they may use your insurance information for coverage, but in others, they may tell a provider to send the bill to your address, Velasquez says. Driver’s License. If fraudsters gain access to your driver’s license number, they can create fake licenses, which can be dinged with their moving violations. By adding in other personal information from data breaches, identity thieves can design bogus checks to pay a cashier who is conned into verifying the shopper’s identity by writing your license number on the counterfeit check. P2P Scams. When you use a peer-to-peer (P2P) payment app you generally lack the fraud protections that you get with a credit card, which means you may not be able to recover money sent to the wrong person or a scammer. As payment apps have grown in popularity, incidences of P2P fraud climbed 700 percent between 2015 and 2019, according to Javelin. Cell Phone Account Fraud. This crime occurs when thieves open a phony mobile phone account in your name, then use it to access your bank account, sign up for credit cards, or sell the number for other criminals to use. Last year 18 percent of identity fraud victims had mobile phone accounts opened in their name, Javelin found. Child Identity Theft. Identity thieves may get hold of a child’s Social Security number and use it to apply for government benefits, open bank and credit card accounts, or rent a home. The fraud may not be discovered until the victim is older, perhaps because he or she is rejected for a loan or credit card due to damaged credit. ID Theft Protection
If you think your information has been stolen or may be exposed, you can get free assistance from the Identity Theft Resource Center, which helps victims resolve a wide range of scams, fraud, and other forms of ID theft.
The ITRC also provides an app that enables fraud victims to document the costs of resolving ID theft, such as bills for phone calls, lost wages, and the like. This record may help in the event of a legal settlement.
As additional protection, you might consider purchasing identity theft coverage. Depending on the level of coverage and the particular offerings, these services can monitor your identity, scan the dark web for your information, and help you restore your identity. Costs for this coverage may run from $10 to $30 a month.
But if you’re trying to resolve an issue and you’re feeling overwhelmed, having someone help may be useful, says Javelin’s Buzzard.
Be sure to check the terms of coverage so that you’re getting the features you want and you aren’t paying for those you don’t want, Velasquez says.
Before you sign up, check to see whether you might already have some form of this service free. Identity theft coverage is sometimes offered as part of an employer’s benefits package or a credit card benefit, or it might be included in your homeowner’s insurance.
How to Protect Yourself 1. Sign up for account notifications. Many financial services firms will let you set up notifications via text and email that alert you about activity in your account. That way, you’ll get a heads-up that unauthorized transactions are taking place. Make sure you have your alerts turned on and review your statements regularly.
Due to the pandemic, you can get a free weekly report from each of the three major credit bureaus through April 20, 2022. (Usually, you can get one free report from each credit bureau annually.) You can access each of your reports via annualcreditreport.com.
3. Add extra layers of security. A growing number of companies, including tech firms and brokerages, offer two-factor authentication, which requires you to validate your identity before accessing your account. You may have to enter a code provided by text or email, for example, or use a physical security key or security tokens. Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with new information and additional advice. It also adds a clarification that a credit freeze makes it harder for scammers to open loans in your name but doesn’t prevent it entirely. Article by Penelope Wang, courtesy of Consumer Reports | 7,322 | 3,289 | 15,910.712679 |
warc | 202143 | Reproductive and Child Health
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Query Trace: all[original query]>>Reviews/Commentaries[Product Type] Genetics of diaphragmatic hernia.
Schreiner Yannick et al. European journal of human genetics : EJHG 2021
Risk-Reducing Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy for Ovarian Cancer: A Review and Clinical Guide for Hereditary Predisposition Genes.
Liu Ying L et al. JCO oncology practice 2021 OP2100382
Multidisciplinary interaction and MCD gene discovery. The perspective of the clinical geneticist.
Mancini Grazia M S et al. European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society 2021 3527-34
The current state of prenatal detection of genetic conditions in congenital heart defects.
Findley Tina O et al. Translational pediatrics 2021 10(8) 2157-2170
The Dietary Approach to the Treatment of the Rare Genetic Tubulopathies Gitelman's and Bartter's Syndromes.
Francini Francesco et al. Nutrients 2021 13(9)
Evaluation of newborn screening for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID).
Nightingale Rebecca et al. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners 2021 71(711) 456-457
Non-invasive prenatal testing: clinical utility and ethical concerns about recent advances.
Liley Helen G et al. The Medical journal of Australia 2021
The Role of De Novo Variants in Patients with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.
Bendixen Charlotte et al. Genes 2021 12(9)
Editorial: Newborn Screening for Inborn Errors of Metabolism: Is It Time for a Globalized Perspective Based on Genetic Screening?
Elmonem Mohamed A et al. Frontiers in genetics 2021 12758142
Non-invasive prenatal testing: clinical utility and ethical concerns about recent advances.
McLean Alison et al. The Medical journal of Australia 2021
Clinical Trial Design for Disease-Modifying Therapies for Genetic Epilepsies.
Brock Dylan C et al. Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics 2021
The ethical landscape(s) of non-invasive prenatal testing in England, France and Germany: findings from a comparative literature review
A Perrot et al, EJHG, October 4, 2021
Metabolomics-Based Screening of Inborn Errors of Metabolism: Enhancing Clinical Application with a Robust Computational Pipeline.
Hoegen Brechtje et al. Metabolites 2021 11(9)
High-profile autism genetics project paused amid backlash
Study aimed at collecting DNA from 10,000 people with autism and their families has drawn criticism for failing to consult the autism community.
K Sandarson, Nature, September 27, 2021
BABY STEPS
Sequencing every newborn’s genome to detect diseases faces ethical and practical obstacles, but the United Kingdom is pushing ahead with a major test
J Kaiser, Science, September 23,2021
Juvenile-onset Open-angle Glaucoma - A Clinical and Genetic Update.
Selvan Harathy et al. Survey of ophthalmology 2021
Adapting the ACMG/AMP variant classification framework: a perspective from the ClinGen Hemoglobinopathy Variant Curation Expert Panel.
Kountouris Petros et al. Human mutation 2021
Tuberous Sclerosis: Current Update.
Wang Mindy X et al. Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc 2021 210103
Artificial Intelligence in the Assessment of Female Reproductive Function Using Ultrasound: A Review.
Chen Zhiyi et al. Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 2021
Gene therapy: perspectives from young adults with Leber's congenital amaurosis.
Napier Melanie P et al. Eye (London, England) 2021
Universal newborn hearing screening in the Italian Region of Sicily in 2018.
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Cutting cycle in forestry Choice Cuttings Maintain Uneven
The chopping removal was 86–98 m3 ha−1 with 15-year slicing cycle and 156–185 m3 ha−1 with 30-year cutting cycle. Development of the basal area of the entire stand in UT with 15-year cutting cycle and in VDT with 30-year cutting cycle, with and without the requirement of getting massive timber in the post-cutting stand. ‘L’ implies that large bushes are required in the post-cutting stand and ‘NL’ means that no large timber are required. In VDT, the stand is divided into six cutting segments every minimize at 30-year interval.
Other Oregon tree species at least require partially-open seedling institution circumstances. After forty to a hundred years of forest progress, the now-mature forest has turn into a dense stand of priceless timber “crop” timber. These mature trees are full with tall & thick woody tree trunks, and a dense closed canopy of foliage excessive overhead.
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This can lead to longer ownership tenure, stronger families and, often, higher managed forests. Managed forests develop wooden eternally, and we currently develop way more wood than we use. Other raw materials have restricted supplies, even if a few of them occur in abundance. Full life cycle accounting for carbon and vitality clearly demonstrates wooden is way more sustainable than other raw materials. Substituting wood for other materials, the place possible, is sort of always the more eco-friendly alternative.
This management approach is often utilized in Longleaf, Shortleaf and Loblolly pine forests as a result of these bushes are naturally resistant to fireplace. TOLERANT SPECIES – A species of tree that has the flexibility to grow within the shade of other trees and in competition with them. TIMBER VALUE GROWTH PERCENT – The annual % change in liquidation worth of standing timber, excluding land. TAX SHIFTING – A process whereby taxes may be shifted into decrease values of land or other property, higher output prices, decrease charges of return, or a mixture of these instructions.
The research suggest that uneven-aged administration is extra worthwhile than even-aged plantation forestry. The optimum post-thinning diameter distributions resemble a right-truncated reversed J with all bushes bigger than 18–24 cm eliminated in a logging operation. To force optimization to find solutions that are better for a number of uses and structural range, a so-called big-tree penalty has been used in optimization research (e.g.
Selection of seed timber must be based upon development price, kind, seeding capacity, wind firmness, and future marketability. PRESCRIBED or CONTROLLED BURN – The use of fireplace beneath specific environmental conditions to attain forest management aims. Used to cut back hazardous gasoline ranges, management unwanted vegetation, favor desired vegetation, and enhance visibility and wildlife habitat. Cutting cycle plan, value order steroids on-line bodybuilding dietary supplements.
They in contrast long-term variation of median diameter, stem density, basal area, and tree diameter distributions. Single-tree selection cuttings in uneven-aged northern hardwood stands created and maintained a goal diameter distribution that remained steady with repeated slicing therapies. With selection-like cuttings for six 10-year slicing cycles in even-aged stands, tree diameter distribution morphed away from a reverse-J-shape by way of time, changing into unstable and unsustainable. Selection system silviculture should create and preserve a stable tree diameter distribution that managers can repeatedly recreate over a number of slicing cycles. The target diameter distribution is represented by a reverse-J-shaped-graph sustained by common recruitment of recent timber, coupled with adequate development of bushes in all age courses to compensate for mortality and removals.
Cordifolia bushes would have already been harvested after this primary selection minimize. Cordifolia is one of the target tree species of selection silviculture as a outcome of its excessive economic value and anticipated quick progress and plentiful regeneration at low residual basal areas (especially at 40 m2ha−1). Several studies targeted on evaluating the potentials of the 2 administration methods for timber quantity manufacturing . Mikola reviewed older selection slicing experiments in Norway spruce forests in southern Finland, by which the volume development during a 25-year interval in two experiments had been three.1 and 3.9 m3a−1ha−1. He concluded based mostly on growth and yield tables that this degree of development is approximately half of what could presumably be expected from an even-aged forest at a similar website and site. It must be emphasised that the administration system of the stands was not recognized, and the all-sized structure of the stands could have developed naturally as much as due to any management actions.
As the human inhabitants continues to grow, there may be an apparent want for more meals. In addition, agricultural products, similar to soy and palm oil, are used in an ever-increasing listing of merchandise, from animal feed to lipstick and biofuels. Rising demand has created incentives to convert forests to farmland and ranch land. Once a forest is lost to agriculture, it is often gone forever—along with most of the vegetation and animals that after lived there. Forests could be necessary focal factors for recreation and foster a deeper understanding of forest ecology. Forest management, when accomplished as a household affair, increases a sense of belonging and stewardship.
A wooden yield prediction mannequin should be tested to determine its validity and precision. The precision of a yield model will depend upon how nicely the PSP represent the forest, the quantity and interval of the remeasurements, on covariances of the predictor variables and on coefficients used in the model. Constant Cut, the intelligent slicing unit, ensures that the pinnacle has a constant and efficient saw chain speed throughout the complete slicing cycle, in accordance with the manufacturer.
An alternative method which additionally relies upon upon having a reliable knowledge of increment but avoids the need to derive a theoretical normal forest structure, is the Cotta Method. It allows the cut to be determined for a forest being managed beneath an irregular shelterwood silvicultural system and is defined in Annex three. Determine average diameter development and common tree mortality charges from PSP data, for every diameter class.
YIELD – Amount of product output recovered from a amount of raw materials enter in forest product industries. An estimate of the amount of wood that could be harvested from a selected type of forest stand by species, website, stocking, and management regime at numerous ages. TIMBER STAND IMPROVEMENT – Improving the standard of a forest stand by removing or deadening undesirable species to realize desired stocking and species composition. TSI practices embrace making use of herbicides, burning, girdling, or chopping. THINNING – A tree removal practice that reduces tree density and competition between trees in a stand. Thinning concentrates development on fewer, high-quality bushes, supplies periodic income, and usually enhances tree vigor.
The HRBA and LRBA plots confirmed a reverse-J diameter distribution before and after the application of single-tree choice cutting (Fig.2). The effect of harvesting was decided using 12 months and treatment as fastened effects. The difference between years was analysed by way of evaluating the remedies with choice chopping, without incorporating the management. For this evaluation, plots had been integrated as random effect since repeated measurements were used in this research, thus using LMM or GLMM for this evaluation. The differences among the many three treatments had been analysed before and after the harvesting by GLS and GLM utilizing administration as fixed effect.
CHAIN OF CUSTODY — The supply chain wooden follows from the forest to the patron, to incorporate processing, manufacturing, storage, and distribution links. With a chain of custody certificates, the wood or fiber utilized in a product may be traced again along the chain of custody to an authorized forest. Forest biomass is usually obtained through in-woods chipping of all or some portion of bushes, to incorporate tops and limbs, for power manufacturing. ALL-AGED or UNEVEN-AGED STAND — A forest stand composed of bushes of different ages and sizes. Also, compared with the other partial cuttings, CT has the decrease harvest intensity, which may limit post-harvest mortality by windthrow (e.g.
Selection slicing, also referred to as selection system, is the silvicultural follow of harvesting bushes in a method that strikes a forest stand towards an uneven-aged or all-aged situation, or ‘construction’. A closely associated approach to forest management is Continuous Cover Forestry , which makes use of selection techniques to attain a completely irregular stand structure. In silviculture the traditional choice harvesting system suggests removing bushes from all size lessons (e.g., Smith et al. 1997, Nyland 2002). This is intently associated to the aim of sustaining a balanced uneven-aged structure depicted by the reverse J-shaped tree measurement distribution. However, these traditional views are problematic within the mild of financial research and are questioned in a latest examine by Tahvonen .
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“This forum also encourages government policies to produce appropriate policies for social life, and for WUACD members, the strength of this synergy will open up many opportunities,” he said.
Furthermore, in his remarks, Prof. Nasih emphasized that universities in Indonesia stand on three main pillars: education, research, and service. Apart from creating a good foundation for education, UNAIR also optimizes its research process and prepares its graduates to have the ability to adapt to the local and global world.
“From all of those, one of the main goals is for human development through community services,” he said.
In his presentation, Prof. Nasih also explained that UNAIR’s strategy for the next five years is to achieve its goal to be a Smart University.
“Things that need to be prepared to become a Smart University, of course, is by maximizing technological progress. Also, it needs a lot of effort in making a significant impact at local, national, and global levels,” he said.
All the pillars that have been carried out by UNAIR, continued Prof. Nasih, are very relevant to the current pandemic conditions. In his opinion, the pandemic has had a tremendous impact on the whole world as it demands universities to be able to become a platform to produce many innovations and solutions.
“At UNAIR, we have provided many facilities and resources for collaboration with many parties to produce many innovations and solutions to face pandemics, starting from handling in hospitals, drugs provision, and vaccine research process,” he concluded. | 2,263 | 1,109 | 4,474.985573 |
warc | 202143 | Fig. 7.1
Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) images in patients with ischemic (a, b) and nonischemic (c, d) dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Note the absence of LGE in patients with nonischemic DCM and the presence of subendocardial LGE distributed along coronary segments in ischemic DCM images (arrows)
7.3 Macroscopic vs Diffuse Fibrosis
LGE sequences are not able to identify diffuse interstitial fibrosis [4] (Fig. 7.2). T1 mapping sequences are able to evaluate interstitial fibrosis and are shown to correlate well with histologically detected fibrosis [5–8], although they require some postprocessing and are time consuming.
Fig. 7.2
Absence of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) at cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) (a). Histologic specimen (Masson trichrome stain) from endomyocardial biopsy of the same patient showing diffuse interstitial fibrosis (b)
7.4 Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony
CMR is able to assess LV dyssynchrony [9] by assessing segmental radial wall motion in short-axis steady-state free precession (SSFP) views. Patients with heart failure (HF) display increased dyssynchrony despite normal QRS duration. Increasing degrees of dyssynchrony are predictive of poor outcomes in patients who undergo CRT and patients who do not [10, 11]. LV dyssynchrony may also be evaluated with velocity-encoded sequences, with results similar to tissue Doppler imaging [12]. This may be useful in patients with poor acoustic window.
7.5 Assessment of Left Ventricular Thrombosis
Contrast-enhanced CMR is more sensitive and specific in detecting intraventricular thrombus compared with standard 2D echocardiography [13], particularly through SSFP sequences and especially through inversion recovery (IR) sequences with a very long inversion time early after gadolinium administration (Fig. 7.3).
Fig. 7.3
Advanced dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) image acquired early after contrast administration, with long inversion time, showing a small intraventricular thrombus as hypointense (dark) area at left ventricular (LV) apex
7.6 Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography
Single-photon-emission computed tomography (SPECT) was evaluated to assess ventricular volumes and function [14], myocardial stress, rest perfusion, and sympathetic nervous activity. The presence and extent of perfusion abnormalities, possibly reflecting fibrosis, correlate with poor prognosis [15–17]. The pattern of occurrence may be helpful to differentiate ischemic from nonischemic forms of DCM [18–20]. SPECT imaging may be an alternative to CMR—although it is less reliable—in identifying patients with areas of LV scarring responsible for poor response to CRT [21, 22]. Iodine 123-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG), a norepinephrine analog, is used as a tracer to investigate cardiac sympathetic nervous function [23]. In some studies, altered cardiac sympathetic nervous activity, assessed by MIBG imaging, is predictive of ventricular arrhythmias, appropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy [24], and adverse prognosis in DCM [25–27].
7.7 Positron Emission Tomography
Myocardial metabolic activity may be assessed with [
18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET). In patients with DCM, finding heterogeneous regional myocardial metabolic activity is predictive of a poor outcome, whereas a homogeneous pattern is predictive of functional improvement [28]. Absolute myocardial blood flow measured by dynamic PET and [ 13N]-ammonia or 15O-labeled water ( 15O-H 2O) [29] is impaired both at rest and in response to vasodilating stimuli in DCM patients [30, 31]. The degree of impairment is independently associated with disease progression and adverse outcome [31, 32]. Conversely, patients on beta-blockers who experience improved LV ejection fraction (EF) also show improved myocardial blood flow assessed by PET [33, 34]. 7.8 Computed Tomography
Computed tomography (CT) is a noninvasive cardiac imaging technique that is mainly used to test for the presence of coronary artery disease. Multidetector CT is thus accurate in identifying patients with idiopathic versus ischemic forms of DCM and may represent a valid alternative to coronary angiography [35, 36]. Data acquisition in CT is continuous throughout the cardiac cycle. Therefore, end-diastolic and end-systolic images may be used to analyze ventricular volumes and function, with good correlation with CMR and contrast-enhanced echocardiography [37, 38].
7.9 Dystrophinopathy-Associated Cardiomyopathy
CMR studies in patients with dystrophinopathy-associated CMP show abnormalities of myocardial strain through SSFP and tagging sequences [39–41], midwall/subepicardial fibrosis by LGE imaging [42–44], diffuse fibrosis identified by T1 mapping techniques [45], fatty replacement [46, 47], and inflammation through T2 and early gadolinium enhancement sequences [48]. The latter sign is a harbinger of rapid LV function deterioration [48]. Subclinical CMP is also reported at CMR (SSFP and LGE) in mother-carriers of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy [49]. Myocardial perfusion with
201Tl imaging shows distinct perfusion defects in the LV free wall in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy [50–52]. Large perfusion defects have adverse prognostic significance [50, 53]. PET identifies areas of myocardial perfusion/metabolism mismatch (increased [ 18F]-FDG activity and decreased [ 13N]-ammonia activity) in the LV free wall in patients with Duchenne and Becker dystrophy [54, 55].
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warc | 202143 | Throw a global pandemic like Coronavirus into the equation and dating in isn't a piece of cake. Now you have to construct witty profiles on Hinge or make the first move on the app Pickable. But not all apps are exclusive to romantic matches with platforms like Bumble having a business buddy and BFF networking feature to boot. For the sceptical among you, statistically speaking, dating apps have been found to work. Dating apps are a bit of a necessary evil, for those of you who struggle to find the time to meet someone IRL.
Over the past two decades , the internet and smartphones have transformed where, when and how people meet potential romantic partners. But, as many aspects of dating have migrated online, how do online daters themselves feel about their time spent using these platforms? Overall, online daters are more likely to rate their experiences in positive rather than negative terms, and majorities of these users say that it is was easy to find others who shared their interests or wanted to meet in person. But users also describe a more troubling and frustrating side of online dating, including their own encounters with harassing behaviors on these platforms.
How I Met My Spouse by Ditching Online Dating ‘Rules’
Pew Research Center has long studied the changing nature of romantic relationships and the role of digital technology in how people meet potential partners and navigate web-based dating platforms. This particular report focuses on the patterns, experiences and attitudes related to online dating in America. These findings are based on a survey conducted Oct. The margin of sampling error for the full sample is plus or minus 2.
I remember the day after, when my flatmate asked me how it went. I beamed at her over my cup of tea. I met that man about 10 years ago. Millions of other people. | 1,846 | 996 | 3,391.746988 |
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Rajbet Lotnia is one of the many cities in India that are situated in the state of Rajasthan. It is famous for its rich history and culture. The city first originated as a fort and then later became the seat of the Rajputs. This was because the city was strategically located that it was able to withstand every attack by the marauding army of the Marathas. Even today, when you walk around Raj Betni, you will see some amazing architectural features such as the Mehrangarh Fort, Samode Palace, City Palace, Junagarh Fort and many more.
As time passed by, the city became more developed. There were many rulers from this era who also constructed many temples for the God of Knowledge, Brahma. They also built a great fort, so that people could protect themselves. Today, the people of Raj Betna have preserved their heritage and they are proud of it.
One of the most fascinating attractions of Raj Betna is the renowned Brahma temple, Maheshwarth Fort and many other art forms such as Jantar Mantar. The city also has a rich Bollywood culture which is greatly appreciated by many people. Raj Betna is also known for its rich handicraft and art forms. It has a major share of textiles and carpets, jewelry, metal works, etc.
Many tourists come to Raj Betna just to enjoy the various art forms of Rajasthan. The state has a lot of art galleries and museums. These museums showcase different kinds of art forms like paintings, sculptures, pottery and other art forms. There are many stalls in the local markets where one can buy unique handicraft products. You can also buy some Raj Betna art tickets which allow you to view some of the famous art performances of the region. Many Raj Betnas also took part in various art shows and competitions held internationally.
You will be amazed to see the intricate patterns and carvings done on the stones used in Rajbet lotus. They not only make the stones look beautiful but also reflect the culture and lifestyle of Rajasthan. The unique and attractive lotus flower is made from the leaves of the mint plant. The lotus is an important part of the heritage of Rajasthan and is also believed to bring good fortune.
There is a story behind the creation of the lotus flower. According to this myth, the lotus emerged from the mud after the person who was drawing the mud tried to draw a lotus flower. This flower grew until it reached the surface of the water. The lotus flower symbolizes the struggle of good and evil forces and is considered a symbol of God in Indian Culture and tradition.
Rajbet Loto is one of the most well-known and widely used vegetarian diets in the world today. The main emphasis of the diet is on fresh fruit and vegetable consumption. It also stresses the consumption of meat, though generally only once a day. Some proponents say that vegetarianism is more beneficial to health than meat-eating because it is a low-fat, low-calorie diet. However, whether or not that is true remains to be seen.
For the Rajbet community, however, vegetarianism has a much deeper spiritual meaning. The word “lotus” in Sanskrit, means “ossom.” Many vegetarians trace their spiritual or religious roots back to Hinduism or Buddhism, where the act of eating meat was considered a taboo. Today’s vegetarian proponents want to make the same spiritual connection with their diet as did those who followed the old traditions.
There are a number of reasons why the Rajbet lotus diet has become so popular in the United States. One is that it has been successful at helping thousands of people lose weight. This achievement is partly due to the large amount of scientific research that has been done on this diet. In addition, the healthy way that it promotes a balanced diet and exercise has been adopted by millions of people who follow similar diets.
One of the reasons why the diet is so effective at weight loss is that it gives its followers a variety of food choices. Vegetarians who eat fresh fruits and vegetables are not limited to eating the same foods as carnivores. A vegetarian diet can even consist of eating ice-cream, banana pudding, chocolate, and other sugary foods. These foods contain high amounts of calories, but they are all digested more slowly by the body, allowing the calories to be burned off more quickly.
Another benefit of this diet is that it allows its followers to have greater flexibility with their food choices. People who follow the Rajbet lotus will be able to choose between spicy and mild dishes, kebabs, salads, and a wide range of rice dishes. Many of these dishes can be prepared for snacks throughout the day, instead of being dinner. The dieter can choose to have a large salad for lunch and then have some grilled chicken or tofu for dinner.
The lotus flower is the birthstone of those who possess the sign of the zodiac sign Pisces. The lotus flower is also the birthstone for those who are born in the month of April. For these reasons, the lotus flower has become very symbolic for many people. If you are considering getting a Rajbet lotus flower tattoo, you will find that there are many different options available to you. It is important to take your time and make sure that you are happy with the choice you make. You want the tattoo to be a lasting mark in your body. | 5,429 | 2,542 | 11,498.715972 |
warc | 202143 | To the shock of practically no one, Casper Sleep Inc’s (NYSE:CSPR) stock has continued to be a disappointment since going public. The stock debuted at a value of $12 per share after slashing initial expectations of $17 or $18. But after rising initially, Casper has seen its shares fall to $10.64 at the close of trading on February 14. The company has a valuation of $407 million, a drastic collapse compared to how it was valued at $1.1 billion in a March 2019 funding round.
Casper may be a value investment at this lower price, or it may not. But the more important thing is to figure out why this IPO failed so badly, why Casper was overvalued so much to begin with, and what this means for stock markets and other unicorns going forward. While Casper may be disappointed in its failure, this failure shows that investors are becoming more prudent and are not falling for flashy hype.
The Profitability-Growth Discussion
Most IPOs do not make a net profit. For example, Casper reported losses of $67 million in the first three quarters of 2019, up from $64 million in 2018 according to its prospectus.Being unprofitable is not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, investors may not want an IPO to be profitable as that signifies the company is not reinvesting said profits into its own operations. However, investors will want to see that a company has a viable path toward profitability. In Casper’s case, its rapidly diminishing revenue growth rate and heavy sales and marketing expenses called into question its ability to do that.Unicorns in the past have been able to discount their lack of profitability by pointing to high revenue growth. They point to the example of Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and argue that they can grow their way towards profitability. But Casper is showing that this argument is far less palatable to investors. Unicorns do not have to have a net profit on going public. But they do have to show how they are going to get there and not just admit that they are not profitable and may never be.
Real vs. Fake Tech companies
It sometimes seems that if little Johnny called his lemonade stand “Johnny’s Tech Lemonade Stand,” an investor would show up in a few hours and dump a wheelbarrow of money into Johnny’s lap. Casper was not just a company which sold mattress, you see. No, Casper claimed that their offerings encompassed “sleep technology, such as tracking devices, medical machines, bedside clocks, and connected devices.” Pay no attention to the tiny little fact that Casper does not have any such products for sale yet.
Perhaps the most infamous example of a company trying to pretend to be a tech company was WeWork, which tried to claim that technology played an integral role in how it rented out office space. Investors became wise to what WeWork was trying to do, and the same thing happened to Casper. Companies which attempt to position itself as a tech company need to show how technology plays a meaningful role in their business.
A Smaller Unicorn Market
The above factors create a dilemma for unicorns that are either public or intend to be. Unicorns, private companies with a valuation of over $1 billion, received that name because they were supposed to be incredibly rare. But in 2019, Reuters reported that 66 unicorns were created in the United States that year, up from 58 in 2018.
How did something so rare become so commonplace? The primary reason is that we have seen an explosion in private funding as private equity firms and mutual funds chase yields. Companies can stay private for longer as they can count on a near endless pool of private firms from which to raise money from. Furthermore, those same private firms have an incentive to help the companies they invest in reach that tantalizing $1 billion figure, as that makes it easier to attract other investors and the public.
But if the public grows more skeptical about these unprofitable unicorns like we have seen with Casper and WeWork, then the equation changes. The above private investors will become cautious having no one to foist their shares onto, which means that less viable unicorns will be faced with a harder investing environment. They cannot easily hope that they will just be bought out by some holding investments company or count on continual private investment.
As a result, unicorns will have to readjust their businesses to show how they can make a profit even if it might impact their ability to grow or find themselves facing a dire financial situation. Casper will likely continue to remain a viable business for the time being and may even attract investors at its lower price. But its lack of success should serve as a warning towards other supposed unicorns that have no true path to profitability. | 4,793 | 2,268 | 10,017.116402 |
warc | 202143 | Abstract
Decrement in processing speed (PS) is a primary cognitive morbidity in clinical populations and could significantly influence other cognitive functions, such as attention and memory. Verifying the usefulness of connectome-based models for predicting neurocognitive abilities has significant translational implications on clinical and aging research. In this study, we verified that resting-state functional connectivity could be used to predict PS in 99 older adults by using connectome-based predictive modeling (CPM). We identified two distinct connectome patterns across the whole brain: the fast-PS and slow-PS networks. Relative to the slow-PS network, the fast-PS network showed more within-network connectivity in the motor and visual networks and less between-network connectivity in the motor-visual, motor-subcortical/cerebellum and motor-frontoparietal networks. We further verified that the connectivity patterns for prediction of PS were also useful for predicting attention and memory in the same sample. To test the generalizability and specificity of the connectome-based predictive models, we applied these two connectome models to an independent sample of three age groups (101 younger adults, 103 middle-aged adults and 91 older adults) and confirmed these models could specifically be generalized to predict PS of the older adults, but not the younger and middle-aged adults. Taking all the findings together, the identified connectome-based predictive models are strong for predicting PS in older adults. The application of CPM to predict neurocognitive abilities can complement conventional neurocognitive assessments, bring significant clinical benefits to patient management and aid the clinical diagnoses, prognoses and management of people undergoing the aging process. Copyright © 2020 The Author(s).
CitationGao, M., Wong, C. H. Y., Huang, H., Shao, R., Huang, R., Chan, C. C. H., & Lee, T. M. C. (2020). Connectome-based models can predict processing speed in older adults. NeuroImage, 223. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117290 Keywords Connectome-based predictive models Functional connectivity Processing speed Resting-state Older adults | 2,213 | 1,034 | 4,717.071567 |
warc | 202143 | Abstract
This article considers the relationship between poverty in Rangoon and the ways in which both an imperial and a post-imperial urbanism helped ‘improve’, develop, and reclaim Rangoon's urban environment. Examining the actions of the Rangoon Development Trust before and after the Second World War in the context of actions taken by the Bombay Improvement Trust, Bombay Development Directorate, Singapore Improvement Trust, and Hong Kong Housing Authority, it both analyses measures taken in Rangoon and constructs a connective history of urban development in relation to other Asian port cities. Incorporating documents released only in 2014 by the National Archives of Myanmar, this analysis for the first time considers interventions made in Rangoon's post-war built environment of poverty, connecting these actions to policies constructed over the preceding decades.
Keywords Southeast Asia Burma Rangoon Bombay South Asia Urban studies housing history port cities | 989 | 542 | 1,779.105166 |
warc | 202143 | Source: Linkedin
Shadowing is a valuable experience.
It offers many benefits and can be the deciding factor for many entry-level jobs.
However, it is often given a bad name, with many omitting it from their resume or just avoiding it altogether.
This reputation is undeserved, and the problem typically isn’t its inclusion but
How it is included.
As a result, I will be highlighting the importance of shadowing and the right way to incorporate it into your resume.
Benefits Of Shadowing
As I touched upon, unpaid work like shadowing and work experience is often seen as fruitless and as an excuse for companies to get free labor.
While this can be true with unethical companies, this typically is not the case.
Any experience is usually a good starting point as
it gets your foot in the door – not just with the company but the industry as a whole.
This is amplified with shadowing as you are usually assigned 1 or 2 mentors to focus your shadowing on.
Therefore you can ask them
questions on a one-to-one basis, which can be more helpful than a general and overarching experience.
Also, they are more likely to recognize your face after spending more direct time with them.
You aren’t just acquainted with the company anymore but with a specific person who can testify to your attitude and work ethic.
Does it align?
It can be easy to confuse selling yourself with begging, especially if you have been job-searching for a while but remember,
you have just as much to offer.
Source: Money Inc
This shouldn’t be you.
They may be offering you a job, but you are offering them your service, your ideas, and your time.
While it is essential to see if you fit the job’s criteria, you need to make sure the
company’s values and methods fit yours.
This is another chance that shadowing gives you.
It allows you to see if a companies culture is right for you, and it’s ok if it isn’t.
There are different ways that companies can operate, and some are bound to resonate more with you than others, so explore and find the right ones.
How To Include
These are only a few of the benefits of shadowing, but as I said earlier, it is one thing to know them and another thing to deliver it well.
Active learning
First and foremost, you should always
focus on the skills it gave you.
You shouldn’t just say you ‘followed a receptionist who filed multiple documents,’ say you ‘learned different ways to sort data efficiently.’
The second version gives the phrase
a more active element; you didn’t just gawk at people and papers all day.
You watched, you acquired, and (if appropriate) you applied.
Even if you didn’t apply, it still implies participation on your part rather than just passive existence or ‘running through the motions.’
Show don’t tell
Another tip is to
be detailed.
This is unique for each industry, but including sector-specific terminology is another way of showing your potential employer that you’re knowledgeable.
For example, instead of saying you ‘learned the best ways to sift through dense information,’ someone in the law industry may say they ‘learned the best ways to sift through copyright history dating back 15 years.’
This is an example of
showing, not telling, as you are condensing information instead of including a separate line saying that you learned about copyright laws.
Source: The Marketing Sage
However, it is possible to be too detailed, so be cautious about including too much information in one line.
Too many keywords back to back can become clunky and can also become jargon.
Apply and quantify
Another piece of advice is to
try and apply it to your life and current skillset.
This can be done in sentences or list form (I recommend the latter as it tends to be more digestible and visually appealing).
An example would be saying you ‘learned the best ways to sift through copyright history dating back 15 years, therefore you can:
Read x words per minute Write/type x words per minute Increased your day-to-day organizational skills’
It is universally agreed that
quantifying your experience when possible is optimal for a resume as it helps the reader better visualize and understand what has been said.
You can use a range of numbers rather than a specific figure, as long as it isn’t too wide as it can start becoming unbelievable or suggest a lack of consistency.
Final thoughts
Shadowing is way more than watching someone sit at a desk all day and fetching coffee.
A good shadowing experience should tell you about the
company culture, the industry, and even yourself.
It should give you insight into how you work, whether you can improve it and what you desire in a work environment which is something people don’t always think about as much as they should.
Hopefully, this article has disproven the outdated idea of shadowing and showed you the best way to include it.
For more specific advice, don’t be afraid to contact us
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warc | 202143 | November 3, 2012: Four River Watchers met and visited with other water quality monitors at the LCRA’s Colorado River Watch Network Stewardship Workshop. The workshop was held at the Center for Environmental Research at Hornsby Bend, near the River Watch EcoHouse. The other monitors in attendance were from upstream, and downstream and also from Austin. There were young children and mature adults. Kevin Anderson of the City of Austin’s Center for Environmental Research at Hornsby Bend gave a great presentation about the River, Hornsby Bend and Ecology. Many of the participants also gave presentations about the water quality in their section of the river. At the end of the afternoon, the students got to look at benthic macroinvertebrates. Benthic means bottom-dwelling – something that grabs onto a surface to protect itself in the water like plants or rocks. Macro means that you can see it with your eye. And an invertebrate is basically an insect or bug. The types of benthic macroinvertebrates in any particular sample give an indication of the longer-term quality of the water in the area sampled. So if you only find leeches and pouch snails, you probably have degraded water quality. However, if you have a good diversity of organisms, some of which need good water quality to survive, then your water quality has been healthy for the length of time those organisms have lived in the water. Dobsonfly larvae and caddisfly larvae are great indicators of good long-term water quality. We found caddisfly larvae and mayfly larvae in the sample from Hornsby Bend – good water. City of Austin Environmental Educator, Sara Hielman was on hand to discuss the students’ observations about the benthics. | 1,735 | 848 | 3,494.551887 |
warc | 202143 | Abstract
Amidst the rise of a new Cold War between China and the US, Hong Kong has been called Ground Zero, the new Berlin, or the Global Frontier by various media outlets. During an ongoing US-China trade war, the Water Movement broke out in 2019. It was the largest and most prolonged social movement that Hong Kong has seen, and one that was met with the direst consequence – the imposition of a sweeping National Security Law that has changed the political landscape of Hong Kong. Soon after the social movement erupted, the song Glory to Hong Kong gained huge popularity and came to be known unofficially as the ‘national anthem’ of Hong Kong. It has been sung regularly at protests, with many language versions being circulated on YouTube. Taking a social semiotic approach, this paper interprets the meaning of this protest anthem, teasing out its multimodal layers and analysing its production, lyrics, musical form, digital renditions, and live performances in light of the evolving socio-political situation at the time. The analysis suggests that certain renditions of the song expressed not only political defiance but also a budding national imagination as a route of redressing injustice, as disappointment in rule of law grew; however, ideological cohesion among movement participants remained limited. Although the National Security Law has successfully quenched such political expressions, confidence in the rule of law has to be restored in order to provide a much-needed pressure valve for Hong Kong.
Recommended CitationLeung, Janny HC, The Life and Death of a Protest Anthem at the Frontier of a New Cold War, Law Text Culture, 24, 2020, 191-226.
Available at:https://ro.uow.edu.au/ltc/vol24/iss1/11 | 1,740 | 952 | 3,143.697479 |
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