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The conference, organised by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the UNU Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), and Ishikawa Prefectural Government, acknowledged the importance of encouraging integrated approaches to conservation, as well as sustainable and equitable use of local biological and cultural resources to further vitalise communities.
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After 3+ years in WAM Collective, Likeness will be my last event as a member. My favorite memories with the group involve meeting people and collaborating with artists, and I’m so glad that my final event encapsulates those elements so beautifully.
Leila Awadallah, Emma Marlar, and Laura Osterhaus are seniors at the University of Minnesota majoring in Dance. Their new company, Kelvin Wailey, will be performing and screening a film (with cinematographer Bridget Bennett) during the design showcase this year to provide some more context and depth for our conversations surrounding identity and pop culture.
How did you three meet?
We all met at the beginning of freshman year in dance class, but Emma has a very specific memory: I met Laura and Leila on the same day, at different times, in different places. I remember this day with a huge smile on my face and in all seriousness, this day will go down in history as one of the most important days in my life. They were the first two dance majors I met and very quickly became two of the most influential people in my life. This bond continued to bloom throughout freshman year dancing with each other and sharing a lot of pizza.
When and why did you found Kelvin Wailey?
During the fall of 2015, we were asked to perform in a friends’ basement during a house party that was also serving as a platform for people to present their art. We performed an improvisation performance with two live musicians and knew immediately that we wanted to make this sort of thing happen more often. After this night, we began seriously questioning why dance performances don’t happen in these kind of spaces more often. It seems that dance (as performance) is the art form that is consistently missing from the spaces that support music and visual art, especially the collective gatherings made up primarily of students our own age. We decided to form Kelvin Wailey as a way to make work that researches movement in more intimate, experimental, and unlikely spaces. We are interested in challenging perceptions by breaking down mainstream ideas about dance as entertainment and introducing a more multifaceted understanding of the art form. Plus, we always found ourselves [dancing] in these situations anyways, so why not formalize it?
What is your work dynamic like as a group? What roles do each member fulfill?
It is difficult for us to transition into the idea of Kelvin Wailey being work, because we often think of work as an obligation or something we have to do to find some sort of success. Kelvin Wailey is the antithesis of that. Kelvin Wailey is the space where we ignore the work we have to do. Kelvin Wailey is the land of experimentation and fun for all of us. With that, we do take our work very seriously, but we like to think of it more as play and our dynamic reflects that completely.
Our work space is most often in a kitchen of sorts, with tables and chair pushed aside and there are always snacks and beverages at the ready. We usually are rehearsing only a few hours before an event due to the nature of being very very busy people, so there is a healthy balance of exploration, efficiency, and anxiety of getting the work done. In everything we have created, the ideas come together like a puzzle. We each bring various pieces and we assemble it through a dialogue in which each of us has the opportunity to be heard. We might grab a phrase from Laura’s senior project choreography, Emma’s comp piece, or an improvisation structure Leila is interested in and then mix it up in the blenders that are our minds and present it back to each other in a new way. The puzzle analogy actually seems too neat. We are much more like a delicious meal, where all the ingredients blend into each other. What we are trying to say is that the process is different for every project, but holds true to that we all have equal say at the end of the day.
Simply put, our work dynamic is that we are all best friends, we really care about each other’s ideas, and we are doing this to have a good time.
Kelvin Wailey sounds awfully similar to dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey. Does this reference hold any significance?
We needed a name, it started as a rhyming game, and Kelvin Wailey is what we came up with. Yes, there is reference there, but it does not hold a significance. We like to think of it as our own dance nerd secret. If you pick up on it, you know your stuff.
Why did you decide to use video as a medium for this project? Have you collaborated with other artists before?
Using video became a very important aspect [of] this work that developed in discussing Andy Warhol’s work and our own identities. We are examining the tension between the display of our bodies on screen and the live performing, breathing, dancing body in front of you. It seems that videos and pictures in the media create a disconnected identity that is somewhat detached from our own bodies. These clear layers added to the identity via media will be continuously explored throughout our process.
What is the future of Kelvin Wailey, especially as you anticipate graduation from the University of Minnesota Dance Department?
You are meeting Kelvin Wailey at a very early stage of its life, so we hope that the future is very bright. Together, the three of us have the full intention to continue to pursue this artistic endeavor in which we are able to create and move within our own terms. For the first time we have full range and full power, which is something that is very exciting and something that we will continue to harness once out of the dance program [at the University of Minnesota]. With all that we have learned and gained over the past four years, we want to continue to use, experiment, and challenge the notions of dance in “untypical” spaces. Collaboration has also be a huge value within Kelvin Wailey and so we look forward to continued explorations with other artists, musicians, and performers.
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I am not the first person to note that dancing is both great fun and great exercise. The combination of movement and music is exhilarating!. (And just how pathetically obvious is it that I know absolutely nothing about urban dance?)
But what if... horror of horrors... you're doing it all wrong? The repercussions could be as minor as an eyeroll from your significant other, up to far more dire scenarios ending in serious injury, insanity, or death.
OK, I'm exaggerating, as usual. Dancing is only rarely a fatal activity. But playing on fears of doing something "wrong" is one of the time honored ways of getting people to click on links and read things!
But here's what I've managed to scrape up in the way of advice:
The biggest mistake of all is to avoid dancing altogether because you fear you will suck at it.
Dancing is a blast! It's also really beneficial for your health and well-being. I'm too lazy to go over the many health benefits of dancing, but since others have explained why dancing is good for you and even how it will make you smarter, it's safe to just trust me on this.
However, I don't really practice what I preach. I love moving to music, and was an aerobic and step class addict back in the 80's and 90's. The fact that I am not graceful or coordinated doesn't matter--just give me a cocktail and a crowded dance floor full of people.However, in the last decade or so I seem to have developed a fear of any dance environment where (a) steps must be learned and (b) other people are present. Even a beginner class is intimidating, because a combination of increasing age and self-consciousness render me incapable of memorizing more than two movements in a row.
Isn't that stupid? No one cares how doofy I look if I don't know the steps. So I may try to confront this fear,
Yes, dancing counts as exercise! But if you consult this amusing calorie chart that helpfully points out that 1 hour of fast ballroom dancing permits you to eat , half a McDonald's Big Mac With cheese, 4.9 glasses of wine, 1.4 Snickers Bars, or 1.9 cans of Coca-Cola, you might get the wrong idea about proper post-workout nutrition.
Dancing is everywhere on TV these days, whether it's the misfit show-tune-belting performers on Glee, the B-list celebs on Dancing With the Stars, or the ever-hopeful contestants on Dance shows. However, the carefully calculated media images you're exposed to can sometimes cause confusion!
So warning: please don't be shocked when stage lights, back-up singers and orchestras don't magically appear when you start to bust a few moves down at the local shopping mall. Or try not to be disappointed that you can't emulate someone and magically shed a quick 100 pounds after taking up dancing. You may also be surprised to discover that without a team of coaches and hours and hours a day to practice, you can't quite pull of the acrobatic leaps, spins, flips, and twirls that you see on your screen without causing major bodily injury. And if you do happen to be pretty darn good? Then you may be appalled to discover that absolutely no one is calling you up offering you huge prizes or starring roles in tv programs!
The biggest source of confusion of all? Many people seem to be under the impression that sitting on their asses watching hour after hour of other people dancing on TV constitutes exercise. Sadly, some actual physical activity is required--and pushing the buttons on your remote control to fast forward through commercials doesn't really count.
Well, if movies are any indication, it's scary to be a professional dancer! And there's at least a little actual research to back up the notion that professional dancing comes with certain risks. Not only are there the physical injuries, but ballet dancers are at increased risk of anorexia and have an unusually strong preoccupation with achieving a low body weight.
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However, the same cannot be said about quite a number of others whose babies' arrivals gave them joy, yes, but also left them in emotional turmoil.
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In a touching post shared on her official IG page on Tuesday, May 5, the mother of one beautiful girl revealed that she nearly ''dumped'' her newborn at the Our lady of Guadalupe Parish after giving birth to her.
According to the new cast of the popular reality show, she had nothing, literally nothing when her baby came.
''On this day I was so close to dumping my daughter Princess Ada The Barrister at Our lady of Guadalupe Parish. Notice the one inch mattress on the floor. Adanma is cold no diapers no trousers to dress her. Notice the tears in my eyes,'' she wrote.
Cinderella disclosed that the clothes her daughter had were a donation from another baby in the ward.
''You see even the clothes she has were given to me from another baby. They will come and say they clothed and fed us...The words they like using is be beg...but question is....Are you aware you bless me with what you think is Shame?'' she added.
The reality TV star wrapped up with a word of encouragement stating God and her hard work saw her through and gave her life a turnaround.
Cinderella held that being a single mother has been tough but is confident all will be well, in fact way better than how it is now.
''Grace over disgrace. For my life to change, for my daughter to make it. Through sickness and poverty. I hustled my way up. I paid lucifer his coins. I am proud of everything I give my daughter as a single mother. She is not yet in Riara group of schools,'' she held.
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| 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)|
184 lb (84 kg)
|NHL Team||Edmonton Oilers|
|Born|| May 15 1990,|
Regina, SK, CAN
|NHL Draft|| 22nd overall, 2008|
|Pro Career||2009 – present|
Jordan Ryan Eberle (born May 15, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the first round, 22nd overall, in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. During his four-year Western Hockey League (WHL) career with the Regina Pats, he won the CHL Player of the Year Award in 2010, the Doc Seaman Trophy as the scholastic player of the year in 2008 and was a two-time First Team East All-Star in 2008 and 2010. Internationally, he has competed for Canada in two World Junior Championships, winning gold and silver in 2009 and 2010, respectively. He was named Tournament MVP and Best Forward at the 2010 World Junior Championships and is Canada's all-time leading goal-scorer at the tournament.
Eberle played novice with Hockey Regina's tier-1 Kings and amassed 216 goals over sixty games in 1999–00. He went on to play Bantam AAA for the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Wilcox, Saskatchewan, as a fourteen-year-old. After being selected by his hometown major junior team, the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League (WHL), in the seventh round, 126th overall, of the 2005 WHL Bantam Draft, Eberle joined the midget ranks with the Calgary Buffaloes of the Alberta Midget Hockey League (AMHL). He won a bronze medal with the Buffaloes at the 2006 Mac's Midget Hockey Tournament, scoring two goals in the bronze medal game against the Prince Albert Mintos. He helped his team qualify for the 2006 Telus Cup national midget championship, where the Buffaloes lost a 5–4 triple overtime game in the final against the Mintos. Eberle scored a goal in the losing effort and was awarded the Most Sportsmanlike Award for the tournament.
Eberle debuted with the Pats in 2006–07, scoring 55 points and a team-high 28 goals as a rookie. He added two goals and seven points in six games against the Swift Current Broncos in the opening round of the 2007 WHL playoffs, but was sidelined for the entirety of the second round against the Medicine Hat Tigers with a virus. Eberle started his second major junior season by earning WHL Player of the Month honours for October 2007, totaling sixteen goals and 26 points over sixteen games for the Pats. He had missed two games early in the season with tonsillitis, before scoring a hat trick in his return on October 6, 2007, against the Moose Jaw Warriors. Eberle later represented Team WHL against Russia in the 2007 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge in late-November. Midway through the season, he was chosen to compete in the 2008 CHL Top Prospects Game in Edmonton.
Eberle finished 2007–08 with a team-high 42 goals and 75 points. His 42 goals accounted for one-fifth of his team's scoring and marked the first time a Pats player hit the forty-goal mark since Matt Hubbauer scored 48 in 2001–02. It also tied for fourth in league scoring with Drayson Bowman of the Spokane Chiefs. He was selected to the WHL East First All-Star Team and received the Doc Seaman Trophy as WHL scholastic player of the year (beating out defenceman Jared Cowen of the Spokane Chiefs).
Eberle had started the 2007–08 season ranked seventh among WHL skaters in the NHL Central Scouting Bureau's preliminary rankings for the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. At mid-season, he was ranked 24th among North American skaters, then dropped to 33rd in the NHL CSS's final rankings. Director of NHL Central Scouting, E. J. McGuire, described Eberle as a scorer whose strengths are his skating and stickhandling. He was selected in the first round, 22nd overall, by the Edmonton Oilers. Having grown up in Regina, Eberle was a childhood fan of the Oilers, even after his family moved to Calgary at fourteen-years-old. After being selected, he commented in an interview, "If I had to pick one pick, [the Oilers] would have been it."
Eberle competed in his second ADT Canada-Russia Challenge for Team WHL in 2008. After completing the 2008–09 WHL season with a team-leading 74 points in 61 games, Eberle was signed to a three-year, entry-level contract by the Oilers on March 23, 2009.
Competing for a roster spot with the Oilers in the 2009 training camp, Eberle was one of the final cuts. He was returned to the Pats on September 27, 2009, and reeled off 25 points in twelve games to be named WHL Player of the Month for September and October. He was named to Team WHL for the 2009 Subway Super Series (renamed from the ADT Canada-Russia Challenge) and was selected as an alternate captain to Pats teammate Colten Teubert for Game 5. Eberle finished the 2009–10 WHL season second in league scoring with 106 points in 57 games (one point behind Brandon Kozun of the Calgary Hitmen in eight fewer games) and was a unanimous selection to his second WHL East First All-Star Team in three years. He was the first member of the Pats to score fifty goals and record 100 points since Ronald Petrovicky during the 1997–98 season. Eberle finished his career with the Pats seventh all-time in franchise goal scoring with 155 and twelfth in points with 310. Eberle was named the Regina Pats Player of the Year, Most Sportsmanlike Player and the Most Popular player after the 2009–10 season. Despite the Pats disappointing season as a team, Eberle was selected as the winner of the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy as WHL Player of the Year, defeating Western Conference nominee Craig Cunningham of the Vancouver Giants. He was later named CHL Player of the Year, beating out the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) nominees Tyler Seguin and Mike Hoffman, respectively. It marked the third time a Pats player won the award, after Ed Staniowski in 1975 and Doug Wickenheiser in 1980.
Soon after signing a professional contract with the Oilers in 2009, he was assigned to the teams' minor league affiliate, the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League (AHL) for the remainder of the 2008–09 AHL season. He scored his first professional goal in his third game with the Falcons, a 4–3 loss to the Portland Pirates on March 29, 2009. He went on to tally three goals and nine points in nine games. Eberle was again assigned to the Falcons after finishing the 2009–10 season with the Pats. He notched six goals and fourteen points in the Falcons last eleven games of the regular season.
Eberle made his NHL debut with the Oilers on October 7, 2010, against the Calgary Flames. He recorded his first goal, on the penalty kill in the third period, deking past defenceman Ian White on a two-on-one before scoring on a backhand deke past goaltender Miika Kiprusoff. The goal was later voted by fans as the NHL's Goal of the Year on the league's Facebook page, as well as Play of the Year on The Sports Network's website. He later added an assist on the powerplay, taking a shot that deflected off teammate Shawn Horcoff's shinpads. The Oilers went on to win the game 4–0. Eberle was named the first star of the game. Later in the season, Eberle suffered a high ankle sprain after colliding with opposing forward Ales Kotalik during a game against the Flames on January 1, 2011. While sidelined with the injury, he underwent an unrelated emergency appendectomy four days later. Missing 13 games with his ankle injury, he returned to action in early-February. During a game against the Vancouver Canucks late in the season, on April 5, Eberle received a hit to the head from opposing forward Raffi Torres. While Eberle was not injured on the play, Torres received a four-game suspension for the hit. He finished the season with 43 points (18 goals and 25 assists) in 69 games, leading his team in scoring and ranking sixth among league rookies. Though the Oilers finished with the worst record in the NHL for the second straight year, expectations remained high in Edmonton for the future of the team, as Eberle's success as a rookie was matched by the performance of fellow first-year forwards Taylor Hall and Magnus Paajarvi (both of whom were also former first-round draft picks).
Eberle during the 2010 World Junior Championships
|Competitor for Canada|
|World Junior Championships|
|IIHF World U18 Championships|
|Competitor for Alberta|
|Canada Winter Games|
Eberle represented Alberta at the 2007 Canada Games in Whitehorse, Yukon. He notched two goals and an assist in the bronze medal game against British Columbia in Alberta's 4–3 win. He finished the tournament with six goals and five assists in five games played to place eighth in tournament scoring. Several months later, Eberle played for Team Canada's under-18 team at the 2007 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, but failed to register a point as Canada was kept from a medal. He continued with the national under-18 team the following year at the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships in Russia. He began the tournament by earning player of the game honours with a two-goal effort in the first round-robin game against Germany—a 9–2 win for Canada. He later notched two goals and an assist in an 8–0 gold medal game win to help Canada to their first tournament championship in five years. Eberle finished the tournament with ten points in seven games, second in team scoring to Cody Hodgson.
In his third WHL season, Eberle was selected to the Team Canada's under-20 team for the 2009 World Junior Championships in Ottawa. In the semi-finals, on January 3, 2009, Eberle was named player of the game after scoring two goals and the shootout-winner against Russia in a 6–5 win. Eberle dramatically scored his second goal of the night with just 5.4 seconds left in regulation to force extra time and the eventual shootout, in which he shot first and scored. Defeating Sweden 5–1 in the final, Eberle helped Canada to a record-tying fifth straight gold medal and was named by the coaching staff as one of the team's best three players. At the conclusion of the tournament, Eberle was third in tournament scoring with thirteen points (six goals, seven assists).
The following year, Eberle was named to his second national junior team for the 2010 World Junior Championships in his hometown Regina, Saskatchewan. He was selected as an alternate captain to Patrice Cormier along with fellow returnees Colten Teubert, Alex Pietrangelo and Stefan Della Rovere. He was named player of the game against Switzerland in the second game of the round-robin—a 6–0 win—with a five-point game (one goal, four assists). Two games later, he notched two goals in regulation (one of which began a two-goal comeback late in the third period) and one in the shootout against the United States in the final game of the round-robin to earn his second player of the game honour of the tournament. Canada later met the United States again in the gold medal game. Down 5–3 with three minutes to go in regulation, Eberle scored twice to force overtime. His tying goal with 1:35 left made him Canada's all-time leading goal scorer in the tournament with fourteen, passing John Tavares' mark set the previous year. Canada eventually lost in overtime, earning silver and ending their five-year gold medal streak.
At the conclusion of the tournament, Eberle finished tied for the tournament lead in goals with André Petersson of Sweden and was second in points to Derek Stepan of the United States. He was voted as the Most Valuable Player and Top Forward. He was also named to the tournament All-Star Team by the media and named one of Canada's top three players by the coaches. Three days after the gold medal game, Regina mayor Pat Fiacco proclaimed January 8, 2010 as "Jordan Eberle and Colten Teubert Day" in the city for their efforts in the tournament.
On April 16, 2010, Eberle was named to Team Canada as an alternate for the 2010 IIHF World Championship in Germany. After injuries to Ryan Smyth and Steve Stamkos in the preliminary round, he debuted with Canada's men's team on May 14, 2010, versus Norway. Eberle scored a goal and assisted on three others to earn the Player of the Game Award in a 12–1 Team Canada victory. He played in three more games without any points as Canada finished in seventh place with a loss to Russia in the quarterfinal.
Following his NHL rookie season, Eberle joined the Canadian men's team for the second consecutive year for the 2011 IIHF World Championship in Slovakia. During the preliminary round, Eberle scored a goal in a contest against Switzerland to be named player of the game. In a game against the United States during the qualifying round, Eberle scored in a shootout, helping Canada to a 4–3 win, while also temporarily tying them for the lead in their pool. Canada went on to top their pool, but lost 2–1 in the quarterfinal against Russia for the second consecutive year. Scoring four times over seven tournament games (no assists), Eberle tied for second in team goal-scoring, behind John Tavares.
Eberle was born to Darren and Lisa Eberle in Regina, Saskatchewan. His dad coached him on his minor hockey teams growing up. He has two sisters, Ashley and Whitney, and a younger brother, Dustin. He attended high school at the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Wilcox, Saskatchewan, before moving to Calgary, Alberta at fourteen-years-old with his parents and three siblings. He returned to Regina to play junior hockey for the Regina Pats and attended Archbishop M.C. O'Neill High School during the hockey season. He went on to graduate from Bishop O'Byrne High School in Calgary in June 2008.
Eberle has a cousin, Derek Eberle, who also played junior for the Pats from 1990 to 1993. His brother, Dustin, was drafted by the Pats in the 12th round (248th overall) of the 2007 WHL Bantam Draft.
Regular season and playoffsEdit
|Junior int'l totals||23||18||18||36||8|
|Senior int'l totals||8||5||3||8||0|
|WHL Player of the Month|| October 2007|
|WHL East First All-Star Team||2008, 2010|
|Doc Seaman Trophy (WHL scholastic player of the year)||2008|
|Four Broncos Memorial Trophy (WHL player of the year)||2010|
|CHL Player of the Year||2010|
|World Junior Player of the Game|| Semifinal vs. Russia, 2009|
Round robin vs. Switzerland, 2010
Round robin vs. United States, 2010
Final vs. United States, 2010
|World Junior Top Three Player on Team Canada||2009, 2010|
|World Junior All-Star Team||2010|
|World Junior Best Forward||2010|
|World Junior MVP||2010|
|World Championship Player of the Game|| Qualifier vs. Norway, 2010|
Preliminary vs. Switzerland, 2011
|Saskatchewan Sport Male Athlete of the Year||2010|
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- ↑ Jordan Eberle. National Hockey League. Retrieved on 2010-01-09.
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- ↑ Regina's Eberle named WHL player of the year. The Sports Network (2010-04-28). Retrieved on 2010-04-28.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "Jordan Eberle is the CHL Player of the Year", OurSports Central, 2010-05-22. Retrieved on 2010-05-22.
- ↑ Eberle Scores First Pro Goal. OurSports Central (2009-03-29). Retrieved on 2010-01-09.
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- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 "Eberle makes indelible debut", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2010-07-10. Retrieved on 2010-07-10.
- ↑ "Eberle's goal voted best of the year on Facebook", National Hockey League, 2011-06-22. Retrieved on 2011-07-22.
- ↑ "Jordan Eberle celebrates play of the year", Regina Pats, 2011-07-13. Retrieved on 2011-06-22.
- ↑ Flames at Oilers - 10/07/2010. National Hockey League. Retrieved on 2010-10-08.
- ↑ "Oilers' Eberle out 10 days with sprained ankle", The Sports Network, 2011-01-04. Retrieved on 2011-01-07.
- ↑ "Already injured Eberle goes in for appendectomy", Edmonton Journal, 2011-01-07. Retrieved on 2011-01-07.
- ↑ Jordan Eberle. The Sports Network. Retrieved on 2011-04-17.
- ↑ "Canucks' Torres Suspended Four Games For Hit On Eberle", The Sports Network, 2011-04-07. Retrieved on 2011-07-22.
- ↑ 2010-2011 Regular Season Rookies Points Leaders. National Hockey League. Retrieved on 2011-04-17.
- ↑ "Trio of rookies have helped Oilers raise future expectations", The Sports Network, 2011-04-11. Retrieved on 2011-07-22.
- ↑ Alberta wins bronze in Canada Games hockey. Toronto Star (2007-03-02). Retrieved on 2010-01-07.
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- ↑ 2007 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka. Hockey Canada. Retrieved on 2009-01-05.
- ↑ IIHF World U18 Championships - Best Players Per Game. International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved on 2009-01-05.
- ↑ IIHF World U20 Championships - Best Players Per Game. IIHF. Retrieved on 2009-01-05.
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INTRO: In Luke's account of the selection of the apostles he wrote, "Of them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles" (Lk 6:13). For some reason those words have been easy for me to remember over the years, and they give us a little more information than does Mark's account of the event. In fact, Mark does not even refer to the twelve as "apostles". He does use that term for them a bit later in his gospel record, however. Some the names of the apostles are well known to us, and we see them active in the establishment of the Lord's church. Others, however, are not well known, and we have very little reliable information about them. This evening I would like to spend just a few minutes looking at this "landmark" event in Jesus' ministry.
I. THE CHOOSING OF THE TWELVE IS PRECEDED BY PRAYER
A. Notice Lk 6:12 - "...and continued all night in prayer to God"
1. critical events in Jesus' ministry are preceded by prayer
2. what could be more critical than the selection of the men who would implement Jesus' plan for evangelism? and only twelve!
B. Do we need to be more careful to follow Jesus' example?
1. do we often set out on critical decisions, events without prayer?
2. have we become a "go it alone" culture to the extent that we tend to do exactly that?
II. WHAT WOULD BE THEIR PURPOSE?
A. Think of the words "apostle" and "disciple"
1. "disciple" - a learner, a pupil, a follower - Christians are disciples
2. "apostle" - an ambassador, one sent on a mission
3. Jesus' apostles met certain qualifications - Acts 1:21,22
4. Jesus' apostles were endowed with miraculous powers - Mk 16:20 ... and could pass miraculous gifts to others - Acts 8:17
B. There were twelve of them
1. "twelve" is a significant number in scripture
2. perhaps most significant here would be twelve tribes of Israel
3. the church is spiritual Israel - the "twelve" might well suggest that
4. of course, we recall that Paul is added - 1 Cor 15:8,9
C. They were to "be with him"
1. during this period of time, He would teach them many "kingdom things"
2. during this period of time, they would see Him "in action" with others
3. to be entrusted with the future of the church, they had to be well schooled
4. remember: Mt 28:20
D. He would "send them forth to preach"
1. Mt 10:5-7 - their preaching was limited to the "house of Israel"
2. their message was to proclaim the imminence of the kingdom of heaven
3. we know, too, that they were baptizing (Jno 4:2) - doubtless, then preached the message of repentance
4. like ripples from a single stone dropped in a quiet pond, news of the coming kingdom begins to spread
E. He empowered them "to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils"
1. Mt 10:8 adds "cleanse the lepers, raise the dead"
2. their having these miraculous powers certainly identified them with Jesus
3. Matthew's account also adds "freely ye have received, freely give" - the message and the miraculous gifts were not their "private property or domain"
4. Heb 2:3,4 - "God also bearing them witness..."
F. Ultimately, they were to be witnesses of the risen Christ
1. Acts 1:22 - "to be a witness with us of his resurrection"
2. Acts 2:32 - "This Jesus hath God raised up...we all are witnesses"
3. today's religious world uses the word "witness" in a way not found in scripture - I cannot witness to someone of that which I have not seen
4. I can however speak to them of the word of truth - teaching them
III. THEIR NAMES?
A. Most of their names are known to you
1. a small few might be a bit unfamiliar
2. an important thing is that these are men from various backgrounds - but they have little, from an earthly perspective, to commend them - no wealth, no education, no power, etc.
B. At word from Jude, the Lord's brother - Jude 1:17
1. yes, he goes on with a specific reminder in v. 18
2. but the reminder at v. 17 certainly needs to be observed broadly - so, Acts 2:42
CLOSE: So much more could be said. But of this I want to remind us all. The role of "apostle" in the manner of the twelve was a one time role in the church of the Lord. We now have the word of the new covenant which is God's instrument in conversion, in sanctification and in the constituting of the church. The apostles did their work well!
Cecil A. Hutson
08 October 2006
You Must Hear the Gospel
You must hear the gospel and then understand and recognize that you are lost without Jesus Christ no matter who you are and no matter what your background is. The Bible tells us that “all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23) Before you can be saved, you must understand that you are lost and that the only way to be saved is by obedience to the gospel of Jesus Christ. (2 Thessalonians 1:8) Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (John 14:6) “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12) "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." (Romans 10:17)
You Must Believe
You must believe and have faith in God because “without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” (Hebrews 11:6) But neither belief alone nor faith alone is sufficient to save. (James 2:19; James 2:24; Matthew 7:21)
You Must Repent
You must repent of your sins. (Acts 3:19) But repentance alone is not enough. The so-called “Sinner’s Prayer” that you hear so much about today from denominational preachers does not appear anywhere in the Bible. Indeed, nowhere in the Bible was anyone ever told to pray the “Sinner’s Prayer” to be saved. By contrast, there are numerous examples showing that prayer alone does not save. Saul, for example, prayed following his meeting with Jesus on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:11), but Saul was still in his sins when Ananias met him three days later (Acts 22:16). Cornelius prayed to God always, and yet there was something else he needed to do to be saved (Acts 10:2, 6, 33, 48). If prayer alone did not save Saul or Cornelius, prayer alone will not save you. You must obey the gospel. (2 Thess. 1:8)
You Must Confess
You must confess that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. (Romans 10:9-10) Note that you do NOT need to make Jesus “Lord of your life.” Why? Because Jesus is already Lord of your life whether or not you have obeyed his gospel. Indeed, we obey him, not to make him Lord, but because he already is Lord. (Acts 2:36) Also, no one in the Bible was ever told to just “accept Jesus as your personal savior.” We must confess that Jesus is the Son of God, but, as with faith and repentance, confession alone does not save. (Matthew 7:21)
You Must Be Baptized
Having believed, repented, and confessed that Jesus is the Son of God, you must be baptized for the remission of your sins. (Acts 2:38) It is at this point (and not before) that your sins are forgiven. (Acts 22:16) It is impossible to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ without teaching the absolute necessity of baptism for salvation. (Acts 8:35-36; Romans 6:3-4; 1 Peter 3:21) Anyone who responds to the question in Acts 2:37 with an answer that contradicts Acts 2:38 is NOT proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ!
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A reflection on genre, part 1: It’s a fuzzy old universe.
by Mike Johnson
This post is less of a writing tip than the first of two reflections on the nature of genre and the issues at stake for writers. If there is any simple message here, it is that you have to follow the story where it leads and not be constricted by external notions of genre. This is the great age of cross-genre fertilisation, if not genre meltdown. Let your story be your guide, and don’t get cold feet if you start to push boundaries. Remember what boundary pushing Susan Sontag said: ‘We need fiction to stretch our world.’ Stretch our categories, not harden them.
GENRE UNCERTAINTY IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD
As soon as you put pen to paper you are evoking, whether you know it or not, the specter of genre. When it comes to fiction especially, you can’t escape genre, but even before we get that far, we may still run into trouble with the ‘g’ word.
Is the distinction between fiction and non-fiction itself sustainable? What about those ‘fictionalised autobiographies?’ and what about Lyn Hejinian’s My Life? Is that prose or poetry or what? And, as interestingly, what about Jamaica Kincaid’s short piece of writing entitledGirl, which is both the opening chapter of the novel At the Bottom of the River, (1983) and appears in the volume The Next American Essay(2003) as an essay? In this case, it seems, the same piece of writing can be seen as either fiction or non-fiction depending on the context. The editor of The Next American Essay, in his introduction to Girlcomments: ‘Or: maybe the essay is just a conditional form of literature – less a genre in its own right than an attitude.’ (p 41)
Even our most fundamental distinctions don’t bear too close an examination. After all, we could claim, especially in the light of modern research, that memory may be seen as another form of the imagination. In other words, memory can be viewed as another form of fiction, so what is the difference between your ‘true’ story and my ‘made-up’ one? Even cookbooks, those fine exemplars of non-fiction, can be as extravagant as a work of magic realism, or as speculative as futuristic fiction.
However, if we negotiate these questions successfully and decide we have a work of fiction on our hands rather than a cookbook, we are far from being out of the woods.
THE GOLDEN ACRES OF MAINSTREAM AND ‘THE WALL’
Some writers have no problem because they consciously and deliberately write in a particular fictional genre for that market, and can do very well out of it. Writers of romance novels and thrillers, if they are good, have a sure grasp of the conventions that govern that genre, conventions recognised and expected by the reader.
For other writers, the issue may not be so simple, as they might be bending genres, or, increasingly, mixing genres. Or simply writing a story without any thought about genre. These mixed genre or genre-bending novels are a headache for a publisher, who has genre categories based on sales, and bookshops are, or at least have been, organised along genre lines – as are libraries. Whatever you write is going to be categorised and placed on a shelf somewhere, you hope. I heard of a New Zealand writer whose novel was accepted for publication; it was then marketed as a thriller when the writer did not intend it to be, nor did the writer intend to be ‘marked’ as a thriller writer. Being ‘marked’ as a genre writer is a serious business, as you may not be able to escape that initial genre marking into the imagined ‘wider market.’
The case of the SF writer Philip K Dick is illuminating in a scary sort of way. In the 1950’s he wrote eight non-SF novels, studies of small town America reminiscent of the work of Wyndham Lewis. These little gems were rejected by publishers at the time because PKD had already been ‘marked’ as a SF writer, and the publishing establishment was not going to let him out of the SF ghetto, as it was perceived. The big irony is that since the author’s death, and in the light of his growing fame, these rejected novels have been published in fancy literary editions.
If PKD couldn’t make it out of the ghetto of SF into the golden acres of mainstream, note that the prohibition does not go the other way. Established mainstream writers like Cormack McCarthy and Margaret Atwood can write SF and never see their books leave the mainstream shelves. You won’t find McCarthy’s The Road or Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale in the SF shelves of your local bookshop or library, even though they are in every respect SF novels, written because SF, with its capacity to extrapolate contemporary trends, is an ideal vehicle for social criticism; an understanding that dates back at least as far as HG Wells. Readers who might turn their literary noses up at ‘science fiction’ will praise The Handmaid’s Tale, for example, for those very extrapolative elements that make the work distinctively science fiction.
On the other hand, you won’t find PKD’s Mary and Giant, or Gather Yourselves Together on the mainstream shelves, but still ghettoised over there in the SF section if at all. (Sorry Phil, ultimately there is no escape.)
NO SF PLEASE, WE’RE KIWIS.
The perception that not all genres are equal in the eyes of publishers is certainly sharpened when we consider the New Zealand scene. All major NZ publishers of fiction (all two remaining now!) state in their submission guidelines that they do not publish ‘Science Fiction.’ In this context the term ‘Science Fiction’ covers a multitude of literary sins, including fantasy, speculative fiction, futuristic fiction, magical realism (if it’s too magical), and in particular post-apocalyptic fiction.
There are doubtless good commercial reasons behind this prohibition, but without a doubt it is selective, aimed at a particular set of genres and subgenres. Historical fiction, for example, may be considered ‘mainstream’ so long as it is not historical romance. This admission of historical fiction into the hallowed halls of the canon is reflective of the wider, global literary value system. Our very own prize-winning Luminaries by Eleanor Catton is a historical novel. No futuristic, SF or fantasy novel has ever won the Man Booker prize. Or any thriller to my knowledge. The only example I can think of is Philip Pullman who won the Whitbread literary prize for a young adult fantasy, The Amber Spyglass, a decision that drew much comment at the time and is very much the exception that proves the rule.
Why one genre should be elevated over another is a mystery worthy of unraveling, and has much to do with our notions of ‘realism.’ Realism rules, or has done. That will be the subject of my next writing tip.
In the meantime, however, it occurs to me that, in my country at least, the ‘publishing wall’ against ‘SF’ has put a dampener on what I would call extrapolative fiction. Paradoxically, our most revered Janet Frame was one of the most profoundly extrapolative writers in the world, her work laced with SF elements, and yet ‘the wall’ has worked against the subsequent emergence of a Margaret Atwood or a David Mitchell, in this country. Or indeed another Janet Frame. | <urn:uuid:a0862bb3-16cc-41e0-90ae-d10dc7d47bfc> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 7,160 |
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Going outside our comfort zone from a brain health perspective involves intentionally participating in activities that force the brain to work and engage new neural pathways by introducing new and cognitively challenging situations. Pushing our mind and bodies out of our comfort zone does numerous things to our physiological selves, our spiritual selves, and our mental selves. As humans we are meant to adapt to new and challenging situations whether they be mental, physical, or a combination of both. By challenging yourself to learn new things or tasks, you are creating new neural networks within your brain. This is the foundation of neuroplasticity and studies indicate that stimulating neuroplasticity may protect against age-related cognitive decline.
Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to modify, change, and adapt both structure and function throughout life and in response to experience. Until recently it was thought that we lost the ability for neuroplasticity as we age, and although it does get tougher, our brains have the ability to grow new neural connections and strengthen those connections throughout our lifespan. In addition to challenging ourselves, there are many ways to support neuroplasticity including exercise and taking lion’s mane mushroom, which boosts BDNF, or brain-derived neurotrophic factor (more on this in future posts).
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A Plot Development Writing Exercise
If you're working on a novel or short story, write a pivotal scene from an outside observer's perspective who has no role in the story.
Respond to this exercise
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Get your creative juices flowing with these similar writing prompts.
The Story Swamp
Sometimes writers think up a character and jump straight into writing, without fully fleshing out the concept at a foundational level. This then means they falter and end up writing a very confused draft. I call this 'The Story Swamp.'Avoid The Story Swamp by writing a 'logline' or 'pitch' of approximately 25-60 words. This logline should cover what B2W calls The 3 Cs:Character: Who is your protagonist? What does s/he need or want?Conflict: Who is the antagonist? Why does s/he want to stop or counter your protagonist? What other obstacles are in your protagonist's way?Clarity: Do we know what genre or type of story this is? Are you using familiar or clich_d language? Are your word choices too vague?
The best way to learn is by reading, so pick up a book that had a plot twist that surprised you and yet felt right. Look for subtle foreshadowing in it. Start at the beginning of the book and find the clues that point towards the twist. Make a list of them. Include the wording, so that you can see why they weren't obvious at first.
Come up with three thought provoking questions. Such as:
- Who is Sara?
- Why is she running down the street?
- What is she holding?
- Who is knocking at the door?
- Do you know them?
- What do they want?
Choose Your Adventure
In a "Choose Your Adventure" book, you are forced to make a decision at each and every plot point. The decisions you make will take you down diverging paths and dictate your eventual fate. Try this if you're stuck on a plot development detail in your story. Sketch out the two different paths that a character can experience from one plot point, depending on what action he or she chooses to take.
The Forbidden Prompt
"There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable" _ Mark Twain. Your character is doing something someone else has forbidden. Someone else discovers. Will there be a confrontation? Or will the discoverer be so uncomfortable that (s)he will ignore or throw hints instead? This is a great scene to practice tension between two characters as well as the internal thoughts of one of the characters. | <urn:uuid:cb0f9238-f783-4245-9e9d-913c44f049b7> | HuggingFaceTB/smollm-corpus/tree/main/fineweb-edu-dedup | smollm-corpus | eng_Latn | 2,429 |
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Pujols' 2,500th career hit breaks tie in 9th, Angels knock off Twins
Albert Pujols' batting averages and home run totals aren't as gaudy as they used to be. He's still helping his team win games, though, and that's just fine with him.
Pujols homered, hit a tie-breaking double in the ninth and reached a couple of career milestones to lead the Los Angeles Angels over Minnesota 8-5 on Saturday night for their third consecutive win over the Twins.
The 34-year-old slugger's go-ahead double was his 2,500th hit, placing him 98th all time and fifth among active players. He hit a solo homer in the third off Phil Hughes for a 3-2 lead, scoring his 1,500th run on his 25th home run this season.
"It was just a great accomplishment, but at the same time it's just something I don't get caught up in," Pujols said. "My job is to help our ball club to win and it was pretty special because I was able to do that tonight."
After 10 stellar seasons in St. Louis, Pujols has yet to hit .300 for a season in three years with the Angels. And he's certainly not close to the 40-plus homer pace he kept during some of his seasons with the Cardinals. But his .274 batting average is still among the team's best, and his 87 RBI are second only to Mike Trout's 100.
"You hear Mike Trout a lot, you hear Miguel Cabrera a lot, but he's quietly been doing it," Howie Kendrick said of Pujols. "He's a big piece of our team, he's been driving in runs for us. And that's going to be something that we're going to need down the stretch, is his experience."
With the score 5-all in the ninth and two on, Pujols doubled to deep left off Jared Burton (2-5) and scored on Kendrick's single against Anthony Swarzak.
"Albert got one up and did what he's done 1,000 times in this game and he got a big hit for them," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said.
Joe Smith (7-2) pitched a one-hit eighth and Huston Street finished for his 37th save in 40 chances.
After one-out singles by Aaron Hicks and Chris Parmalee, Brian Dozier grounded into a game-ending 3-6-1 double play. Gardenhire challenged the call by first-base umpire John Tumpane, and after a delay of about 1 minute, 20 seconds, the call was upheld.
Eduardo Escobar and Chris Parmelee homered for Minnesota, which led 5-3 after seven innings.
The Angeles tied the score in the eighth against Casey Fien when Pujols singled, Kendrick tripled and Erick Aybar hit a sacrifice fly.
Hughes allowed three runs and seven hits in seven innings, walked none and struck out eight. With 165 strikeouts, he tied his career best with the New York Yankees in 2012.
"It's always tough," Hughes said. "Look for those three facets of the game every time out: Good start, bullpen to step up and score a few runs. Unfortunately for us the last few games here, one or two of those things hasn't been there."
Angels: LF Josh Hamilton missed his second consecutive game with a sore shoulder. Hamilton had been expected to return to the lineup, but manager Mike Scioscia said before the game that he was day to day. ... Scioscia said Hamilton was "feeling better" and LHP Joe Thatcher (ankle) was slated to pitch Saturday for Double-A Arkansas.
Twins: CF Danny Santana left the game with a lower-back injury sustained while trying to throw out David Freese at home in the second. The team said Santana is day to day. ... All-Star closer Glen Perkins also is day to day with neck soreness that started bothering him Thursday night. An MRI Saturday revealed no structural damage or pinched nerves. ... OF Jordan Schafer was out of the lineup a night after bruising ribs during a crash into the outfield wall. Assistant GM Rob Antony said Schafer was available to pinch run, if needed.
QUOTE OF THE NIGHT
Scioscia on Pujols' latest career milestones: "It seems like every couple of weeks you're going to run into a milestone that Albert's either passing somebody or doing something. It's good to see his bat come alive. He's been there every day for us, he's playing a lot and just a huge hit tonight."
Los Angeles will try to complete the four-game series sweep when it starts LHP C.J. Wilson (10-9) on Sunday, who is 4-0 against the Twins since 2011. LHP Logan Darnell (0-1) will start for Minnesota, which will try to snap an 0-for-6 skid against the Angels this season. | <urn:uuid:3128b1f1-efee-4715-88f4-15ef887ba329> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 4,273 |
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The Extraordinary Life of a London Dog
We had our last meet of 2013 on 15th December. Every meet has been a highlight for me.
It all began as a thought that Mummy had – wouldn’t it be nice if I have other cockapoo friends to play with. Read more…
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The series focuses on five girls and a cat who live together at the Himote House, a share house in Tokyo’s Nakano district. The girls living there are the three sisters Tokiyo, Kinami and Kokoro Himote and Kokoro’s classmates Tae Hyogo and Minami Arai. The cat is called Enishi. Together they contemplate about how one can become popular.
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Although I am trying not to dwell on it, I believe we have days or weeks, not months or years before she will need to be put down. .
I think we're all missing this sentence here.
If you believe this is end of life care and are just making her comfortable, the I would probably not do the BW. If I saw major improvement that would make me change my mind on this, then I would take her back to get the BW done.
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Project Management: RJ Reynolds Kicks Old HabitsBy Anna Maria Virzi | Posted 2007-03-28 Email Print
The 132-year-old tobacco company was using a hodgepodge of applications to manage hundreds of projects a year. Its simplified approach has many benefits-including the ability to tell management exactly how I.T. is spending its time.
Although RJ Reynold's program management office was following a strict methodology based on the Project Management Body of Knowledge to initiate, plan and execute projects, the tobacco company was less organized when it came to actually using software to track that work. In fact, RJR's PMO was using an assortment of systems, including a mainframe legacy application to record time and Microsoft Project or Microsoft Excel to keep schedules.
In 2004, the company decided to replace its hodgepodge of project tools and begin searching for enterprise project management software to more efficiently monitor hundreds of projects spread over 400 information technology employees. It selected Planview Enterprise from Planview of Austin, Texas.
In a recent interview, Phyllis Culbertson, director of RJ Reynolds' program management office, explained what her requirements were, and the benefits the company has derived by standardizing on a single project management software package.
What was the problem with your old setup for project management?
When asked by a steering committee or project sponsor to provide a budget or cost update on a given project, it could take as much as a day or two to get that information pulled together because you had several legacy applications-invoices paid, funding request forms, spreadsheets. Now it's in one place, and you get can the answer in 30 minutes or less. You can look, real-time, at how your project is tracking. We also did not have any historical aggregate data relevant to how we were performing as a department, for example, on our portfolio of strategic projects.
What types of projects might you be working on in a given year?
Most of the projects are as a result of requests from outside departments. I.T. is a service organization, and other departments within the business such as HR [human resources], finance or marketing would place service requests. A lot of projects come as business needs arise; other projects are internal I.T. projects necessary to achieve our own I.T. goals, such as an infrastructure-related project or hardware upgrade.
How many projects do you have going at any given time?
Between 300 and 400.
In addition to Planview, what other options did you look at?
We looked at number of different vendors-I'd rather not give you their names. But we narrowed it down to three, including Planview. They were all close in the kinds of things they offered.
Why was Planview chosen?
Qualitative measures, customer references, demos. We had a qualitative evaluation matrix with our requirements ranked and weighted-a scoring system based on our specific needs for a tool. The other vendors' systems were fine. But for our specific needs, Planview showed some superiority in areas of request management, time tracking, training, e-learning, and content management.
Could you elaborate on some of the features?
Request management enabled us to eliminate manual forms used by our business clients to enter requests for I.T. Those requests can be entered into the request lifecycle in Planview, and be assigned by resource managers and then become projects. It really facilitates our project selection and prioritization.
Do workers have to enter in their time to the project management system?
Employees are resources in Planview and are assigned to projects. If a resource is assigned to a project, his or her name is associated with a given task on the project itself-on the schedule, or the project plan. That task is made available to the resource, when it comes time for a resource to enter his time. For other activities that are not assigned or allocated, those are options for the resource to choose-in general buckets of time, such as support or admin. Everyone is authorized to enter time against those activities.
What kind of reports can you prepare using the project management software?
We do some rigorous analysis on a quarterly basis. As an example, we can show in a pie chart how I.T., as a department, spends its time-say, 45% on operational activities. So we can show our leadership, from the first quarter to the third quarter, that we went from 6% on our strategic projects to 15% on our strategic projects. That would be an example of a favorable trend.
Did that actually occur?
Could you give an example of a strategic project?
They are projects that are deemed necessary to meet our overall corporate goals for the year-such as the I.T. part of a larger project for brand marketing.
What applications did you integrate with the Planview system?
We needed an interface to receive data from our general ledger system-for any costs booked to the project account, any invoices paid to any vendors and any hardware procured, so we can get actual costs inbound into the Planview tool.
And we have outbound interfaces. One sends labor costs from Planview to the general ledger. That is taken from the time-tracking component of Planview, and converted to cost and then booked to the ledger for that project. Another interface goes [from Planview] to our capital budgeting system, for actual project costs-including the latest estimate for our current year and the latest estimate for our five-year operating plan.
The five-year plan includes projects that are not active, but are planned.
What was required to build the interfaces?
We did a detailed design, and research on the existing systems-their structures and requirements. We used a tool called Informatica, which is an ETL (Extract, Translate, Load) tool, to exchange the data and keep audit trails of the information. It took three FTEs (full-time equivalents) around three months. We had one full-time contractor and a few internal resources.
Did you realize any quantifiable benefits from this deployment?
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With the gradual depletion of non-renewable energy sources and the increasing severity of global warming, it has become a global consensus to establish an energy system based on renewable energy sources and to implement green and sustainable development.
More than 130 countries and regions around the world have announced their "carbon neutral" targets, and by 2022 there will be 26 GW-class PV markets worldwide, accounting for 88.6% of total installed capacity.
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String photovoltaic power plants, with small size, low self-consumption and high efficiency, are currently the mainstream form of large photovoltaic power plants. The inverter used is generally 230kW and below. The grid-connected voltage is 10KV or 35KV and above. The capacity of the power station is several tens of MW to several hundred MW.
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Large-scale distributed photovoltaic power plants with a capacity of 400KW or more are built on customer sites for local consumption, mainly on the grid, with a grid voltage of AC 380V or AC 10KV, mainly for building-integrated power plants and agricultural/fishery complementary power plants.
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Medium-sized distributed photovoltaic power plants with a capacity of 400kW or less are built on the rooftops of customer buildings and are self-generating and grid-connected (or off-grid operation). Grid-connected voltage is generally AC380V, mainly on commercial and industrial rooftops and village power stations.
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Voyager 1: exit stage left
Humanity goes interstellar
Voyager 1 has officially left the solar system, having crossed the so-called termination shock in December last year. The craft crossed the boundary 94 astronomical units (the distance from the Earth to the sun is one AU) from the sun, according to NASA researchers based in Washington DC.
The key things to look for, scientists say, are an abrupt drop in the speed of the solar wind, along with a significant increase in the sun's magnetic field strength. The solar wind loses speed quickly at the termination shock, falling from at least 700,000 miles per hour down to 100,000mph.
Based on the strength of the solar wind, some researchers claimed Voyager passed this marker three years ago. But because there was no change in the magnetic field strength - caused by solar particles slowing down and crowding together at the termination shock - the claim was widely disputed.
On this occasion, Voyager 1's magnetometer has detected a two-and-a-half fold increase in the strength of the magnetic field, New Scientist reports. The researchers have ruled out the possibility that this is due to a solar flare's shock front. If a solar flare was behind the increase in the magnetic field strength, the craft would also have detected fewer cosmic rays, but instead the reverse is true.
Edward Stone, of Caltech told New Scientist: "This time the entire Voyager 1 team agrees we have crossed the termination shock."
However, there is still missing data. Theory predicts that Voyager should have seen an increase in so-called anomalous cosmic rays (ACR) when it left the solar system, but no such increase was detected.
ACRs are bits of neutral interstellar flotsam that are ionised when they enter the solar system. The Voyager 1 team proposes that ACRs might be made only in especially turbulent parts of the termination shock, as opposed to continuously along its edge. If this is the case, it is possible that Voyager just missed them. ® | <urn:uuid:0ea29164-1f6d-4e0e-b39e-2e41baabacf8> | HuggingFaceTB/smollm-corpus/tree/main/fineweb-edu-dedup | smollm-corpus | eng_Latn | 1,989 |
Two baby white sharks have been caught off Long Island and given a big task — help researchers find out where the young predators hang out, officials said Saturday.
A 50-pound, 4-foot female was the first baby white to be tagged in the North Atlantic by Ocearch, the nonprofit that goes around the world studying sharks and is on a two-week expedition to learn if the Island’s waters are home to juvenile ones.
“This is a real step forward for the ocean right here, probably the most historic fish we’ve ever caught,” Ocearch founder Chris Fischer said on the research vessel in a video posted live on the group’s Facebook page as the shark was tagged at sunset Friday.
Then about 12 hours later and 25 miles or so off Montauk, a 67-pound, 5-foot male was spotted, said Jon Forrest Dohlin, director of the Brooklyn-based New York Aquarium, one of several partners in the expedition.
“It’s so cool,” Dohlin said.
The exuberance busted out this weekend because the baby whites ended a sort of dry spell in shark spotting for the expedition. Small scouting boats had brought only three sharks the first week to the big research vessel, two dusky and one dogfish.
As a sign of how little is known about young sharks, Dohlin said, scientists believe the two tagged ones were born this year but they don’t have better estimates of ages, only that newborn sharks are about three to four feet long.
Sharks eat the sick ones and help keep the ecosystem in balance, but their breeding habits, early years and travels are still a mystery. Boaters and fishermen have long seen sharks in local waters, but how the big fish coexist in New York City’s shipping lanes and with human activity are not clear.
Fischer named the female shark Montauk in honor of mariners’ history, calling the East End fishing hot spot a “special, special” place whose people had made him feel welcome.
The male was named Hudson, after New York’s famed river. A video of his tagging was also posted by Ocearch.
Montauk arrived at sunset a week after the ship had set out, a weight off researchers whose goal was to nab at least one juvenile white shark. As a shark scouting boat led it to the research vessel, equipped with a lift, the baby white did not fight.
Brett McBride, co-captain of the Ocearch vessel, was on the scouting boat and had been expecting another type of species when the fish swam by.
“When that thing went under the boat, I was like I think we got a baby white on us,” he said on the video.
A 47-minute video of the adventure showed eight or more people at times swarmed around the little predator, taking a tissue sample, measurements and attaching a tag to her fin. A blanket was put over her head. A hose put inside her mouth kept her gills wet, and when all the data-gathering was over, she took her time letting go of the hose.
“That was crazy, right?” Fischer said afterward as clapping erupted to wish Montauk well.
The great whites are not threatened with extinction but the species’ survival hangs on the fishing industry, pollution and policies aimed at stopping the shark fin trade.
Montauk has been added to the group’s Global Shark Tracker, which allows people to see the pinged locations of each shark.
“Together we wait for the first ping,” Fischer had said. “We got to learn where the baby sharks go so we can make more big sharks and lots of fish for our grandchildren. Today was a big leap forward for that in the North Atlantic Ocean.” | <urn:uuid:e1539288-e74c-44ef-b663-252a48b107be> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 3,439 |
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I think she meant carve and slice: that's the ouidad method of cutting.
BBW - beautiful color, very natural!
The curls look lovely too. What kind of makeup do you use? Your skin literally
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Groups 1, 2, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17's constituent elements are referred to as Representative or typical elements collectively.
These are, respectively, elements of the s block (groups 1 and) and the p block (groups 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17).
Group 18 of the periodic table's zero group is where noble gases are located.
D block elements are transitional elements.
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Good Morning and Happy Halfway-Point, everyone! We’re almost to the weekend!
Although this week has been pretty busy so far with work, meetings, side hustles, etc.- I’m excited for this afternoon since I get to take a little bit of time off after I leave the office and indulge in some pampering (see: touching up my hair.) I’m in desperate need of a trim and my roots are long overdue for a little TLC- and today seemed like just as good a day as any to treat myself!
And although I’ll be changing out of business-casual wear and sliding myself into some sweatpants or something for this afternoon’s touch-up, I wanted to show off a shirt that made an appearance on Blondie Birdie earlier this week when I picked it up over the course of Tax Free Weekend.
I adore this bee shirt, which I paired with some jeans and dressier sandals since I was wearing it to work- but you can best believe I’ll be throwing this on with some shorts and flip flops during the last weekends of Summer 2019, as well!
I’m hoping to get back to Bridge Street Bazaar before we roll into September since I’m sure a good bulk of their Summer tops and skirts will go on sale and I’d like to stock up for next year. That, and I love any reason to venture into Shelburne Falls for an afternoon!
Maybe some of the stuff I buy will make it into a future OOTD post? They sure do have a lot of cute things there!
But until then, I’ve got to get some work done and count down the minutes until I’m restyled, refreshed and rejuvenated.
Enjoy your “Hump Day,” everyone!
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IAB Report – Toyota Innova Limited Edition launched in India
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Limited to 1,500 units.
For the oncoming festive season, Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) launches a limited edition on the Innova. Available in two colors – Bronze Mica Metallic (new color) and Silver Mica Metallic – the Innova Limited Edition is priced between INR 12,90,947 to INR 13,00,710 (ex-showroom, New Delhi).
Based on the GX grade (diesel) it comes with 7- and 8-seat options in Euro 3 and Euro 4 guises. The limited edition will be sold between September to November, and is limited to 1,500 units. Available as a car in select Indian cities, it will be sold as an accessory pack in others.
On the outside, apart from the colour, the MPV gets a ‘Limited Edition’ emblem at the rear, chrome lined headlamps and taillamps, and side body graphics.
Inside, a touchscreen infotainment system with DVD, CD, USB, Aux-in and Bluetooth functionality with a remote control, dual-tone fabric seats and color coordinated door trims are added. Driver side airbag and ABS are standard safety features.
Toyota Innova Limited Edition – Brochure Scans
Toyota Innova Limited Edition – Image Gallery
Toyota Innova Limited Edition – Press Release
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Keith Buckley‘s first foray into the literary world, Scale (2016), was a solid, if somewhat routine, effort that served more as an intriguing starting point than a finished product. Perhaps where the novel suffered most was that its plot, which detailed the rise and fall of an aging musician, stuck too close to the Every Time I Die frontman’s own reality, while sticking to well-trodden scenarios without offering any real insight into his own personal experience—almost like he was playing it too safe. It is a welcome surprise, then, that the more original story and style of its follow-up, Watch, not only sees Buckley maturing as a writer but also delivering a novel that establishes him as a truly formidable literary force.
Watch‘s claims to be the story of a damaged man who abandons the concept of time in order to avoid any future trauma, who then gets lost in a snowstorm on the way to his local pub. Yet its blurb is as misleading as it is intriguing. For one thing, one of the few details that the novel is explicitly clear about is that John Harvey most certainly makes it to the bar—enters and leaves again—before getting lost in the snowstorm. A more precise description of the plot’s premise would be something along the lines of “A grieving widower, who has lost track of time, suddenly gets an erection and sets of to seduce the saucy barmaid at his local establishment.” It might not sound as classy, but neither is John Harvey. More importantly though is that, while the novel claims that, rather than replacing the battery in his watch, Harvey “decides to let go of time altogether” (7; emphasis added), it is more accurate to say that he allows time to be let go, rather than playing any active role in its dismissal.
Harvey is an incredibly passive presence in his narrative. One of his key personality traits is that he allows things to happen to him, not because of him. Harvey is enraged by time. However, he remains beholden to it. In fact, to begin with, he tries rather valiantly to hang onto the concept of time—continuing to perform his morning rituals to a precise, if entirely subjective, schedule; as “a ‘fuck you’ to everything that took away his joy” (20). Harvey’s watch may have stopped, and the calendar in the bar’s basement hasn’t been changed for years (144). Nevertheless, the world moves on—even if John Harvey won’t; for, as he reminds himself, and as the novel’s Chuck Palahniuk-style “chorus” regularly reminds its reader: “the negative image of certainty isn’t uncertainty. It is hopelessness” (26).
Watch is a meditation in despair. John Harvey is a man who has lost everything and, as the narrative moves forward, it is suggested that he may not have even had it all to begin with. Whereas Scale was somewhat jarring in its rigid alternation between its protagonist Ray Goldman’s past and present, with Watch, Buckley allows events to drift in and out of the narrative as required. Just as Goldman reflected back on the beginnings of his musical career and the episodes that led up to his contemporary crisis, so too is Harvey fixated upon the experiences that have caused him to seek solace among the kind of drunks who laugh with and high-five barmaids simply because they “ha[v]en’t made contact with a woman in over three decades” (37). The drifting nature of Watch‘s narrative should make it harder to follow than the rigid Scale. Instead, the more organic, almost stream-of-consciousness style makes for a far more engrossing and resonate experience.
The novel’s characters also feel far more fleshed out than those of Buckley’s debut. Even singularly serving characters, such as the desperate barmaid Dinah or saucy swingers David and Elanor hint at more complex lives than those of the largely archetypal cast that populated Scale. One-dimensional characters are deliberately and effectively so. The more Harvey delves into his relationship with the departed Zola, the more he and the reader begin to realize their relationship was based around a mutual appreciation of Relayer-era Yes and little else—and, even then, Zola’s insistence that they bail early on one of the band’s concerts to go and consummate their relationship in one of the venues portable restrooms suggests she isn’t entirely committed to the cause either.
Buckley’s writing has also improved remarkably from his first novel. While the seemingly gratuitous early interjection in Watch about “Vagina Dentata” (y’know) still screams Palahniuk-ian shock tactics, Buckley also leans more heavily into his minimalist style, making for a far more impactful and economic experience that of Scale. There’s less of Buckley’s trademark grandstanding lyricism, though certain turns of phrase still strike their mark. A rare, first-person interjection about “Schrodinger’s sandwich” (128; italics removed) strikes a chord, and there’s even something catching about the rhythmic efficiency of such mundane descriptions as Dinah raising the “the hinged portion that allows her behind it” [the bar] (130) that inspires awe at Buckley’s craft. In fact, it’s only when he overreaches in some of his analogies; such as when describing the “layers of time that lie like stacked plates” (146), or in claiming, Zola “was rushing water of a woman” [sic.] (101); that his writing ever truly falters. Watch‘s conciseness is also felt in its overall length. The book clocks in at a mere 148 pages—making for fairly light and almost disproportionately rewarding read.
Buckley also makes more effective use of cultural references to inform his plot and characters. While in Scale, many of the allusions to bands and artists felt, at times, like overwhelming fan/lip-service, in Watch such references are carefully deployed and always carry broader implications. That John owns an autographed photo of former Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly (103) tells you something about his ideals and aspirations, and the fact that David—who, “”To no one’s surprise … sold car stereos” (104)—idolizes (a pre-“Danger Zone”) Kenny Loggins tells you about all you need to know about him (105). As far as I can tell, the song “Valentine’s Day” by The Picnics (31) is made up; as is the author Clark Andrews and his famous quote: “We will only be judged by what we do. Not what we refrain from doing”; appear to be made up. (Please do enlighten me if they are not; it seems strange that they would be when genuine references have been used everywhere else.) However, real-life relics such as the Kelsey-Hayes prefab fallout shelter (92) help to create an authentic illustration of an era from which the world has long ago moved on, and a greater world whose larger events continue to proceed despite John Harvey’s defiant detachment.
(check out the slap-bass solo at 2:33)
The novel’s tone is still somewhat uneven. Harvey’s early musings about capillosus tumours and whether “hair could grow on a fist if it were closed tight enough” (12) serve as a gripping hook during the book’s early stages, though these irreverent contemplations quickly disappear from the narrative—perhaps only resurfacing when he later wonders, during the snowstorm, whether the local gravediggers “had already dug a winter’s worth of holes” (96). However, Harvey’s realization—while considering his mother’s fatal car accident—that a hole he punched in the wall “looks more like a toothed vagina than a moray eel” (7) also carries distinctive echoes of Crash (1973) by J. G. Ballard, whose psychosexual preoccupations with time perfectly set the tone for the novel.
Should Buckley continue to base his literary output around leery, damaged men then he runs the risk of falling victim to the same toxic cliches so many of his forebears have often degenerated into. Yet, as far as his second run goes, Watch is both a vast improvement over his first offering and a superb novel in its own right. Fans of Scale will only find more to love amid its pages, while those who were more skeptical of Buckley’s further foray into the written word will be met with irrefutable proof of his literary prowess.
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‘We don’t need another war to actualise Biafra’
Speaking yesterday in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, while reacting to the chieftaincy title of Ihe Africa (Light of Africa) conferred on his brother (Nnamdi) on Thursday at Amakwo in Orsu Council of Imo State by a group of traditional rulers in the state, Emmanuel, who received the title on behalf of Nnamdi, said: “The struggle for Biafra is a non-violent movement that has gained global momentum; hence we don’t need to fight again to have Biafra.”
He described the honour bestowed on Nnamdi by the monarchs as deserved encouragement for his struggle and called on all and sundry, especially skeptics, to join Biafra exponents in the struggle.
While conferring the IPOB leader with the title on behalf of the traditional rulers, Eze Gideon Ejike said the honour was in appreciation of Nnamdi’s courage and uncommon sacrifices towards actualisation of Biafra.
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Rising sea levels are also rising up the agenda of clients commissioning hydraulic engineering projects, for example for coastal defense and riverbank protection. How big is the problem? What is causing it? And what role can a marine contractor like Boskalis play? We asked Dr. Aimée Slangen, an expert in sea level change at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) and as lead author closely involved in the reports of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
What are the objectives of the NIOZ? And what is the relationship between the NIOZ and the IPCC?
“The NIOZ conducts multidisciplinary research into the functioning of delta and coastal areas, seas and oceans. Our worldwide research is focused on the biological, chemical and physical aspects of the oceans. We regularly conduct marine experiments from the national research vessel that we operate. The NIOZ is also one of the Dutch national organizations that contribute to the IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change established by the United Nations to analyze and assess climate change. As IPCC lead author I have spent the last few months working almost full-time on our contribution to the forthcoming IPCC Assessment Report 6 (AR6).”
What does the IPCC see as the main causes of climate change?
“The IPCC’s position is that there is indisputable evidence that the emission of greenhouse gases is the principal cause of climate change. During my postdoctoral research in Tasmania in Australia I was part of a team studying the impact of human activity on earlier sea level increases during the twentieth century. That study also showed a clear link between human activity and sea level rise. Countries with coastal areas below sea level in particular are facing a huge challenge which calls for a clear international policy and a joint approach.”
Your area of expertise is oceans, cryosphere and sea level rise. Why is marine research important?
“For a great many reasons. Over 70% of our planet is covered by sea. The oceans form a long-term buffer to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Healthy, productive oceans, seas and deltas are of immense ecological and economic importance. They are an indispensable source of energy, food and resources, and they are crucial to a multitude of global economic activities. This means that it is essential that we find solutions to major social issues such as pollution, overfishing and the effects of climate change.”
Is there a link between climate change and sea level rise?
“Definitely. You could call sea level rise the climate thermometer. Sea levels tell us a lot about the state of the ocean, the effects of melting ice sheets, the effects of warming, the effects of the difference in hydrology between land and ocean and the effects of ground movements. Sea levels are rising because an increasing amount of energy is being trapped in the climate system due to the emission of greenhouse gases. This energy largely ends up in the oceans, which are warming as a result. Of the extra heat that remains trapped in our ‘Earth system’ as a result of greenhouse gas emissions 93% is absorbed by the oceans. The energy is also absorbed by the ice sheets, causing them to melt. Water increases in volume as it gets warmer, which means that part of the reason sea levels are rising is because the water is warming up. It takes a lot of energy to warm up all the ocean water, but even warming of just one-tenth or a couple of hundredths of centigrade has a measurable effect on sea levels. The warming of the sea water is directly responsible for around half of the sea level rise. The other half is mainly due to the melting of the ice sheets on Greenland and Antarctica and glaciers around the world.”
Are the increasingly extreme weather conditions also caused by climate change?
“That relationship is the subject of a lot of research. Certainly it is getting clearer all the time that climate change does indeed lead to higher chances of extreme weather conditions. It is not responsible for all extremities but the likelihood of extreme conditions is growing all the time. This means for example that Australia will increasingly be faced with intense bushfires. Not only is the number of inland heatwaves increasing but the phenomenon is also occurring at sea. These so-called marine heatwaves can have a devastating effect on corals and other ocean life. There have been a number of noteworthy marine heatwaves in the past few years. These are caused by sudden changes in current patterns in the ocean and the atmosphere, which lead to a sudden temporary rise in temperature somewhere in the ocean. Five years ago we saw a giant patch of warm water, also known as The Blob, in the northeastern Pacific which had a major negative impact on fish, sea otters and sea lions. Warming of larger sections of the oceans can also trigger tropical storms in other places than we normally see.”
What is the role of the IPCC?
“The IPCC does not carry out original research but analyzes and assesses the many scientific publications issued on this topic. The IPCC’s findings are published in reports which can be used as a basis for political decision-making. In September 2019 the IPCC published the Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC), which was entirely devoted to climate change in the oceans, the ice sheets on Greenland and Antarctica and the glaciers. For us writing the AR6 report, the SROCC report was a kind of an interim update, which we are using as input for the AR6 report, supplemented with new insights that have reached us in the meantime. These new insights are providing increasingly convincing evidence that the climate is changing and what the causes and consequences are. The previous report involved collaboration by more than 300 scientists from 70 countries, supported by almost 450 contributing authors and over 1,700 international reviewers. The group currently working on AR6 is even bigger. The final report will be presented in 2022.”
What does the international community do with these reports? Does the IPCC give an indication of the implications of sea level rise?
“The assessment report consists of three parts. The first part, that I am currently working on, gives a scientific answer to the question of how much the climate is changing including sea level rise. Part two is about the potential implications of these changes. It is being written by a team that assesses the impact on coastal cities and deltas in Europe, Africa, low-lying islands and other at-risk areas. The third part will look at possible adaptive measures and the possibilities for limiting the effects of climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions: these are known as mitigating measures. The scientific knowledge presented by the IPCC plays a role in the political decision-making of the 193 countries which have ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). They weigh the IPCC reporting against other interests, which will hopefully provide a basis for agreements on measures. The climate agreement dictates strict segregation of the responsibilities of scientists and those of politicians and policymakers, meaning that the IPCC plays no role in political decision-making.”
What areas of the world will be impacted most by rising sea levels?
“The biggest impact from rising sea levels is to be expected in countries that do not have the financial means to invest in adequate defenses, such as the low-lying island states of the Pacific. In the Netherlands we should be okay for the time being thanks to our excellent coastal defenses, but things are already different for our neighboring countries. The effect of the melting ice sheets on sea level rise increases with the distance from the ice sheets. This means that sea level rise will be greatest near the equator. This is called the gravitational effect. The ice sheets in Antarctica are so massive that they exert a gravitational pull on ocean water, affecting the earth’s gravitational field. If a lot of ice melts, the gravitational effect weakens; as a result sea levels near Antarctica will fall but will rise much further away, for example in the Netherlands. This means that in the Netherlands we need to be more alert to developments in Antarctica than to those in Greenland.”
Are there any international initiatives to support less wealthy equatorial countries?
“Yes, there is recognition of the fact that there is a major shared responsibility here. Initiatives were taken during the Paris climate summit to establish extra funds. However countries are mainly focused on the possible impact on their own territory. Besides, the causes of the threat differ from country to country. In India and Indonesia for example large areas of land are sinking at above-average speed, thus exacerbating the effect of sea level rise. Conversely, Scandinavia has areas where the ground is rising, where magma in the earth’s mantle is still flowing slowly towards locations which were once covered with ice sheets. As a result the ground is gradually rising back to its original level of thousands of years ago. In some places the ground is rising by as much as one centimeter a year.”
The media present us with various future scenarios in terms of sea level rise. Can you give us a clear picture?
“The actual extent of the rise will depend on how the world goes about reducing carbon emissions. The rise will not suddenly stop in the year 2100. If global sea levels rise by an average of one meter by 2100, which is not inconceivable, then this rise will probably have doubled by 2200. Even if all the necessary CO2 measures are implemented immediately it will be a while before we start to notice the effects, but we might be able to keep sea level rise under a meter on the long term.”
Will it be possible to adequately defend the low-lying Dutch coast against rising sea levels going forward?
“I don’t believe we will have to give up Amsterdam or Schiphol Airport within the next century. But we do need to start working now on an effective approach. If we want to build new flood defenses like the Delta Works it will take us decades. According to the SROCC report sea levels will rise by four meters by 2300 if there is no change in policy. If we work together at international level we may be able to limit sea level rise to 1-1.5 meters and further slow down the rate of the rise.”
What role do you see hydraulic engineering firms like Boskalis playing in this process?
“The hydraulic engineering sector has a major role to play. As a scientist I can map out the current situation and create models showing how sea level rise will develop. But the knowledge and expertise in terms of the best response really lies with the hydraulic engineering firms. Companies like Boskalis play a principal role in the development of innovative defense measures. I suspect that I am aware of only a few per cent of the practical possibilities. The NIOZ submits regular research proposals to the Dutch government and the European Union. These often involve close cooperation with partners such as Boskalis. Looking ahead, I expect collaboration between scientific research agencies and the hydraulic engineering sector to only get closer in the coming years.” | <urn:uuid:e7d245cd-f892-4859-93e4-3b1e408ac75f> | HuggingFaceTB/smollm-corpus/tree/main/fineweb-edu-dedup | smollm-corpus | eng_Latn | 11,354 |
Têxteis J.F. Almeida, S.A. technological innovation and increase of productive capacity
Project overview (description and objectives)
Têxteis JF Almeida, SA, started its activity in January 1985, and is currently a Non-SME Company, which develops the activity of producing home textiles, presenting a wide range of products, namely: terry cloths, swimwear, beach towels, bathrobes, slippers, kitchen towels and table cloths.
It is the only company in the sector with a totally integrated activity vertically possessing the valences: Spinning, Weaving and Finishing.
The project, under the “Increasing capacity of an existing establishment” typology, aims at the realization of a set of investments that will allow the company to achieve the strategic objectives defined, namely technological innovation, flexibility and capacity to respond to the requirements of customers, as well as the commitment to quality, design and service, as a privileged way to increase value to their products and conquer new markets with added value.
J.F. Almeida is committed to the design and development of high quality products with differentiated design, aiming at the conquest of the most demanding international markets.
Designation of the project
Textiles J. F. Almeida – technological innovation and increase of productive capacity
Location of the project
Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães, Braga
Support in scope
Incentive System for Business Innovation (Productive)
Objectives of the operation
Strengthening research, technological development and innovation
Total eligible cost
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An international study led by biologists and neuroscientists from the University of Pennsylvania, published this week in Nature, has identified a new genetic risk factor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which is commonly known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Using yeast and fruit fly as simple, yet rapid and powerful models, and then following up with human DNA screening, the team found evidence that mutations in the ataxin 2 gene were a genetic contributor to the disease. More specifically, the study shows that expansions of a run of the amino acid glutamine in ataxin 2 are associated with an increased risk for ALS, with a frequency of 4.7 percent of ALS cases examined.
The identification of pathological interactions between ataxin 2 and TDP-43, another ALS-associated disease protein should aid in the development of biomarkers and empower the development of new therapies for this disease. Results of the study were confirmed in fruit fly models, in biochemical analyses, and in human cells, revealing that ataxin 2 is a potent modifier of TDP-43. The study showed that ataxin 2 and TDP-43 interact in animal and cellular models in a manner to promote pathogenesis.
“This is a very exciting study using a novel approach to identify risk factors in ALS,” said ALS Association Chief Scientist Lucie Bruijn, Ph.D. “The association between TDP-43 and ataxin 2 is intriguing and further studies will hopefully shed more light on how these interactions are linked to ALS.”
The results indicated a link between the proteins and the disease. For example, when the researchers directed expression of TDP-43 to the eye of the fruit fly, a progressive, age-dependent degeneration began. When directed to the motor neurons, flies experienced a progressive loss of motility: the higher the levels of ataxin 2, the greater the toxicity of TDP-43, resulting in more severe degeneration and the less the amount of ataxin 2, the less the toxicity.
“Because reducing ataxin 2 levels in yeast and flies was able to prevent some of the toxic effects of TDP-43, we think that this might be a novel therapeutic target for ALS,” said study co-senior author Aaron Gitler, Ph.D., assistant professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at Penn’s School of Medicine.
The ataxin 2 gene had previously been implicated in another neurodegenerative disease called spinocerebellar ataxia 2, or SCA2. Ataxin 2 contains a repeated stretch of the amino acid glutamine, abbreviated Q. This tract, called polyQ, is usually short, only about 22 or 23 Qs. However, if the polyQ tract expands to greater than 34 Qs, patients develop SCA2. The new results show that intermediate-length polyQ repeats, between 27 and 33 Qs, longer than normal but shorter than what causes SCA2, increase a person’s risk for developing ALS.
“Our findings do not mean that if you have 27 Qs or more in your ataxin 2 gene that you will definitely get ALS, only that it increases risk for it,” Gitler added. “However, the identification of a novel and potentially common ALS disease gene from a simple yeast screen, leveraged by the more complex model created in fruit flies, underscores the extraordinary power of yeast and fly as model systems for gaining insight into human disease pathogenesis.” | <urn:uuid:f35ed97c-57a8-429d-a230-53ba49350f50> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 3,250 |
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CDC’s bold vax expansion sparks controversy amidst safety concerns
(NaturalHealth365) Due to the overbearing agenda of the pharmaceutical industry, immunizations are a pervasive influence over the lives of our children. Parents are told that a quick shot in the arm prevents a significant amount of suffering later on. But, most of our NaturalHealth365 friends know that’s not entirely true.
Sadly, in recent years, the childhood injection schedule has expanded beyond addressing the diseases most commonly affecting children, such as measles, mumps, and rubella, to encompass illnesses such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), COVID-19, and even hepatitis. This year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has proposed further additions to the immunization schedule, leading to heightened apprehension.
The escalation in the number of shots administered at closely spaced intervals during childhood has raised significant concerns. Some childhood advocacy groups are now questioning the CDC’s motives and the safety measures involved in recommending these alterations to the vax schedule.
Why does the CDC keep pushing more shots on children, pregnant women, and adults?
The notable increase in recommended shots in recent decades is unmistakable. The updated schedule now includes fresh recommendations aimed at combating recently identified virus strains. Some critics may contend that the term “newly created” viruses might more accurately describe these emerging pathogens.
Critics are voicing concerns over this escalating number of jabs, with some labeling it “a risky medical experiment.” They argue that the CDC hasn’t subjected the entire childhood immunization schedule to thorough safety or efficacy testing.
Moreover, there’s growing criticism of the CDC’s prioritization of shots over broader public health concerns and its susceptibility to pharmaceutical influence.
A number of medical experts criticize the expanded shot schedule, deeming it unnecessary and harmful to children. For example, children aged 0-18 may now require up to 80 injections, representing a significant increase from the 1983 recommendation of just 11 shots.
Additionally, the CDC’s recommendation of shots for diseases such as monkeypox, human papillomavirus (HPV), and pneumococcal diseases further fuels health concerns. These recommendations also suggest initiating immunization earlier and receiving more boosters throughout childhood, from infancy to adolescence.
Another troubling aspect of the updated shot schedule is its increased frequency and dosages administered to pregnant and nursing women without adequate studies on potential effects.
The early release of the 2024 shot schedule, expedited to appease insurance companies, raises further eyebrows. This move prompts reflection on the alarming influence of insurance companies over CDC actions, underscoring the need for careful scrutiny of such relationships.
Follow the Big Pharma money trail
Recent revelations have also brought to light a concerning practice wherein both Pfizer and Moderna provide incentives to doctors based on the number of individuals fully vaxed with their respective COVID-19 shots at the doctor’s clinic. This arrangement has raised significant ethical questions surrounding the influence of financial incentives on medical decisions.
When a doctor’s decision to prescribe a medication is swayed by the potential for extra financial compensation from either the insurance or pharmaceutical company, it directly undermines the integrity of patient care. This financial motivation may lead to a skewed approach to prescribing treatments, potentially prioritizing financial gain over what is truly in the best interest of the patient. Consequently, patients may receive medications or shots that are not necessarily the most suitable or effective for their individual health needs.
This practice not only compromises patient care but also erodes trust in the medical profession. Patients rely on their healthcare providers to offer unbiased, evidence-based recommendations for their health and well-being. Thus, it is imperative to address and mitigate the influence of financial interests on medical decision-making to ensure the highest standards of patient care and ethical integrity within the healthcare system.
“Let food be thy medicine”
There is little doubt that people who eat a whole foods (organic) diet, don’t smoke or drink alcohol, get regular exercise, and get plenty of good quality sleep are simply healthier than those who do not. While your diet might not protect you from all diseases, you have a much better chance of fighting off the worst effects if you live a healthy lifestyle.
For example, we now know, medical evidence has proven that people who suffer with comorbidities like diabetes, poor liver function or obesity had far worse effects from COVID infections.
Regrettably, insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies have no financial incentive to endorse exercise, adequate sleep, and proper nutrition. Recognizing the significant influence of money in driving many aspects of this industry can empower you to make well-informed decisions for yourself and your family.
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A research breakthrough in lithium-oxygen battery development could now make the ‘ultimate battery’ a possibility, as a number of barriers to development appear to have been overcome. Lithium-oxygen (Li-air) has been hailed as the base for the ‘ultimate battery’ due to its energy density benefits over current lithium-ion cells. Lithium-oxygen can offer ten times the theoretical energy density of current batteries, which would enable smaller, cheaper and longer lasting cells for gadgets or battery-powered vehicles. The huge potential benefits with Li-air had been thought to be out of reach, but researchers appear to be getting closer to a viable solution. Researchers from the University of Cambridge have demonstrated a new lithium-oxygen cell that is 90 percent more efficient and more stable than previous attempts and can be recharged more than 2000 times. However, as with all these emerging battery technologies, there are a number of obstacles to overcome before we see anything close to a viable product. As we are probably all too aware, battery technology has failed to keep pace with processors and other energy-sapping components found in our gadgets, resulting in the decreased use time. So we could use an alternative. Post-lithium batteries are also seen as important in the growing automotive and green energy storage industries, where large and therefore more expensive lithium-ion batteries are seeing increased demand. If lithium demand from these sectors grows as expected, a strain on supply could make existing battery technology more expensive, leading to a drive for alternatives Lithium-air batteries have become popular in research fields over the past decade, catching up with the likes of Sodium or Li-Sulphur. Other promising areas of research include Silicon Anode technologies, Lithium Capacitors and Solid-State batteries, but there are still compromises and technical issues left to overcome. The difference between a lithium-oxygen and lithium-ion battery lies in the battery’s electrode. Rather than graphite, the researchers have developed their electrode using graphene, which you have probably heard talked about a lot before. The graphene is highly porous and is combined with lithium iodide to lower the voltage gap between charge and discharge to just 0.2 volts, making the battery more efficiency than previous implementations, which had a gap anywhere between 0.5 and 1 volt. | <urn:uuid:cafc8e31-5a38-471c-bfd2-c923dc4547f6> | HuggingFaceTB/smollm-corpus/tree/main/fineweb-edu-dedup | smollm-corpus | eng_Latn | 2,425 |
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BUFFALO, N.Y. - Beautiful Cookies doesn't have a storefront that you can walk up to, order a few cookies, and float away on chocolaty cloud nine.
After trying Desmond Curran's creations, that's something customers may be clamoring for.
Curran gave up his job as a special education teacher after finding an enthusiastic customer base selling his cookies first at Buffalo's Garden Walk, and later in front of Ashker's Juice Bar on Elmwood. Now, he works out of a small kitchen in the back of The Annex on West Ferry Street near Grant.
Right now, he sells at a few other shops and festivals, but there's more to come in the future.
"The goal is, hopefully we can get a place on the west side, where I live and I love this community," says Curran. "A small bakery where people can come in, awesome music, and they're like, 'These cookies are beautiful.'"
Curran takes pride in the differences between each individual cookie, made with the help of his two kids and a few other employees who make the kitchen a lively place to bake.
Unique Eats sampled and loved three of the most popular; the "Love M" (double peanut butter with dark chocolate chips), the "Cowboy" (a delicious hodgepodge of white chocolate, dark chocolate, butterscotch, oatmeal, cornflakes, Heath bar crunch, roasted walnut, and coconut), and the Black Sea (double dark chocolate with sea salt and Rolo candies).
345 West Ferry St.
Buffalo, NY 14213
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Tel.: 00(44) 1728 830540
Fax: 00(44) 1728 830540
Name of contact person: Leonard Turton
Year founded: 1921
Number of students: 70
Age range of students: 6 – 17
Number of staff: 12
Type of funding (government/private): private
Summerhill School was founded in 1921 at a time when the rights of individuals were less respected than they are today. Children were beaten in most homes at some time or another and discipline was the key work in child rearing. Through its self-government and freedom it has struggled for more than eighty years against pressures to conform, in order to give children the right to decide for themselves. The school is now a thriving democratic community, showing that children learn to be self-confident, tolerant and considerate when they are given space to be themselves.
Summerhill is a community of over a hundred people. About 95 of these are children aged between 5 and 18. The rest are teachers, house parents and other staff. It is situated in a large much loved, Victorian house and grounds, two miles from the east coast of Suffolk.
Most of the children board during the term time, though there are day pupils as well. Usually as the younger ones grow older, they prefer to sleep at school! Summerhill is co-educational and enjoys the diversity of pupils from throughout the world.
There is a wide choice of subjects, up to and above GCSE level. A new timetable is created each term when the older children have “signed-up” for classes, through there is no compulsion to attend.
As well as the structured timetable, there is free access to art, woodwork and computers. There are also open areas where kids not in classes can hang out, amuse themselves, socialise, play games, be creative etc. Adults are not there to create things for the children to do- they need to create things for themselves. So sports, games and other amusements are all generated by the pupils and adults, according to need.
The important freedom at Summerhill is the right to play. All lessons are optional. There is no pressure to conform to adult ideas of growing up, though the community itself has expectation of reasonable conduct from individual. Bullying, vandalism or other anti-social behaviour is dealt with by specially elected ombudsmen, or by the whole community in its daily meetings.
The school is set in twelve acres of garden and woodland with plenty of space for cycling, hut building, tree climbing, bonfires, camping, imaginative games. There is a swimming pool for use in the summer time, a tennis court, playing field, basketball area as well as table tennis indoors.
Summerhill is a happy and caring community that recognise the importance of expressing emotions and learning through feelings. There is a general openness and honesty among the community members. Staff do not use adult authority to impose values and solve problems; these are solved by the individual with the help of friends or ombudsmen or by the community in meetings.
The community atmosphere at the school is very strong. To an extent it must be, wherever 100 people live in close proximity for over half the year, if there is not to be unbearable strain in their relationships. But it is fostered at Summerhill by the fact that all the inhabitants are considered equal members of the community. All are equally entitled to citizenship of the school – teachers, big kids, and little kids alike – and this is reflected in their interactions with each other. There is an ease of manner between equals that cannot exist in a hierarchy, however friendly and informal.
What makes the equality real rather than mere rhetoric is the Meeting. Everyone knows, for instance, that a member of staff has no sanctions against a pupil that the pupil does not have against the member of staff – and that a teacher bringing a case against a pupil is neither more nor less likely to succeed just because of the relative status of the people involved. Here, everyone has the same status.
The result is a strong feeling of solidarity with Summerhill in all its diverse members. And they are diverse: besides the age differences, Summerhill is an international community. Many nations are represented including France, Germany, Holland, Israel, Switzerland, US, Korea and Taiwan; the UK accounts less than half of the pupils. | <urn:uuid:fb42273c-e7f2-4dc8-9b80-ffe7b7e957b0> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 4,312 |
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a vision of the future for German companies. According to a survey by Deloitte of around 2,700 AI experts from nine countries, over 90 percent of those surveyed say that their company uses or plans to use technologies from one of the areas of Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Computer Vision. This high percentage cannot be explained solely by the fact that the companies have recognized the potential of AI. Instead, there are also significantly more standardized solutions available for the use of these technologies. This development has led to the fact that the entry barrier has been lowered more and more in recent years.
For example, the three major cloud providers – Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Microsoft Azure – offer standardized solutions for certain problems (e.g., object recognition on images, translation of texts, and automated machine learning). So far, not all problems can be solved with the help of such standardized applications. There can be various reasons for this: The most common reason is that the available standard solutions do not fit the desired problem. For example, in the field of NLP, the classification of entire texts is often available as a standard solution. If, on the other hand, a classification is not to take place on the text-level but the word-level, other models are required for this purpose, which are not always available as part of standard solutions. And even if these are available, the possible categories are usually predefined and cannot be further adapted. So, a service built for the classification of words into the categories of place, person, and time cannot be used to classify words in the categories of customer, product, and price. Many companies, therefore, continue to rely on developing their own ML models. Since the development of models often takes place on local computers, it must be ensured that these models are not only available to the developer. Once a model has been developed, a significant challenge is to make the model available to different users, since only then will the model add value for the company.
ML & AI projects in the company have their own challenges in both development and deployment. While development often fails due to the lack of suitable data availability, deployment can fail because a model is not compatible with the production environment. For example, machine learning models are mostly developed with open source languages or new ML frameworks (e.g., Dataiku or H2O), while an operational production environment often works with proprietary software that has been tested and proven over many years. The close integration of these two worlds often presents both components with significant challenges. Therefore, it is essential to link the development of ML models with the work of IT Operations. This process is called MLOps because data scientists work together with IT to make models productively usable.
MLOps is an ML development culture and practice whose goal is to link the development of ML systems (Dev) and the operation of ML systems (Ops). In practice, MLOps means focusing on automation and monitoring. This principle extends to all steps of ML system configuration, such as integration, testing, sharing, deployment, and infrastructure management. The code of a model is one of many other components, as illustrated in Figure 1. The figure shows other steps of the MLOps process in addition to the ML code and illustrates that the ML code itself is a relatively small part of the overall process.
Figure 1: Important components of the MLOps process
Further aspects of MLOps are e.g., the continuous provision and quality check of the data, or the testing of the model and, if necessary, the debugging. Docker containers have emerged as a core technology for the provision of specially developed ML models and are therefore presented in this paper.
Why Docker Container?
The challenge in providing ML models is that a model is written in a specific version of a programming language. This language is usually not available in the production environment and therefore has to be first installed. Besides, the model has its libraries, runtimes, and other technical dependencies, which also have to be installed in the production environment. Docker solves this problem via so-called containers, in which applications, including all their components, can be packaged in isolation and made available as separate services. These containers contain all components that the application or ML model needs to run, including code, libraries, runtimes, and system tools. Containers can therefore be used to provide their own models and algorithms in any environment without worrying about missing or incompatible libraries leading to errors.
Figure 2: Comparison of Docker Containers and virtual machines
Before Docker’s triumphant success, virtual machines were long the tool of choice to deliver applications and ML models in isolation. However, Docker has proven to have several advantages over virtual machines. These include improved resource utilization, scalability, and faster deployment of new software. In the following, the three points will be examined in more detail.
Improved resource utilization
Figure 2 schematically compares how applications can run in Docker Containers and virtual machines. Virtual machines have their own guest operating system on which different applications run. Virtualizing the guest operating system at the hardware level requires a lot of computing power and memory. Therefore, fewer applications can run simultaneously on a virtual machine while maintaining the same efficiency.
On the other hand, Docker Containers share the host operating system and do not require a separate operating system. Therefore, applications in Docker Containers boot faster and use less processing power and memory due to the host’s shared operating system. This lower resource utilization makes it possible to run several applications in parallel on a server, which improves the utilization rate of a server.
Containers offer a further advantage in the area of scaling: If an ML model is to be used more frequently within the company, the application must be able to handle the additional requests. Fortunately, ML models with Docker can be easily scaled by starting additional containers with the same application. Especially Kubernetes, an open-source technology for container orchestration and scalable web services delivery, is suitable for flexible scaling due to its compatibility with Docker. With Kubernetes, web services can be scaled up or down flexibly and automatically based on the current workload.
Deployment of new software
Another advantage is that containers can be pushed seamlessly from local developing machines to production machines. Therefore, they are easy to exchange, for example, when a new version of the model is to be provided. The isolation of the code and all dependencies in a container also leads to a more stable environment in which the model can be operated. As a result, errors due to, for example, incorrect versions of individual libraries occur less frequently and can be corrected more effectively.
The model is provided within a container as a web service that other users and applications can access via common Internet protocols (e.g., HTTP). In this way, the model can be accessed as a web service by other systems and users without the need for them to meet specific technical requirements. Thus, it is unnecessary to install libraries or the model’s programming language to make the model usable.
In addition to Docker, other container technologies such as rkt and Mesos, whereby Docker, with its user-friendly operation and detailed documentation, make it easy for new developers to get started. Due to the large user base, templates exist for many standard applications that can be run in containers with little effort. At the same time, these free templates serve as a basis for developing your own applications.
Not least because of these advantages, Docker is now considered best practice in the MLOps process. The process of model development increasingly resembles the software development process, not least because of Docker. This becomes clear by the fact that container-based applications are supported by standard tools for the continuous integration and provision (CI/CD) of web services.
What role do Docker Containers play in the MLOps pipeline?
As already mentioned, MLOps is a complex process of continuous provision of ML models. The central components of such a system are illustrated in figure 1. The MLOps process is very similar to the DevOps process because the development of machine learning systems is also a form of software development. Standard concepts from the DevOps area, such as continuous integration of new code and provision of new software, can be found in the MLOps process. New ML-specific components such as continuous model training and model and data validation are added.
It is considered best practice to embed the development of ML models in an MLOps pipeline. The MLOps pipeline includes all steps from the provision and transformation of data, model training to the continuous provision of finished models on production servers. The code for each step in the pipeline is packed in a docker container and the pipeline starts the containers in a defined order. Here, Docker Containers show their strength. By isolating the code within individual containers, code changes can be continuously incorporated at the pipeline’s appropriate points without replacing the entire pipeline. Therefore the costs for pipeline maintenance are relatively low. The major cloud providers (GCP, AWS, and Microsoft Azure) also offer services that allow Docker Containers to be automatically built, deployed, and hosted as web services. To make container scaling easier and as flexible as possible, cloud providers also offer fully managed Kubernetes products. For the use of ML models in the enterprise, this flexibility means cost savings, as an ML application is simply downscaled in case the usage rate drops. Similarly, higher demand can be ensured by providing additional containers without having to stop the container with the model. Users of the application will not experience any unnecessary downtime.
For the development of machine learning models and MLOps pipelines, docker containers are a core technology. The advantages are portability, modularization, and isolation of model code, low maintenance when integrated into pipelines, faster deployment of new versions of the model and scalability via serverless cloud products for container deployment. At STATWORX, we have recognized the potential of Docker Containers and are actively using them. With this knowledge, we support our customers in the realization of their machine learning and AI projects. Do you want to use Docker in your MLOps pipeline? Our Academy offers remote training on Data Science with Docker as well as free webinars on MLOps and Docker. | <urn:uuid:9a392ada-852c-4b5a-825f-0db94efc4da2> | HuggingFaceTB/smollm-corpus/tree/main/fineweb-edu-dedup | smollm-corpus | eng_Latn | 11,157 |
i'm living in amsterdam (.nl), and the only venison i can get my hands on easily is either steak, or pre-diced stewing steak. i used the latter. i sliced the thicker pieces into thinner slices, but still needed a bit more than 90 mins before it was tender enough to eat. 'grill seasoning' also isn't something common here, so i made mine using 1 tbs fresh coarse ground black pepper, 1 tsp kosher salt, onion power, garlic power and ground coriander each, and 1/3 tsp crushed red pepper flakes. but! it was absolutely delicious. i served it with roasted potatoes, carrots, parsnips & shallots, and it went down a treat. the only reason i'm giving it 4 stars instead of 5 is because i suspect that the reason the meat wasn't more tender is because i used meat from the freezer. also, we're not big eaters, but there's no way 1 pound of venison would divide between 4 people. 3 at a push maybe. nice one, i'll be making it again. :)
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People in Marwatoli village of Bihar have transformed an earlier defunct healthcare system into a well operated facility. Pregnant women have started regularly going for counselling and infant mortality rate has come down tremendously. This is how they did it!
The Health Sub Centre (HSC) at Marwatoli village, which falls under Mahingaon gram panchayat in Kishanganj district of Bihar, is spacious, neat and well-equipped with a separate labour room. Stationed on duty are two Auxillary Nurse Midwives (ANMs), who take turns to carry out immunization as well as monitor and counsel pregnant women and adolescents. Normal deliveries are also carried out with great success at this model government-run facility.
“For most people living in rural areas, a smoothly functioning health centre is nothing less than a dream come true. But this has been possible only due to our community’s persistence and determination to make the once-defunct HSC fully operational,” says Mahendra Prasad Harijan, 50, proudly.
He is a ward member as well as a part of the local Village Health Sanitation and Nutrition Committee (VHSNC). Under the National Rural Health Mission, VHSNCs are mandated to implement health initiatives in individual villages, although in Bihar these committees are working at the panchayat level.
In Marwatoli, however, a 15-member VHSNC has been formed to deal with local health issues, with the assistance of the Bihar Voluntary Health Association (BVHA), an NGO partnering Oxfam India in the DFID-supported Global Poverty Action Fund’s (GPAF) project, ‘Improving Maternal Health Status in Six States in India’.
The HSC in Marwatoli was set up in 2003 but for various reasons remained redundant for nearly a decade. “The only activity that used to happen was the monthly ‘tika divas’ or immunisation day – and that too intermittently. Everyone had to go to the crowded Kishanganj Sadar Hospital, 10 kilometres away, whether it was for treatment or for delivery. Locals were using the HSC compound to dry clothes and graze cattle,” recalls Anjari Begum, 26.
When the BVHA started advocacy in Marwatoli, one of the 10 villages in Mahingaon gram panchayat covered under the intervention, the first step was to identify active and concerned people who could become members of the VHSNC. Once that was done, field animators from the NGO conducted a series of personal interactions, talking to each of them about health issues and rights. Later, VHSNC members from all the 10 villages held meetings in each hamlet to discuss the common problems being faced in the area.
In Marwatoli, the main issue that came forth from this process that took place in 2013 was that of the defunct HSC and the difficulty the 1,842-strong population was facing while accessing medical care at the Kishanganj Sadar Hospital or the Primary Health Centre (PHC) at Belwa, 35 kilometres away.
“We decided that our priority was to get the HSC functional. For this, we started interacting with the ANM regularly and mounted a strong advocacy campaign,” shares Shimoli Devi, 30, adding, “we wrote letters to the panchayat and the District Magistrate and urged the ANM and the panchayat to use the untied funds given by the government to each village to repaint and refurnish the HSC, which was in a dilapidated state.”
According to Jawahar Yadav, 45, Mahingaon Panchayat Pradhan, the message from the people was so strong that the panchayat decided to put its weight behind them. This had the desired effect as finally the PHC, too, ordered Marwatoli’s ANM to open the HSC daily. “The VHSNC has supported the service provider in maintaining cleanliness at the HSC and its surroundings while the untied funds have been employed to get the required equipment and handle the logistics. I see this as a major success story for the health initiative started in this panchayat by the BVHA,” he states.
Apart from ensuring the re-opening of the HSC, the VHSNC asked for and got two ANMs for the centre. Considering that there is usually a problem of availability of even one ANM at the HSC level, this is another significant victory for the people. Although ANMs are recruited locally, owing to the lack of proper transportation as well as poor remuneration, most find it difficult to visit the interior villages regularly. Moreover, during the routine immunsation, too, the HSCs are shut down because the lone ANM is out on aganwadi visits.
Shares Chandni Devi, 22, “Initially, there was one ANM at our HSC. When she used to go to the anganwadi centres twice a week to give immunisation, the centre used to be closed. So we asked that another ANM be stationed. Now the HSC works on all days.”With an idea to improve the overall health parameters in the village, she adds that, “the VHSNC has been able to effectively use the information education communication (IEC) materials provided by the BVHA to create greater awareness on our right to food, such as cereals, lentils and oil through the Public Distribution System, besides motivating everyone to go in for the cheaper generic medicines and avoid jhola-chhap doctors (quacks).”
With the people’s committee keeping a close watch on the pre- and post-natal check-ups as well as distribution of iron tablets to expectant women and adolescent girls, there has been a marked improvement in their health status.
“None of the 16 pregnant women in the village miss out on the counselling sessions held at the HSC thrice a week. They ask for and have the iron pills given to them and they don’t forget a single blood pressure or weight check-up,” informs Rama Biswas, 48, ANM, Marwatoli HSC.
“The expectant and lactating women properly follow the advice given during counselling and take extra care to eat green and leafy vegetables, eggs and meat and milk. They don’t miss any of the booster shots, too,” says Adori Devi, 22.
As per Pradhan Yadav, thanks to the intervention, infant mortality has come down tremendously in their panchayat. “Previously, two infants out of every 10 born didn’t survive. Now infant mortality is almost non-existent and most deliveries are institutional,” he says. Bindu Kumari, 32, the other ANM at Marwatoli HSC, states that ever since it became fully functional from February 2014, 36 deliveries have taken place at the centre, despite the fact that it had remained closed for a few days in between when the previous ANM was transferred.
Of course, now that the villagers are aware of the power of collective action, they have shifted focus onto getting the panchayat hospital up and running. “The hospital building near panchayat bhavan, just two kilometres from Marwatoli, is ready but there are problems related to electricity and water supply. The villagers have decided to push for its opening,” says Victor Kumar Singh, Field Animator, BVHA.
Here’s why they are determined to get the hospital going. Says Noorjabi Khatun, 18, “It will give us access to medical care 24 hours a day all seven days a week, and it is easily reachable by rickshaw. We are closely interacting with the panchayat and the office of the district magistrate to ensure that issues related to electricity and water supply get sorted out soon. The concerned officials know we have our eagle eye on the matter.”
The VHSNC members, who have begun to look at the big picture, are committed towards hundred per cent sanitation as well. “There are few toilets in the village. The government has a sanitation programme that gives subsidy to set up toilets. Every family has been sensitised to build a toilet in their home. We have already informed the panchayat that we are ready to avail of the subsidy benefits. I am sure we will have complete sanitation within a couple of months of the initiation of the work,” says Mahendra Prasad Harijan.
Marwatoli today has better access to patient care and registers improved health indices. It has, in fact, emerged as a perfect example of how a determined community can fight and gain its entitlements to make quality of life better for everyone. Gulabo Devi, 40, a village volunteer with the BVHA, sums up, “All of us in Marwatoli have not only understood what our rights and entitlements are but, with the right guidance and encouragement, we have been able to take the necessary steps to secure them as well. It’s heartening to see the transformation taking place right before our eyes.” | <urn:uuid:d138f46d-029d-4951-8f20-b63b5d0cfd0b> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 8,356 |
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"The Tech Corner: BioCube
A shipping container that processes waste and plant materials into green energy that can run engines and provide electricity to rural and marginalized communities may sound too good to be true—but it is not. It’s exactly what the staff at BioCube, a company located in Coquitlam British Columbia, are able to do. The advantage of their mini-refinery is that it can be easily shipped by road, air or sea, can operate independently of the electric grid, and can make high-quality diesel out of a variety of plant materials. Some of the by-products of the production process can even be used in fertilizer, as combustion fuel, or in anaerobic digesters."
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Caruso says up to now, the entire friends have embraced the brand new guidelines, with the only complaint being that it’s exhausting for some guests to discover a machine to play. The Cherokee Nation operates 10 casinos throughout the state, together with locations in Tulsa, West Siloam Springs, Roland, Grove, Ramona, Sallisaw, South Coffeyville, Tahlequah and Claremore. The remaining properties, including Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa, Cherokee Casino West Siloam Springs, Cherokee station casinos South Coffeyville and Cherokee Casino Ramona, are expected to open by the end of next week. Gibson have been the primary properties to reopen on Monday, adopted by Cherokee Casino Sallisaw on Tuesday. All properties will operate at a lowered capacity with enhanced health and security protocols in place. Cherokee Nation Businesses says it is constant to open its casino properties throughout the state as part of the company’s phased strategy to reopening. “I couldn’t be extra proud of the dedication, dedication and resilience demonstrated by our workforce members all through this pandemic,” said Chuck Garrett, CEO of Cherokee Nation Businesses. There are 355 new circumstances of coronavirus in Oklahoma, bringing the full to 14,112 in the state.
“On a broad scope, now we have a number of addiction issues in the state of Oklahoma, not just gambling,” she said. In Oklahoma, tribal nations have unique rights to function casinos, aside from games administered at horse racing tracks. The Mississippi-based Gulfside Casino Partnership on Thursday won the Arkansas Racing Commission’s license to assemble and function a casino in Pope County — however its competitor argued the scoring was flawed and promised to contest the choice. Commissioner Butch Rice of Beebe gave Gulfside a rating of 100, compared along with his score of 29 for the Cherokees. Both we are able to come again and do it once more if that happens, or your scores are thrown out, so please do not do this both. Asked in regards to the fee’s choice and Rice’s scores, Gov. Guests are requested to bring their own mask, which covers the nostril and mouth but not the full face. Individuals with a temperature in excess of 100.4 F is not going to be permitted to enter the building, and face masks will likely be required by all.
A few of the guidelines eating places must adhere to incorporate having tables six ft apart, having temperature screening of workers, requiring facial coverings on workers at all times and on prospects until they’re seated, and encouraging reservations. Retail shops have comparable restrictions, including limiting the variety of buyers in stores to maintain social distancing and requiring facial coverings for workers and customers at all times. The Affiliated Computer Services constructing in Dallas was set to be demolished Tuesday, but when the crew didn’t deliver all the building down in one shot, it left the building tilted to 1 side and dubbed the “Leaning Tower of Dallas.” It has become a short lived landmark, tourist attraction, and social media sensation until the demolition is finished in the approaching weeks. From meetings with state officials to the Senate flooring, the notebook never left his hand. Players need to get as close to the quantity 21 as potential, by beating the supplier’s hand and not going over this sum. “If anyone gets to the point the place they need assistance, banning is a part of that,” Hoskin said.
The Cherokee Nation, which runs 10 of Oklahoma’s casinos, uses round 38 percent of its casino income to fund its governmental applications, Hoskin Jr. stated. Under Oklahoma’s 2004 mannequin gaming compact, tribes pay the state anyplace from four to 10 % of gaming revenue for exclusive rights to function casinos. In addition, Morgan works as director of gaming for the Chickasaw Nation, which operates 22 of Oklahoma’s 134 casinos and reported .Four billion in gaming revenue for 2017. A founding member of Harwell’s group, the Chickasaw Nation donates ,000 to it yearly, Morgan stated. “We will continue to watch the national guidelines and can reopen River Spirit Casino Resort and Muscogee (Creek) Nation Casinos as soon as it’s protected to take action. Restaurants and shops must fill out the county’s Safe Reopening Plan kind and put up it publicly to reopen, Supervisor Nathan Fletcher mentioned in a tweet Wednesday night time. With many Oklahoma businesses opening again up, many viewers are wondering about the plan for casinos, which will likely be up to every particular person tribe. | <urn:uuid:db782a93-0e2a-484b-8797-a053aac199f9> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 4,553 |
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Leah McSweeney is set to return to RHONY and will make $10,000 per episode on her second season, according to a new report.
After extended contract negotiations with Bravo where Leah reportedly balked at the network’s initial offer, she has accepted the deal and will resume filming Season 13 with the other ladies, as reported by gossip outlet Page Six.
Leah “got the standard wage increase,” a source close to production revealed, adding that the other women also received increases for the new season which has already started filming. “If they are at a restaurant there will be no other patrons,” the insider said about the various pandemic-related safety precautions being put in place.
Bershan Shaw (left) is rumoured to be joining Leah McSweeney and the other ladies on RHONY Season 13.
Leah had held out on returning to the show amid contract negotiations, with sources indicating that the strategy was certainly a toss up in terms of whether it would work or not.
According to OK! Magazine, Leah refused to return to The Real Housewives of New York City because she felt “disrespected” by the network’s earlier offer. (TMZ had reported earlier that Leah was offered a “minuscule” raise to return for RHONY Season 13).
“Leah is trying to strong arm them into paying her double, putting her on the same money level as old timers LuAnn [de Lesseps] and Sonja [Morgan],” a source told the gossip outlet. “However, Bravo is not budging. They are starting to film without Leah and think she will back down after a few weeks of them not needing her.”
Well, things must have changed because Leah is now back in the mix, recently confirming the news on Instagram.
As previously reported, Ramona Singer, Luann de Lesseps, and Sonja Morgan are also set to return for the new season of RHONY, while Dorinda Medley was given the boot after six very dramatic seasons. The network reportedly has new women in the mix, including motivational speaker Bershan Shaw and Daily Mail reporter Alicia Quarles.
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Liv Tyler fronts the cover of the latest issue of The Edit magazine.
Photographed by Miguel Reveriego, with pin-up bangs, the 35-year-old actress looks pretty in a pink Rochas coat.
‘The Leftovers’ star talks fashion with the magazine.
“I go through periods where I pay a tremendous amount of attention to fashion, then I get mad at it and don’t read magazines, don’t look at the collections. I’m in one of those moments right now. And then I get mad at myself because I don’t know what’s going on and I don’t have anything new”, Liv points out to The Edit.
For her editorial, below, Liv gets styled in ’60s-inspired designs from Calvin Klein, Nina Ricci, Antonio Berardi, Marni, Moschino, The Row, Maiyet, Jonathan Saunders and Theyskens’ Theory. Liv dons shoes by Sophia Webster and Jimmy Choo.
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I’m currently working on a detailed video to get you the latest information on this…
But in the meantime…
Checkout the best ClickFunnels offers, benefits, and features below.
In this day and also age, the method your organisation runs online could make or break you.
Exactly how do most services currently have a presence online?
The fact of the issue is, nonetheless, that websites have actually considerably advanced over the past years – as well as the approaches of old are not functional for contemporary organisation.
Back then, it would be adequate to have a straightforward site with a home page, solutions, rates, concerning us, as well as call pages.
A prospective consumer would go to your website, scroll about, see the various web pages and consume web content as they please.
Nevertheless, if you are a business spending any type of cash on advertising and marketing, you intend to control exactly what clients are finding out about on your site, present offers at the correct time, and maximize the earnings you make from each individual.
Exactly how does one accomplish this?
Utilizing sales funnels.
Get in ClickFunnels
ClickFunnels is the most convenient way to make high transforming sales and marketing funnels.
It is an one-of-a-kind device developed particularly to turn possible customers right into customers.
It actually is an all-in-one option to produce sales funnels and also consists of landing web pages, email assimilation, payment, webinars, membership sites, and so far more. Not surprising that it has promptly become a preferred device for marketers.
Below is my in-depth ClickFunnels Evaluation, consisting of preferred attributes, rates, pros/cons, as well as comparisons versus competitors.
MailChimp Merge Lists: Yet First, Just What Is a Sales Channel?
Sales funnels (additionally called advertising funnels) are multi-step campaigns that are designed to move prospective leads via your sales procedure, as well as turn them right into buyers.
Photo a real-life funnel. At the top, you pour fluid in, which narrows down towards one repaired destination.
In sales, a similar event takes place. On top, site visitors reach your site, however not all who go into make it out of the various other end as purchasers.
Many things need to happen from the time a site visitor enters your funnel, to the time they do something about it as well as effectively finish a purchase.
By damaging down the customer’s journey right into smaller sized steps, you could be a lot more precise regarding how when you offer a deal to your target market.
The detailed action in a funnel could look something such as this:
- Unqualified lead gets to touchdown page
- Web page interacts the very first deal (something cost-free to collect an email).
- As soon as e-mail is gathered, major deal is pitched.
- Lead comes to be a paying consumer.
- Even more e-mail communication delivering customer worth.
- More connection building
- Reoccuring sales.
ClickFunnels additionally has a visuals that clarifies this in an easy means:.
Exactly what is ClickFunnels?
As discussed previously, ClickFunnels is the best sales funnel software application around today.
The company makes the bold case of providing you every little thing you should market, sell, and supply your products online – and also they most definitely provide.
A typical funnel will certainly utilize an opt-in web page (to accumulate e-mail addresses), an e-mail vehicle -responder (to send emails to your customers), plus an additional sales web page with some content and also an order kind, perhaps adhered to by extra content, a subscription website, and so on
. Previously, you would need to make use of different platforms as well as devices to achieve every one of these tasks such as:
- Develop a site
- Discover Hosting
- Discover an autoresponder service
- Discover subscription website software program
- Discover split-testing software program … and so on
Yet ClickFunnels deals with every little thing with their system. You not just conserve a lots of loan by not needing to acquire various products/services, yet you likewise avoid the technological mess of needing to set everything up, as well as could focus on just what’s truly vital – growing your service.
ClickFunnels provides a Complimentary 14-Day Test, so you reach check out the device as well as truly see if it’s ideal for your company.
* Promptly Produce Pages Using Design Templates as well as Aspects *.
Before obtaining as well much, it’s important to recognize that a funnel is a collection of web pages created in a calculated order, with the objective of converting as lots of leads right into consumers. And a web page is merely a collection of various elements designed to obtain a person to take a specific action.
ClickFunnels offers more than 50 various aspects to assist you construct the best page. The editor is very very easy to make use of as well as all you need to do is drag as well as drop different aspects on the page, and upgrade the message and also appearance to fit your needs – no coding skills needed!
ClickFunnels additionally makes your life simpler by providing you with a ton of complimentary templates.
In fact, ClickFunnels gives over 37 types of web pages for you to mix and match with. These are damaged down right into the adhering to 10 categories:
- Presell Pages: Survey Page, Short Article Page, Presell Page, Clickpop Page
- Optin Pages: Squeeze Page, Reverse Capture Web Page, Lead Magnet, Promo Code
- Thanks Pages: Thank You Page, Deal Wall Surface, Bridge Page, Share Web Page
- Sales Pages: Video Sales Page, Sales Letter Page, Item Launch Page
- OTO Pages: Upsell Web Page, Downsell Web Page
- Order Forms: 2 Step Order Page, Standard Order Page, Video Sales Letter Order Page, Sales Letter Order Web Page, Product Release Order Page
- Webinar Pages: Webinar Registration Web Page, Webinar Verification Page, Webinar Broadcast Space, Webinar Replay Area
- Membership Pages: Access Page, Participant’s Area
- Associate Pages: Access Page, Affiliate Area
- Various Other Pages: Application Web Page, Ask Page, Store Front, Web Page, Hero Web Page, Hangout Page, Live Demo Page
The pre-built templates are fully adjustable, and also are exactly what most customers use.
You are able to pick a theme, edit or change the aspects with your very own, and your new page is ready to go.
You can also link any kind of funnel you produce with your personal e-mail advertising solution (if you don’t use the one consisted of in ClickFunnels), as well as utilize the ClickFunnels integrated in billing system.
This is likewise a fun time to mention that ClickFunnels supplies really useful as well as understandable training video clips when you initially sign up. I highly suggest experiencing those since they promptly enable you to make use of the device at its full capability, as well as you’ll have much more fun playing around. MailChimp Merge Lists
* Create One-Click Subscription Sites *.
Among the most effective attributes with ClickFunnels is the capability to conveniently develop membership websites and also supply web content to your audience in one location.
Your membership site will certainly come complete with enrollment pages, membership accessibility web pages, as well as material pages which you can easily lock or drip feed to your customers according to purchases they made in your funnel.
ClickFunnels membership websites permit you to send out e-mails, quickly handle your emails, and construct a community all while removing the stress that’s associated with other remedies such as Kajabi, or WordPress systems.
It’s really helpful to not need to buy a separate software program or plugin to produce membership websites.
* Email Combination & Actionetics *.
With every funnel comes email list structure possibilities.
ClickFunnels supports e-mail combination with all of the significant email automation systems such as:
- Active Campaign
- Constant Contact
- Get Response
- Mad Mimi
- Market Hero
- And others
Nonetheless, ClickFunnels additionally has their own effective automation device called Actionetics.
Although you can produce, timetable, and also supply emails similar to any other e-mail advertising system, Actionetics is so much extra.
I enjoy Actionetics due to the fact that it not just replaces your e-mail advertising but messenger marketing and also SMS advertising softwares too. This takes automation to an entire new level as well as assists you connect the ideal message to your customers, specifically when they require it. A video clip review of Actionetics will certainly be provided additionally listed below.
* Payment and also Settlement Assimilation *.
An incredible feature within ClickFunnels is the capability to collect all the billing details from your customers right on your sales page. Offering is made so much easier when clients do not need to leave your website.
ClickFunnels incorporates with significant repayment gateways such as PayPal, Stripe, as well as InfusionSoft, among others.
While you could begin with the Free 14-Day Test, there are 3 various rates alternatives with ClickFunnels:
- $ 97/month.
- $ 297/month.
- $ 997 mass discount plan (recommended).
I’ll explain for each of these plans listed below.
1. ClickFunnels Criterion Strategy – $97/month.
The common strategy consists of every one of the attributes you would certainly need within ClickFunnels, however with constraints on the variety of funnels (20) as well as pages (100) you could have in your account, as well as the number of visitors (20K) can see your web pages per month.
You likewise do not get sophisticated functionality such as ClickFunnels very own email advertising and associate monitoring devices.
2. ClickFunnels Etison Collection – $297/month.
This plan includes all the bells and also whistles of the standard plan, with no constraints. It also has 2 additional items produced by ClickFunnels called Actionetics (e-mail advertising) and Backpack (affiliate management system).
In Actionetics – you can take care of all your get in touches with that subscribe to your checklist, send out e-mail programs, and produce a host of other automations. MailChimp Merge Lists
The distinction between both strategies truly is the limitations, as well as Actionetics/Backpack. If you are a basic individual as well as don’t expect to utilize greater than 20 funnels in your account – the Requirement Strategy should be enough.
Nonetheless, if you plan to have an associate program or want to keep your email advertising and marketing within ClickFunnels as well as not use a third party software application, the Etison Collection is for you.
You could constantly begin on the reduced strategy as well as upgrade if needed.
3. Funnel Hacks System – $997
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EPA Move To Increase Scientific Advisory Board Transparency Applauded
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced Tuesday he planned to curtail the practice of distributing research grants to scientists appointed to the agency’s scientific advisory boards to improve their “independence and transparency and objectivity.”
“If we have individuals who are on those boards receiving money from the agency, sometimes, to the tune of tens of millions of dollars, that calls into question the independence of the recommendations that come our way,” Pruitt said, speaking at a Heritage Foundation event. “Next week, I will issue a directive that addresses that, to ensure the independence and transparency and objectivity with respect to the scientific advice that we are getting at the agency.”
“Reforming EPA’s advisory boards will strengthen public trust in the EPA and the science the agency uses to justify its policies,” Thea McDonald, communications director for the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, told Western Wire.
“Chairman Lamar Smith has long advocated for a more balanced and transparent membership on the advisory boards, especially after conflicts of interest and a lack of transparency became prevalent during the Obama administration,” McDonald said. “In fact, the committee and the full House this year passed a bill by committee Vice Chairman Frank Lucas, the EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act, to accomplish these goals.”
“It’s terrific that EPA chief Scott Pruitt is taking this long overdue step to eliminate the Obama EPA practice of stacking scientific advisory boards in order for them to rubberstamp EPA overregulation as science-based,” Steve Milloy, lawyer and author of “Scare Pollution: Why and How to Fix the EPA,” told Western Wire.
“For too long EPA paid outside scientists to publish agency friendly ‘science’ and then had the very same scientists review and approve their own research under the guise of independent peer review,” Milloy said.
Milloy, who served on the Trump EPA transition team, praised the work of the Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for calling attention to this EPA practice, which Milloy called “corrupt” in a March 2012 op-ed.
“Senator Inhofe and the House Science Committee have been big champions of fixing this broken, if not illegal system. But their efforts have been thwarted by Senate Democrats trying to protect the unlawful EPA. This has left the task up to EPA chief Pruitt who is now taking action,” Milloy said.
“Chairman Smith looks forward to the official announcement from Administrator Pruitt next week and is supportive of his efforts to restore independence and objectivity to the advisory boards,” McDonald said.
In February 2016, Inhofe wrote to Obama’s EPA Administrator, Gina McCarthy, criticizing the lack of transparency and what he characterized as a revolving door, with EPA grant recipients receiving the prestigious appointments.
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Evaluation of the clinical utility, efficacy and safety of a novel medical device for the treatment of foot ulcers: Rationale and design of the carbothera trial
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BACKGROUND: Foot ulceration usually precedes more serious foot complications such as infection, gangrene or amputation. The risk of developing foot ulcers has been estimated to be higher in individuals with peripheral arterial disease, diabetes and kidney disease. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the healing potential of CO2-enriched water in patients with foot ulceration. METHODS: This is a multi-centered; placebo controlled and randomized clinical trial. Patients will have at least 1 distal extremity ulcer and will be randomized to receive a treatment with bath therapy at 37ºC containing either 1,000-1200 ppm CO2-enriched tap water (the intervention), or non- carbonated tap water (the control group). The treatment will be carried out 3 times/week for 15 minutes per session for 4 months for a total of 48 treatments. At baseline and at the end of every treatment month, wound assessment, measurement of limb oxygenation, ankle brachial pressures as well as McGill pain questionnaire will be carried out. Blood will also be collected at baseline and at the end of every month of the treatment period (for a total of 5 collections) for the measurement of different biomarkers. BASELINE DATA: At baseline all 14 participants have at least one distal extremity ulcer and 93% (13/14) are diabetic. Although 6 of the participan`ts have peripheral arterial disease (left and/or right limb) as evidenced by an ankle brachial index (ABI) <0.9, another 5 exhibited non-compressible ankle arteries and 3 participants with left and right ABI of ≥ 0.9. Mean age of participants is 60.2 ± 1.7 and 64% (9/14) of the participants are undergoing hemodialysis for ESRD and 29% (4/14) are below knee amputees. CONCLUSIONS: The proposed clinical study will evaluatve the therapeutic potential, safety and efficacy of CO2 enriched water (produced by the Carbothera device) on treating foot ulcers.
Foot ulcers; Diabetes; Peripheral arterial disease; Hemodialysis; Foot bathing, CO2-enriched water
The risk of developing foot ulceration has been estimated to be 25% higher in individuals with diabetes , representing a huge economic burden on health care costs . Bacterial infection, tissue ischemia, continuing trauma, and poor management cause diabetic foot ulcers to heal slowly and transform into chronic wounds . Critical limb ischemia (CLI) is a severe form of peripheral arterial disease (PAD). PAD, commonly affecting tibial and peroneal arteries of the calf, contributes to the development of foot ulcers in up to 50% of cases. Among other factors, the vasoconstriction secondary to a decrease in endothelium-derived vasodilators plays a central role in the pathophysiology of foot ulcers . The aims of management in patients with CLI are to relieve ischemic pain, heal ulcers, prevent limb loss, improve function and quality of life and prolong survival . Dialysis is a risk factor for foot complications in patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD) . Indeed, patients with diabetes and CKD receiving dialysis have a 5-fold higher prevalence of foot ulceration as compared to pre dialysis diabetic patients . It has also been observed that the prevalence of other lower limb complications (amputation, PAD, prior ulcer and neuropathy) was approximately 2-fold higher in patients receiving dialysis. Foot ulceration usually precedes more serious foot complications such as severe infection, gangrene or amputation. In a retrospective study involving 90 patients with diabetes who started dialysis, it was found that the cumulative incidence of foot ulceration and amputation increased before the initiation of dialysis and then was highest in the subsequent 2 years .
During hemodialysis there is a reduction in skin microcirculation and tissue oxygenation that may contribute to the development of ulceration in patients with diabetes . In this regard, some studies have shown an improvement in peripheral blood flow in patients with different stages of PAD in response to Carbothera treatment [10-15]. It is known that CO2 causes vasodilation and thus immersing the extremities into carbonated water will increase skin blood flow, given that CO2 can permeate through the skin . The Carbothera device has also been examined in diabetic foot ulcers [16,17]. However, in view of the limitations of case studies, there is a need for a well-designed clinical trial to determine the efficacy of CO2-enriched water (1000-1200 ppm) produced by the Carbothera device to relieve foot ulcers. Moreover, despite the fact that multiple treatments have been studied and used for ulcer healing , only 24-50% of all ulcers will heal after 12 weeks to 6 months of standard treatment [19,20]. The proposed clinical trial will, therefore, evaluate the therapeutic potential of CO2-enriched water in patients with foot ulceration. Accordingly, this study will test the hypothesis that CO2-enriched water bath treatment generated by the Carbothera device will reduce foot ulcer size. The general objective of the study is to evaluate determine peripheral blood flow in patients to evaluate the efficacy of CO2 -enriched water on treating foot ulcers in patients. The specific objectives of the study are to:
• Determine peripheral blood flow in patients following CO2-enriched water treatment.
• Determine ulcer size and rate in response to CO2-enriched water treatment.
• Investigate limb oxygenation in response to CO2-enriched water treatment.
• Determine the effect of CO2-enriched water treatment on biomarkers of angiogenesis, inflammation, as well as lipid profile, fasting blood glucose and HbA1c.
This is a multi-centered; placebo controlled and randomized clinical trial. Study participants will be patients with foot ulceration. The inclusion and exclusion criteria are shown in Table 1.
|1. Male and female participants ≥ 18 years of age with at least one distal extremity ulcer (arterial ischemic ulcer).|
|2. No acute medical illness and on conventional medical management prior to Carbothera.|
|3. Willingness and ability to provide written informed consent|
|1. DVT or PE within the past 12 months.|
|2. Subjects with known active cancer, HIV, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, human transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, Treponema pallidum.|
|3. Subjects who are deemed to have an infection of the distal extremity ulcer.|
|4. Pregnant women.|
|5. Unstable angina.|
|6. Acute MI within 1 month.|
|7. Stroke within 1 month.|
|8. Patient scheduled for revascularization during the 4-month intervention period.|
Table 1: Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Patients will be randomized to receive a foot bath treatment with either CO2-enriched tap water (1,000-1200 ppm CO2 (the treatment group), or non CO2-enriched tap water (the control group). The Carbothera™ is a device used to generate CO2-enriched water (Figure 1).
The use of this device does not involve contact with the patient. A major component of the device is the gas-permeable hollow fibre (GPH™) membrane developed by Mitsubishi Rayon Cleansui, Tokyo, Japan. The membrane is composed of a non-porous ultra-thin film with gas-selective permeability that is sandwiched between two porous layers. The GPH™ membrane conveniently produces large quantities of CO2-enriched water (Figure 2).
The middle layer of the GPH™ membrane allows CO2 to pass through, but is impermeable to water. CO2 on the high-pressure side diffuses through the molecular structure of the thin film and dissolves into the water on the low-pressure side. A large number of GPH™ membranes can be bundled together into a module, which can be used to produce a large amount of water containing a high concentration of dissolved CO2. The bath therapy will be carried out at 37ºC, 3 times/week, for 15 minute sessions for a total of 4 months. Blood (approximately 20 ml) will also be collected at baseline and at the end of every month of the treatment period (for a total of 5 collections) for the measurement of the different biomarkers.
Participant Selection, Recruitment and Informed Consent
Participants will be screened for eligibility and then approached for written informed consent before enrolment into the study. Patient demographics (diabetes, PAD, hemodialysis) will be recorded at screening. Participants will be given both written and verbal information describing the nature of the study. Sufficient time will be allowed for participants to provide their consent. The procedures for conducting informed consent will be documented in the study records and a copy of the signed consent will be given to the participants enrolled in the study. Information on participant eligibility will also be obtained from the individual’s medical history.
Participants will undergo foot bathing with CO2-enriched tap water (37˚C; CO2 concentration of 1000-1200 ppm) or a non-CO2-enriched tap water (37˚C) with an immersion time of 15 minutes, 3 times per week for 4 months for a total of 48 treatments. Participants will be rested on a chair for 15 min before foot bathing. The primary and secondary outcome measures are shown in Table 2.
|Primary outcome measures:|
|1. Ulcer area (length x width).|
|2. Ulcer volume (length x width x depth).|
|3. Formation of new ulcers.|
|4. Ulceration rate.|
|5. Ankle-brachial index/Blood flow by Doppler.|
|Secondary outcome measures:|
|1. Degree of rest pain.|
|2. Limb oxygenation by a non-invasive near infra-red spectroscopy.|
|3. Angiogenesis marker: vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF).|
|4. Inflammatory markers: TNFα, IL-6 and C-reactive protein.|
|5. Markers of glucose handling: HbA1c and fasting blood glucose.|
|6. Lipid profile: Total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, triglycerides.|
|7. Use of bespoke footwear.|
|8. Ability to walk barefoot at home.|
|9. Incidence of amputation.|
|10. Use of antibiotics indicated for the ulcer treatment.|
Table 2: Primary and secondary outcome measurements
In order to achieve these, the following procedures will be conducted 5 times: at baseline, 1, 2, 3 and 4 months.
Measurement of ulcer size
The Silhouette Mobile camera (ARANZ Medical, Christchurch, New Zealand) will be used to measure ulcer area, volume and depth. This device is a portable handheld computer with an integrated high-resolution digital camera and an embedded laser light. The device has been shown to be accurate to within 2% of surface area on wound models and has demonstrated intraand inter-user variability of only 2–5% in clinical use .
Ankle/Brachial Index (ABI)/Blood flow
A continuous wave, hand held Doppler machine will be used with a blood pressure cuff and a conventional sphygmomanometer to measure the systolic pressure in both the posterior tibial (PT) and dorsalis pedis (DP) arteries. If no PT or DP arterial signals are found, the anterior tibial and/or peroneal arterial pressure will be recorded. The ankle systolic pressure and brachial systolic blood pressure will be calculated as ankle systolic pressure/brachial systolic pressure (ABI). The subject will be asked to rest supine for 10 minutes before ABI measurements. Brachial systolic and diastolic pressures as well as heart rate will also be measured. The ABI has a high level of sensitivity and specificity for diagnosing PAD . In the event that PT/DP are noncompressible, toe pressures by photoplethysmographic (PPG) technique will be measured.
Changes in limb blood volume and oxygenation will be recorded using noninvasive near infra-red spectroscopy (NIRS) [23-26]. NIRS measures the percentage of hemoglobin oxygen saturation in the microcirculation of tissue up to 3 cm below the skin .
Blood samples from participants will be analyzed for C-reactive protein, glucose, total cholesterol, triglycerides, high density lipoprotein (HDL)- cholesterol and low density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol levels using standard methods by Laboratory Services at St. Boniface Hospital operated by Diagnostic Services of Manitoba. TNF-α, Il-6 and VEGF will be measured by ELISA method in the Albrechtsen Research Centre at St Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, Canada as described elsewhere .
The short form McGill Pain Questionnaire will be used to assess the degree of rest pain. A questionnaire will also be used to determine the use of other therapies. A patient self-report for the following will be conducted: use of bespoke footwear or insoles and ability to walk barefoot at home. Use of antibiotics indicated for the ulcer treatment during the period of the trial will also be recorded in the questionnaire. Responses to these questions will be recorded as Yes (with frequency noted) or No at baseline and at the end of 2 and 4 months of treatment .
Since this is not a drug study, rescue medication is not warranted. No adverse effects are expected based upon literature and prior experience. Should any participant experience adverse effects as a consequence of their participation in the study, they will be excluded from the study and receive routine medical care. However, any adverse events, as identified by the WHO scale, will be followed up. Research staff will record final outcome and resolution date of the event wherever possible. All serious adverse events (representing a significant health hazard to the participant) will be reviewed by the monitor and reported in an expedited manner to Health Canada, the Research Review Committee of St. Boniface Hospital and the University of Manitoba Research Ethics Board.
Premature Withdrawal/Discontinuation Criteria
Participants are entitled to withdraw from study at any time for any reason. In addition, the study will be halted at any time should the data safety and monitoring committee deem it harmful to the participants to continue with the trial. The clinical investigator may withdraw any participant from the study at any time for medical reasons, or if the participant is consistently and continually non-compliant with the study protocol.
Previous analyses exploring the effectiveness of CO2-enriched water as compared to non-carbonated water for improving limb function following continuous treatment have shown large positive effects in favor of CO2- enriched water for both changes in microcirculation; difference = 2.20 standard deviations and ulcer size ; Difference = 0.70 standard deviations). A final sample size of 40 individuals will allow for the detection of a standard deviation difference of 0.90 for in ulcer area/volume, blood flow, and ankle-brachial index as measured by Doppler at 80% power and 5% alpha. This sample size will also allow for large absolute differences (35%) to be detected in the formation of new ulcers, and the ulceration rate at 80% power and 5% alpha.
A repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) will be utilized to discriminate differences in the continuous outcome variables within the experimental group across the sampling time period (baseline, 1, 2, 3 and 4 months). Where significant within-subject differences are found, a Neuman- Kuels post-hoc test will be used to compare specific mean scores across the repeated measures time factor. Event rate differences for all dichotomous variables will be analyzed using Kaplan Meier Survival Curves with a followup period of four months. For all statistical analyses, the significance level will be set at P < 0.05.
Confidentiality of Data
All information collected for the purpose of the study will be kept in a locked and secured area. All information collected and sent for statistical analysis will only have the participant’s initials and study number. Only the research personnel will be able to link the study identifiers and the participant’s name. All identifiers will be treated in confidence and in accordance with the Personal Health Information Act of Manitoba. Study records will be retained for 25 years. For the purpose of trial-related monitoring/auditing, the University of Manitoba Research Ethics Board and the St. Boniface Hospital Research Review Committee will have access to source data and study records.
Written approvals from the Research Ethics Board at the University of Manitoba and St. Boniface Hospital Research Review Committee have been obtained prior to implementation of the study and enrollment of any participants. The tenets of Good Clinical Practice will also be followed in the conduct of this study.
Essential Study Documents and Study Access
The Principal Investigator accepts responsibility for the overall conduct of the study and for the documents that are essential for the conduct of the study. Any documents which reveal the identity of the patient (such as the consent form) will be stored in the Principal Investigator’s office at St. Boniface Hospital in a locked cabinet. Direct access to all documents associated with this study will be permitted in the case of auditing by the University of Manitoba Research Ethics Board and St. Boniface Hospital. Archiving will be done as per the standard regulatory and institutional requirements.
Some of the baseline characteristics of the 14 participants that have, to date, been compliant with the baseline visit, are presented in Table 3.
|Age (years)||60.2 ± 1.7|
|Sex (% M/F)||64 M (9); 36 F (5)|
|Diabetes (%)||93 (13)|
|Hemodialysis (%)||64 (9)|
|Fasting Blood Glucose (mM)||10.30 ± 1.54|
|HbA1c (%)||8.81 ± 0.55|
|Cholesterol (mM)||4.02 ± 0.27|
|Triglycerides (mM)||1.90 ± 0.46|
|HDL-cholesterol (mM)||1.04 ± 0.12|
|LDL-cholesterol (mM)||2.10 ± 0.22|
|Total cholesterol/HDL-cholesterol ratio||3.95 ± 0.36|
|LDL-cholesterol/HDL-cholesterol ratio||2.21 ± 0.31|
|C-reactive Protein (mg/L)||15.05 ± 4.25|
Table 3: Baseline characteristics of patients enrolled into the Carbothera Study
The population has an average age of 60.2 years and there are 9 males and 5 female participants. For 1 patient we were unable to draw a baseline blood sample. Ninety three % (13/14) are diabetic, as evidenced by an approximate 2-fold elevation of the mean fasting blood glucose (reference values 3.6-6.0 mM) and an approximate 1.5-fold increase in the mean values for HbA1c (reference value 4.0-6.0 %). Sixty four % (9/14) of the participants are undergoing dialysis for ESRD. Of the 13 baseline blood analysis, 2 participants have elevated total cholesterol levels (reference <5.2 mM), 11 (85%) participants have increased triglycerides, 3 (23%) participants have increased total cholesterol/HDL-cholesterol levels (reference <4.5 mM) and 2 (15%) have elevated LDL-cholesterol/HDL-cholesterol levels (reference <3.5 mM). Eight (62%) participants have low HDL-cholesterol levels (reference >1.0 mM). It should be noted that 85% (11/13) of the participants have elevated C-reactive protein levels (normal range <5 mg/L).
Table 4 shows some of the baseline limb characteristics of the participants. It can be seen that 29% (4/14) patients are below knee amputees. All patients have at least one distal extremity ulcer. It should be noted that the mean value for O2 saturation at the site of the wound is around 40%.
|Amputees (n)||36 % (5)|
|Number of wounds||20|
|% O2 saturation at site of ulcer (n)||40.89 ± 4.81 (20)|
|Right Ankle Brachial Index||0.87 ± 0.09 (8)|
|Left Ankle Brachial Index||0.90 ± 0.06 (9)|
|Right side non compressibility (n)||2|
|Left side non compressibility (n)||5|
Table 4: Baseline limb characteristics of patients enrolled into the Carbothera study
Although 6 of the participants have peripheral arterial disease (left and/or right limb) as evidenced by an ankle brachial index (ABI) <0.9, specifically, 29% (4/14) of the participants have left side ABI mean value of 0.74, and 36% (5/14) have a right side ABI mean value of 0.70, which corresponds with mild to moderate obstruction of peripheral arteries in the limbs. It is pointed out that in 3 of the patients both right side and left side ABI is >1.0, indicating no significant narrowing or blockage of peripheral blood flow. An ABI in either right and left side or both was not attainable in 5 participants due to non-compressibility of the peripheral arteries.
Many interventions have been proven with the objective of improving the healing process of diabetic and ischemic foot ulcers. Amongst others, the treatment includes: off-loading, wound debridement, control of gangrene or sepsis, antibiotic therapy and negative-pressure wound therapy. Nevertheless, these therapeutic measures can prosper only in the presence of adequate arterial perfusion . The Carbothera foot care study will generate data on the safety, tolerability, vascular efficacy and capacity to heal ulcerated foot lesions. It will provide data on the biochemical parameters that may be involved in the healing process. It will determine, for the first time, the effects of the Carbothera CO2 foot bath on primary events such as ulcer area (length x width), ulcer volume, (length x width x depth), the formation of new ulcers, ulceration rate and ankle-brachial index/Blood flow by Doppler (as shown in Table 2) as well as secondary endpoints such as the degree of rest pain, limb oxygenation (O2 saturation), measurement of angiogenesis marker, inflammatory markers, fasting blood glucose, HbA1c, total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, use of bespoke footwear, ability to walk barefoot at home, incidence of amputation and use of antibiotics indicated for the ulcer treatment, in patients with ulcerated lesions (as shown in Table 2). The interest about CO2 as potential healing compound is based on its capacity as vasodilator of blood vessels and its capacity on improving the tissue perfusion in areas under perfused (10). The development by Mitsubishi Rayon Cleansui, Tokyo, Japan, of a gas permeable hollow fibre (GPHTM) allows the device Carbothera to generate, in a short time, large amounts of CO2. This capacity attracts the interest of having a small, practical device that enriches water with CO2 in order to treat foot ulcers at the bedside.
Funding: This study was supported by Mitsubishi Rayon Cleansui, Tokyo, Japan and St. Boniface Hospital Research Foundation, Winnipeg, Canada.
Disclosures: Mitsubishi Rayon Cleansui is the manufacturer of the Carbothera device and provided their device for use in this study. Drs. Hasebe and Kumamoto are affiliated to Mitsubishi Rayon Cleansui. Drs. Tappia, Pierce and Ramjiawan are affiliated to the Albrechtsen Research Centre, St. Boniface Hospital. Infrastructural support for this study was also received from St. Boniface Hospital Research Foundation.
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- Hartmann BR, Bassenge E, Hartmann M. Effects of serial percutaneous application of carbon dioxide in intermittent claudication: results of a controlled trial. Angiology 1997;48:957-63.
- Hartmann BR, Bassenge E, Pittler M. Effect of carbon dioxide-enriched water and fresh water on the cutaneous microcirculation and oxygen tension in the skin of the foot. Angiology 1997;48:337-43.
- Toriyama T, Kumada Y, Matsubara T, et al. Effect of artificial carbon dioxide foot bathing on critical limb ischemia (Fontaine IV) in peripheral arterial disease patients. Int Angiol 2002;21:367-73.
- Nishimura N, Sugenoya J, Matsumoto T, et al. Effects of repeated carbon dioxide-rich water bathing on core temperature, Cutaneous blood flow and thermal sensation. Eur J Appl Physiol 2002;87:337-42.
- Hayashi H, Yamada S, Kumada Y, et al. Short and long-term changes of the transcutaneous oxygen pressure (tcPO2) during carbon dioxide foot bathing in patients with ischemic limbs. Jpn Coll Angiol 2006;46:411-16.
- Makita S, Ohira A, Naganuma Y, et al. The effects on skin blood flow of immersing the schemic legs of patients with peripheral arterial disease into artificially carbonated water. Int J Angiol 2006;15:12-25.
- Hayashi H, Yamada S, Kumada Y, et al. Immersing feet in carbon dioxide-enriched water prevents expansion and formation of ischemic ulcers after surgical revascularization in diabetic patients with critical limb ischemia. Ann Vasc Dis 2008;1:111-17.
- Alkhawaja S. Carbal therapy for treatment of diabetic foot (CO2 water bath). Kufa Med J 2012;15:211-22.
- Hunt DL. Diabetes: foot ulcers and amputations. BMJ Clin Evid 2011;2011:0602.
- Margolis DJ, Kantor J, Berlin JA. Healing of diabetic neuropathic foot ulcers receiving standard treatment. A meta-analysis. Diabetes Care 1999;22:692-95.
- Jeffcoate WJ, Chipchase SY, Ince P, et al. Assessing the outcome of the management of diabetic foot ulcers using ulcer-related and person-related measures. Diabetes Care 2006;29:1784-87.
- Rogers LC, Bevilacqua NJ, Armstrong DG, et al. Digital planimetry results in more accurate wound measurements: a comparison to standard ruler measurements. J Diabetes Sci Technol 2010;4:799-802.
- Xu D, Li J, Zou L, et al. Sensitivity and specificity of the ankle--brachial index to diagnose peripheral artery disease: a structured review. Vasc Med 2010;15:361-69.
- Miura H, McCully K, Hong L, et al. Regional difference of muscle oxygen saturation and blood volume during exercise determined by near infrared imaging device. Jpn J Physiol 2001;51:599-606.
- Shuler MS, Reisman WM, Whitesides TE Jr., et al. Near-infrared spectroscopy in lower extremity trauma. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2009;91:1360-68.
- Wakimoto MM, Kasosaki M, Nagata H, et al. The usefulness of near-infrared spectroscopy in the anesthetic management of endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. J Anesth 2012;26:932-35.
- Fellahi JL, Butin G, Zamparini G, et al. Lower limb peripheral NIRS parameters during a vascular occlusion test: An experimental study in healthy volunteers. Ann Fr Anesth Reanim 2014;33:e9-e14.
- Das S, Babick AP, Xu YJ, et al. TNF-α-mediated signal transduction pathway is a major determinant of apoptosis in dilated cardiomyopathy. J Cell Mol Med 2010;14:1988-97.
- Melzack R. The short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire. Pain 1987;30:191-197.
- Kontopodis N, Tavlas E, Papadopoulos G, et al. Effectiveness of platelet-rich plasma to enhance healing of diabetic foot ulcers in patients with concomitant peripheral arterial disease and critical limb ischemia. Int J Low Extrem Wounds 2015;15:45-51. | <urn:uuid:2392bd9c-e352-46b6-931d-dbaee8628fca> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 28,071 |
Importance of Rekeying, Master Keying
Now and again we have ended up in circumstances where we have lost our keys whether they are for the auto or the house or essentially to open certain spots and it has constrained us to separate passageways keeping in mind the end goal to get entrance. In this guide, we will look at the genuine points of interest of rekeying and besides master keying. A master key is basically a key that has been designed in order to be able to open numerous locks. One of the things that makes master key to be a very good way of ensuring that we are able to gain access of the various places that we would like is the fact that it is able to open several locks and that an individual will not be weighed down having to carry a lot of keys like an old-fashioned jailer.
Master keying is furthermore a framework that is used with a bigger piece of landlords since they are required to approach all locks relating to the unmistakable inhabitants and the primary way they can do that is through having a master key that can give them such access. Master key kind of key system is in like manner basic to office bosses or bolster work constrain who may require to get to structures that have such countless in them since this will be less requesting than conveying all the keys for each room. Master key system is commonly used especially for large organizations that have a lot of rooms that have to be accessed and this may turn out to be very hectic when you have to use a myriad of keys to be able to open each room when you may require doing some checking.
With regards to rekeying, one of the real advantages is the way that you can keep up the particular bolt that you have been utilizing in light of the fact that you are just making another key to get to a similar bolt. It has aided indispensable ways on the grounds that an individual does not need to separate entryway or different access focuses to have the capacity to get access to specific rooms or places, and this empowers one to save money on a great deal of cash of supplanting the entryways. Rekeying in like manner ensures that an affiliation or basically an individual can keep up their gear since they won’t have to change their passageway point or secures on the off chance that they have lost their keys in light of the way that they will just use the duplicate keys that they have. | <urn:uuid:de31e802-eb55-4185-a363-137f92a8d7ff> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 2,379 |
VISIT ME AT:
Welcome to the House of Sparky, The Web site, in it's Second Year has helped the birth of the "Game Day" T, the "Swim Time" T, and many, many more.
Fell free to check out some of the newest designs in each sport or club.
Click on any Sport or Organization on the SIDES to see what graphics are available. Then right click on the graphic after clicking it to get the full size design and save, copy or paste.
The ultimate goal of this website is to help bring back a sense of pride in our great school. Feel free to use these graphics on your My Space, MSN, Facebook, bebo, Aim & Yahoo.
Even use them on your own personal web sites, just don’t try and sell them or take them to a printing Company with out consulting me first. Most of the designs are my own personal ideas, using the South Adams Logo. The South Adams Logo is property of South Adams Schools.
The “Sparky” (pictured above), was designed by me in 1990, when I was a student at South Adams. The original “Sparky” (which is not pictured), was established in the 80’s. I always felt that it was too: “Happy go Lucky”. So during the era of the “Mad Dawg Defense” & “The Boyz in Black”, in the early 90’s I came up with the more aggressive “Sparky”. A “Sparky” who does not shy away from any opponent and will NEVER QUIT!
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What to Watch For: 9/25
Washington Nationals (93-60) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (77-76)
LHP Ross Detwiler (10-6, 3.10) vs. LHP Cole Hamels (15-6, 3.05)
The Nationals embark on their final road trip of the season following a 4-3 homestand against the Dodgers and Brewers. Southpaws Ross Detwiler and Cole Hamels tangle in the first of a three-game set in Philadelphia, as the Nats and Phillies prepare to play six of their final nine games against one another.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
From manager Davey Johnson on resting his regulars down the stretch:
“We’re in a pennant race. You take nothing for granted in a pennant race. We’ve still got to win five games.”
That being said…
1. Werth RF
2. Harper CF
3. Zimmerman 3B
4. LaRoche 1B
5. Morse LF
6. Desmond SS
7. Espinosa 2B
8. Suzuki C
9. Detwiler LHP
Just two RBI shy of the century mark, Adam LaRoche looks to become the third player to record a 100-RBI season in a Nationals uniform, joining Ryan Zimmerman (‘06, ‘09) and Adam Dunn (‘09-10). The Nationals mark for RBI in a season was accomplished when Zimmerman drove home 110 as a rookie in 2006. After a slow start offensively, Zimmerman has tallied 71 of his 93 RBI in his last 81 contests and needs just seven to reach the 100-RBI plateau.
ROSS THE BOSS
Coming off a win over the Dodgers on Thursday, Ross Detwiler looks to collect his 11th win of the season tonight against Philadelphia. This will be just his second start of the season against the Phillies, but note that Detwiler has tossed 14.1 straight scoreless innings in his last two starts against the NL East rivals. Moreover, Ross is 7-1 with a 2.52 ERA in 14 games/12 starts against NL East rivals in 2012.
One year ago today (entering play on Aug. 26, 2011), the (tied for) third-place Nationals trailed the first-place Phillies in the NL East standing by 21.5 games. This year, the two clubs have swapped spots in the standings as Washington holds a 16.0-game advantage over the third-place Phillies in the NL East. Washington is 12-9 against the Phillies since Davey Johnson became manager, including a 4-1 mark in one-run games. Before going 10-8 against the Phillies in ‘11, the Nationals/Expos had won only two season series from Philly the previous 14 years.
DATE IN D.C. BASEBALL
September 25, 1932: Walter Johnson earns his final win as manager of the Senators, a 2-1 decision over the Philadelphia A’s at Griffith Stadium. Johnson’s 1932 Nationals won 93 games, but finished third in the American League, 14.0 games behind the 107-win Yankees.
September 25, 2007: The Nationals edge the Mets, 10-9, at Shea Stadium, but the game’s ending is noteworthy. Up 10-3 entering the bottom of the ninth, Jon Rauch (save) staves off New York’s furious rally by retiring Carlos Delgado (K) and Paul Lo Duca (F9) with the tying run in scoring position. | <urn:uuid:ae31cd85-a19e-487c-adb4-78df5b16ad5b> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 2,814 |
|Name||Henry Gray Hurricane Lake WMA|
This area is in White County, 5 miles east of Bald Knob and 3 miles south of state highway 64.
|Seasons and Regulations|Turkey:
Youth Hunt: April 12-13, 2014. One bearded turkey.
Deer Archery: Sept. 27, 2014-Feb. 28, 2015.
Deer Muzzleloader (permit hunt): Oct. 18-22, 2014.
Deer Modern Gun (permit hunt): Nov. 8-12, 2014.
WMA Deer Bag Limit:
Three deer, no more than two bucks, which may include:
• Two bucks with archery,
• Three does with archery,
• One buck and one doe with muzzleloader permit,
• One buck and one doe with modern gun permit.
Deer Notes: 15-inch inside spread or 18-inch main beam rule. No dogs.
Nov. 1, 2014-Feb. 1, 2015. Daily limit - 6, possession limit -12. Bird dogs allowed.
Sept. 1, 2014-Feb. 28, 2015. Daily limit - 8, possession limit - 16. Dogs allowed except during firearms deer hunts.
May 15, 2014-Feb. 28, 2015. Dogs allowed except during firearms deer hunts. Daily limit - 12, possession limit - 48.
Sept. 1, 2014-Feb. 21,2015. Open Thursdays through Mondays. No limit.
Area closes to deer hunting when the White River exceeds 26 feet on the Augusta gauge and reopens when the Georgetown gauge has fallen below 14 feet. Click here for details.
No boats allowed from 1 p.m. to 4 a.m., Nov. 22-Jan. 22 (except in the White River and Little Red River).
No boats allowed from 6:30 p.m. to 4 a.m., Jan. 23-25 and Jan. 31-Feb. 1 (except in the White River and Little Red River).
Closed to all access (except in designated campsites, parking areas, boat launch ramps and boat staging areas) from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m., Nov. 22-Jan. 25 and Jan. 31-Feb. 1 (except in the White River and Little Red River).
When the main gate at Mitchell Corner is closed, boating access is allowed from 1 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. on Glaise Creek from the WMA's north boundary to the main water-control structure at Whirl Lake and at Whirl Lake access, including Whirl Creek.
When the main gate at Mitchell Corner is open, boats are allowed from 1 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. on Bollie Pond, Big Hurricane Lake, Big Bell Lake, Whirl Lake, Honey Lake, Willow Pond, Glaise Creek and Mallard Lake.
Nonresidents need a Nonresident Wildlife Management Area Waterfowl Hunting Permit to hunt waterfowl.
Boat motors larger than 50 horsepower and airboats may not be used during duck season.
|Leased Land Permit Required||No|
|About the Name|
Henry Gray/Hurricane Lake was formerly called Hurricane Lake WMA. In 1985 the name was changed to Henry Gray/Hurricane Lake WMA primarily due to Mr. Gray being instrumental in the initial purchase of the area. Records show the first owner of most of the land was Singer Sewing machine Company, which in turn sold this land to Fisher Body Company in the early 1930’s. In 1941, the area was made into a game refuge.
Purchases were made by the AGFC from 1958 - 1970.
The area was established as a WMA in 1958.
This land was purchased to obtain and preserve wildlife habitat in an area where the bottomland hardwoods habitat type was being converted to farmland at a rapid pace. The WMA now serves as a wintering area for waterfowl and it is managed primarily for deer and waterfowl and secondarily for small game.
The area consists of 17,000 acres of prime bottomland hardwoods habitat. The area has numerous sloughs and flats throughout and several ridges. Elevation ranges from 190 to 210 feet above sea level. The White River bound the WMA on the east and the Little Red River separates approximately 4,000 acres from the main body of the acreage. Glaise Creek is another main tributary located on the area. The WMA also has several oxbow lakes, the main ones being, Big Hurricane, Little Hurricane, Big Bell, Little Bell, Whirl lake, honey Lake, Big Brushy and Mallard Pond.
Fishing opportunities and hunting and camping use make this WMA one of the most heavily used WMA’s in the state. It is the third-largest state-owned management area.
Access can be gained by taking US highway 64 east from Bald Knob for 5 miles, where one will see the Henry Gray/Hurricane Lake WMA road sign. Turn right at this sign onto the county road, stay on this road for 4 miles and it WILL enter directly into the area.
Access to the south side of the area can be gained by taking state highway 36 east from Searcy to Georgetown. This highway will run through part of the area approximately 1 mile east of Georgetown. Access can also be gained by turning left on the gravel county road approximately 10 miles east of Searcy at the Georgetown water tower, where Nimmo Access sign is located. Follow this road for approximately 3 miles, take the first gravel road to the right, and follow 1 mile to camping area and WMA boundary.
Hunting for black bear and turkey is closed on this WMA, with the exception of permit youth hunt for turkey.
Deer -- there is an increasing population and the opportunity to harvest a bragging size buck is better than average. Gun and muzzleloader hunts are by permit only, but archery and crossbow seasons are the same as statewide.
Waterfowl -- this area has several water control structures put in place to manage water for wintering waterfowl. Hunting is usually good if the right water conditions exist.
Small Game -- Cottontail rabbit and squirrel populations tend to fluctuate somewhat. Generally there is a good population of each about every 3 years. Swamp rabbit hunting is better than average but also tends to be cyclical.
Quail -It is classified as poor. The opportunity to do extensive quail management on this area just does not exist.
Furbearers, raccoons and mink are the main furbearers sought after on this area. The season and regulations are the same as statewide. Hunting and trapping are both legal. Check WMA regulations pamphlet for particulars on hunting and trapping of furbearers on that part of the area designated as waterfowl rest areas.
Controlling water on this area is a number one priority. In early fall, water control structures are closed in an attempt to catch and hold runoff water from fall rains. This is done to make the area more attractive to migrating waterfowl. In March, structures are reopened and dewatering begins. After this area drains as much as the river stages will allow, personnel begin removing beaver dams to get rid of water standing on green timber. Approximately 8,000 acres are flooded and drained.
Forest habitat management for wildlife is an on going practice on the WMA. Each year approximately 500 to 600 acres are cruised, marked and cut to improve the composition and diversity of the forest and increase the quality of the habitat for forest wildlife.
Each year area personnel plant approximately 30 acres of food plots. Future plans are to establish food plots in clover and other perennials.
One 60 acre-field will be reforested in hardwoods.
|Recreation Other Than Hunting|
Fishing attracts more people to the WMA than any other activity. The area has 11 fishable lakes available to the public. Ranging from 3 acres to 33 acres. The species most sought after are black bass (primarily largemouth), crappie and bream. There are also good opportunities for trotline and net fishing in White and Little Red rivers, with channel and flathead catfish and buffalo the most sought after species.
The area is rich in birdlife and opportunities exist for visitors to see more than 80 different species of birds during the right time of the year.
Opportunities exist for visitors to see unique wetland areas such as cypress tupelo brakes and mature bottomland hardwood trees.
There are 35 campsites available to the public on the WMA. All sites are primitive and are maintained by area personnel. The sites are marked by signs and/or ringed by blue paint and are located at the following places: Bolie Pond, along the entrance road, headquarters, Three Sister Lake, along Glaise Creek, Honey Lake, Whirl Lake, Big Bell Lake, Big Hurricane Lake, Willow Pond, White River, Holland Beach, Red Rivers Boat Ramp, Mud Pond Slough, Mallard Pons, at Nimmow Access Area, Cypert’s Bluff, Spanish Grant, Deep Bank Slough and at Georgetown Access Area. No other accommodations exist.
|Restaurants and Other Facilities|
Bald Knob is the nearest town with restaurants, motels and places to obtain supplies. Bald Knob is approximately 10 miles from the area headquarters. A small store near the headquarters carries a limited selection of goods including bait and also serves meals.
There is one pavilion built by the Hurricane Lake Bowhunters Association and donated to the AGFC. Also there is a 28-target field archery range available to the public.
During the summer and early fall, bring plenty of mosquito repellent as the mosquitoes are usually plentiful. Most roads are open to the public and are all-weather gravel roads. Visitors should exercise great caution when traveling these roads, which are narrow and not built for speed. Also, if visiting the area during July, August or September, sportsmen should take extra precautions and watch for log trucks. The area’s many unimproved roads are off limits to vehicular traffic, they are clearly marked with "Road Closed" signs. | <urn:uuid:0e46084b-7b9f-4b39-9749-40aae56c4ff7> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 9,108 |
FALL-What is Watershed
Students learn what a watershed is and take a tour in the watershed. They learn that our watershed is unique because it supports many salmon species.
WINTER- Salmon Story
This is a book that is read in the classroom to introduce students to the salmon life-cycle. Later in the year the kindergartens will have the opportunity, along with the 3rd graders, to release baby salmon into the watershed stream which happens in March. This book will help explain the journey the salmon have ahead and get them excited to be part of the process. This is an indoor lesson only.
SPRING-Colors and Shapes in Nature
Students learn to observe and identify colors and shapes in nature and the watershed. | <urn:uuid:aa0ca464-0cd9-4385-b597-1236103af1eb> | HuggingFaceTB/smollm-corpus/tree/main/fineweb-edu-dedup | smollm-corpus | eng_Latn | 712 |
Lipsticks are the perfect ally in any woman's makeup ritual. Its texture and diversity of colors allow to change the appearance of the face in a few minutes and to illuminate the cheekbones;
Nailine has developed lipsticks that include numerous advantages in their formulation, including the following:
- Sun protection
- Anti-ageing action
- Volume effect and moist lips
- Intense brightness and luminosity
- Long service life
*This lipstick has a glossy pink colour.
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how do write an equation of a line that passes through (8,4) and has an y- intercept of 6?
If the line has a y-intercept of 6, that is the point (0,6); that along with the other point (8,4), allows us to find the slope using the slope formula:
(4-6)/(8-0) = -2/8 = -1/4
So now we can put it in slope-intercept form:
y = -1/4 x + 6
Hope that helps.
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The scale 0-255 is not an absolute scale with defined "distances" in a histogram.
So, ProPhotoRGB Adobe98 RGB and sRGB will all show a histogram with values between 0-255 but the RGB values derived from a sRGB histogram will not be the same as that derived from an AdobeRGB or ProPhotoRGB histogram even though the actual colour is the same.
So those values are only relative to the gamut from which they are derived.
To expand on what Tony has said, the color values in Adobe RGB and ProPhotoRGB are not absolute, but are relative to the space in which they are defined. The L*a*b space is device independent. However, when one renders into L*a*b, the values are not what was present in the actual scene but depends on how they were rendered into the space.
When evaluating the histograms for clipping, it is helpful to determine if clipping was present in the raw file or occurred via overzealous development settings. The first step is to look at the histogram of the raw file. Rawdigger is an excellent tool for this purpose. Clipping in the rendered file can be due to luminance or saturation clipping. Generally speaking, saturation clipping in ACR is indicated by one or more of the color channels showing a cliff like cutoff on the right of the histogram.
Here is a scene rendered into ProPhotoRGB with ACR. The red channel is short of clipping.
The raw histogram shows that all channels are exposed to the right without any clipping. The red channel is considerably short of clipping, but when white balance is applied, the red histogram will move to the right.
Rendering into Adobe RGB with the same settings shows saturation clipping of the red channel.
With the latest version of ACR, one can render into L*a*b, which separates luminance and color and is device independent. The histogram is here and shows a full range of luminance without clipping. The color channels are far from clipping.
Overexposure rendering into ProPhotoRGB does show clipping, which is largely luminance clipping. The red channel appears minimally clipped.
The L*a*b histogram shows that the color channels are free of clipping, while the luminance is clipped. | <urn:uuid:2ce21926-3411-4e0a-b98f-6a84c68d8366> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 2,148 |
Loan Funds Boost Carbon Cuts on Campus
At least two universities—Colorado and Harvard—use loan funds as an incentive for conservation and efficiency.
At Colorado University, $100,000 plus 35% of projected project savings each year help fund capitol improvements such as solar film on the University Memorial Center, upgrading to a more efficient heat exchanger for a pool, and retrofitting lighting.
At Harvard University, a similar concept has been in place since the early 1990s. In its first five years, Harvard issued $2.6 million in no-interest loans generating an estimated $4.5 million in savings and an 8.8 million annual reduction of CO2. More recent projects supported by the loan fund, including a new cogeneration plant, vending efficiency devices and an efficient computing program collectively reduce CO2 by almost 8 million pounds annually. In January 2002, Harvard made over $3,000,000 in revolving loan funds available under the management of the Harvard Green Campus Initiative (HGCI). | <urn:uuid:bfe18acc-3086-4fc1-a804-c04b941f9445> | HuggingFaceTB/smollm-corpus/tree/main/fineweb-edu-dedup | smollm-corpus | eng_Latn | 1,003 |
Timeline: The Paul Spadafora drama in pictures
In the boxing ring, Paul Spadafora was a dominant, undefeated world champion.
Outside the ropes, the "Pittsburgh Kid" is waging an ongoing fight against substance abuse and dealing with legal and domestic troubles.
Here is a look at many of the issues throughout his career, dating back to the early 2000s.
Witnesses said Paul Spadafora and then-girlfriend Nadine Russo argued over two flat tires on the boxer's Hummer on Oct. 26, 2003.
A few minutes later, Russo was shot at a BP gas station on Island Avenue in McKees Rocks.
The boxer (pictured, right) was arrested near his Moon Township home and taken to Allegheny County Jail in handcuffs.
"Spaddy," as he's known around Pittsburgh, was arraigned before a Night Court judge at the jail.
Spadafora posted bail and went on house arrest for a while ...
... but a judge revoked the bond and sent him to jail after failing a drug test.
Russo and Spadafora have a son together. Before she was shot, they had planned to marry.
After doing some more jail time ...
... "The Pittsburgh Kid" was allowed to finish serving his sentence at a six-month boot camp.
"Spaddy" is a former world lightweight champion. His biggest fight was a bloody 2003 draw with Leonard Dorin that aired live on HBO from Petersen Events Center.
Upon his release from jail, Spadafora moved up to junior welterweight. He looked bigger and had new tattoos in this November 2007 interview with WTAE's Marcie Cipriani.
The "Pittsburgh Kid" ink across Spadafora's neck is a constant reminder of where he came from.
Spadafora said he was training hard and trying to stay clean, hoping to get back into contention for a title shot.
He was jailed in April 2008 after being seen with Russo, who had a protection from abuse order, but the charge was dropped and he was released.
Spadafora got hurt in training and had to cancel his comeback fight scheduled for March 31, 2009.
After healing from the injury, Spadafora beat Ivan Bustos by TKO after six rounds at the Station Square amphitheatre.
Spadafora's comeback stalled after a five-round victory over Alain Hernandez in November 2010.
Spadafora was arrested on a DUI charge in Jefferson Hills in September 2011.
Spadafora returned to the ring in 2012 following a 20-month layoff and won three more fights before his undefeated streak finally came to an end in his 50th professional bout in November 2013.
At the time, Spadafora was adamant that his numerous bouts with personal troubles and substance abuse were behind him. The fighter said he was blessed to have a second chance.
In April 2016, he was charged with simple assault and harassment for allegedly throwing a woman to the ground after drinking some of her beer at Redstone Tavern in Crafton. Spadafora agreed to an alcohol evaluation, anger management classes and a fine.
On the same day as the Crafton incident, he was charged with simple assault, harassment and public drunkenness at Sheetz in Manor Township, Armstrong County. His attorney called it a misunderstanding; the charges were later dropped.
On Dec. 22, 2016, Spadafora was arrested on charges of aggravated assault and terroristic threats. He was accused of stabbing his brother in the thigh at his Westwood home and refusing police commands; officers used Tasers, pepper spray and a spit mask to subdue him.
The assault charges involving Spadafora's family were dropped. Spadafora pleaded guilty to resisting arrest and simple assault on police officers who responded to the call; he was sentenced to time served and probation.
Spadafora's lawyer said his client was extremely intoxicated at the time but has since completed rehab and is staying sober. | <urn:uuid:4aa36273-2036-4c7e-bff3-dba1ff0b769b> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 3,691 |
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Today’s thought from the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
One cannot have wisdom without living life.
— Dorothy McCall
Living life means responding, wholly, to our joys and our pitfalls. It means not avoiding the experiences or activities that we fear we can’t handle. Only through our survival of them do we come to know who we really are; we come to understand the strength available to us at every moment. And that is wisdom.
When we approach life tentatively, we reap only a portion of its gifts. It’s like watching a movie in black and white that’s supposed to be in Technicolor. Our lives are in color, but we must have courage to let the colors emerge, to feel them, absorb them, be changed by them. Within our depths, we find our true selves. The complexities of life teach us wisdom. And becoming wise eases the many pitfalls in our path.
Living life is much more than just being alive. I can choose to jump in with both feet. Wisdom awaits me in the depths.
You are reading from the book:
Each Day a New Beginning by Karen Casey. © 1982, 1991 by Hazelden Foundation | <urn:uuid:2fa3bfc2-2c64-45b4-97f4-b5f5de784ec9> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 1,101 |
Everyone knows that drinking enough fluids is one of the pillars of health. Regular and proper hydration keeps your brain and body to stay in good shape and is an excellent prevention of many diseases. Most of this intake should be water, but you will admit that it sometimes gets bland due to lack of taste.
On this page, https://www.everydayhealth.com/water-health/water-body-health.aspx, read more about the importance of H2O for health:
Then people turn to healthy and ‘healthy’ alternatives. Healthy are beverages like teas and fresh fruit juices, as long as you take them in moderation. ‘Healthy’ is all those energy and light drinks that contain artificial matters and loads of sugar.
If hydration is crucial to you and you are looking to get enough fluids daily, you can try infused water. Basically, it is plain water with fruit, veggies, and herbs that have stood in it for a while and released all those flavors and nutrients. That way, you get a healthy yet equally delicious alternative to fruit juices. Besides the taste, there is also a wealth of other benefits.
Adding a squeeze of lemon, blueberries, and some mint to water is an excellent way to boost your metabolism system, lower your blood pressure, and even enhance your immunity. In fact, any citrus mixed with berries and fresh herbs is an excellent combination for your health.
This mix has a great deal of vitamin C, which is known as a powerful antioxidant. It strengthens your immune system, which in turn helps to protect your entire body. Also, nutrients from berries and citruses can reduce the risk of inflammations and cancer cell growth.
Depending on the combination of fruits and veggies you put in your water, you can enjoy many health benefits. For example, apple and cinnamon reduce sugar cravings. Lemon, ginger, and mint provide natural relief from migraine headaches. Strawberry-lime mix is an excellent anti-age detox. Both abound in antioxidants and fights against aging due to their therapeutic properties for hair, skin, and nails.
Improve Toxin Elimination
Water is a very effective weapon for detoxification. It has a role as a natural body cleanser and moisturizer involved in all bodily functions. It helps clean toxins from the organs and allows the liver to metabolize stored fat faster. The more you drink it, the faster it flushes your body. That provides a break for overloaded kidneys, which prevent kidney stone and urinal infections.
Body detox should include elements that you include in your daily routine. Fruits and veggies have a refreshing and rejuvenating effect on your body. They stimulate digestion and clean the gastrointestinal tract. When you combine them with water, you get a tasty detox drink. Plus, you can choose the combo you want.
Fruit and vegetables in water infusion act like a sponge. They can soak up the excess toxins and flush them quickly to stop rapid spikes in blood sugar levels. Drinking infused water also prevents bloating insides the intestines. People who are prone to digestive problems and feel gassy all the time can benefit a lot from drinking this beverage.
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Another great benefit of fruit water infusion is that it is a natural colon cleanser. Human bowels are made of mucus. Its role is beneficial in trapping the toxic waste products produced by the body. Sometimes these scrap products can get stuck in the walls of the bowels. They remain there, rot, and cause serious damage and diseases like Irritable Bowel Syndrome or even Crohn’s Disease.
Through the benefits of fruit water infusion, you can thicken the mucus and make it easier for your body to get rid of the toxins faster. You prevent conditions such as constipation, colitis, and many other digestive disorders. By stimulating your colons, you will also find that your metabolism rate goes up. It leads to better waste elimination and higher energy levels throughout the day.
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Giving your body the nutrients and fluids it needs are essential in order to be healthy. Drinking enough water can provide many perks. But if you add fruits and herbs to it, you get an absolute blast of nutrients. Staying hydrated is a must so that you can tackle your daily routine and keep your health and well-being for years to come.
Most people enjoy drinking infused water because it is easy to prepare and store. The health benefits of this drink are rooted in its ability to flush out toxins and increase liquid intake. Having it on hand makes it that much easier to stay hydrated. You can click here and look for various bottles and pitchers to make your drinking experience even more enjoyable.
Suppose you are looking to make a specific lifestyle change, such as losing weight. In that case, proper fluid intake can give a great deal of motivation for your health goals. Infused water can provide you with many different benefits that will make those excess pounds go away.
One of the main benefits of this beverage is that it has only a few calories. Regardless of the taste you choose, infused water is an excellent replacement for sugary drinks. It can help you shed unwanted pounds without decreasing nutrient intake.
A great way to get more health benefits from drinking water is to make it a part of your exercise regimen. During exercise, you sweat and bring the body to a state of mild dehydration. And what could restore and refresh your body better than a fresh, cold, fruity drink that is absolutely guilty-free?
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Normal saline, also known as physiological saline, is a solution commonly used in medical treatments and procedures. It is a sterile solution of sodium chloride in water and has numerous benefits in various healthcare settings. In this blog post, we will explore the importance and uses of normal saline in medical treatments.
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One of the primary uses of normal saline is for hydration purposes. When a patient is dehydrated due to illness, surgery, or other medical conditions, normal saline is often administered intravenously to restore the body’s fluid balance. The solution helps to replenish electrolytes and maintain the body’s normal pH level. Additionally, normal saline can also be used for oral rehydration therapy, especially for patients unable to tolerate fluids orally.
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One of the best dressed weekends of the year is coming up next month in northwest Arkansas.
NWA Fashion Week is set to host their third year of spring fashion shows coming up April 3-6 at various locations in Bentonville.
For those who aren’t familiar, NWA Fashion Week is a project of the non-profit organization The Arkansas Arts and Fashion Forum, with a mission to highlight fashion trends, support local brands, to provide a creative outlet for designers, and to celebrate Northwest Arkansas’ fashion culture.
In recent years, NWA Fashion Week has focused on putting on two events each year in Northwest Arkansas – a spring show in Bentonville, and a fall show in Fayetteville.
This year, the spring show will kick off with a Pecha Kucha event scheduled for 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3 on the Walker Landing at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. The event will feature brief presentations from fashion industry insiders, including Dr. Lance Cheramie (University of Arkansas), Shaul Cohen (Jordache), Zach Freeze (Walmart, Inc.), and Alyssa Bird (Regenerous Designs). The event is free to attend and open to the public.
The fashion shows will kick off on Thursday, April 4 this year with a bridal fashion show at 21C Museum Hotel in downtown Bentonville. The Thursday show will feature looks from four local wedding boutiques, as well as designers Amy Johnson, Ashley Little, and Alicia Crayton. Tickets to the bridal show range from $35-$50.
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Also on Thursday night this year, a fashion show showcasing activewear will take place from 6:30 p.m. – 10 p.m. at The Record, also in downtown Bentonville. The Friday show will feature a host of local, regional, and national activewear brands, including 22nd Element, Bearded Goat Apparel, lululemon, Rapha, and others. Tickets to the activewear show range from $45-$120.
The Friday night show on April 5 this year will feature “ready to wear” fashions created for everyday lifestyle. The show will feature looks from a host of local boutiques, as well as designers Big Sister Apparel, Darcy apparel, Ethwes, and Ruby Ru. This show will take place at 7 p.m. at The Record, and tickets range from $50-$200.
On Saturday, April 6, NWA Fashion Week will host an avant-garde show they are calling their “most experimental and creative runway yet.” The show will feature designers from Arkansas and Oklahoma creating cutting-edge creative apparel. Designers include A’Lyece Lenae, Ashton Hall, Basana Chhetri, Bizarre Couture, Eclection, Ellen Elaine, Nicole Simone, Regenerous Designs, Robbie’s Era, Rosie Rose, Samantha’s Garden, and The R Gene.
In addition to the runway shows, NWA Fashion Week will also host a few other events, including a meet and greet with designer Rosie Rose and chat about her Spring 2018 collection on view in the Arvest lobby on Friday, April 5. After the event, Rosie’s gowns will be on display through May 10.
Also, educational speaker event featuring Gabrielle Korn, Editor in Chief of Nylon, at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 6 at Haxton Road Studios. According to the event description, “attendees will hear about what it’s like to run one of the hippest digital brands around and participate in a group activity to envision our very own fashion magazine for NWA.”
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My assumptions were wrong when I doubted, two blogs ago on 24 October 2015, that world wide climate change does not get much attention in Cambodia. On 23 November 2015 the Phnom Penh Post reported that Prime Minister Hun Sen had urged “cooperation on climate problems.” And on 2 December we could read that the King of Cambodia was among the many heads of state attending the U N Climate Conference – COP21 – in Paris. It was reported that he “delivered an impassioned plea for a legally binding international climate change treaty” in his six-and-a-half minutes address to the representatives of “195 nations and the world’s civil society.”
- “Climate change is the defining challenge of our time and we have started to experience its effects over the past few years,”
- Citing concerns over food security, poverty reduction and health issues, the King warned that if not addressed, climate change will compromise human development and the UN Sustainable Development Goals adopted earlier this year.
- A recent UN study places the Kingdom among the top 10 countries most affected by weather-related disasters.
- “As the representative of a developing country,” Sihamoni called upon fairness in the negotiations, stressing the growing costs for the Kingdom “despite Cambodia’s very small share in greenhouse gas emissions,” echoing the position staked out by the Kingdom’s civil society.
- The King went on to emphasize Cambodia’s need for a technology transfer agreement as well as adaptation and mitigation financing in order to meet its emissions targets.
- “These initial contributions will not maintain global warming below the threshold of 2° C, breaking this deadlock is our responsibility as leaders,” he said, concluding with a challenge to negotiators to reach an agreement. “Let us deliver today the bold leadership that our people and future generations legitimately expect.”
- Reacting to the address, the Prey Lang Community Network – which has sent two delegates to Paris, where it is set to receive the UNDP’s Equator Prize – applauded the King’s sentiment and inclusion of forest protection on the agenda, writing that addressing climate change “is the responsibility of each and every one of us.”
It is quite an achievement to receive the Equator Prize, an international award that recognizes outstanding local achievement in advancing sustainable development solutions for people, nature and resilient communities.
The Prey Lang Community Network was chosen as one of the 21 winners, from among 1,461 nominations from 126 countries around the world. It is, in a way. also a recognition for Chut Wutty, who had helped to set up the Prey Lang Community Network, before he was killed in 2012 by a military police official while investigating forest crimes in Koh Kong province.
Now we look forward to the outcome of the UN Climate change conference in Paris – by tomorrow the results should be public. And then begins the new start to see what it means in Cambodia what the Prey Lang Community Network said: Climate change “is the responsibility of each and every one of us” – as they said in their welcoming the Cambodian King’s statements in Paris. | <urn:uuid:71537f34-0806-4ee3-bcd1-4291cba27f69> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 3,166 |
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Sahul Hameed, A S (1996) A comparative study of quality of eggs produced from wild and captive spawners of Penaeus indicus and their bacterial populations. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 43 (4). pp. 393-397.
Based on the morphology, the eggs of Penaeus indicus were classified into five different types : type A eggs with normal development; type B eggs with delayed or abnormal development; type C eggs with undifferentiated embryonic mass; type D eggs with unequal cells and type E unfertilised eggs with orange colour. The incidence of abnormal eggs was high in eyestalk ablated pond reared prawn. Statistical analysis revealed a significant difference in the percentage of abnormal eggs, hatching rate and bacterial numbers between eyestalk ablated pond reared and wild females of prawn. A significant correlation was found between the bacterial numbers and percentage of abnormal eggs, and bacterial numbers and hatching rate of eggs.
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Outside, a few children noticed that their shadows were very tall. I asked them why their shadows kept following them around. That question led to lots of silly experiments and many more questions. Someone mentioned that their shadow was longer on the blacktop than on the sidewalk and led us to wondering why. We attempted to trace our shadows with the supplies at hand, some sandstone we found laying around, but found it was too difficult to make a mark. We’ll certainly need to gather some chalk before we go out to investigate again.
With the interest in shadows, we pulled out our old fashioned, non-digital projector and set it up in the construction area. Mrs. Pless added a few materials and we let them explore on their own.
Most of their focus has been on what happens when materials are placed on the lighted top of the projector. Placing a transparent color shape, they will quickly turn around to see how it changes the projection on the blinds. Only a few children have noticed the changes they can make by building with the see-through blocks in FRONT of the blinds.
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You want to get pests out of the house without harming yourself, but pesticides can be toxic. Bombs release pesticide sprays into the air for several minutes in aerosol form, which then end up on floors, counters and other surfaces. Proper preparation before bombing limits cleanup afterward.
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The International Securities Identification Number, commonly referred to as ISIN1, is an identification number that is utilised to identify financial assets such as securities. ISIN is similar to a serial number. ISIN was firstly issued in 1981 but the numbers did not gain wide global acceptance until 1989. Initially, ISIN was previously only considered as a secondary form of security identification, used primarily for clearing and settlement.
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All presentations from Day THREE afternoon of the Tennis Play and Stay Seminar 2012 are displayed below as an electronic flip book via free.yudu.com. See the related links section at the bottom of this page to access each presentation as a pdf document.
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On Monday July 7 the plan of evacuation of civilians from the ATO zone will be announced
An arranged evacuation of civilians (inhabitants of Kramatorsk and Slovyansk first of all) from the ATO zone will start next week.
According to UNIAN correspondent the news was reported by counselor of Minister of Internal Affairs Zoryan Shkiryak during a briefing. On Monday July 7 the plan of evacuation of civilians from the ATO zone will be announced.
State Emergency Service equips transit checkpoints for internally displaced people. Shkiryak mentioned that first of all inhabitants of Kramatorsk and Slovyansk would be evacuated. He informed that civilians would be evacuated to Kharkiv region in direction to Barvinkove.
Shkiryak disproved the information of Russian mass media about the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people from the ATO zone. He mentioned that it is difficult to predict the number of people that would leave the ATO zone. According to him, one can speak of thousands but not tens of hundreds of thousands.
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Brita McCollough and Brenda Ryan say that speaking out got them blacklisted from the local's internal job board, wiretapped and even successfully prosecuted in the union's court system for harassing union officials: "The men look after one another and the women are an afterthought, second-class citizens"
If #MeToo is supposed to be a broad, all-inclusive movement, it seems no one told the truckers. So far, the spotlight on sexual harassment and discrimination in Hollywood, often subtle and insidious, has shined most glaringly on white-collar realms — executive offices, writers suites and dressing rooms. But inappropriate behavior can be far more blatant and pervasive in the industry's blue-collar domains, where it's also crushingly accepted — even as calls for change begin to sound in more glamorous corridors.
Exhibit A is the tight-knit, male-dominated Teamster community, where twin drivers Brita McCollough and Brenda Ryan, longtime would-be whistleblowers, have spent more than two decades fruitlessly agitating against systemic gender injustice.
"It's a boys club. The men look after one another and the women are an afterthought, second-class citizens," Ryan tells The Hollywood Reporter. "We'll get blacklisted if we complain to our union, the studios, our bosses. No one will listen."
The pair, both 55, are frustrated not only by what they view as chronic sexual harassment but also by other forms of gender discrimination — like a comparative lack of opportunity to be staffed on vehicles that offer the best pay rates — and a broken system for registering grievances.
McCollough and Ryan, who grew up in small-town southern Oregon and began their careers in lumber mills, were hardly shocked by the atmosphere they encountered as Hollywood truckers, having started off as on-set caterers in the late 1980s. They worked for men who would skim their per diem, threaten to call on mafia contacts if they complained and smuggled drugs through food shipments. "We were in Yuma, Arizona, on Rambo III and [our boss] opens up this gigantic tuna's belly and grabs out a pound of cocaine," recalls Ryan.
Still, the Long Beach, California, residents haven't forgiven the misogyny they endured during their years as drivers. While employed on 1994's True Lies (which recently came under scrutiny when actress Eliza Dushku accused stunt coordinator Joel Kramer of molesting her when she was 12), their boss called the twins over in front of eight to 10 other drivers to visually determine which one of them had kids "by their thigh gap," according to Ryan. "I left crying, because here I thought I was part of a team. I couldn't tell anyone because I just got in the union and needed health insurance because my youngest was in and out of the hospital with a liver disease." (Months later, her child died.)
Local 399, which also represents animal handlers, casting directors, location managers and others, claims that it doesn't keep gender breakdowns by job, but drivers make up 3,000 of the 4,500-member union, which is just 19 percent female. And only three out of about 100 total coordinators — the Teamster in charge of hiring on a project — are female.
"It's a degrading business for a woman," says longtime driver Linda Draves. "They call me 'Double-D' because my breasts are large." Colleague Lysa Darden says she has been sexually assaulted on the job. "I had my breast grabbed in front of three witnesses," she notes. "I never filed a grievance, because there's no redress."
The Teamsters retain a culture of cronyism, say female members, and there's a belief that, if gigs are scarce, men have a bread-winning imperative to be hired over women. "They'll straight up ask you to your face: 'Why are you taking a man's job?' " says Rita Lundin, a driver for 37 years.
Women who are suspected of complaining about misconduct are branded as difficult. "After the job is over, you find that you aren't getting [new] calls," says one 40-year veteran, "because you're seen as a troublemaker."
That's the fate that has befallen McCollough and Ryan, who contend that as a result of speaking out on sexism, corruption and nepotism, they have been blacklisted from the local's internal job board, wiretapped (Ryan complained to the FBI) and even successfully prosecuted in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters version of a court system for harassing union officials. Things got so tense, says McCollough, "that at one point I began to carry a gun."
McCollough, who last drove in January 2017 for CBS' Code Black after a career working on features (from Air Force One to Ocean's Eleven), has spent years agitating for change. "Nobody listens," she says. "I got close with one class action lawsuit, but it needed a ton of drivers to get on board, and at the end of the day it just wasn't going to happen." (Her efforts are chronicled in a 5-inch-thick binder she shared with THR.)
"Some people think Brenda and Brita have made it harder on other women," says one female driver. "Some men say the easiest way not to get accused of harassment is not to hire any women. There are few enough [of us] that no one bats an eye if you only hire guys."
The twins understand why female colleagues are reluctant to speak out. "It's really hard," says Ryan, who ended a nearly decade-long tenure on NCIS: Los Angeles in October (her other credits include Mad Men, Glee and Charmed). "Women are so afraid to lose the few jobs they have, so it's, 'Everything is great!' "
Others say the twins overstate the sexism problem. One driver told THR that her 28 years in the union have been wonderful: "I think [those who have grievances] are a small minority, and overall we're a family. I'm working with quite a few women right now, and we're well taken care of."
Many veterans seem to have grown accustomed to the male-dominated environment, only identifying certain incidences as problematic upon further reflection. "I've always demanded respect and gotten it," says one woman who began driving in 1990. But later in the conversation, she recalled a coordinator grabbing her buttocks and offering more work in exchange for sexual favors. Similarly, Dotti Thompson initially said she hadn't experienced misogyny on the job, then mentioned a coordinator who told her — on the first day — that he'd "do" her despite her age (she was 57 at the time). "But I let it go," she says. Both women opted to leave their respective productions without filing a grievance for fear of recrimination. "If I was to say, 'I'm going to report you,' I'm going to be looking for a new job," says Thompson.
The flawed system of investigating grievances is one that Local 399 secretary-treasurer Steve Dayan is aware of and laments. "It's a huge problem," he says, adding that men also are afraid to report violations of any sort. "I'm hoping now that the curtain has been lifted [on the Time's Up movement], more people will come forward."
But one longtime male member who has served in leadership says that the language in the local's collective bargaining agreement remains "the big roadblock" for women with potential harassment complaints, who must first go through non-binding mediation. "The women of 399 can't go along with the #MeToo movement because they are stymied by [their own union]," he says.
However, Dayan says grievances are an employer issue (meaning studio or production company), and even if a grievance is valid, the union is unable to bar someone from work. "I can expel someone from the local," he says, "and all that means is I've lost control of that person."
In addition to sexual harassment, female drivers also experience their own version of the gender pay gap via an uneven distribution of opportunities. There's more than a $10 difference between the hourly wage for driving a minivan versus some of the larger trucks, and women often are relegated to the smaller vehicles. Although some are satisfied with remaining van drivers, who typically transport cast and crew — "women are a little more presentable, and they are better with people," says driver Christa Roberts — others feel restricted.
Adds another driver, "Men jump on the big-budget features with lots of hours at full scale, while women are more likely to work on smaller [productions] that pay less." Hence, women struggle to reach benchmarks needed for pension and benefits. "I've [worked] 18 years and 22,000 hours. A man would have 200,000 hours," says Draves. "I know a lot of women who have gone out of the business because they went bankrupt or lost their homes because they couldn't get work."
Says driver Kathy Brumby : "I had one guy say, 'I can't stand women drivers, they should be at home.' When I pulled up in an 18-wheeler one day, he said, 'I guess you're all right — you're not a fat bitch sitting in a van doing her nails all day.' " But driver jobs are set on a day-to-day basis and not protected, so anyone can find themselves out of work if a coordinator's relative or friend suddenly needs a job. That's what happened when Brumby was demoted after working on a show for five seasons. "[The coordinator] said I was going part-time because a buddy is coming in and has a wife and kids," says Brumby, who is single. She complained to the local and to the studio's HR department to no avail. Instead, she says, she was retaliated against by being sent on errands that required hard manual labor loading trucks on her own. She wrenched her back and was forced to retire on permanent disability.
The dire lack of female coordinators, Dayan says, is something the union is working to change. "It boils my blood," he says. "We'll continue to push [studios] and provide people who want to learn this skill." To that end, Local 399 will hold its first-ever class for members interested in learning the budgeting and administrative skills needed to be a coordinator, a position that has heretofore been largely referral-based. Although the local has no power to force a studio to hire a specific individual, "by providing this class, we can say to the studios that we're vetting people and giving them training," Dayan says. "We have a lot of incredibly talented women in this local."
As for McCollough and Ryan, the sisters believe the fortunes of women like them might shift if pressure is brought to bear by producers, executives and especially stars. Crew bosses respond to marquee talent. When actresses see female truckers pull up in a giant rig, "to this day, they react like they are seeing a unicorn," says McCollough. "I explain that we're out there, but you never see us because we never get on your production. Until you call for us, it won't change."
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