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Yesterday, I had a really inspiring chat with a colleague and they mentioned a model by Ellström (2001) that really helps think about how much freedom vs guidance we want to give students. That’s something that we obviously need to consider all the time, especially if we are working towards co-creation: For what tasks or responsibility will more freedom contribute to more learning, towards the intended learning outcomes or other goals, and when we weigh that with the additional amount of time, resources, effort required from the students, is it worth the trade-off? Unfortunately, and not surprisingly, this model doesn’t provide answers to those questions, but it’s still useful when thinking about how authentic learning experiences should be.
We recently ran a round-table discussion on “How to teach students who are not “mini-me”s (and don’t want to be)” at the Lund University Teaching and Learning conference last year, and now I am trying to write a conference paper on what we discussed there. So naturally, I am starting out by re-reading the literature suggestions we gave, as well as some other interesting articles.
One part of co-creation — letting students create learning content for each other — has always been fascinating to me. The idea is that in order to create meaningful materials for others, they have to develop a good grasp of the material themselves, figure out a sequence, fill any gaps in prior knowledge, etc.. Also the materials that are being produced might feel more relevant to peers because they come from their own peer group, might be more current in the way they are presented, … But how well does content co-creation actually work to support learning?
The impact of content co-creation on academic achievement (Doyle et al., 2021)
I’ve been a fan of using rubrics — tables that contain assessment criteria and a scale of quality definitions for each — not just in a summative way to determine grades, but in a formative way to engage students in thinking about learning outcomes and how they would know when they’ve reached them. Kjersti has even negotiated rubrics with her class, which she describes and discusses here. And now I read an article on “Co-creating rubrics: The effects on self-regulated learning, self-efficacy and performance of establishing assessment criteria with students” by Fraile et al. (2017), which I will summarise below.
Fraile et al. (2017) make the argument that — while rubrics are great for (inter-)rater reliability and many other reasons, students easily perceive them as external constraints that dampen their motivation and might lead to shallow approaches to learning, not as help for self-regulated deep learning. But if students were involved in creating the rubric, they might feel empowered and more autonomous because they are now setting their own goals and monitoring their performance against those, thus using it in ways that actually supports their learning.
This argument is then tested in a study on sports students, where a treatment group co-creates rubrics, whereas a control group uses those same rubrics afterwards. Co-creation of the rubric meant that after an introduction to the content by the teacher, students listed criteria for the activity and then discussed them in small groups. Criteria were then collected and clustered and reduced down to about eight, for which students, in changing groups, then produced two extreme quality definitions for each. Finally, the teacher compiled everything into a rubric and got final approval from the class.
So what happened? All the arguments above sounded convincing, however, results of the study are not as clear-cut as one might have hoped. Maybe the intervention wasn’t long enough or the group of students was too small to make results significant? But what does come out is that in thinking aloud protocols, the students who co-created the rubrics were reporting more self-regulated learning. They also performed better on some of the assessed tasks. And they reported more positive perceptions of rubrics, especially of transparency and understanding of criteria.
What do we learn from this study? At least that all indications are that co-creating rubrics might be beneficial to student learning, and that no drawbacks came to light. So it seems to be a good practice to adopt, especially when we are hoping for benefits beyond what was measured here, for example in terms of students feeling ownership for their own learning etc..
Fraile, J., Panadero, E., & Pardo, R. (2017). Co-creating rubrics: The effects on self-regulated learning, self-efficacy and performance of establishing assessment criteria with students. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 53, 69-76.
As we get started with our project #CoCreatingGFI, we are talking to more and more people about our ideas for what we want to achieve within the project (for a short summary, check out this page), which means that we are playing with different ways to frame our understanding of co-creation and students as partners (SaP).
For the latter, I just read an article by Matthews et al. (2019) that identifies three ways that SaP is commonly being written about. Reading this article was really useful, because it made me realise that I have been using aspects of all three, and now I can more purposefully choose in which way I want to frame SaP for each specific conversation I am having.
In the following, I am presenting the three different perspectives and commenting on how they relate to how I’ve been talking — and thinking — about SaP.
Imagining through Metaphors
Metaphors are figures of speech where a description is applied to something it isn’t literally applicable to, but where it might help to imagine a different (in this case, desired) state.
“Students as partners” as a metaphor evokes quite strong reactions occasionally, because it can be perceived as a complete loss of power, authority and significance by teachers; and likewise as too much work, responsibility, stress by students. We moved away from “students as partners” as a metaphor and towards “co-creation”, because when speaking about “students as partners”, we were constantly trying to explain who the students were partnering with, and what “partnership” would mean in practice. So while we were initially attracted to the metaphor and the philosophy behind it, it ended up not working well in our context.
Speaking about the “student voice”, on the other hand, is something that I’m still doing. To me, it implies what Matthews et al. (2019) describe: students powerfully and actively participating in conversations, and actually being heard. But they also warn that this metaphor can lead to structures in which power sharing becomes less likely, which I can also see: if we explicitly create opportunities to listen to students, it becomes easy to also create other situations in which there explicitly is no space for students.
Building on concepts
When grounding conversations on accepted concepts from the literature, it makes it a lot easier to argue for them and to make sure they make sense in the wider understanding in the field.
In our proposal for Co-Create GFI, we very explicitly build all our arguments on the concept of “communities of practice”. Maybe partly because I was in a very bad Wenger phase at around that time, but mostly because it gave us language and concepts to describe our goal (teachers working together in a community on a shared practice), because it gave us concrete steps for how to achieve that and what pitfalls to avoid.
Also in that proposal as well as in our educational column in oceanography, we use “student engagement” as the basis for the co-creation we are striving for. In our context, there is agreement that students should be engaged and that teachers should work to support student engagement, so starting from this common denominator is a good start into most conversations.
Another concept mentioned by Matthews et al. (2019) are “threshold concepts”, which isn’t a concept we have used in our own conversations about SaP, but which I found definitely helpful to consider when thinking about reactions towards the idea of SaP.
Matthews et al. (2019) point out that while building on concepts can be grounding and situating the way I describe above, it can also be disruptive.
Drawing on Constructs
Of the three ways of talking about SaP, this is the one we’ve used the least. Constructs are tools to help understand behaviour by basically putting a label on a drawer, such as identity, power, or gender. Looking at SaP through the lens of different constructs can help see reality in a different way and change our approach to it, or as Matthews et al. (2019) say: “revealing can lead to revisiting”.
I know it’s not the intention of the article, but I am wondering if taking on that lens just for fun might not reveal new and interesting things about our own thinking…
Kelly E. Matthews, Alison Cook-Sather, Anita Acai, Sam Lucie Dvorakova, Peter Felten, Elizabeth Marquis & Lucy Mercer-Mapstone (2019) “Toward theories of partnership praxis: an analysis of interpretive framing in literature on students as partners”. In: teaching and learning, Higher Education Research & Development, 38:2, 280-293, DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2018.1530199
This week I spent in a really interesting position: Sitting in the back of a workshop on “introduction to teaching and learning in higher education”, occasionally giving inputs, for example on microaggressions or Universal Design for Learning. And, this morning, about dance as a metaphor for learning and teaching.
I first came across this metaphor in Joe Hoyle’s blogpost on “how much of the work should you do?”. In there, he argues that “in a dance, both parties need to do half of the work but one party does have to lead. Likewise, in a class, both parties need to do half of the work but one party does have to lead. As the teacher, you are the one who has to lead. And, it is that leading that will encourage your students to get up and do their half of the work so that the class will go beautifully well every single class session”. For me, this metaphor works beautifully, not only about how much “work” people should put in, but also that there are different skills involved in teaching/leading and learning/following: the most excellent lead can only do so much if there isn’t a willingness to (learn how to) follow, and likewise the best follower cannot do much without a strong lead (or they might eventually even start leading themselves out of the follower role. I actually took up Lindy Hop, where you change partners all the time, with the explicit goal of training to not take over the lead but let myself be led by people who aren’t very good at leading, and adapting to different styles of (not) leading, hoping that I could transfer that into my professional life. Worked only so-so ;-)).
What I also really like is that in dance, it is becoming much more common that lead and follower switch roles — and this is where I see big potential to expand the metaphor towards co-creating learning. The lead can give the follower the chance to do “turns and stuff” (here my language to talk about dance in English is breaking down) by themselves, which might be compared to giving students a little choice, for example letting students do think-pair-share, where they get the opportunity to do something by themselves for a little while, but in a safe and controlled environment (see lower levels on our “co-creating learning in oceanography” framework). As we move higher up in the framework, we give students more freedom, but also more responsibility, until at the very top, we might actually consider giving up the lead and “just” follow the students’ lead. Which, again, doesn’t say about the amount of work or skill that goes into either learning or teaching, just about who takes on the lead.
So yeah, I think this is a really nice metaphor for teaching and learning :)
P.S.: For a beautiful example of how both leading and following takes enormous skill, check out the youtube video below.
This week, we got super exciting news: Kjersti‘s and my proposal to the active learning call by the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Competence (HK-dir) got funded (perfect timing, since our article on co-creating learning on oceanography was also published this week!)!
Below I’m sharing the translation of an interview that Kjersti gave to the MatNat faculty, but here is a quick overview over what we are planning to do:
Co-creation to promote active learning and communities of practice
The project’s goal is to use “Co-creation to promote active learning and communities of practice” at the Geophysical Institute at the University of Bergen. We work towards this goal in four work packages (called AP (“arbeidspakke”) in my cheesy illustration below):
In many courses at GFI, the seeds of co-creation are in place and being cultivated already. Our AP1 is about supporting and strengthening those efforts by evaluating and iteratively improving them in some specific courses, in order to gain more experience at our institution and create pilot projects that can serve as proof of concept and that we and others might learn from. In AP2, we help ground those efforts by creating supportive boundary conditions at GFI in terms of looking at how the organisation is structured, whether there are places where student voices could be elevated, and whether the administrative framework could better support co-creation at an institutional level. AP3 is then about engaging more and more teachers and students in other courses in co-creation, and supporting this development by creating meeting places and conversations about the topic, and supporting evaluation and discussion of results. Lastly, we are not doing this alone: AP4 brings together expert advice we are receiving as well as our efforts to share what we are learning. We have the support of the iEarth community, and specifically an advisory board with internationally renowned experts on co-creation and leading academic change processes to help us. As our efforts flower and bear fruit, we will produce a range of publications, infographics, “how-to guides” and many other formats to share our learnings with both the scientific community and interested practitioners.
We are super excited to start working on this with our great colleagues at GFI and within iEarth, and most importantly with our students!
If you are curious about our thoughts on how to get started with co-creating in oceanography (or any other subject, really), Kjersti and I just published an article with some really easy and then some a little more advanced examples (Glessmer & Daae, 2021).
Kjersti gave an interview to the MatNat faculty who wrote an article about our project. Here is the translation of the questions she was asked and the answers she gave:
How did you come up with the idea for this project?
The Geophysical Institute (GFI) is a partner in the center of excellence iEarth. Together with Mirjam Glessmer (co-author, and Adjunct Associate Professor in iEarth), I have had the opportunity to participate in many discussions with inspiring researchers in both geosciences and education-related research fields. We quickly got in touch with Catherine Bovill and Torgny Roxå (both Adjunct Associate Professors in iEarth) and the Geoscience Education working group at the University of Oslo. All their expertise in the field of co-creation and changing academic cultures fit perfectly with what we want to achieve at GFI. The application therefore was inspired by, and builds on, positive experiences with testing new ways of teaching in introductory courses at GFI with our colleagues there, and dialogue with colleagues and professionals from iEarth.
What is the major weakness of today’s teaching in your subject, and what do you want to improve?
Teaching at all levels, including at universities, is changing. More and more people are moving away from lectures and instead trying out new research-based teaching methods where the focus is on active involvement of students. Through instructional methods that activate the students, the students practice skills such as discussion, analysis, problem solving, sketching, etc. Research shows that students learn more and better from active forms of teaching, even if they do not necessarily experience it that way, or prefer this form of teaching. Teachers therefore appreciate support and guidance in making this transition to more and more active forms of teaching and learning in dialogue with students and leadership.
What does your focus on co-creation and community of practice mean?
Focusing on co-creation and community of practice is largely about changing the relationship between teachers and students, in order to provide students with the best environment for learning during their studies. The students are our most important “customers”. It is important that they are included in everything that happens at the department and university, that they are seen and heard, and that they are given the opportunity to influence their own studies and thus lives.
“Co-creation” encompasses a wide range of student activity and engagement, from individual activities during a single teaching session to larger activities that take place over long time, where students take on responsibility for shaping their learning together with their teachers. In co-creation activities, all participants have the right to contribute equally, but not necessarily in the same way. An increased degree of co-creation can help make teaching more inclusive and increase student engagement; at the same time, students learn more, they experience learning as more relevant, and they develop as democratic citizens. If you are curious about specific examples of co-creation activities, you can take a look at the article Mirjam Glessmer and I recently published in the magazine Oceanography (https://tos.org/oceanography/article/co-creating-learning-in-oceanography).
“Communities of practice” are groups of people who share common interests, where the participants know each other, collaborate on common goals, and develop through the exchange of knowledge. This means that teachers and students encourage and support each other in various forms of development.
So ultimately both co-creation and communities of practice are tools towards more dialogue: between students and teachers as well as within both groups individually.
What kind of responses have you received to the idea in the professional environment and from the authorities?
The very process of writing the application has affected how we think about teaching. We have had many good discussions about teaching and learning with teachers, students, and administration at both GFI and in the new network of colleagues we have found through iEarth. This has been a great help in the development of the idea and the project application, and we have received a lot of support and encouragement to move forward with our plans.
What is the common denominator for the work packages?
The common denominator for the work packages is a change in relations between students, teachers, and administration. Both students and teachers must want change and learn about how change can happen in a good way for all parties. In addition, we must put boundary conditions in place that make the changes possible at the departmental level.
What is culture created to wanting to change teaching?
Everyone involved with a university has their own opinion on how teaching at the university is or should be. This perception often reflects a traditional understanding of the role of teachers and students, where teachers must lecture on subject matter and students must acquire the subject matter and be measured by how well they can reproduce it. As long as these expectations persist, it is difficult to change the relationships between teachers and students. We want to influence teachers and students to change their focus so that teachers learn more with the students, and the students inspire the teachers. This is already happening to some extent, and through this project we want to support and strengthen this change process.
When the project is finished, what is the most important experience you will have gained?
Through a common and consistent focus on co-creation and community of practice, GFI will provide students with the best prerequisites for learning during their studies. We want to be an educational institution that helps students develop on both an academic and a personal level. This is achieved through a better dialogue between students, teachers, and administration and through a continuous development of the teaching culture at the department. When the project is completed, we hope to see a cultural change towards “more students” that is founded in the department and that continues to grow beyond the project. We also want to discuss our experiences with the higher education community and hope to inspire more people to get involved in co-creation and community of practice with the goal of improving education.
In this article, we discuss ways in which to share responsibility for learning between teachers and students on a continuum from “just” actively engaging students towards fully shared responsibility, i.e. “co-creation” or “Students as Partners”. We give 13 different examples from our own praxis, starting from very easy things like how to use multiple-choice questions to promote discussion and critical thinking or giving students the choice of several examples from which they can learn the same content, and gradually work our way up to more and more interesting methods, like for example negotiating rubrics of learning outcomes with students.
The article itself is accompanied by a website where we elaborate on our 13 different examples. Check it out, and let us know what you think! And if you have any experiences with co-creating learning that you would like to share, we would love to hear from you and add a guest post on your experiences to our collection! :)
Glessmer, M.S., and K. Daae. 2021. Co-creating learning in oceanography. Oceanography 34(4), https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.405.
I’m still inspired by Cathy’s work on “co-creation”, and an episode of “Lecture Breakers” (I think the first one on student engagement techniques where they talked about letting students choose the format of the artefact they do for assessment purposes; but I binge-listened, and honestly, they are all inspiring!). And something that Sam recently said stuck with me — sometimes the teacher and the students just have “to play the game”. Assessment is something that needs to happen, and there are certain rules around it that need to be followed, but there are also a lot of things that can be negotiated to come to a consensus that works for everybody. So, as a teacher, just be open about your role in the game and the rules you yourself are bound by and the ones you are open to negotiate, and then start discussing! Anyway, the combination of those three inputs gave me an idea that I would like your feedback on.
Consider you want to teach a certain topic. Traditionally you would ask students to do a certain activity. You have specific learning outcomes you want your students to reach. Whether or not they reach those outcomes, you would evaluate by asking a certain set of questions to see whether they answer them correctly, or maybe by asking them to produce an artefact like an essay or a lab report. And that would be it.
But now consider you tell students that there is this specific topic you want to teach (and why you want to teach it, how it relates to the bigger picture of the discipline and what makes it relevant. Or you could even ask them to figure that out themselves!) and that they will be free to produce any kind of artefact or performance they want for the assessment. Now you could share your learning outcomes and tell them about what learning outcomes matter most to you, and why. And then you could start discussing. Do students agree on the relative importance of learning outcomes that you show in the way you are weighing them? Are there other learning outcomes that they see as relevant that you did not include (yet)?
Once that is settled (possibly by voting, or maybe also coming to a consensus in a discussion, depending on your group and your relationship to them. And of course you can set the boundary conditions that maybe some learning outcomes need to count for at least, or not more, a certain threshold), you are ready for the next important discussion. How could students show that they have mastered a learning outcome? What kind of evidence would they have to produce? What might count as having met the outcome, what would still count as “good enough”?
Now that it’s clear what the learning outcomes are and what they mean in terms of specific skills that will need to be demonstrated, you could let students add one learning outcome that they define themselves and that is related to the format of the artefact that they want to produce (possibly public speaking with confidence when presenting the product, learning to use some software to visualise, or analysing a different dataset than you gave them themselves, …). You could have already included 10% (or however much you think that skill should “be worth”) in the rubric, or negotiate it with students.
While negotiating learning outcomes, students will already have needed to think about how each learning outcome will become visible with their chosen way of presentation, and this should be talked through with you beforehand and/or documented in a meta document, so that a very artistic presentation does not obscure that actual learning has taken place.
How much fun would it be when people can choose to give a talk, do a short video, present a poster, design an infographic, rhyme a science poem, or whatever else they might like? I imagine it would be super motivating. Plus it would help students build a portfolio that shows their subject-specific skills acquired in our class alongside other skills that they think are fun or important to develop. And maybe some artefacts could be used in science communication, engaging other people by hooking them via a format they are interested in, and then maybe they also get interested in the content? I’ve seen hugely creative ideas when we asked students to write blog posts about phenomena we had investigated in the rotating DIYnamics tanks, like a Romeo-and-Juliet-type short novel on two water drops, or an amazing comic — and there they were confined to writing. What if they could also choose to make objects like my pocket wave watching guide, or to perform a play?
I guess it could be overwhelming when the content is very difficult, the task is very big, and students then also have to consider how to show that they learned it, in a way that isn’t pre-determined. Also timing might be important here so this task does not happen at the same time as other deadlines or exams. And obviously when you suggest this to your students, they might still all want to pick the same, or at least a traditional, format, and you would have to be ok with this if you take them seriously in these negotiations. What do you think? What should we consider and look out for when trying to implement something like this?
Maybe it was because of the contexts in which I encountered it, but I always perceived “co-creation” as an empty buzzword without any actionable substance to it. I have only really started seeing the huge potential and getting excited about it since I met Catherine Bovill. Cathy and I are colleagues in the Center for Excellence in Education iEarth, and I have attended two of her workshops on “students as partners” and now recently read her book (Bovill, 2020). And here are my main takeaways:
Speaking about students as partners can mean very many, very different things. The partnership between students and teachers is “a collaborative, reciprocal process through which all participants have the opportunity to contribute equally, although not necessarily in the same ways, to curricular or pedagogical conceptualizations, decision-making, implementation, investigation, or analysis” (Cook-Sather et al., 2014). For me, understanding the part about contributing equally, although not necessarily in the same ways really helped to get over objections like “but I am responsible for what goes on in my course and that students have the best possible environment for their learning. How can I put part of that responsibility on students? And can they even contribute in a meaningful way when they are not experts yet?” and the key is that they are contributing as equals, but that does not mean that we are sharing responsibility or tasks (or anything necessarily!) 50/50.
Including students as partners to co-create their learning and teaching leads to many advantages: the forms of teaching and learning that are created in such a process are more engaging to students and more human in general. Since it feels more relevant to students, learning is enhanced, and becomes more inclusive. The student also experience new roles which helps them in becoming more independent, secure, and responsible. And it seems to be a lot of fun for the teacher, too, because a lot of new opportunities for positive interactions are created.
“Students as partners” does not mean that one necessarily has to jump into the pool at the deep end and re-design the whole curriculum from scratch. There is a whole continuum of increasing student participation where a teacher only gradually shares more and more control, and every small move towards more participation is a step in the right direction. This includes many smaller steps I’ve implemented in my teaching already, without even realising that that could be counted as working towards “students as partners”!
Some of those small steps suggested in the book and that can already have a positive impact include
- Reserving one or two lessons at the end of the semester for perspectives or topics that students would like included (which I personally have really good experiences with!).
- Giving student questions back into the group with the question “what do you think? and why?”, sharing the power to answer questions rather than claiming it solely for the teacher.
- Doing a “note-taking relay”: at regular intervals, the teacher stops and gives time for students to take notes. Students do take notes and then pass them on to their neighbour. At the next note-taking break, they take notes on that piece of paper in front of them, and then pass it on to the next neighbour. They are thus creating a documentation of the class with and for each other.
- Invite students to create study guides or resources for next year’s students.
- Invite them to design infographics, slides, diagrams on important topics, or present their own role plays of different theories in fictitious situations, which then are used in teaching of their own class.
Especially this last point I think I might have underestimated until now. When I saw my name mentioned in the newsletters of my two favourite podcasts this week, it made me feel super proud! If students only feel a fraction of that pride when their work is featured in a course as something that other people can learn from, it is something we should be doing MUCH MORE!
Other things that come to my mind that share responsibility in small ways or strengthen relationships:
- Taking the first couple of minutes of a session to go over students’ “wonder questions“
- Introduction round with a nerd topic (or hobby) to show human side of peers & teachers, and to build connections
- Asking students to write lecture summaries from the viewpoint of a chosen role
- Spending more time on peer interaction or including peer feedback, to share space and responsibility with students
If you (and they!) so choose, students could also become partners on bigger parts of the course, and especially on designing their own assessment, and in evaluating the class. Here are some examples described in the book:
- In one of her own courses on the topic of educational research (which probably included how to gather data in order to evaluate teaching and learning), Cathy invited students to pick aspects of her course which they wanted to evaluate, and then work with her to design an evaluation, analyse the data and present their findings.
- She also describes how she invited Master students to co-design dissertation learning outcomes, and that it was possible to include it in the official university regulations: In addition to the ones that are prescribed for all students, each student gets to design one individually in collaboration with their supervisor.
- Another idea she presents is to give students key words and let them create their own essay titles including those keywords. They have the freedom to choose what question they find most interesting related to a certain topic, while the teacher can make sure the important keywords from their point of view are included. But it is then important that students and teacher work together to make sure the scope is right and there is enough literature to answer that question!
- And it is possible to let students vote on the weighting of different assessment components towards their final grade. This could even be done with boundary conditions that, e.g., each assignment will have to count for at least a certain percentage. Apparently the outcomes of such votes do not vary much from year to year, but still it is increasing student buy-in a lot!
Or, going further along that continuum of students as partners, students can get involved in the whole process of designing, conducting, evaluating and reporting on a course.
- Cathy presents an example of a business course where student groups come up with business ideas in the beginning and then everybody discusses what students would need to learn in order to make those ideas become reality. Those topics are then presented to each other by different student groups.
- The point above reminds me of something I heard on a podcast, where the students also got involved in presenting materials and the teacher gave them the choice of which topics they wanted to present themselves and which topics they would prefer taught by the teacher. This sounds like a great idea to give the students the opportunity to pick the topics they are really interested in and at the same time leave the seemingly less attractive topics (or those where they would really value the teacher’s experience in teaching them) to the teacher.
- A project I am currently working on with Kjersti and Elin, where we bring together students that took a class the previous year with students who are taking it this year in order for them to do some tank experiments together, but working towards different learning outcomes depending on their level. Here the older students help the younger ones by engaging in dialogue with them and acting as role models, while also “learning through teaching”. We are working on engaging the students in designing the learning environment, and it is super exciting!
- In a recent iEarth Digital Learning Forum, Mattias and Guro described the process of completely re-designing a course in dialogue between the teacher and a team of students. And not only did they co-design the course, they also presented it together (which is a step that is really easy to forget when the partnership isn’t fully internalized yet!).
I really like the framework of “students as partners” as a reminder to think about including students in a different way, and especially to think about it as a continuum where it’s ok — and even encouraged! — to start small, and then gradually build on it. And I am excited about trying more radical forms of “students as partners” in the future!
Bovill, C. (2020). Co-creating learning and teaching: Towards relational pedagogy in higher education. Critical Publishing.
Cook-Sather, A., Bovill, C., & Felten, P. (2014). Engaging students as partners in learning and teaching: A guide for faculty. John Wiley & Sons.
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Personalised Initial Guitar And Message Keyring
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I hope this guide helps you to download and install TWRP recovery on Poco F1. This is how you can restart Poco F1 into TWRP recovery mode. As soon as you press enter, a message saying ‘List of devices attached’ will appear. This will confirm a successful connection between Poco F1 and your computer. Most important, you can install TWRP recovery without a PC and root. Besides, there are even apps like TWRP Manager and Flashify available on Google Play Store to install recovery. Whereas on the front, it offers a 20-megapixel selfie camera.
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As a freelancer or entrepreneur, you know that having an attractive and effective website is key to success. But how do you go about designing it? What types of web design are out there, and which one should you choose? In this article, we'll take a look at the three basic types of web design and discuss their pros and cons.
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How ancient Roman concrete — used to build famous sites like the Pantheon — has survived over the millennia has baffled scientists for a long time.
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Buzzy healthcare startup Ro built a huge business selling Viagra and hair loss treatments online. The CEO shared how allergy pills and 'digital health clinics' will fuel the next phase of growth.
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There's a boom in VC funding for fertility startups. But female founders say they still have a hard time getting men to invest.
By one investor's accounting, more than $321 million in venture funding has gone to fertility startups in 2019.
This New York investor just raised a $60 million fund to capitalize on what he sees as a big weakness in the Silicon Valley VC firms
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Hot startups like Hims and Roman are marketing Viagra to young men online, but their approach raises 2 big questions
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Investors are betting $660 million that companies that ship Viagra and hair loss pills to your door is the future of medicine —but some doctors are worried
BI PRIME: These companies are focused on treating conditions like hair loss and erectile dysfunction, or providing birth control. They combine a virtual doctor's visit with a prescription, and the treatments are shipped straight to the consumer.
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BI PRIME: A rising number of Americans are facing high healthcare costs that can make everything from routine testing to prescriptions more expensive. In response, a slew of companies are emerging to tackle this problem and make healthcare more consumer-centric.
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Ever wonder how 2000-year-old Roman structures stand the test of time?
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Above ground hot tubs are very much like above ground swimming pools.
They are installed to rest on top of the ground.
They are the direct opposite of the in ground type of tubs that are installed with their rims flush with the ground, just like in ground pools.
So, Are Above Ground Hot Tubs Trashy?
Well, unlike above ground pools that you would easily rule out because of damning drawbacks like their susceptibility to damages, tendency to ruin the layout of your backyard, and their zero impact on the resale value of your home, above ground tubs occupy a grey in the midst of all factors you can consider when choosing a tub. Whether they are trashy or not depends wholly on your needs.
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However, if you are looking for one would give you an easy time when entering and exiting, the in ground option would probably be great for you instead.
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Here are why above ground tubs are not trashy:
- They are safe for pets and kids
- They are affordable
- They are cheap and fast to install
- A variety of options to choose from
- They are mobile and convenient
Note that above ground tubs are generally referred to as hot tubs because of the hydrotherapy and temperature regulation features that come with them.
Throughout this section, we will be using these two terms interchangeably.
If you don’t want to spend a lot of money on a tub but still want to get most of the benefits of owning one, it only makes sense that you opt for the above ground option.
This type of tub is the best for anyone shopping for a tub on a budget. The overall cost of acquiring and installing them is lower compared to in ground tubs.
Better yet, there are specific brands that deal almost exclusively in the cheapest deals you could choose.
- Celebration and
Most homeowners spend between $150 and $530 on this type of tub.
However, the cost of installation is hard to determine owing to the difference in cost of labor, and transportation costs between states but it is approximated to be somewhere between $155 and $512.
How much in electricity costs would you incur per month?
Would you be baffled to hear that the most efficient and well-engineered hot tub can cost between $25 and $40 monthly to run?
Even the most inefficient options you could get (why buy such a tub anyway) seldom costs beyond $50 per month in energy bills.
If you have glanced at adverts from top tub makers, you may have noticed that most of them promote $1 daily usage, with $50 per month being the highest any of them could quote.
The primary cost culprit in any hot tub is usually the heater, which will take about 1,500-W or 6,000-W depending on whether you chose the 120-V heater or the 240-V alternative. The pump alone may draw about 1,500-W.
Even during the idle time, the heater will keep drawing power to keep the water at an optimum temperature.
When soaking yourself and when the water is constantly filling, however, the heater will run frequently alongside the pump.
In rough estimations, a hot tub equipped with a 120-V heater will consume 3,000-W.
The wattage seldom goes beyond 7,000-W even if you use a larger heater.
If your heater came with a wattage of 7,000-W, it will translate to 7.5 KW/h (Kilowatt-hours) while the small heater would be 3.0 KW/h.
Now multiply your tub’s wattage by the KW/h rate on your home’s electric bill – let us say 12 cents – to find the cost of using the tub for one hour: you’ll end up with 36 cents if you are using a 120-V heater and 90 cents if you have a 240-V heater.
The above was an estimate. The cost of running even the most efficient hot tub in your home can depend on an array of factors, most of which are within your control. They include:
- The size of the tub – the bigger the tub the more electricity you need to heat a large amount of water
- Wind speeds and outdoor temperature – it takes longer to heat water in the middle of the winter than, say, the spring or autumn. Also, high wind speed cools the water as fast as it heats
- The tub’s thermostat settings
- The quality of the insulation on the tub
- Whether you have a cover or not, and the quality of the cover of you have any
- Whether you installed a thermal blanket or any other additional insulation material
2. A Variety of Options
Hot tubs come in a range of varieties to suit diverse user needs.
Standard Above Ground tubs
This is the most common type of hot tub.
- Most of them require a spa panel installation and hardwiring to operate perfectly.
- They are capable of maintaining heat to a single predetermined temperature point.
- It is typical for this sort of tubs to come with ergonomic contours and water jets to boost the therapeutic and comfort value.
A buyer who is not too particular about what they want would easily choose this class of tubs because they offer pretty everything an average person wants in a hot tub.
Plug & play above ground tubs
This type of hot tubs come with everything they require to run perfectly – no need for add-ons.
Hence, they are typically self-contained.
The Plug n’ Play feature makes them incredibly easy to use because all you need to do is move them close to the power outlet, plug in, and start soaking.
The best part about them is that you can install them virtually anywhere – on the deck, patio, or any other solid surface you can find.
They are highly portable and are usually coated with a plastic exterior or some acrylic or wood.
Inflatable above ground tubs
They are very much like the Plug n’ Play type except that they can be rolled into smaller units that can be carried much more easily.
- Most of them are made from inflatable vinyl or latex.
- They are the easiest to install.
- To assist with inflation and deflation as well as fast filling, they are accompanied with pumps and filters.
The major drawback of this type of above ground tubs is that they come with fewer and less powerful jets compared to other types of hot tubs.
If you compare them to standard options, however, they come out less expensive – you can acquire one as lowly as $150.
If you consider the fact that they can sit on the grass anywhere in your backyard, you are more likely to buy one of them for your kids and pets instead of opting for the traditional type.
Also, they are the best option for short-term use although they can last as long as five years or more.
Swim spa options
They are the largest hot tubs you could find out there. If you are inclined to lounging and swimming away from the regular swimming pool, they are the best option you can ever choose.
They tend to give the user more control over every minor aspect of their workings including temperature regulation in multiple sections.
Because they are dual function and large in size, they are the most expensive type of tubs you could acquire.
It is also worth mentioning that you can choose between portable and fixed options, but the prices won’t vary much.
3. Easy Installation Process and Maintenance
The process of installing an above ground tub takes a maximum of one day.
And that involves the most advanced types of hot tubs like the Swim Spa options.
Smaller and less intricate options can take minutes to install. In ground tubs would require you to dig the ground for a day, prepare it for another day or so, and install them after which you will wait for several days for everything to dry up.
The inflatable types, which are the simplest, are also the easiest to install.
You might want to prepare the ground before installing a hot tub. It mainly involves leveling the ground rather than digging holes.
The cost of maintaining these pools is low as well because they are potable. And because they are installed on top of the ground rather than in the ground, few debris and animals get to fall inside.
When it comes to the true cost of maintaining a hot tub, it can be a paltry $20 per month.
This money is mainly spent on water care chemicals. Unless you have a full time worker dedicated to caring for the tub (which would be unnecessary under any circumstance) the cost of running a hot tub, in the long run, would be within your means.
However, the water system you may already have in place may have a considerable influence on the tub’s yearly running cost.
If you think your water system is inefficient, it would be prudent to upgrade it first at a high cost and enjoy reduced costs thereafter.
4. Somehow safe
Because above ground rubs are installed to stand on the ground, they are safer compared to the in ground alternatives.
They are already a few feet off the ground, unlike in ground tubs which are installed flush on the ground.
This means a wandering pet or kid won’t fall inside.
Therefore, if you have a few pets and kids at home, or you don’t want to wake up in the mornings and find dead animals floating dead in your tub, it would be prudent to choose an above ground tub.
It is worth mentioning that for you to keep any in ground tub safe, you need to erect a fence, about 48” tall, around it.
This fence can add to the cost of installation and bloat your budget if you didn’t plan for it. So, you would rather go for the hot tub because it removes the need for fences.
5. Mobile and convenient
Convenience and portability are the two biggest benefits that come with hot tubs. Every hot tub in the market today supports some degree of portability.
The inflatable versions can be easily assembled in minutes, used, disassembled in minutes again, and moved to another location of your choosing. Even the l larger and more complicated types will permit up to a day for disassembling.
If you are always on move, or you are anticipating to change homes in the near future, above ground tubs would be the best option.
Another impressive thing about some types of hot tubs is that you can adjust the depth and size to fit your dynamic needs.
- The best size of an oval or circular hot tub is a diameter somewhere between 10” and 33”.
- The best rectangular options for an average family measure 12”, 25”, 18”, 24”, 27” up to 30”.
- The depth should be between 48” and 52”.
Why Might Above Ground Tubs Could Be A Trashy Choice for You?
Above, we highlighted the good side of hot tubs.
However, some buyers may not buy into it. It is for a fact that hot tubs are not for everyone.
Here are the reasons why this type of tub could be trashy for you:
- They are aesthetically wanting
- They are more prone to wear and tear
- They have a lower lifespan
1. Aesthetically Unpleasant
The first and obvious drawback of above ground hot tubs comes from how they are built – they are built to stand on the ground rather than below it as it’s the case with the in ground option.
Unless you don’t care about the appearance of your outdoor space, which is less likely, an above ground tub cannot be an option.
The worst part is that this type of tubs is that they never blend with the surrounding environment no matter how hard you try.
Since you can’t obscure such a structure from the view, you will have to accept it as a design problem.
Even more concerning are the large resin and steel frames that are often used to support.
These structures can easily turn an above ground tub into an eyesore than if it were to stand unsupported.
Yes, you can opt for supporting frames with some cute patterns and colors on them and even buy a pool of a specific shape.
But what they bring aesthetically seldom matches that which the in ground version would’ve provided.
2. They Are More Prone to Wear and Tear
Since they stand above the ground, they are highly susceptible to nature-induced wear and tear.
- The bodywork is more prone to oxidation.
- The decorations may peel off as fast as you add them if you don’t take good care of the tub.
- Additional insulations you may add on the walls may fall off often and require frequent replacement.
Aside from natured-induced damages, the positioning of above ground pools makes them susceptible to pests, pets, and children who would add smudges and scratch the walls when you are not around.
The problem is not the damages themselves but the number of times you’ll find yourself correcting them as well as the cost and complex nature of some damages.
3. Can Be Difficult to Use
The fact that this type of tubs is installed on the ground requires the user to climb inside.
This can be a serious challenge for the disabled or elderly.
Even with a tiny ladder or stairs leading into it, some people may not have a nice time having to climb in and descend from it with slippery hands and water splashed all over the place.
The user stands a considerable chance of falling over and sustaining some injuries. For this reason, this type of tub is unsuitable for people with mobility issues or the elderly or disabled.
4. Shorter Lifespan
Because these tubs tend to be mostly portable, the process of assembling and disassembling is one of the factors that contribute to their reduced lifespan.
The more you use them this way, the more likely you need replacement in the near future. In ground tubs outlive them by over 10 years.
The short lifespan can be boosted by fastidious care, which can be exhausting to some homeowners.
You will also need to revamp the coating and the exterior insulations once after a short time and even add a brand-new Gelcoat finish once in every 2 years or less.
Whether above ground tubs suck or not depends on the user’s needs.
They are the most affordable and easy to install tubs out there. They are also safe because they are raised above the ground.
However, they are unattractive to the eye compared to the in ground options.
However, you might overlook the appearance factor when you realize that their lifespan is far shorter than that of in ground options because they are not permanent fixtures.
A typical in ground hot tub lasts about 10 years longer than an above ground option of comparable size if both are subjected to the same level of care and maintenance.
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After a long absence I am more or less back. Here are some pictures of the last of my HäT Spanish testshots. I have painted these as a fictional regiment featured in the popular Sharpe series: the Real Compagnia Irlandesa. So yes I know these are not historically accurate but like them all the same. I hope to use them in some Sharpe inspired skirmish games in the future.
Listening to: "Re-Machined, a tribute to Deep Purple" by various artists
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A few days ago, I took a picture of Arin,
which portraits “I’m going out with my girlfriend now” kind photo.
Then Arin told me she is going to take picture for me,
I was wondering what she was trying to discribe with the picture.
She said ” I’m shooting Momoiro Tsurube TV program with my girlfriend now”. haha
What kind of of situation is that?
Please check Momoiro Tsurube.
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How to get here
Kroger Money Services in Raleigh, North Carolina, is easy to find in the Harris Teeter store. If driving, head for the intersection of Edwards Mill Road and Duraleigh Road, where you will see the store by the Old Raleigh Village Shopping Center. You can also reach us using public transport as the number 26 bus stops on Edwards Mill Road.
how to find the money services desk
The Money Services desk is easy to spot, right at the front of the Raleigh store.
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Why Should I Retain the Services of a Car Accident Attorney?
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Once your insurance company has reviewed your claim, they will begin negotiating a settlement for you with the other driver’s insurer. However, if your insurance company has any doubts about the other driver’s responsibility for the accident, they can refuse to pay out any money at all.
If your insurance company has been dragging its feet in responding to your claim, it is likely they are trying to get rid of you as quickly as possible. Getting your own lawyer involved can force them to reconsider their position.
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That explain the reason why I went with this pen for 18000usd. Rarity plays its role here. The Einstein roller ball should be more valued than the Einstein fountain pen. This roller ball is mint, was taken out from its box for picture purpose only.It carries the number 968/1500. What you see is what you get.
The item "Montblanc Great Characters Limited Edition Albert Einstein Roller Ball New" is in sale since Sunday, August 15, 2021. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Pens & Writing Instruments\Pens\Rollerball Pens\Montblanc". The seller is "jackses1" and is located in Beirut. This item can be shipped worldwide.
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According to him, he’s part of the silent majority.
He states that the answer is still unclear.
Even though Toyota’s recently revamped all of its EV plans for the near future, Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda continues to believe that dropping the internal combustion engine completely is not the answer for the future of mobility.
According to him, there’s a silent majority of automakers and related industries that does not agree with EV technologies being pursued as the sole answer for the future. Being chief of the largest automaker in the world, he’s effectively become their spokesperson.
“People involved in the auto industry are largely a silent majority,” Mr. Toyoda said to reporters during a visit to Thailand as reported by the Wall Street Journal. “That silent majority is wondering whether EVs are really OK to have as a single option. But they think it’s the trend so they can’t speak out loudly.” He added: “Because the right answer is still unclear, we shouldn’t limit ourselves to just one option,”
Toyota’s plan, unlike Volkswagen’s and GM’s, has long been to develop a number of powertrain technologies including ICE, EVs, Hybrids, Hydrogen, and everything in between. Toyoda’s states that securing parts and raw materials for batteries while maintaining profitability and making EVs affordable are immense challenges.
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This particular path is a winding one
Aren’t they all, though? I’m letting go and embracing each uncomfortable step forward.
Saturday on the trails by our house. The sun made its first full-on appearance against a bluebird sky in days.
By now, if you’ve been reading along and following my writing and work for any length of time here and on other platforms, you know I’m in the midst of a transition. The very name of this newsletter—Moving Through—confirms this. But while I’ve s…
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It’s possible to listen to this blog post on Spotify.
Whether you are a new business or have been in the picture for a long time, getting more sales is always a dilemma, particularly when you own a retail business. With the advent of the internet, things have changed for both buyers and sellers. While previously, people preferred going to the malls and stores to get the stuff they wanted, online shopping has become a norm today.
Today, people prefer shopping from the comfort of their homes while on the toilet, on the couch watching a movie, or in between work. Things have got a lot practical these days. Seeing this, more and more brick-and-mortar stores have started an online platform. And many businesses don’t even have a physical store or address. All the operations are performed online. As an e-commerce store owner, it can be really intimidating to experience the online rush.
Customers have a lot of options. If they can’t find a good deal at one e-commerce store, they surely will at another. Simply put, the competition is too high and if store owners did not come up with something unique, it can get tough for them to survive.
E-commerce is a business model that goes through plateaus and declines all the time. It is all about following the trend and keeping yourself updated with the latest technologies.
With that said, in this post, we will talk about how to increase your e-commerce sales fast.
#1 Start with Building a Mobile App
People love the convenience of mobile apps rather than browsing through the website. There are over 260 million smartphone users in the United States. Smartphones give you the convenience of a desktop but with portability. And the fact that you can perform multiple tasks and operations on a smartphone on the go makes it an inevitable gadget in people’s lives. So, building a mobile app is the answer to your question of how to increase your e-commerce sales.
You can avail of the services of an e-commerce app builder to bring your platform to mobile. Apps are more efficient and convenient than websites. They are easy to navigate and are more functional and visually appealing. By availing of the services of a mobile app builder for an e-commerce store, you can personalize the store experience for your customers. This can drive in more sales and make your brand visible among the targeted customer base.
Make sure to choose a reliable mobile e-commerce app builder for your online store. Everything from design, ease of use, loading speed, user-friendliness, etc. matters in a shopping app. Only an experienced and reputed company can help you with that.
#2 Target your Existing Customers
The biggest mistake online sellers make when looking for how to increase your e-commerce sales is that they create campaigns for those who are still to be converted. Instead, you should target already converted customers. Send them exclusive deals and offers to make them recurring. When a business has trouble growing, it is common to think that this is because the business doesn’t have enough customers. This is a misconception that many businesses have. Well, the reality is something different.
Businesses that focus on improving their customer retention strategy have more success in the long run. Loyal and recurring customers tend to do more for you than new customers. Compared to new customers, loyal and recurring customers generate more revenue each time they visit your website, have a higher conversion rate, and add more items to their shopping carts.
While adding new customers to your business is always great, it can turn out to be a more expensive marketing strategy. However, targeting your existing customers can prove to be more cost-efficient. This is because recurring customers are already familiar with your brand and you don’t have to spend thousands on telling them about why your brand and products are great.
So, think it through before you spend your money on creating marketing campaigns for your targeted customers.
#3 Always Use Video Demonstrations
Video marketing has the highest ROI as compared to other means of marketing. This is because the video contains moving visuals that tell people how to use a particular product or how a particular service could be beneficial. E-commerce stores with videos can engage users and make them spend more time on your page. This means that there is a higher chance of them making a purchase or availing of your service.
Videos increase engagement along with customers’ interests in whatever you are trying to convey to them. It doesn’t matter how convenient online shopping is, there is always a concern regarding the quality of the product sold. Because people make purchases based on the description and images of the product, it is difficult to trust completely.
With video demonstrations, you can show your customers different things like how to use the product, the benefits of the product, how the product can be used for a particular purpose, and more. More informative and engaging the video is, the more they are going to convert. This is one way to how to increase your e-commerce sales.
#4 Use Photos When Including Customer Testimonials
This is something that not every online retailer does but it is a great way of showing proof of concept to the new prospects. Testimonials from a faceless and nameless person aren’t that convincing. To increase your sales, you can take your testimonials one step further. Encourage your customers to leave a comment once they make a purchase.
You can design the app and website in such a way that whenever someone leaves a comment, it is displayed with the commenter’s name and photo. Because users will have to first create an account before they can actually make a purchase, they will have to complete their profile. You can ask them to add a photo of themselves.
So, wherever they make a comment, their photo and name will be displayed. A dedicated e-commerce app builder can cater to your needs for this type of design for your app and website.
These are the top ways for how to increase your e-commerce sales. Make sure you explore different marketing tactics to attract customers. Because this is the age of mobile applications, it would be intelligent of you to contact a mobile app builder for e-commerce to make it easy for your customers to access your store.
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Roadway Access Control Committee (RACC)
An advisory subcommittee to the Transportation Coordinating Committee (TCC) and the Metropolitan Transportation Board (MTB)
This committee meets on an as-needed basis at a time and location established by the staff coordinator, and may be called at the direction of the TCC or MTB. Remote meetings being held currently, otherwise in the First Floor Conference Room at the MRCOG building.
All jurisdictions within the Albuquerque Metropolitan Planning Area have agreed to set policy to control vehicular access along the selected roadways or sections of roadways identified in the Inventory of Roadway Access Limitations in a way to preserve reasonable property access, maintain a reasonable traffic flow and level of service; preserve the safety of motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users, and allow for economic development and the safe and efficient movement of people and goods.
All matters brought before the RACC are for the purpose of providing analyses and recommendations to the Transportation Coordinating Committee (TCC) and shall not be construed to have any decision-making authority. Each agency has one vote.
Certain roadways within the metropolitan planning area are designated as limited access facilities. These policies identify permitted access locations, types of access that may be allowed, and the procedures used to modify access on the roadways.
- Roadway Access Control (RAC) Policy (PDF)
- RAC Inventory of Access Limitations (PDF)
- http://www.mrcog-nm.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2123/Roadway-Access-Policies-with-Inventory-of-Roadway-Access-Limitations-PDF Roadway Access Policies with Inventory of Roadway Access Limitations (PDF)
- RAC Map (PDF)
- Archive of Resolutions for RAC (PDF)
- Roadway Access Modification Request Form (DOC)
The Roadway Access Control Committee (RACC) is composed of traffic engineers representing the NMDOT, the City of Albuquerque, the City of Rio Rancho, Bernalillo County, Valencia County (which may be represented collectively with other Valencia County jurisdictions), and staff traffic engineers from any other MPO member agency wishing to participate. A member agency or group of agencies, may designate a consultant to represent their interests (any such consultant must abstain from any decision-making actions on an access modification project if the consultant has been hired by the developer proposing the subject project).
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Materials Science and Engineering Seminar Series: Mark E. Koepke
Friday, February 25, 2011
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Room 2108, Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Bldg.
Modulation of Wave-Mode Dynamics in Neon Glow Discharge Plasma
Mark E. Koepke
Robert C. Byrd Professor of Physics
West Virginia University
Modulation is observed in the dynamics associated with the interaction between a spatiotemporal oscillator (at frequency ω0) and a spatiotemporal driving force (at frequency ωi). The spatiotemporal oscillator is a p neon-ionization wave of a neon glow discharge plasma tube. The driving-force dynamics is either spatiotemporal, from another p neon-ionization wave, or temporal, from chopped neon-resonant laser light. The mode-amplitude normalization of the driving force term in the periodic-pulling equations is evident during the dynamics modulation, as validated by experimental observations.
Specifically, two ionization wave modes in a driven neon glow discharge alternate as the dominant mode as their response to the driving force alternates between spatiotemporal and temporal periodic pulling. This phenomenon is termed dynamics modulation [1, 2]. Dynamics modulation is reproduced experimentally in a neon glow discharge plasma. The system is periodically driven near a non dominant mode using a narrow band ring dye laser tuned to a wavelength near the metastable neon transition at 588.35 nm. A spatially fixed photodiode with a narrow band filter that selectively passes the primary neon spectral line at 640 nm is used to acquire the time series of luminosity oscillations. These experimental data are used to verify the proposed mechanism of dynamics modulation in a periodically driven neon glow discharge plasma and explore the resulting implications for spontaneous unidirectional mode transitions that occur with a change in discharge current.
M. E. Koepke, K. D. Weltmann, and C. A. Selcher, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 40, 1716 (1995).
K. D. Weltmann, M. E. Koepke, and C. A. Selcher, Phys. Rev. E 62, 2773, (2000).
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Lead generation is a marketing activity that involves identifying and generating consumer interest in a product or service. Online lead generation has become commonplace, allowing a consumer to research products and services and connect with companies to fulfill their specific need. Done properly, lead generation is an efficient tool and has significant customer benefits. Done wrong, it can be a nuisance to consumers. Regulators and litigants have increased their efforts to identify lead generators doing it wrong, as well as the companies that are buying their leads.
Law360 reported yesterday that Andrew Smith, Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, provided a clear message in his speech to compliance professionals on Wednesday: The FTC is cracking down on companies that generate or purchase consumer data gathered without the proper consent and that “big, responsible companies” are no safer from FTC scrutiny than fly-by-night advertisers if they’re aiding scammers. He accused unscrupulous lead generators of funding an “ecosystem of deceit” on the internet and revealed that the FTC is “not just looking at the people who generate bad traffic, but looking at the people who purchase that bad traffic.”
He provided the example of a banner on a website stating, “See what Honey Boo Boo looks like now.” When a consumer clicks on it, it promises a “$50 gift card for answering some questions,” but the $50 gift card never materializes. “But, before you know it, you’ve just answered a bunch of questions about whether you own your own home, whether you are interested in saving money on your energy bill, whether you are interested in a college degree, that kind of stuff.”
In previous comments related to a recent enforcement action, Director Smith further elaborated that “telemarketers have a duty to ensure that they are not placing calls to people on the National Do-Not-Call Registry and they cannot rely on affiliate websites that use fine print and other deceptive tactics to lure consumers.”
Director Smith’s comments highlight that all involved in the lead generation ecosystem are potentially liable for violations including publishers, affiliate networks, and sellers. Publishers should vet prospective buyers and understand how information is being used. Buyers must vet lead sources and ensure they are compliant. This is an area where an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Consult a competent compliance attorney if you are one of those in the ecosystem. Guidance can also be found at ftc.gov.
Michele is the Managing Partner at M&S and former Chief of the Ohio Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Section. Bringing more than two decades of experience in the consumer protection arena, she advises highly regulated businesses on a wide range of telemarketing, privacy, and other consumer protection matters.
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Louise Chernosky is the Music Directory of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County. She graduated from the Eastman School of Music with a BM in Music Education with high distinction in piano. She also has a Masters degree in Musicology from SUNY Buffalo and i Ph.D. in Historical Musicology from Columbia University. In addition to her teaching, solo performances and choir conducting she has worked with a Balinese Gamelan ensemble and sung with a Bulgarian Womens Chorus.
PhD, Historical Musicology
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Reason Tutorial: Creative Sound Design – Step-by-Step
Hollin Jones further explores the Combinator in Reason in this step by step guide… 1: Begin by loading a blank Combinator either from the Browser or from the Create > Utilities menu. The first thing you should drag into it is a Line Mixer, since this will enable other modules to be submixed. 2: Now […]
Hollin Jones further explores the Combinator in Reason in this step by step guide…
1: Begin by loading a blank Combinator either from the Browser or from the Create > Utilities menu. The first thing you should drag into it is a Line Mixer, since this will enable other modules to be submixed.
2: Now drop a synth into the area directly below the mixer but also still inside the combi. If you go too far the synth will be placed into the main rack, which isn’t the aim. Done right, it should sit inside the combi.
3: If you hit the Tab key to spin the Rack around you will see why it was important to add a mixer first. The synth has been routed to the mixer with more slots free for the next steps. The signal then goes from the mixer via the combi out to the main mixer.
4: Add a second module to the combi and you will find it is triggered by the main MIDI input along with the first. Round the back you will see the auto routing take place. Use the line mixer to balance the relative levels of the two synths.
5: Most of the same rules apply inside a combi as in the main Rack. So if you take an effect module and drop it onto an instrument inside a combi, Reason will auto-route the audio signals accordingly.
6: Here we have dropped a Pulverizer onto one of the synths so it’s being processed through it, but the other elements of the combi remain unaffected. Use the effect’s dry/wet control to manage levels.
7: The Line Mixer can host a single effect on its aux buss. Drop an effect onto it, something like a compressor that you might want to use as a send for different modules inside the combi.
8: Use the Aux dial on each of the six channels to apply compression to instruments. Changing the compressor’s settings will affect every signal routed through it. Think of it as a mini send effect system.
9: Press the Show Programmer button on the Combinator’s front panel and you will see a list of the modules contained inside it. Select one and on the right you will see a list of available parameters that can be assigned to quick controls.
10: For any module, choose a combi button or dial and then a parameter to assign it to. You might want to have a dial control a delay rate inside one of the synths or an effect dry/wet lev
11: Utility devices can be controlled in this way too, not just instruments and effects. So you could have quick controls to turn individual channels inside a Line Mixer up or down for example – a nice hands-on mixing system.
12: Helpfully, most parameters can also have minimum and maximum values set in the column to the right, the options depending on the parameter. So you might want to ensure a volume control can never go too quiet or too loud, for example.
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An ideology built entirely on lies -and this accurately defines the underlying belief system of the left, which is Marxism- cannot be implemented honestly and openly. It can only be advanced through the total intimidation and silencing of all opposition, along with an incessant barrage of more lies. The mere presence of truth can deal a fatal blow to it.
The leftist Fake News crowd rarely mentions the Arizona audit, but when they do their "coverage" is venomous and disparaging. Moreover, the audit is being condemned on a "bipartisan" basis (assuming leftist Democrats and their RINO lackeys aren't actually in the same "party") as everything from "criminal" to "an attack on the Constitution," to flatly "un-American." Excuses and justifications for such accusations vary wildly, the only element of consistency among them being the frenzied effort to stop the audit by any means, before any factual information can be derived from it.
When voices of sanity are finally heard (and understandably, these are only from the right), they ask: If the vote in November was conducted honestly and legitimately, why would anyone be concerned about an audit? Under those circumstances, all it could accomplish would be to validate the leftist Democrat claims that the election was conducted honestly and legitimately. And of course the underlying reason for all the leftist Democrat and RINO squalling becomes self-evident at that point.
Nevertheless, this all-encompassing question needs to be repeated on every possible occasion! The tenor of leftist Democrat and RINO rancor over the audit is itself evidence of how thoroughly corrupt the "System" is, an that everyone knows it. The loudest voices must be identified and indelibly tagged for their complicity in the election theft and the ongoing attempted coup of the United States of America. Otherwise, regardless of any audit outcome, the cancer will remain in place, to metastasize once again, the moment an opportunity is presented.
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Zoe LaVerne is an American social media personality. She is highly popular as a Musical.ly (now known as TikTok) star. Zoe performs lip-syncs and posts comedy videos on TikTok. With more than 250 million ‘TikTok’ hearts and a top style guru badge, Zoe is now a verified and crowned muser. She has collaborated with a few established musers. Zoe is equally active and successful on Instagram, where she has an impressive fan following. Zoe began her career on social media in 2016.
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The MYH vs PKE Dream11 Prediction Today match is scheduled to take place on Thursday, April 6th, 2023, at 7:00 AM (IST) or 1:30 AM (GMT). The Asia T10 Challenge league has been heating up, and this match is set to be a thrilling encounter.
If you’re into fantasy cricket, then you’ll want to pay attention to our Dream11 prediction. We’ll give you insights into the probable playing 11 and provide Dream11 winning tips to help you create the best fantasy team possible.
We’ll also provide a pitch report and live match score updates to keep you informed throughout the match. And if there are any injury updates, we’ll make sure to share those as well.
Malaysian Hawks vs Pakistan Eagles (MYH vs PKE) Asia T10 Challenge
Date: Thursday, 6th April 2023
Time: 07:00 AM (IST) – 01:30 AM (GMT)
Malaysian Hawks (MYH) Playing XI
- Norwira Zazmie
- Ainool Hafizs
- Hairil Anuar(WK)
- Abdul Rashid Bin Ahad(C)
- Muhammad-Iqbal Azan
- Mohammad Siyadat Ramli
- Syazrul Ezat-Idrus
- Roszaidi Roslan
- Asby Tan Haris
- Muhamad Bin Fhadli Ishak
- Mohd Shukri Abdul Rahim
Pakistan Eagles (PKE) Playing XI
- Itazaz Hussain(WK)
- Malik Anas Mehmood(WK)(C)
- Waqar Ullah
- Naveed Ahmad-I
- Hasan Masood
- Muhammad Younis-I
- Arslan Shabir-Sandhu
- Abdul Rehman
- Mohsan Idrees
- Farrukh Sheraz
- Waqar Haider
Dream11 Prediction: Best Captain & Vice Captain
Captain: Hasan Masood, Abdul Rashid Bin Ahad
Vice – Captain: Norwira Zazmie, Malik Anas Mehmood
Dream11 Today Team 1
Dream11 Today Team 2
Q1. MYH vs PKE Dream11 Prediction Today Match Best Captain?
A1. Hasan Masood, Abdul Rashid Bin Ahad is The best Captain for MYH vs PKE Dream11 Today Match.
Q2. MYH vs PKE Dream11 Prediction Today Match Best Vice-Captain?
A2. Norwira Zazmie, Malik Anas Mehmood is The best Vice-Captain for MYH vs PKE Dream11 Today Match.
We want to make it clear that our cricket match predictions are not a guarantee of fixed results. Our analysis and predictions are based on careful examination and research, but we cannot guarantee the outcome of any match.
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A Russian company informed us they have found a way to remove the AACS copy protection of Ultra HD Blu-ray movies. The company, called Arusoft, offers a trial of their software ‘DeUHD’ that limits decrypting to a single disc and only 8 – 10 minutes. The software sells at €199 (about $233) and doesn’t decrypt regular Blu-ray discs.
There is currently little information available about the company Arusoft other than that they state to be Russian developers. Nevertheless, the developers claim to be able to remove the (AACS 2.0) copy protection from Ultra HD Blu-ray discs. DeUHD works on Windows 7, Windows 8(.1) and Windows 10. It does its job in the background and will automatically rip Ultra HD Blu-ray movies when inserted in a compatible optical drive. The resulting decrypted movie can either be saved as folder or ISO file to the HDD and played back with software like VLC Player, Media Player Classic or KMPlayer. Arusoft claims the picture quality is 1:1 with the original.
DeUHD software doesn’t work on all Ultra HD Blu-ray players and with all movies yet. Currently supported devices are LG WH16NS40, LG BH16NS40, ASUS BW-12B1ST, ASUS BC-12D2HT, ASUS BW-16D1HT, LG BE16NU50, LG BH16NS55 and the LG WH16NS58. The developers write on their website that support for more optical drives will follow soon.
Also not all movies can be decrypted yet, currently the software is able to decrypt about 30 movies according to the Arusoft website. Amongst others, these are The Martian, Mad Max: Fury Roaddisc, The Amazing Spider-Man, Life of Pi, Independence Day, Central Intelligence, The Shallows, X-Men: Apocalypse, The Legend of Tarzan, Star Trek Beyond, War Dogs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Suicide Squad, Sullydisc, Jack Reacher Never Go Back, John Wick, Hacksaw Ridge, Passengers, Sing, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. A full list with all supported movies can be found here.
According to Arusoft, there will be new movies supported every week and users can request/report new discs to be supported. Decryption of a disc takes about 4-6 hours, Arusoft tells us.
Discuss this software in our DeUHD Forum.
Update: Arusoft now gives away 5 licenses to people who test the software.
Update 2: The first user has reported success with the software. Check out his experiences here.
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MYCOM OSI joins the conference agenda with a leading CSP case study on transformation and leads the discussions at the regional CTIO Summit Asia
LONDON, UK – 6th November 2018 – MYCOM OSI, the Assurance Cloud Company™ and leading independent provider of Assurance, Automation and Analytics solutions to the world’s largest Communications Service Providers (CSPs), today announced details of its participation at TM Forum’s conference Digital Transformation Asia 2018, which takes place from 13th to 15th November in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
During this three-day regional flagship event, five conference tracks – 2025 Digital Operator, Reimagining Telco IT, Zero-Touch NFV/SDN, Unleashing the potential of AI and Analytics, and Delighting the Digital Customer – will bring together industry thought leaders and experts from across the Asian region. Together they will explore and discuss how to accelerate the digital transformation journey while embracing new emerging technologies, and how to collaborate in a digital ecosystem.
MYCOM OSI will lead the discussion on cloud-based service assurance at the CTIO Summit Asia, an invite-only event exclusively sponsored by MYCOM OSI and running in parallel to the main conference. This leadership summit gathers together CIOs, CTOs and CTIOs from across Asia to share knowledge and experiences, and to debate and discuss issues that affect their role as leaders in delivering digital business transformation and the consequent creation of new paths for growth.
MYCOM OSI’s program of activities at Digital Transformation Asia includes:
- Case study presentation on digital transformation ‘Globe Telecom’s Digital Transformation: How MYCOM OSI is enabling the assurance of carrier grade digital services’ as part of the ‘Reimagining Telco IT’ conference track. The case study will be presented by Niles Howsare, Advisor OSS Transformation at Globe Telecom, and Dirk Michel, SVP Cloud Business and Solutions Architecture at MYCOM OSI
- Panel discussion on ‘5G – Designing a Future Network’ as part of the ‘Reimagining Telco IT’ conference track
- Heading roundtable discussions during the CTIO Summit Asia on how CSPs lead the change to the new digital transformation culture
Subject matter experts from MYCOM OSI will also be available throughout the event to:
- Discuss experiences from leading CSP case studies – such as NFV/SDN Telco Cloud assurance at Three UK, where MYCOM OSI is assuring the world’s first end-to-end Telco Cloud network, and automation of network operations at one of the top 5 largest CSPs globally, where MYCOM OSI is automating up to 95% of its network quality management operations
- Demonstrate its evolved solution for Assurance-Driven Closed Loop Automation across hybrid (physical and virtual) networks
- Share how recent 5G Catalyst proof of concepts ‘5G Intelligent Service Planning and Optimization’ and ‘5G Intelligent Service Operations’ demonstrate closed loop assurance of 5G network slices, which is an essential pre-requisite to 5G monetization
- Demonstrate its award-winning cloud native Experience, Assurance & Analytics™ (EAA) suite of applications and outcome-based solutions
- Discuss commercial options for its Assurance Cloud that meets CSPs Capex/Opex requirements through new subscription-based models
- Discuss how it is helping Tier-1 CSPs with the specific steps required to transform their assurance investments to meet their strategic digital transformation journey
- Outline its strategies around AI/Machine Learning (ML)-driven automation
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Have you ever wondered what role a food stylist plays behind the scene of those wonderful food shots? I have been very interested to know what and how? It was probably a month or so ago, I stumbled upon Paul’s blog, the owner of Sweet Paul. Paul is a food and interior stylist who hails from Oslo but currently living in New York. His work is truly amazing, soothing, and elegant and that has got me hooked on his blog!
One day, I wrote to Paul, asking if he would be interested to share with me what exactly he does and what are the things involved in his job. He has kindly taken some of his time off to answer some of the questions that I have been asking myself for some time! I am glad to have Paul featured on My Cooking Hut today. Below is my email interview with Paul and some photos that illustrate his role as a food stylist.
My Cooking Hut: Can you please give us an overview the tasks involved for a food stylist before a photo shooting?
Sweet Paul: Often, it starts a month before with finding the recipes. Planning, testing, and food shopping. And if you do both food and props like me, also finding all the props, surfaces and backgrounds.
My Cooking Hut: Where do you get your inspirations?
Sweet Paul: I get a lot of inspiration from fashion. Like a while ago I did a whole black food story about figs inspired by the all black Victor & Rolf collection. I always keep a note book handy to write down ideas etc. Also think very good in the bathtub!
My Cooking Hut: What is your normal approach in food styling? Any Do’s and Don’ts?
Sweet Paul: I try not to over think it.But have a plan of what you want to do.
My Cooking Hut:Does a food stylist need to know how to cook?
Sweet Paul: Oh yes! You have to cook all the food. A lot of food stylists are chefs.
My Cooking Hut: Any colours to avoid in food styling? Or is it another person’s job?
Sweet Paul: Not really. If you work with a prop stylist it can be smart to talk to her/him beforehand to take about colors, sizes and shapes of the plates.
My Cooking Hut: How to achieve a shot that people will drool over and can’t take their eyes off?
Sweet Paul: My big secret is the drip. Sauce dripping from the steak, frosting dripping from the cake, honey from the cheese etc. The food needs to look fresh, straight from the oven, shiny and yummy. Its often done with a spray of oil or water.
My Cooking Hut:How did you get into this industry?
Sweet Paul: I had a friend that was a photographer and she thought I was perfect for this job. She was right. Its now 16 years ago.
My Cooking Hut: What are your advices to those who potentially seeking for opportunities in this profession?
Sweet Paul: Start off as an assistant. It’s a great way to learn all the secrets of the trade.
My Cooking Hut: Do you have any recommended places to find kitchen props?
Sweet Paul: If you are in NYC, the prop houses are amazing. Places like Propcompany and Prophaus have the most amazing props you can rent. Flee markets are great too.
My Cooking Hut: Can you name any food stylist’s work that you admire most? Why is that?
Sweet Paul: I really admire Donna Hay. She started off as a food stylist and look at her now, amazing. Her work is clean, fresh and tasty, love her!
Photographer: Colin Cooke
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French Onion Soup (Soupe à l'oignon)
Time flies. I can’t believe we are at the end of September! I start to see the leaves on the trees turn yellow, the weather starts to get a bit chilly and uncertain. My skin is telling me I need to start putting more moisturiser than usual. Where has the summer gone? I don’t know if I am prepared for the autumn and later for the winter. One thing for sure, I know I will miss the daylight as autumn and winter basically mean less daylight and getting dark at 3pm. 🙁
Perhaps, I shouldn’t feel so down thinking of all these. I better enjoy the sun while it’s out and when the weather is not as harsh. For those who live in the Northern Hemisphere, I wonder how you all feel when at this of the year?
Autumn for me means to eat food that can keep me warm – something hot and soupy sound nice, as always! There are abundant to offer when autumn is approaching, especially root vegetables and squashes. These are great additions to stews, which is always one of my favourites. Well, I haven’t started making stews yet, but I just started to make more soup these days.
One of my all time rustic favourites must be French Onion Soup (Soupe à l’oignon). This soup is so simple, as the name suggested, the main ingredient is onion. French onion soup is one of the all time classic of French cooking and a tradition you will see very often. In my opinion it should not be over-sophisticated.
Well, I have to share with you a secret that I don’t like to slice onion as it makes my eyes water! It wasn’t very pleasure as my eyes stung right after slicing or chopping onions. Luckily, my Magimix came to my rescue! This little robot doesn’t only grind, it slices, chops, mixes, shreds, grates and chops. It can handle quite a lot of stuff, really. 🙂 So, I left the big responsibility of onion slicing to Magimix. The result? Brilliant, it did a good job! Bravo!
If you stick to the basic French onion soup recipe below to start with and see how much you enjoy it. Simple is good!
For the French Onion Soup (Soupe à l’oignon):
700g onions, thinly sliced
2 tbsp flour
1.5l beef or chicken stock
1 glass white wine
1 bay leaf
100g gruyère, grated
1. Melt the butter in a pot and add onions. Cook over low hear, stir them regularly. They are ready when they are soft, sticky, sweet and deep gold in colour.
2. Add flour and stir continuously for 2 minutes. Gradually blend in the stock and the wine. Stir and bring to boil. Add bay leaf and season. Cover the pan and summer for 25 minutes. Remove the bay leaf.
3. Ladle into deep, heatproof bowls, place several thin slices of toasted baguette on to each, then cover with thinly sliced Gruyère. Bake in a hot oven for 20 minutes or grill until the bread is toasted and the cheese has melted but not browned. Serve warm.
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Back & Feeling Refreshed
It feels like ages ago since I last posted here. Well, I have been busy. I have also spent more times with friends and loved ones during the wonderful summer we had.
I haven’t had time to read a lot of food blogs that I frequent, I apologise. There is a lot of catching up to do! Honestly, it was tough to start. I struggled for a few minutes, thinking of what content to put and what title to give to this post. I don’t know if this ever happened to you when you don’t know where to start. Well, at least I make a start after almost a month of disappearance on my blog. I hope this post will get me back to my usual routine.
Now that I’ve typed a few sentences, I think I’m slowly getting back the flow. 🙂
We just came back from our vacation. It was great and relaxing – exactly like how we wanted. Probably the first part of the holiday wasn’t as relaxing as the second part but it was still lovely to do and see something different.
Finally, we touched down in Nice after 3 hours of flight delay. We go to Nice at least once a year. It is a place that is warm and sunny most of the time (though it was raining for a day when we were there). September is still a very good month to visit Nice – it is when the high season is over, everyone is back to work and kids are back to school. So, it’s less hectic.
Since Nice is so strategically situated, it is less about 2.5 hours from an amazing place that I have always wanted to go – Portofino and Cinque Terre in the region of Liguria – a coastal region of north-western Italy. Those who are following me on my Facebook or Instagram or Twitter, you would have seen some snapshots that I took and uploaded.
Portofino, a beautiful idyllic port on the Italian Riviera, equivalent to St Tropez in France, is home to many Hollywood stars and famous for its upmarket resorts. It is about 2.5 hours drive from Nice. This little town is so beautiful, just like a canvas painted with some very colourful old Italian houses, surrounded by a mix of olive, cypress and umbrella pine trees and overlooking the clear blue sea. Portofino makes an easy day trip from Santa Margherita and Rapallo. Boat runs every 30 minutes to Portofino from Santa Margherita and Rapallo (these two towns are great as a base as they are less expensive than Portofino).
We spent a few hours in Portofino before heading to Santa Margherita, spending the rest of our evening there. It’s a lovely small town to chill out, enjoying a few drinks.
I drove for about 30-40 minutes and reached Levanto – our starting point to explore the Cinque Terre (“The Five Lands”) – a remote chunk of the Italian Riviera and also part of the Cinque Terre National Park and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. There are 5 villages – Monterosso al Mare,Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore, which is why it is called Cinque Terre. It is probably one of God’s greatest gifts to us!
The best thing to do is choose a base, from one of the villages and travel from one village to another by train that connects these five villages (each village is just a few minutes apart). Get a daily Cinque Terre Treno Park Card that costs € 12.00 that will let you access the national park and unlimited train travel between Levanto – Cinque Terre – La Spezia line. There is also another option to get to each village by boat, which provide a scenic way to get from one village to another.
As we both have agreed to base in Riomaggiore, the plan was to travel from north to south. We took the train from Levanto to Monterosso al Mare and decided to hike from here to the next village, Vernazza – the most touristy and dramatic.
Ok, we haven’t really done hiking before but on that beautiful morning, we were very confident. It is about 3.5km and took us 2 hours. I probably didn’t do my homework properly and found out later that this trail that we did is the most challenging! But we did it! I have to admit that at one point, I so wanted to give up when I had to climb flight of stairs! It was steep and narrow but easy to follow. After all, it was well worth the effort and sweat as we enjoyed the magnificent and dramatic scenery when we were approaching Vernazza.
Vernazza was where we had our most yummy lunch and very very delicious gelato (at Il Porticciolo). (Well, I didn’t take photo of my lunch as I was too hungry!) We didn’t hesitate to take train to get us to the next village after a very good and challenging hike. (My legs ached for the next few days!)
Corniglia is in the middle of the Cinque Terre that is on a hilltop above 100 metres above the sea. It’s the smallest town amongst the five.
Manarola, is by far, the most picturesque! It has the best deep-water swimming in the area. We spent quite some time in this village, sitting under the shades as it was really hot, enjoying the lovely view of the colourful houses on the cliff, contrasting by the blue sky and deep blue sea. The prettiest village! I wished I had chosen to stay here because of its beauty.
Until we arrived in Riomaggiore, I was telling myself: “Not a bad choice at all! Thought Manarola is picturesque, Riomaggiore has its own charms!”
Riomaggiore, a laid-back than its touristy neighbours. We stayed at Affittacamere Dune Blu, which is just in the centre of Riomaggiore. The room has been nicely renovated, clean and tidy. After some rest and most needed shower, we took a stroll around the village. Climbed up some stairs (again!) to get the highest view of this town before the sunset. We heard some nice music from a distance and decided to find out where it came from.
But, on the way, I spotted a shop, called Il Pescato Cucinato that had some fried seafood displayed in front of it. I couldn’t resist but had to try – fried fresh anchovies, baby squids, prawns, mussels and white fish. Just so delicious and fresh! (Well, I know they are deep-fried but hey they were light and good!) We were savouring our snacks with a few glasses of Aperol Fritz while enjoying beautiful sunset, couldn’t have been better!
Pesto is a specialty in Liguria region, I bought a jar from a local shop. Focaccia – the tasty pillowy bread is also another specialty. We have tried a one – olives and rosemary, just so delicious! There is a lot of fresh produce that I wish I could buy, they were inexpensive compared to London! For example, slightly more than 1kg of very good and sweet cherry tomatoes costs only €2.50 compared to £2.00 for 200g in the UK! Well, I have to admit in Italy, they get more sunshine!
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Welcome to those of you joining me from Makin’ Memories and those of you who have just hopped aboard. I am the 2nd stop on our Magical Blogorail.
In this month’s edition, we are looking at the World Showcase pavilion that we can spend the most time in. Hop aboard, join the ride, and enjoy all of the sites, sounds, and smells that you will enjoy at my pavilion of choice!
Talk about a challenging topic for this month! This topic took quite a few of the old brain cells to come up with the one pavilion that I can spend the most time in simply because there are so many that I enjoy! For regular readers of my blog, you may remember that I have a whole page setup for the Countries of the World Showcase, so each and every country means something special to me in it’s own way. But for me, I think I’ve got to give the nod on my favorite pavilion to the Mexico Pavilion.
There is just so much to enjoy about Mexico! I love the Aztec pyramid that sets the mood for this unique pavilion. Did you know that the pyramid is based off of a real Aztec Temple of Quetzalcoatl at Teotihuacan, Mexico? Details like that are what set’s Disney apart from anywhere else in my opinion, and they can be found throughout Walt Disney World.
Once you step inside, the theming of the Mexico Pavilion jumps right out and draws you in for further inspection. Inside it feels like an open air market, perhaps after a gentle rain has fallen. It is nearing dinner time, you feel, and the smells from the San Angel Inn bombard you with authentic Mexican flavors, and if you love Mexican cuisine like I do, you feel your mouth start watering just thinking about it! As you walk around, come down into the market itself, and look at the unique market stalls, where you can purchase your own special souvenir to remember your visit. In addition to the wonderful sites and sounds and smells in the Mexico Pavilion, you can also find the Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros boat ride! This gentle boat ride is one of our family favorite rides — I think of it as Mexico’s equivalent of “it’s a small world“! The ride is a trip through Mexico as you look for — who else — Donald Duck, who has gone missing! Jose and Panchito are searching near and far for Donald because they need to give their performance, and everyone knows that the Three Caballeros are not the same without Donald as part of the group! In the end, of course, they are all reunited, just in time for the grand send off. We love this ride, and will gladly ride it several times per vacation!
I love the sites, smells, sounds, and experiences that the Mexico Pavilion has to offer visitors at the World Showcase. I hope that in reading this you have gained a new appreciation for this pavilion, and that you spend more time visiting it the next time that you are at Walt Disney World! Thanks for reading!
Thank you for joining me today. Your next stop on the Magical Blogorail Loop is A World View.
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There are two types of prenatal genetic tests: screening and diagnostic.
Screening tests show the
chance that a developing baby (fetus) has a certain genetic condition. It can't tell for sure that your baby has a problem. If the test result is "positive," it means that your baby is more likely to have that condition. So your doctor may want you to have a diagnostic test to make sure. If the screening test result is "negative," it means that your baby probably doesn't have that genetic condition. But it doesn't guarantee that you will have a normal pregnancy or baby.
Diagnostic tests show if the developing baby has a certain genetic condition.
Examples of tests used for prenatal screening include:
If prenatal screening test results show an increased risk of problems, further diagnostic genetic testing (karyotype) can be used to examine the size, shape, and number of chromosomes. A karyotype can be done on cells taken from the placenta (chorionic villus sampling) in the late first trimester or from the amniotic fluid (amniocentesis) in the second trimester. Extra, missing, or abnormal positions of chromosome pieces can cause problems with growth, development, and body functions.
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Clogged gutters have become a major problem in the rainy seasons. Substances such as debris, leaves, waste materials, etc., make it extremely hard for the rainwater to drain smoothly. Keeping the gutters clean and free from different waste substances can help the rainwater flow efficiently. This keeps the water from standing out and prevents flooding.
Call professional residential house cleaning if things get out of your hands.
Clogged gutters aren’t just a problem in themselves, but also bring along many different diseases. It is crucial to deal with this problem immediately before it starts spreading various bacteria around. Below are some gutter cleaning tips that you can follow to keep your property from flooding and maintain a good hygienic environment around you.
Choose the Best Tools
Cleaning the gutters the right way, asks for the best tools to be used. You need to have good eye protection goggles, complete waterproof clothing, and effective non-slip boots on. The pressure washer also comes in handy as it helps to instantly clean the tiles and debris. You need to have a strong broom and hand brush to clean off any loose debris. Take along some good waste bags to collect waste materials like accumulated leaves and bird nests out. A sturdy ladder also comes along in the list and, lastly, a cleaning solution. A cleaning solution will help to effectively remove the debris without causing any damage to the gutter surface.
Start With Cleaning the Roof
As a matter of fact, most of the debris comes from the roof, so it’s a nice idea to start off with cleaning the roof first. You can check in your tools and use a hand brush to gather all the debris from the roof and put that in a plastic bag. Always remember to have all your tools lined up by your side because you will require them at different stages of cleaning. The best part about cleaning the roof area is that you have a chance to inspect the gutter closely and look for any potential cracks. Rain gutters, if unclogged, are extremely beneficial as they help drain a huge amount of water from your roof.
Choose the Right Cleaning Solution
A cleaning solution plays a major role in cleaning the gutter; therefore, you have to choose it wisely. You can take suggestions from friends or any locals. Or you can search on the internet to find the best cleaning solution that does its job quite efficiently. A good cleaning solution will keep all the organic debris from clogging up in the gutter whilst also cutting through the rigid pollutants such as grease etc. If you have extremely stubborn dirt in your gutter that doesn’t come off easily, you can make use of your pressure washer.
Protect Your Gutter
If you go out and search in the market, you’ll be surprised to know that now special paints are available that prevent rusting. When painting the gutter, always first remove the debris and with a pressure washer, then apply a primer before using the paint on it. This will keep your gutter clean and saved from getting rusted away.
Remember to Clean the Downpipes
If in case your downpipes have become blocked, the water won’t be able to drain away efficiently. If at any time you see water spilling over, a blocked downpipe is probably the main cause. There are many different ways of clearing the blocked downpipes. You can search for the different ways to clear them and make use of the one that you find the easiest. Once your downpipes are unblocked, it will help you to clean the gutter with high efficiency. If things are bad, it’s better to call a professional emergency plumber instead of taking things in your hands.
Carry Out Regular Maintenance
To ensure easy cleaning of your gutter, carry out maintenance at least once every three months. With regular maintenance, your gutters would be much easier to clean. For maintenance, you can come across as many as hundreds of different gutter cleaning companies. Trust me, investing in gutter guards is a must thing if you want it all to go professionally and effectively.
By following the above mentioned easy tips, you can really make sure that your gutters stay all cleaned and unclogged.
Also read Six Easy Tips to Clean Your Gutters
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Plenty of automotive repair shops are still using outdated auto shop software in order to run their business, or are simply resorting to pen and paper and their business are not fully integrated with modern technology even to do simple repairs such as a Lexus key replacement. A lot of shop owners feel like innovative technology is out of their reach. This is where Tekmetric comes in. The auto shop software that Tekmetric offers is a resource planning and management system that is designed by shop owners for shop owners in the automotive repair industry.
Keep Everything In One Place
Using Tekmetric can greatly improve the efficiency of your business by helping streamline tasks and also improving the customer experience. The platform will help you keep all aspects of your business in a single place, making things easier and faster to access. From keeping track of repair orders to having an employee database, Tekmetric can improve overall productivity through an all-encompassing intuitive auto shop software solution.
Having too many repair orders pile up can become very intimidating and could probably result in making customers wait. That is not a good way of running a business, because you want to stay on top of your repair orders and get things done in a timely fashion. With Tekmetric you will be able to keep track of things and not let repair orders get out of control, as you will be able to stay up to date and get the cars back to the customers when they need them.
Speaking of customers, one great way to grow your business is by having repeat customers. Using Tekmetric you can track your customer base and you can communicate with them regularly. You will be able to add your customers to a mailing list, which can be a great way to retain them and keep them coming back.
Stay Profitable And Save Time
A great way to remain relevant in your market and stay competitive is by offering competitive prices. Using the platform that Tekmetric offers you will be able to adjust and manage payments as you see fit, and this can be especially useful during certain times of the year when you notice that your competitors offer discounts. You can easily change your pricing using the software and stay on top of things. Tekmetric can also connect you with your local DMV. Once you are linked into the DMV you can turn your shop into an inspection station, which will help increase your business.
Having everything in one platform can end up saving you a lot of time. The auto shop software generates job profitability as well as labor costs, and you will get a streamlined approach from building a quote all the way to invoicing. You can also get instant access to parts as well as vendor information, which will save you a lot of time, given that you won’t have to manually do inventory as often. You will be able to save money on forms, since everything is done electronically, and you can process reports instantly as well as manage your employees.
Launched in 2015 and based in Houston, Texas, Tekmetric aims to provide auto repair shops with a reliable and easy to use solution, with all the tools necessary to run the business efficiently. Shop owners can opt for a free trial in order to convince themselves of the many benefits that the platform has to offer. The free trial can be set up on the software’s website, and there are no strings attached – no upfront payment, no agreement for future use. Tekmetric offers the engine and the fuel necessary to keep your auto shop running smoothly.
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This is a free resource for informational use as students are learning about the Vikings.
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This 257 page book holds an 1893 copyright and was written to give information about historical figures living just before and during the beginning of United States history. It is not meant to be used as a textbook but rather a supplement to add stories and facts about the people written about within the pages. It is recommended for 5th-12th grades.
Suggested uses: Use with your regular curriculum to add another layer of information or give to students to use as a source information when doing research and/or projects.
Why did the Pilgrims leave England? Where did they move before crossing the Atlantic? What did they bring with them when coming to the New World? What is the name of the ship (not the Mayflower) that also brought pilgrims to Virginia? Why did the Wampanoag attach the colonists?
Find answers to these questions and many more with the Pilgrim Fact Cards. Also included: A fun crossword puzzle!
One page informational text on Spanish explorers: Christopher Columbus, Balboa, Ponce de Leon, Ferdinand Magellan, De Soto and Coronado. After reading the text, student comprehension will be assess through a short reading comprehension worksheet. To extend the lesson, students will be asked to short opinion based essay questions.
This unit is perfect for any study of the American Revolution!
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Currency that the people control. No government involvement, no physical money. This is the wave of the future and will make a huge advantage for travelers. The ease on knowing that your money won’t get stolen?!! That is a great comfort. So we here at My Travel Money find it particularly important that you understand and learn exactly how to buy bitcoins so you yourself will have that comfort. So let’s talk about digital currency.
In the year 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto, a pseudonymous developer, introduced a peer-to-peer digital currency and payment network, which had public transaction log. These digital currencies and payment network is what is called bitcoin and is sometimes referred to as crypto-currency, mainly because it utilizes public-key cryptography. The introduction of bitcoin was marred by many hitches such the 2009 exploit that led to development of unlimited bitcoin.
Since their introduction, bitcoin has experienced rapid appreciation in value in relation to some of the world’s highly recognized digital currencies such as the American dollar, the British pound, and the euro. Precisely, in 2011 the value of bitcoin was equal to around $32 and $0.30. However, this value later fell to as low as $2.
Three years after introduction, which is in 2012, people learned how to buy bitcoins and it began to get attention from the media. Many articles and news items were then written about bitcoin. This rising popularity, would later in the year 2013 lead to the acceptance of this currency by some of the mainstream services like Foodler, Humble Bundle, Baidu and OkCupid. In the same year, bitcoin experienced the first legal intervention by law enforcement. The assets of Mt. Gox were seized. In addition, this lawful intervention also saw the shutdown of the Silk Road drugs marketplace, in the same year.
During the month of November 2013, there was a major take-over with Europe based Bitstamp and japan based Mt. Gox bitcoin being overtaken by BTC china to become the biggest bitcoin trading exchange through trade volume.
Towards the end of the year 2013, bitcoin received a major setback when the Chinese government banned its banks from using bitcoin in all their transactions within the borders of the country. However, the citizens had the free will of using the bitcoin in transactions in the country. This action led to a fall in the value of bitcoin in china as the new rules could not warrant the exchange of bitcoin for the country’s local currency.
Transactions with bitcoin are not like the normal currency transactions, as with bitcoin, there is actually no real exchange between the buyer and the seller that takes place. Instead, the buyer does what is known as blockchain, which is the requesting of an update to a given public transaction log. The blockchain shows what people currently own including what they owned in the past in terms of bitcoin and it is managed by a decentralized network system that ascertains and time-stamps payments by using a proof-of-work system. The people who manage this system are commonly known as ‘miner’ and they are paid with newly minted bitcoin and transaction fees.
Because of the close ties between bitcoin and fraud, bitcoin have had to be subjected to forensic scrutiny by many nations that accept their use within their borders. This process has led to divergent opinions regarding the usage of bitcoin by different states. For instance, The Federal Government of America is the only government that has taken positives in using bitcoin and allowed free usage of the currency by its citizens. However, other governments such as the Chinese government has barred its private banks from using bitcoin in all transactions and the European banking authority has cautioned that bitcoin is not worth transacting with as it lacks consumer protection.
Bitcoin can be used for payment of goods and services in the countries that accept it. The advantage of using it is that the transaction fees are relatively smaller than the high percentages around 2% and 3% that are imposed on processing a credit card. Some of the merchants accepting the use of bitcoin include; WordPress, OkCupid, Virgin Galastic and Reddit.
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Welcome to these mindful writing prompts. For a recording that you can use before writing, come to this post, which also dispels some common misconceptions about meditation. For more guidance about how to journal mindfully, come to this post. And enjoy these mindful writing prompts, which are designed to help you come into the present moment and unite mind and body.
I’m grateful for the teachings of Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh for his teachings about mindfulness. I find that when I bring mindfulness together with writing, there is a great synergy. You can use these mindful writing prompts whenever you want to connect more both with yourself and the world around you.
8 Great Mindful Writing Prompts
1) Take a few minutes with your breath. Is anything getting in your way? If so, write it down. Don’t go into great detail. Just dot it down so that the paper holds it instead of your mind or body. Put it on the paper instead of pushing it away. Then go back to your meditation or to whatever you are doing. You can come back to your page after the meditation session/ your activity is over.
2) Open your senses. I invite you to write from your five senses in this moment. You don’t need to tell a story or write a coherent piece. Just spend time with the descriptions using all of your senses as you are experiencing them now.
Perhaps you’re not eating anything, so what taste is inside your mouth right now?
- one thing that you see,
- one thing that you hear,
- one thing that you taste,
- one thing that you smell,
- one thing that you touch.
3) Find one object around you: where does it come from? For example, if you are sitting at a wooden table, imagine the tree that the wood came from. Then you might imagine the forest that it grew in, the rain that fell in the forest it, the soil that the tree grew out of, and its journey into becoming a mature tree. Then you might write about how it was cut down, became piece of wood, and then a table touched by many people and brought to this place and time. So again, find one object around you and focus on it. You might write about where it comes from, what it is composed of, what it has been touched by, and its journey to where you sit and write in the present.
4) Look at your hand. Study it in depth. Is there anything about it that you haven’t noticed before? Describe your hand in as much detail as possible. You can do this again with another part of yourself as well, if you like.
5) Take a few minutes to be with your breath again. What is one thing that brings you joy? Write about it in detail.
6) Take a few minutes to be with your breath again. Is there anything that is calling your attention that is making it harder for you to be in a state of peace? When you’re in meditation, you can just jot it down, but then come back to it, and stay with it. What is disturbing you? Write into it. Follow the instructions in my mindfulness journaling post as well.
7) Start a piece with “in this moment” and use that phrase as a refrain that you come back to again and again. Write without pausing and without worrying about what you are writing is “good” or not. Just see where this takes you.
8) Describe a place that brings makes you feel wonder. Describe that place in as much detail as possible.
I hope you enjoyed these mindful writing prompts! Please share your thoughts, writing, questions below. I love to hear from you. And share this with any friends who might enjoy it!
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A mob on Tuesday lynched a middle-aged man who was reportedly found engaging in an unnatural act with a cow in Mwingi town.
The deceased allegedly turned violent after he was caught in the sex act in the wee hours of Tuesday and cornered leading to a vicious altercation that resulted in his death.
According to reports, the man’s body was found at around 4:00 am by a passer-by at the Mavoko area of Mwingi town.
Polie arrived at the scene and moved the body to Mwingi level IV hospital mortuary as investigations into the matter commenced.
Confirming the incident, Kavuvwani Location chief Nicholas Muvengei warned locals against taking the law into their own hands.
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Ransomware attacks increased threefold over the past year, according to a May 2021 estimate by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Considered the most dangerous type of cyberattack, ransomware is not just a weapon that secretive individuals and organizations use when they penetrate the virtual perimeter of computer networks.
In fact, most cyberattacks happen from within by people who have physical access to computer systems.
Exploiting the weakest links
All supply chains have locations, such as warehouses or terminals at ports and rail yards, where employees and contractors interact with proprietary and third-party systems. Any locations that are under-supervised and lack current Privileged Access Management (PAM) technology are more susceptible to cyberattacks.
At these exchange points in supply chains, workers often use outdated computers, tablets and handhelds with software that has not received security updates for years.
Cyberattacks, whether they come from without or within, have long-lasting consequences for victims. Many companies never recover, and disruptions spread like wildfire through supply chains and impact commerce on a large scale.
Employees and contractors with physical access to computer systems and networks can exploit weaknesses to accomplish their designs. Hackers may also try to steal their identities and security credentials to access sensitive data and introduce malicious code.
Checking for the right credentials
While evaluating PAM technologies that can prevent intrusions at both the physical and virtual level of supply chains, organizations should also begin looking for systems that meet strict security guidelines.
One of the most important security guidelines is SOC 2. This voluntary compliance standard, developed by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), specifies how service organizations should manage customer data.
The standard is complementary to the ISO 27001 framework for information security management.
Suppliers that obtain the SOC 2 certification, as NASCENT Technology has, must go to great lengths to ensure their systems protect customer data against numerous physical and virtual cyber risks. More importantly, suppliers with the certifications must continually update and follow guidelines to ensure their systems are up to date.
As one of the largest manufacturers of Automated Gate Systems (AGS) and kiosks, NASCENT has obtained certifications for its products that integrate with third-party cameras, sensors and connected technologies for an end-to-end tracking, monitoring and verification platform.
Contact us today to learn how AGS from NASCENT can maximize your operational efficiencies and how we protect your data.
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Soft washing is the preferred method for solar panel cleaning.
If your home relies on solar panels to supply your power, we can clean them up to look shiny and new. Our solar panel cleaning services are safe for your technology, as well as your pets, plants, and family due to our blend of biodegradable, safe chemicals that break down bacteria and other kinds of dirt. This ensures you get the most out of your solar panel cleaning job.
Soft washing is ideal for solar panel cleaning because, unlike power washing, it doesn’t damage the surface that’s getting cleaned with high pressure. To ensure the safety of your home’s technology and get your solar panels really clean, soft washing is the best choice you can make.
At Nashville Soft Wash Pros, we understand the importance of maintaining your Nashville, Tennessee home at an optimal level. Our experts will work with you every step of the way to ensure you’re completely happy with the results of your solar panel cleaning service. We also offer a 100% satisfaction guaranteed promise so that you can enjoy the results of your solar panel cleaning job at a high level of quality and accuracy for your home.
When you’re ready to hear more about solar panel cleaning, give us a call. Our experts are ready and willing to help you figure out the best course of action for your solar panels, and we promise to get your home cleaned right every time so you can focus on doing what you do best.
FAQs About Solar Panel Cleaning
Today, more and more homeowners are choosing to switch to solar panels to reduce both their energy bills and their carbon footprints. However, while solar panels are definitely a great investment, they can only do their job when they’re kept free of dirt and debris. Our team here at Nashville Soft Wash Pros offers solar panel cleaning solutions to help ensure your renewable energy source is operating at full capacity.
Can I wash my solar panels myself?
You can certainly try, but you should be aware of the potential risks first. Most importantly, you know that your solar panels are expensive, so you need to be careful with the cleaning supplies you use and how you access your solar panels. Some store-bought cleaners can either not have an effect on stubborn grime at all or they can cause lasting damage to the sensitive surfaces.
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National Competition – Bracken Shooting Club – April 2023
Bracken Shooting Club will hold an NASRPC National on the 22nd & 23rd of April 2023.
- 50m Benchrest
- 50m Prone Rifle
- 100m Prone Rifle
- Gallery Rifle (Smallbore / Centrefire / Classic / Open)
- Target Pistol (Smallbore / Centrefire / Open / Revolver / Single Handed)
It is only possible to pre-register for 5 disciplines EACH day during pre-registration. Other disciplines may be entered on the day, but will not be scheduled. Pre-registration is not mandatory, but recommended.
€10 Per discipline, with a €50 entry fee cap for each day. There is also a €5 Team Support Levy.
50% reduction for Pensioners, Full time students, and Unemployed. Only one discount applies
Food & Refreshments:
Tea, Coffee and Biscuits will be available in the Club House.
Bracken is not specifically wheelchair accessible. For more information, please contact the club.
All NASRPC Competitions are Open Competitions and will count towards the 2023 National Leagues.
First Detail will begin at 9:30am on both days.
Last Detail will begin at 4:30pm on both days.
Results will be posted in the days following the event, medals will only be awarded in classes where there are sufficient entries.
If you have any questions or require any further information please contact NASRPC
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12 Jun 2010 Our Obtuse and Obnoxious President Blames Conservatives and Tea Partiers for His Own Failings
The longer we suffer under this President, the more I am impressed by the depth of his obtusiveness and by how obnoxiously he whines.
Consider this, from FoxNews.com today:
“I think it’s fair to say, if six months ago, before this spill had happened, I had gone up to Congress and I had said we need to crack down a lot harder on oil companies and we need to spend more money on technology to respond in case of a catastrophic spill, there are folks up there, who will not be named, who would have said this is classic, big-government overregulation and wasteful spending,” he told Politico in an interview.Obama also suggested the criticism coming from anti-big government protesters, such as Tea Party activists, was hypocritical.
“Some of the same folks who have been hollering and saying ‘do something’ are the same folks who, just two or three months ago, were suggesting that government needs to stop doing so much,” Obama said. “Some of the same people who are saying the president needs to show leadership and solve this problem are some of the same folks, who just a few months ago, were saying this guy is trying to engineer a takeover of our society through the federal government that is going to restrict our freedoms.”
Mr. President, your attempt to blame conservatives and Tea Partiers for your failings will not wash. Here’s why:
- The taxpayers already send the federal government you run far more than enough money to have all the equipment that technology can make available, and Congress gave you a lot of extra money on top of that in the stimulus to spend what we were told was for “shovel-ready” projects. It’s hard to see anything more shovel-ready than the Gulf right now. If you didn’t spend the money on shovels, it is YOUR fault.
- YOUR Administration accepted BP’s plan for the Deepwater Horizon well AND DIDN’T READ IT.From Rolling Stone:
Nowhere was the absurdity of the policy more evident than in the application that BP submitted for its Deepwater Horizon well only two months after Obama took office. BP claims that a spill is “unlikely” and states that it anticipates “no adverse impacts” to endangered wildlife or fisheries. Should a spill occur, it says, “no significant adverse impacts are expected” for the region’s beaches, wetlands and coastal nesting birds. The company, noting that such elements are “not required” as part of the application, contains no scenario for a potential blowout, and no site-specific plan to respond to a spill. Instead, it cites an Oil Spill Response Plan that it had prepared for the entire Gulf region. Among the sensitive species BP anticipates protecting in the semitropical Gulf? “Walruses” and other cold-water mammals, including sea otters and sea lions. The mistake appears to be the result of a sloppy cut-and-paste job from BP’s drilling plans for the Arctic. Even worse: Among the “primary equipment providers” for “rapid deployment of spill response resources,” BP inexplicably provides the Web address of a Japanese home-shopping network. Such glaring errors expose the 582-page response “plan” as nothing more than a paperwork exercise. “It was clear that nobody read it,” says Ruch, who represents government scientists.”This response plan is not worth the paper it is written on,” said Rick Steiner, a retired professor of marine science at the University of Alaska who helped lead the scientific response to the Valdez disaster. “Incredibly, this voluminous document never once discusses how to stop a deepwater blowout.”
Maybe you blame Tea Partiers for not bothering to read BP’s application? Or maybe that’s YOUR ADMINISTRATION’S FAULT?I’m not saying a thorough evaluation of the application would have stopped the leak, but the sloppiness of the application might have tipped someone off to the possibility that other sloppiness was going on in time to save the lives of the workers on the platform and stop the leak. The one thing we can be sure of is that it wasn’t the Tea Partiers’ fault your staff didn’t do its job. And it’s not as if you didn’t know the risk, because you personally blamed Bush — before this application was submitted, and well before the leak — for not handling applications strictly enough.
- Except for the libertarians, most of your limited-government critics have no problem spending federal dollars to inspect offshore oil drilling platforms and protect our coastlines (and yes, our borders). It’s you, Mr. President, who wastes our money on cronies, leftists and labor unions while throwing the baby pelicans out with the Gulf water. You wonder why we don’t want the socialized medicine of ObamaCare? It’s not because we want to defund the Minerals Management Service, its because we don’t want to be doctored by the same government that lets BP claim walruses live in the Gulf of Mexico. Maybe if you got the running of government right for once (or even showed as much interest in trying as you do in the comedy stylings of Paul McCartney), you wouldn’t receive so much opposition for expanding it.
In a Zogby Survey Daniel B. Klein and Zeljka Buturovic wrote about in Econ Journal Watch, and Klein in the Wall Street Journal, six groups of people, those very conservative, those libertarian, those conservative, those moderate, those liberal and those progressive/very liberal were asked eight basic economics question so simple, a person of moderate intellect could figure out the correct answers with but a moment’s contemplation. Nevertheless, those who called themselves progressives/very liberal averaged 5.26 wrong answers out of 8, a score that has to rank about the level of blithering idiot. Those who merely called themselves liberal averaged 4.69 wrong answers out of eight. Every other group scored better (“very conservative” scoring best at 1.3 average wrong answers, which is no surprise to me).
Mr. President, you are a man of the left, and you staffed your Administration with leftists. Look to that fact, and not to conservatives and Tea Partiers, as the source of your problems.
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Brandon Burger, Backyard Bird Shop Vancouver
Watching birds from your window but not knowing what species they are? We will talk about the basics of bird identification and touch on some of the more common backyard birds in our area with a focus on our various sparrow species.
Identification may seem daunting at first, but with some simple tips you can learn the basic differences between your backyard visitors.
Time permitting, after the classroom presentation we hope to go out into the gardens and allow you to try your new skills so please dress appropriately.
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Good news from Raspberry Pi hits the market. Anyone looking to purchase a Raspberry Pi over Christmas may be in luck. The company announced a significant increase in gadgets.
A blog post titled “Supply chain update – it’s excellent news!” was published to share the information.
Eben Upton, the CEO of Raspberry Pi, stated that 100,000 devices had been reserved for single-unit sales. And that the Raspberry Pi Zero will be offered for bulk purchases in 2023.
In response to earlier supply concerns, Raspberry Pi also anticipates reaching pre-pandemic levels by the second half of 2023. Single-unit sales are expected to play a significant role in the company’s restoration to its “equilibrium stocking level.”
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Good news from Raspberry Pi: supply for Raspberry Pi
We’ve got some good news for you, for the first time in a couple of years of semiconductor supply chain horror, Upton said.
This year, in the run-up to the holiday season, “as a thank-you to our army of extremely patient enthusiast customers, we’ve been able to set aside a little over 100,000 units, split among Zero W, 3A+, and the 2GB and 4GB varieties of Raspberry Pi 4 for single-unit sales.”
The Raspberry Pi Zero and Zero W will both face a $5 price hike. So the news isn’t all good.
The Zero, according to Upton, has always offered very low margins due to its extreme minimalism. And would “no longer be commercially feasible at its original price points” given the current cost hikes.
However, he continued, “we no longer expect to see the single-unit constraints that have been a hallmark of Zero since its launch in 2015. You’ll be able to buy as many as you want at a time” once the stock difficulties had been resolved.
Upton continued, “While we’re still not out of the woods, things are definitely getting better. Customers should always purchase from an Approved Reseller to guarantee they receive the best pricing.
“We enter 2022 without a great deal of vision into our future silicon supply chain, but we leave it with a lot more. Because of this, we can confidently state that, following a lean first quarter in 2023, we anticipate supply to rebound to pre-pandemic levels in the second quarter and to be limitless in the third and fourth quarters.”
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The database of Genotypes and Phenotypes (dbGaP) is a free resource that contains human data from a variety of large-scale studies. While you can’t view individual-level data without applying for controlled access, you can easily find dbGaP studies using the dbGaP Advanced Search (see screenshot below) and quickly filter studies based on study variables, molecular data type, study focus, NIH Institute, study consent, and more. Third-party annotations and mapping of phenotypic and study variables to controlled vocabularies allow you to search across studies. Once you find a study of interest, you can follow the Authorized Access link on records to apply for access.
Phenotypic and study variables include:
- Clinical measures (e.g., height, weight, blood pressure)
- Demographic information (e.g., age, gender, ethnicity)
- Sample information (e.g., analyte type, body site)
- Molecular data type (e.g., DNA sequence, genotypes, gene expression)
Outside groups have also provided additional annotations to help standardize and harmonize the terms used to describe phenotypes and variables. These include mapping to controlled vocabularies in the Unified Medical Language System UMLS Metathesaurus including the Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) vocabulary or directly to UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers (CUI).
Organizations doing the annotations include:
- NLM’s Lister Hill Center mapping to LOINC terms
- Medical Data Models mapping to UMLS CUI terms
- NHLBI’s TOPMed project mapping cardiovascular disease phenotypes to UMLS terms
- The PhenX project mapping to LOINC and PhenX terms
The annotated vocabularies will also be included in the dbGaP FHIR schema searchable through the dbGaP FHIR API.
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We are absolutely pleased to see our best friend in less pain. It has made things calmer around the house just knowing that she is feeling better and moving with more ease. Limonene– as the name indicated, it has a lemony smell and is often used in cleaning or cosmetic products. PPAR are a unique receptor found primarily in immune cells that are very sensitive to CBD and CBDA.
Many argue that consuming the plant in its whole form provides all the necessary cofactors to facilitate proper absorption. Cannabidiol is one of the most critical cannabinoids contained in the cannabis plant. It exists both in agricultural hemp, as well as medical cannabis. While cannabinoids are present within several plants in nature, cannabis is the only plant known to contain CBD. This compound works, in part, by mimicking the effects of anandamide and 2-AG.
There range of products include CBD oils, gummies, topical CBD cream, a vape pen and more. In 2018, in a study of more localized treatment, researchers administered a synthetic CBD gel in either 250-milligram or 500-milligram doses daily or a placebo to patients with knee pain due to osteoarthritis. Patients also stopped taking any other anti-inflammatory medications or painkillers, with the exception of acetaminophen, before and during the study period. Meanwhile, continued studies in the U.S. indicate CBD is effective in treating chronic, non-cancer pain. In one 2020 study, researchers administered CBD topically to a group of patients with symptomatic peripheral neuropathy while another group with the same condition received a placebo.
Out of all full spectrum gummies on the market, these gummies will give you the most CBD per dollar in mg. R+R Medicinals gummies are one of the only true full-spectrum CBD gummies on the market. Using CBD oil tincture isn’t very discreet, so if you’re looking for a convenient or discreet method to use CBD, gummies are one of your best options. Also, keep in mind that Sol-Liposomal CBD could be anywhere between 2 to 10 times more effective than regular CBD, we didn’t incorporate this into the chart. Keep in mind that CBDfx vape oil contains a lot of added terpenes that’s why the blue bar is so high.
The Endocannabinoid System is able to modulate the inflammatory response by down regulating the production of inflammatory proteins and chemotaxis of inflammatory cytokines by macrophages or mast cells . Modulating the inflammatory response is important in controlling conditions from joint discomfort to allergic reactions, and countless other circumstances. It’s exciting to be at the forefront of a developing industry and we are proud to have led the way in scientific advances.
In addition, it works quickly, and the effect lingers on for quite a few hours. Besides, since the oil is non-psychoactive, it is fit for regular use as it won’t produce a high or show up in drug tests. This gives buyers more incentive to purchase products from the brand and saves them the hassle of re-ordering an item every time they run out. CBD Magic prioritizes consumer satisfaction and, to that effect, has a refund policy in place.
Their molecular structures are similar, but their effects are different. They also interact with the endocannabinoid system differently. The entourage effect supports this concept, suggesting that cannabinoids work in synergy to amplify their therapeutic potential. Most experts recommend using full-spectrum extracts to get the benefits of CBN and CBD together. Cannabis extracts that are not derived from hemp are still considered illegal federally. Legalizing marijuana on a federal level would clear the confusion surrounding marijuana-derived CBN products.
Independent lab tests protect consumers, and they let you know exactly what is in the product you are purchasing. If you are looking for a CBD product from Green Roads to help you get a better night’s sleep, we’d recommend you start with the 750-milligram Sweet Sleep Oil. It contains CBD, CBN, and melatonin to help you drift gently off to dreamland. The full line of sleep products from Green Roads includes Sleepy Z’s Gummies, Sleep Capsules, and pre-measured Sweet Sleep Nightly Doses. Many things keep people up at night, such as insomnia, chronic pain, anxiety, or even a general inability to relax. CBD might be the answer regardless of what’s keeping you up at night.
Q2 Should I Pick Cbd Over Thc?
We expect to see a lot more research on this cannabinoid soon. Usually, federal law is different from state laws when it comes to cannabis. Companies can sell CBN products because it’s not considered a Schedule I drug as long as the delta 9 THC content is below 0.3%. Endocannabinoids produced by the body, as well as cannabinoids, bind to these receptors. Examine.com is intended to be used for educational and information purposes only. Examine.com and its Editors do not advocate nutritional supplementation over proper medical advice or treatment and this sentiment will never be expressed through pages hosted under Examine.com.
In addition, buyers were impressed with the absence of the earthy hemp flavor, which is characteristic of the best CBD oil. The brand offers a range of hemp-based products, and they feature both full- and broad-spectrum tinctures. One of their most popular options is the 1,500 mg Pure Balance Full-Spectrum CBD Tincture. It’s made with premium lab tested non-GMO hemp and is exceptionally reasonable at about four cents per milligram. The brand’s Terpene Rich Hemp Oil Tincture is a flavor experience unto itself.
The hemp plant produces a broad range of cannabinoids, including THC, the intoxicating cannabinoid in marijuana. However, hemp does not produce enough THC to be intoxicating when consumed. As veterinarians we want to recommend a product that has proven science and CBD Gummies With THC effectiveness. We have been extremely impressed with all the ElleVet range. Overall, our patients’ myofascial discomfort is remarkably reduced and the CBDA component is very beneficial at calming stressed pets or for our seniors who have night time disorientation.
CBD is non-psychoactive which means that it will not get the user high. Because of this trait, CBD appears more frequently than THC in dietary and natural supplements. THC and CBD share some similarities, but there are key differences that make CBD an viable therapeutic option for a wider variety of people. This testing is important and that we only provide the highest quality product to our customers.
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She has had quite the rough life..and has so much discomfort. She is a farm dog, overly active, always wants to follow along what we’re doing. We tried all kinds of things to help with discomfort… I did a lot of reading and research on ElleVet and the Cornell study.. It is absolutely wonderful-she doesn’t struggle to stand up, can play outside longer, and sleeps more soundly. We’ve limited her physical exertion, but she doesn’t tire or go lame as fast when on oil. We’ve taken her off the oil, and she goes back to crippled old lady.
Because a single bottle of this liposomal CBD costs $90 and contains 300mg of liposomal CellG8 hemp-extract. Buying this product would be similar to buying 3000mg of regular CBD-rich hemp-extract, making this CBD oil the most affordable CBD product. This means you would need MUCH less CBD to achieve the same effects with this product. How much exactly is unclear because the study didn’t look at the differences in effects, only in bio-availability. This tincture will give you the best results based on price. One drop of this tincture is significantly more effective than one drop of other products that look more affordable on paper.
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** Not older retirees with Safe Spending Rates (SSR%) well in excess of 5%.
*** Data source for returns in this post: Stocks, Bonds, Bills and Inflation (SBBI) Yearbook, Ibbotson and Grabowski. The Yearbook has real annual returns for three types of bonds. I selected the returns from long term US Government Bonds for this post.
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DVD-Spiritual Simplicity Series w/Study Guide
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Warm summer days, Cool summer treats
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- Low sodium broth (chicken or vegetable)
- Shredded cooked turkey
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The directions for this frozen treat are quite easy, simply mix all of his together, put it in the container and freeze it. Your pups are sure to enjoy these!
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One year ago today, Detroit artist Sheefy was arrested by local police while painting a mural for the City of Detroit’s City Walls project, which is administered by 1xRUN. City Walls is a multi-faceted civic program that helps combat vandalism and refurbish old storefronts with city-sanctioned artwork. At the time, Sheefy was one of several participating artists installing murals in Detroit’s varied neighborhoods. Taken for a vandal, officers handcuffed the artist and took him to jail, where he spent 24 hours until his release.
It so happened that Sheefy’s arrest took place on June 19, 2019, or Juneteenth, which commemorates the 1865 arrival of Union troops upon Galveston, Texas, the last of the states to receive federal orders that all previously enslaved people were now free. The irony is not lost on Sheefy, also known as Tashif Turner, who considers himself an oxymoron: “[I’m] painting for the city and getting arrested for it by the city; living in a Black city and not being able to be a Black artist.”
Since then, Sheefy has built an extraordinary following of international fine art collectors. On 1xRUN alone, he’s sold 120+ original works of art and seven distinct print editions across 11 solo collections. Between 1xRUN’s City Walls, Murals In The Market, and Quicken Loans Small Business Mural Project, Sheefy has also installed dozens more murals throughout the city of Detroit. He is undoubtedly one of the most highly sought-after artists in the fine art community.
We sat with Sheefy to reflect on Juneteenth and the symbolism it carries for himself, his artwork, and the Black community, 155 years on.
1x:RUN: Tell us about the mural you were creating for City Walls and the events leading up to your arrest. What was going through your mind at the time? How did it leave you feeling afterwards?
Sheefy: It was the first one I started. A crazy big wall, a whole block. I was really focusing on something the neighborhood would enjoy. 7 Mile, Cartier County––stuff that the inner city can really feel in touch with. In the midst of finishing the second side, under the viaduct, that’s when it started. The cops thought I was doing graffiti.
I called Zak Meers (wall manager for the City Walls project), but they thought I was calling my Mom or lying, or something. I couldn’t win. Seven cop cars, I’m in cuffs, you feel me? I actually had a city official there, but they still wanted to take me in for an old ticket from 11 years ago. It was like, “We’re gonna take you to jail because we can.”
I had so many emotions running through me. I had never been to jail. I always avoided jail. And to go to jail doing something for the city? I was just an oxymoron sitting in that cell. I was thinking about it the whole time. It felt so wrong, but I knew I was doing right.
I used my voice to speak up. I knew the editors at Metro Times and Free Press. I told my Mom first. She posted it on Facebook, she just went off, and I sent her status to all the editors. It went from local to national to global in a weekend. You don’t know how powerful your voice is. It was crazy.
1x: You were confronted by police of the very same municipality that commissioned you to paint the mural in the first place. What message did that send to you as an artist?
Sheefy: It shows that they judge me by how I look. The cops weren’t really thinking about what was happening. They tried to play the “good cop, bad cop” thing, like they were my friends even though I’m going to jail.
I saw cops the whole week while I was painting. It wasn’t like I had just started; I was there and I had been painting the whole block. I tried to explain it to them, that this ain’t no graffiti. It shows that street art is different in Detroit. The cops can’t even tell the difference between street art and graffiti. If we’ve got a graffiti task force that don’t know the difference, they’re going to judge it by who they think does graffiti: a Black person. But if you think of a lot of the graffiti writers in Detroit, they’re mostly white. We don’t have a lot of Black writers here.
I’m just happy to be away from it. It fucked me up. I took a few weeks to breathe, then I got back to painting. With all the opportunities that came with me speaking my truth, I just really pushed my artwork and went tunnel vision on it. I feel like I’ve grown a lot as an artist since then. Not only in skill, but what I’m putting in my artwork. The messages, the intensity, the fun––I wrap up all those things in one piece.
1x: The incident took place on Juneteenth. The irony of a Black man’s arrest taking place on a day that celebrates his freedom is baffling –– what is your takeaway from that?
Sheefy: I didn’t realize it until like a month later, when someone pointed it out to me on Twitter. I was like, damn. It just added to the oxymoron: painting for the city and getting arrested for it by the city; living in a Black city and not being able to be a Black artist.
Now a year later, I want to do something special with it. Since my last release, I wasn’t even thinking about the connection to Juneteenth. But it felt right. It’s something organic, and I think it’s pushing me to see my art as bigger than just being pretty. It can be for my city and my people, too. All I gotta do is be able to open up and let loose.
1x: In the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests surrounding the murder of George Floyd, Juneteenth feels as important to recognize now as ever. How do you celebrate Juneteenth, and how do you think Juneteenth should be observed?
Sheefy: I feel like as long as Black people celebrate it, we ain’t gotta worry about none of that. It’s going to come to us. It takes the people to appreciate it, rather than a government that don’t give a fuck about us. We just gotta see it as our day.
We’ve got to embrace our freedom and embrace each other. We’re seeing men getting killed every day, Black men and women being shot by the police still. It’s a never-ending fight. We need to show that we know that we were free, but we’re still not free. We have to keep that state of mind and connect with our communities. That’s what art can do.
1x: How do you use your art as a form of protest?
Sheefy: I’m not out on the streets protesting; I’m in my studio working, but I still want to be able to help. I’ve been having these feelings like I want to do something, and that’s how I got inspired to do the Pro Black series. I feel like I’m always drawing Black people to begin with. My subconscious sees figures with thick lips, big noses, curls––that’s what I’m drawing all the time. I’m always Pro Black. Me being Black and successful is Pro Black.
I hit up Pietro, and I was like, man, there’s so much on my head. I really want to find a good way to vent. I want to give back somehow. That’s when he got back to me about this Black Lives Matter series.
Even this Untitled painting––I wasn’t planning on having it in the series; it was just me venting. I couldn’t work on commissions or nothing for a week. Then I painted that in three days. I was just trying to get something out of me. It’s how I feel, it’s got a message to it, and I want people to have it. Plus, it’s money for me to give away to the cause.
I know my name and how far my voice goes, so I try to take a positive approach to the media buzz. Instead of, “I got fucked with by the police”, it’s, “I’m a great artist and this art is for the world.”
1x: The city of Detroit has a complicated relationship with street art: it cracks down on graffiti, but at the same time it supports public art projects.
Sheefy: I travel a lot so I can learn from other cities. They connect public art with graffiti in a good way. When you think of graffiti in Detroit, you think of 7 Mile Bloods or something like that. The people in office don’t see street art as beauty. If you’ve got Rock Financial bringing in Kaws, Futura, and Shepard Fairey… it’s like, the world knows that’s cool, but the city of Detroit don’t even know who these artists are. It’s still going over their heads. But when you’ve got artists like me, or Sydney James, or Tiff Massey putting a lot of work around the city and making a global stamp, it makes it better for the youth. They can see representations of themselves, and that will make Detroit stronger.
I believe creativity is our greatest export. Motown, techno, Dilla, Tryee Guyton on up. We’ve got so much creativity but we haven’t really propelled our city. There are a lot of things that blow up, and then just leave here. We can take that initiative going forward. We need more institutions like 1xRUN that are willing to listen to artists, instead of use them when it’s convenient. We have to build organic art. We’re not doing it just be seen, we’re doing it because we love Detroit.
1x: Much work still needs to be done in order to reform the criminal justice system that has worked against Black communities for decades –– what are some changes that you would like to see?
Sheefy: That’s such a big question. There’s so much that needs to be done. It ain’t going to be done in a year. We gotta buckle up.
160 years ago, my great grandfather was a slave. 60 years ago, my grandma was getting spit on trying to go to school. We just got civil rights. Now, decades later, we’re getting murdered in the street. It’s really not better than how it was 100 years ago; it’s just a whole different game. They got people in prison right now basically doing slave work. We got viruses killing mainly Black people. There’s a lot of shit that’s hitting us in waves, but we’ve got to just keep up the fight, and do everything we can to speak our truth.
If we can’t get the education we deserve, we have to learn how to teach our own. We’ve got kids in Detroit fighting for their right to learn how to read. What type of shit is that? Detroit Public Schools is crumbling. They’re destroying us at all different levels. They’re not even giving us a fighting chance.
We have to see Black Lives Matter past it just being profitable. It looks like a lot of folks are just going to support this for two months. But what about the next five, ten years? We’ve got to keep our eye on the prize. It’s got to be better than just us protesting. You’ve got to be able to put some money up. We have to be able to put up our own buildings and teach our own children. Our best bet is to get our own and to protect our own.
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Linda Finch Hicks, administrative manager in the history department, died Sunday, Nov. 1 at Alta Bates Hospital of pancreatic cancer. She was 55.
The daughter of a diplomat, Finch Hicks grew up in Japan and Korea and began her career at Berkeley in 1987, as an administrative assistant at the Center for Korean Studies, part of the Institute for East Asian Studies. A decade later, in 1997, she became a management services officer first in the Department of Philosophy for seven years and then in the history department, starting in 2004.
Linda really loved working on campus with all of its ups and down, and tried to encourage the people she managed to develop themselves, says Dianne Walker, a longtime friend of Finch Hicks and project engineer in the Office of the CIO. She had a real gift and a passion for helping her staff and others on campus find work they loved. She looked out for the institution.
She was the fulcrum of the entire life of our department, says Mary Elizabeth Berry, chair of the history department. Berry describes Finch Hicks as a very joyful human being who set a transformative tone for the department by creating a common attitude of respect and optimism.
Frances Katsuura, director of administration in the psychology department, and a friend of Finch Hicks for 13 years, recalls that Linda munificently lent me and many others at the university the wisdom of her experience. Even through this last challenging phase of life, she was smart and funny and shared her enthusiasm with everyone.
Finch Hicks was a mentor to Gail Ganino, administrative manager for the French and comparative literature departments, who calls her friend a grounded, incredibly intelligent, lovely woman who could always find the humor in things.
Finch Hicks was active at Berkeleys Good Shepherd Episcopal Church and an ardent reader. She loved cooking, yoga, and doing Sudoku. She walked most mornings with friends at University Terrace, where she lived with her family.
Finch Hicks was also a designer and seamstress, who once made a wedding dress for a graduate student, Ganino recalls. Last year, she was staff winner of the campuss Lili Fabilli and Eric Hoffer Essay contest.
Hicks is survived by her husband, Kevin Hicks; her 17-year-old daughter, Suzie; her mother, Suzanne, of Bluemont, Va; and her sisters, Catherine of Marthas Vineyard, and Anna, of Byfield, Mass.
A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 10, at St. Marks Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. The family plans to establish a memorial fund to help pay for Suzie Hickss college expenses. For details on how to make contributions, contact Dianne Walker at firstname.lastname@example.org or 643-0290.
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Surging demand in AI industry creates job opportunities for Chinese graduates
New job offers related to AI foundation models have surged for 2023 fresh graduates in China, showing a year-on-year growth of 172.53 percent, according to a report issued by Chinese job-seeking website Liepin recently.
The number of college graduates in China in 2023 is expected to hit a record 11.58 million.
In the first quarter of 2023, the increase in demand for AI product managers, content operators, and natural language processing engineers exceeded 300 percent, showed data from Boss Zhipin, an online hiring and job-hunting platform.
AI-Generated Content (AIGC), which refers to the use of artificial intelligence technology to generate content, is considered a new form of content production, including AI painting, AI writing, AI programming, etc.
Research by Boss Zhipin has found that since 2022, more than 80 percent of AIGC positions resulted from the internet industry. In 2023, however, there is a strong growth momentum for AIGC-related positions in the entertainment as well as pharmaceutical and medical industries.
At the same time, new professions have been created in AIGC-related areas, such as prompt engineer, 3D-AIGC algorithm engineer, ChatGPT optimizer, ChatGPT application engineer, and so on.
According to data from Liepin, average annual salaries for job positions related to intelligent manufacturing, AIGC and AI foundation models are the highest among fresh graduate recruitments, averaging 330,200 yuan ($46,379), 303,600 yuan, and 279,900 yuan per year, respectively.
Since 2022, these AIGC-related opportunities have been mainly in the Yangtze River Delta and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, with Beijing, Shanghai, and Zhejiang Province taking the lead.
According to Boss Zhipin, jobs related to AIGC have high educational requirements, with over 80 percent of the positions requiring a bachelor's or master's degree. There is a significant increase in demand for PhD graduates specializing in AI foundation models, with year-on-year growth of 430 percent.
According to Liepin, the three areas that have seen the greatest application growth from 2023 college graduates are: intelligent manufacturing, AIGC and AI foundation models, with a year-on-year growth of 303.12 percent, 297.27 percent, and 235.25 percent, respectively.
Chen Dingding, founder of the Guangzhou-based think tank Intellisia Institute, is optimistic about this trend, as it means that more opportunities are being created for Chinese university students in the area of AI.
He believes that with the rapid development of AI technology and its widespread application, the demand for talents in this area is bound to increase, resulting in greater potential and advantages for Chinese university students.
(Cover: College students attend a job fair in Beijing, China, April 28, 2023. /CFP)
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City of London cleans up at Keep Britain Tidy awards
The City of London Corporation has been presented with the prize of ‘Local Authority of the Year’ in Keep Britain Tidy’s annual awards. The local authority for the financial Square Mile was praised for its work to reduce litter and improve the overall street environment.
In addition it was recognised for the successes of a range of proactive campaigns, such as ‘No Small Problem’, an awareness raising exercise aimed at reducing cigarette litter and with their efforts cleaning up after the increasing night time economy. The award was shared with Braintree Council at an awards ceremony in Birmingham
The awards recognise and reward excellence and innovation in improving local environmental quality. The City had previously won a Keep Britain Tidy ‘Innovation Award’ in 2013.
Wendy Mead OBE, Chairman of Port Health and Environment Services Committee at the City of London Corporation, said:
“The prize of Local Authority of the Year for the City of London Corporation at the Keep Britain Tidy ceremony is down to the hard work or our staff and contractors who are delivering the very best service possible. They should be proud that their efforts means that those who live, work in or visit the City can enjoy a high quality, greener and cleaner environment.”
The No Small Problem campaign involved the distribution of 10,000 personal mini-bins, as well as signposting services for people wanting to quit smoking. The enforcement activities of the Street Environment Officers, supported by the City of London Police, resulted in 43 per cent reduction in dropped cigarette butts since the campaign launched last year.
Despite having a small residential population of around 7,500, the City of London hosts around 400,000 workers every weekday, as well as numerous tourists to its cultural venues including the Barbican Centre and Museum of London. Its booming night time economy has seen the City’s environment team faced with additional challenges. However, the introduction of a night time levy means the businesses that benefit from a large number of customers to pubs, clubs and restaurants, help to fund the clean-up operation.
Notes to Editors
About the City of London Corporation
The City of London Corporation provides local government and policing services for the financial and commercial heart of Britain, the 'Square Mile'. In addition, the City Corporation has three roles:
- We support London’s communities by working in partnership with neighbouring boroughs on economic regeneration, education and skills projects. In addition, the City of London Corporation’s charity City Bridge Trust makes grants of more than £15 million annually to charitable projects across London and we also support education with three independent schools, three City Academies, a primary school and the world-renowned Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
- We also help look after key London’s heritage and green spaces including Tower Bridge, Museum of London, Barbican Arts Centre, City gardens, Hampstead Heath, Epping Forest, Burnham Beeches, and important ‘commons’ in south London.
- We also support and promote the ‘City’ as a world-leading financial and business hub, with outward and inward business delegations, high-profile civic events and research-driven policies all reflecting a long-term approach.
See www.cityoflondon.gov.uk for more details.
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As HARMAN continues to perfect the all-important, ever-evolving concept of in-vehicle connectivity, we clearly see the importance customization and personalization experience brings to the table. The incredible HARMAN Ignite Store presents new opportunities to create the ultimate in-vehicle experience by sourcing groundbreaking automotive apps from developers around the world. Below is a continuation of our conversation with Karen Piurkowski, Global Marketing Director, Automotive at HARMAN, about the HARMAN Ignite Store:
Q: How does HARMAN plan to motivate app providers?
First and foremost, by adhering to a customer due diligence-compliant strategy, HARMAN provides a path for content providers to double their investment in Android Automotive App development by allowing content providers to distribute the same app via Google and Ignite Store.
Also, HARMAN provides an option for partners to explore extensions where they can improve engagement, and address the unique requirements for the embedded use case.
We are currently working with our OEM partners to develop a standardization strategy. We are exploring GENIVI and CCC as platforms to standardize requirements and application programming interfaces to demonstrate open support of OEMs for the ecosystem.
How to Differentiate
One important element of the standardization effort is going to be the support of a Car application programming interface that will provide third-party developers access to car data. Currently, there is a limited set of vehicle data that is available on Android Automotive, and while Google has proposed an expanded list, we are not sure to what extent the OEM community will support this set. HARMAN will support all Android Automotive standard vehicle data, and offer additional extensions, with the proviso that OEMs retain control to ensure adoption.
Q: As OEMs choose different paths for how they would like to customize and present the templates, how far does HARMAN go to ensure that all functions well across all of the variants as app updates come through frequently? Are there limits to how often app developers can submit their updates?
Some content providers plan to certify the end-user experience (e.g. Spotify, Apple). Hence, we strongly encourage OEMs not to deviate from the guidelines, which are also consistent with Google published guidelines.
As content providers submit new or updates to existing apps, HARMAN will conduct automated and manual testing of all submitted apps. The goal is to certify app performance and adherence to HARMAN’s reference templates. OEMs also have the ability to conduct their test. Currently, we have not placed any limits to third-party app developer updates.
As the success of the HARMAN Ignite Store continues to grow and expand across vehicles and providers, we at HARMAN are excited to watch customers around the world cultivate an unprecedented connected in-car experience. The world’s increasing connectivity will only be made stronger with the HARMAN Ignite Store at the helm. Want to learn more? Visit https://ignitedevelopers.HARMAN.com/
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Champions in Action, presented by Action Promotions and Presidential Click, has been re-scheduled with a new date and venue!
This star studded event will take place at the Kool Haus Entertainment Complex at 132 Queens Quay East (downtown Toronto) on Friday November 27th, 2009. The most talked about event will feature performances by Mr. Vegas; Spice; Gyptian; Chino; I-Wayne; I-Octane; Laden and Ikaya (Coco Tea and Anthony B who were on the original bill, cannot attend due to a previously scheduled tour). There will also be a surprise guest artist from Jamaica, as well as, a special appearance from U.S. recording artist Monsoon. The following Canadian talents will be opening the show: Eyesus; Exco Levi; Razor B; Steele and One Shott.
Additional entertainment will be provided by Swatch International; Firesquad; Riddim Track Master Spex; Nitro da CD Sound and Crystal Vibes. The evening will also feature a dance performance by Ziptop and dance group Champs United.
We recognized that Fans were disappointed when the previously planned show was cancelled for reasons beyond our control” said Eric, owner of Action Promotions. Some community organizations felt a certain performance would be offensive and they planned to protest if that artist took the stage. In the interest of limiting the potential to incite a riot, the show was cancelled. Action Promotions offered to remove the artist in question from the bill to allow the show to continue, but the Crime Unit felt that removing the artist would still incite a riot because this artist was one of the headliners on the bill, and fans were not given enough notice of his removal.
We hope the new date, venue and line up will help to make up for the disappointment felt by so many.
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MIT's Innovation Initiative hopes to improve the world by pushing forward the best of hundreds of ideas generated on campus through four pillars — education, research, outreach, and the planned Laboratory for Innovation Science and Policy.
While MIT has plenty of great science and technology ideas, without an advocate who can move those ideas beyond concept and prototype to market them, many will stay on the shelf. "For a technology to reach impact, someone needs to think about scale-up, and someone needs to think about how to bring the idea into the marketplace," says Vladimir Bulović, the Fariborz Maseeh Chair in Emerging Technology at MIT's School of Engineering, who also co-leads the MIT Innovation Initiative.
"To deliver impact with our ideas we need to go beyond a journal publication, beyond a talk that we give at conferences. We need to consider how to augment our student education so they can transform the world even more readily once they graduate," Bulović suggests.
Bringing experience to bear
A co-founder of multiple spinoffs, holder of more than 75 patents and award-winning educator, Bulović brings personal experience as an entrepreneur to the Innovation Initiative. His co-chair is Fiona Murray, the William Porter Professor of Entrepreneurship at the MIT Sloan School of Management. A preliminary report in December 2014 made specific recommendations for improving innovation impact, including creation of a Laboratory for Innovation Science and Policy. Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick will become a visiting fellow with the MIT Innovation Initiative this spring.
"MIT Innovation Initiative will bring forward additional venues that can accelerate transition of ideas to innovations and impact," Bulović says. "As scientists, social scientists and engineers, MIT trains us extremely well to be able to develop a new type of technology, apply the science principles on hard problems, and discover entirely new paradigms of what scientific pursuit might mean, and we're very comfortable writing that in the form of a paper, a book, or a presentation at a conference. Transforming those academic successes into an impactful entity beyond MIT is a very large step," he explains.
The Innovation Initiative will prepare the next generation — undergrads, graduate students, and postdocs alike — to take that step by instituting a new certificate program, coordinating the work of existing entrepreneurial support entities on campus, and launching the new Lab for Innovation Science and Policy.
Social and market context
The new lab will study the social and market context of taking ideas from lab demonstration to practical, large-scale application in the world. It will conduct research on venture formation, scale up, and understanding the marketplace as well as social needs and responses to them. "Is it by forming a for-profit company? A not-for-profit entity? Making sure your idea can be embedded in an existing company and allowing you to be a member of a team who will push it forward? Study of such social and market context is an untapped area of research opportunities," Bulović says.
A cross-disciplinary approach is needed to transform research scientists' findings in the lab into solutions that meet real-world needs. "Illuminate your idea from one angle, the science angle, or take a different point of view and illuminate it from a social perspective, quantify its impact. Every one of those new looks will complete the picture of its value to the world," Bulović says.
A legacy of entrepreneurship
These steps build on a foundation of successes of MIT alumni and faculty entrepreneurs and innovators. In the Dec. 8, 2014, community meeting, Bulović and Murray reported some initial findings of the 2014 survey of MIT alumni, in which over one-third reported they are entrepreneurs; 35 percent are inventors; and 32 percent are patent holders. The survey compiled 19,700 responses from 104,000 alumni, about 19 percent participation.
"Very satisfyingly, about 30 percent of MIT-alum companies have headquartered in Massachusetts, and about 8 [percent] in Cambridge, just outside MIT," Bulović says.
Alternatives for PhDs and postdocs
Although MIT is well-known for sending many of its doctoral graduates and postdoctoral associates on to teaching careers, there is a huge mismatch between the number of qualified candidates and openings for college faculty. As an example, MIT has about 1,400 postdoctoral associates but on average fills only about 30 academic positions a year. "The scale of the mismatch suggests that many of the postdocs will not find academic positions they might desire. Those who are entrepreneurially-inclined might want to consider ways of enhancing their innovation and entrepreneurship skills while still at MIT," Bulović suggests.
The Innovation Initiative supports programs that could give many of them the skills to pursue entrepreneurial careers as an alternative. One such program initiated by the Research Lab of Electronics and led by Professor Yoel Fink is the Translational Fellows Program, which gives postdocs one day a week, or 20 percent of their time, to work on commercializing a technology developed at MIT. It is now in its second year. "We are looking at ways of enabling some of the most skilled practitioners we have on campus to align their thinking and actions towards the idea of generating themselves a job before they step out of MIT," says Bulović.
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Tell me about a significant childhood memory and how it has impacted your life today.
When I was in eighth grade, I went on a class camping trip and camping got into my bones. I do not come from a family who camps or hikes, but I connected with being outside on a visceral level. I remember wandering away on my own into the forest, sitting by a snowmelt stream. In 2010, I took a monthlong solo road and camping trip—a kind of walkabout. I started in Utah, went through Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, southern British Columbia to Vancouver, then down the pacific coast to San Francisco, over to Yosemite and then home. I had one reservation for the whole trip, for two nights in Vancouver. I’d always been so planned, reservations for everything, with the goal of getting to the next place, and I just wandered and explored where I was and moved on when I was done. It was the kind of trip I’d always wanted to do and waited for someone to do it with. I finally just did it. It was life changing to spend that much time alone, camping and hiking. I’d heard that every woman should take a trip alone and I’d travelled alone before, but never like that. I visited an aunt along the way and she asked me where on earth the trip had come from, as it was not something I’d learned from my family. And I told her about that camping trip when I was in eighth grade.
What have you been most proud of this week?
I’ve (almost, as it’s Thursday when I’m writing this) gotten through the week without falling down, literally or figuratively, and I’ve managed to keep all the tasks I’m juggling in the air. That’s a good week.
What is your favorite way to spend a day off?
I love to hike. I don’t have as much time as I would like to go hiking anymore, but when I can get out on a trail, I feel like I can breathe, relax and just be. My second date with my husband was hiking up Schultz Pass, and one of our traditions is to find a new place to go hiking to celebrate the New Year. Getting away from the sounds of civilization, so I can really hear the wind in the trees, a stream, birds and animals, feel a cool breeze and the sun on my face is the most restoring experience.
What are three things on your bucket list and why?
I want to stand in front of the Taj Mahal, Shakespeare’s grave and Michelangelo’s “David.” If I’m standing in front of them, that means I’m there and that I’ve travelled to India, England and Italy. In the case of the Taj Mahal and the “David”, I’d be seeing two of the most culturally and artistically revered buildings and statues in the world. As to Shakespeare’s grave, I work in theatre, and he’s Shakespeare.
What is your philosophy in life?
Show up. All of the most amazing and best experiences of my life have been because I showed up, I took the opportunities that came my way and made the best of them I could. I worked hard, I said yes (sometimes too much), but I’ve showed up in my life.
If you could pick one piece of advice to give someone, what would it be?
Learn to say no. While showing up to my life and saying yes a lot, I’ve learned to set boundaries and say no. It’s one of the hardest but most important and most powerful things I’ve done and has enabled me to both show up and step back and away. When I say no, it means I don’t have something else I don’t necessarily have time for added to my plate, and someone else gets the opportunity.
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Max in Singapore: 'You can make your own luck'
Published on 14 September 2023 by Misha van der Kroon
This weekend, the streets of Singapore will be the scene of the Singapore Grand Prix. The night race will take place at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, which highlighted by artificial light always delivers some amazing pictures. Some changes have been made to the third sector of the circuit: four corners have been removed and turned into a straight.
Max, will the new layout be an advantage for Oracle Red Bull Racing? “I don’t think it’s bad for us, but we have to wait and see how much of a difference in speed it will make on the straight.”
Apart from the adjusted layout, there is also a new technical guideline on the flexibility of wings that will come into effect this weekend. This should not have any impact on the performance of the RB19, according to Max. “I don’t think so. We never really had a flexible front wing or anything like that, so I don’t think it will affect us.”
Max has the record of ten Grand Prix victories in a row on his name. A unique record, however the Dutchman does not simply compare it with the nine victories in a row of Sebastian Vettel. Max: “Every period of dominance is different. The cars are very different now, as are the tyres. So it is difficult to compare them. I’m trying to keep this streak going for as long as possible, but there will be a day on which it will end. Street circuits are always a bigger risk and there is a lot more chaos, but we are here to win.”
To what extent did luck play a role in achieving this historic, Wikipedia-worthy record? Max answers: “You can make your own luck. I don’t think we have had a lot of luck this year, but we enforced a lot of things. We made the right calls in difficult situations. Eventually you shouldn’t think too much about that, but just drive really fast.”
Which is what he, and the other drivers, will do this weekend, starting on Friday at 11:30 hrs local Dutch time with the first Free Practice session. When asked who he thinks will be his competitors this weekend, Max replies: “It’s difficult to predict. It can be Ferrari, Mercedes, Aston Martin or McLaren… During the weekend I’m actually just busy getting the best out of my own car. That is the most important for me.”
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Netflix has just confirmed that the hit Squid Game web series will be getting a second season. The teaser trailer doesn’t reveal much, but it does feature a squid wrapped around an old woman and her umbrella.
The original series stars K.J. Aubert, who plays the proud lead character Raphael, a squid who has trouble adjusting to modern society and his new life as an intern at an ad agency.
The show features cameos from celebrities like Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Nathan Fillion, and Adam Savage of “MythBusters” (who portrayed himself).
The pilot will release between 2023 – 2024 to critical acclaim and receive praise for its unique brand of humor mixed with delightfully adult themes. Even President Barack Obama has tweeted about it.
Introduction to The Squid Game
The Squid Game is an educational game, developed in Python by Philipp Schermann, that teaches players how to code. The goal of the game is to prove one’s coding skills by sending a squad of squids through several levels and defeating the Evil Robot Army.
Players solve logic problems and code their squids with patterns of commands that are translated into actual lines of program code.
The squid, guided by the player, moves through levels and destroys robots based on the player’s command. By completing each of the levels, players earn points, which are then added to their personal winner’s score. The goal of the game is not to attack or kill any of the enemies the past level has killed.
Names of the characters in The Squid Game
Here are the celebrity’s names mentioned below:
- Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun
- HoYeon Jung as Kang Sae-byeok
- Park Hae-soo as Cho Sang-Woo
- Lee Yoo-Mi as Ji-yeong
- O Yeong-su as Oh Il-nam
- Kim Joo-ryeong as Han Mi-nyeo
- Wi Ha-joon as Hwang Jun-ho
- Lee Byung-hun as Front Man
- Anupam Tripathi as Abdul Ali
- Heo Sung-tae as Jang Deok-su
- Park Si-wan as Kang Cheol
- Christian Lagahit as Player 276
The storyline of The Squid Game
The story of The Squid Game begins in the oceans. Not a single living creature is seen, only darkness and black water. One day, something small and insignificant makes its presence known by rubbing against the boat’s hull — it’s a squid!
However, this is not just any old squid. It is the first squid ever to have appeared in the ocean! It is an extremely small squid, but that doesn’t change its significance. The tiny beginning to grow, and it continues to grow in masses.
At this point, however, none of us can see the squid. Since it began to thrive and spread through the ocean like wildfire and was not even noticed by humans on land, we have no idea what has become of the tiny creature’s future.
The second season of the ‘Squid Game’ offers the return of fan-favorite heroes
The highly-anticipated, second season of ‘Squid Game’ is set to return in 2020. Practically a cult favorite, the first season of this retro RPG game created by an unknown programmer in 2013 quickly gained a following after being featured on YouTube and elsewhere.
“People just kept asking for more, so it was only natural that we’d come back,” said Takata Yamazuki, director and CEO of Squid Games. “The value of nostalgia is highly underrated, in my opinion.”
The first season featured a cast of characters and locations that were designed to look like pixel art. An anime adaptation by P.A. Works (Angel Beats!, Shirobako) was announced in 2017 and released the following year but was met with mixed reception from critics, though still enjoyed by many fans.
A feature-length live-action film was also announced at the same time as the anime and it will be released in 2020 to coincide with season 2.
So, what do you think about The Squid Game?
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The downpour in Kastamonu’s Tosya district negatively affected life. The Kastamonu-Tosya highway was closed to traffic due to the landslide that occurred after the rain.
Streets and streets were filled with water due to the downpour that was effective throughout the district. Drivers and pedestrians had a hard time as the rain left its place to hail from time to time.
Some bats flooded. Municipal crews emptied the water with vacuum trucks.
The mud formed in the city center was also cleaned by the teams.
LANDSIDE ON THE KASTAMONU-TOSYA ROAD
The Kastamonu-Tosya highway was closed to traffic due to the landslide that occurred after the rain. After the work of the highways and municipality teams, the road was opened to traffic in a controlled manner.
While the teams affiliated to the District Governor’s Office and the Municipality continued their work, the police took precautions at the heavy traffic points.
Tosya Mayor Volkan Kavaklıgil made a statement on his social media account, “As Tosya Municipality, we are going down to the field with all our teams. Please do not leave your home or location unless there is an emergency. Let’s not get into things that will intensify the traffic and cause accidents with your vehicles. Hopefully, we will get rid of this problem together without any accident.” used the phrases. (AA)
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Succeeding at Binance: Driving the Future of Crypto in the World’s Largest Exchange
Driving the Future of Crypto in the World’s Largest Exchange
Date: September 7, 2023
In the always developing scene of digital forms of money, Binance, the world’s biggest digital money trade, keeps on standing out as truly newsworthy with its momentous drives. With late improvements that adversary even Coinbase news and charm the Reddit digital money local area, Binance is without a doubt at the front of forming the future of the crypto world. In this report, we dig into the most recent improvements from Binance and investigate how they are making ready for the future of crypto.
Binance News: Leading the Way in Crypto Today:
Binance Simple Earn: Binance’s commitment to innovation is exemplified by its latest offering, “Binance Simple Earn.” This initiative aims to simplify crypto investment, making it accessible to everyone. Users can now effortlessly earn passive income by staking their favorite cryptocurrencies, all within the Binance platform. It’s a game-changer that promises to redefine how we view crypto investments.
Binance Community: Reddit cryptocurrency enthusiasts are buzzing with excitement as Binance continues to foster community engagement. Binance’s dedication to its user base has solidified its reputation as the go-to exchange for crypto traders. With an active Reddit presence, Binance is not just an exchange but a dynamic crypto ecosystem that listens to its community.
Driving the Future of Crypto:
As Binance forges ahead, it’s clear that the exchange is not content with simply being a market leader; it aims to be a pioneer in the industry’s development. With features like Binance Simple Earn and a strong community presence, Binance is making cryptocurrencies more accessible, appealing to both newcomers and seasoned traders.
Moreover, Binance’s influence reaches far beyond its exchange platform. It plays an active role in shaping the regulatory landscape, emphasizing the importance of responsible crypto trading and adherence to international standards. Such leadership is pivotal in securing a sustainable future for cryptocurrencies.
Coinbase News versus Binance News: The Skirmish of Monsters:
As crypto fans enthusiastically follow the most recent improvements in the business, the contention among Coinbase and Binance has been an unmistakable component of the scene. The two trades are worldwide titans, each with its extraordinary assets. While Coinbase has been a well established forerunner in the US, Binance’s worldwide reach and complete contribution have hardened its situation as the world’s biggest trade.
Reddit Digital money: The Beat of the Crypto People group:
In the quick moving universe of digital currency, Reddit has arisen as a focal center for crypto fans to share news, experiences, and feelings. Subreddits like r/cryptographic money are priceless wellsprings of data and conversations. Binance’s dynamic presence on Reddit has permitted the trade to interface with the crypto local area straightforwardly, assemble criticism, and give continuous updates.
Crypto Today: Remaining Informed in a Powerful Scene:
Remaining refreshed in the digital currency space is fundamental, and stages like Crypto Today act as go-to hotspots for making it known and experiences. For crypto merchants and financial backers, being very much informed can have a significant effect. Binance’s obligation to keeping clients informed is apparent through its dynamic support in stages like Crypto Today, where they share critical updates and bits of knowledge.
Binance Straightforward Acquire: Enabling Clients for What’s in store:
One of Binance’s champion elements is Binance Basic Acquire, which epitomizes the trade’s obligation to streamlining crypto for clients. Basic Acquire offers clients an available and secure method for developing their cryptographic money property, permitting them to procure revenue on their resources. This client driven approach has added to Binance’s standing as a trailblazer in the business.
Molding the Eventual fate of Crypto:
Binance’s vision stretches out past simply being a digital money trade; it tries to be a main thrust in forming the future of crypto. Through drives like Binance Platform, where inventive ventures are brought to the front, and Binance Savvy Chain, a blockchain stage for decentralized applications, the trade is laying the preparation for a strong crypto environment.
In a world where crypto news can change in the blink of an eye, Binance remains a constant force, driving innovation and fostering community engagement. With initiatives like Binance Simple Earn and a Reddit cryptocurrency presence that resonates with users, Binance is at the forefront of crypto developments today.
As Binance continues to shape the future of cryptocurrencies, its commitment to accessibility, community, and responsible trading sets a remarkable standard for the industry. Stay tuned for more exciting updates from Binance, the exchange that’s not just making crypto news but shaping the future of crypto itself.
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Samsung Move is the corporate’s password supervisor for cellular units, however not like the opposite finest password managers, it’s probably not cross-platform. That’s lastly altering, due to a brand new Home windows app.
Samsung has simply launched Samsung Move for eligible Home windows 10 and Home windows 11 PCs, simply in time for the discharge of the brand new Galaxy E-book 3 lineup. Your PC would want to fulfill a sequence of safety necessities, together with help for TPM 2.0 and help for Home windows Hi there, as a way to help Samsung Move. PCs won’t have Samsung’s safe Knox framework, however the firm desires to be as strict as potential concerning PC safety.
The desktop model of Samsung Move just about simply works as a password supervisor. In case you have any passwords in your Samsung telephone, you’ll be capable to sync them together with your PC and use Home windows Hi there to log into locations. The cellular model of Samsung Move remains to be extra absolutely featured because it allows you to retailer automobile keys and different NFC keys, issues that you may’t logically do with a PC, however if you wish to use your passwords with out utilizing a separate password supervisor, this does the job.
The app is obtainable on the Microsoft Retailer now, so be sure that to test it out everytime you get an opportunity.
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How To Provide The Best Customer Service
Customer service is one of the most important aspects of running a successful business. Whether you are looking to increase customer satisfaction or want people to buy your products, it’s crucial that you provide outstanding customer service. This blog post will list several ways to provide the best customer service for your customers and prospects online.
Customer Service Basics
When it comes to providing good quality customer service, there are some basics that you need to follow to ensure that your customers have a positive experience. Here are some tips:
Listen attentively: When a customer is speaking to you, make sure you are listening attentively. Do not interrupt your customers, and let them finish before responding.
Smile: A smile goes a long way in making the customer feel appreciated and welcomed. Make sure you are smiling when you attend to customers’ needs.
Be polite: Always be polite with customers, no matter how frustrated they may be. Saying “please” and “thank you” will show the customer respect.
Make eye contact: Making eye contact helps show the customer you listen to them.
Creating A Great Customer Experience
Several factors go into creating a great customer experience, but the most important element is always the people who are providing the service. Whether you’re interacting with customers online or in person, it’s essential that you put your best foot forward and make them feel valued.
Utilizing Customer Relationship Management Software
Utilizing CRM is a great way to keep your business organized and customer service efficient. Customer relationship management (CRM) software allows employees to access the information they need, no matter where they are or what time it is; this highlights how CRM systems make customer-related tasks more efficient and effective.
Another benefit of using a CRM system in your business: security – with all important company data stored on one platform, there’s less room for human error that can lead to costly mistakes, which may eventually result in losing customers.
However, not every type of CRM suits everyone’s needs – different businesses have unique requirements when it comes down to their specific industry so take some time researching before choosing the right tool for you. A good example of this is insurance voip crm that might suit one business better than the other depending on the industries they are in.
Going The Extra Mile
When it comes to customer service, you want to make sure that you go the extra mile for your customers. This means doing whatever it takes to ensure that they are happy and satisfied with their purchase or experience.
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Desistance From Crime: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice
Most scholars would agree that desistance from crime – the process of ceasing engagement in criminal activities – is normative. However, there is variability in the literature regarding the definition and measurement of desistance, the signals of desistance, the age at which desistance begins, and the underlying mechanisms that lead to desistance. Even with considerable advances in the theoretical understanding of desistance from crime, there remain critical gaps between research and the application of that research to practice. Understanding this important process has the potential to impact how the criminal justice system operates and how key system stakeholders carry out their work to promote desistance and reduce reoffending.
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is committed to addressing these gaps. Through recent investments in desistance research, NIJ commissioned a series of six papers from innovative and thoughtful scholars whose work provides a renewed focus on desistance for criminal justice scholars and system stakeholders.
During this webinar, the authors will present and discuss key themes from each of their papers, which cover the following topics: defining and measuring desistance, biosocial factors and their influence on desistance, the effects of incarceration on the desistance process for individuals who chronically engage in criminal activity, applying desistance concepts to correctional programing and policy, applying international perspectives of the desistance process to the U.S. context, and pathways to desistance for juveniles and adults.
DARYL FOX: Good afternoon everyone. Welcome to today’s webinar, Desistance From Crime: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice, hosted by the National Institute of Justice. At this time it’s my distinct pleasure to introduce Amy Solomon, Acting Assistant Attorney General within the Office of Justice Programs, for some welcoming remarks.
AMY SOLOMON: Thank you. Thank you so much and good afternoon everyone. It’s a pleasure to welcome everyone to this webinar hosted by our National Institute of Justice. I’m looking forward to the conversation and I’m thrilled with the outstanding collection of papers that we’ll be discussing today. Let me first thank my colleague, Jennifer Scherer, the Acting Director of NIJ, and her terrific team. Want to single out Marie Garcia, Ben Adams, and Michael Applegarth, and thank them for their stewardship of this important project. This volume is a significant achievement in the field of criminal justice research and their guidance has been invaluable. Let me also express my gratitude to the authors of these thoughtful and illuminating papers. Having spent much of my career working closely with criminologists and social science researchers, I know that there are few things that as exciting as leading the march of ideas. It is not always a smooth path. All the rigor of your research and the depth of your thinking, you’ll certainly be challenged, but your contributions here are immense and you’re advancing progress at a critical moment in our field. So this volume resonates deeply with me.
I dedicated much of my professional life to the issue of reentry. I was a VISTA volunteer just out of college when I had the opportunity to work alongside people who are just out of prison. And they were working on community service projects, we were working together to revitalize neighborhoods and they were speaking to at-risk youth. And it was just incredible to see what was possible for them when they were contributing to their communities. And it also helped them write a new story for their lives during that time. Later, one of my first research projects involved a group of people who had been incarcerated, and who had made a successful transition back to their communities. And it struck me then, that we had a much better handle on why people fail than why they succeed.
And as I’ve worked on reentry efforts in both nonprofit and government sectors over the years, I’ve come to meet and to learn from scores of brilliant people with justice system contact in their past, who have turned their lives around, and are now contributing to their communities and our nation in profound and brilliant ways. They are lawyers and advocates, philanthropists, and nonprofit leaders, they’re academics, service providers, government officials, and violence interrupters. They have so much to contribute and they set an example to others about what is possible. And so it bothers me that we know a great deal more about risk factors, about what contributes to criminal behavior, and far less about what motivates a person to leave that path. Why does it happen? When does it happen? And what steps can we take as policymakers, as legislators, as practitioners, to create more off-ramps, and support more turning points, more on-ramps to productive and successful lives in the community. So these are not easy questions to answer. But that’s why I’m so enthusiastic about this desistance volume. In this report, we have I think the genesis of a strategy. At the very least, we now have kernels and insights that will help build our knowledge base and shape our policies. So I’m grateful to all of you for being part of this conversation. And I can’t wait to see where the discussion leads. Thank you.
JENNIFER SCHERER: Thank you, Amy, for joining us today and for your thoughtful remarks. NIJ appreciates your support and leadership. On behalf of NIJ I’d like to welcome each of you to today’s webinar. I appreciate you taking the time out of your schedules to hear how we can apply desistance principles to research, policy, and practice. NIJ is grateful to the authors who contributed to this volume and their willingness to participate in today’s webinar. Their dedication and expertise have made this volume possible. The mission of NIJ is to inform the decision-making of the criminal justice community with data and evidence to help reduce and advance justice. To meet this mission, we engage stakeholders to understand key issues and challenges facing the field, guide research to address these challenges, and disseminate the information to those who can benefit from its application.
The volume we’re speaking about today aims to help bridge the gap between research and practice; increase understanding of the conceptualization, measurement, and application of desistance in the criminal justice system, both here in the U.S. and internationally; and finally provide guidance on how to increase the use of desistance-focused approaches at key decision points in the criminal justice system. Through an improved understanding of desistance and where an individual is in the process, key stakeholders can apply that information to assess individuals’ progress towards decreasing criminal behavior, as well as to take a strength-based perspective focused on building on individuals’ assets to promote positive change. This application of desistance principles could potentially lead to improved outcomes, better support for individuals with system involvement, and a more effective use of resources to provide safety to the community.
This volume further represents an important step in the application of desistance principles to the criminal justice system by improving knowledge and understanding of desistance and providing actionable recommendations for research, policy, and practice. NIJ will continue to support and produce rigorous science on desistance from crime. We’re excited to work with you to apply this knowledge base to more effectively respond to crime and justice challenges. I want to again thank the authors for their work on this issue and each of you for joining us today. Now, I’d like to turn things over to Ben Adams, a Senior Advisor in the Office of the Director here at NIJ. Thank you.
BENJAMIN ADAMS: Thank you so much, Jennifer. And thank you, Amy, for joining us this afternoon and for your leadership and support in producing this volume. I also want to again thank my NIJ colleagues, Dr. Maria Garcia, editor of the volume, and Michael Applegarth, contributing editor, for all their work to make this happen. This afternoon, we’re going to start and hear from each of our six authors who drafted chapters for NIJ’s volume on desistance from crime, and then we’ll also respond to questions from the audience. We’re going to jump right into the presentations, but as a reminder, you can enter questions in the Q&A box at any point throughout the webinar, and we’ll address as many questions as time allows at the conclusion of the author presentations. Please indicate the author to whom your question is directed or if it is for the entire group when you enter those questions. The first presentation this afternoon is by Dr. Michael Rocque. Mike is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. His chapter reviews definitions of desistance used in the literature, offers an updated theoretically grounded definition as a foundation for future work, and provides recommendations for policymakers, practitioners, and scholars who are seeking to examine and promote desistance from crime. Mike?
MICHAEL ROCQUE: Thank you so much, Benjamin. It’s a pleasure to be here. And I am coming to you from Bates College, which is in Lewiston, Maine. Normally, in November, it would be quite chilly. But the thermometer says 65, which is quite a pleasant surprise. I’m happy to be here. I’m really grateful to see so many people joining us to--for this really important conversation about how we can move a really largely theoretical concept into the criminal justice and criminal justice policy and practice domain. The purpose of this work and this report, the one that I’m going to be talking about, is really to start us off by thinking about what exactly is desistance. It’s a term that has gained traction. And it’s pretty common in the scholarly literature. But it’s still one that if you talk to your family around the Thanksgiving table, you probably will get some blank stares, right? Desistance is not really common in that sense. And so it does remain something that is relatively new. And because of that it is not really well defined. And it’s been defined in multiple different ways. And that has implications for how useful it can be for criminal justice policy and practice.
So first of all, you know, what do we mean by desistance just in general? And desistance, I think it makes sense to start thinking about historical research. The historical research has long, for hundreds of years actually, recognized that there has been a relationship between age and crime. In other words, as people get older crime increases through adolescence, maybe into the--into early adulthood, and then it declines. This figure on the right of your screen is--was drawn by Quetelet, whose work in the early 1800s showed that there was a very strong relationship between propensity to crime, he said, and age. And he talked a little bit about that, but he wasn’t really sure about why that might be the case. Into the 1900s research again, in terms of longitudinal work, was pretty rare. But the work that was done especially, you know, pointing to Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck at Harvard, they noticed that there again was this relationship where even people who are heavily involved in criminal behavior eventually stopped. And they called it Maturational Reform. But again, the Gluecks were very clear that we didn’t really know much about this. We don’t know why it happens, or really, when it happens, and not much was done in terms of age, and crime, and this maturation, or what we have come to call desistance until relatively recently, late in the 20th century.
The term desistance I find to be really interesting and fascinating. You know, when did that term start to be used in terms of understanding this decline in crime over the life course. And really, the way in which it is used today began with Wolfgang and the birth cohort studies. But there were some scholars using it in the 1940s. For example, I’m talking about Thorsten Sellin, talked about desistance from crime, and another researcher in the 1940s used that term. But really, it doesn’t gain traction until the 1960s, 1970s, and really into the 1980s, when we start to use this term to mean something specific. So when we get to trying to understand what is desistance, you know, and we’re thinking about definitions, there are really two different types of definitions that we use in the research and one is conceptual, or what does it actually mean? What do we mean when we say the word desistance? And that obviously will inform how we measure it, and how we--how we try to figure out when it happens, and what predicts when it happens.
And I think a good starting point, and this will be a theme throughout these talks today, is to think about it in terms of recidivism. Is desistance the flip or, you know, the other side of the coin for recidivism? Recidivism is when you re-commit a crime. But I think it’s really important to point out that early definitions of recidivism and definitions that we use today basically require some sort of contact with the criminal justice system. So you’ve been arrested or you’ve been in prison, and you commit another crime, and then that’s recidivism. Whereas desistance is really, you know, slowing down and not committing another crime, regardless of whether you have engaged in the criminal justice system. And so when it comes to conceptual definitions, really what I’m--what I’m determining early definitions 1970 to 1999, they really sort of relied on recidivism-like definitions. So binary, right? Did you--within three years, did you commit a new crime or not? So were you a recidivator or a desistor? And then, and this also is important to think about in terms of a debate with respect to the age-crime curve. Was it an--is it--on the aggregate level is desistance, you know, merely the termination. And so people who are engaging in crime, engage in the same amount of crime, and then they eventually stop. Or is it a slow progression, a movement out of crime. So early on, the idea really was that it was just the ending of a criminal career.
And then more recent definitions, though, they start to use this term “process.” And this really begins with the work of Samson and Laub, and Shawn Bushway, and others, who argue that there is a process that is unfolding over the life course that’s either supporting termination, or it is the reduction in offending. And so when we get to operational definitions, so how we measure it, right? And how we actually study desistance, the early and current distinction here really mirrors the ways in which desistance was conceptualized. So the early ways of measuring desistance was basically to consider someone a desistor within a certain number of years, they had not committed a new crime. Obviously, that is going to be very sensitive to the length of the follow-up. But then when we get to this more nuanced understanding of what desistance is, and if it’s a process, suddenly becomes a little bit more tricky to measure. And so maybe we need longitudinal data, and we need to understand the pattern of crime over time. And so again, we have trajectory analyses. And this is an example of that from the work of Elaine Doherty, and John Laub, and Rob Sampson.
When we’re putting it all together, though, and trying to figure out what exactly desistance is, I think it’s important to think about where we’ve come, where we are, and our advances in thinking about this term desistance. And while reduction in crime, I think, is an indication that desistance is occurring, I think crime can still happen while someone is in the process of desistance. So in this report, which is available, I offer this as a definition: “The process by which criminality or individual risk for antisocial conduct declines over the life course.” And so importantly, criminality is what’s--where the action is here. So not necessarily just crime, but the propensity to crime is what’s happening, is what is declining with desistance.
Terms of what this means and what the research means for criminal justice practitioners, it’s really important to think about the type of data with which one is working. And also the type of data that are available. So oftentimes, official measures, right, governmental collected--government-collected, reports, arrests, and convictions, things like that are all that are available. This is going to be limited in terms of understanding desistance, particularly as I have defined it, right? It’s going to be more difficult to understand if criminality is declining, if we only have access to arrest records, which is why survey data is very important, if we can get access to that, to inform our decisions.
We also want to know, are we looking at a group of individuals who have been involved in the criminal justice system or a general sample? You know, desistance might look different for both of those groups. The--in terms of the follow-up and timeframe, if desistance is a process, then there could be fits and stops, and it might not be smooth, right? You know, the age-crime curves that I showed here, look like it’s--this is kind of like a ski slope, right? It’s just a gradual decline, but it may go up and down. So the longer, the better, in terms of trying to really truly understand if desistance is happening. Terms of measures and modeling, again, we want longitudinal data. We want data where we can--we can sort of model the process. We don’t want a binary yes, no, it either has happened or not. That’s really termination, right? And where desistance is a process that supports termination or the end of the criminal career.
And then finally, I think most importantly, and maybe most difficult to wrap our heads around if we’re criminal justice policymakers and practitioners is that in order to measure desistance, I’m arguing that we do not need to use crime as indicators of desistance. So people may decline and eventually sort of slow down and stop conducting criminal behavior and that may be an indication that desistance has happened. But other measures, maybe self-control or attitudes, could also be used as an indication that desistance is happening. And this could be a measure of success for programs as well and I think that’s really important. So that’s the quick summary of the conceptual, and operational, and methodological definitions of desistance. And I’m happy to take any questions later.
BENJAMIN ADAMS: Fantastic. Thank you so much, Mike. We’ll move now to our next presentation by Dr. Danielle Boisvert. Danielle is a Professor and Senior Associate Dean in the College of Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University. Her chapter examines desistance from crime from a biosocial perspective, and offers recommendations for new research and for the development and implementation of biosocially informed approaches to desistance in correctional policy and practice. Danielle.
DANIELLE BOISVERT: Great, thank you. Thank you so much. I’m going to try to cram a lot of information in eight minutes. So my contribution to the series of papers was the application of a biosocial lens to desistance from crime. I presented how practitioners and policymakers can rely on current research on brain development, neuropsychological functioning, and stress system response to improve risk assessments, enhance treatment planning, and support desistance in correctional settings. This white paper also highlights the negative impact that correctional environments can have on neuropsychological functioning and stress system response, and points to the importance of researcher-practitioner partnerships to incorporate a strengths-based perspective and encourage the interdisciplinary study of desistance. Next slide.
The conceptualization and operationalization of desistance as a developmental process creates a logical connection to the biosocial perspective. This framing of desistance as a process facilitates the integration of biology into traditional sociological explanations of desistance, which often focus on life course turning points, as well as psychological explanations of desistance such as the Big 5 personality traits to include important brain functioning elements that I call the Critical 2. Specifically, the Critical 2 refer to an individual’s level of neuropsychological functioning and to their stress system response. So the research on brain development and maturation provides a tremendous insight into the known patterns of common desistance taking place from adolescence to adulthood. From this view, aging out of crime may be considered part of a neuromaturational process, influenced primarily by normative biological changes that occur naturally from adolescence into adulthood. In other words, most adolescents may simply mature out of crime and delinquency as their biological and environmental--environments-their biological and social environments change over time, requiring little to no formal intervention from the criminal justice system.
However, not everyone’s following a normative developmental path. In fact, numerous studies have demonstrated that individuals who persistently and violently offend tend to have dysfunctional or abnormal neuropsychological and stress system responses. These deficiencies may be attributed to genetics, prenatal environment, or they may be acquired throughout the life course as the result of adverse environments and risky lifestyles. These adverse environments and risky experiences, such as traumatic brain injury, substance abuse, and living in impoverished environments, can disrupt normal brain development throughout the life course. And this disruption in turn can impact the typical desistance process often seen from adolescence into adulthood. Next slide.
From a correctional rehabilitative standpoint, practitioners adopting a developmental view of desistance would benefit from an enhancement approach to correctional interventions. And an enhancement approach focuses on improvements to clients’ baselines and critical areas. In other words, service providers should seek to identify and address both specific deficiencies and strengths for continuous improvement to promote desistance. Moving forward, developing risk assessment tools that include biological risk factors, particularly the Critical 2, is an important next step in correctional rehabilitation. These biopsychosocial profiles have the potential to increase the efficiency of risk prediction. And a biopsychosocial profile may be obtained by including neuropsychological and physiological tests, as well as administering biosocially informed questionnaires to already developed risk assessments. The goal would be to better make distinctions between low-risk individuals who are following a normative path based on brain development, and individuals who have neurodevelopmental dysfunctions that result from genetics or prenatal environment, or that were acquired throughout the life course. And this information gathered from the biosocial--biopsychosocial profiles would provide better insight on when and how to provide interventions and when to abstain. Doing so will also further inform the development of alternatives and supplemental programs to current rehabilitative practices for those between the ages of 18 and 24.
As mentioned, emerging adults who are experiencing a normal developmental path and are typically low-risk individuals should receive minimal interventions. In fact, repeated studies have demonstrated that placing traditionally low-risk individuals in high-intensity environments and programs can have more detrimental effects that have--if nothing had been done with them at all. The accumulated brain development research suggests specifically that incarcerating low-risk individuals may actually create additional risks by inhibiting or delaying brain development and psychosocial maturity due to the impoverished environment of many correctional facilities. Given this information, an institutional setting should be used as a last resort for those who are low risk and younger than 25 years old, the age at which the brain is on average fully developed.
On the other hand, a large portion of the institutes’ population are high-risk individuals, and here officials should focus on mitigating the negative impact that conditions of imprisonment have on cognitive functioning and stress response. In other words, we should strive to avoid excessive exposure to impoverished environmental conditions known to create and exacerbate risk. For example, mitigation efforts for people who are incarcerated may include meeting nutritional needs, increasing the amount of daily exercise and sleep, encouraging social interactions with loved ones through visitations, and limiting noise pollution, toxin exposure, and overcrowding in jails and prisons. Next slide.
When interventions are needed, it’s recommended that practitioners and researchers work together to consider programs geared toward restoring and/or improving neuropsychological deficits and stress system response. And some examples of biosocially informed initiatives may include cognitive remediation, mindfulness training, nutritional supplements, and medications for those with mental illness and/or substance use problems.
Programmers also need to consider the way individuals perceive and react to stress. Individuals with stress system dysfunction have difficulty interacting with others and responding to stressful situations appropriately. So, typically our nervous system and cortisol responses to stress act as warning signs for us in adverse environments, leading people to behave more cautiously. For people with dysfunctional stress system responses, however, they may show fewer inhibitions and react in ways that are deemed antisocial and criminal when exposed to stressful stimuli.
So as mentioned, the biopsychosocial profiles that capture neuropsychological and stress system functioning have the potential to improve risk prediction and better match individuals with specific rehabilitation programs that are best suited to their current needs. It’s important to note, however, that this approach has the potential to continue to place emphasis on individual deficits. A complementary line of research in correctional practice that focuses on desistance from crime following a strength-based approach is greatly needed. It’s time to move beyond approaches that use re-offending as the sole metric of success or failure.
Desistance is a process, and enhancement efforts seek to improve various aspects of one’s life. Interventions then should focus on both diminishing risk factors and improving protective factors, such that success can be measured on a continuum. So overall, this work highlights the science that links biology and the environment to inform our understanding of desistance as a process. Today, however, there’s not been a systematic approach to integrating biosocial research to correctional practice. Moving forward will require interdisciplinary teams of researchers and practitioners actively working together through a biosocial lens to better understand and promote desistance. Thank you.
BENJAMIN ADAMS: Thanks, Danielle. We’ll move to the next presentation. But before we do so, I want to encourage folks again to use the Q&A box. Feel free to enter any questions that you might have for our authors as we go along and we will address as many as we can at the conclusion of the presentations. Thanks. The next presentation is by Dr. Christopher Wildeman. Chris is a Professor of Sociology at Duke University, and Professor at the Rockwool Foundation Research Unit. His chapter considers how imprisonment shapes the desistance process for individuals who chronically engage in criminal activity, and discusses implications for policy, practice, and research. Chris.
CHRISTOPHER WILDEMAN: Great, thanks, Ben. So, a couple preliminaries. First, I don’t actually remember if I asked to have control over the slides or not. So I apologize if I mess any of that up. Ben, is there a way for you to advance them?
DARYL FOX: Yes, we will--we will go ahead and advance those, yes.
CHRISTOPHER WILDEMAN: Okay. Perfect. Thanks Daryl. So second, nothing to get the nerves jangling like 330 something participants, when I feel like the most people I’ve spoken to at one time for the last 18 months is like four? So thanks everybody for showing up and hopefully this is helpful. The third thing I just wanted to say is, I just wanted to really echo some of the things that Danielle said in terms of conditions of confinement, and especially the need to sort of focus on improved conditions of confinement, whenever we’re thinking about criminal justice contact and desistance. So just to really highlight some of the positives there. The final thing I’ll say is, I am the person on this panel who knows the least about desistance probably. So I’m really thrilled to be included and get to learn from the other folks contributing to this volume.
Okay, sorry. All those preliminaries out of the way, we can go to the next slide. So there’s not actually a ton of research that’s directly on how incarceration affects the desistance process. And I think a lot of the work in this area really suffers from some of the deficiencies that Mike highlighted in terms of thinking about desistance as this sort of binary outcome, right? So a lot of the work that I’m going to talk about is essentially looking at the effect of incarceration on recidivism, often measured just as being re-incarcerated not even being convicted of a new crime after release. But I think we can still apply some of those insights more broadly to our understanding of the desistance process. And a lot of this work on sort of incarceration and life course outcomes provides support for a couple key conclusions.
The first is that custodial sentences, so getting a prison or jail sentence as opposed to a noncustodial sentence like community service or supervision. Longer sentences, which is relatively self-explanatory, and more punitive conditions of confinement. And here really what folks are focusing on is higher security level facilities or in some cases placement in solitary confinement, whether it’s administrative or disciplinary segregation, increasing levels of criminal activity, and hence, theoretically, sort of inhibiting the desistance process. The other thing that we know about how incarceration affects folks is that incarceration has sort of a whole host of other negative events or effects on other core life course outcomes. So here we could think about some of Bruce Western’s work on how incarceration affects labor market outcomes or some of Jason Schenker and Mike Massoglia’s work on how incarceration affects health and well-being, or some of Kristin Turney’s work on how incarceration sort of further destabilizes families that were often already struggling in core ways. And as a result of these direct effects that we see in terms of criminal activity, and also these indirect effects that we see in terms of destabilizing life course circumstances more broadly, it’s quite likely that incarceration inhibits desistance. Next slide, please.
Now, that being said, there are a whole host of problems with existing research, which is always the case, but it’s important to highlight them here. The first is, there’s really not a lot of work that’s directly on the effects of incarceration on folks who chronically engage in crime. People who in the criminological literature would be called chronic offenders, but we’re--I think we have appropriately made the decision to use sort of person first language going forward. So that’s sort of a key limitation. And I think again, Danielle did a nice job of thinking about the different risk profiles that folks have, even though the development of risk profiles is something that I don’t really understand well, and so wouldn’t necessarily feel confident using that language.
The other big issue here is that most of the data that we’re using the base are--or most of the data that we’re using here, very rarely measure both criminal activity and criminal justice contact well simultaneously. And so often what we’re getting is indications of future criminal justice contact. And then we’re using that as a stand-in for criminal activity, when we’re not getting any information on criminal activity absent criminal justice context. So there’s sort of some pretty key measurement and there’s here. There’s also very little emphasis on conditions of confinement, which again, I think Danielle did a fantastic job on from a biosocial perspective, but it’s important to mention here more broadly. And then the other core issue and, you know, to allude back to something Mike said--you know, Mike talked about how Sampson and Laub were sort of really transformational in our understanding of the desistance process, yet the good data are from folks who really don’t map on well at all in terms of the contemporary conditions that folks who have been involved in criminal activity are exposed to. And so they are sort of a host of kind of key limitations here. Next slide, please.
So these limitations notwithstanding, again, and I alluded to this earlier, is that it seems pretty likely that incarceration inhibits the desistance process, even for folks who chronically engage in criminal activity, and there are even some indications that it might do more to inhibit desistance among this population. Okay. So that being said, I’ll move to the next slide and have this sort of practical, kind of, bits. And certainly welcome any questions on these, I don’t--I don’t think that I have sort of the perfect answer either in the chapter or in general. So, you know, I think it--when we think about policy, the fact that incarceration is costly, which is something that folks have been talking about increasingly in recent years. It’s important to mention, but then it also doesn’t appear to promote desistance, and so the long-term effects of it on crime are things that we might want to think about more. And I think the key sort of other take home focus here is that the more we can move in a less punitive direction the more beneficial those effects are likely to be when it comes to desistance. So if someone has to go to prison thinking about less sort of severe or punitive conditions of confinement and shorter sentences, and then more broadly, if folks thinking about whether custodial or noncustodial sanctions would both be possibilities. Next slide.
So the--so the tricky bit here, right? And I think this is something that a lot of folks are likely to hang up on is each of those suggested policy changes present key challenges for practice--and I got to say, I actually love to hear what Bret has to say about this, as someone who works so closely with the DOC, so more noncustodial sanctions have spilled over as to how we do probation or community service. Shorter sentences have key implications for how we think about programming with populations that are going to be in and out of a correctional facility more quickly, and less punitive conditions of confinement means that we potentially need to fundamentally re-think sort of the spatial nature of prisons and jails. And so there are these real key difficulties or opportunities in terms of practice that are worth mentioning. Okay. Next slide, please. I know I am almost at time.
So when we think about avenues for future research, which is obviously the thing that, you know, I’m most engaged with as a researcher, I think there are kind of three different ways we can go. The first way is we could really build on existing Bureau of Justice Statistics holdings. And here, sort of the National Corrections Reporting Program is probably the best example where we could think about pairing something like the National Corrections Reporting Program with some sort of follow-up survey where we look at incarceration, weigh incarceration, the desistance process, and life course conditions more broadly.
A second piece, and I think, again, you know, Pennsylvania is a place that really springs to mind as an exemplar here, but we could think about studying conditions of confinement more, and also thinking about ways that we could modify conditions of confinement in ways that are likely to enhance health and well-being, and hence lead to lower risks of recidivism and promote more opportunities for desistance. And then the third thing is that we could think about extending existing longitudinal studies that have followed folks only into their late 20s or their early 30s to think about how desistance plays out more broadly over the life course, in much the same way as Sampson and Laub did in shared beginnings [INDISTINCT]. And with that, I think we’ll go to my last slide, but I’m pretty sure I’m done. So thanks everybody for your time and attention. I’m really happy to be here.
BENJAMIN ADAMS: Thanks so much, Chris. We’ll jump to our next presentation by Dr. Christopher Bret Bucklen. Bret is the Director of Planning, Research, and Statistics for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. And his chapter examines desistance concepts from a practitioner perspective that reviews the evidence for desistance-focused interventions and considers factors that may facilitate or inhibit the use and implementation of desistance principles in real world settings. Bret, take it away.
BRET BUCKLEN: Thank you, Ben. And greetings, everyone. Good afternoon. So my task for the--for my chapter in this volume was really to put the--as Ben said, the practitioner angle on all of this work, having worked for Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for about 21 years now, to examine the issues that are discussed in this volume through the lens of a practitioner, and discuss some of the issues that will inevitably arise with implementing desistance-focused concepts within a criminal justice agency or a correctional agency. So the first thing I want to say is that if I were to poll decision-makers, policymakers, or legislators in Pennsylvania on whether or not they could define recidivism, I would venture to guess that eight out of 10 would--at least eight out of 10 would know--at least know what recidivism is. Or have heard the term before and could give some definition of recidivism. On the flip side, if I were to poll our policymakers, our legislators in Pennsylvania, my guess would be that similarly about eight out of 10 would not be able to tell you what desistance is. Probably eight out of 10 never even have heard the term desistance, much less be able to really give any kind of practical definition for desistance. So there’s really a disconnect.
Our policymakers are quite familiar with recidivism now. It really has been integrated into correctional practice as a key performance metric. But desistance, as Mike referenced early on, is really still quite new, even though the term has been around for a long time. And recently, academics have argued that recidivism is a limited concept and so that we need to incorporate desistance. They’ve pointed out problems with recidivism, such as recidivism focuses on failure rather than success. So the analogy would be an educational system that uses as their primary performance metric school dropout rates. That’s not a robust way to measure success when you’re focusing on failure, which the argument goes that recidivism is primarily focused on failure. Secondly, as has been pointed out by previous presenters, recidivism tends to be operationalized as a binary measure. So you either fail or you don’t, you recidivate or you don’t within some follow-up period. And thirdly, recidivism often tends to use official measures, which runs the risk of conflating the measurement of actual criminal behavior with system responses to criminal behavior. And so if arrest policies change or supervision policies change, that may change recidivism without actually measuring a change in actual criminal behavior. And so the--it conflates those two.
These are just some of the arguments that academic criminologists have made for why we--recidivism is a limited concept, and we should move to focus on desistance. On the other hand, desistance has its own set of issues for policymakers. It’s not without issue. First, as has also been mentioned, it is mostly a theoretical concept at this point. Policymakers don’t do well with theory, they need practical applications. And as I mentioned, it’s also still very unfamiliar to most policymakers. It’s also, as has been mentioned, there’s no widespread agreement on how to define or operationalize desistance. And fourthly, many of the markers that have been suggested for desistance, markers of desistance, and criminal behavior, the links are often correlational and weak at best. So there’s not a lot of strong evidence between a lot of the suggested links between markers of desistance and criminal behavior itself. And so my proposition is that recidivism should remain an important measure, an important part of the discussion of desistance if we’re going to make desistance relevant to policymakers.
And so if I could put a subtitle on this next slide that is up, I would say recidivism, plus desistance, they need each other. I think recidivism and desistance need to both be concepts within this desistance discussion. In this next part of the paper, I discuss--and I don’t have time to discuss here in detail some key issues related to both desistance and recidivism in terms of conceptualizing and operationalizing them. One would be what behavior counts as desistance, do we include technical supervision violations, technical parole and probation violations that aren’t actually in a lot of cases? New crimes, does that count as recidivism? A second conceptual issue is what sources do we use for measuring criminal behavior? Recidivism research tends to use official records, arrest, reconviction, re-incarceration. A lot of the desistance research tends to use self-report measures. So how can we use those together and complement them, what sources should we be using for criminal behavior. And then the third one, which is really a big issue that Mike touched on, is what time horizon or follow-up period to use for measuring desistance.
So that third issue of time horizon for measuring desistance, I think I’ve outlined in the paper three existing bodies of research or conceptual frameworks that I think could be incorporated for helping to think about--how to think about timeframes for--time horizons for measuring desistance. And again, I don’t have time here to get into all three in detail but the first one would be redemption research, Blumstein and Nakamura’s work, which looks at how long is long enough. And so how long--what kind of benchmarks does someone need to reach in order for their risk of re-offending to be sufficiently low to meet some “marker of redemption.” In Blumstein and Nakamura’s work, that tend to be--tended to be five to seven years. So maybe we don’t need to follow people for 20 years if they’ve reached a benchmark that’s sufficiently low for meeting a redemption benchmark.
The second, to signaling and risk assessment, I would label both of those as probabilistic approaches. And so, you know, both of those are looking at who is likely to desist in the future or who is likely to have already desisted without having to wait for those follow-up periods. So who has given--in the signaling research by Bushway and Apel, who has given out a signal that they have already desisted. In the risk assessment language, who is sufficiently low risk for future reoffending. These are probabilistic approaches that don’t have to rely on long follow-up periods in order to give some estimate or probability that someone has desisted. So these are useful concepts to incorporate, I would argue, or to think about in terms of that time horizon issue.
In terms of operationalizing desistance, what I have here is a preview from a recidivism report that we’re going to be releasing at the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, a forthcoming report. We periodically release a recidivism report that’s pretty comprehensive. This upcoming report that we’re going to be releasing, I introduced the concept of desistance as a way to try to get policymakers in Pennsylvania familiar with the concept within a recidivism report, so I’ve nested some discussion about desistance within our recidivism report, and I have a whole section in that report on desistance. And I’ve tried to provide some concrete measures for policymakers to think about desistance. I’ve included three measures in the report.
These are not original to me, this comes from Loeber and Le Blanc’s work. But three measures of desistance would be deceleration or the rate of offending, de-escalation which is the seriousness of offending, and reaching a ceiling which--and my definition here would be just the inverse of recidivism after a follow-up period, I footnote here at the bottom that this is not exactly the same concept that Loeber and Le Blanc have for reaching a ceiling. They refer to something slightly different. But in my definition, I’m basically referring to reaching a ceiling as the inverse of recidivism. So I introduce these three concepts in the report, and take a small sample and look at who is meeting these--one or more of these definitions of desistance. And what is interesting is that 90% of the sample meet one or more of these definitions of desistance, either they’re decelerating, they’re deescalating, or they’re not recidivating at all, which is a quite different story than when we just look at recidivism and see that after a follow-up period, recidivism rates are quite high.
So this is just some screenshots from that report. For instance, in terms of deceleration, I find that before incarceration, the participants that I examined were being arrested on average once every one and a half years. And in the 10-year-period after incarceration, they were being arrested on average once every four years. So they were going from one and a half years to four years, and that was a deceleration for 73% of the participants. In terms of de-escalation, we looked at the offense gravity score for the 10-year period before incarceration and all the arrests that happened before incarceration compared to after incarceration. And 57% showed a reduction in the gravity of their offending after release. Only 19% showed an increase and the remainder basically had no difference--appreciable difference in the seriousness of offending. The third measure, reaching a ceiling after a 15-year follow-up period, 80% have recidivated. So only 20% had not recidivated, which again is quite high but then when we incorporate deceleration and de-escalation, and the slide that I showed you on the previous slide, what we find is that nine out of 10 meet--met one of those definitions. Either they slowed down, they slowed down in their seriousness of offending, or they stopped altogether. Which is different that if we just looked at recidivism.
And in the next part of the report, what I focused on in the next part of the report is really trying to take stock of and review the evidence of desistance-focused correctional interventions. These are interventions that we use in Pennsylvania, many of these we use. Other state correctional agencies, other correctional agencies use many of these types of interventions. This is not a full extensive literature review, but what I tried to do was describe the intervention, tie it to a theory of desistance. So for instance, cognitive behavioral therapy can be tied to cognitive transformation theory, prison visitations, informal social control theory, and so forth.
And then what you don’t see here is I assessed the quality or the quality of the research and the findings from the evaluations on these various interventions. And my conclusion from this review here is that while there are a lot of options, desistance-focused correctional intervention options, that the evidence is pretty mixed for most of these, and that the evidence is not very strong. In fact, most of it is co-relational. There is not a lot of causal evidence for many of these interventions. And so, you know, the evidence is really quite mixed on a lot of these interventions and we can go into the Q&A part of this, we can go into individual interventions if we want to discuss that, but that’s a summary of my conclusion from this section in the report.
And then the final section in my paper look--consider some “real world” considerations going forward for implementing desistance into a policy concept--into context, excuse me. And, you know, just a couple of issues that come up, one, the short time horizons for policymakers and politicians. As was discussed before, desistance tends to rely on long follow-up periods or long time horizons. On the other hand, policymakers and policy--politicians are working on very short time horizons, they’re looking on--they’re working on, you know, four-year election cycles, a one-year or a two-year budget cycle. And so if they’re wanting evidence for programs, there’s a mismatch there between the long time horizons that are required for a lot of desistance research and the short time horizons that policymakers and politicians work on. That’s where I think probabilistic models could be helpful, and also in terms of program evaluation, rapid cycle experimentation could be useful to try to get quick feedback or quick signals if programs are working based on rapid cycle experimentation.
Secondly, budgets--in the policy world, everything’s about budgets, and so I would, you know--we need more randomized controlled trials, more cost-benefit analysis to really have more solid evidence. Thirdly, there’s the issue of whether we consider non-criminal-justice outcomes. Mike touched on this a little bit. I would argue that criminal justice outcomes should remain the primary focus. There are also data issues with--between interagency data exchanges with getting non-criminal-justice outcomes. And then lastly is communication, how do we practically communicate these concepts and their relevance to policymakers? And I would draw here on Laub’s--John Laub’s translational criminology framework and also what NIJ has long supported with your researcher-practitioner partnerships. Danielle referred to that, I believe, in her presentation. These are useful concepts for thinking about how to communicate complicated desistance-focused concepts to policymakers. And with that, I’m beyond my time so I’m going to stop and I’d be happy to answer any questions in the Q&A part. Thanks.
BENJAMIN ADAMS: Thanks so much, Bret. The next presentation is by Dr. Stephen Farrall. Steve is a Professor and Research Chair in Criminology at the University of Derby, England. His chapter reviews the main associates and correlates of desistance, presents lessons learned from various countries that have pursued such policies, and discusses interventions that appear likely to support and promote desistance. Dr. Farrall?
STEPHEN FARRALL: Good. Thank you very much, Ben. And I’d like to start by thanking the NIJ for organizing both the collection and the seminar, the webinar today, which I think is going to prove to be both most interesting and I hope useful. Can I have the next slide, please. So the paper or the chapter that I wrote really deals with how desistance has been defined and operationalized and what the main associates and correlates of it are, I think, critiques some of the ways in which criminal justice systems have approached desistance or not approached it. And then it looks really at some of the interventions that appear likely to support and promote desistance and it’s really that that I’m going to focus on in today’s webinar. Can I have the next slide, please.
So the paper argues that there are some general things that can be done. The first thing is to recognize that many people being supervised or in prison, being prepared for release, have strengths. And those strengths can be harnessed and used to assist people in their processes of desistance. Too often, the criminal justice system really sees people as, if you like, the physical bearers of risk. They are, if you like, a walking risk assessment, and that needs to change and that also needs--implies a sort of change to the assessment procedures, excuse me, which I’ll come on to talk about shortly. One of the other things that the general literature suggests is that individuals need to be treated individually, that is to say not always in a group or group-based settings, they need actually to be seen as individuals and kind of recognizes individuals and have their individual problems and concerns dealt with. We also need to start seeing people being supervised as co-producers of their own desistance and also co-producers of other people’s desistance. So in summary, we need to start using former service users as peer mentors and designers of criminal justice interventions. Can I have the next slide, please.
So one of the other things that the criminal justice system isn’t very good at doing is recognizing that people face setbacks, they relapse into drug use, or alcohol use, they get involved in fights and tussles, those sorts of things. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that their progress towards desistance has been interrupted. It’s a setback, but it’s not a complete failure. And that really needs to be taken into account when individuals are being sentenced for new offenses. So we really need correctional services, if they think an individual is generally making good progress, to sort of sing up in the court, and make it known that whilst this has happened, this is very typical. A lot of people, for example, go from smoking crack to using cannabis, or other, if you like, softer drugs, and therefore the fact that they’ve been caught purchasing or selling it onto friends is not all that--all that problematic.
Generally speaking, people find informal rather than formal interventions most valuable. And that’s because in some aspects, they’re already invested in those relationships, the informal ones, relationships with parents, or partners, or children, or neighbors, those sorts of things. Generally speaking, as we’ve heard already at least twice, people are better off in terms of their desistance when they’re kept out of prison, or sent to prison for a shorter period of time. We also need to have prisons that are more permeable so that people can be released for the day, or released for the weekend, or released in order to help children with homework, or attend parent-teacher council visits, those sorts of things.
We also need a criminal justice system that is going to encourage people to forge new relationships with other groups and bodies in the sort of wider social community context. And so that’s going to mean the criminal justice system working with all sorts of other organizations, some of which people will have worked with before, of course, and is, you know, fairly well known, but others are organizations that they may not have encountered. So for example, running groups, or sporting groups, or choirs, those sorts of things, are they organizations which allow people, for example, to complete a round of math, you know, something like that and raise money for charity, or are they choirs which are open to individuals just to come along and sing and to experience that kind of set of relationships. It’s going to be like normalizing interventions so that they’re not all about criminal justice, they’re just about life, and culture, and those sorts of things. Can I have the next slide, please.
So the criminal justice system is going to do most good when it starts to support relationships that individuals have with partners, with parents, with children, those sorts of things, with employers, in some cases, where those relationships, of course, are appropriate. So it needs to find ways of working with individuals so that they can practice if you like, and develop the skills for newly formed social identities. So for example, training to become--or training to be a better parent, or to be a better partner, or in some cases, actually, to deal with the kind of organizations that lots of us routinely deal with, Social Security departments, employers, those sorts of things. We also want to develop a criminal justice system that recognizes good progress when it has been made. And so that may mean producing certificates or it might mean inviting people back into courts to tell the judge or the magistrate who censors them, the kind of progress that that--that they have made and to be kind of, like, encouraged in that as a way of supporting their desistance.
So those are some of the things that we need to start to think about. We also perhaps need to think about only releasing information about people’s previous convictions in a very selective way. So after a certain period of time or after a certain age, if the offender was a juvenile, or only releasing some of the convictions if they felt that--to be no longer of serious concern. Of course an individual with a series of convictions for pedophilia wanting to work in school, it--that clearly would not be appropriate. But there are other cases where a selective disclosure of criminal--previous criminal convictions might be warranted. Can I have the next slide, please.
So here are some kind of practical suggestions. The first one, I get the feeling I’m kind of pushing an open door here, is that the U.S. as a whole, and individual states in the U.S., and it’s not just the U.S., the U.K. as well, really need to roll back from this kind of feeding frenzy of mass incarceration, incredibly high rates of imprisonment, which, you know, 50 or 60 years ago, were utterly unimaginable. So we need to develop a criminal justice system that relies much, much less than it currently does on imprisonment as it’s--or one of its main, if you like, disposals. We also need to change the assessment and planning systems for individuals, particularly if they’re being supervised in the community or being prepared in prison for release. So, normally, lots of those assessment systems [INDISTINCT] drug and alcohol use, and unemployment, and their relationships. And these things are normally assessed as zero - no risk, 10 - risk. But actually, what we need to do is to find a way of recognizing some of the strengths in that, so we need to recalculate that, we need to have, if you like, negative risks, i.e., strengths.
So it might be, for example, that whilst an individual does still have a drug problem, or an alcohol problem, they have a set of relationships with a new partner, or with a grandparent, or child, which is one of the things that they are committed to, and which in some respects, one of the things which a supervision package can be built around, if you like, the hook for change, to use Peggy Giordano, her colleague’s term. So we need to do some things that actually are fairly straightforward in terms of just the way in which we assess individuals, and their needs and risks. One of the other things that we can do is we can actually employ former offenders, either to work in the criminal justice system as drug counselors, or general counsel’s probation staff, but also to take on other roles which are socially beneficial. I know that there’s a history at least in some states of using former prisoners or serving prisoners as kind of firefighters in some of the U.S. national parks at certain times of the year. But there are all sorts of other things that people can be--excuse me, employed in, in socially beneficial ways. Lots of--lots of these in criminal justice system, for example, need catering services, and it could well be that former inmates provide one avenue for recruiting those individuals. Can I have the next slide, please.
Okay, this is my last, also a penultimate slide. So we need to kind of help people build family relationships and social capital, to enable them to access jobs and resources to support change. And in the chapter that I wrote, there’s some schemes, I mean most obviously of all, jobs, friends, and houses, which was a scheme run from a prison in England is one example of that. Another example, of course, is circles of support. They’re typically used for sex offenders, but I can’t see why they shouldn’t be used for other groups of offenders. There’s also, in some countries, most obviously, France, processes of judicial rehabilitation whereby previous convictions are sealed, as it were. And also we need to find a way of helping individuals to solve future challenges, rather than talking to them again and again about why they started to offend. In some respects, the reasons why they started to offend may be interesting to know and may be need to be borne in mind. But really, the focus should be on how you get people to stop, rather than trying to prevent something from happening that has already happened. And the last slide, please.
So what to do next? Well, I think a series of pilot schemes to kind of take some of these ideas, operationalize them, embed them in some bits of the criminal justice system and start the work of evaluating and operationalizing these kinds of ideas would be a good first step. Now, as somebody was mentioning, I think it was a bit earlier, these projects are going to need to be well supported, both financially and in terms of political capital. They are going to have to be supported from the very top of both states and the U.S. as a, if you like, nation state, and they’re going to need a commitment of funding that lasts several years, five years as an absolute minimum. Then the evaluations need to be independent of those people running the projects. That kind of goes without saying, and you need to find a way of assessing the viability of the projects, from the very outset before they are funded. The last thing sounds like a great idea on paper, but might not necessarily work in practice. The good thing is that, in some respects, the U.S. could be set up as a natural [INDISTINCT]. There’s all sorts of different states, different histories, different cultures, different populations and subpopulations living within those states. And so there’s an ideal opportunity really there for researchers and practitioners in the U.S. to start to run some of these programs, see the situations in which they work well or don’t work, and think about the ways in which those can be changed or contexts in which they do work.
Sometimes people ask me, you know, what works? What works in stopping people offending? What works in reducing burglaries? What works in getting grants, all those sorts of things? Well, the thing that works is persistence. So if you just keep doing different things, you will eventually find something that works in that particular case. Might not work for other people in similar situations and you might be sort of, if you like, back to square one and doing interventions that you’ve done previously. But the thing that works is persistence. And I suppose that’s one of the messages that needs to be taken away, not just by yourselves, but also by those people who are trying to stop offending. With that, I shall wrap up and say thank you very much.
BENJAMIN ADAMS: Thank you so much, Steve. And our final presentation this afternoon is by Dr. Lila Kazemian. Lila is a Professor of Criminology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, and her chapter provides an overview of the mechanisms underlying the process of desistance for--from crime among juveniles and adults, with the focus on implications for different system decision points and recommendations for different system actors. Lila?
LILA KAZEMIAN: Thank you, Ben. And good afternoon, everyone. I was tasked with reviewing the empirical literature on desistance from crime among adolescents and adults and the applications to criminal justice policy and practice. So first, I want to highlight some empirical facts about the transition from juvenile offending to adult crime. There’s, of course, first the paradox of the age-crime curve. We know that offending peaks in late adolescence and early adulthood, but we also know that crime declines after this age. So, some of the punitive criminal justice interventions that target adolescents and emerging adults could actually be interrupting an otherwise download slope of criminal behavior. And from a cognitive perspective, we’ve heard already that emerging adults, those aged 18 to 24 years old, they might resemble adolescents more than adults. So it’s logical to extend assumptions about reduced culpability to individuals up to the age of 24. And thirdly, something a redundant theme today, desistance from crime is best perceived as a process rather than an abrupt event, which suggests that relapses in this process are considered to be normal.
So, I just want to give a few--a brief snapshot of some of the implications of the desistance knowledge space for various criminal justice agencies. And I’m going to start with law enforcement. So, police arrests can negatively affect known correlates of desistance in a way that may not be well understood by law enforcement officers. And the key point that I want to highlight here is that arrests that do not lead to a conviction are a poor indicator of criminal behavior, of official crime, and they create undue stigma. And actually, the U.S. is one of the few countries that uses arrests as a measure of criminal behavior or rearrests as a measure of recidivism. Most other countries use either conviction data and sometimes incarceration data. And using arrest as a measure of criminal behavior is problematic because most arrests don’t lead to a conviction, the large majority of arrests don’t lead to a conviction. And arrests are also heavily skewed towards people of color. And there’s really no reason to penalize someone for an arrest where the charges were dropped. It leads to unnecessary discriminatory practices, particularly in housing and employment decisions.
In the courts, so we know that how courts, prosecutors, and judges process cases can play a key role in the process of desistance from crime. Sentencing practices, just like every other phase of the criminal justice system, disproportionately impact racial and ethnic minorities, especially the poorest. And there are several relevant issues to consider in the link between court practices and desistance from crime. First, we know of course, sentence severity does little to prevent reoffending. Chris highlighted this point. And it’s important to note the crucial role of prosecutors. John Pfaff has written about this--the idea that the steady increase in the number of prosecutors in the United States and their growing discretionary power has really been one of the main drivers in the increase of incarceration in the U.S. And I also want to talk about the prosecution of emerging adults, the 18- to 24-year-olds. So the Supreme Court’s acknowledged the reduced culpability of young people in three landmark cases. So Roper, Graham, and Miller, and excuse me, Danielle’s paper highlighted some reasons underlying the court’s decision. So, reduced capacity for impulse control, etc. And given what we know about brain development and about psychosocial maturation, courts could consider the possibility of raising the age of criminal responsibility and extending the juvenile status into emerging adulthoods. And so some of our colleagues have discussed the idea of expanding more of these young adult courts that would be specifically for 18- to 24-year-olds.
Desistance from crime in the context of incarceration. So we know that prison impedes the desistance process in many ways. I’m not going to reiterate the points that Chris raised. But there’s two points in particular that I’d like to highlight. The first being that prison misconduct can be a really poor indicator of criminal behavior and of desistance from crime. So individuals can engage in rule-breaking behavior while they’re incarcerated and at the same time, maintain a narrative that’s consistent with the desistance framework. So rule violations are not always indicative of an intention to persist in crime. The circumstances of those behaviors matter. And there are individuals who engage in rule-breaking behavior while incarcerated who do so to maximize their odds of successful reintegration upon release. And the second point I want to raise is that prison adaptation creates many incompatibilities with the outside world. So individuals might adopt coping strategies that are well-adapted for survival in prison, but that are incompatible with life on the outside. So to promote desistance from crime and successful reintegration, our prisons really need to be advocating for values that are more consistent with the values and principles that we promote on the outside.
With regards to our desistance-promoting supervision practices, we have a supervision system that seems to be well equipped to detect recidivism, but not necessarily conducive to desistance from crime. So we know for instance, that in some states, as many as two-thirds of the prison readmissions occur as a result of technical violations. And many of the factors underlying supervision violations, things like poverty, addiction, mental illness, racial and ethnic bias, these cannot be addressed at the individual level, even with an extraordinary level of motivation and personal agency. And some of the desistance-promoting supervision strategies that have been embraced in Europe, some of which Steve just mentioned, cannot be realistically adopted in the United States if parole and probation officers continue to grapple with exceedingly high caseloads. And so it’s really important in probation and parole practices to strike a better balance between both informal and formal control structures, as well as better balance between sanctions and incentives.
And so when we talk about shifting from a recidivism-focused model to a desistance-promoting approach, what we mean by this is, first of all, to regard desistance from crime as a process and normalizing relapses. Specifically here, I’m referring to offenses that do not pose a threat to public safety. It does not make sense to resort to confinement for those offenses that are not a threat to public safety. And I’m not suggesting that we need to get rid of recidivism as an outcome measure. I think it is an important measure, but that we also need to integrate other positive outcomes and to strike a better balance between punishments and incentives. And then, of course, interagency collaborations are really important to promote desistance from crime, no single criminal justice agency can promote desistance on its own. A desistance-promoting criminal justice system would resort to the harshest forms of punishment only as the last recourse, not as the first option, and with a strong focus on preserving the human dignity of individuals who are involved in the criminal justice system. So, retributive sanctions may serve a moral purpose for some, but we need to acknowledge that these types of sanctions are often at odds with the desistance framework and with our crime prevention efforts more broadly. Thank you.
BENJAMIN ADAMS: Excellent, Lila. Thank you so much. And thank you to all of our authors for their excellent presentations. We do have a number of questions in the queue from our audience. Thanks for your engagement throughout. And feel free to continue to submit questions as we start the discussion with the authors. I recognize we’re pretty close to time here. We can stay on for a few minutes after the hour. But we’ll start now and try to get through a handful of questions and move on from there. So first, sort of, as a housekeeping question, we were asked if the publication is available now in print and the answer to that is the full PDF is now available, individual author chapters. And just today, the full volume with a foreword from our Acting Assistant Attorney General and an introduction from our Acting Director at NIJ is available at nij.ojp.gov/desistance-from-crime. And we’ll put that into the chat for you all to review.
I think I’ll start first with Mike. We have a question in the Q&A box around what changes you would recommend to criminal justice agencies and other organizations like BJS who measure recidivism to begin capturing measures of desistance, and I think this might fold in with Bret as well.
MICHAEL ROCQUE: Yeah, I mean, it’s a great question. And I was also thinking about what Bret was saying in terms of how we need recidivism measures in addition to desistance measures, or that they are all part of the same sort of family of indicators that we need to measure. And so I would agree with that and suggest that the BJS should not discard recidivism measures in terms of people being arrested or incarcerated. I agree with Lila, in terms of her point that arrest statistics as an indicator of criminality is particularly problematic. But recidivism is, as Bret mentioned, something that most criminal justice practitioners and policymakers understand and is a--is a very clear benchmark. It is--it is easier in many ways to conceptualize than desistance because as Shadd Maruna mentions, desistance is the absence of something whereas recidivism is the presence of something.
So it’s much more clear, but what I would recommend is that we think about success in multiple domains not just have you avoided conviction, right? That could mean that you’re desisting, but it could mean that you just haven’t been caught. Have you found housing? Have you found--have you gone to treatment? And if you’re suffering with some sort of substance use issue, have you succeeded in terms of graduating from treatment? You know, other types of indicators that can--that can be brought together to represent the process that we’re thinking desistance actually is, will only help to move knowledge forward in this domain. And so what I would--what I would say just to end this and, Bret, you can jump in if you want, but what I would say is that criminal behavior is an indicator of desistance. It’s just in my opinion, it’s an indirect indicator but we have--we rely on indirect indicators all the time when we’re working with policies and practices. And so it’s not necessarily ideal, but it certainly doesn’t mean that we should discard it altogether.
BENJAMIN ADAMS: Bret, I will turn to you now, but I’m going to shift gears just slightly. So we have a question in the chat, “If the evidence on interventions is mixed that theoretically desistance is better, how can practitioners push probation departments and other stakeholders to endorse the systems-based approaches that are not evidence-based? So it’s hard to support something that has little evidence and the evidence that exist is mixed, so kind of building on your point that in some ways it’s a hard sell to the executives, which is a real-world problem.”
BRET BUCKLEN: Right, I agree with that sentiment. And what I would say in response is we need better evidence. So that’s where agencies should invest is in developing researcher-practitioner partnerships, developing in-house capacity to evaluate programs in order to evaluate these interventions, and develop stronger evidence for it so that it can be sold to decision-makers, executive staff, legislators. That was my point on budgets is that, you know, they’re not going to allocate budget resources to things that don’t have strong evidence for or doesn’t have a strong return on investment for it. Even if it’s something that shows evidence of working, if it costs more to implement than it returns, they’re not likely to allocate budget resources towards that. So I think the key is stronger evidence, more randomized trials, and more cost-benefit analysis in order to build the strength of the evidence. Inevitably, some interventions are going to not turn out to be effective, or at least return on--return on investment, and those should be discontinued. And the ones that meet the rigor, then they’re going to be able to be easily--more easily sold to the decision-makers and policymakers and legislators in order to put resources towards them. So I agree with the sentiment. And I think the answer is just better evidence.
BENJAMIN ADAMS: So you mentioned the decision-makers and Lila, here, I’ll ask this question. “There seems to be a mismatch with the criminal justice system that reacts to binary events; how can judges and probation and parole officers account for a person who is desisting?”
LILA KAZEMIAN: So I can give an example from a broad--of a system that does that. I know that in Belgium, when somebody is going back in for some form of parole violation, they don’t only look at the offense that was committed, they look at the person’s progress as they were reintegrating, and they take into account the person’s motivation and sort of the steps that they had taken prior to that relapse to get their lives back on track. So instead of focusing only on the offense that occurred, they looked at it from a more--they look at it from--with--from a far more holistic approach, and looking at the person’s effort overall in the reintegration process. So that would be one way to frame it more in terms of overall efforts. Of course this is really difficult to do when we have so many people under correctional control. This is the type of practice that could work well--if only if we reduce the number of people that we have on parole and probation.
BENJAMIN ADAMS: Thank you, Lila. Steve, building off that a little bit, we have a question that similarly asked what practitioners can do to foster and strengthen, you know, positive sort of pro-social factors for remaining in a lifestyle that is free of crime with a particular interest in what the research might say about cultural factors that might enhance desistance. Do you have any thoughts there? I know your paper touches on some of this.
STEPHEN FARRALL: Yeah, sure. So to take the kind of the first of those two parts, I mean, how do you keep somebody in the game as it were. I mean, that’s not easy from a probation officer’s point of view because the most important relationship that that individual has, in many cases, not all of them, but in many cases is going to be somebody other than yourself. And so their temptations and the time that they spend with these other people is something that individual probation officers are constantly, if you like, struggling against. So that’s very difficult. I mean, I think the things to try to do are to try to focus on things that they have in their life that they feel good about. And things that keep them, if you like, on the straight and narrow, to use that rather hackneyed term. And which provide them with hope that things are going to be better. I mean, hope and providing people with hope that things are going to be better, that they won’t always be addicted, that they will be able to get a job, that their lives will turn around, is really what all this is about, and is also one of the hardest things to achieve. It’s also something that individual criminal justices--justice systems need to get better at.
I think it was John F. Kennedy who said that societies get the kind of criminals they deserve. And a society that doesn’t provide people with hope is not going to be one that actually gets people that think things are going to be better. So, you know, it is providing people with hope and working with them in terms of their strengths. Now in terms of the cultural variations, and there’s lots of different ways of using the word culture. I’m kind of thinking that the question, at least in my mind, is really about what in the U.K. we call different ethnic groups. But in the U.S., you’re much more comfortable talking about racial groups. I don’t use the term racial simply because I believe there’s only one human race but you have different ethnic groups within it. Now, there hasn’t been a lot of work done on variations by ethnicity, but that which has suggests that some of the variations that different groups face are due to structural impediments. So you can use people’s ethnic identity as a way not of essentializing race, but as a way of appreciating the kind of structural obstacles that individuals face. In the U.K., our Black British population, people who--or people whose forefathers moved to the U.K. from Africa or from the Caribbean, tend to be, if you like, amongst the poorest. And they tend to have jobs which don’t give them a lot of hire and fire opportunities. Whereas if you look at the U.K.’s Indian population, that’s much more like the white middle class than the U.K.’s white middle class. So they often run their own businesses, and own their own houses, those sorts of things, typically very well educated, certainly better educated than the white U.K. population. So that gives that ethnic minority an opportunity to hire sons and daughters who’ve got into trouble in a way that, for example, the U.K.’s Black British population doesn’t.
Then again, the U.K.’s Bangladeshi population is very, very poor. But Islam and the kind of notion of being a good Muslim is something that provides people from that background with, if you like, a script for moving out or moving away from crime. And of course if you take your faith seriously as a Muslim, that’s quite a lot of attendance at your--at your mosque. So it really kind of starts to wrap in to the day-to-day routines that individuals have, and slowly pulls them further and further and further and further away from those influences and individuals who may previously had got them into trouble.
BENJAMIN ADAMS: Thank you, Steve. I recognize we’re at time, folks, but I’m going to hang on for at least two more questions here and thanks for those who are able to join us for a few more minutes. Danielle, I want to ask how the literature on biopsychosocial criminology proposes that we assess biological differences through noninvasive manner. So essentially, how do we avoid the pitfall of condemning people from birth based on their biological characteristics?
DANIELLE BOISVERT: Okay. All right. Thank you for that question. I just like to start by saying that, you know, there is this longstanding misnomer that biology and DNA is destiny. So I just want to point out that that misnomer has been discredited throughout the years through epigenetic research that has shown that environmental conditions can greatly influence how genes are functionally expressed. And so even though someone might be at genetic risk for certain behaviors, it doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re going to be expressed based on the environmental condition in which they are in, that will dictate the likelihood of that expression. So what I’m proposing here is actually not to include DNA as one of the markers as part of assessment. There are other noninvasive low-cost ways that we can incorporate biological factors into assessments that don’t rely on DNA. So for example, we could administer some validated executive functioning tests, for example, the Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale. There are others that are validated as well. We could modify assessment questionnaires to capture biosocially informed risk indicators.
So all the things we were talking about before, so trauma, abuse, neglect, substance use, traumatic brain injury, lead exposure, essentially any of those known factors that influence cognitive abilities and stress response. We can also potentially incorporate baseline nutrition profiles through blood work, but as Bret pointed out, that could be a little bit costly. It’s about $100 per person to get those types of profiles. And we could also gather physiological information through measures of heart rate activities, skin conducts--skin conductance, we could look at measures of stress hormones, and enzymes. So there are a bunch of different ways that we can incorporate this that moves away from simply looking at DNA markers. Of course, everything that I’m suggesting will require a lot of partnership between practitioners and researchers, and specifically making sure that those who are doing these assessments are skilled in these areas. Thank you.
BENJAMIN ADAMS: Thanks so much, Danielle. And a question for Chris, I think goes to some of the recommendations that you were making at the end of your presentation. But it asked how researchers can navigate the complex barriers of longitudinal studies with formally engaged--chronically engaged individuals post release to track and monitor incremental steps to desistance long-term. So I guess here asking for some of your insights on how longitudinal studies might be leveraged. And then a secondary piece of this is more about how to then translate the evidence from those studies to informed policy and practice.
And I apologize, but we may have dropped Chris. All right. So I’ll go to one open question for the group. And, folks, feel free to jump in. It’s an interesting one here, as we’re thinking about moving away from a binary measure of desistance, how is the definition of crime itself implicated in this work? Thinking through various behaviors, or circumstances that might be criminalized such as homelessness, poverty, mental illness, and when talking about criminalizing those things, if you’re talking about biosocial considerations, and in what way do we consider crime or harm in public safety? Do you think there’s a redefinition of crime that flows from your work and this focus on desistance? I see Dr. Farrall, maybe you were going to jump in.
STEPHEN FARRALL: Yeah, I was going to give other people the chance to jump in. But yeah, I mean, I think that’s a--it is a good question. It all kind of runs the risk of becoming very kind of philosophical quite quickly so what we mean by crime, doing harm other than crime, all those sorts of things. I mean, I think, you know, there may be some technical violations, some minor things that we need to kind of--kind of let go off as serious misdemeanors that actually get people back into the court. But I don’t know, it’s a tricky one. I mean, I suspect that probably, you know, that--to get to the--to get to the--cut to the chase, it either dramatically changes your whole idea of what crime is, or it doesn’t really change it very much depending upon how far you want to kind of push that envelope. I’d be interested to hear what Lila has to say.
LILA KAZEMIAN: I mean, normally when we talk about crime we’re really talking about street level crime, right? We’re not generally talking about white collar crime or other forms of crime that can also cause a great deal of harm. But I think that one of the important points is, again, comparing to other countries, substance use in other countries and empirical studies, it’s regarded as a risk factor. But in U.S.-based studies, it’s often used as a dependent variable, criminal behavior, right? And so I think that’s probably the most important shift to make that anything that pertains to addictions, this is a public health issue and it’s not a criminal justice issue, and to cease treating addiction as a crime. So I think that’s an excellent question, and we do tend to do that. And, again, other countries don’t treat it in this way.
BENJAMIN ADAMS: Thank you, Lila. Well, we are at the end of our time. Again, thank you for folks staying over about 10 minutes here. I want to thank, again, all of our authors. I thank OJP and NIJ leadership and certainly the audience for your participation this afternoon. We have recorded the webinar that will be made available on nij.gov. Again, the full volume is available for download at nij.gov. We will also commit to looking through the questions that we didn’t have an opportunity to get to this afternoon. And we look forward to engaging with you, with the field, to help advance recommendations provided in the volume for research, policy, and practice. So thank you so much, and have a wonderful afternoon.
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There are many reasons to love living in Altamonte Springs, including the plethora of nearby events and activities. Gather with friends and family this summer just a quick 15-minute drive down I-4 to Dr. Phillips Center for live entertainment, movie nights, and more. Here are several fun summer events for you to enjoy:
Now through mid-December, Frontyard Festival is in full swing with movie nights to enjoy with the whole family and live music events featuring fantastic artists.
Or plan a date night and grab an Uber to go sing along with Dave Koz & Friends, King Crimson with special guest The California Guitar Trio, Air Supply, Mary Chapin Carpenter with Marc Cohn and Shawn Colvin, The Temptations & Four Tops, and tons more!
In addition to the Frontyard Festival events, the Dr. Phillips Center hosts a variety of other events throughout the year. Two classic musicals to look forward to this summer include:
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum from July 23rd to July 25th
- West Side Story on August 6th & August 7th
In addition to a fabulous concert and event center, Nine12 Gateway is just ten minutes from the Orlando Science Center, one of Orlando’s most popular attractions, with something fun for all ages to enjoy! They host a variety of special events as well. If you’re a runner, you can sign up for the Celebration of Running 5K taking place on August 14th this summer. If you’re planning a wedding, make sure to grab a ticket to Unveil: Wedding Showcase happening on August 18th.
Whether you like music, science, movies, or just getting out of the house, Altamonte Springs is a great place to experience something new and enjoy all that Orlando has to offer.
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The new Dating Sim by the Dead By Daylight developers is now available and players would be able to date all of the murderer characters of Dead by Daylight. You can also get exclusive “Hooked On You” cosmetics in the Dead By Daylight to show off to your friends.
In this guide, we’ll tell you how to get the exclusive cosmetics of “Hooked on you” in Dead by Daylight.
Hooked on You Cosmetics
The exclusive cosmetics of Hooked on You contains Jake Park makeup and clothes with a Charm. You can get all of these items as a complete set. In order to get this set, you’d have to buy the “Hooked on you” game from steam or any store then after launching the game, you’d see a “Link Account” option on the main menu of Hooked on You. Click on the Link Account option and it will take you to a website.
On the website, there are three steps that you need to complete. First, you have to log in then you need to Activate, and then you’ll get the code for the cosmetics. After you’ve linked your steam account, you’ll get the option to claim rewards and you’ll get a code on the screen. Copy the code and launch your Dead By Daylight game.
After getting into the menu of Dead by Daylight, go to the store and click on Redeem Code option on the top right. Paste the code in the bar and click Redeem to get the Surf Survivor clothes for Jake and Captured Heart Charm. Both of these are Very Rare cosmetics in Dead by Daylight.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is known for its ability to provide actionable insight based on very extensive data analytics. Therefore, the use of AI can drive better decision making, which is something sought by mining companies striving to optimize their operations.
Forbes states: “Artificial intelligence is helping to transform the mining industry into a safer, more profitable, and more environmentally friendly industry.”
Make Mining Safer
Faster decision-making is essential to foster a safer environment for frontline mineworkers. Using real-time quality data and analytics, AI can predict failures in processes and can prevent accidents and injuries. Additional training by mine managers can also prevent accidents. Furthermore, through data driven decisions, mining companies can use self-controlling machines to avoid putting their labor in danger.
Make Mining More Profitable
Greater accuracy supports Mining in the right location. AI can help prevent costly mistakes by precisely mapping out the terrain and providing more information than a human could. Combining pattern matching and predictive analytics with AI allows for more exact predictions.
Some companies use AI and machine learning (algorithms that improve over time) to identify the copper grades, and it proves to significantly reduce the human error rate.
Make the Mining industry More Environmentally Friendly
Ventilation is known to cause the largest energy cost in an underground mine. AI and machine learning can be used to forecast energy peaks. Automatic adjustments of ventilation systems are now enhanced using AI, which reduces the amount of energy required by a mine site. Another increasing trend in the mining industry is to use drones and machine learning based computer vision to provide continuous monitoring of mining operations and the impact on the surrounding ecosystem.
As a conclusion, AI-related technologies present great benefits foar the mining industry profitability wise, safety wise and environmentally wise. However, implementing AI also brings challenges. Is your organization’s culture ready to fully adopt AI?
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The MV of WOODZ 「BUMP BUMP」 has been released! Pay attention to Seungyoun blonde !!
The vocals of Minhee and Woobin are amazing! CRAVITY “Ohh Ahh” performance video released !!
WEi finally debuts on “TWILIGHT”! Produced by PENTAGON Hui is a hot topic !!
September 9th is the birthday of Dongpyo from X1! Introducing the charm of cute Dongpyo !!
CRAVITY is back with new song “Flame”! Focus the cool visuals of the CRAVITY members !!
CRAVITY wins new face award in “2020 SOBA”! Introducing award comments !!
August 5th is the birthday of Seungyoun (WOODZ) from X1!
Sexy and cool! WEi dance cover EXO “LOVE SHOT” !!
X1 Yohan, JBJ Donghan, RAINZ Daehyeon, Kang Seok Hwa will make their debut as WEi !!
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Over time, all water heaters, be they storage tank- or tankless-type, inevitably build up scale deposits that can decrease their operating efficiency. The rate of scale build-up depends on a given geographic area’s water hardness, but sooner or later, it becomes appropriate to descale any unit. This blog will instruct you on how to a descale a Noritz tankless water heater.
To this end, Noritz has created a simple descaling procedure, outlined below. Although it’s possible for savvy homeowners to follow this themselves, a plumbing contractor should be brought in if there is any hesitation. For a visual explanation, view our video on How to Descale a Noritz Heater.
To descale a tankless water heater, you will need:
- a five-gallon bucket;
- three to four gallons of distilled, food-grade white vinegar;
- two ¾ inch connection drain hoses;
- a submersible pump.
Descaling a Noritz tankless water heater
Note Before Starting: On the unit, the red isolator valve indicates the hot water side, while the blue isolator valve indicates the cold water side. Drain caps are located on top of the hot side and on the left of the cold side. Turning the valves to the vertical position indicates they are “on” and that water is free flowing. Turning the valves to the perpendicular position indicates they are “off.”
1. Keep the unit on but turn the gas valve off.
2. Turn both hot and cold valves off. Remove the drain caps on both valves. Place the five-gallon bucket underneath the hot water side. Carefully turn the red drain valve to the “on” position and use the bucket to drain the unit of excess water still inside.
3. Repeat step two on the cold water side.
4. Connect a hose to the submersible pump and place the pump with the connected hose into the five-gallon bucket. Make sure the power cord stays out of the bucket.
5. Connect the pump outlet hose to the cold water drain valve.
6. Connect a drain hose to the hot water drain valve and place the end of the drain hose into the bucket.
7. Pour between three and four gallons of vinegar into the bucket so that the pump is completely submerged. Open both drain valve lever handles on the isolation valves and turn on the pump for at least an hour. For maximum effectiveness, change the vinegar solution after 30 minutes and repeat. The unit will try to fire up, but will fail due to the gas being off. Eventually, an error code 11 will appear, which is normal during the procedure. DO NOT RESET.
8. After a minimum of one hour, turn the pump off and close the cold water drain valve. Remove the hose from the cold water drain valve and replace the cap onto the drain valve outlet.
9. Remove the pump and drain hose from the bucket and drain the liquid. Place the hot water drain hose back into the empty bucket and open the cold water main valve. This procedure will flush out the heater with fresh cold water. Flush for at least five minutes or until 20 gallons of water have passed through the heater.
10. For condensing units, place a bucket under the unit and twist open the drain cock located directly under the water heater to drain out any descaling medium that may have collected in the unit. Turn the main inlet valve to the “OFF” position.
11. For additional maintenance, unscrew and remove the water filter for cleaning—some water may flow out. Clean the filter under running water to remove any debris. Place the dry filter back into the port, making sure it’s twisted tightly by hand.
12. Turn the drain valve to the “OFF” position. Unscrew and remove the drain hose. Replace the drain cap and make sure it’s screwed on tightly.
13. Turn the main hot and cold valves back to the “ON” position and turn the gas supply back on. To get rid of the error code 11 that resulted from descaling, reset the unit by powering it off, then powering it on again.
See this descaling guide for more step-by-step information on the process.
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We provide modular workspaces with a fully-circular subscription-based service.
We’ll get you set up
Furniture installed in days
Pay as you go
€3 per square meter — that's it
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You've done your part, now we'll take it from here. Our team will go over all your information and you'll hear from us as soon as possible. Let's build something beautiful together.
Happier employees collaborate better, build more self-esteem and are more productive.
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We don’t normally like to post up unfinished bikes here on CSBFS, but this 1974 Rickman CR BSA A75 is rare enough that it’s worth a second look, and complete enough that I expect many of our readers wouldn’t be put off by the work needed to turn this into a stunning, and very rare British sport bike. Rickman’s of all stripes are relatively rare, and this baby blue machine looks like it will be stunning once finished. In the 1960’s and 1970’s, even major manufacturers were still experimenting with what characteristics made motorcycles handle well, and many production bikes left something to be desired in terms of roadholding, especially when riders started to really push them on track.
Enter Rickman, a typical British “based out of a shed” outfit that stressed the effectiveness of their bikes over pedigree. They sold incomplete frame, suspension, and bodywork kits that could be completed by individuals at home or by shops that supplied engines, transmissions, wheels, and electrics. Early on, they often used British twins, but many bikes that show up on eBay are powered by Japanese four cylinders like the CB750.
This one “keeps it in the family” and is powered by a BSA A75 three cylinder, a package very similar to the one found in the Triumph Trident we featured recently. Designed to allow BSA and Triumph to compete with the CB750, the 740cc overhead-valve triple used pushrods and a four-speed box at first, although a five speed was later added and should be the transmission in this bike. While the architecture of the new triple was primitive, compared to the CB750 against which it was competing, the engine was no slouch, producing a claimed 58hp that made the bike good for a 120mph top speed and was much smoother than the twin on which it was based, while offering plenty of character.
According to the seller, this might be the only BSA triple-powered Rickman in existence, although the kit-nature of Rickmans makes this very hard to verify. Suffice to say, it’s pretty unusual. While the bodywork might look fine as-is with a bit of patina, that nickel-plated frame needs some elbow grease to return to its former glory.
From the original eBay listing: 1974 Rickman CR BSA A75 for Sale
Very rare Rickman BSA Triple CR road racer, built in limited numbers. This bike was brought back from the UK by an Air Force Captain in 1976, but was actually built in 1974. Believed to be a set of service cases ordered and built for the chassis. I really wanted to restore the bike but do not think I will ever find the time so it’s time to pass it along to someone who can.
The bike is mostly complete as shown, But there will be some minor parts missing. What you see is what i have for the bike. I have started to disassemble the bike and have tried polishing the Nickel frame in a few spots and it comes up with a great shine, but wonderful patina, very easily. I have the swing arm professionally polished to see how good a pro could get it and as you can see, it looks great! The fiberglass is in good condition, especially for it’s age. but there are a couple of spots that need minor repair. I did buy a NOS seat in the correct color that is included. I believe the mileage is genuine as the tires on the bike were date code 1974 and had very little wear. Borrani rims are straight and in very nice condition. I have a few sundry new parts for it including a rear master cylinder rebuild kit which had to be bought from the UK.
Very rare and cool project for someone. The Rickman book shows this bike delivered to Rivetts of London Ltd. in Leytonstone. I used to visit this shop on a regular basis in this period so really feel a connection. All the research I have done has not shown another Rickman CR built with a BSA A75 engine so it may just be that this is a 1 of 1 bike.
Sold as is for restoration. Has a clean Missouri title. I have many more pictures that can be sent on request.
According to later updates on the listing, the seller has gotten some flack, claiming that the bike is not original. The whole point of these Rickman bikes was their mix-and-match nature built around customer preferences: based around a new frame that offered improved stiffness and high-spec suspension for tighter handling, the rest of the bike was very “kit-bike” mix-and-match, back before “kit” became a dirty word associated with Fiero-based Lamborghinis and oddly-proportioned “Cobras.” Rickman themselves even poked fun at this with their Metisse, which is French for “mongrel.”
There’s just one day left on the auction and bidding is up a bit north of $6,000, although the Reserve Has Not Yet Been Met. With luck, this bike will find a good home and will soon be returned to its former glory.
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The Colorado Department of Transportation and contractor Phillips and Jordan, Inc. continue to collect flood debris from flood-impacted state highways. Residents who live on the flooded highways are urged to bring their flood-related debris to just off the pavement next to the highway, where it will be picked up over the next couple of weeks. Residents are urged to have flood-generated debris ready for pick up prior to the date of pickup.
Debris crews will be working Friday, Jan. 3 through the weekend and through next week on the following highways:
· Friday, January 3: State Highway (SH) 72
· Sunday, January 5: US 36
· Monday, January 6: US 34
· Tuesday, January 7 through Thursday, January 9: SH 52, SH 66, SH 60, SH 119, SH 170
During cleanup, crews will be working in CDOT right-of-way as well as under bridges and near streams. Thanks to favorable weather, the continued clean up will help better prepare the highways for spring runoff.
· Debris piles should be three feet from the side of the highway to allow for any snow removal operations.
· Do not block the roadway, waterways or any culverts with debris.
· Please have all eligible debris to the roadside by Jan. 6.
Debris crews will not access private property or city/county roads to pick up debris, so residents will need to place any flood-related debris right along the edge of the highway to have it removed.
The following is a guideline of the materials that will be removed from CDOT right-of-way:
Flood-damaged debris that will be picked up:
· Vegetation waste: Branches, plants, trees and grass. CDOT requests that vegetative materials be separated from other materials in piles of six feet in length or less for easier pickup.
· Construction & demolition waste: Wood framing from houses, furniture, carpet, clothes, concrete, etc.
· White waste: Appliances such as refrigerators, stoves, washers & dryers, hot water heaters, dishwashers and microwave ovens
· Electronic waste: Computers, televisions, DVD players, telephones, and microwave ovens
· Household hazardous waste: Paints, cleaners, solvents, propane tanks, petroleum products, etc.
· Car waste: Car parts including batteries
What will not be picked up:
· Regular household garbage. This should be disposed of in your dumpsters and removed by your waste management provider.
Once collected, debris is taken directly to local landfills for final disposal or to CDOT properties to be reduced and eventually used for construction or slope stabilization. Any vehicle materials found in debris piles will be searched for a VIN number, and if a VIN is found, CDOT will keep it on record. Citizens still searching for their vehicles post-flood can contact CDOT to see if their vehicle has been recovered.
For questions about the debris removal process, please visit the CDOT flood information website at www.coloradodot.info/travel/floodinfoupdates. Members of the public can also email email@example.com, or speak to someone directly at 720-263-1589. For toll-free call 1-800-999-4997.
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My team at work uses a Kanban board to track our software development process. We use Kanban to track tasks and pull new tasks to our respective swim lanes. We use sticky notes to indicate our tasks and move them around to indicate their status, such as “To Develop”, “To Test”, or “Completed”.
Kanban is a method for managing knowledge work which balances demands for work with the available capacity for new work. Work items are visualized to give participants a view of progress and process, from task definition to customer delivery. Team members “pull” work as capacity permits, rather than work being “pushed” into the process when requested.
In software development, for example, Kanban provides a visual process-management system which aids decision-making about what, when and how much to produce. Although the method (inspired by the Toyota Production System and lean manufacturing) originated in software development and IT, it may be applied to any professional service whose work outcome is intangible rather than physical.
For fun, I added my baby as a task. And, tracked the sticky all the way to completion… He’s our best feature yet!
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I buy my food with conventional money, the money I received as a gift.
How do you pay for your child’s education?
12 December 2019
Don’t your economic choices and lifestyle place you above the law?
11 November 2017
How do you get your food, an everyday need?
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I try to be active i swear. Also you can blatantly see my style change LMAAOO#1 on danganronpaoneshots!#1 on junko#1 on danganronpa1
I'm bored in quarantine so hello wattpadCharacters I will be doing 💗........Shuichi Saihara 🔍Kokichi Oma 😈Rantaro Amami 🥑Chihiro Fujisaki 💻Kiyotaka Ishumaru 📑Byakuya Togami 💵K1-B0 🤖Gonta Gokuhara 🐞Makoto Naegi 🍀
⚠️ READ BEFORE READING THE STORY ⚠️I do not own any of these characters from Spirited Away. Credits to Studio Ghibli for making the wholesome movie.Movie name : Spirited AwayCreator/s of the movie : Studio Ghibli Where to watch : Netflix Original audio : Japanese [With subtitles]Audio I use : English [With subtitles]______________________________________________________________________________________________________Characters used : Chihiro OginoYūko Ogino [Mother of Chihiro Ogino and the wife of Akio Ogino]Akio Ogino [Father of Chihiro Ogino and the husband of Yūko Ogino]KoHaku / Haku LinZeniba [Twin sister of Yubaba]Yubaba [Twin sister of Zeniba]No FaceRadish SpiritAnd more spirits and others from the spirit world.And friends from Chihros new school.And my characters that I made
I'm bored.You're probably bored.Maybe this will help?(Info in the first chapter)
The part two with more than Danganronpa and fanganronpa!!!
Twenty-five years have passed since Chihro's visit at the spirit world. She is now 35, is married, and has a daughter of her own named Hisako. Yes, from all the stories you have heard,Chihiro and Haku have always found a way to get together after the long years of waiting on that one empty promise. But unfortunately twenty-five years is quite a long time, and though Chihiro's love for Haku never faded, she had to move on for herself after she felt the empty promise was broken. Ever since Hisako was born, Chihiro tried to keep the spirit world a secret from her family...but 10 year old Hisako started having visions of this mysterious world. One day she allows her visions to show her the way into the spirit world. Will she be able to leave the spirit world once she enters?
Some ships included may not have the ship name and just the ship because I just re-entered the Danganronpa fandom and dont feel like googling the ship namesShips included are:Sayaka x MukuroNeagamiIshimondoAoi x Sakuraand Celesgiri(I also headcanon that Junko saw Chihiro's talent for coding and decided to offer him that she would fake his death and keep him safe if he coded the exucutions for her and Chihiro scared out of his mind about the killing game reluctantly agreed but eventually made friends with the other people who where a part of despair which includes characters from other grades(games such as Tsumugi and Angie who I ship) (Chihro also became acquainted with Mikan) and even befriended Junko but he would try to hide it from the other students
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15 People Whose Creative Inventions Are Unique but Slightly Questionable
Sometimes weird ideas can lead people to invent something completely new and awesome that can change lives for the better. But there are also other times when attempts at creating something turn out straight-up strange. Anyway, oftentimes, the process of making something with your own 2 hands is all that matters, and it always brings satisfaction.
Now I’ve Seen Everything found some inventions that raise a question or 2 but are extremely interesting and unique either way.
“Still not certain why I made this denim armchair...”
Trust us, it’s really convenient!
“Why? WHY? It’s torturing me. WHY?!”
Who needs a disco ball when you’ve got a disco...nutcracker?!
“Some people online didn’t like my latest craft project. Can you believe it? As for me, I think it’s my best work so far!”
“My friend made this abomination recently.”
“My mom is at it again! Ladies and gents, here’s a vase made out of cloth and cement!”
— “Do you want to have a picnic or swing on a swing?”
“Last week, my boss realized that a broken office chair fits my bike seat tube...”
“My mother-in-law’s latest creation: an indoor wind chime made of old silverware”
Denim basket, denim everything...
We bet this car runs on pure creativity!
“Behold — I made this sweater out of dryer fluff!”
“So what? There wasn’t enough room for my dad’s toes!”
Let there be light!
Which of these inventions would you use in your own household? Tell us in the comments!
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24 Pictures That Are the Visual Equivalent of Nails on a Chalkboard
There are some everyday situations that can easily make you grind your teeth. And even if you don’t consider yourself a perfectionist, there’s something about a pile of dirty dishes or a half-empty bottle of Coke in your fridge that can genuinely irritate you. These 24 people can totally understand how you feel, and they decided to share photos of things that annoy them the most with the whole world.
We at Now I’ve Seen Everything have collected a list of such pictures that are both irritating and funny at the same time.
1. “Ah yes, the Stranger Things spinoff”
2. “I was trying to remove a stubborn nail.”
3. “My 9-year-old sister destroyed our microwave doing a TikTok life hack.”
4. “Nobody did the dishes while I was gone for 3 days because ’It’s your responsibility.’”
5. “My chocolate chip granola bar had ONE chocolate chip.”
6. “I would like to share with you all the time I was politely dissed by R.L. Stine. I was in the fourth grade and mailed my book to him to autograph.”
“Please sign right here — The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena.”
7. “This completely flat spoon I was given to eat my soup with”
8. “Never swore more in my life. Spent all day meticulously taping so I’d have nice straight lines on the ceiling. Even worse, I don’t know what brand or shade of white the previous owner used on the ceiling.”
9. “Let’s hear it for the cruel being who put muscle pain medications on the lowest shelf. Very user-friendly, guys, really!”
10. “I just spent 20 minutes trying to pick this monstrosity off.”
11. “My mom had just finished cleaning the kitchen and then spilled a bag of chia seeds on the ground.”
12. “As a retail worker myself, this makes us angry. It takes 30 seconds to put it back where you found it.”
13. “Don’t you hate it when sinks are made like this?”
14. “Yesterday, my pen exploded in my dryer. Today, this happened when I got home after another 13-hour workday.”
15. “Attempted to take $60 out. Got stuck and I couldn’t get it out. Then it sucked it back in and still took $60 out of my account!”
16. “I made coffee while I was still half-asleep.”
17. “Tried to ask her to move her hair, but she just ignored me.”
18. “I wish I hadn’t bothered aligning them so I never would’ve noticed...”
19. “I’m starting to think this view isn’t worth having golfers aiming directly at our home.”
20. A bird had the sudden urge to go to the bathroom in the open mouthpiece of this guy’s coffee... Nice start to the day.
21. “’Have cats,’ they said, ’It’ll be fun,’ they said... No cats or plants were harmed.”
22. When you think doing your makeup in the car will save you time and you actually realize it might’ve been better to not have worn makeup at all...
23. “My fiancé refuses to finish a bottle of Coke before opening another.”
24. “My neighbors just throw trash out of their window.”
Have you ever experienced anything like what these people went through? Tell us your “tragic” story in the comments and let’s laugh at these things together!
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To order most suitable size please refer to our size guide section in store Menu
OR Message us your height, waist size and fit you want when placing order so we can match perfectly
OR just drop us a message HERE or on INSTAGRAM @nowmillennial
Clothing placket: zipper
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Color classification: gray black
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shirt length: Medium
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by Marina Glazman
Should I continue investing in a struggling employee? Am I holding them back by overcoaching and forcing a fit?
To answer these questions, managers must identify a termination threshold: the point beyond which coaching an employee does not bear a return on investment for either party.
Corporate literature has taught us that investing in people is the hallmark of good leadership. But smaller businesses and startups don’t have training budgets, and can only afford to hire people ready to deliver on day one.
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Teardown and Service
Shimano Derailleur Clutch Service
Every choice we make on our bikes involves balancing pros and cons. Something like durability often comes at the cost of a few extra grams or a few extra dollars, and some higher-priced items require more maintenance to keep them running as intended. When it comes to drivetrains, both SRAM and Shimano systems have their benefits and drawbacks, leaving us to pick one that best suits our preferences.
Shimano provides some great value with their 12-speed transmissions, particularly when you dig into their Deore (M6100) or SLX (M7100) options. Saving money while still getting great performance is something riders can’t argue with. However, something that’s likely to cause more debate is Shimano derailleurs, specifically, the clutch, are serviceable. Some of you may find this an advantage but for riders not used to servicing a rear derailleur, it’s a head-scratcher and might be enough to cause you to stick with a SRAM equivalent. You can't service a clutch from big red.
Recently, I found my Shimano shifter sticky, particularly when moving up the cassette into an easier gear, and my shifting was acting foolishly in either direction. The cable hadn't been replaced since the drivetrain was mounted so I replaced the inner and outer, but the problem persisted. I checked the chain and hanger only to find no issues but while doing so, I noticed the shifting was great when the clutch was off, only to become so-so when it was switched on again.
With help from the Shimano Rear Derailleur Manual, I performed a more involved service than I was previously aware of. I've worked on the clutch mechanism in the past, but never knew the axle that it sat on required further attention from time to time. The back of the ‘plate axle’ that the clutch sits on is susceptible to moisture from a small hole in the back of the outboard lower cage. I assumed that after autumn and a solid span of the winter, water ingress had started to cause issues with this piece, causing the shifting issues I was experiencing.
So it was time to pull it apart and give the ol' girl a freshen up. I thought it may be helpful to share the process with riders who already have Shimano derailleurs or those still planning to make one their next. It’s a relatively easy job to do but there are a few crucial steps that may cause issues if you aren't careful.
Once the derailleur has been removed from the bike, the whole process takes about 20 minutes. It's something I hope won't be needed too often, though and I may also look into a way to close the hole the spring sits in, which gives the elements a (small) way to enter the internals. Shimano also provides parts for the clutch, if something needs replacing, and provided there's stock with local distributors, your L.B.S. should be able to order them. With the shortage of many bike parts only looking to get worse, doing some maintenance like this could prevent a bout of rushed or unnecessary purchases and worse, time off the bike.
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