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In the life sciences, many measurement methods yield only the relative abundances of different components in a sample. With such relative—or compositional—data, differential expression needs careful interpretation, and correlation—a statistical workhorse for analyzing pairwise relationships—is an inappropriate measure of association. Using yeast gene expression data we show how correlation can be misleading and present proportionality as a valid alternative for relative data. We show how the strength of proportionality between two variables can be meaningfully and interpretably described by a new statistic ϕ which can be used instead of correlation as the basis of familiar analyses and visualisation methods, including co-expression networks and clustered heatmaps. While the main aim of this study is to present proportionality as a means to analyse relative data, it also raises intriguing questions about the molecular mechanisms underlying the proportional regulation of a range of yeast genes.
Relative abundance data is common in the life sciences, but appreciation that it needs special analysis and interpretation is scarce. Correlation is popular as a statistical measure of pairwise association but should not be used on data that carry only relative information. Using timecourse yeast gene expression data, we show how correlation of relative abundances can lead to conclusions opposite to those drawn from absolute abundances, and that its value changes when different components are included in the analysis. Once all absolute information has been removed, only a subset of those associations will reliably endure in the remaining relative data, specifically, associations where pairs of values behave proportionally across observations. We propose a new statistic ϕ to describe the strength of proportionality between two variables and demonstrate how it can be straightforwardly used instead of correlation as the basis of familiar analyses and visualization methods.
Citation: Lovell D, Pawlowsky-Glahn V, Egozcue JJ, Marguerat S, Bähler J (2015) Proportionality: A Valid Alternative to Correlation for Relative Data. PLoS Comput Biol 11(3): e1004075. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004075
Editor: Roland L. Dunbrack Jr., Fox Chase Cancer Center, UNITED STATES
Received: June 29, 2014; Accepted: December 8, 2014; Published: March 16, 2015
Copyright: © 2015 Lovell et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
Data Availability: All relevant data are within the paper and its Supporting Information files.
Funding: DL was funded by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (www.csiro.au). VPG was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports under a Salvador de Madariaga grant (Ref. PR2011-0290) and by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness under the project METRICS Ref. MTM2012-33236. JJE was funded by the Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca of the Generalitat de Catalunya under project Ref: 2009SGR424. SM was funded by the UK Medical Research Council. JB was funded by a Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award (grant #095598/Z/11/Z). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Relative abundance measurements are common in molecular biology: nucleic acids typically have to be provided at a set concentration for sequencing or microarray analysis; sequencing methods report a large but finite total of reads, of which any particular sequence is a proportion. Sometimes, researchers are interested in the relative abundance of different components. Other times, they have to make do with relative abundance to gain insight into the system under study. Whatever the case, data that carry only relative information need special treatment.
Awareness is growing [1, 2, 3] but it is not yet widely appreciated that common analysis methods—including correlation—can be very misleading for data carrying only relative information. Compositional data analysis (CoDA) is a valid alternative that harks back to Pearson’s observation of ‘spurious correlation’, i.e., while statistically independent variables X, Y, and Z are not correlated, their ratios X/Z and Y/Z must be, because of their common divisor. (Note: this differs from the logical fallacy that “correlation implies causation”.)
Proportions, percentages and parts per million are familiar examples of compositional data; the fact that the representation of their components is constrained to sum to a constant (i.e., 1, 100, 106) emphasizes that the data carry only relative information. Note that compositional data do not necessarily have to sum to a constant; what is essential is that only the ratios of the different components are regarded as informative.
Correlation—Pearson, Spearman or other—leads to meaningless conclusions if applied to compositional data because its value depends on which components are analyzed . Problems with correlation can also be demonstrated geometrically (Fig. 1): the bivariate joint distribution of relative abundances says nothing about the distribution of absolute abundances that gave rise to them. Thus, relative data is also problematic for mutual information and other distributional measures of association. To further illustrate how correlation can be misleading we applied it to absolute and relative gene expression data in fission yeast cells deprived of a key nutrient .
These plots show two hypothetical mRNAs that are part of a larger total. (a) Seven pairs of relative abundances (mRNA1/total, mRNA2/total) are shown in red, representing the two mRNAs in seven different experimental conditions. The dotted reference line shows (mRNA1 + mRNA2)/total = 1.) Rays from origin through the red points show absolute abundances that could have given rise to these relative abundances, e.g., the blue, green or purple sets of points (whose Pearson correlations are −1, +1 and 0.0 respectively). (b) Relative abundances that are proportional must come from equivalent absolute abundances. Here the blue, green or purple sets of point pairs have the same proportionality as the pairs of relative abundances in red, though not necessarily the same order or dispersion.
How then can we make sound inferences from relative data? We show how proportionality provides a valid alternative to correlation and can be used as the basis of familiar analyses and visualizations. We conclude by putting this analysis strategy in perspective, discussing challenges, caveats and issues for further work, as well as the biological questions raised in this study.
Data on absolute mRNA abundance
Our results are based on data from Marguerat et al. on the absolute levels of gene expression (i.e., mRNA copies per cell) in fission yeast after cells were deprived of a key nutrient (Fig. 2). Unlike many experiments where researchers ensure (or assume) cells produce similar amounts of mRNA across conditions , this experiment ensured cells produced very different amounts so as to illustrate the merits of absolute quantification (S1 Fig.). Total abundance may vary dramatically in other experimental settings—such as in comparing diseased and normal tissues, tissues at different stages of development, or microbial communities in different environments.
y-axes are scaled logarithmically; x-axes are on a square-root scale for clarity. Each grey line represents the expression levels of a particular mRNA. The red and blue pairs of mRNAs are discussed later in this paper.
To illustrate the key points of this paper, we worked with positive data only (i.e., we excluded records with any zero or NA values): measurements of 3031 components (i.e., mRNAs) at 16 time points. Furthermore, we applied analysis methods (specifically, correlation) to the absolute abundance data without transformation (e.g., taking logarithms) because we believe this approach yields useful insights and simplifies the presentation of the central ideas of this paper (see and S1 Supporting Information).
Challenges in interpreting “differential expression”
Before looking at issues with pairs of components, it is important to note that interpreting differences in the relative abundance of a single component can be challenging.
Tests for differential expression are popular for analyzing relative data in bioscience. Much attention has been given to dealing with small numbers of observations and large numbers of tests, but comparatively little to “…the commonly believed, though rarely stated, assumption that the absolute amount of total mRNA in each cell is similar across different cell types or experimental perturbations” .
The relationship between the relative and absolute abundance of a component can be understood in terms of fold change over time. When total absolute abundance of mRNA stays constant, fold changes in both absolute and relative abundance of each mRNA are equal. When total absolute abundance varies, fold changes in absolute and relative abundances of each mRNA are no longer equal and can change in different directions. Between 0 and 3 hours there were 1399 yeast mRNAs whose absolute abundance decreased, and whose relative abundance increased. Clearly, mRNAs are being expressed differently, but to describe them as “under- or over-expressed” is too simplistic—here lies the interpretation challenge (see S1 Supporting Information).
Correlations between relative abundances tell us absolutely nothing
While “differential expression” of relative abundances is challenging to interpret, in the absence of any other information or assumptions, correlation of relative abundances is just wrong. We stress in the absence of any other information or assumptions to highlight the common assumption of constant absolute abundance of total mRNA across all experimental conditions. If this assumption holds, and all the mRNAs comprising that total are considered, the relative abundance of each kind of mRNA will be proportional to its absolute abundance, and analyses of correlation or “differential expression” of the relative values will have clear interpretations. The revisitation of this assumption should raise alarm bells about the inferences drawn from many gene expression studies.
Fig. 1(a) shows why correlation between relative abundances tells us nothing about the relationship between the absolute abundances that gave rise to them: the perfectly correlated relative abundances could come from any set of absolute abundance pairs that lie on the rays from the origin. This many-to-one mapping means that other measures of statistical association (e.g., rank correlations or mutual information) will not tell us anything either when applied to purely relative data.
But is this problem just a theoretical construct? A rare issue? Consider the red mRNA pair in Fig. 2: while their absolute abundances over time are strongly positively correlated, if someone (inappropriately) used correlation to measure the association between the relative abundances of these two mRNAs they would form the opposite view (Fig. 3(a)); correlation between the blue mRNA pair in Fig. 2 is similarly misleading (S2 Fig.). What of the other 4.5 million pairs of mRNAs? Fig. 3(b) summarizes all discrepancies between correlations of absolute abundance, and correlations of relative abundance, showing clearly that the apparent correlations of relative abundances tell a very different story from those of the absolute data. So how should we go about analyzing these relative data?
(a) The pair of mRNAs labeled in red in Fig. 2, shown on a linear scale. Values have been scaled and translated to have zero mean and unit variance. Upper panels show absolute abundances; the lower show relative abundances. The left panels show mRNA values over time; the right show the value of one mRNA plotted against the other at each time point. The correlation between the relative abundances is almost the complete opposite of that between the absolute abundances of this pair of mRNAs. (b) 2D histogram of the sample correlation coefficient observed for the relative abundances of a given pair of mRNAs, against the correlation observed for the absolute abundances of that same pair, over all pairs. The red and blue points correspond to the red and blue pairs of mRNA in Fig. 2. White contour lines are shown at intervals of 100 counts. The top marginal histogram shows that the absolute abundances of most pairs are very strongly correlated. The right marginal histogram shows “the negative bias difficulty” .
Principles for analyzing relative data
- Scale invariance: analyses must treat vectors with proportional positive components as representing the same composition (e.g., (2, 3, 4) is equivalent to (20, 30, 40))
- Subcompositional coherence: inferences about subcompositions (subsets of components) should be consistent, regardless of whether the inference is based on the subcomposition or the full composition.
- Permutation invariance: the conclusions of analyses must not depend on the order of the components.
Proportionality is meaningful for relative data
Proportionality obeys all three principles for analyzing relative data. If relative abundances x and y are proportional across experimental conditions i, their absolute abundances must be in proportion: where ti is the total abundance in condition i (Fig. 1(b)).
We proposed a “goodness-of-fit to proportionality” statistic ϕ to assess the extent to which a pair of random variables (x, y) are proportional . ϕ is related to logratio variance , var(log(x/y)), and is zero when x and y behave perfectly proportionally. However, when x and y are not proportional, ϕ has both a clear geometric interpretation and a meaningful scale, addressing concerns raised about logratio variance : the closer ϕ is to zero, the stronger the proportionality. We consider “strength” of proportionality (goodness-of-fit) rather than testing the hypothesis of proportionality because it allows us to compare relationships between different pairs of mRNAs (S1 Supporting Information).
We calculated ϕ for the relative abundances of all pairs of mRNAs and compared it to the correlations between their absolute abundances (S4 Fig.): clearly, the absolute abundances of most mRNA pairs are strongly positively correlated; far fewer are also strongly proportional. Focusing on these strongly proportional mRNAs, we extracted the 424 pairs with ϕ < 0.05. We graphed the network of relationships between these mRNAs (S5 Fig.), an approach similar to gene co-expression network or weighted gene co-expression analysis but founded on proportionality and therefore valid for relative data. The network revealed one cluster of 96, and many other smaller clusters of mRNAs behaving proportionally across conditions. Using ϕ as a dissimilarity measure, we formed heatmaps of the three largest clusters (S6 and S7 Figs.) similar to the method of Eisen et al. but, again, using proportionality not correlation.
This paper does not deny pairwise statistical associations between absolute abundances. What it does say is that once all the absolute information has been removed, only a subset of those associations will reliably endure in the remaining relative data, specifically, associations where values behave proportionally across observations.
Other approaches to compositional data in the molecular biosciences
Other researchers have recognized the compositional nature of molecular bioscience data, including as discussed in . Strategies have been proposed to ameliorate spurious correlation in the analysis of relative abundances [2, 3]. We contend that there is no way to salvage a coherent interpretation of correlations from relative abundances without additional information or assumptions; our argument is based on Fig. 1.
ReBoot attempts to establish a null distribution of correlations against which bootstrapped estimates of correlations can be compared. Aitchison articulates problems with this approach [4, p.56–58]. SparCC injects additional information by assuming the number of different components is large and the true correlation network is sparse. This equates to assuming “that the average correlations [between absolute abundances] are small, rather than requiring that any particular correlation be small” [3, Eq.14]. This means the expected value of the total absolute abundance will be constant (as the sum of many independently distributed amounts). We are concerned with situations where that assumption cannot be made, or where the aim is to describe associations between relative amounts.
Caution about correlation
We are also keen to raise awareness that correlation (and other statistical methods that assume measurements come from real coordinate space) should not be applied to relative abundances. This is highly relevant to gene coexpression networks . Correlation is at the heart of methods like Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis and heatmap visualization . These methods are potentially misleading if applied to relative data. This concern extends to methods based on mutual information (e.g., relevance networks ) since, as Fig. 1 shows, the bivariate joint distribution of relative abundances (from which mutual information is estimated) can be quite different from the bivariate joint distribution of the absolute abundances that gave rise to them.
Measures of association produce results regardless of the data they are applied to—it is up to the analyst to ensure that the measures are appropriate to the data. Currently, there are many gene co-expression databases available that provide correlation coefficients for the relative expression levels of different genes, generally from multiple experiments with different experimental conditions (see e.g., ). As far as we are aware, none of the database providers explicitly address whether absolute levels of gene expression were constant across experimental conditions. If the answer to this question is “no”, we would not recommend these correlations be used for the reasons demonstrated in this paper. If the answer is “yes” we still advocate caution in applying correlation to absolute abundances for reasons discussed in S1 Supporting Information.
Results in relation to genome regulation in fission yeast
While the main aim of this study is to present and illustrate principles for analyzing relative abundances, it has also uncovered intriguing biological insight with respect to gene regulation.
The largest cluster of proportionally regulated mRNAs (96 genes, S1 Supporting Information) was highly enriched for mRNAs down-regulated as part of the core environmental stress response , including 66 mRNAs that encode ribosomal proteins, and the remaining mRNAs also associated with roles in protein translation, such as ribosome biogenesis, rRNA processing, tRNA methyltransferases and translation elongation factors. The absolute levels of these mRNAs decrease after removal of nitrogen . The notable coherence in biological function among the mRNAs in this cluster is higher than typically seen when correlative similarity metrics for clustering are applied (e.g., ). These 96 mRNAs show remarkable proportionality to each other over the entire timecourse (S8 Fig.), and maintain near constant ratios across all conditions (S9 Fig.). Given the huge energy invested by yeast cells for protein translation (most notably ribosome biogenesis [20, 21], it certainly makes sense for cells to synchronize the expression of relevant genes such that translation is finely tuned to nutritional conditions.
Evidently, numerous ribosomal proteins and RNAs function together in the ribosome, demanding their coordinated expression; more surprisingly, multiple other genes, with diverse functions in translation, show equally pronounced proportional regulation across the timecourse. These findings raise intriguing questions as to the molecular mechanisms underlying this proportional regulation, suggesting sophisticated, coordinated control of numerous mRNAs at both transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels of gene expression.
Challenges and future work
While proportionality and the ϕ-statistic provide a valid alternative to correlation for relative data, there are still some challenges in their application. First is the treatment of zeroes, for which there is currently no simple general remedy . Second, and related, is the fact that “many things that we measure and treat as if they are continuous are really discrete count data, even if only at the molecular extremes” and count data is not purely relative—the count pair (1, 2) carries different information than counts of (1000, 2000) even though the relative amounts of the two components are the same. Correspondence analysis , or methods based on count distributions (e.g., logistic regression and other generalized linear models) may provide ways forwards.
Reproducing this research
All data and code needed to reproduce the analyses and visualizations set out in this paper are contained in the Supporting Information, along with additional illustrations and detailed explanations.
The “goodness-of-fit to proportionality” statistic ϕ can be used to assess the extent to which a pair of random variables (x, y) are proportional . Aitchison proposed logratio variance, var(log(x/y)), as a measure of association for variables that carry only relative information. When x and y are exactly proportional var(log(x/y)) = 0, but when x and y are not exactly proportional, “it is hard to interpret as it lacks a scale. That is, it is unclear what constitutes a large or small value… (does a value of 0.1 indicate strong dependence, weak dependence, or no dependence?)” . Logratio variance can be factored into two more interpretable terms: (1) (2) where β is the standardized major axis estimate of slope of random variables log y on log x, and r the correlation between those variables. The first term in Equation 2, var(log x), is solely about the magnitude of variation at play and has nothing to do with y. The second term, ϕ, describes the degree of proportionality between x and y, and forms the basis of our analysis of the relationships between relative values. Other non-negative functions of β and r that are zero when x and y are perfectly proportional could be formed; this is described in more detail in S1 Supporting Information, as well as why ϕ is preferable to an hypothesis testing approach. There is no need to calculate β or r to assess strength of proportionality; they simply provide a clear geometric interpretation of ϕ; in practice, one can use the relationship ϕ(log x, log y) = var(log(x/y))/var(log x).
Alternative measures of proportionality
The ϕ statistic is a measure of goodness-of-fit to proportionality that combines two quantities of interest: β, the slope of the line best describing the relationship between random variables log x and log y; and r, whose magnitude estimates the strength of the linear relationship between log x and log y. “Goodness-of-fit” describes how well a statistical model fits a set of observations and is a familiar concept in regression, including linear and generalised linear models, but note that ϕ—specifically the slope (β) of the standardized major axis—is motivated by allometry rather than regression modeling. We are interested in assessing whether two variables are directly proportional, rather than predicting one from the other: “use of regression would often lead to an incorrect conclusion about whether two variables are isometric or not” [26, p.265]. Note also that ordinary least squares regression fits are not symmetric: in general, the slope of y regressed on x is different to the slope of x regressed on y .
While goodness-of-fit measures for regression may not generally be appropriate for assessing proportionality, Zheng explores the concordance correlation coefficient ρc which could be modified to provide an alternative measure of proportionality defined as and related to var(log(x/y)) by the terms in Equation 1. This “proportionality correlation coefficient” ranges from −1 (perfect reciprocality) to +1 (perfect proportionality) and lacks the clear geometric interpretation of ϕ.
Centered logratio (clr) representation
We have used ϕ(log x, log y) to emphasize the relationship between ϕ and logratio variance. However to ensure that the ϕ values for component pair (i, j) are on the same scale (i.e., comparable to) the ϕ values for component pair (m, n), it is necessary to use the centered logratio (clr) transformation instead of just the logarithm (S1 Supporting Information). The clr representation of composition x = (x1, …, xi, …, xD) is the logarithm of the components after dividing by the geometric mean of x: ensuring that the sum of the elements of clr(x) is zero. Note that dividing all components in a composition by a constant (i.e., the geometric mean gm(x)) does not alter the ratios of components.
Using ϕ to form co-expression networks and clustered heatmaps
Gene co-expression networks [12, 13] are generally based on a pairwise distance or dissimilarity matrix which is often a function of correlation and thus not appropriate for relative data. Proportionality is appropriate, but ϕ does not satisfy the properties of a distance—most obviously, it is not symmetric unless β = 1: We are most interested in pairs of variables where β and r are near 1 and want to preserve the link between ϕ(log x, log y), β and r. Hence, our approach to forming a dissimilarity matrix is simply to work with ϕ(log xi, log xj) where i < j, in effect, the lower triangle of the matrix of ϕ values between all pairs of components. This symmetrised form of ϕ was then used to lay out a network of the 145 mRNAs that were involved in 424 pairwise relationships with ϕ < 0.05. We used the symmetrised form of ϕ as the basis of the cluster analysis and heatmap expression pattern display (e.g., S10 Fig.) described by Eisen et al. .
S1 Fig. Total abundance of yeast mRNAs in copies per cell over the 16-point time course.
Times 0 and 3 are highlighted for further study.
Values have been scaled and translated to have zero mean and unit variance. Upper panels show absolute abundances; the lower show relative abundances. The left panels show mRNA values over time; the right show the value of one mRNA plotted against the other at each time point. As with Fig. 3, the correlation between the relative abundances is almost the complete opposite of that between the absolute abundances of this pair of mRNAs.
S3 Fig. A 2D histogram of the correlation coefficient observed for the relative abundances of a given pair of mRNAs in a sample where the ten most abundant mRNAs have been removed, against the correlation coefficient observed for the relative abundances of that same pair, over all pairs.
White contour lines are shown at intervals of 100 counts. While the distribution of the correlation coefficient pairs lies more on the diagonal than in the preceding figure, it is clear that correlation of relative abundances is sensitive to what is in (or out of) the total, i.e., correlation is not subcompositionally coherent.
S4 Fig. A 2D histogram of ϕ(clr(xi), clr(xj)) for the relative abundances of a given pair (i, j) of mRNAs, against the correlation coefficient observed for the absolute abundances of that same pair, over all pairs.
The red and blue points correspond to the red and blue pairs of mRNA in Fig. 2. White contour lines are shown at intervals of 100 counts and the top marginal histogram is the same as in S2(b) Fig. The few mRNA pairs that are strongly proportional (within the red rectangle) are also strongly positively correlated. However, the converse is not true: strong positive correlation between mRNAs does not imply that they are strongly proportional.
S5 Fig. A graph of the proportionality relationships between the 424 pairs of mRNAs with ϕ(clr(xi), clr(xj)) < 0.05.
S8 Fig. The relative abundances of each of the mRNAs from the 96 mRNA cluster seen in S5 Fig. over time.
The geometric mean at each timepoint is shown in blue.
S9 Fig. Each of the mRNAs from the 96 mRNA cluster seen in S5 Fig. divided by the geometric mean of the mRNAs at each timepoint.
S10 Fig. Heatmap visualisation of the 66 pairs of mRNAs with ϕ(clr(xi), clr(xj)) < 0.025.
The hierarchical clustering of these components is cut into six colour-coded groups, shown at the left edge of the heatmap.
S1 Supporting Information. The detailed and reproducible analysis reported in this paper.
This PDF file is the output obtained by executing SupplementaryInfo.Rnw from S2 Supporting Information. In addition to all the figures and results in the manuscript it provides additional detail and information for those interested in understanding more about compositional data analysis and the analyses we have conducted.
S2 Supporting Information. R code and data to reproduce this paper’s analysis.
This Zip file contains SupplementaryInfo.Rnw, the Sweave source which is executed to analyse the contents of the ./data folder and present the results in S1 Supporting Information.
Conceived and designed the experiments: JB SM. Performed the experiments: JB SM. Analyzed the data: DL JJE VPG. Wrote the paper: DL VPG JJE SM JB. Developed the data analysis method: DL VPG JJE.
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Perfect World Entertaiment annouces “Dawn of the Immortals”
Perfect World Entertainment today has announced Dawn of the Immortals is coming to North America and Europe this summer for iOS and Android devices. The pre-registration page is now open, and new registrants will have access to a free Mystic Pet Summoning Card, guaranteeing at least a Four-Star Pet for proactive players!
An isometric action fantasy MMO, Dawn of the Immortals challenges players to skill up through 60 levels of thrilling dungeons and epic boss fights, armed with powerful weapons and with the help loyal upgradable pets and fellow players from around the world. Dawn of the Immortals is the premier 3D MMORPG, offering deep player customization, a robust multiplayer suite of guilds, parties, group chat, World Bosses, leaderboards, and PvP and PvE arenas, and more. A full-featured fantasy MMO, Dawn of the Immortals brings a comprehensive cross-platform experience to iPhones, iPods, iPads, and Android devices.
“Perfect World Entertainment is known for outstanding free-to-play games on PCs,” said Fabien-Pierre Nicolas, General Manager of Mobile, Perfect World Entertainment, “and we’ve wanted to bring a full-featured MMO experience to our mobile players. With Dawn of the Immortals, we can do that.”
For more information on Dawn of the Immortals, visit https://www.arcgames.com/en/splash/doi
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Online dating study shows too many choices can lead to dissatisfaction
Could there be too many fish in the sea? When it comes to online dating, that might be the case, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Jonathan D’Angelo, doctoral candidate in Communication Science, and Catalina Toma, assistant professor in the Department of Communication Arts, recently had their findings published in the print edition of Media Psychology.
“Online dating is very popular but the sheer popularity of it is creating some issues,” Toma says. “Sifting through choices is potentially problematic in that it can create the perception that the grass is always greener.”
Toma and D’Angelo conducted an experiment with 152 undergraduate students to find out how the number of choices online daters are given, and whether these choices are reversible, affects romantic outcomes. What they found was that a week after making their selection, online daters who chose from a large set of potential partners (i.e., 24) were less satisfied with their choice than those who selected from a small set (i.e., 6), and were more likely to change their selection. Those who selected from a large pool and had the ability to reverse their choice were the least satisfied with their selected partner after one week.
“There can be more regret when they know there are other options,” D’Angelo says.
It’s a bit of choice overload, a theory economists use when talking about people buying products such as chocolate or pens. With relationships, the stakes – and the potential regret – are higher.
“Sifting through choices is potentially problematic in that it can create the perception that the grass is always greener.”
Researchers point to the role of counterfactual thinking: Having more choices allows people to generate counterfactuals, or evaluative thoughts about the merits of the discarded alternatives (i.e., “what might have been”), which, in turn, lower satisfaction.
And that’s when people head back online.
“When the cost of the investment of meeting someone is really low and there are tons of options you’ll explore those options,” Toma says.
Unlike objects such as pens and chocolates, their study shows, online dating is an experience, and one that unfolds over time. With pens or chocolates, one gets to sample them immediately after selecting them. With online dating, it takes time to actually experience the date. That gives time to think about whether that other grass might be greener.
So more isn’t always better. But both Toma and D’Angelo still say the benefits of online dating outweigh the drawbacks.
“You can meet people who are similar to you like you never could before,” D’Angelo says. “This research suggests that even though you’re meeting people who are potentially similar, there can be downside to having that much access.”
Studies continue to show that more and more long-term relationships start online – and the stigma that once existed against online dating has diminished. If you’re shy or have limited time, online dating can be a great option. Or if you’d like to find out if your potential date is a smoker or has kids before you actually go out on a date.
Toma started researching online dating in 2004. The landscape has changed greatly, Toma says, with the emergence of many niche dating site as well as mobile dating apps.
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2014 Year in Review: Falls, Recalls, and a Scary Virus
2014 was a year of landmark decisions, calls to action, and unpredictable challenges to overcome. Here are a few of the biggest topics and headlines from the past year.
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- Jan 01, 2015
Oil and gas exploration, production, and related industries are some of the most dangerous industries for workers as well as the environment. They found themselves in the news during 2014 for a variety of reasons.
In January, the National Transportation Safety Board issued recommendation letters asking the U.S. Department of Transportation to address the safety risk of transporting crude oil by rail. The letters were issued in coordination with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, something the NTSB had never done. NTSB noted shipments of crude oil by rail had risen by more than 400 percent since 2005. "The large-scale shipment of crude oil by rail simply didn't exist ten years ago, and our safety regulations need to catch up with this new reality," said then-NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman. "While this energy boom is good for business, the people and the environment along rail corridors must be protected from harm."
Three recommendations were issued: The first would require expanded hazardous materials route planning for railroads to avoid populated and other sensitive areas; the second is to develop an audit program to ensure railroads that carry petroleum products have adequate response capabilities to address the worst-case discharges of a train’s entire quantity of product; and the third is to audit shippers and rail carriers to ensure they are properly classifying hazardous materials in transportation and that they have adequate safety and security plans in place.
What prompted these was a disaster six months earlier in Quebec, when a 63 tank cars carrying Bakken crude oil derailed in the town of Lac-Mégantic, spilling almost 6 million liters of oil. Forty-seven people died. DOT and Canadian authorities quickly took steps to require that new tank cars be built with thicker steel and top fittings and head shield protection if the tank cars are used to transport Packing Group I (materials posing great danger ) and II (medium danger) hazardous materials.
In March, the National Safety Council announced that Hersman had been appointed its president and CEO; she stayed on as chairman of the NTSB until April 25. "I look back at the hundreds of investigations and recommendations that have been issued during my tenure at the NTSB, and I have seen the landscape of transportation safety improve before my eyes," Hersman wrote in a statement. "These changes and so many other safety improvements are the result of industry, labor, advocates, regulators and legislators all working in their particular spheres of influence to make travel safer for people that don't always appreciate the risks they face."
In April, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company was criminally charged for the Sept. 9, 2010, San Bruno pipeline explosion that killed eight people. The blast ruptured a 30-inch diameter section of an intrastate natural gas transmission pipeline owned and operated by PG&E, producing a crater 72 feet long and 26 feet wide. The gas ignited, and the fire destroyed 38 homes and damaged 70 other homes. Filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Francisco, the charges allege PG&E's past operating practices violated the federal Pipeline Safety Act in recordkeeping, pipeline integrity management, and identification of pipeline threats. "San Bruno was a tragic accident. We've taken accountability and are deeply sorry," said PG&E Chairman and CEO Tony Earley, who was brought in to lead PG&E in 2011. "We have worked hard to do the right thing for victims, their families, and the community and we will continue to do so. We want all of our customers and their families to know that nothing will distract us from our mission of transforming this 100-plus-year-old system into the safest and most reliable natural gas system in the country."
In September, PG&E was fined $1.4 billion for the explosion by the California Public Utilities Commission. It is the largest safety-related penalty ever levied by the agency, which found that PG&E committed 3,798 violations of state and federal laws, rules, standards, or regulations in connection with the operations and practices of its gas transmission system pipeline.
Construction Industry: Agencies Focus on Fall Hazards
Falls from height are a leading cause of fatal work injuries. OSHA and several partner organizations took action by calling for a construction industry stand-down on falls June 2-6. Afterward, agency officials said the companies that participated in the stand-down employed more than 1 million workers in all.
Three people were killed in Feb. 1 collapse of two cell towers in Clarksburg, W.Va., as contract workers were in the process of replacing diagonal supports. Two contract workers died in the collapse; the third victim was a volunteer firefighter who responded and was approaching the first tower when a second tower nearby also collapsed and struck him. On July 31, OSHA cited the contractor, S and S Communication Specialists Inc., based in Hulbert, Okla., for two serious safety violations and fined the company the maximum amount possible--$7,000 per violation--in connection with the collapse.
In April, OSHA published a major final rule addressing protection for workers performing electric power generation, transmission, and distribution work. OSHA revised the 40-year-old construction standard for electric power line work to make it more consistent with the corresponding general industry standard and also updated the construction and general industry requirements-- such as that host and contract employers must share safety-related information with each other and with employees, and fall harnesses rather than body belts must be worn by workers in aerial lifts. There are revised approach-distance requirements to prevent unprotected workers from getting too close to energized lines and equipment, along with new requirements to protect workers from electric arcs. The agency's chief, Dr. David Michaels, said the rule was long overdue and "will save nearly 20 lives and prevent 118 serious injuries annually. Electric utilities, electrical contractors, and labor organizations have persistently championed these much-needed measures to better protect the men and women who work on or near electrical power lines," he added.
Later in the month, a paper published in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report highlighted the injuries and deaths resulting from work-related falls from ladders. The paper's authors calculated there were 113 fatal falls, an estimated 15,460 non-fatal injuries resulting in at least one day of lost time, and 34,000 non-fatal injuries treated in hospital emergency departments during 2011 alone. They concluded that ladder fall injuries represent a substantial public health burden of preventable injuries for workers and there is a need for workplace safety research to prevent falls.
Health Care: Ebola Fears Persist
Ebola grabbed international headlines toward the end of 2014 when the first case was confirmed at a Dallas hospital in September. Two nurses who helped to treat that patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, contracted the virus soon after his death, but both recovered.
On Nov. 17 came the second U.S. death related to Ebola when a doctor who had spent time treating Ebola patients in Africa died from the virus. Dr. Martin Salia had been transferred to a Nebraska hospital after contracting the virus in Sierra Leone.
After Duncan's death, National Nurses United called on U.S. hospitals to upgrade emergency preparations for Ebola, citing the Dallas hospital's failed attempts to properly communicate essential information to caregivers about his health status. "At a rally of 1,000 nurses last week in Las Vegas, we warned that it was just a matter of time in an interconnected world that we would see Ebola in the U.S.," NNU Executive Director RoseAnn Demoro said in early October. "Now, everyone should recognize that Texas is not an island either, and as we've heard from nurses across the U.S., hospitals here are not ready to confront this deadly disease."
NNU members from the California Nurses Association met with officials of Kaiser Permanente, a hospital chain in California, and proposed that Kaiser immediately upgrade its pandemic disease preparedness, including planning, communications, hands-on training, and availability of proper protective equipment, including hazmat suits. The NNU then took its recommendation nationwide by calling for all U.S. hospitals to immediately implement a full emergency preparedness plan for Ebola and other disease outbreaks. That plan included full training of hospital personnel, along with proper protocols and training materials for responding to outbreaks; adequate supplies of hazmat suits and other PPE; properly equipped isolation rooms to ensure patients', visitors', and staff's safety; and sufficient staffing to supplement nurses and other health workers who need to care for patients in isolation.
CDC later ordered $2.7 million worth of personal protective equipment to increase Strategic National Stockpile supplies, in order to assist U.S. hospitals caring for Ebola patients. The equipment was configured into 50 kits; all of the purchases were based on PPE guidance for caring for Ebola patients that CDC issued on Oct. 20. The kits can be rapidly delivered from the SNS as requested to hospitals that receive suspected or confirmed Ebola cases but may need additional PPE supplies that otherwise are not immediately available.
The outbreak in West Africa also raised the issue of quarantines and monitoring of health workers and others who could potentially have been exposed. This subject became national news when a nurse from Maine who had treated Ebola patients in West Africa defied quarantine attempts when she returned to the states.
The UN Security Council had declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa a threat to international peace and security in September, when 193 members of the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted a key resolution and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced a new United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) would be deployed--marking the first time that the UN has created a mission for a public health emergency. This came only six months after the first case was reported to the World Health Organization, yet in that period more than 2,500 victims had died of the disease. By mid-October, the death toll had risen to 4,500.
Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO's director-general, said the outbreak is likely to be the greatest peacetime challenge the United Nations has ever faced. She called on nations around the world to help in providing for nearly $1 billion in critical early needs the UN had identified. "This is not just a public health crisis. This is a social crisis, a humanitarian crisis, an economic crisis, and a threat to national security well beyond the outbreak zones," she told the Security Council. "For these reasons, Mr. secretary general and I are calling for a UN-wide initiative that draws together all the assets of all relevant UN agencies."
Transportation Safety: Millions of Automobiles Recalled
In February, General Motors announced it had expanded a recall of certain 2003-2007 model year vehicles to fix a problem with their ignition switch that may allow the key to unintentionally move or switch to the "accessory" or "off" position, which turns off the engine and most of the vehicle's electrical components. The problem keeps frontal airbags from deploying properly.
The automaker said the ignition switch problem may have caused or contributed to non-deployment in 31 crashes involving 13 front-seat fatalities. This recall covered 1,367,145 vehicles, but the number more than doubled after three more recalls in March affected 1.5 million vehicles. These recalls also called for a comprehensive internal safety review following the ignition switch recall.
GM agreed in May to pay a record $35 million civil penalty in connection with the ignition switch case and to participate in "unprecedented oversight requirements," according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
On Oct. 20, NHTSA posted a statement urging owners of more than 7 million Toyota, Honda, Mazda, BMW, Nissan, and General Motors vehicles to act immediately on 2013 and 2014 recall notices to replace defective Takata airbags. NHTSA said the message "comes with urgency, especially for owners of vehicles affected by the regional recalls in the following areas: Florida, Puerto Rico, Guam, Saipan, American Samoa, Virgin Islands and Hawaii."
On March 8, a Boeing 777 airliner with 239 people on board lost contact with air traffic controllers while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The plane was Malaysian Airlines flight MH 370. As of Nov. 17, two ships continued a subsea search for the missing aircraft along a long, narrow arc of the southern Indian Ocean where radar and satellite signals indicate the plane went down. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is leading the underwater search.
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A new year brings a new show calendar. The long winter Koi show break is thankfully behind us and we now have a new show on the calendar to look forward to. Falling on the 24th and 25th of March. The South East Koi Club play host in their wonderful Detling venue to the first All England Young Koi Show.
The All England Young Koi Show is exactly that, aimed at “younger” and smaller Koi the show format is slightly different to that of a normal Show here in the U.K.
There are five size categories as follows.
Size 1 – 15cm to 25cm
Size 2 – 25cm to 35cm
Size 3 – 35cm to 45cm
Size 4 – 45cm to 55cm
Size 5 – 55cm to 65cm
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Best in Size 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (all varieties)
Runner Up in Size 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 (all varieties)
Then 1st, 2nd and 3rd place awards for varieties and respective size divisions.
The first show of the 2018 calendar, and the first Major award for 2018 for a Koi supplied by us.
Congratulations goes to Barry Thompson, with his Hoshikin Kohaku. This Koi also won Baby Champion at the North of England Koi Show 2017.
Two major awards now for this little gem. It’s proving to be quite the competitor!
Congratulations Barry for your Double Major award winning fish.
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It is official, I’m an Author!
I have in the last few months had 2 short stories published in 2 anthologies!
A horror short story in Disquiet…
And a Christmas story for 8-12 year olds in ‘The Best of Twisty Christmas Tales.’
The Twisty Christmas Tales is having a Book launch this Thursday at the Children’s Bookshop in Kilbirnie.
This will be my first ever book-launch event and it makes me feel incredibly proud to have such a great group of Kiwi writers to share the occasion with.
So if you’re in Wellington, come check out our book-launch and get to know some local Authors. Perhaps you might want to pick up a copy of the Twisty Christmas Tales anthology to give as a Christmas gift to some lucky child?
If you’re not in Wellington, it might be time to consider coming here, it’s a fantastic city.
So, it has been nearly a year since my last post. So much for new years resolutions.
Well, to be honest, I have been holding true to my writing objectives, or as close as I can in between working on films. However, the networking and business side of my work has been EXTREMELY lacklustre.
This has been one of my busiest sound editing work years. So that has put a dent in my progress, but that is no excuse. Really, I’m still trying to come to terms with what I’m supposed to be doing with a blog. Its a tricky process to go through when you feel like you’re not really blogging for anyone. Like you’re going through the motions of a bizarre play where there is no audience.
And yet I must press on! Learning through trial an error. As my manuscript goes through draft upon draft, likewise, my understanding of the publishing industry go through shifts and turns.
It feels at times like I’m writing an overly formal journal, where I can’t really be 100% honest with myself. I’m still suffering a fear of putting myself out there and calling myself an author when I’m not actually published.
Well all that has changed now, I have in the last few months had 2 short stories published in 2 anthologies! A horror short story and a Children’s Christmas story.
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In this episode Brandon finally plays something other than Destiny 2, I played some The Division 2: Warlords of New York, and Mary Beth continues to play Control!
We also talk about the new Bat Mobile that Matt Reeves tweeted out, The Last of Us TV show, and the fate of E3 if it gets cancelled this year. And as always, more Coronavirus talk because this thing affects everything apparently.
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By Li Po,J. P. Seaton
Calling himself the "God of Wine" and recognized to his buyers as a "fallen immortal," Li Po wrote with eloquence, vividness, and sometimes playfulness, as he extols the thrill of nature, wine, and the lifetime of a wandering recluse. Li Po had a powerful social judgment of right and wrong, and he struggled opposed to the not easy instances of his age. He was once encouraged by way of the newly blossoming Zen Buddhism and merged it with the Taoism that he had studied all his existence.
Though Li Po's love of wine is known, the translator, J. P. Seaton, contains poems on quite a lot of topics—friendship and love, political feedback, poems written to curry patronage, poems of the spirit—to supply a brand new interpretation of this titanic of chinese language poetry. Seaton bargains us a poet who discovered tough classes from a existence lived difficult and provided his readers those classes as brilliant, energetic poetry—as proper at the present time because it used to be throughout the Tang dynasty.
Over 1000 poems were attributed to Li Po, lots of them unpublished. This new assortment contains poems no longer to be had in the other editions.
By Jean C. Cooper,Joseph A. Fitzgerals
By Simon Shen,Jean-Marc F. Blanchard,Ghulam Ali,Yu Bin,Wang Chengzhi,Chien-peng Chung,Norafidah Ismail,Han Lheem,James Manicom,Gregory J. Moore,Tim Niblock,Ramon Pacheco Pardo,Li Hak Yin
By Katrin Froese
In this publication, Katrin Froese juxtaposes the Daoist texts of Laozi and Zhuangzi with the concept of Nietzsche and Heidegger to argue that there's a desire for rethinking the belief of a cosmological entire. via relocating clear of the hunt for simple task, Froese indicates a fashion of philosophizing that doesn't search to seize the total, yet relatively turns into a way of putting forward a connection to it, person who celebrates distinction instead of removing it.
Human beings have a obscure know-how of the countless, yet they're however finite beings. Froese continues that instead of bemoaning the murkiness of information, the thinkers thought of the following have fun the creativity and tendency to wander via that house of now not understanding, or “in-between-ness.” besides the fact that, for Neitzsche and the early Heidegger, this in-between-ness can usually produce a feeling of meaninglessness that sends contributors on a frenetic quest to mark out area that's uniquely their very own. Laozi and Zhuangzi, nevertheless, paint a portrait of the self that offers openings for others instead of intentionally forging an id that it will possibly declare as its personal. during this approach, people can develop into pleased wanderers that experience the events of the Dao and are happy with their very own finitude. Froese additionally means that Nietzsche and Heidegger are philosophers at a crossroads, for they either exemplify the fashionable emphasis on self-creation and while proportion the Daoist perception into the perils of over the top egoism which may result in inaccurate makes an attempt to grasp the world.
Katrin Froese is affiliate Professor of non secular reviews and Philosophy on the college of Calgary and the writer of Rousseau and Nietzsche: towards a classy Morality.
By Mantak Chia
• Works with the navel middle, the place damaging feelings, pressure, and disorder gather
• offers complex concepts to free up detrimental power from the physique and reestablish a fit movement of important power to inner tissues and organs
From the Taoist perspective, strong wellbeing and fitness relies on the unfastened movement of chi--healthy life-force energy--throughout the physique. Taoists confer with fit chi nearly as good wind. whilst strength is trapped within the physique it stagnates and turns into unfavourable, manifesting within the signs of actual or emotional disease. Taoists name this unfavourable power ailing or evil wind. The complicated Chi Nei Tsang practices specialize in getting to know those winds. They contain innovations for constructing sensitivity to in poor health winds, liberating inner power blockages, and chasing ill winds from the physique to reestablish a fit stream of power.
Negative energies because of pressure, stress, and the results of prior health problems are inclined to collect within the naval heart, so the complex Chi Nei Tsang ideas use elbow strain on particular reflex issues round the navel to free up strength blockages linked to every one inner organ. additionally they paintings with wind entry issues came across close to the normal acupuncture issues. those complicated practices construct upon the organ detoxing and rejuvenation practices brought in Chi Nei Tsang, permitting the practitioner to paintings intensively at an lively point towards the recovery of optimal health and wellbeing and well-being.
By Lao-tzu,Stephany Yarbrough
By Julian F. Pas
By James Miller
Through a groundbreaking reconstruction of Daoist philosophy and faith, Miller argues for 4 key, eco-friendly insights: a imaginative and prescient of nature as a subjective energy that informs human lifestyles; an anthropological notion of the porous physique in keeping with a feeling of qi flowing via landscapes and people; a convention of realizing based at the event of transformative strength in particular landscapes and topographies; and a cultured and ethical sensibility in line with an affective sensitivity to how the area pervades the physique and the physique pervades the realm. Environmentalists fight to elevate awareness for his or her reason, Miller argues, simply because their activism depends on a quasi-Christian inspiration of “saving the earth.” as a substitute, environmentalists should still combine nature and tradition extra seamlessly, cultivating via a latest highbrow vocabulary a compelling imaginative and prescient of ways the earth materially and spiritually helps human flourishing.
By M. P. Schaefer
You might bypass to the part on getting a question spoke back if you are in a rush, otherwise you may well take some time to review intimately all of the complicated institutions so that you can larger comprehend the reply you get from what has been referred to as the main actual oracle procedure on the planet.
The unique process for consulting the I-Ching used to be to place turtle or tortoise shells right into a bonfire and roast them till they cracked and interpret the cracks. while the turtle and tortoise populations begun dwindling different tools have been followed. a few humans memorize the institutions of the trigrams to interpret the symbols perceived of their atmosphere and expect their fast destiny, yet most folk ask a query and utilizing a stick sorting or coin flipping approach construct a hexagram representing their resolution from the ground up. there is even a card drawing approach, even though that is thought of much less actual, and a compass needle dowsing process which were used. right here we will speak about the stick sorting and coin flipping methods.
By Eva Wong
The tales are of recognized characters in chinese language historical past and fantasy: a hero's conflict with the lords of evil, the founding father of the Ming dynasty's treacherous betrayal of his pals, a tender lady who saves her city through imitating chicken calls. unique and infrequently provocative, those stories often comprise an ethical. The immortals are position types in chinese language tradition, in addition to examples of enlightenment. the various immortals have been healers, a few have been social activists, a few have been aristocrats, and a few have been marketers. The stories selected via Eva Wong listed here are of the best-known immortals one of the chinese language. Their names are family phrases and their tales are instructed and retold via one new release to the next. | <urn:uuid:6eccaa2a-377b-45d6-b83a-5cb4fbd2296f> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://vancouvertouchup.ca/index.php/pdf/category/political-eastern-philosophy/page/2 | 2020-09-26T21:41:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400245109.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20200926200523-20200926230523-00198.warc.gz | en | 0.940642 | 1,628 |
Unlocking The DaVinci Code Wk 4 - The Mystery of Human Value
This is the message download for week four of the popular five-week series Unlocking the DaVinci Code. This message, entitled The Mystery of Human Value, is all about the role of women in ministry - in correlation to the suppositions made about Mary Magdalene in the book The DaVinci Code. This message also examines the unprecedented way Jesus treated women, and all people, with respect and dignity.
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Please join us for a meeting held at City of Refuge in Andrews, TX. This is the first teaching in a four part series. The meetings are held
Click here for details on the next teaching in the series, to be held 10/7 – 10/9 . The third teaching will be 11/4 – 11/6 and the fourth will be 12/2 – 12/4.
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Langley: Save-On-Foods is sending boxes of Girl Guides of Canada’s famous chocolate and vanilla sandwich cookies to all 175 of its Save-On-Foods and Urban Fare locations to sell the cookies on behalf of Girl Guides amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Girl Guides sell cookies as a major fundraiser to support their programs which offer girls and young women opportunities to develop confidence and life skills. Traditionally, local units set up outside of retail stores to sell the cookies or go door-to-door to their neighbours. On March 13, 2020, due to the ongoing need for social distancing, Girl Guides suspended all in-person Girl Guide activities to ensure the health and well-being of girls, adult members, volunteers and the greater community.
This suspension has virtually halted the annual spring Girl Guide cookie campaign, one of the organization’s two major fundraising initiatives. As a result, Girl Guides put out a call for help to safely sell the cookies.
Save-On-Foods answered the call, offering to send all the boxes of cookies it could to all Save-On-Foods stores across Western Canada. Now, more than 210,000 boxes of cookies are on their way. The company expects the cookies to hit shelves as early as late next week and they’ll be available at all Save-On-Foods and Urban Fare locations from B.C. to Manitoba and north to the Yukon.
“Save-On-Foods has a long history of supporting our communities, and we wanted to help Girl Guides with this fantastic tradition,” said Save-On-Foods president Darrell Jones. “For many people, these cookies mark the start of spring, and we are happy to give our customers the chance to support Girl Guides by picking up a box or two next time they shop at Save-On-Foods.”
A box of cookies costs $5 and all proceeds go to Girl Guides of Canada. The cookies are available in store and online while supplies last.
Whether girls are planning a camp or buying supplies for activities, the funds from Girl Guide cookie sales make it possible for girls to participate in activities that help them build their confidence, and life-long skills,” says Jill Zelmanovits, CEO, Girl Guides of Canada. “Many units have Girl Guide cookies that they cannot sell at this time while they focus on doing their part to practice social distancing to ensure the health of their community. Having the support of a retailer like Save-On-Foods is essential to ensure girls in Guiding can continue to have access to our amazing programming and we are so grateful that they have jumped in to help us out. Their amazing commitment to sell more than 210,000 boxes is a huge relief to our local girl guides and will help us get these cookies into homes across Western Canada.” | <urn:uuid:515a2e06-437e-4902-9042-ed066287e189> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.asianjournal.ca/save-on-foods-partners-with-girl-guides-of-canada-to-sell-cookies-at-stores-across-western-canada/ | 2020-09-26T21:38:09Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400245109.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20200926200523-20200926230523-00198.warc.gz | en | 0.940754 | 594 |
The act of inhabiting place is fixed. Irrefutable. On the homepage of the Tiny Portraits website (programmed by Iranian artist Arash Akbari), each contribution is represented by a little red dot upon an interactive 3D globe. One shows the exact co-ordinates of Shikinejima Island in southern Japan. Another pinpoints Nguyễn Thái Học Street in Vietnam. They wink at me like tracking beacons, broadcasting their location with satellite-assisted conviction. Place is a certainty.
Yet the act of articulating place is not fixed. As soon as I click on one of these dots, they melt into a slosh of personal experience, creative interpretation, time and (mis)-translation. The portrait by Siavash Amini – which captures a quiet park in Tehran between the hours of 4am and 7am – shows how the wooze of the night curdles into the echo of birdsong, with synthesiser drones running through the mix like a stream of pleasant, cushioning lethargy. The objects of listening become softer and sweeter when the mind is relaxed into thoughts of imminent sleep, or when those objects are familiar friends that reside upon the circular path of a pleasant daily routine. The place exists, but as bubbles and droplets of colour and scent; materials manipulated by the mind that interprets them.
Elsewhere, Zenjungle recalls a slogan on the walls of Kalliga Square in his childhood home of Athens: “My Childhood Is My Only Homeland”. His piece lingers upon piano arpeggiations and brass drones, as a flugelhorn spouts upward like reflected sunlight. To what extent am I hearing place as an arrangement of buildings, pathways and atmosphere? How much “place” actually survives as Zenjungle replays the same motif over and over again through minute adjustments in distortion and volume, the memory turning increasingly faint in the sandpaper hands of time?
In my favourite piece of the set, Yuco’s loops and synth harmonies bob between the sporadic bump of soft beats, while a field recording of crashing waves sets the whole scene at a tranquil harbour, with boats and buoys brushing eachother as they ride the undulation of water. Yuco doesn’t explain how his piece of music evokes his chosen location of Shikinejima in Tokyo. I’m left to speculate. A landscape emerges in my head, reading like a hallucinatory adaption of its origin, like a building built upon the blueprints of a misheard whisper. | <urn:uuid:62dbc324-e845-4e86-8631-c0aeb99627d9> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.attnmagazine.co.uk/music/9404 | 2020-09-26T21:43:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400245109.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20200926200523-20200926230523-00198.warc.gz | en | 0.935356 | 535 |
Vendor systems and/or solutions that use addresses or road names must incorporate the components of Augusta’s MRAD to maintain consistency and accuracy across the agency. The systems must use a web service or other real-time means of establishing an interface with MRAD. The interface will be the means of validating and updating all road names and/or addresses.
Any system and/or solution that requires data entry of addresses and/or road names must query the MRAD. The end user should either be allowed to select the correct address/road name or the field would auto-populate with data from the services. If a particular value is not found upon querying the service, the software/solution must have the ability to offer an administrative override function. Any road name and/or address that is given an administrative override must be reported to IT-GIS for further assessment. These reports should either be generated weekly or monthly and reference the associated record.
The diagram to the right describes the validation process.
Vendor systems must accommodate an additional text field that would be used for Augusta’s unique identifiers (SITEADDID and/or CENTERLINEID). If a record is properly validated through the MRAD, the system/solution must also associate the unique identifier in the additional field. Because addresses and road names are subject to change, the unique identifier will serve as the link between MRAD and any integrated systems. Vendor systems/solutions should update all addresses and road names daily to ensure the most update information is available for the end user. Each component of the MRAD has a field that tracks the last edit date.
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The system would operate similar to the “Amber Alerts” issued after child abductions.
Backers of the bill say hit-and-run drivers have been getting away with the crime for too long. Assemblyman Mike Gatto says his bill would help victims and their families get justice and ease a lot public frustration.
“It’s just disappointment at the idea that it’s acceptable to just leave somebody bleeding on the side of the road and leave them for dead and not even stop to call 911,” says Gatto. “What’s even worse is that people are getting away with it every weekend in California – every day.”
Statistics show fewer than half of hit-and-run drivers nationwide ever face justice. The numbers in Los Angeles alone show that around 80 percent of hit-and-run drivers there are never caught.
Under the bill, only hit-and-run collisions that result in death or serious injury would trigger the “Yellow Alert.” An alert would also only be issued in the community where the hit-and-run happened.
The bill is headed to the Senate Public Safety committee this week.
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With the school year quickly approaching, science teachers will at some point need to decide the role of laboratory investigation within their new learning environment. To help this decision-making process, the author focuses on two available options that he believes have the greatest potential for offering a legitimate approach toward authentic investigations in a digital environment.
Ben Meacham's blog
Desmos offers an activity building feature that allows teachers to create and customize activities. The resource is applicable to a variety of science and chemistry topics and useful in whatever learning environment teachers find themselves in next school year.
Living at the macroscopic level, it’s no surprise that understanding and effectively communicating chemistry concepts can often be a challenging endeavor. Attempting to rationalize our observations through particle-level interpretations requires us to think in less intuitive ways that often create a cognitive barrier for our students. And for good reason.
Before trying to use a piece of equipment, it’s worthwhile to have a basic understanding of how it works. To put it simply, FLIR cameras primarily deal with the infrared part of the EMR spectrum. The camera detects infrared energy and converts it into an electrical signal, which is then processed to produce a thermal image on a video monitor.
Several resources are available to support teachers as they incorporate science practices into their curriuculum. The author shares how he and his colleagues focused on improving their coverage of the practice of planning and carrying out investigations.
If you are looking for ideas to create an authentic opportunity for students to apply their knowledge of gas laws while integrating some of the most important science practices, then this activity may fit your needs.
If you are looking to go beyond using traditional, arguably misleading, definitions of entropy involving “disorder” and “messy bedroom” analogies, the Boltzmann Bucks game fits the bill. The game, pulled from a Journal of Chemical Education article, provides a wonderful opportunity for students to more accurately conceptualize entropy.
I added an extra step including a follow up Claim, Evidence & Reasoning activity to the familiar whoosh bottle activity. | <urn:uuid:81a8208c-384b-4c91-95fd-c5a5c3a16255> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.chemedx.org/blogs/ben-meacham | 2020-09-26T20:17:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400245109.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20200926200523-20200926230523-00198.warc.gz | en | 0.928722 | 425 |
London chopper crash kills two people
LONDONERS have told how they feared a terror attack as a helicopter spun from the sky and crashed near the MI6 building in an accident that has killed two people.
At least 13 were injured when the helicopter hit a crane on the top of an unfinished luxury apartment block in central London during morning rush hour and plunged to the ground in a ball of flames.
Witnesses said part of the crane fell on a street below sending construction workers fleeing for their lives, while the helicopter, spewing a thick plume of black smoke, cast burning wreckage over the ground.
The top of the 51-storey building, The Tower at One St George Wharf, was shrouded in mist at the time.
Emergency services were called to Wandsworth Road South Lambeth, near the River Thames, about 8am local time and were greeted with a scene of carnage.
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OK. I can do this. I can totally do this without bursting out in a torrent of boner jokes. Right, here we go:
The subject of this entry is a tonic known as Valentine's Meat-Juice, a well-known historical ahahahahaha oh shit I can't even write that name with a straight face.
Just ... just give me a second. I can be an adult about this, I swear.
Oh, like hell I can. Valentine's Meat-Juice (Valentine's Meat-Juice!) was a huge, swinging hit all over Richmond, Virginia, in the latter half of the 19th century, with hordes of fans raging hard on its behalf. Its inventor, Mann Valentine (Mann Valentine!), came up with the potent mixture when his wife, Maria, became so ill that keeping her properly nourished was rapidly becoming a huge pain in the ass. Luckily, Valentine was a man(n) with a plan: He would sow the seeds of health in his prone wife with a heaping helping of his soon-to-be-patented Mann juice. Summoning half-remembered chemistry lessons from his school days, he locked himself in the cellar, tirelessly laying pipe until he had built an extraction system that could take slabs of meat and suck the nutritious juices right out of them.
On New Year's Eve 1870, Maria received the first of the many oral doses of meat-juice to come. She soon started getting better, because at that point, the universe just flat out gave up and started watching how far the situation's sheer porn movie logic would take the Valentines.
The Quack Doctor
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The easiest way to install the theme, is by accessing your WordPress admin panel, then go to Appearance Themes. Select the Install Themes tab and click the Upload link located just below the tab’s name. Click on Browse… and select the WordPress theme zip file you just downloaded. Then click the Install Now button, and after a few seconds, your new theme should be installed. Click activate and the theme is ready to use.
In order to install the theme manually, or in case you have trouble installing it through the admin panel, you have to unzip the WordPress theme’s zip file on your computer, and upload via FTP the resulting theme folder into your WordPress installation themes folder (wp-content/themes). Then, from the WordPress admin go to Appearance Themes. The theme should be available in your themes list. Click activate.
After activation, you will be redirected to the CSSIgniter Settings panel (accessible from Appearance CSSIgniter Settings) to start customizing your brand new theme.
This theme heavily utilizes Featured Images. If you don’t know how to set a featured image, read about it here.
The recommended image sizes for the HotelMotel theme are:
- Post thumbnail size: 640x300px
- Slider on widgetized homepage: 830x420px
- Slider on shortcoded template: 1280x440px
- Room gallery carousel images: 320x200px
- Room gallery slider (also listing page thumbnail size): 740x420px
These plugins provide functionality and features used directly (or not) by the Theme. So, it is recommended to install and activate them before importing your sample content.
- CSSIgniter Shortcodes you can use our custom made shortcode plugin to help you create a variety of layouts and elements on your site. Instructions can be found here.
- Socials Ignited use this plugin to create a widget that links to all your social profiles. You can also customize it with your icons and add new social networks, a guide can be found here.
- Contact Form 7 use this plugin to create a contact form, then copy the shortcode it gives you and paste it in an empty page.
Importing Sample Content using One Click Import
To automate the process of importing and for a better experience we have natively included support for OneClick Import Plugin. Let install it fist:
From your WordPress dashboard
- Visit ‘Plugins > Add New’,
- Search for ‘One Click Demo Import’ and install the plugin,
- Activate ‘One Click Demo Import’ from your Plugins page.
- Download ‘One Click Demo Import’.
- Upload the ‘one-click-demo-import’ directory to your ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory, using your favorite method (ftp, sftp, scp, etc…)
- Activate ‘One Click Demo Import’ from your Plugins page.
Once the plugin is activated you will find the actual import page in: Appearance > Import Demo Data.
Click on the Import demo data button and you are done!
This plugin requires PHP version of at least 5.3.x, but we recommend version 5.6.x or better yet 7.x. Please contact your hosting company and ask them to update the PHP version for your site.
Normal WordPress functionality. Writing normal posts, will be displayed blog style as usual. In case you have created a front page, you will need to create also a blog page where your posts will be displayed (see Front Page template with Slider below).
This feature applies to the home page and the slider shortcode. Please see section Front Page template with Slider for more information.
Your theme comes with a beautiful slider on the front page. To assign images to it, you need to create Slider Items. Each slider item represents one image in your slider, and gives you the opportunity to have it linked wherever you want.
To create a new slider item, go to Slider Items New Slider Item, give it a title and set a Featured Image. That image will be displayed on the slider.
When the slider item gets clicked, you get redirected to a page-like page where the main content of the slider item is displayed. You may optionally add a URL to redirect to in the Slider Details box, just below the main content editor.
There is no hotel/motel without rooms. From plain rooms, to themed rooms, to luxury rooms, to presidential suites. You need to show what your rooms look like, what their histories are and what amenities they provide. That’s why you should create a Room post for each room category you have. From your admin panel, go to Rooms New room and start writing what make this room unique. Once you’ve done that, upload one or more high quality photographs and set one to be the Featured Image. Next, go to the Room Details box and write the amenities that the room provides. You know, TV, WiFi, Minibar, etc. Press Add Field to write one more. And one more. And one more. Oh, you should have written “View on the Ocean” first? No problem, just drag it to the top.
Don’t forget to show the room to your visitor, by using the -=CI Room=- widget, or the Rooms listing templates.
In the exact same way you can create photo galleries. Once you have created some photo galleries, create a page and select the Gallery listing template, and from the “Gallery Listing Options” select the number of columns you want.
An integral part of the theme, is the ability for your users to be able to contact you inquiring availability information. For that reason, we have created two very special booking/contact forms. First, on every page/post/room and also in your front page, you will find a gorgeous form that allows the visitor to quickly select check-in and check-out dates, and number of people. This form is included automatically. Once you hit the Check Availability button, you will be redirected to the second form, which includes the same information, along with personal info (name, email) and an area for comments. Once you hit the Send button, you will get an email with the details entered.
As mentioned above, the first -horizontal- form is shown automatically. You need to do two thing to get the second form to work:
- Create a page, name it “Booking form” or something similar, and assign it the Booking form template from the Page Attributes box. You can write some content if you want as well, such as your contact information, and it will appear on top of the contact form.
- From Appearance CSSIgniter Settings, under the Contact Options find Select the Booking Form page and select the page you’ve just created. Hit Save Changes and you’re all set.
Contact page template
A simple contact template with a map. Please go to Appearance > CSSIgniter Settings > Contact Options to manage your map. HotelMotel uses the Contact Form 7 plugin for the contact form functionality.
Rooms Listing Page Template
You can (and should) have a page that lists your rooms. All you need to do is to create a new page, name it “Rooms” or something similar, and assign the Rooms listing template from the Page Attributes box. Note that you may create multiple room listing pages, each displayed a different set of room. This is achieved by previously assigning your rooms into Room Categories. Assuming you have room categories available, you may select one from the Room Listing Options box, as well as the number of columns you want your grid of rooms to span.
Galleries Listing Page Template
You can (and should) have a page that lists your galleries. All you need to do is to create a new page, name it “Galleries” or something similar, and assign the Galleries listing template from the Page Attributes box.
Front Page template with Slider
To set-up a front page, you need to create two pages. Name the first one “Blog“. Name the second one “Front Page” or something similar, and from the Page Attributes box assign it the Homepage template. Next, go to Settings Reading, on the Front page displays select A static page and on the following two drop-downs select first your Front Page and then your Blog page. Save your changes.
Full Width Page template
You may have any page displaying full-width, without a sidebar. All you need is to assign the Full Width, No Sidebar template from the Page Attributes box.
The theme also comes bundled with a few widgets developed by CSSIgniter. For information on using widgets, please see http://codex.wordpress.org/Widgets_SubPanel
For the full shortcode list bundled with the theme and how to use them please refer to this page: https://www.cssigniter.com/preview/hotelmotel/shortcodes/
This theme supports custom menus. There are two menu locations defined, Main Menu and Footer menu. For information on using custom menus, please read Appearance Menus Screen.
Our custom options panel can be found under Appearance CSSIgniter Settings. Let’s have a look at each tab’s options:
From this tab you can set your site’s properties.
- Upload your logo: Allows you to upload a logo image. You need to upload it to the correct size. Logo text is used as alternative logo description.
- Site layout: Allows you to set whether your sidebar will be shown on the left or the right.
- Upload favvicon: Allows you to upload a traditional favicon and touch favicons for mobile devices.
- Download sample content: Allows you to download an XML file containing sample content, which you can unzip and import. More information on Importing Content.
Home Page Options
From this tab you set the properties of the home page.
- Featured Room title: Controls the title of the front page template section that displays featured rooms.
- Amenities: Allows you to set the title and the amenities themselves for the front page. You may add and remove as many fields as you want, and you may rearrange them by drag-and-drop.
- Slider Options: Allows you to fine-tune the home page slider.
Various options that affect what your website displays.
- Left/Right header text: Allows you to set the text that is shown on the left and right of the expandable header’s pointer symbol.
- Read More text: What will be displayed instead of the default Read More…
- Excerpt length (in words): Limits how many words the excerpt will be, and whether it should be linked to the post.
- Excerpt auto cut-off text: When a manual excerpt is not provided, WordPress generates one automatically from your post’s content, limiting the words according to the setting above. Because that may be mid-paragraph, the cut-off text is appended at the end to show that the text continues.
- SEO options: Allows you to set some elementary SEO options when no SEO plugin is found.
- Comments options: Allows you to hide/show the default “Comments are closed” message when comments are disabled, as well as disable comments for pages, globally.
- Internal slider options: Allows you to fine-tune the internal page sliders, such as on rooms and galleries.
- Featured Image options: Allows you to enable/disable featured images for specific post types, as well as set their size and alignment. If you change any sizes, you’ll need to regenerate your images.
- Color scheme: Allows you to set the color scheme that the whole website will use. You can override this in individual posts/pages.
- Disable custom background: Unchecking this, presents you with a list of options that allow you to override the template’s background settings and set yours as needed. If don’t want that, just keep this tab disabled by checking the checkbox.
These options affect the newsletter form that appears in the front page. Note that you need to use a plugin or a third-party online provider such as Campaign Monitor and MailChimp for the newsletter for to work. Please refer to their documentation for the correct settings of Action URL, field names and field IDs described below.
- Booking Form page: Allows you to select the page you have created and assigned the Booking form page template. Without it, the booking widgets will not work.
- Header panel: Allows you to set the header and the description for the expandable header panel.
- Address: Allows you to set the address of your business. This is shown on the Location and Contact pages, if you disable the sidebar from the options below.
- Map settings: Allows you to set the point that your business will appear on the maps displayed throughout the website.
- Contact page options: Allows you to show/hide the map, the contact form and the sidebar used in the Contact page.
These options control the behavior of the Archive page (if you created one) with the Archive page template assigned.
- Google Analytics Code: Just copy paste your Google Analytics code exactly as given by their website, and you are all set for tracking visits.
- Google Maps API key: Enter here your Google Maps API Key. While your maps will be displayed at first without an API key, if you get a lot of visits to your site (more than 25.000 per day currently), the maps might stop working. In that case, you need to issue a key from Google Accounts.
- FeedBurner Feed URL: Paste the feed that FeedBurner provides you with, and it will be automatically be server to your users.
- FeedBurner Email URL: Paste the URL FeedBurner provides for registering to email updates.
- BuySellAds.com Code: Paste the BSA code as given by their website and it will be automatically included on every page. Use our accompanying widget -=CI BuySellAds.com=- to display the ads.
Paste your custom css in the box, and it will override the theme’s styles, along with the Background Options.
How to use the page builder template
The theme comes bundled with a page builder template which allows you to use your favorite page builder plugin on it and create unique layouts very easily.
To use that template start by going to Pages > Add New. This will create a new page. Add a title to your page and select the Page builder template from the template drop down in the Page Attributes metabox.
That’s it. You can now start building your page using the page builder of your choice, once done publish it and check it out.
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Dutch Rail NS is to invest €502m to upgrade 45 double decker trains, the company said in a statement on Thursday.
The operation will affect 242 individual carriages with a capacity of 24,500 passengers, all of which were built between 2002 and 2005. The refit, which NS terms ‘an investment in comfort, safety and design,’ will be completed in 2021.
This brings NS’s total investment plans for new and upgraded rolling stock to €3bn: NS has 79 new Intercity and 118 new Sprinter trains already on order.
Refitting train cars is also a sustainable option as most components are recycled and have an estimated lifetime of 20 years, NS said. The upgraded train cars will have more comfortable seats, modern lighting and electric charging facilities in both first and second class.
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FREMONT, CA: Technology is dramatically changing the conventions of farming. Though slow, agri-tech companies are finally here. The insurance industry has a chance to improve its engagement with the agricultural sector. Technology seems to have answers to the present agricultural insurance-related issues such as cost and accessibility, among others.
Better farm management with the help of software, smarter irrigation, precision agriculture, use of sensors, drone surveys, and satellite imagery have been bringing about transformation in agriculture. Together, these applications imply that now the insurance industry can have better services. The main issues against which agriculturists need insurance is climate change and natural calamities, and supply chain-related losses. Real-time data from satellites are now replacing reliance on trend-based data. This helps predict and reduce risks, thereby making a case for insurance products.
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The software-based supply chain has enhanced management and visibility. This means reduced risks and better capabilities. The insurance industry can take advantage of this progress to design and deliver solutions at better prices and digital mediums. Insurance companies can innovate and make their products accessible through delayed premium payment options and digital loans.
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ERC Grant Agreement
If a proposal has been successfully evaluated and the Principal Investigator accepts the ERC Grant, the ERC prepares a Grant Agreement, which is based on the application. The Grant Agreement is signed by the European Commission (represented by the ERC Executive Agency, ERCEA) and the Host Institution, which is the beneficiary of the ERC grant. For Horizon 2020, there is a specific ERC Model Grant Agreement used.
The agreement as a whole and its provisions are not negotiable. Only the elements that are important for the financial and contractual management, such as the reporting periods and the amount of the pre-financing, are negotiable for adjustment to the specific administrative context of each project.
The Grant Agreement sets out the rights and obligations of the contracting parties, especially as regards the project implementation, the financial contribution of the EC and its use, as well as reporting duties of the beneficiaries.
Additionally to the Grant Agreement, the Principal Investigator and the Host Institution conclude a Supplementary Agreement by which the institution is committed to accord sufficient support and scientific independence to the Principal Investigator in order to assure a proper project implementation. A minimum amount of support through the host institution is also already fixed by the Grant Agreement.
Provisions of the Supplementary Agreement which are not in accordance with the Grant Agreement are considered invalid. The ERC only signs the Grant Agreement after submission of a successfully concluded Supplementary Agreement.
The funding rates of ERC projects are identical to those of other Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Actions (RIA): 100 % of the direct eligible costs are reimbursed by the EU. The indirect costs are reimbursed through a flat rate of 25 % of the direct costs. Costs for subcontracting and costs for resources made available by Third Parties which are not used on the beneficiary’s premises may not be taken into account for the flat rate calculation.
In ERC projects funded under the EU’s 7th research framework programme (2007-2013) the overhead is limited to 20 % of the direct costs.
For ERC projects, the same documentation obligations apply as for other Horizon 2020 projects: Individuals who work only partly on the project have to keep timesheets or comparable recording methods. If a researcher works 100 % on an ERC project it might be acceptable not to record productive hours spent on the project. However, there should be an appropriate alternative evidence to support the declared working arrangements or it should be compliant with the beneficiary’s standard practices. It is highly recommendable to keep time sheets. The European Commission provides a Model for time sheets.
The ERC pays a pre-financing at the beginning of the project. The pre-financing can be paid within 30 days from the entry into force of the action, within 30 days from the starting of the action or until up to 45 days prior to the starting date of the project.
Further specificities of the ERC Grant Agreement concern the possibility for the Principal Investigator to change his or her Host Institution (Portability of Grants), as well as the provisions concerning the commitment of the Principal Investigator to invest a specific amount of his/her working time into the project (time commitment). Furthermore, the agreement contains specific clauses in case of a premature termination of the project due to scientific reasons or unavailability of the Principal Investigator.
Budget shifts during the project time span, e. g. personnel costs which have not been spent in one period, or the shifting of budget to the second reporting period are possible. In case of doubt, it is always useful to ask the Project Officer for advice.
In any case, the budget needs to be updated/adjusted and justified in the next financial report. In the template for financial reports there is a section called "budget follow-up" where redistributions of budget for the next reporting period can be indicated.
However, some changes need a formal amendment of the Grant Agreement, this includes:
- introduction of subcontracts
- changes which have an impact on the scientific work
All Horizon 2020 projects have to submit their reports via the electronic Funding & tender opportunities portal.
The requirements for the reporting are laid down in the individual ERC Grant Agreement of the project.
For ERC actions, the principal investigator must submit two scientific reports, one mid-term report and one final report. The mid-term report contains information about the scientific progress of the project, the achievements and results of the action as well as publications and a declaration of any major change in scientific strategy.
The final scientific report contains the final results, achievements and conclusions of the action, and how they have been disseminated (including via scientific publications) as well as a publishable summary of the project.
In addition to the scientific report, the host institution has to submit a “financial report” at the end of each financial reporting period.
The ERC General Grant Agreement foresees different reporting periods for financial and scientific reports.
Normally, the financial reporting period is 18 month. For a five-year grant, there are four financial reporting periods; the last financial reporting period is only six month.
The "financial report" contains a narrative part with information on eligible costs, including an
individual financial statement for each beneficiary covering the whole reporting period, a “breakdown of direct costs” table and a budget follow-up table.
A summary financial statement is created automatically by the electronic system on the basis of all financial statements submitted by the host institutions, additional institutions or linked third parties for the reporting period.
In Horizon 2020, the beneficiary has to submit a certificate on the financial statement (CFS) only with the final report if the total financial EU contribution for the respective beneficiary is 325 000 Euro or more. In ERC projects under the EU’s 7th research framework programme (2007-2013) CFS’ can also be required in earlier financial reports (if more than 375 000 Euros were spent during that period).
Specific rules for the Proof of Concept Lump Sum
The ERC is piloting a lump sum approach for ERC Proof of Concept Grants under the Work Programme 2019. This means that each succesful project will be granted the amount of EUR 150,000. No budget request has to be formulated at the submission stage. Nevertheless, the costs that will occur during the project have to be described in a narrative way in the proposal. Only costs that would be eligible for an actual costs grant can be financed by the lump sum. This can comprise personal costs, subcontracting and other direct and indirect costs, which can relate to verification of work, validation of results, clarification of IPR or knowledge transfer strategy, market analysis, etc.
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Lorente Cervantes is a photographer who captures tourists and the architecture of spa towns, in the region of Murcia, Spain. His subjects? Resident who came there to relax. A mix of pastel tone colours this dull and unique landscape.
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“The childlike curiosity and approach to life is probably the only thing I wish to take seriously” Yo Vo explains on his website. The mysterious Instagramer displays, on his account, creations blending humour, femininity and poetry together. A colourful gallery.
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Here is another photographer whose identity remains secret. Chogeiseok specialises in portraits. Flowers, masks, make up and settings sublime his models and invite us to reflect on the importance of appearance and on our identity.
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Laurent Castellani likes to photograph in darkness. The French usually places his models in urban settings: mysterious women who seem to guide us towards wonderful adventures.
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The owner of this account seems to be obsessed with metro commutes and the rosy Korean landscapes of Seoul. Among the lifestyle images, we discover fanciful landscapes. A nice way to travel.
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Victor Bensusi, Cádiz based photographer produces minimal, light and nostalgic images. Here is a stripped down and delicate gallery whose pictures will take you to the seaside.
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Over time, alcoholism can wreak havoc on the body and mind in countless ways. From organ and immune system function to memory and cognition, excessive alcohol consumption adversely affects some of the most vital parts of the body and brain. One of the most worrisome potential outcomes of alcoholism is brain damage, which can present in many forms. Issues with memory, executive cognitive function, and speech can occur. Moreover, alcoholism may increase the risk of dementia, a group of symptoms associated with decline in cognitive functions such as memory, speech, and daily functioning. The result is what’s called, “alcohol-related dementia”.
Heavy Drinking and Risk of Dementia
Research shows that heavy drinking increases a person’s risk for dementia. One study found that heavy alcohol use was “a contributing factor in 21 to 24% of cases of dementia”. Other research found that “drinking alcohol was significantly associated with increased dementia risk,” especially drinking more than 14 units of alcohol per week. Alcoholism was also found to be related to early onset dementia, with alcoholism-related dementia (ARD) appearing in 10% of early onset dementia cases versus only 1% of late-onset dementia cases in the study.
Researchers acknowledge alcohol-related dementia as a distinct phenomenon resulting from the effects of heavy alcohol use. However, they also state that ARD is difficult to study because of the similarity of its symptoms to other forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s disease. The brains of people with alcohol-induced dementia display a variety of differences when compared to non-drinkers, among them frontal lobe shrinkage, “sulcal widening (enlarged spaces between folds of the brain), and ventricular enlargement”. One study pointed to common symptoms of “peripheral neuropathy, ataxia, [and] sparing of language,” while another noted difficulties with “visuospatial functions, memory, and executive tasks”. Crucially, both of these studies acknowledge the possibility for partial recovery with sustained abstinence from alcohol.
Alcoholic Conditions and Dementia Symptoms
A number of conditions that may result from alcoholism can cause symptoms associated with dementia. Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, a neurological disorder caused by a deficiency in thiamine, is associated with alcohol abuse and may cause impaired vision, memory, and ataxia. Hepatic encephalopathy, a result of severe liver disease that can be exacerbated by alcohol abuse, can cause confusion, memory loss, changes in behavior, and more. Pellagra, characterized by symptoms like severe skin issues, diarrhea, and various mood and behavioral difficulties, can be caused by alcoholism.
Alcohol and Dementia: Correlation or Causation?
Scientists are still studying how these various conditions work, interact, and their relation to alcohol. Genetics obviously play a large role in who develops dementia, and the interaction with alcoholism is still not completely understood. Identifying a direct causal relationship between alcoholism and various forms of dementia is difficult, but there is no doubt that heavy alcohol consumption can lead to dementia-like symptoms through a variety of pathways. All involve damage to critical organs and bodily functions, on top of the stress and damage that alcohol abuse already presents in one’s life. With proper treatment and abstinence from alcohol, however, the effects of many such conditions can be mitigated or reversed. This is why seeking professional treatment for alcoholism is so important.
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He really is a Prince Charming! He may only be turning 5 but Prince George is stealing hearts around the world with an official photo celebrating his birthday on Sunday, July 22.
The eldest child of Prince William and Duchess Kate wore a white shirt with blue piping and navy blue shorts as he was photographed by Matt Porteous against a brick wall in the garden at Clarence House in London. The pic was taken following the christening of George’s little brother, Prince Louis, on July 9.
“The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to share a new photograph of Prince George to mark his fifth birthday – thank you everyone for your lovely messages,” the pic was captioned on Kensington Palace’s social media accounts.
The future heir to the British throne has had a busy year — in addition to welcoming a new sibling in April, he and sister Princess Charlotte stole the show at their uncle Prince Harry‘s wedding to Meghan Markle in May, where they were members of the bridal party.
While George is a doting big brother and “very protective” of his siblings, a source told Us Weekly in December that the little prince is “very close with his father.”
“William says they have surprisingly deep conversations these days and his view of the world is absolutely fascinating to him,” the insider added. “Not so long ago William said something like, “I never thought I’d see the day when George is talking to me about the value of sharing or the importance of happiness. He’s a bright boy!’”
Another royal source told Us that George “loves anything on wheels,” and while a lot of his kids his age are glued to their iPads, that’s something George doesn’t do — his parents have banned the tablets at home. “They’re very much seen as Mummy and Daddy’s toys, not for children,” the source told Us last year. “As two people who grew up without gadgets for entertainment themselves, William and Kate are firm believers in toys, outdoor play and encouraging an active imagination.” | <urn:uuid:113479d3-9b56-4cf1-b9f5-9fe0d80dd193> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.kekenapep.com/gist/fgist/prince-george-smiles-adorably-in-his-official-5th-birthday-photo/ | 2020-09-26T21:14:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400245109.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20200926200523-20200926230523-00198.warc.gz | en | 0.977431 | 455 |
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The ‘No’ of a clutter-free life is about having firm, clear boundaries and choosing to live with deep authenticity.
We can begin by saying No to more activities. Each additional interest, organisation and responsibility we become involved in adds its clutter at various levels. I’m not saying lead a boring or limited life. Anything but! I am suggesting we think carefully before taking on anything new. Does this thing really resonate? Is it really me? We can feel a need to have or do it all and end up feeling dissatisfied. Make some hard choices about what you’re involved in so that what you do you do well, and enjoy. Pare down to the truth of who you are in the world.
Begin by saying No to more stuff, too. When something waves to us from a shop window or catalogue there are two questions to ask: Do I really need it? Where will I put it when I get home?
The ‘Hello’ of a clutter-free life is about paying close attention to people who model the kind of life you’re after.
Hello can be the enemy of living a clutter-free and simple life. It can mean constantly paying attention to the new; taking on more and more in an indiscriminate manner; spreading ourselves too thinly; disappearing under stuff.
But there’s another Hello that serves our purpose here; giving attention to people who live as we hope to. There are some wonderful people living and writing about the joys of simplicity. An openness to doing life differently will bring people and ideas into your life. Exchanging ideas in a Simplicity Group can assist the process and lead to real communion with like-minded people.
The ‘Thanks’ of living a clutter-free life is about appreciating what we’ve got rather than hankering after what we don’t have.
This has the affect of helping to shift our focus to valuing the non-material aspects of life – health, friendship, family, nature, creativity, to name a few. As we loosen our hold on our belongings, we find ourselves more available for belonging – to our deepest values, to the human community, to the natural world community, to the Oneness. Ultimately we find ourselves falling in love with life.
The ‘Goodbye’ of living a simpler, clutter-free life begins with the realisation that we no longer want to live a pressured, complicated life; that it isn’t serving us or those whose lives we touch. The next challenge is the decision to act on our realisation.
The process of completion may be a long one. In fact in one sense the task of creating a clutter-free life is never complete, but an ongoing tuning-in to life on every level to check that it is serving our needs and purpose. But the initial process will involve sorting through every single piece of stuff we own, making decisions based on whether we truly like or genuinely use each item. It may take several rounds of sifting and sorting, which can seem daunting, but the magic of the process is that once we break through the fears around letting go, it tends to produce its own motivation. Some experience of living more lightly makes us want more – by having less.
Then we can look at the other aspects of life. We need to ask ourselves: am I keeping alive relationships that no longer serve me? Do my finances need de-junking? Am I truly fulfilled in my work?
Somewhere along the way we realise that we are ready to move on, to become more of who we essentially are, to realise dreams, to fulfil our real purpose.
The ‘Please’ of a clutter-free, simplified life is first about envisioning what it will look like, feel like, sound and taste and smell like. Perhaps I’ll choose clear, open spaces my living room; a sense of peace and quietude on stepping into my home; time to stop to smell the roses because life has slowed down; the joy of tasting the proper dinner I’ve cooked and shared; the delight of more music, and fewer arguments about things we can’t find?
It’s good to write down your vision of a clutter-free, simplified life. What is it like physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, spiritually?
A vision is only a dream unless we have the intention to act on it. But it doesn’t all have to be done at once. It’s best to break it down into small chunks based on manageable goals, and allot a time span for each as we go.
Cooperation is an important aspect of Please. We can consider who might you be able to help; a friend who loves to sort and organise, or a favourite aunt whom we can trust to help. Professionals can be found through the Association of Professional De-clutterers and Organisers, UK, or I would be happy to help.
The ultimate Please is prayer, requesting assistance from the higher realms. Archangel Jophiel loves to assist those who want to clear their space and let fresh air flow through their lives. And Jesus lived the ultimate in clutter-free simplicity. If you can’t connect with ideas like this, just get very clear about what you choose and it will unfold.
The ‘Sorry’ of living clutter-free is about being aware of the affect on others of the changes we are making. For a start, let me say loud and clear, we are only ever responsible for our own stuff. It is never alright to dispose of things that belong to those who share our lives or spaces. (Children are an exception, depending on their age, but far better to involve them in the process and have them make and live with their own decisions.)
In my experience as a clutter clearer I find different members of a household often blame each other for the clutter. When we stop blaming and just take full responsibility for ourselves and our possessions we may see a spin-off in other members of the household making changes, too. But this mustn’t be our motivation. We need to de-clutter our space and life because it’s what we want and need to do.
There is a real need to be sensitive to what these changes mean to those closest to us. Let’s walk in their shoes for a bit and feel their fears. We need to hold to the changes we choose to make, but at the same time smooth the way for those affected. It all seems good to us, so we may expect others to welcome it, but change can be threatening and challenging. When we feel remorse by wearing the shoes of the other, and make repair by easing things as much as possible, only then are we ready to release, to know that we have truly taken responsibility for the affect of our changes on others.
The ‘Yes’ of a clutter-free and simplified life is about permitting such a life and the changes it will bring. A choice to live simply and with less emphasis on material possessions and the trappings of affluence is not easy in the milieu in which we live. We need to accept this challenge, to reach an agreement with ourselves that it may have its uncomfortable times but will be worth it. Only then are we ready to surrender to the beautiful simplicity of a clutter-free life.
There is a very strong link between de-cluttering and trust. Often we gather clutter because we fear not having what we need when we need it. As we learn that we get what we need, that what comes is what we need, we can travel much more lightly through life, responding to its calls and prods with a trusting “Yes!”
© Margie McCallum
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https://mdshop.us/Cyano Today we'll be talking about a common aquarium pest called Cyanobacteria, or Cyano for short.
A lot of people think Cyano is a type of algae, but it’s actually a photosynthetic bacteria.
Cyano outbreaks are caused primarily because of elevated nutrients and insufficient water circulation. These conditions then allow Cyano to grow rapidly and out-compete other beneficial bacteria and algae in your tank.
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Not your usual Santa Barbara architecture, these two sales define what today’s buyers want.
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Refined simplicity and impeccable designare the hallmarks of Villa Corbeau in Montecito.
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On a hill commanding a grand view of the Pacific, is the residential development of Ennisbrook with luxurious homes & rich history.
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Everyone knew what was coming. Iraqi VP Tariq al-Hashimi was found guilty, then sentenced to death, this week. Despite a pending appeal, it seems his political bloc has abandoned him, swapping a VP for a Deputy
Iraqi newspapers from 2011, when the arrest warrant for VP Tariq al-Hashimi was first issued. Photo: Getty
The verdict was hardly surprising. On Monday Iraq’s highest court sentenced Iraqi Vice President, Tariq al-Hashimi, to death for his alleged involvement in death squads involved in over 150 attacks over six years.
A warrant against al-Hashimi was issued late in 2011 - it sparked a political crisis in Iraq that pitted Shiite Muslim politicians against Sunni Muslim politicians - and the court case against him has been underway for four and a half months already, having started on May 15.
Avoiding arrest and describing the charges as politically motivated, al-Hashimi fled first to the semi-autonomous state of Iraqi Kurdistan and then onto Turkey, where he remained during the case; he was tried in absentia and Turkey has said it will not send him back to Iraq.
Indeed, from the first day of the trial, al-Hashimi predicted he would be sentenced to death. His son-in-law, Ahmed Qahtan, who is also his aide and office manager, was also sentenced to death. Qahtan is not in custody either and believed to be in Turkey too.
During the trial, a number of al-Hashimi’s security staff confessed to taking part in bombing and assassination under orders from al-Hashimi and Qahtan and as a result of this evidence, both men were convicted for their alleged parts in the murders of a female lawyer and an officer in the Iraqi Interior Ministry, Taleb Balasem, together with his wife, Siham Ismail. A third murder charge against the general director at the Ministry of National Security was dismissed by the judge because of lack of evidence.
Al-Hashimi himself has said he won’t return to Iraq unless he can be guaranteed a fair trial that would not be influenced by current Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, whom he accuses of wielding too much influence and of pursuing a vendetta against him and other political opponents.
“Al-Hashimi can be given another trial if he rejects to his trial in absentia,” a spokesperson for the court, Abdul Sattar al-Berqdar, said. But even he noted that it would difficult for al-Hashimi, who is still the country’s Vice President, to make that decision. Under Iraqi law, it is his right to return to Iraq within 30 days and demand a retrial.
The political bloc to which al-Hashimi belongs – the Iraqiya list, which is the major opposition group in the Iraqi Parliament – held an emergency meeting after the verdict was issued. The bloc issued a statement condemning the judgment and also appealed to other political parties, such as the Kurdish politicians’ bloc and the Sadrists, to take their side in this argument.
However, pundits believe that something else every different is going on behind the scenes. They believe that the Iraqiya party has actually long since abandoned al-Hashimi.
Because of the wide variety of backgrounds of the various constituent parties, the Iraqiya bloc has been close to fracturing during its time in opposition. And, seeing al-Hashimi as a lost cause, they have decided instead to back Saleh al-Mutlaq, currently one of two Deputy Prime Ministers of Iraq.
Rather than having two of their members lose some of the most senior political jobs in the country, they have decided to back al-Mutlaq.
Al-Mutlaq, one of three deputy prime ministers, has been away from politics since the beginning of the year when he criticized al-Maliki, calling him a dictator. Al-Maliki sacked al-Mutlaq and he, in turn, boycotted Parliament. But he recently returned to work after what was described as a “historic meeting” between himself and al-Maliki.
And it is for this reason, that Iraqiya is supporting al-Hashimi with words rather than deeds.
Iraqiya called upon other political parties in Iraq to make “decisions that reflect the magnitude of this crisis and that maintain the national cohesion and social fabric of the country.”
Also making regretful noises about the court’s verdict against al-Hashimi was Jalal Talabani, the current President of Iraq, who is seen by many as an important mediator in the current political crisis.
"It is regrettable that at this specific time such a verdict is issued against him while he still occupies his post," said Talabani, who also noted that the decision might exacerbate political tensions and instability and hinder efforts at a national reconciliation between the current Prime Minister and his opponents, who have been trying to unseat him.
Then Talabani went on to say that just because he was expressing his opinion did not mean that he wanted to interfere with the judiciary or their decisions. “It only reflects the hopes of the President of the Republic and his quest to avoid anything that might stand in the way of the country’s progress.”
Noticeably Talabani didn’t make any reference to the issue of signing the al-Hashimi’s death warrant. The office of the Iraqi President must sign this document. But judging by the way Talabani acted when it came to sign former leader, Saddam Hussein’s death warrant, it seems unlikely that he’ll be keen to sign al-Hashimi’s.
In 2005, Talabani avoided signing Hussein’s death warrant, saying he was opposed to capital punishment, and he did the same again in 2010, when it came time to sign the death warrant of former deputy Prime Minister under Hussein, Tariq Aziz.
In the former case, one of his deputies signed Hussein’s death warrant and it’s thought that this time another deputy, Khudair al-Khuzaei, a Shiite Muslim who is apparently close to the Prime Minister al-Maliki, will sign on Talabani’s behalf, if the verdict is upheld after appeals.
Because as it is, the death warrant has yet to become final. Following the court’s verdict, the head of al-Hashimi’s defence team, Muayad al-Azzi, submitted an appeal to the Court of Appeal. Al-Azzi believes the verdict must be challenged because it was based on the testimony of some of al-Hashimi’s personal security staff, whom, he says, were tortured and their confessions obtained under duress.
“The whole case needs to be revisited,” al-Azzi told NIQASH. The lawyer remains optimistic about the possibility that the verdict might be overturned. “Everything was done far too quickly,” he said. “And the ruling wasn’t fair because the investigation was not fair.”
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Checking in or also called offered attention from your dog is a foundation of training. Teaching your dog the habit of offering you frequent eye contact can make your training go a long way. When your dog looks at you for direction they are less distracted on what else is going on and more focused on you in all environments. Establishing this habit is not only great for training, it also helps build a relationship and connection with your dog.
You can start by using some of their meals to teach them that human eye contact is a good thing.
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Robert C. Devereaux, 61, of Belford, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, August 8th. Robert was born and raised in Elizabeth, a son of the late Dolores and James Devereaux. He settled in Belford 24 years ago. Bob worked as a contractor for the Environmental Protection Agency in Edison for the past 29 years. Bob loved his job and the friends he made there. He was a kind, caring and helpful person. He was a beloved friend and neighbor. Bob would lend a hand wherever needed. He enjoyed fixing things and always seemed to have the perfect tool for any project. He could often be found working on a car, or a project around the house. Bob also had a love for dogs. Over the years he has rescued several dogs from the shelter, most recently is his dog Cantaloupe, who will miss him dearly and their walks around the neighborhood.
Robert is survived by his beloved sisters , Margaret DeRose, Ann Marie Vaniska and Denise Wah. He also leaves behind a brother, Andrew and many nieces and nephews. Robert was predeceased by his brothers; Michael and James.
Friends and relatives may pay their respects Friday from 11-1 pm at Scott & Kedz Home for Funerals, 153 Church St, Belford. A Funeral Service will conclude the afternoon and a private cremation will follow. In Lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Monmouth County SPCA at http://www.monmouthcountyspca.org
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Claire's Travel Charm Bracelet Camera Binoculars Bicycle Airplane Jewelry
• Materials: antiqued goldtone metal
• Maker: Claire's
• Approximate Year: c2010
• Size: 7" to 10"
This charm bracelet has, besides the items in the title, rhinestones, hearts, a 3-D flower with a rhinestone in the middle, an "I love Paris" charm, "I love you" charm, the Eiffel Tower, and a couple of pearls. The bracelet is made with antiqued metal. The larger chain portion is 7" long and the smaller 3" so the bracelet will fit a wide variety of wrist sizes. A hang tag is marked "Claire's ®." A perfect gift for a friend planning a trip overseas!
It will be shipped in a gift box.
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Pale Roses - The Rutted Road [CD]
The Rutted Road is the the third album by French Neofolk band Pale Roses, following Fear Of Dawn (The Eastern Front 2010) and Unveiled (Rage in Eden 2011). Basically, the music remains the same: pastoral guitar arpeggios, melodic bass lines, a bit of piano. However more percussion and sound effects than in the first two albums. Lyrics are a tribute to some historical places (Bedlam and Tyburn), to a few of our favorite authors (The Infidel is inspired by Ambrose Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary, From The Ancient Woodland by Robert Holdstock and Sea Horses by WH Hodgson; Ancient Mariner, though inspired by ST Coleridge, is not an Iron Maiden cover) and to pagan beliefs and various elements of folklore. | <urn:uuid:24a5d2e0-8bad-41a1-b290-140d6431daef> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.steelwork.fr/p/628-trees-freed-of-this-flesh-cd-.html | 2020-09-26T20:14:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400245109.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20200926200523-20200926230523-00198.warc.gz | en | 0.925239 | 177 |
Craig joined Summit Partners in 2003 and focuses primarily on the healthcare & life sciences sector.
Craig’s board directorships and investments include BluePearl Veterinary Services (acquired by Mars Petcare), CareCentrix, HealthCare Partners (merged with DaVita, NYSE: DVA), Healthline Media (acquired by Red Ventures), Independent Vetcare (acquired by EQT), Integrated DNA Technologies (acquired by Danaher), MedSpring Urgent Care (acquired by Fresenius Medical Care), National Veterinary Associates (acquired by Ares Management), Physicians Formula (NASDAQ: FACE) and Solutionreach.
Prior to Summit, Craig was founder and manager of three successful companies. He was also the Chief Medical Resident at the University of California, San Francisco. Craig holds a BA in psychology, with honors, from Cornell University and an MD from Cornell University Medical College, where he was valedictorian and received the Paul Sherlock Prize, a peer-voted award for exceptional integrity and compassion in patient care. He is the creator of the Saint-Frances Series, medical books that are used extensively in academic centers across the United States.
Craig has numerous publications in leading journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, and has collaborated with many national healthcare leaders. He serves as an advisor to the Cornell University Trustees Investment Committee regarding private equity, and he is a former President of the Healthcare Private Equity Association (HCPEA). Craig has been named one of the 40 Smartest People in Healthcare by Becker’s Hospital Review. | <urn:uuid:23782d9a-ae3a-472c-ae10-f20777a1ce36> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.summitpartners.com/team/craig-frances | 2020-09-26T20:37:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400245109.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20200926200523-20200926230523-00198.warc.gz | en | 0.962294 | 318 |
These beautiful new 3 bedroom villas in Dolores. The villas have a living size of 130 sqm and is set over two floors. It consists of a total of 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and a guest toilet. The main floor consists of a double bedroom with an en-suite bathroom, a guest toilet and a large living room with a dining area, lounge area and an open-plan kitchen. In the first floor you can find two double bedrooms where both of them have en-suite bathrooms. One of the bedrooms also has direct access to a lovely terrace overlooking the garden. The villas are equipped with underfloor heating in all bathrooms and pre-installed air condition. Outdoor areaThe villas are set on plots of approximately 200 sqm. Here you can find a private swimming pool of 7 x 3 meters, a lovely covered dining area and space for sun beds and seating areas. There is also off-road parking on the plot. In the first floor there is a terrace with space for a seating area. AreaThe villas are located in Dolores on the Costa Blanca coast, with walking distance to the center of the town where you can find all amenities. | <urn:uuid:774ebaec-4144-4bd4-9a35-b3fdee2d3631> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.ubodo.com/property/5077624/Spain/Alicante/Dolores/Dolores/3-Bed-Villa/for-sale.php | 2020-09-26T21:35:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400245109.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20200926200523-20200926230523-00198.warc.gz | en | 0.943077 | 242 |
Webster Tarpley supplies us with an ad-hominem filled commentary on the Kennebunkport Warning Controversy on his radio show:
“Who opposes the Kennebunkport warning? We discovered going through this that if you take all the slanderous filth, counter-organizing, disinformation and so forth, about two-thirds of it comes from about half a dozen people as far as I can see. And let’s tell you who they are. First of all, you have to look at the site called truthaction.org. As far as I can see about two-thirds of the site appears to be devoted to slanders and vilification of the Kennebunkport Warning. This shows what one can only call the typical style of the counter-gang. In other words it takes elements from lots of people’s work including my own. They talk about truth squads, they have a candidate tracker, they talk about a general strike, they take things from Ron Paul, they take things from We Are Change, but then they mix in a huge dose of anonymous slander, vilification, denigration, calumny, libel, and defamation. The leading poison pen seems to be an individual called Cosmos. Now this I think is extremely objectionable. Here is somebody who will not tell you his real name but he demands the right to be a poison pen. Anonymous slanders are his stock and trade. He wants to slander you and vilify you from the shadows, spread disinformation, distortions. These are the venom-mongers, the merchants of pus who like to operate from behind the scenes. These are the wreckers and saboteurs, and of course the question is posed: Is this COINTELPRO? Is this the conform of the FBI counter-gang? Those are interesting questions. I can’t answer them, but they are very interesting.
Then we have somebody else called Colonel Jenny Sparks in quotation marks. She shows herself as a cartoon figure prancing in an abbreviated costume before the Union Jack. Another poison pen slanderer, another wrecker and saboteur. The only questions we have are, is this COINTELPRO, is this the current style of the FBI counter-gang?
So here we have Cosmos who shows you he looks like he’s trying to imitate Che Guavara or a member of the Sons of David baseball team. He’s hiding behind a huge beard, looks like the Italian aviators in A Night at the Opera. He’s got this army fatigue cap pulled down over his eyes so you can’t see him, he might as well be anonymous. Jenny Sparks completely anonymous.
Michael Wolsey, Visibility 9/11. He appears of course in shades, he’s got some cool shades on, he doesn’t want you to see him. Remember visibility911.com is not the same as 911visibility.org. 911visibility.org is a reputable website; you have Janice Matthews and many others who work there. This is visibility911.com with Michael Wolsey.
Another person who has been active in these slander operations is somebody called Arabesque. Arabesque has a blog devoted to discussing 9/11 news research and disinformation, and I think the disinformation department is absolutely admirable. He seems to have all the disinformation you could want. He’s pushing it and peddling it on this sleazy, smelly website. So thats arabesque911.blogspot.com.
The interesting thing about these people is that they all appear in the year 2006, 2007. What’s their track record in the 9/11 truth movement? Do they have any? Do they have contributions? Have they done anything to build the movement? Who are they? They come out of nowhere and then they set themselves up as leaders. Cosmos in particular starts saying that it’s time for everybody to get active on the eleventh on every month. Well we don’t need him to tell us this and to take credit for it.
I’m afraid also Jon Gold is somebody who has been in the movement, puts his blog at Arabesque and he has joined in the slanders.
These people have practiced a constructive fraud on public opinion. I think they operate with multiple pseudonyms. We do not know who they are. Colonel Jenny Sparks for all we know may be a cigar-chomping FBI agent or a branch of Shin Bet somewhere in the Occupied Territories or a subcommittee of the National Security Council. We simply do not know.
Colonel Jenny Sparks appears with no face. Arabesque has no face. Cosmos has got the cap pulled down over his eyes. Michael Wolsey’s got his shades on. These are the poison pens and the slander snipers and these are the people you have to watch out for.
And I think it is monstrous that a lot of people who have been in the 9/11 movement and have seen COINTELPRO in action in past years are now willing to go down this road once again with disinformation, distortion and the constant mania of people who insist on operating under false names, anonymous slanderers. It’s a despicable way to wage political activity.”
[transcript by CV]
When you attack someone instead of answering their argument it is called an ad hominem. The above passage has to be one of the most colorful examples seen so far in the 9/11 truth movement. From my paper, 9/11 Disinformation and Misinformation: Definitions and Examples:
“The third level of disinformation occurs by abusing the man (AD HOMINEM) in attacking the author or the editor of a work on irrelevant or misleading grounds that have little or nothing to do with the position the author or editor represents.” Jim Fetzer
“One of the telltale signs of disinformation is that the people promoting it engage in personal attacks.” Jim Hoffman
“Another important aspect of how disinformation in the 9/11 Truth Movement functions is through the use of attack and vitriol. While all types of people—professionals, academics and average people—can resort to nasty or inappropriate personal attacks when defending or promoting theories which conflict, the 9/11 Truth Movement has been packed with such attacks.” Victoria Ashley
Earlier, Webster’s publisher, John Leonard entered the fray calling 911blogger users “sock puppets” here, here, and here for being voted down and then posted a “call for unity” from of all places, Tarpley’s book. It was voted down unmercifully by 911blogger users.
Tarpley’s initial comments after this controversy began included:
“Reality is that the signers signed – the irrefutable, photographic, courtroom quality documentary proof is posted on the internet. In the light of this overwhelming evidence, it is understandable that most of the signers are reluctant to issue a flat denial that they ever signed. Rather, their denials are oblique and ambiguous doubletalk.”
“The only way you can get out of this is to prove that you are mentally defective, and nobody has tried that, so far.”
“The role of foundations in funding the peace movement and some of its leading activists is an immense factor of impotence and corruption.”
“And you cannot be an antiwar leader and be an agnostic about this, claiming you simply do not know or that you do not understand the concept of false flag. If you choose that cop-out, what kind of a peace leader are you?”
“Some of the signers, under the obvious threats of totalitarian forces, are lying in appalling fashion about what they signed and if they signed. You can see for yourself from the facsimile who signed. We need to move beyond these wretched individuals.[sic]“
Tarpley’s fellow LaRouche associate Craig Hill piled on with gusto:
“The hoax lies in the lies of the signers”
“The stupefying behavior of so-called peace activists who seem bent on making sure disaster strikes again”
“Dahlia Wasafi is the original instigator of the campaign to destroy the messenger and the message of the Kennebunkport Warning”
“Dahlia is worse even than a liar, she is either part of the war effort she claims she denounces or an idiot out of her depth.”
“Unlike Dahlia and Cindy, Bruce doesn’t play gotcha or switcheroo with those he thought were natural allies.”
“They are the ones of dubious integrity”
“The hoax here consists of a rally, essentially, by some of the signers to protect Dahlia’s family by amazingly, clumsily, arrogantly and stupidly destroying the credibility of a patriot who is simply trying to do what they have not the guts or brains to do on their own.”
“The bitterly dubious integrity of Cindy Sheehan or her crapulous judgment”
I’ll admit that I can say things I regret once in a while (who doesn’t?), but nothing near the level of unbelievable vitriol coming from the Kennebunkport promoters. Is it a coincidence or conspiracy that most of the attacks are all coming from LaRouche associates?
In fact, Cosmos of Truthaction has been getting “hate mail” for covering this controversy, and to hear calls for unity from these same people is quite frankly ludicrous.
Now, after uttering these ridiculous comments, Tarpley has the nerve to accuse us of “slanderous filth, counter-organizing, disinformation” and “CoIntelPro”? Truly bad comedy, Webster.
If the point of CoIntelPro is to divide and weaken activist groups, then why are all of the signers affiliated with LaRouche trying to do their dirty work?
This feeling of being spurned is probably best reflected by 911blogger art V, who commented:
“Mr. Tarply-How could you? After gaining so much respect for you I have absolutely lost all of it in the last week. First the whole fiasco with the Kenenbunkport Warning. At first I was not really sure what to think. Who is lying who is not lying (we are always trying to figure this out WHO IS LYING), but after listening to your little outburst the other night and your assault on the great people at TRUTHACTION.ORG, I know who is lying………it is you Mr. Tarply.”
A moderator at truthmove.org reports today that “I’m at the conference right now. [Tarpley] just called cosmos, jenny sparks, arabesque, michael wolsey, and john gold all cointelpro. he even put pictures of some of these people up on the screen.”
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Present: Ian Jackson (Director of Lambeth First), Duncan, Margaret, Martin (Buildings and Energy)
Lambeth First is the Local Strategic Partnership and includes the Council Chief Executive, Executives from the Police, the Hospital Trusts, the University etc etc
Key elements of structure are:
- The Strategic Board which produces the Sustainable Community Strategy – the 10-15 year vision of Lambeth’s overall direction of travel. It focusses very strongly on worklessness and the financial exclusion of businesses
- The Sustainable Community Strategy will be refreshed next year
- Below the Strategic Board are a series of Thematic Partnerships including:
- Health and Well-being - Place Partnership including sustainability and climate change - Just reforming. Talking about getting some representation from the Sustainability Forum which TTB is a member of.
Ian is interested in what a Peak Oil borough would look like, the sort of jobs it would have, and the sort of community networks. We noted that Bristol Council commissioned a Peak Oil report.
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Action: Martin – to consider contacting Fiona
Sophie has been talking to Penny Noy about what the Lambeth Food Strategy should look like.
Ian commented on the fact that Greenwich has so many more food co-ops than Lambeth. Ian believes that life will become more localised
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Action: Duncan and TTB to pursue through the Sustainability Forum
Next Achievable Steps
Actions: Ian to talk to Fiona Booth
Ian to consider the approach to pursuing these sorts of issues with the various partners in Lambeth First eg Hospitals, University. We may need equivalents to the Sustainability Action Plan across all the partners.
Duncan expressed TTB’s aim to be part of Lambeth First.
Ian said the possible routes are:
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The next board will be 1st or 2nd week in February. Meets every quarter.
Actions: Duncan to talk to Steve Reed and suggest we should sit on the Strategic Board while the Sustainability Community strategy is being renewed.
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Seven years ago I was involved in an open debate at an IIBA meet up on the role of Business Analysts within an Agile environment. At the time my opponent contested that Business Analysts were defunct under Agile and were no longer required. I debated that they were still needed but that their role changed somewhat.
My main argument was that they were no longer the provider of lengthy requirements documents written in advance with little to no collaboration in the team. This didn’t mean that Business Analysts were no longer required to write any form of documentation, just the amount of documentation, the collaboration involved to reach a common understanding and the timing of when the documentation is done changed. With this reduced amount of time directly spent writing ‘War and Peace’ requirements they would instead use their time in a new skill set – as facilitators. I saw the role of the Business Analyst as being very compatible with the Scrum Master role, where the Business Analyst could encourage an environment of collaboration and ensure that the ‘promise for a conversation’ occurred. Business Analysts would still need to have skills drilling into the root cause of problems, to understand and analyse and question the business process, but in a good Agile team everyone would also have this skill.
Time has moved on and most of what I predicted for the Business Analyst role has come to pass within Agile environments. But I believe that it is time to make a new prediction.
We have come a long way towards mastering the art of building the product right, our next journey is to build the right product. After all, according to Lean principles, the biggest waste is the waste of overproduction and this can take the form of producing an unneeded or incorrectly targeted product.
Thus, in today’s ever shifting environment, I see the role of the Business Analyst as that of being at the heart of data. I see the role transforming to focus more on data analytics and the understanding of data associated with the product. Some may say that this is the role of the product owner, to which I probably wouldn’t disagree with and as such I see the Product Owner and the Business Analyst roles merging even closer together but with an incredibly strong focus on data.
So what is all the data that is being analysed about? Four things:
- Are we improving the number of customers seeking our product?
- Are we retaining our existing customers?
- Are customers getting value out of our product?
- Is our product revenue model generating net profit?
If the answer is yes to the above questions, founded soundly on data then your product is in a great place. If you cannot answer these questions then you really should start working on it (before you go out of business). For those of you familiar with the Lean Startup model then the above discussion should be something very familiar to you, for I believe the Business Analyst role should be centered around enabling the data gathering to support a Lean Startup approach.
You don’t have to be a start up to gather this data. You don’t have to measure once every three months. You can start measuring your existing product and incrementally improving on the four questions right now and everyday from this point onwards. Armed with this data you can know whether a change you made today will make a difference to your business tomorrow.
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Actors Who Permanently Damaged Their Bodies For Movie Roles
Acting takes a lot from the most elite performers around. Some roles require more than just hitting the mark and knowing your lines, there are some extremes taken by actors to nail a role that gets them the Emmy, Golden Globe or Oscar they spend years pining for. Or for that top box office spot that certifies several careers. But, every now and then, there are some serious sacrifices sustained on movie sets that you may have never thought of, or even noticed.
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It takes more than just equipping a garage to have a superb one. The most important is how well you have organized your garage. Take a look at the following garage organization ideas from the expert. Bench mark against your garage and you will find something you never knew.
Many people think that garage organization is difficult. Others think it is expensive. I am sure your garage has a very large space but you cannot just find it and utilize it. I am going to share with some very easy methods or organizing your garage. They are cost free.
It is very easy to give up on the way as you organize your garage. This happens especially when you are a first timer. The tips we are about to share with you are very interesting and therefore you will find it very easy to follow. Be sure to smile when you look at your garage at the end of this.
- 1. Shove rack for garden tools
- 2. Ceiling space
- 3. Wall space storage
- 4. Hang everything
- 5. Install cabinets
- 6. Garage closet
- 7. Peg rail organizer
- 8. Steel pegboards
- 9. Hang bikes on the wall
- 10. Hang jars on shelves
- 11. Tool tower racks
- 12. Make use of small spaces
- 13. How else do you then give your garage a perfect appearance?
1. Shove rack for garden tools
A great shove rack for garden tools will enable you save a very large space. Garden tools in one common place not only saves you space but also brings about a good appearance to your garage. Shove racks are easy to make, you do not need to spend hundreds of dollars on purchasing such commodities.
2. Ceiling space
One of the biggest spaces in your garage is the ceiling space. Many people are not aware of this space. The best way to make use of your ceiling space. You should introduce a sliding storage system that hangs on the ceiling. The ceiling space is big enough to sustain most equipment you were not aware.
3. Wall space storage
The walls of your garage are mostly idle because you did not know they can be used as storage. You should build simple structures on the wall to hold some of your tools including cans and tins. This storage is a game changer in the field of storage.
4. Hang everything
Garage organization ideas range from varieties. My favorite one is hanging everything. As funny as it may seem, hanging everything is another idea is use very often. Hanging jars, buckets, bikes and anything else you can hang.
5. Install cabinets
Cabinets are very cheap to install and they offer a great deal of space saving. If you cannot build cabinets yourself you can purchase ready-made cabinets and install them. The use of cabinets is a great idea because you put most of the things away making your garage look neat and spacious.
6. Garage closet
Unlike cabinets, garage closets are bigger and more efficient. They also have internal arrangements. Inside the closet you can still sub divide it further. You can categorize equipment and plan it the way you want.
7. Peg rail organizer
Peg rails simply means you add simple pegs on the wall. Peg rails can be made in level. Here you can put short items together and long items together. Peg rail organizers are efficient and they really take very little of your garage space.
8. Steel pegboards
Aside from the beautiful look they present, steel pegboards are very functional. Steel pegboards are not expensive and neither is their installation. The steel board is simply hanged on the garage wall and you are good to go.
9. Hang bikes on the wall
All bicycles should be hanged. When you put bicycle on the floor they tend to occupy a bigger space.
10. Hang jars on shelves
Hanging jars is very different. Jars should not occupy your space. You just hang them under shelves or on steel pegboards rather than inside a cabinet. Hanged jars saves a lot of spaces in your garage. The floor is now spacious and we can consider adding tool tower racks.
11. Tool tower racks
Tool tower racks are placed at the corners of the garage. They serve a very important role in assembling tools and equipment in one place. An ideal tower rack will host a good number of tools all in one place saving the floor space.
12. Make use of small spaces
The basic idea about this is to use any small space available to get organized. Spaces behind the door could use to set up0 shelves. In doing this try also not to squeeze the spaces too much it may make you disorganized.
13. How else do you then give your garage a perfect appearance?
Adding some paint to your garage improves the general outlook. Painting is a simple but entertaining task, if really love your garage you will find this very interesting. Most people even go to the extent of changing the paints after some time.
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The Ultimate Guide to Applying to Bowdoin College
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As one of the best liberal arts colleges in the country, Bowdoin College may not be quite as famous as its Northeastern cousins in the Ivy League, but this small undergraduate institution is a gem in its own right. From its commitment to academic excellence to its exceptional dining halls to its environmental awareness, Bowdoin provides a unique and character-filled undergraduate experience for motivated and curious students.
Bowdoin College has a deep historical grounding, and has been around since its location in Maine was still part of Massachusetts. Alumni include such fixtures of American history as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Nathaniel Hawthorne, along with many members of Congress, the Supreme Court, and even a president (Franklin Pierce). However, the school takes pains not to be held back by tradition, and encourages its students to take intellectual risks and open new lines of inquiry.
Are you ready to “lose yourself in generous enthusiasms and cooperate with others for common ends,” as a past president of Bowdoin wrote? In this ultimate guide, you’ll find an overview of what makes Bowdoin College a great school, the requirements of the application, and how to navigate its competitive admissions process.
- Introducing Bowdoin
- Bowdoin College Admissions Information
- Paying for Bowdoin
- The Bowdoin Application
- Common Application Supplement
- Not sure which schools to consider for your list?
- Coalition Application
- Interviewing at Bowdoin
- Additional Application Requirements
- Hearing Back from Bowdoin
- Deferrals and the Waitlist
Bowdoin College, originally chartered in 1794, is a small college that offers undergraduate students a “well-rounded” and highly-regarded liberal arts education. It’s often considered to be on par with the larger schools of the Ivy League in terms of educational quality; we’ve covered it before in our CollegeVine post on finding success and excellence outside the Ivy League. The popular U.S. News and World Report rankings place Bowdoin in a tie for fourth-best college in the National Liberal Arts Colleges category.
Located in the small New England town of Brunswick, Maine, about 26 miles outside of Portland, Bowdoin’s setting provides easy access to Maine’s natural treasures. (Note that although there is a town called Bowdoin in Maine, this town is not the location of the college.) Students regularly take advantage of this access; in fact, Bowdoin’s Outing Club, a student group which organizes outdoor trips, is the largest student group on the campus.
In addition to the main campus in Brunswick, Bowdoin also owns two other parcels of land on two islands in the Atlantic Ocean, which are used for marine and coastal research.
Currently, 1,839 students are enrolled at Bowdoin, all of whom are undergraduates. Students can choose between 32 standard majors and 8 interdisciplinary majors, or create their own majors. The most popular majors are in the fields of political science, economics, mathematics, and biology. A range of academic minors are available to supplement students’ major choices.
As a liberal arts college, Bowdoin’s curriculum requires students to complete a number of distribution and division requirements alongside their major in order to obtain a broad-based education. The famous “Offer of the College,” a poetic statement written by past Bowdoin president William DeWitt Hyde in 1906, is often cited as a basis for the shcool’s educational principles and goals, from intellectual development to appreciation for the arts to the formation of lifelong friendships and networks.
Bowdoin takes pride in cultivating a high quality of life for its student body. The dining halls on campus serve fare that’s often considered to be the best collegiate food in the country, including fresh produce from the college’s own organic garden. A semi-residential “college house” system was introduced relatively recently, and while not all students choose to live in their houses, all students have a house affiliation. The college is also heavily involved in improving the environmental impact of its campus, and hopes to become carbon-neutral by 2020.
Besides enjoying the outdoors, students take advantage of a broad range of groups and activities. The campus newspaper, The Bowdoin Orient, has the distinction of being the longest-running college weekly published in the United States, and has been lauded for its quality by the Collegiate Associated Press. Other activities include collegiate standards like a cappella groups and 31 varsity athletic teams, as well as more unusual offerings like a group focused on sustainable eating and a RoboCup robotic soccer team.
Bowdoin College Admissions Information
Getting into Bowdoin is a very competitive process. For the class of 2020, the school received 6,799 applications in total and accepted 1,009 students, making their most recent acceptance rate 14.8%. Over half of the members of the matriculating class were accepted through one of Bowdoin’s Early Decision programs, which we’ll go over later in this post.
One unique feature of the admissions process is that for most applicants, no standardized test scores are required to be submitted as part of the admissions application. (You can still submit test scores if you wish to include them, and the majority of students do choose to submit scores.) While several other colleges have instituted testing-optional admissions procedures in recent years, the college’s venerable testing-optional program has been around since 1969.
For the class of 2018, 30% of students who ended up matriculating at Bowdoin did not submit standardized test scores with their applications, showing that the college really does take this option seriously. However, the school does require all matriculating students to eventually submit test scores before enrollment, both for academic placement purposes and as part of the college’s ongoing research into the subject of standardized testing. You can read more about Bowdoin’s testing-optional admissions policy on its website.
If Bowdoin isn’t focused on the metric of standardized test scores, then what is the college looking for? According to its website, Bowdoin is seeking students who are bright, engaged, and curious, and who value diversity. Academic achievement (with or without test scores) is an important factor in admissions decisions, as are the applicant’s extracurricular and community involvement, the comments of the recommenders, and applicant’s overall “character and personality.”
Bowdoin accepts transfer applications, though the transfer application process is even more competitive than the first-year application process. The transfer admissions web page states that each year, the college receives approximately 150 to 200 transfer applications and ends up admitting 5 to 20 students, meaning that the acceptance rate could be anywhere from 13.3% down to 2.5%, depending on how many openings the college ends up having for transfer students, which can vary greatly from year to year.
Paying for Bowdoin
Tuition at Bowdoin for the 2016-2017 school year is $49,416, and the total cost of attending Bowdoin this year is estimated at $65,590. This figure does not include the cost of traveling to and from the collece, which will vary depending on where the individual student lives. 47% of students receive financial aid to assist with the cost of their education.
Bowdoin’s financial aid is entirely need-based, and the college guarantees to meet 100% of the demonstrated financial need of each admitted student. Students are not required to take out loans as part of their financial aid packages, though loans are available as a financing option for students or parents.
To apply for financial aid, applicants from the United States will need to submit the CSS Profile, the FAFSA, and their family’s tax returns by the same date as their admissions applications. the school will use these documents to determine how much the student and their family can contribute to the cost of college, and create a financial-aid award that covers the rest of the cost of a Bowdoin education.
For international applicants, whether first-year or transfer, admissions decisions are made on a need-aware basis, meaning that the student’s ability to pay for college may play a role in whether they are admitted. Some institutional financial aid is available for international students, however. Basically, Bowdoin will only admit a limited number of international students with financial need, but will guarantee to meet the need of all students they do admit.
In order to apply for financial aid, international applicants should submit the CSS Profile at the same time as their admissions applications. It’s important to note that international applicants who do not apply for financial aid at this time will not be considered for financial aid later on in their time at Bowdoin.
The Bowdoin Application
Bowdoin offers the majority of its applicants two different application options: the Common Application and the Coalition Application. These two application formats ask for much of the same basic information, but go about asking for that information in different ways, and have different standard essay question options. Neither application format is preferred by the office of admissions, so you can feel free to use whichever one suits you best.
Applicants can also choose between three different application timelines using either the Common App or the Coalition App: Early Decision I (ED I), Early Decision II (ED II), and Regular Decision (RD). Both ED timelines allow students to make a binding commitment to Bowdoin and receive their admissions decision earlier than applicants using the more popular RD timeline.
If you’re absolutely sure that Bowdoin is your first choice and you will happily attend if accepted, one of the ED rounds might be a good option for you — as we mentioned, the college fills a substantial percentage of its matriculating class through the ED rounds.
ED I applicants submit their applications by November 15th and receive notification of their admissions decision by mid-December. ED II applicants submit their applications by January 1st for notification by mid-February. RD applicants also submit their applications by January 1st but won’t receive their admissions decisions until early April.
Some prospective first-years may be able to submit their applications through the QuestBridge National College Match program, which seeks to connect talented low-income high school students with competitive colleges. However, in order to apply this way, applicants will need to have already applied to the QuestBridge program and have been named finalists in that program. If you’re a QuestBridge finalist and you’re interested in Bowdoin, your QuestBridge advisors will be able to give you more instructions on how to go about applying.
As we mentioned, Bowdoin also accepts applications from potential transfer students, primarily for the fall semester. Transfer applications, which should be submitted through the Common App only, are due by March 1st, and these applicants can expect to hear back by mid-May. These due dates are the same for prospective spring transfers, who should keep in mind that very few spring transfers are admitted.
Common Application Supplement
To apply to Bowdoin, you’ll first need to create a Common App profile and add the school as one of your colleges, then complete the basic Common App questions. For more advice on how to navigate the Common App, take a look at the CollegeVine User’s Guide to the Common Application, as well as our targeted posts regarding how to fill out the sections on your demographics, citizenship, academics, activities, awards, and more.
After you’ve completed the main portion of the Common App, you’ll move on to answering the school-specific questions and essay. To get to Bowdoin’s school-specific questions, navigate to your My Colleges tab and click on “Bowdoin.” You’ll see the following screen, as illustrated by a sample applicant’s profile:
On the left side, under Bowdoin’s tab and the heading that says “Application,” click on the word “Questions.” You’ll see the screen shown below.
These supplemental questions are divided into five sections: General, Academics, Contacts, Family, and Bowdoin Supplemental Essay. Click on the section headers to access the questions in each section. Below, we’ll offer some advice on how to answer.
For the General section, you’ll answer the following questions:
- Preferred start term: Choose “Fall 2017” from the drop-down menu.
- Preferred admission plan: Choose Early Decision (ED I), Early Decision II (ED II), or Regular Decision from the drop-down menu.
- Bowdoin automatically waives the application fee for students pursuing need-based financial aid and first-generation college students. The school considers you a first-generation college student if neither of your parents holds a four-year degree. Do you intend to pursue need-based financial aid, or are you a first-generation college student?: Read the statement, then select the option that applies to you and your family from the drop-down menu.
- Bowdoin does not require that applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores for the purposes of admission in most cases. Please see our testing policy for important exceptions and more information about our testing policy. If you choose to include standardized testing with your application, please send official score reports to the Admissions Office by the application deadline. Please choose if you would like the admissions committee to use your test results: As we’ve mentioned, Bowdoin has a long-standing testing-optional admissions policy for most applicants. To answer this question, you’ll need to select yes or no as to whether you’d like the college to use your SAT scores, your ACT scores, and your SAT II subject test scores. You’ll need to carefully consider whether this will help or hurt your application. You can learn more about the testing-optional policy on the school’s website.
- Bowdoin respects the many identities that make up our community. Please choose all gender identities that apply: Choose between “Woman,” “Man,” “Another Identity,” and “I prefer not to respond.” If you choose “Another Identity,” you’ll be prompted to enter that identity into a text box if you wish.
- Do you intend to use Slideroom to submit an arts portfolio to Bowdoin College?: Before answering “Yes or “No” to this question, check out our CollegeVine blog post on whether you should submit an arts supplement. You can find instructions on submitting Bowdoin’s Arts Supplement on the college’s website.
For the Academics section, you’ll answer the following question:
- Which academic area of study at Bowdoin interests you? (Select up to three): Select the three options from the drop-down menu that interest you most. You don’t need to rank these choices, and your answer is not at all binding, so you shouldn’t spend too much time agonizing over it. See the Bowdoin website for more information about each of these areas of study.
For the Contacts section, you’ll answer the following question:
- Have you previously applied to Bowdoin College?: Select “Yes” or “No.” If you select “Yes,” you’ll be prompted to provide the month and year you previously applied to the school.
For the Family section, you’ll answer the following questions:
- Are any siblings also applying for undergraduate admission to Bowdoin College this year?: Select “Yes” if you have one or more siblings who are applying to Bowdoin this year; otherwise, select “No.” If you select “Yes,” you’ll be prompted to provide their names and relationships to you.
- Have any relatives ever attended Bowdoin College?: Select “Yes” if you have any relatives who have attended Bowdoin; otherwise, select “No.” If you answer “Yes” for this question, you’ll be prompted to enter additional information about these relatives.
- Have any relatives ever worked for Bowdoin College?: Select “Yes” if you have any relatives who have been employed by the college; otherwise, select “No.” If you answer “Yes,” you will be prompted to enter additional information about these relatives.
Finally, for the Bowdoin Supplemental Essay section, you’ll respond to the following prompts:
How did you first learn about Bowdoin? (Limit 140 characters)
In an effort to understand your interests and aspirations for college, we ask you to select one of the three topics below and provide a response of up to 250 words. Bowdoin students and alumni often cite world-class faculty and opportunities for intellectual engagement, the College’s commitment to the Common Good, and the special quality of life on the coast of Maine as important aspects of the Bowdoin experience. Reflecting on your own interests and experiences, please select and respond to one of the following topics:
- Intellectual Engagement
- The Common Good
- Sense of Place
For a detailed breakdown of how to respond to these first two prompts, check out our CollegeVine guide to How to Write the Bowdoin College Application Essays 2016-2017.
If there is additional information you feel will support your application, you are welcome to include it here.
Responding to this question is optional, but if you feel it’s necessary to provide additional information, you can upload a document here. Remember, this section shouldn’t duplicate information that is already found elsewhere in your application. If you have exceptional personal circumstances that you feel you need to specify, take a look at the CollegeVine blog for advice on how to explain your situation.
The Coalition App is a newcomer to the college admissions world; created by the Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success, it’s available for the first time during the 2016-2017 college application season. Like the Common App system, the Coalition App system allows you to fill out one form that is shared with all the colleges you select from its member schools, making the process of filling out applications a fair amount easier.
As we mentioned above, the Coalition App asks for much of the same basic information as the Common App in terms of your academic performance, activities, achievements, and other standard admissions factors. However, the Coalition App’s focus differs somewhat, and it may ask these questions in a different way than the Common App does. If you’re considering Bowdoin or another Coalition App member school, it’s worth looking over the Coalition App website to see what it offers.
In order to apply using the Coalition App, you’ll first need to create a Coalition App account online. Once you create that account, you can fill out your profile, add colleges to your list, and answer the non-school-specific application questions. The Coalition App has its own set of essay prompts to choose from; for a detailed description of how to respond to these prompts, check out the CollegeVine blog post on How to Write the Coalition Application Essays 2016-17.
For the 2017-17 application season, the Coalition App supplemental essay required for Bowdoin uses the same prompt as the college’s Common App supplemental essay. Consult the Common App section above for advice on how to address this prompt.
Interviewing at Bowdoin
Interviews are not required as part of the Bowdoin application process, and you won’t be penalized if interviewing is not possible for you, but they are strongly encouraged for applicants who can arrange them. The admissions representatives who review applications value the personal insight that an interview may provide, and your interviewer’s notes become part of your admissions file.
On-campus and off-campus interviews are available for Bowdoin applicants. (You can only choose one of these options, however.) You’ll need to be proactive and request an interview, if you would like to have one, using one of the methods listed below.
If you’re able to visit the campus at some point, you can register for an on-campus interview conducted by an admissions representative or a trained Bowdoin senior. You don’t need to have already submitted your application in order to request an interview. While on campus, you can also take advantage of tours, information sessions, and class visits to learn more about life at the college. You can even sign up for an overnight visit, where you’ll stay with a student host.
Interested students who aren’t able to have an on-campus interview can request an off-campus interview with an alumni interviewer, arranged for a time and place that’s more convenient for the student. You can learn more about how to request one of these interviews on the Bowdoin website. Keep in mind that these interviews are in high demand, and the college cannot guarantee they’ll be able to arrange one for you.
International applicants can request an off-campus alumni interview through the same process domestic students use, although interviewer availability is limited. Applicants from China can submit an interview using a third-party interview service, such as InitialView or Vericant, if they wish; they also have the option of submitting an additional letter of recommendation instead.
Additional Application Requirements
Applicants to Bowdoin must submit the following documents along with their Common or Coalition App and its Bowdoin-specific application questions:
- Application fee of $65, or application fee waiver.
- Secondary school counselor evaluation, completed by your guidance counselor.
- School report, also competed by your counselor, and official transcript.
- Two teacher recommendations from teacher who have taught you in an academic subject during your junior or senior years of high school.
- Optional for most applicants: official standardized test scores, sent by the testing agency directly to Bowdoin. The exception is home-schooled applicants, who must submit scores from either the SAT or the ACT, as well as scores for two or more SAT II subject tests.
- International students for whom English is not their first language will need to submit scores from the TOEFL or IELTS unless they have attended four years of secondary school taught in English. Students from countries that use national university entrance exams must provide their scores to Bowdoin as well. For more information about international applicant requirements, see the Bowdoin website.
In addition to the admissions application, if you’re applying for financial aid, you’ll need to submit your financial aid documents separately. While SAT and ACT scores are not used to make admissions decisions for most students and are not required during the application process, if you’re accepted, you’ll eventually need to provide those scores to the college for use in advising and placement.
Hearing Back from Bowdoin
ED I and ED II applicants will receive their admissions decisions by mid-December and mid-February, respectively. At this time, they may be accepted, rejected, or deferred.
If you’re accepted in one of the ED rounds, you’ll be expected to enroll at Bowdoin and withdraw any other college applications you’ve already submitted, as the ED agreement you signed is binding. If you’re rejected from the school in either ED round, your application will not be reconsidered later in the process, and you’ll need to focus on your other college options instead. (You may be able to apply to Bowdoin at a later date as a transfer student.)
If you’re deferred in either ED round, your admission will be reconsidered in the RD round with the rest of the RD application pool, and you’ll have another shot at admission. Deferred applicants are released from their ED contract and are no longer required to attend Bowdoin if admitted. We’ll go over more details of what deferral means for you later in this post.
Applicants who are in the RD pool, including deferred ED applicants from either round, will receive their admissions decision in mid-April. If you’re accepted in the RD round, you’ll have until May 1st to make a decision and commit to Bowdoin. If you’re rejected in the RD round, unfortunately, you’ll need to make other plans.
Some applicants are neither rejected nor accepted in the RD round, but instead are placed on the waitlist. These students may be reconsidered for admission later on if open spots remain in the first-year class after the May 1st response deadline but before classes start. We’ll address the waitlist process in greater detail below.
Deferrals and the Waitlist
If you apply to Bowdoin in either the ED I round or the ED II round, there’s a fair chance you may be deferred. In the ED I round for the class of 2015, for example, the college received 568 applications, accepted 189 applicants, and deferred another 189 applicants. Students who are deferred will have their applications reviewed again according to the RD timeline and will receive an admissions decision by mid-April.
Deferred applicants still have a chance at being admitted, so if you’re deferred, you should definitely keep on top of your application. It’s a good idea to write to the admissions office reiterating that you’re still interested in Bowdoin. You can include in this letter any new information that’s come up since your initial application and that makes you a stronger candidate, such as improved grades and test scores or new awards and accomplishments. Of course, you’ll also need to apply to other colleges and make plans in case you’re not accepted.
If you’re waitlisted in the RD round, you face a similar situation to that of deferred applicants, and there are a few things you should keep in mind. First of all, waitlist admission to Bowdoin is extremely competitive, and is entirely dependent upon how many spots become available in the matriculating class after the response deadline. The number of applicants admitted off the waitlist is generally less than 50, and in some recent years, it’s been substantially lower. In 2012, Bowdoin accepted zero applicants off their waitlist.
Waitlisted applicants can choose whether or not to accept a spot on the waitlist and be considered for future admission, and this choice is entirely up to you. If you choose to remain on the waitlist, you’ll need to fill in an online form to confirm your spot and remind Bowdoin that you’re interested in attending. If you’re offered admission off the waitlist, you’ll be informed of your acceptance between May 1 and the end of July.
As with deferred applicants, you can also contact the admissions office with any new information to add to your application. Still, since the waitlist acceptance rate is so low and variable, we would definitely advise you to make plans to attend another college, including submitting a deposit if necessary.
Something else to keep in mind is that Bowdoin’s financial aid budget for accepted waitlist applicants is often limited. This means that Bowdoin has a need-aware admissions policy for waitlisted applicants, and will only accept applicants with financial need at this point if it has the funds to do so.
Do the academic excellence and “sense of place” you’ll find at Bowdoin sound like a great fit for you? Check out the Bowdoin website for more information about academic departments, student activities, and life on campus. Don’t forget to take a look at our CollegeVine blog post How to Write the Bowdoin College Application Essays 2016-2017.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is scheduled to speak at the Code Conference next week. The Code Conference is an exclusive event for “top industry influencers” to gather and have in-depth conversations about “the current and future impact of digital technology on our lives.”
This year’s list of speakers includes top tech leaders like Musk, but also Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon; Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google; Chuck Robbins, CEO of Cisco; Devin Wenig, CEO of eBay; Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square; Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook; Bill and Melinda Gates, and many more.
It will take place May 31- June 2, 2016 at the Terranea Resort, located on the Pacific coastline in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, just 30 miles south of Los Angeles. It’s not clear when Musk will get on stage, but it’s unlikely to be on the 31st since he will be at Tesla’s annual shareholders meeting in Mountain View.
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Mar 21, 2018
Cass Midgley and Bob Pondillo talk with married couple Janet and Chad. They both are optometrists, they both deconverted but at different times and the calibration of that kind of dissonance is no easy task, but they've done and they share how they negotiated that and stayed married, in fact very happily married. This an emotional story with a happy ending, or as Rosie from episode 193 called it, a happy beginning.
I want to talk about Michelle Obama's admonition, "when they go low, we go high." Two huge contingencies to understanding yes-saying is 1) more often than not, it must be followed by an "and." And secondly, it only applies to things and circumstances that are beyond our control. I kinda thought it went without saying, but if something bad is happening to you and you can do something about it, Yes-saying is the wrong application. Say no to to things that damage, diminish or debase your person. You must be a person with boundaries, agency and assertion of your will and feelings. And often that means saying no.
So on point one, "and" most often should follow "yes." Yes this weather sucks, And I don't have to let it ruin my day. That's also agency and assertion. I'm hurt by what my daughter said to me. I can't control her so I'm saying yes to her humanity, her emotions, and whatever else is going on in her life to evoke such anger. AND I can respond with understanding and compassion and empathy. I can resist the temptation to put on my armor, grab my sword and let myself be vulnerable to her in hopes that a restorative dialogue can occur between us, as opposed to escalating the animosity by doubling down on my pride or insecurity. When they go low, we go high.
People are prime example of that which we can't control. And because they are more valuable than anything, a prime opportunity to say yes to them--their being, their person, their body, their feelings...even when they go low. No-saying is always wishing things were different and entering the ring with a brick wall. No-saying is throwing a tantrum. Saying no is what 2 year olds do when they don't get their way. When the weather, the world, our jobs, the people in our lives go low, we can say YES, this is real, this is happening, AND I can engage in a way that is remedial and fosters an environment that will stop the downward spiral that going low in turn will allow. This may have been what Jesus was trying to say in "turn the other cheek," but that's a horrible example and one in which, if taken literally, enables abuse and mistreatment. Which is often mistaken for yes-saying.
Those with agency and dignity discern wisely when to say no and when to say yes. If your friend has behaved below their true character. When they've done something that themselves are ashamed of, that is a moment when they need you to see past their raging eyes or impassioned over-reaction and know that they know they've just gone low and await your next move. Going high is not joining them in those depths, and throwing them a lifeline that will restore them to the values and virtues you know they really hold. Now, if this is a pattern and they don't seem to have any self-awareness, remorse and take no action to correct the behavior? It might be time to say no. Again, this takes discernment and wisdom and strong heart. Both our yeses and our nos can come from the same place if played well--and that is love. Love is the high road. Love of self, in that you respect yourself enough to say no when your boundaries have been violated, and yes to leaning in to the rain, to those you love and believe in when they're at their worst, and ultimately all that you can't control.
Our guests today are a married couple with two homeschooled children approaching teenage. Chad deconverted first and kept it to himself for a couple of years. When Janet found out, her first reaction was driven by fear. Psychologist Tara Brach says that we can get in a fear trance, where we are walking around, going through the motions of daily life, but we can't see, hear or feel those we love most. It's hard to reach people while they're in a fear trance; they have erected a force-field around themselves for protection. But if you'll wait patiently, maybe even stand guard around them, their solitude might serve as a cocoon that buys them the time they need to truly ponder what they've experienced. They may be watching through the glass bubble to see if it's safe. It may seem unfortunate that both parties must be yes-sayers in order for any restoration or even revolution to heal their relationship. But then we'd be saying that our freedom is unfortunate. Chad said yes to Janet's initial no-saying and waited. Janet bravely mustered the courage to come out from behind the force field and say-yes to Chad's evolution. and a new thing emerged, far better than what they had before. It doesn't always happen this way. In fact, yes-saying may mean that parting ways is the best thing for one or both people. But those that adopt the position that there's no God protecting them, realize that it's up to them to protect themselves, do what's right for them, and say yes-and to that which is out of their control, and live on.
We taped this conversation with Janet and Chad on March 4th, 2018. We interview people you don’t know, about a subject no one wants to talk about. We hope to encourage people in the process of deconstructing their faith and help curb the loneliness that accompanies it. We think the world is a better place when more people live by sight, not by faith. Please subscribe to our podcast, and leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Is there someone who doesn’t want to be a more successful and effective person? Some people spend their whole lives thinking about how to get success in life, but somehow never find it out.
What Is Success In Life
Success in life is whatever way you define it. For most, it’s reaching a point where your goals have come to fruition. You may have wanted to achieve financial independence or a two-day per week work schedule.
Some might have wanted to explore the world, while others just wanted to immerse themselves into what they’re passionate about.
Being successful is not simply a matter of acquiring immense wealth or winning innumerable prizes. It can also be a matter of personal satisfaction.
If you had no restrictions of any kind and given to planning a perfect day any way you like, what would you be doing in it?
Do you imagine yourself on a beachside hammock at nighttime looking up at the millions of stars as a gentle breeze blows? Do you see yourself on the top floor of the Eiffel Tower, breathing in huge swigs of air as you stand there looking around in awe? Or would you be spending a whole day with your family playing with your dogs and kids?
The reason you want to make your life successful is mostly going to be an intensely personal quest. So, because the meaning of success for your family and friends are their own, and they are not going to fit your concept.
Whatever it is that makes you feel happy is what you should focus on first. Remember, research suggests it’s happiness that comes before success. Positive psychologists have found happiness precedes and leads to career success – not the other way around.
Those who hanker for success with the idea that it would make them happier, end up frustrated. Success loses its meaning if you’re unhappy.
How To Be Successful In Life
The truth is, you’re probably never going to succeed. It’s because the odds are stacked against you.
Success isn’t an overnight phenomenon. You can’t expect to wake up one fine morning ridiculously successful. Success is about taking consistent steps, testing a lot of strategies, and seeing many failures before reaching the right results. You can learn how to be successful, but the thing is you have to work on it every single day. That is the only reality: once you know how it’s done, you start putting in the work and stay disciplined to your success goals.
Well, some people would love spending their days watching TV, eating, sleeping, and doing nothing useful. Most of us don’t dream about becoming such persons. We want to achieve great goals and be an example for the generations to come.
But, are you doing anything of solid importance to realize those goals? And, what precise actions did you take today towards your success?
Hey, do you even have your personal definition of success?
7 Success Tips To A More Effective Life
Every day of your life is important, so you need to make a conscious effort to use them effectively.
Here are the 7 essential ‘pre-steps’ to success:
Tip #1. Self Evaluation
This is the precise first step to take if you want to learn how to get success in life.
Before you take steps to become more successful and effective, you need to evaluate your current capacity and situation. Then, you need to compare that state to the goals you want to achieve.How much space is there between the person you are and the person you want to become? Click To Tweet
One of the first changes you should make is in the way you use your time. That’s where the evaluation begins. Take notes and track your activities throughout the day. After a few days, you’ll notice a pattern.
You’ll recognize the activities that are consuming your time and efficiency. There is a name for them: distractions. You need to become aware of these weaknesses and do everything to avoid them.
Self-evaluation leads to self-evolution.
When you evaluate your capacity well enough, you get to know how much work you can handle. Then you’ll be able to organize your activities throughout the day and achieve the best results with the least effort.
This will also help you to find a balance in your life.
Tip #2. Day Planning
The goal of efficiency doesn’t leave you with the luxury of lost time. You need to plan your day well in advance and take all steps you need to take to achieve a goal on time.
Write the To-Do list. You need a reminder of the things you plan, so you won’t be comfortable about leaving a particular task out of the list.
You can write daily tasks on paper or your phone or tablet. But keep them in a place so that they will be easy to access throughout the day. You could use Evernote or Google Keep for keeping your notes.
The idea is to establish a routine and rigorously stick to it. For example, you may set a regular morning and evening exercise sessions for just 15 minutes so that you can stick to it all through the year. And if 15 looks too much, then make it 10 minutes. Make it so ridiculously small a goal that you can succeed at it even while sleeping.
♦ If you already don’t know, then learn how to set effective goals: 3 Highly Effective Goal Setting Techniques.
Tip #3. Delegation
It doesn’t matter how well you organize your time. There will be times when you won’t be able to take the entire workload on your own. When you want to be more efficient, you can’t have yourself putting in the perfect performance on each of your tasks.
The crux is, quantity prevents you from delivering quality. So sometimes you have no other choice than to delegate part of your work to a team or to someone you hire.
For example, you want to promote your business online, but you can’t invest enough time in writing profound blog posts. There are plenty of professional writers you can hire online. They can help you write the content through a collaborative process. They can also complete your rough ideas into a cohesive piece as per your instructions.
The main thing to keep in mind is that you’ll become more efficient when you delegate the work to someone who can complete it better than you.
Tip #4. Time Management
Wasting your energy on multiple tasks is not the perfect way of becoming more effective. Focus is the key to success. Make sure to know your priorities and arrange your acts in accordance.
Have you heard of the Pareto principle (also known as the 80–20 rule)? It’s named after the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto who first realized that 80% of the effects came from 20% of the causes.
How does this rule apply to your efficiency?
80% of the results you achieve will come from 20% of your efforts. That 20% is your priority. When you focus most of your energy on them, you’ll achieve the ultimate level of effectiveness.
♦ Find out if procrastination is killing your happiness goals.
Tip #5. Learning To Say No
People have a deep need to be liked by others. So they go out of their way and do things to make others like them.
Egoism is often the cause of such a tendency. You care about the way people perceive you, so you accept more work than you’re capable of. You do that because you don’t want to ruin your already established impression of helpfulness.
This behavior leads to a huge problem. You aren’t able to finish all your tasks on time. And you aren’t either able to achieve the quality you’re expected to deliver. So think it over a few times before accepting a gratuitous task.
Remember, ‘Yes’ is not always the right answer.
You have free will and the right to choose. Value your time and have your priorities in mind before you accept to help others. Keep a watch that you do not compromise your efficiency.
Your saying No is going to free up time not only for yourself, but also for your close ones. You could spend those hours doing precious little things with your kids and your family. With these fun-filled social activities, you refresh your mind from stress and raise your happiness levels.Think twice before accepting a tricky offer. You have free will and the right to choose. Click To Tweet
Tip #6. Decluttering
Is your working space a complete mess?
Then it’s no wonder why you’re constantly under stress (mess >< stress; they even rhyme). You can’t be effective when you have to find your way through the clutter around you.
Take a day to bring everything back to order. Organize your documents and put every piece of paper in its place. Once you achieve order, it will be easy for you to maintain it.
You get sick by the mere thought of cleaning? That doesn’t mean you can neglect the need for order. You can hire a cleaning service that can do the hard work for you.
You could catch the #1 New York Times bestselling guide to decluttering by Marie Kondo. She takes you through her revolutionary KonMari Method for simplifying, organizing, and storing. Here’s the book: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.
Tip #7. Doing It Different
You can surely achieve notable success if you stick with a well-established routine. However, a routine has its way of undermining your efficiency.
If you don’t do anything different, you’ll soon get bored of your daily activities; no matter how committed you are to the goals you’ve set.
Try something new. Start exercising, visit new places, try exotic meals, and surpass your insecurities. Meet new people and learn from them. When you experience life in its fullness, you’ll be more capable than ever to accomplish the big goals on your list.
If you have been guilty of breaking and restarting your habit of exercise every few weeks or months, then here’s the ultimate guide: How To Make Exercise A Daily Habit.Evaluate, Plan, Delegate, Achieve. That’s Your Way to Great Success. Click To Tweet
More Success Tips: 30 Powerful Pieces of Practical Advice
And now, let’s see what success tips others suggest.
Richard Branson in a BBC article lays out his top ten tips for success:
- Follow your dreams and just do it.
- Make a positive difference and do some good.
- Believe in your ideas and be the best.
- Have fun and look after your team.
- Don’t give up.
- Make lots of lists and keep setting yourself new challenges.
- Spend time with your family and learn to delegate.
- Try turning off the TV and get out there and do things.
- When people say bad things about you, just prove them wrong.
- Do what you love and have a sofa in the kitchen.
Inga Stasiulionyte in a Success piece reveals her 10 best tips to achieve anything in life:
- Focus on commitment, not motivation.
- Seek knowledge, not results.
- Make the journey fun.
- Get rid of stagnating thoughts.
- Use your imagination.
- Stop being nice to yourself.
- Get rid of distractions.
- Don’t rely on others.
- Plan three steps ahead.
- Protect yourself from burnout.
And this is what Robert Chen, Executive Coach, shares as his best success tips:
- Add Value
- Follow Your Passion
- Be Extraordinary
- Start Now
- Hunt for Good Mentors
- Build a Support Group
- Personally Know Your Finances
- Get Help
- Learn Sales
- Be Resilient
There are periods in your life when you would rather remain passive. This state may be due to great disappointment, but it may also be a result of boredom. Whatever it is, you have to get out of it. Think about the goals you had and do your best to actualize them.
Develop a good strategy and create daily to-do lists that enable you to achieve the big goals step-by-step. Every single moment is important, so you better learn how to manage your time if you don’t want to waste your potential as a human being.
Evaluate, Plan, Delegate, Achieve. That’s Your Way to Great Success.
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Authors’ Bio: Stephanie Norman is a career writer. She writes business, creative, and academic articles. Co-written and reviewed by Sandip Roy – medical doctor, psychology writer, happiness researcher. Founder of Happiness India Project, and chief editor of its blog. He writes popular-science articles on positive psychology and related medical topics.
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Happy CNY! Normally CNY is a pretty big national holiday in Korea. Everyone gets together and indulge themselves with healthy festive foods. I didn’t use to like being called to the kitchen by my mum and aunties, which meant no playing but working. They made me open the jars of spices and sauces when they needed extra hands. We all had to sit around and make hundreds of dumplings which I was not good at and very slow. After hours of cooking, a big table full of nice food and drinks was for guys. Kids had a small table set-up next to it with less food because adults and kids don’t sit together in old days. I understand now, though, kids are messy eaters and noisy. Then of course these lucky guys just eat and leave. More work for women who didn’t even eat a proper meal because they were busy replacing the empty plates for new ones and feeding kids. I felt sorry for my mum and aunties on CNY after seeing how much physical work they actually do for a family gathering. Having said that they didn’t seem to mind at all, a lot of giggling and chit-chats happening in the kitchen. It was all about cooking with love! Oh good memories 🙂 I think some families don’t do this kind of big gatherings any more nowadays because they are busy with their life or rather want to go on overseas holiday. But really, family comes first, nothing more important than that. I would love to be back home for CNY which unfortunately I haven’t done for almost 10 years since I’m living far away from my family. So this year I’ve decided to invite some of my friends and their partners over for dinner to celebrate CNY and have a feast. Bring back my spirit of feeding “the family”!
– Black tea braised pork on rice
– Crispy potato with thyme and broccoli salad with blue cheese and mustard vinaigrette
– Caramelised carrot, dates, orange & quinoa salad with pomegranate dressing
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Title: “Worst class ever” superstition
Informant info: William Shofner is a current member of the class of 2016. He is 23 years old and is from Nashville, TN. He will be staying on campus for a fifth year to complete the B.E. degree. On campus, he is involved with Phi Delta Alpha fraternity and is a former rugby player.
Type of lore: Customary, superstition, verbal, insult
Country of Origin: United States
Social / Cultural Context: William was interviewed alone at Dartmouth College. He is a current student and has experienced the bonfire ritual four times (each of his four years at Dartmouth). He will be spending next fall at Dartmouth to complete the engineering B.E., and plans to attend the bonfire again.
Item: This superstition is associated with the ability of the freshman class to execute the bonfire ritual successfully. If the class is unable to do so, they are deemed the “worst class ever” by the upperclassmen and the alumni. This is especially the case if at least one member of the freshman class does not touch the fire. The term is also used as a taunt directed toward the freshmen. As the freshmen run around the bonfire, the upperclassmen and alumni yell at them that they are the “worst class ever.”
Transcript (if verbal lore):
What special traditions are related to the bonfire? Freshman year, everyone in your dorm goes outside and gets grouped together. An entire larger group starts going around campus and everyone gets picked up from their dorm. You’re led through Main Street and are brought to the bonfire. They light it and you start running around. You are encouraged to run around your class year +100 times, but very few people outside the cross country team do that. As the freshmen run around the fire, the upperclassmen taunt and harass them, yelling at them that they are the worst class ever. Every class has to have one person touch the fire. You’re encouraged to do it because if no one does, you’re the worst class ever. You can really only touch it right at the beginning. After that it’s too hot and there might not be enough people so you would get caught. Different clubs and groups on campus have panels that go into building the fire. The freshmen need to build the fire successfully or they will be considered the worst class ever.
Are there any stories you heard before/after homecoming about things that happened? I heard that someone touched the fire right at the beginning.
Where did you hear these stories? Mostly from other people in the freshman class.
Informant’s comments: The informant was a member of the rugby team his freshman year, but noted that the rugby team did not have any specific team traditions related to homecoming.
Collector’s comments: The informant has spent four years at Dartmouth and has gained a detailed understanding of homecoming traditions in that time.
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The Zia Native Americans of New Mexico regard the sun as a sacred symbol and the Zia symbol is on the New Mexico state flag. It is said to symbolize the four winds, four seasons, four directions, and four stages of life. The circular crystal brings the four groups of four together. Dimensions: 1.023"Hx 0.59"W Stone diameter: 5mm
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Does Everyone with a Small Bowel Obstruction Need a Nasogastric Tube? What Is the Safest Way to Place It?
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Nasogastric (NG) intubation is a common practice in conservative management of small bowel obstruction. When indicated, it can provide patients symptomatic relief and lead to improved measurement of gastrointestinal losses, allowing for adequate fluid repletion. However, NG tubes have been associated with increased respiratory failure in patients without emesis and carry significant risks if malpositioned or used for a prolonged duration. NG tubes are generally warranted in symptomatic patients but should be considered on a case-by-case basis for asymptomatic patients.
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I have a confession to make: I hadn’t heard of this film, or its (supposedly much better-known) 1959 remake until blog reader Kenneth J Narde mentioned it in a comment regarding my introductory post for Food and Food Movie month on Dustedoff. Kenneth wrote of pancakes—and I was immediately sold. I am a pancake fan, you see. I love pancakes in all their many avatars, from crepes to those buttery, maple-syrup laden stacks…
… which are what hold centre stage in Imitation of Life. Because Bea Pullman (Claudette Colbert), a widow with an infant daughter, Jessie (Juanita Quigley, utterly adorable), to bring up all by herself, makes ends meet by selling bottles of maple syrup. It was what Bea’s husband used to do, and now Bea is doing it too, trying desperately to hold body and soul together. It’s an uphill task: little Jessie hates to be left at the day nursery, Bea has to race to do housework and look after Jessie and get ready for work.
In the midst of all of this, a stranger rings the doorbell. Delilah Johnson (Louise Beavers) is looking for an address, and has turned up at Bea’s doorstep by mistake. Just as the misunderstanding has been sorted out and Delilah is leaving, there’s a huge splash and a scream from upstairs—Jessie, reaching into the bathtub to get her rubber duck, has fallen in. No harm done—she’s not hurt or anything—but she’s very wet. Now Bea has a lot more work to do.
When she comes downstairs, it’s to find that Delilah has taken things in hand and got some spills cleaned up in the kitchen. When Delilah suggests Bea take her on as help, Bea is reluctant: though she would welcome the help—and Delilah seems very competent—she cannot afford it. No, no, says Delilah. All she wants is boarding and lodging for herself and her daughter, Peola. Little Peola, who (unknown to Bea) has been waiting outside all this while, is ushered in. She’s surprisingly fair, and Delilah explains that Peola takes after her father—he was the same.
Bea, both beguiled by Delilah (and perhaps partly gently bull-dozed by her too), as well as realizing the sheer practicality of what Delilah suggests, gives in. So Delilah and Peola move in, and Delilah takes over. The two girls go to school, Delilah looks after home, Bea goes out peddling her maple syrup.
One morning, eating Delilah’s fabulous pancakes for breakfast, Bea wonders what the secret to the pancakes is, and is told that there is a secret. Passed down from Delilah’s grandmother to Delilah’s mother, and to her, Delilah. She whispers it to Bea.
And Bea, passing an empty boardwalk space later in the day, has a brainwave. They will set up a store, Delilah and she. They will sell pancakes with maple syrup.
Even before she can go home and propose the idea to Delilah (which says a lot about the way African-Americans were treated even by the most ‘liberated’ of whites back in the 1930s), Bea jumps in. She collars the owner and fixes up a lease (which takes into account that she has very little ready money to pay for anything right now) for the space.
A bewildered but enthusiastic Delilah is brought to the place later, and while Delilah gets down to cleaning up their future store, Bea goes hammer and tongs at the painter and the furniture man, quickly and efficiently getting them to agree to her terms—all of which mean that she will pay them the bare minimum, and that too over several months or years or whatever it takes.
While their respective mothers are hard at work, Peola and Jessie are growing up. One day, they come home with Peola in tears, indignant and distressed because Jessie called her black. Jessie gets ticked off for being rude, and Delilah tries to explain to Peola that there’s nothing wrong in that; after all, beneath her skin, Peola is black. She may not look it, but that’s the truth. Peola isn’t convinced; already this child is realizing that, fair-skinned as she is, she is caught between two worlds.
The difference between black and white is brought forth even more forcefully one rainy day when Delilah, fearing that Peola will get wet coming home in the rain, goes to her daughter’s school carrying raincoat and boots. The teacher—who’s never met Peola’s mother—is puzzled when Delilah explains the errand she’s come on. But there are no coloured children in her class, the teacher says. Peola, having spotted her mother, has already hidden her face behind her book, but Delilah sees her and identifies her. Peola escapes and runs off into the rain, chased by the horrified comments and jeers of her classmates.
Even as the business prospers and grows, with ‘Aunt Delilah’s Pancakes’ proving a big hit, Peola becomes more and more miserable.
On the same rainy day that Peola finds herself torn between her real self and the one she’s carefully nurtured for the benefit of her schoolmates, another important incident occurs. A passerby (whom, subsequently, we are introduced to as being Elmer Smith, played by Ned Sparks) chances on the pancake store. He doesn’t have money to buy any pancakes, but Bea, who’s managing the store on her own while Delilah is away at Peola’s school, takes pity on him. She makes him some pancakes, and he loves them so much that he gives her some advice: box them. Package the flour and sell it; it’ll bring in far more money than this store.
Bea is canny and ambitious and good at recognizing a useful idea. So, the next thing we see, packets of ‘Aunt Delilah’s Pancake Flour’ are being boxed, and soon it’s big business. Bea, with Elmer Smith now as an employee of hers, becomes so wealthy that she’s able to afford a large mansion and many other luxuries; Jessie goes off to a fancy school; and Delilah, who owns 20% of the shares in Bea’s company, refuses to buy her own house and car, because she doesn’t want to leave Bea.
At a grand party she hosts, Bea meets—and immediately falls for—Elmer Smith’s friend, Stephen Archer (Warren William), an ichthyologist. The feeling is mutual: Stephen too falls in love with her pretty much at first sight, and it’s not long before he proposes to her.
But while Bea and Stephen bask in their love and their plans for a happy future, somebody in Bea’s house is desperately unhappy. Peola (now Fredi Washington) is torn, more torn than she was as a child. She looks in the mirror and sees a white woman. But she isn’t white; she is black, as her bewildered mother keeps reminding Peola.
Bea, seeing her old friend’s misery and helplessness, suggests Peola be sent off to one of those Southern colleges, where she’ll be surrounded by blacks. Perhaps that will help? Delilah, convinced of the soundness of this plan, agrees, and Peola, distressed and no less confused than before, goes away.
Jessie, who’s at school and will soon be going to college, comes home for a visit. In anticipation of her return, Bea cautions Stephen: let’s not tell Jessie about us yet. Jessie and Bea have always been the only ones together in their little family; to suddenly find that her mother is getting married and that she’s going to have a stepfather might be too much for Jessie. They should let Jessie get to know Stephen, get to like him, before breaking the news.
But the best-laid plans of mice and men, as they say… Bea’s and Delilah’s intentions for their respective daughters are nothing but the best. For these two women, their daughters are their world. However, circumstances, and the fact that Jessie and Peola are human beings, adults with their own emotions and feelings, conspire to upturn everything Bea and Delilah have hoped for.
What I liked about this film:
The story, which was an unusual one. Two women holding centre stage, and their relationships with their daughters forming the pivotal part of the plot: now that’s not something I’ve come across too often. The scripting was good, too, with the relationships—building up or deteriorating—coming across as believable (the only exception for me was the romance between Bea and Stephen: that happened too quickly to be credible).
Claudette Colbert as Bea and Fredi Washington as Peola. These two, in particular, stand out as interesting characters, and well portrayed.
What I didn’t like:
First off, let me admit that I’d thought there would be a good bit of racism in this film, considering the way it started off. And there was—in the way Delilah always sits up front with the chauffeur in the car while Bea sits at the back; the way the school teacher regards Delilah with astonishment when she comes looking for her daughter in the class; and other instances. That said, I loved the warmth that develops between Bea and Delilah, and to some extent, between Jessie and Peola—but one can never overlook the fact that the ‘black-is-black, white-is-white and never the twain can meet’ thought is there. Decidedly so (and it’s brought home even more forcefully towards the end of the film, when one is reminded that one’s place is in one’s place: blacks should remember they’re black).
But that’s also so confusing—and thought-provoking—because I also agree that one shouldn’t be ashamed of what one truly is. For me, there is something wrong in trying to hide one’s true ethnicity. Then, on the other hand, if one’s true origins leave one open to being humiliated and insulted just because of that matter of race, does the pretence become somehow valid? Imitation of Life does throw up several questions around the matter of race, none of which I could answer for sure, even for myself.
The other irritant for me was relatively minor. I do, do wish Fredi Washington’s role had been bigger, the dilemma Peola faces examined more deeply, shown more from her point of view. Too little of what the adult Peola faces, how she fares at college, what happens there, is shown (in fact, nothing is shown of Peola’s time at college). I was left with a feeling of incompleteness when it came to Peola—I could feel for her, because she was confused and frustrated, but before that feeling could build up into a complete sympathy for the girl, the film had turned it around to make Peola the bad one, the one to be blamed.
But, on the whole, a good film, and a thought-provoking one. Next, I’ll be watching the 1959 Imitation of Life, and doing a comparison of these two films to see which one is better. Watch this space!
Little bit of trivia:
Unlike the fair-skinned black woman ashamed to be thought of as black in Imitation of Life, Fred Washington, in real life, was very proud of her African heritage. She was the co-founder and head of the Negro Actors Guild, which worked to promote fair employment for African-Americans in the entertainment industry. Interestingly enough, her fair skin and green eyes drew attention from several would-be supporters who wanted to pass her off as white in films; Washington turned them down and refused to be recognized as anything but African-American. | <urn:uuid:9c9cdbef-24ec-40b2-95bc-ee7d2a206e41> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://madhulikaliddle.com/2018/11/17/imitation-of-life-1934/ | 2020-09-28T05:13:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600401585213.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20200928041630-20200928071630-00198.warc.gz | en | 0.971476 | 2,665 |
"The answer to that one is, never. The ship blew up in space; fifty years' effort and fifteen hundred people gone, like that." Kalvar Dard snapped his fingers. "So now, they'll try to keep Doorsha habitable for a few more thousand years by irrigation, and forget about immigrating to Tareesh."
"Well, maybe, in a hundred thousand years, our descendants will build a ship and go to Doorsha, then," Olva considered.
"Our descendants?" Eldra looked at her in surprize. "You mean, then...?"
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Kyna chuckled. "Eldra, you are an awful innocent, about anything that doesn't have a breech-action or a recoil-mechanism," she said. "Why do you think the women on this expedition outnumbered the men seven to five, and why do you think there were so many obstetricians and pediatricians in the med. staff? We were sent out to put a human population on Tareesh, weren't we? Well, here we are." | <urn:uuid:bcd8a67a-61fd-4151-a0bf-34a46b7b65dc> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://manybooks.net/titles/piperh1810518105.html | 2020-09-28T06:24:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600401585213.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20200928041630-20200928071630-00198.warc.gz | en | 0.979399 | 228 |
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The resumption of forex sales to the Bureau De Change operators by the Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday , beginning from today will strengthen the exchange rate of the naira to the dollar according to the operators.
In a circular, the CBN had announced plans to resume sale of foreign exchange to BDCs today as part of effort to enhance accessibility to foreign exchange.
The naira, which traded on the parallel market at N420 to a dollar on Friday sold for N480 a week earlier.
The President, Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria, Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, expressed support for the CBN action on forex sale.
“The anticipated intervention in the BDC sector will ensure stability in the foreign exchange market,” he said.
According to him, speculators in the forex market had been dealt a huge blow with the sharp drop in the exchange rate, which he said would continue a downward trend with the resumption of international flights in and out of the country.
The Director, Corporate Communications Department at the CBN, Isaac Okorafor, assured that those requiring foreign exchange for purposes of travel, educational fees and other invisibles could obtain such over the counter from their respective banks.
- Laycon wins Big Brother Naija Season 5
- Convoy of Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, was again attacked on Sunday
- Investigation: The Ex-Boko Haram Fighters, eluding detection, start a new life in Kaduna, Kano, and Abuja
- “We are saddened by this dastardly attack” – APC Governors on Babagana Zulum’s Convoy
- Increased tariff: Lai Mohammed says the previous administration created problem in power sector
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- In Kaduna, govt reportedly jettisons report because Zazzau kingmakers are allegedly ‘buying votes’
- Nigeria Labour Congress Insist on strike action
- House of Representatives has waded into the crisis between FG and NLC
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Hylan Blvd SBS Relies More on Fast Payment and Signals, Less on Bus Lanes
When it comes to Staten Island, the Department of Transportation and MTA are considering a different model for Select Bus Service.
The service planned for Hylan Boulevard will provide dedicated bus lanes for less of the route than on existing SBS lines, but high-tech features like transit-friendly traffic lights and even a possible pilot of smart card fare payment technology will be included.
Bus service along Hylan Boulevard is an essential lifeline for transit riders on Staten Island. Sixteen thousand local bus riders travel on the street every weekday, as do another 15,000 express bus riders. One-third of all Staten Island bus commuters live along the corridor. Those numbers might be even higher if transit service weren’t so slow. Almost three-quarters of transit commuters in the area have trips longer than an hour.
A final plan hasn’t been prepared for the new bus service, but DOT and the MTA presented the basic concept at a public meeting last Thursday [PDF]. The project is scheduled to be implemented in 2012 or 2013.
Unlike on the existing Select Bus Service routes on Fordham Road and First and Second Avenue, DOT is not planning to paint dedicated bus lanes along most of the route. Instead, they’re installing bus lanes in the three most congested areas: a roughly two-mile stretch toward the northern end of the route; the area where the S79 bus turns off Hylan and toward the Staten Island Mall; and near the entrance to the mall itself.
The Staten Island service will have a number of features not found in Manhattan and the Bronx, however. “Advance signals” will allow buses to stop a little further forward at an intersection than private vehicles. Currently, buses stopped at the curb and cars trying to turn right have to weave past each other; with advance signals, there’s room to separate the movements, speeding up traffic. The advance signal could also let buses jump to the front of the queue at certain red lights.
Another feature, transit signal priority, holds green lights a few extra seconds when a bus is approaching, giving precedence to vehicles carrying dozens of people rather than one or two. When tested out on Staten Island’s Victory Boulevard, it shaved ten percent of the time off bus trips (and five percent of the time off private automobile trips). This spring’s update of PlaNYC promised that eleven bus routes across the city will get transit signal priority. Hylan Boulevard will be one of them.
Perhaps even more intriguing, Hylan Boulevard might be the site for a pilot of the MTA’s long-awaited smart card fare payment system. Nothing’s been finalized yet, said a DOT spokesperson, but the pilot might start on the Hylan Boulevard SBS when it launches.
Real-time arrival information is also coming to all Staten Island buses by the end of the year, including Hylan Boulevard.
The MTA will replace the local S79 service with the Select Bus Service, which will stop less frequently in order to move faster. The S54 and S78 local buses, which run along the S79 route, will pick up the slack for the local, with service adjusted as necessary.
At the same time as it improves the bus service, DOT will also be using the corridor redesign as an opportunity to improve pedestrian safety. Along the route, DOT plans to extend existing medians into the crosswalk to create pedestrian refuges, and to add pedestrian ramps and sidewalks near bus stops that currently lack them.
Some bus stops will also be relocated to improve safety. The Brooklyn-bound bus stop at Richmond and Yukon Avenues, for example, might be moved from the side of the road to the center pedestrian island, a DOT representative said. Since the right side of the street has neither buildings nor a sidewalk, moving the stop to the median would allow for a better waiting area and reduce crossing distances for bus riders, who currently must cross the entire street. | <urn:uuid:d6d3d84f-43f2-47df-8a18-540e16d98be3> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2011/09/22/hylan-blvd-sbs-relies-more-on-fast-payment-and-signals-less-on-bus-lanes/ | 2020-09-28T06:07:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600401585213.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20200928041630-20200928071630-00198.warc.gz | en | 0.931882 | 828 |
Welcome to our third Latin workshop. We continue with the last segment of this series of exercises BUT…be aware that there are many many many more variations in this study. Our next exercises takes us to the realm of 4 bar cycles.
The term 4 bar cycle simply means that this phrase is spread over 4 bars. These cycles are very important. Longer cycles provide a basis for a vast amount of vocabulary and really help your ability to “feel” the timeline. Remember that the point of all these exercises is rhythmic ear training. Independence is almost a side issue that gets worked very nicely, but the main focus is on your hearing. The learning curve for the western player wishing to learn these styles is shortened through the study of rhythm. These phrases we are studying now are the foundation of the vocabulary you will be using in the music. Think of them as the alphabet. Later you will be able to structure cohesive phrasing (sentences) through a wide variety of African descent styles.
Vocabulary is an integral part of playing this music. When you finally get to play Latin styles in a band, you will see that it wont work to well to play patterns like you would in Funk or Rock. Latin music is to a very large degree improvisational.
For example: if you are playing a Samba groove. It won’t work very well to just repeat one pattern over and over through the whole song. Like in Jazz, your phrasing must propel the music forward, create tension and release and of course support the other players during the solos and different parts of the song. That’s why you have to start from here. Knowing 1 or even 20 Brazilian, Afro Cuban, Colombian etc etc patterns won’t do you much good if it’s hard to function within the music. The challenge for us coming from a western music background is to absorb this vocabulary. That challenge has been solved by using this system of study.
In your general approach to this music it’s better to start from the source. Not from the result. Thus…we have the phrasing of African music. A beautiful, wondrous, mind opening and physically challenging phrasing to play.
You will notice that these exercises are structured the same as the last. Timeline patterns with the hands, Hi Hat playing on the main pulses. Bass drum playing the phrases. If you are having a hard time with this, my suggestion is, practice one measure at a time. Loop it and repeat it until it’s in your hands. Then Add another measure, and another. Slowly making progress and letting the phrases sink into you. This is a bit extreme but it works. VERY important – Make sure you always listen to the melodies of the cycles and play them through to their completion. Don’t end up with just 2 or 3 measures of this exercise. Patience, confidence, determination, and it will come together.
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Benchmark Email pricing is based on two plans: Free and Pro (starts at $13.99/month depending on the number of subscribers). The main differences between the plans include the monthly email limit and type of customer support as well as access to premium features such as A/B testing, targeted emailing, automation, and more.
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Users who gave positive Benchmark Email reviews online described it as a simple and effective email marketing tool. They also liked its customizable templates and multilingual functionality. Most of them appreciate its free plan and good customer support.
“If you have something to sell, an idea to promote, or a service to offer, you may need email marketing to do things well, creating quality and flashy emails that work. Save time. Save money. Get your message across the world. Benchmark Email has a free version with capacity for 2,000 contacts and 14,000 shipments per month, with autoresponders, with visual sales funnels, good prices, good technical support Perfect for blogs, web or online stores.”
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Users who gave negative Benchmark Email reviews online said that its user interface can be confusing. Some suggested improvements in its drag-and-drop editor and wished for additional templates. Others reported bugs in the system and problems in uploading contact lists.
One user who gave a negative Benchmark Email review on Capterra said that he has to send several test emails to make sure that the functions are correct. He added that the same email delivered to different members of his team showed up differently or had different links. He also mentioned that its image editor is not that great. Lastly, he complained that he sometimes has to upload contact lists multiple times.
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To have a conversion focused site you will certainly need these web site builder tools to capture leads better and to have beautiful looking web pages.
Just utilizing WordPress or a drag and decrease builder is insufficient. You require to have the best WP theme or the right software to have a pixel excellent web site.
You intend to have the ability to have the possibility to catch every site visitor that involves your site. In order to do this, you need the ideal online marketing devices to accomplish this.
So today we are going to allow you recognize what is the best WordPress style to make this occur or if you’re a person that makes use of a drag and decrease builder the most effective digital marketing platform that will give you with a business chance.
Capturing leads is very essential because you require to obtain these site visitors on your email marketing checklist so you can build count on with them. Simply think about it. If you can improve your lead capture by also a little 10% over an amount of time can pay you huge dividends.
Allow’s say you get 1200 visitors to your website during a whole year. If you can catch 2% of those leads then you are a little over the standard of around 1%. That indicates you are doing rather good.
That only provides you 24 leads. That is why you must have the ability to record even more leads. Even if you have around 10% that still leaves you with 120 causes market as well.
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There are around 30% of all websites constructed making use of WordPress and also a lot of do not even recognize what WP theme to make use of. You will find some bloated down themes that have really little rate. That ought to be one more factor to consider when picking a WordPress style.
Another essential aspect is the themes concentrated on capturing leads. If it is not after that you can think about switching over to a far better theme. One that can give you an opportunity to generate even more leads as well as has the rate you require. Normally holding will certainly play a huge component in your WordPress web site speed.
A great deal of individuals purchase low-cost common WordPress hosting. Large firms that are only curious about earning a profit for their investors.
Firms like Go Dad, Host Gator, and also Bluehost are all at the bottom of the list. They are the most awful organizing firms and also generally, the customer care draws.
You can find out who offers the most effective hosting elected by consumers at the Trust fund Pilot site as well as you’ll discover those firms we simply discussed at the end of the list.
We only advise 2 hosting firms as well as they are SiteGround and WPX organizing for WordPress.
They have the rate you require, fantastic customer care, as well as are ranked by customers on top. Successive let’s discuss drag and also drop web site builders. They all have site structure software program. Once again most are just searching for profit for the investors.
Duda mobile is probably the fastest we have actually seen. Then there is a business called Builderall that has the most effective value when you’re looking to build a pixel best site.
They also have several web site builder devices that you will certainly locate you require to have an extra conversion focused site. This is a smaller sized firm that you may wish to have a look at.
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Thrive styles only recommends 2 hosting firms. The same two organizing business that we utilize, SiteGround and also WPX.
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The best worth for the internet site software application and also plugins features an annual subscription since you obtain all of the plugins and also the Thrive Engineer aesthetic editor they have for your website.
From headline A/B testing, landing page templates, cleaver widgets, photo optimization, as well as other amazing features that you offer you a notch up on the competitors.
You also obtain a live sneak peek to make alterations utilizing tablets or mobile phones. Including padding, margins, details shade to aspects on the web page has never ever been less complicated utilizing Thrive Themes.
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They supply lots of online marketing devices for you to choose from. All the digital marketing tools you need to start an on the internet business. Builderall even includes an email auto-responder called the Mailing Boss. Discussing value. You can pretty much get whatever with the Digital Marketing Strategy that runs $29.90.
You can likewise move it up a notch if you desire everything and to open their 2 tier affiliate marketing commissions. That is what sets them aside from other affiliate programs.
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You can take Builderall for a 7-day examination drive as well as figure out for yourself if you want even more information.
We have actually been looking into their platform ourselves to get more information about the software program and also their digital marketing devices. Go examine it out as well as see how we made a conversion concentrated web site making use of the drag as well as decrease builder at the Biz Builder Website.
We do not such as recommending things unless we have actually used it or done a hell of a lot of study on a product or service. You can likewise take the training program.
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We have to add this in since you want to record leads. You need to have an email auto-responder to send your leads info you want them to have.
Normally, you do not want to send them a bunch of affiliate web links. Send those future clients value. Offer them services to the issues they have.
Remember this is when you require to develop that trust factor. Send them 3-5 e-mails that use worth and then struck them up with an offer. The solution we suggest is AWeber.
Why did we select AWeber? Because they have the best open rates in the business period. Why send an e-mail if it does not also have a chance at obtaining read.
You can look Google and also you will certainly find that AWeber is the best period. After you catch an e-mail address from a site visitor that goes to your site you want that individual to read the message you’re sending them.
We assumed that would certainly be a fantastic suggestion before you capture their email that possibly you should send them to a thank you web page and introduce on your own. Then let them understand what they require to do. Like go and open that e-mail you simply sent them.
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It appears no matter what specific niche you remain in people want to know just how you build that stunning internet site and the tools that you are utilizing.
All the internet site builder tools we use as well as have spoken about have affiliate marketing programs. Yes, these companies will certainly pay you a commission if you put in the time as well as register for their programs.
Every business pays a various amount as well as has their very own conditions. You’ll need to inspect that out on you’re own. Similar to our site below at Mobile Biz Buzz.
Several of the web links that you might have clicked is using our affiliate web links. If you acquire an item from any one of our web links we may earn a commission. Nothing wrong with assisting us out. You do not pay essentially when utilizing our web links.
It’s just a firms means to pay us for referring people to wonderful items. We do not suggest any type of business that we feel isn’t worth it. Try and also use the products that you recommend to ensure that you know they supply an excellent value.
We have seen individuals promote simple old junk just to obtain a commission. That’s BS. Simply can not do that myself.
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As a Digital Transformation Partner, SCHIFFL IT Service GmbH supports companies into the digital future.
Being part of the SCHIFFL Group, the company is headquartered in Hamburg with further branches in Germany, Austria, and Belgium.
As a long-standing VMware Principal Partner and Microsoft Premium Partner, we deliver a range of services and solutions that includes private Cloud Computing, Security Computing, Managed Services, Private and Public Hosting, as well as Azure AD services.
Working at SCHIFFL
A considerable amount of time is spent with colleagues, customers, and business partners. Therefore, we want you to feel comfortable while doing so. The foundations for this are mutual respect, open and honest communication also an appreciation of work and performance. We place great value on good teamwork and are constantly striving to uphold it.
We let actions speak for themselves
We do not only talk about good teamwork; we also act accordingly. Through liability with a structure, you can rely on our statement—whether to customers, partners, employees, or colleagues. We communicate clearly and comprehensibly. We maintain a sustainable, social, and ecological culture: we take care of the social concerns of our employees and ensure that natural and material resources are used responsibly.
Appreciation has a special meaning for us: We at SCHIFFL are a team that supports and respects each other. Become a part of this team! In addition to the advertised positions, we also welcome unsolicited applications.
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We welcome every personality!
The latter counts much more than your qualification, so we are also open to lateral entrants. We are more than glad to support you in your further development.
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The historical archive keeps and preserves the memory of the activities by the Italian Geographical Society since its foundation. It contains valuable documentation on the history of the Institute and on its relationships with geographers, explorers, travelers and scientists. Among those who upheld the name of the Society, whose historical documents are preserved in the archive, we can list Orazio Antinori, Giacomo Bove, Ermanno Stradelli, Vittorio Bottego, Umberto Nobile, Giotto Dainelli, Filippo de Filippi.
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For consulting the Archive’s sources, along with other 14 institutions adhering to the Archivi del Novecento program, the Society has chosen the archival application “Collective Access”. The Historical Archives of the Adhering institutions will be included in the new thematic portal of the SAN (Sistema Archivistico Nazionale) of the Direzione Generale degli Archivi.
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Do you love Iron Man series? If yes then you must be a huge fan of Tony Stark! However, have you ever thought of making a real-life iron man suit? Actually, Vimal Govin Manikandan and Indian student certainly did.
Indian Engineering Student Builds a Real-Life Iron Man suit for just $750
Vimal Govin Manikandan is a young Indian engineering student of MES College of Engineering in Kerala. He has built a battery-powered real life Ironman suit using an exoskeleton technology.
Lets know what Exoskeleton technology is? It is a wearable mobile machine that is powered by a system of motors, pneumatics, levers, hydraulics or a combination of technologies that allow for limb movement, increased strength, and endurance.
Vimal Govin Manikandan new suit weighs around 100KG and it can lift up to 150KG with the help of battery-powered pressurised air chambers. However, due to heavy weight, it can’t fly and can hardly walk. However, Vimal and his team managed to develop a unique way to control a robotic suit.
When Vimal Govin Manikandan was asked about the inspiration to build this kind of suit. He said that he was highly inspired by some Hollywood movies like Avatar and Avengers which shows machines that are specially designed for military use.
Vimal Govin Manikandan has cleared his all motives behind creating this type of suit he says that he don’t have any plans to turn himself into a superhero and even said that the suit may turn to be very useful mainly in defence.
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I had a great time at Freethought Festival 2012 (FTF1) in Madison, Wisconsin. Y’all. Seriously. If you’re active in the atheist online community and want to get more involved in person “on the ground”, if you’re looking to connect with other freethinkers, if you want to compare notes with other organizations and people from other parts of the country, you gotta, gotta, gotta get to a conference.
Next weekend the Hubby and I are road-tripping down to Madison, Wisconsin for Freethought Festival 2012. The event is being organized by the Madison Coalition of Reason, a group of seven individual organizations in the Madison area (thatsa lotta freethought groups in one area!). The speaker lineup is amazing, there’s going to be an off-site concert called Reasonate on Saturday night, and admission is free.
If I’m reading the registration page correctly, the festival is filling up fast, and today is the last day to sign up for the speaker luncheon, so if you’re in the midwest and want to hear some incredible talks on theocracy in government, diversity in the movement, the relationship between skepticism and atheism, and more, go REGISTER soon! | <urn:uuid:0e0a6f78-7517-4a11-9c4e-1fcad1f28707> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://the-orbit.net/biodork/tag/madison-wisconsin/ | 2020-09-28T06:56:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600401585213.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20200928041630-20200928071630-00198.warc.gz | en | 0.937075 | 267 |
Is there not ANYTHING Donald Glover CAN’T DO? Rapper, singer, writer, comedian, VISIONARY!!
Glover has TEAMED with Adidas to launch his line of FOOTWEAR. To COINCIDE with this release, Glover curated a series of short films in partnership with Adidas Originals for the launch of his shoe line. Aptly titled Donald Glover Presents, the shoe line will be a reimagining of three classic Adidas shoes: the Nizza, the Continental 80 and the Lacombe. In total, there are five short films: “Timber,” “1985,” “Avocado,” “Dusty” and “Polenta.”
As if GLOVER and SHOE LINE were not enough, he tapped Academy-Award winning actress and comedian Mo’Nique to be featured in each short and their PAIRING is COMEDIC GOLD!
Mo’Nique STEALS the show everytime. Check them OUT!
Glover went on to DISCUSS the concept of the ADS:
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Make This Fuzzy Little Knitted Shapka For The Whole Family
While this fuzzy little knitted shapka looks cute on babies and kids, this will be an amusing hat for adults too.
A shapka is a big furry hat in Ukrainian and this version is perfect for everyone in the family.
This knitted shapka is very easy to knit and will be a great starting project for beginner knitters.
The instructions given in the FREE knitting pattern are to make this knitted hat in 5 sizes. These sizes are tiny (newborn), small (3 to 6 months), medium (6 to 18 months), large (toddler to preschooler) and XL (adult).
Jennifer Shapka created the design for this lovely little knitted toque.
Download the FREE pattern for this cute knitted shapka and start knitting this hat for the whole family.
To download the FREE knitting pattern for this adorable fuzzy little knitted shapka, click here: Fuzzy Little Shapka Pattern.
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Chocolatier, Lawyer, and Monk. These are distinct and separate roles and titles, some of which Shawn has held in the past and holds now.
Shawn is the founder of Askinosie chocolate, a chocolate factory that practices direct trade, profit sharing with farmers, as well as a variety of social endeavors.
He is also the author of a fantastic book called, Meaningful Work: A Quest to Do Great Business, Find Your Calling, and Feed Your Soul— a book that everyone listening is likely to enjoy.
We got to dig into his journey into chocolate, his thoughts on vocation and how to find it, and the important distinction between doing and being.
Listen in here:
In this episode you’ll learn:
- What does Shawn do?
- What is the difference between being and doing?
- What is the challenge to him by a monastery brother?
- How to determine our true self?
- How did Shawn get
towhere he is now?
- What were his pivotal career moments?
- Shawn shares a bit of his book.
- Shawn’s words to offer for the people who are lost like he was before.
- Shawn’s wisdom to people who are looking for what to do next.
- How Shawn discerns the moments of calling.
- What is the Paschal mystery and why it matters to Shawn.
- How to turn
sufferinginto a calling.
- His vision for his chocolate factory?
- How to pursue your personal vocation and still work or do business.
- Shawn’s thoughts on the the myth in social entrepreneurship today
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Dawn Richard finally gets to focus on her debut album, GoldenHeart! After her days with Danity Kane were over she quickly jumped on Diddy’s Last Train to Paris as part of Dirty Money. But now it's all about Dawn! Tonight she's stopping by 106 & Park to premiere her music video for her first official single, “SMFU (Save Me From U).” Before she hits the 106 stage take a look at one of her last appearances with Diddy — Dirty Money on the big show.
Watch Dawn Richard premiere “SMFU (Save Me From U)” tonight on 106 & Park at 6P/5C!
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We also provided support for the neonatal units collecting and delivering human milk to give premature babies the best start in life.
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Philadelphia songwriter/producer Delv releases her ethereal track “Two Shadows” off her recent album “Waning”. While incorporating serene acoustic guitar and Delv’s angelic vocals, she decided to broaden her sound with the addition of electronic production through vibrant soundscapes and harmonic synths. While sharing introspective stories that come straight from the heart, Delv is back at it again with her recent hit “Two Shadows”. Chills run up our spine as Delve serenades us with her vocals full of breath and peace. By bringing in her folk influences, she’s able to translate the poise of folk music while giving it her own spin through surreal acoustic guitar and lush vocals.
Starting out with pensive and heartfelt acoustic guitar picking, “Two Shadows” maintains this dreamy instrumentation throughout the entirety of the song, giving it nothing but emotion and depth. As Delv’s delicate vocals take the stage, her layered vocals let out a placid and transcendent harmony that expands the song even more. What we’ve noticed so far is Delv’s ability to shine a light on vulnerable emotions and connect with her audience on a cerebral level. She sings heartfelt lyrics of not wanting a relationship to run its course and taking time to smell the roses with her partner. “Two Shadows” shares the infinite and deep running emotions that Delv intends to portray, yet that we can also relate to.
You can listen to "Two Shadows" here.
Hey Delv, welcome to BuzzMusic! Your recent hit “Two Shadows” brings us a sense of calm during these unpredictable days. Could you expand on where Delv found inspiration for the song's message and overall atmosphere?
This song is actually about my husband. We found each other during a really transitional and vague moment in both of our lives. And we were nightcrawlers at the time, falling in love and exploring the depths of ourselves and our new relationship during after hours. I wrote about what it was like to fall in love with him, to find solace and safety in just being inside of that feeling even if there was no direction.
The experience of being in love really actually makes everything else that used to feel important just melt away. I think that’s what I really wanted to talk about. About how no other goal, achievement, or direction mattered as long as I got to wander inside the present with him. Just two figures dancing. I want to bring that sort of presence to everything I do.
At the time I wrote this song, it was also raining for like a week in LA which is so rare and lovely. I love the rain because it gives you permission to be slow and introspective. LA is always so sunny and fast-paced. I took advantage of that time and really reflected on what was in my heart at the moment. I’m sure that the rain translated into a calm feeling in the song.
Speaking on your song “Two Shadows”, the underlying instrumentation sounds to be at a minimum, letting your vocals stand strong and clear. Why did Delv want to create more of an acoustic sounding folk song, rather than adding in your notable electronic production?
Something about this piece felt like it grew from a deeper, more delicate root in me. So, I chose for it to be distinct from the others. I also wanted the listener to feel like I was speaking directly to them and didn’t want to muddle the vulnerability with too much instrumentation. When there are fewer distractions, there’s really no choice but to listen to the steady letter I was reading aloud throughout the song.
We’ve heard hat Delv strives to incorporate atmospheres (whether positive or negative) that reflect human vulnerability. Could you share how Delv went through with this on your song “Two Shadows’?
It’s hard to answer this because all of the creative choices I make are always in the moment. So, I guess that would innately make it vulnerable. But, the first thing that comes to my mind is that I usually know I’m going to keep a song if I drop a tear or two when I write it. That sounds cheesy, but it's a legitimate part of my creative process. I have no control over it, it gets pulled directly from my guts. And that’s when I know it's genuine.
For this song, I really just tuned in to whatever the song needed. This one asked me to be quiet, so I was. And I always try to incorporate atmospheric sounds that add to the texture and feel of a piece, like the backdrop of a painting. I think if my sound was painted it would be watercolor. Not really distinct or driving, not always with precision or within my full control, but the soundscapes are there to aid the overall emotion of a song.
In regards to your debut album “Waning”, you’ve mentioned that the project’s story is one of introspection, uncertainty and evolving towards a sense of self. What does Delv want your audience to takeaway for the album as a whole, and what songs stand out for you the most?
If I were to pick one song, though, that I think lyrically represents the whole album it would be “Back of My Hands”. The piece takes you through the idea of all the lives and deaths we experience in one lifetime. The shedding, the intense moment of a realization, and the rebirth. And that’s what growth is, really. It’s letting go of something old, an idea or a habit, so you can invite something new. Even if that experience is painful, it is necessary. And that’s really what the album is about, it’s all about the experience of transitions, growth, and transformation. Whatever that means to each person.
There’s a Tibetan proverb I’m thinking of that says, “Wisdom is like rainwater, it gathers in the lowest places”. I think that’s the idea I tried to carry throughout the album.
What can we expect to see from you throughout 2020?
I think it's hard to say right now. Everything has been so unpredictable, it's difficult to plan. So, I’m writing. I’m always writing. Almost so much that I forget to perform! But, right now I’m experimenting with some pieces and seeing where they go until I can play some shows! | <urn:uuid:6ddda836-2705-4125-8a79-41b087207560> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.buzz-music.com/post/take-a-peaceful-journey-with-delv-s-recent-heartwarming-song-two-shadows?fbclid=IwAR3_UFcL2-vzUNhQCO5Dl2_ZEwD-tOPyeEcp2FZqeV9nsa6JXH1fvJjxKew | 2020-09-28T05:52:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600401585213.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20200928041630-20200928071630-00198.warc.gz | en | 0.96938 | 1,369 |
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We're six weeks into 2020 and Brexit has happened. So now what do Jersey Financial Services and it's clients need to consider? It's time to look ahead to the rest of 2020 (and beyond) and consider what changes are on the horizon. However, whether anyone can truly do so with the clarity of 20/20 vision is questionable. What we do know is that the world in which our clients and we operate in continues to be one of uncertainty.
Perhaps, firstly, we can say that 2020 will continue to be a period of both challenge and opportunity, given the background of Brexit and a changing world geo-politically. However, against such a climate, Jersey continues to be a rock of stability. A safe harbour for clients and businesses seeking to safeguard their assets whilst operating out of a reputable and well-regulated jurisdiction.
A new Registry Law will be introduced during the latter part of 2020. While the rationale for the change is to provide Jersey with a registry law fit for today's world, significant changes will include the introduction of a public Register of Directors from 1st January 2021. The full details of the information that will be publicly available are yet to be confirmed. It is unlikely that the requirements will be any more or less than those of other jurisdictions such as the UK. The law will also see the introduction of an "agent" which will allow firms such as Fiduchi to be able to assist our clients better.
We will be communicating with our clients more fully on the requirements and potential impact if any, as the detail is published.
Jersey is introducing Mandatory Disclosure Rules which are in line with the OECD model. This is to meet the commitment given to the EU Code of Conduct Group (Business Taxation) in December 2018. The rules will oblige providers such as Fiduchi to report on CRS avoidance and opaque offshore structures. These are anti-avoidance measures and designed to provide information to a relevant jurisdiction upon which they may act against the report subject.
The first reporting under the economic substance rules introduced in 2019 will be made in 2020. Fiduchi continues to work with our clients that undertake relevant activity to meet the requirements of the legislation to ensure ongoing economic substance compliance. We are, of course, able to assist new clients in this regard.
A new funding model has been introduced by the Office of the Information Commissioner in Jersey. This will see an additional fixed fee of £50 for all Jersey registered corporate vehicles in Jersey where service providers such as Fiduchi are appointed.
Beyond 2020, clients also need to be aware that there will be a transitioning of interbank offered rates to alternative reference rates. This follows the financial crisis, which has seen the demise of interbank offer rates which will be replaced by the end of 2021. This means that existing funding or financing facilities should be reviewed and updated for alternative reference rates. Reviewing existing agreements now is essential, as agreements may need to be amended to account for the transition to an alternative reference rate and systems. Calculation models may also require an update, particularly where the rates are imbedded into technology platforms. Fiduchi is already working with its clients on this and can assist you.
The above summarises some of the more specific changes that are coming. The broader uncertainty that remains still presents opportunities. Jersey is well placed as a well-regulated jurisdiction to assist you in pursuit of these opportunities, and Fiduchi is there to assist its clients and you in that.
The Government of Jersey has a long-standing commitment to Jersey being a well-regulated international finance centre, which complies with international standards in transparency. Such an approach can confuse clients as to the applicability of EU legislation to Jersey.
As future information requirements are identified, so we will look to engage with clients and their advisors as much as we are able, or legislation and regulations allow.
Protecting clients and their rights have been the focus of regulators across a range of industries for many years. None more so than in the financial services industry. The financial crisis brought to the fore the importance of how firms in the financial services industry manage clients and their assets.
Fiduchi’s foundations are built on those of the chartered accountancy profession, which is itself built upon the foundations of integrity and professionalism. Fiduchi has embedded at its heart integrity and how clients’ interests should be met. Therefore, Fiduchi is more than well placed to continue being able to meet the requirements of regulation as it evolves and more importantly to ensure that the interests of clients continue to be met well into the future. | <urn:uuid:04cc801e-3bcc-4b21-8a31-8dad3d3f1c55> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.fiduchi.com/knowledgebase/2020-vision | 2020-09-28T05:20:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600401585213.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20200928041630-20200928071630-00198.warc.gz | en | 0.963565 | 932 |
As per the approval, the centre's share in the projects total cost will be Rs 5,281crore while the share of the Karnataka government will be R8,983 crore. "The balance amount of Rs 12,141 crore will be raised through senior debt," an official statement said.
BMRCL, a special purpose vehicle executing the project, is jointly owned by the Centre and Karnataka.
The Cabinet also gave its nod to a proposal making amendments to the Central List of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in respect of 13 states (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal) and three union territories (Chandigarh, Delhi and Puducherry) by way of inclusion/correction/deletion of castes/communities, according to the advice received from the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC). The amendments will notify 115 changes recommended by NCBC.
The proposed changes will enable persons belonging to these castes/communities to avail the benefits of reservation in government services and posts as well as in central educational institutions, according to the existing policy.
To help Telecommunications Consultants India (TCIL) meet its short-term requirement of technical manpower, the Union Cabinet on Thursday allowed the company to fill up vacant posts by deputing Group A officers of the department of telecommunication (DoT) and other ministries having telecom or information technology background.
As per the decision, TCIL will be able to attract talent for a period of three years from October 1, 2013.
The Cabinet also approved the recommendations of a group of ministers (GoM) on uniformity of tenure, retirement age, re-appointment, pension, salary and allowances , among others, for the chairpersons/members of Tribunals and other quasi-judicial bodies set up through central legislations. "The recommendations of the GoM, as accepted by the Cabinet, will have prospective effect through an overarching legislation," a statement said. | <urn:uuid:a760e378-bdca-4f15-89d8-5fa277c8092c> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/cabinet-okays-phase-ii-of-bangalore-metro-changes-to-obc-list/1221990/ | 2020-09-28T06:49:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600401585213.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20200928041630-20200928071630-00198.warc.gz | en | 0.932366 | 437 |
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Xiaomi launched its second generation bezel-less phone, the Mi Mix 2 in India on 10th of October at a price of Rs 35999. The original Xiaomi Mi Mix received a lot of traction in 2016 because of its tri-bezel less design and a front camera placed in the bottom chin. The Mi Mix 2 has been launched with 2017 flagship specifications, thinner bezels and will be available in the Black colour variant. Unlike a lot of flagship smartphones of 2017, the Mi Mix 2 has a single camera at the back.
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Lauantai 26.9.2020 - Tuesday Club member
At the wing root of VL Myrsky II, on both sides of the fuselage, on the wing’s plywood covering there is a strengthening strip of plywood. This makes it possible to walk on the wing when doing maintenance work. Very often these strengthened strips, which allow stepping on the wing, are clearly visible from the wing surface or painted black at least. However, this is not the case in the Myrsky, where these plywood strips have the same black and green paint scheme as the upper side of the wing.
Upper photo: The photo archive of the Finnish Air Force Museum.
On the Myrsky drawings these strengthening plywood strips are called “step plates”. They are fastened on the wing’s plywood covering with glue and screws. The aluminium wing root fairings, which protect the connection of the fuselage and the wing, are fastened onto the fuselage side edge of the step plates with flange nuts and screws.
The step plates for the Myrsky’s wings are being made at the Tuesday Club. The semi-finished plates were cut from 2 mm thick plywood according to the original drawing. The actual plywood covering of the wing is 4 mm thick at the wing root. The step plates for the port and starboard wing are mirror images. The position of the fastening screws and wing root fairing flange nuts were marked on one of the step plates, following the original drawing. The pencil marks were highlighted with a metal punch. The punch markings will make it easier to drill the holes into their exact positions.
After this the mirror image step plates were placed accurately on top of each other and fastened with pieces of double-sided tape. In this way the holes for the screws can be drilled simultaneously on both plates and exactly in the same position on the plates. The holes for the fastening screws were drilled with a 3 mm drill bit.
For the flange nuts on the wing root fairings, holes for the nuts had to be made on the edge of the step plate. These holes must match the shape and size of the flange nut and be slightly oval-shaped because the nut is sunk through the step plate, all the way to the level of the wing surface.
First three holes were drilled into the plywood with a 3 mm drill bit, these holes help when the oval hole is made into the step plate. The small holes were used when making the holes larger with a column-type drill, using drill bits of two different sizes. The work continued by shaping the holes into their correct size and shape with a chisel and a file.
The following phase will be to fit the step plates into their places on the top surface of the port and starboard wing and to fasten them with glue and screws. The step plate has already been preliminarily fitted to the root of the starboard wing.
Photos: Except separately otherwise mentioned, Lassi Karivalo.
Translation: Erja Reinikainen.
Keskiviikko 16.9.2020 - Tuesday Club member
The earlier blogs describe how the Myrsky MY-5’s rusted fuselage frame will be straightened, sandblasted and painted before it can be used for the wing test assembly of Myrsky MY-14.
The text in the box: Original paint under the bracket.
The MY-5 fuselage frame has been fastened on a sturdy metal frame, the assembly jig, outside the restoration space at the Finnish Aviation Museum. It has been straightened on the jig and the remaining parts and equipment have been dismantled. Most of these are different band-shaped fastening brackets. The fuselage frame was cut behind the cockpit, so that it became easier to handle and it can be brought into the museum’s restoration space for the test assembly of the MY-14 wing. Later the fuselage frame parts will be welded together so that it will be the whole Myrsky MY-5 fuselage frame.
The fastening brackets, which were still attached on the MY-5 fuselage frame, are important when the original paint and its tint are being investigated. When the brackets were unfastened, some well-preserved original paint of the fuselage frame was revealed. The painted surface has been protected from rusting, hidden under the brackets.
The original paint surface was cleaned by grinding it lightly, so that the tint of the paint became even more intensified. On both sides of the cleaned painted area a paint test was made, using two different shades of grey Isotrol paint (linseed oil alkyd paint). This was necessary so that the team could choose the appropriate tint of the undercoat paint for the fuselage frame. The tints of the tested grey paint were RAL 7005 ja RAL 7042.
On Tuesday, September 15th, the shortened MY-5 fuselage frame was loaded on a trailer, using a stacker. The frame will be taken to Auto- ja Teollisuusmaalaamo Oy, a paint workshop in Vantaa. The Tuesday Club team tried also to fit the rusted engine frame on the trailer, but it wasn’t possible. The engine frame will be transported to the paint workshop later.
At Auto- ja Teollisuusmaalaamo Oy the fuselage frame will be sandblasted and painted with undercoat paint. When the sandblasting has been done, the clean metal surfaces will be covered with clear varnish, which protects the frame from rusting. The grey Isotrol undercoat paint will be applied on top of the varnish. The MY-5 fuselage frame, with its undercoat paint, will return to the Finnish Aviation Museum in a couple of weeks.
Photos: Lassi Karivalo.
Translation: Erja Reinikainen.
Maanantai 7.9.2020 - Tuesday Club member
City of Vantaa politicians visited the Finnish Aviation Museum for “practical training” as a part of the Politician’s museum internship campaign, coordinated by the Finnish Museums Association. The politicians who visited the museum were city council member Minna Räsänen (sdp), member of parliament, city council chairman Sari Multala (kok) and member of parliament, city council member Jussi Saramo (vas). Räsänen and Multala were present at the museum, Saramo attended via remote access.
As a part of the “practical training”, the cooperation of the museum and Aviation Museum Society was introduced to the guests. The Tuesday Club volunteers’ work was illustrated in the museum’s restoration space, although the Tuesday Club has officially been terminated because of the corona virus pandemic.
From left to right: Pia Illikainen, Minna Räsänen ja Matti Patteri.
In the restoration space museum Intendent Matias Laitinen told the guests about the volunteers’ role at the Aviation Museum. Tuesday Club project manager Lassi Karivalo introduced the aircraft restoration activities of the Tuesday Club. The leader of the VL Myrsky II (MY-14) restoration project Matti Patteri introduced the history of domestic aircraft industry and explained how museum aircraft, and more specifically the Myrsky, are restored in practice. The Myrsky project was launched in 2013 and up to now the restoration team has spent about 30 000 working hours. Most of the work has been done by volunteers. The Myrsky restoration also includes cooperation with vocational colleges, e.g. Vantaa Vocational College Varia and Tavastia Vocational College in Hämeenlinna, and naturally work contribution from the Aviation Museum staff. The visitors learned that the main motivating factors for the volunteers’ participation are the sense of community, the good team spirit and the interesting work items.
From left to right: Sari Multala and Matti Patteri.
Due to the corona virus pandemic situation, the museum’s volunteer activity has been terminated since March. In the future the working procedures will have to be reorganized. A large volunteers’ gathering can’t be organized yet, and not for some time – and in the social aspect this is very unfortunate. During the corona virus time the Aviation Museum Society has arranged for its members, and to all who are interested, remote access to presentations about aviation history. The museum has produced videos and audio tours with its partners. However, by now everybody is very eager to get back to work and to meet the volunteer friends at the museum. The aim is to relaunch the Tuesday Club activities in October, at some extent. The corona virus situation in Finland will define whether this is possible or not.
Photos: Mia Kunnaskari.
Translation: Erja Reinikainen.
Perjantai 28.8.2020 - Tuesday Club member
Before the painting work, the port and starboard halves of the VL Myrsky II’s (MY-14) horizontal stabilizer were fastened on an assembly jig, made of square steel tube. On the jig the stabilizer can be turned around as needed in the various phases of the surface treatment process.
The seams of the plywood covering on the horizontal stabilizer had been spackled and ground smooth before starting the undercoat painting work. The plywood surfaces were washed, using a water-Sinol-solution, containing 50% of water and 50% of Sinol. This is a normal procedure for removing grease from the surfaces before painting. After the wash, the surfaces were dried with a heat blower and sanded three times, with 240 abrasive paper.
Photo: Jouni Ripatti.
The MY-14’s horizontal stabilizer will be painted in several phases. First an undercoat paint is spread on the plywood surface, and the actual paint is applied after this. There will be several layers of both paints. The undercoat paint and the actual surface paint are both alkyd paints, as were the original paints when the Myrsky fighters were being built in the 1940’s at the State Aircraft Factory (VL) in Tampere.
Right photo: Jouni Ripatti.
The undercoat paint, which is used for the plywood surfaces of the MY-14 under restoration, is TEMALAC AB 70 alkyd paint which contains aluminium flakes. The shade of the paint is RAL 90006, white aluminium. The aluminium flakes will fill the grain structure on the plywood surface, which will make the plywood surface smooth and sealed when it is ground and honed.
Photo: Heikki Kaakinen.
Now the upper and lower surfaces of the horizontal stabilizer have been painted once with the undercoat paint containing aluminium flakes. For the first layer the paint was made thinner, using Ruiskuohenne 1032, and the paintwork was done with a polyester roller (mini paint roller). The roller produced a very even layer. When the paint had dried, the surfaces were ground smooth for the second layer. The next undercoat paint layer will be done using paint, which is not thinned, and which is slightly darker in colour than the first layer. The darker shade will show clearly which areas have been painted for the second time and which haven’t. If a third layer of undercoat paint is needed, it will be darker than the second one.
An unexpected break in the painting work appeared, when the darker shade of TEMALAC AB 70 undercoat paint wasn’t available due to holidays. The Tuesday Club team will have to wait for the mixing and delivery of the darker paint before continuing the undercoat painting work on the horizontal stabilizer.
The MY-14’s horizontal stabilizer will eventually be painted according to the standard paint scheme of the Finnish Air Force in the 1940s: the upper surface will have a green and black pattern and the lower surface will be painted light blue.
Photos (expect otherwise separately mentioned): Lassi Karivalo
Translation: Erja Reinikainen
Maanantai 24.8.2020 - Tuesday Club member
When the VL Myrsky II (MY-14) port wing half covering was being finished in the restoration space of the Finnish Aviation Museum, also other Myrsky-project items were under work.
Before the Corona virus pandemic interrupted the work, the Tuesday Club team had completed most of the engine’s oil cooler supply and exhaust air duct parts. They have been made from 1 mm thick aluminium plate. Now it was time to start building, according to the original drawing, the airflow control device into the supply air duct. The control device consists of a circular frame, inside which there are three flaps, which move on their axles. The air flow into the oil cooler can be controlled continuously with these flaps. The air flow control is done from the cockpit.
The parts needed for the air flow control device were cut from 1 mm thick aluminium plate, using a laser cutter, at ProLaser Oy. Holes for the rivets, which are needed in the assembly work, were drilled on the semi-finished control flaps. The parts of the air flow control device were also chromated to prevent corrosion.
The assembly work of the oil cooler control device was started at the circular frame. When the round frame had reached its final shape, the ends of the axles of the three control flaps were riveted on the frame. There is a slot on the end of the axle, into which the edge of the aluminium flap fits. The three flap plates fitted perfectly on the axle slots. The following phase will be to rivet an aluminium profile on the flaps, which locks the flaps on the axles.
Some metal work has been needed when making the aluminium fairings, which cover the connecting point of the Myrsky’s fuselage and wing. The work was started on the fairing which covers the wing’s leading edge and the fuselage. The complicated fairing shape consists of three pieces of aluminium plate, which are welded together. The preliminary fairing parts were cut from 1 mm thick aluminium plate. A wooden last was made for shaping the aluminium sheets into the desired shape. Two lasts are needed, one for the starboard wing and the other for the port wing. The preliminary fairing parts were shaped into their final shape at Flanco Oy, using the last. The shaped fairing parts were welded together at GA Telesis Engine Services Oy.
The work on the landing gear enclosure doors of the test wing has also continued, including the door fastened on the wheel hub and the oleo strut door. The doors had been nearly finished already in March. The remaining aluminium profile stiffeners were riveted on the inner surface of the doors. The doors were now ready to be installed. The bulging parts or the “bumps” on the outside of the oleo strut door have also been welded into place. These bumps are needed for the landing gear retraction fork which is fastened on the oleo. These bumps have also been welded on the preliminary oleo door plates of the actual Myrsky wing’s landing gear. However, the actual wing doors have not been chromated yet and their stiffeners have not been fastened.
The Myrsky MY-5 fuselage frame, which was brought from Tikkakoski, has also been under work. The parts, which were still fastened to the frame, have been unfastened and now the frame is “clean” for sandblasting. The fuselage frame will be sandblasted at Auto- ja Teollisuusmaalaamo Oy, where it will also be painted grey.
A pile of different kinds of brackets and parts was dismantled from the MY-5 fuselage frame. Some of the parts had to be unfastened with some violence, using an angle grinder for the work, because the badly rusted fastening bolts couldn’t be opened. The rust will be removed, and the parts will be painted. All the parts will be needed when the MY-5 fuselage frame is restored to be the exhibition fuselage, which illustrates the structure of the Myrsky fighter. The 2,5-meter test wing, built during the Myrsky project for testing the wing construction procedure, will eventually be fastened to the MY-5 fuselage.
Before that, the MY-5 fuselage frame will be used for test assembling and fitting the Myrsky MY-14 wings. In the fitting phase the MY-5 fuselage frame will be lowered on the MY-14 wing, built by the Tuesday Club team. The wing will be locked onto the fuselage with the four wing attachment brackets or bolsters. The wing parts will be fastened with steel plates and the whole wing can be test fitted in about a month’s time.
Photos: Lassi Karivalo.
Translation: Erja Reinikainen.
Sunnuntai 9.8.2020 - Tuesday Club member
The work on VL Myrsky II (MY-14) is continuing at the Tuesday Club, but not at full speed yet, though. Work is being done e.g. on the plywood covering of the starboard wing leading edge and trailing edge, and the sides of the flap cavity. The engine area is also under construction: the air supply duct is being fitted into the opening in the NACA-ring, the cowling under the engine is being built and the gills controlling the air flow through the air duct on the oil cooler are being installed. However, the main emphasis is in getting the port wing plywood covering to the same situation with the starboard wing. The work is almost ready.
The leading edge of the port wing is now almost covered with plywood. The strips of plywood covering the leading edge were first soaked in water so that they could be bent around the tapering leading edge. When the plywood had dried into shape, it was glued on the leading edge. The seams of the plywood were spackled and honed smooth. Only small areas around the pitot-tube and at the wing tips have not been covered.
Right photo: Heikki Kaakinen.
The trailing edge area on the upper surface of the wing, between the rear spar and the trailing edge, has also been covered with plywood. First the plywood sheets of the trailing edge area were cut into the accurate size, then covered with protective varnish on the inside and then fitted into place. When the plywood sheets had settled into their places and their bevelled edges met correctly, the sheets were glued into place. Before the inner parts of the wing were permanently covered from sight, the Tuesday Club members who were involved in the work, wrote their names on the inside of the wing as a greeting for the future generations.
Left photo: Heikki Kaakinen.
The gluing of the plywood sheets on the upper surface of the trailing edge was secured by fastening pieces of plywood on the wing ribs and the connecting battens with a staple gun. The permanent gluing of the plywood on the trailing edge batten was ensured by fastening a long row of clamps on the edge. When the glue had dried, the clamps and the stapled pieces of plywood were removed. The marks of the staples that were left on the plywood surface and the seams of the plywood sheets were spackled and honed smooth.
It was a difficult task to fasten a 10-centimeter strip of plywood onto the upper edge of the flap cavity on the port wing. A similar, but narrower strip, has already been fastened on the lower edge of the flap cavity. These strips will form an aerodynamic compartment to the front of the flap space. The leading edge of the flap will sink into this space.
Photos: Heikki Kaakinen.
The port wing covering work had now reached the phase where the starboard wing already was. The surface work, i.e. smoothing and honing which are needed before the painting of the plywood surfaces, can now be started. Some painting has already been done: the open inner areas on the top surfaces of the wing roots on both wings have been painted with grey alkyd paint. These open areas at the wing root will not be covered with plywood, because the areas will be left under the Myrsky fuselage when it is lowered on the wings.
Photos (expect if separately otherwise mentioned): Lassi Karivalo
Translation: Erja Reinikainen
Tiistai 4.8.2020 - Tuesday Club member
When the restoration project of VL Myrsky was launched, three damaged Myrsky fuselage frames were available at the Finnish Air Force Museum in Tikkakoski. The rear section has been violently cut away from all three fuselage frames. The least damaged fuselage frame of MY-14 was chosen for the restoration project. This is how the project became the restoration project of the VL Myrsky MY-14 fighter. The MY-14 fuselage rear section, which has been cut off, has disappeared and therefore the rear section of MY-9 was chosen to be connected to the MY-14 fuselage frame. Also a fourth Myrsky fuselage frame (MY-10) exists, in a private collection, and there have been negotiations about purchasing it for the Myrsky project.
The MY-14 fuselage with its engine and control equipment is mainly restored at the Finnish Air Force Museum in Tikkakoski. The main task of the Aviation Museum Society’s Tuesday Club is to build in Vantaa in co-operation with the Finnish Aviation Museum the other parts of the fighter, such as the wings with all their equipment, the parts of the tail and to build the parts for the nose, e.g. the front engine cowling, NACA-ring and the engine cowlings on the sides.
Photo: Jorma Laakkonen.
The restoration project started in 2013 and the development of the project has been followed all the time on homepages of the Aviation Museum Society and Myrsky Project, and also in yearly journals. In Tikkakoski the restoration of MY-14 fuselage is already quite far. In Vantaa the Tuesday Club has prepared the tail parts and the wings to the point where their surfaces can be honed smooth and painted. The aim is that the restored – but static – MY-14 can be placed on display during the year 2021.
The second best Myrsky fuselage from Tikkakoski, i.e. MY-5, was also taken into the restoration project with its separate rear fuselage and engine mounting. The MY-5 fuselage frame has its own important role in the Myrsky restoration project. Some useful parts have been dismantled from the fuselage frame and repaired in Tikkakoski for the needs of the MY-14 fuselage frame restoration. On the other hand, the fuselage frame of the MY-5 will be used by the Tuesday Club for the fitting of Myrsky’s wings. The wing positioning and fastening will be tested on the fuselage frame by the Tuesday Club before the wings are sent to Tikkakoski to be installed on the fuselage of MY-14.
Additionally, an even bigger role has been planned for the MY-5 fuselage frame. It will be used to build a demo-fuselage of the Myrsky-fighter to illustrate the metal and wood structure of the aircraft. The 2.5-meter piece of the starboard test wing and the 1-meter piece of the port test wing will be fastened on the fuselage frame. Before building the actual wings, the test wings have been built to test the methods how to build the complicated root of the wing with the landing gear and how to lock the wing halves to each other with steel plates.
The rear fuselage of MY-5, brought from Tikkakoski to Vantaa to the Finnish Aviation Museum, has already been used in the Myrsky-project. The badly rusted rear fuselage frame was straightened in a jig, specially made for the purpose, and sandblasted and painted, using grey alkyd paint. After this the rear fuselage has been used by the Tuesday Club to fit and support the horizontal and vertical stabilizers when they are being built.
The fuselage frame and engine mounting of MY-5 were brought from Tikkakoski to the Finnish Aviation Museum in Vantaa on July 21st, 2020. The MY-5 fuselage was transported by the Myrsky-project’s PR-man, on his holiday trip to Ostrobothnia. On Friday 10.7 on his way there he took the trailer and “some Myrsky items” to Tikkakoski. On Tuesday 14.7 a group of Tuesday Club members travelled to Tikkakoski and moved, with some assistance from the Air Force Museum, the MY-5 fuselage frame and engine mounting on the trailer to wait for the transportation. The unusual load travelled successfully to the Finnish Aviation Museum on 21.7. Fortunately, the traffic was rather quiet and it wasn’t raining.
When the fuselage frame was outside the museum, the cargo straps were unfastened. Then the MY-5 fuselage was lifted from the trailer with a forklift and placed on the ground to wait for cleaning and repair. The badly rusted and partly bent and damaged fuselage frame will be straightened and cleaned by sandblasting, straightened and repaired, and then painted grey. Behind the cockpit some frame pipes have been bent and some are even missing.
Left photo: Heikki Kaakinen.
The assembly jig, which was made from square steel pipe for the straightening of MY-14’s fuselage frame, was re-assembled and modified for the MY-5 work. The jig was fastened on the four brackets by the cockpit on the MY-5 fuselage. These brackets are used for fastening the wings with four fastening bolsters on the wings.
Photo: Heikki Kaakinen.
The MY-5 fuselage frame, now fastened on the assembly jig, will be measured carefully and straightened. The places of some parts or their fastening brackets will be defined and photographed before they are dismantled for cleaning. Also the rusty engine mounting, brought from Tikkakoski, will be cleaned by sandblasting and painted.
When the fuselage frame has been cleaned and painted, the rear fuselage frame (which has already been restored earlier) will be welded to it. Then the MY-5 fuselage frame will be ready to serve as the fitting frame or assembly jig for the MY-14 wings, and later as the basis of the Myrsky demo fuselage. The MY-5 demo fuselage will be restored so that the structures remain visible in the way they were left visible when building the short test wings. The restoration of this demo fuselage is not the main priority at the moment, the work will be started when the restoration of the MY-14 has been completed.
Photos (except if separately otherwise mentioned): Lassi Karivalo
Translation: Erja Reinikainen.
Torstai 19.4.2018 - Member of Tuesday Club
The Finnish Aviation Museum has donated the models of BEA Hawk, Folland Gnat, Saab Draken and MiG-21BIS to the Aviation Museum Society’s Hawk Experience Center. The large wooden models were found in the storage room of the museum. The models need some repairs which will be completed in the Tuesday Club before the Hawk Experience Center season 2018 begins in May. The repairs of the BAE Systems Hawk Mk.51 model have already been described in an earlier blog.
After the Hawk model the next target was the Folland Gnat F.1 model. This model wasn’t badly damaged but the cockpit canopy was missing. In addition to some minor repairs the canopy had to be made.
To make the new canopy, first a wooden model of the canopy had to be made. The cockpit was emptied by removing the pilot’s seat and the instrument panel. This was necessary in order to be able to fit the wooden canopy model, made of balsa, in its place in the cockpit. At the same time the measurements were taken of the line where the canopy meets the edge of the cockpit: a metal frame will be fitted on the sides and at the rear end of the canopy.
A piece of balsa was carved slowly to match the shape of the canopy and the correct size by fitting it into the cockpit every now and then. Photographs and 3d-drawings of the Gnat were used to define the shape of the canopy. The wooden model began to take shape when it was gradually and carefully carved and buffed out and regularly fitted into the cockpit. Now the model for the canopy was ready.
Photos: Jorma Laakso.
Before making the actual canopy, the metal frame for the edge of the canopy was made. The wooden model was used to dimension the frame. The location of the frame was marked on the model in red lines. The image of the frame was drawn on a 0.3 mm thick brass sheet and cut off. The thin strips of brass sheet were honed to match the shape of the frame on the lower edge and the rear section of the cockpit and fitted on the balsa model. When the metal parts seemed to fit nicely into place they were soldered together. Now the metal frames were ready to be installed on the actual canopy.
Photos: Jorma Laakso.
The windscreen arc in front of the canopy was made of 0.8 mm thick plywood, laminating four layers of plywood on top of each other. The laminated arc was milled and buffed out into shape. Then a windscreen made of transparent plastic sheet was attached, using a friction-type connection.
Photo: Jorma Laakso.
The making of the actual canopy was started, using the balsa model and a mould. A heated plastic sheet is pressed against the opening in the mould, using the balsa model for pressing. The mould was made from 4 mm plywood with an opening matching the shape and dimensions of the outer edges of the cockpit.
Photo: Jorma Laakso.
A piece of 10x10 cm was cut from a 0.5 mm thick GAG-PET sheet. The sheet of plastic was attached by its edges on top the opening in the plywood mould. The sheet of plastic was heated using a hot air blower. When the surface of the plastic was soft enough, the sheet was pressed evenly into the opening in the mould using the balsa model. The stoppers on the sides of the balsa model prevented the model from pressing the sheet of plastic too deep into the mould.
Photo: Jorma Laakso.
It took about one minute for the plastic sheet to cool down, then the balsa model was removed. A bulge had formed under the mould, shaped like the balsa model. This was the rough form of the canopy. The GAG-PET sheet was removed from the mould and the bulge, i.e. the preformed canopy was cut off.
Photos: Jorma Laakso & Lassi Karivalo.
Now the metal frames (at rear end and lower sides of the canopy) and the windscreen arc could be attached to the canopy. The canopy was placed on the balsa model where the red markings showed the exact place of the frame. When the metal strips had been placed exactly on the marked lines, they were glued in place using UHU POR contact glue. Now the extra plastic material below the frame could be cut off. When the canopy was placed on top of the cockpit to test how it fitted, the result looked good. UHU POR contact glue was used to glue the windscreen arc to the canopy. Then the canopy frame and the windscreen arc were painted dark green.
The last phase of work was to attach the new canopy on the Gnat model. The canopy was placed on the edges of the cockpit and attached with Plastic Padding. When the seam had dried it was honed smooth and painted dark green. The Folland Gnat F.1 model had a new canopy and is now ready to be placed on display in the Hawk Experience Center.
Photos: Unless separately mentioned, Lassi Karivalo.
Keskiviikko 21.3.2018 - Member of Tuesday Club
A wooden model of BAE Systems Hawk Mk 51 jet trainer was found in the storage room of the Finnish Aviation Museum. The partly damaged model is approximately 50 cm long and it represents HW-310 which was in use in the Finnish Air Force. HW-310 belongs to the series of Hawks which were assembled by the Valmet Aviation Industries between 1980 and 1985. The real HW-310 has been withdrawn from use and stored. The State of Finland will donate it to an aviation museum in Switzwerland (Clin d'Ailes - Musée de l'aviation militaire de Payerne) and where it will probably be transported already this spring.
The museum has no information about the builder of the HW-310 model. Originally the model has been attached by its landing gear on a white plywood board which has been hanging on the wall. So the model has been a wall decoration.
The model is very well made and its proportions match the original aircraft. The cockpit has seats and its main equipment – also made of wood. The instruments on the panel have been painted, decals haven’t been used. The model has been painted according to the old camouflage scheme (black/green/grey) used in the 1980s, which suggests that the model was probably made about twenty years ago. Today the planes are painted all grey with small national insignia.
Photo: Jorma Laakso.
When the Hawk model was found, the idea of bringing it on display in the Hawk Experience Center of the Aviation Museum Society was brought up. The center has on display the cockpit section of HW-314, which belonged to the same Hawk production series as the real HW-310. The model of HW-310 could be used to illustrate what a whole Hawk looks like. There is an existing showcase where the HW-310 could be on display. An additional advantage is that the HW-310 has a similar black/green/grey camouflage scheme as the HW-314 in the Experience Center.
The Finnish Aviation Museum decided to donate the HW-310 model to the Hawk Experience Center and the Tuesday Club set out to work. The model was moved from the storage to the club workshop. The model had some damages: the nose landing gear was broken, one of the horizontal elevators was loose, the seam of the vertical elevator and the fuselage was broken and the cockpit canopy was loose and slightly broken.
Fortunately the damage wasn’t serious and repairing wasn’t difficult. The right side horizontal elevator was glued into place, the seam between the vertical stabilizer and fuselage was re-glued and painted. The split wheel on the nose landing gear was repaired. The canopy of the cockpit didn’t quite settle in its place and some modifications were needed on the canopy and the rear seat in order to have the canopy in the correct position.
As the model had originally been hanging on the wall, it hadn’t been balanced to be standing on its landing gear. When placed on a horizontal surface the rear-weighted plane’s tail is pointed downward. Therefore an additional support has to be added under the rear fuselage when the model is in its showcase.
The Tuesday Club team discussed whether the HW-310 identification marking should be changed to match the identification of HW-314 in the Experience Center. The decision was negative. It would have been difficult to modify the last number of the identification marking from a four to a zero so that the change couldn’t be noticed on the original paint. So the original appearance of the model was respected and no changes were made.
The HW-310 model is made of solid wood and is very robust but it still needs a good storage and transportation box. A new box was made from plywood and wooden battens. The box has a hinged lid and it was painted with clear varnish. The box and the lid have supporting pads which were cut to measure and support the weight of the model during storage and transport.
The Hawk model and its box are ready. The model was placed in the existing showcase to see how it fits there. And it looks great!
Fine, isn't it?
Now HW-310 is waiting for the summer exhibition round of the Hawk Experience Center to begin. The first event is already in the horizon: The “Military Aviation as a Profession” –event will be arranged by Satakunta Air Command in Pirkkala, Tampere on May 15th.
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