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Hot soup and cold facts
I want my vegetable beef soup.
A restaurant Ginny and I frequent has really good vegetable beef soup. Or rather, they sometimes have it — and sometimes not.
Which is the crux of my problem. In my advancing years I’m not able to gorge my stomach as in my youth and bounce back within 30 minutes. But I’ve found that a hefty bowl of soup will provide my nutritional needs while leaving me with a comfortable gut.
That’s why I order the vegetable beef soup on a regular basis — or not. It seems that my favorite soup is only available certain times of the year.
I’ve tended to question the waitress about that whenever we sit down to order. Ginny finally asked me to nip it. “You can just write a column about it.”
So, below is a compilation of my interactions with the wait staff at this particular restaurant:
She: What would you like to order today, sir?
Me: I’ll have the vegetable beef soup, please.
She: I’m sorry but the vegetable beef soup is not available today.
Me: But it’s on the menu, right here.
She: If you’ll notice, it says, “Vegetable beef soup — in season.”
Me: Yes, I noticed it says “In season.”
She: That just means the soup is available when it’s in season. It’s not now in season.
Me: Do you mean that the vegetables are not in season or the beef is not in season? We’re at the time of the year when vegetables are being harvested and beef is available pretty much all year. So, therefore, I would think that vegetable beef soup is in season.
She: Sir, in-season refers to the time of year when vegetable beef soup is popular. That time comes during the cold-weather months.
Me: So, you’re saying that hot soup should only be served during the cold months of the year. Is that correct?
She: Yes, that’s the policy here.
Me: Then let me direct your attention back to the menu. Right next to the entry for vegetable beef soup is cream of broccoli soup. You see that?
She: Yes, cream of broccoli is the other soup we offer.
Me: Can I get a bowl of cream of broccoli soup today?
She: Of course you can. Is that your order?
Me: No, I want vegetable beef soup.
She: I’m afraid the vegetable beef soup is unavailable today.
Me: Because the weather is still warm?
Me: Then why is cream of broccoli still available? Is it not served hot?
She: All our cooked meals are served hot.
Me: But cream of broccoli is soup and should only be served during the cold months, just like vegetable beef, right?
She: That’s not the policy here.
Me: So, what’s the difference?
She: Well, we make vegetable beef soup from scratch. The cream of broccoli comes in a can and is stored in our pantry.
Me: So what you’re saying is the vegetables in vegetable beef soup aren’t fresh because they’re out of season. Is that right?
She: All our menu items are fresh, sir.
Me: I see. I’d like to make my order now.
She: What would you like?
Me: I’d like a bowl mixed with stew beef, tomatoes, onions, carrots, green beans, celery, green peas, corn and broth.
She: Sir, I’m afraid we can’t do that since it’s not on the menu.
Me: Yes it is. It’s called vegetable beef soup.
She: But that’s out of season.
Me: Fine. Then I’ll have a bowl of chili with a cup of hot chocolate. And could you have the A/C turned up so I can pretend the weather is cold?
She: The chili is on the way. I can’t guarantee the A/C. Do you want crackers with your chili?
Me: I’d prefer cornbread. It sounds more cold weathery.
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How to Dodge and Burn in Lightroom via the Dark Mode Editing Technique
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Video: How to Dodge and Burn in Lightroom via Dark Mode
If you’ve ever wondered how to get that dodge and burn look without spending an excessive amount of time in Photoshop, we have your solution. The short answer is we can achieve that same look in just a fraction of the time using an editing technique called “Dark Mode” in Lightroom. This comes with our Visual Flow Preset System but we will be showing you how to dial it in yourself! We’ll start by showing you our typical approach to editing an image and then jump into the “Dark Mode” technique. We will also show you how to create your own preset and shoot with this editing technique in mind.
Be sure to download this exercise file so that you can follow along with the tutorial.
Typical Editing Workflow in Lightroom
Our typical editing workflow in Lightroom involves making a few key adjustments under the basic panel in the Develop module. The goal for this basic edit is to preserve the highlights and reveal more detail in the shot.
Here is a quick list of the adjustments we made in the above image:
- White Balance: Increased temp & adjusted tint to warm the image
- Exposure: Increased exposure +.99
- Contrast: Increased contrast +30
- Highlights: Lowered highlights -100
- Shadows: Lifted shadows +40
- Whites: Lowered whites -60
- Blacks: Lowered blacks -20
We would continue to make color adjustments before considering the edit complete, but this otherwise covers our typical approach to editing images in Lightroom.
[Related Reading: How to Light and Shoot a Dramatic Portrait by Yourself]
Dark Mode Editing Workflow in Lightroom
As you can see in the before and after images above, using the dark mode editing technique in Lightroom produces similar results to dodging and burning an image in Photoshop.
Step 1: Make the Basic Adjustments for Dark Mode Editing in Lightroom
The dark mode editing technique unfolds in almost the exact opposite direction of our typical workflow.
Here’s a quick overview of the basic adjustments we made for the dark mode edit:
- White Balance: Left “As Shot”
- Exposure: Lowered exposure -2.37
- Contrast: Left at 0
- Highlights: Increased highlights +80
- Shadows: Lifted shadows +60
- Whites: Lifted whites +21
- Blacks: Increased blacks +100
Lowering the exposure is a great starting point for a dark mode edit. It allows you to set the stage for the rest of your basic adjustments. After setting our exposure, we increase the black point all the way to +100. Then, we increase the highlights to lift and control the skin tone. We then raise the white point to further control the skin tone; raising the white point works similarly to using a brush to dodge areas of the skin that further lifts highlights in key areas, such as over the nose and along the “T-zone” of the face. Next, we lift the shadows until we reach a more pleasing level of contrast. Finally, you can further adjust your exposure until you get the look you’re after. For example, we started by lowering the exposure to -3.07 and ended up increasing the exposure to -2.37.
Step 2: Understand How to Shoot for Dark Mode Editing in Lightroom
Now that you understand the editing workflow for the dark mode technique, let’s look at how to shoot for dark mode edits. It’s important to note that the concept behind dark mode editing is similar to that of “Chiaroscuro” lighting, an Italian term that translates to light & dark and references the high contrast between them.
Basically, we need our skin tones to be brighter than the background. In our example image (the exercise file), our subject was placed in natural light against a darker backdrop. While you can do this most anywhere (we placed our subject agains a bush along side a sidewalk on the street), some locations and conditions won’t work as well.
For instance, the image on the beach that we used to demonstrate our typical editing workflow above is a great example of a scene that doesn’t really lend itself to the dark mode editing technique. The subject’s skin didn’t include many highlights and the scene itself mainly limited the highlights to the sky. The beach photo would be better suited for an HDR-type edit.
In the image above, we placed our model in front of a window and adjusted the curtain to control the lighting. This allowed us to control the highlights on our subject. By placing our subject in the brightest part of the room and choosing an angle with a dark background, we were able to capture a portrait that is perfect for using the dark mode editing technique. Once in Lightroom, we simply followed the editing technique outlined above to end up with a great, painterly portrait.
Here, we have more of the same, only this time we’re using a strobe in a soft box in a studio setting. We’ve placed our subject in front of a dark background and we’re using the strobe to control the lighting and get the perfect highlights on our subject. It’s important to note that the background should be darker than the highlights on the subject’s skin.
Step 3: Create Your Own Dark Mode Preset in Lightroom
If you use Visual Flow presets, specifically the Retouching Toolkit, then you already have a dark mode preset in your editing arsenal. If you don’t have Visual Flow presets, however, you can create your own dark mode preset in Lightroom to achieve the exact same results. Here’s how to do it.
First, you’ll need to dial in your settings. The image above shows the Basic panel adjustments you need to make for dark mode editing. These are the same adjustments used in the Visual Flow dark mode preset. Of course, you may want to make additional tweaks to the settings, depending on the image you’re editing. You don’t have to stick with these exact adjustments.
Next, click on the “+” button at the top of the “Presets” panel on the left of the Develop module and select “Create Preset.”
The window pictured above should then pop up. When it does, click on the “Check None” button to clear all of the checked boxes, and then select the “Basic Tone” box, as well as the “Process Version” box in the lower righthand column of options. Give the preset a name (such as “Dark Mode Edit”) and click on the “Create” button to save your preset.
It’s that easy to create your own presets. It’s trickier to know how to use them, especially when using them in conjunction with other presets, which we’ll show you how to do next.
Step 4: Use Your Dark Mode Preset with Other Presets
While you’re getting used to your new preset, it will help to create a virtual copy of your image (CTRL + ‘ on Windows, CMD + ‘ on Mac). Apply the dark mode edit to one version of the image and make any additional tweaks to get the image to where you like it. Then, on the virtual copy (which should be reset to the images original settings, straight out of camera), apply other presets to see which other edits you like (whether using Visual Flow or other preset systems).
For the image(s) above, we selected the “Soft Light” preset from the Visual Flow Modern Pack, which adds a pleasant, bright and warm look to the portrait. We then selected our dark mode preset, which adds a dark mode look to the color setup of the “Soft Light” preset we added previously. We made additional tweaks to the exposure and highlights to get the image ready to export. We also added a radial burn, which you can do as well.
To create a radial burn, select the radial gradient tool (the circle next to the brush tool in the editing panel featured above), lower the exposure, and then click and drag a circle around your subject (as shown in the image). Note, the selection should be inverted so that the darkened area rests outside of the circle, leaving your subject brighter in the center. Play with the exposure until you get a look that you like, and then save this out as a preset, just like you did for the dark mode preset. The only difference (aside from what you name it) will be that you will only select the “Radial Filters” box instead of the “Basic Tone” or any other boxes. Click create and you’ll have a custom radial burn preset ready to go any time you need it.
If you want to take the image into Photoshop and do additional dodging and burning, you’re more than welcome to do so. Using the Dark Mode editing technique, we’ve already saved a ton of time to get to a deliverable image. It’s up to you how much further you want to take the edit.
Step 5: Bonus Tip – Enhance the Hair and Eyes
You might be surprised how much retouching you can do inside of Lightroom. To illustrate this, we’ll show you how to enhance the hair and eyes while still in Lightroom. Again, if you have the Visual Flow Retouching Toolkit, you already have access to 40+ retouching tools for Lightroom, such as “Eyes: Intensify Iris” or “Hair: Enhance Details,” to name just a couple. Like before, however, you can also make your own.
To create a hair enhancement preset, select the brush tool and dial in the above settings. As you’ve probably guessed by now, you can save this out just like the other presets, only this time you just need to hit “New” next to “Mask” scroll down until you see the “Save Current Settings as New Preset” option pictured below.
After you click “Save,” rename your preset and you’re good to go. When you use this brush and “paint” over the subjects hair, you’ll notice it takes on a glossy look.
Quick Tip: If you want to strengthen the effect, hold alt/option, click on the brush marker, and drag to the right (see image above).
Just as you did with the hair enhancement effect, dial in the details above and save your new eye enhancement preset.
Paint over the eyes with this preset selected in order to add a bit of sharpness and enhance the detail in the eyes.
And as if that weren’t enough, we’re going to add yet another preset to whiten the eyes. Dial in the settings above and create a new preset for this effect. Brush over the eyes with this preset to further brighten the eyes. You can hold alt/option while using the brush to feather the edges and smooth the transition into where the brush is being used. We suggest following along the shadowy areas around the eyes to make the effect look more natural.
Since we mentioned it as an example above, let’s go ahead and add one more preset. Dial in the settings above and save a preset for “Eyes: Intensify Iris.” Paint this effect right over the iris to lift out some of the color tone in the eyes.
Despite the growing number of adjustments we’re making, the end goal is for the edits to look subtle. The best way to ensure you’re not going overboard is to zoom out (all the way to the thumbnail in grid view, if necessary) to see if the edits you’ve made are overly noticeable. Perhaps you over did it with the eyes and they pop off the screen in an unnatural way. Whatever area you’re editing, just double-check to make sure the enhancements aren’t over the top.
Let’s take one last look at the before and after, all edited in Lightroom using this dark mode technique.
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Dental pain is one of the worst types of pain; it will drive you to ask, “Where can I find an emergency dental office near me?” Finding an emergency dental office is the first step toward pain relief, which should relieve some of your stress.
Where Can I Find Emergency Dental Services Near Me?
Emergency dentists will see individuals with a dental emergency. Our qualified dentists provide emergency dental services to our valued patients during office hours. Call our office to schedule an appointment and we will do our best to get you in the same day that you call. If you have severe dental trauma, serious bleeding or any other problem that requires immediate assistance, go to your local ER or call 911.
What Is Emergency Dental Care?
Emergency dentists in Chesapeake will treat painful toothaches and other problems that require prompt attention to alleviate pain, stop an infection from spreading, and prevent further damage to the tooth. Emergency dental care our dentists provide during our normal business hours include:
- Emergency extractions
- Treatment for dental infections
- Care for severe tooth pain
- Replacing lost fillings
- Emergency repair for chipped teeth
When Should I Call an Emergency Dental Office Near Me?
I’m not sure if my condition justifies needing emergency dental services, what should I do?
You can call our office to ask us if we would consider your problem an emergency or see below for some of the conditions emergency dentists in Chesapeake treat. Someone will see you quickly if you are experiencing:
Broken or Fractured Teeth
Having a broken, fractured or cracked tooth repaired by emergency dentists increases the chances of you being able to keep the tooth.
Rinse your knocked out teeth in warm water and try to put them back in the socket. If you can’t, put them in a glass of milk and call our office for assistance.
Severe Toothache Pain or Pressure
Emergency dentists can determine the cause of your toothache pain or pressure and treat it, so you won’t be in pain anymore.
Minor tooth sensitivity isn’t an emergency; however, if your tooth is suddenly very sensitive, it may indicate a gum infection or a fractured tooth.
Dental Decay (Cavities)
Dental decay (cavities) can cause anything from a mild tinge of pain to a throbbing toothache that will make you want to scream. If you are in severe pain, call our office to have emergency dentists treat your tooth.
An abscessed tooth needs emergency dental care to keep the infection from spreading. Call our emergency dental office and request an appointment; we will see you as soon as we can during normal office hours.
Lost or Loose Fillings
While not a dire emergency, you should call our office if you have a lost or loose filling. Our dentist will check to see if decay under the filling caused the problem, and then he or she will replace the filling to keep bacteria from becoming trapped in the cavity.
Broken Crowns or Lost Restorations
When you have a broken crown or a lost restoration, the tooth is usually quite sensitive. It is also vulnerable to damage, so you want to bring in your broken crown for repair as soon as possible.
Orthodontic Pain or Injuries
Call our office for treatment of orthodontic pain or injuries.
Tooth Enamel Worn by Teeth Grinding
If you have tooth enamel worn by tooth grinding to such a degree that your teeth are very sensitive, emergency dentists can fit you with a bruxism night guard to prevent further enamel loss and talk to you about ways to repair your teeth.
Sinus pressure can cause a sinus toothache in your upper molars, but it could also indicate impacted wisdom teeth or a dental infection.
What Do I Do If I’m Experiencing a More Serious Issue?
Some dental problems are more serious than the ones listed above. If you are experiencing any distressing problems like the ones below, call 911:
- Sudden trauma involving the face, jaw, or mouth
- Severe bleeding
- Acute swelling in your face or gums
- Difficulty breathing
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As a college freshman, Mya Ajanel’s dreams of one day achieving a veterinary degree were nearly derailed by chemistry.
“I barely passed the first quarter, so I definitely had fear of just finishing the general chemistry series,” she said. “I remember crying and thinking I’m not going to be a vet; it’s too hard.”
But Ajanel’s dread — and her self-confidence — changed for the better, thanks to a UC Davis class created to address the barriers and opportunity gaps faced by students historically excluded from STEM. Taught alongside general chemistry, the course, called CHE98, bolsters both academic and social-emotional learning to help provide students with a sense of belonging and a supportive learning environment. It was first conceived in 2016 and expanded in 2020 to serve more people.
“There are a lot of programs that try to help minority students by offering academic support, but that’s not enough,” said Jessica Ortiz, a doctoral student in chemistry who taught the first class. “You have to support students in a way that they believe in themselves. I’m an underrepresented student, and if I didn’t have role models— those people to push me, I wouldn’t be here today,” she said.
Results from a study of student outcomes found grades went up — 61% of students in the class received a C+ or higher in general chemistry, versus 47% for a comparison group that didn’t take the class Additionally, among students who obtained C+ or higher grades, there was no significant difference in grades between the general population and students from the support class. This suggests the class helped remove opportunity gaps and promote equity among students. The results, published in the Journal of Chemistry Education, also found a positive influence on underrepresented student retention in STEM.
“You have to support students in a way that they believe in themselves. I’m an underrepresented student, and if I didn’t have role models— those people to push me, I wouldn’t be here today.” — Jessica Ortiz
Ajanel’s chemistry grade went from a C+ to an A+ after enrolling in the course, and she’s now applying to vet schools. “It gave me that self-esteem and that boost I needed to continue, and seeing Jessica, a Latina, [teach the class] was the representation that I needed,” she said.
Making STEM more welcoming
Because many majors require at least one chemistry class, undergraduate chemistry can be a gatekeeper or “weed-out” course for students from all backgrounds. And groups historically excluded from STEM — such as first-generation, low-income and minority students — face more risk factors for academic success.
That’s why Bryan Enderle and Jesús Velázquez, both faculty in the Department of Chemistry, developed the “co-class” — to facilitate a teaching environment that could meet the diverse needs of students.
“As a professor that has all the labels, I know firsthand, everything they’re going through,” said Velázquez, an assistant professor of chemistry who grew up in Puerto Rico. “Given the experiences I had as a student, I thought that if I had the opportunity to teach students at this level, I wanted to support their experience regardless of the circumstances and backgrounds they came from,” he said.
The co-classes are intentionally small, limited to 20 students and taught in multiple sections to accommodate everyone. The sections were offered to students in the UC Davis Educational Opportunity Program, which helps students from historically disadvantaged communities prepare for college.
Academic support includes reviewing the course material, providing practice exams and practice exam reviews. The classes also cover issues such as mental health, anxiety, self-doubt and diversity in science. The teaching style of each section adapts to student needs throughout the quarter.
During the first wave of COVID-19, instructors addressed academic disparities created by remote learning and the loss of classroom community during isolation. Students reported that discussions about their emotions and struggles were one of the class’s strengths.
“There’s so much work that went on behind the scenes that can never be derived by a research paper,” said Lea Nglankong (B.S., biopsychology, ’22), who taught the class as an undergraduate teaching assistant. “It doesn’t portray the 11 p.m. phone calls from students who wanted to drop out, a student who attended my class from a laundromat, a student struggling to communicate in English.” Nglankong plans to earn her teaching credential following graduation, and hopes to work at a low-income school in her hometown of Sacramento.
Closing the equity gaps
How is the program funded?
Enderle and Velázquez launched their project with a grant from the office of Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education. Additional funding was provided by Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Mary Croughan through the Closing Student Opportunity Gaps program. Velázquez also provided financial support through a National Science Foundation CAREER grant and a Cottrell Scholar award.
The general chemistry co-class is just one of many ways the Department of Chemistry is developing new initiatives to eliminate equity gaps and increase diversity in STEM. Professor Annaliese Franz has offered a summer prep class in organic chemistry. The department also received approval this year to split general chemistry in tracks for majors and non-majors, which faculty predict will help provide a more equitable teaching environment. The department also offers a peer mentoring program to help first-year undergraduate and first-year transfer students majoring in chemistry successfully transition into college life.
“In my opinion, this is only the beginning,” Velázquez said. “I’ve always envisioned building something bigger to respond to the many challenges students endure.”
Enderle first piloted the class in 2016 in partnership with Susan Keen, senior lecturer in the UC Davis College of Biological Sciences, and with one-time funding from the University of California’s Local Control Funding Formula budget.
The instructors hope to find new grant support to continue the class in fall 2022.
Their efforts could benefit thousands of students — more than 25,000 people at UC Davis take chemistry classes every year.
“We’ve had a really tangible impact on improving students’ lives, and that’s what gives me hope and makes me excited about this program,” said chemistry graduate student and instructor Hannah Brinkman.
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29 Jul Four reasons you need a business plan
“A goal without a plan is just a wish”. These were the wise words of the infamous French pilot and 1930s writer, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. But today, in the business world, this is also a great mantra to follow.
Whether selling home-grown produce from your driveway, or planning to take over the world with your latest patented innovation, if you’re starting a business then you’ll have some type of goal – financial or other – that you want to reach. However, despite your best intentions, you may quickly find that your goals aren’t coming to fruition successfully, or at all, without a business plan.
A business plan helps set out future objectives, as well as how you’re going to get there from your starting point. It is usually broken down into subsections for you to follow as you progress along your business journey, and ultimately, evolve to where you want to be.
So why is it so important to spend some time at the outset drafting a business plan?
Get motivated to get moving
First and foremost, a business plan will help you set out clear, tangible targets to keep you motivated and on track, and define what kind of support you need along the way. Maintaining this momentum and energy is the key to driving your business forward and encouraging your staff or other support channels (suppliers, contractors and even your customers) to play their part in ensuring your company’s success. Put simply, if you’re not motivated, the people you depend on won’t be either.
Being motivated is all well and good, but it’s important not to become so enthusiastic that you lose sight of your original goals. Your business plan will help keep you focused in the right direction, and will prompt you to continually consider new opportunities or changing market trends, and decide whether they fit with your end goal for the business. As such, it’s a great way of evaluating your particular business strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. For more on how to do this, check out our recent blog on SWOT analysis.
Managing the load
The thought of implementing a business plan can be daunting initially. However, the whole point of a plan is to break down seemingly insurmountable goals down into bite-size, step-by-step actions that help you reach your targets slowly but surely. Tackling tasks one at a time will soon help you to feel good about your achievements as your business evolves.
Keep calm and carry on
Even if your goal is to stay the same size, retain the same customer base, and keep doing what you’re doing, a business plan is crucial in achieving this. You’d be surprised how easy it is to expand when you don’t mean to, or to go down a different path than you originally planned. And while these outcomes may not always pose a problem, incorporating these changes as part of your plan helps you constantly reassess your objectives and help you decide whether you want to grow, or indeed, stay the same.
So how do you go about drafting a business plan? Firstly, it doesn’t have to be reams of pages full of minute detail and analysis. A simple One Page Business Plan – FREE DOWNLOAD is a great way to start your business planning and get you thinking about the ways in which you can best achieve your goals, depending on the individual nuances of your business. It’s also the perfect size for pinning above your desk, or anywhere in your workspace, reminding you where you want to go and what you need to do to get there.
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A Brief History of the Italian Marque
Established in Milan as a bicycle factory around 1947, the firm built mopeds and light motorcycles from 50cc to 125cc marketed under the brand Olympia from around 1951 to 1954. They used Cucciolo 49cc engines from Ducati and the 125cc two-stroke BSA Bantam engine, the design of which was adapted from DKW.
See also Olympia
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Apple's new complex the 'greenest building on the planet'?
Many companies claim to be the greenest office buildings. In honor of Earth Day, Fortune researched and found these 7 are standouts.
At last year’s Climate Week conference, Tim Cook claimed the Apple Campus 2, set to open in 2016, will be “the greenest building on the planet.” But some experts doubt it will live up to the description.
Tech companies like Twitter, and Google, and Adobe have led the way with sustainable features in their headquarters, but sustainably-focused change in building design and construction, while slow to come, is now happening all over.
With Earth Day on Wednesday, Fortune decided to investigate which would could be the “greenest building.”
Our conclusion? There seems to be no clear winner, but numerous buildings are claiming the admirable title of the best or most environmentally friendly building.
And really, the more of these buildings, the better, so keep up the competition.
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This is an online class, but also a wonderful class.
The teacher in the computer picture is as serious as ever, just like in the campus. When it comes to class time, the momentum radiated from him is enough to keep the students quiet.
Well, the teacher began to lecture. What the teacher said in this class aroused my curiosity. I believe all the students sitting in front of the computer will be curious at this time. After all, the teacher said that this class is mainly to let us get familiar with the way of online teaching. The teacher wrote all our student numbers on white paper, then crumpled them into a ball and put them in a transparent jar. After that, by shaking the sign, we can decide which student will ask questions, and then all students will answer them online.
Unexpectedly, the first number that the teacher shakes is me. This surprised and pleased me. When the teacher got the student number, I immediately replied 1 online, indicating that the student number represents me. I asked you a question about how to study well at home. As soon as I said this question, I was praised by my teacher. Online students have also given their own answers.
Some students said that to learn at home, we must first correct our procrastination and do things quickly, so that we can save a lot of life time and use it in our study. We need to know that we are more or less lazy at home. Now we study at home, which requires us to arrange our own time reasonably.
This student's statement won the approval of many students, and then more students came up with ideas, such as the ones to be supervised by the family, the ones to make the curriculum, the ones to set the alarm clock, and so on. All kinds of methods were put forward.
When my question is over, the teacher shakes his horn and draws several classmates. Their questions are all different, and they have been answered by many other students. Most of the time in this class is spent in the exchange of students, but I think this is a wonderful class, because teachers and students are involved, and more familiar with the operation process of online class. | <urn:uuid:58489cea-7bfb-407c-b797-642819a0ddf0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.joozone.com/gaozhong/92896.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.974761 | 658 | 1.851563 | 2 |
Norwegian Town Uses Mirrors To Try To Come Into The Light
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A town in Norway has spent all 100 of its winters in the shade. The town is in the mountains, and when the winter sun sinks low, its rays never reach the people in town. That may change. A local artist campaigned to have mirrors placed on a mountainside. When unveiled on October 31st, they should drop a patch of sunlight in the town square. The artist says it will be good for, quote, "the pale little children in town."
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Whether your home is contemporary or classic, this bronze neo-gothic style lamp will fit perfectly into your decor. The chasing and decorative details of the bronze are absolutely superb.
Since 1820, the treasures of the Middle Ages have been rediscovered thanks to the Museum of Historical Monuments. This medieval romanticism inspired the greatest writers such as Victor Hugo with his famous novel "Notre Dame de Paris". Architects such as Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin in England and the Frenchman Viollet-le-Duc designed and redesigned medieval interiors.
This style really emerged during the 1827 exhibition and then took off under the reign of Louis-Philippe (1830-1948). It lasted until the end of the 19th century.
The Neo-Gothic style corresponds to the "Gothic revival" style in England or "crenellated style". It is also known as the troubadour style in reference to the poets of the 12th and 13th centuries.
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3D World Atlas
From Pole to Pole, this stunning, interactive 3D World Atlas lets you explore the world as never before! Newly revised and updated to reflect current world events, this program takes interactive mapping to a new level, combining high-resolution global satellite imagery with detailed geographic information, showing the world as it really is.
This program contains extensive demographic information, over half a million mapped locations, an almanac, and the cultural and political coverage of an encyclopedia. It also covers topographical issues from the global "big picture" to the smallest territory. The world can be viewed with compelling cartographic maps, dazzling images, and exciting 3D graphics. | <urn:uuid:9955ea8e-1f9e-4dc2-9bdb-689be82c734e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://planetaryvisions.com/Project.php?pid=8102 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.868852 | 134 | 1.9375 | 2 |
By demonstrating this new technology on the Moon, we will not only unlock potential autonomous decision-making capabilities for future rovers, but better support planetary-science missions going forward.
OTTAWA, Ontario (PRWEB) May 26, 2021
Mission Control Space Services Inc. (Mission Control) is pleased to announce that it is poised to open an exciting new chapter in Canadian space exploration thanks to a $3.04M contribution from the Canadian Space Agency’s Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program. These funds will enable Mission Control to demonstrate artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics technologies on a new lunar mission, positioning the company as a leader in computer applications for space exploration.
“With the support of the Canadian Space Agency, Canadian scientists and engineers will be able to participate in near-term missions to the lunar surface,” said Ewan Reid, president and CEO of Mission Control.
Along with its subcontractor, Xiphos Systems Corporation, Mission Control will demonstrate a cutting-edge AI-integrated flight computer on the Emirates Lunar Mission (ELM), an international micro-rover mission led by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre in the United Arab Emirates, launched on a SpaceX rocket and delivered to the Moon by ispace of Japan in 2022. As a first for space exploration beyond low Earth orbit, this navigation computer installed as a payload on the ispace lander will host an AI application that harnesses deep-learning algorithms in an edge-computing architecture to recognize geological features in visual images as the rover drives around the lunar surface.
The outputs from the AI image classifier will be transmitted back to Earth for analysis by Mission Control and its academic partners at Concordia University, University of Winnipeg, Western University and Carleton University. These investigations will make use of the cloud-based Mission Control Software platform to enable the Canadian team to easily and securely access and visualize mission data.
“This research will explore techniques for more advanced rover navigation,” explained Dr. Melissa Battler, Mission Control’s chief science officer. “By demonstrating this new technology on the Moon, we will not only unlock potential autonomous decision-making capabilities for future rovers, but better support planetary-science missions going forward.”
Working alongside outreach partners at SmartICE, Rocket Women, and Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, Mission Control is also planning to engage students, underserved communities, and the wider public in what promises to be one of the first demonstrations of Canadian computing technologies on a lunar mission. By creating iconic moments for Canadian space exploration, the company hopes to inspire the next generation to reach for the stars. | <urn:uuid:7d04475e-e551-4ee9-aba3-6b75e9090e27> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.prweb.com/releases/award_from_canadian_space_agency_allows_mission_control_to_bring_canadian_innovation_to_the_moon/prweb17902177.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.892657 | 538 | 2.09375 | 2 |
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There was a cascade of mismanagement; false assumptions, miscommunication, rushed deadlines, and even outright deception was led to the failure. The failures in catching the design flaws later led to two deadly crashes. The crashes of Boeing’s now-grounded 737 Max jetliner was a design failure, as stated by a congressional report released on Wednesday. The crash has a severe impact on the company’s quality check also.
There was a 238-page report majorly on jetliner by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and it says, Boeing was failed majorly in its development and design of the Max. The Federal Aviation Agency was also failed during the oversight of Boeing and offering certification of the aircraft.” The report also pinpoints certain things like engineers questioned the safety features multiple times regarding the jet. But, all of their concerns were dismissed, stating they were lacking importance and jeopardizing the development budget and timeline. There were ample opportunities to realize the deadly shortcomings of the plane. The 737 Max later passed muster, and it had both FAA and Boeing. They labeled it ‘complaint,’ and they certified it safe to serve and other airlines in the U.S.
The committee’s chairman Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore said, when he gave a brief statement to reporters, “There was a problem; it was a complaint true. But it was not safe.” Lion Air operated the 737 Max, and it was plunged into the Java Sea. In October 2018, it was just 13 minutes after the successful takeoff in Indonesia. It took precisely 189 lives. After five months, an Ethiopian Airlines jet carrying 157 passengers and it augured into the earth just after six minutes, and it was from Addis Ababa. The circumstances were similar in both these crashed. They came to light when the 737 Max remained ground across the world. Now, many other global aviation safety agencies, along with FAA, are reviewing Boeing’s improvements. They will decide whether they should allow it to fly again or not.
The improvements are majorly focused on software changes made in the new system, which was added to the jet, which was blamed for clashes. In both Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air fatal flights, pilots were wrestling with the new system added. The MCAS or the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System was not present in previous versions of 737. The Max was added with MCAS, and they wanted to try making the jetliner feel the same for pilots like the previous generations of the 737. It was in the 1960s when the 737 first flew. It has heavier and larger engines, and hence it passes differently in unique circumstances.
The committee released the report, and it dwells in many points regarding the development of Max. It dwells in points on how the engineers and test pilots were trying to note issues in MCAS and how it later proves to be the cause behind the crashes. In 2012 itself, a Boeing test pilot found, and he revealed that it took 10 seconds to deal with some uncommanded activation of the new MCAS system. But, it was deemed as “catastrophic,” as per the reported disclosure. Engineers even questioned why the new system was triggered on data provided from a single angle attack sensor even though there were two. The sensors are known as AOA sensors, and they inform pilots and MCAS about the plane’s nose is pointing up or down.
The test pilot also informed that, “I have observed that the MCAS system can be kicked in multiple times. This leaves the plane’s feature to stay aloft severely hindered. This is why the fate of the Ethiopian and Lion Air flights,” based on the report. As per the chief engineer of 737 Max, “I approved MCAS, but I had no clear understanding of the system.” As per the report, there is a reflection of the management system where he had complete authority. But, the majority of the engineers working on the project reported directly to others. MCAS was utterly flawed, and the FAA assessed the crash of Lion Air. It was months before 737 were grounded. They now estimate that it could have led to at least 15 different impacts across the world, and in its lifetime, it could have led to 2900 deaths.
Even though there was a prediction, the FAA permitted 737 MAX and agreed to continue flying when the fix to the new MCAS software was contemplated, based on the report. Report says, “The period between these two crashes, the FAA was repeatedly arguing not to ground 737 MAX. The FAA argued that there is no appropriate data so that it can decide. But, unfortunately, the judgment later proved wrong. Later FAA brushed off one of the Boeing disclosures that just a key indicator light would have helped avoid the crash. The light is needed to tell the pilot the right direction if the AOA sensor is malfunctioning. After a year now, the report revealed that, “The FAA associate administrator appointed for aviation safety was interviewed. The interview by committee staff revealed that he was unaware of the issues listed about the jet.”
There were four occasions in which the committee found that the Boeing workers were charged when they informed the FAA about the issues cropped up during the development of a new jetliner. It was easy to understand why the development team of 737 faced intense pressure in getting their plane to the customers without making any further costs. The primary reason was a competition they faced from Europe’s Airbus that also developed with a similar fuel-saving jetliner. The report also revealed that “Boeing senior managers were working under a ‘countdown clock,’ installed in the meeting room. It was ticking down the minutes during the project, and they were under pressure to meet the deadlines.” ‘Hard lessons’ Boeing stated that it had learned all kinds of hard lessons after the crash. Boeing also quoted that, ‘They were struggling to come up with right fixes to the jetliner so that it satisfies regulators.”
- How Different Smells Can Influence The Visual Perception Of Emotions? - August 16, 2022
- Weight Loss May Be Hindered By Poor Sleep-Study - August 16, 2022
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Traditional art forms are experiencing a rebirth - they are alive, they are thriving, and the annual juried art show at the Red Cloud Indian School is a testament to this rejuvenation.
Now in their 44th year, the show's exciting mix of contemporary and traditional Native American art features local Indian artists, as well as those from across the United States and Canada.
Included in the gallery exhibit will be the work of over 50 artists ranging in experience from emerging to established; and varying in artistic expression from traditional beadwork, quillwork, and textiles to the more contemporary painting, mixed media, graphics, and digital photography.
More than 10,000 visitors (from all over the world) are expected to attend this year…and we are excited to say we will be one of them!
We always look forward to the Red Cloud Show - it's the perfect chance to appreciate the artwork for its visual beauty, admire the artist's revitalization of time-honored traditions, make a connection with the next generation of American Indian artists…and usually end up with at least a few new pieces.
The show runs from June 5 to August 14, 2011. It will be held at the The Heritage Center on the campus of the Red Cloud Indian School in Pine Ridge, SD. | <urn:uuid:ee1dbac4-3619-4302-8005-8d7bce5d5d7e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://prairieedge.com/tribe-scribe/red-cloud-art-show/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.960173 | 262 | 1.609375 | 2 |
.DIP File Extension
DipTrace Printed Circuit Board File
3.6 | 9 Votes
What is a DIP file?
A DIP file contains a printed circuit board (PCB) created by DipTrace, a schematic and PCB design program. It stores a PCB layout, which includes one or more layers of electrical wires, central processors, conductive tracks, and other electrical component connections.
DipTrace consists of four modules:
- Schematic Capture Editor
- PCB Layout Editor
- Component Editor
- Pattern Editor
The DIP file is the main file type associated with the PCB Layout Editor. The module allows you to design the layout of your PCB then save it in the DIP file. When you finish designing your PCB layout and verify that it is valid, you can order it through DipTrace. To do this, select File → Order PCB → Place Order are used for printing the physical PCB.
Programs that open DIP files
Dr. DivX Encoding Profile
2.0 | 1 Vote
What is a DIP file?
A DIP file is an encoding profile created by Dr. DivX, a .DIVX video creation tool. It contains text-based settings that control how Dr. DivX encodes videos. DIP files can be opened and edited in any text editor, but are meant to be opened and edited in Dr. DivX's Profile Editor.
Dr. DivX is a discontinued Windows program that allows users to import video files and convert them to DivX videos. Users can then play their DivX videos on DivX media players and devices, such as DivX Player.
If a user wants to change the default settings Dr. DivX uses to encode converted videos, they can do so using the Dr. DivX's Profile Editor. In the Profile Editor, users can adjust the audio, bitrate, and other settings Dr. DivX uses when creating DivX videos. Users can also choose from preset encoding profiles, which align with DivX's various certification settings.
If a user wants to save a set of custom encoding settings, so they can reuse those settings in the future, they can do so by selecting File → Save from the Profile Editor's menu bar. This will save the user's settings in a DIP file. DIP files are plain text files that can be opened and edited in any text editor. However, it is best to open DIP files and edit the settings they contain in Dr. DivX's Profile Editor.
How to open a DIP file
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Adaptation Planning and Practices training
January 25, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - March 15, 2021 @ 3:00 pm
Register (registration ends December 20, 2020)
January 25-March 15, 2021
The Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science and USDA Northern Forests Climate Hub are offering the Adaptation Planning and Practices training as an online course for forest and natural resource managers.
This unique opportunity provides hands-on training in considering climate change information and identifying adaptation actions for natural resources management professionals working in forests and natural ecosystems. Participants will receive coaching and feedback while using the Adaptation Workbook to develop their own real-world climate adaptation project. The course consists of seven web sessions with work time occurring between sessions.
Information will focus on forest ecosystems, urban forests, and forested watersheds in the Midwest and Northeast, but applicants from other regions should apply and may be accepted if space allows. | <urn:uuid:999fb7f2-37a6-4482-86ae-949a84257018> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/adaptation-planning-and-practices-training/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.921134 | 192 | 2.40625 | 2 |
Learn all about the Bioglitter™ Sparkle Range of biodegradable glitter!
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The Bioglitter Sparkle Range is also suitable for industrial and home composting.
We stock Bioglitter in various different sizes including:
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There’s a reason why people drink. Alcohol is a necessity, a necessity that comes with a price. It’s not the alcohol that causes the problem, but rather the way that alcohol affects your brain, the way that alcohol affects your memory, and the way alcohol affects your mood. Alcohol is, at worst, a short-term solution to a problem that can’t be fixed right away.
The main reason why we have a problem being drunk is that our brain is not the only brain, and we also have our own brain. If we’re not really drinking at all, our brain is basically the only brain.
So how does that connect with the problem being that we get drunk? Well, the connection is actually far too strong, and it’s the same reason why we get stressed out. Our brain, after all, is our most important organ. While we normally don’t need alcohol to function properly, even very small amounts can make us go crazy and cause us to act out our most irrational behavior. We just don’t realize it.
We could say that our brain is our biggest social interaction, and that’s why it seems so important to learn how to use it and to practice interacting with it properly. But we should really be discussing why we feel like we need to learn how to use it at all, instead of just saying, “Hey, I dont have any special skills to help me out. So I need to learn how to do this.
Just as there are a million ways of practicing what we can do, there are a million ways of not doing it. And while you can practice in a million different ways to the same end, it is also worth knowing why you’re doing it. If you know why you’re doing it, you can plan for it and not do it in the first place. As is the case with all of the other things we can practice, we should be learning why we’re doing it.
The main point of a game, although it may seem simple, is that if you play everything in an order, the game won’t work. If you know how to do it, you might have a better answer to your question. The main thing about deathlances is that they have to be programmed so we don’t have to think about it in the first place.
Now, when I say “programmed,” I mean it. I mean, I can write a program, write a series of instructions, and tell it to do whatever I want, but it still has to play itself. And for that to work you need to have the right inputs. For example, if I want to play the game in a certain way, but need to know the right input to get the game to work, then the game won’t work.
The main argument in death-looping is that you need to have the right input for the game to work, and a lot of other things that go on in your brain in this game. So you have to have the right input for every game to work, but you also have to have the right input for the game to be able to play the game.
The same goes for your body. A lot of things that we think we know about our bodies are in fact not as we know them. For example, you can get a full body cast of any of the guys from Deathloop, but you can’t get a full body cast of the game itself. So a lot of the inputs that we think we know about our bodies are actually in fact not the same as what we know about them.
The main reason that you have to have the right input is because you’re not able to do a full body cast of the game as the world is too large, and you cannot do a full body cast of Deathloop, in other words. You are not able to do a full body cast of Deathloop, and you cannot do a full body cast of Deathloop, in other words. | <urn:uuid:83391004-00ab-4161-84fe-e75651544989> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mycardioforlife.com/jbl-club-5501/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.967949 | 846 | 2.125 | 2 |
By Nandini Bhushan*
Much like the Indian culture, the cuisine of India is blessed with an immense range of traditional as well as regional food. Depending upon the availability of local vegetables, fruits, Spices and herbs along with the climatic factor, Indian food varies in choices. Each state is influenced with these choices making them unique and distinctive from one another.
Also read: Indian Food Recipes – Modak
Kombri Vade ( Malvani chicken)
Kombri Vade is a traditional Malvani chicken curry and its combination with vade or poori is to die for. Being a coastal region, the Konkan region in Maharashtra is rich in coconut plantations and as a result it is used liberally in their food. The authentic Malvani chicken curry is cooked with roasted coconut and few other regular spices that adds unforgettable flavour to this popular and spicy curry.
Chicken : 1 kg
Onion : 2 large
Garlic paste : 1 tsp
Ginger paste : 2 tsp
Turmeric powder : 1 tsp
Red chilli powder : 2 tsp
Oil : 3 tsp
For the wet masala
Coconut : 1 grated
Peppercorn : 10 to 12
Black cardamom : 1
Clove : 7 to 8
Dry red chilli : 3 to 4
Bay leaf : 2
Coriander seed : 1 tsp
Marinate the chicken with ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and 1 tsp salt and keep it aside for at least half an hour.
In a pan add a tsp of oil and roast the coconut along with coriander seeds, peppercorn, black cardamom, clove, red chilli and bay leaf. Saute it on low flame until coconut leaves it aroma.
Once cool grind it into a smooth paste .
In a pan add oil and saute onion until translucent. Add the sliced tomatoes along with red chilli powder and salt.
As the tomatoes turn soft add the marinated chicken and let it cook on a high flame for 8 to 10 minutes stirring occasionally. Lower the flame, cover the pan and let it cook further for about 15 minutes or until the chicken is ¾ done.
Add the ground coconut paste and mix them well. Let it cook for ten minutes. If required add water for the desired consistency.
Enjoy the traditional Malvani chicken with wade.
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Entering a bedding store you would usually find bed frames made of wood, fabric or metal. Beds made of cardboard, however, are rather a rare sight – although this raw material not only offers sustainability but also especially high stability. Relying on a special “mouth-organ” type technique Room in a Box beds can carry up to 1,000 kg per square meter and are available in various sizes. A load-bearing test has clearly shown: even 25 people jumping up and down cannot do any harm to this corrugated board bed
“You can always talk to us and let us know what you are thinking, and we can probably tell you the feasibility after a brief conversation. ”
THUS CBD BEDS ARE A GREAT OPTION IF YOU WANT TO:
INCREASE BED CAPACITY OF AN EXISTING HEALTHCARE FACILITY
SETUP ISOLATION CENTERS/ COVID CARE CENTERS
CREATE TEMPORARY SHELTERS
Advantages Of Corrugated Board Disposable (CBD) Bed
- CBD beds can be used multiple times with sheet covers which can be replaced and disposed after each use.
- Corrugated Board is a material that is versatile and recyclable.
- The Bed is lightweight and sturdy.
- It can be assembled and disassembled with ease anytime and anywhere for multiple usage.
- They can be assembled without any nails, glues or stitching on site.
- The waste can be disposed off in an eco friendly manner put inside the package that comes with it.
- Steel bed manufacturing requires oxygen which is scarce in today’s times. CBD Beds don’t have any such requirement.
- Steel and Iron Beds are heavy and pose a bigger challenge in transportation, loading and unloading compared to CBD Beds.
- Handling of CBD Beds is easier and has zero injury risk compared to handling of Iron and Steel Beds.
- Movement and shifting of CBD Beds is easy and noise-free as compared to traditional beds. | <urn:uuid:3850d6e9-5a22-4dc6-81cf-795b6b808c4b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://idealpackageinc.com/corrugated-products/corrugated-board-disposable-bed-for-covid-19/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.927102 | 431 | 2.3125 | 2 |
See my comments under “How do I get ready for tile? “
Yes, both situations are feasible, and in certain situations very practical. As noted in my previous comments, the surface of the existing tile, wood, or vinyl must be stable and firm, without compromises in the surface that will accept either the new tile, or the paint. It is imperative that anything that is covered is stable and without compromise. The application of a painted surface, over an existing tile surface certainly can be accomplished. However, caution must be taken to ensure that the paint bonds to the surface of the tile. In many cases the existing tile will be a ceramic tile that has a glazed surface. If this is the case, additional care must be taken to ensure that the receiving surface is prepared to accept the new application of paint. There are special primers that have been manufactured to promote the adhesion of a spray, roller or brush application of a coating, on the top of a glazed tile. These primers must be carefully applied and adequate ventilation ensured, to reduce the amount of fumes generated by the application. In some instances, light sand blasting or mechanical sanding of the tile surface, maybe required to produce a surface that will promote bonding of the new application. Remember, the key to a successful project that applies a new sprayed, rolled or brushed surface, on an existing surface, is the bonding of the new application to the old surface. | <urn:uuid:ca48f05c-f841-4038-b6c5-f6a30410ebb4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.builder-questions.com/possible-tile-existing-tile-even-paint-surface-existing-tile/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.953615 | 292 | 1.71875 | 2 |
Here is the follow-up to my post on the July track map for polar bears being followed by satellite in the Beaufort Sea by the US Geological Survey (USGS) – Ten out of ten polar bears being tracked this summer in the Beaufort Sea are on the ice. See that post for methods and other background on this topic, and some track maps from 2012 (also available at the USGS website here).
The track map for September was posted on the USGS website on October 17 (delayed due to the US government shutdown) and is copied here below (Figure 1). The ice rebounded during the second half of the month (after the annual minimum was reached on September 13). The ten bears from July were down to eight – their collars might have stopped working or fallen off (most likely), they might have left the area entirely (also possible) or they might have died (the researchers don’t say which).It appears that of the eight polar bears still being followed by USGS researchers in September, four are on shore and four are still on the ice. Only time will tell if the four females on shore are pregnant and preparing maternity dens for the winter, but this seems the likely reason they are not on the ice with the others.
One very interesting point worth noting: the one bear (light brown) captured onshore in the Southern Beaufort subpopulation region in the spring of 2013, has moved into the Northern Beaufort subpopulation region, on Banks Island (see map here), and may be denning there. This inter-subpopulation movement is relatively uncommon.
The map for July 2013 is below, for comparison:
I’ll post the track map for October when it is available at the USGS website.
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a number of situations farms really do not have the necessary coverage for
pollution exposures. Today’s volumes of pesticides and manure combined with
ever increasing environment regulations and/or sensitivity to these issues mean
that many farmers are not well protected in the event of a disaster. Insurance
companies are becoming more aware of the potential risks associated with the
farming operations and you the farmer should as well. In a loss situation,
damage caused by a pollutant on your property is not automatically covered.
What you need is “on-site pollutants” coverage to be added to the policy. If
you have a couple of mini-bulk tanks, you might have some considerable
environmental costs to worry about. It doesn’t take too many hours for a
hazardous materials cleanup team to cost a great amount of money to your
operation. In addition to the cost of cleanup, environmental monitoring and
environmental fines can really add up and if this damage spreads off of your
property and there is a fish-killing in nearby streams, there is a possibility
the person causing the damage would have to pay to restock the streams.
Pollution exclusions are common in farm policies. The intent of some basic farm policies is to cover legal liability for “sudden and accidental” losses of pollutants. With this coverage the insurance companies are not covering pollution losses that affect your own property or losses that are caused by a slow “leakage” type of situation.
The best way to avoid problems is to have a better understanding of the insurance you’ve bought.
are some questions that farmers could ask their insurance broker:
* What is the extent of coverage for environmental cleanup?
* How much environmental cleanup coverage do I have?
* Am I covered for spills from off-the-farm transportation accidents?
* What is required of me if there is a chemical spill?
* Are there any actions I might take that might void my policy?
* Am I covered for chemical spills resulting from temporary storage accidents?
Some of this coverage is so specialized that even some insurance brokers aren’t aware of all of the ins and outs. You can’t buy a standard farm insurance policy that will cover you for all potential losses. Instead, farmers should buy a basic policy and then buy additional riders or a separate policy.
Then again there are some farm policies out there that do not cover any pollution losses, no matter what the situation. Scary… a limited amount of coverage is better then none at all. Depending on your situation, this “sudden & accidental” coverage can be had at no extra charge and can be very simple to have. Your Insurance Broker just needs to know the difference!
Today’s farmers should purchase insurance from people who know farming. Farming should be viewed as a business, and you should seek advice from people who understand your business. | <urn:uuid:dfd0c80d-b836-411a-ba51-3dd611354941> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://rempelinsurance.com/agri-post-articles/pollution-issues-on-the-farm/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.956166 | 610 | 2.015625 | 2 |
The first thought that pops into your head when you think of losing weight is probably cutting down on cakes and chocolate and going to the gym regularly. And you’re right. But, did you know that including certain beverages into your diet can greatly help you shed pounds and get a flat belly? Well, if your answer is no, then continue reading …
If you’ve already decided to make changes to your diet and lifestyle, that’s great – you’ve taken the first step of reaching your goal to lose weight. The next step you should take to successfully achieve this goal is to add certain drinks to your daily menu. Drinks, such as protein shakes, apple cider vinegar, coffee, and green tea, have been indicated to boost satiety, alleviate hunger, and improve digestion, which in turn can promote a healthy weight loss.
Apple cider vinegar is helpful in promoting weight loss since it may help lower the level of triglycerides in the blood and improve your metabolism. In addition, the acetic acid, present in apple cider vinegar, may reduce the level of blood sugar in your body.
Drinking 1-2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar mixed with 1 cup of water before meals can make you feel full and it can burn fat deposits in your body. And one more benefit this vinegar has is that it can detox your body. That said, the next time you’re preparing yourself salad for lunch, add this vinegar to it instead of regular one.
Being a rich source of nutrients and antioxidants, green tea is undoubtedly the best tea for weight loss. Thanks to the antioxidants, known as catechins, and caffeine that are present in green tea, consuming this drink can improve your metabolism and help you burn body fat and shed pounds.
Since there are many who find its taste strong or not that pleasant, the good thing is that apple cider vinegar is available in various flavors. Additionally, adding one teaspoon of honey to it, not only will it make sweeter and tastier, it’ll turn it into a powerful health shot.
Perhaps you like drinking coffee because it helps you feel energized and alert or simply because you like the way it tastes. Whether in the morning or in the afternoon and whether you like to drink it with milk, sugar, and cream or just plain, coffee is an inseparable part of your everyday diet. But, has it ever occurred to you what effect does drinking coffee have on your body?
Well, if you’re trying to lose weight, know that black coffee should be your go-to detox drink. Besides being free of fats and carbohydrates, it has antioxidants which are helpful in promoting weight loss. It also has chlorogenic acid that slows the production of glucose in the body.
Black coffee is also a good source of caffeine, and as a result of this it boosts your level of energy and enhances your metabolism, thereby making you feel satiated. Moreover, coffee is also known to have a diuretic effect, which means that drinking this beverage can help you eliminate excess water from your body more easily, and as a result, lose weight temporarily.
And last but not least, if you don’t like drinking your coffee plain, instead of adding cream, sugar, or milk to it, add one teaspoon of lemon juice. The mixture of coffee and lemon does not have any effect on weight loss, but it does make for a refreshing, pleasant, and tasty drink. And besides being rich in vitamin C, lemons contain citric acid which can be helpful in improving your digestive system.
Black tea is one more fat cutter drink. It’s a rich source of polyphenols which encourage weight loss through promoting fat dissolving, decreasing the intake of calories, and increasing the growth of good bacteria in the gut. So, if you want to squeeze into a smaller size of jeans, you now know what you should drink.
If you’re trying to shed a few pounds, make sure you include protein shakes in your everyday diet. These drinks are a mixture of protein powder and water (they can be mixed with other liquids too). And they are known for their ability to reduce weight by suppressing appetite and relieving hunger. They also make you feel satiated for longer.
One study that included 90 obese participants has shown that fat mass and body weight of the participants who consumed wheat protein for 23 weeks were lower by 2.3 kg and 1.8 kg respectively than those of the other two groups of participants who consumed an isoenergetic amount of carbohydrate and soy protein.
Some of the best protein shakes for weight loss include:
Besides the top 5 above-mentioned drinks, there are several other detox drinks for weight loss that you can prepare at home.
Not only is a healthy substitute for fizzy, sugary drinks, lemon water can help improve your metabolism and boost satiety, which can in turn lead to weight loss. To prepare this drink, just add a few slices of lemon or some lemon juice in one cup of water and stir the mixture.
Water is undoubtedly the most overlooked drink when it comes to our diet. It seems like we’ve forgotten the great importance of water regarding our health. Not only does water help us digest food more easily and properly, it also plays a vital role in the transportation and absorption of carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, proteins, and minerals in our bodies. It also prevents bloating and constipation and helps us eliminate toxins from our bodies. And last but not least, water can curb appetite as well.
Cumin is known for its ability to reduce cholesterol levels, improve our metabolism, and regulate blood sugar levels. Eating a healthy, balanced diet, regularly doing physical exercises, and consuming cumin twice or thrice a week can gradually help fight inflammation and reduce fat deposits in your body. All you need to do to prepare this drink is to add 1 teaspoon of cumin in one cup of water. To make it tastier, you can add cinnamon and boil the mixture for around 5 minutes. After the water cools, you can consume it right away.
Psyllium is a type of fiber made from the seeds of a plant known as Plantago ovata. Not only can this drink help eliminate toxins from your body, it can make you feel full for longer. To prepare this drink, just add 1 tablespoon of psyllium powder into 350 ml of water. You can consume it right away.
And last but not least, cucumber water is one more detox drink.
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2010 Arkansas Code
4-26-618. Share dividends.
Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law
Subtitle 3 - Corporations And Associations
Chapter 26 - Business Corporations Generally
Subchapter 6 - Corporate Finance
§ 4-26-618 - Share dividends.
(a) Subject to the restrictions provided in this subsection, the board of directors of a corporation may declare and pay dividends in its own authorized but unissued shares out of any unreserved and unrestricted surplus other than revaluation surplus of the corporation upon the following conditions:
(1) If a dividend is payable in its own shares having a par value, those shares shall be issued at not less than the par value, and there shall be transferred to stated capital at the time the dividend is paid an amount of surplus at least equal to the aggregate par value of the shares to be issued as a dividend;
(2) If a dividend is payable in its own shares without par value, such shares shall be issued at not less than the stated value, which shall not be more than the fair value, as determined by resolution of the board of directors adopted at the time the dividend is declared, and there shall be transferred to stated capital at the time dividend is paid an amount of surplus equal to the aggregate stated value of the shares to be issued as a dividend;
(3) If the fair value of the shares included in the share dividend, as determined by resolution of the board of directors, exceeds the stated value thereof at the time the dividend is paid, the difference between the stated value and the fair value shall be accounted for in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
(b) When any share dividend is paid out of capital surplus, the shareholders receiving the dividend shall be concurrently notified of the source thereof.
(c) No dividend payable in shares of any class shall be paid to the holders of shares of any other class unless the articles of incorporation so provide or payment is authorized by the affirmative vote or the written consent of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of the class in which the payment is to be made.
(d) (1) Treasury shares that have been acquired by the corporation out of its surplus may, by authority of the board of directors, be ratably distributed among the shareholders.
(2) However, no distribution of the shares of one (1) class to the holders of shares of another class shall be made except under the conditions set out in subsection (c) of this section.
(3) Concurrently with the making of any such distribution, the corporation shall designate the transaction as a distribution of treasury shares and shall not represent it to be a share dividend.
(4) No transfer from surplus to stated capital is necessary in connection with a distribution of treasury shares.
(e) A split-up or division of the issued shares of any class into a greater number of shares of the same class without increasing the stated capital of the corporation shall not be construed to be a share dividend within the meaning of this section.
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As the economy shifts, so do the spaces that best support the innovation and ideas necessary to sustaining a business. In this final installment of his three part series on the topic, and in support of our series of summer events exploring the workspaces of startups valued at over $1 billion, Bob Fox explores what this “new workplace” is all about, and how you can make the transition. Read part one here and part two here.
Leading up to the book Change Your Space, Change Your Culture, the author, Rex Miller, and his research team, Case4Space, looked at the drivers that affect performance in the workplace. They quickly realized the biggest drivers of organizational performance are people and how engaged they are in what they do. Rex and his team determined that the workspace was one of the most effective tools that executives can use to change culture and behavior. The space ultimately sets the context for the culture, which is a derivative of the behavior that is accepted in the workplace. The space communicates a message and clearly shows how leadership feels and if staff is valued. If leaders sit in a big private office, and only select people enter into their realm, that sets an expectation and defines a behavior – nothing needs to be said. Likewise, if leaders are visible, engaged, and accessible, employees will react and behave differently.
But values, behavior, and culture can vary significantly from one company to the next. There has been a tendency in the past to mimic or copy standards for office space, as if we all wear the same outfits or shoes, or drive the same cars. We need to think individualistically about our businesses and consider how we work, the type of work and what really drives performance in each organization. Organizations must design and build space that reflects, reinforces, and drives their culture and values.
Value, behavior, and culture can vary significantly from one company to the next. We need to think individualistically about our businesses and consider how we work, the type of work, and what really drives performance in each organization.
Likewise, organizations must implement spaces that support the various work modes and styles of its people. Depending on the type of work, task, or the location of our desk, we may need to move to a different type of space. We might need quiet to concentrate better or we might need vertical surfaces to pin up ideas. We may need more experts to be involved, or we may want to work in a high traffic area so that we can interact with other people as they pass by. Today, we need a variety of different types of tools: spaces and furniture that support getting our work done. Just considering our desk or our office as our sole workspace is like having only a hammer in your toolbox.
Four things to consider when putting together your “toolbox”
How do your employees collaborate?
Collaboration areas are not different from desks in this respect, because they are also tools that have tremendous potential to drive performance and are often over looked. Collaborative workspaces have become the primary tools organizations are using to drive performance and need to be carefully considered. It is important to understand the exact type of collaboration that should take place and the tools that will be used. The following quote is from IBM‘s Global C-suite Study:
The benefits of collaboration have long been apparent. The “science” of collaboration is just emerging. We are beginning to better understand how collaboration works—how to foster human connections across complex networks, create new models of engagement and cultures of transparency.
Part of the challenge is that the workplace has changed so dramatically and so quickly that we simply do not have the vocabulary to accurately describe the types of collaboration spaces that are necessary to support all of the different types of collaboration that we are designing space for today. Designers could easily develop 40-50 different types of collaboration spaces common today, ranging from open to closed and minimal technology (i.e., whiteboard) to highly complex AV and conference systems. Degrees of privacy, openness, flexibility, and size impact our performance and our ability to communicate or think.
Will desks be assigned or assigned?
Ownership of space is another issue that is rapidly coming to the forefront as a way to save considerable sums of money. Deciding to go with assigned or unassigned spaces is a hot topic for many organizations today. While we may not really need our own private office, we do need a place to work and interact with others. In many cases, technology has reduced the amount of space that we need.
As Gunnar Branson points out in his TED Talk, law firms require only 1/3 of the space that they occupied 10 years ago. Much of what we need is on a database in the cloud and can be accessed from an iPhone. The same holds true for our personal information. We are more mobile and carrying less stuff.
This has led to the ownership of space being called into question. Do we still need our big private offices? Does that office need to be “mine” or can I just use it when I need that kind of a tool? The cost is driving that decision for many, but it needs to be properly considered. Sometimes it as much a cultural thing as it is a business decision.
Another thing to consider is that, because of the speed of change and the amount of information that is coming into the workplace, we are seeing a trend toward much more creative, self-managed, autonomous work and teaming, even within larger corporations. For these workers and teams, post-recession companies provide the tools, training, and networking necessary for their success. Not unlike a Navy SEALs team, they are trained and supported to accomplish highly-specific objectives that are critical to the organization’s success.
Collaboration is crucial to innovation, but you will also need to integrate quiet space. Where and how will you implement this?
While collaboration is critical, quiet space is just as important. There are tasks such as reading, writing, thinking, calculating, organizing, and planning where conceptual parts require quiet, non-distracting space. Deep levels of concentration are required for complex formulas, code, and numbers where it has been proven that a brief distraction can cost significant amounts of time to reassemble the thought or concept. As an industry in the early 2000s, we went way too open and now we are still trying to determine the right balance. Private offices will probably not go away, but we will use them differently – they probably do not need to be assigned to one individual. But we still need those types of spaces in order to get our jobs and work done.
Will you have a mobile workforce?
The mobile and agile workplace has opened up many opportunities to expand beyond the traditional office. People are working in an increasing variety of places outside of what we normally call office. There is a range of workspaces available, from cafés and co-working facilities to LiquidSpace technology that is readily available and can find you a space to work at a moment’s notice.
People will continue to move to the place that best supports the type of work that they do. It’s getting close to the point that for some businesses that there needs to be a reason to go into the office. People will ask, “Why would I get in the car and drive for 45 minutes twice a day, when I can pour another cup of coffee sit at my computer and be productive immediately?”
In a world where knowledge and ideas have significant value and build stronger companies, we will continue to invest in those spaces that foster that type of work.
The workplace is becoming more of an interactive, social, and communication tool and thus the increased discussion around collaboration. In a world where knowledge and ideas have significant value and build stronger companies, we will continue to invest in those spaces that foster that type of work.
The bottom line is this: companies can save millions of dollars on their space by cutting costs, but most have squeezed as much as they can, and if the cuts and reductions hinder work, cause frustration, and hold back the flow of valuable ideas, then it will cost the organization more in turnover, broken systems, or misalignment.
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As the COVID-19 vaccine slowly rolls out across the country, many people have the opportunity to make their work lives and personal lives much safer. We have worked hard to gather all of the details you need to ensure that you are able to keep your family, coworkers and clients safe through this time. Here’s everything you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccine from STC:
Who Can Get the COVID-19 Vaccine?
The vaccine is in short supply and only being given to those in the 1A or 1B groups. As of right now, the only people eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine are healthcare workers, people over the age of 65 and people 16+ with underlying health conditions. As more vaccines become available, many other groups will become eligible to receive their covid vaccine as well.
How Does the Vaccine Work?
Currently, there are two different vaccines available, both being reported to be 95% effective. These vaccines are not meant to prevent you, or those around you, from getting the virus. Essentially, the vaccine is meant to provoke an immune response, so that your body is better able to fend off the virus if you come into contact with someone who has already been infected.
Is the COVID-19 Vaccine Safe?
Yes, the vaccine has gone through all of the phases of testing and regulatory approvals it needed before entering the market. While this process was sped up due to the severity of the virus, this does not mean that important steps were missed along the way. The vaccines do not contain the live virus, meaning that you cannot contract or spread COVID-19 from the vaccine.
Where Can I Get the Vaccine?
It is expected that people will be able to receive vaccinations for free from their doctors, local pharmacies, hospitals and other medical professionals soon. If you are in groups 1A or 1B, you can go ahead and register for your first dose of the vaccine now, but your wait time will depend on local availability. Depending on which vaccine you receive, there may be a 21-28 day waiting period before you can receive your second, and final, dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
No matter how you choose to keep your workplace safe from COVID-19, it is crucial that every employee understands when and where they can receive their vaccine. STC is always here to help keep your workplace safe. Our managed safety services, onsite cna services and safety consulting services are designed to make safety simple. Want to learn more about STC? Check out our blog today!
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Yup, you read that right. According to Linux guru and writer Michael Larabel of the Phoronix.com, Valve is diving right into hardcore Linux game development. In a recent interview with Valve’s Managing Director of Video Game Development Gabe Newell, Michael uncovered the dream plan for the Linux gamer’s Holy Grail: Native Linux gameplay. In short, Valve is going all in on Linux development and this is huge.
So why is this a big deal? Well, Linux users have been waiting a long time on native gameplay and this is the first glimmer of hope offered by a major development studio in some time. For those new to Linux, users have to use emulators or other utilities to play most games on their systems. Even when running games in an emulated or pass-through type environment, most games still don’t function as well as if they were running in a native environment. This chokes system resources and ultimately defeats the purpose of running a lean Linux implementation like Ubuntu in the first place. (For a great run down on Ubuntu check out Meet Ubuntu by our very own Ant Pruitt.) Though no one truly knows how many Linux users there are, it would appear Valve’s interest lies in supporting the open source community by bringing their platform to the table. It doesn’t hurt to also be the first major gaming development house to do so.
With Valve throwing dedicated professionals at this long-standing problem Linux fans can finally expect to see some significant changes. This fall, Valve will beta test a single title that uses their Source engine for proof of concept. Once a stable environment of the Source engine has been fielded and tested, Valve will move on to a bigger challenge: building an entire gaming client. That’s right, not only will Valve bring their Source engine to the masses on Linux, they also plan to bring their entire Steam client to Linux as well.
Michael put it this way, “Valve and Gabe Newell’s interest in Linux goes beyond what would be expected of any normal game company, but Valve is certainly a unique beast. Listening to Gabe Newell talk about Linux for hours made me wonder whether he was a former ex-Microsoft employee (where he actually did work in his pre-Valve days in the 90’s) or the director of the Linux Foundation.”
This is huge for Linux users and gamers. While I received no official response from Valve, this is the first time a major game developer is finally taking up the Linux banner and committing the appropriate resources to make something happen. Michael got to look behind the curtain on the ongoing Linux development at Valve and we’ll all benefit from it. To see the full interview and to get a hardcore Linux user’s perspective check out Michael’s full post on his website Phononix.
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This type of surgery may be suitable for someone who has a breast cancer (tumour) and wishes to conserve (keep the breast) therefore mastectomy (removal of the breast) may be avoided.
Whenever breast conservation surgery is performed the surgeon must also remove an extra rim of normal healthy tissue surrounding the tumour to ensure a clear excision margin. If this margin is not achieved, then further surgery may be required.
The aim of volume replacement surgery is to allow larger tumours to be removed and the tissue to be replaced to restore the shape and size of the breast with a good cosmetic outcome.
TYPE OF SURGERY
Most women have spare tissue on the chest wall and under the arms so this tissue can be used to fill the space where the tumour has been removed.
There are several types of volume replacement surgery which involves moving tissue from the chest wall or under your arm depending upon where the tumour is located. Your surgeon /breast care nurse will discuss the options that are best suited to your needs . The types of surgery are as listed below: –
Lateral Intercostal Artery Perforator Flap Reconstruction.
Suitable for patients whose tumour is situated in the outer part of the breast
Medial Intercostal Artery Perforator Flap Reconstruction.
Suitable for patients whose tumour is situated in the inner part of the breast.
THORACIC/ABDOMINAL ADVANCEMENT Flap Reconstruction
Suitable for patients whose tumour is situated in the lower or outer part of the breast.
The operation will be carried out under a general anaesthetic and will take approximately two to three hours to perform. All patients who smoke will be advised to stop smoking prior to the operation to reduce the risk of post-operative complications.
On the day of the operation, your surgeon will draw on you to help plan the surgery he/she may need to use a special instrument called a doppler to assess the blood supply to the flap of breast tissue which will be moved to fill the space where the tumour has been removed. This is to ensure that a good blood supply is maintained and the tissue stays healthy.
Your surgeon will talk in more detail about the scars and have photographs / drawings available for you to view. Usually the scars for the LICAP are situated in the upper outer part of the breast towards the chest wall and for the MICAP and THORACIC /ABDOMINAL ADVANCEMENT FLAP the scars are usually situated under the breast or at the outer edge of the breast. All scars are red and raised initially and begin to settle over a 12-month period. The scars are well hidden in a bra.
With your consent, your surgeon will most likely ask to take photographs before and after the surgery.
HOSPITAL STAY AND AFTERCARE
This surgery is usually a day case procedure, but you may require one overnight stay in hospital depending upon your recovery.
An appointment will be made for you to return to clinic to see your Consultant or breast Ccare nurse to have your wound assessed, you may have to attend the clinic for further dressings. Your wound should be kept covered by dressings until your Consultant or breast care nurse is happy with your wound. The stitches will be dissolvable.
It is unlikely that you will require a wound drain however your surgeon may decide to use one.
This involves a small plastic tube being inserted into the operation site during surgery and attached to a drainage bottle. Your surgeon may want this to remain for several days after your operation. You will be allowed to go home with the drain in place but will have to return to see your breast care nurse to assess the drainage volumes, then to have it removed.
A comfortable bra can be worn after surgery, underwire bras should be avoided until your wound is well healed. Please speak to your breast care nurse before wearing an underwire bra.
Heavy lifting and strenuous exercises should be avoided for at least six weeks.
Driving should be avoided until your wound has healed and you can comfortably wear a seat belt and perform an emergency stop if required.
Any other specific instructions will be explained to you before you leave hospital or by your Breast Care Nurse.
BENEFITS OF SURGERY
All surgery involves risks and benefits, it is very important that your surgeon discusses this with you so that you can make the right choice for you.
The most important benefit of surgery is that the cancer is removed from the breast.
By using this type of surgery, the cancer (even some larger tumours) can be successfully removed without the need to perform a mastectomy; therefore you will not need to lose your breast.
RISKS AND COMPLICATIONS OF SURGERY
Most patients will only experience a few of these but it is important that you are aware of any potential problems.
Bleeding may occur after the surgery (usually within the first 12 hours) A very small amount of bleeding is not uncommon but anything more may mean another short operation to stop the bleeding.
Bruising is common after surgery and usually settles after a few weeks.
Pain may be experienced after any operation especially when it involves breast tissue being moved around however it is not usually described as severe. You will be offered painkillers both in hospital and to take home. You may experience tightness on the chest wall where the flap has been taken from. This should settle within 2-3 weeks.
Infections are rare after breast surgery but can occur so as a precaution you may be given antibiotics during the operation to reduce the risk of infection. If the wound becomes infected after surgery, you may require a course of antibiotics. The risk of infection is higher in patients who smoke or those who are diabetic or obese.
ASYMMETRY (unequal size and shape)
There may be a difference in the size and shape of your breasts, this will adjust with time as your wounds heal and any swelling settles. However, if this is very noticeable further surgery may be performed at a later date to address this.
In approximately 5 to 10 percent of patients further surgery is required to ensure the cancer has been completely removed. Your surgeon will discuss this with you if required.
When patients have breast conservation surgery, radiotherapy treatment is usually recommended after the surgery., This can lead to shrinkage of the breast tissue which can make the breasts appear different to one another. This is often not noticeable when wearing a bra, but if this is causing you concern please speak to your surgeon or breast care nurse about any options available to you.
This is a fluid collection under the scar area which frequently occurs after surgery. This is not harmful and can just settle on its own but occasionally the seroma can cause some discomfort and can be drained by your breast care nurse.
WOUND AND SHOULDER STIFFNESS
Your wound may feel quite tight after the surgery, this will relax over the coming weeks, but you should keep your shoulder supple and perform the post-operative exercises advised by your breast care nurse or physiotherapist.
This is when the wound can open and lead to a delay in the wound healing requiring dressings to be used to aid the healing.
LOSS OF SENSATION
Some patients can experience changes in sensation in the tissue around the scar which can sometimes extend towards the nipple, this can be either numbness or hypersensitivity. It usually settles within a few months.
There is a 1 to 2 percent risk of loss of blood supply to the flap resulting in further surgery being required.
This can occur any time after the operation. It is when a firm lump is felt in the breast resulting from inadequate blood supply to the fatty tissue in the flap or breast tissue. This is not cancerous but may require an ultrasound scan (and possible biopsy) to confirm the diagnosis.
This information sheet should be read in conjunction with the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Green Book patient information file.
If you have any further questions, please contact your breast care nurse or an appointment can be made or you to discuss this further with your consultant breast surgeon.
Any personal information is kept confidential. There may be occasions where your information needs to be shared with other care professionals to ensure you receive the best care possible.
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Organic supplements are increasingly becoming a trend in recent years, so you might want to consider a switch to these healthy types of supplements. Organic supplements are supplements that are made with organic ingredients. Organic supplements are often more expensive than their conventional counterparts, but they may be worth it if you care about your health.
Organic supplements are a great way to get your daily dose of vitamins and minerals without all the chemicals found in many conventional supplements. In addition to being more natural, organic supplements also tend to be more effective. It is recommended to navigate this site to buy organic health supplements.
Here are some reasons why you should start taking organic supplements:
They're safer: Conventional supplements often contain harmful chemicals that can disrupt your body's natural balance. While some organic supplements may still contain small amounts of these chemicals, they're typically much lower than what's found in conventional supplements.
They work better: Organic supplements are typically more effective at providing the nutrients you need than conventional ones. This is because they're designed to mimic the nutrients found in food. In contrast, many conventional supplements are designed to provide one or a few specific nutrients rather than helping you get all of the key nutrients your body needs.
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THE five-week work stoppage at Fremantle Harbour in 1899 came to shape how Western Australian industrial relations functioned.
The urgency in which the following crisis was resolved echoes disputes throughout the 20th century, with striking similarities and obscure differences.
The demand for industrial peace existed because the harbour was pivotal to the rest of the colony. Fremantle (Walyalup) was isolated within the British Imperial trade network, which was a source of tension between governors, ship-owners, and maritime workers alike.
Members of the Fremantle Lumpers Union were a group of dockworkers who would load and unload cargo from ships.
Their work was irregular and brutal, with a safety review finding that there was “blood on the cargo”.
Their working environment was at times deadly because the harbour was always congested. It was not a job that could be done five days a week, with a neat 9am to 5pm shift.
The lumpers preferred to work around two days a week, with five days to recuperate.
This gave rise to the perception from some in the community that they were lazy vagabonds, but that is far from the truth.
The discovery of gold in the late 19th century intensified trade through the already congested harbour, and masked the Long Depression that had hit cities across the globe.
Many people enthusiastically migrated to Western Australia in search of a fortune in the goldfields, nearly tripling Fremantle’s population from 5,607 in 1891 to 14,704 by Federation in 1901.
Premier John Forrest capitalised on the influx of people and finance to fund public works with the guidance of CY O’Connor. Fremantle was a buzz of activity, but it was all temporary.
As public works were completed and gold seams dried-up, the Depression came unmasked upon Fremantle.
On February 15 a Steamship Owners Association member announced on their notice board that they would operate under the principle of “freedom of contract”, negating the gains which the union achieved through collective bargaining. It resulted in an average pay cut of 19.33 per cent and the loss of three hours of overtime pay.
The notice outlined the terms under which members of the SOA would hire maritime labour.
It was, in every respect, unfavourable to workers at the waterfront.
The president of the Association stated that the new terms, “were the rules under which the Association would in future work, [and there’s] nothing to state in regard to the new rules or the reason which led to their promulgation”.
Another spokesperson for the SOA described the situation bluntly: “Unquestionably the time is a favourable one for the steamship owners to seek to reduce wages. The lumpers are pretty well starved down at the present time, and are to a large extent in the power of their employers.”
It was becoming clear Western Australia could not escape the Long Depression.
The lumpers were stumped by the notice.
However, the new terms were not in effect until March 1, and they assumed there was enough time to find a resolution.
But then, February 18, a new notice for employment was posted, stating it would give preferential work to old employees if they re-registered their names on the new terms of employment.
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HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) The U.S. Geological Survey says several earthquakes were recorded in south-central Kansas and northern Oklahoma this weekend, but no significant damage was reported.
One earthquake with a 3.2 magnitude was recorded Saturday night near Hutchinson, Kansas, which is about 50 miles northwest of Wichita, Kansas. That tremor was reportedly felt as far away as Concordia.
In northern Oklahoma, a 3.0 magnitude earthquake was reported near Fairview around 1 a.m. Sunday. Another with a 2.6 magnitude hit near Quinton in eastern Oklahoma around 1:30 a.m. Sunday. | <urn:uuid:fe4eb911-c2ef-47b8-bbe3-96120b1d03e7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.iolaregister.com/news/state-news/midwest-tremors | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.989116 | 131 | 1.6875 | 2 |
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Assembled cultured pearls.
The initials or stamp of the maker engraved or stamped on a piece of jewellery.
The stone’s name derives from the Greek molochitis lithos meaning ‘mallow-gree stone’, given it’s name due tot the resemblance to the leaves of the mallow plant. It is estimated that malachite had been mined since at least 8000BC and is used as a pigment for green paint as well as in cosmetics.
Mappin & Webb
A famous English silversmith company founded by Jonathan Mappin in 1810.
The shape of a cut gemstone or the shape of a design of a ring or other piece of jewellery, credited to King Louis XV of France. The marquise shape is distinctive due to its oval shape, with pointed ends.
An assortment of small diamonds, usually under 0.20 carats.
The international unit of measurement for gem weight, see ‘carat’.
A granular relief pattern design on metal, produced using a chisel. The effect produces slightly raised bumps and was often used in antique pieces through to the late Art Deco era.
A cutting style that combines brilliant-cut and step-cut facets.
Modern Round Brilliant Cut
In the early 1900s, diamond cutters began to experiment with new techniques. A breakthrough came in 1919 with the introduction of the round brilliant cut. Due to its ability to maximize fire and brilliance, the round brilliant cut has become the standard and most popular way to cut diamonds. Like the old European cut, a round brilliant cut diamond has a circular girdle and 58 facets. However, the round brilliant cut lacks a culet. The round brilliant cut became prevalent during the Art Deco and Retro periods. See The Four C’s for more information.
A ‘scale’ with which to compare the hardness of a given gemstone, developed by the mineralogist Freidrich Mohs. Gemstones are ranked from numbers 1-10 with 1 being the softest and 10 the hardest. The scale goes up exponentially.
Part of the Feldspar group – the most abundant minerals found in the Earth.
In the worlds first encyclopedia, written between 20-79 AD by Pliny the Elder, moonstone is referred to as ‘astrions’ meaning ‘star stone’- named so as it possesses a silvery blue or white iridescent sheen. This sheen is called ‘adularescence’ by gemmologists. Moonstone was used extensively during the Art Nouveau era. Read more
A pink coloured variety of the mineral species beryl, alongside emerald and aquamarine. A relatively new gem on the market, most notably promoted by Tiffany & Co in the last century. Read more
An area in Colombia that is known as the source of the finest emeralds in the world which possess a deep bluish green colour. | <urn:uuid:7e118da6-340e-4fde-aca6-ea5bec4327fa> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.farringdonsjewellery.com/knowledge/glossary/m/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.933252 | 670 | 3.0625 | 3 |
Why lubrication-free is a better option for your ball bearing
Daniel Chen | September 18, 2020
A simple question that is asked from time to time: is it really necessary to lubricate ball bearings? The answer is just as simple. Metal ball bearing: yes! xiros polymer ball bearing from igus: no!
Grease or lubricating oil is essential for installing metal ball bearings. With xiros polymer ball bearings you can enjoy 100% lubrication-free ball bearings made of plastic. No grease No oil No residues on hands or machines! In most applications where ball bearings are used, mostly low loads and low speeds are required. Plastic ball bearings can be used in multi-functional applications, for example, in cases where they come into contact with liquid media, water or chemicals. Metallic ball bearings are only partially or not at all suitable for this purpose. Furthermore, the aspect of temperature resistance must not be ignored. xiros polymer ball bearings are often a better alternative to metal and even ceramic ball bearings in applications with elevated temperatures of up to 150°C.
Ceramics and polymers
Compared to metal, xiros polymer ball bearings offer considerable advantages with regard to smooth operation. The main reason for this is that they do not have to overcome the resistance of the lubricant, as they start up with a much lower breakaway torque. Furthermore, they are very light and also available with glass beads, so that they are completely metal-free and non-magnetic if required.
In addition, igus has a wide range of cage, raceway and ball materials, making these small bearings versatile and suitable for a large number of industrial applications. In addition, they are very cost effective compared to their counterparts made of alternative materials.
Another alternative is lubrication-free ball bearing made of technical ceramics. Ceramic materials are generally very wear-resistant, corrosion-free, temperature-resistant, light, stiff and electrically insulating. Despite the significantly higher costs compared to metallic materials, technical ceramics such as silicon nitride, silicon carbide and aluminium oxide established themselves a long time ago. In many cases, for cost reasons, they have only been used in application areas in which the advantages of ceramics are really important and buyers are not deterred by the higher procurement costs.
As mentioned above, metallic ball bearings are dependent on lubricants. Without lubrication these bearings would rust quickly and deform during use. This is due to the high frictional forces and the lack of cooling, which in the worst case leads to seizure of the bearing. Lubrication is essential, especially for sealed ball bearings, as otherwise the plastic or rubber seals become porous. The grease will leak out and the bearings will operate dry. An exception are stainless steel ball bearings, which do not corrode, but are much more expensive to buy than plastic ball bearings.
Without ball bearings the world would not spin properly!
Sometimes we do not see how complicated it is, how things are constructed, how life grows and develops. Everything is in motion, it never stops moving. If we took the time to appreciate the technology behind it all, we would realise how much the ball bearing is underrated. If we all slowed down and explored our surroundings, we would notice on the way to work by bike, train, bus or car that there are ball bearings in all means of transport. But you do not have to go far to discover ball bearings. Take a look at kitchen and fitness equipment or shower walls – ball bearings are everywhere!
Since the development of the steam engine and the beginning of industrialisation, ball bearings have become indispensable in our everyday lives. The only difference is that the possibilities we have today are much greater than ever before.
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The Listen to a Life Story Contest changes lives and communities. Just check out the video above to see the magic and power in listening to a life!
Every year, we get enthusiastic feedback from young people, teachers, youth leaders, parents and grandparents. One of the oldest people interviewed for the contest in recent years was Great-Grandmother Florence Ruth Wilson at 104 years. Says her great-grandson Cameron Gonsalves, 11, "She may not be able to drive, but she sure rocks a wheelchair!"
Many young entrants comment how surprised they are by what they learn. Says 13-year-old Kyle Macdowell from Arlington, TX, "I see my grandma a lot, but not until this contest did I really realize who she is. I never knew about her background or what struggles she has had."
Teachers feel the contest is an important addition to their classroom experience and the intergenerational connections in their school community. Says Lori Halbison, a teacher in Higley, AZ, "I can't tell you how many thank you's I received from parents just because they learned more about the grandparent interviewed and it was valuable for the whole family."
Laura Yerou at Lisha Kill Middle School in Albany, NY entered her students in the contest. "What a positive and memorable experience this has been for myself and so many of my students. And what great prizes! Most importantly, the contest taught many valuable lessons. Student after student gained tremendous insights about how to live a good life, and what it means to grow up and older. Additionally, an increased respect for our elders was developed by so many of my young writers."
Mary Ann Richter is a Gifted Education Teacher with Hamilton City Schools in Ohio. She writes, "Students in grades 4, 5, and 6 set out to learn from the past by interviewing a senior in their community and writing a story that developed from this interview. The results were fantastic, informative stories. But besides that, students developed a sincere camaraderie, a partnership, that will last for many years to come, and maybe forever. Students have developed a better appreciation for the person they interviewed. It was a great learning experience for senior and student."
Nancy LeClair at Benjamin A. Friedman Middle School in Massachusetts involved her sixth grade students in the contest: "First I want to say how much my students enjoyed this project. It was a springboard towards additional endeavors. We read the Dream book and thoroughly enjoyed it. Second, I took my class to a local nursing home to interview the residents. Both the students and the residents gained from this experience. This project led us into another and we ended up raising money to buy a Nintendo Wii system for the nursing home during the holiday season. Indeed, your project really inspired us to get to know and to help another life."
Theresa Johnson, a sixth-grade teacher at Maple Point Middle School in Pennsylvania, has entered her students for several years: "We read and discussed the amazing book Dream, and my students made Dream Stars, which hang above their desk to remind them of their hopes and dreams for their future. We learned about interviewing techniques. Finally, my students spent precious time with their grandparents and grandfriends before sitting down to write their essay. Some of the comments from my students were so touching. One girl told me that her grandmother cried when she asked her if she could interview her for this project. Another student explained that he didn't know his grandfather had such a fascinating life: 'I knew him my entire life, but I never really knew his life story!' One boy told me that because of this assignment, he is going to continue to write down the life stories of his family in order to preserve them for his children to enjoy. What more could a teacher hope for!"
21st Century Skills
You hear a lot about 21st century learning. What exactly does that mean? Here are some of the reasons why the Listen to a Life Contest speaks to the 21st Century, introduced by quotes from young people themselves who have entered the contest:
"Last week, we visited the coolest place on earth: the Betz Nursing Home!"
When is the last time you heard a nursing home described as "cool?" The 21st century demands that we physically and figuratively go to new places and see them in new ways to creatively solve problems. And that nursing home itself seems to have been doing some creative things to move beyond the narrow stereotypes – welcoming in students is proof of that. A school making more connections in the community improves both itself and the community. Moreover, by 2030, 1 in 5 Americans will be 65 years and older. For the first time in history, older people outnumber those 5 years and under. As the world gets older, and we come into contact with more people more often, we need to learn how to get along with and understand people of different ages, genders, and cultures than our own.
"I see my grandma a lot, but not until this project have I really listened to her stories and realized who she is."
As we come into contact with more people in the real world and online, we have to know how to really listen to them to understand who they are and what's important to them. Listening is a skill we often think just "happens." But in a world where young people spend more and more time with technologies, listening is a threatened skill. Truly listening is also an important part of empathy, which is a key to addressing issues of bullying and building a more civil society. The best gift you can give someone is to listen to them – echoed by the many appreciative and touched grandparents and grandfriends who have participated in the Listen to a Life Contest.
"At first, I didn't think I would enter because my grandma is so far away. But I decided to interview my grandma over several weeks, in pieces with questions I planned ahead of time, across the 2,000 miles and generations that separate us. I have lots of answers to lots of questions and know more about her now than ever."
Creating meaningful connections with others is something both adults and youth crave in today's hectic, high-tech world. We make a lot of excuses for not putting in the time required. Taking the initiative and coming up with a plan to achieve a goal is also about a different kind of active learning that contrasts with past passive models.
"After much prodding from my dad, I finally interviewed my grampa. I was surprised how interesting he is! We worked as a team. He helped fix my grammar and correct facts, and I showed him how to use the computer to enter the essay."
Many children, especially those who immerse themselves in computers and video games, are socially shy. But social skills are imperative to living and succeeding. Further, as problems become more complex and we all become more intertwined, being able to work collaboratively is essential for success. We need more opportunities for teams that bring together young and old in collaborative learning experiences. Research shows many young people get too much peer socialization and not enough opportunity to interact meaningfully with adults.
"After the interview, it was hard to fit my grandma's whole life into 300 words."
The world of the 21st century is filled with information – lots and lots of information. The challenge is learning how to sift through it all, distill it and find the essence. Creating an accurate story within a strict word limit also calls on problem solving skills to search out and choose the right words and put them in the right place for maximum effect. Moreover, the 21st century often places equal weight on oral and written communication, and being effective in moving between the two. Asking questions and listening to someone talk is the first step; transcribing that information is a separate, equally important second step.
"I rewrote and rewrote and rewrote my essay to make it perfect."
Yes, some studies show that today's young people are writing more by engaging with various technologies. However, much of the writing is impulsive and short. The skill required to plan and craft a thoughtful message is one that becomes more important as young people move from education to work. Also, a good, engaging story requires creativity, even when you're writing based on fact. It's important to learn how to capture attention, grab a reader's imagination and help them see the meaningful relevance to their own life.
"My grandpa has been through some tough times. I learned not to make the same mistakes he made."
A better future – as individuals and as a society – is dependent on learning the lessons of the past. Young people also need more opportunities to learn beyond books, computers and the classroom – to learn about real life from real people, and make connections to their own future. Research shows that young people who can visualize their future and their actions in it are more likely to be successful.
We have to give the last word to one insightful teen: "I think younger generations will really profit if they listen to the words of old ladies and wrinkly old grandpas. Although our society and our technology will continue to change, the generations of people before us will always have something to give to the future. Even if it's just advice given to a 17-year-old who's excited and anxious about college, that advice may change the world. It's up to us, the young people, to take the wisdom of old people and run with it."
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Pseudonymous maker and chiptune DJ "User1539" has been working on wearables with a difference: all the hardware is integrated into oversized headphones, including the battery and a Raspberry Pi single-board computer.
"I started this project thinking 'I'll make a wearable computer I actually want to wear around all day,'" User1539 explains of an earlier generation of the unusual wearable family. "The monocle[,] salvaged from an old pair of video glasses[,] actually folds up along the side, and they can be used as regular headphones. But as they got bigger and more bulky it just looked too much like a Halloween costume, and I just leaned into it again."
The oversized 3D-printed headphone shell hides a Raspberry Pi Zero single-board computer, an Adafruit PowerBoost board linked to a battery, and speakers for use as actual headphones — plus a link to the flip-down monocle. They're not just for show, either: The Raspberry Pi runs a copy of Retropie and emulates a Nintendo Game Boy running LSDJ for chip-tune composition and playback.
Since the unveiling of the "Halloween costume" variant, User1539 has been working on something a little more subtle. "I like the last pair of headphone computers a lot," the maker explains, "but they aren't 'every day' headphones. So, before I was even finished with those, I started a re-design based around the idea of being more comfortable, and less crazy looking."
The housing may be more subtle, but the overall hardware is largely unchanged: There's a Raspberry Pi Zero single-board computer, another salvaged low-resolution flip-down monocle display, though a larger battery offering an expected four to six hours of active use. It also offers the option for larger displays: An integrated 5.8GHz video transmitter can send the signal out to an optional pair of goggles and a 5" display.
"I've been obsessed with wearable computers since I was playing Cyberpunk 2020 as a kid, and followed the MIT wearable projects through college," User1539 explains. "Then one day I realized I could build all that stuff in my basement, for less than a nice meal out. So, why not? The first thing I made was built into a holster, and it was cool but not something I'd wear around. I liked using it, but putting it on was a hassle.
"Then I came up with the idea of making something like the Cybernaut MAIV and realized I wouldn't need the external processor at all, I could fit it all into a unit that attached to my studio headphones. Since then I've made four sets of headphones, and I'm working on a fifth, and my wife, and some others who've worked in my makerspace with me have made them." | <urn:uuid:89db9e98-51d3-45f3-a19e-a7429cc1fdad> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.hackster.io/news/this-3d-printed-headphone-family-packs-an-entire-wearable-computer-with-flip-down-monocle-display-22a8ba85dfa2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.973148 | 590 | 1.796875 | 2 |
Do you want to know how to connect Xbox controller to PC?. While a keyboard and mouse are preferable for several genres, a controller is preferable for others.
Because Microsoft controls both platforms, connecting an Xbox controller to a Windows PC is simple. In addition, because the Xbox One and Xbox Series SX controllers are almost identical, here’s how to utilize your Xbox controller to play PC games.
Many PC games allow you to play without using a keyboard or mouse using an Xbox Wireless Controller. Instead, use a USB cord, the Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows, or Bluetooth to connect your controller to a Windows device. In addition, some Windows devices include Xbox Wireless built-in, allowing you to connect a controller without the need for an adaptor.
How to connect Xbox controller to PC
There are different methods to connect an Xbox controller to your computer. We will go over each approach one at a time.
How can I connect Xbox controller to my PC without Bluetooth?
Bluetooth is an easy method to connect your Xbox One controller with your computer. Nevertheless, you should have the latest model to use with an Xbox One controller, as seen in the image below. All Xbox Series SX controllers support Bluetooth.
To use Bluetooth in Windows 10, navigate to Settings > Devices > Bluetooth & other devices. If the Bluetooth slider isn’t already turned on, turn it on, then select Add Bluetooth or another device. Then, from the drop-down option, select Bluetooth.
To activate it, press and hold the Xbox button on the controller. The Xbox button will begin flashing quickly when you press and hold the Pair button on top of the controller (the tiny button next to LB) for a few seconds.
How can I connect my Xbox controller one to the PC through a USB Cable?
A micro-USB cable or a USB-C cable for Series SX controllers is the easiest way to connect your Xbox controller and PC. Connect the thin end of the line to your Xbox One controller and the other end to a USB connection on your computer. If the controller does not turn on its own, press the Xbox button.
Your computer should identify the controller right away if you’re using Windows 10. In earlier versions of Windows, the os should have quickly deleted drivers, and your controllers should be available in minutes.
How to reconnect the Xbox Controller with the console?
If you are using your Xbox controller wirelessly, you may switch it off by pressing and holding the Xbox button for five seconds. The controller is turned off when the light goes dark.
Remember that hitting the Xbox button will power on your console if your Xbox controller is already linked to it. You should be able to connect it wirelessly using either of the ways above, but you should probably turn your console off afterward or shut down and unplug it before starting.
How to connect Xbox Controller to PC with Bluetooth?
Hold down the Guide button to turn on the device. Then, for three seconds, hold the Pairing button down until the Guide button flashes. Then, in your system tray, right-click the Bluetooth icon.
Add a Bluetooth Device is selected. Add Bluetooth or another device is selected. Select Xbox Wireless Controller from the drop-down menu. Before proceeding, make sure the Guide icon is solid white and the Bluetooth menu displays the linked controller. You Can also use CSR 4.0 Bluetooth or BlueSoleil Generic Bluetooth device to connect Xbox Controller to your windows.
If you are using an Xbox 360 controller on your PC, you need an Xbox 360 controller driver to connect your Xbox 360 controller to your PC.
The battery indicator light on the controller’s face will become solid orange when the battery is low. For additional information, go to After 15 minutes of idleness, the controller shuts off. To reactivate it, press and hold the Xbox button until it lights up.
Examine the area between you and the console or PC for anything that might interfere with the wireless signal from your controller (laptops, microwave ovens, cordless phones, wireless routers, metal dividers, shelves, doors, and so on).
Wireless transmissions can be hampered by USB devices, such as unsuitable or faulty USB connections. Remove any USB devices from your Xbox or PC (wireless hardware, external hard drives, other wired controllers, keyboards, and so on). Try reconnecting the controller after restarting your Xbox or PC.
Users of the Xbox One game system may upgrade their controllers. While it is not needed, Microsoft upgrades the gaming accessory’s firmware regularly. These firmware upgrades improve the controller in various ways, including headset adapter capabilities and much more.
Connect your stereo headset adapter to your controller if you want your headset to get updates as well. Press the Xbox button on your Xbox One controller to turn it on. Choose System, then Settings.
Select Devices & Streaming and then Accessories from the drop-down menu. Choose the controller that needs to be updated. Select the Firmware version box under Device details. Select Update Now to begin updating your Xbox One controller.
Using a USB cord, connect your controller to your Xbox One. You should see instructions for installing the Update automatically. Press the Xbox button on your controller if the instructions don’t display automatically.
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On Windows 10, Microsoft includes a free antivirus solution known as Windows Defender to help keep viruses and malware threats, even ransomware, out of your device. On the Windows 10 Creators Update, the software giant is taking Windows Defender one step further introducing a new experience which carries the Windows Defender Security Center name.
Windows Defender Security Center is a new experience that makes it easier for non-technical users to view and control the security of the features that protect your Windows 10 device.
In the new dashboard, you’ll not only be able to manage the Windows Defender Antivirus, but it’ll give you status and alert on different security categories, health and performance, firewall, app and browser control, and family options. You’ll even get notifications on action that need to been taken to secure your device.
Virus & threat protection
In this section is where you can view Windows Defender Antivirus scan history, any threat found on your device, and take action to remove the threat. In addition, you can run quick or advanced scans on your computer, change settings, and check for updates as necessary.
If you have a third-party antivirus, you’ll be able to launch it from this page.
Device performance & health
This is the section where you can take any action related on your device performance. In this page, you can view health report on Windows Update, drivers, battery life, and storage capacity.
Here you’ll also find a new option to start fresh with a clean install of Windows 10 using the Refresh Windows feature. Using this feature, you can reinstall the operating system with the latest update, while keeping your files and some of your settings when your device isn’t working correctly.
Firewall & network protection
This section provides information on the network connections, and you can manage the Windows Firewall settings. Additionally, you get links to troubleshoot network related problems, but keep in mind that you’ll still need to use the Settings app to change other related network and internet settings.
App & browser control
Here you can manage your Windows Defender SmartScreen Filter settings to protect your computer from malicious sites and downloads when using Microsoft Edge or apps that use web content.
In this page is where you can access parental control options, including setting up good screen time habits, setting up activity reports of your kids’ online activity and managing controls for purchasing apps and games.
You can also monitor the health and safety of your family devices from one centralized location.
As you can see Windows Defender Security Center replaces the old Windows Defender dashboard and brings an entire new experience to keep your device secure.
The goal is to keep your device protected from the first time you boot your device, but you can always opt to get a different security product. In addition, if your subscription or paid antivirus solution should expire, Windows Defender Antivirus will enable automatically on your device to keep you protected until you get a new subscription or install a different solution.
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Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change Plan of Action
The Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change Plan of Action produced by the then-Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (now the Ministry for Primary Industries) is based on three pillars: adaptation, reducing emissions and enhancing sinks, and business opportunities. Work programmes operate under each pillar, overseen by a Peak Group (comprising Maori, sector and local government) and three working groups (Adaptation; Research, innovation and technology transfer; and Business opportunity). A further NZ ETS design technical advisory group provides support for NZ ETS-related policy.
Three work programmes were also established to support the activities of the plan: research and innovation, technology transfer, and communication and engagement. Work includes a programme for bioenergy; demonstration of new GHG mitigation technologies and practices through demonstration farms, project activity, farm monitoring and field days; and a public education programme to enhance the knowledge and understanding of farmers, growers, foresters and their communities on climate change issues. | <urn:uuid:432c40ac-ad80-488f-8f19-912d0441c2d7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.climate-laws.org/geographies/new-zealand/policies/sustainable-land-management-and-climate-change-plan-of-action | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.936342 | 205 | 2.734375 | 3 |
It’s hard to understate the importance of social media in higher education marketing.
Because teens – in other words, the ideal target audience for most higher ed marketing campaigns – use social media a lot.
According to Common Sense Media, US teenagers average almost 7.5 hours of screen time a day, with about 16% of this spent browsing social media. A further 39% is spent streaming video and TV on sites like YouTube, another social platform.
It’s hardly surprising usage is so high, given that 95% of teens now have smartphones and 88% have access to home computers, according to Pew Research Center.
So, clearly, social media is a massive opportunity for higher education marketers.
Looking to get more from your own social media efforts? Check out these 10 top-notch campaigns from universities across North America.
1. University of Nebraska-Lincoln
A big piece in the higher education marketing puzzle lies in figuring out the best way to position a given town, city, or state to prospective students.
Do you highlight the fantastic social life? The history and culture? The beautiful scenery? The friendly attitude toward students? Or something else entirely?
Rather than just discussing this in a few throwaway posts, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has built a whole social content campaign around it.
The Discover Nebraska series features native Instagram videos that use a combination of clean, striking design, engaging imagery, and attractive graphics to showcase the best that the state has to offer.
It also gives the university an opportunity to promote highlights of its events calendar, feature profiles of former students, and get more eyes on its news stories.
2. University of Manitoba
Universities are some of our oldest institutions.
Take the University of Manitoba, which was founded back in 1877.
While all that heritage has a lot of benefits from a higher education social media marketing perspective, it can also have its downsides. Like, how on earth do you go about rebranding an organization that was around when Billy the Kid was still stalking the Old West?
The University of Manitoba decided to use social media to communicate and explain its recent rebranding:
As well as showcasing visual elements of the new branding, this campaign directs viewers toward a dedicated landing page that explains the new logo and goes in-depth on how it came about.
3. Baylor University
The study awarded Baylor a higher score than any other college for its Facebook presence, and also placed the university in third for its Twitter strategy.
In particular, Baylor was applauded for its “high-quality content”, focusing predominantly on campus life and the successes of its sporting teams. This helped it rack up the most likes and comments per 1,000 fans of any university.
This approach is clearly still central to Baylor’s higher ed marketing plans – and it still bags the university a ton of engagement:
The lesson here? Once you’ve found what resonates with your audience, keep doing it!
4. University of Phoenix
The biggest reason for going investing in higher education is to get a better job.
That might sound obvious, but it’s important to remember what your audience actually wants to hear. What would persuade them to choose your institution over a rival?
The University of Phoenix clearly recognizes this. It’s been running a Facebook ad campaign to promote its Career Optimism Index, which the university says was created to “address broad, persistent and systemic barriers to career advancement”. Obviously, this is an area that’s of massive interest to potential students.
This whole campaign is a fantastic example of thought leadership on social media. Those ads are littered with juicy stats, all generated from original research.
The ads link through to the Career Optimism Index landing page, which contains a ton of additional insights on the theme of career progression.
All of this paints the University of Phoenix as a real authority in career development, and as an organization that genuinely cares about helping people get more from the world of work.
5. University of California Los Angeles
Want a simple example of how universities can tap into current events to boost brand awareness? Look no further than this higher education marketing campaign from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA):
UCLA ran this ad campaign across Facebook and Instagram from late March to early April 2020, which, as you’ll likely remember, was right at the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
This ad invited people to download a selection of images showcasing iconic UCLA buildings and locations to use as backgrounds for video calls.
The timing on this is perfect, because late March was exactly the point when so many of us first started working (and learning) from home, causing search interest for the phrase “Zoom background” to spike through the roof:
Think about it: every time someone downloaded one of those images and used it as their video call background, they were promoting the university. An amazing tactic!
6. Binghamton University
Humor is a powerful tool in higher ed marketing (provided you get it right).
That’s not just my opinion – it’s scientific fact.
For instance, one study from the Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice discovered that humorous social video content is received more favorably by viewers than serious entertainment.
Now, when you think of humor on social media, you naturally think of memes.
Whether memes are a good fit for your strategy depends heavily on your audience and tone of voice, but Binghamton University is clearly comfortable with using them, such as when it jumped on the Bernie Sanders meme that blew up in January 2021:
This worked for a couple of reasons:
- The university posted it before the meme format became played out.
- There’s actually a legit reason for posting this – Bernie taught at the university himself in 1990, so it makes sense for Binghamton to get involved in the conversation.
In other words, this post managed to get the “funny” bit right, while also advancing the university’s message.
7. University of Michigan
Sticking with the humor theme is this next example from the University of Michigan.
Just like the Bernie example above, the University of Michigan proves sometimes the best opportunities on social media are the ones you don’t plan for.
For anyone struggling to recall obscure moments in social media history, this Twitter post references how a picture of an egg became the most-liked picture on Instagram back in January 2019:
Not only does this video tap into something topical, but it also showcases locations around the University of Michigan, which means it’s effectively a double win for the institution’s higher ed marketing team.
8. New York University
That seems like a massive oversight when you consider college football is America’s second-biggest sport by fan participation, with nearly 48 million people attending fixtures in 2017.
As such, the lack of a football program could put off potential students – not just potential college athletes, but regular students craving the social side of college sports.
However, the NYU marketing team has had plenty of time to come to terms with this (the football program was discontinued back in 1953, so it isn’t exactly a recent occurrence).
Rather than ducking the issue, the university leaned into it with a Facebook video series highlighting all the other incredible sports on offer at the university:
Highlights include a World Archery competitor, an award-winning baton twirler, and a Nascar driver.
9. University of Central Missouri
This campaign from the University of Central Missouri demonstrates the value of speaking to your audience’s pain points in higher education social media marketing.
So what are prospective students worried about?
Well, according to research from Mission.org, their top two concerns are:
- Choosing the right major
- College fees and debt
This Facebook and Instagram ad speaks to both of these pain points while adding a third – the length of time taken to graduate:
That’s a really effective piece of copywriting.
What’s more, the ad reassures its audience by speaking to the university’s heritage: “Trust 150 years of quality education.”
It’s all effectively saying: “We understand your concerns, and we’re here to help you out.”
This is a pretty diverse selection of social campaigns, despite them all coming from higher education institutions.
We’ve got humor in there; we’ve got heritage; we’ve got sports. We’ve got an egg rolling along the ground in Ann Arbor.
All of this goes to show that there’s no such thing as a one-size-fits-all approach to social media in higher education marketing. What works for you might not work for anyone else – it all depends on your audience and brand.
That’s why it pays to research what your audience actually wants and to try a wide range of tactics to learn what resonates.
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1 Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying,
2 “Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”
3 He answered and said to them, “Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?
4 For God commanded, saying, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’
5 But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is a gift to God”—
6 then he need not honor his father or mother.’ Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.
7 Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:
8 ‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.
9 And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”
tradition of the elders (v.2) — The Jews of our Lord’s time believed that, in addition to the written law of Moses, there was an oral law given to Moses on Sinai and passed down from him by word of mouth till it reached the Great Synagogue or Council of Elders which succeeded Ezra after the return from the exile. This council lasted until 291 B.C. and seems to have been the source of the many accretions to the law of God which have been found in Judaism. — KJV Commentary, page 1204.
wash (v.2) — They were concerned with the ritual, not with cleanliness.
Mark refers to the traditional custom of the Pharisees, which had become general among the people, not to eat without diligently washing their hands. Indeed these ablutions had grown to be exceedingly numerous and very binding. Before and after every meal and whenever they came from the marketplace or town square, they had to wash or take a bath according to certain ceremonial restrictions. All cups, pots, and brazen vessels as well as tables and perhaps dining couches must be thoroughly cleansed. The Pharisees carried their ablutions to such an extent, as to completely overshadow with their ritual the fundamental moral principles of the Scriptures.
The Pharisees claimed that these oral traditions had been handed down in part from Moses, consisted partly of decisions made by the judges from time to time and partly of explanations and opinions of eminent teachers. The body of these traditions continued to accumulate until after the time of Christ, when they were codified in the Mishna and its commentaries. Traditional rites and restrictions stood higher in the esteem of the Jews than their Scriptures. Where Scripture and tradition seemed opposed, the latter was treated as the higher authority. — Pentecost, page 240
honor (v.4) — provide for
Honor your father and your mother (v.4) — Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16
He who curses … (v.4) — Exodus 21:17
Isaiah (v.7) — Isaiah 29:13
Christ replied in Matthew 15:8-9 to the question of the leaders by referring them to the Scriptures. He quoted Isaiah 29:13 where the prophet revealed that God would not accept the worship of the nation because they were concerned with external observations and did not worship Him with the heart …
Christ now proceeded to show how the Pharisees had very cleverly used their traditions to find ways of circumventing the stringent requirements of the law. He quoted the law of Moses, which required a son to support an indigent parent. This put a financial responsibility on the son. The Pharisees by their tradition had found a way to circumvent the law and absolve themselves of this responsibility. They ceremonially dedicated all that they had to God by pronouncing the word Corban over and over (Mark 7:11) …
It must not be thought that the pronunciation of the votive word “Corban,” although meaning “a gift,” or “given to God,” necessarily dedicated a thing to the Temple. The meaning might simply be, and generally was, that it was to be regarded like Corban — that is, in regard to the person or persons named, the thing termed was to be considered as if it were Corban, laid on the altar, and put entirely out of their reach. Pentecost, pages 242-243.
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What is a dental benefit waiting period?
A dental benefit waiting period is the amount of time after purchasing a dental insurance plan that you must wait before you are eligible to receive benefits for treatment. Waiting periods differ from plan to plan, but there is typically no waiting period for preventive or diagnostic services such as routine cleanings and basic exams.
Conversely, your dental plan may have a 6- to 12-month waiting period for restorative services such as filings and non-surgical extractions, where a 12-month waiting period is often standard for major services such as crowns or dentures. If you receive services during a waiting period, your dental coverage may not pay for them.
Types of dental insurance waiting periods
Do all dental insurance plans have a waiting period?
No, not all dental insurance plans have a waiting period. DHMO plans commonly have waiting periods, whereas most dental discount plans usually do not. It is important to check with your dental insurance administrator to determine your applicable waiting periods.
Do waiting periods vary for different dental services?
Yes! As mentioned above, there are no waiting periods for either diagnostic services, such as x-rays, or preventive services, like cleanings. In most cases, major dental work, such as crowns, bridges, and dentures, has a waiting period of 6,12, or 24 months.
What other factors should I be aware of?
Because waiting periods will differ depending on the plan, it’s important to read your description of benefits carefully and ask the right questions. Waiting periods are not the only factor that will affect costs. Here are some other factors to consider.
In certain cases, a waiting period will be waived if a comparable dental insurance plan was terminated in the 30 to 60 days prior to the effective date of your new plan, but your former dental plan must include very similar coverage.
Graduated benefits/incentive based
Graduated dental benefits increase or otherwise change over time. For example, with Delta Dental of Tennessee’s Advantage Plans you can receive basic services that are covered at 25% in year one, 50% in years two and three, and 80% in year four and beyond.
For major services such as crown repair and oral surgery, members are covered at 10% - 25% in their first year, and 25% - 50% in year two and beyond depending on the plan purchased. Many individuals are drawn to this option because it allows them to receive a discount for the services they need and takes the weight off having to pay in full during a waiting period.
Discount plans like Delta Dental Patient Direct
Discount plans, like Delta Dental Patient Direct, have no waiting period and no paperwork to file. Enrollees simply pay the discounted fee directly to the dentist at the time of treatment.
After enrolling in a new dental plan, coverage for certain treatments could be subject to a waiting period. So, it’s important to be aware of your plan's specifications prior to enrolling.
When possible, remain enrolled in your current insurance plan until you purchase a new plan, and avoid a coverage gap of more than one month. In many cases, a waiting period can be waived if you recently had comparable coverage.
Always do your research, ask for detailed information about new dental coverage, and stay on top of your dental health so you can have a healthy smile for years to come.
Looking for more information? Brush up on dental benefit basics.
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Microsoft’s Internet Information Services (IIS) remains one of the most compelling targets for hackers and script kiddies. By default, these Web servers must allow public access to their resources. If I had to guess, I’d say these servers spend more of their time fending off attacks than actually serving up Web pages.
Unless your organization’s Web site has been the victim of defacement or injection of some hostile code, a hacker’s attempt to break into your Web server can often go unnoticed, thanks to the sheer volume of traffic that the server’s likely to receive. But you can make things a little more difficult for hackers to hide their mischief—and easier for yourself to uncover their deeds. All it takes is adding a little security to your Web server’s log files.
If a hacker attacks your Web server—or even if you just want to check its security status—Web logs are the first place you should go for information. By default, you can find these logs in %SYSTEMROOT%/System32/logfiles.
However, this is a well-known location, so you should move the log files to a non-system drive that doesn’t house your Web site. To change the location of your log files, log on to the Web server with an account that has administrative rights.
Follow these steps:
- Go to Start, right-click My Computer, and select Explore.
- Navigate to the drive and folder location where you want to relocate the IIS log files.
- Right-click inside the right-hand window pane, and select New | Folder.
- Enter a name for the folder (e.g., MyIISLogs), and press [Enter].
- Go to Start | Control Panel, double-click the Administrative Tools applet, and double-click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
- Right-click the Web site, and select Properties.
- On the Web Site tab, select Properties in the Enable Logging frame.
- On the General Properties tab, click Browse, and then navigate to the folder you just created to store the IIS log files.
- Click OK three times.
Repeat these steps for each Web site. Don’t forget that you’ll need to manually move any previous files from the old log directory to the new one.
Now that your log files have a new home, you need to assign the directory the proper permissions. Follow these steps:
- Right-click the folder you just created, and select Properties.
- On the Security tab, deselect the Allow Inheritable Permissions From Parent To Propagate To This Object check box.
- A warning box will appear that says you’re preventing inheritable permissions from propagating; select Remove, and select Add.
- Add the System and Local Administrator accounts, and select OK.
- Click Administrators, and set to Full Control.
- Click System, set to Full Control, and click OK.
You’ve now tucked away your Web logs in a secure remote location.
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Last week was Brain Awareness Week, so let’s first of all discuss these 10 Key Facts to Harness Neuroplasticity & Improve Brain Fitness coming from the hundreds of scientific and medical studies we analyzed to prepare the book The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness: How to Improve Brain Health and Performance at Any Age.
And here’s the rest of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter exploring the latest in brain health and mental performance.
- Mindfulness training for teachers can result in a better learning environment for students
- Rates of ADHD diagnosis and medication treatment continue to increase substantially
- New brain imaging methods help detect giant, superconnected neurons such as this one (in a mouse’s brain)
- Neuroplasticity as seen by one of its earliest scientific proponents: Neuroscience pioneer Santiago Ramón y Cajal
- Canadian teacher Maggie MacDonnell wins annual $1M Global Teacher Prize
- 100 newly recognized Young Global Leaders train their brains (and others’) by tackling complex challenges with innovative approaches
New tools (via SharpBrains’ analysis of neurotech patents):
- The future of personalized brain stimulation via enhanced cognitive-emotive profiles
- Tailoring computing experience based on user’s mental state and quality of attention
- Treating sleep-related breathing conditions–such as sleep apnea–via EEG brainwave analysis
- Facilitating clinical treatments via Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
Have a nice Spring!
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When the Student is more dramatically visible than the Teacher, even the most influential mentor and guide might become obscure. James Price Johnson, pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader, has become less prominent to most people, even those who consider themselves well-versed in jazz piano. He was a mentor and teacher — directly and indirectly — of Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Art Tatum. “No James P., no them,” to paraphrase Dizzy Gillespie. But even with memorable compositions and thirty years of recording, he has been recognized less than he deserves.
Fats Waller eclipsed his teacher in the public eye because Waller was a dazzling multi-faceted entertainer and personality, visible in movies, audible on the radio. Fats had a recording contract with the most prominent record company, Victor, and the support of that label — he created hit records for them — in regular sessions from 1934 to 1943. Tatum, Basie, and Ellington — although they paid James P. homage in words and music — all appeared to come fully grown from their own private universes. Basie and Ellington were perceived not only as pianists but as orchestra leaders who created schools of jazz composition and performance; Tatum, in his last years, had remarkable support from Norman Granz — thus he left us a series of memorable recordings.
Many of the players I’ve noted above were extroverts (leaving aside the reticent Basie) and showmanship come naturally to them. Although the idea of James P., disappointed that his longer “serious” works did not receive recognition, retiring to his Queens home, has been proven wrong by Johnson scholar Scott Brown (whose revised study of James P. will be out in 2017) he did not get the same opportunities as did his colleagues. James P. did make records, he had club residencies at Cafe Society and the Pied Piper, was heard at an Eddie Condon Town Hall concert and was a regular feature on Rudi Blesh’s THIS IS JAZZ . . . but I can look at a discography of his recordings and think, “Why isn’t there more?” Physical illness accounts for some of the intermittent nature of his career: he had his first stroke in 1940 and was ill for the last years of his life.
There will never be enough. But what we have is brilliant. And the reason for this post is the appearance in my mailbox of the six-disc Mosaic set which collects most of James P.’s impressive recordings between 1921 and 1943. (Mosaic has also issued James P.’s session with Eddie Condon on the recent Condon box, and older issues offered his irreplaceable work for Blue Note — solo and band — in 1943 / 44, and the 1938 HRS sides as well.)
Scott Brown, who wrote the wise yet terse notes for this set, starts off by pointing to the wide variety of recordings Johnson led or participated in this period. And even without looking at the discography, I can call to mind sessions where Johnson leads a band (with, among others, Henry “Red” Allen, J. C. Higginbotham, Gene Sedric, Al Casey, Johnny Williams, Sidney Catlett — or another all-star group with Charlie Christian, Hot Lips Page, Lionel Hampton on drums, Artie Bernstein, Ed Hall, and Higginbotham); accompanies the finest blues singers, including Bessie Smith and Ida Cox, is part of jivey Clarence Williams dates — including two takes of the patriotic 1941 rouser UNCLE SAMMY, HERE I AM — works beautifully with Bessie Smith, is part of a 1929 group with Jabbo Smith, Garvin Bushell on bassoon, Fats Waller on piano); is a sideman alongside Mezz Mezzrow, Frank Newton, Pete Brown, John Kirby, swings out on double-entendre material with Teddy Bunn and Spencer Williams. There’s a 1931 band date that shows the powerful influence of Cab Calloway . . . and more. For the delightful roll call of musicians and sides (some never before heard) check the Mosaic site here.
(On that page, you can hear his delicate, haunting solo BLUEBERRY RHYME, his duet with Bessie Smith on her raucous HE’S GOT ME GOING, the imperishable IF DREAMS COME TRUE, his frolicsome RIFFS, and the wonderful band side WHO?)
I fell in love with James P.’s sound, his irresistible rhythms, his wonderful inventiveness when I first heard IF DREAMS COME TRUE on a Columbia lp circa 1967. And then I tried to get all of his recordings that I could — which in the pre-internet, pre-eBay era, was not easy: a Bessie Smith accompaniment here, a Decca session with Eddie Dougherty, the Blue Notes, the Stinson / Asch sides, and so on. This Mosaic set is a delightful compilation even for someone who, like me, knows some of this music by heart because of forty-plus years of listening to it. The analogy I think of is that of an art student who discovers a beloved artist (Rembrandt or Kahlo, Kandinsky or Monet) but can only view a few images on museum postcards or as images on an iPhone — then, the world opens up when the student is able to travel to THE museum where the idol’s works are visible, tangible, life-sized, arranged in chronology or thematically . . . it makes one’s head spin. And it’s not six compact discs of uptempo stride piano: the aural variety is delicious, James P.’s imagination always refreshing.
The riches here are immense. All six takes of Ida Cox’s ONE HOUR MAMA. From that same session, there is a pearl beyond price: forty-two seconds of Charlie Christian, then Hot Lips Page, backed by James P., working on a passage in the arrangement. (By the way, there are some Charlie Christian accompaniments in that 1939 session that I had never heard before, and I’d done my best to track down all of the Ida Cox takes. Guitar fanciers please note.) The transfers are as good as we are going to hear in this century, and the photographs (several new to me) are delights.
Hearing these recordings in context always brings new insights to the surface. My own epiphany of this first listening-immersion is a small one: the subject is HOW COULD I BE BLUE? (a record I fell in love with decades ago, and it still delights me). It’s a duo-performance for James P. and Clarence Williams, with scripted vaudeville dialogue that has James P. as the 1930 version of Shorty George, the fellow who makes love to your wife while you are at work, and the received wisdom has been that James P. is uncomfortable with the dialogue he’s asked to deliver, which has him both the accomplished adulterer and the man who pretends he is doing nothing at all. Hearing this track again today, and then James P. as the trickster in I FOUND A NEW BABY, which has a different kind of vaudeville routine, it struck me that James P. was doing his part splendidly on the first side, his hesitations and who-me? innocence part of his character. He had been involved with theatrical productions for much of the preceding decade, and I am sure he knew more than a little about acting. You’ll have to hear it for yourself.
This, of course, leaves aside the glory of his piano playing. I don’t think hierarchical comparisons are all that useful (X is better than Y, and let’s forget about Z) but James P.’s melodic improvising, whether glistening or restrained, never seems a series of learned motives. Nothing is predictable; his dancing rhythms (he is the master of rhythmic play between right and left hands) and his melodic inventiveness always result in the best syncopated dance music. His sensitivity is unparalleled. For one example of many, I would direct listeners to the 1931 sides by Rosa Henderson, especially DOGGONE BLUES: where he begins the side jauntily, frolicking as wonderfully as any solo pianist could — not racing the tempo or raising his volume — then moderates his volume and muffles his gleaming sound to provide the most wistful counter-voice to Henderson’s recital of her sorrows. Another jaunty interlude gives way to the most tender accompaniment. I would play this for any contemporary pianist and be certain of their admiration.
I am impressed with this set not simply for the riches it contains, but for the possibility it offers us to reconsider one of my beloved jazz heroes. Of course I would like people to flock to purchase it (in keeping with Mosaic policy, it is a limited edition, and once it’s gone, you might find a copy on eBay for double price) but more than that, I would like listeners to do some energetic reconstruction of the rather constricted canon of jazz piano history, which usually presents “stride piano” as a necessary yet brief stop in the forward motion of the genre or the idiom — as it moves from Joplin to Morton to Hines to Wilson to Tatum to “modernity.” Stride piano is almost always presented as a type of modernized ragtime, a brief virtuosic aberration with a finite duration and effect. I would like wise listeners to hear James P. Johnson as a pianistic master, his influence reaching far beyond what is usually assumed.
I was happy to see James P. on a postage stamp, but it wasn’t and isn’t enough, as the Mosaic set proves over and over again. I would like James P. Johnson to be recognized as “the dean of jazz pianists”:
Listen closely to this new Mosaic box set six compact discs worth of proof that the genius of James P. Johnson lives on vividly.
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The NotPetya malware’s ability to cripple even sophisticated, global firms is a cautionary tale about the need for businesses to understand their risk and take a holistic view of security says Fadi Albatal, Chief Strategy Officer at Hitachi Systems Security.*
If you’re keen on information security and happen to enjoy horror stories, point your browser over to wired.com and check out writer Andy Greenberg’s exposé of the NotPetya malware and its impact on one company – international shipping giant A.P. Møller-Maersk.
The story is not for the faint of heart. In it, you’ll read anecdotes about the first confusing hours following the outbreak on June 27, 2017. There are depictions of confused employees drifting – like moths – to the company’s technology help center carrying crippled laptops displaying ransom notes in red and black lettering.
Or you can read about IT administrator Henrik Jensen (not his real name) poking his head over the top of his cubicle to witness “a wave of screens turning black. Black, black, black. Black black black black black,” as NotPetya swept through the ranks of Maersk’s massive corporate network. IT staff and other employees were left to scramble from office to office, unplugging any IT equipment that hadn’t already been infected. By late afternoon, many of the company’s 80,000 employees were simply sent home: unable to do their jobs without the laptops, servers and routers that power modern organizations.
That’s chilling stuff. And we know that the cost to Maersk was also chilling. The company was forced to re-image 4,000 servers and 45,000 laptops and desktops to rid itself of NotPetya. Total costs to the company were $300 million, according to company statements.
Lesson 1: don’t panic!
In the face of such stories “from the trenches,” it is easy to panic: scrambling for security solutions like the Maersk employees scrambled to unplug vulnerable equipment. But that’s the opposite of what companies need to do. Rather, outbreaks like NotPetya underscore the need for us to take a cool headed and holistic approach to securing our IT environments: aligning security investments with business priorities and putting the most resources to protecting the most critical and vulnerable IT assets.
This is easier said than done. At Hitachi Systems Security, we are often asked by customers what security technologies and services are the best investments. Or we’re asked to justify investments by calculating the “return on investment” (or ROI) for a particular technology. But both of these are difficult questions to answer, at least in a blanket fashion. One simple response is “it depends.” Every business is different – even within the same industry. That means that security tools that might represent a tremendous ROI in one organization might be wasteful and ineffective in another.
Security ROI is easy to understand…in hindsight
ROI is also something that is easier to calculate in hindsight than it is to predict. For example, NotPetya spread initially as a bogus software update for M.E. Doc, a tax and accounting software package published by a Ukrainian firm. Once in an environment, however, NotPetya spread via an exploit known as “EternalBlue” which triggered a known vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (MS17-010) that had been patched more than two months prior. It then used a custom version of a common Windows utility, PSEXEC and WMIC, to move laterally and infect other systems on the network.
The problem at Maersk and so many other organizations almost certainly wasn’t an absence of patch- or network management tools to remove Windows vulnerabilities or spot lateral movement. Rather, it was that the security posture of the company was to prevent disruptive or stealthy attacks like, say, Gh0st rather than destructive malware attacks like NotPetya. Too often we find that companies like Maersk are fighting “the last war” and fail to see new threats like NotPetya coming and to anticipate how destructive they will be.
Yes, $300 million in damages in a single quarter makes it easy to justify pretty much any security spend – in hindsight. The trick is to be able to understand your security risks well enough to envision worst case scenarios in advance. Then the job of making much smaller, strategic security investments to mitigate those risks is manageable and affordable.
Don’t fight the last war
The best way to do that is by implementing a set of different security controls that are specific to your business context, threat exposure and risk appetite. You can choose from an array of different controls, such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, privileged access control, 24/7 log monitoring or security awareness training. No matter what you choose, your security controls should be aligned to your overall security strategy, help strengthen your cybersecurity posture and manage your risks effectively. Remember that you’ll likely need to report on whether or not these controls are effective, so be sure you know how you’re going to measure your controls once they’re implemented.
You can also start by implementing a solid security management framework like the NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF) or the ISO 27001 standard for creating an information security management framework. These frameworks also help organizations look beyond specific systems or technology platforms, taking a holistic view of security that encompasses people, resources, assets and processes that may affect business continuity.
Just to cite one example that bears directly on the NotPetya outbreak: the ISO 27001 standard asks organizations to consider their “role in the supply chain” as part of an assessment of their business environment. Such a requirement may have prompted the creation of a list of third party service providers or a larger (software) supply chain management program that might have been successful in limiting the damage from the malicious M.E. Doc update that began the NotPetya outbreak.
Rather than ‘fighting the last war’ or responding to the threat du jour, frameworks like NIST’s CSF help you create the policies, procedures and controls – both physical and technical – that will keep your data and IT assets secure.
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Zoos Are Great Places to Spend Entertaiment
When is the last time you went to the zoo with your family? The answer may surprise you. It is actually an excellent way to spend Entertaiment. In this article, we’ll explain what to do to make your next family outing more exciting. We’ll also discuss some great things to do in the area. Read on to discover more ideas. Whether you’re a parent looking for fun ways to entertain your kids, or you’re a kid seeking a way to escape the responsibilities of your life, the zoo is a great way to pass the time.
Entertaiment is spent at a zoo
If you go to the zoo to see the animals, you’ll probably realize that they’re being kept in small tanks for human entertainment. In reality, they’re not even happy. They’re being confined to such conditions because they need to live in the ocean or other nonstop environments. It’s like watching live television, except that the animals are trapped. Rather than be confined to one place, the animals should have some freedom.
People who visit the zoo spend their money on shows and rides. These are often animal acts, including shows of wild animals and domesticated ones. People pay to watch animals jump through hoops or do tricks. These shows are meant to entertain the general public and make a profit for the zoo. However, many animals in these settings aren’t given the same opportunities. As a result, many suffer from neurological disorders, such as zoochosis.
In addition, zoos aren’t conducive to developing respect for animals. Most visitors spend a few seconds looking at each display and walking away knowing very little about each animal. It’s no wonder that zoos have to make sure their exhibits don’t turn visitors off. But zoos aren’t just a waste of money. There are many other aspects of a zoo that visitors should consider.
At a zoo
Many people enjoy visiting the zoo, whether for its educational or social value. According to a study, only 6% of visitors to zoos actually go for educational purposes. Most people attend for recreational or social reasons, such as to meet other people or take a break from the daily grind. People didn’t have televisions in the days of early zoos, but today we have interactive online educational tools and nature documentaries that are just as entertaining. Also, international travel is relatively affordable.
If you are interested in zoo work, you may want to consider getting training on specific species or handling the animals. This will prepare you to answer visitors’ questions, as well as ensure the animals receive the best care. Training is usually conducted by a coworker or supervisor with more experience, and you may also wish to ask them questions about their experience. It’s also a good idea to network with others who work at the zoo to get an idea of what they do.
While the animals in the zoo may look friendly, they are not tame. Zoos use various designs to allow visitors to view the animals. However, visitors shouldn’t touch or try to pet animals. Children should be placed safely away from fences. Always keep in mind that zoo animals are not tame. If you’re unsure about how to behave around animals, learn about their habitats before approaching them. | <urn:uuid:f74c3f8d-6d3e-48a9-8623-1077dbf9215c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://andrewlilico.com/zoos-are-great-places-to-spend-entertaiment/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.955157 | 704 | 1.773438 | 2 |
Thomas McCulloch was a Scots Presbyterian minister, an educator and a political reformer. He came to Pictou, Nova Scotia in 1803 from Scotland at the age of twenty-seven.
He and his wife, Isabella, raised their family in this Scottish-style house. Here, among some of McCulloch's possessions—from his desk to items from his natural history collection—you can discover a man who wore many hats and had a talent for stirring up controversy.
His views and opposition of the establishment left a lasting impact on Nova Scotia and eventually on Canada. McCulloch set up a school in his own home to educate the sons of Pictou, including his own. A schoolhouse had to be built on his property to accommodate the growing numbers.
This schoolhouse burned down and was then rebuilt. McCulloch was the driving force for establishing a non-sectarian college in Nova Scotia, Pictou Academy, that was established in 1816 and began offering classes in 1817. The Pictou Academy started its operation in a private home until the academy building opened its doors in 1818.
Thomas McCulloch died on September 9, 1843, at the age of 67. His house was owned by others after his death, the last owner being a woman who ran the lower level of the house as a museum open to the general public while living in the upper level. The McCulloch House is now operated by the Pictou County Genealogy and Heritage Society in conjunction with the McCulloch Heritage Centre on behalf of the province of Nova Scotia. | <urn:uuid:7ab624d9-8c69-4506-98d4-d8cf164dc2fd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mccullochhouse.novascotia.ca/about-mcculloch-house | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.984395 | 314 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Our culture is built on hyperbole. That in itself is hyperbole.
“He’s more evil than Hitler.”
“That ice cream was the best thing I’ve ever tasted.”
“I hate when you call me Alice.”
“That’s the best TV series I’ve ever seen.”
I could say that 13 Reasons Why is the best show I’ve seen, but that would do it a disservice. The show is so well done. SO well done. But the most important part of the show (and the book, I’m sure [despite my not having read it]) isn’t how well it’s written or filmed, or scored, or even acted; the most important part of the show is the message.
That cheesy enough for you? Well, guess what? Life is cheesy. And what is cheesiness anyway? Life is a giant cliched wheel of cheese that we think we’re not a part of. We’re all part of this screwed up abomination of a world. Our lives aren’t all that special. But they are. Each life holds more meaning than anything that can be expressed through my try-too-hard keystrokes. That doesn’t mean that we should give up trying to find the meaning in each and every life.
True Art Is Truthful
I’m an art addict, and even moreso for excellent art. Excellent art, to me, makes me understand people a little bit more; sometimes a lot more than I would like. 13 Reasons Why deals with topics that a lot of people don’t really understand; a lot of people also understand them too well. Some people need to understand them. Others can’t handle these topics. Some people should even stay away from this show because it could make them relive things they shouldn’t have to relive.
This show isn’t gentle. It’s raw. It’s real. It’s uncomfortable to watch. It even hurts to watch at times. Now, I don’t know where you are in your life, but chances are, you need to watch this whole series and you need to watch it soon.
Hell Is Hell
People are suffering. There are so many people out there that are living in hell and we overlook them every day. Maybe we’re making their lives hell. Maybe we’re one of the people living in hell. Maybe it’s a cocktail of blended hell. I’ve been part of both. Maybe we all have, to some degree.
I’m being really vague in this all, but I won’t be anymore; not completely. This show deals with suicide, rape, bullying, and more. It shows some pretty graphic stuff. Is it senseless? I don’t think so. Sometimes we need a glimpse of someone else’s hell so our perspective can change even a little. That perspective change is different for every person. For me it was, well, a lot of things. What it boils down to is- I’m not really 100% sure. Like I said earlier, it helped me understand people a little bit more.
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Human suffering is real. We don’t do enough to stop it and sometimes we even cause it. Sometimes we enjoy making others suffer. It’s not a “well he’s worse than me” thing either. It’s not about comparisons or contrasts. It’s about understanding. We need to try and see where people come from, what they’re feeling.
Humans are freaking complicated freaking beings with freaking problems. This show is not for everyone, but if you have problems, and you’re complicated, even a little, this show is probably for you.
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The independent charity, The Art Fund has joined forces with the Staffordshire County Council, Lichfield District Council and Tamworth Borough Council to raise the £3.3 million necessary to keep the recently found Staffordshire Hoard in the West Midlands. The Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery and The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent have just under four months to raise the seven figure valuation set by the Treasure Valuation Committee for the Hoard.
Found in July by metal detectorist, Terry Herbert on a farm owned by Fred Johnson the Staffordshire Hoard is the largest and most valuable treasure find in British history. And should the valuation not be met the ownership of the treasure will revert to the finders for them do with as they see fit.
The Art Fund is an independent charity with some 80,000 members committed to saving art for everyone to enjoy. Since 1903 they have assisted more than 600 museums and galleries around the UK to save over 860,000 works of art, from priceless masterpieces which were under threat of being sold abroad, to acquiring fascinating works costing a few hundred pounds. Each year they provide about £4 million to museums and galleries to help them build the public collections of the future. They also led the 2001 successful campaign to extend free admission to all national museums and galleries.
Andrew Macdonald, Acting Director of The Art Fund, said: "This awe-inspiring hoard really must be kept in the West Midlands where it was unearthed. Since we were founded in 1903, The Art Fund has led many successful campaigns to save treasures such as this, and our success is down to the support of members of the public who care as much as we do about preserving the nation's heritage."
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posted on November 20, 2012 15:55
Book by Robert H. Miller
Review by Christine Frezek
Robert Miller writes in a no-nonsense, nothing-held-back tone that lets readers know that this is truly what needs to be done to be successful in college. He enlists the help of several mentors -- most are recent college graduates -- who offer their perspectives on each topic. The book is written for, and directed to, students; it provides very useful information related to a variety of subjects including academics.
The book is divided into five parts that cover getting into college to the senior year. Part one is a step-by-step process for choosing schools, how to apply, and how to navigate financial aid. Part two addresses considerations for the freshman year from what the freshman should take to campus to an explanation of the core curriculum. Parts three, four and five cover generally the same things -- goal-setting, avoiding slumps, and planning meaningful summers – for the sophomore, junior and senior years.
The author advocates two approaches that, when taken together, will maximize the value of the college experience. First, students should approach college as a blank slate with no defined direction; they should let the tide carry them on an exploratory journey. During this journey, students should frequently take stock of where they are, check their location against their values and dreams, and adjust accordingly (p.xiv). A good example is the goal-setting chapters; there is one for each year of college. These chapters help students focus on the goals they want to achieve in academics, career, social, extracurricular, physical, financial, and spiritual areas. Workshops can help students find compelling reasons to work towards their goals, and ultimately, provide helpful guides for students in figuring out what they want to accomplish.
The chapter on choosing a major is interesting. It is very different than most resources that recommend students find their interests, values and skills. Instead, Miller lists four criteria: “(1) pick a subject you’re passionate to learn about; (2) pick a subject that allows you to do the things that you enjoy doing academically; (3) pick a subject that relates at least somewhat to your likely career track; and (4) pick a subject that has some potential real-world applicability for you now or later in life” (p. 337). Miller emphasizes that students should reflect on why they are choosing a particular major as they engage in exploratory behavior. Students shouldn’t pick a major only because their parents or others think it is good (p. 342).
About one-third of the book is devoted to academics. For that reason, I would not recommend this book to advisors. This is a complete guide to the college experience and covers topics in depth that are not relevant to the advisor role. This is, however, a good reference for students and I would highly recommend it to students.
Campus Confidential: The Complete Guide to the College Experience by Students for Students. (2006). Book by Robert H. Miller. Review by Christine Frezek. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. 528pp., $16.95. ISBN # 0-7879-7855-8 | <urn:uuid:70c0fc21-07a3-4dab-9ed4-386f6a562b25> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nacada.ksu.edu/Resources/Journal/Current-Past-Book-Reviews/Campus-Confidential-The-Complete-Guide-to-the-College-Experience-by-Students-for-Students.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.955292 | 677 | 2.421875 | 2 |
I had facing a font issue for a long time, and finally figure it out these day. When websites using icon fonts as a element, my edge, which has a default font set in Setting>Appearance>Font, won't display them. It will become a square, some random character or nothing. I will give some screenshot about that.
It turn out that when you set a default font, edge just set a base font and give it a !important in the css. I try to delete this !important, and it solve the problem.
However, simply delete the !important will make your font setting no functional. It seems that edge try to use selector to avoid this situation, but it can't cover many websites, even websites form the same company (Screenshot is Microsoft Learn). I wish developers can fix this selector, or give users a place to add their selector when facing this issue.
This issue should be platform independent. I had try all latest versions of edge insiders and stable release on Linux, and stable release on windows. I can't use my windows PC these days, so I can't try windows' insider version.
Just set your own font and visit some websites using icon fonts, like Microsoft Learn.
Finally, as a temp solution, how can I restore this setting to default? The only way I found is create a new profile, but it will take a long time to config again.
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- Wet Wipes
Did you know that most wipes are not biodegradable and should not be flushed down the toilet? Yes, you can now buy wipes that are flushable, but unless specified, they should not be flushed. Wipes do not break down like toilet paper does, and can easily lead to blockages in your pipes and in the sewer system. Save yourself time and money by buying biodegradable, flushable wipes or throwing them in the bin instead.
- Oil and Grease
Cooking oil and grease may look viscus when hot, but it’s important to remember that it quickly hardens when cooled. Once grease solidifies in drains, they can become blocked and a qualified plumber will be required to unblock the drains. Always dispose of cooking oil and grease appropriately!
- Cigarette Butts
One place cigarette butts don’t belong is in the toilet. They are not biodegradable and won’t break down, resulting in blockages and the pollution of our water ways. They are terrible for the environment and are also responsible for the death of lots of our precious marine life.
- Sanitary Items
Just because something is made from cotton, doesn’t mean it belongs down the drain. Pads and tampons are one of the most notorious culprits of drain blockages. Condoms and any other personal items of that nature should not be flushed either.
- Dental Floss
Not only is dental floss not biodegradable, it’s stringy nature meaning it tangles around other material in the drains and clumps up, causing major blockages over time. Dental floss is also terrible for the environment as it does not break down and can end up tangled around fish and in the stomachs of our marine life
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'Talk' in the Bible
And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.
For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.
Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
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My lab works on emerging plant diseases that threaten global food security. A major focus of research is to understand the factors that contribute to disease emergence including the epidemiology and population genetics of Oomycete plant pathogens in the genus Phytophthora. Phytophthora infestans caused the Irish potato famine in the 1840s, and is a reemerging threat to global food security. We study the population genetics and migrations of both historic and present day strains of the pathogen. My lab was part of a multi-investigator group that sequenced the genome of the pathogen. We are now using the genome sequence to develop novel strategies for managing disease in the field. Our team has developed a web portal called USAblight.org that can be used to track recent outbreaks of disease using geospatial analystics. We also work on other pathogens of tropical crop plants including black Sigatoka on banana, downy mildew of tobacco, soilborne fungi and coffee rust that are threats to global food security. Dr. Ristaino serves as the director of the “Emerging Plant Disease and Global Food Security” cluster at NC State, has served as a Jefferson Science Fellow for the US Department of State and received a Fulbright European Research Scholar Award to work with the University of Catania on late blight in Italy in 2018. In 2020, I was elected a Fellow of the American Phytopatholoical Society in August 2020 and named a AAAS Fellow in November, 2020. In 2022, Dr Ristaino will serve as a Fulbright Scholar in the Republic of Ireland.
Plant diseases don’t stop at a nation’s borders and miles of oceans don’t prevent their spread, either. That’s why plant disease surveillance, improved plant disease detection systems and predictive plant disease modeling – integrated at the global scale – are necessary to mitigate future plant disease outbreaks and protect the global food supply, according to a team of researchers in a new commentary published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Excited to announce our new $1 M NSF Grant
See local CBS17 news on the PNAS paper and Washington Post report “Plant Pandemics and how they could endanger our food supply. Scientists sound alarm on growing menace”.
In many contexts and times, diseases have reshaped life, whether it be human life, animal life or plant life. Here we share a podcast interview of ongoing research about the consequence of plant disease. I gave a podcast on the consequence of plant diseases and the Irish Potato famine. In this podcast, I share own experience with plant pathology, her global travels to track outbreaks and then talks about my efforts to understand the history of the potato famine and why it is relevant to controlling emerging pathogens of all kinds today.
Listen to my daughter Sarah Ristaino since a song on the impact of the loss of potatoes on the Irish food supply “Oh the Praties they Grow Small”
See the great new video on our sensor project created by Inga Meadows and Duncan McSorley, August 2021
Outbreaks: Tackling Emerging Plant Diseases that Threaten Food Security January 10, 2020, 1-7PM The Emerging Plant Disease and Global Food Security Cluster held a symposium in January to highlight the innovative research of the cluster team. The cluster works to improve both local and global efforts to manage emerging pests and pathogens that threaten crop production and lead to food insecurity. NC State has a strong history in conducting international agricultural research and outreach. Many emerging “armed and dangerous” plant diseases and pests threaten US and global agriculture and reported outbreaks have become more severe with trade and changing climate. See the EBD Program here.
Check out our ICPP2018 session at Harvard Musuem of Natural Science on Crop Diseases that Threaten your Breakfast
Watch a recording of my seminar on emerging plant diseases for the Global Genetic Engineering and Society Center colloquium here.
Watch a recording of my recent Plant Pathology seminar on “Tracking Worldwide Migrations, Evolutionary Relatedness and Reemergence of Phytophthora infestans: A Threat to Global Food Security” here.
Read about the lab’s collaboration with the Dr. Qingshan Wei’s lab at NC State on new detection techniques for plant disease including a recent paper in Nature Plants on VOC sensors and a recent publication on microneedle extractions
Read about my recent sabbatical to the University of Catania in Italy in Phytopathology News.
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… Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
51 And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest’s, and smote off his ear.
52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
54 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? Mat. 26:50-54
In our country we have a tribe called the Maasai. The Maasai men always – always – carry with them three things: a sword strapped to their waist; a club carried in the same manner and, finally, a longish stick. Carrying these things with them is part of their culture.
Moreover, the Maasai are incredibly skilled in the use of these things.
Now, you will find tourists taking pictures of the Maasai in this cultural environment, and these pictures become famous world-wide. But there is something of deep significance in this entire setting which neither the tourists nor anybody else is aware of. What most people do not stop to think is that the sword, the club and the stick that the Maasai carry with them are weapons; and where weapons are there is war and violence. Despite their postcard beauty and popularity, the Maasai weapons do not announce peace. On the contrary, they declare the war in a Maasai’s heart. If you rub a Maasai the wrong way you will learn, to your woe, the reason he carries these things!
The Maasai are among the tribes that are referred to in Africa as “war-like” tribes. In the world, somehow, that is an admirable quality to have. In today’s highly competitive world especially, aggressiveness is a good quality to have. It makes sure you stay at the top of the pack and, in some situations, it guarantees your very survival.
But in this post we will learn that God does not need aggression to ‘survive’ or to be who He is. Above all, God does not condone the violence that we carry in our hearts.
God is a God of peace.
In this regard, let us begin by looking at the attitude that Jesus had towards Simon Peter. In the Gospel of John, chapter 18 verse 10 we learn that it was Simon Peter who carried the infamous sword and it was he who cut off the High Priest’s servant’s ear.
The sword that Peter carried on him was not a bar of chocolate. That thing was cold steel and it was designed to do just one thing: to kill.
For Peter to carry such a thing, it meant there was violence in his heart and, when the opportunity arose for him to use it, Peter did not hesitate. Acting on the anger in his heart, he drew his sword and cut off the High Priest’s servant’s ear.
Peter was one very angry man.
But these are the issues – issues of the heart – that Jesus came to deal with. Did you know why the Bible says,
“Be ye angry, and sin not …” (Eph. 4:26)?
It is on account of the weakness of our flesh. There are many things that God allows us, not because they are beneficial to us or that they please Him, but He does so because our flesh is weak.
But God would want us to run the race with strength to the end.
Now, many people read Ephesians 4:26 and they allow themselves to get angry because they think God allows them to. But, contrary to what we may have been taught, the fact is that God is never happy with our anger. God does not condone anger and, in many more places in the Bible, God actually condemns anger (Gal. 5:20; Eph. 4:31; Col. 3:8; Tit. 1:7).According to James 1:20 our anger is very different from God’s anger:
“For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.”
Our anger is tainted with sin.
But God’s anger is pure and it does work His righteousness.
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""The argument that the physical embodiment of the sexes is morally determinative for marriage is identical in form and substance to the argument that the physical embodiment of the races is morally determinative for slavery." Tobias Haller at In a Godward DirectionThanks for the responses so far, thanks also to the correspondent who pointed me to this comment in the first place, and who made the observation that this is gnostic thinking.
What do you think? Is this the epitome of Anglican incarnational theology, the cornerstone of all reasonable arguments for the malleability of marriage? Or? "
To my mind Tobias Haller highlights the subtlety at work in theological arguments being made for change to understanding Christian marriage, or, if you prefer, to Christians understanding marriage. The subtlety is in clever phrasing which offers seemingly seamless transition from 'traditional' understanding of marriage to (what I will call here) 'new' understanding of marriage.
In the traditional understanding of marriage, the core relationship in marriage is the relationship between a man and a woman. Difficult questions arising from this core relationship have concerned number (might one have more than one wife or more than one husband?) and frequency (might one be married more than once?), to say nothing about method (how do I sustain the relationship I have entered into with my wife/husband? How do we together grow and develop our marriage?). Until recently such questions have rarely, if ever, in any culture, concerned gender: might I marry someone of the same gender as me?) There have also been questions about the economics of marriage (dowry, inheritance, joint ownership or otherwise of property) which themselves tie into questions about fruitfulness of marriage in respect of bearing and raising children. For Christians, the answers about number and frequency have been shaped by a commitment to monogamy. There should be just one husband and one wife in any marriage. There should be a permanence to marriage which is broken only by death of one party to it. Divorce is tragic. That some churches permit remarriage of divorcees is a facing of that tragedy. Divorce is a diminuation from the ideal. Remarriage is a form of remedy, but theologically it is not a derogation of the ideal.
In the new understanding of marriage, there is no core relationship, only the character of the marriage relationship (is it faithful, permanent, stable, loving?). Haller's argument appears to sweep away all previous assumptions about the core relationship constituting marriage being between a man and a woman.
One question to consider here is whether the church is authorised to make (or to agree to) a change to the understanding of marriage as a complementary relationship between a man and a woman. The setting of marriage in the first chapters of Genesis, to which our Lord refers back in his own teaching on marriage, sets out a divine authorisation for marriage as the exclusive and lifelong conjugation of a man and a woman. It is Adam and Eve, 'man' and 'woman', not Adam and Steve or Phoebe and Eve, who are placed together in this first marriage, purposed both for fruitfulness (Genesis 1) and companionable help (Genesis 2). This template is referred to again and again in Scripture, these multiple references undergirding the church's teaching on marriage since the days of the apostles. Even if Haller's neat syllogism above is logically correct, it does not, in itself, provide divine authorisation for a change in understanding of the core relationship for marriage. (I acknowledge here Bryden Black's influence on my thinking. He consistently, both in comments on this site, and in other conversations has raised this question of authorisation).
There is a question whether the syllogism even works. The argument that "the physical embodiment of the sexes is morally determinative for marriage" assumes that a marriage is moral when it is a partnership of a man and a woman and immoral when it is a partnership of two men or two women. But the point at issue is not the morality of marriage but what is marriage. Haller seems to have problem with the simple definition that marriage consists of a man and a woman and not of a man and a man or a woman and a woman. In a subsequent post, responding to a very recent C of E statement on the UK government's proposals re gay "marriage", he writes,
"The Church of England has issued a statement in response to the British Government proposal to recognize same-sex marriage. The document is a particularly disappointing rehash of the same defective anthropology and circular reasoning to which we have become accustomed on this issue. For example, the paper asserts:On the contrary, the nature of the argument is necessarily circular because we are talking about the definition of marriage. Marriage can only take place between a man and a woman because only a man and a woman can make a marriage. A question might then be, What is distinctive about marriage between a man and a woman in comparison with any other marriage-like relationship between two men or two women? The answer is then the real (not alleged) complementarity of the sexes: marriage is the bringing together of the two embodiments of humanity, male and female. Whether we focus on the complementarity of the sexes for the purposes of procreation, which biblically, historically, and contemporaneously is one of the primary reasons for marrying (notwithstanding Haller's consistent attempts to downplay procreation's importance), or on the particular companionship which is the companionship of complementary sexes becoming 'one flesh', the distinction of marriage over all other relationships rests on the complementarity at its core.
Such a move would alter the intrinsic nature of marriage as the union of a man and a woman, as enshrined in human institutions throughout history. Marriage benefits society in many ways, not only by promoting mutuality and fidelity, but also by acknowledging an underlying biological complementarity which, for many, includes the possibility of procreation.The authors hammer away on the alleged "complementarity" of the sexes as a necessary component of marriage without apparently recognizing either the circular nature of that argument or the dangerous tendency towards Christological heresy inherent in its anthropology. The circular nature of the argument is: “Marriage can only take place between a man and a woman because only a man and a woman are of different sexes.” This is, of course, merely restating the premise."
To suggest that complementarity is not a necessary component of marriage begs the question what is it about the biblical or historical account of marriage, let alone the importance of marriage in the ongoing generation of human society, which obscures this foundational truth.
In the citation immediately above, Haller offers another criticism of defenders of complementarity: "the dangerous tendency towards Christological heresy inherent in its anthropology." He goes on to explain this criticism,
"The more dangerous, and heretical, trend of this argument lies in the suggestion that the sex difference implies a different order of being for men and women. This is known as sexism, and it undercuts the orthodox doctrine of the incarnation."
I find this to be unconvincing. The sex difference between men and women does imply a different order of being for men and women, and precisely so in the context of marriage and family. We are not talking here about the right and ability of men and women to (say) vote or own a house or take a job as an accountant. In such contexts there is only one order of humanity: voting, ownership, employment are matters indifferent to the sexes. Actually, in employment, matters might not be so simple. Precisely because of sexuality we are often not indifferent to the question of a man being responsible for small children in (say) a childcare facility, or a woman seeing a male doctor without another person being present. But in marriage and family contexts there are different orders of humanity: only a woman may be a mother, only a man may be a father, and, dare I say it, only a woman can be a wife and a man a husband. No matter how nurturing and mother-like I may be as a father to my children, I am not (and never will be, even if my wife died) their mother. Not least because in the complementarity of the sexes, I did not conceive, carry and give birth to them, to say nothing of continuing in relationship to them as that one who carries for all this life the experience of bearing them into the world, a relationship which in all sorts of ways is necessarily different to my relationship to them as their father. To call this differentiation "sexism" is very odd, and does not in the least undercut the orthodox doctrine of the incarnation.
All wives and husbands, all mothers and fathers are one order (with all non-wives, non-husbands, non-mothers, non-fathers) of sinners in need of the redemptive work of God the Son who became flesh that we might be healed. In short, there is a "both/and" aspect to the ordering of humanity which Haller bypasses when arguing that marriage understood as having complementarity at its core undercuts the doctrine of the incarnation. (Does anyone here think that Jesus, Paul, Athanasius, Augustine, Aquinas, Luther or Calvin would agree with Haller re marriage and the incarnation?)
Of course to reflect in this way is to explain that the physical embodiment of the sexes is intrinsic to marriage, though not to its moral determination but to its definition. If someone wants to argue the moral superiority of any relationship to marriage, that argument may proceed. But if the moral determinacy of marriage does not rest on its complementarity then loading in a comparative statement about slavery is neither here nor there to the question of complementarity as a core component of marriage. It is. (Or, if you like, it just is so).
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Some options are entirely free and offer excellent performance for independent developers hoping to establish a foothold in the industry. Basically there are three such engines: Unity, Cryengine and Unreal Development Kit (UDK). There are also pay options, such as Unreal Engine, MT Framework, Samaritan, Titanium, Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE), Frostbite, Havok, Anvil Engine and 4A Engine.
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Unity is a free graphics engine that offers flexibility and an extensive range of tools. This is a great option for young developers, allowing them to create quality developments at no cost. It is easy to get familiar with and use, while its multi-platform capabilities mean projects can easily be exported to mobile operating systems such as Android, iOS and Windows Phone. It offers everything users need to design projects in 2D and 3D.
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– Developments for desktop. Unity includes a solution that allows development of immersive video games with striking graphics: Realtime Global Illumination from Enlighten. This tool provides scenes with lightmaps, lightprobes and cubemaps in real time, while it can dynamically change key elements such as light sources, scene lighting and the properties of materials in terms of light.
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To achieve all this Cryengine uses a number of processes that allow developers to perfect objects:
– Tessellation. Cryengine uses accelerated DX11 tessellation hardware, which supports various methods of triangulation to improve mesh design and render characters more realistically, even animation. These are Phong, PN Triangles and displacement mapping models, all editable in real time in order to strike a balance between graphics and performance.
– Pixel Accurate Displacement Mapping (PADM). A new displacement mapping method designed specifically for Crysis 3. Compared to tessellation, this system supports greater definition with fewer triangles.
– Cryengine tools. One of the most appealing is Statoscope, a real-time performance measurement tool that provides developers with information on the status of queued streaming tasks, the number of draw calls, bandwidth statistics, function profiles and more.
3. Unreal Development Kit (UDK)
Unreal Development Kit is the free version of Unreal Engine. This graphics engine for video game developers uses UnrealScript as the programming language and is compatible with Windows, the Microsoft operating system. Like the other two graphics engines, it allows images to be designed in 2D and 3D. Generally speaking this is a solution used by small developers.
UDK comes with a number of tools to support the conceptualization and design of video games: Unreal Editor, a solution for content creation; Unreal Frontend, which supports generation of the final graphics product; ActorX, to import meshes; and 3DS Max, for 3D animation.
Some of its key features are:
– It uses the DirectX 11 and 12 graphics APIs.
– C++ code view. A code sorting system that supports direct browsing through code functions and helps save time.
– Development of immersive video games.
– Artificial intelligence.
– Character animation. A suite of tools that allows developers to design skeleton and animation meshes.
– Cascading visual effect. The Cascade VFX editor allows the design of effects such as smoke, fire, dust, dirt and rubble. This is achieved by allowing millions of particles to interact with light and generate shadows and movement on a graphics scene.
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‘If you want to know the future, look to the past,’ they say. We are at a time of year that’s ripe with reflection and ambition. As we all look back at twelve months of hard work - at what went well and what didn’t – and make plans for 2022, does it help to look further back than a calendar year?
Almost every society that has developed over thousands of years has attempted to preserve its history and pass on wisdom and experience to future generations. Learning one’s heritage is a reckoning, asking one to consider the legacies that will underpin future decisions.
Throughout 2022, we will celebrate 150 years in travel, taking a look at travel in the past and travel in the future, a future CWT is excited to shape and enable, and that is undeniably about innovation and forging new paths.
We trace our own heritage back to 1872, when Belgian engineer and industrialist, George Nagelmackers, sold the American concept of sleeping cars to European rail operators. Until then, passengers had stopped each night at the Grand Railway Hotel of the town they were in and continued their journey in the morning - so sleeping through the night while moving not only revolutionised the time involved, but also the manner in which it was done. So new was the concept that he had to establish a business selling the product itself, as the railways were not equipped to do so.
Another aspect of our lineage, and one of the earliest travel agencies in the US, Ask Mr Foster, was founded in Florida sixteen years later to handle burgeoning demand, and the pace of travel change accelerated from then onwards.
The first airline, the German Airship company DELAG, was founded in 1909, and the first scheduled commercial airline flight in the US (in a wood and muslin flying boat) took place in less than five years later. and, with the rapid growth of airlines in the 1920s, the age of commercial travel was fully upon us. And new opportunities kept coming to satisfy demand - the first airport rental car service, Avis Rent a Car was created in 1946, and airline reservation systems were developed to help with the incoming jet age of travel.
100 years after Mr Nagelmackers’ rail innovation, Carlson Wagonlit Travel was launched as the first truly global travel management company. The timing reflected the growth of global organisations seeking a single provider in all regions of the world.
At around the same time, the birth of the internet gave rise to new ways of planning and booking travel. Online booking tools began to emerge and the rise of email heralded the beginning of the digital transformation of travel.
Re-branded simply as CWT, in 2019, we launched our travel platform, myCWT – enabling buyers and traveling employees to engage with our services through six channels – mobile, web, messaging, email, phone and their preferred online booking tool.
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Die Eltern [The Parents], plate III from Sieben Holzschnitte zum Krieg [Seven Woodcuts on War]
47.6 cm x 65.6 cm (18 3/4 in. x 25 13/16 in.)
(Königsberg, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia), 1867 - 1945, Mortizburg, Germany)
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Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Transfer from the General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin, 1996
Born into a comfortable middle-class family, Käthe Kollwitz focused her art on the desperate condition of the peasants and proletariat with whom she came into contact, first through literary sources and then directly through her husband’s medical practice. She explained in an interview that these subjects interested her more for aesthetic than social reasons, but she is remembered as a socially engaged artist who protested vehemently against World War I. Here again she felt some ambivalence, as she supported her son’s decision to volunteer to join the German army against her husband’s wishes. His death in Flanders shortly after enlisting became the fulcrum upon which her later art balanced.
This powerful woodcut comes from her most famous series. About it she wrote in her diary, “Yet again I am not finished with the War series. Done the sheet ‘Parents’ over again. Suddenly it looks entirely bad to me. Far too bright and hard and distinct. Pain is totally dark.” Although she was dissatisfied with the outcome, the woodcut medium, its heavy black planes slashed here with stark white highlights, aptly conveys the sense of nearly uncontrollable parental grief at the loss of a child. | <urn:uuid:8442cd7c-f0bb-4f39-b342-fcfb5444642c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://collection.bma.utexas.edu/objects-1/info/9870?sort=0 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.945327 | 414 | 2.109375 | 2 |
Is it Gold Yet? The history of alchemy and chemistry
Sunday May 29, 2022 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
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The report shows around 41,100 premises in Britain have a garden, terrace, car park or other area in which they could potentially seat guests—38.2% of all sites. Numbers fluctuate widely between segments of the market, with four in five (80.5%) community pubs in England able to offer beer gardens, patios or other outside space, compared to just 11.9% of casual dining restaurants.
A significant number of these sites are unlikely to trade from mid-April, because the limitations of their space and the costs of equipping and staffing them will make it impossible to trade profitably. This means the number of sites reopening will probably be much lower, especially if the weather is poor.
Scope for outside trading also varies substantially by region. In the largely rural south west of England, just over half (51.1%) of sites have outdoor space, but the number is below a third in London (33.1%). In Wales, where hospitality is due to reopen outdoors from 22 April, two in five (42.1%) sites have outdoor space. But in Scotland, where venues may open outdoors from 26 April, fewer than a quarter (22.9%) have that capability.
Karl Chessell, CGA’s business unit director for hospitality operators and food, EMEA, said: “With huge pent-up demand for hospitality and consumers’ confidence rising, outside trading could give sales a useful kickstart—but there are a lot of variables at play.
Pubs with beer gardens will be popular if the sun shines, but some restaurants may find it harder to recoup the costs of reopening, especially if the April weather isn’t favourable. Well over half of licensed premises have no space at all in which to trade, though they could yet reopen in April if local authorities take a proactive approach and open up street space to serve on.”
The March edition of the Market Recovery Monitor reflects on the seismic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic 12 months on from the first national lockdown. The damage is particularly apparent in the independent sector, which has recorded a net decline of more than 5,000 sites since March 2020, while the managed sector has recorded less than a quarter of that, reflecting larger groups’ greater resilience to the crisis.
There are other signs of durability in the market despite the challenges of the last year, including in major city centres. The Monitor shows that five big regional hubs—Bristol, Liverpool, Nottingham, Edinburgh and Sheffield—have all lost fewer than 3% of their licensed premises since March 2020, while many smaller cities including Plymouth, Aberdeen, Worcester, Exeter and Swansea have all lost more than 10%.
This suggests that the UK’s largest cities may be better placed than smaller cities and towns to rebound over the remainder of 2021, despite the collapse in footfall from office workers and tourists over the last year. Some larger operators have retreated from smaller regional cities in recent months, while banking on a swift return to major centres for work, retail and leisure.
Graeme Smith, AlixPartners’ managing director, said: “We’ve seen a spate of operators announce plans to reopen for outdoor service on 12 April, and while it’s unlikely to be profitable for the majority to do so, businesses will do all they can to maximise their usable space. For those that do reopen, managing cashflow will now be of critical importance as work with supply chains begins again, and relationships with suppliers, landlords and other stakeholders will be tested.
“There is potential to drive stronger and more efficient operations on the other side of the pandemic, but the many in the sector will be weighed down by debt for some time to come and will spend the next year and beyond rebuilding their balance sheets and clearing their arrears. The overhang of rent liabilities also remains largely unresolved which means that, in spite of the clear pent-up consumer demand that exists, the hospitality sector is far from out of the woods.”
The full March edition of the Market Recovery Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners has much more analysis of closure trends and the scope for licensed premises to trade outdoors, and is available now, download the report here.
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The federal fisheries minister said Tuesday it will be more difficult for cabinet to give another green light to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion if — or more likely when — the National Energy Board’s new environmental review determines the project is going to harm killer whales.
Jonathan Wilkinson said such a finding wouldn’t mean cabinet will reject the project — but ministers will have to be convinced there are appropriate measures in place to protect the extremely endangered Southern resident killer whales.
“Cabinet has to consider that very seriously, but it has to then be convinced that we’ve done the appropriate things to actually more than mitigate the impact of the shipping traffic,” Wilkinson said.
The future of the controversial pipeline is in limbo after the Federal Court of Appeal overturned its approval. In its decision, it cited a lack of proper consultation with Indigenous communities and the fact the National Energy Board failed to properly examine or consider negative environmental impacts of having more oil tankers leaving from Vancouver Harbour.
Last week, Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi ordered the NEB to conduct such a review — and to emphasize risks to the killer whales.
The NEB has been asked to respond to the government’s request before the end of February with a report and new recommendations on whether the pipeline should be approved and, if so, under what conditions. Additional consultations with Indigenous groups are expected to be announced shortly.
Many environmental groups watching the process unfold say the NEB will surely determine the addition of about six more oil tankers per week in the Salish Sea as detrimental to the killer whales. The NEB, they say, noted the risks when it recommended the project go forward in May 2016.
At the time, the NEB approved the project because marine shipping was outside its purview and it deemed the environmental risks posed by the pipeline itself could be mitigated.
On Tuesday, Wilkinson acknowledged the conclusions related to the whales will likely be the same.
But he said the government has already taken steps to mitigate the noise from oil tankers as well as thousands of other container ships, cruise vessels, ferries and pleasure craft that travel through the whales’ habitat.
Shipping lanes have been moved, speed limits have been voluntarily lowered, he added. The government is also open to doing more, including making it mandatory rather than just voluntary, for boats to slow down in the area.
“It’s not just about addressing TMX,” said Wilkinson, using the abbreviation for the Trans Mountain pipeline.
“We’re looking for solutions where economic growth can be done in an environmentally sustainable way.”
A negative impact finding would trigger requirements under the Species at Risk Act, but Wilkinson said that wouldn’t guarantee a pipeline rejection — it would just mean specific protections will have to be ensured.
Misty MacDuffee, a biologist with Rainforest Conservation Foundation on Vancouver Island, said additional noise from just six extra oil tankers each week would raise the possibility of extinction for the Southern resident killer whales to between 15 and 24 per cent. Right now, that risk is less than 10 per cent, she said.
“The Salish Sea cannot get any louder if we have any hope of recovery,” said MacDuffee.
There are now only 74 Southern resident killer whales left in the Salish Sea, an area that surrounds the San Juan Islands in Washington State and the Gulf Islands in B.C. One Southern resident killer whale lives in captivity in Florida.
MacDuffee said since the summer, several news headlines that attracted widespread attention helped boost public support for the iconic species.
The stories included the 17 days that a 20-year-old, grieving whale named Tahlequah spent carrying her dead calf through the water and the unsuccessful attempts to save three-year-old Scarlet.
Although antibiotics were administered with a dart, Scarlet has not been seen now for weeks and is presumed dead.
Scarlet, named because of the red scars she carried after other whales literally pulled her from her mother’s womb during her birth with their teeth, is the 73rd orca to die or go missing in those waters since 1998. Forty whales have been born and survived in that time period, but the last successful birth was almost three years ago.
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Whether you’re managing a single team or an entire organization, the key to delegating work well is to be clear about what you expect, stay engaged along the way to increase the likelihood of success, and create accountability on the back end.
Try our "MOCHA" model (Manager, Owner, Consulted, Helper, Approver) to establish clear roles on projects.
Here are some of the most common questions we hear about MOCHA roles and implementation.
Check out these videos that answer some frequently asked questions about MOCHA.
Here's an email you can use to introduce our MOCHA model for clarifying project roles and get everyone using the same vocabulary.
When looking for work you can delegate, ask yourself: what are the areas where you can make the greatest impact and leverage your strengths? Use comparative advantage to decide what work you should own and what you should delegate.
Project leaders and managers: use this worksheet when delegating a new project or responsibility to get aligned on expectations, resources, constraints, and how you'll check in about progress.
By debriefing at the end of a project, you can capture lessons learned to ensure even better results next time. This template will help you ask the right questions.
To help you monitor progress and understand how work is really going, here are some probing questions that will help you get beneath the surface.
For complex projects, it's helpful to have a written plan that lays out "who will do what by when," including interim deadlines for smaller components.
Check out some examples of PTR in action, and how to manage towards your requirements with your preferences and traditions in mind.
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The media in Sri Lanka are not free, according to a new report by the Freedom House, an independent watchdog organization dedicated to the expansion of freedom around the world.
From a score of between 0 and 100 with the lowest score an indication there is considerable amount of press freedom, Sri Lanka has been given a score of 76 while Norway and Sweden are among the top ranked with scores of 10 each.
The ‘Freedom of the Press 2014’ report by Freedom House notes that the internet is partly free in Sri Lanka but press is not.
Overall the report says global press freedom has fallen to its lowest level in over a decade. The decline was driven in part by major regression in several Middle Eastern states, including Egypt, Libya, and Jordan; marked setbacks in Turkey, Ukraine, and a number of countries in East Africa; and deterioration in the relatively open media environment of the United States.
Freedom of the Press 2014 found that despite positive developments in a number of countries, most notably in sub-Saharan Africa, the dominant trends were reflected in setbacks in every other region.
“We see declines in media freedom on a global level, driven by governments’ efforts to control the message and punish the messenger,” said Karin Karlekar, project director of the report. “In every region of the world last year, we found both governments and private actors attacking reporters, blocking their physical access to newsworthy events, censoring content, and ordering politically motivated firings of journalists.”
“In 2013 we saw more cases of states targeting foreign reporters and media outlets,” Karlekar added. “Russian and Chinese authorities declined to renew or threatened to withhold visas for prominent foreign correspondents, but the new Egyptian government went a step further by detaining a number of Al-Jazeera staff on charges of supporting terrorism.” (Colombo Gazette) | <urn:uuid:12480c4c-2dfd-4884-84e6-3c81577b4543> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://srilankabrief.org/media-in-lanka-not-free-freedom-house-report/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.941757 | 384 | 2.046875 | 2 |
League of Legends has been rated as the most popular video game in the world, with over 100 million players worldwide. It is one of the best-selling PC games and is also available on mobile platforms such as iOS and Android. There are currently ten different playable characters in League of Legends, each with its own strengths and weaknesses.
League of Legends was released by Riot Games in 2009, and since then it has seen some major changes. In 2011, a new map called Summoner’s Rift was released; this map replaced the original map called Twisted Treeline which had been used since 2009’s release. In 2013, another new map called The Crystal Scar was released which replaced Summoner’s Rift in terms of size and complexity.
Despite controversies of Riot Games banning players found to be scripting League of Legends, there are still players who seek DevilScript services (lol-script.com). The game’s popularity invites more players who are willing to boost their LoL accounts.
How to Get Into League of Legends and What to Expect
League of Legends is a multiplayer battle arena video game by Riot Games in 2009. The game entails two teams of five players competing against each other.
Players take turns commanding their champions on an immaculately designed map with three lanes and turrets at each end. It was one of the first games to be released on the North American market that had persistent user-generated content, which has since been implemented in other popular titles like Dota 2 and Hearthstone.
For starters, if you are interested in League of Legends there are a few things you should know before deciding to give it a try. The game has been in the competitive MOBA scene for nearly 10 years now, so it’s not going to be easy unless you really want it.
As of April 10th, 2017, League of Legends was made available on the Nintendo Switch and it’s been averaging around 7 million players per month since launch. That’s a lot of people to keep entertained. So what are you getting into? Well, this is far from an easy game as there is a lot to learn and even more that is involved in it.
This is a MOBA, so you’ll be fighting other players for territory on a map filled with monsters, turrets, and inhibitors. The goal is to destroy the enemy nexus located at the opponent’s base. You can do this by either taking down their inhibitor and destroying it or wiping out their minions that continuously spawn from their base. There are various champions that have different abilities for different situations.
The game requires skill, knowledge of champions, and some level of strategy. It’s an overwhelming experience for newcomers to the genre, but if you’re willing to put in the effort it can really be rewarding.
Tip: Play Better in a Ranked Match in League of Legends is not just about mastering your champion or winning every single game. It also includes understanding the mechanics of the game and knowing how to adapt to your opponent’s strategy.
League of Legends on eSports
In 2017, League of Legends on eSports had a prize pool of $1 billion with the finals being held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. There are around 100 professional teams across various regions, such as North America, Europe, China, and Korea, who compete for their region’s spot at Worlds every year.
League of Legends has many different regions, which have different rules for professional teams to follow. For example, North American teams must have at least four players from North America while European teams must have at least three players from the same country. That said, teams run by companies may also be able to follow their own rules. This is important to remember because organizations like Cloud9 might be an American company but might still follow North America’s rules for organizations and rosters.
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Some of the functions we have written so far have had a single,
correct answer for each possible argument. For example, there’s no
number we cannot halve. However, when we use more complicated types such
as lists, there are plenty of functions which do not always have an
answer – a list might not have a head or a tail, for example. Our
drop functions were unsatisfactory in
case of invalid arguments. For example,
take 3 [’a’] would
. This is bad practice – we are hiding
errors rather than confronting them.
OCaml has a mechanism for reporting such run-time errors (these are quite different from the type errors OCaml reports when it refuses to accept a program at all). This mechanism is exceptions.
There are some built-in exceptions in OCaml. For example
Division_by_zero, which is raised when a program
tries to divide a number by zero:
# 10 / 0;;
In order to signal bad arguments in functions like
drop, we can rewrite them using the built-in exception
Invalid_argument, which also carries a message written
between double quotation marks. Typically we use this to record the name
of the function which failed. The following program shows
drop rewritten to use the
Invalid_argument exception using
that these functions deal with two problems of our previous versions: a
negative argument, and being asked to take or drop more than the number
of elements in the list.
We can define our own exceptions, using
exception. They can carry information
along with them, of a type we choose:
# exception Problem;;
# exception NotPrime of int;;
exception NotPrime of int
We have defined two exceptions –
NotPrime which carries an integer along with it. Exceptions
must start with a capital letter. The
construct can be used to introduce the type of information which travels
along with an exception. Once they are defined we may use them in our
own functions, using
# exception Problem;;
# let f x = if x < 0 then raise Problem else 100 / x;;
val f : int -> int = <fun>
# f 5
- : int = 20
# f (-1);;
Exceptions can be handled as well as raised. An
exception handler deals with an exception raised by an
expression. Exception handlers are written using the
safe_divide function tries to divide
y, but if the expression
x / y raises the
Division_by_zero, instead we return
zero. Thus, our
safe_divide function succeeds for every
How do the types work here? The expression
x / y has
type int and so the
expression we substitute in case of
have the same type: int, which indeed it does.
And so, our rule that each expression must have one and only one type is
not violated –
safe_divide always returns an int.
Here is another example. The function
last returns the
last element of a list:
The pattern match is incomplete, so whilst OCaml accepts the program
it can fail at run-time. We can tidy up the situation by raising the
The type of a function gives no indication of what exceptions it might raise or handle; it is the responsibility of the programmer to ensure that exceptions which should be handled always are – this is an area in which the type system cannot help us. Later in this book, we will see some alternatives to exceptions for occasions when they are likely to be frequently raised, allowing the type system to make sure we have dealt with each possible circumstance.
Write a function
smallest which returns the smallest
positive element of a list of integers. If there is no positive element,
it should raise the built-in
Write another function
smallest_or_zero which uses
smallest function but if
raised, returns zero.
Write an exception definition and a function which calculates the largest integer smaller than or equal to the square root of a given integer. If the argument is negative, the exception should be raised.
Write another function which uses the previous one, but handles the exception, and simply returns zero when a suitable integer cannot be found.
Comment on the merits and demerits of exceptions as a method for
dealing with exceptional situations, in contrast to returning a special
value to indicate an error (such as
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The Cholesterol Myth
Learn how I uncovered the truth about the cholesterol myth so I can enlighten you about why the body needs cholesterol.
In this article:
- The Great Cholesterol Myth We Know
- The Importance of Cholesterol in the Body
- Other Cholesterol Facts
- A Study Shows People with Low Cholesterol Have a High Death Rate
Learning the Truth Behind the Cholesterol Myth
The Great Cholesterol Myth We Know
We’ve all been taught growing up that fat and cholesterol are the enemy of mankind, and that cholesterol should be avoided at all cause. The reason given? Because you’ll develop heart diseases or increase cardiovascular risk by eating cholesterol-rich foods and that it clogs the arteries, leading to a stroke. But, it turns out this claim has evolved to what we call now as a myth. In fact, the body – 75% of it – is made up of the cholesterol it produced.
The Importance of Cholesterol in the Body
Another reality bite about cholesterol is our hormones, namely the steroids, testosterone, adrenal hormones, and the sex hormones, need cholesterol to reproduce. All these hormones prevent premature aging, and they’re all built from cholesterol. Cutting down on our cholesterol intake would lead to lots of health problems.
An addition to the list of the importance of cholesterol is its contribution to the production of bile. The bile breaks down the grease in our liver, and it helps the digestion of food and calories. Without the bile, bloating and right shoulder pain can be felt. We also need this to absorb essential vitamins and minerals.
Other Cholesterol Facts
Vitamin D is actually made from cholesterol through the conversion of sunlight in the skin. All the skin membranes are also made from cholesterol. The brain is made of cholesterol. The skin is lined with cholesterol. With all these into consideration, the body basically needs the lipid to be functional and efficient.
Eggs are known for having lots of cholesterol, but they actually increase the good cholesterol in the body. Being loaded with lecithin, it becomes an antidote. This fatty substance breaks down the lipid.
Lecithin Definition: A type of fat that’s important to the cells in the body and is commonly found in egg yolks and soybeans. This fat is utilized for reducing the increased risk of many health conditions like Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
A Study Shows People with Low Cholesterol Have a High Death Rate
In a study about the risks of high and low cholesterol, it shows that those with low cholesterol are more at risk of dying due to a cardiovascular disease. Risk factors like cholesterol-lowering drugs include a 700% increase in colon cancers, a 12-fold increase in breast cancer, 45% increase in gallstones, and a 145% increase in gastritis. There are twice as many heart attacks, internal bleeding, severe constipation, liver disease, and ulcers of the stomach and intestines. Long-term health conditions like anemia, taste and smell disturbances, visual difficulties, dizziness, low white blood cell count, heart rhythm problems, phlebitis, and cancer also became predominant with low cholesterol levels.
Now you know the truth about the cholesterol myth, you’ll understand that this body fat is not bad at all and, in fact, an important part of the body. The important thing to remember though is to always monitor your cholesterol level. If anything is not normal anymore, visit your doctor immediately.
Discover the cholesterol myth and see more body conditions from Dr. Berg Video Blog.
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Source: The Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT). Stamler, J., Wentworth, D., J.D. Is the relationship between serum cholesterol and risk of premature death from coronary heart disease continuous and graded? Journal of the American Medical Association, 1986, 256, 2823
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Restaurant Delivery and Food Delivery Management Software
by Ordering on Jan 14, 2019 4:47:47 AM
It is known globally that, in today's market, it is complicated to start a new small‐scale business and live through the competition from well‐established and settled owners. In the fast‐paced time of today, when everyone is squeezed for time, the majority of people are finicky when it comes to placing a food order.
The customers of today are not only attracted because placing an order online is very convenient but also because they have visibility into the items offered, price, and enormously simplified navigation for the request.
The food delivery management software that we are proposing here greatly simplifies the ordering process for both the customer and the restaurant. The system presents an interactive and up‐to‐date menu with all available options in an easy-to-use manner.
The customer can choose one or more items to place an order which will land in the Cart. The customer can view all the order details in the cart before checking out. In the end, the customer gets order confirmation details.
Once the order is placed, it is entered into the database and retrieved in pretty much real-time. This allows Restaurant Employees to quickly go through the rules as they are received and process all requests efficiently and effectively with minimal delays and confusion.
We all know that technology has changed the world and we have made technology a part of our life, without technology we can't think, we can't move, we can't sleep, we can't do anything.
So when we convert our motives towards business and to earn money, we should utilize this technology as well.
Now speaking of technology, we can say that the internet has created a significant influence on our daily lives; it's because of the internet that we can perform numerous tasks within a short moment of time. It has changed our lives.
Now everything is becoming online, and the world is turning into an online revolution. If you see, each of the business sectors is trying and utilizing the online world to reach out to a broader range of customers.
An offline segment, suppose an offline shop that sells a particular Product, a boundary of customers bounds that since it's offline and only a handful of customers know about them, but when you enter the online world, the scenario completely changes.
So now after having so many words about the online world, let's come to the factors that a business must have before entering the online world. If you have a company, then to spread your business to the rest of the world, you require some platforms like the food delivery management software which helps the restaurants and large and small food sectors to manage and operate orders and official works in a smooth manner.
From where you will be able to do it, and those platforms are websites, ordering websites, apps, etc., now, sites are okay, but as said earlier, we live in a golden age of technology, and hence we have our smartphones with us which are almost equivalent to computers.
It can perform any task which is executed by processors, so having an app for your business is essential as presently most people use smartphones to fulfill their requirements instead of computers. Food delivery management software also enables the main restaurants to operate the tracked orders remarkably.
Restaurant delivery software refers to a system through which a restaurant can manage all of their orders that are pending for delivery, and it can also help in tracking all of the live laws as well, this system is unique, and it happens to have all of the features that an online ordering system should have.
We all know how the restaurant struggles during busy days like festive days and other occasions, and it sometimes becomes quite challenging to track the orders online and as well as offline.
This system makes a straightforward solution to it. It is indeed one of the methods which allow the restaurant staff to manage the incoming orders and the orders that are coming for delivery as well. Restaurant delivery software comes with the features of extensively high & easy-use features.
It’s specialized software which has been developed for management and the operation of the orders particularly for the restaurants.
System integration is one of the critical features of the restaurant delivery software, as it can be integrated with various third-party software. It has also got the features of push notifications, live order tracking, and other tools that are required for the smooth management of a restaurant operation.
It’s all about the challenges that one sector has to face through the entire process, and this kind of software is just awesome as it has got all of the necessary tools to operate. It doesn't work like the way that a standard delivers software does, it’s a lot more than that.
Ordering.co has believed that these systems will change the way through which a restaurant operates, and indeed we must say that a product like restaurant delivery software is unique in it’s kind and it has made the works much more comfortable than it was ever.
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I begin by specifying the area that comes under the purview of this article, which is, what may be termed as, literature transcribed from the oral. I go back to referencing from my own Khasi literature, therefore, and quote from one of my essays in which R.S. Lyngdoh
Ha kata ka Ri ka Raij ka ba ym don jingpang ym don jingїap, ym don sngewsih ym don jynjar, ym don tymmen ymdon kro; don tang U Blei Nongbuh Nongthaw u Thakur Bamon Uba ker Uba da na ka khlam ka rup bad baroh ki ba sniew ha kane ka pyrthei.
Once there lived a young cowherd, in the rolling lush green hills of the Khasis. As in olden days, and even in today’s village life,
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Grafana is an open source, feature rich metrics dashboard and graph editor for Graphite, InfluxDB & OpenTSDB. OpenStack runs Graphite which stores all the metrics related to Nodepool and Zuul (to name a few).
At a Glance¶
Apache is configured as a reverse proxy to Grafana running in a container, listening on port 3000.
Changes to config-files in
project-config will trigger the
infra-prod-run-grafana job to refresh the dashboards. If the
container is restarted manually, you can run
grafana.opendev.org to reload directly.
To develop dashboards, you can run the Grafana container. Firstly, get setup:
$ cd <work dir> $ mkdir secrets $ echo "password" > secrets/admin_password $ echo "admin" > secrets/admin_user $ echo "key" > secrets/secret_key $ git clone https://opendev.org/openstack/project-config
Then run the container with the following options:
$ cd <work dir> $ sudo podman run \ -p 3000:3000 \ -v ./secrets:/etc/grafana/secrets \ -e GF_AUTH_ANONYMOUS_ENABLED=true \ -e GF_USERS_ALLOW_SIGN_UP=false \ -e GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_PASSWORD__FILE=/etc/grafana/secrets/admin_password \ -e GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_USER__FILE=/etc/grafana/secrets/admin_user \ -e GF_SECURITY_SECRET_KEY__FILE=/etc/grafana/secrets/secret_key \ docker.io/grafana/grafana-oss
At this point, Grafana will be running and listening on port 3000.
You can log into as
password (or using your secrets
This is unconfigured and does not yet talk to the OpenDev Graphite
instance. The dashboard definitions are kept in
project-config/grafana. You need to run the
grafyaml tool to
$ echo 'GRAFANA_URL=http://admin:password@localhost:3000/' > grafyaml.env $ docker run --rm -t --network=host \ --env-file ./grafyaml.env \ -v ./project-config/grafana:/grafana:ro \ opendevorg/grafyaml
To work on dashboards, update the
yaml files in
and re-run the grafyaml import as above, then reload them in the
Alternatively, you can use the Grafana editor to make the dashboards,
and then under “Dashboard Settings” (gear icon) select “JSON Model”
and commit that (it seems you have to cut-and-paste, there isn’t
currently a way to export the JSON as such). The raw JSON can be
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We LOVE Christmas here at UpCircle! The food, the (sustainable) gifting, the laughter, the arguments with our siblings about who gets the last glass of mulled cider - it is truly a magical time! The icing on the cake is decorating the house to make it look like a winter wonderland. Unfortunately, lots of decorations are made from plastic and soon end up in landfill, so we decided to combine our love of Christmas with our love of stopping waste ending up in landfill to bring you the ultimate guide to low waste decorations!
SALT DOUGH DECORATIONS
Salt dough is super quick and simple and great rainy-day activity to do with children or friends! You can make all sorts of beautiful decorations- they make for great presents too!
- 250g/ 8.8 Oz Plain flour
- 125g/ 4.4 Oz Table salt
- 125ml water
- Preheat the oven to 100°C/ 210F
- In a mixing bowl combine the salt and flour and stir
- Slowly add in the water bit by bit- mixing it each time until it forms a ball of dough
- Transfer onto a floured surface and knead the dough for a few minutes
- Roll out the dough and cut into your desired shapes- the thinner the dough the quicker it cooks
- We used biscuit cutters to create different shapes. So that we could hang them up once painted we used a large needle to punch holes through the dough, make the holes slightly larger than needed as in the oven they will shrink.
- Transfer your creations on to a lined baking sheet and bake in the oven for around 2 hours or until hardened
- Once cool you can paint them to your hearts content! Poster paints work the best but water colours and food colouring will also work. If you are feeling super adventurous you could try adding food colouring to the dough before cutting them into shapes.
- You can then use them to decorate your tree, hang up around the house and as stand-alone decorations!
A wreath on your door is the perfect way to welcome loved ones over the Christmas period. This wreath is super simple to make and uses found materials which means it will always be unique! You can make it as simple or elaborate as you like.
The wreath in this example was made by collecting materials on a winter walk and some bits from the garden- Christmas tree sellers often have left over branches that are great for making the wreath with. If you didn’t have access to collect materials you could try making one with some of the other decorations from this blog like salt dough decorations and orange peel shapes-
- 3-4 sticks- they need to be soft and still easy to bend into a circle. The length will depend on how big you want your wreath to be! If you can’t get hold of these, you can make the hoop using wire around 0.3cm in diameter- you can keep this and re-use it year after year!
- Foliage- Evergreens make the best foliage and will stay green for a few weeks, for a more autumnal look fallen leaves would also work just make sure they have long stems
- A piece of ribbon or string 30cm long- we reused some that came with a present last year
- The stalks of fallen leaves- Sycamore leaves are excellent and readily available (string also works)
- Pinecones /berries/ dried oranges or any decorations that take your fancy
- The trick to making a good wreath is to have a solid base with lots of places to entwine the foliage and decorations. Start by using one stick to make a circle the size you want your wreath- tie this where the two ends meet using your ribbon or string. You may need to wrap the ribbon around each individual end a few times to make sure they stay together. This will also be what you use to hang your wreath on the door so make sure there is a length of ribbon left over for this.
- Take another stick and wrap it around the first one- starting about ¼ of the way around the circle. Repeat this step with the other sticks until you have a woven base- it should look like it has been plaited.
- Start adding in the foliage, weave the stems of the foliage into the base to make sure they stay in place. You can use the leaf stems or pieces of string to tie in any bits that are loose.
- Once you have as much foliage in as you want you can start to add in your other decorations- these can be woven or tied in- this is your chance to be creative and fun so go wild!
- When you are happy with your wreath use a drawing pin or small nail to hang it on to the door.
NEWSPAPER/ MAGAZINE DECORATIONS
Paper decorations are super easy and quick to make and in the spirit of upcycling using old newspapers and magazines can be a fun way to add some interesting patterns and colour to your decorations! If you have a subscription to Who Gives a Crap you can save the wraps from your rolls to make them too.
- Glue/ double sided tape
- Cut your newspaper or magazine into strips 1.5cm wide and 10cm long
- Take a strip and stick the two ends together to make a ring
- Take another strip and link it through the first ring before sticking the two ends together, repeat this step each time adding a new link to the last ring you put on until your chain is your desired length.
These are the easiest decorations to make and can be hung in groups for some cute decorations. To add some sparkle and glitz to them you can paint the newspaper beforehand or add some (biodegradable) craft glitter.
- 2 squares of newspaper per rosette (3 if you want to make them fuller)
- Glue / double sided tape
- String/ ribbon
- Take your squares and fold them up as if you were making a fan until you have two long strips of folded paper.
- Fold your strips of paper in half along one of the sides and stick together using your glue/tape. You will now have 2 semi-circle fans.
- Next you need to stick the 2 fans together along their flat edges making a complete circle.
- The final step is to make a small hole on one of pleats to thread some string or ribbon through!
ORANGE PEEL GARLANDS
If like us, you’ve been eating your foods for healthy skin you might have a few orange and lemon peels lying around the house! Save these and make them into cute little garlands!
- The peel from several citrus fruits
- Star cutter
- String or thread
- A needle with an eye big enough for your thread or string to fit through
- Remove the peel from your chosen fruit- try to keep it in large sections!
- Using a small star shaped biscuit cutter, cut out stars from the peel
- Using the threaded needle pierce a point of each star and thread together.
- The garland can be left to dry naturally or you can use the oven on its lowest setting for 1 hour. (Check your string or thread isn't flammable first!)
- You can hang the garlands up around mirrors or photo frames or anywhere that could use a little colour and festive cheer
VEGAN PEPPARKAKOR DECORATIONS
Gingerbread is a staple at Christmas and no gingerbread is as delicious as the Pepparkakor. They are thin, a little crunchy and full of flavour! The biscuits take about 5 minutes to cook and the dough can be kept in the fridge for up to a week so you can make the dough up in batches and have fresh biscuits every day! To make them extra luxurious try substituting a tablespoon of water for a tablespoon of Henny & Joe’s Chai Syrup.
- 250g/ 9oz dairy free butter equivalent
- 180g/ 6.5oz sugar
- 40g/ 1.5 oz Golden syrup
- 60g/2.25oz Vegan Molasses
- 500g/ 17.5oz plain flour
- 1 Tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
- 1 Tbsp ground ginger (We like to add a teaspoon of freshly grated ginger too to give them a real kick!)
- 1 Tbsp cinnamon
- ½ Tbsp ground cardamom
- 1tsp ground cloves
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- 75mls water
- In a saucepan heat the sugar, molasses, golden syrup and water until all the sugar is melted and then leave to cool for 10 minutes
- Meanwhile combine the DF butter and all the spices in a bowl and blend well
- Pour the sugar mix into the bowl with the DF butter mix before leaving it all to cool to room temperature.
- Combine the flour and bicarbonate of soda and sift into the mixture- mix well.
- The mixture will be loose at this point so needs to be refrigerated for at least 8 hours. It can be put in a bowl to be refrigerated or wrapped in re-useable food wraps.
- Once they’re finished refrigerating pre-heat your over to 190°C and line a baking tray
- Remove the dough from the fridge and on a lightly floured surface roll it out to 2mm thick.
- Cut the dough out into any shapes that you want and place on the baking tray
- Cook the biscuits for 5 minutes until they start to feel hard around the edges. Once removed from the oven immediately pierce a hole in them if you are making them into hanging decorations.
- You can decorate them with food paint or edible glitter to make them sparkle on your tree.
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Writer: Naina Paul
The book Aakhri Geet Pdf is a collection of some excellent short stories by Naina Paul. The writer discussed many social and moral issues in these short stories. She explained the women rights and the feelings of love which are essential for a human being.
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If you have an employee with mental health issues on your team, particularly if these amount to a disability, you know that you have to make "reasonable adjustments". In this workshop you find out what exactly those can be (with lots of examples!) and also what adjustments would be considered unreasonable and how to make these adjustments work specifically for your team.
If an employer does not make sufficient reasonable adjustments for an employee whose ill mental health is classed as a disability, this can be considered disability discrimination. And the potential award for disability discrimination is uncapped. So, as an employer it is in your best interest that your line managers know how to support an employee with mental health issues and what reasonable adjustments to make.
Hosted by Jodie Hill, founder and Managing Partner of multi-award winning Thrive Law, this 60-minute workshop focuses on:
- When does a mental health condition amount to a disability?
- What reasonable adjustments are required if the condition amounts to a disability?
Examples of common reasonable adjustments.
- How to ensure your adjustments are genuinely helping the employee.
- When are adjustments not reasonable?
- Case studies and previous case law which give guidance on mental health and reasonable adjustments.
- What are the potential liabilities if employers get it wrong?
This listing contains:
- An MP4 recording of the workshop
- The presentation slides as a PDF
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Over the past few years, I’ve made lots of changes in my home to cut my budget and make it more eco-friendly. Like most gradual changes, I’m pretty used to what I’ve done and it all seems so normal to me now. So when someone asks me how to make their home more green, I have to think on it a while. Thankfully, I don’t have to ponder for too long, because as I look around my kitchen, green ideas jump out at me from everywhere.
1. Use glass jars for storage
Quart jars come in handy for other pantry items as well as many leftover foods. The great thing is you can use them over and over again and don’t have to worry about chemicals leaching into your food. They’re also easy to find used. Goodwill and Craigslist are great spots to find them. Or you could put out a message on Facebook requesting jars. One of my favorite tips has been to check sandwich shops – they frequently go through gallon-size pickle jars.
2. Use your own cleaning solution
If you’re using a special cleaning spray to clean your counters, stop and read the ingredients. If it’s store-bought, chances are it’s full of toxic chemicals.
Or it could be bleach with water (hello headache). If it’s a “green” cleaning product you got at the store, it’s probably something you could make yourself, minus the expensive price tag and plastic container.
Here’s an easy recipe that’ll clean your counters without giving you a nasty headache:
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 cup white vinegar
- 20 drops lemon essential oil
- 10 drops lavender essential oil
- 10 drops melaleuca essential oil
Contact me to order essential oils.
Mix all together in a spray bottle, glass is preferable. Don’t forget to label it.
3. Plant a little herb garden in your windowsill
I love fresh herbs, especially when they make my kitchen look cozy and inviting. In our house, the kitchen blinds never get closed. Partly because I like to look outside while I wash dishes and also because our kitchen windowsill holds pretty plants. This is a great space to plant a little herb garden. Use little terracotta pots or some mason jars and grow your favorite culinary herbs so you don’t have to buy them.
4. Use your dish towels instead of paper towels
Paper towels were one of the first things to go when I started cutting our budget. And of course, many money-saving things are also good for the environment.
Now, instead of drying our hands on paper towels, we use the dish towels that we were given when we got married. For wiping up messes, we use a dish cloth. One rule: if it doesn’t smell good, don’t use it. I toss dish cloths in the washer at the end of each day and towels usually last two days.
5. Make your own dishwashing detergent
It was going to be handwash your dishes, but I know a lot of people just aren’t down with that. Yet… Even though we use our dishwasher as a drying rack, we still run it about twice a month to keep it from getting nasty.
When we do, we use our homemade dishwashing detergent. I love it because I know what’s in it (only a few ingredients) and I use items that I already have in our house. I also love that I’m not bringing in any plastic containers that will need to be recylced and that it’s waaaay cheaper than buying it in the store.
Image by litlnemo
6. Reuse leftovers as much as possible
I didn’t realize how much food we were wasting until I started composting. At the end of the meal, whatever can’t be saved for later gets thrown into the compost buckets under the sink (we just reuse gallon tubs from coconut oil).
So I started making an effort to cut down on the food waste. Turns out, it was mostly the kids food getting wasted, so I started giving them smaller portions. I also try to plan a menu that has a lot of foods I know they love.
Meal planning is a great way to make a plan for those leftovers and to keep you from buying foods you won’t eat.
7. Reuse plastic storage bags
I’m not sure when we stopped buying storage bags, but even though we have, we still have them in the house. They come in the form of food getting sent home from my parents’ house. (Mmmm, carne asada).
We’ve also been reusing the same bags, oh, forever. You might be shaking your head and laughing (ahem, hi Mom), but just think about all of the plastic storage bags that get used and thrown out after one time on a regular basis. So many bags.
I just can’t stand contributing to the madness. So we reuse them by washing them in soap and water with our other dishes. My windowsill aloe vera plant is the perfect drying rack for them.
Bonus idea! Post a menu plan
Posting a menu plan is a great way to help you save money and reduce food waste. Money savings come from avoiding the temptation to eat out when nothing sounds good for dinner.
I also notice that my grocery spending is considerably less because I only buy what I need for the week. Ok, so a ripe watermelon or dark chocolate bar might sneak it’s way into the cart, but I still save a lot. Be sure to figure in a day for leftovers so you don’t have to throw food away.
Want some delicious, healthy meal ideas? Check out Kate’s recipe section, as well as Lindsay’s.
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Artist impression of a progenitor of Milky Way-like galaxy in the early universe with a background quasar shinning through a ‘super halo’ of hydrogen gas surrounding the galaxy. New ALMA observations of two such galaxies reveal that these vast halos extend well beyond the galaxies’ dusty, star-forming disks. The galaxies were initially found by the absorption of background quasar light passing through the galaxies. ALMA was able to image the ionized carbon in the galaxies’ disks, revealing crucial details about their structures.
Credit: A. Angelich (NRAO/AUI/NSF)
By harnessing the extreme sensitivity of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have directly observed a pair of Milky Way-like galaxies seen when the universe was only eight percent of its current age. These progenitors of today’s giant spiral galaxies are surrounded by “super halos” of hydrogen gas that extend many tens-of-thousands of light-years beyond their dusty, star-filled disks.
Astronomers initially detected these galaxies by studying the intense light from even-more-distant quasars. As this light travels through an intervening galaxy on its way to Earth, it can pick up the unique spectral signature from the galaxy’s gas. This technique, however, normally prevents astronomers from seeing the actual light emitted by the galaxy, which is overwhelmed by the much brighter emission from the background quasar.
“Imagine a tiny firefly next to a high-power search light. That’s what astronomers are up against when it comes to observing these youthful versions of our home galaxy,” said Marcel Neeleman a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and lead author on a paper appearing in the journal Science. “We can now see the galaxies themselves, which gives us an amazing opportunity to learn about the earliest history of our own galaxy and others like it.”
With ALMA, the astronomers were finally able to observe the natural millimeter-wavelength “glow” emitted by ionized carbon in the dense and dusty star-forming regions of the galaxies. This carbon signature, however, is considerably offset from the gas first detected by quasar absorption. This extreme separation indicates that the galaxies’ gas content extends well beyond their star-filled disks, suggesting that each galaxy is embedded in a monstrous halo of hydrogen gas.
“We had expected we would see faint emissions right on top of the quasar, and instead we saw strong bright carbon emission from the galaxies at large separations from their background quasars,” said J. Xavier Prochaska, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz and coauthor of the paper. The separation from the quasar to the observed galaxy is about 137,000 light-years for one galaxy and about 59,000 light-years for the other.
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According to the researchers, the neutral hydrogen gas revealed by its absorption of quasar light is most likely part of a large halo or perhaps an extended disk of gas around the galaxy. “It’s not where the star formation is, and to see so much gas that far from the star-forming region means there is a large amount of neutral hydrogen around the galaxy,” Neeleman said.
The new ALMA data show that these young galaxies are already rotating, which is one of the hallmarks of the massive spiral galaxies we see in the universe today. The ALMA observations further reveal that both galaxies are forming stars at moderately high rates: more than 100 solar masses per year in one galaxy and about 25 solar masses per year in the other.
“These galaxies appear to be massive, dusty, and rapidly star-forming systems, with large, extended layers of gas,” Prochaska said.
“ALMA has solved a decades-old question on galaxy formation,” said Chris Carilli, an astronomer with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Socorro, N.M., and co-author on the paper. “We now know that at least some very early galaxies have halos that are much more extended that previously considered, which may represent the future material for galaxy growth.”
The galaxies, which are officially designated ALMA J081740.86+135138.2 and ALMA J120110.26+211756.2, are each about 12 billion light-years from Earth. The background quasars are each roughly 12.5 billion light-years from Earth.
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Textile ection in Shiraz Bazaar
As world travelers, you have certainly heard of the world bazaars and seen several of them here and there. On the surface, they may look like shopping centers, but some deeper reality can be found under the skin of Iranian bazaars. I want you to know more about what’s down there and who’s doing what in such living communities in different cities of Iran.
There are certain people within specialized guilds working in the bazaars facilitating the business transactions. Also, there are various institutes forming the particular identity of the bazaars in Iran. We will look at them one by one.
Various Institutes inside Iranian Bazaars
A Shrine inside Tehran Bazaar
There are mosques, shrines and mausoleums inside these places. The people who are shopping, working or living in the vicinity of such centers, may need to pray or practice some religious beliefs. Therefore, these institutes are there for such people. Some may have fervent belief in praying at a particular mosque or shrine inside such bazaars. Some may want to meet others from other part of the bazaar. Noon prayer time could be a time to meet up.
In the history of each city, there could have been certain people whose contribution to the community have been preferred to be remembered by those living and working there. To honor such well-known people, mausoleums may have been constructed inside Iranian bazaars. People go to such places, pray for the peace of their souls and revere them.
You may get surprised to know that there have been madrasas inside the bazaar compounds where religious students study. Those old structures have been well-maintained and still used as education centers. Many of the bazaars in Iran still have those schools in which Islamic doctrines are being taught. Therefore, students and teachers have to walk through the bazaar passageways to get to classes.
Of course, I must mention that modern colleges and universities aren’t found at these places. Bazaars are traditional communities in which you may buy modern commodities and find modern instituts like banks, but you won’t find modern education centers there.
Money Exchange Shops:
You may need to buy lots of things in the bazaars for which you will have to have Iranian currency, Rial. Such shops aren’t found in large numbers. They are usually at one part of the bazaars. Sometimes, some gold shops exchange various currencies like in the bazaars of Rasht and Kermanshah.
Zoorkhaneh is the traditional sport center in Iran that could also be found in Iranian bazaars. As it’s a mixture of exercising physical and ethical values, people of all walks of life may participate in it. Therefore, people of the bazaars are no exceptions. Many of those who work in these places go to such gyms everyday.
Various Guilds inside Iranian Bazaars
Craftsmen in a Workshop in Esfahan Bazaar
There are many craftsmen and artisans who are working in a number of workshops where traditional arts are practiced. Handicrafts are being created and sold to the shops where Iranians and non-Iranian visitors buy as souvenirs or even purchase them for personal use.
During your visits to Iranian bazaars, you may hear a lot of noise in particular parts of the bazaars where metals are hammered, wood is cut, fabrics are block-printed, etc. These are the shops in which traditional artists are working to create interesting items for other shops. You will certainly find them quite attractive parts of such communities.
There’ alway a part of the bazaars in Iran that is for selling foodstuff. Some sell food and some sell items for eating. Both are interesting to see as you will learn a lot about what people eat at home or in the restaurants.
If you go shopping in the bazaar or plan to have your business there, you will need to eat after some time. Bazaars are such large areas that you cannot easily get out of them just to eat and come back. This will not be practically ideal. Therefore, you have to eat inside the bazaars.
If you like traditional food, make sure you go to one of these places where you can find dishes like dizi, which is a mix of beans, chickpeas, potatoes, meat, dried lime, etc. If you like to go to a traditional tea houses instead of modern coffee shops that could be found everywhere, don’t forget to take the opportunity as long as you’re there.
At particular parts of some Iranian bazaars, there are some of these shopkeepers working. These are some tradesmen who sell animals that people keep as pets like nightingale, parrots, myna birds, etc. On the other hand, some sell living animals who are soon slaughtered to be eaten like geese, chickens, quails, turkeys, ducks, etc.
Find Life in Iranian Bazaars
In a nutshell, if you’re traveling in Iran trying to find out more about life and how it continues in Iran, you can touch under the skin of Iranian bazaars by going to various corners of such living communities and learn a lot.
The people working at Iranian bazaars play major roles in politics, economy and social activities of the society. They are the traditional supporters of economy. They can raise fund for particular causes and they can ban laws, products, etc to block some new trends appearing in the entire country.
In general, bazaars are pro-traditions and support business enhancing laws that help them grow their capitals. They aren’t so much pro-modernity as it may bring about different systems of beliefs and jeopardize their businesses. They’re not very much pro-change. They are often conservatives who support old lifestyles and traditions.
Find Life in Iranian Shopping Malls!
You may wonder why I’m taking you to an entirely different world – modern shopping malls in Iran! That’s a reality, which cannot be denied. You can find a lot of such modern centers. Cities are growing larger and larger. Therefore, it’s not practical to buy only in the traditional bazaars. They turn to be time-consuming and people will have to go long distances, spend a lot of time to buy some items that can be easily bought in a shopping center at their neighborhoods.
You cannot find traditional bazaars’ variety in shopping malls. They are imitations of western countries’ malls. Modern life has dictated its rules in large cities. You find coffee shops and restaurants (not teahouses) in these modern places. You find some of the latest clothing items offered by fashion brands. Even some of these centers are supplied with supermarkets, large and small.
The new middle class people and young generation, of course, prefer to go shopping in these places. They don’t feel the need to go to some of those traditional communities or buy from those traditional guilds. However, their needs are answered with what’s available to them.
I can briefly say that you can find varieties of true life in Iran only when you visit both traditional Iranian bazaars as well as modern shopping malls. Iran is in a transitional stage between traditionalism and modernity. You will find this distinct comparison a wonderful discovery in one country. I’d recommend you to explore it for yourself. | <urn:uuid:e8307f93-999e-4091-8708-b4ea5002feae> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.destinationiran.com/life-under-the-skin-of-iranian-bazaars.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.970259 | 1,596 | 2.40625 | 2 |
Mathematics at Iver Heath Infant School and Nursery
Introduction: The Nature of Mathematics
Mathematics is a tool for everyday life. It is a whole network of concepts and relationships which provide a way of viewing and making sense of the world. It is used to analyse and communicate information and ideas, and to tackle a range of practical tasks and real-life problems. It also provides the materials and means for creating new imaginative worlds to explore.
To ensure that all children develop an age appropriate ability to manipulate number while applying and generalising key early mathematical concepts in a variety of situations including reasoning and problem solving.
To deliver the ‘intent’ we use the Programmes of Study from the National Curriculum and the new revised Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum, as well as the White Rose/Glow schemes of work. It is our aim to develop:
- a positive attitude towards mathematics and an awareness of the fascination of mathematics;
- competence and confidence in mathematical knowledge, concepts and skills;
- an ability to solve problems, to reason, to think logically and to work systematically and accurately;
- the ability to use our own initiative and to work both independently and in cooperation with others;
- an ability to explain reasoning and how problems are solved;
- an ability to use and apply mathematics across the curriculum and in real life;
- an understanding of mathematics through a process of enquiry and experiment;
- embedding of key concepts, mathematical knowledge and skills to master the subject at all levels.
School Policy and the National Curriculum
At KS1, teachers use the National Curriculum and the White Rose Scheme of work, to aid their planning and teaching of the subject. At the Foundation Stage teachers use the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum, the White Rose and the Glow Schemes of work, to ensure all appropriate mathematical areas are taught.
Through careful planning and preparation, we aim to ensure that throughout the school children are given opportunities for:
- practical activities and mathematical games;
- problem solving and reasoning;
- individual, group and whole class discussions and activities;
- open and closed tasks;
- a range of methods of calculating e.g. practical, written, mental and drawings/jottings;
- working with computers as a mathematical tool.
Scheme of Work
Our school scheme of work is a working document, based on the National Curriculum, Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum and the Glow and White Rose planning. Plans are produced on a week by week basis. These are developed using the National Curriculum and Early Years objectives, White Rose Maths Hub Blocks of learning which include Small Steps of Progression and varied fluency, at the same time taking into consideration the individual needs of our children.
Mastery Curriculum in EYFS – Nursery and Reception
In Nursery and Reception, the children will be developing mastery skills during small group and whole class work. Whole class teaching will be further embedded in small group activities. The use of Glow and White Rose resources for planning supports this, as does the use of our practical Math’s borrow bags in Reception to reinforce learning at home.
Mastery Curriculum in KS1 - Years One and Two
We are following a mastery approach to our Maths teaching, in line with the most up to date guidance for best practice in Maths teaching.
The essential idea behind mastery is that all children need a deep understanding of the mathematics they are learning so that:
- future mathematical learning is built on solid foundations which do not need to be re-taught;
- children can use mathematical concepts, facts and procedures appropriately, flexibly and fluently;
- children can recall key number facts with speed and accuracy (KIRF’s- Key Instant Recall Facts) and use them to calculate and work out unknown facts;
- children have sufficient depth of knowledge and understanding to reason and explain mathematical concepts and use them to solve a variety of problems.
This means that all the children are exposed to the same curriculum content at the same pace, allowing them all full access to the curriculum by focusing on developing deep understanding and secure fluency with facts and procedures. Differentiation to meet the needs of individual pupils is provided in a range of ways within the whole class teaching, which includes by support and challenge.
Cross- Curricular Mathematics
Throughout the whole curriculum opportunities exist to extend and promote mathematics. Teachers seek to take advantage of all opportunities.
Planning and Organisation
Each class teacher is responsible for the mathematics in their class in consultation with and guidance from, the mathematics team.
What Maths looks like in the Early Years.
Teachers in the Foundation Stage base their teaching on objectives in the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum. They encourage the children to explore, enjoy, learn, practise and talk about their developing understanding which they can use to solve problems, generate new questions and make connections across other areas of learning and development.
Mathematics in the EYFS fall under the heading of Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy and they are:
- Shape, space and measure
The Early Years is a time for exploration and investigation in maths. Children develop their understanding through a rich variety of activities both self-selected and adult led. The environment promotes mathematical thinking and is enhanced by a large selection of equipment and resources such as numicon, number bags, sorting sets etc.
The Early years classes begin to implement mastery maths strategies via the White Rose and GLOW planning tools. The language of mastery maths is introduced through adult led activities;
- Nursery has a designated Maths Zone where children can self-select maths activities;
- In Nursery, twice a week, the children will work in small groups on a maths focus;
- Mathematical learning may take place anywhere within the classes both inside and out;
- In Reception classes there is a daily maths session which can involve whole class or small group work;
- The children are taught via practical activities which are planned both to engage and to progress the learning;
- The children use concrete apparatus to embed concepts which can later be used in a more pictorial, symbolic or abstract situation;
- Staff enabling play will be modelling and enhancing mathematical language and mathematical strategies throughout the day;
- Problem solving and reasoning is an intrinsic part of everyday Early Years’ life;
- In Reception the children take ‘maths bags’ home on a rotation of ten children per week, to further support their mathematical learning. These have practical and fun activities for children and their parents to do together.
What maths looks like in Key Stage One
The approach to the teaching and learning of mathematics within the school at Key Stage One is based on key principles:
- a clear focus on practical and instructional teaching and interactive oral work with the whole class and group;
- an emphasis on mental calculation;
- varied fluency to embed key skills using a range of methods;
- the development of investigative skills, reasoning and problem solving.
Within KS1 there is a daily Maths lesson taught to the whole class that will last for at least 45 min often following a four-part lesson plan; the mental and oral starter, the introduction, an activity, mini plenaries if necessary and a final plenary. In Year Two there are also morning maths activities. The daily mental and oral starters are used to develop, reinforce and consolidate, the children’s fluency in maths. The progress in fluency is measured in a variety of ways, for example, the use of mental maths tests within Year 2. Within lessons, regular investigation and challenge activities take place to enable pupils to develop their reasoning and problem-solving skills.
This is what a typical maths lesson might look like in Key Stage 1
A substantial amount of time spent on a topic to ensure learning is securely embedded;
- A strong focus on number, deepening knowledge, applying skills and developing reasoning;
- Each topic covered in greater depth, using a variety of problems, contexts and representations;
- The whole class working together on the same material;
- Differentiation which is less obvious than in the past and does not take the form of different work for different groups of children;
- All pupils having access to concrete resources alongside pictorial and abstract representations. Lessons start with a practical exploration using concrete resources, which sets the scene for the learning in the rest of the lesson;
- Use of carefully planned variation to enable pupils to benefit from making links within and between their learning;
- Every opportunity taken to draw out pupils’ reasoning, allowing them to spot patterns and develop mathematical generalisations;
- Maths Books activities which consolidate pupil understanding and allow them to put into practice what they have learned. This is then extended and deepened through Star Challenges.
Special Educational Needs
Children with SEN are taught within the daily mathematics lesson and supported by using practical resources and differentiated activities where needed. They are also further supported by additional support staff whenever possible. Where applicable, children’s provision maps will incorporate suitable objectives from the National Curriculum or the EYFS curriculum and teachers keep these objectives in mind when planning work. PPM children are specifically targeted by a class teacher or LSA during the majority of Maths lessons. Interventions also take place during the afternoons in Key Stage One and focus on those children who may need more specific targeted input following the lesson earlier that day.
Within the daily mathematics lesson teachers not only provide activities to support children who find mathematics difficult, but also activities that provide appropriate challenges for children who are high achievers in mathematics and may be working towards or working within greater depth level.
We aim to provide equity of opportunity throughout our maths curriculum to ensure that all pupils irrespective of ethnicity, attainment, age, disability, gender, religion, belief / non-belief, socio-economic status or background are able to develop their maths skills to their full potential. We incorporate mathematics into a wide range of cross-curricular subjects and look to support any groups identified as needing additional support.
Recording Children’s Work
There are occasions when it is both quick and convenient to carry out written calculations. For practical tasks, maths activities are photographed as a form of evidence. It is also important to record aspects of mathematical investigations. Children are taught a variety of methods for recording their work and they are encouraged and helped to use the most appropriate and convenient method of recording. Throughout the school year, the children will increase the amount of formally written and recorded maths in their maths books.
Teachers follow the school marking policy and feedback policy. Corrections are marked with a ‘.’ and then a ‘c’ and a tick when corrected. Extension or challenge work is stamped with a star and when this is greater depth (year 2) the star is highlighted in yellow. Opportunities are also given to correct number reversals identified in children’s work.
Inclusion and diversity
In line with the 2014 National Curriculum and the Mastery approach to Maths, our aim is to ensure that all pupils are to master the Maths objectives for their year group. Some pupils will go further and attain greater depth in their learning. Others will require additional support to achieve the expected standard. This could take the form of pre-teaching, adult support within a lesson or one to one or small group support after the lesson to address individual needs. Specific Maths Interventions are also implemented as and when appropriate. It might also include the provision of additional resources within the lesson to either extend or support. It is the responsibility of the class teacher to ensure that available resources are allocated to provide the best possible support and challenge for all.
We identify those children for whom the school receives pupil premium funds and we ensure that support is given to these children as appropriate. The school may on occasion also offer financial support to these children, for example in the form of a payment for a trip. For further information on the school’s use of pupil premium funding please see the ‘Pupil Premium Strategy Form’ available on the school website.
It is our school policy to provide parents and carers with opportunities to work with their children at home. These activities may only be brief but are valuable in promoting children’s learning in mathematics.
In Key Stage 1 activities are sent home on a regular basis and generally take the form of mathematical games and tasks, or in year 2 weekly mental maths tasks. In Reception ten children a week have the opportunity to use a Maths bag, which contains a practical guide-sheet and resources, to enable the child to develop their learning at home.
There are also Maths links for activities and games on our school website under year group sub-headings and all children have at home access to the maths teaching and games on Espresso and Purple Mash.
Health and Safety
- All staff ensure that Health and Safety regulations are adhered to when using equipment such as interactive whiteboards and CD players etc.
- Teachers assess pupils’ progress both formally and informally.
- Each child is assessed in relation to criteria given by Development Matters statements from the Foundation Stage Curriculum, the Foundation Stage Profile and the Interim Assessment Criteria for Year 2. All these criteria form the basis for the individual year group Maths Learning Ladders that were developed after the removal of levels in 2014 and have been updated in November 2018.
- We use our Maths Learning Ladders in each year group to assess what pupils have achieved and from this plan what they need to revisit.
- Every year group carries out a baseline assessment in September and then there are 2 further assessment points throughout the year - in February and June when children’s progress is monitored. However, assessment is ongoing and conducted on a daily basis. If a teacher feels a child is not making sufficient progress, interventions will be put in place immediately regardless of whether it is at an assessment point or not.
- In KS1 each half term we plan a formal review of the progress made by each pupil and we set individual and group targets.
- National assessments are carried out at the end of Reception and Year 2.
- We assess Year 2 children based on the Interim Framework for Assessment, which has been incorporated into the Year 2 Learning Ladders and use the exemplification materials to support our judgements.
- We prepare pupils for the KS1 SATs so that they can achieve as well as possible and try to make the process fun. KS1 SATs results reinforce teachers’ own assessments.
- Our Marking Policy reflects the importance we place on immediate assessment and feedback.
- In line with the school assessment policy we take part in moderation at local level with other schools in the area (FISH group), and at County level.
Reporting to Parents
We hold two parents’ consultation evenings during the year, one in the Autumn term and the other in the Spring term. Reports are completed before the end of the Summer term and parents are given the opportunity to discuss their child’s progress following these. We have an open-door policy to discuss strengths and strategies to support their child’s learning in Maths.
Monitoring and Evaluation
Monitoring and evaluation of the teaching and learning of mathematics is carried out regularly by senior management and the mathematics team. This is done through work monitoring, scrutiny, discussion and lesson observation.
Staffing and Resources
Members of the mathematics team attend regular coordinator conferences and relevant CPD. Information is then fed back to staff via staff meetings.
Other staff attend CPD courses as appropriate for their own personal development.
All mathematical resources are easily accessible to all children during maths lessons which supports their understanding using concrete equipment.
Resources which are not used regularly are stored centrally in the Maths cupboard which can be found in the ICT suite.
The Governing Body
We have a mathematics governor who visits the school to talk with teachers and the Maths lead. These visits take place approximately once a term and may also incorporate a maths learning walk or lesson observations. The Maths lead also reports termly to the Pupil Progress and Curriculum Committee.
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A film by Brenda Davis. 2014. 86 minutes. Multiple languages with English sub-titles.
A review by Sarah Rudrum
Following the challenging work of health care providers in Ethiopia, Cambodia, and Haiti, Sister introduces personal stories that illustrate factors contributing to ongoing high rates of maternal mortality. In Tigray, Ethiopia, Goitom Berhane is a health officer at a hospital; his patients are women who arrive with complicated births. It’s work characterized by frustration, pain, and small triumphs. Goitom is a compelling lead character with a knack for incisive commentary. He asserts that intervening in this crisis is not a duty only for physicians, who can save one life at a time, but for all of us. Goitom speaks of birth as a normal process that needs to take place “in the right time, in the right place, with the right skill”. The women he sees have generally attempted to labour at home, reaching the hospital only after difficulties arise. At times, his accounts of their labouring at home come off as though he is blaming women for their failure to seek care earlier. However, the film also depicts a young health extension worker as she walks long hours to bring health information and antenatal care to rural women in Tigray. These scenes shed light on the social and geographic realities shaping the prevalence of home delivery.
Transportation challenges are clearly brought forward as we follow Pum Mach, a Cambodian midwife working at a rural clinic. For complicated deliveries, she needs to refer, but her patients can’t afford to travel to the referral hospital. She laments the loss of an ambulance service; poor bridges and the presence of landmines also affect transportation to care. For Pum Mach herself, distance from home means she must stay at work Monday through Friday, returning home only on weekends. Travel is portrayed as a complex and multidimensional challenge, which resonated with my research on the social organization of maternity care and birth in Amuru, northern Uganda. Alongside gendered power dynamics entrenched in HIV-testing protocols and NGO partnerships, transportation challenges significantly contributed to women’s difficulties in accessing care in this low-resource, post-conflict setting. Absent from the film, however, was reference to innovative solutions to these challenges.
Poverty is a theme throughout although, perhaps due partly to the decision to focus on three countries in three continents, the particular roots of poverty are not examined. In Haiti, the film follows Madam Bwa, a traditional birth attendant, as she makes her way through a crowded urban slum, providing patients with antenatal care and commanding advice. It’s clear that the challenge for mothers in her community doesn’t end with safe delivery. It’s painful to see malnourished babies, but such scenes are important to understanding that social and economic interventions are necessary alongside medical intervention.
Advocates for maternal health have repeatedly called for greater attention to sexual and reproductive rights. In Haiti, Madam Bwa promotes family planning, but none of her group members use contraception. In Ethiopia, Goitam’s patient has had a tubal ligation at her own request based on advice that an injury to her uterus would make future pregnancy risky. Her smiling husband says, “we have enough children”; their fifth baby has unexpectedly survived an emergency C-section. Pressure to have large families and lack of access to birth control are largely implicit in the film where they might have been explicit. Lack of access to abortion and the harm caused by unsafe self-induced or back street abortion are never mentioned.
In Vancouver, Sister was screened as a fundraiser for Shanti Uganda, an organization providing maternity care in central Uganda. A panel discussion introduced analysis building on the problems depicted in Sister. With reference to the decades-long conflict in her native northern Uganda, retired nurse Caroline Okot Bitek spoke of the devastating role conflict can play. She characterized war as a time when progress towards adequate health care and reproductive rights “moves backwards, instead of forwards”. The particular challenges for reproductive rights during conflict was the theme of a Reproductive Health Matters issue. Okot Bitek also discussed gender relations. Lack of support from husbands when it comes to seeking care or child spacing has a real impact, and polygamy often plays an impoverishing role, diminishing support for each woman. However, there is also social change in this area; in a Ugandan example she described, women are no longer discouraged from eating chicken, a high-protein food that for some time was coded as ‘male’. Nutrition during pregnancy is difficult to manage for many rural women in rural northern Uganda, so this shift in taboo is significant to maternal health. Dr. Farah Shroff and Dr. Dorothy Shaw shared stories from their rich experiences providing care in the global south, consistently returning to the point that maternal deaths are preventable. Collectively, the panellists emphasized two points: the roots of the maternal health crisis in social inequalities and the importance of mobilizing political will. Though the film was less than clear on existing solutions and how to take action, it was deeply moving in its intimate examination of health workers and their patients. Sister inspires empathy and illustrates challenges shared across diverse settings and is a valuable film.
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Helsinki’s Summer Streets offer green resting places, events and experiences for all ages. The Summer Streets create a comfortable walking environment in the city and the opportunity to enjoy high-quality design and art in a public space.
Wild Summer Streets
The theme of this year’s Summer Streets campaign is “Wild Summer Streets”. On the streets you can enjoy the wild city greenery and also look for familiar animals in the nature of Helsinki. Trees, edible plants and tree trunks have been brought to the streets, as well as restaurant parklet terraces, wooden seating areas, bike racks and playgrounds for children. The idea behind the summer streets is to make them more pleasant and appealing, as well as to improve the selection of services.
The City of Helsinki has been seeking ways to make streets in the city centre more suitable for pedestrians without turning them completely into pedestrian roads. Vehicle access to properties and service vehicle traffic has been provided, and parking facilities can still be used normally.
Pikku-Roba (Pieni Roobertinkatu) has been designed especially for kids, with places along the pedestrian street where they can climb, play in sandboxes and build things out of fir cones, for example.
You can also enjoy the Summer Streets and city life along Kasarmikatu and Erottaja.
Helsinki Living Streets invites everyone to enjoy encounters and being together. Music, dance, circus and other performing arts and workshops will take over the city centre from 16 June to 25 August. A programme of events for all ages will take place at different locations along the Summer Streets on Thursdays and selected weekends. You can enjoy Helsinki Living Streets at the Helsinki Biennial Pavilion on the Market Square, in the Makasiinipuisto Park in the Töölönlahti area, in the National Museum’s summer courtyard, on the Espa Stage and on the city’s Summer Streets in front of the Design Museum.
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Pyramis, penu. corr. pyramidis, f. gen. Mart. A greate thing of stone or other matter broade and foure square beneath, vp wardes small and sharpe: a steple.Forma pyramidis.Cic.
Pyramus, A yong man of Babylon, betweene whome and a mayden named Thishe, was passing great loue, contrary to the willes of their parents: by whome they were so diligÊtly kept, that not with standing their houses loyned togither, they could not eche enioy others company. Wherefore by an hole in the wall they agreede both in the night to steale out of their fathers houses, and meete at a certayne place in the field. Thither came first Thysbe, who being in great feare of a Lyonesse that she efpyed by the Moone light, ranne into a caue thereby, and for haste did let fall her vpper garment, which the beast did rent and teare in peeces. Not long after (while Thysbe was yet in the Caue) Pyramus comming to the place appoynted, and seeing his loues garment torne and bloudie, thinking she had bene destroyed by some wilde beaste, for sorrowe drew out his sworde and slue himselfe. Thysbe, when hir feare was past, comming from the place, where as she hidde hirseife, and espying Pyramus in suche maner slaine, and the life not yet cleane out of his body, surmising how the matter came to passe, with many teares pitifully bewayling both their fortunes, with the same sworde ended hir life, wherwith not long before be had killed himselfe, for whase loue she came thither. Pyramus is also a Riuer in Cilicia.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
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If you have been bringing your baby in for regular checkups since that first tooth arrived, you might expect that he or she is already familiar with the doctor and our staff. Often, though, months pass between visits, which is a very long time for a child. How can you make your preschooler’s return visit a happy one? We have some suggestions!
Before Your Visit
- Prepare your child for her visit. Simple explanations are best for a young child. You might tell your daughter that a dentist is a doctor who helps keep her teeth strong and healthy. Let her know a bit about what will happen. Being told, “You will sit in a special chair,” or, “Can you open wide so we can count your teeth?” will give her some idea of what it’s like to visit our office.
- There are many entertaining books for young children about visiting the dentist. Reading some of these to her for a few days before the appointment will let her know what to expect.
- Use playtime to prepare. You might count your daughter’s teeth or let her “play dentist” and brush the teeth of her favorite doll or stuffed animal.
When You Arrive
- Your attitude can be contagious! If you treat a visit to the dentist like any other outing, chances are your child will too. Your calm presence is exactly what your child needs.
- You might want to come a bit early to let your son explore the office. Bring a favorite toy or book to keep him entertained if you need to. A favorite stuffed toy can be a comfort in an unfamiliar place.
- If you are with your child during his checkup, follow our lead. Don’t be concerned if your child seems uncooperative at first or even throws a tantrum—we are used to working with children, and have techniques to make his experience as relaxed and as positive as we possibly can.
We Are Here to Help
We are your partners in your child’s dental care. Call our Brentwood, Tennessee office anytime for suggestions about making your child’s visit a comfortable, comforting experience. Our goal is to start your child confidently on the road to a lifetime of empowering dental visits and lasting dental health. | <urn:uuid:6ed9097b-8102-4fb5-ae78-cb1fb139b9ef> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.drdouglasmcmillan.com/blog/725589-make-your-childs-next-visit-to-our-office-great | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.965633 | 470 | 2.5 | 2 |
Ka Ching! 6 Awesome Benefits of Point of Sale Advertising
In the futuristic movie Minority Report, there is a scene where Tom Cruise is walking inside a mall and he is being aggressively hounded with ads specifically meant for him. There is a Lexus and Guinness ad that single him out (by name!) and told him that he needed a new car and a glass of the golden ale.
We don’t have to wait for the year 2054 for this tech – it’s here now. It’s not as advanced as showing personalized ads, but still passive-aggressive enough to help plant a suggestion in mind of the consumers that they really need your product.
You see mostly the same type of ads now in bus stops, subway stations, digital billboards and in-store digital advertising usually connected to the POS system. Digital advertising is a highly effective way to reach your customers, especially if you can target them. Here are a few benefits of going digital.
1.Increase Your Sales
Launched way back in 2004, the first in-store digital advertising ads weren’t as effective because either the stills were of poor quality or the videos were too long. Fast forward to 2010 where a Nielsen study found that 4 out 5 brands who utilized digital point of sale advertising saw an increase of up to 33% in sales.
Today, if you go to any retail store or coffee shop that has digital ads connected to their POS system, you’re going to see a related product you can buy while you’re there. Let’s say you’re in a coffee shop that uses this tech and you buy a cappuccino. Once the cashier enters your order, a bagel or any other pastry item might show up on the digital display. If you buy a sandwich, a picture of a beverage that goes well with it will be shown.
3.Offer Alternatives when Stocks are Low
When a POS system determines that the store lacks inventory on a particular item, the digital ad will show an alternative one instead. If a customer orders a cappuccino and the store is running low on bagels, the system will automatically block it off and not show it until it’s replenished. The screen will now show a different dish, like a donut or a croissant.
4. Ad Targeting
Some companies are already implementing facial recognition scanners in their stores to determine what ads to show. It won’t really know who you are, only your approximate age and gender are taken into account and the ads shown to you are meant to be only for your demographic – if the scanning software happens to get your age right.
5.It’s Very Effective
Marketing gurus say that it’s more effective to target consumers in the store, rather than at home in their living rooms because most purchasing decisions (about 70%) happen inside the store. Imagine that!
6.Works Just Like Cookies
In-store advertising is more effective than traditional advertising because just like the cookies in your computer that serve you ads related to a car or tennis shoe you searched for (targeted online ads), the facial recognition software and POS integration mean that the ads you see on the display are more likely things you need and want to buy anyway. So, you have a big chance of actually buying more items before you head out the door, which is exactly what any business wants.
It’s no secret that the trend has been moving towards targeted ads for years because it saves marketers time and business owners money if they can just serve personalized ads a la Minority Report. We’re a far way from retina scanning,although it wouldn’t hurt to be alerted on mega deals from time to time. | <urn:uuid:4bad35b8-9366-452d-9cb2-57173c397f26> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lightspeedhq.com.au/blog/ka-ching-6-awesome-benefits-of-point-of-sale-advertising/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.948594 | 783 | 1.703125 | 2 |
Growing up as a third culture kid (TCK) enhances one’s cultural awareness, in addition to providing one with unique experiences and opportunities. A TCK is a person who is raised in a culture other than their parents, an example being Priyanka Chopra. Being an accomplished actress and model as well as winner of 2000’s Miss World pageant, her unique upbringing has given her the tools necessary for success. She has used her platform to influence people in a positive way. Her hard work and dedication shows that changing your outlook on life can potentially lead to exciting new endeavors and experiences.
In a recent interview with Fatima Karan form Bloomburg Television in India, Chopra explained that dedication and hard work is the key to achieving your goals. Taking steps to further one’s self, is something that Chopra has been an advocate for since the start of her successful career.
Laura Billington, a TCK at Colorado State University, stated, “Priyonka Chopra has made an influence on my life knowing that she grew up in all parts of the world like myself, and is using her life to make a difference in others. This is very inspiring and moves me to make steps in my life to help others like Priyonka Chopra has.” Being able to relate her childhood with Chopra’s has helped her when growing and learning about herself. It has further inspired her to have a positive impact on others, aiming for a career in advocating for a healthy mindset.
Through her philanthropy, Priyonka Chopra has sent out to change the world into a better place. As a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, she supports equality in the broadest of senses, whether that be women’s rights, gay rights, or education rights among children. Something as simple as changing your mentality to be less judgmental and more open minded can make such a large impact. By encouraging this change, Chopra has made a difference in the lives of the people around her. A little amount of positivity and hope can go a long way in the harsh reality of the world we live in today. In the next segment, learn more about how Chopra has further influenced the people around her to aim for a greater life purpose. | <urn:uuid:a6c1b487-3737-4156-90d2-b6763b7c5ed4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cultursmag.com/priyonka-chopra-life-advocacy-and-influence-part-one/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.969353 | 467 | 2.421875 | 2 |
Habitat complexity is known to influence the structure of fish assemblages. A number of techniques have previously been used to measure complexity, including quantitative in situ methods, which can be time-consuming and labour-intensive, and more rapid semi-quantitative visual scoring methods. This study investigated the utility of a novel method for estimating complexity, whereby habitat height was measured using stereo-photogrammetry from diver-operated stereo-video, traditionally used to sample fish assemblages. This ‘stereo-height’ method was compared to established in situ and visual scoring techniques and found to produce similar estimates of complexity. To determine how relevant the proposed method is for assessing ecological relationships, it was then used in conjunction with visual scoring of relief and point-intercept samples of benthic composition to model fish–habitat associations in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Visual scores of relief were marginally stronger predictors of fish assemblage parameters and functional groups than the stereo-height measurements, providing support for the visual scoring approach. The only exception was for corallivorous fishes, which were more strongly correlated with stereo-height measurements. This study has presented a method for assessing habitat complexity using video imagery that is both comparable to traditional in situ techniques and useful for investigating fish–habitat relationships. We suggest that future studies interested in collecting habitat complexity data from new or existing stereo-video samples use both the stereo-height and visual scoring methods presented here. Together these methods enable studies to rapidly and effectively assess fish–habitat relationships across a range of habitats without the need for in situ methods or solely relying on field observers trained in visual scoring techniques. | <urn:uuid:2047ad8c-d417-412f-ab86-49f5fb8f78cd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/a-novel-stereo-video-method-to-investigate-fishhabitat-relationsh | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.927286 | 340 | 2.359375 | 2 |
There is no such thing as an anti-racist company.
That’s one of the first things I learned when I asked Evelyn Carter whether she knew of any companies that could be held up as ideal models of equity for others to emulate. “For me, there’s no organization that is an anti-racist organization,” said Carter, a social psychologist and a director at Paradigm, a diversity and inclusion consultancy. The label is more of an aspiration. “Any that say that they are, they probably aren’t doing it right.”
Recent headlines from the business world in the wake of a surge in Black Lives Matter protests are a reminder that no industry is untouched by prejudice and inequality. Pinterest hired an outside law firm to investigate its culture after multiple Black women went public with allegations of racial bias on the job. Facebook faces a new federal lawsuit over alleged discrimination against Black employees, who make up just 4% of the company’s workforce. The media and publishing industries are reckoning with their failure to hire or promote Black employees and sufficiently represent Black voices in their content. In the banking sector, Morgan Stanley is being sued for bias by its former chief diversity officer; and organizations ranging from the US Navy to Adidas are also confronting racism within their ranks.
Many of the businesses currently facing criticism for racist practices have long pledged to devote themselves to furthering diversity and inclusion. Clearly, those efforts aren’t working. There are only five Black CEOs at the head of Fortune 500 companies. Just 3% of executive or senior leadership positions at Fortune 500 firms are held by Black people. And 58% of Black professionals say they have experienced racial prejudice at work, according to a 2019 Center for Talent Innovation report (pdf) that surveyed more than 3,700 white-collar workers in the US.
It’s time to try something new. That’s where anti-racism comes in.
Anti-racist efforts encompass traditional diversity, equity, and inclusion (or DEI) concerns, like closing wage gaps and getting more people of color into senior leadership. What distinguishes it is the scope of its ambitions. DEI efforts, Carter says, “acknowledge that current structures are not set up inherently to create equitable workplaces”—often instead treating straight, cisgender white men as the norm—and are “designed to re-right that balance.” The anti-racist movement, Carter says, also wants “to do away with the structures that exist that produce those disparities.”
For example, a typical DEI fix for a firm that notices a pattern of paying Black employees in one department less than their white teammates would be to bring the Black employees up to the salary level of their colleagues. An anti-racist solution, Carter says, might be to have a policy of paying Black employees more than their white counterparts, in an effort to address the racial wealth gap. (In the US, Black women get paid 62 cents for every dollar white men earn; while Black men receive 87 cents for every dollar.)
“An anti-racist organization is one that is saying, ‘We are going to fundamentally rethink the way we do business,’ as opposed to saying, ‘We are going to work within the existing structures,’” Carter says.
For this field guide, Quartz took a look at how various kinds of workplaces—from an international insurance behemoth to a restaurant to a TV writers’ room—are trying to enact systems that lead to greater equality.
All of these organizations have at least one thing in common: They’re trying to create an environment where people can learn from one another about the ways in which racism shapes society, and to put more just systems and structures in place. In other words, these companies are not just workplaces; they’re educational spaces, too.
None of the people we interviewed claimed to have a complete and perfect vision of what an anti-racist organization looks like. All emphasized that there are no one-size-fits-most solutions to racism in the workplace. But their ideas, stories, and insights may inspire business leaders and workers around the world to start imagining new possibilities in the fight for racial justice.
Practically every company these days claims they want to make the world a better place. Anti-racism is their chance to really start thinking big.
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Plenty of companies care about diversity and inclusion, whether because it’s the right thing to do or the profitable thing to do. In executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles’ recent global survey of more than 400 senior business leaders, for example, the subset of respondents who said their organizations clearly defined diversity and inclusion, linked it to their business, and tracked and measured progress had a five-year revenue compound annual growth rate that was 62% higher than their counterparts. And a 2018 study from the Boston Consulting Group found that companies with more diverse leadership teams reported 19% higher revenues from new products and services.
But making fundamental shifts requires that companies do more than simply care about diversity, says Vanessa Tanicien, a facilitator at leadership training company LifeLabs Learning. They need to focus on the structures and practices that they can change to better support marginalized people in the workplace.
Tanicien points to the “blind auditions” (pdf) instated by orchestras, which significantly increased the number of female musicians who landed jobs. What proved successful in increasing diversity of the orchestras wasn’t a training program or a lesson on implicit bias, but a new structure—putting anonymous auditioners behind a curtain—that eliminated that bias entirely.
Among the most important structures to put in place are systems that incentivize and track progress in hiring, promoting, and retaining people of color, according to research published by the Center for Employment Equity at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. And the best way to manage diversity, authors Elizabeth Hirsch and Donald Tomaskovic-Devey say, is “to develop metrics, make them transparent, and hold people accountable, just like for any other outcome of interest, be it profit, sales, or market penetration.”
Keeping track of metrics lets employers see where they’re falling short—perhaps they’re successfully hiring people of color but have unusually high levels of turnover, which would imply that the problem lies with internal company policies and culture rather than recruitment.
As for how to hold people accountable, a growing number of companies have opted to make their diversity metrics public. (It’s a lot more embarrassing to have a 96% white management team if the rest of the world knows the numbers haven’t budged for 10 years running.) In 2014, tech titans Alphabet, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter began publishing diversity reports. But for the most part, they’ve made fairly minimal progress in increasing diversity among their ranks, suggesting that public numbers alone are not enough to move the needle.
As a common aphorism in the business world holds, “what’s measured gets treasured.” Still, companies can’t underestimate the qualitative aspects of an inclusive culture—including the importance of creating an environment where people of color feel welcome.
Naj Austin, the founder of Ethel’s Club, a social and wellness club specifically for people of color, notes that for Black people and others from marginalized backgrounds, it’s often stressful to navigate majority-white spaces. “There’s something about removing yourself and unburdening yourself that we’re so rarely afforded, that actually enables a space to heal and grieve,” she says.
Over the past few weeks, Austin has been fielding a lot of calls from business leaders who want to know how to replicate that sense of community within their own companies. She’s not sure that’s possible: “Your best bet is to send them to a place that’s been doing the work,” she says.
But that doesn’t mean that companies are off the hook when it comes to creating better cultures, which Carter says involves learning to notice inequities the way that marginalized people do. “Folks of color notice subtle and overt forms of bias,” says Carter. “If you’re gonna be an ally, you have to be tuned in.”
With that in mind, here are a few examples of companies that are trying to correct inequalities at a structural level, and strive for racial justice in the workplace.
Reimagining interviews: Fractured Atlas case study
Fractured Atlas, a New York City-based nonprofit with roughly 30 employees that helps artists access funding, has a number of unique practices in place.
Since 2016, the company has engaged in race-based caucuses—discussion groups meant to address issues tied to oppression and equality. Employees who identify as white go to one caucus; employees who identify as people of color (POC) go to the other. “Frequently, rhetoric around unity overemphasizes our similarities: for marginalized people, this ‘unity’ can be akin to erasure,” the company explains in a blog post. “Caucus spaces allow for a centering of identity that can be freeing simply in its being named.”
The POC caucus is more casual—a space for people to check in with one another. Sometimes, says Lauren Ruffin, one of the company’s four co-CEOs, the group might discuss highly publicized instances of police brutality and how it’s affecting them. “Other times it’s just silly bullshit, like ‘did you watch this episode of this show,’” she says.
The white caucus, meanwhile, is more structured. Sometimes an external facilitator leads the group in topics like interrogating whiteness; sometimes employees discuss readings on things like gentrification or cultural appropriation.
“I was a little skeptical at first, but that hour has made our white colleagues more aware of how they show up in the workplace,” says Ruffin. She offers up the example of how employees talk about what they do during their time off—a sensitive subject that can wind up exposing big gaps in wealth and privilege.
“If you’ve got two associates making $50,000, and one is able to spend two weeks in Europe and the other has never been to Washington DC, the way that white person approaches that conversation about how they spend their time could have been insensitive without acknowledging [something]. That happened four years ago,” Ruffin says. “It doesn’t happen now.”
The caucuses are just one of multiple policies and systems that Fractured Atlas has added since overhauling its approach to race and racism five years ago, after members of the senior leadership team attended a perspective-altering workshop at the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, a New Orleans-based grassroots organization that trains groups to develop a collective understanding of structural inequalities and how they can be effective in undoing them.
Another change that’s had a big impact on equality at Fractured Atlas, according to Ruffin and co-CEO Tim Cynova, is switching to an entirely remote workforce. Not only has this significantly widened their candidate pool, it has given employees greater flexibility, eliminating the commutes that can often be burdensome for people with caregiving responsibilities. It saves the company money, too, and the flexibility to work wherever means employees can opt to live in places where their wages (based on New York City’s cost of living) will go farther.
Fractured Atlas has made a number of other changes meant to be considerate of the variations in people’s backgrounds and circumstances. They include:
- Altering the reimbursement policy so that everyone has access to a corporate card, rather than asking people to front expenses when they might not have a credit card that can be used for such things.
- Nixing education requirements on job postings. “Unless you’re a rocket scientist, you don’t need it,” says Cynova.
- Listing the same job posting under two different levels of seniority. “We often list positions at different levels knowing we’ll hire at the higher levels,” says Cynova. That’s meant to address research that shows that men apply for jobs they feel only somewhat qualified for, while women often neglect to apply unless they feel they’re 100% qualified. This way, a candidate who would hesitate to submit themselves for a senior director position might decide to go for a “director” position; then the company still gets to meet the candidate. If they decide to hire the person, the candidate gets the title at the higher level.
- Ditching the practice of starting interviews with questions like, “Tell us about a time when.” Wanting to put less emphasis on specific experience and more focus on underlying skills, Fractured Atlas now asks hypothetical questions instead, to get a sense of what candidates would do, and not just what they have done.
One change that Fractured Atlas has found particularly impactful is asking job candidates questions that reflect its commitment to anti-racist and anti-oppressive work, such as “What’s your definition of diversity, without using the word ‘difference’?” and “How do you promote sensitivity and inclusion in the workplace?” Right now, Cynova says, he’s workshopping a few new questions, one of which is, “What trait of white supremacy culture is most challenging in the workplace?”
The most important thing about these questions, says Ruffin, is that a candidate who flubs the answers won’t get hired. “Internally, we’ve had a lot of hard conversations when hiring because we’d have great candidates who just couldn’t get their mind around how oppression shows up in the workplace,” she says. But in 2020, “having an understanding of the systems of oppression in the US is no longer a ‘nice to have,’ it’s a requirement.”
Diversity incentives: Prudential case study
People tend to be more invested in making change happen when they have some skin in the game. That’s why, almost three years ago, the senior leaders of life-insurance titan Prudential began tying part of their own compensation packages to hitting diversity metrics among their own ranks.
“You need senior leaders to be held accountable for creating a diverse organization,” says Vicki Walia, the chief talent and capability officer at Prudential. “I’m a big believer in you get what you measure and you get what you reinforce.” Research backs her up on this point: According to an extensive 2006 study (pdf) published in the American Sociological Review, allocating responsibility for organizational change tends to be more effective at increasing diversity among managers than diversity training or mentoring programs.
Ronnie Charcalla, vice president of culture, diversity, and engagement at Prudential, also notes the work being done to ensure that Black employees and others from marginalized groups continue to advance once they’re at the company, which has more than 51,000 employees globally. Each year, for example, the company nominates a class of women of color to participate in an eight-month leadership program, in partnership with the organization Blue Circle Leadership.
“Over 75% of the women who graduate from the program have received stretch assignments or promotions, and we’re looking to roll out a similar program for mid-career men of color,” Charcalla says. The company is now in the process of introducing “cultural intelligence” training and expanded unconscious bias training for managers, with the goal of helping supervisors to be more aware of their potential blind spots.
After Charles Lowrey became CEO in December 2018, Prudential also created an Inclusion Council that meets each quarter, made up of C-suite leaders as well as the heads of the company’s eight Business Resource Groups (employee affinity groups for people who are Black, Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, LBGTQ, veterans, and more).
Thus far, the efforts seem to be resonating with Prudential’s staff. In the company’s most recent annual employee engagement survey, 83% of employees gave favorable scores to the company’s inclusivity, with similar rates of approval among people of color and women.
Training on the job: Edwins case study
A lot of fine-dining establishments pride themselves on hiring people with a pedigree—perhaps culinary-school training, say, or years of experience searing scallops or reciting the grapes of Bordeaux. Chef Brandon Chrostowski, who has worked at a three-star Michelin restaurant in Paris and at famed US establishments like Le Cirque and Chanterelle, thinks that’s a bunch of hogwash.
“Fine dining, it’s hard work, but it’s so easy,” says Chrostowski, who opened Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute in 2013 in Cleveland, Ohio. “If you give someone a plan, clear communication, and the tools to do the job, anyone is able to do a job—in our industry, and in most.”
That philosophy is fundamental to Chrostowski’s nonprofit, which trains formerly incarcerated people, and others who’ve had encounters with the criminal-justice system, in the art of French cuisine. Over the course of a six-month program, participants receive a stipend and “contributions” left by restaurant patrons in lieu of tips, all while rotating through positions in the front and back of the house. The goal is to give them the skills to qualify for any job opening in the fine-dining world.
Edwins, which has expanded since its founding to include a bakery and butcher shop, has produced roughly 400 graduates so far, and boasts a 95% employment rate after the training program. Given that Black people are incarcerated at five times the rate of white people, racial justice is central to its mission.
Chrostowski was inspired to start the institute after he was convicted of resisting arrest as a teenager in Detroit and found mentorship and a second chance in the kitchen. He says that there are plenty of lessons from his restaurant that any organization could put to use. Among them:
Meet people where they’re at, not where you want them to be. Many restaurants, he says, “want you to be a developed culinarian with XYZ skills, and to look and talk a certain way. That’s not the reality of this world if you want to improve it. You’ve got to meet someone where they’re at and help get them to where they want to go.”
Teach to the top, because excellence is always employable. Too often, Chrostowski says, programs designed to help elevate low-income people and others from marginalized backgrounds teach a mediocre skill set, setting participants up to qualify only for lower-earning jobs.
Teach the full perspective of the industry you’re in. Edwins trains all participants in everything from the business basics of profit and loss to how to sauté meat or act as a host. “It empowers them to know that they can do anything, and it motivates employees to say, ‘I can move up in this system if I choose,’” he says. That way, when Edwins’ graduates go on to work in other restaurants, they know what they’re capable of. If they’re getting stuck at the fry station and denied opportunities to rise through the ranks, they have the confidence to get out and move on.
Get out of the way. “There’s no mind games here, no, ‘I want you to be beholden to me,’” Chrostowski says. He encourages graduates to take jobs elsewhere because he wants them to thrive in their careers and spread the same principles at their own workplaces. (That’s an area where many companies tend to fall short, instead expecting endless gratitude and loyalty from the people of color they hire for early-career positions despite toxic work conditions, as Connie Wang recently wrote in Refinery29.)
Perhaps the most important lesson of Edwins is that companies should do more training and education on the job, rather than overemphasizing experience. “You need to invest,” Chrostowski says.
Sometimes, he’ll talk to employers in manufacturing or construction who complain that they’re not finding qualified employees. “I say, ‘Listen morons, your employees are right in front of you!’ … It’s not like you can grab a human being off a grapevine and plug it into the model and the machine moves.” Many companies have only themselves to blame for so-called worker shortages, he says, because they’re “not choosing to take people who look or sound different.”
Seven years into Edwins, Chrostowski says, he’s starting to see this problem play out at higher levels. Many of his graduates are now hitting glass ceilings in their culinary careers, as a lot of fine-dining restaurants aren’t working to develop a diverse new generation of leaders. So he’s also started a management fellowship. Participants receive $40,000 a year while alternating between managing the restaurant, bakery, and butcher shop. He wants to see his graduates running kitchens all over the world. “Now we’re starting to build people who can get inside of these systems,” he says, “and rebuild them with the perspective we all value.”
Curbing executive privilege: Aquent case study
Pre-coronavirus, when business travel had executives jetting around the world, John Chuang always flew coach.
As the CEO of Aquent, a creative staffing agency for marketing and design services with 10,000 employees across the US and in eight different countries, he might have been expected to be kicking back in business class. But Chuang—who co-founded Aquent in 1986—is adamant that creating an egalitarian workplace means bringing business leaders down from the rarified air filled with prime parking spaces and fancy corner offices.
“One thing a company can do to create a correct environment for all people to thrive, no matter who you are, is to eliminate the notion of privilege,” says Chuang, the son of Taiwanese immigrants. He’s not referring to white privilege, which exists whether we want it to or not, but rather to executive privilege—the perks and benefits that he says send a message that “some people are better than others,” setting the stage for racial bias and other forms of discrimination to thrive.
Executive privilege can also mean that members of the C-suite always speak first (and most) at meetings, Chuang says, or that they don’t have to do certain kinds of administrative work that other employees must do for themselves. At Aquent, he says, no one has an administrative assistant, including himself; at the office (in pre-Covid times) no one had assigned seating.
Since Aquent provides temporary staffing, it’s technically part of the gig economy, which is typically run on contract workers. But all Aquent workers are classified as employees, receiving health insurance and paid sick days. Chuang has a lot of criticisms about the ways that racial bias impacts workers in the broader gig economy, starting with the rating systems that companies like Uber or Airbnb often rely upon.
“If you have the unfortunate incident of being rated by someone who has biases, that affects your future work prospects,” he notes. And since, in the US, gig work is the primary source of income for more than 55% of Black gig workers, the fact that they are typically classified as contractors further exacerbates racial inequities by depriving people of basic protections like health insurance, retirement plans, minimum wage, sick leave, and overtime pay. “The US built its social safety net system around the employer-employee relationship, and as soon as you call them 1099 workers, you circumvent that,” Chuang says, referring to the US employment classification for independent contractors.
When it comes to his own company, Chuang has devoted a lot of thought as to how to create a culture that is anti-racist, and has grown Aquent’s proportion of non-white employees from 25% to 35% over the past 10 years.
In order to create more diversity in the candidate pool, Chuang says, Aquent rates its recruiters on whether they’re meeting diversity targets—a system meant to create more accountability. When it comes to putting people of color in senior leadership positions, Chuang thinks the best move is to promote from within.
“If, however, you get a company that suddenly wakes up and finds itself just needing to take action faster, then there needs to be affirmative action taken to solve the issue now,” he says. “That will not be perceived by the company as well as internal hiring. But that’s the penalty you pay for not working on this for so long.” | <urn:uuid:72bafab2-f4d2-44e9-8c61-796b8c423d72> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://qz.com/1879336/how-to-begin-creating-truly-anti-racist-workplaces/?utm_source=elinfonet | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.959654 | 5,332 | 2.015625 | 2 |
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Copper alloy knife handle
Roman, probably 4th century
Found during excavations by Winchester Museums Service Archaeology Section at Hyde Abbey, Winchester in the early 1970s
Before the Abbey was built in the early 12th century, this part of Winchester's northern suburb was occupied by Roman buildings. The knife handle came from a ditch which formed a property boundary around one of these buildings, and which had been filled up in the later 4th century.
Cast in the form of a hound biting a hare, this knife is very similar to one found in a late Roman grave at Victoria Road, Winchester. However, there are slight variations, in size, in the casting techniques used and in the composition of the metal, perhaps suggesting that the two knives were made by different craftsmen. | <urn:uuid:28952a68-b216-4e70-8da8-abee5f4d44b5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://collections.hampshireculture.org.uk/object/copper-alloy-knife-also-6782-decorated-ha72-74-hyde-abbey-winchester-hampshire-excavated | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.987136 | 161 | 2.953125 | 3 |
I visited Auschwitz in October 2006 and explored my reaction over the course of my MA in Contemporary Art (completed 2008). It’s a theme I developed over the proceeding years, during which time, I was sometimes asked the question: ‘is it still relevant?’
‘Yes’, I answered. Of course it was. For although, 70 years on, such an atrocity might never be perpetrated in such a systematically brutal way again, atrocities will still be perpetrated. The numbers might not be on the appalling scale of six million Jews but terrible things will still be done to individual people. And, despite the anonymising pall of vast statistics, those who died in the Holocaust were individuals.
10 years on and the question of relevance is even more pertinent. European politics has lurched to the right and the present incumbent of the White House is a rabid fool who understands nothing of the plight of individuals, whatever their religion, their country or culture. His attacks on the press and the arts make the role of the journalist, writer and artist all the more vital.
And so, I shall take up arms and return to my work as an artist, something which has languished of late for all manner of reasons.
In the time I’ve spent researching the Holocaust, I’ve read numerous first hand experiences of those appalling events. But I hadn’t encountered the diary of Dawid Sierakowiak.
Dawid was, according to the foreword (written by Lawrence L. Langer) an extremely talented young man; someone who, had he lived, might have become a writer of some renown. As it was, he died of starvation in the Łódź ghetto, Poland, at the age of 19, leaving behind a number of notebooks, in which he had written of his battle to survive life in the ghetto.
I’ve only just started reading the diary which begins shortly before the start of War, on Wednesday, June 28 1939 with his arrival on a summer camp in Krościenko nad Dunajcem (Krościenko on the Dunajcec). Knowing what happens to Dawid, his family and friends makes this first entry so incredibly sad.
“We arrived safely today at summer camp. After a fourteen-hour train ride and an hour by bus, dinner was waiting in Krościenko. The food is excellent, plentiful and tasty…”
Looking at a map of Poland, I realised that I had once stayed very near Krościenko in the town of Szczawnica and my memories of that beautiful place served to colour the ‘black and white’ memories imparted by these first entries.
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Misdemeanors are series of crimes under California Jurisprudence that are more serious than infractions and less serious than Felonies. Generally, misdemeanor crimes involve a fine and/or county jail sentence for up 364 days. California Legislatures recently changed the laws defining misdemeanors to 364 days to limit immigration consequences for potential defendants.
California misdemeanors fall into two basic categories: (1) “Standard” California misdemeanors, punishable by up to 6 months in jail and/or a fine of up to $1,000; and (2) “Gross” or “aggravated” misdemeanors,” punishable by up to 364 days in jail and/or a fine of up to $1,000 or more.1
There are also certain crimes known as California “wobbler” offenses. These are crimes which the prosecutor can choose to charge as a misdemeanor or a felony (or, in some cases, a misdemeanor or an infraction).
THE DEFINITION OF MISDEMEANOR
A misdemeanor is more serious than an infraction yet less serious than a felony. Although generally accompanied by fines, misdemeanor charges may sometimes result in jail time. Some common examples of misdemeanors include: petty theft, prostitution, public intoxication, driving under the influence, simple assault, disorderly conduct, trespass, and vandalism.
Under California law, the maximum punishment for a misdemeanor charge is one year in county jail. It is really important to consult with an attorney before entering your plea in a misdemeanor case. The plea may have significant effects on the direction of the case, thus communicating with a California Criminal Defense Lawyer before entering a plea is of utmost importance.
Most misdemeanor cases permit the defendant’s attorney to appear on his/her behalf. If permitted, the defendant is not required to accompany his/her attorney to court, which is quite helpful for defendants who cannot miss work or school to attend court.
If the defendant is in custody, he/she will have access to bail, which is set forth in the county bail schedule. See Bail for more information.
The pretrial conference occurs after the arraignment and provides the defense attorney an opportunity to negotiate a plea offer or convince the prosecutor to drop the charges completely. During the pretrial conference, the defense lawyer may discuss the weaknesses and flaws in the prosecution’s case in the hope that doing so will prompt the prosecutor to drop the case entirely. In addition, an experienced California Criminal Defense Attorney at KN Law Firm will introduce mitigating factors in the hope that doing so will prompt the prosecutor to make a more lenient offer. Mitigating factors may include the defendant’s providing restitution to the victim, attending counseling sessions, and/or obtaining awards or accolades for his/her work.
SPEEDY TRIAL RIGHTS
If the defendant is charged and not in custody at the time of his/her arraignment, he/she has a right to trial within forty-five days of the arraignment date. If the defendant is charged and in custody at the time of his/her arraignment, he/she has a right to trial within thirty days of the arraignment date. The right to a speedy trial can be waived to grant the defense counsel sufficient time to prepare for the case.
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Consulting with a California Criminal Defense Lawyer at KN Trial Attorneys is the most effective way a defendant can ensure that his/her right to a speedy trial is honored.
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WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR YOUR BRAIN TODAY?
When I ask people that question, they look at me strangely, wondering how they are supposed to answer it, and most likely thinking, “Am I supposed to do something for my brain?”…the most common answer is that they had a cup of coffee.
How is it that our most important organ, that works for us 24/7, is the most forgotten? It’s because it’s the most complicated and medical science is only just beginning to scratch the surface of understanding how our brain works and what it needs to function optimally.
“Learning to nourish, exercise and relax your brain is important to optimize cognitive function”
I am not a medical doctor, but upon learning about the work of Allysian Sciences in the field of brain health, I realized I had a passion for educating people on the need to look after our brain – something I had never thought about previously either, but suddenly it all started to make sense. I wanted to share this with the world, in the hope that I can help the next generation, learn to look after their brain as a preventative approach, give them education to understand brain for life, and in the process delay any onset of Alzheimers or Dementia, IF they are already pre-disposed to it. These diseases should be rare, not near-epidemic as they are today.
Since 2000, deaths as a result of Dementia or Alzheimer’s have increased by 89%
Learning how to feed, excercise and relax your brain, can be an effective prevantative.
Currently Western medicine has our bodies living longer, but this medical system has been a “neck down” system, so our body lives for longer, but our brains are not, we have this “gap”, and it results in way too many diagnosis of Dementia and Alzheimers, and other brain-related diseases.
Other factors are making it necessary to do more for our brains, so they don’t “burn out”:
- Lack of nutrients in the soil = lack of nutrients in our food = we are not feeding our brain well enough for the amount of energy it needs, for the 24/7 demands we make on it.
- Increase in toxins in our food and environment, that are causing health problems for our brain and body.
- People living in stress and overwhelm, results in cortisol levels way higher than they should be, which actually causes the breakdown of neural pathways and causes the brain to age more rapidly.
- Poor sleep – our brain needs 7 – 8 hours of quality sleep per night, as while we sleep, it works. It cleans itself (detoxes) aside from processing what you did through the day, laying memories, and re-charging the body.
- Lack of oxygenation to the brain – a more sedentary society has resulted in this.
- “We have a health care industry, that doesn’t care about our food and a food industry that doesn’t care about our health”. ~ Ocean Robbins, The Food Revolution Network.
DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN HAVE ALZHEIMERS FOR 20 YEARS BEFORE A DIAGNOSIS?
747,000 Canadians are living with Alzheimer’s disease,
a number expected to increase to 1.4 million by 2030
Early warning signs are being ignored, and accepted as “aging”, such as when you start to notice you don’t remember people’s names as well, or you go into a room to get something and don’t remember what you came to get. You don’t have to accept this as “aging”, these are signs you need to start doing more to look after your brain.
- 747,000 Canadians are living with Alzheimer’s disease, a number expected to increase to 1.4 million by 2030.
- For every person with the disease, two or more family members provide care. Women account for 70% of family caregivers.
- 72% of those suffering in Canada are women.
- Economic cost in Cda was $33 billion in 2011 and is expected to be $293 billion by 2040. As a society, who is going to pay for that?
Better Memory, More Energy, Reduced Anxiety
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Have you ever been in a situation where you had to depend on the Lord during a time of need? If you have, how did that change your life? How did that help your faith to grow? What did that teach you about God and yourself? Below are just a few people in the Bible who trusted in God to help them. They had no idea how they were going to get out of the situation they were in, but they knew who could help them.
- Joseph when he was sold into slavery. Genesis 37 -50.
- Jonah when he cried out to the Lord in the belly of the fish. Jonah 2.
- Jeremiah when he was thrown into a well. Jeremiah 38.
- Paul and Silas when they were put in prison. Acts 16.
Real Trust Focuses on the Source of Help
Mary was at a wedding with Jesus and His disciples when it came to her attention that they had run out of wine. In that day, to run out of wine during your wedding celebration would have been a shameful situation and seen as a bad omen for the marriage. In our culture today we don’t grasp the seriousness of the situation.
John 2:1The next day there was a wedding celebration in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration. 3 The wine supply ran out during the festivities, so Jesus’ mother told him, “They have no more wine.” 4 “Dear woman, that’s not our problem,” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come.” 5 But his mother told the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
Mary went to her son, Jesus, knowing He could help, but not knowing how. “Real trust focuses on the source rather than on the shape of the help that will be supplied. We trust that God will help, not knowing how the help will come.” Even though Jesus seemed to put Mary off, He acted. Mary advised the servant to just do what Jesus said even though she had no idea what Jesus would do. This is the only instruction that Mary gives in Scripture. How would your life change if you followed Mary’s advice?
Where in your life do you need to trust God without knowing how He will resolve the issue that you face?
Dear God, we need our hope restored and Your healing and grace. Forgive us for trying to fix our situations all on our own. You see where no one else can fully see or understand and You know the pain we’ve carried. Thank You that You will never waste our pain and suffering. We release to You this day every need and problem we’ve carried or tried hard to control. Your goodness will see us through. We love You and need You today.
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How To: Write Your Feelings Down
This year, I’m planning on doing “How To” segment! It’s going to be some things that I’ve been through in my life–I will be trying to help others navigate through the tough times and the not so though times!
Today’s “How To” is How To: Write Your Feelings Down.
First, I’d like to say that this is a very emotional cathartic experience. Â Depending on what you’re planning to write, the emotions you felt (or how you’re currently feeling) will surface. Â You will cry, get angry, be happy, but most of all, by the end you’ll feel as if a huge weight has been lifted off your shoulders.
Now, to start, I would suggest to find a quiet space or room to sit and really think about what you’re going to write. Â Start off with “Dear (and add the name)”. Â For the latest one that I did (you can read my experience here) I played some music very low in the back ground to wrap my head around all of my thoughts, so I can make them as clear as possible. Â Once I got into the rhythm and started to write, I turned my music off as it was more of a distraction to me. Â But it’s really up to you. Â I would suggest not to take a break while writing the letter, but continue (no matter how hard it is) until you’re finished. Â Take a break, then start editing. When you read it again, you’ll remember things you might want to add. Â Also if you read this later in life, you will want to make sure that in the future you will understand what you were actually trying to convey. Â I personally read my old letters that I’ve written (but not sent) to see how I’ve handled those experiences and see how far I’ve come.
After you’re done, reward yourself. Â You’ve had an emotional day, and were very brave in deciding to write your feelings down.
It seems like a simple process, but once you sit down and really decide to write, it becomes very hard. Â I’ve put off writing some letters for a while because I just didn’t want to feel those feelings again, but I’m so glad I did. Â And you will do.
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DBTAC Northwest ADA Training Network
In collaboration with the DBTAC Northeast at Cornell University, the DBTAC Northwest at the University of Washington is offering training throughout Washington, Idaho, Alaska and Oregon. There are currently 42 members in the DBTAC Northwest Trainer Network who are available to provide comprehensive training about the Americans with Disabilities Act and rights of people with disabilities.
If you would like more information about any of the training topics or to request training for your business or organization, please fill out the DBTAC Northwest Training Request Form. In the message section, please list topics of interest from the following list.
- Disability Awareness: Understanding the ADA – Communicating Respectfully and Effectively with People with Disabilities
- Getting Hired and Moving Ahead in a Job When Working with a Disability
- Tapping Into Talent: Best Practices in Hiring, Retaining and Accommodating People with Disabilities
- Serving Customers with Disabilities: Reaching Out and Expanding Your Market
- About Hidden Disabilities: Legal, Practical and Human Issues
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- Accessible Technology in the Workplace
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About The Neighborhood
Heritage Oak Cliff Grants
Published: 20 September 2008
Advertised as "Dallas' Ideal Suburb" by the Russell Realty Company in 1911, Winnetka Heights stands today as Dallas' best example of preserved, intact tum-of-the-century housing. The neighborhood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a City of Dallas Historic District.
Originally included in the Midway Addition to the city of Oak Cliff in 1890, it was replatted as Winnetka Heights in 1908. Four prominent businessmen - L.A. Stemmons, TS. Miller, Jr., J.P. Blake, and R.S. Waldron developed the 50 square-block area as a prestigious suburb. Sales were brisk, with several millionaires building opulent Prairie-style homes in the first wave of construction. All four of the developers built their homes here, but only the J.P. Blake home at 401 North Rosemont (home of the Oak Cliff Society for the Fine Arts), and the TS. Miller home at 101 North Montclair remain today. Wonderful examples of Arts and Crafts/Prairie architecture, they stand as a bye-gone reminder of these first families and their lifestyles.
As time went by, lots were subdivided to allow for the construction of bungalows and cottages. Each home, be it a two-story Prairie or bungalow, was constructed with the finest materials and craftsmanship throughout. All the houses had distinctive exteriors and rich details inside.
The end of World War Il ushered in Winnetkas' decline, as demand for housing forced many of the grand old homes to be cut up into apartments. Urban blight took its toll through the 1960s until young homeowners began buying and restoring these homes. Attracted to the extraordinary old architecture, low prices and in-town convenience, these homeowners formed the Winnetka Heights Neighborhood Association to organize their restoration and conservation efforts while seeking protective zoning as an historic district.
The first Oak Cliff neighborhood to be rezoned, the Winnetka Heights Historic District was created by the city of Dallas in 1981. Projects of the Winnetka Heights Neighborhood Association have included park and street beautification, installation of historic street lamps, code enforcement, sidewalk replacement, crime prevention, and the annual Holiday Home Tour. Winnetka Heights neighbors are dedicated to the preservation of the neighborhood as an enduring symbol of early 20th century life, while ensuring Winnetka Heights remains the most vibrant historic district in the city. | <urn:uuid:50954fd0-9e6a-421e-9804-b3b311ec6489> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://heritageoakcliff.org/Winnetka-Heights | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.957109 | 535 | 2.0625 | 2 |
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes
Leadership skills and communication skills are at the foundation of making great leaders.
Communication has matured over a relatively short period, changing from customary face-to-face dialogue to the use of innovative technology to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
With the introduction of the telegraph and telephone to more contemporary means such as email, text messaging, the use of social media, and video teleconferencing, communication has become easier to accomplish, but much less personal, and many times misunderstood.
A simple communication model provides the components necessary for communication – the sender, a message, the channel used to send the message, the receiver, and feedback from the receiver to the sender. As simple as this process loop seems, many issues tend to surface.
When one considers communication within an organization, the communication process becomes considerably more complicated. Organizational communication is first and foremost a reflection of culture, and barriers to organizational communication are numerous and ingrained in corporate culture. There are three specific areas to consider in the flow of organizational communication:
- Down flow
- Upward flow
- Lateral/Diagonal flow
In the downflow of information from the upper echelons of the organization, blanketing the masses is no longer considered a viable means of communication. Information overload is already a problem as well as the lack of employee relevant and job-related data. Bulletins, memos, letters, announcements, magazines, and policy statements can be so overwhelming that most are discarded before it is read.
Organizational communication from the executive leaders is often perceived to be less in-tune and vaguer than from key sources closest to employees.
Upward communication to the upper echelon is often filtered or blocked, such that only information that enhances credibility and status is sent up the line. A culture that embraces upward communication is required so that information shared with management is not ignored or used to place blame.
Lateral communication within the organization may perhaps hold barriers too, which may include lack of motivation, rivalry issues, or specialization.
Specialization is an area where communication may be particularly difficult between organizations, as technical jargon, acronyms, and abbreviations that may hinder the ability of one organization to comprehend the needs of the other. To assist with breaking communication barriers, organizations must understand the interpersonal aspects at the individual level.
Enter the Johari Window
The Johari Window is an information-processing model, which characterizes different types and qualities of relationships based on self, others, data known to oneself, and data unknown to oneself.
This model is helpful to understand your interpersonal styles and the styles of others, which are critical to resolving most organizational communication issues such as: failure to communicate, emotional situations, relationship quality, and managerial practices.
If a leader is willing to take risks and understands his own personal goals, he can create the norm for the environment – an environment where candor and the search for information from others is both understood and rewarded. The organizational culture, as well as personal and corporate philosophies, will reflect the quality of the relationships existing among those who create it.
Email – A Communication Deterrent?
Email is ingrained in organizational culture and a deterrent to organizational communication.
When face-to-face communication is replaced by electronic mail, the opportunity for social integration decreases. Blackberrys, cell phones, texting, and email have negatively affected responsibilities and availability. Weekly conversations are being replaced and overall traditional communication has declined, and therefore communication trustworthiness declines.
The fundamental problem with electronic communication is that social and system integration declines, trust is not built, and one-to-one sharing and personal growth are negatively impacted.
This trend of corporations using more electronic communication in lieu of traditional methods may turn out to be more distressing in the future.
One can easily see that the continued use of electronic communication will not only negatively impact organizational communication, but the current and future damage to organizational communication will be difficult to overcome if the electronic mode becomes further entrenched.
Effective Communication and Organizational Culture
Cultural aspects of hierarchical communication also affect the ability to send a message successfully, as power and status could have a far-reaching effect on the ability to communicate.
Factors such as history in a business or organizational relationship, the ability of a leader to control a subordinate’s professional destiny, and perhaps a formal and rigid hierarchy could control and possibly inhibit the ability to communicate effectively.
The culture of the organization is a tremendous factor in such a phenomenon, as it may demonstrate a faceless upper echelon whose one-dimensional communication style may create an inability to show a personal interest in the people within the organization.
Change the Communication Culture
To improve organizational culture and communication, a culture change must take place, and an interpersonal style of communication is a critical ingredient.
Providing a culture of openness and interpersonal relationships will create an environment of trust and the ability to rid the organization of its dysfunctional ways, thus providing a true ability to communicate amongst others at every level of the organization.
How Can Leaders Improve Organizational Communication?
If you have ideas that you feel like sharing that might be helpful to readers, share them in the comments section below. Thanks!
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be harsh like sand. Th ese were the origi- nal Shar-Pei. Th e other acceptable coat, the “brush coat”, while not as short as the “horse coat”, can be up to one inch in length at the withers. It should also have a harsh texture. Another of the unique features of our breed is their natural instinct to keep themselves and their living area clean. Most puppies will housebreak themselves by 8 weeks of age. Th ey don’t like soiling the area that they live in. Many go to the furthermost corner of the yard to do their business. Often when you get a new puppy, it takes them a few days to get used to the new home, but after 3-4 days of adjust- ment, they should be asking you to go out- side at the correct door. Th ey make great family dogs but you should understand that they are guard dogs. Th ey are 100% devoted to their families and live to be with the family members and to protect them. I have seen the hair on a Shar-Pei stand on end when a stranger got out of a car to ask “his” kids playing in the yard where someone lived. Th ey become on full alert if they sense that someone is up to no good. A lady used to take her Shar-Pei with her to make her bank deposits at the drop o ff box at night. One night her dog started barking like crazy as she was pulling up to the drive thru. Next thing she knows, the dog has jumped out of the car and is attacking something in the bushes. Th ere was a robber with a gun that was wait- ing to rob her. Th ey have an uncanny sense of knowing when things are not right. Most of the breed love children and naturally become their guardian and protectors. Th is breed does not do well being left alone all day and night. Th ey require human companionship to thrive. You can be sure that as soon as you leave the house, they are waiting and alert for your return. Shar-Pei are full of energy as puppies, but as they grown up and mature they set- tle down to be a pretty calm dog. If you are looking for a lap dog, I’d advise you to look at another breed. Even though this breed is extremely devoted to their family, they require a little bit of sep- aration or independence from the owner
as well. Th ey may sit in your lap for a short time just to please you but they had much rather be at your feet. Th ey often like to sleep where they have the best view of all the activities in the house. If every- one is settled in and busy in the den, they are happy to stay in the den to watch over the family. However if a member is away from the house, then they like to sleep and rest where they can keep a watch over the people in the house as well and watch the doors for the arrival of those that are not there. Th ey are vigilant in watching over their families. Shar-Pei can be quick to learn but they also are very independent. Owners need to let them know who the boss is early on. If the owner doesn’t establish themselves in the leadership role, then the Shar-Pei surely will. Th ey are very trainable but you should also expect that from time to time they may also be stubborn as well. Th ey do well in obedience, rally and agility. Th ey also make great therapy and R.E.A.D dogs. All puppies benefit with early socialization and puppy kindergarten classes as well as obedience classes. Th ere are some Shar-Pei that do lure coursing, tracking, herding, fly ball and canine freestyle dance. As you can see they can participate in a variety of things. You may have seen them in com- mercials as well. Th ey are often used in commercials and advertising because of the ease of working with them. Shar-Pei come in a variety of colors including dilutes. Almost any solid color is acceptable as well as sable. Several dif- ferent colors of puppies can be born in the same litter as well as both coat types. Th ey should have a solid black tongue and mouth including the gums, flew and roof. In the case of dilutes, those areas in the mouth will be a lighter lavender color. Some other unique features to the look of the breed are the triangular shaped ears pointing towards the eyes, a tail that curves over the back and the dip in the top-line just behind the withers. Just a word of cau- tion when buying a Shar-Pei—do not fall for the scams of paying an exorbitant price for a “rare color”. Th ere is no such thing as a rare color. Although Shar-Pei don’t require much in the area of grooming, they do need
an occasional bath. Th ey also need their nails trimmed and their ears cleaned weekly. Th e breed sheds about twice a year with the changes of the seasons. In our breed we call that “blowing their coat”. Other than that, they are a wash and wear breed. Shar-Pei are great family dogs and should work out in most families. Once people have owned their first one, they usually never get any other breed. If you would like more information about our breed you can find it on our website at: www.cspca.com. A Sample of Working Shar-Pei: Flyball, Tracking, Agility, Therapy, R.E.A.D., Service, Herding, Lure Coarsing, Freestyle Dancing, Obedience, Modeling and Rally.
BIO Alice Fix is a gradu- ate of Texas A & M University and has owned Shar-Pei for 28 years. She has written articles that have been
published in over 110 dog club and organi- zation magazines as well as cat, rabbit and horsemanship magazines. Currently she is a Director-at-Large for the Chinese Shar- Pei Club of America, Co-Chairman of the Public Education Committee, Chairman of the CSPCA A ffi liated Club Presidents Group, President of the Centennial Chi- nese Shar-Pei Club in Colorado, Editor for Th e Barker magazine and serves on the CSPCA Health Testing Committee. Alice resides in Aurora, Colorado with her Shar-Pei.
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