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New Delhi, October 7: More than 45 years after the Vietnam war ended in 1975, the country is still busy clearing thousands of unexploded bombs, mines and other kinds of ordnance.
Vietnam’s central city of Da Nang destroyed more than three tons of unexploded mines and bombs in a four-day effort beginning October 01.
The Vietnamese defence forces located these unexploded ammunition that had remained buried for decades. In a news report, the Vietnamnet.vn website says: “According to the engineering force of the Military Command of Da Nang City, these bombs and mines were buried for decades so they were all rusted and easy to explode”.
Military engineers transported the bombs, mines and explosives to a different location–Dong Nghe training ground, to destroy them safely.
The leftover bombs have taken a big toll on Vietnamese lives. More than 42,135 Vietnamese people have lost their lives and 62,163 have been injured between 1975 to 2000. The country itself has spent millions of dollars every year to search and destroy the unexploded ammunition besides resettling the tens of thousands of victims.
Vietnamese estimates from 2002 say that 6.6 million hectares of land, or 21.12 per cent of the country, remains contaminated with unexploded ordinance.
Experts say that the US had literally rained bombs on Vietnam during its efforts to upstage the communist regime. Besides bombs, the US had also sprayed Agent Orange over Vietnamese fields and forests in a bid to kill vegetation that would offer food and shelter to the Vietnamese forces.
The US too has been assisting Hanoi clear up the ordnance along with international organisations.
Vietnam asserts rights over disputed Spratly islands through its lighthouses
The Quad changes track in the Indo-Pacificfrom security, moves to vaccines, supply chains and development
India has developed good relations with South East Asia to balance China.
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Turquoise is one of the oldest protection amulets, it provides personal protection. If given a turquoise by a loving friend, that stone would protect the wearer from negative energy and bring good fortune. The turquoise is the symbol of friendship. It also brings peace to the home. One of the most unique characteristics of turquoise is its natural pattern of spider webbing. This one is formed with gold flakes in them! Wear the necklace as a set together with the Gold Veins Turquoise Ring
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It’s Valentine’s Day and love is the topic of the hour. But love is a very misunderstood and abused word. Many people commit crimes for “love.” Many myths abound on what “love” is, thanks in a big part to mass media and commercialism that muddle our ideas about it. There are also so many definitions of love, and the world gets upended because of it. There are so many problems caused by these sometimes conflicting understandings of love, especially the ones relating love with altruism. I’d like to put in my own discussion about it that is a sort of remake of my earlier personal blog post about it.
There are several kinds of love. I’ll use C.S. Lewis’ The Four Loves definitions for this, since this is often used in western perspectives. On Valentines’ Day, most celebrate the romantic type, called in the Greek as Eros. It’s the kind of love whose goal is mainly sex. The filial love between brothers or comrades is Philia. Familial love is Storge. Last is Agape, the love that is often called the greatest, because it typifies concern for others and willingness to help them in their needs. It’s sometimes referred to as altruism.
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Altruism in an online Dictionary is defined as “the principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others.” I have seen others define it as “pleasing others;” and this is wrong. It is possible to please others and not be concerned about their welfare or needs. Many times, pleasing others is done with ulterior motives; our politicians are good examples, giving donations or crying crocodile tears just for their own image, and not really for helping people. And of course, this is not limited to politicians; even ordinary people do it.
Altruism or the love that leads to helping others is based on looking after others’ needs. For example, when Christianity defines this as, “when I was naked, you clothed me, when I was sick, you visited me,” it is about people’s needs, not their wants. Feeding another person’s ego is not altruism. It is not “unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others.”
People love twisting the concept of altruism this way. They like to demand things from others, and if those things are not given, they may accuse others of not being altruistic. Using the wrong meaning, they demand that others please them, saying it is a “good act.” They could use that line, “hey, I need to be loved too.” But they actually mean that they may demand praises and flattery from others. Even if they are ugly, call them “beautiful,” and they call it a “white lie.” When others refuse to do it, they may launch into a tantrum and perhaps not only be angry with those who refuse to go with their game, but also try to ruin and slander them. It’s nothing more than emotional blackmail; or even moral blackmail.
Here’s where I can understand opponents of anti-bullying measures. Let’s say a vain, arrogant girl wants everyone in her class to call her beautiful. All except one do. The one may just disagree or simply say nothing, which some will assume as disagreement. The vain girl gets mad and accuses that one dissenter of bullying her. Some will say, “his refusal to acknowledge her beauty is an act of spite.” Really? That sure isn’t love.
That’s what I’ve been pointing out with the earlier article about beauty. There is a wrong sense of entitlement when someone demands being feted for who they are, and not what they do. Demanding to be feted is egoism. It leads to people becoming jerks and trying to manipulate others, which causes suffering.
Refusing other people the above has been made into a “wrong” by society, since this “offends” or “hurts” people. But it’s likely the result of a brat in power, who does not respect others’ refusal to cater to their whims. But we’re in times when societies are supposed to have moved on from sucking up to brats, thanks to more democratic institutions. So when people refuse to please someone who is wrong, they should not feel guilty or be made to feel guilty.
There is also this idea that it’s either you love or hate something. Filipinos tend to ignore this concept of middle ground. There is middle ground between love and hate, like and dislike. Non-recognition of this middle ground is also the premise behind the popular false dichotomy: either you’re with us or against us. Please me, you’re for me, or if not, you’re against me.
Another myth about love is the tendency to confuse liking and loving. The two words are often interchanged when referring to preference of things: I like this song, I love burgers, I like this painting, and so on. When it comes to people, however, a distinction must be made. Just as pleasing others doesn’t mean being altruistic towards them, neither is liking necessarily loving. Mere admiration of someone is not “love.”
There are some people who do wish to please others because they genuinely care about them. That’s fine. The problem is when someone abuses such love in a relationship; for example, the Filipina who insists that her foreigner husband give her and her 10 other relatives money all the time. The culture of dependence takes advantage of “love” to secure the mooching arrangement. The “love” here needs to be questioned and rethought.
Perhaps the ultimate lesson here is, people need to chill. They should realize that the world was not made to please them. The less people insist on the world and other people pleasing them, the less they thump their own heads with such conflict-causing expectations.
While I do encourage opposing and challenging these social norms regarding the pleasing of other people, I do understand the difficulty involved. Breaking such myths and undoing practices based on them requires a consistent, ongoing effort involving a change of mindset and its consequential lifestyle. It also involves that vital ingredient: courage. Without the courage to make the changes, it would be harder. Yet, some people do have the courage to do so. It is much easier to do once the initiative gets become and grows into a collective effort to change the culture and behavior of people.
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Your physician or Spine surgeon would recommend a Spine Surgery after all other treatment alternatives have not responded and you still continue to have a pain. But before you go under the knife, it is good to understand all the possible implications and how to best address the same with your physician.
You must also understand that if you ask these questions then you are not questioning the physician’s expertise. The surgeons would appreciate the patients to be fully aware of the procedure and knowledgeable about the procedure they’ve recommended. This also helps them in setting the expectation for the patient from the procedure. Being comfortable with the procedure, the hospital and the surgeon’s expertise ensures that the procedure would be beneficial.
Do I Need this Spine Surgery?
This is very essential to understand what exactly spine surgery will treat and how will it affect the current condition and if it will be able to permanently relieve your pain or to help you regain your range of motion. Your surgeon should be able to answer these questions at length to clarify all your doubts. You can also discuss other treatments or alternatives to Spine surgery.
Know about the Procedure!
Know at length the details of the procedure and how will he address the issues that trouble you. This is helpful for you to understand how it works to ease your pain or repair your spine. Spending time with your surgeon discussing about your procedure would help you gain confidence in his skills and help him understand you as well.
What are the Risks?
Knowing your risks is essential to understand how you can mitigate them and be in better position to undergo the surgery. Knowing about surgeries that may be minimally invasive reduces the risks. It is good to know these risks in advance since they will impact your recovery.
Know thy Hospital?
A good surgeon and a good operation theatre are equally important for ensuring a successful spine surgery, and quick recovery. Knowing specifics about the hospitals and how well equipped it is to carry out these specialised surgeries is an essential step.
Know about your Recovery?
Post-surgery rehabilitation and recovery are good to know beforehand, since you might need to make advance preparations based on the same. Finding out how long your recovery will take, and whether it can be done at home or hospital stay is a must should be known to you prior to the surgery.
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Is Your Reaction to Conflict Destroying Your Relationship?
Your partner says something critical and instead of responding you attack.
Posted October 1, 2014
Ask yourself, when in conflict: Does your pulse race and your heart pound? Do you talk over the other person? Do you turn trivial things into causes for battle? Is winning your ultimate goal?
If your answer to some of these questions was, "Yes, that sounds just like me!" you're probably a reactive person.
This reactivity was incredibly useful to your ancestors, who needed to run from wild animals and protect their caves from aggressive neighbors. It's not so useful to you when the threat is your angry wife or passive-aggressive boyfriend.Your partner says something critical and instead of responding rationally or thoughtfully, you attack.
By responding to conflict reactively, you leap to an emotional conclusion. You let the other person determine your response and behavior.
Being triggered can stop your ability to regulate yourself and being unable to regulate yourself is the end of communication and intimacy.
When you're reactive, you enter "automatic pilot" mode. You stop being conscious of your words, tone of voice, or body language. Instead of recognizing that the other person is someone you loved and cared for just an hour ago, you want to shut him or her down, you want to make him or her the problem. You want to win.
If you're a reactive person, your partner may begin to think of you as a time bomb of rage just ready to explode and he or she has to walk on eggshells around you or risk getting hit by shrapnel. If both you and your partner are reactive, conversations easily turn into shouting matches. Either way, your relationship becomes a war zone and communication stops. Without communication, conflict will never be resolved and the situation will never improve.
Safely assuming you don't live in a cave and need to run from lions, it's time you turn your reactive responses into mindful ones.
When you're mindful, you're anchored in the present and you're aware of what you're saying, how you're feeling, and how your words and actions are affecting your partner. With reactive behavior, you look at what the other person is doing to you. But with mindfulness, you go into yourself to understand what you are doing to you. This self-awareness lets you slow down your responses and gain conscious control of what in the past felt like pure reflex.
So, what does being mindful look like? Think of mindfulness like an adult time-out. When you were a kid, your parents made you sit in a corner or go to your room when you were upset. The time-out gave you a chance to calm down and regain control. Just because you now have a career and a mortgage and kids of your own doesn't mean you don't still need time-outs.
Next time you feel yourself getting enraged, mentally send yourself to your room. Take a minute to breathe and drop down beyond your thoughts to understand the meaning of what you're feeling. Create a space between what triggered you and your response to it.
Mindfulness can transform a relationship torn apart by reactiveness. It helps you overcome negative emotional habits like blaming and defensiveness. It lets you express your anger rationally. It helps you consciously choose language and actions to deescalate conflicts. It helps you listen to what the other person is really saying, not just your interpretation of it. And, it puts powerful tools like assertiveness, gentle humor, self-deprecation, compassion, empathy, and respect back on the table.
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For his assistance to the Baltic country, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė awarded him with the order “For Merits to Lithuania” on 16 February 2015. When asked what he felt when he learned about the award, Bryne’s response was short: “Pride.”
As the foreign desk editor at one of Norway’s major dailies Dagbladet between 1986 and 1997, Bryne did much to inform the Norwegian public about the Baltic nation’s striving for independence from the Soviet Union and, later, building a democratic state.
“When Lithuania, the first of the Baltic states, declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1990, we rejoiced and felt relationship,” Bryne told me during his visit to Vilnius this year to collect his award. Part of this empathy had to do with memory of Norway’s own striving for independence, which is “not more than a small century old,” he says. “We won our independence in 1905 from a union with Sweden. This union started in 1814 after Sweden was on the right side in the Napoleonic wars. Until then, we had been in a union with Denmark for 400 years.”
Moreover, he adds, Norway has a long history of relations with the Baltic states. “Around 1850, merchant ships from Norway sailed to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, loaded with barrels of salted herring, and brought back grain.”
Back in the early 1990s, when Lithuania had just declared independence and was working hard to secure international recognition, it was Bryne who helped arrange the first diplomatic delegation from Vilnius to the West. I was serving as an adviser to the then president of the Supreme Council, Vytautas Landsbergis, and was part of the mission.
“When you called me and asked to help with this issue, I contacted the chairman of one of the smaller parties in the Storting [Norwegian parliament], Erik Solheim of the Socialist Left party, and asked him to write a letter of invitation,” Bryne recalls. This invitation allowed three delegates from Lithuania, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee Emanuelis Zingeris, member of the committee Laima Andrikienė and myself, to come to Oslo. The invitation opened for us many doors to political parties in the Storting and the government. “Lithuania was the very centre of political interest in those days,” Bryne says.
Naturally, the attention gradually declined, he adds, but did not altogether disappear. A little later, in 1991, Bryne joined Norway’s foreign minister Thorvald Stoltenberg on a visit to the three Baltic capitals where he opened embassies. The trip was full of anecdotes quite symbolic of the transition that the Baltics were undergoing.
“We travelled down to the south from Tallinn,” Bryne recalls. “Between Riga and Vilnius, we drove in a cortège of black limousines surrounded by a huge motorcycle escort with flashing blue lights and deafening sirens. The speed was high, all other traffic was forced out of the way. People and cows ran for their lives, as did hens and chickens.
“Stoltenberg shouted from the deep back seat to the driver to have him stop. He had to do it several times before the whole cortège came to a halt. Then he got out of the car and told the leader of the transport that he was no communist dictator and that he did not want to be part of this madness.”
“You have to remember that you are a democratic state now. In the democratic world you cannot behave like this,” the Norwegian foreign minister said with a raised finger before the cortège resumed the journey, a little slower.
Some Soviet-style hiccups occurred during the opening of the embassy in Vilnius, too.
“On the occasion of the opening, we were invited for lunch, as far as I remember in the Guest House of the former Communist Party. All the important people were to be seated on the top floor. I was the only journalist and was told to take my meal in the basement.
“‘If he has to sit in the basement, I will also sit in the basement,’ Stoltenberg said and pointed at me. So the hosts had to give me a seat at the main table on the top floor.”
Bryne still sees his 84-year-old former foreign minister friend regularly, as they live in the same neighbourhood. If Thorvald Stoltenberg’s last name is often heard by the European public today, too, it is because his son, Jens Stoltenberg, is the new secretary general of NATO. “Father and son Stoltenberg have telephone conversations on a daily basis,” Bryne says, “though not so much about politics as grandchildren and family matters.”
However, just like his father two decades ago, Stoltenberg the son probably spends much time thinking about the Baltics. After Russia disrupted the European security system by attacking Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and other nations in Central Europe have been fearful for their own safety. And that is the biggest challenge for NATO since the end of the Cold War.
“I have asked the father if his son is strong enough to deal with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin,” Bryne says. “Thorvald said he is, and in addition he has a faculty which can prove to be more important: Jens is a brilliant negotiator.
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An issue that has been bugging me over the past few days: How will tech contribute to human development and evolution?
Ruminations on this topic began when I read an article titled "Health Problems Related to the Geek Lifestyle", which racks up a list of tech-related complaints including back pain, headaches and insomnia. I think "poor attention span" may have been on there too, but I couldn't be bothered reading that far.
Further consternation arrived courtesy of a Reuters-sourced story on CNET News.com about the decline of traditional drawing skills in the wake of design software like Photoshop.
Minor physical ailments such as SMS-induced thumb joint RSI, mouse-moving wrist calluses and the gamer's slumped posture are prevalent among generation tech. But what about the grander-scale effects of living the digital life? Will neat penmanship, portraiture skills and the ability to construct grammatically correct sentences become rare in the near future?
Much has been written in the past few years about the effect that technology has had on our literacy skills, with a focus on those pesky teenagers with their "C U L8er"s and their radical haircuts who go hooning around the skate park with a flagrant disregard for local ordinances.
As someone who laments the omission of the em dash in the predictive text symbol menu of mobile phones, I get a little emotional at the idea that there might be a generation for whom the semicolon is "that winking symbol thing people used to make smiley faces with before it became passé".
The semicolon is my favourite punctuation mark of all time. It is the Scarlett Johansson of punctuation marks; it's not obvious or mainstream, the winking shape makes it look a bit cheeky, and it represents a pause and a sharp intake of breath before the ensuing text tumbles across the page.
While others -- OK, the vast majority -- may not be so passionate about punctuation, the idea that the semicolon may soon fade into obscurity like some second-rate Australian Idol contestant is surely cause for alarm.
Granted, the English language is constantly evolving, with new words (podcast, blog, mashup) appearing while antiquated terms fade away. That's unavoidable, and actually pretty interesting. But how long will it take before today's standard English seems like Chaucerian Ye Olde Englishe?
Like some linguistic equivalent of the Amish, I'm feeling a fear-based compulsion to reject newer modes of expression and hark back to the days of yore by using phrases like "hark back to the days of yore". Nonetheless, it would be fascinating to see how tech will affect our physicality, language and the skills deemed necessary for artistic and scientific endeavour over the next hundred years or so. Anyone possessing an immortality serum is advised to contact me. | <urn:uuid:775950d5-2847-4797-8237-dce2b6522c87> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.zdnet.com/article/its-evolution-baby/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.942166 | 602 | 1.96875 | 2 |
One of the more welcome aspects of the Brexit fallout has been the spotlight it’s shone on ‘left behind’ towns and rural areas, which for too long were overlooked by Westminster.
And towns in particular are also an increasingly important political battleground, with Labour putting them at the heart of its strategy to win the next general election.
However, the question remains: how do you actually transform the prospects of towns across the country? For some in the Labour party, the main reason towns are struggling is that consecutive governments have focused too much on cities. The idea goes that cities have sucked up jobs, investment and talent, at the expense of towns – a trend that needs to change if smaller places are to flourish.
However, it would be a mistake to think that we can revive struggling towns by diverting political attention and resources away from cities. As a new Centre for Cities report shows, the fortunes of our cities and towns are inextricably linked – and when our cities thrive, so too do nearby towns.
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A complete set of advanced solutions to achieve more agile and collaborative air traffic control at airports.
The Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research (SESAR) programme aims to modernise the European ATM system by developing innovative operational concepts in a new-generation technological environment and with harmonised standards. Within the SESAR programme, the French air navigation service provider DSNA is leading a technical modernisation strategy for all phases of flight in an ambitious programme co-financed by the European Union. DSNA is developing more agile, cooperative and digital solutions that will help achieve greater resilience in ATM while addressing environmental challenges.
SYSAT is the new ATM system for air traffic control (ATC) towers and approach control centres (APP) operated by DSNA in mainland France and an essential component of ATM modernisation. SYSAT is introducing electronic flight strips, a new advanced surface movement guidance and control system (A-SMGCS) and ground situation displays at Orly and Charles de Gaulle airports. It is providing new weather information, synoptic display and electronic documentation, increasing information sharing across ATC stakeholders and airport handlers especially regarding departure management (DMAN) and collaborative decision making (CDM) processes, and preparing the ground for SESAR evolutions.
Since the start of the SYSAT programme in 2014, Egis has been providing technical assistance to DSNA’s technical and innovation department (DTI). Our team were selected by DSNA for their solid functional and technical knowledge of ATC and APP systems and our highly regarded ATM system engineering capabilities. Some of our key experts have been working closely with DSNA for many years. | <urn:uuid:5caa18e2-89ad-4f58-94fe-3e25fff1915d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://egis-prod-frontdoor.tangentlabs.co.uk/projects/sysat | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.915578 | 336 | 1.96875 | 2 |
On the afternoon of Wednesday, April 29, 1992, a jury acquitted four Los Angeles Police Department officers of criminal charges in the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King. By nightfall, the city was in flames, ignited by the rage of an African-American community that had been denied justice time and again in a city where racial tensions had simmered for decades. Over a six-day period there would be widespread rioting, looting, arson, and killings, and the California National Guard would be summoned to stem the violence. In the aftermath, property damage was estimated at $1 billion; the damage to the city’s psyche was incalculable.
Almost exactly 25 years to the date, screenwriter and director John Ridley’s first documentary film, Let It Fall: LA 1982-1992, offers a sweeping yet humanized two-hour overview of the events of April 1992 and a preceding decade’s worth of police brutality and other factors that caused those tensions to eventually boil over on that fateful day. Ridley, who won an Academy Award for his 12 Years a Slave screenplay and is the creator and show runner of ABC-TV’s American Crime (which dramatizes real-life criminal cases) collaborated with veteran journalists from ABC News’ Lincoln Square Productions on the film, which airs Friday, April 28, 2017 at 9 p.m. on the ABC network in the U.S. A longer cut is currently in theatrical release.
JR: John Ridley
POV: Steve Ryfle
This interview has been lightly edited for clarity.
POV: Where were you on April 29, 1992? Not just geographically, but where were you in your life, how did you experience the events, and how did they affect you?
JR: Physically I was in Los Angeles, living in the Fairfax district, which is geographically removed from where the initial incidents took place on that first day. By the early evening of that first night, I think everybody could sense and feel there was a situation where the police, the administrators and the municipality were either unwilling or unable to control and that was very frightening.
I was relatively young, early twenties, had just moved from New York, which at that time had been dealing with a good deal of racial problems. You know: Bernhard Goetz [a white man who shot four black youths on a subway train in 1984], Howard Beach [Queens neighborhood where a racially charged incident took place in 1986], Crown Heights [Brooklyn neighborhood, site of 1991 race riots], Tompkins Square Park riot . There was a lot of animosity in the city, which was surprising to me because I feel as though New York is a major metropolitan area, a cosmopolitan city where people would see and appreciate other people, their differences and what they brought to society. [But] I did not feel that in New York, and when I moved to Los Angeles initially, I thought OK, [this is] a better place. It was an LA that I remembered from the 1984 Olympics and from seeing award ceremonies, and where it just seemed like people were in service of dreams.
But by the time I had gotten to Los Angeles, by 1991…we were all made aware of what many people in the city long knew—that there were real serious tensions [between] different demographics and how the police were applying the law in different neighborhoods. By the time the uprising began, I think people in Los Angeles already understood that they were serious issues. [But] I don’t think anybody could have expected how, on such a massive scale, this uprising would take place.
POV: This is your first foray into documentary film. When and how did the idea come to you?
JR: I had been interested in telling the story of the uprising for almost 10 years, and that goes back to a time when I was approached by Spike Lee and Brian Grazer, Ron Howard about trying to craft a narrative version of the story. And for me, beginning 10 years ago, it was a real upending of what I understood the uprising to be. It wasn’t about one moment; it wasn’t about one night; it wasn’t about one individual. It really was about many different people and communities. In trying to write that story and mount the film over 10 years [I found that] it is very difficult to tell that story from any perspective; it is not a traditional hero’s narrative; people are not traditional villains. They make mistakes. They do very inappropriate things, very harmful things, but they didn’t necessarily wake up in the morning thinking they’re going to go out and do wrong. It’s not an uplifting ending…
I felt there was a real opportunity to elongate the storytelling, elongate the lens if you will, to involve different communities, to be patient with the storytelling, to excavate these issues as much as possible. There’s an advantage in the documentary space of taking the facts and being able to lead with them a little bit more. Whereas in a film narrative, there is a different kind of drive, a different kind of involvement. But with this documentary I think we were able to be more patient, be more objective, be more broad-based, and have an emotional honesty as well as a factual honesty to the storytelling.
POV: Among the people interviewed for Let It Fall, there are no big names—no famous politicians or celebrities. Instead the story is told through the words of actual people who lived through the events of April 1992 at the street level: residents of neighborhoods that burned, beat cops who responded to the violence, Korean-American merchants. This results in a story that is far more personal and human than the incendiary nature of the material might suggest. Was there a conscious decision to avoid the big-ticket type of interview?
JR: It was important for myself and the other individuals involved to make sure that this was a very human story…When I was a younger person. it was very much about inserting my perspective or leading with my opinion…In a space where this story really could have been about proselytizing or finger-wagging or leading with an opinion, I thought it was more important to start with a collection of individuals: we’re not exactly sure who they are; we’re not exactly sure what their connection is to these events, if any connection at all…[We] allow the story to unfold at its own pace, over time, and in some ways discover who these folks are, discover their connection, and live these events with them.
As with any moments of history, there are the people who are readily identifiable by name or deed, but there are other individuals daily who are caught up in decisions and choices, who are swept up in the moment. And those are the people who tend to be unfairly affected. So that’s what we wanted to do with the story, is [to] be less about a particular opinion or a particular perspective and more about building an apparatus where we could deliver empathy across a wide perspective.
POV: You chose to begin the movie roughly 10 years before the April 1992 events with the story of James Mincey, a young African-American man who was killed in an altercation with police. He was not a criminal and had a bright future ahead of him. This one incident is like the symbolic match to the fuse of the Los Angeles powder keg. It’s an entry point into the police violence, the excessive force, racial profiling, the tension between the LAPD and the community, all the things that would eventually explode.
JR: Yeah, we look at a 10-year period and certainly, when one talks about engagement with the police and the history of Los Angeles and the vast demographics, we could have rolled that story back another five years, or ten years, or back to 1965 [when the Watts riot took place]. But for our purposes and our capacity, a decade was a sufficient space to look at the issues we wanted to look at.
James Mincey’s case [was] one of the last applications of the chokehold as a method of subduing suspects by the LAPD; subsequent to that [was] the introduction of the metal baton, the PR24. The fact that people who were involved in the arrest of James Mincey did bring a bias, in my opinion, to that arrest, thinking that he was on PCP…and had to be handled in a particular fashion…It was the beginning of a number of steps that led to the Rodney King beating and then obviously to the uprising. It felt that was an appropriate span of time with which to begin our story and end our story.
POV: How deep did your research go? And were there people who did not want to be interviewed?
JR: Very fortunately I’d been able to familiarize myself with these stories over a 10-year period. Many of the subjects involved I was either aware of, or I had some incidental contact with, or I’d read books or articles or personal narratives. Arriving to it, I felt I had a good deal of time to, as a writer, become a bit of a lay expert. I was very fortunate to be working with… producers who [do this] all day, every day. When I could put in front of them a list of individuals I wanted to speak with, [they had the resources] to find those individuals, to approach them all in a very individual way. [Having] different kinds of producers with different backgrounds, some in law in enforcement, some with community involvement… allowed us to get further down the road with some of these individuals than I would have been able to on my own.
The four officers who were charged with the assault on Rodney King chose not to speak to us. Among them, we had different levels of engagement. Some would not talk to us at all; others would talk to us but off the record and explain the circumstances of why they didn’t feel they wanted to speak with us. I wish they had; I do think there is more to the story; I do think there is a human dynamic.
We did not want to necessarily exonerate anyone for their actions or what they did, but we didn’t want to indict people, either. We really just wanted to build out a space where, if people cared to share their experiences, their perspective, be as candid as they cared to be, this would be a space where they could do it. I think some people forced the audience to reconsider what they may have thought. Other people left the believing what they have always believed may be the truth. But we tried to do that in all cases without bias, without editorializing, just creating a space where people could share their stories as they saw fit.
POV: Documentary film has moved away from the talking-head format. In watching Let It Fall, I was at first surprised that this format was utilized to such an extent but I soon realized that there was probably no other way to tell this story.
JR: I think you’re absolutely right. Many documentaries, they want to involve the audience in different ways and the concept of the talking head…can feel a bit antiquated. For me, I never felt that these individuals were merely talking heads because they didn’t just have an intellectual recollection or an intellectual perspective on the stories. They were incredibly personal.
It’s about capturing more of a collage of people’s stories than if it had just been academics…dryly talking about history and facts and things like that… But as the language of cinema advances there are elements of it that can, if not handled correctly, feel as though they exist in an antiquated space. But for me, knowing the power of these personal narratives I didn’t feel there was any other way to do it. And quite frankly any other way to do it would be incorrect. There are other documentaries out there about the LA uprising. Every storyteller has their way of doing it. I know that other people bring their own velocity to it. But the emotional velocity to ours, to me, mitigated any concerns about it being just a collection of talking heads.
POV: Were there any films that influenced your approach to Let It Fall?
JR: No. I enjoy documentaries, I really do. I had not worked in the documentary space before but we had done some versions of documenting stories in American Crime, the TV series I do. Last year we had an episode that was largely devoted to people documenting stories. In doing that, and feeling the power of individuals just sharing their story in a largely unedited fashion…[it] just helped me believe this was the correct way to tell this story.
[In] a documentary that I saw, Last Days in Vietnam, the individuals were quote-unquote talking heads, but as the story evolved there were elements of their personal narrative that were not revealed until very late in the story. As the story evolved, as these last bits of information were imparted to me, I was just stunned…“Oh my God, I never considered that; I never thought about that.” And that really informed me…
There’s an inevitability often in documentary; you’re building toward certain subjects and the audience that comes to it are savvy [and] there are things that they know to a certain degree. But what kinds of things within that can you hold back from people? What kinds of things can you reveal moment by moment? I think at some point the audience becomes aware that all these people talk, and they’re going to have a personal narrative. But we could have lead with, “Hey, this is the LA Four. These were the officers that were at the scene of the Mincey arrest [and] subsequently at the scene of the King arrest.” How can we weave that into a narrative so that we as an audience arrive to their connection with history along with them instead of preceding them?
POV: So much of the current conversation about race in film and TV stems from your work, and the work of a handful of others. Where does Let It Fall sit within your body of work, and do you plan to continue working in the documentary genre?
JR: I think you categorized that in a very good way, that it sits among a body of work. I have been very fortunate to be able to tell stories at all. It’s not easy for anyone, and when you add any kind of what is perceived as an “other” to it, whether it is being a Black male, or a Latina, or an older Asian female writer, whatever it is, that bar of entry continues to rise. So I’ve been fortunate to tell stories that I feel are representations not just of Black American history…[but of ]our history. This is American history, world history. But within that, I’ve also been fortunate to be able to tell stories in very different ways. I did start out in stand-up comedy, and I’ve written half hours, and novels and graphic novels and features and television. And I’ve been very fortunate to work in the documentary space.
For me, it’s been less about wanting to work in one particular space, but what is the most appropriate delivery mechanism for the story that I have the opportunity to work on now? As I said, I had for years wanted to try to tell the story of the LA uprising as a feature narrative and it just proved to be something very difficult to do. But when I had the opportunity to share this story as a documentary…to not shy away from things, to embrace things, to embrace this version of storytelling…[it was satisfying] but…part of a body of work. And to not be limited by my lack of experience in some spaces, to be able to take all of my experiences and bring them to bear on whatever it is I’m working on at the moment, and then always be looking toward what’s next. I’ve had great experiences, I’m happy to tell stories from the quote-unquote Black perspective but if I’m not creating spaces for other people as well—the only reason I’m here is because people gave me opportunity. I have to make sure that as I move along, there’s opportunity for others as well. | <urn:uuid:ddd6685e-c794-4b90-b32a-ebe2d221ecb1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://povmagazine.com/the-pov-interview-john-ridley-talks-let-it-fall/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809003642-20220809033642-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.983338 | 3,414 | 1.570313 | 2 |
- Type following command to create a new project:
# ng new <PROJECT-NAME>
It will ask “Would you like to add Angular routing? (y/N)” – Type y and hit Enter
On the next step, it will ask “Which stylesheet format would you like to use?” – Select the relevant one, I suggest using CSS.
- To build your app and serve it locally, go to the newly created project folder and use the following command:
# ng serve
- To build and open the project directly in the browser, use the following command:
# ng serve -o
You will see the message “Compiled successfully”
You can see default port no:4200
- You will be able to access the new angular project locally using the URL: http://localhost:4200/.
- Once you open this URL, you will see the default homepage.
Run project in Forever using PM2
Install PM2 first on the server using the following command:
# npm install -g pm2
Run the following command to run your project in forever using PM2
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Solving tactical puzzles is one of the most effective ways to improve your chess. This convenient book provides 300 exercises, with instructive points highlighted in the solutions.
There is something here for everyone.
The first 64 puzzles are based on a clear-cut tactic or checkmate, such as those explained in Gambit's best-sellers How to Beat Your Dad at Chess and Chess Tactics for Kids.
In practice it is vital to defend resiliently and seek counterattacking chances - there is an innovative chapter on these rarely-covered themes, as well as endgame puzzles and ones where the reader must decide how to punch home an attack.
Later chapters develop your ability to make tough chessboard decisions. Attack, sacrifice, grab material, defend or simplify - you decide! Principles and guidelines are emphasized, together with common sources of error.
The final section of puzzles will prove a stern challenge even for the best players, with the reader exposed to the full complexity of modern chess - with a few helpful hints along the way. | <urn:uuid:9ffb3b7b-5691-4021-b786-224750e97711> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.chessware.de/Graham-Burgess-The-Gambit-Book-of-Instructive-Chess-Puzzles | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.936286 | 209 | 1.632813 | 2 |
What is the slogan of deforestation?
1》》Stop deforestation to save the nation from pollution. 2》》Trees are a source to fresh oxygen, never cut trees. 3》》Forests bring rain, stop deforestation and reduce the risk of lack of water. 4》》Deforestation is not good for life on the earth, don’t practice it.
What are the 5 biggest causes of deforestation?
What are the main causes of deforestation?
- Industrial Agriculture. Look no further than your dinner plate, because industrial agriculture accounts for around 85% of deforestation worldwide.
- Timber Logging.
- Expansion and Infrastructure.
- Climate Change.
Do not cut trees quotes?
These slogans have more impact make clear the gravity of the situation.
- “If you cut a tree, you kill a life.
- “Plant a tree, so that the next generation can get air for free.”
- “Don’t make trees rare, keep them with care.”
- “Take care of the trees, they will take care of you.”
- “Trees on, global warming gone.”
Why we should not cut the tree?
Earth will lose its top fertile soil layer and get converted into desert. The ecological balance will get disturbed and floods and drought will become more frequent. Wildlife will also be affected.
What is the slogan of tree?
The slogan for saving trees One tree can make a million matches; one match can destroy a million trees. Save trees, save the homes of animals. Save trees to combat climate change. Save trees, save the earth; we are the guardians of nature’s gifts.
What is the slogan of environment Day of 2021?
The theme for World Environment Day 2021 is ‘Ecosystem Restoration’ and Pakistan will be the global host for the day.
What are some interesting deforestation quotes?
Here are some interesting deforestation quotes to help you understand how how thoughts on deforestation have developed over the years. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, in a letter to A.S. Suvorin on October 18, 1888, was quoted as saying: “A tree is beautiful, but what’s more, it has a right to life; like water, the sun and the stars, it is essential.
What is the impact of deforestation?
Deforestation leads to climate change, which leads to ecosystem losses, which negatively impacts our livelihoods – it’s a vicious cycle. Loss, Impact, Ecosystems. 85 Copy quote. A tree is beautiful, but what’s more, it has a right to life; like water, the sun and the stars, it is essential.
What does the Bible say about deforestation?
He believed that to live a good life we must keep the forest intact, preventing deforestation at all possible costs. God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.
What does deforestation have to do with coffee?
Generally, in places where farmers plant coffee crops, deforestation is usually an issue. This deforestation quote is a reminder to business owners to take responsibility for the impact of your business on its environment. If you have a forest, if you have a green forest, the water table goes up. | <urn:uuid:f1f20ec4-fb9b-44cf-b125-c378f9c1f5ed> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ufoscience.org/what-is-the-slogan-of-deforestation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.937204 | 714 | 2.359375 | 2 |
Christians Must Grow Up
By Dr. Allen P. Ross
In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food. Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.
This portion of the Book of Hebrews speaks to our generation as much as it did to that first century audience. The writer was explaining to them how Christ Jesus had fulfilled the Old Covenant by his atoning sacrifice, and had opened the way for life in the New Covenant. They needed to understand all of this so that they could live in the fulfillment in Christ. But he realized that the people were unable to understand what he was saying, and so he addresses their spiritual readiness, or, un-readiness.
Christians Ought To Be Teachers
The text forms a loving rebuke for the people. Yes, they were Christians, to be sure—but they had not grown in their faith, partly because they had not received good teaching, and partly because they had not studied these things themselves. They had been Christians long enough that by now they ought to have been teachers. Now, some might quickly respond to this and say they are not called to a ministry, or that others in their church do the teaching. But the Bible makes it clear that every believer is a teacher, somewhere and in some way, sharing the faith and opening the Word of God to others, whether in the home, or in small studies, or in the work of their church.
No one can plead that he or she is not a teacher, or does not know enough to teach. They may need training on how to do this; but whatever it takes, they need to be fruitful and productive with their knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ (2 Peter 1:5-8). So then, when Christians listen to a sermon or a Bible study, they should have two aims, their own spiritual growth, and their preparation to be useful to others.
In our world we are seeing develop a form of Christianity that minimizes biblical knowledge and sound doctrine. These important emphases are constantly shrinking in the seminaries and institutions entrusted with producing Christian leadership, and as a result they are often largely ignored in the churches. Instead we often find shallow, sentimental, and experiential forms of the faith. Sermons and studies are more likely to be short homilies, or to be filled with experiences and applications that are meant to make the faith practical. Bible studies can easily become times of sharing and building relationships. All these things are a necessary part of the whole Christian experience, of course, but not at the expense of solid biblical teaching. As a result, too many Christians have only a general sense of the faith and how it should work out in life, but the foundation is still weak.
Christians Must Not Remain Infants
The writer then introduces a figure to make his point. Too many believers are still like infants who must have their bottle of milk. They cannot eat solid food. What he means by “milk” in this context is the elementary truths of the word, the ABC’s of the Gospel. Some Christians never get beyond the basic truths they responded to when they came to faith–when they were born into the family of God. But believers are supposed to grow and become strong in the faith, and not remain infants (1 Cor. 3:1-4). They are not to remain as children in their thinking, but to be adults (1 Cor. 14:20).
Those who are still milk-users are Christians who have not grown, and as a result they are “unskilled in the word of righteousness.” Such folk are not ignorant of God’s word, or of the basic Christian faith. They just have not grown to the place of making use of it for themselves; they are always dependent on others to feed them. And sometimes those who are supposed to “feed” the people are remiss in their handling of the Word of God. As a result, a lot of folks live in uncertainty, or with guilty fears, or without any ability to discern truth from error; they do not know the riches of the grace of God in Christ, and cannot get past the old life and its way of doing things. In the physical world it would be a disaster for one full of years still to need to be fed with a bottle. It is an even greater problem in the spiritual world where the issues are greater.
Christians Must Grow Up
Christians must grow up in their faith, and for this the writer uses the image of “strong meat” (“solid food”) By this figure he means the word of God in its fullness, that is, its doctrinal teachings as they are revealed in the fulfillment of the New Covenant. Believers must develop their knowledge and faith so that they can understand and receive the deeper things of Scripture. It is like eating a solid meal of the finest foods. But this exhortation is not simply to accumulate information, for the metaphor of solid food implies that there will be growth to maturity. Those who “eat the solid food” will grow up, and this means that they will have their senses exercised to discern good and evil. If they simply receive a lot of knowledge and do nothing with it, they have not received it properly. It is like undigested food.
The believer who has grown properly in the word will be able to discern what is good and what is evil. A baby, however, is easily fed all kinds of things, even things that could be bad for it; this is also true of spiritual infants, no matter how long they have been attending their church. The mature Christian will have grown through the Word so that the understanding, the conscience, and the affections have all been trained for righteousness. There is no shortcut to the process. Among other things it involves learning how to study the Word of God, developing insights through meditation on how to put it into practice, living by faith in the Word in the decisions of life, and earnestly seeking the Holy Spirit to illumine the understanding and to lead in righteousness. The process is to be regularly followed with diligence and discipline–by constant use. Mature Christians do not allow their faith and their knowledge to remain useless.
This passage in Hebrews is needed today as much as it ever was. In our world there are a lot of groups that are trying to find ways to make Christianity alive and relevant. What is being done, of course, may be very useful; some of it has surely met with initial success in terms of interest, attendance, and popularity. But for Christianity to be the solid life-changing force it is designed to be, believers must grow in their faith and knowledge. To do this, they must have a steady diet of solid food, God’s Word.
It is with this conviction that the Christian Leadership Center has been organized. It is our desire to assist those who are in ministries in their preaching and teaching the Word of God; but it is also our desire to assist believers in their growth in the faith, so that they have a deeper understanding of the Word of God, are able to study it and apply it for themselves in the spiritual issues of the day, and eventually get to the point in their knowledge and training that they can teach others. All these things we hope to do by making available better resources for the study of the Word, by providing opportunities for people to sharpen their skills in studying and communicating the Word, and by providing a place where they may find encouragement, sharpen their focus, and renew their spirits.
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18 April 2017
Stephen Beadle explains how maintaining your fire system properly benefits business continuity and can make all the difference in preventing a total-loss fire.
WHEN IT comes to fire-alarm systems, reliability is not a given. It is affected by key variables, including: system design, products used, installation and ongoing maintenance. After the design and installation are completed, the only variable that can be easily controlled is the level of maintenance provided for the system.
Proper maintenance, in accordance with detector manufacturers’ recommendations and industry codes and standards, will ensure not only system problems are identified ‒ and subsequently remedied ‒ but also environment changes, so that appropriate updates to the system can be applied. Most importantly, it also ensures that each detector installed is fit for purpose, capable of detecting fire and ready to protect the building and its occupants.
Current standards, such as BS 5839, DIN 14675 and NFPA 72, call for frequent functional testing of fire detectors. This helps ensure any problems with the system are identified and the detectors are all up to the task of protecting from the danger of fire. But what happens if a regular maintenance programme is not followed? Can the system be relied upon to function correctly? What risks might this present to the business? There are no definitive answers to these questions but the bottom line is: a lack of maintenance can present both short and long-term risks to business continuity.
In the short term, there is a greater risk of false alarms with a fire system that is not properly maintained. Poorly maintained systems can become contaminated with dirt or debris, which can cause the detectors to enter alarm when there is no fire. Or the environment changes and, as a result, a new, or different business activity causes a detector to activate. If the detector does enter alarm, it may lead to a building evacuation – an unnecessary disruption that will cost the business time and money. In situations where false alarms are frequent, they often end up being ignored, or, visual confirmation is used to determine the cause of the alarm – both obviously worrying and dangerous scenarios. Proper maintenance will identify such problems and provide the opportunity to remedy them.
A longer-term risk of poor (or lack) of maintenance is, of course, a real fire, as there can be no guarantees that a poorly or unmaintained system will activate in such an event. By ensuring that your fire system is up to date and functioning properly you can avoid becoming one of the estimated 70% of businesses that do not re-open after suffering a major fire.
Proper maintenance of detectors involves testing each one with a stimulus appropriate to the type of detector. Smoke detectors need to be tested using particles that replicate real smoke, heat detectors need to be tested with a safe heat source and CO fire detectors require a genuine CO stimulus. The tools used to carry out these tests need to be fit for purpose and approved for use by the detector manufacturers. This ensures compatibility between the detector and tester, preventing damage or contamination, which could lead to false alarms, or affect the detectors’ ability to alarm in the event of a genuine fire.
Industry-standard tools from the Solo and Testifire ranges are now widely used around the world. In the case of Solo, the brand has been established for more than 20 years and is relied upon by thousands of engineers every day to carry out functional testing of all types of fire detectors. A more recent introduction, Testifire is the all-in-one test solution for smoke and heat. It’s ideal for testing multi-sensors but is equally suitable for single-sensor detectors. Both test solutions comply with the relevant codes and standards and are approved by detector manufacturers, thus providing peace of mind and ensuring minimal disruption while testing is carried out.
The Solo and Testifire product ranges provide simple access to detectors at heights of up to nine metres. Test-head units connect easily to specialist telescopic poles, providing access to detectors without the need for specialist access equipment, out-of-hours testing, or major site disruption.
While the majority of detectors are easily accessible for routine testing and maintenance, some take longer to test, or require significant planning to access – costing money and causing disruption. The reach of a pole-based tester is limited to about nine metres and, in these cases, the test engineer must access the detector from underneath. However, not all fire detectors can be accessed from directly below, or they may be located above nine metres ‒ for example, in atria, warehouses or sports complexes.
In other cases, detectors may be inaccessible because they are in locked, or restricted areas ‒ for example, secure offices and occupied rooms, IT server rooms, store rooms and archives. Or they could be in ceiling voids, meaning a cordon needs to be set around suitable access equipment before removing the ceiling tile to perform a test. Smoke detectors at the top of lift shafts are among the hardest to access and thus the least tested. As well as risk assessments, arranging alternative access, costs of lift engineers to secure the lifts, and the organisation all this incurs, the inherent risk in carrying out the test from the top of the lift car is a major concern.
In all of these cases, a great deal of time and effort is put into accessing the detector, but the test itself is completed in under a minute. One simple solution that eliminates the disruption caused when testing a hard-to-access detector is to install a Scorpion smoke generator alongside the detector. This allows a functional test to be carried out from a safe and easily accessible location and does not require the use of third-party engineers and access equipment. By delivering the right formula of smoke in a suitably low quantity, the detector can be activated and the smoke quickly dispersed, allowing the fire system to be returned to operation in the shortest time.
Keep up with the changes
Looking to the future, while most detectors already installed are single-sensor smoke or heat detectors, the growth in multi-sensor technology is significant. Like all forms of detectors these require functional testing and it’s important that all sensors are proved to be fully functioning, i.e. ready to alert in the case of a real fire. If they’re not, this raises the risk of false alarms and the opportunity for fire to go undetected.
Changes in the design of smoke detection have also evolved in recent years and, as a result, some detectors may no longer activate when tested with a traditional test tool (such as a smoke aerosol). In these cases, it is vital to ensure the detector is still functionally tested and, importantly, this still needs to be done using a method that is approved and fit for purpose. Advances in test solutions, such as Testifire and the soon-to-be-launched Solo 365, provide an answer to such challenges – generating detector-friendly and compatible smoke in a different way to conventional aerosols, while retaining the approvals and endorsements from global detector manufacturers.
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Most people dislike flying for various reasons. But if you’ve flown on an airplane and endured a painful toothache in-flight, you possibly dread flying more than other people. But what causes your toothache on airplanes? And how can you receive relief from a toothache? In this article, we’ll give you the reasons why you receive a toothache on airplanes!
So, What Provokes a Toothache on Airplanes?
The reason you may receive a toothache on airplanes is the same reason that your ears might “pop” and hurt while flying. The air in your body is trying to get used to the change in air pressure while the plane ascends and descends.
In addition, toothaches will not bother healthy teeth. However, you might have tiny pockets of air in your teeth if you have existing cavities or have had dental work. So, these pockets will attempt to expand as the pressure in the cabin changes. As a result, this can cause discomfort and pain in your teeth.
How Do You Prevent Toothaches on Airplanes?
Moreover, you can prevent toothaches on airplanes by removing air pockets within your teeth. For instance, immediately treat your existing cavity with a filling or crown. Then, air will no longer be able to enter the tooth once your tooth has been treated.
The same is also true of dental work. If you feel pain in a recently treated tooth with a filling, this indicates that the filling is loose and may not function soon. Air should not be entering a filled tooth.
What Should You Do to Help Relief the Pain?
Furthermore, you can receive pain relief by taking an over-the-counter medication such as ibuprofen if you are flying soon and don’t have enough time to visit your Annapolis dentist. Additionally, a topical analgesic such as Orajel may assist with your discomfort because it will numb the area around your tooth.
However, this is a brief solution because it will not altogether remove your tooth pain. If you receive a toothache on airplanes, you need to immediately schedule an appointment and see an Annapolis dentist for the right treatment!
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Whether it’s a regular check-up you need or a tooth extracted, your dentist in Annapolis is here to serve! Annapolis Dental Care has the expertise and compassion to work with you on improving your oral health. Your comfort and health are our top priorities, and so we go above and beyond to make our patients happy and give them the highest quality care. To set up an appointment today, please give us a call at 410-571-5014 or visit us online. For more oral health tips for you and your family, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube! We are always looking for new patients, so if you live in Arnold, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD, come on down! | <urn:uuid:0402fdf1-2159-475a-84b0-9fa58017e78c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.annapolisdentalcare.com/blog/ask-your-annapolis-dentist-why-do-i-receive-a-toothache-on-airplanes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809003642-20220809033642-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.932786 | 624 | 2.078125 | 2 |
Tesla has been ordered to pay $137 million to a former black contractor colleague after he sued them for racial discrimination. Owen Diaz claimed that he and others were called the N-word and told0 to “go back to Africa” during his work tenure with Tesla in 2015 and 2016. Diaz also claimed that the factory was full of racist and derogatory pictures drawn by the employees.
The San Francisco jury awarded $130 million in punitive damages and $6.9 million in emotional damages. Larry Organ, one of Diaz’s attorneys had this to say concerning the verdict, “I’m gratified that the jury saw the truth and that they sent a message to Tesla to clean up its workplace. Owen and I both hope that this sends a message to corporate America to look at your workplace and, if there are problems there, take proactive measures to protect employees against racist conduct.”
In their defense, Tesla through their vice president of people, Valerie Capers Workman promises the world that the organization has changed and is a safe space to work in today. Valerie had this to say, “While we strongly believe that these facts don’t justify the verdict reached by the jury in San Francisco, we do recognize that in 2015 and 2016, we were not perfect. We’re still not perfect. But we have come a long way from 5 years ago.”
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On the efficacy and dissatisfaction of electronic cigarettes
It’s a filthy habit. Though it may feel cool, we all know the facts as we willfully suck the pollutants into our bodies. Long-term use is linked to hypertension, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Occasional use can become a crutch, which turns into addiction. Like many people, I ignore these facts and continue to drink. Then I sometimes want a cigarette.
I’m not a smoker by any stretch. My occasional lapses in judgment usually end with me waking up inflamed and regretful, gargling Listerine as I try to avoid my reflection in the mirror. I have an unabashed love for gadgets, though, and with the rise of electronic cigarettes, I was itching to give them a try. Plus, there was the notion that I could obliterate my occasional cravings by smoking myself sick, like a boy discovering his grandfather’s Pall Malls.
Approximately 2.5 million Americans used electronic cigarettes last year. In a recent Italian study, after six months of e-cigarette use, more than half of the test subjects reported at least a 50 percent drop in their regular cigarette consumption. Free from the formaldehyde, tar and other carcinogens found in a pack of Camels, an e-cigarette instead contains a small reservoir of nicotine that’s vaporized with each puff to create an inhalable mist.
While many medical organizations view e-cigarettes as a useful alternative to smoking, they’re not fully stamped as safe. The Food and Drug Administration and the American Cancer Society have both tried to block their sale. They’re currently banned in Canada, the land of universal health care, but are also illegal in Denmark, home of sanctioned prostitution, and Mexico, where a Tijuana pharmacist will sell you horse tranquilizers without a prescription.
I received a couple of shipments through the mail. From Krave, purportedly the industry’s most popular brand, came a disposable e-cigarette ($15) approximately equal to two packs of the real thing. Almost immediately, what began as a mischievous inquiry became a shameful embarrassment. “That could not get tackier,” said one coworker as my inhalations lit the plastic rhinestone tip a bedazzling shade of blue. With the color scheme and the unwieldy weight, the sensation is more like sucking on a Maglite than a Marlboro. And though it was thrilling to legally smoke inside a bar, I was too humiliated to take more than a brief, secretive toke. It’s a robotic facsimile of sin. Getting caught smoking a Krave would be like getting caught kissing your animatronic girlfriend.
The situation improved with the arrival of the V2 Ultimate Kit ($160) stocked with a variety of models, chargers and cases. I shared the contents with a coworker who’d recently fallen back into the habit, and we both began to warm to the e-cigarette’s potential. With the industry’s “thickest stream,” V2 does a better job mimicking the density of actual smoke, so it’s easier to succumb to the fantasy of enjoying a real cigarette. Plus, discussing office politics with your feet on your desk and a cigarette in your hand drapes the workday in a Mad Men atmosphere, without the stink or the fear of ashing on the carpet. By the time we broke out the flavor packs, which ranged from cherry (noxious), to peppermint (oddly refreshing), to coffee (frustratingly tasty), I began to worry that I might be enjoying myself.
There are key negatives, though. First, e-cigarettes lack any sense of ceremony. There’s no opening spark, smoldering middle or stamped out finale, just an endless, unsatisfying series of impotent draws. And while the routine is ruined, the physical reactions remain the same. The dry mouth, the itchy throat, the dilemma that bubbles up in the mind of “Why did I do that?” Of course, that can be spun as a positive. You’re not supposed to want to smoke, and in fact, my coworker said he could see quitting if he had a supply of e-cigarettes at the ready, so I gave him all I had left.
But my self-destructive curiosity remained. During my trial, an e-cigarette exploded in a Florida man’s face, turning his front teeth into shrapnel. I continued my experiment anyway. On my last night, like a sign from above, a friend told me he had cancer, and I still took a few furtive puffs. And the honest reason why is because e-cigarettes aren’t poisonous enough. I was chasing a buzz that the knockoff couldn’t deliver. But I tried anyway. As with any regrettable act, there’s some element of gratification motivating you to commit it in the first place. Smoking is unsavory, but at least it’s a relaxing, tingling misdeed.
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Recently, anserine (beta-alanyl-3-methyl-L histidine), one of the dipeptides, was reported to lower the serum uric acid level in humans. This level in humans is regulated by the balance between urinary excretion mediated by renal tubular transporters in the kidney and enzymatic production mainly in the liver xanthine oxidase (XO). The mechanism of anserine lowering the serum uric acid level is still unknown, so we investigated it by examining whether anserine inhibits urate excretion or production. To analyze the uricosuric action, we performed a [14C]urate uptake experiment in human embryonic kidney cells stably expressing human urate transporter 1 (HEK293- URAT1) or mock (HEK293-mock) cells with 10 mM of the following substrates: beta-alanine, 1-methylL-histidine, 3-methyl-L-histidine, carnosine (betaalanyl-L-histidine), and anserine nitrate. Because only anserine nitrate was commercially available and there was a report that sodium nitrate injected intracellularly increased urate uptake mediated by URAT1, we also examined the effect of sodium nitrate on urate uptake via URAT1. Next, we carried out a XO activity assay to analyze the inhibitory effect on urate production with 10 mM of substrates, as previously mentioned. In the uptake experiment, anserine nitrate and sodium nitrate markedly inhibited urate uptake mediated by URAT1. 3-Methyl-L-histidine and carnosine showed weak inhibitory effects. Beta-alanine and 1-methylL-histidine did not show inhibitory effects. In the XO activity assay, anserine nitrate markedly inhibited XO activity and its IC50 was 6.45 ± 1.57 mM. 3-MethylL-histidine and carnosine showed weak inhibitory effects. Beta-alanine, 1-methyl-L-histidine, and sodium nitrate did not show inhibitory effects. Although the effect of anserine nitrate on URAT1 was unsettled, it showed a marked inhibitory effect on XO activity. This suggests that the effect of anserine to lower the serum urate level in humans is partly due to the inhibition of urate production by XO activity. | <urn:uuid:c9429780-3450-49c9-afc0-0c29b2a90818> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/gnam/40/2/_contents/-char/ja | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.925475 | 503 | 1.539063 | 2 |
How to start a zoom meeting as host in mobile – how to start a zoom meeting as host in mobile:.Can Zoom Meetings Start Without Host?
Tap Advanced Options. Tap Alternative Hosts. Enter an email address or choose a number of the user s from which alternative hosts can be added. Open Zoom. Click Meetings. By clicking on Edit beside the meeting name, you can create a customized list of what to include.
Click Advanced Options. You can choose an alternative host by entering a website address. Click Save. It is now time for your meeting to be held with an extra host. Can Zoomer Dog Use Batterys? Set a Quick Check Before the Meeting Start Time If Join Before Host is enabled, you may specify a quick check as long as five minutes, ten minutes, fifteen minutes or anytime it is convenient for your members to join.
To access Participants, click the button at the bottom of the zoom window. Choosing the co-host you want to host is done by hovering over his or her name and choosing More.
Make sure that the Create Co-Host button is selected. Opening Hours : Mon – Fri: 8am – 5pm. On set, make sure Video On is selected. Tap Start Meeting. Click Meetings. Meetings can be scheduled or can be selected and edited at this time. Before signing in, confirm that you want them to do so ahead of time under the Meeting Options button, choose how long they can join.
Click Save. Create a Zoom account on the Zoom portal. Click Schedule a Meeting.
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Apr 12, · You can sign in to Zoom Mobile App if you click here. Tap Schedule. Tap Advanced Options. Tap Alternative Hosts. Enter an email address or choose a number of the user (s) from which alternative hosts can be added. Once you’ve completed scheduling, tap Schedule. How Do I Make Someone Else Host My Zoom Before Meeting? Open Zoom. . Tap Start Meeting. How do I host a Zoom meeting on mobile? How to Set up a Meeting on Your Phone. Open the Zoom app and tap Sign In. Then enter your email address and password and tap Sign In. Next, tap the New Meeting icon. Then tap Start a Meeting. Tap OK to allow Zoom to access your camera and microphone. Then tap Participants. Next, . May 02, · When you host a meeting on Zoom, many features are available to optimize the meeting experience and collect post-meeting data. Virtual meeting hosts can place participants in a waiting room, mute participants, manage breakout rooms and set up an alternative host in Zoom so you and your participants get the most out of your remote meeting. | <urn:uuid:35a2e3ba-566e-4643-b0a4-dad691da8a7e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.thundermasala.in/2022/07/10/zoom-host-a-meeting-and-invite-participants-office-140/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.732116 | 993 | 1.5 | 2 |
Massage Business Plan
| [Year]| | Business PLan| [body Care THERAPY]| [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. ]| Table of Content Contents computer has problem, see appendix 1. 1 Business Ideas and Goals This business plan is for “Body Care Therapy”, a new medium-sized massage shop located in Melbourne Central Shopping Mall, Victoria. Body Care Therapy offers its customers a comfortable, relaxing service.
The therapy can provide benefits to general health by relieving stress and tension as well as relaxing mind and body. The owner plan to begin by hires 3 – 4 employees and gradually grows to three full-time employees and five part-time employees within one to two years of inception. The business intends to generate sale revenue of about $96,000. At the beginning, it will cost $ 80,000 as a capital to get into this business. I will use my saving and money given to me by my parents and friends to start the business. My goal of this business is to be able to pay all the costs back in 2years time from the date of my business opening.. 2 Marketing My business provides a popular service and most of people would like to have a massage. According to the market research, more and more people in Melbourne have more than likely had a massage they can find good feelings about. Therefore, almost all of people live in city are my target market and Melbourne Central S/C is the best location to close to my target market. I have 2 competitors in Shopping Central and 129 competitors around Melbourne City; I have to use promotion like low price and free services to attract new clients to open this market.
The first year of investment in this store is huge, the cost is huge. Many expenses such as rent early, decorate and buy all kinds equipment need to cost a lot of money, rent in Melbourne central is really expensive. But I done accurate market survey, in a place like Melbourne central, every business can successes because there have huge consumer resource, as long as I service a good service and save old consumer, this business will be very successful. 1. 3 Operations In the short-term, I will do all the manager and general cleaning job by myself so I only hire 7 employees to do the service.
In Long- term, I will hire a store manager to do my work and I find a partner to open another business. 1. 4 Finance I put 80,000 as capital in this business; half of them are from my saving ant the rest from my parents and friends. My goal was pay all the cost back in 2years, according to the cash flow forecast, I need 3years. But this is a very stable business, I decided to open this business by my own because I have experience and I know the market well, open business by my own means high risk. I have to pay all the bills.
Thankfully this industry is pay massage employee by commission so I only need to worry about the risk of rent. The total cost of equipments will be $3985. 57. All the fixed cost like bed or chair will increasing after my business getting bigger; variable cost like napkin and washing powder need purchase when it is finish. So the running costs and service and maintenance requirements will be $500 per month. After I consulting with accountant and lawyer, I decided to start the business. Section 2: Background 2. 1 Mission statement
Body Care Therapy is a great place to relaxing with excellent massage services. We provide fair profit for the owners, and a rewarding place to work for the employees. The reason I want to start and run this business is because I was a partner of my friend’s massage shop, we start that business for half year and she went overseas and sold that business. That is not a successful business because she picks a wrong position. To when I start use my personal experiences to analysis massage business in Melbourne, I found it had definite demand and the markets are not saturated.
Through further search I found that Melbourne massage has formed stable structure and stability of clients. Many residents have formed a habit that do massage twice a week. 2. 2 Company History Body Care Massage is a new medium-sized massage shop located in Melbourne Central in the city of Melbourne. We offer a comfortable, relaxing service to our clients. The massage shop will start out as a basic sole proprietorship. 2. 3 Business Goals The business’s goals for the short term (the first year) is to hire 3-4 full time employees’ to work 5days per week and try to earn half of the initial investment.
According to the survey I have done, in Melbourne’s massage business, shop owners pay employee by commission, normally there are 25-40 clients that come to the massage parlour every day, the weekly income of a massage shop in Melbourne Central is about $8000 to $18,000 per week. Therefore, shop owners pay 45% to massagist which is $3600 to $8100 per week (gross. The Long-term (after 2 years) goal is to hire stable 3 Full-time employees and 5 part- time employees and if the business goes well, I will open another shop in Melbourne. We have found a shop for rent in Melbourne Central for $15,000 per month.
We will be able to set up a shop in time to begin turning back a profit by the end of month eleven. The place is already equipped as a shop but not massage shop so I plan to come up with a total of $80,000 in capital to start up the company. This business intends to become known as one of the best Chinese Massage Therapy in the Melbourne marketplace. We want to be known as the best and cheapest massage service we can provide to our clients. Section 3: Marketing 3. 1 Market Research The follow sources were used to prepare this business plan: Yellow Pages
Australian Bureau of statistics NSW Small Business Adviser’s Network Personal interview with several business enterprise centers in and around Melbourne. Institute of Management Consultants, Australia A brief survey of SMEs that already use outside consultants Other existing management consultancies A search of the relevant management literature 3. 2 Market analysis a. Industry analysis The market of the massage industry in Melbourne had significant demand, but also a lot of competition. This career has good salary in Melbourne and has a lot of massage training schools.
Therefore, I do not need to worry about employee availability. According to the yellow pages, there are 2037 massage therapies in Melbourne, and 129 of them in Melbourne’s CBD. According to market research, more and more people in Melbourne are likely to have had a massage they can find good feelings about. Data shows, every year there is an increase in money flowing into this business industry. In the Victorian state, a number of students take massage course after they finish high school. Massage therapy is a popular profession to go into when working for them.
Now massage schools are moving quickly to accommodate that need. b. Seasonality The busiest season of this business is summer, near Christmas time. This is because the time people have more time and more money to purchase the service. Another reason is individuals willing to go out shopping in summer, brings more clients to shopping central means more customers for my business. While off-season will be the winter because of weather. c. Competitors There are 2 massage shops in Melbourne central, they are: ‘SENS Chinese massage’ and ‘Max Therapy’. Both of them are chain massage businesses.
SENS has 11 massage shops and MAX has 20. According to the massage industry business meeting I attend and my personal experience when I visit those shops, I find 2 common disadvantages of these shops: Management problem: According to those massage shop I have visited for my research, because they are chain businesses, most of the shop owner did not manage every shop by themselves, usually shop owner specify a masseuse as a manager to manage other employees, mostly, their management is disorganized because a masseuse has to do massage job and manage job at the same time.
Such as in the busy, many customers come in, they didn’t have enough personnel to coordinate so lost a lot of customers. Clean: Massage establishment should as clean as hospital because their services include skin touch, all the tools and towel should be disinfected, but most of Melbourne’s Massage establishment did not reach the standard. According to the survey I have done, I found those two point affects consumer as well, most consumer complain about the health trouble such as unclean towers; the waiting time when it is busy. Therefore: I will provide a health and clean area to my consumer; clean everything by using hospital standard.
I will try to adjust phone bookings, let bookings move to idle time, therefore, for those customers who just walking in my shop without appointment, they can enjoy service immediately. In addition, according to the survey, most consumers would like to do longer massage if the price goes down. Therefore, I will reduce the price to attract more customers; I will put my price comparison into my flyer. (d) Potential strategic alliances My business is setting in a Shopping central which is already in a strategic alliances environment.
I will develop strategic cooperative relations with these stores: the shop geographical location next to my shop and the shop that have the same target customers as mine. My cooperation methods is, put my flyer with I will put my flyers and business card in their shops; they also can put their flyers in my shop. And we can made a policies such as; customers spend $200 in their store can get $10 free services in my shop. 3. 3 Marketing plan 3. 3. 1 Services and target market Services “Body Care Therapy” treats clients with acupressure massage therapy that has een developed ad an effective treatment for general health. The therapy can provide those benefits to general health: Relieves stress and tension; Relaxes mind and body; Increases blood circulation; Aids in the removal of toxic wastes; Increases overall feeling of well-being; Decreases fatigue. Body Care | Therapy Relaxation| | | Migraine| Stress| Stiff neck| Frozen Shoulder| Sport Injuries| Sciatica| Tennis Elbow| Back Pain| Headache| Disc Problem| Clients can choose: Services| Price| Massage Therapy ($1 for 1 minute)| | 10 Mins | $10| 20 Mins | $20| 45Mins | $45| – 1hour | $60| – | | Deep oil healing massage 1 hour| $85| | | Foot massage + free foot spa (half hour)| $35| Target market Our main target market are 25-55 years old who have a stable job and have extra money to pay a service for relaxing and relieve pressure. According to Australian Bureau of Statistics; people start work from 25years old; retired after 55 years old. In theory, my target group should be all people live in Melbourne CBD, but the fact is, aged person and children not include.
In addition, massage is not necessary for life, so the target group have to be someone able to pay a massage service. 3. 3. 3 Promotions and advertising To start my business, at the beginning it may be difficult because I already have a lot of competitors which means it is really necessary to actively promote my services to the general community. I will put a few advertises for my business. There are a lot of ways to advertise my business. For example: newspapers, radio, television etc. However, my target market will be directly making contact with people in the city, because there are not people travel a lot for massage.
So the following promotion ways will be used by this business: Business card and Flyer: I can put this in city’s apartment’s mailbox or hire people to pass it on the street, which can brings potential clients for me. Yellow Pages: Put it in yellow page allow clients to identify the business, and call us to book an appointment. Internet: A website featuring all relevant information about our business. E. g. prices, contact information and our location. Discount coupons: Put this with flyer and hand in to new consumers to attract them come again. Sample business card, flyers, discount coupons see appendix) 3. 3. 4 Price policy The pricing strategy of my business will be crucial in determining how successful my business is. I will take a quick view of my competitor and I set a better price, it is not just lower and also offer the value added services. In fact, the price is reduced to this level I can still make profit, just less. In addition, this price is just for the opening promotion. When my business is established and stabilized, and I have a fixed client source, then I will slowly raise prices.
Price| SENS Chinese Massage| Max Therapy| Body Care Therapy (My business)| Acupressure Massage (Neck,Shoulders,Head,Back)20 min| $30| $25| $20| Whole body Massage1 hour| $60| $60| $60 with free herbal foot spa| Foot Massage30min| $40| $35| $35 with free herbal foot spa| Deep Tissue Oil Massage1hour| $100| $90| $85| Section 4: Operations 4. 1 Legal and licensing requirements 4. 1. 1 Business name and legal structure Small Massage business shop named “Body care Massage” register free on the internet (Australian Business Register, 2011), put on your invoice or other documents, ABN is not compulsory, but need one to register for the GST.
Only a trade mark can protect our legal rights not a business name, so we need register a trade mark, A registered trade mark gives you the exclusive right in Australia to use it as a brand and to legally stop imitators. The total fees for register a trade mark is $430. Legal structure The company structure has already been registered and established by Lu Yin. 4. 2 Management details We are a small business owned and operated by Lu. Lu is the developer and manages this business. Home address: Date of Birth: Qualification: Experience: 4. 3 Organizational structure and staffing Business Owner|
Store Manager| masseur| masseuse| masseur| masseuse| masseur| masseuse| masseur| This is the organizational structure of my business; I start by my own so I am the Business Owner. The following is an intended final staffing as part of the business: Store Manager (In short-term, I will do the store manager job, but in long-term, when I open another shop, I will hire a store manager): * Duties: Answering phone calls and schedule all appointments heart money and all kinds of things happen in this shop, supervision and manage staff and scheduling management employee wages, provide administrative services.
Do general cleaning such as the garbage and wash the towels. Purchase the general products such as massage oil. * Salary: Set at approximately $ 40,000 per annum in the first year and increasing to $ 48,000 in the second year. * If the manage was effective in his/her duties I will offer bonus at the end of the year. Employee (Masseur / masseuse): * Duties: provide massage service directly to customers. * Salary: All paid by commission of 45%, for example, consumer spending $100, they get $45. If there is a shortage of customers at the beginning of my business, I will pay them a basic salary for $30,000 per year. * Qualification required: All employee have to own Certificate IV in massage. Training: Before hiring a store manager, I will have train them for a week to let them know how to manage the business. For all the employees have to get massage certificate before they start work, because we provide professional massage service. Therefore, I do not need to train them, just simply take 2 hours to introduce the work process and working environment.. 4 Professional Advisers Accountant St Kilda Rd Accountant Level 6/ 468 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia Ph: (03) 9820 6400 Email: [email protected] com. au Lawyer Maurice Blackburn Lawyers Level 10/ 456 Lonsdale St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia Ph: (03) 9794 0403 Email: [email protected] com. au Bank account Westpac Bank Australia 108 Acland St St Kilda South VIC 3182 Ph: (03) 95308422 4. 5 Insurance and security issues There are must some risk of running a business, we have to find a smart way to reduce and manage the risk.
These insurance we will be required for a massage shop below: * General Liability Insurance There is a moderate chance that customers could become injured in my shop premises due to slips and falls; customers could also become victims of infections or chemical injuries due to the massage services. * Work Safe Injury Insurance A variety of dangerous or unpleasant medical conditions could arise for workers in massage business due to their frequent contact with chemicals and the skin of others, which could include open wounds (FBS, 2011).
All insurance requirements I introduce above cost us $2000 per year. 4. 6 Business premises (a) Location The business will be located in Melbourne Central S/C, second level, Melbourne, Vic, 3000. Melbourne Central has excellent access to main roads. The location is excellent as most people will pass that level when they cross to the train station. The lighting, air conditioning of Melbourne Central is good enough for my business. I will be leasing a store of around 80 squares. I speak to the agent and known it will cost $10800 per month to rent a store like this.
Considering the location, this is a reasonable price. For massage I need to separate a store into a few rooms, I ask S/C and they said I can use the curtain to separate the store, but I am not allowed to build walls in a store. To leasing that store I have to sign a contract with at least 5years contract, Melbourne Central S/C will able to increase my rent every 3years. (b)Ability to access target market My store is offering a popular service and according to research that I have conducted, most people enjoy the experience of a massage in the central Melbourne district.
Therefore, I will have a very large and accommodating target market with Melbourne Central S/C being an excellent location through which to access my target market. 4. 7 Equipment required The equipment required for the business will be: * Massage Balm $40 $2 per bottle I order 20 bottles. * Chairs $460 In the waiting section I need 3 comfortable chairs which is $120 per one, and 10 normal chairs which cost $10 per one. Massage Oils $168. 18 20 liter for $168. 18 * Kimono Robe $436. 4 I need10 for clients, each one cost $43. 64. * Therapeutic Beds $1735 $347 per one and I need 5 because I designing 5 private room in my store. * Mobile Phone $39. 9 Cost $39. 99 per month with contract * Washing Machine $400 * Washing powder and disinfection $500 All the Cleaning material I order $500 of them * Napkin $200 * I order $200 Quotes from suppliers indicate that the total cost of these items will be $3985 (Natural Therapy,2011) Likely future Needs
All the fixed cost like beds or chairs will increase after my business grows; variable cost like napkin and washing powder will need to be purchased when it is finished. The running costs and service and maintenance requirements will total around $500 per month. 4. 8 Critical risks/contingency plans The critical risks of this business and contingency plans to deal with them are: Lack of consumers- Find a better promotion and put more advertising. Liability – to be covered by professional indemnity insurance Section 5: Financial Projections 5. 1 Basic assumptions and information a) Calculation of income and expense This business’s monthly income and expenses will be from several areas: Staffing * Manager—$3,333 per month * Cleaning and basic repair and maintenance (Contract cleaner)—$400 per month * Employee-45% of store income. Total—$3,700 monthly Employees will be paid by commission so I will not put it as an expense. The only item recorded for these positions will be the revenue we receive every time we receive a booking; we will only record the revenue share we receive and not the revenue the client will pay us. Other Operating Expenses * Telephone—$29. 99 per month Store supplies—$500 per month * Advertising/flyer/business card—$700 per season * Yellow page ad—$400 per season Distribution of Profits The first year of investment in this store is huge, in the end of first year; I have to pay back to most of the profit to my parents and friends. After I pay back the money, all the income will belongs to me. If I need increasing business structure, I will to find a partner to share the risks. Reference: ATO, Retrieved 23 Sep, 2011, from: https:/abr. gov. au/ Gum tree, Retrieved 19 Sep, 2011, from: http:/www. gumtree. com/ Natural therapy, Retrieved 19 Sep, 2011, from: ttp:/www. naturaltherapypages. com. au/products The follow sources were used to prepare this business plan: Yellow Pages Australian Bureau of statistics NSW Small Business Adviser’s Network Personal interview with several business enterprise centers in and around Melbourne. Institute of Management Consultants, Australia A brief survey of SMEs that already use outside consultants Other existing management consultancies A search of the relevant management literature Retrieved 01Oct, 2011 | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May. | Jun. Total| MONTHLY COMMITMENTS ($)| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Food($)| 400| 200| 200| 200| 400| 400| 200| 200| 200| 200| 400| 400| 3,400| Clothes($)| 500| 500| 500| 500| 500| 1,000| 500| 500| 500| 500| 500| 500| 6,500| Entertainment($)| 80| 80| 80| 80| 80| 80| 80| 80| 80| 80| 80| 80| 960| Car payment (Loan)($)| 500| 500| 500| 500| 500| 500| 500| 500| 500| 500| 500| 500| 6,000| House payments($)| 500| 500| 500| 500| 500| 500| 500| 500| 500| 500| 500| 500| 6,000| Telephone($)| 50| 50| 50| 50| 50| 50| 50| 50| 50| 50| 50| 50| 600| Other($)| 400| | | | 200| 1,200| | | 100| | 200| 200| 2,300| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
MONTHLY DRAWING($)| 2,430| 1,830| 1,830| 1,830| 2,230| 3,730| 1,830| 1,830| 1,930| 1,830| 2,230| 2,230| 25,760| Owner’s personal expenses | <urn:uuid:6e3b73d4-b508-4506-af66-5120e71c08f1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://freebooksummary.com/massage-business-plan | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.9376 | 4,905 | 1.523438 | 2 |
But there isn’t always solid evidence that the ingredients are the ones you really need.
Article Originally Written by The Horse
Reprinted with Permission
Many “performance” supplements have hit the market. What exactly is a “performance” supplement? In the broadest sense, it should be something that will help your horse perform better. Turns out, though, that manufacturers have some widely differing ideas about what ingredients are necessary to accomplish that.
Common sense alone will tell you that if something is beneficial for the performance of a racehorse, it might not be what you’re looking for to support an endurance horse.
Because this category of products contains such a wide variety, we have to recommend that you look at them product by product. The products we included are by no means the only ones advertised as “performance supplements,” but they are examples of common categories, including:
- General vitamin and mineral products labeled as “performance.” Dietary deficiencies can certainly have a negative impact on how the horse handles the physical stress of performance, but should be approached by correctly balancing the diet appropriate to his level of work. There’s no evidence that mega-dosing vitamins or minerals will make the horse perform better.
- Antioxidants: Exercise does increase antioxidant requirements. You’ll want to make sure the horse is getting at least 2000 IU/day of vitamin E, 2 to 4 mg of selenium and could add a little vitamin C, 1 to 3 grams/day. Horses under particularly heavy stresses may also benefit from some the plant-based antioxidants.
- Muscle builders/protectors: We have covered muscle-building problems in depth over time. Some of the best products in that category, including glycogen-loaders and branched-chain-amino-acid (BCAAs) products, are included again here. Working muscle do require high levels of branched chain amino acids, which are broken down as energy sources during work and must be replaced to prevent muscle loss and build more muscle tissue. Decreasing levels of BCAAs in the blood during prolonged/endurance exercise may also lead to higher concentrations of tryptophan in the brain, causing fatigue.
- Energy boosters: Energy basically means calories. When it comes to hard working muscles, this means fats, carbohydrates (the premier fuel) and branched chain amino acids. Fat can only be efficiently utilized for slow work, since it is metabolized too slowly to meet the energy demands of moderately high and high speed. Hard working horses having trouble maintaining their weight on adequate grain and hay rations may benefit from the inclusion of small amounts of fat in their diet, to spare other energy sources when they’re not working hard, but feeding too much, or substituting too much fat for carbohydrates, may negatively impact performance. Burning fat also requires intermediates that are derived from a carbohydrate metabolism. Fat has its place, but carbohydrates are the king of exercise fuels.
- Adaptogens: Ginsengs and some other herbs are adaptogens that have been proven to moderate the cortisol response to exercise or stressful situations so that it’s more like that of a trained animal and to avoid exaggerated responses. It probably does this by being structurally similar to the mammalian hormones. Horses that are sour, have poor energy levels and appetites often show a favorable response to adaptogens, which includes Ginseng.
Equine-exercise research is finally starting to catch up with human. Studies have now shown that either intravenous or oral glucose supplementation improves glycogen levels in muscle compared to conventional feeding regimens. So, if you’re looking for a true performance enhancer, we’d probably start with muscle builders, including glycogen loaders like maltodextrin, and BCAAs.
Because it’s important to choose the product based on your horse’s particular needs, it’s difficult for us to make a No. 1 pick here. That said, we think the standouts in our chart include: APF, Power Pak, Blitz, BCAA Complex, Carbo Load, CarboCharge, Glycogen Loader and Advanced Glycogen Loader. | <urn:uuid:daf0e066-2b78-4aed-a2c1-7d12c0506ea2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.auburnlabs.com/equine-products-that-claim-to-charge-up-your-horse/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.946957 | 872 | 1.554688 | 2 |
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We have implemented Apple Pay and Google Pay into GOV.UK Pay using the Payment Request API standard. We’ve named this functionality ‘digital wallet’, and it will appear under this name to GOV.UK Pay service teams.
A digital wallet makes payments more secure, which helps our users and reduces fraud for government. Here, we explain the different approaches we took to integrate the 2 payment providers into GOV.UK Pay.
Security benefits of the digital wallet
Payment Request API is a means of paying online through securely stored card data, rather than filling out forms. It’s an already integrated way of passing a user’s preferred payment to a merchant. The API was first released in 2017 and major browsers like Google Chrome and Apple’s Safari, started to support it in early 2018.
We decided to rename Payment Request API to ‘digital wallet’. This makes the name more meaningful to our service teams and encompasses the different payment providers.
Payments are more secure through a digital wallet as your card number and card verification code (CVC) are never exposed to GOV.UK Pay. The card data is encrypted and then sent to us.
For Apple Pay, the card information is only released by authorisation made using biometric information and stored within a secure and separate processor, called a secure enclave, on the device itself. This is possible with Google Pay, but it’s not a hard requirement.
The encryption creates an implicit 3-D Secure authentication. This helps government, as we can be confident the data is secure, leading to reduced risk of fraud.
Knowing which browser
Our analytics show that:
- nearly 50% of our users browse using Google Chrome
- just over 32% use Apple's Safari
Implementing the change
Both Apple and Google support payments using the Payment Request API open standard but also both have built a proprietary API with added features.
However, with Google Pay, we stayed with the Payment Request API. This was because the Google Pay API required us to include an additional Google script within our page that pulled in other tracking scripts. We did not want these as they would affect page performance.
Decrypting payment data
The payment data we receive from Apple Pay and Google Pay uses secure cryptography to protect payment information. Apple and Google can do this because they have a public key infrastructure (PKI) with the payment service provider – currently Worldpay.
However, Google Pay and Apple Pay need to identify a merchant, and GOV.UK Pay is not a merchant, it’s a tool to take and process payments from government services. To Google and Apple, the government services would be the merchants.
So, we needed to decide how we would identify the merchants to Apple and Google Pay, as well as Worldpay.
For merchants – or government services in this case – using Apple Pay, the identification process would involve setting up an Apple Pay Developer Account and managing a merchant identifier, payment processing certificate and merchant identity certificate. This would add an operational burden to our users as they would have to manage this information.
Therefore, we decided we would decrypt Apple Payment data. GOV.UK Pay will have a set of certificates to manage and allows us to effectively be the merchant. Decrypting the payment data means we can see the expiry date and cardholder name, but never card numbers or CVC.
The identification process for Google Pay was simpler. Our users who use Worldpay already have a contract with Worldpay, and enabling Google Pay is simply a matter of generating a unique code through their Merchant Admin Interface.
They then upload their unique code to us via our self-service platform. We can then fully leverage the PKI between Google Pay and Worldpay without having to do any decryption and managing certificates ourselves.
Testing the digital wallet
We decided to write the tests using Cypress as we already used this throughout our applications. We wrote stubs to replicate the availability of the Payment Request API and Apple Pay JS, and add hooks so that they would respond with the expected payload after a user authenticates the payment. On GitHub, you can view our tests and our stubs.
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Tray Platform / Getting Started / Platform Overview
Welcome to the Tray documentation!
Here you will learn how to use the Tray.io platform to build automation workflows that can be as short and simple or as long and detailed as you like. In working with Tray there are some key concepts and terms to take on board:
Key System Components
The heart of Tray is the Workflow Editor. This is where you configure all the services which make up your automated sequence of events.
The editor is a handy drag n drop interface where you can drag 'connectors' from the searchable left-hand list into your main workflow. As the following screenshot shows, these connectors enable you to get data from third-party services (such as Salesforce) and use special 'Helper' connectors to manipulate and work with that data before passing it on to the next step in your workflow (which could be back into that same service or into another service (e.g Asana, Slack) using the relevant connector):
Connectors are the main 'building blocks' of your workflows. You will find an extensive list of pre-built connectors for popular services (SalesForce, Slack, Zendesk, Trello etc.). With these pre-built connectors we have done all the heavy lifting for you. The service API endpoints and functions (e.g. list open Salesforce contacts, create new Salesforce contact, etc.) are configured for use in easy drop-down menus:
Within the workflow builder, the output results of each connector are exposed and available to be pulled in by other Connectors and Helpers
Documentation for our service connectors can be found here
If a service you want to use is not listed, it is possible to build your own custom connector using our HTTP Client
Each workflow must be initiated with an event that acts as a Trigger.
Triggers can be service-based. You may, for example, want to choose the Salesforce Trigger so that a sequence of actions begins when a record is updated in Salesforce. Or the Trello trigger, for when somebody updates a Trello board:
If the service you want to act as a trigger is not listed, you can create your own custom Webhook Trigger
Other 'Utility' Triggers are available such as the the Scheduled Trigger which can be set to run periodically, and the Form Trigger which is triggered by users submitting a web form.
Documentation for our triggers can be found here
To enable you to perform actions on and manipulate data between service connectors, Tray has a list of 'Helpers'.
These include a Text Helper which can be used to extract and format information from a connector so that it can be passed to another connector in a suitable format.
Others are the Data Storage Helper which can store data that can be used multiple times within a workflow, and the Loop Collection which can be used to loop through lists to extract data from each result.
Other Key System Concepts
When you are using Tray to connect to third-party services, you will need to authenticate / login to those services. This could be:
simple username and password
OAuth-based (which will give you very detailed control over what the Tray connector can actually do when connecting to your service - e.g. can it access a list of contacts, or post a message on your behalf)
In a workflow, once an authentication has been made for a particular instance of a service connector, the authentication will happen automatically.
When you make an authentication you can name it and it is then available for re-use in other workflows and if you need to call another separate instance of that service connector in the same workflow.
So if, for example, you have two different logins for Salesforce which have access to different company divisions or have different levels of permissions, you can store both of these authentications to be quickly used at any time.
Please see Authenticating Connectors for a more detailed overview of how authentications work. Note also that the individual service connector guides contain specific instructions on how to authenticate with that particular service
It is crucial to understand how data is handled in the Tray Workflow editor:
Moving Output Data between connectors When building workflows you will often want to use the data returned from previous steps as the input in new steps. For example, if one step returns details about an individual then you may wish to use that information to create a new Salesforce contact for that individual.
Config Data Sometimes you may want to store common configuration within a workflow for use in multiple steps, such as an email address for receiving notifications, or a common error message.
Every Workflow in Tray has a Webhook URL. This can be found by clicking on the Settings wheel in the top-left corner of the workflow editor:
You will then be presented with the Webhook URL for that workflow:
If the service you are using does not have a pre-built Tray.io trigger, you can create your own Webhook Trigger
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But, because a kid does not have any past impressions, as soon as a specific minimal amount of attention was compensated towards the son or daughter, if the parent(s) feel that he’s displaying high amounts of envy, it is advisable to help him handle the emotion from an earlier age.
The reality is, for the jealous person, no quantity of attention is “enough”. a moms and dad will help their child note that envy is a monster that is eternally hungry. Just how ahead is for the little one to see she makes demands beyond a point, and for the parent to help her accept her emotion and find happiness by managing it that she is being unreasonable when. Easier in theory, I’m sure. рџ™‚
It really is harder for grownups to handle envy over time, and unfortunately, it is often mistaken for “love”, leading to misery for everyone involved because it has become more deeply ingrained in them.
I’m focusing on a training course to assist parents handle envy inside their young ones. The launch is tentatively planned for Summer 2015.
Many thanks for using the time and energy to leave a remark, Sharon!
Hi we have a 4 12 months whom attends dance class and swimming course with a decent buddy that is exactly the same age as my daughter, her buddy excells at every thing, she’s extremely focused and does great at dancing and swimming; recently we pointed out that my child does not like to swim any longer also though she REALLY LOVES water, she can’t go her arms in addition to her buddy and it also appears like she actually is jealous of her, and possibly she actually is too competitive; exactly what do we inform her, we just want her to master at her very own rate and revel in her classes. Any advice?
Mel, it could be very hard whenever young ones would you like to do well at things in order to find which they never. Perhaps your daughter wishes the exact same sort of praise or admiration that her buddy gets. This will surely make her want to withdraw from tasks where she feels another person eclipses her.
We don’t think this will be envy; it seems a lot more like a tough character of competition. However in a young child therefore young, it might effortlessly develop into envy if you don’t channelled into the right way.
You might be therefore appropriate in wanting her to master at her very own pace. She has to understand and believe she has her destination under the sun, just like her buddy does.
One method to show her it really is ok to complete one thing also it“the best” is to give her examples from around the house if you don’t do. So between two grownups, you can be considered a great cook while one other is not, but both nevertheless just simply take turns to cook, and that is okay. Or possibly a hobby is had by you that you’re not fundamentally great at; you simply enjoy doing it. You are doing it despite the fact that you’re not “the” that is best at it.
You might like to try to find places where your child is “the best,” and show her, as an example, that simply because her artwork is the greatest within the class doesn’t suggest the remainder of this class does not make art, or they don’t relish it.
Another technique that is useful of using this is telling her exactly how training makes someone better. Therefore if your child really wants to be praised on her behalf swimming and party, the real means is always to relax and focus on learning and practicing, to ensure she gets better. She will also get praise when she does better.
Once more, examples work wonders. Whenever she ended up being two, she struggled to feed by herself. A mess was made by her. But she kept attempting. And after this, she will feed by herself very well…
Does somebody within the family keep comparing other children to your daughter? This may additionally foster a feeling of competition in a young child. Often grownups do this reasoning they’re “inspiring” the kid, or “showing the little one an example that is good follow,” but this jdate mobile site frequently backfires, because kids don’t wish to be when compared with anybody. Specially since many comparisons always leave son or daughter feeling wanting in certain area or perhaps one other.
Typically, if your young youngster is good, as an example, you may seldom see grownups around her praise her for her generosity when comparing to other kids. One rarely hears “You will be the many substantial 4-year old I’m sure. If only other young ones would study on you.”
One usually hears “See X? He brushes their teeth every and evening without giving any trouble, and he’s two months younger than you morning. Why don’t you are doing exactly the same?”…
Good luck to you personally as well as your princess or queen!
Hi! i’ve a ten years old woman. She has accompanied her college renewly form baseball group while using the senior (11) years old girls. After 2 yrs, they’ve been happy into the team. Recently, they usually have recruited more players ( same age as my woman)
After half a year, one of many brand new woman enhanced a great deal. As well as the advisor a while this is why girl that is new the mentor had shouted within my girl for many errors. Slowly, my girl had become unhappy. Started gossiping concerning the new woman because this new girl’s mother always near the advisor, or buying treat or beverages for all your girls. My woman began to state that her mother ended up being attempting to bride coach.
exactly What must I do? I have already been wanting to keep in touch with her, stated you must enhance yourselves additionally, plus the woman was brand new into the group and she’s got improved. The coach cannot say much reasons for having the brand new woman. My woman plus the girl that is new close friends within the group. We asked my girl how come that way? She cannot explain. Exactly Just What do I need to do? Should the coach is told by me?
Might you please give me some advise?
Hi Jane, many many thanks for writing in.
I do believe there is two components to the situation.
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If you’re applying to MBA, JD, or policy school graduate programs, you will be asked to submit a professional resume. Though it may be tempting to just submit your resume as it currently is so that you can focus on other areas of your application, it’s vital that you spend quality time updating and editing your resume to ensure that it highlights your skills and strengths for the admissions committee. Your resume should not be overlooked for a few reasons. It is often the first thing that the admissions committee reviews, and it is also the document that they will constantly refer to throughout the process.
Not only does your resume offer important insight into your background and experience, but it may also dictate the types of questions that the committee asks during your interviews. That being said, creating an effective resume for professional grad school programs is no easy task. That’s why we put together a quick guide to help you create the ideal grad school resume. Here are just a few things to keep in mind as you revise your resume for grad school applications:
1. Provide specific examples of your achievements.
When it comes to demonstrating your skills and abilities, you want to show, not tell. This means providing specific examples of your accomplishments in each position. Instead of using vague phrasing to explain what you did in each position, give a specific achievement that can be verified. For example, “built strong relationships” is a phrase we often see on applicants’ resumes. Though people skills are important and relationship building can lead to greater trust between customers and the company as well as better results for clients, this phrasing is vague and could mean just about anything. Instead, show how you built relationships and give details on the results of this relationship building.
2. Show the results of your work.
In addition to providing examples of your accomplishments, you’ll also want to highlight the results of your hard work. How did the company benefit from your contribution? Showing this in detail helps admissions committees wrap their heads around your capabilities and the value that you provided your employer. Admissions committees like to see results-oriented language that shows your impact on the end result. When describing your contributions, be sure to use concrete language and action verbs. It is essential that you quantify the results of your efforts when possible. Did you increase lead generation by a certain percentage? Save the company X amount of dollars? Include these details on your resume.
3. Focus on accomplishments for extracurriculars.
If you are going to include extracurricular activities or volunteer experience on your resume, you need to make sure that you are focusing on what you have contributed to these organizations. Rather than just providing a long list of activities, highlight the meaningful impact that you made on the organization. For instance, if you took on a leadership position at an organization, describe how your work in this position helped further the organization’s goals. Similarly, if you volunteered within your community, you need to provide some details on how you contributed to the organization in a way that’s tangible.
4. Keep it to one page if it’s for business school.
Ideally, your MBA resume should fit on a single page. If you have been in the workforce for several years and have more experience, then it may be longer but should not exceed two pages. You want the admissions committee to be able to scan your resume and learn the most important things about your background and experience. Give just enough information for them to understand how you contributed to each position.
5. Be honest.
Above all else, you need to make sure that the information you put on your resume is an honest reflection of your experience. Part of the admission committee members’ job is to judge an applicant’s credibility. They will ask you questions about the information on your resume during the interview process, so you are not doing yourself any favors by lying about your accomplishments or experience. Instead of inflating your achievements, work to describe them in the best light. Take time to think about not only what you did in each position but how you contributed to the company’s overall goals. Consider the aspects of each position that will help you highlight your leadership skills and capabilities.
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Peter Serpico, the Seoul-born chef and namesake of the contemporary American restaurant Serpico in Philadelphia, knows good bulgogi. Like clockwork about once a month, his Korean mother-in-law comes to his home and whips it up, unasked, alongside a feast of dumplings called mandu, rice, and two-to-three containers of homemade kimchi.
“I don’t want her to come over and cook, but that’s what she wants to do!” says the James Beard Award-winning chef and Momofuku alum, just the slightest bit exasperated. But Serpico, adopted by a white couple from suburban Maryland at age 2, concedes that his mother-in-law’s incessant cooking has been educational. A tremendous cook, her bulgogi is the stuff of legend. Plus, “it’s her way of showing love and making sure we’re taken care of. It’s very sweet.”
Bulgogi, a classic Korean dish of thinly sliced, marinated beef, is a staple of Korean households. As meatballs and spaghetti are to Italian Americans or matzo ball soup to Ashkenazi Jews, bulgogi—eaten over rice or wrapped in lettuce—is a ubiquitous meal in seemingly every Korean cook’s repertoire and deeply ingrained in Korean culture. According to the peer-reviewed Korea Journal, the dish’s origins stretch back to the Goguryeo era (37 B.C. to 668 A.D.), the evolution of a kabob-like skewered meat preparation called maekjeok. Over time, maekjeok became seoryamyeok, a brothy dish of marinated beef soaked in cold water, which by the early 20th century gave way to neobiani, a luxurious dish of thinly-sliced, marinated and charbroiled beef favored by Korean royalty.
The story of how neobiani became bulgogi is a complicated one, influenced by the Korean people’s shifting relationship with meat, an invasion by the Japanese, and Korea’s fight for independence. But the short version is that from the 1920s onward, beef became commercialized and more widespread. Bulgogi is actually an umbrella term for two slightly different dishes that emerged: one that’s brothy, perhaps a callback to seoryamyeok, and another that’s roasted over a grill. The dish’s prominence waned during the era of Japanese rule (1910 to 1945), during which serious beef shortages sent prices skyrocketing. But most experts agree that by the 1990s, bulgogi had rebounded and was collectively regarded as the most popular food in Korea.
As Koreans immigrated to the U.S., they naturally brought bulgogi with them. In Koreatown, food writer Matt Rodbard writes that next to kimchi (a traditional dish of fermented vegetables, usually cabbage) and possibly bibimbap (a bowl of rice often topped with vegetables, egg, sliced meat, soy sauce and fermented pastes), “bulgogi is the best-known Korean food product to grace American shores.” Stateside, bulgogi’s evolution appears to have continued in subtle ways: Here, you’ll less often see bulgogi’s brothy form, and “grilled” varieties are sometimes prepared in a hot stovetop skillet, perhaps a reflection that many American homes lack charcoal braziers or even a grill.
Ribeye is frequently used because of its tenderness and fat content, Serpico says, but sirloin and brisket are also popular cuts. Marinades often differ slightly from establishment to establishment and home to home—a secret sauce of sorts—but generally include some combination of soy sauce, sugar, garlic, green onion, sesame oil and pear. The pear, often a juicy Asian variety, is especially critical. It contains an enzyme called calpain, which tenderizes the meat and adds a touch of sweetness. But Serpico says that the traditional ingredient is sometimes swapped out.
“Some people use kiwi now,” Serpico explains. “It’s got the same enzyme that the Asian pear and pineapple have.” But, he warns, levels of calpain may be lower in Asian pears; marinades made with it can stay on beef overnight without degrading the quality of the meat. In marinades cut with mashed kiwi and especially pineapple, Serpico says the enzyme does its work in just a matter of hours. “You have to be careful. A lot of people don’t use pineapple, because the meat just breaks down—it gives it a real terrible texture.”
Another issue is procuring beef that’s cut razor-thin; it’s not traditionally found in most Western supermarkets. Serpico says that those skilled with a knife might consider freezing their beef and letting it half-thaw, which makes thin-and-even slicing easier. But “it takes a lot more skill and practice than a lot of people think it does,” he warns. Instead, he suggests trekking out to your local Korean grocery—perhaps H Mart, a Korean supermarket chain with 60 locations across the U.S.—and ordering pre-sliced or even pre-marinated beef. Alternatively, “go to your butcher and ask them to slice it; a lot of the bigger grocery stores will do it.”
If all this seems like too much effort, dining out options abound. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a Korean restaurant in the U.S. that doesn’t serve bulgogi in some form; it’s often charred on tableside grills before diners’ very eyes. K-towns coast to coast overflow with options that cater to local Korean populations, while newcomers like Brooklyn’s Insa and Los Angeles’s Magal BBQ offer bulgogi in chic, hipster-friendly settings. In recent years, Korean-style barbecue has also popped up in expected places, like tacos from L.A. food truck pioneer Roy Choi, which touched off a Korean taco revolution that’s since spread across the country.
But you might want to reconsider cooking at home. This year’s Winter Olympics are currently afoot in the resort mountain town of Pyeongchang, which is located in a region famous for its unctuous and tender beef. Think Japanese Kobe, but Korean: The meat comes from native Hanwoo cattle, a small and highly-prized variety boasting a high marbled fat content. Granted, don’t expect to find it in stateside grocery stores; Hanwoo beef is rarely exported due to intense demand at home. In 2015, prices of local beef ribs soared to $4.13 per 100 grams, nearly three times the price of the same cut of Australian beef. But even if you don’t nab a package of Hanwoo, cooking bulgogi on your own turf is a fantastic way to mark the games. The best bulgogi, Serpico stresses, “is in people’s homes.”
“You can make it pretty formal, or you can make it in your backyard not wearing shoes,” he says. It’s a dish that’s forgiving, he continues, made from recipes that might even benefit from a little deviation. If you’re intimidated, just take a deep breath and do as Serpico does. “I kind of just wing it,” he says.
Peter Serpico’s Bulgogi Recipe
- 1 pound sirloin, thinly sliced
- 1 bunch scallions, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
- 4 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
- 4 tablespoons canned pineapple juice
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
- 1 teaspoon neutral oil for cooking
In a plastic bag, mix all items except the oil. Refrigerate and let marinate for 1 to 4 hours. In a cast-iron skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Sauté sirloin until cooked through, discarding remaining marinade. Enjoy with rice and/or side dishes.
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Widow of Slain Oregon Standoff Leader Speaks in John Day
JOHN DAY, Ore. (AP) — The widow of one of the leaders of an armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in rural Oregon drew about 500 people to a small town to hear her message that federal lands should be turned over to states and counties.
The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that Jeanette Finicum on Saturday at the meeting in John Day said her husband's voice had been silenced but that created 13 loud voices counting herself and the couple's 12 children. LaVoy Finicum was the spokesman for several dozen occupiers during the 41-day takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge last winter.
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This year, the conference at the University of Texas at Dallas will highlight real-world examples of green power grids, buildings that self-regulate their environments, working smart cities, and new approaches to advanced emergency communications.
More than 300 Texas municipal officials, planners, IT experts, and transportation officials are expected to attend the Sept. 19 summit, running 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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The event, in its second year, has provided updates on progress communities are making in integrating the use of data and technology into government operations. Panelists have also discussed the potential risks and considerations that are involved in collecting, analyzing, and using data for smart-city purposes.
“Last year was very transportation-focused,” says Mark Caracio, Managing Partner of Future Cities LLC, which is hosting and producing the event, adding that the U.S. Department of Transportation, Fort Worth-based Bell Helicopter, Uber, and others in that sector.
This year, Caracio said, the conference will emphasize speakers who have personal experience incorporating smart city technology — such as deploying LED lighting, air quality monitors, and incorporating traffic cameras and traffic data into traffic-control systems — into the workings of communities.
Leaders who are scheduled to discuss their experiences along those lines include Teri Takai—former CIO for the Department of Defense, and the states of California and Michigan—and Scott Cardenas, former CIO for the City of Denver.
“If your mission, role, or responsibility is to set the strategy and to enhance the livability of a community, or to be a planner or operator of one of these initiatives, you’ll be able to hear firsthand from thought leaders who are doing this,” Caracio said. “And what the opportunities and challenges are for those who are delivering it.”
Scheduled panelists include:
◊ Steve Berberich, CEO of California Independent System Operator (CAISO), operator of the bulk of California’s power grid. CAISO is on track to obtaining a third of its power needs from renewable sources by 2020. Roughly 18 percent of Texas’ energy needs come from green sources, according to the Scientific American;
◊ Jiri Skopek, Managing Director of Sustainability for Jones Lang LaSalle, where he serves as an expert in green-building architecture and renovation. Skopek created Green Globes — an online system that guides builders and developers on executing the most Earth-friendly ways to renovate existing properties and to build new properties;
◊ T.J. Kennedy, co-founder of The Public Safety Network, which is leading an effort to incorporate the use of Long-Term Evolution (LTE) high-speed wireless technology for mission-critical services, such as emergency responder communications;
◊ Frisco Mayor Jeff Cheney, Richardson Mayor Paul Voelker, and Carrollton Mayor Kevin Falconer will discuss their respective communities’ approaches and motivations for incorporating smart city strategies in city operations; and
◊ A keynote panel by individuals involved in an advanced town-center-style development planned for the UTD campus. Participants slated for the discussion include moderator Maher Maso (CEO of the Prosper Economic Development Corporation); Brian Bethea, General Manager of The Star; Don Braun, President of Hall Group; Robert Folzenlogen, SVP of Hillwood Properties; and Calvin Jamison, Vice President for Facilities and Economic Development at UTD. | <urn:uuid:7b776c63-cbf2-4150-8d38-10108cc88eb3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dallasinnovates.com/utd-summit-spotlights-real-world-smart-city-projects/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.933583 | 727 | 2.28125 | 2 |
1. Click on the + sign in the bottom right then select Pensions --> Money Purchase
2. Owner: Start by selecting the owner of the pension from the drop down.
3. Type: Select the category that best describes the money purchase.
- The type is used largely for informational purposes only. The type of money purchase does not appear in reports or on the Let's See charts or general Overviews. There is a difference, however, between personal pensions (PPP/GPP/SIPP) and occupational schemes (COMP/CIMP schemes, grouped together under the moniker 'Occupational Pension', and Small Self-Administered Schemes), in terms of how tax relief is granted. Read more >>
4. Account Name: Enter a name for the pension. The name you enter must be unique within the plan.
5. Account Balance £: Enter the current balance of the pension at the beginning of the plan.
- If this is a hypothetical new pension, one that will be funded in the future through regular contributions or transfers, enter a starting balance of £0. The pension is therefore an empty account awaiting future funding.
6. Contribution £: If your client plans to make contributions to the pension, enter these either as a total annual amount, an annual amount with inflation, the maximum allowed contribution or as a percentage of salary. For example, an entry of 8% would mean that the client plans to contribute eight per cent of his future salary to this pension.
- This annual contribution amount should always be a gross figure, which the software will net down annually by 20% when applying tax relief. Contributions will also provide income relief as the software calculates annual taxes. Read more >>
- The software will check for earnings and enforces the current annual contribution allowance on money purchases. Read more >>
7. Employer Contribution: Select Yes if your client’s employer or company also makes contributions to his pension. These are contributions that are not deducted from the client’s annual income.
8. Specify whether these employer contributions are Matching those made by your client or are Fixed, meaning that they are made independently of any contributions made by your client.
If contributions are Matching:
Matching Contribution:Specify the percentage of the employee’s contribution that the employer is willing to match. For example, enter 100% to indicate that one hundred per cent of John's contributions are matched by his company.
Matching income: As a percentage of income, what is the maximum amount the employer is willing to match. For example, enter 10% to indicate that your client’s company would match up to a maximum of 10% his salary.
If contributions are Fixed:
Enter the employer’s contributions either as a total annual amount, an amount with inflation or as a percentage of your client’s salary. For example, an entry of 10% would mean that the employer plans to contribute ten per cent of your client’s future salary to this pension.
- Again, special settings are also available for linking percentage-based contributions to a specific income source. This may only be necessary in cases where a client has multiple income sources. In such a case you might link a money purchase to a specific income in order to indicate percentage of which salary. Read more >>
In most cases you may leave the events on the Timeline unselected. Timeline selections for money purchases are used to set the timespan over which contributions will be made to the pension. The software will assume contributions begin and end with the owner’s employment income, unless set otherwise on the Timeline.
With this said, alternative start and end events could be selected to indicate that contributions to the pension are to begin later or end earlier than the start and end of your client’s employment.
Also, if your client does not have employment related earnings, entered on the Employment screen, you will be required to set the timing of any contributions if these contributions are to be made. Contributions without supportive earnings will be limited to a lower annual allowance.
If you do need to set the timing of money purchase contributions.
Go to the Timing section located under the pension account. Selections on this timeline will be used to set the time span over which the contributions are to be made to the account.
- Click on an event icon (or double click above the timeline to create one) - to schedule the beginning of these contributions. Then select Set as Start Event.
If contributions are to begin as of the start of the plan (e.g. your client is already making regular contributions), simply select the Start event.
- Select an end event - an event to indicate when these contributions will end - this will default to the client's retirement event, indicating that contributions will end at this point in the timeline. If contributions are to occur until the very end of the plan, select the final Mortality event as the end event.
And that completes all that is required to enter a money purchase in Voyant. You may now click the Save button to save the money purchase into the plan,. However, before finishing, a word about the further settings, should you need them.
Growth - Probably the most important of these advanced settings are the Growth and (if used) the Asset Allocation settings. You might consider reviewing these two panels to ensure that the pension’s assumptions for future growth and account fees are set appropriately. Read more >>
Steps – Use events or in some cases stages to schedule future increases or decreases (steps) in employee and employer contributions, growth rates, as well as future changes to asset allocations (and hence, derived growth rates) and the withdrawal limit Read more >>
Transfers – Set future transfers of funds into a money purchase from other accounts or in years where there are large lump sum inflows, from surplus income. Don’t confuse transfers with regular contributions, which are set using the contribution fields. This feature is also not intended to be used for crystallisations – i.e. transfers into drawdown pensions. Read more >>
Save Your Work!
Click the Save button to save the money purchase into the plan.
Your client’s money purchase now appears in the Dashboard, under Pensions. To view or edit the pension, just click on the entry in the Dashboard.
The software has automatically created a future drawdown pension -- with the name of the pension prefaced by Drawdown -- to receive funds from the money purchase when it will be crystallised, by default, at the owner’s retirement.
Additional settings are available for the future drawdown on this screen including drawdown income options and settings to schedule the future annuitisation of the drawdown, if desired.
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As autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) assume increasing importance in the supply chain, more and more vendors are emerging to build these robots to complete specific tasks. Each of these companies’ creations is unique—based on their own distinctive language, algorithms and software. That makes coordination among them almost impossible.
But, imagine if robots could talk to other robots—no matter where or how they were designed and built?
Many in the field of AMRs believe that interoperability among robots will be crucial to more widespread adoption of the technology in factories, warehouses and distribution centers. Interoperability would allow robot fleets from different vendors to coordinate activities, share data and adopt the same operating conventions.
Toward that end, MassRobotics, a nonprofit focused on robotics solutions, announced the release of open-source interoperability standards for AMRs in May. The standards, which were created by an industry working group, will be tested at a FedEx warehouse in Tennessee this year with robots from multiple vendors.
Jason Walker, CEO and co-founder of MHI member Waypoint Robotics, one of the participants in the creation of the standards and the initial test with FedEx, said interoperability’s importance is only going to grow, and the standards represent an essential step toward making interoperability achievable.
“I do believe that everyone in the community recognizes how important interoperability is, and how detrimental it could be if we didn’t address it early,” Walker said. “And the fact that so many key players stepped up and made it a priority to establish a standard in cooperation with MassRobotics, I think it’s a really big deal.”
‘A closed loop’
As it currently stands, AMRs are running on “a kind of closed loop” that prevents coordination among multiple vendors in a facility, said Melonee Wise, CEO of MHI member Fetch Robotics.
“It gets a sensor signal, it does what it’s supposed to do, and it continues doing it … but all of that changes when you want to have System A talk to System B,” Wise said. “Now, the input is coming from some other system, and that’s where you see a lot of challenges today.”
Jeff Christensen, vice president of product for MHI member Seegrid, said robotics are complex enough that no single vendor will ever have a robot for every task.
“It’s untenable,” he said. “And since customers are buying a solution to a business problem, and not a set of robots just because robots are cool, that means that they need to be able to apply the technology to the business problem in the way that makes the most sense for the business. That will mean different vendors, and that will mean interoperability.”
“It is inevitable that everybody who has enough diversity in the needs of their AMR, they’re going to hit this wall,” added Walker. “You have robots with operational parameters that are relatively narrow. and that means that you’ve got all kinds of different tasks that need to be solved.”
The wide scope of needs means there’s a variety of options when it comes to solutions. “Everybody’s trying to solve a lot of different kinds of tasks in different ways. And pretty much all of them are useful in one way or another,” said Walker. ‘So, because it is necessary to have heterogeneous fleets, it’s necessary to have interoperability between those fleets. If you’re the customer … and you need a fork robot, a deck load robot, a scanning robot, and a pallet-moving robot, then being able to have one system that can work with all of those other systems, and also have those other systems interact and coexist in the same facility together in a safe and productive way—everybody in the community really thinks that’s going to be the next choke point.”
A fully connected future
Interoperability offers an array of potential benefits, said Zachary Dydek, CTO of MHI member Vecna Robotics.
“To me, it looks like a warehouse of the future that has robots from many different vendors, as well as people, all doing the things that they are good at, respectively, in a coordinated way,” Dydek said. “And they’re not just coexisting, but actually coordinating with each other to drive the efficiencies that we need in the supply chain right now to deal with increasing consumer demand.”
Chris Caccioppo, CTO and cofounder of MHI member 6 River Systems, said interoperability is the key to operating an efficient and successful automated warehouse system.
“Warehouse systems and the AMRs’ software need to be able to share data between them, but those systems are not all the same and may have different data formats,” Caccioppo said. “Interoperability standards solve this challenge by allowing applications to seamlessly integrate, sharing data, such as inventory data, shipping information and purchase orders. It should be flexible enough to adapt to changing business models, satisfy operational requirements and keep pace with industry best practices and regulatory compliance requirements.”
In addition, Caccioppo said interoperability will require less human assistance or intervention when system changes occur.
Interoperability standards represent a prerequisite to bigger things, such as “fully connected solutions,” Christensen said.
“If you think of the larger solution of connected devices, connected robots, connecting your islands of automation together in order to achieve a larger goal, [standards are]kind of a prerequisite before you get to that loftier goal,” Christensen said. “But that’s really where it becomes really, really interesting is that if robots today can automate moves of material, a system of coordinated robots that understand the operation can eventually automate the continuous improvement of the moves of the operation.”
Walker believes there has been a reticence for some companies to “lean into” AMR because they are waiting to see which AMR solution emerges as “the winner.” However, he said, the industry is one that will have many winners rather than just one. Interoperability, he believes, will help companies overcome their wariness to committing to one technology or company.
In that vein, Wise believes some of the interest in interoperability stems from interest in “exchangeability” or “commoditization.” Rather than centering on the question of how to get two products working together, those concepts are concerned with how to seamlessly replace one vendor’s product with another from a different vendor. Wise said she sometimes hears from customers interested more in commoditization than interoperability.
“The conversation often is couched in this notion of robots working together, when sometimes the question is really not about whether your robots work together, but, ‘Can I replace Robot A for Robot B?’” Wise said.
Wise said the prospect of commoditization appears further away than interoperability.
“It’s a really hard question that a lot of people want answered. but I don’t think that there’s a good answer for it,” Wise said. “In the same way that it took almost 30 years to commoditize PCs, it will take even longer for us to commoditize robots, because so much of the thing that you’d be trying to commoditize is the probabilistic software that we’re developing—it’s not the hardware.”
Dydek said the standards are just one step, but an important step, in the march toward interoperability and coordination. For standards to ultimately work, Dydek said, robotics vendors will have to embrace them. That could be driven by customers, he said.
“There has to be a kind of a pull from the customer, the end user of the robotic system,” Dydek said. “They’ll need to say, ‘Hey, I need these robots to interoperate. I’ve got these different vendors in the house, and they’re not working together the way I need them to. I need to be able to do these coordination-type activities better than they’re doing it right now.’ And we’re already seeing some of that … We’re seeing that sort of shift in the minds of our customers. And that’s going to really accelerate things.”
Wise said a central challenge to interoperability is the question of “How do you explain the world to the robots, so that the description is the same from one provider to the other?” Getting robots to interoperate will depend on them having “the same semantic view of the world,” she said, so that instructions for tasks are clear to all of them.
“Task specification and what you’re able to do in the world is very dependent on the language that you have to define the world,” Wise said. “If you can’t all agree what it means to go to someplace, then you will have a very hard time telling all the robots to go there.”
“If the robotic solution that a fulfillment center is planning on implementing is not compatible with their current WMS, it can create roadblocks such as an interruption in workflow and/or requiring management and staff to learn a new system, thus increasing training time,” Caccioppo said.
In an optimistic time-horizon, Wise believes “we’re five to 10 years from creating interoperability between AMRs for the point of doing interactions between different platforms.”
Christensen agreed that interoperability is “a future play.”
Fully autonomous robotics “is being applied to specific kinds of applications, and customers are getting great returns for that,” Christensen said. “That’s great, and there will be a natural evolution toward things that are more integrated. But you can go a long way with single-vendor solutions for a while. So, I think that [interoperability is]not a critical blocker right now.”
For customers who have leaned into AMRs already, Walker said, they know they will need a heterogeneous fleet to expand automation and that interoperability needs to be solved to make it possible. The MassRobotics standards are a sign of what’s to come.
“The fact that that standard exists, it gives everyone something to aim at,” Walker said. It does not mean immediate interoperability, but “it gets everybody pushing the rock in the same direction,” he said.
Christensen said building consensus and commitment around standards will take time. He noted that the large number of competing vendors in robotics—a number that is only growing—means that it will be an ongoing process.
“The benefits to a customer will be real, but they’re still a few years out into the future,” Christensen said. “There’s lots of disparate innovation that needs to coalesce around some baseline of interoperability, and then that baseline evolves over time until there’s kind of a critical mass around it. That’s how these things evolve. And it’s happened lots of times before, and I anticipate it’ll happen for robots as well.” | <urn:uuid:f453ede0-e38e-4dee-883f-cdef85b4dc84> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mhisolutionsmag.com/index.php/2021/08/30/robots-talking-to-robots/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809003642-20220809033642-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.955704 | 2,432 | 2.25 | 2 |
Sensorless control of switched reluctance motor drive based on BEMF calculation
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There has been several approaches to the problem of sensorless rotor position detection in switched reluctance motors but the great majority of them are not able to cover all constant torque region in SRM's torque-speed profile since they are mainly based on voltage equation integration to estimate the flux or neglecting motional Back Electro Motive Force or BEMF, in that equation. This paper proposes a method to the sensorless control of SRM to cover the specified region efficiently. A novel method to estimate Back EMF online based on current waveform is introduced. A position estimation equation is derived based on the estimated BEMF and an analytical model for SRM. Then a commutation strategy is designed based on the position estimation equation. The proposed sensorless method has been implemented on Texas Instrument TMS320LF2407 fixed-point Digital Signal Processor and has been applied to a 1hp SRM test bed successfully.
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APEC 2002 - Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition
APEC. Seventeenth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (Cat. No.02CH37335)
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Salmasi, F. R., Fahimi, B., Gao, H., & Ehsani, M.
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Two soldiers from Gwynedd have taken on one of the toughest tests the military has to offer.
Fusiliers Arron Llyr Jones from Ffestiniog and Eifion Evans from Penrhyndeudraeth took part in Exercise Cambrian Patrol, an annual event run by 160 (Wales) Brigade in the Cambrian Mountains.
A highlight in the British Army’s training calendar, the test sees patrols navigate by day and night and face a range of challenges including observation and reconnaissance of enemy forces, cold river crossings in full kit and an attack.
The two soldiers, who serve in 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh, finished the gruelling exercise with a bronze medal.
Military skills, stamina and dedication are evaluated during the patrol. Teams which successfully complete the mission are awarded a gold, silver or bronze medal, or a certificate of merit, depending on their points.
Arron, 23, said: “It’s really tough going but the satisfaction of actually completing the patrol is great. This is what being in the Army is all about.”
Eifion, 26, said: “The terrain and weather can be a proper challenge in the hills in mid-Wales. This is a proper test of your military skills and endurance.”
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How 50 instruments shaped the development of modern music
The History of Music in 50 Instruments
By Philip Wilkinson
Hardcover, 224 pages, $29.95 (Firefly Books)
Strike up the band! This informative, generously illustrated guided tour of musical history looks at 50 orchestra instruments and how they each contributed to the march of musical time—the spread of the lute from the Middle East throughout Europe during the Renaissance; the importance of the organ in cathedrals and churches; the versatility of the “exotic,” jingly-jangly tambourine; the role in the drum and the piccolo in the military; saxophones as the backbone of jazz. It’s a treasury of facts about composers, musicians and compositions and—of course—the instruments that made it all possible.
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On February 15, 2013, over the snow-covered fields of the southern Urals, the Chelyabinsk superbolid, the largest meteor of the 21st century, exploded. This is a unique phenomenon in its scope that has aroused enormous public interest, especially by demonstrating the earth’s lack of defense against this risk. But the story does not end there: the dust left in its path, unique materials synthesized under conditions that cannot be reproduced in the laboratory, have been analyzed. A NASA team discovered unique carbon crystals there, several micrometers in size, never seen before. The team speculates that their formation was due to the meteor breaking up, creating the necessary high temperature and high pressure conditions. This discovery testifies to nature’s unlimited potential to synthesize new materials.
The Chelyabinsk meteor (or boliden), 18 meters in diameter and weighing 11,000 metric tons, passed through the Earth’s atmosphere at a speed of 18.6 kilometers per second. When a space body enters the Earth’s atmosphere, its surface is exposed to high pressures and temperatures. The air flow tears droplets from the celestial body and forms a cloud of meteor dust.
The space rock burned due to friction with the Earth’s thin air and exploded 23.3 kilometers above Chelyabinsk. The blast released more than 30 times the energy of the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. By comparison, the ground-impacting meteor that triggered mass extinctions, including those of dinosaurs, was about 10 kilometers in diameter and released about 1 billion times the energy of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
Typically, meteorite dust disappears into the atmosphere without leaving traces, or mixing with the earth’s soil. But this superbolide was an exception. In fact, the explosion deposited hundreds of tons of dust in the stratosphere, enabling a NASA satellite to make unprecedented measurements, including how the material formed a sustained stratospheric dust belt. The results of the Agency’s research team are published in the journal The European Physical Journal Mere.
Crystals never before seen on Earth
By studying this meteor dust, the team wanted to determine if new materials could be synthesized under the unique conditions (temperature and pressure) created by the explosion of the space body as they enter the Earth’s atmosphere. Taskaev, Khovaylo and their team were able to access this dust because it fell on snow-covered ground – the snow preserved it.
First, they observed micrometric-sized carbon microcrystals under an optical microscope. They then examined the same crystals using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and discovered that they assumed a number of unusual shapes: closed shells, almost spherical and hexagonal rods.
Subsequently, further analysis using Raman spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography showed that the carbon crystals were in fact forms of graphite with a structure never seen before on Earth. The authors believe that these structures were most likely formed by repeatedly adding layers of graphene to closed carbon nuclei. They then explored this process through simulations of molecular dynamics.
Eventually, they found the two “probable suspects” as nuclei for microcrystalline growth: the spherical fuller (or buckminster fuller), C60and the more complex hexacyclooctadecane (-C18 H12-). The authors suggest in a statement that classification of these crystals may help identify past meteorites.
According to their estimates, the concentration of these crystals along the fallow path of the Chelyabinsk superbolide is between 10 and 100 pcs / m². Given the spatial distribution of the gas dust tail over the Earth’s northern hemisphere, such particles must have fallen in large quantities in Russia, European and North American countries, and are found especially in the snow in the mountains of Alaska and Kamchatka.
A defense that is being organized, after a turbulent story
This extraordinary event still caused more than a thousand injuries in the Urals, but the damage would have been much greater if the superbolide had not been fragmented several times before it hit the ground.
In fact, a study, published in 2014 in the journal Nature shows that the meteor under the pressure of the air deformed like a giant tennis ball. Highly compressed, and then fragmented. The acoustic analysis of the videos performed by the researchers reveals 11 fragmentations. Arriving 29 km above the ground, the first meteor was already fragmented into about twenty large rocks weighing about 10 tons each. This process continued through the descent.
In addition, in the contemporary international study, published in the journal Science, the authors estimated that only 4 to 6 tons of the original meteor survived its passage through the atmosphere. About 75% of the meteor has therefore evaporated. Most of what was left was turned to dust. It is especially the explosion wave, which occurred about a minute later, that caused significant damage to the city.
After Chelyabinsk, NASA established a Planetary Defense Coordination Office that collected data from the agency’s near-Earth object observation program. The Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, affiliated with the International Asteroid Warning Network, lists all nearby celestial bodies. The NASA Center is responsible for coordinating a U.S. government response to a threat. Nevertheless, no imminent threat has been detected so far. | <urn:uuid:46bbbd62-6d80-42f5-9df9-15758e86733c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://paddlely.co.uk/2022/07/06/crystals-with-unprecedented-structures-discovered-in-the-dust-of-the-centurys-largest-meteor/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.936589 | 1,119 | 3.953125 | 4 |
Head and shoulders portrait of a sergeant wearing tunic with pilots wings and side cap. Captioned 'J Calman Front 1942'. On the reverse 'Jim Calman, 106 Squadron, Metheringham, Lincolnshire, 1944 Aged 22 years, 5 Group Bomber Command'. Additional information bout this item was kindly provided by the donor.
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One of Reg NMS’ major tenets of Regulation NMS (Reg. NMS) is the Order Protection Rule (“OPR”), known as Rule 611. In essence, it requires that market participants adopt, maintain and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed to avoid trading through a better priced quote published by another market center. As a practical matter, the rule requires the routing of orders to access the best price available in the market place. The rule also requires that market centers wishing to have their quotes respected and routed to must be automated. This was a direct shot across the bow at the NYSE when enacted because it forced the NYSE to prioritize electronic order flow over its traditional manual auction market traders.
When the rule was enacted it had the unintended consequence of rewarding speed over all other aspects of execution quality, as market participants competing for trade executions deployed ever-faster routing and execution systems to access better-priced away quotes. As a result of the emphasis on speed, in the mid to late 2000’s with the introduction of Reg NMS into the national market system, the trading eco-system became transfixed with latency. Latency determined how quickly an order could access a quote and therefore liquidity, how quickly a quote or order could be canceled, and therefore influenced risk management and exposure, and how up- to- date one’s technology was.
Those that entered the fray with older technology such as main frame computers or older network technologies found themselves continually unable to access liquidity before competitors did or, worse, unable to cancel quotes with the speed necessary and therefore left unprotected in the market.
Eventually, most market participants upgraded their technologies and the game was equalized among competitors and latency arbitrage became less of an issue. But before that, firms drilled holes through the mountains of Pennsylvania or invested in microwave technology or looked to buy the fastest chip available in order to be the fastest. Those technologies have since become commoditized.
Market centers realizing the need to have their market makers be available for the long term offered the ultimate in latency advantaged access – co-location of their servers in the market centers’ data center. The major equity market data centers have been stabilized for over a decade and are all located in a 250-mile radiance in the northeast. Therefore, the latency calculus is well understood among players. Co-location offered those firms, market makers and others willing to pay, the opportunity to be as close to the “front door” as possible. Regulators, realizing the advantageous nature of co-location, required market centers to emulate a delay equal to the difference between the front door of a market center and the matching engines and data publishers within the market centers, so as not to provide a microsecond advantage to co-location customers. Market centers were able to accomplish that and thereby achieve an equalization effect.
The goal was to create a market that was fair to all that were willing to invest in the technology necessary to reach the best prices for customers. And to create a market that rewarded displayed limit orders.
Cloud technology decentralizes, democratizes and potentially disrupts the eco-system that currently exists by changing the narrative in regard to latency. The very nature of cloud deployments has at its center multiple large data centers that are geographically diversified. Latency, if nothing else, is a measure of how fast light can travel through “glass” over specific distances, so at its heart is about geography and distance.
One of the many positives about cloud implementations is that data can be easily replicated, and fully redundant and so disaster recovery becomes less of an issue in a cloud environment. In some cloud instances the data necessary to run programs, and the programs themselves, might run in different locations from time to time.
One of the key things that electronic traders are focused on is consistency of experience. So, if it takes 5 microseconds to access a market or cancel a quote, they rely on that knowledge to implement their strategies. Without that certainty, the strategy becomes less reliable and potentially less profitable.
Therefore, cloud implementation of market centers potentially increases latency to reach the market center and best prices, potentially changing the consistency of latency, which would be anathema to high speed traders.
But market centers looking to get out of the expensive data center business may find that a cloud implementation provides cost savings compared to those incurred in running a data center, having a disaster recovery center and in certain failover and fallback scenarios.
The SEC has already approved a delayed experience in the form of the Investors’ Exchange (IEX), where, under the rubric of customer protection, the exchange implemented a 350 micro-second delay for every message entering the system to “even the playing field” and diminish the advantage that more technology-advanced order routers may enjoy when accessing other market centers. IEX, to the best of my knowledge does not impose that delay on outbound messages to other market centers. But regulators are very focused on co-location services making sure that there are no intra-market advantages.
If one market center was to move to the cloud without any other market center moving, it would automatically change the latency dynamic that exists today (e.g, changing the distance a message would have to travel to or from a cloud data center in New Jersey or Virginia or in a different zone ). And since latency is defined as the time that a message traverses a certain distance, the further away the data resides, the more latent the market center will be. For high speed traders the experience may also be varied and therefore unpredictable, and unprofitable.
In terms of co-location, many high-speed traders are highly secretive about their technologies and sometimes hide their servers within cages at the markets data center. In addition, they may not allow market center personnel to do anything to their servers and may service their technology themselves. In a cloud co-location model, it is not clear that a high-speed trader co-locating in the cloud could ever achieve that level of control. In addition, if the cloud provider is constantly moving the data and the servers from location to location, then the latency experience will differ and so will the service needs.
From a market center perspective, while they may achieve cost savings related to a cloud implementation, they would have to consider the loss of latency for their own market center and their own routing to best prices on behalf of their customers. In addition, they would have to consider the impact on co-location revenues.
In the perfect world, every exchange would be required to move to the cloud and latency would be less of an issue. Unpredictability would still be an issue, unless the cloud providers hardened their market center instances, meaning: the data and applications would not move from location to location – they would be static. Disaster recovery would still be a net positive, but again the DR scenarios would have to be hardened too.
Cloud redundancy would be an issue and there would have to be some regulatory coordination and agreement on how many cloud companies could host exchanges and how they back each other up on business continuity and disaster recovery. Today, the SEC requires that NYSE and Nasdaq back each other up, in effect forcing a de facto data center back up plan as well. I see no difference in the cloud scenario, that is, the SEC potentially requiring multiple cloud providers.
Latency becomes less of an issue if the SEC removes the Order Protection Requirement from Reg NMS and puts in its place a best price rule with the responsibility on the shoulders of firms. This would alleviate the need for all the routing that takes place today among market centers and from firms to market centers. Many market prognosticators have called for this change as a potential cure to today’s market structure ills, but it is unclear whether the SEC has the willingness to make such a sweeping change. In addition, it is unclear what the unintended consequences of such a change will bring. So, building a cloud strategy with this potential change as a key component would seem to be less than optimal.
Could there be latency enhancing technology solutions not yet introduced into the marketplace that might resolve some of these issues? Possibly. Could cloud providers harden their offerings for specific customers like market centers and co-locators. Possibly. Would the SEC require everyone to move to the cloud? Improbable, and even if the SEC were to do so, the implementation of such a migration would be costly and time-consuming. The SEC would also be faced with the conundrum of how to implement such a migration, since the market participants that were the first to move to the cloud would be at a latency disadvantage to those that continued to function, however temporarily, under the current system. Will the SEC replace the Order Protection Rule? Not without much debate. Market participants, having invested big bucks in developing order routing and execution technologies that are speed-driven, may be opposed to such a move, especially if it results in those firms that migrate to the cloud have any competitive disadvantage against non-migrating firms.
Are there deep enough financial considerations for market centers to offset co-location revenues by moving to the cloud? Possibly.
These issues are thorny and highly interconnected. Navigating them is done at one’s own peril. It is clear that a change at one end of the eco-system produces winners and losers. Better to know all the permutations prior to making a change, advocating for a change, or being the collateral damage of a change.
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28 Apr 2019 Gatorade’s futuristic Sports Science Institute
Gatorade is a PepsiCo sports beverage brand, right? Well, the company is becoming much more than that with the help of technology.
At the Gatorade Sports Science Institute in Florida, the company tests out new product ideas and analyses performance data in real time.
Professional athletes come to the institute every day and are asked to play and sweat and do all the things extremely fit people usually do. Then, Gatorade’s doctors and scientists investigate their performance.
The participants are hooked up to large, expensive machines that track energy intake, sweat rate, even a person’s fat and muscle mass, to understand what’s happening at a molecular level.
With this, the company is able to understand what products work and what products don’t – as well as understand how different athletes’ bodies respond to different conditions.
All of this research is used to help shift Gatorade’s business model. The company behind the beloved US electrolyte-rich drink wants to create a platform that will give athletes personalised recommendations for products that enable peak performance.
Gatorade’s GX Sweat Patch is one new product that does just that: It’s a small adhesive that’s affixed to athletes and tests their sweat for nutrition recommendations.
By gaining insights about athletes’ physical performance and response at the Institute, Gatorade was able to make a small sticky product that provides individual product personalisation for its customers.
Fast Company recently got to check out the institute to get an inside glimpse of the futuristic program in action. They watched athletes play sports and get hooked up to fancy equipment to be analysed by a crack team of mad scientists.
They also talked with the institute’s director, James Carter as well as its head of innovation and design, Xavi Cortadellas, who explained how they built the program up and why they do what they do.
The state-of-the-art facility is a perfect example of how a brand can use science and technology to stay relevant in the 21st century.
Take look at this 360-degree tour of the Gatorade sports science institute to see exactly how the brand is making products for the next generation of professional and amateur athletes.
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What’s Happening at the Library: The end is near! Time to prepare!
Published 8:02 am Monday, January 30, 2017
By John Maruskin
Clark County Public Library
Last week I read an incredible, absolutely flabbergasting article in the Jan. 30 New Yorker entitled “Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich: Some of the wealthiest people in America — in Silicon Valley, New York and beyond — are getting ready for the crackup of civilization.” And by “crack-up,” they don’t mean laughter.
In it, the author, Evan Osnos, described how rollin’-in-it hedge fund managers and Silicon Valley execs are spending millions, sometimes hundreds of millions of dollars buying land in New Zealand or luxury condos in up-cycled nuclear blast-proof missile silos in North Dakota to survive the collapse of civilization, whether by bomb, mob or electromagnetic pulse. Turns out survivalist techniques are a growth industry. But to what end? And I do mean end.
I’ve often claimed the Clark County Public Library has materials for every interest, so I went to the stacks to see what’s available for aficionados of apocalypse and I found a shelf-load. Here are just a few.
For an overview of the subject there’s “The Disaster Diaries: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypse” by Sam Sheridan (call # 613.6 Sher). Seems fatherhood sent Mr. Sheridan into despair because he was unprepared for the spectrum of apocali he envisioned, from atom bombs to zombies. Every scenario, he finds, needs a different skill set and gear cache. The lesson here is to pick your apocalypse carefully.
My friend, Bet Ison, tells me cable channels feature sales of “Doomsday Prepper Kits.” (Ah, for the good old days when a Doomsday Prepper was just a frat boy in appalling plaid pants). If you’re a fan of canned food, take a look at the “The Complete Survival Manual: Special Doomsday Preppers Edition: Expert Tips for Surviving Calamity, Catastrophe, and the End of the World,” by Michael S. Sweeney (call # 613.69). Although, seems to me “end of the world,” by definition, makes survival moot.
For more prosaic forms of disaste, there’s Lisa Bedford’s “Survival Mom: How to Prepare Your Family for Everyday Disasters and Worst-Case Scenarios,” (call #613.69 Bedf). Ms. Bedford reveals ways to prepare for worst-case scenarios from a few days without electricity to “total chaos.” This book contains inspiring marginalia like: “If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my children may have peace.” — Thomas Paine. Although Paine’s sentiment is also moot if “trouble” is the end of the world.
Last, but not least, at least not while civilization merely trembles instead of ends, there’s “Spy Secrets that can Save Your Life” by Jason Hanson (call # 613.69 Hans). This book can teach you how to, among other things, “disappear without a trace” and “create an escape and evasion kit and the critical items to include in it” although the latter seems unnecessary once you can accomplish the former.
While you’re contemplating TEOTWAWKI (The End of the World as We Know It) remember, for movers and shakers, the end is just an opportunity. Steve Huffman, the 36 year old founder and CEO of Reddit, the billionaire prepper at the center of Osnos’ article has this post-apocalyptic vision.
“Being around other people is a good thing. I also have this somewhat egotistical view that I’m a pretty good leader. I will probably be in charge, or at least not a slave, when push comes to shove.”
As Kentucky Poet Laureate James Baker Hall used to say, “Wrap your mind around that.”
Stewart Brand, the founder of The Whole Earth Catalog, was also interviewed for Osnos’ article. He finds the end of the world a “strange” idea. Brand said, “The easy question is, ‘How do I protect me and mine?’ The more interesting question is, ‘What if civilization actually manages continuity as well as it has managed it for the past few centuries? What do we do if it just keeps on chugging?’”
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Addressing a forum on promoting Jamaica’s small- and medium-sized business, Leon said the country has been consuming far more than it has been able to earn, which leads to the dire condition of its balance of payments.
He underscored the need for all of the country’s stakeholders to collectively address the issue to improve the economy which is strangled by debts that have reached 140 percent of its gross domestic product.
Jamaica used $6.5 billion to import goods, while it earned only $1.7 billion from exports in 2012, according to figures released by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica.
Leon, however, commended the government led by Portia Simpson Miller on the latest initiatives it has adopted to reform the economy. He stressed that efforts to fulfill conditions for a standby loan from the International Monetary Fund represented a “blueprint” for efficient economic change, and a “map” for the way forward.
The Jamaican government has committed to reducing the national debt to 95 percent of GDP in the next seven years by slashing discretionary tax waivers, lowering public sector wages and reconstructing debt.
Last week, the IMF announced it has recommended a $958 million loan support package, $200 million more than originally requested.
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At stake in this referendum:
- Voters will vote on a referendum regarding whether or not Greece should accept the terms of a bailout proposed by several international creditors.
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Prokopis PAVLOPOULOS
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Alexis TSIPRAS
- Assembly: Greece has a unicameral Parliament (Vouli ton Ellinon) with 300 seats.
Main provisions in the referendum:
- “Should the plan of agreement be accepted, which was submitted by the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund in the Eurogroup of 25.06.2015 and comprises two parts, which constitute their unified proposal? The first document is entitled ‘Reforms for the Completion of the Current Program and Beyond’ and the second ‘Preliminary Debt Sustainability Analysis.’”
- No: 3,558,450 (61.31%)
- Yes: 2,245,537 (38.69%)
- Referendums are not legally binding in Greece.
Population and number of registered voters:
- Female Population: 5,509,973
- Is GREECE a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (2 March 1982)
- Has GREECE ratified CEDAW: Yes (7 June 1983)
- Gender Quota: Yes
- Female Candidates in this election: N/A
- Number of Female Legislators: 69 (23%) of 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament (Vouli Ton Ellinon)
- Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 29
- Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A
- Is GREECE a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)
- Has GREECE ratified CRPD: Yes (31 May 2012)
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Located in the Nomentano district, in front of the Church of Sant’Agnese, the fountain was built on the initiative of the Municipality of Rome in 1900, in a rural area, to replace an old drinking trough.
Covered with travertine marble, the fountain is fed by the Pio-Marcio aqueduct and recalls, both for the elegance of the lines and for the materials used, other Roman fountains of the seventeenth century.
The monumental fountain is characterized by an ashlar front and two pilasters in which two spouts are placed, on top of which there is a sphere. In the center, an inscription recalls the name of the aqueduct and the year of its construction.Below, the main jet of water gushes from the mouth of a Dionysian mask. To crown the monument, there is a fascia ending in a volute on which is sculpted the municipal coat of arms decorated with festoons. The large pool is placed directly on the street level.
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Using the Autocomplete functionality while creating a Python project in VEXcode VR can help save time and prevent errors while typing commands.
How to Use Autocomplete
Step 1: Begin typing to open the selection menu.
The device or command name will appear in a drop-down selection menu.
To access a list of the possible commands available using the Autocomplete function, press Control + Space (on Windows, macOS, and Chrome OS).
Step 2: Make a Selection with the AutoComplete
Press “Enter/Return” or “Tab” on your keyboard or left click on the command with your mouse to make a selection.
Note that with longer selection menus, you can make a selection using one of the following options:
- Use your “Up” and “Down” keys to select the name you want, then press “Tab” or (Enter/Return) on your keyboard to make the selection.
- Use your mouse to scroll up and down in the Autocomplete menu. Then left click on the desired selection.
Step 3: Add a Dot Operator to List all the Commands Available to that Device
Adding a dot operator (a period, “.”) will open a new menu of all commands available to the device.
Step 4: Make a Selection by Using One of the Following Options
- Use the “Up” and “Down” buttons on your keyboard to navigate the menu and then press “Return" on Mac, “Enter" on Windows or Chromebook to make a selection.
- Left click with your mouse on the desired command.
Step 5: Add Parameters
Parameters are the options that are passed to the command between the parenthesis.
Some commands require multiple parameters be set. Add a comma after a parameter to add another parameter.
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All children need nutritious diets and regular exercise. But for those with some form of diabetes or prediabetes, ignoring these guidelines can put additional strain on their organs, endanger their sight or even their lives. Here’s some expert advice about how parents can support their children in maintaining healthy lifestyle habits to cope with the daily risks of childhood diabetes.
Recognizing the symptoms of diabetes and seeking a physician’s assistance for early evaluation is crucial.
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) list of symptoms includes frequent urination, and extreme fatigue, thirst and hunger, despite eating.
Weight loss—despite increased eating—can indicate type 1, an autoimmune condition, in which the body fails to produce the hormone, insulin.
With the more common type 2—where glucose levels rise above normal—tingling, pain, or numbness sometimes occurs in the feet or hands. Blurry vision or cuts and bruises that heal slowly can also be signs. Sometimes type 2 has no recognizable symptoms.
Healthy eating is key to reducing the risk for diabetes or worsening the condition. Provide a balanced diet of fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains, lean meats, lower fat dairy and less sugary and salty foods. The ADA offers a complete nutrition and recipe guide.
According to the ADA, exercise is equally important and even lowers the risk for prediabetes, where glucose levels are above normal but not as high as type 2 diabetes.
Exercise and nutrition habits can often control type 2, and obesity can cause it. If the condition worsens, insulin or medication may be required.
Regular exercise may even reduce the amount of medicine or insulin required by children with type 1, but it’s important to carefully monitor glucose levels around exercise.
The ADA advises aerobic activity, strength training, stretching and regular movement during the day to prevent and reduce complications for diabetes.
Changing kids’ habits
Helping your child improve lifestyle habits can be challenging. Parents want to avoid power struggles or further damaging self-esteem—a common issue for children who are obese or who have diabetes.
Rewire Me spoke with Rachel Calendo, pediatric diabetes program manager at Cardon Children’s Medical Center in Mesa Arizona, and Julie Simpson, MS, RD—the program’s dietician—about strategies to help kids improve nutrition and exercise habits.
Simpson likes the “one bite rule” for each time a food is presented, where kids don’t get extra of another food beyond their regular portions. Simpson finds this rule helps develop tastes for different textures and flavors. She also encourages parents to allow kids to pick which vegetable to cook that night.
Calendo suggests parents take kids shopping to pick out new vegetables to try. “Make healthy snacks easily available for kids,” adds Simpson. “Have bell peppers and hummus chopped and ready, without you having to cut it.”
With children still growing, Calendo cautions against studies or diets meant for adults. Instead, focus on portion sizes of all food groups, even if kids need to lose weight.
Calendo also encourages parents to pay attention to their language. “Physical activity sounds like more fun than exercise,” she says. “Kids also tend to be more successful with a ‘show up sport’ where other kids are present. Who wants to exercise alone?” Calendo asks.
Simpson adds, “Let the child pick the activity or sport, rather than the parent—something more fun than simply walking on the treadmill—so they don’t even realize they are running or jumping around.” 60 minutes of activity, seven days per week is their recommendation.
For the less athletic, “Encourage them to walk the dog.” Simpson says, “Say, ‘Hey, let’s get chalk and play hopscotch.’ Or go on a walk together as a family, so you’re bonding outdoors.”
Pairing exercise with socialization is an important component of instilling the love of exercise.
“When the entire family is involved, children are much less likely to feel singled out or develop self-esteem problems,” says Dr Jared Heathman of Houston, Texas.
Heathman’s client tried to increase the child’s exercise by encouraging more outdoor activities and enrolling the child in soccer. The child enjoyed soccer; the family attended weekly practice and games. But no changes were implemented at home, and the child’s weight didn’t change.
When the family began daily soccer practice together, neighbors joined the activity. The whole family lost weight. “The entire family benefited from positive change, and the child grew to enjoy exercise more as it was fun, not a punishment for a weight problem,” explains Heathman.
Childhood diabetes is a growing epidemic with serious risks, but it’s important to focus on the aspects we can help children control. Learning to maintain a healthy lifestyle through diet and exercise will serve kids their whole lives. And by practicing these habits alongside them, we’ll benefit our entire society. | <urn:uuid:8aac673f-2619-45ac-8290-26c06ebdc49a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.rewireme.com/relationships/fight-childhood-diabetes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.940319 | 1,071 | 3.171875 | 3 |
by Andrea C. Barach 1
Trademarks and Service Marks—a Quick Overview
Trademarks or service marks identify the sources of particular goods or services in the marketplace. (If they are used for tangible items, they are trademarks; if they are used in connection with the sale of services, they are service marks.) Consumers use trademarks and service marks as quick and easy identifiers for their most trusted sellers of goods and services.
A trademark is a word, group of words, logo or graphic, or combination of logo or graphic material with words. The words may be normal English words, such as “Pizza Hut”; or they may be English words with novel spellings, such as “Kwic Sak”; or English words that are used for goods not associated with the common meanings of those words, such as “Pledge” for furniture polish or “Subway” for sandwich restaurants; or they may be invented words, such as “Xerox” for copiers or “Verizon” for telecommunication services. What all these trademarks and service marks share is that they are the symbols by which customers select goods or services from a particular vendor. The customer remembers “Verizon” because he wants to purchase telecommunication services from that particular source and believes that the services will be of better quality or better meet his needs than telecommunication services offered by others.
In the U.S., trademarks and service marks that are used in interstate commerce may be registered at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and will enjoy protection under the Lanham Act.2 Once registered, the mark should be identified with the symbol ® to put the public on notice that it is a registered trademark. Federal registration can help a trademark owner protect itself from competitors using the same or similar marks to “steal” customers. In addition, the registration (on the Principal Register) is prima facie evidence of the owner’s exclusive right to use the mark and serves as constructive notice of a claim of ownership so as to eliminate a defense of good faith. A federal registration becomes incontestable after five years of registration. Trademark owners in all industries expend substantial resources developing marks that will create memorable identity and image for their customers. Once selected and adopted, a mark becomes the external face of the company. Thus, it is very important to select a strong mark that communicates the desired image of the brand. Furthermore, it will be very difficult to change a mark after registration due to a conflict with another registered trademark. This is true for health care companies as well, but there are some particular issues that arise in the health care area.
Red Cross Blue Cross, What A Cross to Bear!
Historically, many health care providers have been affiliated with Christian religious organizations, and thus, marks including crosses have been very popular for hospitals and health care providers. In modern times, the cross design has generally become associated with health care, making it even more desirable. However, there are some pitfalls to the use of crosses that result in limiting the styles and colors of cross designs that are available as trademarks and service marks.
Red Cross – Under the Charter Act that was adopted in 1900 under the Geneva Convention (and later amended in 1905 and again in 1910)3, the American Red Cross has the exclusive right to use a red Greek cross4 on a white field, with the only exception being that any user of such an emblem prior to 1905 would continue to have the right to use the emblem. Registrations owned by Johnson & Johnson for red Greek crosses date from 1906 and claim first use dates of 1898, and thus its right to use those marks were grandfathered based on the American Red Cross Charter Act. J&J continues using similar trademarks today, such as
5 and 6, respectively.
It is important to understand that J&J has a unique ability to use red crosses in its marks because it had begun using those red crosses years before the American Red Cross Charter was passed, and rights to trademarks continue so long as those marks continue to be used in commerce. In 2007, J&J sued the American Red Cross claiming trademark infringement of its mark on first aid and disaster preparedness products distributed and sold commercially by licensees of the American Red Cross. The suit was settled in 2008 by the parties,7 after the initial court decision upheld American Red Cross’ right to use the mark even for commercial purposes.8
The American Red Cross is diligent in its review of the Trademark Office filings and vigorously defends its right to use and block other users of the red cross design. It may also discover, and bring objections to uses of the red Greek cross which constitute common law trademark use, such as adopting a mark containing a red Greek cross as a brand or logo in the health care field. Thus, we routinely advise clients to avoid using a red Greek cross as part of their marks. A white Greek cross against a red background, by contrast, will not violate the statute and should be permissible (absent conflict with other trademark owners).
Blue crosses should also be avoided, due to the famous marks owned and registered by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. BCBSA owns a large number of registered service marks for blue Greek cross designs for a number of health care and insurance services.9 Based on correspondence received by this author, BCBSA claims the exclusive rights to any cross design used in the color blue, or used in proximity to a shield design. It is possible that BCBSA would not pursue objections to a mark that contained a different type of cross (such as one with arms of unequal length) or a dramatically different shade of blue from the shade used by BCBSA, but in light of the possible cost and delay that adoption of a blue cross logo would engender, it is best not to adopt such a mark if at all possible. A white cross against a blue background, for example, should avoid conflict with the BSBSA trademarks.
Trademarks and Service Marks for Health Care
When purchasing potentially life-sustaining or lifesaving services from health care providers, customers have a particularly high desire to ensure that the services are being provided from trusted sources. Thus, protecting the names and logos used by health care providers is very important. The issues surrounding the common use of cross shapes in trademarks and service marks for companies in the health care industry is only one of the issues that can arise when the trademark world collides with the health care world, but one which can result in an unhappy surprise. Health care companies should be sure to work with experienced trademark attorneys when they select new marks and brand identities in order to minimize the chance of having to change trademarks or brands unexpectedly. Once the mark is selected and cleared as being available, the mark should be registered on the Principal Register in order to maximize its protection in the future.
1 The author acknowledges the valuable contributions of Mark D. Swanson, Esq. to the text of this article.
2 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.
3 18 U.S.C.§706
4 A “Greek cross” is a cross for which the arms are all equal in size and do not extend to the edges of the field
5 R.N. 3,178,913
6 S.N. 85,072,572
7 “Claim Over Red Cross Symbol is Settled”, New York Times, June 18, 2008
8 Johnson & Johnson v. The American Red Cross, 552 F. Supp. 2d 434 (S.D.N.Y. 2008)
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On the eve of this week's sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time blessings on your door step! Cultivating a relationship takes time as most readers are familiar. We learn over time of the fidelity God has for each person.
Perhaps it was a surprise to read a resource link http://www.sancarlo.pcn.net/argomenti_inglese/pagina13.html on the Church teachings regarding the Mass
and Sunday observance addressing the question-What is the relationship between the Mass and daily life?:
- "it is the love appointment, weekly but also possibly daily, with the One who has given himself for us"
term, love appointment, with God can prompt an interesting dialogue. To sustain friendships we look forward to time with them who through over the
years deepens in its depth of understanding with many experiences. A true friend as the Book of Sirach points out is a treasure. Luke's Gospel puts us in the company of two of Christ's friends, Martha and Mary who are teaching us of the need of
proximity to the beloved. Sunday is a time to be with our beloved Lord and with those he sends to us or to whom he chooses to send us to.
The above website also resources the following:
"How is sunday sanctified?
participating in the Holy Mass ;
- And by dedicating oneself to those activities which permit one:
- to render worship to God (major time dedicated to personal and family prayer, meetings and readings of religious deepening,
visits to the cemetery...);
- to take care of one’s married, family and parental life;
- to assure proper and due rest of body and spirit;
- To dedicate oneself to works of charity, especially in the service of the sick, the aged,
the poor..." (Accessed 7.20.13)
We may benefit by asking how are we making time for an appointment of love with God? His mercy endures forever! His covenant is through salvation history. Are we hearing his voice?
The voice of those he sends our way? As we prepare for this Sunday let us be opened to the in breaking that God communicates. Pray for all travelers and in particular for all the World Youth Day participants and for all those who have requested
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The official documents issued by a national conference of bishops, usually called “pastoral letters”. 5. Pastoral letters issued by a local bishop for his diocese. old, because the faith is always the same yet the source of ever new light.”
What documents does the church issue?
The documents issued by the church were encyclical.
An encyclical was initially a globular letter sent to all the churches of an area in the ancient Roman Church. Encyclicals specify high papal precedence for an issue at a specified time.
What are the papal documents?
Encyclicals are papal letters – the word “encyclical” means “circular letter” – usually addressed to Catholic clergy and the laity and containing the pope’s views on church teachings and doctrine in a particular area.
What are the Church documents?
- Rerum Novarum (On Capital and Labor) …
- Quadragesimo Anno (After Forty Years) – On Reconstruction of the Social Order. …
- Mater et Magistra (On Christianity and Social Progress) …
- Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth) …
- Populorum Progressio (On the Development of Peoples) …
- Laborem Exercens (On Human Work)
Which of the following documents is written and published by the popes?
Encyclical, pastoral letter written by the pope for the whole Roman Catholic church on matters of doctrine, morals, or discipline.
What are ecclesiastical documents?
Ecclesiastical letters are publications or announcements of the organs of Roman Catholic ecclesiastical authority, e.g. the synods, but more particularly of pope and bishops, addressed to the faithful in the form of letters.
How many documents did Vatican 2 produce?
There are at least five English translations of the sixteen documents; in addition there are other English translations of individual documents. The variety of ways in which the documents have been dealt with by translators shows the necessity of referring to the authoritative Latin text.
What is an apostolic letter from the pope?
The term Apostolic Letters (Litterae apostolicae in Latin) has two uses in Roman Catholicism: The letters of the Apostles to Christian communities or those in authority, i.e. the Pauline Epistles, the Letter to the Hebrews, together with the seven General Epistles of the other Apostles.
What is a letter written by a pope to explain a religious teaching?
who should select bishops. A______________ is a letter written by a pope to explain a religious teaching or outline a church policy.
What language are encyclicals written in?
The title of an encyclical is the first two words of the document in Latin, the official language in which encyclicals are written.
What are the 3 aspects of Catholic social teaching?
Catholic Social Teaching
- Life and Dignity of the Human Person. …
- Call to Family, Community, and Participation. …
- Rights and Responsibilities. …
- Preferential Option for the Poor. …
- The Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers. …
- Solidarity. …
- Care for God’s Creation.
What are the four sources of Catholic social teaching?
Catholic Social Justice Quotes
Learn from the wisdom found in the four sources of NETWORK’s Catholic Social Justice principles: Scripture, Catholic Social Teaching, Catholic Social Tradition, and Lived Realities.
What is the meaning of encyclicals?
: addressed to all the individuals of a group : general. encyclical. noun. Definition of encyclical (Entry 2 of 2) : an encyclical letter specifically : a papal letter to the bishops of the church as a whole or to those in one country.
What three things did Pope Leo’s encyclical state?
The Catechism of the Catholic Church lists three principal aspects of the common good: 1) respect for the human person and his rights; 2) social well-being and development; and 3) peace, “the stability and security of a just order.”
Who is the first woman doctor of the church?
St. Teresa of Ávila was the first of only four women to have been named doctor of the church. Her ascetic doctrine and Carmelite reforms shaped Roman Catholic contemplative life, and her writings on the Christian soul’s journey to God are considered masterpieces.
Which pope died after only thirty three days as pope?
Pope John Paul I
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|Birth name||Albino Luciani|
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Smith: Historic temple could be glue that keeps neighborhood together
Isaiah Kuperstein never paid much attention to the decades-old stone building that sits a block from one of his Double 8 Foods grocery stores. The businessman noticed that the building, with its ornate beige trim and grand presence in a Near-Northside neighborhood full of modest single-family homes, seemed out of place and time, but that was about it.
It was just a building. Until it wasn’t.
“In all the years I’ve been here, I’ve never set foot in that place. Somebody once told me: ‘Oh, that was a synagogue once.’ But I never paid attention,” said Kuperstein, who is Jewish. “When I went inside, I was thunderstruck with what I saw. All the remains of what used to be a synagogue were there. And I said to myself, ‘We can’t possibly let this go.’ ”
To Kuperstein, the building at the corner of East 34th and Ruckle streets is more than just a synagogue, more than just a beautiful building that started life as Beth-El Temple before becoming a series of churches.
The building, he insists, is a chance to reclaim a long-forgotten part of Jewish heritage in Indianapolis. Even more than that, it’s a chance to infuse a new type of community spirit into a neighborhood in the midst of a rapid change in demographics.
That’s a tall order for one building, even one designed by the architecture firm founded by author Kurt Vonnegut’s grandfather. But Kuperstein has a good reason for his high expectations. Before he was the proprietor of the Double 8 chain, he helped to create the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
“Communities need to engage each other, talk to each other, learn about each other, celebrate together,” he said. “I think a lot of this can happen in this building. It holds that promise for us.”
What will that look like? Kuperstein isn’t sure. He and the board of a relatively new nonprofit, the Temple Heritage Center, are just starting to figure that out. (Indiana Landmarks owns it, but the nonprofit is directing the building’s future.)
Beth-El Temple could end up being a community center with an emphasis on exploring issues of diversity and cultural heritage.
The first order of business, though, has been to repair the building, which is a shadow of what it was when it was built in the mid-1920s.
At that time, the surrounding neighborhood of Mapleton-Fall Creek was a Jewish enclave. Over time, Jews moved out, and blacks moved in. The neighborhood got poorer, and blight set in. The area became known more for crime than anything else, although some institutions, such as Tabernacle Presbyterian Church, chose to stick around to be stabilizing forces for good.
Today, Mapleton-Fall Creek is undergoing another major change in demographics. With its location along a major waterway, proximity to Downtown and amenities that include trails and bikeways, the neighborhood is ripe for redevelopment.
People with higher incomes are moving in. And concerns about gentrification are running high among longtime residents.
If Beth-El Temple ends up being what Kuperstein envisions, it could help diffuse some of the conflict that comes with change. Imagine if there were an institution to honor the oldest roots of Mapleton-Fall Creek along with those who are putting down new ones.
In the end, creating that kind of community spirit will have more to do with people than buildings.
But Beth-El Temple is an asset. It’s a beautiful building with a decades-long record of bringing people together. That’s something worth hanging onto.
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Does Brazil have 2 time zones?
The Brazilian territory has four different time zones, all located to the west from Greenwich.
How many time zones are in Brazil?
four standard time zones
Time in Brazil is calculated using standard time, and the country (including its offshore islands) is divided into four standard time zones: UTC−02:00, UTC−03:00, UTC−04:00 and UTC−05:00.
What are the 3 time zones in Brazil?
Time zones and time differences in Brazil
- Brazil: West UTC-5. Acre Time (AT), aligned with Eastern Standard Time (EST), categorizing New York and Washington, D.C.
- Brazil: Central & North UTC-4. Amazon Time (AMT), which is one hour ahead of Eastern Standard Time.
- Brazil: East UTC-3.
- Brazil: Far East UTC-2.
What time zone is Brazil situated in?
Brazil uses four standard time zones. From west to east UTC/GMT – 5 is observed in Acre and thirteen municipalities in western Amazonas. UTC/GMT – 4 is observed in five western states….Brazil Current Times.
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Does Brazil have 4 time zones?
Four Brazil Time Zones There are four standard time zones in Brazil. They are, from west to east: Acre Time (ACT), Amazon Time (AMT), Brasília Time (BRT), and Fernando de Noronha Time (FNT).
Why does Brazil have 4 time zones?
Daylight saving time in Brazil was adopted in 1931 and was applied to the entire nation until 1988 when it was scaled back to apply to only parts of the country. Due to Brazil’s large geographic size, it was split into four time zones.
What are the 4 time zones in Brazil?
There are four standard time zones in Brazil. They are, from west to east: Acre Time (ACT), Amazon Time (AMT), Brasília Time (BRT), and Fernando de Noronha Time (FNT).
Why does Brazil have 3 time zones?
Due to Brazil’s large geographic size, it was split into four time zones. While most of the nation was two, three or four hours behind UTC, most of the western states such as Acre were four hours behind.
What is the richest state in Brazil?
São Paulo is the richest and most populous state in Brazil, ranking 16th and 27th worldwide, respectively; Rio de Janeiro is the second richest and the third most populous state, ranking 65th and 59th worldwide; Minas Gerais is the third richest and the second most populous state, ranking 80th and 55th worldwide.
What country has the most time zones?
France Has the Most Time Zones The country with the most time zones is France, mostly due to its various territories around the world. These time zones are: UTC−10:00 — most of French Polynesia. UTC−09:30 — Marquesas Islands.
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"Illustration by Curtis Livingston Every now and then I believe it is worth just thinking about Hunter S Thompson and the groundbreaking work he did in his blazing career as a writer. Notice I say 'writer' rather than 'Gonzo Journalist'. "
The Photography of Bill Ray
Images: Life Archive
The demise of proper photojournalism is an often told story these days.
And you can see the point. If you’ve got an iPhone 5S in your back pocket you have the sort of imaging power that would have been undreamt of in the 1960s, when Bill Ray documented Hells Angels with Gonzo practitioner and edge-dwelling scribe Hunter S Thompson. What’s more the ubiquity of social media gives a horde of mini shutterbugs the means of mass distribution, too. If we’re all photojournalists now, then photojournalism has ceased to exist.
But the ubiquity of the image doesn’t mean that the quality of that image and its storytelling potential has kept pace with the number of pixels or the size of the sensor.
Bill Ray was a proper photographer. He got up close and personal with his subjects and produced a body of work that will be around long after the hard-drives have deceased.
These images, from the Life Archive, are from the period when Hunter Thompson was researching his book on the rebel bike clubs of North America. Still working today Bill Ray was a staff photographer for Life magazine, based in New York, Beverly Hills, and Paris. From these bureaus he traveled the world covering major events, wars, and many of the key personalities that have defined each era from the sixties onward.
These images of bikers from the Life Archive are endlessly fascinating and strangely familiar.
Bill Ray was a proper photographer.
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Do you think about by yourself as a printed creator? Is producing a novel a extended-held desire for you? Can you see your identify staring at you from the backbone of textbooks lining the bookstore cabinets?
If you have that desire in you, you also have the capability to make it a truth. But 1st, I might like to inquire you 1 a lot more concern. Is creating a novel your desire? Or, is writing a novel your objective?
A aspiration is something you will not see as attainable. Consequently, you will not look for techniques to make it a actuality. That’s just the way the mind operates.
Conversely, when you commit yourself to your aim of writing a novel, and commence taking measures in that route, you will turn into informed of the resources accessible to you. When you consider edge of the possibilities that are proper for you, you will locate oneself getting nearer to your intention of composing a novel. A effective creator is basically an beginner who in no way gave up.
When you commit to composing a novel, begin by making little goals. Usually total every single purpose you set for yourself. Your subconscious thoughts is paying attention to almost everything you do. Enable it know you are severe and it will reward you.
Acquire a action-by-phase novel-writing guidebook, or extensive novel-creating software program. With the support of a guide that is really action-by-action, you will always know what to do following. This will go a lengthy way in assuaging writer’s block.
If you pick to buy novel-producing application, make sure to get the software that is appropriate for you. They are not all the same. The ideal system will do much of the function for you.
You simply insert your suggestions for plotting and characterization into the novel-composing software. It will manage your entries and notify you what type of scenes, and stage-of-look at characters to develop up coming. If this is inside your price range, it will result in a more powerful novel that is accomplished in a much shorter interval of time.
Whichever route you choose to get, have a set time to get to work on producing a novel every day. When you make an appointment with oneself, preserve that appointment, as you would with any person else you worth and regard. Generally speaking, it requires from two to a few months to kind a behavior.
This signifies that in the beginning, you will likely have to combat off all varieties of excuses, these kinds of as, I’ll commence tomorrow, or that T.V. software is genuinely exciting. Even laundry, dishes, and that closet that demands to be reorganized, normally takes on a strange kind of intrigue.
Will not pay attention to their nagging calls. It will get easier. Writing every day will also preserve the tips flowing a lot a lot more freely. The much more you create, the far more you will really feel like a writer. Soon after all, what is a writer, if not an individual who writes.
You now have a few selections to make:
one. How significantly time will you devote every working day to creating a novel? A consistent but tiny time period of time every and each and every day is much greater than massive chunks of sporadic producing time.
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The best day in a fly fisherman’s life is often when the fish are rising. On a lake or pond it’s often at dusk or just before dawn when the mosquitos and other insects start to get active. You begin to see little rings of ripples on the water. Here’s one…there another. It’s the fish feeding at the surface; coming just close enough to suck in the unlucky insect just trapped in the surface film.
It’s this insect that the dry fly is intended to impersonate. The Adams with it’s dry hackle that both floats the fly and looks like wings desperately beating in an attempt to escape the water’s surface.
These rings produced by feeding fish are called rises.
So, how do you fish them? For the full (and theoretical) answer, check out Marinaro’s ROTR. But here are three general tips based on his work:
- If you are fishing a trout stream, the trout likely followed the insect from four to eight feet or more downstream before taking it. After taking the fly, the trout will return to its holding point further upstream. You should cast eight to ten feet upstream of a rise in moving water.
- In still water, the fish also likely came several feet to take the insect. Cast the fly further out than the rise, but do not allow the fly line to land where the rise occurred if at all possible. If you don’t have any other alternative, just plunk the bug down as close to the center of the rise as you can, wait a second for the ripples to subside, then twitch the fly rod to give the bug some action.
- The profile of the fly and the way it sits on the top of the water makes all the difference to feeding trout. As the trout gets closer to the fly, it can see the top of the fly better. If you see swirls or rings around your fly, and get no takes, switch to another pattern.
- It is the overall profile of a fly–including the size–that causes a trout to take it or reject it.
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Calgary's new central library tells us how much our community has changed
Libraries are places that inspire in me dream and delight
As Calgary's new central library opens, we asked noted author, historian and bibliophile Aritha van Herk to share her thoughts on libraries and what they mean to us all.
Library: from Latin libraria; feminine (used as a noun) of libraries, meaning "relating to books," from liber, libr-"book." A place for books.
I have not yet toured Calgary's new Central Library. I have been saving up that experience, relishing the anticipation, for libraries are places that inspire in me dream and delight.
I have read and written and done research in dozens of libraries, from the Library of Congress in Washington (under the impressively domed Reading Room) to the British Library in London (now very bureaucratic), to the Nobel Library in Stockholm (a special privilege I was granted), to old Rutherford at the University of Alberta (where I wrote most of my undergraduate papers), to the Nose Hill branch of the Calgary Public Library system (which has the best view of any library in the world).
I have definite feelings about all of them, although perhaps the most charming is the intensely independent London Library — a subscription library set up by Carlyle because he disliked the British Museum Library's rules.
But this love affair began on the prairies.
The first library that I frequented was in the modest central Alberta city of Camrose.
The building was once the courthouse, as its somewhat ostentatious columns proclaimed, and then became the library.
When a new library was later built (through Lt.-Gov. Lois Hole's determined efforts), that old one became a Treasury Branch, then a café, and later was designated a historical building.
Yet, my first library still prompts intense memories.
I do not remember learning to read — I think I was born knowing the alphabet — but I can recall with absolute clarity the steps leading up to the main door, so steep that my child's legs could barely stretch from one to the next.
Those high stairs came to symbolize the ascent that I associated with books — their capacity to transport me to different places and times. Emily Dickenson's lines, "There is no Frigate like a Book/To take us Lands away," was certainly my prompt.
Inside, the library smelled of oiled wood, damp winter boots, the delicious dust of books — of thumbed pages, the linen-like texture of the protective binding, and the manila slot for the due-date card at the back, as official as time itself.
I loved the atmosphere of stilly hesitation, the shelves and shelves of tantalizing spines with their embossed titles and authors' names.
I set out to read every book in that library, and probably did, visiting once a week and taking out as many volumes as allowable. I loved too the furnishings, the gravity of the tables, and especially the librarian's desk, heavy oak, behind which she sat erect, wielding the imprint of her date stamp.
If European cities preserve cathedrals, and if American cities flaunt ostentatious courthouses, then we Canadians might claim to revere our humble hometown libraries — although they are often squat, utilitarian buildings, designed by government architects and as usefully nondescript as the old ALCB stores.
Calgary has been loyal to both the graceful sandstone of 1912 Memorial Park Library and the brutalist Central Library of the 1960s.
But the new Central Library is a different edifice, a declaration and a vindication, an outgrowth of our city's avid use of the library system.
It is the second largest in Canada.
There are more than 600,000 members, and 21 branches that support some 6.6 million visits each year — despite having one of the lowest per-capita funding ratios in the country. (And that is shameful.)
Calgary library users here are so conscientious that during the 2013 flood, they kept returning books — little knowing that as they passed through the slot they slid down into the water-filled basement and drowned.
For five years, the new Central Library has been slowly growing and glowing behind City Hall. It is much discussed and approvingly measured as "potentially under budget," despite its imposing elegance and the arches that mimic the rolling clouds of the Chinook.
The exterior assembled itself like a Tetris game, the interleaving glass spaces as hexagonal pages — an entire new cruise ship sailing into downtown. It is touted as a "natural" building, open and airy, a "gateway" to the formerly grubby East Village.
A home to books
On Nov. 1, when the building is "activated," the celebrations surrounding the opening promise to be fittingly flashy, worthy of its eloquent style.
But the real test will be whether the place can succeed not only as the community hub, meeting place and activity centre that it aspires to be, but as the home of books — those collections of words that instigate the "sharing of knowledge" that we talk about more than we practice.
Libraries remark a culture's attention span, measure the temperature of what matters synchronically. Historically, libraries denoted wisdom and understanding — two ideals no longer common currency despite the technological advantages of this information age.
The notion of libraries as hoarding the bounty of high literature is long dead, and they have metamorphosed into civic centres that now declare how much the communities that libraries serve have changed.
This new library is rich in "facilities" that have little to do with shelves of books or the Dewey Decimal system.
It boasts two cafés, a performance hall, an interfaith room, a collective gaming area, a child-minding service, a "Questionarium" (I quizzically imagine a fish bowl with a Siri-type answering device), a digital commons, an idea lab, audio-video editing suites, and a room for nursing mothers.
It will provide public computers, free Wi-Fi, free printing and gender-neutral washrooms. The Bookscalator device, which transports materials between floors, will be worthy of Beakerhead attention.
All marvellous. All amazing. All spectacle.
Somewhat dismaying fact
The public library is the new town square, dispensary and classroom — the most accessible of all civic buildings.
That everyone is welcome is a crucial aspect of its role, but that inclusivity disguises the somewhat dismaying fact that libraries have become outreach centres, service hubs for the dispossessed, the homeless, and the unemployed.
They fill the gaps that social services do not, providing key guidance and ESL classes for newcomers, teaching numeracy and literacy, programming lectures and talks and movies and panels.
Willingly or not, they now wear the mantle of community arbiter, safety net, refuge and resource.
I do not want to return to the library as a hushed and sacred space where no one dares to whisper. I certainly do not want to go backwards to the time (not so long ago) when users had to pay to join, and when libraries were not hospitable to the disenfranchised.
Even if the image persists in our imaginations, the notion of a library as a rarified temple of erudition and illumination is long extinguished.
But on the home page of the new Central Library's website, the word "Book" appears only in the phrases, "Room Bookings," and "Book Donations." So it is with considerable relief that under the Explore Tab, I find "Books" at the top of the list.
This library will have books, and books are still the mainstay of why libraries matter and why they should matter.
Of course, there are also e-books and movies and music and newspapers — our access to information swollen with the virtual.
This is no lament for the physical object of the book and what it has come to represent in this uneasy age.
The need for books
In an interview, director of communications Mary Kapusta insists, "We're all book lovers so we want book lovers to have a great place to research and read."
A hundred-thousand more books will be added to the collection, bringing it up to 450,000 books.
But I worry about the busyness and the hectic determinations of programming leaving no space for dream and contemplation. About it leaving fewer and fewer opportunities enabling the happy accident of pulling a book off a shelf and opening it to discovery.
Our curiosity deficit grows every day, so perhaps the greatest need the library must serve is instigating enquiry.
The Oculus Skylight, a metaphorical eye hovering over the core of the new building, surely suggests that reading enlightens — rather than the Orwellian eye of Big Brother.
I am personally intrigued by odder details — that the building is engineered to support a live load (the weight of books) of 7.2 kilopascals. Is that a lot or not?
I wonder about the library's straddling the LRT track and the potential effect of trains running underneath. Will the sound of trains provide the subterranean rush and roar that is so often heard in theatres above the Tube in London's West End? I am eager to see the public art around and within the library, particularly the Indigenous placemaking pieces, reflections of Moh'kinsstis and Treaty Seven people.
There are many reasons to celebrate this moment, not least because Calgary right now needs some joyful occasion, needs to imagine that we will pull ourselves out of this somewhat negative trough. The library, physical and present, speaks to our respect for smartness and its accompanying sophistication.
Without knowledge, we are but ciphers.
And the proof will be in the performance.
A library used is a library loved
It is up to us as citizens to "use" the library. For its best review will be in its employment.
To celebrate is not only to visit and to gawk, but to check out a book, take it home, and read it.
And so, I have three suggestions.
The Library At Night, by Alberto Manguel. A book about how love of libraries must be learned; Manguel is one of Canada's most beautifully erudite writers.
The Library Book, by Susan Orlean. A brand new and compelling non-fiction account of the 1986 fire in the Los Angeles Central Library.
The Calgary Public Library: Inspiring Life Stories Since 1912, by Brian Brennan. This last one is obvious, for the story of how a story happens is perhaps the best aspect of what a library can mean and what a library can inspire.
What more is there to write, other than, read more.
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5 August, 2022
Four teachers from Tenbury High Ormiston Academy, have taken part in the three peaks challenge to raise funds for Mind and the academy’s fund to support counselling provision.
As part of the challenge, the staff climbed Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon over a two-day period and have raised over £2,000 that will go towards enhancing mental health provisions for young people in the local area.
In order to prepare for the challenge, the team has spent their weekends over the past four months climbing mountains in the rain and fog, showing incredible perseverance.
The team of staff was inspired to take part in the challenge due to their passion for investing in organisations that support young people to foster a healthy mind.
This passion is reflective of Tenbury High Ormiston Academy’s ethos and commitment to supporting their whole community’s wellbeing. To support this commitment, the academy created a “Time to Talk Cabin” as a safe space for students to talk, as well as having an on-site education mental health practitioner.
The four Tenbury High Ormiston Academy staff who took part in the challenge were Hannah Wright, assistant principal, Paul Shepherd, head of create faculty, Ryan Morris, head of Year 7 and a PE teacher and Mike House, head of Year 8 and a science teacher.
Vicki Dean, principal said: “I am so unbelievably proud of the team for this fantastic achievement, they have shown an unwavering commitment to this challenge and have been a shining example to our students. They are also thrilled to have raised such a substantial amount for the important causes.
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Meaning of the Idiom
bei shui che xin（trying to put out a blazing cartload of faggots with a cup of water）
Mencius was a famous thinker in the Warring States Period. He recommended the political idea of governing the country by benevolence to the vassal states, but no one adopted it. His students asked him the same question.
It is no doubt that benevolence can overcome inhumanity, just as water can extinguish fire. But now some advocates of benevolence seem to use a small glass of water to save the flame of a wagon full of firewood. If any one thus thinks that water cannot extinguish fire, he is in the same class as a tyrannical person, and will lose what little benevolence he has had.
[bēi shuǐ chē xīn]，原义是用一杯水去扑灭一车燃烧的柴草；比喻力量太小，无济于事。
Reading The Paragraphs!
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Leonid Aleksandrovich Shamkovich (Russian: Леони́д Алекса́ндрович Шамко́вич; June 1, 1923 - April 22, 2005) was a chess Grandmaster, and chess writer.
He was born in a Jewish family in Rostov-on-Don in Russia.
Shamkovich became a Grandmaster in 1965 and won several tournaments, with his best victory coming at Sochi in 1967, where he tied for first place with Nikolai Krogius, Vladimir Simagin, Boris Spassky and Alexander Zaitsev. Other notable results included a tie for 3rd at the 1962 Moscow Championship (behind Yuri Averbakh and Evgeny Vasiukov) and finishing third at Mariánské Lázně 1965 (behind Paul Keres and Vlastimil Hort).
Shamkovich left the Soviet Union in 1975, moving first to Israel, then Canada, and finally the United States, where he lived the remainder of his life. He won the 1975 Canadian Open Chess Championship. He continued to play through the 1990s, and wrote several chess books.
His Sacrifice in Chess begins, "A real sacrifice involves a radical change in the character of a game which cannot be effected without foresight, fantasy, and the willingness to risk."
His aristocratic bearing and manner of speech earned him the nickname "Prince".
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Parliamentarians from the UK’s Conservative Party have given their party members a choice between two candidates for the country’s next prime minister.
After Boris Johnson was forced to resign as party leader and prime minister, the party’s 160,000 members will choose between former finance minister Rishi Sunak and former foreign minister Liz Truss.
While both have said they are committed to the UK’s target to reach net zero emissions by 2050, both have weak records on climate action.
This could change in power, when the successful candidate will face institutional and public pressure to deliver policies that deliver on net zero. Outgoing prime minister Boris Johnson had a record of flirting with climate denial before he was converted by a briefing given by a government scientific adviser.
On Monday, a high court judge ruled that the government’s net zero strategy was inadequate and gave ministers until March 2023 to make the numbers add up.
And as the UK’s high temperature record was shattered this week, with a provisional reading of 40.3C, a poll found 70% of voters understood that climate change was the driver. This view was broadly held among supporters of all parties and of people of all ages.
To start with, 70% of voters think the recent high temperatures are being caused at least in part by climate change. pic.twitter.com/AIiIkFdSx7
— Steve Akehurst🇺🇦 (@SteveAkehurst) July 20, 2022
On the other hand, both Sunak and Truss will face pressure from climate-sceptic elements within their own party, like the “net zero scrutiny group,” which challenges climate policies on cost grounds.
In 2012, she voiced support for not just a controversial third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport but a fourth, going further than the airport itself.
As environment minister in 2014, Truss cut subsidies for solar farms calling them a “blight on the landscape”. As solar costs fell though, the UK’s solar capacity continued to rise regardless and she recently told a Conservative Environment Network (CEN) hustings that Russia’s war in Ukraine had strengthened the energy security case for clean energy.
In 2018, she criticised her own government’s attempts to control air pollution from wood-burning stoves. In the same year, she backed fracking for gas, dismissing opposition as “nimby” (not in my backyard). After a string of earthquakes, the practice was suspended a year later.
— Liz for Leader (@trussliz) February 28, 2018
Despite this record, she has earned the support of the party’s most climate-aware ministers Zac Goldsmith. When Johnson resigned, the international environment minister tweeted that most of the leadership candidates “couldn’t give a shit about climate and nature” but has gone on to back Truss as “the obvious choice”.
For Conservative MPs who value the UK’s international leadership on nature over the last 3 years, @trussliz is really the obvious choice.
She understood the importance of that leadership as Foreign Secretary and she will build on it N10. pic.twitter.com/yA4kYfJVR5
— Zac Goldsmith (@ZacGoldsmith) July 18, 2022
A readout of the CEN hustings shared with Climate Home shows that Truss mainly focused on conserving nature. She boasted of bringing back beavers to the UK as environment secretary, promised to review the UK’s list of protected species and lead a delegation to the biodiversity Cop in Montreal.
Sunak’s political career and climate record is shorter than Truss’s. He was elected to parliament in 2015 and plucked from obscurity to become Boris Johnson’s chancellor just as the Covid-19 pandemic struck. After gaining popularity for spending vast sums to support people during the pandemic, he has tried to restrain spending since the UK’s lockdowns have eased.
This has generally hindered UK climate policies. In November 2021, Sunak announced plans to cut the UK’s aid budget from 0.7% of national income to 0.5%. Programmes to help cities around the world deal with climate change had their budgets cut as a result, overseen by Truss’s foreign and development ministry.
Domestically, Sunak’s spending cuts led to the cancellation of a badly run home insulation subsidy scheme in 2021. But, in 2022, he cut tax on low-carbon technology and recently told the CEN hustings he is looking at launching a new energy efficiency scheme focussed on smart heating controls and cavity wall insulation, which he regards as better value for money.
Under pressure from the opposition Labour Party, Sunak belatedly announced a £5bn ($6bn) windfall tax on oil and gas companies, who have reaped bumper profits because of Russia’s war in Ukraine. But he has not removed oil and gas companies’ broader tax advantages despite the urging of the Climate Change Committee. And just before the UK hosted Cop26 climate talks in Glasgow, Sunak cut tax on domestic flights.
At Cop26, he said he would make the UK the “world’s first net zero financial centre” and pledged £100m ($120m) to the Taskforce on Access to Climate Finance. He said this spending was a “tangible, practical example” of how the wealthy countries are “delivering our promise” to provide $100bn a year in climate finance.
But the rich countries failed to meet this target by their original target year of 2020. According to research by the Overseas Development Institute, the UK under Sunak gave just $3.2 bn in Sunak’s first year as finance minister, half of its “fair share” towards the $100bn target. The figures for 2021 have yet to be released.
In an attempt to win Tory MPs’ votes today, Sunak announced he would not relax planning rules for onshore wind. His campaign said this was “in recognition of the distress and disruption that onshore windfarms can often cause”. Onshore wind is unpopular with some Conservative MPs despite being overwhelmingly popular with the public.
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Just arrived here at LL community and saw a comment mentioning "A level" being the most basic kind of official recognition. As far as I know, this is an European standard:
Browsing other site questions, I met one where OP states:
I’m a between B1 and B2 level Right now.
And then one commenter asks:
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Each of you possesses the most powerful, dangerous and subversive trait that natural selection has ever devised. It's a piece of neural audio technology for rewiring other people's minds. I'm talking about your language.
It might be inevitable that we have to confront the idea that our destiny is to be one world with one language.
We willingly accept and even embrace this mind control, and probably without even knowing it.
Language allows you to implant a thought from your mind directly into someone else's mind, and they can attempt to do the same to you, without either of you having to perform surgery.
It is an emotion that makes us act as if for the good of the group; an emotion that brings pleasure, pride, or even thrills from coordinated group activity.
No wonder the creationists don't believe the darwinian account.
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Environment & Biodiversity
CEMEX UK plays a key role in creating and maintaining Britain’s built environment. We are one of the UK’s largest building materials companies and our products, including aggregates, cement and concrete, are part of the fabric of a sustainable Britain.
CEMEX & The Environment
We recognise that our business has consequences for people and the environment. It is a key challenge for us to balance these impacts with the need to build a more sustainable future. Our vision is of a successful, sustainable CEMEX that makes a positive contribution to people and the environment.
Biodiversity is life and the natural systems that support them. It matters because it underpins the benefits we get from the natural environment, contributes to our economy and enriches our lives. High quality restoration of mineral sites offers an effective way to develop areas for wildlife and re-creating a range of habitats. Climate change is posing new challenges and threats to nature. Conserving biodiversity will play a key role in our ability to adapt to these changes.
In October 2009, CEMEX UK and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds commenced a partnership, with a dedicated biodiversity advisor to develop a national biodiversity strategy, provide biodiversity-focused restoration advice and to aid in raising awareness of best biodiversity practice to internal and external audiences. Building Biodiversity (The CEMEX UK Biodiversity strategy 2010 – 2020) sets out a clear framework, with specific targets, to help guide CEMEX in this undertaking. CEMEX UK and the RSPB are also playing a key leading role on the development of CEMEX's global biodiversity strategy and the global partnership that CEMEX has with BirdLife International.
CEMEX UK recognise the intrinsic value of nature and the importance of conserving biodiversity, ecosystems and ecosystem services to allow for a sustainable development of society. CEMEX are committed to being a responsible steward of the land they manage and to conduct operations in a sustainable manner. CEMEX are committed to meeting the biodiversity targets set out in Building Biodiversity. CEMEX will aim to minimise or mitigate its impact on biodiversity, endeavouring to achieve no net loss of biodiversity on our sites.
CEMEX will work to:
- Deliver the aspirations and objectives set out in Building Biodiversity (The CEMEX UK Biodiversity strategy 2010 – 2020).
- Assess, prevent wherever possible and reduce to a practical minimum the biodiversity impacts of operations and seek opportunities for biodiversity enhancement initiatives.
- Align the CEMEX business model with biodiversity initiatives and policy so that the identification, assessment and management of biodiversity values are incorporated into decision making processes and management system, throughout the life cycle of sites.
- Provide adequate resources for instruction, training and supervision to appropriately manage biodiversity conservation.
- Contribute to the development of knowledge and the promotion of best practices in the field of biodiversity conservation.
- Integrate biodiversity as a core component of communication efforts, both internally and externally, to encourage more awareness and understanding among stakeholders.
- Monitor, review and openly report CEMEX’s biodiversity performance against measurable targets and industry best practices to drive continuous improvement.
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What was Yazıcı’s crime? He was the design director of Zaman, the award-winning newspaper in Istanbul. In 2016, after an abortive coup, 47 journalists from Zaman were arrested and accused of complicity. Yazıcı and his colleagues were convicted, and the newspaper was closed. His sentence: Life.
Fevzi spent much of the next few years in solitary confinement.
Eventually, Yazıcı was allowed periodic visits by Firdevs and his two sons. Faced with darkness until the end of his days, Yazıcı could have given up, as so many others in his situation have. And yet, he prevailed. Through his creativity, Yazıcı turned isolation into expression. With only a few hours of sunlight per day, armed with a ballpoint pen, a pencil, a broken ruler, and some other basic materials, Yazıcı created art—and an entire typeface.
In 2018, a Turkish court reduced his sentence to 11 years and six months. So, Yazıcı may stay in jail for six more years.
Drawn with the precision available only to those with immeasurable time on their hands, Fevzi’s art and glyphs show what is possible with a ballpoint pen and pencil. Many of his drawings are now on display at The Hillstrom Museum of Art. The show runs to April 24 at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. The typeface’s first use is in the poster and catalog for this show, Fevzi Yazıcı: Dark White.
The foundry’s total income from this font will be sent to Fevzi Yazıcı and his family. There will be no deductions for production costs or other expenses.
With this post, Type Network announces that it will contribute its commission on the sales to Reporteurs sans Frontières (Reporters without Borders).
“Please license this great font for $50!” said Roger Black, TN chair. “All the proceeds will go to the designer, and to help in RSF’s fight for a free press around the world.”
Thinking about Fevzi
My friend Fevzi Yazıcı should be helping tell the stories of the people of Turkey instead of being held for the last five and one-half years at Silivri Prison.
I met Fevzi through the Society for News Design (SND) and was his guest in Istanbul as part of +1T Design Days, a conference he organized in Istanbul. At a conference in San Francisco in 2016, we had breakfast together and talked at length about design, our countries, and our families. Fevzi was an active member of SND, and a judge one year at its competition.
Just a few months later, the coup in Turkey changed everything. “This cannot be real,” he told me. “I cannot recognize my country.”
He was arrested that summer and initially sentenced to life in prison as a part of crackdown on the press who were often charged with connection to an opposition leader and attempting to “eliminate the government of Turkey.” The United Nations denounced the conviction of Fevzi and his co-defendants in a statement: “The court decision condemning journalists to life in prison for their work, without presenting substantial proof of their involvement in the coup attempt or ensuring a fair trial, critically threatens journalism and with it the remnants of freedom of expression and media freedom in Turkey.”
In 2020, after visiting Fevzi’s show at Yeh Art Gallery at St. John’s University in New York, I was able to share Fevzi’s story and his work with The Washington Post’s global audience in an opinion essay titled “Art of Darkness.” The story showcased his work before his imprisonment and then the astounding art he’s been able to create with limited supplies while in solitary confinement the past four years. Fevzi’s contributions to that story earned him two awards from SND—which had regularly recognized his design work before his arrest.
It’s clear to me, Fevzi was born to be a visual artist. He’s unafraid, passionate and a wonderful storyteller. It’s uplifting to see that his time in solitary confinement hasn’t defeated this spirit, but at the same time, agonizing to think of the conditions he’s living in daily. His sentence was recently reduced to 11 years and three months.
I remain filled with hope for Fevzi’s freedom and for his family to be reunited outside of prison walls. I have that belief because I have the honor of working alongside Jason Rezaian, who was imprisoned as a journalist in Iran and also served time in solitary confinement. The fact that Jason is free gives me hope that one day, Fevzi will be free too.
Greg Manifold is the creative director of The Washington Post
A rule-breaking typeface
I am breath taken at Fevzi’s courage and persistence. His latest artwork, limited to pencils and pens, is astounding. As Viktor Frankl has said: “What then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal tragedy into a triumph, to turn one’s predicament into a human achievement.”
Some days I struggle with the meaning in my line of work: I draw letters. My husband is working on curing cancer. The disparity, for me, is large. Very rarely does a typeface change the world. Bell Centennial, which increased legibility while saving countless trees, is the only one that springs to mind. Don’t get me wrong, the satisfaction of delivering something pleasing to a client never gets old. But I have need to do something more impactful for the world around me, a need that is mostly fulfilled by leading hikes for new parents once a week. . . .
One of my favorite books is Man’s Search for Meaning by Frankl. Written in 1946, it is the memoir of a psychotherapist imprisoned in concentration camps during the Holocaust. There Frankl refined his theories on what brings meaning to people’s lives: creation, experience, suffering.
Fevzi creates. He makes beautiful, thought-provoking works of art with no more than a ballpoint pen. His letters read like poetry. Now, he has designed a typeface.
“I’ve wanted to design a font for as long as I can remember, but it was not destined to be attempted until I have been imprisoned. Even though I designed a lot of logotypes, to design a font from scratch and in whole was such another thing,” he wrote in a letter to fellow SND member Roger Black, a colleague at TN.
“My kind request,” Fevzi continued, “depending on your availability, is to examine the current state of the design and to share your expert critics with me. You can be a partner of this small journey.” Roger shared this letter with a few of us at Type Network. This was an occasion to use my type design skills to help someone; to bring a deeper meaning to what I do.
Fevzi is enormously talented, and he has a keen eye. There was little that I needed to do to turn his drawings into a working typeface. It breaks several rules of font design, but it still comes together. It’s distinctive, yet one can read it without getting too distracted. Even at smaller sizes, which is surprising for what is meant to be a display face. It is beautiful, dignified, and legible.
Fevzi creates, but he also finds meaning in a fundamental experience—love. This font is named after his wife, whose name translates to “heaven.” I think again of Frankl: “For the first time in my life, I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth–that Love is the ultimate and highest goal to which man can aspire. Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love.”
Dyana Weissman is custom type director of Type Network, and the principal of Kerns & Cairns, a TN partner foundry.
Few months ago, I found myself in the middle of a typographic adventure as an art director who examined fonts amply but never had the chance to design one. The driving force of this adventure was author Ahmet Turan Alkan’s encouragement and my ambitions.
I’ve wanted to design a font for as long as I can remember, but it was not destined to be attempted until I had been imprisoned. Even though I designed many logotypes, to design a font from scratch and in whole was such another thing.
Extremely ironic: Under oppressions and limited resources, I attempt this bold adventure—which I could not have succeeded in spite of all of the opportunities and freedom I have had—now. I have nothing but a pen, a pencil, an eraser, a dull sharpener, a faulty 30 cm plastic ruler, and several graph notebook sheets. Ohh, I forgot my lovely desk.
The main idea and motivation behind this font is to become a representative symbol for telling the stories of the journalists and other innocents who are imprisoned in Silivri Camp or similar jailhouses. Who knows, maybe this font can be their voice.
I have a dream: How nice it would be if the works of all those authors and illustrators who are trapped and oppressed behind the walls could have been published with this font? As I have said, this is a dream, and dreams are boundless.
Such a font: Beautiful enough to attract the attention of the world, dignified enough to express all the sufferings experienced, legible enough to endow a body and their own voices to the words.
Yes, this is a paramount target. I have flinched with the overwhelming possibility of being pressed under the font and its mission. Thus, I sufficed with the start. I believed the remnants would surface slowly.
Everything began with an “a”. This was an “a” form I have caught while my pencil wanders on the notebook haphazardly. This sketch evoked the padlock warders used to lock my cell. How weird it is: This unpleasant resemblance was about to transform into an “a” form I liked a lot.
Next, I have designed other letters and formed a bunch of roses and gifted this rose bunch of letters to my spouse on her birthday. I named this font with my wife’s name, meaning heaven: Firdevs.
This must be one of the best remedies in lieu of gifting a real rose bunch to Firdevs. In spite of all limitations of the dungeon, this event is an unforgettable memoir for both Firdevs and myself.
Fevzi Yazıcı was the award-winning design director of Zaman, the daily newspaper in Istanbul, now closed. He wrote this letter, as he drew the typeface, Firdevs, while in solitary confinement in a Turkish prison.
Designed in captivity, Firdevs stands alone. The designer, Fevzi Yazıcı has stated, “I can easily claim that I have not been affected, more broadly even not inspired, from any font while I was designing Firdevs.”
It functions extremely well as a unique display face, and yet (surprisingly) Firdevs maintains readability at smaller sizes. When you license Firdevs, Kerns & Cairns, the foundry that digitized and released the font, is giving all its proceeds to the designer and his family. Type Network is contributing its commission to and RSF. For a reasonable fee, you download a great typeface, help an imprisoned journalist, and aid the effort to protect free press around the world.
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Pedestrian crossing points are key to helping pedestrians travel safely around the city and the scope of this programme is to improve pedestrian crossing facilities thus improving safety, reducing accidents, improving perception of personal safety for cyclists and pedestrians to reduce car dependency and usage, encouraging more active lifestyles particularly for shorter journeys. Brighton & Hove City Council's (BHCC) Transport Projects & Engineering (TP&E) Team collates and assesses requests received for new or improved pedestrian crossings from both members of the public and local Ward Members each financial year. For locations that meet the pre-assessment criteria a wide-ranging assessment is carried out and the location is assigned a priority score. The locations are then ranked by their priority score (highest to lowest) and informs the Pedestrian Crossing Priority List. Those crossing locations achieving a ranking within the top 10 will be prioritised for funding but this does not automatically qualify a particular location for implementation. For example, the cost of a crossing facility at a particular location may be prohibitive or upon closer investigation it may become apparent that suitable pedestrian provision already exists in a particular location and therefore further investment would not represent good value for money. The 'type' of crossing facility proposed is considered on a case-by-case basis by Highway Engineers. Often the most appropriate and cost-effective solution for locations can be pedestrian refuges or buildouts. Where larger scale facilities which are likely to exceed available budgets are required, such as full junction redesigns, schemes may be delayed until funding can be made available.
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Christmas is nearly two months away, but that hasn't stopped many Americans from starting their holiday shopping.
According to data released by the National Retail Federation, 40 percent of Americans start their holiday shopping by Halloween. That is why many retailers begin holiday marketing in September, the NRF said..
In additional holiday shopping data released by the NRF this week, one piece of unknown data is whether prices will increase this holiday season due to tariffs.
"Some holiday merchandise including apparel, footwear and televisions are subject to new tariffs that took effect on September 1, and other products will have tariffs applied on December 15," the NRF said.
The NRF added that retailers will work to limit the impact of tariffs, but that many small businesses will be unable to absorb the costs.
For this holiday season, the NRF expects retails to rake in 4 percent more revenue compared to 2018, with between $727.9 billion and $730.7 billion in total revenue.
While spending on gifts for family is expected to decline, spending on gifts for non-family members could see a giant increase the NRF said.
For the average consumer, they said they will spend $1,047.83 this holiday season. Nearly 59 percent of consumers said they will shop for gift cards; 52 percent for clothing and accessories; 35 percent for books and other media; 29 percent for electronics; and 24 percent for home decor. Of the $1,047.83, consumers said they'll spend $501 on gifts for the family, which is actually down from $506 from last year. Gifts for non-family is expected to see a jump from $106 in 2018 to $122 in 2019.
Non-gift spending is expected to increase from $155 in 2018 to $162 this year, as consumers said they will take advantage of discounts offered during the holiday season.
“Younger consumers are helping drive the spending increase this year,” Prosper Insights Executive Vice President of Strategy Phil Rist said. “They’re not just spending on their immediate family members, they’re also treating their larger circle of co-workers and friends to gifts.” More than half of shoppers between the ages of 25 and 34 (52 percent) plan to purchase gifts for co-workers, and 82 percent of those between 18 and 24 plan to purchase gifts for their friends. | <urn:uuid:292bab84-65bf-4b0e-b3f9-92bc9dc5cca4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lex18.com/news/national/40-percent-of-americans-have-already-started-their-holiday-shopping | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.972815 | 487 | 1.625 | 2 |
Even under normal circumstances, Virginia has extremely limited release mechanisms for elderly and sick incarcerated individuals. During the COVID-19 pandemic, this problem is especially acute, as individuals behind bars cannot physically distance or effectively sanitize spaces. There have been significant COVID-19 outbreaks at multiple correctional facilities in Virginia, including Augusta Correctional Center, Coffeewood Correctional Center, and Deerfield Correctional Center. As of January 6th, 2021, over 7,600 people incarcerated in Virginia’s correctional facilities have tested positive for COVID-19. Forty-seven incarcerated individuals and two staff members have died.
On April 22, 2020, the Virginia state legislature passed a budget amendment to grant the Virginia Department of Corrections the authority to release certain incarcerated individuals with less than one year remaining on their sentences. Soon after, NACDL mobilized Virginians to write to Governor Northam and urge him to release as many people as safely possible, part of a ongoing advocacy campaign through which individuals have sent over 250 messages to governors across the country, urging them to strategically decarcerate state and local facilities.
In May 2020, Governor Northam promised as part of a settlement agreement to prioritize and promptly review conditional pardon applications for medically vulnerable individuals. However, his office has consistently refused to provide any data regarding the number of applications filed, reviewed, and approved or denied. On NACDL’s Action Center, find our continuing campaign to keep pressure on Governor Northam to increase transparency and action around conditional pardons.
Since the early days of the pandemic, NACDL has been involved with the Virginia COVID-19 Justice Coalition, which is continuing to call for the swift release of as many incarcerated Virginians as possible and for accountability and data transparency around the release process. The coalition hosted a biweekly virtual town hall series throughout 2020, featuring state elected officials, advocacy organizations, family members of incarcerated individuals, public defenders, Commonwealth’s Attorneys, and others. Recordings of all previously live-streamed townhalls are available on the coalition’s Facebook page. | <urn:uuid:c9e1863e-e48c-4248-aa98-087dcefdd42c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nacdl.org/Content/Public-Health-Emergency-Release-VA | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809003642-20220809033642-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.958943 | 422 | 1.8125 | 2 |
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Explore Yuin country on the South Coast of New South Wales with Ngaran Ngaran Culture Awareness (NNCA). The traditional custodians of Yuin country invite you to come, learn and immerse yourself in the world’s oldest living culture.
Your Yuin guide will explain the significance of Country, culture and dreaming. Gulaga Mountain is central to Yuin culture, dreaming and people of the Narooma/Tilba region on the South Coast. As traditional knowledge holders and teachers, NNCA will guide you on this two night, one day Aboriginal experience, connecting you to the creation stories and allowing you to walk away with a piece of the sacred dreaming of the Yuin forever.
The Yuin Retreat is a 2 night, 1 day (40 hour) experience that starts on the evening of Day 1 and concludes mid-morning on Day 3. This tour includes two nights’ accommodation, meals as indicated and a team of guides offering insights, knowledge and dreamtime stories for the duration of the experience.
Ngaran Ngaran Culture Awareness (NNCA) was established in 2011 and is an Aboriginal owned and operated Cultural service provider running Aboriginal tourism experiences in the Narooma/Tilba region on the South Coast of New South Wales on Yuin Country
Your lead guide is Dwayne ‘Naja’ Bannon-Harrison with over 17 years of experience along with 9 generations of cultural teachings passed down. Dwayne and the family team at NNCA invite all walks of life onto Yuin country.
Many parts of the Narooma, Bega Valley and Bermagui region have held sacred significance for the Yuin Aboriginal community for tens of thousands of years yet the stories are not widely known. The traditional custodians of Yuin country Ngaran Ngaran Culture Awareness an Aboriginal owned and operated initiative invite you to come, walk and listen to a sacred dreaming of Djirringanj country heartland of the Yuin people. This experience will enlighten you to a traditional way of knowing and you will experience first hand ceremony and dreaming stories that have been passed down to connect to country.
Day one: 7pm
Traditional Welcome - The immersive experience begins with a welcome to Yuin country. This will include language, song and smoking ceremony followed by dinner, a tour briefing and traditional yarning circle.
Day two: 6.30am
Sunrise ceremony – The day begins with greeting one of the Yuin people’s elements in a traditional ceremony with spectacular ocean scenery. This is followed by a local 'Indigenous Twist' breakfast bundle.
On country experiences
Option one (1) Gulaga National Park guided walk day tour – Starting at the historic Tilba Tilba you will begin your journey onto the sacred Gulaga Mountain. This involves a two hour ascent of walking and taking in all the surrounds of Gulaga National Park complemented by the tour guides knowledge and protocol sharing. This truly gives you the opportunity to look,listen and see what Gulaga has to offer and its importance to the Yuin people, from cultural knowledge handed down from generation to generation. This is the core aspect of the experience and takes most of the day, it is suitable for the more eager bushwalker, spiritual seeker or moderately fit visitor. A packed lunch with Indigenous twist will be provided.
Option two (2) Djirringanj dreaming experience drive and walk day tour- –This on country journey involves heading out seeing significant areas for the Yuin people following the Djirringanj Dreaming trail. Travelling via vehicle to several sites with some short moderate walks (1-2 km) to immerse and learn about traditional knowledge. This experience is suitable for the visitor who would like to take a more relaxed and bespoke day out learning on country. A packed lunch with Indigenous twist will be provided.
Note: Upon booking you can choose your preferred on country experience. You also can choose either experience and be neutral to a surprise of which journey you take on the day. If you are booked on a shared experience (non private) and the majority of the group chooses one experience and your preference is the other experience, we will contact you. You can choose to upgrade to a private tour to ensure your preferred on country experience or we can offer to reschedule to an alternative date for the shared experience. Of course, you can also choose to keep your original date and the majority group choice of experience will apply. Please refer to note below for other itinerary or on country experience considerations to take into account.
Cultural wellness evening - Arrival back to your accommodation is between 5-6pm afternoon, where a local cheese and fruit platter awaits you. Following that you will be taken through a first peoples wellness session, then it's onto our second food journey for dinner.
Indigenous Twist Food Journey dining experience (Two nights)- Be taken on a unique high quality dining experience in our amazing nature eating space. Mirritya Mundya Indigenous Twist have worked with some of the best chefs in the country, so sit back and be ready for a remarkable immersion into the tradition of the oldest food culture in the world.
Traditional Reflection Yarning Circle – Reflecting with each other on the days experience around the fire immersed in Mother Earth's elements with a nice warm Indigenous tea, is truly a grounding and connected way of finishing your special day on country. This time and space will leave you exhaustively content.
Day three: 8 am
Farewell beach ceremony - A morning cultural wellness session concludes the formal part of the tour. This is followed by a farewell brunch.
Note: This itinerary order and activities may change due to daylight saving and weather conditions. This is to enhance the visitor experience by responding and delivering our features to suit each group and time.
Also please be mindful that due to weather, safety, situational or access restrictions to the Gulaga National Park (option one), we may have to undertake the other tour map of the Djirringanj Dreaming (option two) trail as the alternate on country experience on Day two.
Yuin Retreat - Two Night- 40 Hour Experience
Group sizes- Minimum two (2) - Maximum eight (8)
Please click the Book Now button to check availability and current pricing.
2021 Booking Dates - Friday to Sunday or Sunday to Tuesday.
The Yuin Retreat is available as a shared experience with other travellers or as a private experience for two to eight guests. The private experience is an additional cost. A private experience for two to eight guests with a tailored itinerary for your group can also be arranged - price and inclusions on application.
Day one: Dinner, accommodation and activities as defined in the itinerary features.
Day two: Breakfast, lunch, dinner, accommodation and activities as defined in the itinerary features.
Day three: Breakfast and activities as defined in the itinerary features.
Accommodation is in the Narooma, Mystery Bay, Tilba and Bermagui region. We use a variety of accommodation options from belle or safari tents to private comfortable cabin or beach house locations. All with self- contained bathroom & kitchen.
Your accommodation location will be sent to you upon booking. This is due to availability on your chosen date of the experience.
Note: If you would like to stay in a belle tent, this is at an additional cost and the price is based on two people - twin share or queen.
Check in: Day one 5.30pm- 7pm
Check out: Day three 10am - 11am
Note: Check in times are very strict for our experience, please let us know prior if you require an earlier check in time.
Mirritya Mundya Indigenous Twist Sample Menu
Dinner Menu (two x nights)
Finger Lime Butter Freshly Shucked Oysters
River Mint Snapper in Paper Bark
Sarsaparilla Cherry Beef
Bush Tomato Cauliflower
Green Beans in Bush Dukkah
Warrigal Green Pesto Potatoes
Tarts-Choc Davidson & Desert Lime
Muntire Marrang Wattlessed Splat
One x Breakfast- Self serve
Home made toasted muesli
One x Brunch - Service
Indigenous Twist - Big Breakfast - Eggs, Smoked Sausage, Bacon, Spinach, Tomato, Mushrooms
One x Lunch
Native Infused Pull Apart Breads & Seasonal Fruit
Sobah Beers (non- alcoholic)
Accepted and required upon booking, we can cater for;
What to bring
As this experience includes an outdoor walking tours, we recommend guests wear comfortable walking shoes, and bring a backpack, sunscreen, hat, and water bottle. If wet weather is predicted, it is recommended to pack wet weather gear and a change of light warm clothes for the day walk.
The Gulaga Creation National Park walk day tour includes a 12km return gradual walk in the national park. A moderate to average level of fitness will ensure you enjoy the journey on Gulaga. A 4WD escort service is also available for the less mobile and physically fit. Please keep in mind approximately 1-2 km of steady gradual walking is required to be able to partake in the tour. This experience is for the outdoor adventurer, spiritual seeker and fitter visitor.
The Djirringanj Dreaming tour is more forgiving and requires less physical energy and fitness. It involves around 1-2 km of gentle moderate walks along with traveling via car to the various locations. Definitely a more relaxed experience.
Narooma and the neighbouring Tilba region is located just over 4 hours and 30 minutes drive south of Sydney, 3 hours drive east of Canberra and 8 hours drive north east of Melbourne.
Transfers are available for additional costs from Moruya (Local), Sydney and Canberra airports.
Compliance and regulations from the NSW & Australian Government in place and implemented. This includes;
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A new supplement that claims to promote a healthy heart and joints as well as making a horse’s coat shine and eyes bright has been launched by Equimins.
Glow and Shine Omega Oil is a blend of cold pressed oils from natural vegetarian sources.
The oil is a valuable source of omega 3, 6 and 9 and can add calories to the horse’s diet in an easily digestible way.
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According to Equimins, Glow and Shine Oil has been “designed to promote good health, shiny coat, bright eyes, strong teeth, bones and hooves”. It also contains vitamin E with “anti- oxidant properties that can help to protect cells against free radicals.”
Equimins managing director David Willey added: “Glow and Shine Omega Oil contains linseed oil, soya oil and rape seed oil and provides a sustainable source of omega 3 in contrast to marine oils which are becoming more scarce. We believe it is also a more natural way of feeding a horse than marine oils.”
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Prices start from £9.95.
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Contrary to popular belief, graffiti isn’t petty vandalism or a niche medium; it’s much more than that. Graffiti is just as artistic and creative as any piece you’d find in the Louvre Museum or the Museum of Modern Art. Some artists, such as O.G. Slick, have used graffiti and street art to launch successful careers. Although O.G. Slick sounds more like a rapper’s stage name, he’s actually a very accomplished artist and clothing designer.
O.G. Slick, whose real name is Richard Wyrgatsch II, has been making graffiti and street art for most of his life. Slick’s love for art is hereditary. His mother painted as a hobby and he gained inspiration by watching her create. He came up with the name O.G. Slick because when he attended Catholic school as a child, one of the nuns said that he thought he was pretty “slick.” O.G. Slick also grew up embracing hip-hop culture. In Hawaii, he was exposed to hip-hop in clubs held on military bases. Slick naturally gravitated to street art because it encompassed elements of hip-hop. As he perfected his art style, aerosol became his primary medium. He became notorious for graffiti which drew the ire of local police enforcement. To avoid any possible punishment, Slick decided to leave Hawaii to study art in California.
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Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – This month, Aasif Sultan, a journalist from Indian-administered Kashmir, completed 1,000 days in prison since his arrest in August 2018 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act or UAPA, a stringent anti-terror law.
Sultan, 34, who worked as an assistant editor for a Srinagar-based English magazine, is accused of “harbouring known militants”, an allegation he denies. He has also been charged with murder, attempt to murder and other crimes.
But Sultan’s family and the editor of Kashmir Narrator, the magazine he worked for, deny the accusations, saying he was arrested for his journalistic work, particularly for a story titled The Rise of Burhan, which he wrote for his magazine in July 2018.
In the 4,000-word story on the killing of Kashmiri rebel commander Burhan Wani in 2016 by Indian security forces, Sultan wrote why the 22-year-old rebel had proved to be “more dangerous” for India “in his grave than in his living room”.
The Himalayan region of Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan, who rule over portions of the Muslim-majority territory but claim it in full. The two nuclear-armed nations have fought two of their three full-scale wars over the region.
Meanwhile, an armed rebellion against Indian rule in Indian-administered Kashmir began in the early 1990s, with thousands of young Kashmiris joining the rebels, who either demand an independent state or a merger with Pakistan.
In his story, Sultan wrote that after Wani’s killing, “more and more young boys are disappearing into the woods to follow Burhan’s path.”
Wani’s killing on July 8, 2016 made global headlines and triggered a wave of anti-India protests across the disputed region, in which nearly 100 people were killed as Indian police and troopers swooped down on the protests with live bullets and pellet guns.
For his story, Sultan had managed to get exclusive photographs and details about Wani, including interviews with so-called overground workers (OGW), a term used in the restive region to describe non-combatant members of rebel groups, who are usually given logistical tasks.
“Interestingly, one of them [OWG members] met him [Sultan] in a police station in southern Kashmir and the interview was facilitated by a police officer. He [the OWG member] gave us all the details. It was something exclusive which had not appeared anywhere,” Kashmir Narrator’s editor Showkat Motta told Al Jazeera.
“The story in question angered the police apparatus in Kashmir. Unfortunately, such bold and honest reportage seldom appears in local media, which explains why the police establishment here didn’t take it in stride.”
Police added Sultan’s name to a first information report (FIR) filed about a gunfight with the rebels in Srinagar’s Batamaloo area on August 12, 2018. One policeman was killed in the operation while at least three rebels managed to escape.
During a midnight raid on Sultan’s house following the incident, police claimed to have found “incriminating material” in his possession. His laptop and mobile phone were seized as evidence.
“In the charge sheet, they [police] claim to have found incriminating material from his home, an iPhone and his MacBook. The police said they have sent them for forensic analysis to Chandigarh. But two-and-a-half years have passed since but that forensic report hasn’t come yet. Why is it so?” Motta asked.
Sultan’s lawyer Adil Abdullah Pandit says his client was not present at the site of the gunfight, a fact “admitted by the prosecution” and describes the police case as “purely fabricated”.
“Then how can charges of 302 [murder], 307 [attempt to murder] and 326 [voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons] be invoked against my client? These three offences cannot be made out against Sultan,” Pandit told Al Jazeera.
Under the UAPA, Pandit said Sultan is accused of “harbouring terrorists” and conspiracy against the state by giving assistance to rebels.
“There is no evidence on record which could prove that Aasif Sultan has provided any assistance or logistic support to the militants or he harboured any militant,” Pandit added.
GV Sundeep Chakravarthi, currently the senior superintendent of police in the frontier Kupwara district, was posted in Srinagar when the gunfight happened. He was the investigating officer in Sultan’s case.
Days after Sultan’s arrest, Chakravarthi told Indian news website Scroll.in that the journalist was “writing against uniformed forces”.
But the police officer refused to speak to Al Jazeera about the case.
Sajjad Shah, current superintendent of police for Srinagar City (South), said he had nothing to say since the matter is before a court of law.
“I don’t have anything on it,” Shah told Al Jazeera. “Whatever evidence would be there, that must have already been submitted in the court.”
Areeba was born on Feb 17, 2018. She was 6 months and 10 days old when her father Aasif Sultan was arrested on Aug 27, 2018. Areeba is 3 years and three months old and whenever she has seen her father, he was in chains. #1000daysinJail #FreeAasifSultan #JournalismIsNotACrime pic.twitter.com/WrO8K0sptf
— Faisal Khan فيصل خان (@lookaround81) May 23, 2021
But Sultan’s parents believe their son is behind bars because of the story he had written on rebel commander Wani.
“My son has nothing to do with militants. He is innocent and has been put in jail for only one reason, the story he wrote on Burhan Wani,” Sultan’s father Mohammad Sultan told Al Jazeera.
Motta said arresting Sultan was “simply an act to muzzle the voice of an independent media house” in the disputed region.
In a statement on May 23, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a United States-based non-profit committed to promote press freedom and defend the rights of journalists, demanded an immediate release of Sultan from jail.
“Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan has been in prison for the last 1,000 days. He has repeatedly been denied bail. Aasif was arrested after publishing a story on militant Burhan Wani in August 2018,” CPJ wrote on Twitter.
CPJ said Sultan’s trial began in June 2019 and has been “moving slowly”.
“CPJ along with 400 journalists and civil society members have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding his immediate release,” wrote the non-profit.
Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan has been in prison for the last 1000 days. He has repeatedly been denied bail. Aasif was arrested after publishing a story on militant Burhan Wani in August 2018.
— CPJ Asia (@CPJAsia) May 23, 2021
In 2019, Sultan was awarded the annual John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award by the US National Press Club. Last year, he also featured in TIME magazine’s “10 Most Urgent” cases of threats to press freedom around the world.
Sultan’s is not an isolated case in the disputed Indian-administered Kashmir region.
In 2017, Kamran Yusuf, a photojournalist from the region, was arrested by India’s National Investigating Agency (NIA) under the UAPA.
The NIA accused Yusuf of being involved in stone-throwing incidents and organising groups of youth to do so at the government forces in the region.
Yusuf spent more than six months in a New Delhi jail before he was released on bail in March 2018, apparently for lack of evidence.
Since August 2019, when India abrogated the special status of Indian-administered Kashmir and turned it into a federal territory, many journalists have been summoned by police and cases filed against them.
In some cases, Kashmiri journalists were asked to reveal the sources of their stories and explain their reports.
In a first-hand account published in October last year, Fahad Shah, editor of news website The Kashmir Walla, wrote that he along with a colleague was detained by the police at gunpoint on a highway and “treated like a criminal” during a four-hour interrogation.
He told Al Jazeera that in the past two years, he has been summoned to police stations at least six times and has two cases filed against him after his website published stories “that the state didn’t like”.
“It’s more like a message to other journalists that if you do something like this or if you go to an extent where the state doesn’t like you, you can be booked in a case or two and you will be thrown into jail like Aasif,” Shah told Al Jazeera.
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There are several types of lighting fixtures available in the market. These include Chandeliers, Pendant lights, and Recessed Lighting. However, there is an essential difference between these types. While each type has its advantages and disadvantages, it is best to choose the correct one for the place. Read the following sections to know more about the different types. These articles will provide you with essential information on the different types of lighting fixtures.
Accent lighting, also known as special lighting,’ draws attention to a particular object or area of a room. It’s useful for highlighting artwork, sculpture, or architectural features. It can also be used to highlight a plant in an outdoor layout. A wide array of accent lighting fixtures Bedford Park, IL, are available. If you’re unsure which style to choose, consider adding accent lighting to an entryway, desk, or another place where you’d like to draw attention.
Recessed lighting fixtures require special wiring, a transformer, and a professional electrician. If you do not have much experience installing electrical fixtures, you should hire an electrician. Additionally, many municipalities require that you obtain a permit before installing recessed lighting. Before you begin, consult the manufacturer’s manual for installation instructions. Also, be sure to check the wiring diagram for proper spacing.
The different pendant lights are categorized according to their shapes, materials, and functions. While pendants are great for task lighting and eye candy, certain design specifications are more appropriate for different rooms. These lights are versatile, so you can get several types to fit your needs.
Traditionally, chandeliers were large ceiling lights, but many different styles are available today. These lighting fixtures can be found in most home rooms, from simple to formal. Choosing the right one depends on the type of lighting you want to create, the size of your room, and your budget.
Several types of wall sconces exist, including wall sconces with multiple lights. The style of a sconce can be determined by several factors, including its shape, finish, and shade. In addition to the shade, a wall sconce can also be made with reflective materials or colors. However, some designs do not include a shade.
Flush-mount ceiling lights
If you’re shopping for a new ceiling light fixture, it’s essential to understand the different types and styles of these fixtures. Flush-mount ceiling lights sit directly against the ceiling and look best in rooms with lower ceilings. These fixtures are also available in several types to complement any existing design scheme. Flush-mount lights also feature updated sizes, styles, finishes, and design elements. You may also wish to consider globe-style lights for rooms with low ceilings. For example, you can find globe-style flush-mount fixtures with contemporary brass detailing. Or, you may prefer a lantern-style flush-mount fixture with four lights.
There are several types of track lighting. The most popular are two-wire and three-wire. The two-wire system is less expensive and easier to install, but the three-wire track is more common and required by code in some areas. The third wire is used for grounding. If you’re installing track lighting in a commercial building, you’ll want to ensure that the track head matches the fixture. Some bulbs won’t fit in track lighting fixtures, and you may end up with an electrical fire if you use an incandescent or LED bulb. | <urn:uuid:eec28188-6586-4b89-bc95-751ec38c3738> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.homesdecorating.co/diy/what-are-the-types-of-lighting-fixtures.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.939843 | 745 | 1.9375 | 2 |
I've recently been to the exhibition in the Gallery of Decorative Art of 20th -21st centuries. There were shown vases for different occasions, such as vintage glass vases, wood pots to ceramic ones. It was interesting to look at and to think what vase I'd choose for cutting flowers. By the way I suppose glass and ceramic vases suit any occasion.
Another one in a shape of yellowish wine glass is elegant and I believe it's good for small flowers as daisies, primulas or lily of valley. What do you guess?
The shape of above vase is similar to an electrical insulator and an image of electrical transmission wire lines decorates its upper part. How strange!
These ceramic vases are a bit gruff for my taste, I'd never bought them. But perhaps some people would like to put flowers inside the Egyptian pharaoh head, who knows?
I liked ceramic vases imitated gems as ruby reds with lapis blues, emerald greens, or amethyst purples. This shape reminds me an antic roman vase, doesn't it?
There also were small ceramic vases like this white spherical one, they were very nice, and I believe it would be very pretty with sweet williams or cornflowers.
I consider this above small vase decorated with long red stems would be pretty with white flowers, and looking at the next one I was mystified: a very open vase is, flowers may fall down. What is it for, what do you assume?
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Library of Congress
Putnam established the Legislative Reference Service
Washington D.C., U.S.
In 1914, Putnam established the Legislative Reference Service as a separative administrative unit of the library. Based in the Progressive era's philosophy of science as a problem-solver, and modeled after successful research branches of state legislatures, the LRS would provide informed answers to Congressional research inquiries on almost any topic. | <urn:uuid:b0d0fe3a-8ac0-4d68-aeae-f0eb623d4640> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://historydraft.com/story/library-of-congress/putnam-established-the-legislative-reference-service/624/12396 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.91198 | 84 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Cumulative Preferred Stocks are a type of preferred stock that abides the company to pay all the dividends for this type of shareholders before paying any other shareholder of the company.
This means that the company is supposed to pay all the dividends, including the ones that were previously not paid out, to these cumulative preferred shareholders.
Therefore, the distinctive attribute of cumulative preferred shares is the fact that they are paid on a top priority basis, before any other subcategory of shareholders.
Similarly, in the case of cumulative preferred shares, dividends are accumulated and carried forward from one year to the next.
This means that in the case where the company is unable to issue dividends for a particular year, other shareholders simply miss out. However, cumulative preferred shareholders get their dividends in a cumulative manner.
Hence, they get paid their dividends, whenever the company issues dividends for other shareholders.
Similar to other preference shareholders, cumulative preferred stockholders do not have any voting rights. They are just entitled to their dividends at end of the year and have no say in how the company works.
Features of Cumulative Preferred Stocks
Cumulative Preferred Stocks are considered one of the most popular equity financing sources for the company. They have the following salient features:
- This category of shareholders is entitled to dividends for a particular year – regardless of the fact that the company has declared dividends for the particular year or not.
- Preference Shareholders have no right to vote – in other words, they cannot choose how the company runs, and who runs the company.
- They are considered to be a long-term source of finance, which does not have a maturity date, and hence, the amount raised by selling cumulative preferred shares does not have to be paid back.
- They have a fixed rate of dividend, which needs to be paid out irrespective of the volume of the profit that the company makes.
- Cumulative Preferred Stockholders are entitled to their preferential right to receive dividends.
How do Cumulative Preferred Stocks work?
Companies often issue cumulative preferred shares as a source of long-term financing that helps the companies to raise considerable finance. In this regard, it is also imperative to consider the fact that cumulative preferred stock, cumulates all dividends payable.
If the company does not generate profit and is unable to pay dividends for one particular year, they are treated as years and are supposed to be paid out to the cumulative preferred stockholders, once the company is in a position to issue dividends.
The reason why companies prefer cumulative preferred stock is mainly rationalized by the fact that it does not alter the common shareholding of the company.
Since they have no voting rights, the inclusion of these shares often means that the company is able to raise finance, without altering the existing decision-making structure within the company.
Traditionally, cumulative preferred stocks have a stated dividend yield that is based on the par value of the share. This dividend is payable quarterly, semi-annually, or annually. Preferred stock valuation is similar in nature to bond valuation.
However, stock proceeds from issuing cumulative preferred shares are considered to be an asset.
Advantages of Cumulative Preferred Stock
As mentioned earlier, it can be seen that cumulative preferred shares are considered a relatively convenient means of raising finance for the company. Furthermore, it holds the following benefits for the company:
- The amount raised via preference shares does not have to be repaid back – this means that the company can generate finance without having to worry about repayment of the principal.
- Once the company has undertaken an IPO, and has sufficient authorized share capital, issuing new cumulative preferred shares is not a tedious job.
- Cumulative Preferred Stock is a low risky investment from the perspective of investors – therefore, investors are readily prepared to invest in the company in the form of cumulative preferred stock.
Limitations of Cumulative Preferred Stock
Regardless of the fact that cumulative preferred stock is considered to be one of the primitive sources of long-term financing for the company, yet it can be seen that it has certain limitations that cannot be overlooked.
Firstly, it can be seen that the dividend has to be paid out to cumulative preferred stock holders, regardless of the financial position of the company.
In case the dividend is not paid out in a particular year, it is accumulated and carried forward to the next year.
Therefore, it is a liability that a business has to undertake. In the same manner, dividends are not exempt from tax.
This implies that in the longer run, the cumulative preferred stock might prove to be a slightly expensive option, as compared to debt financing. | <urn:uuid:3a9e148c-1870-456a-8eae-fc739a265516> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cfajournal.org/cumulative-preferred-stock-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809003642-20220809033642-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.952096 | 946 | 2.125 | 2 |
Most government employees have been furloughed due to Congress not coming to an agreement on the budget, causing citizens to change their attitude towards the government and their intentions.
The last government shutdown occurred in 1995, lasting from November 14 to 19 and from December 16 to January 6, 1996. Now, almost eighteen years later the government has shut down again; leaving approximately 800,000 federal employees without pay for over two weeks. Students and teachers are disappointed in the government.
“I think it doesn’t put out country in good light” Sharon Lee, AP language and composition, English teacher said.
Although many people are suffering financially, some students’ grades have suffered due to the shutdown as well. Lee describes a student in her class who is affected by the government shutdown. The government took all electronics they supplied to the family, including the computer used for school assignments.
“My father is fed up with the government and believes this shut down is an indicator that politicians are really only interested in their own agenda,” senior Alexis Nettles said.
Nettles’ father works for the military so he was able to return to work during the shut-down. Although he was not furloughed for long, it still is unsettling to know hard workers are being punished for an issue that is out of their control.
People who are not as affected still feel frustrated, because it makes the government seem “unreliable” senior Amber Castle said.
The furlough is tough for families because there is no guarantee as to when they will start working again or if they even get their pay back for the weeks they missed. Having to save money without knowing when things will return to normal can be unsettling for parents providing for their children. Government shutdowns do not happen often and hopefully it remains that way. Stability is an important factor for citizens to feel secure. | <urn:uuid:6b8d82c8-648b-4a95-a352-606f848df486> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://rockvillerampage.com/4591/news/4591/?print=true | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.984729 | 392 | 2.828125 | 3 |
We need energy to survive. Food and drinks are the sources of this energy. The key is taking in just the right amount.
Counting calories is to monitor the food one should eat, keeping in mind their number of calories. It is often used for both, weight loss as well as gaining muscle mass. This is a basic and necessary step to becoming a disciplined eater.
Around 20 per cent of the energy we take, is used for brain metabolism. Most of the rest is used in basal metabolism, the energy we need when in a resting state, for functions such as blood circulation, digestion, and breathing.
In general, women between the ages of 26–50 need to eat about 2,000 calories per day to maintain while a man between the ages of 26–45 needs 2,600 calories per day to maintain his weight and 2,100 calories per day.
The suggested intake depends on various factors- lifestyle, age, height, weight, sex, body shape, etc, as everyone has a different metabolic rate and we should always be aware of the calories consumed to maintain consistent fitness levels and stay healthy.
How to Calculate Calorie Intake
- Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)- It is the number of calories that your body burns when it is at rest, i.e., when not moving.
It mainly depends on your age, height, and weight. This is a simple formula to calculate an approximate number.
There are 2 formulae used to calculate BMR, in [kcal / 24hrs] for men and women respectively:
- BMR for Men = 66.47 + (13.75 * weight [kg]) + (5.003 * size [cm]) − (6.755 * age [years])
- BMR for Women = 655.1 + (9.563 * weight [kg]) + (1.85 * size [cm]) − (4.676 * age [years])
- Use a calorie calculator
When you complete the calorie calculator process, you’ll know how many calories you need to eat a day to reach your goal.
To watch your weight, one should eat healthy with all the right nutrients- carbs, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals.
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- Calculate the number of calories to maintain current weight
As we know the calories we need to intake to maintain our current weight, we can decide what to do to either gain or lose weight accordingly.
The number of calorie intake = BMR * Daily Activity Level factor.
- Body mass index (BMI)
Body mass index (BMI) is one way of working out what a person should weigh. If you know your height and weight, you can use this calculator to find out your BMI.
BMI is used to categorize whether a person is underweight, normal weight, overweight, or obese depending on what range the value falls between.
- How many calories do you burn every day?
If you want to lose weight, the key is to eat healthily and get enough physical exercise. A brisk daily walk is easy for most people to do and costs nothing.
We've done the maths so you don't have to 😉
Getting active doesn't have to mean hours in the gym! Just getting out into the garden can burn 135 calories 🤯 Looks like we're going to take up gardening 😂🌱
— Holland & Barrett (@holland_barrett) September 29, 2020
Importance of counting calories
Once, we know how many calories we take during our cheat days or the calories we take to maintain our current weight, we can decide what to do to either gain or lose weight accordingly.
The quality of your food or drink is also an important factor than the number of calories that comes with it.
Low calorie and high calorie food for lose weight and gain weight…
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Most weight friendly food you can have are- eggs, vegetables like cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, Beans, Cottage cheese, and Wholegrain food.
To maintain a healthy weight, you need a simple diet, lifestyle changes, exercise, proper hydration, increased protein, and reduced carb intake can help you feel satisfied and healthier. | <urn:uuid:6d2c682b-f9c6-4f0b-921d-36dddc735c68> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.healthwire.co/how-many-calories-you-should-eat-in-a-day/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.921248 | 1,016 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Spirit Spotlight: Ashlin Hanley
A girl scout since Kindergarten, Ashlin Hanley, who is now a Walt Whitman High School freshman, never ceases to aid her community. In her latest endeavor, and as an effort to earn her Girl Scout Silver Award, Hanley, 14, adopted the Spirit of Huntington Art Center and launched a supply drive to benefit the Center.
Colored pencils, markers, paints, papers and brushes were among the myriad of items that were donated!
A dedicated member of Girl Scouts Troop 899 since its inception, Hanley has quite the background in volunteering. Last year, while a Stimson Middle School student in the Center’s acclaimed “Artists Come Alive” program, Ashlin’s idea to work with the Center came to life.
The 50 hours required to earn a silver award were spent benefitting the Center in several ways. She saw that the Center could truly benefit from a supply drive, given that it is a not-for-profit organization.
From there, it became her objective to reach out to the community utilizing collection boxes, word of mouth, and social media to gather essential art materials.
Hanley also wrote, illustrated, and published her own original coloring book, entitled “A History of Portraits”. The book features reimagined illustrations of famous portraits that span five centuries of art history, which Ashlin has donated for distribution to the Art Center students.
Hanley stated that her inspiration for creating the book stemmed from her involvement in the “Artists Come Alive” program, which studies and analyzes the work of famous artists throughout history. She also volunteered in the Center, and worked as a counselor at the Center’s summer art camp.
We, the staff of the Art Center, have been incredibly fortunate to work with such an altruistic individual. Ashlin is a diligent and intrinsically motivated worker with a great artistic mind.
We’d like to propose a huge thank you to Ashlin for her dedication to the supply drive and her willingness to strive to the furthest extent possible to keep the pursuit of art alive and running in South Huntington! | <urn:uuid:0642e82c-59ca-498f-9a3f-b08ecbd59ac9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.spiritofhuntington.com/uncategorized/spirit-spotlight-ashlin-hanley/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809003642-20220809033642-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.966257 | 446 | 1.84375 | 2 |
Make Your Voice Heard—Not One More Life Lost to Gun Violence
The Butler-Tarkington Faith Community invites you to join in a letter writing campaign to Governor Holcomb, May 23 – June 4
On April 25, the Butler-Tarkington community came together in a candlelight vigil organized by our neighborhood faith community. All of our faith traditions believe that every life holds sacred worth and so we share a common grief for the devastation gun violence has wrought in our city. Our hearts were broken by the third mass shooting in our city just this year as well as the countless individuals killed by gun violence again and again in our community. We were convicted to respond, so we gathered as people of faith to put our feelings into words and our words into action.
Now it is the Governor’s turn to act. We are inviting you to join us in a letter writing campaign urging Governor Eric Holcomb to take action against the public health crisis that is gun violence in Indiana.
This is how it will work:
Between May 23 (Pentecost) and June 4 (National Gun Violence Awareness Day) write a personal letter expressing your outrage at the cost gun violence to our communities and asking the Governor to take action. Below you will find tips on how to craft such a letter. You will find the list of the specific actions we are asking from the Governor. These are the same actions we called for at the April 25 vigil.
Mail physical letters to:
Butler Tarkington Faith Community
P.O. Box 2912
Indianapolis, Indiana 46206
Or email electronic documents to:
On June 4, National Gun Violence Awareness Day, the Butler Tarkington faith leadership will gather up these letters and hand-deliver them to the Governor’s office. Emailed letters will be printed and added to the collection.
Will you please add your voice to our collective cry for an end to gun violence in our communities? Will you add your voice to our collective call for action?
The Butler-Tarkington Faith Community
What are we asking for? This is our call to action:
We call upon our neighbor Gov. Holcomb to lead the charge in our state for weapons of destruction to be cast aside so that all people might live. Specifically:
- We call upon our governor to declare gun violence the public health crisis that it is and dedicate state resources to curbing this epidemic, just as we have done with every other public health crisis.
- We call on the Governor to devote at least 5% of the $5.85 billion dollars Indiana will receive from the American Rescue Plan to fund proven community based violence reduction programs across Indiana’s cities.
- We call upon our governor to convene a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers to enact legislative solutions to this crisis, and to boldly declare that addressing gun violence will no longer be a partisan issue, for we should all be able to agree that human lives are more important than our political affiliations.
- We call upon our governor to veto any laws passed that increase the presence of guns in our community or further exacerbate this crisis, such as permit less carry and efforts to expand racist and dangerous stand-your-ground laws.
- We call upon our governor, as well as Senator Young and Senator Braun, to advocate on both the state and federal levels for universal background checks to be required for all gun purchases as well as bans on assault-style weapons, weapons that only serve to destroy human life.
- We call upon our governor to ensure access to mental health care is available to all people, through increased healthcare funding and state resources deployed to connect those who need care with providers.
How to write a letter:
Here is a template for crafting an effective letter about gun violence. This is adapted from the Michigan Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence. https://michigancoalitiontopreventgunviolence.org/advocacyaction/letter-templates/
Include some or all of these elements in your letter:
My name is _____ and I live in _____.
- A statement expressing your concern.
I am alarmed by how common gun violence has become in Indianapolis.
We are the only developed nation to suffer from staggering numbers of gun deaths every year.
- A personal statement.
I do not want my children to be raised in such violence.
I want to feel safe in my city/workplace.
Gun violence has touched my life personally. (Explain.)
- What you see as the solution.
We should be working to strengthen gun laws, not loosen them.
We can maintain the right to own guns while implementing laws to protect public safety.
- What you are asking your legislator to do – See the list above for the actions we are calling on the Governor to take.
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- Direct Full Fibre is not Just Fast, it is Lightning Fast!
Data travels through fibre optic fibres lightning fast – at 330,000 kilometres per second which is much faster than older copper connections. Fibre offers symmetrical upload/download speeds with no sharing between buildings and subsequently, there is no planning of tasks around peak internet-use times.
Research suggests that employees waste one week per year waiting for their internet connection to respond. If you have 10 employees, that adds up to 50 days or more of lost productivity! Also, a poll conducted by Deloitte in Australia revealed that the top cause of end user frustration was slow internet which led to an increase in employee complaints.
- Reliability and Savings Over the Long-Term
Fibre optics is more resistant to weather, electrical interferences and corrosion compared to its copper counterparts. This reduces outages and variances in data transmission speeds. Initial installation may come at a cost, yet it is well worth the investment. Fibre optic networks are designed to outlast and outperform – paying your business regular dividends in increased productivity.
- Full Fibre is Cloud Ready
Almost all businesses use some form of cloud computing, such as Microsoft Office. These cloud-based platforms facilitate employees to work from home, yet many users struggled with poor internet connectivity and latency. A direct full fibre connection at the office or at home speeds up file transfers (both upload and download speeds) to help regain productivity.
- Seamless Video Conferencing
Have you ever been unable to decipher what your colleague was saying during a Zoom meeting? You are not alone. Full fibre connections create a seamless video and audio experience. Unfortunately, many internet users at work or at home are subscribed to services which no longer meet are changing needs of our online world.
Until now the greatest barrier to full fibre optic internet service to your business or your employees’ homes was that there has been limited access to providers on the Sunshine Coast. Feel free to contact Legion Telecom today for more information on how you can connect to fast fibre. It is more affordable than your think! | <urn:uuid:ef17a4af-76f0-4844-977f-410043c1dcab> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://legiontelecom.com.au/blog/2020/11/11/4-significant-business-benefits-of-full-fibre-internet-connectivity/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.948845 | 428 | 1.601563 | 2 |
Puppy teething can be a trying time for pet parents and puppies alike. Teething pain can cause bad behavior like chewing on your favorite book or nipping fingers. Here are a few suggestions from our Enterprise vets on how you can help relieve your puppy's teething pain.
Why Is My Puppy Biting Me And Chewing On Everything?
Puppy teething can seem like a very long process if your young canine companion is chewing on everything they can wrap their jaws around. Remember to try and stay calm! Your puppy isn't trying to be naughty or make you angry, they are trying to relieve the pain and discomfort they are feeling in their teeth and gums. It just so happens that chewing on your new sofa's leg may be the perfect thing for making your pup's mouth feel better.
When Do Puppies Start Teething?
Breeds vary somewhat but puppies typically get their first set of teeth at about 5 - 6 weeks of age. At around 16 weeks old your pup will begin to lose their needle-sharp baby teeth and their adult teeth will begin to appear.
How Long Do Puppies Teethe?
By the age of 6-7 months, your puppy should have all 42 of their adult teeth, and the pain of teething should be a thing of the past.
Despite this, those 4 - 5 months of intense teething can be a real struggle for many pet parents. Puppies looking to find relief from the pain don't know any better and will often chew on almost anything they can find – and because of their small stature that can mean furniture legs, expensive footwear or even your feet or fingers.
So what can you do to help relieve your furry friend's discomfort and protect your valuable belongings? Here are a few suggestions from our Enterprise veterinary team.
How Can I Help My Teething Puppy?
Freeze Some Puppy-Friendly Teething Toys
Much like teething babies, puppies often find that chewing cold or frozen items helps to relieve teething pain. While there is a range of teething-specific toys available from most pet stores almost any dog toy can be frozen to help provide relief for your pup. Kongs, rubber bones, and dog-specific soft toys are all great options.
Invest In Extra-Durable Chew Toys
Teething bones for puppies are sized appropriately for small, medium and large breed dogs and are flavored to help encourage your puppy away from boring smelling valuables and over to a tasty chewy treat - encouraging both healthy chewing habits and relieving pain at the same time.
Edible Teething Sticks For Puppies
There are many well-known dog food brands that offer edible puppy teething treats and bones to help relieve your fur baby's mouth pain. Your vet may recommend one specifically for your little dog or you can pop by your local pet store and choose from a range of flavors and sizes. Be sure to choose the right size for your pup so they will gain the most benefit from the teething treat you choose.
Frozen Healthy Treats For Teething Puppies
Many puppies with sore gums enjoy chewing on tasty treats such as frozen bagels, frozen carrots or other healthy veggies. If you are planning to offer your pup frozen food always speak to your vet first to ensure it's a good option for your pup.
My Puppy Keeps Biting Me! What Should I Do?
Nipping and biting are natural play behaviors in puppies. When one puppy bites another too hard, the hurt pup will let out a high-pitched yelp.
If your young puppy is nipping and biting at you, it's important to stop the behavior before it gets out of hand. One effective approach is by mimicking the yelp of a hurt puppy when your little friend digs their teeth into you. A loud little 'OW' in a high-pitched voice should startle your puppy and cause them to back off. When your puppy stops and backs off be sure to offer a reward for their good behavior.
If this approach leads your puppy to nip at you more aggressively, quietly stop playing with your puppy and walk away or gently put your pup in their crate for some quiet time.
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Omicron symptoms have been found to affect the body differently than previous variants of the coronavirus. Here are the new symptoms that won’t affect your neck or head
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After Omicron surfaced in South Africa last November, experts quickly determined that the symptoms of this highly communicable variant of Covid are different from what the world is used to.
The three main symptoms of the coronavirus, according to the NHS, are a high temperature, new or persistent cough, loss / change in sense of smell or taste. However, Omicron symptoms have presented themselves differently.
Omicron’s symptoms have been widely described as “mild” and similar to the common cold. While many of the symptoms affect the nose, throat, and head, two new signs related to the new variant have emerged. Here’s what you need to know.
What are the New Omicron Symptoms?
One of the signs reported in the early stages of the Omicron-Covid variant is nausea, according to Professor Tim Spector of the ZOE-Covid study.
A doctor from India, Dr. Sanket Jain also said his patients suffered from “anorexia, nausea and vomiting” with PCR tests showing they are Covid positive.
Another unusual but common Omicron symptom seen in the early stages of infection is lower back pain, data from the UK, US, and South Africa show. In addition to lower back pain, other muscle pain has been reported.
What are the main symptoms of Omicron?
A dry / sore throat has been identified as one of the most common symptoms of Omicron Covid. Other symptoms according to the ZOE app are:
Slight muscle pain
Other signs of the variant include congestion, brain fog, rashes, and even sore eyes in some patients. More recently, people have reported sleep paralysis and night sweats.
The CDC also warned of a symptom of the virus that requires urgent medical attention and urged people to look out for pale, gray, or blue skin, lips, or beds of nails that could indicate low blood oxygen levels.
Dr. Anqelique Coetzee, who sounded the alarm for the first time about the new variant, had previously spoken about the fact that unvaccinated people also experience more symptoms such as headaches and sore muscles.
What to do if you have symptoms of Covid
If you think you have symptoms from Covid, both the government and the NHS advise you to self-isolate and get a PCR test immediately.
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Center of partisanship
For those who despise extreme partisan politics and live in Kansas’ Big First congressional district, a report released last week by the Lugar Center and Georgetown University was reaffirming and disheartening.
In measuring the level of partisanship in Congress, the study found that the toxic environment in the Capitol is worsening. And guess which part of the country can claim the distinction of contributing the biggest partisan of them all?
Yep, Kansas’ Big First. That would be about the western two-thirds of the state’s geography.
U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp ranked last of all members of the House for bipartisanship. The study ranked lawmakers by calculating how often each introduces or cosponsors legislation that is supported by members of the other political party.
Huelskamp had no comment, but back in March he had this to say on the subject: “A lot is written of the partisan divide. I think there’s more of a divide between them and us, between Washington and the rest of the country.”
What escapes Huelskamp is that the partisan divide and the disconnect between Washington politicians and the rest of the country are one and the same. Americans are disgusted with the political dysfunction in Washington, and Huelskamp most certainly is part of the the problem, not the solution.
Sadly, he just doesn’t get that.
Huelskamp represents a politically conservative district. But his failure as a representative to Congress is not because of his conservative principles but because of his combative approach to the legislative process.
“The Index rewards those who prioritize governance over posturing and aims to encourage members of Congress to seek areas of consensus as opposed to simply using legislation to delineate differences,” explained the study’s authors.
Huelskamp is all about the latter approach - political posturing. He seems actually to enjoy alienating himself, not recognizing how it renders him ineffective in serving his constituents.
Huelskamp doesn’t get that a lawmaker can be both principled and cooperative.
Consider the rest of Kansas’ decidedly conservative, all-Republican delegation. Rep. Lynn Jenkins of the 2nd District ranked 166th out of 422 House members scored on the bipartisanship index. Rep. Kevin Yoder of the 3rd District ranked 207th, and Mike Pompeo of the 4th District ranked 254th.
On the Senate side, Jerry Moran ranked ninth of 98 senators in bipartisanship, and Pat Roberts ranked 63rd.
“In my role as a U.S. Senator, it is my responsibility to represent our entire state – both Republicans and Democrats alike,” Moran told The Topeka Capital-Journal. “As a lifelong conservative there are certain policies on which I will never see eye-to-eye with my Democratic colleagues, but there are serious challenges facing our state and nation that transcend partisan politics.”
No one would say Moran isn’t a staunch conservative – even more so these days since facing a challenging, ideologically based primary battle with former Rep. Todd Tiahrt. To survive such bruising campaigns and as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Moran has had to recite the standard conservative talking points. But this seemingly objective scoring of bipartisan behavior suggests that Moran still believes in constructive law-making.
One day maybe authentic leaders will run on their character and American voters will judge them on the substance of their political philosophies rather than on whether they fall perfectly in line on mostly immaterial litmus test issues such as guns, abortion and illegal immigration.
But in the meantime, this bipartisan score is a good metric by which to measure the effectiveness of our members of Congress.
Moran should promote his good score. Huelskamp just may do so, too, which would be all the more reason to cast him from Congress come the next election.
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Firm Location: Pune
Completion year: 2020
Gross Built up Area: 940 sqft
Project Location: Pune
Lead Architects: Tushar Kothawade, Chiranjivi Lunkad
Design Team: Prakash Suthar, Pallavi R, Rashmi Shewale
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Excerpt: The Book Room is a library designed by the architectural firm Studio Infinity. The firm aimed to address the spatial attributes and create a multi-functional reading space. The concept was to create an equally exciting space for adults and kids. Promoting reading and sharing knowledge was an integral aspect of their design thinking. Efforts were taken to optimize expenses and create a multi-utility learning space for adults and kids.
(“Text as submitted by the Architects”)
The client aspired to provide a library as an additional amenity for his project in this small double-height space carved out of the parking lot. Our effort was to address the spatial attributes and create a multi-functional reading space. We wanted this space to be equally interesting for adults and kids. Promoting reading and sharing knowledge was an integral aspect of our design thinking. Efforts were taken to optimize expenses and create a multi-utility learning space for adults and kids.
The vaulted ceiling & arched external facade helped us define the volumetric modifications. Since only one side of this space could get natural light, we had to make the best use of this and draw in the required amount of light into the interior space. A stepped amphitheater kind of informal seating on one side is proposed to help this space have the flexibility to be used in many different ways. On the other end, a community reading table is designed to enable interactions & exchange of knowledge with different people using it simultaneously.
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Grading Indian Cents (1859-1909)
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The Indian Head cent was an American icon for generations, in rare instances circulating as late as the 1950s. After several decades of relative inactivity, these coins have enjoyed renewed popularity in the past dozen years or so. With greater demand for Indian Head cents has come higher values and greater concern about grading.
In circulated grades, this issue is not so complex, as the descriptions and photographs in The Official American Numismatic Association Grading Standards for United States Coins are clear enough that anyone somewhat familiar with coins can easily interpret them. The biggest issue is how to deal with coins that have been cleaned or damaged. NGC does not certify coins that bear obvious signs of cleaning, whether chemical or abrasive in nature. Damaged and altered coins likewise are rejected for encapsulation. Still, such coins do exist and will continue to be traded. For such pieces an alternative exists in the form of NCS certification. NGC's companion company will provided either details-only grading, with a notation of the problem condition, or simple authentication at the submitter's discretion.
The values for Indian Head cents are such that many collectors can complete all or most of the set in uncirculated condition. Browsing through certified population figures, it seems that most dates are readily available in the lower mint-state grades. Some factors, however, tend to keep down the population of high-grade pieces, particularly for dates before about 1897. Early Indian Head cents, struck in an alloy of .880 copper and .120 nickel, were heavy and clumsy in their proportions, and their contact with one another often produced dire consequences. Nicks and abrasions are not as big an issue for the later Indian Head cents struck in bronze, since their light weight limited the amount of damage inflicted.
As made, most coins of this type had attractive luster, though some may have lost theirs through prolonged exposure to harsh environments or because of inexpert cleaning. Quality of strike also comes into play for early dates, such as the copper-nickel issues of 1859-64, as well as some later bronze issues after about 1890. This is factored into the grading of these coins, and some allowance is made for dates that typically are a bit softly struck.
Another element in the grading of bronze cents is the amount of mint red color a coin has retained (copper-nickel cents are not distinguished by color, though this can factor into their overall grade). NGC adds to the grade of every copper or bronze coin the suffix BN for "Brown," RB for "Red and Brown," and RD for "Red."
The meaning of these terms is largely self-explanatory, but how and when they're applied is worthy of some comment. BN designates a coin that shows little or no mint red or has a non-red color such as the charming green or blue tones sometimes seen. To be designated RD, a coin must show nearly all of its original color, though this may be mellowed a bit. Those cents which fall between these extremes are labeled RB. While the percentages are subjective to some degree, in actual practice this labeling has proved remarkably consistent.
There's clearly a lot to think about when considering the grade of an Indian Head cent. With the popularity of these coins showing no sign of diminishing, accurate grading will remain a key factor in determining their value and appeal.
From One to Seventy originally ran in The Numismatist, official publication of the American Numismatic Association (www.money.org)
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Hello there! Here at Book Worms, we are dedicated to providing guides and materials suitable for toddlers and kids. We believe that literacy and education, in general, must start at an early age. Even if your child has not spoken his/her first word yet, reading him/her books can help encourage fast learning.
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316-2 Multiple gas leak detector
Multiple gas leak detector, Model no. [VAC-316-2]
Methane measurement range: 10 ppm to 4.0 Vol. %
Propane measurement range: 10 ppm to 1.9 Vol. %
Hydrogen measurement range: 10 ppm to 4.0 Vol. %
Reaction time: t90 < 2s
Multiple gas leak detector for gas leak tests
Multiple gas leak detector [VAC-316-2] is capable of detecting the concentration of several types of gases which are leaked from a gas pipe. It has a built-in pump for quick testing and is used for testing of gas pipes heated environments.
It comes with an 18 segment bar display to visualize the measurements. It has flexible probes to measure leakage in difficult places. It is powered by an integrated rechargeable battery and has a battery life of 6 hours. It also has audible and visual alarms to alert the user to in case the measurements are out of limits.
1. It Is used to test leakage of gas pipes in heated environments.
2. It is used for fast testing of gas pipelines for leakages.
3. It is used to test for gas leakage in hard to reach places.
4. It is used to detect gas leakages in flanges and fittings.
5. It is used to detect gas leakage in ducts.
1. It has integrated rechargeable batteries.
2. It has audible and visual alarms when gas concentrations go beyond limits.
3. It has a built-in pump for quick reaction times.
4. It has provision to connect earphones for use in loud surroundings.
5. The 18 segment bar display shows information about the leakage visually.
6. It has a flexible gooseneck probe to carry out measurements in hard to reach places.
7. It can detect leakage of methane, propane and hydrogen.
1. It is ideal to store the instrument between -25 °C and +60 °C.
2. It operates in the humidity range of 20 to 80 %RH.
3. It has a heat-up time of 60 s.
4. It is powered by rechargeable NiMH battery.
5. It can measure methane concentration in the range of 10 ppm to 4.0 Vol. % with a lower response threshold of
6. The first and second alarm limits for methane are 200 ppm and 10000 ppm respectively.
7. It can measure propane concentration in the range of 10 ppm to 1.9 Vol.% with a lower response threshold of 10
ppm, 1 st alarm limit of 100 ppm and 2 nd alarm limit od 5000 ppm.
8. It can detect hydrogen from 10 ppm to 4.0 Vol. % with a lower response threshold of 10 ppm, 1 st alarm limit of
200 ppm and 2 nd alarm limit od 10000 ppm.
9. It is operated between -5 °C and +50 °C.
10. Its t90 reaction time is less than 2 s.
11. It has dimensions of 190 mm X 57 mm X 42 mm without sensors.
12. It has an average battery life of 6 hours.
13. It has an 18 segment bar display.
14. It weighs about 348 g.
We supply these multiple gas leak detectors for leakage detection of gas pipes in heated places in the USA, UK,Germany, France, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, and other European countries. Also, we supply these for testing leakage of valves and fittings in the Middle East and other Asian countries including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Singapore, etc.
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As part of an ongoing commitment to aquaculture, the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is making $260,000 available through its Environmental Quality Incentives Program to oyster growers to help restore oyster beds on private shellfish grounds in Virginia’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay.
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Association of blood pressure at hospital discharge with mortality in patients diagnosed with heart failure
Lee DS, Ghosh N, Floras JS, Newton GE, Austin PC, Wang X, Liu PP, Stukel TA, Tu JV. Circ Heart Fail. 2009; 2(6):616-23. Epub 2009 Sep 24.
Background — Higher blood pressure in acute heart failure has been associated with improved survival; however, the relationship between blood pressure and survival in stabilized patients at hospital discharge has not been established.
Methods and Results — In 7448 patients with heart failure (75.2±11.5 years; 49.9% men) discharged from the hospital in Ontario, Canada, we examined the association of systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure with long-term survival. Parametric survival analysis was performed, and survival time ratios were determined according to discharge blood pressure group. A total of 25 427 person-years of follow-up were examined. In those with left ventricular ejection fraction ≤40%, median survival was decreased by 17% (survival time ratio, 0.83; 95% CI, 0.71 to 0.98; P=0.029) when discharge SBP was 100 to 119 mm Hg and decreased by 23% (survival time ratio, 0.77; 95% CI, 0.62 to 0.97; P=0.024) when discharge SBP was <100 mm Hg, compared with those in the reference range of 120 to 139 mm Hg. Survival time ratios were 0.75 (95% CI, 0.60 to 0.92; P=0.007) and 0.75 (95% CI, 0.53 to 1.07; P=0.12) when discharge SBPs were 140 to 159 and ≥160 mm Hg, respectively. In those with left ventricular ejection fraction >40%, survival time ratios were 0.69 (95% CI, 0.51 to 0.93), 0.83 (95% CI, 0.71 to 0.99), 0.95 (95% CI, 0.80 to 1.14), and 0.76 (95% CI, 0.61 to 0.95) for discharge SBPs <100, 100 to 119, 140 to 159, and ≥160 mm Hg, respectively.
Conclusions — In this long-term population-based study of patients with heart failure, the association of discharge SBP with mortality followed a U-shaped distribution. Survival was shortened in those with reduced or increased values of discharge SBP.
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Question: Should we indicate required fields or optional fields in forms?
Only display an (optional) field indicator, not a *required field indicator.
- Less noise in the UI if we are following the UX pattern to only include required fields in the form.
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Only display a *required field indicator, not an (optional) field indicator.
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Option 2. Display *required fields using an asterisk. Do not add (optional) to unrequired fields.
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I saw this article from Popular Mechanics last week and I’ve wanted to swing back to it for awhile. The problem was.. well.. Virginia was happening and we were busy.
But we’re back now so…
What? You may be asking?
A ‘Right to Repair’. In short: who has the legal rights, through contract, to repair the equipment that soldiers are using.
Maintenance in the Military is a highly highly structured topic. Portions of that structure come from legal agreements with the companies who supply the equipment being used.
These agreements are a double edged sword.
On the one hand. Maintenance support directly from a company that built, say, an M1A2 Abrams tank or an M-ATV patrol vehicle mean that the folks who designed, built, and are looking to upgrade it are always in the loop working on it. That, instead of handing it off to a wide array of techs who all “grew up on” completely different systems and are relying on the accuracy of Technical Manuals (TMs).
The from concept to contract experience does give the company an edge in helping keep the fleet running. However, when certain maintenance tasks must be completed by a maintenance level the users don’t have access to in a timely manner, equipment gets deadlined.
Deadlined equipment isn’t helping complete missions and despite having thousands of people in uniform for the express purpose of maintenance, contracts restrict them from fixing their equipment at a closer level to the active mission than what the contract bound company can get their techs.
Companies make earnest efforts but you end up with situations where fixable pieces are kept deadlined by contract, not by ability. It is something that requires serious addressing as the military gets stuck with equipment lodged at various places in “shipping” for maintenance.
In short, the DoD needs to seriously address how it looks at contracts and add flexibility to help end users keep their equipment on mission at a higher rate. At the same time it needs to keep items that must unequivocally be maintained at the manufacturer level there to do so. They must, on demand, be able to deliver that maintenance. Improperly doing any of these will result in greater delays… hard nut to crack.
I’ve held a maintenance MOS. I spent 3 years looking at this problem from the inside and wondering, in many many instances, why? Why couldn’t competent folks following directions install a part as simple as a trigger? Contracts. The answer is weird contracts.
I see it from the manufacturer side too, though. Imagine, if you will, the number of ultra dumb customer service calls where a rep has to walk through plugging something in… now imagine that on a macro system running all the complex tests, parameters, and checks on a Predator Drone or the aiming components on a Paladin mobile artillery piece. Sometimes it is simply easier to do it yourself, in person.
This is a complex issue. But it’s one that is keeping a lot of equipment offline. The levels within the maintenance hierarchy are supposed to smooth this as much as possible by enabling the lowest levels, down to the end users, to keep their equipment running. There are breakdowns in this system, some are unfortunately contractual. | <urn:uuid:2c8ee20a-36d6-43a1-8a15-6e01267cc010> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gatdaily.com/maintaining-warfighting-capability/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809003642-20220809033642-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.962941 | 679 | 1.507813 | 2 |
Video Guide: A Complete Guide To Home Canning
With summer just around the corner and the farmers' markets bursting with seasonal produce it's that time of the year to ask yourself: are you ready to dive into canning?
If the answer is a resounding yes then sit back, relax and enjoy this video which offers a complete guide to home canning. Iowa-based farmer and cook Kaleb Wyse from The Gray Boxwood walks you through every step of the canning process and highlights all of the essential tools you'll need to get the job done.
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Have you ever heard somebody saying casually: “Oh, it must be because of karma from a past life”? Spiritual people usually mention this when they try to find reasons for a seemingly inexplicable circumstance. If the law of attraction is not applicable, then the law of karma will do the job. But I want to warn you about the dangers of throwing around such ambigous statements.
If you’ve listened to me before, then you will know that I don’t believe in afterlife, past life or reincarnation. Subsequently, I also don’t believe that karma can come from a past life or that it can be brought into the next one. In spite of this, many people find it useful to go back to their past lives under hypnosis in order to understand their current lives better.
For example, let’s imagine a young lady who feels a constant suffocating feeling around her throat. She’s been trying to cure herself for years to no avail. All the doctors turn her away, because no matter what kind of examinations they carry out, they can’t seem to identify anything as the cause. As a last resort, she turns to a so-called past-life regression therapist. Although she’s not sure what to think of reincarnation, she decides to give it a try anyway, because she has nothing to lose.
The therapist assures her not to worry, because if the case seems inexplicable, then the key to her ailment must be in her past life. Well of course the therapist would say that, otherwise he would be out of his job quite quickly. The young lady’s mind is rather suggestible, especially under hypnosis. The conviction about the reality of reincarnation grows inside her with each passing moment.
After the induction, the hypnotist suggests her to enter a large door, behind which she will be able to see her past life. And lo and behold, as soon as she enters, vivid visions of another life rush into her mind. The therapist then asks the patient to go to her last memory of this alleged past life, and to remember exactly how she died. And then the realization strucks her: she can see herself drowning in water, so that must be why she had these suffocating feelings all along.
As she comes back to a normal waking state, her mind is relieved. She finally got an explanation, she finally understands what’s going on. She feels immense gratitude towards the therapist and pays him up nicely. The therapist is also happy that his livelihood is guaranteed and that he could help another lost soul. What’s more, the therapy is truly effective, because the symptoms never return to the lady, so all is well.
But is it, really? What really just happened? What if we tried to explain this strange occurance without relying on paranormal explanations? Why didn’t the doctors find a physical cause of her ailment in the first place? This must mean that her disease was psychosomatic, in other words, created by her own mind.
She must have felt suffocated emotionally, she was oppressed by her husband, or she had to be obedient to her boss, or her home felt like a prison to her. Whatever the reason, this suffocating feeling grew so strong that after some time it manifested as a physical symptom. Of course this all happened unconsciously, and that’s the reason she didn’t find the cause: she was not aware enough. But that doesn’t mean that there was no explanation in this life, and that it can only be explained by a past life.
With that, we come to the second strange fact in this case. How can it be that a simple explanation alone could cure her disease? The answer is the same again: that it was only psychosomatic, in other words, just a belief. Her drowning in her past life offered her a comfortable explanation, a comforting belief, and the two beliefs simply cancelled each other out.
An imaginary problem can only be cured by an imaginary treatment. That is exactly what the therapist offered his patient: a new belief, an entire belief system. The young lady cannot know for sure whether she really drowned in her past life, but until she believes it, she stays healthy. The therapist on the other hand is quite sure that it didn’t really happen, at least if he’s honest enough to admit it to himself.
I had a hypnosis teacher in India who also gave past-life regression classes. Once somebody asked him: are past-life memories really true? He answered: nobody knows, but it doesn’t matter as long as the patient feels better. Dr Brian Weiss, the most well-known past-life therapist of the 21st century gave almost exactly the same answer.
Well, I’m not so lenient about truth, even such white lies don’t fly with me. Besides, creating false memories in hypnosis can be just as dangerous as helpful. You could easily implant the memory of an imaginary trauma which now has to be treated. Just consider the craze of the ritual Satanic abuse in the 90s that eventually turned out to be pure fabrication.
The situation is very similar about your supposed karma coming from a past life. The only difference is that this time, you’re not looking for an explanation for a specific disease, but for your general circumstances. Why is somebody born poor and the other rich? Why is somebody successful without much effort, and why is somebody else in misery in spite of working hard?
Why don’t good things happen to you when you do good things? Why are evil, corrupt and egoistic people in positions of power? So many questions, but no definite answers. But your mind can’t stand confusion, it begs for answers, it grasps for an explanation. After mulling it over and over, logic finally comes up with an elegant answer: it’s all about the karma transcending lifetimes.
After all, there’s no injustice! You must be poor in this life, because you did bad things in the previous life. But not to worry, because if you do good things in this life, your reward will be a better rebirth. Also, there’s no need to envy the lucky. Their luck is the result of the positive karma they accumulated in a past life. It’s just another proof that if you gain merit, you will also be rewarded.
But to me, this kind of reasoning shines light on what past-life karma really is: just a comforting belief, just a comfortable explanation, just wishful thinking. It’s fueled by a psychological phenomenon known as cognitive dissonance. If in your mind, you are a good person carrying out good deeds, then how can it be that you don’t see good results? Certainly, you want to avoid the conclusion that you’re not such a good person after all and that your whole attitude can be wrong.
We never search for the faults in ourselves, we always want to blame some external circumstance. And what better ideology could you adopt than putting the responsibility on your past life for your current misfortunes? It’s so elegant, it’s so spiritual, it’s so soothing. And the best part? It can neither be proven nor disproven; it’s a perfect belief.
However, unlike a psychosomatic disease, poverty is a real thing, and you can’t just explain it away. You can come up with all kinds of excuses, but you will remain just as poor as before. In fact, this consoling lie will make it impossible to break out of poverty, because you’ll simply accept it thinking that you deserved it.
Some say that the idea of past-life karma was invented to keep the masses in place, especially in the cast-system in India. That can be easily true, and it proved to be highly effective: it stopped people from rebelling. But if you’re a true spiritual seeker, you have to be a rebel. You have to rebel against lies, against beliefs, against traditions. You have to take responsibility for your own life, and stop blaming everybody and everything: especially your past-life karma.
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More mineralization keeps turning up for Wesdome Gold Mines during its expansion of the Eagle River Mine in northeastern Ontario.
The Wawa-area gold miner is extending drifts into a new area of mineralization, known as the 7 Zone, and exploration drilling underground is showing this zone has some legs the deeper they go.
Development work in the 7 Zone over the past two years shows that the strike length of gold mineralization keeps increasing, to 146 metres at last count. The grade is 30.5 grams per tonne (g/t) over an average true thickness of 2.61 metres.
The company said ongoing exploration drilling confirms that this longer strike length extends down to the 1,250-metre level and is open at depth.
The No.7 Zone has 97,000 ounces of contained gold at a grade of 13.2 g/t.
In a Dec. 6 news release, Wesdome said this extension could mean a “substantial additional of potential resources.”
This area will be targeted for more exploration heading into 2019 as they add a fourth drill underground.
During the 30-plus years of production at the Eagle River Complex, the bulk of the 1,050,000 ounces of gold production has come from its 6 and 8 Zones.
But the recent discovery of two new parallel zones at the western part of the mine – the 300 and 7 Zones – has heightened confidence of more production in the years to come.
“The 7 Zone will be an important aspect of the Eagle River production over the coming years,” said Wesdome president-CEO Duncan Middlemiss in a statement.
“The results confirm the ongoing success the mine has had with our exploration program of the parallel zones and we remain committed to aggressive exploration. The current program is utilizing four underground drills and two surface drills and in order to identify additional resources and workplaces for increased future production profiles.” | <urn:uuid:f1674994-cebc-49c2-901e-cab811058f3c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.northernontariobusiness.com/industry-news/mining/gold-zone-keeps-growing-for-wesdome-1154834 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.929261 | 397 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Why Baroque music?
Why I Like Baroque Music
1) it has strict form and meter and represents the order that I like in my life, and the need for peace over chaos. 2) it’s melodious, and relaxing.
3) Unlike much music of the romantic and modern periods, music of the Baroque and classical era is not dissonant, and if it is resolves itself.
Having said all that, some of the music from the romantic era does evoke much excitement and flare, and also expresses the emotions of the composer. | <urn:uuid:874433ce-20cf-41dc-acc1-f37ac79a1f6b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://musicianonthenet.com/2022/06/27/why-baroque-music/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.956704 | 119 | 1.78125 | 2 |
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